C-H-A-N: Okay, so I updated the ending. As Ciel Blanche pointed out to me the ending of the last chapter was abrupt, and along with that I was having total writers block. So to fix that I added on to the ending of the last chapter and started where I wanted to in this chapter. Also, I figure I needed TamakixNori bonding time, as well as I felt skipping two weeks entirely just wasn't right for this story, so the beach isn't happening for another chapter or two. I also went ahead and put the new ending in this chapter too. Sorry guys, but it's important!~ I also thought I would have Tamaki find out Nori's secret, but in the end decided against that for now. I have plans for that, fun plans :D
Also, I'm terribly sorry for the lack of updates lately. But I've been super busy... I can't believe I start college in a month! It's so weird, but I might get lucky and have more writing time at college :)
And on another note (on this really long note) YOU GUYS ROCK. Honestly, you guys who review are just too nice to me. All of your review make me so happy, and I'm so glad that you all seem to like my story. Your reviews pretty much made me get off my ass and finish writing this chapter. So in short, I just wanted to let you reviewers know you are awesome, and I'm so glad you're enjoying this story.
Beau Mercury: I know... I'm rather sad about it, but it has to be for the story to work... plus he does think Nori's a guy... But don't worry I'm sure they can work it out! Maybe... Regardless I have many plan for him, he won't just be dropped xD
SOME ONE YA DONT KNOW: Haha glad you think it's funny :)
xOxO Lost Angel OxOx: Yay! I'm glad you think it's going okay, I was a little worried that it was moving a touch slow xD Well.. I hope chapter 21 doesn't disappoint you! :D
Ciel Blanche: Yeah... He is, but I quite enjoy him. He's just so different from the other characters I write, so it's a nice change :) Ah good idea! I even know how to work that in :D And yeah... it was causing me quite a bit of writers block, so I fixed that... You are quite right about the abrupt ending, but hopefully it's a little bit better now :]
Swirl-spill: Yeah, pretty much. She's just doomed, poor Nori is surrounded by crazy boys xD
OHSHC 3: I'm so glad you like it! Wow... again? You must enjoy it a lot, I'm glad you like it so much :D Well I hope you enjoy this chapter just as much xD
Quietjay21: Aw, thank you so much! I'm glad you like the story, and my plot :] Yeah, Tamaki will take longer then the rest, as usual, but I haven't decided on Takashi... That might be soon xD I'm so glad you like it, and find it interesting~ (hopefully it stays just as interesting) :D
"Crap, Kyouya-san's going to kill me for being late to our meeting!"
"I'm so sorry that I'm late Kyouya-san!" I paused in my apologizing as soon as I noticed that there were a crazy amount of bathing suits, female bathing suits, littering the room. "What's going on here?" I raised an eyebrow at my club, curious why the hell there were so many bathing suits.
"Apparently we're going on a beach trip, and the twins decided it would be a good idea to bring all their mother's new bathing suits for me." I sighed, while shaking my head in disbelief. Only those two would do something like that.
"It's a good thing that we don't have club at the moment, or they would be giving your secret away. They really aren't very cautious, are they?" With a bored look on her face, Haruhi answered me with a shrug.
"It sure doesn't seem like it." I paused, my mind just realizing that Haruhi said we were going to the beach. Well crap. This just isn't my day, is it? First Makoto lies to me to get me to the art room, and now I find out we're going to the beach. Hesitantly I asked Haruhi,
"You said we're going to the beach?" She nodded, while giving me an odd look, not sure why I seemed so hesitant to the idea. "Did they say when?" Maybe, if I'm lucky, I can get out of it. Maybe father will be having a tournament or something…
"We've decided to go in two weeks Nori, and do not worry I already called your parents and they agreed to let you go." I turned in horror to look at Kyouya-san. Wait… How did he get my phone number? Even better how did he get my parents to agree? Actually, I don't think I want to know. I released a sigh before stating,
"Whatever."
"I bet you're secretly excited to go Nori." Furrowing my eyebrows in confusion, I asked them,
"Why would you ever think that?" Both of the red heads gave me a cocky smirk while simply stating,
"Because you'll get to see the two of us shirtless again." The nerves in my cheeks prickled as I felt the blush on my cheeks. I twirled on my feet, and took swift steps towards the door while yelling,
"You two are impossible!"
Chapter Twenty-One
"What the hell do you want Tamaki-san?" Once my grumpy voice reached his ears he flinched, and avoided looking at my angry eyes.
"Y-you said you wanted to spend the day with me today Nori!" The more he talked the more upbeat his voice sounded, which made my eyes soften while I continued to stare at his bright, nearly purple, eyes. He was really excited to spend the day with me, even if it was only for a dare.
"Whatever, just come in." I pivoted on my heels before walking away towards the stairs. He hesitated for a moment, before he stepped into my house, took off his shoes and followed after me much like a puppy dog would. I trotted up the stairs, and down the hall with Tamaki-san close on my heels, until we reached the door to my room. The door itself was plain white, with my name written on it in a curly writing in black paint. My right hand wrapped around the handle of the door, before I twisted it to the right and pushed in on it, forcing it to open. In my room the walls were painted white, while the carpet was black, and my bedspread was black with white swirled on top of it. Clearly my mother had picked out a black and white theme when she designed my room, the only thing that showed the room belonged to me was the poster of Matt Smith and David Tenant in their roles as the Doctor, from Doctor Who on the back of my door; and the poster of Death the Kid from Soul Eater on the back of my closet door.
"So this is your room? It looks a little… bland." I paused in the center of my room, and spun on my heels to look at Tamaki with a bored look on my face.
"My mother designed my room for me when we moved into this house, she seems to rather enjoy it, so I let her do what she wants to my room."
"Ah." I tugged on my white uniform, which was covered with sweat from training, before I stepped over to my closet and pulled out a pair of black sweats along with a long sleeved shirt.
"Tamaki-san, would you mind terrible if I took a shower, before we hang out? I'm awfully gross at the moment. You can wait in here, or I can show you to the living room if you'd rather."
"I'll just wait here Nori! Please, take your time." I gave him a smile, before walking past him and out the door. I quickly made my way toward the bathroom, striping my clothes as quickly as possible, only slowing down when I had trouble removing the bandages around my chest. I heaved a sigh once they were removed, and turned on the shower.
Ten minutes later I stepped out of the steam, and pulled out a roll of bandages. I took the time to put the bandages around my chest, before I hastily pulled on my baggy clothes. I then tossed the bandages in the trashcan, silently hoping that Tamaki-san wouldn't see them, before I sped walked to my room. I paused before pushing my door open, only to freeze when I entered my room. To my surprise Tamaki-san was standing in front of my little sister, with his hands on her shoulders.
"Then you should fight for him!" I blinked, staring at Tamaki-san as he beamed at Aru. Aru smiled back at him while she shouted,
"You're right Tamaki-san!" Once more I blinked in confusion, lost on this conversation, before I asked them,
"So… What are you to talking about?" They both turned to look at my, with surprised looks on their faces.
"Tamaki-san was talking with me about Chika-san!" Even though I was still very confused, I smiled at her, glad that she had someone to talk to about her crush aside from myself. "He was giving me advice on how I should approach him." I continued to smile at the two, still confused by how this had happened.
"I told her that she should join the club he's part of!" At this point I stopped smiling at them, and stated,
"Only if she has and interest in that club, because you don't want to create a false image of yourself. It's not a good idea to start a relationship with lies."
"That's true too. But you should do something to catch this boys interest!" I sighed, hoping that Tamaki-san wouldn't do anything too drastic with my little sister.
"Well you said he was part of the karate club, right? If you really want to I could show you and Tamaki-san some basic moves." Aru started jumping up and down, pleased by the idea of finally being able to learn some karate moves. Father had banned her from entering our dojo because she is female, but I suppose he thinks it's okay since I'm a 'guy'. I swear my family has all but forgotten that I'm, in reality, a girl. "Tamaki-san, do you think we could go to your house? Our father isn't very keen on Aru learning any type of fighting, or self defense."
"Is it okay for her to learn then?" I felt myself shrug, simply stating,
"What he doesn't know, can't hurt me. Besides I think Aru is old enough to learn a little bit of self defense."
"Okay!" Tamaki-san pumped his hand up in a fist, smiling gleefully before it slowly turned to a look of concentration. "But my house doesn't have any spaces that would be good for this sort of thing." I sighed, briefly wondering how spending a day with Tamaki-san had turned into a day of helping my sister with her crush. But those thoughts were banished when Tamaki-san suddenly said, "I know! We should ask Honey if we can use his house!" While my sister looked confused, she probably didn't know Honey by his nickname, I could feel my own face showing hints of annoyance. Didn't he know that Yasuchika is Honey's brother? "I'll go call him!" And before I could get in a word, Tamaki-san had leapt up, and raced towards the door with his phone at his ear.
"Is he stupid or something?" I turned to look at my sister,
"Quite possibly. Why don't you go get some workout clothes on?" Aru nodded at me, before skipping out of the room with a happy grin stretching across her face. I shook my head, walking over to my hamper to put my dirty clothes from earlier away. I turned to look at the door when I heard it creak open, only to see Tamaki-san beaming at me.
"Honey told me that we can come over!" I gave him small smile, asking him,
"You don't have any sweatpants with you, do you?" I watched him shake his head, not seeming bothered by this in the least. "You can borrow a pair of mine, they'll be a little short, but that's better then getting your jeans all sweaty and gross."
"Ah, you're right Nori! Thank you for letting me borrow your clothes."
"It's no problem Tamaki-san. And thank you for helping out my sister." Tamaki-san opened his mouth to respond but didn't get a chance to when my door creaked open once again. My sister skipped in the room, now wearing a pair of white sweats and a plain black tanktop.
"Riko, Tama-chan, are you two ready to go?"
"Tamaki-san still needs to change, but why don't we go tell mother that we're going out to our friends house?"
"Okay Riko!" Aru waited by the door while I went to my closet, and pulled out a pair of sweats and a T-shirt for Tamaki-san. I tossed them to him, and as he caught them I headed towards the door.
Tamaki joined us, luckily after we had finished talking with our mother. He walked over to us, still smiling brightly.
"Well, shall we get going?" I sighed as my sister bubbly answered,
"Sure Tama-chan!" Well I'm glad someone's excited…