Kahoko turned herself around and walked a few steps away from Amou-san.
"If Tsuchiura-kun asks if I've read it, please say I haven't."
She could feel tears welling up, but she continued to walk away, holding her head and hoping none of the tears fell down.
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Nami watched Hino-san walk away without going after her. She sighed, and decided to think things through aloud.
"I guess I probably should say I've given it to her messenger… but I don't know where it's got to? That sounds fine to me…"
She was quite interested at the little things that began appearing around now. Kaoru-san's kiss with Hino-san then, this letter that gave Hino-san quite a distraught reaction, that earlier kiss with Tsukimori-kun… She grinned to herself.
I feel like adding something in to this mix… just to make it even MORE fun.
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Kaoru had spotted Kahoko coming back, and smiled at her.
"Everything alright?"
He saw her nod quickly.
"Well… since we still have some time around, how about you and your… friend… stay here with us for a few hours?"
He looked to Kyouya, who had quite an expression on. It looked like he was thinking things through.
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If I stay here with her I might be able to see why I seem to like her so much.
But it's a pain, isn't it! Having these kinds of feelings, and having to be jealous… isn't it better just to throw it all away?
I'm pretty sure over time my interest will just be that I want her as a pawn… after all, reporters get a lot of information.
But why should you stay here around Kahoko-san, Haruhi, Kaoru and Hikaru for? You could just have a talk to her on the way home or something…
Kyouya had somehow made his decision.
"Well, I think it's best if I got –"
"Oy, we're taking that offer! Right, Kyouya?"
He blinked, and turned around to see Nami-san come towards him. Her slightly curly, brown-ish hair fluttered with the light wind, her blue eyes seemed to sparkle, and her smile was infectious. He coughed, and turned around to face the twins.
"I guess so."
He could see the twins and Haruhi raising eyes at each other again. He wanted to shout like Tamaki and get them off his case.
But while she's here, I have a feeling that won't be occurring.
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Nami had come out a few moments later, just in time to hear the offer of the amusement park. She had jumped at it, and somehow Kyouya had agreed. She was glad for somewhat of a break from covering the angle of the 5 concours men.
They soon headed towards a stall that had a heap of balloons on the wall, and darts for people to aim for the balloons with. Nami grinned as she saw it, she recalled how she used to be the best at doing it.
She saw Hino-san step forward as well, and the two of them took two sides, both holding a dart, ready to aim.
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Kahoko had brightened up from her sullen mood as she recognized the stall. She saw Amou-san step out towards it, and followed suit.
They both were on separate sides, a dart each. There was silence from everyone else as they both threw their first darts, and heard instantaneous pops from the two balloons that had been hit.
She looked quickly towards Amou-san, to notice that there was a look from Amou-san in her direction as well.
We're both wanting to beat the other, hmm? I think I can do this better than you can.
She quickly turned towards the balloons, aimed the arrow, and threw it to hear another pop. She grinned to herself.
Can you match me, Amou-san?
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Nami wasn't really sure what to expect of Hino-san at first… but it seemed she was quite good at this game. Nami focused on the balloons, and aimed for one that looked slightly bigger than the rest. She hit it, and heard a loud pop from the balloon.
She grinned as well.
Two each. Let's see if I can make it three.
She took the last dart, and aimed at a cluster of balloons. She threw, and instantly about 3 of them popped.
Yes! It's 5 balloons for me!!! So… what can you do, Hino-san? It looks like I've won.
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Hikaru was watching the two girls battle it out. He sighed, and headed over to Kahoko-san.
"Let me do the last one for you, Kahoko-san."
She blinked at him, and nodded, stepping out of the way. Hikaru aimed diagonally, towards the top right corner. There were several balloons there as well.
He threw the dart, and there were some very loud pops from the balloons. He grinned as he managed to hit 5 balloons as once. He turned towards Kahoko-san's opponent.
"It's your loss."
She shrugged, and smiled.
"What does the winner want me to do?"
Hikaru grinned.
She gets right to the point. Good.
He turned to Kaoru, who grinned back at him. He then turned to see Haruhi nodding as well. He grinned even wider, and turned to Kyouya.
"Kiss Kyouya."
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Kyouya blushed red.
Out of all things, he just had to say that, didn't he.
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Nami had immediately blushed as well.
It's not that I don't want to… it's just… isn't this… sudden?!?!
Oh well… it's my own fault that I said that I'd do something for the winner…
She turned to face Kyouya, and smiled as she walked towards him. She was close enough to hear his breathing, and quickly found his lips with hers. She felt Kyouya's arms wrap around her waist, and they continued to kiss.
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Hikaru grinned at the sight, and quickly turned to his twin. They high-fived quickly, before both turning towards Haruhi who had a slight smile on her lips. Kahoko-san seemed to be the only one who didn't have a clue.
Kaoru brought Kahoko-san towards the small group and whispered quickly.
"Kyouya likes your friend."
As her eyes widened, Haruhi nodded.
"He was concerned about her several times with me… like the time when you had to leave your friends and Nami consoled a crying girl…"
They knew it would take some time for her to get her head around the idea…
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Some moments later, the two of them parted for air. Kyouya blinked as he looked at the girl he was holding. Her blue eyes met his brown ones, and for several moments they just stared at each other like that.
He turned towards the group who were still huddled around, talking about something.
"I guess I need to thank you, Hikaru."
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Hikaru and Kaoru grinned.
"We're glad to help."
Haruhi decided to add a line of her own.
"If you two don't make your own moves towards each other we'll just have to make you"
Both twins looked at Haruhi wide-eyed. A laugh could be heard from Amou-san.
"I think I can handle things from here Haruhi-san!"
Haruhi laughed, and grinned.
"If you say so."
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All in all, the day was quite fun. Kyouya had begun to hold Nami's hand in the last 2 hours or so, and everyone could feel the happy vibes coming from the both of them.
Haruhi and Hikaru had talked to each other a lot more often, and everyone had noticed how he seemed to turn into stone when Haruhi suddenly slipped on a banana peel and fell on top of him.
Laughing, Kahoko held out her spare hand to Haruhi, and pulled her up. Her other hand was holding Kaoru's hand, and enjoying his warmth.
As Kyouya's limo came around to the front of the park where the 6 were waiting, Hikaru wondered how everyone seemed to be kissing someone else but him. He quickly wondered what were the chances of Haruhi kissing him back if he did something that rash… and realised it was near 0. He sighed.
"Ehhh, what's wrong?"
He turned around to hear Haruhi's voice, and her looking concerned. Nami laughed.
"He's not feeling any love, Haruhi."
Haruhi blushed, and quickly took Hikaru's hand in hers. He blushed as well, but didn't move his hand away from her at all.
"What…"
"What? Can't people hold hands?"
He shook his head, that wasn't it. Although, he did feel slightly happier now. Actually, rephrase that. He felt like he was on top of the world.
The four of them waved goodbye at Kyouya and Nami, and the limo went away. The Hitacchin's limo pulled up immediately, and they all got on.
Today was one hell of a day, and all 4 seemed to be tired.
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Kira-rijichou had called the 5 boys in today for a quick meeting.
Time is ticking away. I know that. We all know that.
As I stand and look at all five assembled, I realise that there's something different about them all.
Their eyes, which were a week ago downcast, look at me. The flames in their eyes are more than visible, and it looks like the war is officially on.
"Let's all do this, shall we? I expect everyone to be working hard…"
They nodded at me.
They all had reasons to get Kahoko back. The uneasy niceness between Tsukimori-kun and Tsuchiura-kun for one. The fact that Yunoki-senpai was in his dark mood every second day, Hihara-senpai's cheeriness had completely disappeared, and Shimizu-kun was no longer as sleepy… even I had seen them all.
It'd be nice if this stunt was over soon…
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To my reviewers, a big thank you for reviewing...
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