Chapter 21: Coming out with the truth

Before I go, Kyoya and Tamaki said that I have to straighten out things with one person. They said that there is no way I could leave the country without telling her the truth. They are right after all; it wouldn't be nice if I just stood her up for so long.

"Akira-kun! What brings you here?" a very cheerful Mika asked.

I went to her classroom. I decided that I would take her out for tea or coffee then break it to her gently.

"Do you want to go out?" I asked.

"You're asking me out?" she seemed to stutter.

"Why, yes, unless you have other plans, of course."

"Not at all!" she immediately replied. She clinged onto my arm. "Where are we going?"

"Is a coffee shop alright with you?" I asked.

"Anywhere as long as I'm with you."

"Well, let's go then!" I replied and we began walking away.

"Mika-san, I have something to tell you." I said after I had just sipped from my cup of coffee.

"What is it?" she asked, being curious.

"If I was to leave Ouran academy, will you be sad?"

She looked at me skeptically. "Why, are you?"

"It was just a random question." I answered.

"Oh, well, of course I'll be sad. I mean, you are special to me since you are my fiancée and all." She replied, I almost sweat-dropped at her answer. "Anyway, if you're only leaving Ouran, it won't be much of a problem since I could still see you after classes. I'd probably visit you at your new school."

I bit my lip.

"It's not really a random question, is it?" she asked.

"It's… not." the truth eventually came out from my lips.

"I knew it, so where are you transferring?"

"To England." I simply answered.

"WHAT?!" she exclaimed. "Did I hear that correctly? To England?!"

I held her hand in order to calm her down. "Yes, it is England." I replied.

"But…why?!" she asked frantically.

"Because I have a competition, I won't be back for a long time."

"I'll come with you then!" she proclaimed.

"No, no, no, Mika. You just can't come with me." I replied.

"Why not? I want to be together with my fiancé!" she said. "You're not leaving me for some other girl, are you?!"

"I'm not your fiancé nor am I leaving you for some other girl, Mika-san." I replied.

"It is about some other girl! All boys are all the same!" she said angrily. "You always make excuses but really, all boys just lea-"

I covered her mouth with my hand to make her stop yapping. Her eyes that were starting to be filled with tears stared back into mine. I retained my hand in that position until she calmed down.

"I am not leaving you for another girl because…I am a girl myself." I said slowly.

Her eyes widened. "W-what?"

"I'm not a boy. The truth is, I'm a girl."

"You're lying!" she yelled at me. "You just want to run away from me!"

"I'm telling you the truth!" I fought back. "If it was to my liking, I wouldn't leave anyway! Do you know how hard it is to leave my friends behind and most importantly the first boy I've actually fallen for without telling him my feelings?!" I finally snapped.

She just looked at me in surprise. "I…I'm sorry. I just couldn't keep it anymore." I said.

I heard her sigh. "I can't believe you tricked me to thinking that you were actually boy." She replied.

"I'm sorry about that. I didn't actually want to break your heart in the first place by telling you the truth right then and there since you were so insistent."

She smiled at me. "I'm sorry I was so insistent in the fiancé thing."

I shrugged. "It's alright. You know Mika-san, you shouldn't believe much in fortune telling. That fortune led you to me, which is totally wrong since I am a girl in the first place. Your own prince will come someday, at the right time."

"All the boys I've ever fallen in love with just left me for another girl. What hurts the most is that I even thought that one of those would actually be my prince charming and the one I'll be happy with."

"You're forgetting the fact that you're still young. You shouldn't rush love." I told her.

"You shouldn't deny it as well. Why won't you tell the boy you like your feelings, anyway?" she asked.

"Because he's bethrothed to someone else." I answered.

"There's nothing wrong with telling him." she advised.

"I just can't. I don't want to ruin our friendship as well." I said. "Besides, he doesn't care as long as the situation he's in right now benefits for him."

"Let me ask you just one thing, why do you appear to be a boy?" she asked.

"I'm more comfortable this way. I guess because it's also the fact that I grew up being tough and with two brothers who started out martial arts. To top it all off, my first real friends were my brother, Hunny's as well. I mostly spent my time with the Host Club ever since I was young. They actually get mad at me often for preferring male clothing." I explained.

"I see." She replied.

"Did I… break your heart?" I asked.

"Maybe yes, maybe no." She answered. "Akira-kun, to tell you the truth I didn't really like you in the first place. I just hoped that I would eventually fall in love with you since the fortune did say that the boy I'd be with is you."

"Thing is, I'm not even a boy."

She laughed. "Thank you for spending your time with me."

"It was nothing." I replied.

I explained to her everything about the truth. How we planned things like dating, going to the ball and when to tell her. It was okay for her. I actually thought that it would break her heart but it turned out that she never had feelings for me at all. I was lucky in there, if she really had feelings; I didn't know what I'd do.

"Promise me one thing, Akira-kun." She said as we both stood up.

"What is it?"

"You'll try to tell Kyoya your feelings."

My eyes widened. "What?" I asked. 'How the heck did she know it was him?'

She shrugged. "Am I right? Is it him? I actually had a feeling you liked him since the ball. You seemed to be too concerned about him.

I was lost for words. Was it that recognizable? Were my feelings written all over my face?

"Am I right? Is it Kyoya-senpai?" she asked. "You know, if ever my hunch was correct, I would've thought you were gay. Good thing you told me the truth about your gender."

"Mika-san, were my feelings easy to tell?" I asked.

"…No." she replied. "I wasn't even sure it was Kyoya in the first place. I told you it was just a hunch since you seemed to be close to him and you cared so much about him."

"Oh, I see." I replied.

"I wish you good luck on your competition, Akira-kun. If you will come back soon, maybe we can go out again, as friends." She said.

"Thanks a lot."

It looks like there's actually more to this girl, and I thought she was close to a fan girl. I never thought she'd be able to tell that it was Kyoya.

Author's note: Hey guys! Sorry it took long to update, I have my exams. So anyway, thanks for everyone who reviewed the last chapter. Please leave a review here as well. Thank you very much.