Sorry for the late update, my previous attempts to write the beginning of the chapter were extremely crappy and I had to keep rewriting them until it turned out right, THEN there was the basketball game, THEN there was the lock-in for Band. Which was 4 pm to 7 am so I was there the entire night and I couldn't do anything, and I'm also working on a PJO fanfic which I have yet to actually fix the title, but it is called "Darkness Beyond Sun", but the current title is just PJO: (Enter chapter name here) in my Possible Future Stories I have posted on my Quotev. THere also some Blue Exorcists, Sword Art Online, Fairy Tail, and my Vampire Knight story Kinji Rareta Unmei with a couple of chapters each in there, so if you want to read those, you can go Quotev and read them. There were also the multiple basketballs games I kept going to for Band, and they are actually rather close together. So, that's my excuse.
I also hadn't had much inspiration, nor was I in the mood, to type much of anything of any story lately, so there's that. I've just been tired for weeks straight and it's just like, "I need to work on my stories" and went I actually went to write, I just sat there and typed and stared at the screen at the writing which was extremely crappy and I hated it. BUT I am happy because the beginning of this story is so much better now and I can actually type details and not make them look like crap again. Huzzah!
And the homework...So much math homework..
And I've been waiting for my friend to finish writing his character's PoV in the PJO story, but since he's in wrestling and all that fun jazz it's been taking him forever, and when he DID get it done, he lost it so he had to rewrite it. Fun. But he has most of it done now, so I'm happy.
Please don't hate me. Also, if Alex is out of character, please don't hate me. You can, but please don't. Now excuse me while I blow my nose due to getting locked out of the school Friday when I stayed after for another basketball game. I think I got a cold. Ugh. Fun. Well, I'm trying to write a chapter. Here. I LOVE YOU GUYS!
-AvionVadion
I forget where I was at in this story...I remember the plot, though...Haruhi's house after Yuzuha? Give me a minute. I swear, I'm like twisting all my stories into one. XD
May 22, 2014
"Are you Alex?" The woman asked, peering down at the petite brunette with curious caramel eyes. The woman was lightly tanned, with short spiky orange hair and was wearing light makeup, mainly relying on her natural beauty. She wore a black halter dress with a light blue jean jacket, and a pair of matching black high heels. Her nails were painted red, and she had earrings lining both of her ears in silver and gold. Her eyes were warm, but mischievous, showing that she was a mother and was kind, but was playful in nature and liked to trick people. She had a slim and curvaceous figure, adding more to her natural beauty, but was obviously someone you didn't want to make angry.
Hikaru and Kaoru grinned at the woman, slinging their arms around Alex as they hugged the girl, showing her off to their mother. Hikaru had spoken first.
"Yup! This is the one we had move in with us! Isn't she just the cutest?" Hikaru smirked and pulled on Alex's right cheek, pinching it, and causing the girl to struggle and cry out in protest.
"Ow, ow, ow-Cut it out, Hikaru! That hurts!"
"What're you gonna do; call Kyoya?" As soon as Hikaru said that, he released Alex and looked behind him in fear, his face paling. He seemed as though he was expecting the Shadow King himself to appear behind him with death stare. Kyoya had more than once had to tell the twins to release Alex, and the twins were more than once scared by him. "Don't answer that." Hikaru said quickly, scowling as he crossed his arms and looked down at the girl.
Kaoru laughed at his brother and wrapped both his arms around Alex's neck, leaning down and resting his chin on her head. Alex made a face, feeling shorter than ever because of this, despite the warm brotherly gesture. "This is her, mom."
"Is she in or out?" Alex tried not to sweatdrop. They made it sound like they were debating putting keeping her in the Host Club or not rather than a debate over an adoption. Alex felt a cough come on, and she tried to hold it back. She ended up raising one of her arms and coughing into her sleeve. She was wearing a light purple turtle neck, with black jeans and sneakers.
"As long as she's alright with it," Their mother spoke with a hand to her chin, and an arm wrapped around her stomach, "I don't see why not." She looked behind her shoulder at a man with brown hair and eyes, with a goatee. He was wearing a plaid blue button-up shirt and jeans. He had a kind smile, and appeared calm compared to the wife, but blended in with the background. "What do you think, dear?"
The man nodded, "I believe it would make the twins happy to have a younger sister, and they appear to be getting along."
Alex felt Hikaru tighten his grip on her arm, and Kaoru pulled her closer to him. The brothers appeared to be tense, reading the secret message hidden in their father's words.
"Having a member of the family that can tell them apart would be a good thing." -translation
The woman, who's name is Yuzuha, smiled, revealing a pair of clear white teeth. "Wonderful!" She clapped her hands together and turned back to the three teens, "I should go get the paperwork! And, Alex-dear?" Alex looked up at Yuzuha curiously, confused. "If you ever want a part-time job, you can come and model sometime for me! You're so cute! With the broad shoulder, the thin waist, and wide hips-" As she said this, she had ran over and started running her hands down Alex's arms and later placed her hands on the girl's hips, making Alex highly uncomfortable.
The twins had backed away to let their mother do her thing.
"C-size bust-you'd do perfectly for my next project! You have such a cute face, too! It's not often when you find a girl who's naturally cute anymore." Alex's eyes grew wide, and she crossed her arms over her chest as she stepped back.
"W-What!? I'm not-I'm not-I'm not cute..." Alex didn't want to be mean, but was Yuzuha blind? Any prettiness she had was taken away a long time ago, which is now the reason she was sporting a scar across her face. Her shoulder looked mangled, and her arm was barely moving a couple months ago.
"Nonsense! Next I come back, I'm going to have you model for me! Kaoru-er, Hikaru," She paused, narrowing her eyes at Kaoru as she tried to distinguish them, "No, Kaoru! Yes, Kaoru, what do you say? Do you think the punk-rock style and the goth lolita would be cute on her?"
Kaoru cocked his head, observing Alex intently. After a moment, her said with a hand on his chin, "I think she would look pretty cute in a maid-theme dress in the Goth lolita. What do you think, Hikaru?" Hikaru frowned and didn't even miss a beat as he said,
"I say you should try the steam-punk style with her. Maybe a black-and-blue themed dress, or white-and-brown with some red."
Yuzuha beamed at her sons, before nodding in agreement. "Just what I was thinking. I'll go get the paperwork and soon, you'll officially become an Hitachiin!" Hikaru and Kaoru looked at each other for a moment, then down at Alex, who hesitated before nodding in agreement.
"One more thing! When you go to change her name, put it as "Ayumu". It means "walk your own way"." Before Yuzuha had appeared, the twins were discussing Alex's name. Her name was purely American, and it would sounds weird as Hitachiin Alex. They were debating Japanese names, deciding that Alex can just stay as her middle name, and came up with "Ayumu".
The mother was surprised, but quickly smiled at her sons. "Of course. Come on, dear." Her husband quickly followed his wife out of the room.
May 24, 2014
"Kyoya?" Alex asked in surprise, honestly not having him call her the next day. "What's up?"
"I'm sorry for the bother," The tone of his voice told her he wasn't really sorry, "but Tamaki decided it wise to invite us all to head over to Haruhi's house for the evening. Is that clear? The twins are already getting dressed."
"Hah? Wait, seriously? I though they were joking about going to Haruhi's house!" Alex felt conflicted. She had plans to hang out with Akiko for the day. But if she called them off, then she'd get to spend a whole day with Kyoya... "Ah...Hey, if I come, can I bring a friend with?"
"What friend?"
"Akiko. She's one of my guests."
"As long as she doesn't figure out Haruhi's secret, then I see no reason why she can't come."
"Seriously!? Awesome! Thanks, Kyoya! Um, give me a minute-Actually, I'll see you at Haruhi's place! Oh, yeah, Haruhi and I already told her about Haruhi being a girl, and she can keep a secret. Bye, Lov-" Alex caught herself in the nick of time, tensing. "See you!"
"Alex, what-" Despite the consequences she'd surely have to face later, she quickly hung up the phone with a red face. She looked down at her outfit and made a face, not too sure about wearing it in front of Kyoya and the rest of the Host Club. It was black buttoned-up cardigan on top of a purple shirt, accompanied by a matching purple skirt with black one-inch heels that had purple straps wrapped around her ankles. After seeing her wear heels during the Nekozawa fiasco, Akiko had wanted to see her wear more heels. Alex's hair was pulled back with a simple black headband, a strand or two dangling in front of her face.
Alex stared at her iphone for a few moments before scrolling down and pressing the button with Akiko's number on it. Holding it up to her ear, she waited for a few moment.
"Hello?"
"Akiko-Chan! Uh, well, um, it's Alex...Is it alright if you hang out with me and the Host Club for the day? Or are you too busy? I know we had plans and-and that we were going to hang out at your place, but, uh..."
"No, no! It's fine, Alex. Besides, you would say no to a chance to hang out with the Host Club? Besides, I want to see some more "crossdressing" Haruhi!" Alex grinned at that. It was a while back, when Alex had accompanied Haruhi to the store, just before the Lobelia incident, that they encountered Akiko in the store. Akiko had walked home with them, and had witnessed Ranka calling Haruhi his "daughter". Akiko was shocked, nearly disbelieving, but after being told the story she grinned and commented on how very "shoujo manga" like it had been.
"Awesome!"
"You're still dressed-up, right?" Alex made a face.
"Unfortunately...Anyway, we're all heading over to Haruhi's place."
"Sweet! I can't wait! It's been a while since I'd seen Ranka-san. I'll go finish getting ready and I'll meet you at your place."
"Okay. Bye."
"Bye!" Akiko hung up and Alex stuffed her phone in her pocket, before fiddling a little with her hair. Did she look weird? What would Kyoya think when he saw her?
Alex then gained stress lines on her face, realizing that when she saw Kyoya, she was going to have a hell of a lot of explaining to do.
Oh, the woe that is me...As if my life was bad enough... She hung her head, groaning. She barely even though about her own dimension anymore, her "siblings" faces hardly able to be pictured. Her parents still probably hated her for not being a boy, and probably were treating Akari the same way they had treated her.
She just hoped that Akari wasn't going to do something stupid and give up another limb or something to help someone else. Honestly, was Akari stupid? Why does that girl keep risking her life like that?
"Hehehe...Hypocrite. But that's what makes you interesting, isn't it, puppet?"
Alex froze, losing all color in her face as the voice-one she did but did not recognize-echoed in her mind, vibrating around the room, but was clear as day. It sounded different, strange, as if two people were talking at once. It sounded like Alex-and Akari herself-but with an overtone of...
Alex couldn't explain it. The only word she could think of was supernatural. The voice wasn't normal. It also...sounded oddly familiar, like she had heard it before. Not because it was her voice, but because she had actually heard that same strange mixture of a voice speak to her before...right after the crash, before she woke up after rolling over a limo.
She had blocked it out until now, not even processing and/or acknowledging its existence, but it was there in the back of her mind, not coming out until now.
Angel. She was certain that was who it was. She was positive this was the "angel" Akari always spoke about in her dreams. Alex felt a deep hatred for this voice, but if it wasn't for this voice, this thing, then she would be dead and would have not ever had met anyone that she knows now. She would have never come to love those who she cared for, and who had cared for her back. She would have never met the real Kyoya.
It had given her a second chance at life, and she was going to try to live it to the best of her abilities.
"Oh~! You know who I am! How interesting, but I'm sure that Akari filled you in? I am indeed the "angel" you talk about, but I am more widely known as..."God". "Truth", perhaps, if you will. I am one, I am all, I am everything and anything around you, and most of all...I am you. Sorry for the late notice, but I have been rather busy as of late keeping track of all my messengers."
"Messengers?" Alex accidentally asked this aloud, causing her face to redden. What the hell does that mean?
"It means that I made you go to a dimension on the other side of a gate. You are to change what is to happen, but keep the events flowing in the right order. There is always a chance that you can return to your original dimension, but there is also the option of staying here."
Why are you telling me this now?
"Because if I don't, then the show wouldn't be very interesting. I already have Elizabeth working with the Curtis's. She's building a place, but she will eventually choose to leave. She isn't her sister, who will stay. I know how everything will plan out, but you all always seem to surprise me. I find it rather amusing."
You're a sadist.
"Perhaps. Now go to the twins. This is the first time I'm going to be contacting you. The last time will be when you're near death." That confused Alex. Hadn't she already been near death three times? Does this mean Alex will die sooner than she had thought? The voice laughed in her head and said, "Do not fret. You are not my "oath" and you are not my "satisfaction". You are my "defender". Your death will not be too soon. It will come later, much later. Enjoy yourself while you can, Alexandria. Or should I say, perhaps, Ayumu now?"
Alex felt chilled to the bone, like someone had just walked on her grave. Of course, for all she knew, someone had. Her face felt cold, and when she pressed her hand against her left cheek, she realized she was crying. Alex was going to die. She didn't know when, and it wasn't going to be soon, but she was still going to die. Perhaps it would be a month from now? Maybe even a year? Whatever the case, Alex didn't enjoy it one bit.
And, now, Alex realized she wasn't the only one playing this twisted Angel's game. There were others, too. One's whose name meant "Oath" and "Satisfaction". Alex's name meant "Defender of mankind", which if you go by the bible, were "God's creations". The oath must mean "God's Oath" and the satisfaction obviously was "God's Satisfaction", which meant that they were all playing a sick twisted game of life and death.
And what he called himself...
Dear god, does this mean other fictional words were actually reality as well? Does this mean that "Truth" controlled them all!?
Alex quickly wiped the tears off of her face and tried to regain her composure. Alex wasn't the only one. There were others here, too, who were dealing with him. In Fullmetal Alchemist, Truth wasn't a total jerk-he was just ironic. There was nothing ironic about Alex's situation however, which confused her, but what confused her even more was why he didn't take any of her limbs, or her voice, or something. What payment could he had taken from her to send her here?
In this life she was now living, all she had dealt with was pain, and worry, and confusion, and death, and trying to protect her loved ones. What his payment her sorrow?
"ALEX!" The girl nearly jumped out of her skin when Akiko came barging into her room, wearing a light yellow shirt with a black jacket that she had unzipped. She wore blue jean shorts that stopped at mid-thigh and black thigh-highs, along with a pair of brown boots. The girl, who had her back hair tied in a low side ponytail, which was left dangling over her right shoulder, charged and tackled Alex, wrapping her arms around the brunette's neck.
Akiko grinned brightly, at Alex, who was stunned and slightly still horrified at her sudden realization.
"Well, where are the twins? Are we seriously heading over to Haruhi's place? Oh! I can't wait to spend more time with her! She's so nice!" Alex felt a small smile form on her face, trying to push the thoughts of her impending doom out of her head.
"Yeah. Come on. I'll go find Hikaru and Kaoru and then we can leave."
...
As it turned out, Akiko and Hikaru didn't get along very well. They kept arguing and arguing and it was a wonder how Alex and Kaoru didn't go insane and yell at them.
"You shouldn't even be here! How are we supposed to trust you!?"
"Because I knew Haruhi's secret a long time back and I haven't told anyone!"
"That doesn't mean that you won't in the future! Kaoru, back me up here!"
"Alex, help me!" Alex and Kaoru looked at each other exasperatedly, unable to calm either party down. The chauffeur sighed sadly, muttering to himself,
"Why couldn't I just stay home with my wife and daughter and watch Tangled?" The movie was very helpful in many ways, such as a time when he knocked a crazy trigger-happy guy unconscious with a frying pan.
"Go home, crazy lady!"
"Says you, caramel mouse!"
Alex groaned, resting her against Kaoru's shoulder as they drove to Haruhi's apartment. "Where are they even coming up with these nicknames?" Kaoru gave her a small smile, trying to hide the worried look on his face. Kaoru was growing nervous. A part of him couldn't help but think, what if Akiko did tell someone about Haruhi's secret? What would happen then? but another part of him trusted Alex's judgment.
They could only wait and see how things would turn out.
...
"Here you are, Master." The chaffeur opened the car and Tamaki stepped out.
Alex tried to hide the burning red embarrassment that was her face as she slid out of the fancy car. Akiko and the Hitachiin brothers followed, completely used to the royalty treatment. The others also had similar cars, fancy expensive ones such as a Mercedes and a RollsRoyce. The group quickly gathered in their regular positions when outside the Host Club.
It went Kyoya on the far left, with Alex in front of him and next to Tamaki, who was fixing his sunglasses and standing next an excited Mitsukuni, who was in front of Mori, with the twins next to him. Hikaru had his hands on his hips, while Kaoru had a smile on his face with his arms crossed. Akiko was standing next to Kaoru.
"So this is where Haruhi lives?" Kaoru asked surprised, looking up at the apartment complex.
"It's pretty big, huh? Bigger than I thought it'd be."
"Yeah!" Mitsukuni agreed enthusiastically, talking to Hikaru. He waved his hands in the air, "Look at all the room!"
"This building is what you might call a congregate commoner dwelling." Alex sweatdropped at Kyoya's explanation, but couldn't help but to smile at the dark-haired man. Haruhi's home is just one of the many buildings in this unit." Tamaki stopped his pacing and ran up to Kyoya, clamping his hands on his shoulders with stress lines on his face. Kyoya calmly crossed his arms and stared down at the blonde.
"Kyoya-why? Why did you bring these idiots with us!? Especially those two dopplegangers!" He pointed behind him angrily at Hikaru and Kaoru, who looked offended at that comment. "I called you-not them-!"
Kyoya calmly cut him, raising one hand and placing it on his chin with a frown as he began to explain, closing his eyes, "Well, you see, I knew you wouldn't have the courage to come here alone, so I thought it'd be best if everyone came along. Well, I see I was mistaken. Time to go home-" He moved over and pushed Hikaru and Kaoru away from the group, patting them on the backs, "Seems I underestimated our great leader."
"What, why!?"
"I don't wanna go!"
"Besides, we're not leaving Alex here with you!"
"Yeah, nor her shady friend!" Kyoya looked surprised at that and cast a glance at Alex and Akiko-one who was grinning sheepishly and rubbing her left arm, and one who was scowling and sending Hikaru an annoyed look.
"WAIT, DON'T LEAVE, I'M SORRY!" Tamaki screamed, rushing over and grabbing Kyoya's shoulders, "I DON'T WANT TO BE ALONE!"
Meanwhile, in the background near the vehicles, people were asking questions and looked around in confusion.
"Is this for some new movie shoot or something?"
"Rich people! Rich people!" A kid cheered, spinning in circles excitedly. Some girls were talking in hushed whispers and staring at the male members of the group, while a couple men were eyeing Akiko and Alex.
"They're so handsome! Think they're really rich?"
"Those girls are pretty cute...Though the scars kinda detracts from that one girl's value."
"I like the gray-eyed one."
Back with our main stars...
Tamaki held up a finger, "Listen up, men. Don't you forget! We must be polite. This is a casual, "We-just-happened-to-be-in-the-neighborhood" kind of visit. We're not here to judge the Fujioka Family's life style! Words "shabby", "cramped", and "rundown" are absolutely forbidden!"
"Right! Yes, sir!" Hikaru, Kaoru, Alex, and Mitsukuni declared, saluting, while Mori stood in the back next to Kyoya. Akiko had an exasperated face, but was amused nonetheless.
"Don't say anything to Haruhi and her father that might cause them to ask us to leave."
"Well, it's too late for that, go away!" There were multiple gasps, mainly from the dramatic members of the group, and surprised looks, as they all turned to look at an angry and fuming Haruhi. She was wearing plain blue skinny jeans underneath a pink sleeveless dress that was on top of a white plain T. She wore red-and-white sneakers and had a couple of necklaces on. She was carrying grocery bags in each hand, and slung over her shoulder was a cute white purse.
"Haruhi!" Tamaki gasped, before he, the twins, and Mitsukuni all gave her a thumbs up.
"That outfit looks pretty cute!"
"Shut up! Get the hell out of here! Alex, Akiko-you two can stay if you want. Everyone else, fuck off!"
Tamaki screamed in horror. "Haruhi's so mad she actually used the F-bomb and cursed at us! MOOOOMMMMY~!" Kyoya stared at Tamaki while Alex burst out laughing. Tamaki quickly moved over to the twins and started to scream and yell at them, accusing them of making Haruhi angry.
The twins merely held their hands behind their heads and crossed their legs, saying, "Hey, it wasn't us."
"Excuse me, Haruhi dear, but is everything alright? Those fancy cars-are you being threatened by the Yakuza or something?"
Haruhi turned her head surprised and said, "Oh, hi, Miss Landlady. No, they're not really-"
"Do you want me to call the police?" Before anyone could blink, Tamaki had snatched the elderly woman's hand and smiled charmingly at her.
Tamaki placed a hand against his chest as Haruhi backed away from the scene, but still watching, "Please, excuse me, madam. My name is Suoh. I am one of Haruhi's friends."
"Really?" A blush quickly spread across the woman's face as she pressed a hand against her cheek, watching as Tamaki ran a hand through his hair, "My goodness, aren't you just adorable!?"
"Hey, say, you two girls single?" Alex and Akiko turned to look at a couple of men surprised. They were smirking at the two female teens. "'Cause if so, me and my friend know this good place nearby that we can go hang out?"
Akiko froze up, gray eyes widening as she remembered the incident at the beach. Alex noticed and turned to look at her friend, worried. She reached up and grabbed the girl by the arm, shaking her lightly.
"Hey, Akiko, you okay?"
"It's happening again..."
"No it's not. You're imagining things. That was a while ago. You're safe now." It took a minute, but Akiko finally seem to snap out of it. She looked at Alex with a sheepish grin, her eyes closing as her face turned a slight red.
"Yeah, you're right. I'm sorry. It's just...because of that you and Haruhi nearly..."
"We're okay! Relax!" Alex was forced out of their conversation when one of three men reached over and grabbed Alex's wrist roughly, causing her to look up in alarm.
"Hey, you together with someone or not? 'Cause if not, then you can hang out with us!" The man who hadn't spoken until now, looked at his rough-looking friend nervously.
"Hey, man, cut it out. These people are rich. They can sue us-"
"Relax!" Man number 1 said. "What can a couple of girls do?" Man number 2 tightened his grip on Alex's wrist, tugging her towards him against her will. Man number 1 reached over to grab Akiko, but a hand darted out and grabbed the man's arm. The girl looked up in surprise to see Mori staring down at the man blankly.
Hands placed them selves on Alex's shoulder, and man number 2 found himself staring into the dark and cold eyes of Kyoya, who was currently giving a shit-eating grin. "I'd appreciate it if you left these two girls alone. We wouldn't want any casualties, now do we?" The men quickly backed off, and Mori released the first, sending the man into a stumbling panic as he tried to run away.
That didn't happen last time Akiko and I visited... Alex frowned and bit her lip, and ignored the feeling of disappointment she gained when Kyoya removed his hands from her shoulders. Maybe it was because we came in fancy cars? She sighed. Alex felt someone grab her hand and looked up in surprise to see Kyoya looking at a piece of paper as he led her towards the stairs, the rest of the Host Club following in tow with the exception of Haruhi. She felt the annoying butterflies flutter about in her stomach and a small smile tugged at her lips as she looked up at him, walking right behind him. She loved the feeling of his hand in hers.
"Let's see...It says that Haruhi's apartment number is 203." Mori set Mitsukuni on the railing and was pushing him up with one hand, as it was placed on the blonde's back, and Mitsukuni was cheering.
"Weeeee! Are these stairs gonna crumble by any chance!? It's a slide!"
"Let's find out!" Hikaru and Kaoru pounded their fists on the railing a couple of times as they walked.
"They're not gonna break, idiot!" Akiko argued, sending Hikaru an annoyed look. "You'd think that'd be obvious. Children walk on these things-they're not gonna make it to where they fall and let the kids get hurt." Hikaru sent Akiko a glare back.
"Shut up! I wasn't suggesting anything like that! I was merely curious!"
Haruhi screamed at them from the ground, "YOU GUYS CAN'T GO IN WITHOUT MY PERMISSION! GET BACK DOWN HERE!" Tamaki sent Haruhi a bright smile as he waved at the Landlady.
"Take your time and play! Oh, Haruhi dear! I'll bring some cookies later for you and your friend!"
"Oh! Can you make them chocolate chip!?" Alex called over excitedly, despite not being a huge fan of sweets. The landlady looked up at Alex and smiled, nodding. "Yes!"
"Chocolate chip cookies are my favorite!" Akiko grinned like a little kid, and Mitsukuni seemed just as excited. Haruhi and Tamaki quickly made their way up the stairs, and Haruhi started to lecture everyone.
"Here's the deal you guys. I'm only giving you all a quick peek! Alex and Akiko can stay if they want, but the rest of you have to go home, got it?"
Mitsukuni had pink flowers blooming around him as he held up a blue decorated box, "Look Haru-Chan! I brought you a present! I know how much you love cake! There's both chocolate and strawberry!" Haruhi stared down at the smiling boy for a moment, before sighing.
"Fine...Guess, I'll make some tea." She said as she whirled around and unlocked the door. She opened it. There was silence as everyone looked in. Tamaki let out a sigh.
Hikaru commented, "It's so small."
Tamaki quickly reached over and grabbed Hikaru's cheeks, stretching them angrily. "SHUT UP!" Everyone started to look around the apartment.
"A wood-built two bedroom unit. That's normal for a commoner family of two." Kyoya noted.
"Haruhi's such a pipsqueak," Kaoru began, looking around, "at least we know she won't hit her head on the low ceilings."
"I think it's a cute little room!" Haruhi then told Mitsukuni dryly,
"You don't have to struggle to compliment it." Akiko blinked at the Host Club members reactions, surprised.
"I don't see why you're all making a big deal about it. It's just an apartment room." Mitsukuni looked up at Akiko with big brown eyes, surprised.
"Wow~! You must come here often, huh, Kiko-Chan?"
"K-Kiko-Chan?" Akiko stuttered, her face turning a little red. "W-Well, sometimes..."
"Do we have to take our shoes off, Haru-Chan, Kiko-Chan?" Alex felt a little left out, but didn't say anything as she took off her shoes off.
Haruhi looked surprised at the question, and nodded, "U-Uh, yeah. If you please." Mitsukuni looked up at Mori excitedly.
"Hear that!? We have to take our shoes off! It's kinda like going to the dojo, huh?"
"Yeah."
Hikaru began, rather rudely, "Do you have any slippers for us, Haruhi?" Akiko cast Hikaru an annoyed look out of the corner of her eyes. Doesn't he know any manners? You think him being an Hitachiin and a member of the Host Club, he'd know some. Akiko's opinion of Hikaru kept decreasing and decreasing as the time went by.
"Wait," Kaoru started, noticing something. "The floor's covered with tatami mats!"
"Oh, that's convenient! In that case, we don't need slippers!" Hikaru exclaimed. He and his brother, along with Mitsukuni, started to walk in.
"Great! Thanks for inviting us in!"
Mori was next, walking behind Mitsukuni, and said, "Yeah, thanks."
Tamaki walked behind Mori, a smile plastered on his face, "It's greatly appreciated." Kyoya was right behind Tamaki, with Alex behind him and Akiko next to her.
"Yes, thanks, Haruhi."
"I'm so sorry!" Alex blurted out, unable to hold the apology in much longer. She stopped in front of Haruhi, clapping her hands together as she winced. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! Kyoya called me earlier today and told me about Tamaki's plans and even if I wanted too, I'd of been unable to change his mind! Akiko agreed to come along to help me and Kyoya keep them behaved."
Akiko laughed nervously, running her fingers through her hair as she re-put it up. "Y-Yeah...Sorry about that, Haru-Chan. Alex invited me over and I couldn't say no."
Haruhi sighed. "It's fine...It's just them I don't want here. Damn rich people." Akiko and Alex wisely kept quiet about the fact that they were rich people, too. Alex, technically, was, seeing how she was recent turned an Hitachiin.
They walked back in, and that was when Tamaki realized something important, that was hiding under his nose the entire time. He shot up out of his kneeling position and screamed, pointing dramatically at a confused Akiko.
Mitsukuni seemed to realize the same thing and gasped, while Mori just stared. Kyoya looked at Alex with a look that clearly said that they needed to talk. The brunette tried to divert her gaze and act like she didn't see anything, but her red face and caught-stealing-cookies-from-the-cookie-jar look told everyone that she was busted.
"WHAT IS SHE DOING HEEEERE!?" Tamaki demanded, panicking. "Momma, Momma, why is there another girl here!? Does she know my precious Haruhi's secret!?" He grabbed Kyoya by the shoulders, shaking him back-and-forth. Somehow, Kyoya managed to keep his glasses on his face.
"According to my sources," A.K.A, Alex, "she does, and has known Haruhi's secret for quite a while."
"NOOOO! This can't be happening!"
"Eh, Kiko-Chan knows Haru-Chan's really a girl?"
Akiko butt in, narrowing her gray eyes, "If I didn't before, then I certainly do now. You guys aren't very good at keeping secrets, are you?"
Tamaki burst into tears. Haruhi was unable to dodge his surprise hug. "I'm so sorry, Haruhi! Daddy was unable to keep your secret-!"
"It's fine, Sempai! Now let go of me, already! You're hurting me!"
"WAAAAAHHHH!"
"DO YOU WANT ME TO MAKE TEA OR NOT, DAMN IT!?" Haruhi snapped, causing Tamaki to release her and to go mope in a corner, growing mushrooms as a depressed aura formed around him.
"Haruhi...hates me...She's angry...at me..."
"No, really?" Alex asked sarcastically, raising her eyebrows. "What ever gave you that idea?" Tamaki burst out crying again and the girl sighed. "I'm kidding...Haruhi doesn't hate you...mostly." Tamaki quickly regained his spirits and took his spot by the table, holding his knees to his chest.
"Oh, Haruhi!" Hikaru spoke up, stopping Haruhi before she could enter the kitchen, "Here's an idea. It's black tea that our father brought us from a souvenir from Africa. Here, try it." He handed it to Haruhi, who took it in surprise.
"Uh, sure, no problem."
Kaoru tried to be helpful and give advice, "It's best served as milk tea; do you have milk?"
"I think..." Haruhi placed a hand to her chin in thought, "When was the last time I bought some milk?"
Tamaki quickly grew horrified and reached out to the twins, putting them both in choke-holds. "What do you think you're doing!? Stop being so mean to her, you idiots!" Alex sighed from her spot beside Kyoya, having a feeling that Tamaki really was going to get hated by Haruhi, and even worse, her father.
What was supposed to happen again...?
"She doesn't even have a tea pot!" Kaoru, his brother, and Tamaki were all crying. "And she's too ashamed to tell us! I'm sorry Haruhi...you don't need to go to all that trouble...We don't need black tea...we'd be fine with a glass of water..." His voice was trembling as he extended a shaky hand towards the girl.
Haruhi looked at Kaoru in confusion. "What, why? It's no trouble. Besides, I've already made it." Haruhi had used a Kyusu teapot.
"Oh. Well in that case..." Tamaki quickly slung his arms around the twins' shoulders again, all of them sighing in relief.
"Man, that was close one, boss." Hikaru told the blonde as stress lines grew on his face.
"We have been rescued by Commoner's Wisdom..."
"What do you mean, sir?" Kaoru asked, and right before Tamaki could start explaining, Akiko interrupted.
"I'm sorry to intrude on your conversation, but you guys don't have to act so worried about every single little thing you do and say. Just be yourselves." Alex quickly moved from her spot to hug Akiko, wrapping her arms around her neck.
"You're wise! You have no idea how much I've missed you!"
"I missed you too, Alex!"
Meanwhile, everyone just stared at the two.
Hikaru was the first to comment, "You're still crazy, and I still don't trust you." Akiko pulled away from Alex and glared at Hikaru.
"I didn't ask for your opinion, freckles!"
"Freckles!?"
"Yeah, or haven't you notices the splash of freckles on your nose and beneath your eyes?"
"What about your anime-complex, Otaku!?"
"At least I have something to enjoy watching, rather than flirting with my brother every second of the day!"
"Why you-"
"Okay, both of you shut up now, before I smack you upside the head." Alex threatened, sending them both glares. Hikaru and Akiko looked surprised at Alex, before huffing and turning their heads away from each other. Alex sighed.
Kyoya spoke from his spot at a bookshelf, reading something, "While your antics are amusing, I don't understand your needs to argue at every given second. If Miss Urushihara proves to be untrustworthy, well, there's also my family's private police force of one hundred officers. Not to mention that Mori-Sempai and Honey-Sempai are both skilled in martial arts, so if she tried to run away, she'd have to deal with them. Oh, I'm sorry," Kyoya turned around to give Akiko a shit-eating grin, his usual closed-eye Shadow King smile, "Did I happen to forget to mention that not only my family, but the Morinozukas and the Haninozukas families alone are enough to put your family's work out of business? Please, do forgive my forgetfulness."
Alex sweatdropped at Kyoya's response, and Akiko looked like she was facing the barrel of a gun. And believe her, Alex knew how that felt, and Kyoya-well, his Shadow King smile alone was enough to send most people running for the hills.
"Anyway," Haruhi cut in, before things could become much worse, "The tea's ready. I'm sorry not all the cups match." She set down the cups on the table.
"Come on, Haru-Chan! You can choose your cake, first!" Mitsukuni told Haruhi, who was sitting next to him and Mori.
"Huh? You sure, Honey-Sempai?"
"Go ahead," Hikaru told her with a grin. "We're rich, we eat this kind of stuff all the time!" Tamaki and Kaoru quickly shushed Hikaru, causing the poor boy to clamp his hands over his mouth in embarrassment and shame. "I was trying to be considerate!"
Akiko felt like banging her head against a wall.
"Let's see...I'll have the strawberry."
"So cute!" Tamaki and twins whispered in unison, stunned.
"Then Haru-Chan, Takashi, and I are strawberry! Everyone else can eat what they want!" Mitsukuni declared cheerfully as he handed Haruhi her cake.
Akiko hesitated, not sure if she should grab a cake slice or not. Mitsukuni noticed her hesitation and asked, "What's wrong, Kiko-Chan?"
The twins and Tamaki stopped panicking to watch the scene.
"Are you sure it's alright if I take one?"
"Uh-huh! Yeah! Though..." Mitsukuni noticed something and frowned, "We're gonna be one cake short... I didn't grab one for Kyo-Chan, since I know he doesn't care for sweets, but I didn't know Kiko-Chan was coming...I-I'm sorry you guys...I-I didn't bring enough cakes..." He started to tear up, and Akiko instantly felt guilty.
"No, no, no, it's fine! It's fine Honey-Sempai! I won't have any cake! It's okay with me-"
"Hey, Akiko, you can have my slice if you want." Akiko looked at Alex surprised, before hesitating.
"You sure, Alex?"
"Yeah, it's fine. I don't like sweets that much anyway. You know that." Akiko nodded, before reluctantly grabbing a chocolate slice and sat down next to her friend.
"Huh?" Haruhi looked surprised when Mori suddenly started putting strawberries on her plate.
"You like strawberries, right? You can have mine." She looked surprised, before smiling warmly at him.
"That's nice of you Mori-Sempai! Thanks."
"Hmm." He smiled. Alex tried not to laugh when Hikaru, Kaoru, and Tamaki all started to complain and hate themselves for not thinking of the idea of sharing strawberries with Haruhi.
Kyoya spoke, "Oh, Alex?" The girl tensed, and sent him a tense smile.
"Y-Yeah?"
"Do you mind if we talk later? It's about our earlier conversation." Shivers went down Alex's spine at the smile he gave her, which was signaling her doom. Kyoya was gonna kill her. Maybe I'll get lucky and he won't? She thought hopefully, but that hope quickly went down the drain when he widened his smile. I'm screwed.
"You alright, Alex?" Haruhi questioned, looking at the pale brunette. Alex looked at Haruhi with wide eyes and nodded.
"Y-Yeah! I'm fine!" Haruhi narrowed her eyes at Alex's response and looked at Kyoya, watching as he read a book. Haruhi only said one thing.
"Good Luck."
Before anyone could blink, Alex was in a depressed corner with her knees tucked up to her chest, mushrooms sprouting around her. "I think I already ran out..." Akiko offered a small smile while Haruhi said,
"Alex, stop growing mushrooms in the corner, please? I don't want to have to pick those up later." Alex quickly got back up and ran over to sit next to Akiko and Haruhi again.
Everyone quickly ate their cake, and Honey whined, "All that cake just made me hungrier~!" Hikaru glanced at his watch and commented in surprise,
"Yeah, it's already past lunchtime now!"
He, his brother, and Tamaki all tilted their heads and asked Haruhi in unison with smiles on their faces, "Well, what's for lunch?" Haruhi gave them a sour look.
"Will you guys quit being so happy-go-lucky all the time, please?"
Kyoya stood up and said, "We'll take care of it. We did drop in unexpectedly. So we'll pay for lunch," He continued as he went to grab his wallet, suggesting, "Why don't you just order all of us some of your favorite sushi?"
Haruhi stood up and said quickly, "Thanks, but no thanks! I know that if I let you guys pay, I'll only regret it later!" Kyoya's glasses flashed and covered his eyes as he held up a gold credit card.
"Oh, don't worry about it Haruhi. We'll just pay for it with the cash that we got from the photos of you that we auctioned off."
Haruhi hung her head, stress lines forming on her face, "So I'm really paying for it after all..." She sighed and inhaled deeply. "Well, if that's what you guys really want, then I do have a friend who runs this really nice sushi shop nearby. I can just give him a call. Their stuff's pretty high-quality." Tamaki's eyes widened and he quickly wrote something down on paper, before handing it to Haruhi. She took it and read it, and crushed it with her hand angrily as she gave him a dark look, tossing the paper behind her into a trashcan. "I'm not stupid. I could figure that out on my own."
Tamaki screamed. "How could you do that!?" He cried as tears streamed comically down his face. "Daddy even tried to look casual to not embarrass you!"
Mitsukuni looked up at Haruhi with big eyes, an adorable smile on his face as flowers bloomed around him. "I'd really love it if you'd make us something, Haru-Chan!" The twins and Tamaki looked panicked at Mitsukuni's words.
Haruhi placed a hand to her chin, looking down at him in thought. "I guess I could whip something up, but it would take me some time." Haruhi appeared to realize something and looked into the living room, "Hey, Alex, you want to help me?" The girl looked surprise.
"H-Huh? You sure?" Haruhi nodded.
"Yeah. It would be a good experience for you."
Alex grinned and stood up, "Yeah! That would be awesome!" Mitsukuni looked even more excited now.
"Lexi-Chan is gonna help Haru-Chan make food!? Yay! We can wait!"
The twins and Tamaki cried in joy. Akiko watched in utter confusion, Kyoya looked passive as ever, and Mori just sat there and watched the scene take place.
"I'm going to have to go to the supermarket," Haruhi said.
"We're coming with you!" Hikaru declared.
"We want to see a Commoner's Supermarket!" Kaoru agreed.
"Me too, me too!" Mitsukuni exclaimed.
Kyoya said, "This could be a learning experience."
Akiko groaned and said, "This is not gonna be good." Alex merely laughed and sweatdropped, while Haruhi sighed. Everyone but Haruhi and Tamaki left the apartment, and as they were heading down the stairs, Alex, Kyoya, and Akiko paused as they saw a woman with red hair wearing multiple shades of purple walk past them up the stairs.
"Is that...?" Kyoya began, and Alex finished his sentence for him.
"Ranka?" A wide grin sudden took over her face and she took up the stairs, running as fast as she could as everyone watched in confusion before following her. "RANKA!" She yelled, nearly tripping over her feet as she scrambled to get into the apartment. Ranka paused as he crushed Tamaki's face into the ground with his foot, turning his head to look at Alex.
A smile spread across his beautiful face. "Alex, dear! Come give me a hug!" He held his arms out and Alex quickly complied, rushing over and tackling the beautiful man in the hug. "I missed you so much! You haven't visit in days!"
"You're hardly here whenever I visit!" Alex responded, before pulling back and grinning at him, not noticing she was standing on Tamaki's back. "I love the outfit! You look amazing!"
"Oh, thank you, darling. You're pretty cute yourself today." Alex grinned, a light blush coating her face at the compliment.
"A-Alex...help...me..." Alex looked down at the ground beneath, finally realizing where she was standing. She screamed and stumbled backwards, crying out in pain as tripped and landed on her butt roughly. Her ankles hurt.
"Tamaki!" Ranka frowned and asked, putting more weight on his foot and pressing Tamaki's skull against the ground,
"You know this pest, Alex?"
"Y-Yeah, kinda..." She stammered, still on the ground. Hikaru and Kaoru poked their heads in, asking curiously,
"Hey, Alex, why'd you rush up the stairs like that for? Where's the boss, anyway-?" They cut themselves off, realizing the situation instantly. Ranka stepped off of Tamaki as the twins ran over and walked on the blonde, extending their hands out to Haruhi's dad. "It's nice to meet you, Haruhi's dad. We're good friends of you daughter, and we also happen to be Alex's brothers, the Hitachiin brothers."
"You're a transvestite, aren't you?" Hikaru asked.
Kaoru said, "You're the first real transvestite we've ever seen!" They looked down at Tamaki.
"You finally put the moves on Haruhi, huh, boss?" They questioned before looking back up at Ranka. They both smiled at him.
"Sorry about him; he's a lady's man, if you know what I mean."
"He's a pheromone machine! In fact, I bet he's fooled around with more ladies than you can count!" Both Haruhi and Alex were alarmed.
Ranka gained multiple tickmarks and asked with a smile, his voice deepening, "He liked to fool around, huh?"
"NOOOO!" Tamaki blurted, pushing himself up and knocking the twins off of him. "I'm not a ladies man-I'm a nice guy! I care about her!" The twins and Alex looked alarmed. Tamaki got on his hands and knees, bowing, "I'm being complete honest here! I care about Haruhi as if she's my own daughter!"
Alex groaned and fell back, laying on the floor as she stared up at the ceiling. She saw a flash of black and was suddenly pulled onto her feet. She blinked and looked behind her, and saw Kyoya staring down at her. He released her arm and placed his hands in his pockets. He watched the scene play out in front of him, and Alex felt a small twinge of disappoint that he didn't say anything to her.
Ranka's first impression of Tamaki was "He's an idiot". Soon, everyone walked in and sat around the table except Tamaki, who currently moping and growing mushrooms.
"I get it now! You all must be the Host Club I've heard so much about!" Ranka exclaimed. "You all are certainly a fine bunch of young-looking men! I'm not sure which one of you like best!" He smiled at Haruhi, Alex, and Akiko. "What about you girls?" Ranka took notice at how close Alex was sitting next to Kyoya and smiled, "Oh, I see now... Here, I'll tell you what-why don't you boys go ahead and call me Ranka? That's the professional name I use at the transvestite bar I work at."
Mitsukuni looked surprised. "Professional? You mean like a stage name?" Ranka smiled.
"Exactly like that, Mitsukuni."
"Hold on, how did you know my name, sir?"
Ranka smirked and listed off, "You two are third-years, Mitsukuni Haninozuka, and Takashi Morinozuka." He turned to the twins, "And you two are first-years in the same class as these girls; you're the Hitachiin twins-though I'm not sure which one of you is which." Ranka laughed and smiled. "I've heard a lot about you two!" They blinked in surprise and their eyes widened.
Kaoru was the one who spoke, "What, so Haruhi told you about us?"
"No," He replied with a smile, "Alex spoke about you boys a lot whenever you visited, and Kyoya told me about you over the phone!" Kyoya moved over and knelt in front of Ranka, pressing their hands together as they had smiles on their faces. "He also talked to me through email, but you're even more handsome than I imagined! Alex's descriptions did not do you justice!"
Kyoya's smile appeared to widen as he thought, Alex talks about me to Ranka, does she? Interesting. "You know, you're really a beautiful person, Ranka."
"SAY WHAT!?" Everyone but Mori exclaimed. Even Alex didn't know that Kyoya had been talking with Ranka. Tamaki reached over with a dark look on his face, clamping a hand on Kyoya's shoulder.
"Kyoya..." He warned. Kyoya had a shit-eating grin on his face.
"We've been entrusted with the care of his precious daughter," He explained, taking a sip of his tea. "It is only natural that we introduce ourselves and give him periodic reports. Ordinarily, that would be your job, wouldn't it?" Tamaki flew back, an arrow striking him in the chest. Of course, Kyoya also had wanted to see what the person Haruhi had for a father was like, and why Alex often spoke highly of him whenever she told him of her time at Haruhi's house during her visits.
"I'm impressed that the club has such a capable president," Ranka complimented Kyoya with a sweet smile, only to correct himself and say, "But wait a minute-you're only the Vice President, aren't you, Kyoya? I guess that president of yours is pretty much good-for-nothing, huh?"
"No, no, Ranka." Kyoya said, rather amused by this point.
"Uh, Kyoya..." Alex began, tapping the teen on his shoulder. Kyoya turned his head to look at her, and Alex opened her mouth to question, but was cut off by a fuming Haruhi.
"YOU NEVER TOLD ME ABOUT THIS, DAD! Why didn't you tell me that you've been contacting Kyoya-Sempai!?"
Ranka held a finger up to his bottom lip childishly, pouting. "What am I supposed to do, Haruhi? You rarely tell me anything about school!"
"So that makes it okay to talk behind my back!?" Haruhi then noticed Tamaki growing mushrooms in the closest and turned her head, glaring at him and snapping, "Come on, Sempai, would you please stop growing mushrooms in other peoples closets!"
"Haruhi..." Ranka began calmly, "the thing about you is..." He suddenly tackled his daughter in a hug, holding her tightly, "You're cute even when you're angry!"
"I don't know what is, but Haruhi's dad reminds me of someone," Hikaru commented with stress lines on his face. Kaoru frowned, despite the amusement he felt.
"He reminds of a couple people we know actually." How many people did he and his brother know that often hugged Haruhi and tackled her like that?
Two, maybe three if you count Akiko who has also been showing a habit of tackling the people she liked.
Kaoru continued, "This explains why she's so good at handling the boss and Alex." They watched as Haruhi finally managed to escape the super-doting parent grip her father had on her, and started to walk towards the apartment door.
"Wait, Haruhi, where are you going!?" He cried out, laying on the floor. She grabbed her purse and slung it over her shoulder.
"The supermarket, okay? I need to go shopping and I want to do it myself. So all of you stay here and just try and behave yourselves." She said and closed the door behind her, leaving.
"WAIT!" Hikaru cried out, just as the door closed, "We want to go to the Commoner's Supermarket!" Akiko was about ready to scold him, but Ranka beat her to it with a smile.
"I wouldn't push it. Once she's made her mind up, she'll never change it." Ranka gained a sad smile as he sat at the table, "When she decided to go to Ouran Academy, she did all the enrollment papers by herself. While I respect her independent spirit, I wish she'd depend on me a little more sometimes. I hope you all know how grateful I am. Since she's found all of you, she seems to be happier. Like she's enjoying herself. Wouldn't you agree, Tamaki Suoh?"
Tamaki hit his head against the closest door as he pulled the mushrooms off of him with a hopeful smile. "You know who I am?"
"Well of course I do," He replied as he looked at the blonde. "Haruhi's told me a thing or two about you. You're the Host Club's bumbling president, right?" Tamaki started to cry again.
Kyoya held a hand up to his chin, thinking. So, Haruhi talks about the Host Club at home after all...
"Come to think of it," Ranka continued as he spoke to Tamaki, "You're the one who didn't realize Haruhi was a girl until the very last moment, weren't you? You're clueless, aren't you?" Tamaki busted out into unrelenting waves of tears as he stood, running out of the apartment screaming.
"I'M A WORTHLESS HUMAN BEEEEEIIIIIIIIIING!" Alex stood up, prepared to chase after him.
"Tamaki-!"
"ACK! He's getting away!" Hikaru cried out. "Grab him!"
"Boss!" The Hitachiin siblings were all prepared to chase after him, but Ranka pulled them back down.
"There, there. Now, seeing how all the introductions are out of the way," Ranka said as he placed his tea cup back down on the table. He gave a seductive smile and asked, "How would you all like to have a little fun?"
...
"This is what you meant by "fun"?" Kyoya questioned, watching as Tamaki clung to Haruhi's dress as she led him to the way to the supermarket, promising him that she was going to cook Nabe with lots of beef. Alex should have expected this from Ranka, really, she should have.
"Yes," Ranka replied with a smile. He had a scarf covering his face and was wearing sunglasses, "I call it the "Stalking Game"!"
People on the street started whispering, talking about how attractive the group was.
Ranka continued, "In all honesty, I have a completely selfish reason for bringing you all out with me." He pulled down his sunglasses to look ahead of him at Haruhi and Tamaki, brown eyes identical to Haruhi's. "I wanted to see with a bunch of cute teen boys and a couple of pretty teenage girls!"
The twins spoke in unison, sweat beading down their faces at the resemblance, "Sure enough, those three are cut from the same cloth."
"Who are you guys talking about?" Akiko questioned, causing them to look down at her. Hikaru scowled at her and Kaoru smiled, shrugging.
"No one in particular," The nicer one of the two told her. Hikaru snapped,
"It's none of your business, so butt out!"
"It was just a question, jerk-face!" She growled. By the time they got to the Supermarket, everyone had split up.
Akiko went with Alex to look around, Kyoya in tow, and the twins found a cart and started to push it around, laughing. Mori was giving Mitsukuni a piggy back ride, and Ranka was trying to locate Haruhi and Tamaki.
"Alex, can I talk to you in private for a moment?" Alex flinched and looked at Akiko, who quickly stalked off. Alex was about to cry in protest, but Kyoya grabbed her wrist and dragged her away to the back of the store where no one from the Host Club would be able to hear their conversation.
"Why didn't you tell me that Haruhi's secret was found out?" He demanded, giving a look as he tightened his grip on her wrist.
"I-It was never brought up! I figured you'd of had figured it out by the way Akiko talked to Haruhi about girl things, so I never mentioned it!" Kyoya loosened his grip on her, leaning closer and hovering over her as she found herself pressed up against a wall. This was starting to become a pattern. "H-Hey, K-Kyoya..." Her voice squeaked a little, "Um, sh-shouldn't we be getting back to the others?" Alex loved being alone with Kyoya, but sometimes these positions can become too much for her too quickly. She wasn't used to such close contact, nor relationships.
Kyoya pulled back and sighed, before looking behind him and analyzing the people crowding around the aisles. "Honda, Tachibana, and Aijima are with Tamaki right now, so that should give me time to do this one thing." She looked up at him curiously with big brown eyes, and Kyoya felt a warmth in his chest at the sight of them.
"What's that?" He eyed her for a moment, observing her, before placing a hand on one of her shoulders and leaning down, kissing her on the forehead. He then gently grabbed her chin, lifted her head, and kissed her. It was a short kiss, but it still left Alex's brain fuddled and confused.
"Come on." He said, grabbing her hand and leading her away, "We need to find Tamaki before he does something stupid again."
"WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING HERE!?" Haruhi screamed at Hikaru and Kaoru as Alex and Kyoya neared them. The twins laughed and ran, splitting up in case Haruhi or Tamaki tried to chase them. They watched as Aijima spoke to a stunned Tamaki.
"Master Tamaki, you wish to taste some samples? It would be most unfortunate if something happened to one of Master Kyoya's friends."
"T-Tachibana...Aijima...Honda..."
"B-Bodyguards!?" Haruhi shrieked, alarmed.
Hikaru was still running when he heard Akiko arguing with a man. He slowly stopped laughing and turn his run into a walk, listening-as if Akiko was going to tell someone Haruhi's secret.
"I told you for the last time, Touma-no! I'm not going out with you!"
"Come on, Akiko, I'll make it worth it!" Hikaru stopped his walking and spied from a shelf at the end of the aisle. No one else seemed to be paying them any attention, too busy with their shopping and making sure their kids didn't run off. A man with shaggy brown hair and dark eyes was gripping Akiko's lower arm tightly. The girl was scowling at him. The man gave her a grin, tugging her towards him, "You won't regret it!"
"I said no!"
"Just give me a chance!" The man said and forcefully grabbed her shoulders, leaning towards her. Hikaru narrowed his eyes at the situation, and despite his dislike for the girl, wasn't going to let something like this happen.
"Sorry, but I'm afraid I can't let you get it on with my girlfriend." An arm wrapped itself around Akiko's waist and pulled her away from the strange man. The guy's eyes widened, and Akiko looked at Hikaru with wide eyes. "I don't know how you know her, but I'm not going to let you touch her."
"What? Since when did you have a boyfriend, Akiko?"
"Don't call me by my name so familiarly!" The girl snapped, glaring at him with angered gray eyes. She placed a hand against Hikaru's arm, playing along with Hikaru's game. "I'll have you know we've been dating for a month now, so if you don't leave me alone this instant, I'll put your family's farm out of business."
The man scowled and took a few steps back, glaring at Hikaru, who gazed at him coolly with caramel eyes. "Yeah, well, I'm not scared of you! Or you're little boy-toy! I'll be back for you, you know! Just you wait!" He ran off, and people finally seemed to notice the commotion. Hikaru quickly released Akiko like he was on fire, causing the girl to stumble forwards. He crossed his arms, refusing to look at her and resulted in glaring at a shelf of Pocky.
Akiko caught her self and turned to look at Hikaru, still surprised at what he did for her. She figured he wasn't all bad-even if he did practically push her way once the one guy left. "Thanks for that...Hikaru?" She asked, certain that was who he was. Hikaru scowled and muttered,
"Don't thank me. You just looked like you needed some help, that's all. Pathetic." Suddenly Haruhi ran over and started to push the two of them towards the exit, the rest of the Host Club in front of them and complaining.
"Out, out, all of you, out! Go back to the apartment already! I'll be right out as soon as I pay for these!"
"H-Hey, Haruhi!" Alex whined.
...
Sometime later, Haruhi managed to finish cooking the Nabe.
"Here Tamaki! Have some more Chrysanthemum! You're favorite!" Ranka said, placing more and more of it on Tamaki's food. The blonde had tears streaming down his face.
"Hey, don't eat all the beef!"
"This is amazing!"
"I wanted to help cook..." Alex sniffed, tears streaming down her face in a comical fashion. The twins laughed at her, and Kyoya said,
"So this is what you call home cooking...Maybe when you're talented enough, we could all visit again and you can cook for us, Alex."
"M-Maybe..."
"Can you pass the napkins, please? Thank you."
"Haru-Chan's cooking is yummy!"
"Yeah."
"I'm impressed.
Rather lack-luster ending and OOC stuff going on, but it's the best as I can managed right now. I hope you guy liked the chapter.