Maybe You're My Love

Chapter Fifteen: Valentine's Day!

The Entertainment Club would be hosting it's biggest event of the new year and everyone was invited. Mostly single students were invited to mingle with the Entertainers and the Hosts, but the invitation was open to all. Valentine's Day was the best day of the year for their club. It's when they earned the most money. They had a photo both, a sweets stand (all crafted by Andie), flowers to buy, and of course the popular auction where the Entertainers raised the most money by offering theirselves as a date on Valentines Day to the highest bidder.

The Host club joined up with the EC and wore pink and white outfits and served everyone tea and snacks. Tamaki had a crowd gathered around him as he told them about the many festivals of love in France. Mori was helping Andie sell her cookies and Honey and Nate had teamed up again, to join their cuteness together and create handmade cards.

The only person who was missing was Ami, and Kyoya was worried since he hadn't seen her since the night of the storm. He had lost track of time that night and the two fell asleep in each others arms. She looked adorable when she slept, Thought Kyoya. He took out his phone and dialed her number.

"Hi Kyoya!" She sounded happy. That was good.

"Ami, I'm at the Entertainment Club, where are you? There are some clients who are missing you."

"Oh, I'm just running behind is all," Ami said. "I thought Tara would have told you why I was late."

Tara was distracted by Kaoru's flirting as he laid in her lap and had her feed him and Hikaru cookies. The brothers devised a new act where they would be fighting to win the love of Tara and the clients were loving it.

"Tara is…distracted at the moment," Kyoya said. "Will I be seeing you today at all?" he tried to make it sound casual. It would be too obvious for him to ask her out on a date on the day of all days.

"Of course!" She seemed thrilled that he asked, "I just have a few things to wrap up and then I'll be over at the club soon."

"Alright, see you soon."

What Ami had to deal with was of course, about a dozen young men and young women lined up to confess their love to her. She really hated this time of year. She sighed as each person approached with a gift in hand and shaky, wet, palms, and professed their love. Ami had written a script for this months in advanced and she recited her lines perfectly.

"This means so much to me," she said for the eighth time today, "It makes me feel so warm to know that someone could love someone like me. Alas, I'm afraid I'll have to tell you I cannot reciprocate your feelings…I'm in love with someone else and wait here patiently, hoping one day they'll see me and accept my love."

"Who would be so blind as to not fall in love with you, Miss Noble?!" demanded her eighth confessor, "I'll find them myself and—and—and I'll—"

Ami touched his hand gently and smiled at him which calmed him down immediately, "Please don't worry about me. If it's meant to be, it's meant to be. But what would really make me happy today, is seeing you with…" she looked down at her lap at the flashcards in her lap, "Jamie, from chemistry. She really does love you and I'd only be wasting your time. Go to her. I'm sure she's the one for you."

And once again, Ami made a match and the young man took his flowers and went running to see a girl that Ami had matched him up with. She sighed, took a sip of water, and then waved to the next person in line…

Later…

Ami arrived to the E-Club and was greeted by cheers and flowers from the patrons. She blushed and thanked them all for their visit. Tamaki took her by the arm and led her to the second floor changing room where her outfit was awaiting her. It was a beautiful pink and white gown, paired with a pair of cupid's wings that a draped down her back like a long necklace.

"Tamaki! This is the best costume I've ever seen!" Ami said as she picked up the dress and hugged it to her body tight.

"Don't thank me," he said, "It was Kyoya's idea and the twins' mother had this in one of her collections. It was shipped straight from Japan. We will of course have to take photos of you in it, so their mother can use it on their website—"

"I'll be a model in Japan?!" In the blink of an eye Ami had changed into the dress and flashed her most charming smile, "Why didn't you say so?"

Tamaki escorted Ami down the staircase and she waved at all her admiring fans. Once at the bottom, Tamaki announced that the auction would start soon and that everyone should take their places in the parlor. Ami skipped over to Kyoya and grabbed his hand, "Thank you for picking this out, Kyo! It's beautiful!"

"Only made so because of the angel in it," he said with a bow.

Ami blushed deeply and then looked down at her feet. Kyoya was happy with these results. "Well, I hope you'll be placing a bid on me! Otherwise I won't see you tonight at the club dinner."

"You're joining the auction?" Kyoya asked, he was unaware of Ami's involvement. He thought that since she was the president and the person with the highest request rate, she'd stay out of it and let the other Entertainers shine.

"Of course! I surprise the crowd at the end. It was Tara's idea this year. She's been more vocal lately. I like it. Well, au revoir mon ami!" She blew a kiss to Kyoya and went to join the others in the parlor.

The auction went off without a hitch. Honey and Tamaki had joined together to be the facilitators and put on a great show! The first up to auctioned was Nate who, tonight, was wearing a long red wig and a beautiful white dress. Nate looked beautiful and this was the first time the Host club saw Nate outside of gender neutral clothing. They actually weren't sure if Nate was a boy or a girl, but Nate didn't mind. Nate liked to be a bit of both. And tonight, the crowd was eating it up. Nate was auctioned off for a high sum of $700.

"Rich people…" Haruhi said from the sidelines shaking her head.

After Nate, came Margo! She sported a feminine pink three piece suit with long coat tails. She straightened her hair for the day so the blue fell down over her shoulders, creating almost a halo around her. Before Tamaki could say a word, hands were already up in the air. Margo gave a wink, which caused some of the girls to faint, and the lucky winner got a date with Margo for $750.

"Not bad…" Kyoya said as he wrote down his observations in his notebook.

Honey got the crowd excited as Kieran made his way up to the stage. "He's the big, bad, boy from Ireland! The boy with the storm in his eyes! He's broken a few bones, but he won't break your heart! Give it up for, Kieran!" Boys and girls alike went wild as he walked to the center stage. Tonight he gave them his most devilish smirk and rolled the sleeves up to his shirt. He wore a red and black suit with a white tie and looked like the devil come to life. Kieran got a date with a pair of two best girl friends for $800.

"Can they do that?" Haruhi asked.

Tara nodded, "As long as they can pay the price, anyone can team up together and place a bid."

The twins, Ellie and Max walked onto the stage together, hands laced, both wearing color coded outfits. Ellie wore a beautiful white lace dress while Max wore a light pink and white suit. "Two for the price of one, ladies and gentlemen!" Tamaki announced. Hands went up and Haruhi watched as groups got together to see how much they could afford. The bidding started at $500 and only went up from there. Eventually, one young man won the two of them for $875.

Honey introduced Tara who happily joined his side on the stage. Before anyone could say anything, Hikaru and Kaoru called out, "$950!" Tara stared wide eyed at them. Many young men tried to check their bank accounts to see if they could go higher than that. One girl shouted a higher price to which the twins responded with, "$1000." And Tara was sold to the twins.

"You two can see Tara-Senpai whenever you want," Haruhi scolded them.

"We know," they said, "But we just wanted to see the disappointment on everyone elses faces."

Tamaki called Andie to the stage who walked up with a plate of heart shaped mini cakes and her pink apron on. "Wouldn't it be a romantic night in to cook with someone who's as sweet at her cakes?" Said Tamaki. The boys went wild and started throwing numbers around.

"That apron won't stay on for long…" whispered one young man to his friends who laughed. Mori heard it and stood behind him and the boy froze.

"You're not bidding." Mori said and he glared down at the guy.

"Yep, not bidding, only joking…I'll leave now." And like that, he was gone.

Andie was sold to a shy young man for $900.

That should have been everyone and as the crowd started to disperse with their dates, the lights lowered and a spotlight fell on Tamaki and Honey. "What's this Tama-Chan?" Honey asked, looking behind the stage curtain, "Why…it's a bonus prize!" Tamaki said, "And a lovely one at that!"

Ami walked through the curtain and was escorted down the runway with Tamaki and Honey at her sides. "Miss Amelie Noble has joined the auction and will donate all her proceeds to the children's hospital of Boston and send each a every patient a bouquet of flowers and their favorite sweets!"

"One thousand!" yelled someone from the crowd.

"One thousand six hundred!" Yelled another person.

Tamaki hadn't even asked where to start the bids and already people were throwing their money at him. He could barely keep up with the prices. Kyoya tucked away his book, curious to see how far this would go. Once the price hit three thousand dollars, he decided to step in. If anyone was going to have a date with Ami, it would be him.

Just as Kyoya was about to speak, another young man stepped in front of him and raised his hand, "Five thousand dollars." Silence went around the room. The spotlight fell on the young man who Kyoya recognized as the quiet boy from his business class. He wasn't particularly attractive. He was average. Wore square framed glasses and dressed alright. He always stared at Amelie in class. Always stared…

"Uh…" Tamaki looked down at Honey who shrugged, "Wow…five thousand dollars. Going once…" He looked at Kyoya, "Going twice…" Kyoya shook his head, he couldn't go higher than that, "Sold! To…uh…"

"Marius," said the boy, "Marius Nines." He held his hand out to Ami and helped her down off the stage. Plenty of the other bidders were left crying in their place as he and Ami left. Kyoya narrowed his eyes, there was something not right about this.

Later that night, Kyoya sat with the host members and talked about their day. Kyoya wasn't too interested in the conversation. He kept glancing down at his phone. He didn't know why. He just had a bad feeling. At one point Mori's phone buzzed and he picked it up and responded without hesitation.

"I'll be back." was all Mori said as he stood to his feet.

Ami waited outside of the restaurant with her arms crossed trying to cool off. Marius stormed out of the restaurant behind her and grabbed her by the arm. He was dripping wet, indicating that water had been thrown on him.

"How dare you embarrass me in front of all those people!" he said. He squeezed her wrist as she tried to pull away from him.

"How dare you insinuate that I only got to where I am because of my looks!" Ami snapped at him.

His grasp grew stronger on her, "It's true isn't it?"

"Ow! You're hurting me!" she pushed Marius away and took a step back. "I am a lady Mister Nine! And you will treat me like such. I will not sit and have you belittle my character, no matter the cost—"

"I own you for the night, and you don't get to leave until I say you do!" he threatened. He grabbed her again and held onto her firmly. A few people watched the scene from across the street, "We're not done, until this night ends in my room—"

SLAP!

Marius backed away and held his face. Ami glared daggers at him, "You've clearly misinterpreted the meaning of tonight," she told him, her voice strong and dangerous, "I am in charge here, not you! I accepted your bid and now I decline it. You'll have a full refund of your money returned to you by the morning." Ami turned, her hair whipped around her like a cape, and she marched off down the road.

Marius, angry, chased after her and threw her against the wall of the building. He kept his hand on her waist and his other pinning her wrist against the rough brick wall, "You don't get to walk away from me," he said, he brought his face closer to hers, "You think you're this high and mighty queen who can make the world tremble and bow before her. I know your type. You're not as good as you make people think you are. Now I paid for you, all of you, for the whole night. And I'll get my money's worth."

Marius tried to kiss Ami and just as he was about to lower his hands to lift up her dress, he was sent flying across the sidewalk. Ami was relieved to see that Mori had made it to her in time. She flew into his arms and stayed there, her head buried in his chest. He placed a protective arm over her shoulders and glared at Marius who was sore and had landed hard.

"Touch her again, and you'll regret it." Mori said.

Marius clenched his hands into fist, "You won't always have people around you, Miss Noble. You're a sham. A woman who doesn't care about anyone but herself. Your pride will be your downfall. One day, people like me, the guys you step all over to gain your popularity…we'll be getting exactly what we deserve. Keep the money, you selfish cow!"

Marius fell to his knees after he took the blow from Mori. He held onto gut and tried his best not to throw up. "Don't ever talk to a woman like that," Mori said, "Men like you make the rest of us look bad."

Mori gently placed his hand on Ami's back and led her away. She looked over her shoulder at Marius and stuck her tongue out at him, "Jerk!"

You still want to grab dinner with me?

Kyoya smiled at the text he had gotten from Ami. It was still early, her date must have ended rather quickly. Not that he was complaining. It seemed that everything was working out for the better.

"Thanks again for coming, Takashi…"

He could hear Ami in the hall now. What was Mori doing here?

Kyoya rounded the corner and watched the two. Mori was standing outside of Ami's door and he bowed to her.

"I'll always be here for you," he said and then smiled at her, "Whenever you need me." He bent down and kissed Ami on the lips. Kyoya's grasp on the railing tightened and he took out his phone to text Ami.

I'm not feeling well, I'll have to give you a rain check.

The two parted instantly, Ami's face was incredibly red from the moment and Mori only looked annoyed that it had ended as she read Kyoya's text.

A fire had started in Kyoya's gut as he quietly and went back to his room. This had just gone from being a friendly battle to a personal war…