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Kali's mind was racing at a hundred miles an hour. What the hell was Hikaru doing at her house? How did he even find her? Didn't he have a head wound? Why wasn't he resting? What was going to happen if Ryan found him here? Would it matter if her brothers killed Hikaru first?
Marc finally put Kali down on the opposite couch as Hikaru was now sitting on. "Don't move." he instructed both of them. "I'm going to go get everyone."
The second Marc was gone Kali bolted from her seat to Hikaru and grabbed his wrist. "You need to get out of here now." she said, making a dash for the door.
"What? No! I just got here. I'm not leaving till I find out what's wrong."
"Yes you are. I left for a reason. Thusly you need to go." Kali said, still trying to drag Hikaru to the door.
Hikaru stopped in his struggle to get away from Kali. "You left because of me?" he asked, his voice sounding a little weak.
Kali heard this and turned to see a crest fallen Hikaru. She sighed. "No, it wasn't you."
Hikaru looked a little bit better.
"But that doesn't mean you can stay, and it doesn't mean I'm going back." Kali continued, reaching the door and beginning to unlock it.
"Kali I'm not leaving." Hikaru said, getting closer.
Kali rolled her eyes to herself, since Hikaru couldn't see them. "Yes you are. You have no idea what trouble there could be if-" Kali cut herself off when she felt a warm breath on her neck.
While she had been turned around trying to open the door, Hikaru had caged her from behind.
"I don't care." he whispered in her ear.
"You don't understand I-" Kali said, trying to plan an elaborate reason to why he couldn't stay, although it was a bit hard with him in her personal bubble.
"No, Kali." Hikaru said, turning her around. "I'm not leaving. Something is wrong and it's effecting you."
"Hikaru." Kali breathed. It was obviously a plea, but not even Kali was sure what it was a plea for. Deep in her heart she wanted him to stay, to help her, to be with her. But she knew that Ryan would find out, she knew it would end badly. She didn't know what to do.
"Kali." Hikaru whispered.
Kali looked at him, which was a mistake. The second she looked in his eyes, she was captured. She became lost in his amber orbs. So lost that she didn't notice that they were slowly leaning closer together. Their mouths were centimeters apart, and their eyes were hooded.
Which is why neither saw the incoming punch to Hikaru's side.
Oops.
When Kali had recovered from the shock, and Hikaru pulled himself from off the floor, both looked in the general direction from which the punch came. There, standing in the living room, was Kali's entire family.
"Hey, Matt."
"Yeah James?"
"Did you see what I think I saw?"
"What did you see James?"
"I thought I saw this guy trying to kiss our little sister."
"Nah, that couldn't be, no one is as stupid as to try and kiss a girl with her three older brothers present."
"You're right, Matt, no one is that stupid. Besides then I'd have to kill the little punk." James said, cracking his knuckles with a malicious smile.
"We wouldn't want that, now would we?" Matt asked, clearly thinking the opposite.
"Now, now boys." came a deeper voice from behind them.
Everyone turned to look at the new person. "Y'all know that I hold the right to kill anyone who even thinks of trying something like that with our Kali." Kali's father said, a murderous glint in his eye.
Hikaru looked as white as a ghost. Kali had to hold back her laughter. She considered playing up the innocent little girl role, but decided that it would be too cruel to Hikaru.
For now anyway.
"Alright, alright." Kali said, coming between her brothers and Hikaru. "No need to be so tough on him, he hit his head and still has a concussion." Kali smiled disarmingly.
Unfortunately it looked as if Hikaru had found his voice. "Besides, it's not like it's the first time we've kissed."
It was dead quiet.
A phrase whose first word would soon describe Hikaru.
"You know what?" Kali said, breaking the silence. "I changed my mind, please kill him."
Hikaru looked ready to run from the four males that looked ready to kill him, when Kali's mom interceded.
"Why don't we all go sit and sort this out in the living room?" she suggested.
"But Mom." Matt started.
In an instant she had his ear in her painful grasp. "I said, let's sit and sort this out."
"Yes ma'am." Matt winced.
Everyone quickly followed suite and found a place to sit.
"Let's start at the beginning." Kali's mom said with a smile. "Who are you? How do you know Kali?"
"Hitachiin Hikaru." Hikaru stood and bowed, being extra polite. "Kali and I are classmates in Japan."
"Were classmates." Kali corrected.
"Kali." Her mother said in a warning tone.
"Right, I'll be quiet." Kali said, looking away from her mother's admonishing look.
"Is that the only way you know my sister?" Marc spoke up. "It seems like an awful long way for you to come for just a classmate."
Hikaru looked at Kali's mom.
She nodded.
"We all became closer to Kali when she joined the club." Hikaru answered.
"What club?" James asked.
Kali blanched. 'Please lie, please lie, please lie.'
"The Host Club." Hikaru answered.
There was that darn silence again.
"HOST CLUB!" her father yelled.
Everyone turned to look at Kali. She was about to fess up when a brilliant idea hit her.
"What? Host Club? Dad are you serious? I wouldn't do that. You see there's a study club at school that I joined. Hikaru just got the wrong word when going from Japanese to English! Host Club, honestly! Silly Hikaru, you meant study club, right?" Kali asked, her tone implying that any other answer would cause him serious bodily harm.
"Oh, oh, right! I mean study club. Forgive me for my mistake." Hikaru hastily agreed, bowing in apology.
Eager to change the topic Kali asked the next question. "Speaking of the club, where are they? And how did you get here without them? I didn't think Kaoru would let you out of his sight."
"Ah, heh, well…." Hikaru trailed off as he entered a flashback.
Flashback to earlier that morning
"Are you sure this is safe?" Hikaru yelled from the second seat of the small plain.
"Isn't it a little late to be asking that question?" Howl-chan yelled back. "Besides, this was your idea."
"My idea was to fly to Texas. Not do loop-the-loops the entire way there!"
"What? You want me to fly another loop-the-loop?" Howl-chan asked mischievously. "Okay, whatever you say."
"No!"
Several loop-the loops later
Hikaru was never happier to be on solid ground. Being in a small plane, in a storm, with a concussion, and Howl-chan at the wheel would make anyone appreciate the feel of the ground beneath their feet.
"Aw, we're hear already? I was just starting to have fun." Howl-chan said, hopping out of the plane.
Hikaru refrained from commenting out of fear that he would vomit.
"Come one, let's go." Howl-chan said, heading towards a waiting black limo.
"Where are we going?" Hikaru asked, happy to see that Howl-chan would not be the one driving.
"I have a friend who lives here. I'm sure she'll let us crash there for awhile."
Hikaru blanched at the word crash, but was able to recover quickly.
"No. I'd like you to drop me off at Kali's house. I need to talk to here as soon as possible."
"Ok, where does she live." Howl-chan asked, looking slightly smug.
Hikaru was silent. He hadn't thought of finding out where she lived first.
He was saved when his phone range.
"Hello?"
"Hikaru, the next time you decide to go after someone, it may be of benefit to you to know where they are." Kyoya admonished.
"You wouldn't happen to know where she lives, would you Kyoya-sempai?" Hikaru asked, already knowing the answer.
"Howl-chan's driver should have the address momentarily."
"Thanks Kyoya-sempai. Good-bye." Hikaru started to hang up, but Kyoya's voice stopped him.
"Oh, and another thing Hikaru."
"What?"
"Don't screw this up." Then he hung up.
"Gee, thanks Sempai." Hikaru muttered.
"Onward driver." Howl-chan said, putting an air of superiority in her voice as she smirked at Hikaru.
"Oh, shut up."
End flashback
"And that's how I got here." Hikaru finished.
Everyone in the room looked shocked, except for Kali. She just facepalmed. "Sound like the harebrained kind of thing you would pull."
"Young man." Kali's mother addressed Hikaru. "Do you mean to tell me that you flew in unsafe conditions, with a concussion?"
"Um…yes?" Hikaru said, already sensing that he was in trouble.
"Matt. You'll have to move out of the guest bedroom. This young man need sleep and rest." Kali's mother said.
Having already having had enough discipline for one day Matt simply nodded. However there was another who dared to challenge the power vested in her as mother.
"I refuse. I can deal with this boy knowing my daughter and being in the same club. But I refuse to allow him to stay here. You saw what he tried to pull earlier. We can't risk Kali's safety." her father objected.
"Dad, it's fine. Hikaru won't try anything. Right Hikaru?" Kali asked. She may not have wanted him to stay, but she couldn't just leave an injured friend to fend for himself in an unfamiliar city.
"Of course I wouldn't. I mean, Kaoru and I didn't try anything while you were staying at our house."
For the third time that day silence ruled.
All the male members of Kali's family looked ready to explode.
"WHAT?!"
"You just can't keep your mouth shut can you?" Kali asked Hikaru.
"Why were you living with two boys?" her father yelled.
"My dorm room had in infestation of roaches and they offered to let me stay while it was fumigated."
"So it was only for a week?" Matt asked.
"No, she was still staying with us when we all left for Canada." Hikaru answered.
"Why was that? Fumigations usually only last a week." Marc said.
Hikaru and Kali paused.
"That's actually a really good question. Did the school ever send a letter saying my dorm was ready?" Kali asked Hikaru.
"No. Kaoru and I looked for it cause we wanted you out, but we never found it."
"Hmmm. Maybe Misaki had it and forgot to give it to me." Kali said.
Back in Japan
Misaki sneezed. 'Hmm. Might be coming down with something. I'll take some zinc later.'
She continued folding laundry until an odd thought hit her. 'I wonder why the young masters' small friend asked me to not give Kali-san that letter from the school. Oh, well, I'm sure it wasn't anything too big.' She continued to fold laundry.
Back to Texas
"In any case," Kali's mom said, "Hikaru will be staying here. Kali and Matt will sleep in the den."
"But-" her father started.
"Kali why don't you show Hikaru which room he'll be staying in?"
"Okay Mom." Kali said, motioning for Hikaru to follow her.
They were already down the hall when a thought occurred to Kali. "So what happened to Howl-chan?"
With Howl-chan
Howl-chan rang the door bell.
"Coming!" called a voice from inside.
The door opened.
"Howl-chan? What are you doing here?" Naoko asked.
"Well you see-"
Naoko cut her off. "Is this going to be some crazy story?"
"Yes….but it's totally true this time!"
"Uh huh, yeah sure, whatever. You need a place to stay don't you?"
"Yesh." Howl-chan answered childishly, trying to pull a puppy face.
"Oh, stop it. Like I'd leave you without a place to stay. Come on, I'll get the Pocky out."
"Yay!"
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