A/N: Kameko is not a nice person and none of us really like her, but now that she is saddled with Tamaki until either the potion wears off or they give him the antidote, she may be in for a brutal punishment. She will at least learn not to mess with the Host Club. LOL. This is going to be fun! She has already found the file and plans to verify the facts… any guess how she is going to do that. We will see. Tamaki is thoroughly taken with her, and poor Kyoya has to deal with it all. Chika has food poisoning (note to self… do not eat chicken at questionable places… don't even go in questionable places), and Haruhi is counting her blessings at a touch of peace… she really does feel sorry for her boyfriend though. Enjoy the new chapter!
Chapter 28 – Slight Change of Plans
Kameko was sitting in her class at lunch time and reviewing the file she now had in her possession. She had already been through it countless times and had not been paying attention on her studies. The only thing on her mind… the article she was going to write exposing Haruhi Fujioka for the fraud he was. Words were already swirling around and sentences were forming without writing anything down. This was going to be her crowning glory, and then Satoshi would see that she is only trying to protect him and he will understand that she loves him. After all of that, he will return her affections… of that she was certain.
Suddenly, she heard the faint cry of her name. It sounded like it was off in the distance, but it seemed to be getting closer and closer to her classroom. The door to her room slammed opened and there panting heavily was Tamaki.
Upon seeing his lady love, Tamaki swept into the room and pulled Kameko into his arms, "I have missed you terribly, and then when I didn't see you in the lunch room… I was so horribly worried. Please don't keep yourself from me like that again."
He was crushing her. Kameko never believed that Tamaki was that strong, but now as he was squeezing the breath from her body, she had to re-evaluate what she thought of his physical capabilities, "S-sorry Tamaki-senpai."
"It's just Tamaki, remember my darling princess?" The Host Club king whispered in her ear before kissing her jaw.
She could feel the eyes of the other occupants in the room on her and knew that they were all questioning what was going on between her and Tamaki Suoh. Kameko could also feel glares coming from some of the girls and cringed. If looks could kills, she might be ash right now. Plastering on a smile, she pulled back and looked directly into the eyes of the man holding her, "Tamaki, what are you doing here?"
"Oh, well I didn't see you in the lunch room and I missed you. So I decided to come and find you, but I didn't know where your classroom was. Now I do for next time."
Inwardly flinching a little more at the looks she knew she was getting, Kameko asked him, "Do you want to go for a walk?" Maybe she could verify some of the information she read in the file with him. At least she hoped she could, and it would allow her to temporarily get away from the scorching looks she was receiving.
"I would love to escort you out for a walk in the fresh air," Tamaki stepped back and took her hand bringing it up to his lips and brushing a kiss over the back of it. Anchoring her to his arm, he started to drag her out of the room, "Shall we go my angel?"
Giggling as she has seen several other girls do around him, Kameko nodded, "Yes, let's my prince." When they were out of earshot of others, she
began her questions, "Did Haruhi make you let him in the club? He doesn't seem to really fit in with the others."
"On the contrary, we insisted he stay and host with us," Tamaki replied. He felt that was the safe answer because he still remembered Kyoya's threats this morning.
"That was nice of you to let a mere commoner join an exclusive club, such as you run."
"I figured if he was going to be in a school and amongst gentlemen, he needed to learn to behave as one."
"So why do you want him to stay now that he has learned how to entertain the ladies and act proper in polite society?" She inquired feeling like she wasn't getting anywhere with this line of questioning once again.
"He is a friend," Tamaki said and paused tilting the girl's face up so that he could look in her shining eyes, "I would rather not talk about others and concentrate on us. We have so little time together and I don't want to waste a second thinking about people that aren't us."
"Smile and nod Kameko. If you can get him to open up while he is like this, you will have all of the proof and verification you need. Just stick with it a little longer," she told herself when at the moment she wanted to run from the seriousness she found in the blonde's eyes. "Shall we continue our walk?" She suggested with a forced grin on her face.
"Yes, let's!" Tamaki exclaimed and dragged her around the campus until it was time to go back to class.
Kyoya stared at the "happy" couple from the window of the third music room and turned around to face the other two students in the room, "Well it appears the love potion is indeed working and Tamaki is completely infatuated with Kameko Suzuki. Due to his new found romance, we will be closing the club for a week. Apparently he believes all of the questions she has been asking about Haruhi is because she is jealous and not because she has an ulterior motive." Under his breath he murmured, "That moron."
"So it really is working?" Haruhi asked a little too much happiness in her voice. She couldn't help it, with Tamaki distracted she didn't have to worry about stupid assumptions, dates being crashed, surprise visits, killer hugs, etc. Even if it wasn't permanent, she couldn't help but grin. She tried to fight it, but the smile and giddiness just wouldn't go away.
Pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose, Kyoya shook his head, "Are you really that happy that a friend of yours has been put under, for all intents and purposes, a spell and that he normally would not have looked at this girl a second time, much less following her around like a puppy dog?"
It was like an arrow to the gut and Haruhi felt instantly guilty at the pleasure she was feeling at the new predicament her friend found himself, "Well, I was just…" She looked at the teen seated next to her for help, and noticed he wanted to laugh himself.
"Sorry Haruhi-senpai, Kyoya-senpai, but the fact that he is getting a small taste of his own medicine is funny to me. He accused Haruhi of being under a spell or love potion, and now he is the one suffering from such an affliction. Plus, I am honestly happy it was used on someone that is not me," Satoshi chortled.
"He's right Kyoya-senpai. Tamaki has crossed the line too many times and I am looking at this as a small break from his alternate reality where he thinks Chika is an evil mastermind. I feel bad because someone did this to him, but at the same time, it is like a mini vacation from things. It is a little weird that he is acting like that though," Haruhi stated. A frown creased her forehead, "Is this going to put a wrench in our plans with Kameko?"
Shaking his head, Kyoya responded, "I don't think so. If anything Tamaki might drive her crazy enough that it will push her into action that much more quickly. If that is the case, it might be a benefit to us and she will mess up sooner. When she does that, we will be able to pull the rug out from under her and ruin her reputation as a reporter. The newspaper staff has turned itself around, and they will not want that fodder in their club for any reason. The fact that she is trying to take down someone from the host club makes it all that much worse. Haruhi may not have the money or the family name, but she is still friends with very prestigious families and Kameko is playing with a loaded gun."
"The inner mind of the Shadow King…" Satoshi whispered in awe. Snapping out of his reverence, he asked, "So with the club closed, how are we going to make sure that she hears the conversations we need her to?"
Kyoya smirked and noticed the other two teens gulped, "Why that is very easy my dear Satoshi… she is going to want to 'verify' that information. It is highly doubtful that Tamaki is going to be of any use to her since he doesn't want to talk about anything but their love. When she can break free from him, she will probably attempt to spy on us, and when we know she is spying, will plant the information we want her to know. To make sure everything works properly, we will have stay on our guards and be aware of what is going on around us. She likes to hide in shadows, and lucky for us we have a friend that likes to do the same things. We will send messages back and forth to each other if we spot that reporter and then we will start our little dialogues. Any questions?"
Satoshi and Haruhi looked at each other and then back at Kyoya and shook their heads. They had both decided that when he wanted to be, the Shadow King could be downright scary to deal with and they were happy they were friends and not enemies.
"I also recommend that if you can, Haruhi, you need to talk to Tamaki while in the presence of Kameko. Talk down to him like you are trying to order him about a little. That will also give credence to the file since you are blackmailing everyone. Some suggestive words here and there and she will be convinced that the file is real. Although, I am sure she already believes that, and is only trying to double check because that is what every reporter does, at least it is the rule for the staff here," Kyoya's smirk grew as his glasses flashed with a glare.
Haruhi sweat dropped, "Um, I will be sure to do that."
"We have one week before the club opens again. We need to get her in our nets before that if we can, but I also don't want to move too fast so that she suspects anything. Don't forget that Saturday, the club will also be doing a 'surprise' visit to Haruhi's house and we will be catching her in the act. I am sure by that time Yasuchika will be ready for his performance," Kyoya stated.
"We are ready. My dad has even said he will help if he needs to," Haruhi informed everyone.
"I can only imagine what they will think when you and he are in that room together," Satoshi laughed.
Rolling her eyes, Haruhi chuckled, "Oh I can already tell you what they are going to think and it isn't going to be pretty. You might want to make sure you have your shinai handy."
Satoshi gasped in dramatic shock, "You are actually going to let me use it?"
"Whatever. Just don't use it on your cousin," Haruhi warned giggling.
Kyoya sighed, "We should be there at about 11:00am, so be ready and in the room. I will leave it to you and Yasuchika as to what you are going to say and do."
"I will talk to him a little more about it tonight when I go and check on him," the female host stated with a mischievous grin on her face.
"I think you are going to send Tamaki and the twins into heart failure with that plan," Satoshi snickered.
Haruhi heard Kyoya chuckle at that statement and she declared, "I certainly hope so!"
Glancing at his watch, Kyoya told them, "I hate to break up this little laugh fest, but the bell is about to ring. We need to get to class. I am going to call Nekozawa-senpai later after school and see what help he can offer. Haruhi, you check in with Yasuchika; and Satoshi inform Hunny and Mori about what is going on. We still need them here to help if they can."
"Yes sir!" Haruhi and Satoshi saluted Kyoya as their commander and both started to laugh again.
"If you two are late to class, I will not help you," Kyoya smiled and walked towards the door. He heard footsteps immediately following him and knew that they had taken his threat seriously. It was good to be the Shadow King of Ouran.
