Turning Ouran upside down. Chapter 36- Aftermath of Weddings
"Crap." says Kyoya as he runs up.
"What? What's wrong?" I ask, worried.
He looks down at me and says simply, "Reporters."
This one word makes my blood run cold.
Kyoya's POV
Crap, crap, crap. I grab Alice's wrist and yank her into the maze. I pull her towards the gazebo Tamaki and Haruhi hid in so long ago. We sit on one of the benches and Alice sighs. She twirls her roses around in her hands.
"This was not what I wanted to be doing on my wedding day. Hiding from reporters? So not on my list." she says, sighing and slumping against my chest.
I wrap my arm around her shoulders and say, "I still can't believe you chose to have a normal wedding."
"This is the most normal thing I've ever done. Don't expect it to be a regular occurrence." she says.
"You went to Ouran didn't you?" I ask.
"That can hardly be considered normal." she says sarcastically.
"Well I guess that's right. You really aren't normal you know? You did want our honeymoon to be in Myrtle Beach, North Carolina (America) instead of somewhere romantic." I say thoughtfully.
"I told you! My best friend in the whole world, Sienna Smith, lives there. She's a famous actress. We were like sisters. I want to go down there because when we were little it was so pretty. Fabulous!" she says, grinning at me.
"Wow Alice. Just wow." I say.
"Guys? Guys?" Mitskuni calls out.
"Over here!" Alice yells out.
The host club comes over and sits across from us.
"They're gone. Takashi made them leave." Haruhi says.
"God, I hate running from them." Alice says, sitting back up straight.
"Well, it's better than killing them." Hikaru says.
"I didn't kill them! Did you see me kill anyone? Ever?" she asks.
"That one guy at the festival who called you a slut." Kauru points out.
"I didn't kill him! I could have though." she says thoughtfully.
"You're dangerous." I say.
"Why thank you." she says, grinning up at me, "Well guess what? As much as I'd like to sit here all day, we can't because we've got a reception to go to!"
She jumps up and runs out of the gazebo. She turns around and grins at us as we stand up.
"Race ya'll." she says mischievously.
Then, before we can agree, she's off like a shot, running out of the maze and back to the party. We catch up with her right out of sight of the other people.
"I thought I should take some time to calm down before I ran out there and embarrassed myself in front of your family." she says to me.
"Good choice." I agree.
Alice hooks arms with Tamaki and I and pulls us out into the reception area. My family, Star, and Asher are standing around talking.
"Ah shoot. I have to get Star away from your dad. Come help me." she says, yanking me towards our parents.
My mom is safe, she's talking to Fuyumi, and Asher is at the food table. But my father has Star cornered. Alice and I walked over there in what we thought to be a calm manner.
"Father." I say, nodding, "Star."
"Star? Are you so acquainted with this woman that you call her only by her first name?" my father asks.
"Kyoya and the rest of the hosts used to come over to our house almost every day. And in America, everyone calls each other by their first names. And since we're American, I asked everyone to call my parents Star and Asher. Just like I do." Alice says.
"Oh. I see. Well, that is alright then. I didn't want my son being disrespectful." my father says.
"Nah, he's fine. He's part of the family. Literally now, but back then he was too. He's had his head attacked by Diz, our sofa collapse with him on it, he helped put up lights in our apartment, and everything else under the sun." Star says, waving him off.
"Father? Have you met Asher? Alice's father?" I ask, motioning toward Asher who is now sitting at one of the white tables.
"No I have not. I should go talk to the father of my son's bride, shouldn't I?" he asks, smiling at Alice.
She grins back and says, "I will be forever indebted to you if you'll keep him away from the bar."
"I'll try." says my father as he walks away.
"God, he's serious." Alice says.
"Wow, he was really mellow." I say at the same time.
We look at each other and laugh.
"You guys know each other too well." Star says, laughing.
"Hey, have you been to the food table yet?" Alice asks suddenly.
"Yeah why?" Star replies.
"Do they have cake? I was told there'd be cake." she says.
"It's a wedding. Of course they have cake!" Star says.
"Well I've never been to a wedding before! I want cake. Be right back." Alice says, shoving her roses at me and making a beeline towards the buffet table.
"Well Star. I've been meaning to ask you something. What made you move back to Japan?" I ask.
"We missed ya'll. Tell the truth, I think Asher missed you guys more than Alice did." she says.
"No way. He was always yelling at us for breaking things and asking what intentions we had toward his daughter. He couldn't have missed us." I say, unbelieving.
"I don't know his reasons but I could tell he missed you. He started yelling at trees and calling them yall's names. To say the least it was interesting. That's why it wasn't hard for Alice to convince us to move back. Then she convinced a lot of our friends to come with us. Malvina and Leo, Finn's parents, Finn, Tess, Leggit, and Noside. Mouse stayed here. I'm sure you've met him. And Finn and Leggit. I don't think you've met anyone else though. Malvina, Leo, and Tess are trying to gather together enough money to bail Noside out of jail. Idiot was driving drunk again. He'll never learn. At least he didn't crash Alice's car again, like last time." Star says thoughtfully.
"So she actually has a car?" I ask.
"Yep, a little light blue and navy convertible. Used to have a purple truck but Noside ran it into a telephone pole too many times." she says, laughing.
Alice wanders back over with an almost empty plate.
"Is that all you've had in this amount of time?" I ask, handing the flowers back.
"Don't you worry none, this is my third piece." she says, grinning at me.
"Do you know how many girls would starve themselves to fit into a wedding dress? And here you are stuffing your face." Star says.
"But seriously, you have to go get some of this cake, it's delicious." Alice says.
Star shrugs and walks away. We turn and stare at our families and the hosts.
"So, Asher yells at trees when he misses people." I say, nonchalantly.
"Oh. She told you that?" Alice asks.
"I asked. We missed you too. But why didn't you come find us when you moved back?" I ask.
"Ya'll weren't the ONLY reason I moved back. I love Japan. And I had to get my business off the ground. You can see how that paid off. And then I just got busier and busier. I would have remembered someday. You can't keep me away for long." she says.
I wrap my arm around her shoulders and we watch everyone mingle. After everyone has gotten food and everything, Kauru steps up to a microphone.
"Hey, everybody! There is a tradition for American weddings that we'd like to try here. The bride tosses her bouquet over her shoulder into the crowd. The person who catches it will get married to the one they love. So Alice, put down your cake and come over here." he says.
She smiles and sets her plate on a table. She walks over beside him and he throws an arm over her shoulders.
"Alright, what we're going to do is have Alice stand by the buffet table, I know you know where that is, and throw the flowers!" he says.
She shrugs off his arm and goes to stand over by the table. Everyone gathers behind her, except my family of course. Fuyumi would probably be over there too if she wasn't married already. Alice grins over her shoulder then turns back, throwing the bouquet. I see hands reach out in the air and someone catches it. I walk over to see who, and find that it's Haruhi. She turns to Tamaki and grins.
"I knew you'd catch it!" Alice yells, tackling Haruhi.
"Alice! You have a dress on!" yells Hikaru.
I wonder how many times we've had to say that to her? A lot, I know.
So, this is the end of my story. I know, sad huh? But if I wanted to take it anywhere else it'd get really boring. That's how it rolls I guess. Urghhh. My hair smells like popcorn…