Hani had told my other friends that I was very tired and couldn't answer any questions right now, but that everything would be explained later. Kyouya invited the two seniors to stay to have supper, and I could see that his brothers had something to say about it but didn't. None of the Ootori family knew that I had figured out the planned engagement. I had told them that I had fallen asleep in the park, but I did not tell them the reason.
Before my two friends left, Mori waited patiently for me to get dressed for sleeping, and then he tucked me under the covers. I smiled up at him gratefully. I was so relieved that I had escaped all conversation with the brothers. Anyhow, I thought I owed Haruhi, the twins, and Tamaki an explanation, so I messaged them: "I think there's a marriage being planned, for me." Wait, about Tamaki I wasn't so sure, he would probably go overdramatic and ask Kyouya out about it immediately and that was the last thing I needed right now. When the prince type found out he had been left out on something like that, he would probably be down, but it couldn't be helped.
Mori patted my head friendly. "Thanks for helping me out today," I whispered. "Anytime, Rosemary," he replied. "How's Rosie?" I wondered, and he said that the racoon dog had grown, and told about how it loved to lie on his belly when he was sleeping. I couldn't help but to laugh, and I loved how his deep voice seemed to wash away all my trouble. Soon my eyes began to close, shortly followed by a yawn. He chuckled soundlessly and pulled the blanket tighter around me, followed by a kiss on the forehead. I didn't notice it, since I was already asleep, but as he pulled away he saw me smiling peacefully. Slowly he bent down again, hesitantly.
His lips were just centimetres from mine, but then he realised what he was doing and jumped back, before hurrying downstairs to where Hani was sitting and talking with Kyouya. When the two boys got into the waiting car, Hani looked over at his cousin and giggled. "You're all flushed, Takashi." The strong and silent type nodded, giving away his fortunate smile.
The next day I walked a bit awkwardly towards the third music room. As I woke up this morning I saw that Hikaru and Kaoru had called me several times, 23 to be exact, and Haruhi had sent two of messages saying "What!" and "How did this happen, and is that why you're leaving the club?" but then she probably remembered that she had to pay for the messages and stopped. Even so, I was really anxious about how they would take it, and back then I just couldn't call them. Slowly I opened the door, peeked through before stepping into the room carefully. They hadn't noticed me… I thought, but I couldn't have been more mistaking.
The second I closed the door, Haruhi, Hikaru and Kaoru (as well as Tamaki, but he didn't come through the wall the others created) were around me and I felt rather uncomfortable, but I managed to smile slightly. To my great relief, the two masters in kendo and karate pushed them aside and lead me to one of the sofas, strictly telling the others to be gentle with me.
Everyone had fallen to silence, awaiting a sign from me. I took a deep breath. "Ok, we'll take this as calm as we can, nee?" I had arranged this secret meeting so that Kyouya shouldn't know about it. Even though I deep down believed he wouldn't really tell anyone in his family that I knew, I couldn't be one hundred percent certain, and I explained this for everyone. Then I looked over at Haruhi, I knew she had at least one question, and she would be the best one to start with. Getting the point, Haruhi cleared her throat. "Who are you going to marry?" she asked. It sounded like she had been practicing for it for so long, like it was a line in a play. I shrugged my shoulders a little. "I overheard the three brothers talking, and they talked about how suiting or not suiting I was for a wife (everyone flinched at the word "wife"). By what I heard it can seem Akito is the one who wants to marry me." Haruhi continued. "But how can that be a reason to quit the host club?" the childish voice next to me wondered, and I looked at him, making a face "They think it's unsuitable for a coming bride to do such things, I guess." They all flinched at the word "bride". Tamaki let out a sigh before starting on a dramatic speech. "How simple souls, not understanding the deep love and passion we put down in entertaining our customers, making them smile and laugh…"
Then Kaoru shot in. "But you aren't going to leave us for that guy, are you?" I looked down, suddenly feeling so helpless. What if there really wasn't anything to do about it? I opened my mouth to reply "no", but just then Hikaru stood up and ran out. "Hikaru!" Kaoru shouted and set off after him. Oh no, don't say he thought I was going to say "yes"! I had no choice, and before the others could stop me, I was racing after them.