Before long, a small crowd of about 15 or sopeople were watching them as they tried to catch the fish. Tari
stood just behind them, he hands clasped together. the rest of the Host club, plus Nin and Kanazuki walked
past Haruhi looked over at the crowd.
"Hey...isn't that Hikaru?"
Everyone looked in the direction she was pointing at.
"Why so it is..." Kyouya said adjusting his glasses, "And if I'm not mistaken, that's Haku and Tari he's with."
"What're they doing?" Honey asked from his perch on Mori's shoulders.
Tamaki gave a somewhat dreamy sigh, "they're competing for her love obviously..."
Kaoru shook his head bit
"Not just that senpai..." he muttered, "They're competing for her first kiss..."
Everyone turned and looked at him in surprise
"Wha?!"
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Hikaru splashed the fishy-smelling water on his sleeve as he chased the purple fish around with his net, trying to
catch it before Haku.
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Tari watched anxiously, wondering what would happen. If Haku won, she'd have to give her first kiss to someone
she barely knew. Haku was slightly intimidating to her.
And if Hikaru won...
She felt her heart flutter.
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Hikaru looked at Tari from the corner of his eye. She was staring at him in a dizzy state. Wringing her hands. For
just a split second, their eyes locked. Hikaru gazed into her eyes. He felt his stomach cramp up and redoubled his
efforts to catch the fish. He chased it wildly, not caring that he knocked his little net into Haku's a few times.
He waved his net back and forth, sending the fish swimming right into the bottom corner. He and Haku lunged their
nets at the fish. Hikaru almost fell into the little pond-tank as he clasped the net over the fish just as their time buzzer
rang. Very slowly, he raised up the net and plopped the little fish into a water filled jar.
The vendor screw a lid on with hole in the top and held up the fish.
"Our winner!" she said cheerily as she handed him the fish.
Hikaru took the jar, looking at the fish now swimming in the jar. it's violet fins pluming around it gracefully.
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Tari let out a long breath slowly as she saw Hikaru holding the fish in his hands.
Haku gave a sigh and turned to Hikaru
"Well, I guess the best man won," he said.
Hikaru just turned and walked past him he stopped in front of Tari, looking down into her face, which was staring
up at him with amazement and...something else...
He handed the jar over to her.
"Here..."
She looked at the fish in her hands as if it were a precious treasure. She looked back up into Hikaru's face.
"You caught the fish..."
Hikaru didn't even try to hide the small smile forming on his face
"Yeah...I did..." Hikaru said putting his hands in his pockets. he cleared his throat.
"So...when do I get my prize?"
Tari's cheeks tinged pink.
"When do you want it?"
Hikaru gave a crooked smile, "Come on," he said taking her hand, "Let's go ride the Merry-go-round."
Tari followed him, holding the fish jar carefully as they made their way through the crowds.