DISCLAIMER I DO NOT OWN OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB IN ANYWAY SHAPE OR FORM

"Hi Ei! Hi!" Taeko called out as he and Aiko raced to her, both dragging Ava along.

"Hi guys, ready to go?" Ei asked.

"Can Ava come and play? Please?" Aiko begged.

"Of course she can," said Raiko, "her big sister's going, why not?"

"Yay!" Taeko and Aiko both cheered happily.

Ava lookrd both happy and concern about it.

"Let's go find Isak," Raiko said as she looked around for her brother.

"Is that him?" Masami asked as he started heading their way.

"We going home or what?" he asked annoyed.

"Actually Ava and I are going to the HOST Towers to hang," Raiko told him.

"Ah man!" Isak moaned, "not fair. That means I'll be stuck at the penthouse all alone with mom and dad again!"

"You could come too Isak," Ei offered, "we have a few extra kids staying with us, maybe you guys could play together or something. And even still there's a few cool things to do within the tower itself."

"I guess, better than lounging around at home," Isak reluctantly agreed.

"Alright, let's go," said Ei.

"We'll come in our own car, if that's alright," Raiko said, "save room."

"Sure, see you there," Ei said as she led her brother and sister to their car, followed by Aoi and Masami.

"I saw your boyfriend," Aoi mentioned as they drove off.

"What boyfriend?" Taeko asked.

"Your big sister's boyfriend of course," said Aoi.

Taeko and Aiko looked at Ei in shock.

"Your daddies aren't going to like that," said Aiko.

"He's not my boyfriend!" Ei insisted.

"I saw him too, he's cute," Masami said a little dreamy.

"But he's with Ei!" Aiko snapped in defense of her sister.

"It's okay Aiko," Ei said trying to calm her down.

"Still, Ei, you'd be crazy not to want to snag this one," Masami said, "if you don't I just might."

Ei felt a twinge of resentment over Masami's declaring she'd go after Wiatt.

"We'll see," she slightly bitter. She felt Aiko take her hand as though to assure her sister she'd stand by her.

"Mmm, juicy," Aoi said, writing on her note pad. "This will intrigue Mother greatly."

"Now remember, don't be going into too much detail over these kids being here with their moms and grandmother when you tell your parents about coming over here," Ei advised her friends when they came into tower.

"Of course, no problem," Raiko assured her.

"Why does that matter?" Isak asked.

"Because we're trying to keep their location secret," Ei said as she looked around the lobby at staff members coming and going. She wouldn't be surprised if most of them didn't know about the extra guests.

"Ei!" suddenly heard her Grandfather Kikku call out as he suddenly hugged her from behind, "my favorite granddaughter!"

"Babe, I'm your only granddaughter," Ei said annoyed.

"and that's why you're my favorite!" said Mr. Kikku. Ei rolles her eyes as she noticed Taeko and Aiko giggling.

"What brings you by anyway Babe?" Ei asked.

"Oh, well, um, yes," Mr. Kikku sputtered, "I'm here to talk to your mother about her mother again."

"I thought Mom said she decided not to see her," Ei recalled.

"She did, but her mother called again and I think I should actually speak to your mother about it."

"Oh, okay then, good luck," Ei encouraged, as she gave her grandpa a hand squeeze.

"Yes, thank you," Mr. Kikku said timidly as he headed to his own elevator as Ei and her group headed to theirs.

"What's happening with your mom and her mom?" Aoi asked.

Ei looked at her annoyed but still told her, "I don't know to be honest, but apparently after all theae years her mom wants to speak to her."

"Interesting," Aoi said as she wrote down a few more notes.

"Please don't do too much with this for now," Ei begged.

Aoi lookrd up at her, "please, what do you take me for?"

"Not going to get drawn into that again!" Ei declared. Soon the elevator stopped Hikaru and Jun's floor. It almost looked a lot like it was this morning with the exception that everyone was out of their pajamas.

"Hi, everyone," Taeko called out.

"Hi Taeko!" a few of the younger kids shouted as they ran to him, Aiko and Ava. "Want to play?"

"Yeah let's go to the courtyard playground!" Taeko said.

Ava looked at her sister confused and scared.

"Or maybe some of you can stay inside and play?" Raiko quickly suggested.

"We can go to my playroom!" Aiko suggested.

"Yeah!" a few other kids shouted in a agreement.

"Let's go have fun!" Taeko chanted leading the small army of kids back to the elevator.

"Kids, now remember be respectful and courteous!" Iwa tried to call out after the children.

"How has everything gone today?" Ei asked.

"Okay, it's okay, I'm glad you're back. We were hoping you could help keep most of the kids distracted somewhat while we go meet with the lawyers," said Hama. She looked around and noticed the slightly empty penthouse. "I see you're already at work."

"You can thank Taeko and Aiko for that," said Ei, "where are some of the other kids?"

"Well, some of my boys are in the game lounge playing some video games and our older girls have been held up in your room most of the day," said Hama.

"Might as well go see what kind of video games they're playing," Isak muttered, "where's this game lounge at?"

"Who's this?" Hama asked a little confused.

"He's one of my friends' broThether. We invited him over to play with some of the older boys," Ei explained. "Don't worry they know how to keep a secret."

"Oh well, alright," said Iwa nodding to Isak, "the lounge is right around the corner there.

"Thanks," Isak said as he slumped his way towards where Iwa had pointed.

"The girls have been hanging out in your room most of the day Ei," Hama told her.

"Thanks," Ei said as she led her friends upstairs to her room. There they found the three girls watching a movie on Ei's TV.

"Hey guys," Ei called out.

"Oh hi Ei!" the three girls all exclaimed happily.

"I brought some of my friends over to hang out," Ei told as she moved aside, "Raiko, Aoi and Masami." Each girl eantered at the call of their name.

"These are Aia, Nakano, sisters, and Eshima their cousin."

"Hi," the three older girls all said together.

"Can do things like help with our makeup?" Nakano asked.

"Or our hair?" Aia also asked.

"I think we can help with that," Raiko said as she took a seat on the bed, "what do you girls want first?"

"I can help with nail painting," Masami offered taking a seat at Ei's desk.

"And I'll do the facial makeup," Aoi said.

"Guess that'll leave me witn the hair," said Raiko.

"I'll go gather up some materials and some more chairs for everyone," Ei said as she slowly stepped out of the room, only to accidentally bump into somebody, "oh, sorry!"

"It's okay," Mikasa said.

"What are you doing here?" Ei asked.

"Just helping to check in on the kids," said Mikasa, "their moms are heading to meet with the lawyers. What are you up?"

"Invited some of my friends over to help hang out with the older girls. They asked if my friends could help with their makeup and hair. I was just going to borrow some chairs and maybe some cleaning supplies just in case," Ei explained.

"Oh let me help," Mikasa offered as she followed Ei downstairs, "I actually wanted to talk to you about something. How are your projects going?"

"Barley off the ground," Ei admitted, "haven't heard back on how much it'll cost to fix up the playground with the ideas Tamaki and I came up with. And I haven't even seen the theater in person, even though I may have a partner with the project."

"Oh?" Mikasa asked.

"That boy, I've been seeing, wants to help. Has suggested maybe turing the theater into a dinner theater," Ei explained.

"Awe," Mikasa cooed, "sounds intriguing. But anyway, do you think you're going to need some extra help?"

"Oh probably," Ei agreed.

"Well listen, how would you feel about having your aunts help you? Give them a job to do with it?" .

"My aunts?" Ei said.

"Yeah, see if Maa, Iwa and Hama can help do some of the paper work, grunt jobs, be kind of like your team," Mikasa told her.

"I guess, but why?" Ei asked.

"At least Maa wants to get her own job, and I bet Iwa and Hama would appreciate doing something besides moping around over their divorces. And you'll probably need some people to help with that sort of stuff eventually. Why not give them a try?" Mikasa tried to insist.

"Well, if they want to, I guess I can give them all a try," Ei agreed.

"Thanks honey, I'm sure they'll appreciate that," Mikasa said happily. Before the two could start to gather the things they had come downstairs for, they heard a loud boom followed by some shouting.

"That was my kill!"

"I didn't see your name on it!"

"Oh you!"

Next thing Mikasa and Ei heard was scattered shouts and sounds of fighting.

"Now what?" Mikasa muttered as she and Ei came to the game lounge.

There they found one of Iwa's sons, Yuuto on top of Isak, punching him, only to have Isak flip and start to do the same while the other boys in the rooms were urging them on.

"Okay, break this up right now!" Mikasa ordered as she pulled Isak off Yuuto and pulled him away. Yuuto quickly jumped up and Ei grabbed him in a similar fashion.

"It was my kill!" Yuuto shouted again.

"Then you should have taken it quicker! He would have massacred all of us if I hadn't!" Isak insisted.

"Yeah!" a few other boys agreed.

"It was mine to take!" Yuuto insisted.

"Yeah, the other boys seemed to agree.

"You know who gets the next kill if you don't knock this off?!" Mikasa threatened, "and trust me mine are a lot more painful than anything you could imagine from your video games!"

Both boys reluctantly seemed to calm down.

"Good, no more fighting over something stupid like this, got it?" Mikasa warned as she let go of Isak and Ei let go of Yuuto. Both glared at each other before reclaiming their controllers. The other boys did the same.

"Come on, let's get those things for your friends and cousins upstairs," Mikasa said, as she and Ei left the lounge. Ei turned and looked at the boys one last time. Isak and Yuuto were both shoting angry looks.

"We probably shouldn't leave them alone for too long," said Ei said.

"Don't worry," Mikasa assured her, "after I help you get this stuff upstairs, I'll come back down and watch them."

"A lot of them seem to have their grandfather in them," Ei muttered.

"Yes, well, now that their mothers are striking out on their own, maybe they can help curve/control that anger," Mikasa said, "or else maybe they can have Jun, Hunny, Mori and I help out with that."

Ei had to sniker at Mikasa's suggestion."

"Hmm," Akira muttered as she examined some deaign work for a new trampoline park, "looks like a standard park. Not sure what makes it special or different from others."

She fliped one of the pictures over to look at another design picture. "Again just as standard."

"Mrs. Suoh?" her secretary suddenly said over her intercom.

"Yes?" Akira responded.

"Your father's here to see you and so is your husband."

"Oh no!" Akira, "send them both in, but be ready for an escape excuse please?"

Will do,"

"Akira!" both Tamaki and her father shouted as they came into her office, both their arms stretched wide as if anticipating a hug.

"Hi guys," Akira said without turing around.

"Akira, I was just coming to see and guess who I saw!" said Tamaki, looking towards his father-in-law.

"Yes, hi dad," Akira said atill without looking their way.

"It's good to see your dear," her dad said a little timid.

"If this is about mom again, forget it," Akira declared, "I already made up my mind! I'm not going to see her and that is that!"

"Oh but sweetie, she called again," Mr. Kikku begged.

"I don't care. She doesn't even take the time to call me! She always calls you!" Akira pointed out mad.

"Yes well, she wasn't the only one I spoke to this time. Your Uncle Hiroshi and I spoke and he was also instant that you come see your mother." At that Akira finally turned around.

"Uncle Hiroshi? As in mom's big brother?" Ei asked.

"Yes, him," Her father said timidly. Akira looked surprised to say the least.

"I always thought he hated you," Akira said.

"Well, I'm not his favorite person," Mr. Kikku admitted, but he doesn't flat out hate me."

"Dad the few memories I have of him are of him threatening you with his sword! And he looked like he was going to carry through with the threat!" Akira pointed out.

"Oh my!" Tamaki said in alarm.

"He wouldn't have," Her father tried to insist.

"Dad you had to divebomb out of the way!" Akira added.

"It was just a reflex," Mr. Kikku brushed aside, "and anyway, Akira dear, he really sounded like he'd like for you to come see your mother."

Akira was quiet for a moment.

"I'm sorry Dad, but it's going to take a lot more for me to ever deside if I should go and see her in person," she finally said as she looked away again. She heard her dad sigh.

"I'm sorry to have troubled you again my dear," he said before he walked out.

Both Akira and Tamami stood in the office in silence once he was gone.

Akira, honey?" Tamaki started to say.

"What did you want?" Akira interrupted, "did you have a question or a new project idea?"

"Oh no, I just wanted to know if the budget for the playground reconstruction was approved," Tamaki said timidly.

"Let me take alook, I think Kyoya was going to give the final say," Akira said as she sat down at her computer. She noticed Tamaki come to her desk and put his hands on top of it.

"So, still determined not to see your mother?" he asked.

"You knoe I can't," Akira said, "not this way. It's not like she can't ask dad for my contact information or something."

"Is that what it'll take?" asked Tamaki, "if your mother were to suddenly call you instead of going through your father?"

"It'd help," Akira admitted, "oh, looks like you managed to stay with budget this time! You should be able to do most of what you and Ei planned."

"We did?! Hoorah!" Tamako shouted with joy, "I should go tell Ei the good news!"

"Can I ask for your help with something else real fast?" Akira asked quickly walking over to the trampoline park sketches again, "could you look at these and help see if you can do something new and or different with them?"

"Oh certainly!" Tamaki said as he gathered up the drawings to take with him.

"Tamaki," Akira said quickly. She motioned for him to come closer to her.

"Yes?" Tamaki said as he what she commanded. Akira reached up and pulled him close, kissing him.

"Thank you," she whispered.

"For what?" Tamaki asked.

"For having my back when it comes to my mother even if you don't agree with me on it," Akira said as she kissed him again.

"You're my wife and I know how difficult this must be for you," Tamaki replied, "as long as it doesn't appear to be hurting you too badly, I'll keep standing by you."

"Thank you, again," Akira said back before sharing another kiss. This one seemed to linger longer than before, with Akira allowing Tamaki to get closer to her. So much so, that when the kiss broke, he was quick to get another, repeating himself over.

"Weren't you going to go see Ei and study those drawings?" Akira asked softly as she pulled away, even though she still had him in her grasp.

"You're right," Tamaki whispered back, before taking another kiss, "I'll go now." He gave hia wife another kiss before finally leaving.

Akira watched him go with a smile.

'He's so fine, even if he's also a goofball like dad,' she thought. She breaved a heavy sigh. Now that she thought about it, it probably was better ahe not meet with her mom and her family. Given that they hated carefree people like her dad, they wouldn't be able to stand Tamaki. No, in her mind it was safer to not see her mom again.

Ei sat off by herself glancing through her cousins' fashion magazine, looking at the different models with their unique attire and apperances.

She glanced up at her friends helping the young girls with their makeup and hair. The two sisters and cousin looked like they were enjoying themselves.

"So what do you think?" Raiko asked as she held up a mirror to Nakano.

"Oh wow, and you say French girls wear their hair like this?"

"Yea, it was a very popular trend back before I left," Raiko insisted.

"I almost don't look like me!" Nakano said.

"Maybe that's a good thing, with everything changing in your life, you can become a whole new you!" Raiko told her patting her shoulder.

Nakano looked like she was thinking hard about Raiko's advice.

"Ei did you want to get your hair done?" Raiko suddenly asked"no thanks, I'm good," Ei said.

"Oh come on Ei! Give it a try!" Raiko encouraged.

"Yeah Ei!" her three cousins also encouraged.

"Ei doesn't like doing that sort of thing unless it's a special occasion," Masami quickly said in Ei's defense. She winked at Ei.

Raiko however stood up and walked over to Ei. She traced Ei with her hand as she came and stood behind her.

"Are you sure?" she whispered, "I can make the experience very intriguing."

"Okay, no thank you!" Ei said quickly as she jumped up from her chair, "I uh, maybe I should go check on the boys downstairs!"

She dashed out of the room in a hurry.

"Ei wait, did I scare you?" Raiko asked as she followed after her.

"Well, yeah, maybe!" Ei confessed. "Got a little too close for comfort!"

"Was I?" Raiko asked, "I do apologize...," she suddenly grabbed Ei's arm and all but flung up against the wall, seemingly pinning her up against the wall.

"I'm so sorry Ei, but, the truth is I like getting close to you. You intrigued me," Raiko said. Ei noticed she was getting close.

"Don't I intrigue you?"

Before Ei could give a proper response, they heard a new voice calling.

"Ei, honey, are you free to talk?" Tamaki asked as he came running upstairs, only to catch the girls as they were.

"Uh, hi dad," EI said.

"Hi, what's going on here?" Tamaki asked as he came closer.

"We were just talking," Raiko said as she went back to the bedroom.

"Awfully close for a conversation there," Tamaki said.

"Yeah, kind of," Ei said softly.

"Ei, is everything seriously okay?" Tamaki asked.

"It's fine, I'll handle it," Ei urged her dad.

"Don't be so sure," Tamaki said, "though they're not related by blood, she's still Eclair Tonnerre's daughter. And even though her mother has changed, some things can't change. Her mother almost made me give up all of my friends and life here in Japan for her. If it wasn't for your mother's quick, all be reckless, actions, I wouldn't be here now."

"Yeah, you told me about that," said Ei softly.

"And if Raiko is after something with you, don't be surprised if she tries something similar. Be careful Ei, I'm not saying you can't trust her or be friends, I'm saying you should be a little cautious," Tamaki advised.

"Sure, thanks Tamaki," said Ei, "but I'm sure I can still handle it."

'I hope,' she thought.