~With The Twins~
As the group split going to their areas, the twins snuck away. From their spot, they see Rose glaring at the ceiling, swishing her fin subconsciously. "She looks upset…." Kaoru spoke up, watching her. "Well, I guess this meantime for…." Hikaru added in as they both finished "Plan B," grinning at one another.
Kaoru snuck to the changing area silently as Hikaru snuck behind the distracted Rose. Wrapping his arms around her, Hikaru felt her jump, then turn her head towards him. Hikaru lifted Rose off the barrel. "Hikaru, what are you doing?" causing her to cling around his neck.
Rose looks at his face squinting, "What are you two planning" as a smirk graced Hikaru's face, jogging to the changing area. "Simple, just stealing some treasure!" Hikaru spoke excitedly, entering the changing room. Standing before them, Kaoru held a garment bag as Hikaru placed Rose down.
Kaoru handed her the bag. As she looked in the bag, a giant smile took over her lips. Suddenly Rose threw herself at the Twins, giving them each a kiss on the cheek. Hikaru and Kaoru's faces became flushed as she disappeared. The boys touched the kissed spot then looked at one another with a smirk as they left to go to their customers.
~With Rose~
Adjusting my clothes, "I am so much happier with this choice!" spinning as my knee-length white ruffled dress picks up with a long brown vest-like corset over the top. On my waist had a belt with many pouches and a sword hanging off my hip. Fixing my brown fingerless gloves, I place my hat upon my head.
Smirking at mirror me, "Oh, this is much more my speed," skipping out confidently laughing as I head out to the others. While being left crumpled on the ground, the mermaid outfit was in the corner as the tiara dangled on a wall hook.
Entering the main area, I glance around to see all the hosts lost in their sections. I move behind the bar seeing all the normal things I serve are behind it *Sweet…at least from here, I can be out in the open too* collecting everything onto the tray. Once all set, I headed towards Haruhi's section to deliver more sweets.
Moving to her section, I see the twins fully in the mix with their customers as they send me a wink causing a chuckle to escape my lips. Stepping up to Haruhi's table, "Afternoon Ladies & Little Brother!" smiling at the group. Haruhi glanced over with a raised brow. "How did you…?" gesturing to my outfit. Smirking, I spun in a circle. "Awesome, right?! I'm a pirate, but I had a bit of help", giving a closed eye smile to her.
Haruhi chuckled, "Yeah, that's more fitting to your personality Rose" as she poured the girls their drinks while they watched us. "You're Haruhi's older sister?" one of the customers looked at me. Smiling at the girl, "Yes and no. We are not biologically related as you can see but, we grew up together, so we have always seen each other as siblings honestly," rubbing the back of my neck.
The customers all awed at us. "Well, ladies, I'm off to the other sections. Just yell if you need me!" as I quickly hugged Haruhi, then ran off as her customers squealed at the interaction *Well, that was easy* smiling as I repeated, gathering the items on the tray and moving to Hunny and Takashi's area.
Walking closer, I see a few empty plates where sweets once were *Glad I piled on extra cakes for the resident sweet tooth* smiling at the two boys. "Hey, Hunny, Takashi, and of course ladies!" nodding to them all as I switch out all the plates.
"Rose-chan! Where did you find that outfit?" Hunny looked at me wide-eyed. "Ah!" gesturing to dress, "Apparently I got myself a pair of fairy godmothers…more like troublemakers," mumbling the last part to myself, cutting the cake into slices. I hand a piece to Hunny. "Did you not like the other outfit?" one of the girls asked me.
Looking over to her, "Yeah, it was not because I didn't like it…it was more like I was immobile. If I can't move, then how can I do my job" smiling as I went to lift the tray my boot caught the rug. Trying to catch myself, but Takashi grabbed my forearm. "Careful" as he steady me.
Glancing at him, "Thanks for the catch!" I grinned at the silent boy as I grabbed the tray. I was heading back to the bar to clear the dirty dishes and refill the items. With my back turned away, as arms wrapped around my waist, "Kaoru…Hikaru, your last group just left, I'm guessing," not looking up from my task. The arms dropped from my waist, causing me to turn fully, facing them both.
The twins stood side-by-side, looking at me with a pout, rolling my eyes at them. "Yessss?" smirking at them. "So it seems that you like your new outfit" Kaoru gestured to pirate clothes. "Yes, by the way…. How did you get the sizing right? It fits great!" twirling the dress as I look at them both. "Wouldn't you like to know" as they both gave Cheshire grins before running off.
"Well, now I'm more concerned about that," sighing at the spots where they once stood. Grabbing the tray, I move towards Tamaki's area *Well, Blondie is going to be upset at the outfit change* smiling at the thought of his reaction. Coming into view, I see him in the zone of focusing on the girls.
Working quickly, I cleaned the area and replaced what was gone, giving the girls who noticed me a few smiles. Finishing up, I left when I got pulled into a bear hug "Blondie…why?" struggling to speak. "My daughter, what happened to your beautiful outfit! It was fit for a princess," Tamaki shouted as he clung to me.
Prying from the iron grip, I turned to face him. "Blondie…the outfit was very pretty but not practical for me. I am always moving, and I was not going to shimmy around this room to end up falling on my face. Simple as that" as my hands rested on his shoulder.
Tamaki's face turned sullen then brightened as he looked more into the clothes. "You're were a dress," giving him a weird look. "Yes, I got no problem with them. I just don't like to wear them 365 days out of the year. Occasions and events like this I will….plus I got lots of pockets!" smiling as I spun, showing all the pockets to him.
While my focus was to show the girls the pockets, Tamaki's face flushed at the twirl leading to daydreaming. Looking back to the tall blonde who is off in la-la land *oh boy, Ouran, we have a problem* as I poke his cheek. "Hey, Blondie! Come back to us. These princesses are here for you, dork." Snapping him back to the group, I grabbed the tray leaving him with his adoring fangirls.
Back at the bar, I start cleaning again *I don't think Kyoya has anyone…at least I didn't see. Wait, I didn't even see the Dark Prince…Where* jolting up, I look about to find the raven-haired Prince. "Miss Rose…" a voice came from the right of me, snapping my head to the said Prince *Speak of the Devil* feeling uneasy at the sudden appearance. "Ah, Kyoya, there you are! You have any customers that I need to prepare an area for?" looking at his face.
Kyoya pushed his glasses up. "No, but I do have something to discuss with you, so if you could follow me please," gesturing to a corner of the room where his laptop was on a table fit for two. *How did I not notice that…* feeling dumb at missing that table "Sure thing" as we both made our way to the table.
Sitting together at the table, Kyoya brought out some papers, placing them between us. "Now, since you have a job and are a part of this club, I need to have an idea for when you will be working so you will be here on the days that you need to be for certain themes," he explained as I looked blankly at the paper. "You just need my schedule so you can plan the themes that Tamaki wants to dress me for…" raising a brow to him.
The light reflects off his glasses as he adjusts them. "That's correct," nodding at him. "Sure, that shouldn't be a problem. I will give you the dates so you can mark them in. Though remember, I might be called in if they are short-staffed," explaining why I might not appear. "No, I understand, but you will need to make-up somehow," he responded.
Giving a concerned look *Well, that wasn't worrisome* sighing at this interaction. "Excuse me," Kyoya and I looked to the voice to see Ariel with a smile and two other girls. "Hi, Rose!" Ariel chirped at me, causing a smile to grace my lips. "Hello ladies, how may we help you?" Kyoya snapped into kind host mode.
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