Chapter 4
A/N: I hope all of you are enjoying the story so far. I'm trying to update as often as I can, I happen to be in graduate school right now. Enjoy!
When Kayda had walked out of the changing area, she wasn't expecting to walk into someone. When she heard someone call her songbird, she laughs and smiles. Hugging the person who used her nickname from early childhood. "I haven't heard that nickname in years," she smiles before pulling away from her old friend. The two girls being the same height with hair of the same length. Her friend in a Lobelia's Girl's Academy uniform happens to be one of the most popular girls at the school. Benibara Amakusa. President of the Zuka Club. "Hey Benio."
"Hey Kayda. I heard that this barbaric club finally realized that girls prefer the company of other girls. I never expected it to be you they brought into this. You belong with the Zuka Club, with me," Benio says, keeping her hand on Kayda's arms and pulls her close. Before Kayda moved away, she and Benio were the best of friends. Benio always managing to pull Kayda out of her comfort zone so Kayda would socialize. They kept in contact and would visit each other during school breaks. The last few years including flirting after they both came out of the closet.
"Until my dad let's me transfer to Lobelia, this is my audience. Shouldn't you be getting ready for your performance?" Kayda asks as Benio pulls her close enough that they are touching.
Benio smirks and brushes her lips against Kayda's cheek. Happy to see her friend's cheeks redden at the almost kiss. Along with the flirting over the years, they've spoken about dating before. The main issue they faced being the distance. "I have an hour before I need to get ready for the performance and I missed you," Benio says as she moves to be on Kayda's right. Looping an arm across Kayda's shoulders and glares at Tamaki with a smirk. As the club hadn't opened for business yet, Benio is the only non-club member in the room. And after trying to steal Haruhi away twice the previous year, all eyes are on the Zuka Club president. Benio does still plan on stealing Haruhi away after the boys decided to dress as girls the day after they all met. Stealing Kayda back could prove far easier and may convince Haruhi to leave the boys as well.
Tamaki runs over as he sees Benio not even trying to hide the fact that she is flirting with Kayda. "You are not stealing Kayda from me! First you try to steal my Haruhi and now this?!" the blonde exclaims as he stops in front of the girls. Grabbing Kayda's arm to 'save' her from Benio.
"What the hell Tamaki! Benio is my friend!" Kayda says jerking her arm away from Tamaki. Stepping closer to Benio's side. "You have no right to tell someone who they need saving from," she scolds him as Mori walks up behind Tamaki and pulls him away.
"Kayda can take care of herself," the tall third-year says as he pulls Tamaki away from the old friends. Not letting go of Tamaki until he is back with the others to greet guests. "Guests will arrive in a few minutes." While Mori may not have ran to get Kayda away from Benio like Tamaki did, he also didn't want Benio flirting with Kayda. He wanted to be the one holding Kadya and flirting with her. When he had held her to keep her from falling earlier, it felt right to him. As if he was meant to do that for her. To be her protector.
"You tried to steal Haruhi? I highly doubt you'll succeed if you try again," Kayda laughs after Mori takes Tamaki away. Putting an arm around Benio's waist as she leads her over to a couch. Setting her mini amp on the floor, taking her bass off her back to plug into the amp. "You need to tell me how you did that. If you aren't busy Saturday, that gives us more time to catch up," Kayda suggests as Benio sits down next to her. Guests starting to come into the club, the same six girls from the day before heading to Kayda and Benio.
"I will happily have you join me in my dorm room on Saturday. You can even stay the night," Benio smirks, trailing a hand down Kayda's side. Taking a delight in how red her friend turns at the touch and the idea of them being alone together. Kayda's guests giggling as they see how red Benio just made Kayda. Benio smirks at the guests and winks, recognizing them from her fan club.
"Hey Benibara! What are you doing here?" one of the guests asks as the others whisper to each other. The girl speaking being the same one who was playing with Kayda's hair the day before.
"I heard my songbird would be playing a song for you ladies. I wanted to hear the song as well," Benio winks as she moves an arm to be wrapped around Kayda's shoulders. Rubbing her hand on Kayda's right shoulder. Putting on a show for the guests.
"Then I better get to playing all of you ladies a song. I normally play punk, rock, or grunge… but I know a few pop songs," Kayda says as she quickly tunes her bass. The movements being automatic, which worked out because of how distracting Benio is being. "I thought I'd play a love song for all of you."
As Kayda begins to play on her bass, her guests all lean towards her to listen. Having high expectations for someone labeled as the Creative Type. The guests are taken aback at how deep Kayda's voice is. Expecting her to be a soprano and not an alto.
If you love someone
If you love someone
Wake up in the morning, take a breath and let it out
Just forget tomorrow's ever gonna come around
Everybody's medicating taking time and waiting for the right time
In the short life, but it's your life
We can run around in circles we make
Or we can run straight ahead
Never ever let a moment pass by
When all that matters in the end
If you love someone, then tell them right now
'Cause your heart won't rest 'till you let it out
Let the words you dream come out of your mouth
If you love someone
You gotta make a sound
If you love someone
You gotta make a sound
If you love someone
When true love is staring you in the face
But the words that you're feeling never find their way
You're so invisible to the one you want
And you'd give anything to win their love
We can get lost in fears that we make
For days that feel black as night
But there in the dark you find that the stars
Are shining their brightest light
If you love someone, then tell them right now
'Cause your heart won't rest 'till you let it out
Let the words you dream come out of your mouth
If you love someone
You gotta make a sound
If you love someone
You gotta make a sound
If you love someone
If you love
Oh oh
Oh if you love someone
If you love someone, yeah
If you love someone, then tell them right now
'Cause your heart won't rest 'till you let it out
Let the words you dream come out of your mouth
If you love someone someone
You gotta make a sound
If you love someone if you love
You gotta make a sound
If you love someone someone
You gotta make a sound
If you love someone oh
If you love someone
If you love someone
If you love someone
If you love someone
As Kayda finishes singing and playing the song, Benio and the guests start to clap. The other hosts and guests having stopped to watch and listen as they didn't know that Kayda can sing. With all eyes on her, Kayda blushes and starts to try and hide behind her hair. Despite having been a host before, she never got used to attention being on her. Always preferring to be left alone with an engine, her bass, or her sketchpad.
"You're amazing, Kayda! You should perform for us more often!" the third-year next to Kayda says. Brushing Kayda's hair out of her face. Exposing the blush to everyone.
"How about every Friday I play a song for you ladies? A different song each week," Kayda suggests, knowing her guests will happily agree to her idea. It also helps to keep the guests here and not at Zuka Club performances.
When Benio hears the recommendation of Friday, she smirks and raises an eyebrow. "Trying to steal my fans, songbird? We will need to have a talk about this on Saturday," she says before kissing Kayda's cheek and getting up. Leaving with a smirk, ready for this new challenge the Host Club has for her. Friend versus friend.
A/N: The song is If You Love Someone by The Veronicas