Previously:
Outside in the dining room, the remaining tenants were finished with their breakfasts and left for upstairs. Somehow, they all got ideas about going to see the new guy.
So Naru, Kitsune and Motoko tried to quietly investigate the new tenant, going from empty room to empty room till they found him…
Disclaimer: Akamatsu has the talent and I do not. Therefore any inkling of my owning of Love Hina can be thrown out the window. This is for fun, not money.
Chapter twoHawklyn sighed, glanced at the door, I wonder if I should… Nah, I'm at the end of the hall, no one comes this far. He layed down for a nap and dozed off.
In the hall, the girls were following Kitsune as she moved slowly room by room to the end of the hall. Where she froze and smiled, turning to the others with a finger on her lips, then beckoning them closer.
Naru came first, followed by Motoko, then they all peered around the door as one. Finding that the tenant was sleeping, or by all appearances, trying to sleep.
The girls all whispered quietly, trying not to be heard as they watched Hawklyn sleep. They watched as he slept on his side, all thinking he was kinda cute and pondering various trains of thought, which happened to be all down similar tracks.
While they were heading down those tracks, a suddenly motion sent Motoko's train to derail as she saw him turn over, looking right at them. "Uh…guys…" Motoko nudged the others and started moving down the hall, intent on going to her room. She sensed the others behind as she made a note to herself, "Never try to spy while it is day light out.. At least on the new tenant."
(A/N: I'm gonna zoom ahead a few weeks in order so that Hawklyn can understand japanese. More fun this way.)
Several weeks later…"Breakfast is ready Hawklyn-sempai." Came the voice through door as Hawklyn turned over again, stretching as he started his ritual, replying back as he started dressing.
"Okay, will be down in a sec!" He grumbled as he put his socks on, putting on a shirt that had a burning phoenix on it and some jean shorts before putting on his trenchcoat and going down stairs still waking up.
It was the first time he'd done this in the 3 weeks he'd been here. Mostly because he felt he wasn't quite ready after the first week to be with the entire group, which meant he got his meals delivered to him until he had felt better. He readjusted his eyes and shook himself lightly as he started walking down the stairs.
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In the dining room, all were there except for Hawklyn, who was coming to eat with them today. Shinobu was keeping an eye out for Hawklyn as the others chatted about the plans for the day when they all heard footfalls walking down the hall of the second floor, pausing for a minute before resuming toward the stairs.
"He's finally coming." Observed Kitsune as they all followed the footbeats of Hawklyns walking to the stairs and then tried not to appear too anxious when he was to make entrance to the dining room.
Shinobu, as she was waiting for Hawklyn from the best vantage point toward the stairs, saw a pair of black slippers first, time slowing seemingly as this took place…
Another step,Black socks.
A step further in descent,
Bare calves. At this point, Shinobu started to have a small amount of worry, but as he progressed further. This feeling of worry she had was stilled as the bottom of his overcoat came into view. Gradually, he appeared, much to Shinobu's relief, fully clothed.
Hawklyn smiled to Shinobu in greeting, "Good Morning Shinobu." And bowed a to her momentarily before turning and bowing to those present in the room, "Morning all." He then took his seat and took in the enviroment he was in with his eyes.
Most of them had their eyes still on him, but that became fewer in number as his eyes met theirs in his brief visual exploration of the surroundings.
"Ehh, I do not mean to distract you from eating. Please… " Hawklyn blushed a bit, unused to so many female on him and started to eat.
"Gomen Hawklyn-san. You are right." The time for a questions is later.
Hawklyn observed the people around him as he ate, thinking he saw quite a few glances at Keitaro, especially from Shinobu. The young cook seemed to be hung on his every word, at any rate, she was looking toward him a good deal. Shifting his eyes over to Naru, who sat across from Keitaro, seemed to be glancing at Keitaro a lot as well. He kept eating, noting that Motoko as well, glanced a bit toward Keitaro, as well as himself. He had to keep eating when she did glance his way, knowing that he had probably been caught already, but he didn't care too much as he mentally outlined journals for his fellow tenants.
Naru, Auburn haired atomic bomb in disguise. One moment sweet and courteous, the next moment having the fury of a force 5 tornado… He mused as he finished his main course and leaned back, sipping his tea. I would say from the way she looks at Keitaro… Nah, I'm probably wrong.
He glanced over to Motoko and nearly closed his eyes, thinking. Motoko, raven haired goddess… Er, where did that come from? Hmm, I think this analysis should wait till I become more knowledgable in their daily routines.
(A/N: hmm.. I'm stalled right now.. reading some of these other LH fanfics… Sometimes I have a mind to simply insert myself into them and tell Naru off ya know? And or tell Keitaro to gain some perception.. But then, that's what this fic is supposed to be about, and yet, I'm finding myself blocked in a transition area. I should put more conflict in I know, but I know that I can be lacking on description and transitions. So that's why I'm asking for help on these transitional areas as I transfer from one scene to another… RnR please.)