Chapter 3: Jungle Pool SOS
It was 8:30 in the morning when her alarm went off. Sam groaned when she shut it off before slowly sitting up.
"C'mon, Haruhi. We have to get ready," she told her host sister while rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
"Mmmmm," Haruhi responded into her pillow.
Sam grabbed her own pillow and chucked it at her sister.
"If we're not ready on time, then they will probably barge in here. And I'm sure you don't want Tamaki to see your ass in just a pair of underwear," Sam chuckled.
This woke Haruhi up really quick. The girls got ready for their day trip. Haruhi dressed in normal clothes with no swimsuit since she didn't intend on swimming. She was actually grumpy about this whole trip. All she wanted to do was stay home and study while doing laundry. Samantha on the other hand was pumped. She loved swimming.
Her hair was up in a high ponytail. She had a black one piece suit that had cut outs on the sides and a modest one in the front. A red strapless sundress was worn over the top along with a sunhat and sunglasses. Since Haruhi didn't plan on bringing much Sam packed them both a beach bag that had sunscreen, towels, water bottles, first aid, and female products just in case. She glanced at the clock and saw that the car would be there any minute. Sam grabbed a reluctant Haruhi and drug her outside to wait.
A black limo pulled up and Sam's jaw dropped. They were not going to be driven in this thing, were they? Haruhi just simply groaned at how over the top her friends could be. The driver got out and opened the door for them. Both girls slid in. Sam was practically bouncing off of the walls. She had never been in a limo before! It was so fancy! Is this what celebrities really felt like all the time?
Sam kept playing with all of the buttons that they had access to. One rolled the window up between them and the driver, while one changed the light setting. Another one blared some music. Haruhi smiled softly at her excited sister. Sam looked at Haruhi and grinned before passing her a champagne glass that was at the little bar.
"Hey, if we're going to be treated like royalty then we might as well act like it!" Sam shouted over the music before popping open a bottle.
"Sam, you know we can't drink," Haruhi chastised her.
"Why would they place alcohol in a vehicle with kids they know are underage? C'mon, it's sparkling juice," Sam laughed.
Haruhi finally gave in and took the now filled champagne glass. They drank and jammed to the music the entire ride to the resort.
Once they arrived the boys were standing outside waiting for them. They set their glasses down before exiting the vehicle. The music was still blaring as the girls got out while still shouting the lyrics to Lizzo.
"I mean, who would want to hide this? I will never ever ever ever be your side chick! I put the si~ng in single -" the girls sang and awkwardly danced out of the limo.
"You two had fun I take it," Kyoya asked, unimpressed.
"When Lizzo hits it's like my body is being taken over," Sam laughed.
"Well I'm glad you enjoyed your first limo ride. Shall we go inside," he asked.
"Yeah!" Hani-senpai shouted as he and Mori-senpai began to follow the shadow king inside the resort.
Sam slowly followed after them with a confused look. How the hell did Kyoya know it was her first limo ride? She shook off the weird feeling as they all entered paradise. Sam let out a small gasp. It was better than she could have imagined it! It was literally as if they went to the Bahamas. The air was warm and the holographic skies were blue. Palm trees were everywhere along with the pools, water slides, and lazy river. She was definitely going to enjoy her day.
Sam walked over to the swim up bar and ordered herself a nice fruity, non-alcoholic, drink. She looked at the other hosts and smiled as she sipped. The twins were tossing a ball back and forth to each other in the pool while Hani-senpai was playing on Mori-senpai's shoulders. Haruhi was talking to Kyoya and was giving him a suspicious look. Tamaki was laying back in a lawn chair relaxing and basking in the warmth.
"This is so relaxing," Tamaki sighed as he pushed back some of his blonde locks. "We don't have to worry about keeping all of our guests entertained for once. It's truly like a holiday for handsome young soldiers. I guess that's what you'd call it."
Samantha let out a loud laugh. "Wow. You are so full of yourself."
Tamaki shrugged her comment off and simply grinned at her. "I'm just speaking the truth, princess."
Sam scrunched up her nose. "Please don't call me that. It's what you call the clients."
"Then what would you prefer me to call you," he asked.
"Sam is just fine," she replied.
The twins emerged from the water and approached Haruhi.
"Hey Haruhi, come down the water slide with us," the twins insisted. Haruhi looked a little uncomfortable. "Then again, what's with the pullover?"
Sam chuckled as she thought back to them getting ready that morning. The only swimsuit Haruhi had was from years ago, so it no longer fit her since she didn't go swimming too often. Sam offered to let her borrow one of hers. It was a small bright red bikini that seemed to only be held together by strings. Samantha had thought about wearing it out, but decided against it. This was her first time out with the boys and she wanted to be somewhat modest. Haruhi, refused to even entertain the thought of wearing it. So she decided to wear a pair of cargo shorts and a yellow sweatshirt.
"So you're not going swimming," Hikaru asked.
"By any chance, can you not swim," Kaoru also asked.
"I think I can swim as well as the next guy, but I'm just not really interested in this place. I'd rather just go home than goof around here swimming," Haruhi said blankly.
Samantha was sick of her sister being a lazybones. As Haruhi was talking with the twins Sam quickly removed her dress, hat and sunglasses. She sneaked up behind her sister and as she said that she didn't want to be here swimming, Sam tackled her into the pool. Haruhi must have let out a distressed scream because Kyoya and Tamaki broke out of their conversation and stood up. All they saw was a big splash in the pool. Before they could move to jump in and be heroes, Sam rose from the water and flipped her wet hair back. Her skin was glistening from the water. Once Tamaki saw her he practically passed out from a nosebleed.
Haruhi also rose up to the surface, completely soaked. She looked at her sister with a slightly annoyed face.
"That wasn't funny."
"Really? Because I thought it was hilarious," Sam laughed.
Haruhi playfully growled as she jumped onto the American and dunked her underwater. The two kept at it for a while - splashing each other, dunking each other, and just laughing to their heart's content. Haruhi can't remember the last time she had this much fun. As she looked at her sister who was smiling at something the twins were doing to Tamaki. She never knew she had wanted a sibling before, even if they weren't related by blood. In that moment Haruhi felt so thankful to have gotten the chance to have Samantha in her life. She didn't know what she would do without her.
Feeling like she was starting to prune up, Haruhi got out of the water and watched the boys have their water gun fight. Samantha swam over to Hani-senpai and started to happily chat with him. The two weren't paying attention to much until they heard a loud whirring noise. They looked in front of them and paled. Before either of them could yell, a large tidal wave crashed over them. Samantha grabbed Hani-senpai's wrist under the water and clung onto one another as the current swept them away. Sam had no idea which way was up. All she knew was to hold onto her breath as long as she could.
Thankfully since the current was so fast they made it to the end rather quickly. Sam crawled herself up onto the land and choked out some water as she took some deep breaths. Hani-senpai was doing the same. Once he caught his breath he looked over at Samantha.
"Are you alright, Sami-chan," he asked.
"Yeah, I'm okay. You?"
"I'm okay. That was a lot of fun, huh?" Hani-senpai grinned at her once they both knew neither were hurt.
"Fun isn't the first thought that came to mind," Sam chuckled.
"We should go find the others," he suggested.
Sam just nodded in agreeing. Soon the two of them began to venture off into the jungle in search of their friends. A causal silence fell between the two of them before Hani-senpai interrupted it.
"Sami-chan, do you like Tama-chan," he asked bluntly.
Samantha's face lit up red. Why would he even suggest such a thing? Sure, Tamaki is very attractive along with super sweet. However, she's only known the guy for a little over a week! He was incredibly charming to her, but he was the same way with everyone else he speaks with, so she wasn't anything special. Even though he made her feel special…
"What are you talking about, senpai? I hardly know him! How can I have a crush on him?" she asked, but refused to meet his eyes.
"It could be like love at first sight!" Hani-senpai shouted, excited. "I know that Tama-chan likes you. So I was hoping you'd like him back."
"Wh- what? Tamaki doesn't like me," Samantha wasn't really sure who she was trying to convince.
"Sure he does! You're all he ever talks about lately! Especially since you've joined the host club. He also gets all blushy when you get brought up. Kind of like how you are right now," Hani-Senpai giggled as he called the girl out.
For the life of her Samantha couldn't get a word out. She was just opening and closing her mouth like a fish. The older boy just giggled as his friend.
"Don't worry, Sami-chan. Your secret is safe with me," he grinned.
The boy then suddenly jumped up and grabbed onto a low tree branch. He then began to climb up the tree.
"Senpai, what are you doing," Samantha exclaimed.
"We might be able to see them if we get up higher. C'mon!"
As Sam began to slowly follow Hani-senpai up the tree she was secretly kicking herself for my participating harder in gym. By the time they were at one of the highest branches she was out of breath.
"Do you see them," she asked.
"Umm…" Hani-senpai began as he scanned the jungle floor below. He suddenly let out a gasp.
"What? What is it," Samantha asked, suddenly on high alert.
Hani-senpai pointed off into the distance a bit. It was Mori-senpai, and he was carrying Haruhi! They were surrounded by what appeared to be police officers.
"The man is resisting! Prepare to fire warning shots," an officer shouted.
Samantha gasped as her blood ran cold.
"No! Don't shoot them," she shouted.
"Let's go. We gotta save them," Hani-Senpai said to her as he jumped onto a vine and began swinging towards the action.
Without a second thought to how stupid this idea was, Samantha also jumped and grabbed onto a vine. She was swinging fast towards her friends, and wasn't sure she could stop.
"Takashi, Haru-chan, move out of the way!" Hani-senpai shouted at their friends.
"No, seriously, MOVE! I don't know how to steer this thing," Samantha screamed in panic.
Hani-senpai let go of his vine, kicked a guard in the face, did a few flips and stuck the landing. Samantha on the other hand body slammed into a guard, rolled a couple of times, and knocked over another guard like it was bowling. The small boy took care of the rest of the guards as the girl stayed on the ground in pain.
"Don't go being so reckless. Picking on my friends is a no-no!" He shouted childishly.
Samantha managed to sway to her feet.
"Yup, don't mess with us. We're like the dynamic du-" Samantha cut herself off as she fell to her knees. She was seeing stars.
"Samantha," Tamaki shouted as he ran over to her.
He pulled her into his arms and turned her to face him. She must have hit her head pretty hard because she thought he was sparkling.
"Sam, you're bleeding," he said, concerned.
"Are you okay," Haruhi asked, hovering over Tamaki's shoulder.
"Yeah, I'm okay. I just bumped my head in the landing. It wasn't as graceful as senpai's was," Samantha chuckled.
"I have a paramedic on the way to have a look at you, Samantha," Kyoya gently informed her.
"Thanks," she said.
As Samantha got looked at by a paramedic Hani-senpai told everyone what had happened to them. Well, almost everything. He had left out their little talk like he had promised. Tamaki stayed with Sam the entire time she was getting checked up on, and insisted that she leaned on him for support. Everything turned out to be relatively good. The blood was from a small cut she had gotten on her head. She also had a very minor concussion, but nothing to be worried about.
She was able to walk back to the car just fine, but Tamaki kept fussing over her. He didn't want her to pass out and hurt herself even further! Samantha finally gave in and allowed him to give her a piggyback ride to the car. She was a little self-conscious because she felt pretty heavy. At least heavier than Haruhi. Tamaki didn't seem to break a sweat though. He was much stronger than he appeared. Samantha's heart pounded regardless. He had wanted to carry her. He was caring about her and it seemed genuine.
She decided to take a leap of faith and rested her chin on his shoulder. Even after a day of trekking through a hot, muggy, jungle he still smelled pretty nice. Apart from the chlorine from the water, a faint hint of his fancy cologne could still be smelt. As Samantha rested herself on his shoulder, Tamaki glance over at her with a blush. He didn't say anything and kept on walking.
"We should go to the beach next to clear our minds," Hikaru said with his arms behind his head as he and his brother led the group out of the resort.
"The beach would be nice," Kaoru agreed.
"You idiots, Haruhi wouldn't be interested in that! Besides, Samantha is injured," Tamaki reminded them.
"I might not mind going to the beach," Haruhi chimed in.
"Besides, I'm not that hurt," Samantha smiled, making Tamaki blush further since she was practically saying it right in his ear.
"All right, you got it! Next we go to the beach!" Tamaki declared with a laugh.
His enthusiasm made Sam give a small laugh and hold onto him tighter. He gave her thighs a squeeze back in response. This was certainly going to be a great weekend.
Hello everyone! Thank you so much for reading! Firstly I would like to apologize if my updates aren't as quick. I had just recently broken my foot and am currently recovering. Due to how much pain I am in, it may be some length of time between updates. Anyway, if you enjoy this story then make sure you leave a review, favorite it, or even set an alert. Thank you!