Chapter 4: The Sun, The Sea, and the Host Club
Another week went by at Ouran Academy. Sam was doing relatively well in her classes thanks to Kyoya's help. He couldn't have her be in-eligible for after school activities otherwise he'd lose money on the host club. It was a kind gesture for him to offer to be her tutor. The time together made her realize that Kyoya wasn't as dark and cold hearted as some people make him out to be. He was just very goal oriented and had a drive for success. Sam could appreciate that.
When they first started to study together, she was really nervous. Especially when he offered to do it at his house - correction - his MANSION. Wow that place was big. They had a full staff and everything. He had explained that the privacy of his room would be the best place not to be disturbed. Only when they arrived to his room there was a woman going through his clothes. Kyoya had been physically annoyed at this. It was his older sister and she almost had a heart attack when she was that he had brought a girl home for the first time. Not only that but he had brought her into his bedroom nonetheless. She squealed and said that her baby brother was finally growing up. Samantha had only chuckled at this when Kyoya's face started to heat up.
He had explained to his sister that they were just friends and nothing more. She was
already the peak of someone else's interest which confused Sam. Who was she the peak of interest to? Regardless, his sister insisted that she stay for dinner. She could hardly refuse. Dinner was awkward to say the least. Kyoya's father had a menacing vibe to him. His older brothers never spoke unless spoken to, and when they did it was proper and robotic. His sister tried to keep things light though. After dinner and studying Kyoya and Samantha had both agreed to only ever study at the library or host club.
The following day was Friday, thank God. It had been a long week between classes and hosting. The host club was fun and doing relatively well. With Samantha as a new hostess they assumed they would be getting more male guests to come visit. A few did, but in reality, more women were requesting Sam. Some of them wanted a girl friend to talk to while most of the girls treated her in a romantic way like they did with the other hosts. Sam wasn't complaining. She never really had a sexual preference.
All of the hosts were lounging around the club room after all of their classes were finished. Haruhi was doing homework at a table near Samanatha while she laid on a window seat and stared outside. The twins decided to slither over to Haruhi and bug her. Sam didn't catch the first half of the conversation. She only perked up when she heard her name. She looked over at the red haired boys and her eyes almost popped out. They had filled the room with mannequins and were picking out bikinis for the two girls to wear. Samantha didn't mind so much because most of the suits were cute. Haruhi on the other hand was very uncomfortable. Especially when they all started to discuss her breast size.
Hani-senpai had picked out a blue one piece suit and said that Haruhi would look good in it. They disagreed because Haruhi was flat chested and would look with something frilly on top to hide the fact. The pair then agreed that it would look better on Samantha because of her bigger chest size. Thankfully Tamaki butt in before Sam could say something. He had hit both boys over the head very angry.
"How dare you guys heap sexual harassment onto my little girls!" He shouted at them. "That's enough of that!"
"Then we're not going to the beach," the twins asked together while hiding behind Haruhi.
"Whoever said we weren't going?" Tamaki smirked.
"Oh, then you do want to go," they said excitedly.
"Can Usa-chan come too," Hani-Senpai asked.
"I have no objections," Kyoya started. "On one condition though. This is going to be a work trip."
"Huh, we're really going," Haruhi asked slightly nervous.
"Woo hoo!" Samantha shouted excited as she jumped down from the window sill.
"Come on, let's go to the beach!" Tamaki finally declared.
Everything happened so fast. A car was on the way to pick them up. The girls only had a short time to rush home and pack. It was going to be an overnight trip. Ranka wasn't too excited about it, but he reluctantly agreed since it was the weekend. Since it was considered a work trip Haruhi packed mostly masculine clothing which she surprisingly never really wore on the weekend. Haruhi was kind of a girly girl and enjoyed dresses. Samantha just packed whatever she had clean. They were hoping straight into work as soon as they go there so she dressed for the beach. She decided to wear that red bikini that Haruhi refused to on their last trip. A pair of light washed jean shorts were thrown over her swimsuit bottoms. A shirt over the top of her bikini was decided against since it was going to be really hot. Sam grabbed a pair of aviators sunglasses and her cowboy hat. They were almost out the door when she thought of something. Maybe she would bring her ukulele? Her guitar was too large to fit in her backpack. Her Ukelele it was!
They all ended up going to Okinawa because Kyoya's family had a private beach there. It was a beautiful place. Sam had never been to the carribean or anywhere tropical, so if she didn't know any better than she would have believed that they were there. She was very content with this little vacation.
The sisters sat next to each other under an umbrella and watched the other hosts work. Tamaki was on a large rock in the water with a long line of girls waiting to be with him. The twins were playing sand volleyball with their guests while Mori and Hani-Senpai's were doing some sort of kendo exercises. Haruhi was just watching the ocean, so Sam took out her Ukelele and started to just pluck some strings. Suddenly a large group of girls appeared before them.
"Haruhi, aren't you going swimming," one girl asked.
"Oh, I like looking at the sea more," Haruhi replied.
"Well, would it be okay if you joined you two," another girl asked.
"Sure," Samantha grinned making them blush.
"If you want to," Haruhi started, laying on the charm, "But you're all in such cute swimsuits, so you should go swim sometime today."
That made them all melt into the sand next to the two hosts. Sam thought they might as well lay this charm on thick to appease their guests. She ended up laying her head in the lap on a young red haired girl who blushed almost the same shade.
"You can play, Samantha-senpai," a blonde girl asked who was sitting next to Haruhi.
"A little bit," Sam chuckled.
"C-Can you sing," the red haired girl asked as she looked down at Sam in her lap.
"You wanna hear something," Sam smirked up at her.
All of the girls then squealed in excitement. This piqued the interest of the nearest hosts and guests. Sam laughed as she sat up into a more comfortable position and grabbed her ukulele once more. She thought for a moment of what song would be appropriate for today and that she knew she could play decently in front of others. If she was alone then she wouldn't care, but now that she had an audience she was a little nervous. She decided to play Toes by the Zac Brown Band.
"I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand. Not a worry in the world with a cold beer in my hand. Life is good today. Life is good today." Sam began singing in English.
It wouldn't have the same feel if it was sung in Japanese. Besides, this way most of them wouldn't know if she messed up on the words. Not that most of them knew any American country music anyway. The beach seemed to have hushed down as Sam played.
"Well, the plane touched down just about three o'clock, and the city's still on my mind. Bikinis and palm trees danced in my head. I was still in the baggage line. Concrete and cars are their own prison bars like this shit I'm living in. But the plane brought me farther and surrounded by water. And I'm not going back again!"
The girls were swaying along to the sang and blushed hard when Sam would look directly at them and sing. Without realizing it most of the guests and the hosts on the beach had surrounded to listen to her. Tamaki sat back in his beach chair and watched Sam with wide eyes. He thought she had the beauty of a queen, but now he knew she had the voice of an angel. He didn't think she could get any more perfect. Maybe they could play music together sometime. He was brought out of his thoughts as she came back to the chorus.
"I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand. Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand. Life is good today. Life is good today."
The song changes a bit and got faster. Sam grinned since this was her favorite part.
"Adiós y vaya con Dios," She sung in Spanish before going back to English. "Yeah I'm leaving GA. And if it weren't for tequila and pretty senoritas," Sam turned to the girl next to her and quickly caressed her check as she sang that part which made the girl blush. "I'd have no reason to stay."
Sam then got up on her feet and started to walk around. They got everyone else up on their feet as well. Some of the guests insisted on dancing with their hosts. It just made Sam laugh and continue on.
"Adiós y vaya con Dios. Yeah, I'm leaving GA. Gonna lay in the hot sun and roll a big fat one," the twins burst out laughing as Sam pretended to smoke a blunt at that part. "And grab my guitar and play. Four days flew by like a drunk Friday night as the summer drew to an end. They can't believe that I just couldn't leave, and I bid adieu to my friends. 'Cause my bartender she's from the islands. Her body's been kissed by the sun. And coconut replaces the smell of the bar. And I don't know if it's her or the Rum." Sam laughed as she continued to dance and sway around with people.
"I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand. Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand. Life is good today, life is good today. Adiós y vaya con Dios! A long way from , and all the muchachas they call me Big Poppa when I throw pesos their way."
Tamaki blushed and burst out into laughter when Sam went over to him and patted his bare chest when she sang about 'Big Poppa', knowing he likes to call himself daddy.
"Adiós y vaya con Dios. A long way from GA. Someone do me a favor and pour me some Jaeger. I'll grab my guitar and play. Adiós vaya con Dios! Going home now to stay. The senoritas don't care-o when there's no dinero. Yeah, I got no money to stay. Adiós y vaya con Dios! Going home now to stay. Come on prop it up by the lake" The song then began to slow back down like the beginning.
"With my ass in a lawn chair, toes in the clay. Not a worry in the world a PBR on the way. Life is good today. Life is good today."
Sam finished the song with a grin. That went better than she could have thought! The only people she had ever played for was her family and maybe one friend. She wasn't one to have this much attention. That's why she started to blush madly when everyone started to clap and cheer for her at the end of the song. She graciously gave her thanks.
"That was amazing, Sami-chan," Hani-Senpai cheered excitedly.
"Yeah, I didn't know you could sing," Haruhi chimed in with a proud smile.
Slowly everything went back to normal. Haruhi and Hani-Senpai were collecting shellfish while the other boys decided to make a game. Whoever could find out Haruhi's fear first would win. Idiots. Sam already knew what it was. On one of her first nights here it stormed and the girls ended up cuddling, because Haruhi was shaking like and leaf. The longer the game went on the more Haruhi proved to be a tough girl. Sam rolled her eyes at the boys and her and Haruhi took a walk along the beach near a cliff. The girls soon heard voice above them. They looked up to see the group of girls from earlier standing at the top of the cliff.
"Hey there! This breeze feels great," the girls all down to the two hosts.
"It's dangerous up there," Haruhi warned them.
The girls ignored her warning. Samantha soon heard other voices up there with them. They sounded like men, but Sam couldn't see them. She decided to climb up and investigate. Haruhi urged her to be careful. Once Sam was at the top she was pissed off at the sight. Three drunk men were grabbing at the girls. Sam had to do something.
"Hey!" She yelled at them. "You need to let them go. This is a private beach. You shouldn't even be here."
The men let them go. Instantly the girls ran over the Samantha and stood behind her.
"Are you ladies, okay," Sam asked quietly to them. They all nodded. "Good. Climb down they rock carefully. Haruhi is somewhere at the bottom. I'll take care of this."
Without a second thought the girls did as they were told and safely climbed to the bottom. They then ran off to tell the other hosts that Samantha was by herself fighting a group of drunk mean. The ring leader stared Sam down before grinning.
"How is a tiny think like you going to make us leave," his voice dripped like oil.
Sam was too focused on the man in front of her to notice his friends coming up behind her. They grabbed her from behind and forced her to the ground. She let out a yell and struggled against them. As the ringleader crawled over her Sam kicked her foot out and hit him in the face. This knocked him back on his butt. He rubbed his cheek before growling at her.
"That wasn't very nice," he said slyly as he placed a knee on each of her thighs keeping them still. "Be a good girl and you'll really like the game we're going to play."
His hand snaked behind her back and unclasped her swimsuit top. Her body began to shake in anger and fear. This was not happening. She had to be stronger than this! If she wasn't blindsided then she knows she could have held them off. Tears began to well up in her eyes, but she refused to let them fall.
The man was soon ripped off of her by Hikaru and Kaoru. She had never been so relieved to see them. They started to wail on the ringleader. Sam was suddenly lifted by one of the goons and held over the edge of the cliff. Her top was loose from being unclipped, so she struggled against this man while trying to keep her top on.
"Samantha," Tamaki called out in alarm.
"Lets us leave peacefully or she goes flying."
"We're not going to let you assault these girls and get away with is," Hikaru shouted.
"The police are on their way as we speak," Kaoru also said.
"Then she's going for a dip," the man shouted before tossed Samantha over the cliff.
Her stomach flew to her throat as she free fell. Before she could even comprehend the entire situation she was plunged into the water. Her back stung from the water's surface. The swimsuit top she had was completely gone, but thankfully she still have her shorts on.
Bubbles from her fall were still around her. However, she felt something also fall into the water and added more bubbles. Strong arms wrapped around her and brought them to the surface. Sam took a large gasp of air as she looked at her hero. Water dripped off of blonde locks and purple eyes pierced into her. It was Tamaki.
"Are you okay," he asked her.
"Yeah. Thank you," she practically whispered to him.
He had jumped from a cliff into unknown waters to save her. He saved her. Butterflies fluttered in her stomach at the thought. Not to mention how gorgeous he looked as water glistened off of him with a sunset as the backdrop. That's when it hit her. She really liked this boy. Which made things completely uncomfortable when she realized she was topless. She let out a small yelp and crossed her arms over her chest. Her face turning as red as the sunset behind them.
"I didn't see anything. Don't worry," Tamaki reassured her as he continued to carry her back to the beach bridal style.
"Samantha," Haruhi called out worried when she finally spotted them.
"Boss," the twins also chimed in.
"Where are they," Tamaki's voice was low and deadly. Sam had never heard it from the man before.
"We've kept their ID's and respectfully asked them to leave. The girls went back to the hotel. I've called a doctor, who should be here shortly," Kyoya informed them.
Tamaki gently set Sam on the ground. Haruhi let out a small gasp and ran a few feet away to grab the towel they had sat on early. She ran back and wrapped it around her host sister's chest to give her some modesty.
"I'm fine. I don't need a doctor," Sam told them stubbornly.
"Are you a Martial Arts master like, Hani-Senpai," Tamaki asked quietly.
"What," Sam turned to him, confused.
Tamaki then grabbed her shoulders and looked her in the eyes. Their faces were inches from each other. She could practically feel his breath as he spoke.
"How could you think that you, a girl, by yourself could do anything against those boys!?" He loudly chastised her.
"Excuse me," Sam glared at him. Did he really just say-? This struck a nerve in Samantha she didn't know has been there for a long time.
"You can't do that kind of stuff, you idiot! You're just a girl!"
SLAP! Everyone had let out a small gasp when Sam smack Tamaki in the face. Tamaki just stood back in shock. She had just slapped him!
"Don't you EVER call me an idiot again. You do not get to belittle me for doing something that was right. I saved those girls! Me being a female has nothing to do with this. But if we're doing this then let me tell you something. It is never the woman's fault!"
The more Sam went on the angrier so got. All of her life she had been told that she couldn't do things because she was a girl. You can't help bail hay because girl's aren't strong enough. You can't feed the hogs because girls tend to fall in more. You can't help on the ranch because it was a boy's job. Well she's had enough of sexist assholes!
She stared Tamaki down and poked a finger at his chest when she went on.
"We wouldn't have to live in fear everyday if men knew how to keep it in their damn pants. We are never the reason for rape! Straight, white, wealthy, PRIVILEGED men like you will never understand what we have to go through everyday. Until all of you realize that this situation wasn't my fault, don't talk to me!"
Sam then stormed off towards the beach house they were staying at with Haruhi right behind her. The boys were left on the beach completely shocked at everything.
"Sami-chan is mad at us," Hani-Senpai asked in a small voice.
"She's more than that," Kaoru started.
"She's pissed," Hikaru finished.
Tamaki finally regained himself. He stood up straight and put on a stoic face even though he was hurting inside.
"Fine. If she wants to be mad at us, then she can go ahead. I won't speak to her either until she admits that she's wrong," Tamaki stated before also storming off to the beach house.
Kyoya lifted up his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"This is going to be a long weekend."