I choked on a rose petal as they suddenly flew out of the open door along with a blindingly brilliant white light. What the actual hell?
"Welcome Princess."
A voice spoke from in front of me…..No, make that seven voices in unison. My jaw dropped as i took it in. Four exceedingly attractive guys, a little kid, some tall dude, and Haruhi were standing there in various poses with a rose huh? in each of their hands.
"Is that really a girl?"
Two voices chorused, causing my eyes to jerk to them and my face to heat. Twins, very very attractive twins were staring at me with their heads cocked and their golden eyes narrowed. It's kinda obvious isn't...oh right the hoodie...nevermind. The guy with glasses was off to the side a little, and out of the corner of my eyes i saw him pull a laptop out and start typing furiously. The hell is he doing? I was finding it slightly sketchy that some scratched up girl just stumbled into the famed host club, and glasses was over there blatantly ignoring it. I'm already not a fan of him, that must be the famed Ootori son. With a small glance to the little guy and the tall man whose shoulders he was sitting on i slowly stepped forward.
"Do you talk princess?"
The voice suddenly at my side caused me to jump five feet in the air. Blondie had somehow managed to get to my side without me noticing. Shaking my head i stepped away from him, and began walking forward towards Haruhi blatantly ignoring the boy at my side. I was holding in far too many emotions and knew that if i opened my mouth i'd break down crying. I needed to make it to Haruhi before that happened.
"Are you ok?" The soft voice caused me to turn my head to look at the little boy as he spoke. He pointed to my hands, "You're bleeding."
Flicking my eyes down, i winced as i realized his observation was indeed correct. I was bleeding. Probably from the fall on the roof…. Again turning back, i kept up my slow, somehow steady pace towards Haruhi, only to be cut off by the twins stepping in front of me between the two of us.
"Alright that's close enough." One of them stated warily,
"You're creeping us out say something will ya?" The other snapped.
All i could do was shake my head softly.
"It's ok guys let him come here he won't hurt me." They warily moved aside at Haruhi's confident words, and i practically stumbled the last few steps to her. Tipping my formerly downcast head up, i pulled my hood back and met her eyes. "Nala!?" she gasped out in horror and rushed the last few feet to me. "What the hell happened?! Are you hurt?!" she swept me into a tight hug and my tears started to fall again. Sinking to the ground in her embrace, I wrapped my arms around her and we knelt on the floor. One crying silently, the other rocking back and forth emotions torn between anger and fear for her friend.
"Guys," she spoke over my head, "shut the door and cancel club activities i have to take Nala home and make sure-"
"No!" she froze at my sudden shout. Burying my head in her shoulder i let out a sob. "Dad brought….companions...money...so...scared…I can't go home" in between sobs the words were torn out of my mouth in a jumbled mess.
"Nala! Nala breath alright?" Haruhi's frantic voice reached me through my horror, and i snapped back to reality. Scrambling to my feet and shoving off of her like she burned me i jumped back trying to keep the sobs contained. Fisting a hand in front of my mouth i spoke quietly,
"Sorry Haru. I'm..I'll be fine…" my tear streaked face spoke otherwise but as i took in my surroundings and the shocked stares of the boys i felt myself going red with embarrassment. "I'll wait for you at your house Haru, don't cancel because of me. I don't want to be a bother i know how much you need this. I-" my voice broke and i muffled another sob before opening my mouth again.
"Nonsense! Any friend of Haruhi's is a friend of ours, right men? We'll help you," My mouth dropped open at the boisterous blond's words and then my jaw hit the floor when he went to Haruhi's side and put an arm over her shoulder, "You must be the Nala we've all heard so much about. It's not under the best circumstances but it's a true pleasure to meet the girl who makes my beautiful daughter so happy." I couldn't help but smile at the soft, tender expression on his face as he glanced down at her and i tiptoed forward slowly, warily,
"Th-thank you..?"
"Suoh Tamaki." he supplied with a grin. Suddenly he dropped onto a knee in front of me and clasped my hand, "Now tell me princess, what can we do to help you."
Recovering my wit at that, i jerked my hand back and with a sigh i spoke.
"You can't do anything to help, i'll just need to be more on guard." Something flashed in Haruhi's eyes at that and before anyone knew what she was doing she marched over and smacked me. Jerking back i stared at her in shock while she regarded me angrily with tear filled eyes,
"I had to learn this lesson too Nala. It's ok to ask for some damn help. I'm your best friend and you barely ask me for anything but are always there when i need you," she pulled me into a crushing hug and i felt her shoulders shake as she cried softly, "Please Nal, please let me help you." My eyes started to tear up again and i forced a shaky laugh as i tried to wipe my eyes while hugging her,
"You know Haruhi? I've never cried this much in my life and here i am sobbing in front of a bunch of strangers. If i'm gonna accept their help at least introduce me first." Pulling back she wiped at her own tears and laughed a little at my somewhat more normal response to her.
"Right. That," she pointed to Tamaki, "Is the guy i told you about earlier on the phone, next is Ootori Kyoya," Hmm glasses I was right, so you are the Ootori. Alright gotta watch out for him guy's with glasses are always the sneaky, smart ones. "Then you have Haninozuka Mitsukuni or 'Honey' as well all call him, and Morinozuka Takashi or 'Mori' to us." There's no way that little kid is that little he's obviously in high school otherwise he wouldn't be here and the tall guy? He seems quiet, so he's one of the silent stalwart types who protects the fragile looking one.
"Nala? Naaalllaa?" Haruhi's waving her hand in front of my face jerked me back to reality.
"Right...sorry Haru where were you?' She frowned at me before beckoning to the twins,
"These are Hitachiin Kaoru and Hikaru." They nodded at me, faces schooled to look bored but their eyes glinted warily. So these two are the sneaky ones Haru mentioned...i'll have to watch out for them as well.
"Miss Fuyumi would you like to lie down perhaps?" Glasses, err, Kyoya questioned me. I flicked a glance towards him and his glasses flashed. Cccreeeeeeepppyyyy.
"Yeah, that would be kinda nice. Also while i'm here please keep the glasses flashing to a minimum 'kay? It's kinda disturbing and i'm not sure if you're doing it to scare me or something but trust me i'm not gonna do anything you don't want me doing." He nodded with a small smirk, when i got scred i acted brave, and i think he could tell. If his smirk was anything to go by.
"So you say Miss Fuyumi but we'll see. As for now though you have our help. As long as you do nothing to hurt the club i'm sure we'll get along quite well."
"Kyoya!" Tamaki and Haruhi both snapped.
"She doesn't need to hear that at an obviously trying moment."
Tamaki frowned while Haruhi snapped,
"She's not gonna hurt any of us Kyoya and so help me if you hurt her... "
She trailed off and began advancing on him causing the twins to hold her back. A soft smile lit up my face and i chuckled softly in an attempt to push my sad thoughts aside. I had only a few rules which i strictly adhered to, one of them being that i would always do my best to stay cheerful no matter what happened.
"Takashi and I will show her to a room." a little voice piped up and i smiled at the small boy next to me,
"Thank you Han-"
"Honey please." i blinked at him and he smiled up at me gently, "Call me Honey and call Takashi Mori. It'll make us happy if you do." I blinked again before nodding my head.
"Alright Honey I can do that…give me a second though before we go i have to say something." Clearing my throat i stepped forward catching the attention of all the club members. "I'd like to apologize for rudely bursting in on you all like i did. This was the first place i thought of, and i just hurried right in. I apologize for being an inconvenience to you all."
Bowing after i finished i was hurriedly told by Tamaki, Honey, and Haruhi that it was alright, and Mori nodded along with them, but the eyes of Kyoya and the twins watched me far more warily. Why do i get the feeling that they don't trust or like me very much? With no one to ask that to at the moment, i let Haruhi and Honey lead me to a small side room with Tamaki hurrying along with us fretting over me and Mori bringing up the rear.