"So in class today my friends and i somehow got to talking about how AIDS became a thing. Weirdest conversation ever." I smiled to myself as i listened to Maddy talk on the phone as i worked on homework. "Then the teacher got involved and told us about it. Apparently it got transferred through bestiality!" She sounded way too cheerful for that sentence and i felt my eyebrows shoot up as i murmured a shocked,
"Oh?"
"MMmhhmmm. Some dude had sex with a monkey then had sex with a person and wabam! AIDS are born." I burst out laughing. "Oh and also did you know fish can get AIDS? Don't ask me how that works but yeah they can. Also apparently coconut water can be used for an emergency blood transfusion." I was choking on my own laughter.
"S-STOP! Please Maddy i," I broke off snickering. "Can't even. Only you dude, only you." I could almost imagine the wicked grin which would have been on her face had she been sitting there with me. It had always been like that. Whenever she said something she knew she'd get a shocked response for, which she did a lot, her eyes would squint as she tried to hold in the laughter, and a mischievous grin would spread over her face before she burst out laughing.
"Hey Maddy serious question here."
"Mm?" I pursed my lips.
"What do you want to do when you're older?" She was silent for a moment before answering.
"I, uh, well...you can't laugh ok?" Which means she's serious about whatever crazy idea this is oh man.
"Pinky promise." I heard her take a deep breath, before she blurted out,
"I want to open a coffee shop. But not just any coffee shop. I want it to have a really angry name, I've been thinking calling it 'I'm Not A Morning person'. And then all the drinks will have really angry names like, 'My In-Laws Are In Town', or 'Studying For Finals'. Then some of the really bad ones like 'Can I Get A Fuck Off' will have shots of tequila in them. Just because..." She trailed off. "I dunno though. I know my parents won't ever go for it and it'll probably crash and burn, but it's just kinda my dream job." I smiled softly. Her voice as she spoke was soft, dreamy like she was lost in her own little imaginary world in a coffee shop full of her ideas.
"I'll be your business partner Mads." I heard her suck in a sharp breath.
"YOU WILL?" I chuckled.
"Of course. If one of us is going to do something crazy then both of us are in on it."
"Awes-oh shit. I have to go text me later Nancy bye." Then she was gone and i was left listening to the silence. Until my phone started to buzz.
-I'll be your keeper for life as your guardian I'll be your warrior of care your first warden I'll be your angel on call, I'll be on demand The greatest honor of all, as your guardian-
I rolled my eyes letting out a heavy sigh.
-New song lyrics Mads?- A moment of silence before a buzz
-Nah that one isn't my work- A second later. -Check your email- I did just that and my eyebrows flew up. So THESE are her new song lyrics huh?
Since when did you start writing such dark music?-
"Since my parents dragged me away from my emotional safety net- I stared at the phone sadly. Maddy had never been good with new people and new situations. She always tried to bring either myself or Haruhi with her if it was something she'd never done before. She'd been diagnosed with social anxiety and depression as a child which was the reason why, but she struggled with branching out. It didn't help that her parents had kept her homeschooled her entire childhood and then, she'd told me this when we first started talking again, put her into a school. Her anxiety and depression had only grown worse, but she put up a brave front. Like she'd told me earlier before she began talking about AIDS she 'might as well put on a brave face so the sharks don't smell blood in the water and come for her'. Poor Maddy. Urgh i wish i could be there with you.
-Cheer up girl. You can come back here soon.-
-I'm mentally rolling my eyes at you right now Nala. We both know my parents don't want me back here. It'll take some serious convincing to let me stay with Maria. And we both know that i'll be stuck grounded in my house for life if they find out i'm talking to you before the required 18 year old deadline.-
Before i could respond, there was a knock at the bedroom door and it opened to reveal Haruhi and the host club.
"Guys...it's saturday...? And, um, you ok Haruhi? You like kinda annoyed…." Haruhi gave me a 'don't even try' look and stalked into the room.
"They followed me with my dad to the supermarket to watch me. They attracted all sorts of unwanted attention there. Hell one person called the cops cause they thought i was in trouble and being stalked. I had to sit there and explain to the police that they weren't stalking me while they sat there in the background." I winced. Yup that's rough.
"I'm sorry dude that's no fun." She glared at them out of the corner of her eyes.
"You have no idea Nala, you have no idea." Sadly no i didn't since i hadn't had the pleasure of dealing with the full host club craziness outside of the host club. Instead of answering her, i grabbed my phone and let Nala know that the craziness had entered the room and i had to run.
Turning to Tamaki i gave him a glance, remembered something Maddy had told me and broke down laughing.
"Nal-chan? Are you ok?" Honey's sweet voice made me stop to brush away the laughter induced tears, and shook my head struggling to hold the laughter in. They all stared at me like i was a freak so waving my hands and calming myself down i explained through comments broken up by giggling,
"So I learned from my friend that coconut water can be used as an emergency blood transfusion, and of course my first thought just now upon seeing Tamaki was 'can a vampire drink coconut water?' and this led to the thought of vegan vampires."
I began laughing again doubling over on my chair. There was a moment of silence before the twins and Haruhi broke down with me.
"Hear that boss? You can be a vegan vampire!" The twins couldn't hold it together and collapsed on the bed pointing and guffawing. Tamaki scowled and began pouting at us all unable to see the humor in it. Kyoya merely shook his head in disbelief muttering something about simple minded females. i turned to him.
"Hush your face Ootori cause i heard that! You're clairvoyant so if you don't want to hear my bad jokes you should have brought earplugs to use if you're gonna know ahead of time." He raised an eyebrow.
"You think that's how it works Miss Fuyumi?" I glared.
"Don't call me that! And yeah i do." He shook his head in disbelief.
"Unbeknownst to you apparently, that's not how it works." I couldn't resist muttering,
"No duh, i'm not the psychic in this relationship." He gave me a funny look which i chose to ignore.
"It's not something i can just will to happen. It happens when it happens. I only have minor control over it." I let out a small snicker, So the great Ootori doesn't control all? What a shocker.
"Do you do readings?" My voice was full of excitement at the thought. He frowned.
"I don't know. i've never tried to before." Without hesitation i leapt out of my chair, dashed over to him and thrust out my hands.
"I volunteer as tribute!" He didn't get the reference so I tried again. "Try with me."
He frowned thoughtfully at my hands, before picking them up in his own, and closing his eyes. I could feel everyone's eyes on us, but chose to ignore it. There was soft silence in the room as Kyoya stood there, my hands held in his, eyes shut, face purposely blank as he did his mojo. Suddenly however, he jerked his hands out of mine and his cultivated mask dropped for a moment revealing utter shock before it slid back into place.
"What did you see?"
"Kyoya?"
"Kyo-chan?"
"He brushed aside the groups worried and confused questions instead narrowing his eyes at me.
"Don't come to my house." He practically threw my hands from his and exited the room leaving the rest of us in confusion. What was that? The twins still sitting on the bed turned, along with the rest of the host club, to face me.
"What was that?" I just shook my head still staring at the door in shock.
"I have no idea Kaoru, I have no idea."
**Kyoya's POV**
I stalked out of Haruhi's and Nala's bedroom unable to contain the anger and confusion warring inside me. When she'd bounced across the room, her green eyes alight with joy at the prospect of having me read her future i hadn't been able to say no. I'd planned to treat it like an experiment, but the hands that were placed into mine, were soft, delicate, not something i'd expected from a musician and i'd lost my original plan to treat it like an experiment. In all honesty, i hadn't expected it to work, but when i'd shut my eyes and concentrated on the small girl in front of me i had been surprised yet again.
What i saw was like a beautiful nightmare. She was sprinting towards an unseen figure, rain pouring from the sky, lightening flashing. There had been the loud boom of thunder, and i'd heard her cry out even as the figure she chased slowly disappeared into the rain. I had felt Nala collapse, pure anguish running rampant through her as the unseen figure was dragged away by other ghostly bodies. The vision had flashed to my house. A small, soaked brunette sobbing as she stumbled up the driveway and began pounding on the front door, and deep inside even as she knocked i knew, i knew there was nothing i could do for her. So the door remained locked leaving a small shattered girl on the doorstep in the dark, rainy night.
I stepped out of the apartment, and looking up at the sunny sky muttered,
"While i knew that she would bring a whole new set of challenges and adventure to the club, I hadn't been expecting this." I dropped my head forward and began walking down to the car.
You Miss Nala Fuyumi, are a whole new world of trouble. The question is, Can I handle it?
**Yep an Authors Note...again**
Do i do these too much? I dunno tell me to stop if you want me to though. But yes here is a short filler chapter to make up for how slowly i've been posting these days due to life's craziness. I wanted to bring Maddy in and ooh Kyoya moments nehehe and foreshadowing *insert evil french laugh* i got a plan though! I think….here's to my head staying clear enough for me to be able to get some good normal chapters out for you guys wish me luck!