DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Ouran High School Host Club
Warnings: The usual
Enjoy chapter nineteen!
Chapter 19
The school week passed by fairly quickly and before everyone knew it, it was the last day before winter break. Marking the end of the first half of the second semester. The host club members were either packing their things, cleaning up, or just lounging around. Their club activities had already ended half an hour ago.
"Izumi stop acting so childish and help Haruhi or something." Kyouya ordered. Izumi scowled and dropped his chin on the small round table he was sitting at. "Two days? Only two days?" he questioned no one in particular. "It only snowed for two fucking days!?" he exclaimed and banged his fist on the table.
"Someone, please tell me there's going to be more!" Izumi pleaded. Kyouya sighed and pushed up his glasses. "I highly doubt there'll be more snow." he answered. The raven haired whined at that, "Why not!?"
Haruhi walked back in from the kitchen. "Because we're in Tokyo." she answered the boy. Izumi growled, "Why does that matter!?" Haruhi stared at him in pity. Of course Izumi didn't know. She picked up another tray and walked back to the kitchen.
The twins looked over from their spot on the couch. "It barely snows here." they said together. Izumi turned around and glared. "Kaoru you bastard! You told me it was going to snow!" he shouted, pointing a finger at him accusingly. Kaoru just quirked an eyebrow. "It did snow. You just assumed the amount and how long on your own." he sighed out, shaking his head. "You're lucky it even snowed at all this year." Hikaru added.
He snarled at them and turned back. Dropping his head once more on the table. "Izzy, if it upsets you that much then why not go somewhere with lots of snow?" Honey asked. "That won't do Honey. We need to prepare for the winter festival." Tamaki said. Izumi groaned at that. He really wanted to see snow. "Actually Tamaki, if I calculate everything right, we have two free days starting tomorrow." Izumi picked up his head at what Kyouya was saying.
"So I suppose we could all go somewhere." Kyouya finished and stood up from his table, closing up his notebook as he did. He knew Izumi was going to be extremely happy. But having the boy tackle him into a hug wasn't the amount of happy he thought of.
"Thank you!" Izumi squealed in happiness and hugged Kyouya tightly. The four eyed tried to push him away. "Let go of me." he said in an annoyed tone. But Izumi was far too happy and didn't let go in the slightest.
"Izumi hug me too!" Tamaki whined and opened his arms. Izumi growled at him when he got too close. The blonde pouted and went for it anyways. "No you never hug me!" he exclaimed and took the raven haired away from Kyouya. He engulfed him into a hug and Izumi squirmed to get away.
Kyouya sighed and brushed himself off. "If we don't want to waste time we should leave the earliest tomorrow. Only problem now is, where do we go?" he asked turning towards the rest who had gathered around. "Somewhere with lots of snow for Izzy!" Honey offered. "Lots of snow, huh?" Kyouya mumbled.
"But if it's somewhere with lots of snow then we wouldn't be able to go there. All the metros, stations, and airports will be closed off." the twins said.
Kyouya sighed, knowing they were right. He turned to look at the raven haired. "Then we won't be able to-" he paused at the pleading expression Izumi gave him. Kyouya turned away, "I-I guess I could always get a private jet to take us." He pushed up his glasses to regain his composure.
They all went silent and searched their minds for a place to go. Somewhere with lots of snow. "Ah Kyouya, didn't your father recently finish building that hot spring in Aomori?" Tamaki questioned. The four eyed nodded, "Yes, but it's not open to the... Well, there is no harm in testing it out first. Very well then, we'll go to Aomori."
Izumi looked up, "It snows there?" Tamaki looked down at the boy he was still hugging. "Yup, a lot too." Izumi smiled widely, and then he noticed something. "Let go!" he growled and elbowed the blonde in the stomach.
"I said you're not going!" Izumi shouted as Liviya dropped a suitcase on her bed.
The girl ignored him and scurried all over her room in search for clothes and stuff she needed. "Are you listening to me!?" Izumi continued. Liviya looked out the wide open door and shouted, "Ryuu get my purse from the kitchen!"
In that very moment the fake blonde walked in. "Got it." he said as he handed over the small black leather bag.
"Oh don't tell me you're going too!" Izumi whined, seeing the overloaded bag Ryuu was carrying over his shoulder.
Ryuu ruffled Izumi's raven hair and laughed when the boy smacked his hand away. "Well you can't travel that far alone. You're underage so we have to accompany you as your guardians."
Izumi scowled and folded his arms in frustration. "Since when are you two my guardians?" he mumbled. Last time he checked he didn't have a guardian.
With a long sigh Liviya stopped packing and turned towards Izumi, giving him an annoyed look. "Since that accident with your fa-"
"Liviya!" Ryuu warned, not wanting the girl to say more than that. Izumi was still deeply affected about what happened.
Liviya covered her mouth slightly as she cut off. "That's... not..."
"So it's... my... fault?" Izumi questioned her, knitting his brows in worry.
Shit! The girl shook her head frantically and reached out. "No! That's not what-" She cut off when Izumi backed away from her hand. Her once worried look turned hurt when that happened.
"Izumi, it wasn't your fault." Ryuu assured him. "It was an accident, alright?" He slowly walked up to the raven haired and grabbed the boy's face gently. "It wasn't your fault." he repeated softly so as to not scare Izumi. "It was no one's fault." Ryuu said, no longer talking about the original subject. "That's what accidents are. No one's blaming you about what happened."
"B-but he... because I-"
"It was an accident. Just an accident. You didn't mean for that to happen, right?"
"But I still-"
"Right?" Ryuu repeated, giving Izumi a stern look.
Izumi nodded slowly and turned his eyes away from the emerald ones staring at him firmly. "Good. You want to see snow, right?" Ryuu questioned him. Izumi looked at him and nodded again.
Ryuu smiled and let go of the raven haired. "Alright, then go finish packing."
Liviya kept quiet the whole time Ryuu comforted Izumi. She nearly caused Izumi to break down and couldn't do anything to help him. Only Ryuu was able to calm him down.
As soon as Izumi left the room Ryuu turned to glare at the girl. "Did you see what you just did!?" he growled, causing the girl to widen her eyes. "You nearly caused Izumi to have an attack!" Ryuu shouted.
Liviya opened her mouth but nothing came out. This is the first time he's yelled at me like this. All the other times were just done playfully. This is... Ryuu's actually mad at me?
"Learn to keep your damn mouth closed!" Ryuu finished. Then he shook his head at her and left the room. He was furious at her but he wasn't about to argue about something that already happened.
Liviya in a way respects Ryuu so having him be mad or disappointed in her hurt. His words hurt her. Who knows why? Maybe it was the way he said it or looked at her. Or maybe it was how it made her feel... pathetic? She wasn't sure which had affected her more.
"So... It's fine." Izumi questioned, shocked about how easily Kyouya agreed in letting Ryuu and Liviya come with them.
"Yeah, two more people won't make a difference." Kyouya replied nonchalantly while opening his notebook. "We need to make arrangements. No more than two people per room." he said, getting out his pen in order to write it down.
"Haruhi, you'll be with Liviya." Both girls agreed. No argument there. "Izumi, you'll be with-"
"I want to be with Izumi!" Tamaki protested before Kyouya could even finish. The four eyed looked over at Izumi and arched an eyebrow.
The raven haired responded with a shrug. He didn't mind being with Tamaki, he was a handful sometimes, but Izumi didn't mind sharing a room with him for this trip.
Kyouya nodded and wrote that down. He was planning on putting the boy with Ryuu since they live together, but if Izumi didn't mind being with Tamaki then he'll have to put the older blonde somewhere else. "Then Ryuu, you'll stay with me." Kyouya said and looked at him. The fake blonde nodded in approval. He wrote that down as well.
"The twins are together." Kyouya muttered, as if there was no need to even ask. "And Honey you're with Mori." The four eyed wrote it down and didn't even glance up at them either.
Kaoru looked over to Izumi with pursed lips. He wasn't entirely happy about not being in the same room as Izumi. Ever since he and his brother agreed in having separate rooms Kaoru has often slept over at Izumi's. So it felt strange to him suddenly sleeping in the same room as Hikaru.
Izumi noticed the pout Kaoru was portraying and rolled his eyes. He also wanted to be with Kaoru but... tomorrow's going to be a week. Izumi's supposed to finally give Kaoru his answer. But in truth, he still wasn't sure about it. Too many things fill his head whenever he thinks about it. The good in dating him and the bad. Then he remembers things he doesn't want to and that's when he stops thinking before he loses his mind. In the end Izumi never knows the answer.
Kyouya's phone rang by the time he finished the preparations. Everyone headed out to the limo waiting outside the school to take them to where Kyouya's private jet was held.
The flight was no more than an hour to go from Tokyo to Aomori. Everyone pretty much talked silently amongst themselves. Honey happily enjoyed his tasty quality time with a strawberry shortcake. Besides him sat Mori, who was silently looking out the window. Everyone else was doing the same.
Hikaru found the silence unbearably boring and spoke out whatever came to his mind first. "So how come you guys are going too?" he asked, looking over at Ryuu and Liviya who were sitting in the seats in front of him. The seats are front to front so he was facing them.
At the sound of Hikaru's voice everyone turned to look at him. Though, none even knew what he was referring to. With Izumi's tilted head and the narrowed eyes of his guardians, Hikaru added, "You two usually leave or are already out when we come over. Where do you go?"
"To our office." Ryuu responded. Liviya nodded in agreement.
"Your office?" Haruhi questioned, getting interested in the conversation. She too has often wondered about it but wasn't sure how to even ask them.
"Yeah, Liviya and I have an office a few miles away from the house. So we usually go there."
"And do what?" Hikaru asked. Why would they have an office? They're just a butler and maid to Izumi, well guardians according to them.
Ryuu looked at the raven haired besides him, seeking approval from him to tell them. He wasn't sure if Izumi would rather them not know. But the boy just shrugged and looked out the window. Guess it's okay.
"Our own thing really. I call it our part-time jobs." Ryuu told them. "I study medicine and Liviya stalks people."
Liviya stopped nodding and glared at the smiling fake blonde. "I'm not a stalker!" she argued.
"Right, sorry. She spies on people." Ryuu corrected himself.
"I'm not a spy either!" Liviya shrieked. "I'm a tracker! I track people!"
"Same thing." Ryuu sighed. "You track their location and gather information from them."
Liviya growled and was about to retort back when she noticed Izumi's menacing side glare from Ryuu's other side. She sucked her teeth and looked away in frustration.
"But why do you guys do that?" Hikaru asked. Kaoru just frowned, he already figured out why Ryuu would need to study medicine, but why does Liviya need to track people?
"Oh, well I study medicine in case anything happens and... I enjoy it too. And Liviya tracks because... of... Izumi's family history. Some people might target us so it's best to be safe." Ryuu said. Half of it was true and the others were hidden things that Izumi wasn't ready in letting others know.
With that the conservation was sealed shut and everyone fell back into the silence. And once again it was interrupted, by Tamaki this time.
"Izumi what happened to the other workers?" Izumi looked at him with his head tilted. "Workers? What workers?"
"You know, the ones that used to work for you. I saw a whole bunch when I was over there!"
Izumi scowled a little when Tamaki elaborated on the question. He was hoping that bit of the past wasn't remembered. "They quit." he said.
"Why?" Tamaki asked.
"Because we were moving to Japan."
"Why was that a problem?"
"Geez, I don't know! Hell, if I even care!" Izumi growled out.
Something about the way Izumi said that made it seem like they didn't quit just because of the change in location. Kaoru bit his lip as he thought about it.
It bothered Kaoru how little he knew. He knows there are a lot of things that Izumi was hiding from him. He notices whenever the raven haired tries to hide things from him. Like that picture he found. Or the nightmares Izumi gets. Or things about his father. Even the scars.
Kaoru still didn't know a thing about them. He knows Izumi got them from being abused by his father but... that's all there is? There was a nagging in the back of his head telling Kaoru that's not everything. That it's not even close to everything.
But now I have to add this conversation to the list? Just how much more is there? Kaoru looked at Izumi and gave him a look. Silently telling him he knows he's lying. The raven haired caught the look and turned away. And Kaoru knew that Izumi wasn't going to even utter a word about it to him. Worst part was that they weren't even sharing a room for Kaoru to try talking with him.
Bleh, so I came back from my trip to find out my mom cancelled our cable and internet.
Seriously, without even a warning -.-
So when I said I'll update after the 14th I meant the next day. But for a while I was debating if I should wait until we get internet or just do it on my phone. (I write on my phone but then transfer it to my laptop for editing and uploading)
Then my mom told me the people or whatever will come on the 20th to install the internet. But like, that's in forever.
So yeah, I'm updating with my phone. It sucks. I kind of like having everything organized so I'll transfer it to my laptop later.
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