A/N: SO I FEEL LIKE I'M ALTERING KYOYA'S CHARACTER JUST A BIT. In this episode (8) he pins down Haruhi, and he's much more aggressive and calculating. Hear me out, okay? So in the anime/manga, he's interested in Haruhi's uniqueness and weird composure, but here, Kyoya's dealing with a person he knows well and is comfortable with. So he'll be a little softer than he is in the actual story. (Update 7/15/18)
Disclaimer: I don't own OHSHC. Only my OC's.
Shadow Queen
Chapter 11:
Beach
Third Person
"Oh, hey look at these beautiful mushrooms you planted, Tamaki...," commented Kaede, picking up the ones Tamaki was growing. He looked up with teary eyes.
"Waaaaaa... Kaaaeeeeddddeee...," he cried, hugging the girl.
Kaede pat him on the head. "There, there..."
The twins, who sat near the window watching the two, sweatdropped. "There's something wrong with that picture..."
"Well, Tamaki's been sad since he got into a fight with Haruhi," Kaede shrugged. "Petty, but Tamaki has a point. Haruhi put herself in harm's way and that is unacceptable."
The third years added in. "But wasn't Kae-chan there the entire time?" asked Honey.
"Yeah!" exclaimed the twins accusingly. "If you interfered earlier, Haruhi wouldn't have been close to drowning."
"I was stretching before I beat them up."
"THAT'S NO EXCUSE, KAEDE!"
Kaede sighed, raking her bangs. "I was restraining myself, [kinda] , okay? Did you see those guys after I beat them up?"
Everyone went silent. Well, no, they didn't...
Kyoya's phone rang. "Oh, this is a report on the attackers' condition."
THEY WERE HOSPITALIZED?! thought everyone except the K-pair.
"Their arms are dislocated."
"Really? Only that?"
"I assume you're paying the hospital bill?"
"...shoot."
Everyone else in the room sweatdropped. "Expected of the girl who beat Mitsukuni," said Mori, speaking a full sentence (partially, I guess).
WHO IS THIS GIRL?! everybody simultaneously thought again.
Then, the door opened, and in came Haruhi, clad in a pink dress to her knees, and Sachiko, in a similar dress but in blue.
"Whoaaa!" said Honey.
"Haruhi, Sachiko; did you guys buy those dresses yourselves?" asked the twins.
"My dad must have repacked our bags when Sachiko went to my house before the trip," explained Haruhi.
"The weird guy always wants to dress us up," said Sachiko, sweatdropping.
"Good job, Haruhi's dad!" cried the twins in English, making thumbs-up.
"Haru-chan and Sa-chan kawaii~" said Honey.
"Sachiko, you look nice," said Mori. Sachiko blushed.
"Okay, so Haruhi and Sachiko share a room, the Hitachiins, Honey-senpai and Mori-senpai, Tamaki and me, then Kaede's alone," Kyoya announced the room arrangements.
"How come Kaede's alone?" Haruhi asked.
"I asked Ootori beforehand," Kaede made a peace sign.
"No fair!" Tamaki and the twins shouted.
"Yes, fair," she stuck out her tongue.
Kyoya rolled his eyes. He directed everyone to their respective rooms before settling down in his own.
Tamaki was outside, still sulking, so Kyoya had the room to himself. He jumped onto a twin bed, back first, staring at the ceiling above him. Rolling to his side, he closed his eyes and slept.
Kyoya
"...Ootori, don't sleep with your glasses on."
Hm? Shirai?
I must be dreaming. Why is she here?
I only see darkness, but that might be because my eyes are closed. I feel a warm sensation brushing the sides of my face. She must be taking my glasses off. I feel lighter now.
"Shirai...?"
"...You're awake?"
"...no.." I hear a laugh. A hand ruffles my hair, and quickly retreats. No, don't go. I move my hand until it finds that warmth. "...are you okay..." Something touches my forehead, sweeping away my fringe. I grab it, pulling it towards me.
"...Ootori?!"
I open my eyes, and switch our positions. She lay down on the bed under me. "I thought you'd know better than to go to a man's room alone," I smirked. I cringed. This isn't my first time pulling this kind of stunt, but with Shirai...
She'd probably kill me.
Actually, no, first, she'd tease me about it.
What would I usually do in this situation?
Out of nowhere, a hand goes to my forehead. "Are you sick or something?"
"No."
"That's weird, because I've never heard of a healthy man who'd dare pin me down like this." Yup, that's Shirai for you.
I rolled to the side, lying down next to her. "Sorry."
"Let's go eat dinner."
Third person
The club regrouped at the dinner table. Kyoya, Kaede, and Tamaki were the last ones to arrive.
The room was static, except for the clock and the scratching of pencil on paper. The twins and Honey were still half asleep, and Tamaki was still clinically depressed. Mori was the same as always. Kaede and Kyoya were the only ones who didn't look so awkward.
Haruhi and Tamaki sat next to each other, making the situation even weirder.
"The air is stuffy, huh?" one of the twins commented.
"It's kind of tense in here."
"Gee wiz, dude," said Kaede.
"Um...," said Sachiko.
"Let's eat, Haru-chan!" exclaimed Honey to Haruhi, trying to break the awkwardness. "I'm sure the crabs we caught today are delicious."
He gestured to the food on the table. Haruhi sparkled.
She took the crabs and started eating them hungrily. "These crabs are in-crab-able. Get it?"
Tamaki looked in horror at the crabs flying his way.
"Haruhi...," Kaede said, sweatdropping.
One after the other, Haruhi ate the crabs. Finally, Tamaki had the guts to talk when the pile came up to his face. "Aren't you eating too much, to say the least?"
"Huh? I thought you weren't speaking to me?" said chubby Haruhi.
Tamaki reeled away in horror. "Y-you're not being cute." Haruhi just glanced at him. Tamaki stood up, unable to take it. "Okay, I get it. You're not going to reconsider what you've done. Fine, then. I'm going to bed."
He stomped away angrily.
"...Something tells me he's the one acting like a child," Kaede whispered to Kyoya.
"He's not good at these things," he whispered back.
"Kyoya, show me to my room," ordered Tamaki from the hallway.
"Alright. Well, if you'll excuse me, too...," said Kyoya, abruptly standing and exitting along with Tamaki.
Haruhi stopped continuously eating crabs. "Maybe I really should learn some karate or something."
"Oh, then it is bothering you?" asked the twins. "That's the direction your thoughts are going, is it? It's not like we'd stop you, or anything, but that's not what this is about, is it?"
"For once, I agree with senpai too," piped in Sachiko.
"Yeah. If it was Mitsukuni-senpai or me, it's alright, but someone like you, Haruhi, isn't able to snap an arm," Kaede added. "You really should reconsider your rash actions."
"Why? Kaede, I didn't make trouble for you guys, did I?" asked Haruhi innocently.
"Ootori sent some flowers as an apology to the girls, so expect your debt to increase by around 600,000 yen," Kaede informed her. Everyone sweatdropped.
"That's not true, Haru-chan," said Honey. "You should tell everyone you're sorry, okay?"
"Tell Tamaki that you're sorry too, since he was worried the most," Kaede said.
"You were all worried about me?"
"Do you believe this girl?" sighed the twins.
"Dude, you're as fragile as a [normal] girl, like Chiya. Of course we were worried," said Kaede.
"Oh... I'm sorry," Haruhi apologized.
Suddenly, everyone except Kaede and Mori hugged her. "Aww, what for, you little mutt? You're so cute, we'll forgive you!" the huggers cried.
Kaede crossed her arms. "Just promise to let me beat up the guys," she said coldly.
Suddenly, Haruhi turned blue.
"What's the matter?" asked the twins.
"I don't feel so good," she said.
Sachiko sprung off. "Okay, I don't want vomit on me."
"Are you one of those people who eat a lot when they're stressed?" asked Kaede.
Kaede smirked, walking around the halls after dinner. She had seen where Haruhi had run; she went to Kyoya and Tamaki's room. She unintentionally started giggling softly.
She went up to his room, waiting outside. She also had seen Tamaki go in a couple minutes before.
The door opened, and out came Kyoya.
"Hey, Ootori," she greeted.
"Shirai," he nodded in acknowledgement.
They walked out to the balcony, leaning on the rails as they talked.
"So...how's your arranged marriage going?"
"It's not technically an arranged marriage," Kaede said. "I have any option to get out of it. But I'm curious. Something like marrying into a family like that could help the Shirai Company by a wide margin." Kyoya nodded, understanding her reasoning.
"He's the heir of the Kurata Electronics, practically the most profitable company in the world; a technology giant like your own family's." Kaede rolled her eyes. As if I don't know that, she thought to herself.
"Yeah. Recently, I've been meeting up with him. It's kind of a pain though, plus, I can't tell anyone about my marriage situation."
"Why'd you tell me then?" Kaede looked down. "You don't have anything to gain from telling me."
"I have my comfort to gain, Ootori. Plus, I can trust you." She smirked. "You don't have anyone to tell, anyways." It was Kyoya's turn to roll his eyes.
"Look, Shir-" Lightning struck. "-ai?" Kaede had wrapped her arms around Kyoya.
"Dammit," she buried her face in his chest. "That came out of nowhere."
Kyoya didn't know whether or not to hug her back. "You're afraid of thunder?" He decided to wrap his arms around her. She was warm.
"No...it just surprised me," her face was still buried in his embrace.
"Then why are you still hugging me?" Kaede hesitated.
"...you smell good."
Kaede? Kyoya-senpai?" the twins inquired. They had headed inside to avoid the rain.
"What are you guys doing here?" Kaede asked. They were stationed outside of Kyoya and Tamaki's room.
"What are you doing here?" Kaoru squinted his eyes.
"Whoa there sir, my room is down this hallway," she put her hands in the air.
"Kae-chan! Kyo-chan!" Honey, Mori, and Sachiko appeared. "We don't remember where our rooms are!"
Before they knew it, the whole group was gathered at Kyoya/Tamaki's door. The twins looked at each other, and nodded. They swung open the door, revealing Tamaki blindfolding Haruhi. "You see? With the blindfold, you can't see anything, and sound-wise, if you wear earplugs..."
Kaede was beside herself with silent laughter, leaning onto Kyoya for support. "Ah, you're right!" exclaimed Haruhi with delight.
"Despicable," hissed the twins. "What kind of 'play' is this?"
"I-it's not like that! It's not like that!"
The next day, they briskly packed up their bags into the limo. "His highness apparently has a thing for SM, too," said the twins.
Kaede bonked their heads. "You dumb idiots. Tamaki wins the game, so give him the pics, Ootori!"
"Wait, what?!"
"You idiots are not close with Haruhi at all," sniffed Kaede. She supported Tamaki, as he was an entertaining yet innocent dude. "I think Tamaki-senpai can't do crap if he tried, anyways."
"NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, IT SEEMED DIRTY!"
They turned to Haruhi. "I see. So that's what SM is," she commented, rolling up the window.
Kaede bonked the twins' heads again. "Haruhi..."
Tamaki ended up left behind, even though Kaede was on his side.
"Haruhi, you just broke his heart by believing the red haired gossipers," said Sachiko, sweatdropping.
"He'll bounce back."
A/N: Quick update, right? It's short since it's a continuation of the last chapter.
I hoped you liked it! It kind of explained a bit why Kaede wasn't there for like 2 episodes.
Please review!
-AmbiWriter- (o.\\\)
