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Authors Note: Chapter Seven was a chapter that I thought I should write because there are so many teens and children that have gone through and experience like Setsuna's. And to be honest, that chapter is what actually happened in my life. The only different thing would be that my parents divorce happened when I was seven and the whole my mom getting remarried was when I was about eleven. And yes, even the part where my step-dad woud sometimes make fun of me with my older sister. So by adding something that can happen in life, I thought that it would be able to connect to some of the readers. Anyways, thank you all who are supporting me with this story.
Disclaimer: Ouran (characters and plot) belong to Bisco Hatori, everything else belongs to me.
I was running towards Ouran at six thirty in the morning. Today I decided on wearing knee high shorts and the usual black chucks. Instead of normally carrying a messenger bag, I decided on taking a backpack. Because, well, I decided to do something that I haven't been able to do since I left HongÅ. I ran as fast as I could while carrying Usa-chan in my arms. I had told the person, whom I was meeting, to be there at six forty-five so we could have a while to have fun. Not that kind of fun, you pervs. I'd only do something like that to Mori and not the person that I was meeting.
I reached the school in a matter of ten minutes and now I had to run all the way to the third music room.
'Damn these stupid stairs! Why can't we have an elevator?!' I thought as I began to go up the billion of stairs.
I kept running, making sure that Usa-chan had not fallen. I finally approached the music room and opened the door. Rose petals did not greet me, for the club was closed.
"Hey! Sorry for being a few minutes late. I had to be really sneaky this morning so I wouldn't wake my family," I told the person on the couch as I walked over to him.
"It's no problem, Setsuna-senpai. Now, what was it that you wanted me here for?"
I rubbed my neck as I explained to the person. "Well, you see. I've wanted to dance for a while now and yeah."
"Oh daughter of mine! I feel flattered that you asked me to come and see you dance!" Tamaki shouted in happiness as he jumped on me.
"Tamaki! I just want you to play some songs on the piano for me," I told him as I removed the prince off of me and Usa-chan.
"Oh. Well, I'd be honored to play for you," He told me as he bowed.
I smiled at him and said, "Thank you. Now Imma go and get dressed and come back to stretch."
I walked towards the dressing room with my backpack, leaving Usa-chan on the couch, and began to get dressed. I removed all my clothing, shoes and socks included, and began to put on my dancing clothes. I wore a black tank top styled leotard with some nylons and some short blue shorts. Leaving my backpack, I grabbed my jazz shoes, iPod and cell phone and went back into the music room.
Looking around, I found Tamaki sitting by the piano that the club apparently hid. I walked over to him and sat down on the floor, beginning to stretch.
"How was your weekend, Tamaki?" I asked as I started to stretch my legs. The burning feeling that I felt was good, yet it hurt a little since I hadn't done this in a while.
"It was good. How was yours? Did you manage to survive?" Tamaki asked me.
"It was alright. Usa-chan really helped me stay calm and talking to you all made me not go insane. Oh that reminds me; my okaa-san wanted me to let you know that you guys are invited to her wedding," I told him as I stretched forwards to touch my toes.
"That's good. Are you sure that you're alright with her getting married and would it be alright if we went?" He asked with a worried tone in his voice.
"I learned to accept it since she is my only mother and I want her to be happy, even if I'm not. And I'd rather have you all there, then to suffer through it alone," I suddenly stopped stretching when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked at Tamaki and saw that he was kneeling on the ground next to me.
"Setsuna-senpai you're one of the most unselfish young woman that I have met so far in this school. Sometimes, it is best to be selfish when one has to and not be afraid to let people know how you are truly feeling."
Tamaki hit the spot. He was right. I should be selfish at times, but not to the max. I should also worry about my well being and let people know what I believe in.
"Tamaki," I said in a soft voice.
"Yes?"
"Thank you," I smiled at him with tears at the edge of my eyes.
He smiled and hugged me, "It's no problem. Don't cry." He wiped my tears and stood up. "Now, how about we get to work?"
I stood up and said with a large smile, "Let's do it!"
Tamaki went to his place on the stool in front of the piano while I went to the middle of the club room. We managed to move all of the couches and any other thing that would get in my way. I breathed in, getting ready for the music to begin.
"Are you ready, Setsuna-senpai?"
"Yeah. You can start now." I instructed him.
Immediately I began to hear Serj Tankian's Sky Is Over. I was really glad that I gave Tamaki the music sheets for this song because one, I love this song, and two, I cannot dance to things like Ludwig van Beethoven.
I moved the way my mind wanted to move. My movements flowed as if it was moving on its own. That's what I liked about dancing. You express yourself with the movements that you make. While Tamaki kept on playing, inside my head I would sing the lyrics but the words just came out of my lips.
"Don't you want to hold me, baby? Disappointed, going crazy, Even though we can't afford, The sky is over, Even though we can't afford, The sky is over, I don't wanna see you go, The sky is over, Even though we can't afford the sky is over."
Doing various turns, double pirouettes and doing leaps, I smiled at the rush that I was starting to feel. When I first danced, it felt as if I had just learned to walk and did not intend to stop. I tried to do everything that involved dance. From doing dance shows, to going to school dances, I had fun! This was my lifetime hobby that I know that I will never give up.
The song was coming to an end and I did the last few movements that ended my routine. Standing on my toes, I lifted my arms up and brought them down as I made my body fall. My movement looked as if I was about to pass out since I just myself fall. That's how my routine ended.
I began to get up from the ground when I stopped. Clapping was heard, but it wasn't just Tamaki's. It was everyone. I got up from the ground and looked at who was there. Yup, I was right. The whole Host Club was here. I blushed but bowed. Suddenly arms were wrapped around my waist.
"Setsuna-senpai, that was amazing!" Hikaru and Kaoru said as they smiled at me.
"That was cool! Ne, Takashi?" Hunny asked the quiet, yet observant Mori.
"Yeah," He said as he smiled towards my direction.
"Suna-chan, that was really cool. Which style of dance was that?" Haruhi asked me as she walked towards the couch, dodging Tamaki along the way.
"I did a mixture of jazz and lyrical with that song." I then looked at Tamaki and said, "Thanks a lot Tamaki. For everything."
"It was no problem, Senpai," He said with a charming smile that would make girls swoon at his feet.
I excused myself, saying that I had to change back to the uniform, and walked towards the dressing room. After changing quickly, I grabbed my backpack, walked back to the rest and took a seat next to Hunny and Haruhi.
"Oh, thanks a lot Hunny. Usa-chan really did help me out," I told him with a smile as I grabbed the pink rabbit and handed it back to its rightful owner.
"Really?! I'm glad that Usa-chan helped you out. Usa-chan said that he was happy to be with you," Hunny said with his little pink flowers fluttering around him.
"Setsuna-senpai, have you thought about my proposition that I presented to you?" Kyoya asked me as he kept writing in his black book.
I nodded my head and said, "Yeah I have been thinking about it. But if I may, I need to discuss this with my father before I give you my answer."
"I understand. Well once the decision is made, I am a phone call away."
"Right."
"Okaa-san, what is this you are talking about with my precious daughter?" Tamaki asked as he walked towards Kyoya, trying to see if his possible answer is in his book.
Kyoya shut his book before Tamaki's prying eyes reached him and said, "That is none of your concern."
"I think we should head to class now," I told them as Haruhi, Hunny, and I stood up.
"Oh yeah."
With that said we all left the club room and headed towards our destinations. Hunny, Mori, and I arrived in our classroom and took our seats, waiting for class to begin.
Lecture was the same as always. Boring yet informative. I was kept busy as I was taking my notes, when my name was suddenly called on.
"Ayase-san," Yumichiko-sensei began. "You're going home early."
I was confused, as were the two that were near me. I just nodded my head and I gathered up my belongings. Before I walked past Hunny and Mori, I asked them,
"Can one of you two make notes for me?"
"Sure Suna-chan!" Hunny said with a smile.
"Un," Mori grunted his answer.
"Thanks a lot. I guess I'll see you two later."
They said their byes and I left. I walked out of the classroom and headed towards the main office to see who it was that took me out of class. I walked and as soon as I arrived, I found Fuka outside the office.
"Hey Fuka! Who took us out of class?" I asked her as I stood besides her.
"Okaa-san took us out. She needs us to get the dress measured and tried on," She explained to me.
"Oh, well where is she?"
"Setsuna! There you are. Okay now that we all are here, let's go," My okaa-san said as she walked towards us and then past us. I shrugged my shoulders and simply followed my okaa-san towards the entrance of the school. We reached her car and Kazumi was already in there. I'm guessing that she didn't have any class today.
"Let's go girls!" Okaa-san said with a large smile.
We drove to who knows where. I wasn't even paying attention at all until I was tapped on my shoulders.
"What?" I asked annoyed.
"Okaa-san has been trying to get your attention," Fuka told me.
"Oh. Sorry okaa-san. What up?"
"Have you asked your friends about them coming to the wedding?" She asked my while she looked at her mirror to look at me.
"I was planning to today, but you took me out of class before I was able to ask them. Besides, I need wedding invites," I told her.
"Inside my bag, there should be seven wedding invitations. Take those and give it to them," She instructed me to get the invitations.
I grabbed her bag and found the invitations. I grabbed the amount that was there and stuffed them inside my backpack, "I'll give it to them when I see them."
We finally arrived to some wedding shop and parked the car. I got out, leaving my jacket, white blouse and tie inside of the car as I took with me my iPod, cell phone, and gum. I popped a piece of gum in my mouth and placed the ear buds in my ear. I listened to music as we walked in the shop.
The first thing I saw was a lot of white and frills. I shuddered at the thought. Apparently, okaa-san wanted to have a western type of wedding. So instead of wearing a kimono dress, she was going to wear a dress dress. That meant that we weren't going to wear kimonos. We were wearing dresses.
'Please Kami-sama, let there be no frills or ruffles,' I thought in my head as I saw okaa-san greet the shop owner.
I didn't hear what they were saying, since I had music on, but I did see okaa-san gesturing towards me and my sisters. One moment, I was looking at okaa-san and the woman, who had light brown hair and blue eyes, and the next I was trying on the dress that I was suppose to wear.
I was extremely surprised when I didn't see any frills or ruffles. The dress was actually beautiful. It was red and strapless. It reached up to my knees and under the red silky material was some sort of ruffle type of material that made it a bit puffy. I was just glad that the red material covered the ruffle part a bit. Around my waist were a black sash and a bow on my right side.
I walked out of the dressing room to show okaa-san and the woman, who I now know her name, Shizume.
"Setsuna! You look beautiful," Okaa-san said.
"Yes she does. The shape of the dress fits her figure extremely well," Shizume said as she walked around me.
Seriously with her doing that, I was feeling a bit uncomfortable. Kazumi and Fuka finally came out of the dressing rooms. Kazumi had on a long strapless red dress that had a slit on her left leg. Fuka's dress was red, of course, and had straps. It reached halfway her calves and she, too, had a black sash with a bow, but her bow was in the back.
Apparently, all our dressed seemed to fit our ages. Kazumi, the oldest, got a dress that made her look mature and sexy. Fuka got one that showed that she was the youngest and was soon going to be a teenager. Mine showed that I was reaching my maturity level but was still showing that I was a bit of a tomboy. I don't know. I got confused when the woman explained to us.
Okaa-san allowed us to get dressed as she went to go pay for the dresses. I changed into my awesome clothes and placed the dress in the bag that it had came with in order to protect the dress. I walked out, carrying the dress and my stuff. After all the dress stuff, I thought we were going to be done for the day, but I was completely wrong.
We had to go look for shoes next. Ugh! I hate wearing heels. I mean, I am tall enough already. Okaa-san was nice enough to get me heels that were not too big, while Fuka being the lucky one she is, got to wear flats.
'Why can't I wear flats?!' I whined in my head.
Man the day was long and tiring. We had to go make appointments for our hair and makeup. Even though I have no idea what they will be able to do with my hair since it is short as hell. All I know is I do not want extensions in my hair. And my makeup better not be dramatic either. Jeez I can just shiver at these thoughts. Wait I just did. Any who, it was finally five something in the afternoon and we were finally free. Okaa-san dropped me and Fuka off at home and she was going to take Kazumi back to school.
We said our byes and we walked in the house.
"Otou-san, we're home!" I shouted. I took off my shoes and went straight to my room. I seriously was carrying way too many things. First I had my backpack, then my dress, and lastly the shoes.
Once I was in the room, I tossed my backpack on my bed and walked towards the closet. I opened the door and tossed my shoes on the floor. I hanged the dress up and I placed the new shoes on the floor as well.
I ran towards my bed and jumped right on it. I made my self comfy and closed my eyes, for a nap, since dinner wasn't ready yet. I yawned a bit and then as soon as my mind was ready, it shut down.
I think it was barely thirty minutes when I was being woken up. I groaned and rolled towards my right to face the wall. Voices kept saying my name. I know that one of them was feminine while the other was a childish voice. I also heard a few grunts here and there as well. I heard the female voice sigh in frustration and left the room.
"Suna-chan, wake up," the same childish voice said to me.
"Mmmm. Five more minutes," I whined.
"Takashi, Suna-chan is really, really cute when she is asleep, ne?"
"Yeah."
I rolled over once again, this time towards where the voices were coming from. Normally, I would reach my stuffed Ichigo, from Bleach, and cuddle against him. But for some odd reason, I didn't feel him. All I felt was some sort of fabric material that was really heavy. I thought that Ichigo might have gotten stuck, so I pulled him harder. Finally, Ichigo came towards me, but something else was on my bed.
I opened my eyes slowly. I swear I thought I was seeing things now. Mori was on my bed? Nah, why would he? I blinked a couple of times to make sure that there was any sleep in my eyes. But my eyes weren't deceiving me. They widened in shock as I backed away towards the wall next to my bed.
"Mori?! Wh-What's going on? Why are you on my bed?" I asked freaked out with a blush on my cheeks. He too had one as he quickly got off of my bed and stood next to the loli-shota.
"Hi Suna-chan! We came to drop off the notes that you asked us to do," Hunny said as he took a seat next to me on my bed while handing me my notes.
"How did you guys get my address?" I asked. There was no way that these two could have been stalking me.
"Kyou-chan gave it to us," Hunny smiled. Of course, the Shadow King of the Host Club would have all my information.
"Oh well, thanks for dropping them off."
Hunny smiled and said in his adorable tone of voice, "It was no problem. Besides, your otou-san invited us to stay for dinner." Mori nodded after his cousin said that.
My mind went blank, 'Did he just say that otou-san invited them for dinner?'
"Wait here for a sec, please," I told the two as I got off my bed and walked out my room. I went down the stairs and straight into the kitchen. Once I was in the kitchen, I found otou-san and Fuka making dinner.
"Otou-san, did you invite Hunny and Mori over for dinner?" I asked him as I shifted my weight onto my left foot.
"Yes I invited them to dinner. They came all this way to drop off your homework so I thought it would be good hospitality if they were to stay," He told me as he was cooking who-knows-what.
"Besides Setsuna, wouldn't you want a certain person to stay?" Fuka whispered in my ear as she walked pass me. Oh how I want to kill this brat right now.
"Whatever," was the last thing I said as I descended back upstairs. I opened the door to my room and there I found Hunny looking at all my manga that I had on my desk and Mori looking at the CDs that I owned. I cleared my throat and they finally took notice of my presence.
"Is everything alright?" Mori asked as he looked at me with concerned eyes.
"Yeah it's all fine. Just had to go and check something," I told them as I walked towards the desk and sat on my chair. I turned the laptop on and waited for everything to load. Hunny being the curious person he is, sat on my bed so that he would see what I was doing.
Once everything loaded up, I signed on to check my email. Some of it was random messages like my horoscope and such. One of my friends, Misa, messaged me asking how everything was going at Ouran and all. Misa was one of my friends that I had known for the longest. I've probably known her since I was in elementary. I replied to her message saying that everything was going well.
Out of all my friends, she was the only one who bothered to keep contact with me. Everyone seemed to have forgotten about me. The people that I have gotten close to consider to be family had forgotten that I existed. This is why I don't like to express my feelings much because they can get crushed as fast as they are seen. That's why I am a sensitive person.
"Best friends forever huh? My ass," I murmured as I began to delete the email addresses of the people who I thought were my friends. After going through all of them, I got my cell phone and began to delete their numbers.
'Bye bye my old friends.'
"What are you doing, Suna-chan?" Hunny asked as he observed me deleting numbers.
"Deleting phone numbers," I said with a serious face.
"Whose?"
"People who I thought were my friends."
"Don't worry Suna-chan, we'll always be your friends! Ne Takashi?" Hunny looked at the tall male.
"Un," Mori nodded his head.
I swiveled my chair so that I faced the two, "Thanks guys. So what happened today at the Host Club?"
Hunny then began to tell the important events that happened at the Host Club. Apparently Kyoya was "engaged" to some girl named Houshakuji Renge and that she is an otaku. When Hunny said the otaku part, I kinda sweat dropped since I am a bit an otaku. But let's keep that a secret. Lastly, she then proclaimed herself to be the Host Club's manager.
"Why was it that you left home early, Suna-chan?" Hunny asked. Mori's attention was now on me as he too waited for my answer.
"Hmm, where to begin?" I said as placed a finger on my chin. "Well, okaa-san came to get me and Fuka out so that we were to go and try our dresses that we will have to wear. Then we had to buy shoes and make appointments for the hair stylist and makeup artist."
"Wow! That's a lot for a wedding, ne Takashi," Hunny said as he looked towards Mori. Mori nodded.
"Oh that reminds me," I got up from the chair and walked over to the door of my closet were my backpack was on the floor. I pulled out the wedding invitations and walked back towards my seat. Grabbing two, I handed one to Hunny and one to Mori. "Okaa-san wanted me to invite you to her wedding."
"Really?! How cool! Does that mean we will be able to see you in a dress Suna-chan?" Hunny asked with so much excitement. Seriously, why does everyone get so worked up when I wear a dress and all?
"Yeah, you'll see me in a dress," A sweat drop was on the back of my head.
My door was suddenly opened and in walked Fuka, "Dinner's ready."
"Kay," I said as I stood up. "Well, c'mon. Time to eat."
We walked down the stairs and headed towards the little dining room that we had in the house. On the table were a lot of various foods. Gohan (white rice), maki-zushi (roll sushi), chicken and shrimp karaage, miso soup, natto soybeans, udon, tempura, and more. It was as if we were having a feast for kings. Well, I'm guessing that otou-san wanted to impress Mori and Hunny with his awesome cooking skills.
Our seating arrangement was as follows: across from me was Fuka and otou-san, while I was stuck in between Hunny and Mori. Fancy that, eh? We ate and had a good time. My father kept on asking questions about how I met them and such. They would answer with smiles and would ask questions about us as well.
"Are you two related in anyway?" Otou-san asked as he took a sip of his green tea.
"We're cousins," Hunny said before taking a bite of gohan.
"Really? I didn't know that," I said as I looked at them both. I first looked at Hunny and then at Mori. Mori nodded his head as he looked at my direction.
Out of no where, a foot hit the shin of my left leg and boy did that hurt. I held in a scream as I looked at my main suspect. Fuka smirked at me as she pretended to look interested in her food. Oh I swear I will get revenge on that brat. I kept eating when I was kicked again. I bit my lip this time. Reaching down towards my leg, I began to rub away the pain that was throbbing on my leg. I bet that I am going to get a bruise.
Thank Kami-sama that dinner was finally over and we were having desert. Me not being in the mood to deal with Fuka, I excused myself from the table and walked back towards my room. Well not walking technically, I was limping. Man did it hurt to go up those damn stairs. I finally reached my wonderful room and walked in. The first thing I did was walk towards the bed and sit down. I brought my left leg up and inspected the damage.
"I was right," I thought aloud as I saw the bruise starting to form. I gave out a sigh as I began to rub my newly acquired injury.
"Are you alright?" A voice asked from my doorway. I looked up and found Mori there. I nodded my head as he walked in while saying,
"Yeah, I'm alright. Just looking at my new bruise," He sat on my bed and began to look at the bruise. With his right hand, he lightly touched it. With that small touch, I felt a spark. You know like in those sappy romance movies that when a person barely touches another person and they 'feel' something? Yeah, I think that just happened. It was either that or my bruise hurting.
"How did you get this?" He asked me while moving his fingers up and down my bruise.
I remained silent for a moment. How the hell am I suppose to respond to this? I can't just say that Fuka hit me under the table. He'd probably think that I was childish. Gah! I'll just say that I hit the table.
"Fuka hit me under the table." There went my plan. Mentally, I kicked myself.
He just sweat dropped at my answer.
"Why did you come and check on me?" I asked changing the topic as I removed my hair that was covering my face.
"Mitsukuni was worried about you. And so was I." I knew that after he said that, a blush would appear on my cheeks. Apparently I did because he placed a hand on my forehead and said, "Your face is red. Do you have a fever?"
I shook my head and said, "N-No I am fine. Uhh, it's just hot in here." Then I started laughing like an idiot. 'Nice going Setsuna.'
Mori just smiled and kept on rubbing my injury without putting any pressure on it. He is such a sweetheart. I looked away from him, embarrassed that I was being taken cared of by the guy I liked. Man oh man, ain't I lucky right now.
"What color is the dress that you are going to wear for your okaa-san's wedding?" Mori suddenly asked.
I looked back at him and answered, "Its red."
He then placed his hand on my exposed knee and said while circling his fingers around it, "May I get a preview of the dress on you?"
'Is he flirting with me?!' I smirked and said, "You're gonna have to wait for three more weeks. Sorry."
"I'll look forward to it then when the time comes," He smirked back at me while looking straight into my eyes. When I looked into his eyes, I noticed that they looked tired, like if he was sleepy or something.
The door was suddenly opened and I freaked. I jumped and it caused me to be really close to Mori. Because of me jumping, his hand was now on my right thigh.
Hunny walked in and said, "Takashi, it's time to go home." He then ran towards me and jumped on me. He hugged me and said, "Thank you for having us here, Suna-chan. We'll see you tomorrow at school, 'kay?"
I smiled and hugged him back saying, "Yeah of course." He then jumped off of me and ran out of the room.
Mori, then, stood up and offered me his hand to stand as well. I took it and he lifted me up. I thought he was going to let go of m hand, but he didn't. Instead he brought his lips towards my knuckles and kissed them. Okay, now if a guy did this to you, you of course would blush. But if it was the guy you really, really like a lot, you are going to turn into a cherry. And that's what I turned into.
"See you tomorrow?" He asked me with a tone that I did not know he was able to achieve. Was this his wildness?
"Definitely," I answered.
He grinned and said his byes and he finally left my room. As soon as I knew he was gone, I jumped onto my bed and lied down.
"Wow."