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Chapter 38: The Newspaper Club

As soon as the female customers left after asking for autographs, pictures, and apparently a CD with the songs I sang for okaa-san's wedding, the Third Music Room was finally clear of life...well besides the Host Club and the Midnight Crisis. The band and I began gathering up all the equipment used when Kaoru suddenly spoke.

"Don't we still need to figure out the room where tono broke the window when he kicked the ball?"

"You broke a window?" I looked towards Tamaki as I helped Anzu pack her keyboard.

"Oh, that's right," Kyoya spoke as if he suddenly remembered the incident. "We should go look and see where the damages were done. We'll be right back, Setsuna-senpai and guests."

The whole Host Club walked out of the room and only the five of us were left. I'm seriously curious as to where they broke the window and what is gonna happen because of it. Why couldn't they take me! As Anzu and I continued putting away the instruments into their proper cases, the guys began taking what was done out of the club room and to the van that Kain drove.

"I didn't know that Kain knows how to drive," I told Anzu as we finished packing the last of the equipment, which was the drum set.

"It's a good thing that you didn't. Sometimes I see flashes of my life when we are driving since he goes hyper when his favorite song goes on the radio," Anzu frowned. "It's a good thing the guys take turns driving that van."

"Note to self: don't ask Kain for a ride. Ever," I joked causing the two of us to laugh.

"By the way, did you notice how your man kept looking at you?" Anzu grinned.

"He was? I mean, I really didn't notice. I was mostly paying attention to the crowd of girls. How was looking at me?" I questioned.

"To me it looked like he wanted to eat you up."

Cue the blush to appear on my face; and it doesn't help the Kain, Arashi, and Shigeru had to walk in right at this exact moment.

"Setsuna! Why are you blushing?" Kain ran over to me.

"I-I'm not blushing, you idiot!" I smacked him away from me. "I'm just tired from moving all this stuff."

"Liar," Shigeru said. "Anzu must have had said something that made your face turn red."

"I know! It must have been about Morinozuka-san!" Arashi screamed out.

"Shut up!" I threw a drumstick at him. But seeing that he is a drummer and all, he caught it from the air.

"See! If she reacted like that then it has to be it!"

"Please, stop throwing things around the room, Setsuna. We don't want you injuring anyone," Kain said.

"Fine," I pouted for a bit before Anzu tapped my shoulder.

"We got all of the stuff ready to go. I'm so glad that you are part of the team!" She hugged me.

I smiled, "It's no problem. I'm glad to be of service. It's been fun so far, so I'm stoked to see how it's going to be for the actual competition."

"Well, we are gonna head out now since some of us still have homework to do. Thanks, Setsuna!" Kain ran over and gave me a hug. Arashi followed along and decided to make it into a group hug. Once the group hug was over, Arashi and Kain went to grab the packed up drum set and began moving it out.

"See you soon, Setsuna," Shigeru smiled before following the two.

"Bye!"

Once he was gone, Anzu said, "You know, that boy is giving me a vibe telling me that he likes you."

"What? No way. I mean, I only see him as a friend. Hells, even as a brother. I mean he knows that I like Takashi," I replied.

"Who knows? Like I said, it's a vibe. A feeling. Anyways, you can keep those fish net thigh highs. It looks better on you. So, I'll text you to hang sometime without the boys. Bring Haruhi too."

"For sure. See ya, Anzu!"

She gave me one last hug and headed walking towards the doors, and when they opened, it revealed the Host Club with an upset looking Tamaki. Anzu said her goodbyes to them and then she was gone.

"So what happened?" I asked once they came in.

"Apparently the window we broke was to the Newspaper Club's room," Haruhi told me before the others could.

"We actually have a Newspaper Club? I didn't know that. Were they upset?"

"Not really, but they wanted a favor from us. Let me go change and we'll explain the situation."

I nodded my head and watched her follow the others to go and change back into their uniforms. Tamaki on the other hand somehow found a random ball and began to play with it. What a sad sight, especially since there were purple lines on him.

Once they were back, Haruhi had given me the shortened version of what happened. Apparently since the Newspaper Club is close to being disbanded, they want to make a story based on the Host Club. Tamaki said yes, but the majority of the group wanted nothing to do with it. Hench, Tamaki acting out. Now that was explained, I saw everyone doing their own thing: Hunny immediately went to eating his cake; Takashi sat next to him and was drinking what I believe was tea; Kyoya, Haruhi, Hikaru, Kaoru, and I were just staring at Tamaki.

"He's clearly angry," Hikaru said stating the obvious.

"He didn't even change clothing either," Kaoru stated next.

"This is the so-called 'I'm-very-near-you-guys-but-I'm-not-going-to-look-at-you' childish method of quarreling," Kyoya told us.

"Interesting name," I said.

After swallowing his piece of cake, Hunny gave his input, "Because Tama-chan is a very lonely guy, right?"

"Club activity is all about making families…That's why a family is broken up when clubs are dissolved…That's why I feel sorry for them…" Tamaki finally spoke.

Haruhi sighed, "Is it really that much trouble to help out the Newspaper Club?"

"Oh?" Hikaru opened his mouth.

"You're actually taking Tono's side this time?" Kaoru asked.

"Not really," Haruhi replied to the question. "But sooner or later he's going to start looking at us with puppy eyes, and in the end, I have a weird gut feeling that we'll have no choice but to fold."

In unison the Twins said, "You're accumulating experience points all right."

"And besides, isn't this something you guys would usually cooperate with?"

"Yeah, seeing that you have already had this club going on for a while and I'm sure something like this must have happened before," I gave my input.

"Not really," they said together. "It's just bothersome this time."

Haruhi then turned to look at my fellow seniors, "What about you guys, Hunny-senpai?"

"Well, I have to eat cakes, you know?" Hunny said.

"Yeah," Takashi simply said.

"Just in case, I'm gonna go join Hunny and Takashi. I don't want to fall victim to any puppy eyes," I began walking towards the two and pulled up a chair to sit next to Takashi. It was a good thing too because the puppy eyes immediately began once I moved.

Once I sat down, Takashi immediately turned to look at me and smirked. He leaned in close to me and whispered, "I really like your outfit. Do I get the privilege of seeing different versions of it?"

A blush was plastered on my face, "M-Maybe after three dates you get the privilege."

"Only under our conditions," Kyoya said while fixing his glasses. "They must abide by the plan we submit for their special feature article. One-on-one interviews are forbidden, basically. Scenes with our customers are also not allowed because they will cause trouble for the customers. And lastly, Setsuna-senpai and Haruhi need at least one other member with them if they are to be interviewed together. Everyone okay?"

"Well, if Kyoya-senpai says so," Hikaru started.

"Then sure," Kaoru finished.

"I'm okay if Kyou-chan says so," Hunny said while eating his cake.

"Yeah," Takashi said will he was still looking at me.

'Wow, Kyoya totally took this over and everyone agreed to it. The power of the Shadow King,' I thought. The blush was still on my face since Takashi was still smirking at me.

"Well now that that is done, I will go over to the Newspaper Club's room and let them know. I'll also be taking a first-aid kit as a form of apology as well," Kyoya said as he began to move.

"Does that mean we are done for the day?" I asked him, finally turning away from Takashi.

"Yes, Setsuna-senpai, we are officially done for today."

"Oh, cool. But I have another question. How did you get a copy of the wedding songs?"

"That's a secret for me to know and you to never find out," with that said, he left the room.

I stood up with a confused look and made my way towards the dressing room to fix myself up before going home. I mean, you don't want your otou-san to see you in such an outfit. He would either forbid you from ever leaving the house or have a heart attack. Seeing that I want neither, I need to fix myself.

As I was about to step into one of the dressing rooms that had a mirror, someone pushed me in and closed the curtain. Looking into the mirror I found Takashi standing right behind me. I turned around to look at him and began backing up towards the mirror. He followed each and every one of my steps, as if he was stalking his prey. Once my back hit the mirror, I already knew that I was caught but at the same time, I wasn't disappointed. Takashi lifted his hands and placed them on my cheeks before he slowly began to trail it down my body. He touched my neck, shoulder blades, my waist, and finally made it to my hips.

I am seriously ready to believe that Takashi has some secret fetishes or something. The first time he went wild on me was the Bunny Girl outfit incident and now this. Maybe he likes role playing! Okay, Setsuna calm down and focus back on the soon-to-happen make out session!

Takashi's eyes were staring straight into my own. He then slowly began to lean in towards me while his eyes were still on my own. Did I ever mention that I love his eyes? You can stare into them forever. His head then tilted towards his left, making my own head move towards my left to avoid collision. It was finally then and there when his lips finally landed on my own. It was simple and it got ever better when our eyes closed together. He parted his lips to allow his tongue to come out licked my lips, asking for my own to come out. Once I did, I felt as if I was getting a letter to Hogwarts, meaning that it was magical. My arms wrapped themselves around his neck as he moved his lips towards my neck. As a way of thanking him, I massaged his neck and head, earning a grunt of approval. He pulled away from my neck and simply pecked my lips one last time.

I placed my head on his chest and sighed, "Have I ever told you how amazing you are, Takashi?"

He chuckled at the comment and said, "Have I ever told you how beautiful you are?"

I pulled away from his chest and smiled. Giving him another peck on his lips I asked, "So when are we going on our date?"

"How about this Saturday? Is that fine?" He asked me.

"It's perfect," I grinned. "Now if you can excuse me, I need to button up my shirt before going home."

"Need any help?" He smirked.

"Takashi, if you were to help me, I have a feeling I may end up taking something off and I know it's not my shirt," I flat out made him blush. "But since you are such a gentleman and I am a lady, you can help me by buttoning up the bottom buttons while I do the top."

He smiled and pecked my cheek. Immediately, he went to work and began buttoning up the bottom as I did the top. I fixed my tie and flattened out my skirt. I was about to take off the fish nets, but his hands stopped me.

"I like how they look on you."

I blushed with a pout on my face, "Fine, I'll keep them on. But you owe me."

Since I was nice and presentable now, I grabbed my backpack which I had left in there and we both walked out. We only walked for a few steps when I felt his hand take my own. I smiled at the feeling and we walked out of the room hand-in-hand.

The Next Day

Dressed in my thigh length shorts, black chucks, and regular white button up with the blazer, I was ready to run. Why?

"The Daruma doll…fell!" Tamaki shouted from the tree he was on. We froze once he said the word "fell."

Tamaki again began to say the phrase slowly and I made sure to at least try and get past Hikaru and Kaoru. You see, we made a little competition on who gets there first and who has the funniest poses.

"The Da-ru-ma-doll…fell!" Tamaki shouted the last phrase and turned his head to look at us. I held out a peace sign with my right hand and placed my left hand on my waist. Hunny sat on the ground, while Hikaru and Kaoru held their arms out in weird ways. Haruhi and Takashi were just a bit behind us. Kyoya, however, was further back.

I looked to the side and noticed the Newspaper Club. I didn't know their names, but I could certainly tell that they were bored. I guess they wanted to see something else and not this. Oh well, this is just too much fun.

"The Daruma doll…fell!" Every time Tamaki finished I somehow ended up doing a Sailor Moon related pose. I might as well gather a crew and dress up as Sailor Scouts.

"The Daruma doll fell! TheDarumaDollFell! The Da-rumaDollFell! Hikaru, Kaoru, Setsuna-senpai, you guys moved a bit!"

"No, I didn't! It was the wind!" I argued.

"No, we didn't move at all!" Hikaru and Kaoru shouted.

We kept on arguing for a bit because Tamaki swore he saw our hands move. The man is finally losing it. In my pose, my hands were placed on my body. How could I possibly even move them? Tamaki then stopped arguing with us since he noticed the shocked look on the Newspapers Club members' faces.

"It's no surprise you're shocked," He simply stated as he sparkled. "This is an old game that commoners play. One that require no money…All you need is yourself. Many more indeed."

It's kinda sad that I was able to hear him from such a distance. I looked over and saw who I believe the Chairman of the club speak to Tamaki about who-knows-what.

"A sense of friendliness!" Tamaki shouted. The next part I wasn't able to listen clearly since Hikaru and Kaoru were complaining saying that they wanted to play a different game. At some point Tamaki then turned and looked about both Haruhi and I.

"Great. I think he's looking at us, Suna-chan," Haruhi said.

"Do we have to act extremely happy?" I asked as a sweat drop adorned our heads.

Certain Commoners

Finally, Tamaki came back to the game, "Ah! Kyoya, you moved a little, right? Come here and tie your pinky with me."

Kyoya walked over towards Tamaki and said, "I think your eyes need to be rechecked."

"That's what I've been trying to say!" I shouted to no one in particular.

"Both of you stop complaining already and just get over here, Kyoya."

"Yeah, yeah."

I yawned, showing how I was starting to get tired. Besides me, Haruhi yawned as well.

"Can we stop doing this already?" Haruhi asked.

"Please," I said right after.

"Fujioka-kun and Ayase-san, I presume?" Someone suddenly said. "Can we ask you something?"

We both turned to look and apparently it was the Chairman who spoke. Behind him, his other club members were taking pictures.

"Sure," Haruhi said.

'I'm trying to remember if we are allowed to do so,' I pondered as I brought my arms down to my sides.

"Why did you join this club?" He asked us.

"Ah, a bit of carelessness," Haruhi responded.

"I guess for the fun of it," I told him.

"Fujioka-kun, you're the special scholarship student, right? And Ayase-san, you're receiving funding through the Hitachiin family, right?"

"Yeah, and?" Haruhi spoke for the two of us.

"So in other words, the fact that you're members of the club, therefore, just means that you're the Suoh family's display of power."

"Huh?" We both were confused.

"Could you tell us about his true self behind the scenes? I believe this could save you, as well."

'What the hell?' I'm now confused.

"He doesn't have a 'true self behind the scenes'," Haruhi told him.

I guess the Chairman dude didn't like that answer, "Then, what? Do you really think that high school students like them are enjoying this?"

"Well, yeah," I told him.

"Is that strange?" Haruhi finished off for me.

"There's no way that could be!"

Just then, Hikaru and Kaoru came and saved the day, "Cut!" As the two dragged Haruhi, Takashi came and grabbed my hand pulling me along with him.

"Hey, that's not where you're supposed to cut!" Tamaki shouted towards us.

Reluctantly, we walked back to them. Tamaki pulled out an empty can out of nowhere and placed it on the ground.

"Next, we play 'kankeri'. Kyoya, you're 'it'," Tamaki told him.

"Sure," Kyoya just said.

"All right," a gleam suddenly appeared in Tamaki's eyes. "Starlight kick!" He shouted as he kicked the can.

"So that's how he broke the window," I said to myself. Besides me, Haruhi nodded her head.

Immediately, Takashi grabbed my hand and we ran towards a random direction with Hunny right besides us. Once we were safe hiding by the trees he asked, "What was he asking you two?"

"It was weird. He asked why we joined and started saying something about Tamaki using this 'power' over us. What's the deal with his last name anyways? Is it supposed to be important?" I asked.

"Suna-chan, the Suoh family is the one who provided Haru-chan's scholarship. They basically own the school. They have a deep foundation in the financial world as their main business," Hunny told me.

I was silent for a bit, but then said, "Well, I guess you do learn something new every day."

Just then, Hikaru and Kaoru showed up to where we were at, "Hey let's go."

"Huh? For what?" I questioned.

"We need to go to the Newspaper Club's room before the Chairman and his lackeys get there," Hikaru said.

"They are trying to sabotage Tamaki," Kyoya just appeared.

"Then what are we waiting for," I stated. "What's the fastest route to get to their club room, Kyoya?"

He grinned, "Follow me."

We basically ran towards the Newspaper Club's room to make sure that we got there in time before the others. Once we were in, we all hid ourselves in different areas. Well, Hikaru, Kaoru, and I didn't hide. Hikaru had his right leg up on the desk while his other leg was dangling down. Kaoru did the same, but his left leg was up. As for me, I was in between them lying on my stomach with my arms holding my head up and my legs were up in the air. It was then and there when the doors were practically thrown open revealing the Newspaper Club.

"Hmm..." Hikaru vocalized.

"So it was something like this after all," Kaoru said.

"Tisk, tisk, tisk," I smirked.

"You three…" the Chairman said it with an annoyed and angered voice.

"Well, it was kind of obvious," Hikaru told him.

"I'm pretty sure tono is the only one not aware of it yet," Kaoru said.

"And we intend to keep it that way," I added. "The man's pretty slow when it comes to things about him."

"Let me say this: We won't go easy on you if you touch our tono," Hikaru threatened.

"Are you prepared to face the Hitachiin and every other club members' family as enemies?" Kaoru also shared his threat.

The Chairman freaked as he spoke, "So Suoh is using his parents' power and giving out orders like that, right?"

"You're wrong," Hunny told him.

The Chairman turned around and found Hunny, Usa-chan, and Takashi standing right behind him.

"Tama-chan wouldn't do that. You know, we all love Tama-chan."

"Even though he is a hopeless idiot," Kyoya said from on top of the newspapers he was sitting on.

"And?" Hikaru questioned.

"What are you going to do?" Kaoru said next.

"Stop doing these things already," Hunny said.

"Damn it!" The Chairman looked ready to blow, "It's not just Suoh anymore! I'm going to destroy all of you!"

"We'd like to see you try," I told him.

Kyoya then got up from where he was sitting and walked towards the desk where his first-aid kit was at, "Be my guest. But…" He lifted the box and turned it upside down just to press this button. Out of it came a disk. "What should we do about this disc that's been listening and recording your comments since yesterday?"

"Chairman!" The short one leaned into the Chairman.

"We can't do this anymore," the taller one said.

The Chairman then took a few steps and fell down on his knees.

"If I had to say it in your manner, then it would be something like this: With the shares our Ootori group and Hitachiin family hold, we can freely change the president of your father's publishing company, so keep that in mind," Kyoya spoke like a true professional. "But, we're not like you. What we strive for is fundamentally different."

And just like that, it was over. Just by what just happened, I can clearly understand that these guys are faithful to Tamaki. I already know how Hunny and Takashi joined the Host Club, but I wonder how it like was for Kyoya, Hikaru, and Kaoru.

We left the Newspaper Club room and made our way back to the garden to look for Haruhi and Tamaki. I asked the Twins how they joined and they said that basically Tamaki kept bugging them to join and tried many times tell them apart to the point where the decided to join. When I asked Kyoya, he basically said it was when he was able to be his true self in front of Tamaki that he joined the club. A few minutes later, we found just the two people we were looking for.

"Found you!" Kyoya said once we found Tamaki and Haruhi who had their heads down on a table in a gazebo.

"What happened to the Newspaper Club?" Tamaki asked.

"They're cancelling the interview due to urgent business," Hikaru and Kaoru said.

Now that we found them, we began walking back towards the main campus building.

"They said they'll be writing honest articles now," Hikaru began.

"So their club won't get dissolved," Kaoru finished.

"I see," Tamaki said. "I guess that's fine."

Hunny was on Takashi's shoulders as he said, "Let's hurry back to the club room and eat cake!"

"I'm craving for some chocolate cake," I grinned while I was walking next to Takashi.

"Yeah," Takashi simply said.

"Yeah," Tamaki agreed. "Cake, cake!"

Behind me I heard Haruhi asking about Tamaki's family, whether they were really powerful or not. I guess once Haruhi hears this, she is gonna have a completely different understanding of Tamaki.

"Haruhi!" Tamaki shouted her name.

I turned to look and saw that she was frozen in place. I guess it came as a shock to her. She slowly turned to look at us as Tamaki shouted out to her.

"We're going to ditch you if you don't hurry up. You're going to get lost again."

Son of the Superintendent

Once I saw Haruhi's shocked expression, I just couldn't help but chuckle.

"Hurry up, Haruhi! I want my cake already!" I shouted out to her as she finally snapped out of it and quickly caught up to us.

As human beings, we seriously learn so many things as we live day by day. That is what makes us human.