Hey y'all! So I know it has been a year since I have updated and I am so sorry for that! It's been a crazy year and I have finally been inspired to write again. It's my goal to update at least two to three times a month since there are times when I am super busy. I hope you all forgive me. To all of you who added this story to their favorites, alerts, and reviewed, THANK YOU! It's you all who inspired me to come back and do something that I love. Thank you again and I hope you enjoy this chapter. This one was a bit hard for me to write since I was researching for a perfect place, but I am quite satisfied with how it came out and I hope you all like it.
Disclaimer: Ouran storyline and characters belong to Bisco Hatori. Any other character belongs to me.
Chapter 40: First Date
"Get the hell out of my room!" I shouted when my eyes caught movement that woke me up.
Now we all know that when it comes to fashion, the Hitachiin Twins would be the perfect candidates to help you get ready for any type of event. Well, that's what I learned from all the Host Club events. But when it comes to destruction, mischief, and other nonsense that goes under with the other two categories, they are also the perfect candidates. This now explains my current predicament of having the two rummaging through my closet.
"Why do you want to kick us out when we are trying to help you get ready for your date?" Kaoru raised an eyebrow as Hikaru kept raiding my closet.
I grabbed my cell phone and shouted, "Because it's freaking ten in the morning! Don't you two ever, you know, sleep in?"
Haruhi, who slept on a futon at the edge of my bed, sat up and rubbed her doe eyes awake, "Is it just me, Suna-chan, or am I dreaming right now that Hikaru and Kaoru are here?"
"Nope they are here disturbing the peace," I grumbled as I covered my head with my covers. "Please let me sleep for another, I dunno, five hours. It doesn't take me long to get ready for any social gatherings. That includes dates."
But once I was beginning to embrace the warmth of my covers, they were immediately ripped off my body. I even attempted going into the fetus position to keep the warmth alive, but of course when Hikaru and Kaoru are in the room, they are going to take everything away from you.
"Get up!" The two hauled me out of my bed by grabbing my arms.
"No!" I retaliated by trying to kick my way into freedom. Sadly that didn't work.
By the time they had me standing, they dragged me towards the bathroom and told me to take a shower. While grumbling, I complied with their requests by showering and doing all the other necessary morning routine things. Once I was out, roughly around thirty minutes later and with just a towel wrapped around my body, I walked back towards to my room to find an already dressed and showered Haruhi.
"Please tell me that they have already left," I asked while walking in.
She shook her head, "They are downstairs waiting for you to get dressed. Also, they told me to tell you to just wear pajamas for now."
I nodded my head and waited for Haruhi to leave the room so that I could get dressed. Just grabbing a pair of matching black bra and panties, shorts, and a tank top I got dressed and ready for the rest of the torture I knew I was going to experience as the day went on until my date. Now that I was comfy in my pajamas, I walked downstairs and into the kitchen to find all three freshmen eating breakfast that otou-san has cooked.
"Finally you're up, Setsuna. I thought I was going to have to send someone to make sure you didn't go back to sleep," Otou-san laughed as he placed my plate on the table. "Now just to let you know, I have plans today with Ranka-san, so Haruhi is going to be staying with you tonight. That means that I want you back home by no later than ten tonight, so make sure you tell Takashi-kun that."
"We will, Setsuna-papa!" Hikaru and Kaoru replied for me instead.
Ignoring the two I asked my own question, "Where is Fuka? I swear she was here yesterday night."
"She already left to your okaa-san's house and won't be coming back until Monday. Now remember, be back home today by ten," Otou-san patted my head as he left the kitchen.
"Wait, where are you going this early in the morning?"
Otou-san's head simply popped into view and said, "Work and then out with Ranka-san. Hikaru-kun, Kaoru-kun, make sure you take pictures of Setsuna before she leaves on her date."
"Hai, Setsuna-papa!"
And just like that, otuo-san was gone. I am officially stuck with the two little devils. But at least I have Haruhi!
"So, I am actually a bit curious as to why you two are here," I directed towards Hikaru and Kaoru.
"It was Tono's idea. He thought that the two of us and Haruhi should get you ready for today," Hikaru started.
"While he, along with Kyoya-senpai and Hunny-senpai, should get Mori-senpai ready," Kaoru finished.
"Oh, poor Takashi. I wonder how he is going to put up with this. Tamaki better not put any ideas into Takashi's head to change the plans that he has already made," I said while grabbing my plate and rinsing it in the sink before just leaving it there.
"What does he have planned?" Haruhi asked before doing the same thing. Kaoru and Hikaru were right behind her.
"I actually don't know. He didn't even give me a hint whether I should dress fancy or semi-casual. All that I do know is that I should be ready by six."
I led the three to the living room where Haruhi and I sat on the couch while Hikaru and Kaoru sat on the floor. Turning on the TV, I just replayed the movie that we watched last night, which was Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. As the movie played, Haruhi and I were so engrossed into the movie that we didn't notice that Hikaru and Kaoru were texting someone. We only realized that when we heard a beeping noise.
"Setsuna-senpai, we already let Hunny-senpai know that to tell Mori-senpai that you have to be home by ten," Hikaru stated.
"Have you guys been texting Hunny the entire time while Haruhi and I have been watching the movie?" I question.
The two simply nodded their heads.
"We also found out the style of attire that you should wear," Kaoru spoke as he looked through his text messages.
"Semi-formal," Hikaru said after. "You are in luck, Setsuna-senpai, because we brought a large amount of dress for you to try on."
I gulped at the idea of being dressed by these two. I mean, it's not so bad since they have a great understanding on what an individual should wear, but it's the process that is horrible. Having to repeatedly dress and undress sucks. Especially when you barely have changed into the dress and once you reveal to them the outfit, they make you go back and change into something else. As you can see, I've gone through this countless times by now whenever Hikaru and Kaoru have spare time to kill.
"Did they even mention what the plans are?" I asked them as I looked away from the TV.
"Not yet," Hikaru reported. "Tono keeps on bringing up too many ideas and they are narrowing down the possibilities."
I sighed and looked at the clock that was near the TV. It was already twelve fourteen. I had now about three hours and forty-six minutes. I wonder how Takashi is doing with the others right about now. It was then that I remembered that I left my cell phone up in my room.
"Where you going, Suna-chan?" Haruhi wondered as she saw me stand up from my seat.
"I left my cell phone in my room. I'm just gonna grab it and bring down my charger so I can charge it," I told her.
"Hurry up then," Hikaru shooed me.
"The movie is starting to get good now," Kaoru stated trying to keep his eyes on the TV while looking at me.
"I'm going, I'm going," I told them.
Walking up the stairs and away from the small group relaxed me since I finally now had the time to think about what Takashi and I are going to do on this date. I jumped over the last step and quickly made my way into my room. Not remembering where I exactly left my cell, I began to look for it anywhere I could think of. I searched on my desk, under my bed, in the hamper incase I may have left it in the clothes I was wearing. Since I wasn't having much luck finding it, I sat on my bed and tried to think. It was then and there when I felt something vibrate.
"That's where you are," I chuckled as I reached under my pillow. Flipping open my cell phone, I smiled at who just sent me a text message. "I hope you aren't going through the same trouble as I am," I read aloud what Takashi just sent me.
I pressed the reply button and said aloud while texting, "If you mean trouble as in certain twins trying to find you an outfit for tonight, then yes I am."
I sent the message and began to grab my charger so that I can take downstairs. That's when my phone vibrated again, but this time it indicated that a call was coming in.
"Moshi, moshi," I answered.
"Hello, Setsuna," I heard Takashi on the line.
"Hi Takashi," I greeted while sitting back down on my bed. "How is it going with Hunny, Tamaki, and Kyoya at your place?"
He sighed, "It could be better. Tamaki just keeps on bringing up too many ideas and right now Mitsukuni and Kyoya are trying to organize and see what would be better options for us."
"Why is it that they can't just let us do what we want to do," I remarked. "It's our date and not theirs."
"You know how they are," Takashi answered.
"I know and that's the sad part," I groaned. Suddenly a thought just got into my head. "Takashi?"
"Hm," I heard him say.
"What if we just ditch them and do what we want to do," I suggested as I grabbed Ichigo from next to me.
"Such as?"
"I dunno. We can go to a park and just play; go see some shops; eat somewhere; it doesn't matter what we do. The point is, I just want to be with you," I confessed to him.
"I want to be with you too," I blushed as I heard him say this. "What time is it now?"
"Twelve thirty-three. Why?"
"Be ready to leave the house by two thirty. Is there a way for you to get out of the house unnoticed?" He asked.
The only thing that came to mind was the front door, but suddenly I realized another escape route.
"My bedroom window. I could climb down from the window," I answered.
"Be careful when you do go down from there. I will have a car parked a block away from your house. Is that fine?" Takashi asked.
I smiled, "It's perfectly fine."
"See you soon then," I pictured him smiling as he spoke.
"See you," I smiled before hanging up the phone.
I grabbed my charger and with my phone, finally went downstairs. By the time I had reached the living room, I found both Hikaru and Kaoru laying on their stomachs as they watched the film. Haruhi simply remained seated on the couch.
"Finally!" Hikaru acknowledged my presence.
"What took you long, Setsuna-senpai?" Kaoru questioned.
"My okaa-san called me when I was about to come down the stairs. Not wanting to be a bother, I just stayed in my room so I wouldn't bother you guys with the movie," I lied as I went back to my seat.
Once I sat down, I noticed Haruhi looking at me. She knew that I had lied to the Twins. Seeing that I couldn't say aloud what the plans that Takashi and I just made, I decided to go with a different approach.
"Haruhi, think you can help me bring up some snacks for us to eat," it wasn't a question seeing as I just grabbed her wrist and dragged her to the kitchen with me.
"Suna-chan, what's wrong?" She said as she rubbed her wrist.
"Takashi and I are planning to escape from our prisoners and go on our own date," I explained to her as I pulled out two bags of popcorn.
"So that's who you were really talking to on the phone," Haruhi mumbled to herself. "And how do you plan on getting out of your own house?"
Placing the one of the bags into the microwave, I replied, "The only way I can think of is escaping through my window in my bedroom. There's this fence-like-thingy I can climb down."
"Are you positive that, that is going to work? What time are you both meeting up anyways?"
"Not fully positive, but it's something. We're meeting at two thirty," I said while placing in the next bag. "All I need is a distraction for a few minutes so that the Twins won't know I'm up to something when I am climbing down the window."
"Maybe you can fake a phone call and say that it's your okaa-san calling again. That way you can go up your room and get out," Haruhi proposed.
The second popcorn bag was finally done and I took it out of the microwave, "You my friend, are a genius."
We walked back towards the living room where I handed a bag of popcorn to Hikaru and Kaoru and kept one for Haruhi and myself. Seeing that the movie had ended, Hikaru played the next Harry Potter movie.
Time Flies By...Now 2:06 pm
I had programmed my phone to ring in a minute so that "Operation: Sneak-Out-And-Go-On Date-With-Takashi-Without-Anyone-Knowing-Except-Haruhi" could begin. Mentally while the movie was playing, I was trying to figure out possibilities on what I could wear. It was then when my phone "suddenly" rang. Let the operation begin!
"Ah, sorry. It's my okaa-san," I stated while getting up. "I'll go take this in my room."
"Okay," Hikaru and Kaoru simply said while staring at the TV. Haruhi simply gave me a thumbs up and that was my cue to go.
"Hi, okaa-san," I pretended to answer as I walked towards the staircase and into my room.
As soon as the door closed, I immediately dropped my phone on my bed and began to raid my closet. There I found what I wanted to wear. It was an orange sleeveless shirt that had a scoop neckline and was slightly long in the back than the front. I pulled that along with a pair of black shorts that went a little above my thighs. Taking off my pajamas, I quickly set to placing on the clothes that I picked out.
I walked to my mirror and went to see whether the outfit was satisfactory for myself. It needed something. I looked into my closet and found a grey cardigan and decided that, that would be perfect. I placed on deodorant before putting on the cardigan. Now that my outfit was set, I checked the time and saw that it was two seventeen. I had little time left.
"I can probably put on some eyeliner quickly," I said to myself as I combed my now past-shoulder hair and I went to look for said eyeliner. Finding my black one, I went to a mirror and quickly, but steadily placed it on the top of my eye where my lashes are at. I was gonna put it on my waterline, but it was too complicated to take off.
Now that I finished, I went to go grab a small purse that I placed my wallet, keys, my chapstick before I had placed it on myself, and grabbed my cell phone.
"Alright, it's two twenty-three. Time to escape!" I cheered while putting on some black flats.
Although it looks easy to escape from my bedroom window, I've actually never tried it before. I opened the window and looked at the distance between my window and my fence-thingy that I had decided to call it now. Making sure the strap of my purse was on my properly and not choking me, I held a tight grip onto my window and a slowly began stretching my leg to the fence-thingy. I'm not gonna lie, I was scared. I don't want to fall to my death without having gone on a date with Takashi!
"If people can do this in the movies, then I can too!"
Once my footing was secured, I began to make my move. I was quite proud of myself that I had began to climb down that stupid fence-thingy. Making sure that there was a good distance that I could jump down without hurting myself, I did.
"Yes!" I raised my hands in the air without screaming loud. I made my way through my yard, ducking when I went by any windows, and finally reached the street. Once I started walking towards the direction of where Takashi said a car would be waiting, I heard a scream.
"Taicho! Setsuna-senpai is gone too!"
Shoot.
I quickly ran and finally spotted Takashi outside of the car. He was wearing burgundy jeans with blacks chucks, a grey long sleeved shirt, along with a black biker style jacket. It took so much for me not to drool right in front of him.
"Hi, Takashi," I now walked toward him as I pushed away the hair that decided to cover my eyes.
"Hello, Setsuna," He smiled once I was near him as he pulled me in a for a peck on the lips. As soon as we both pulled away, he opened the door for me and in we both went. Without saying anything, the driver then began to drive.
"The others are now looking for us," I told him while I placed my purse on my lap.
"How do you know?"
"I heard one of the twins screaming something about me missing," I grinned. "Did you tell anyone what we planned on doing?"
"Only Mitsukuni knows. You?"
"I told Haruhi. Where are we going to go first?"
"You'll see."
I just smiled at his response. Let's just wait and see what's in store.
It wasn't long until the car stopped. Takashi got out and held out his hand for me to take. Once he pulled me out, I noticed where we were at. I haven't been to Ueno Zoo since I was a kid and this was just going to be fun. As we held hands, we walked towards the ticket booth where Takashi purchased our entrance and soon enough we were inside.
"Where do you want to go first?" Takashi asked as we looked at the map that was now in his hands.
Peering at the map, I pointed, "Penguins!"
He just chuckled at my enthusiasm and led me towards my desired destination. Now let's get this straight: penguins are adorable as hell. I mean, they have tuxedos! That and the idea that a penguin mates with one other for life is just adorable. As we walked, we talked about how our day was as our fellow Host Club members tried to "plan" our date.
"You mean to tell me that Tamaki wanted you to, and I quote, wine and dine me?" I laughed as Takashi explained.
"I tried telling him that I wanted something simple, but of course that didn't happen," He smiled down at me.
"Well I think this is perfect," I smiled back. "I haven't been to the zoo in such a long time. Thank you for bringing me here, Takashi."
"For you, anything."
I tugged his shirt down and pulled him in for a simple peck on the lips.
We watched the penguins for a few minutes and soon moved on. Every stop we made, we would just laugh and point out how the animals were acting. It got to the point where we started to guess what the animals would be thinking at the idea of all these people coming to see them. When we went to see the llamas, I went a tad bit crazy. I had never seen a llama in real life before and I was just going crazy. Once we left the llamas, my smile had just gotten even bigger.
"Red pandas!" I shouted while letting go of his hand to run to the rail. "Takashi, they're just too damn cute."
As I stared at the red pandas, watching them play with a giant pumpkin, Takashi came up behind me and placed his arms around my waist and watched them.
"They are cute."
"Takashi," I looked up at him, "Do you like big animals or small ones?"
He looked down at me and simply said, "Small."
"Small ones are cute. If I can ever own a small animal, I want a tea cup pig or even better, a squirrel!"
It was then that my stomach had suddenly growled. My eyes widened in embarrassment while Takashi chuckled.
"What time is it?"
Takashi pulled out his cell, "Five eleven."
"No wonder," I had a sweatdrop adorn my head. I hadn't eaten since breakfast. "Let's go have a picnic near the park by my house."
"Ah, sounds good."
It wasn't long until we made it back to the car and drove back towards my neighborhood. We made a quick stop to a market where we picked out what we each wanted to eat. I tried paying for what we got, but Takashi didn't let me. We simply walked to the park with each of us carrying a bag that held our picnic food.
The park only had a few kids along with their parents since it was starting to get late. We walked to a tree where we sat down and opened up the bags, grabbing what we were going to eat.
"What do you plan on doing during break?" Takashi asked me as he opened up the lunch box that he got.
"Otou-san is taking us to Karuizawa. Well, just Fuka and I since Kazumi is going on vacation with her boyfriend. You?" I told him while unwrapping my salmon onigiri.
"Training with Satoshi."
"How often do you two train?"
"Almost every day, early in the morning," Takashi said before drinking his water.
"No wonder you have such a good body," I just said without thinking.
As I realized I spoke out loud what was supposed to be a thought to myself, I blushed red. Takashi simply smirked and kissed my cheek.
"You have a good looking body too."
"How do you know that?" I asked as my blush started to fade.
"Physical examinations," he started blushing, "I turned and accidentally saw."
Again, blush on my face. We ate as we watched the sun slowly start to set. It was such a romantic setting. Street lights began to flicker to life as the night sky began to move across what was once a bright blue. Throwing away our trash, we made our way to the play ground now that it was unoccupied. I went to a swing set and simply sat down, expecting Takashi to sit next to me. But I felt a sudden push.
"What are you doing," I smiled as I turned to look at him.
"What else am I doing? Pushing you, of course," He smiled back.
I laughed and began to pump my legs back and forth as he kept on pushing me. Feeling the wind in my hair as I was swinging felt amazing. It was as if I was flying. I closed my eyes just for a few seconds and opened them, only to find a funny sight from a distance.
"Takashi..."
"Hm?"
"Guess we have finally been found," I said while starting to slow myself down. Once I did, I got off from the swing set and quickly grabbed Takashi's hand, making a run towards the jungle gym.
"There you are!" I heard Hikaru and Kaoru say from the bottom.
"Oh, hey guys!" I smiled while Takashi placed his arm around my shoulders. "How's it going?"
"Mori-senpai, Setsuna-senpai, do you know how long we were looking for you two?" Tamaki exclaimed while he pointed at us. "For hours!"
"Was it that long, Takashi?" I joked.
"Nope."
"Suna-chan, you look kawaii, ne Usa-chan," Hunny smiled cutely as he told his pink bunny.
"You two did cause us a lot of trouble today," Kyoya stated as he checked his cell phone. "Luckily, we were finally able to track you down."
"Haruhi, did they drag you along?" I asked her while we made our way to the slide.
"Sadly they did."
I sat down getting ready to go down the slide when I felt Takashi sit behind me. He placed his hands around my waist and simply asked, "Ready?"
"Always."
Just like that, we slid down the slide together. I put my hands in the air as we slid around and we both laughed when we ended up on the ground. I was the first to stand up and dust off any sand that was on my body and held my hands out to help Takashi up. He grabbed my hands and began to lift himself up and dusted his body off.
"Setsuna-senpai, how did you even manage to get out?" Hikaru asked.
"Yeah, we didn't even hear the door," Kaoru brought up.
"I got out through my window," I smirked. "You can't stop a determined woman!"
"Well now that we found you, let's head back to your house, Setsuna-senpai," Haruhi began, "I could whip up something quick to eat since some of us haven't eaten yet."
On cue, six stomachs were suddenly heard, none of those were mine nor Takashi's.
"Alright," I laughed. Smiling up at Takashi I asked, "Wanna finish off our date with these bozos?"
He just smiled that gorgeous smile, "I'd like that."
We all walked back to where I lived with Tamaki and Kyoya leading the group, Haruhi, the Twins, and Hunny in the middle, and Takashi and I in the back. We held hands the whole time when he suddenly pulled me to a stop, letting the others continue on ahead of us.
"Did you have a good time today?"
My response to his question was with a passionate kiss. No words could describe as to how this date went. The warmth of Takashi's lips sent a fire through my body as I pulled him even closer to my body.
I then pulled away, "Does this answer your question?"
All he could do was nod his head. I laughed and pecked his lips one final time.
"C'mon, let's catch up so we can snuggle while watching a movie," I smiled as our hands intertwined and walked back to my house.
Best. Date. Ever!