Disclaimer: Ouran, characters and plot line, belong to Bisco Hatori. Every other character and plot line do belong to me.
Chapter 47: Last Day of Summer Break
"Renge, why am I here on my last day of break?" I asked the dark-blonde freshman girl from the chair that I was sitting on.
Earlier...
It was around nine in the morning when I was abruptly kidnapped from my own bed by the very girl who was currently dressed in a white cardigan and a pink dress. Apparently when she arrived at my front door, she announced to otou-san that she was a friend who needed help with an assignment and that I had promised her to help. Otou-san, believing her, let her into our house and directed her up to my room. Hearing the sound of someone opening the door clearly woke me up and I nearly had a heart attack when I saw that it was Renge with a huge smile on her face.
"Setsuna-senpai, rise and shine! Time for you to help me out with my assignment!"
"Huh?"
That was when clothes were being tossed at my general direction and I was being pulled up and practically dragged to the bathroom to get ready. My mind was still half asleep, thus I am still unaware as to how I actually got dressed. When I looked at my mirror, I found myself in a dark teal short sleeved dress that had a white Peter Pan collar and had ended half way my thighs. I was also clad in black nylons and brown lace up boots. It was one of the outfits that I managed to get with the birthday money that otou-san and okaa-san had given me.
"Renge, why are you here in my house?" I asked her as she sat me down on my bed, once I got into my room, and fixed my hair so that it was in a low bun and put on a bit of mascara and filled my eyebrows in.
"Because I need help with something. And as the Maternal Type, you're the main one that I can go to for help," she explained as she finished getting me ready. "Finished! Now let's go!"
Just like that, I was dragged out of my room - in which I was lucky enough to get my brown purse that now held my cell phone, wallet, keys, and gum - led towards the front door, and into the black car that was parked right outside my house. All while otou-san just laughed and waved me goodbye.
'Evil old man. Letting his daughter get kidnapped by an otaku,' I mentally sent death rays to him as the car began to drive off. 'I'm hungry.'
I guess Renge read my mind because I was instantly offered a croissant and bottled water. Of course, I instantly gobbled down the bread while taking sips of water in between. Now that my stomach was satisfied, I was fully ready to take on the day. Well, not really since I have no idea where I am being taken to. Renge instantly began telling me her tales of her summer break. That she went back to France to visit family and try again to establish a Host Club over there. But sadly failed since she claimed they weren't ready for one. I told her all the things that I did and how I spent my birthday. Upon hearing that it passed, she promised to get me something since she was not around to celebrate.
It was roughly about fifteen minutes before we arrived to some location. When I stepped out of the car, I finally realized that we were at the Bonmal Department store in the Akita Prefecture since there were images of Namahage, a character who wears a devil like mask and holds a knife. Walking into the department store, I noticed that it was some sort of expo that was occurring that day. This would have been a good day for everyone at home to come and find stuff that they would like.
I followed Renge to a certain location and walked through a set of private doors. I saw people walking back and forth getting ready for some sort of performance and that's when I noticed Renge walk into a room that had her name on it. There I found a large vanity that held all sorts of make-up and hair products. In one corner, I found a rack that was filled with clothes and accessories that were hung. It wasn't long until someone walked into the room, sat Renge down, and began to get her ready.
"Renge, why am I here on my last day of break?" I asked the dark-blonde freshman girl from the chair that I was sitting on.
Renge was currently getting her hair and make-up done by the woman who had came in just a few moments ago.
From where she was sitting, her eyes looked at me from the mirror and said, "You're here because I need your help. As the Maternal Type, you can help me prepare for a role that I am going to do today."
A look of confusion appeared as I asked, "A role? What type of role?"
"I'm going to be hosting a show on the roof top since today is the commoners expo," a sweat drop appeared over my head when the word 'commoner' was stated, "and I thought you would be a great person to help me get into character since you do it a lot for the Host Club."
"Oh, well, I guess I can help you out," I told her. "Even though you did kind of kidnap me from my own house."
"Thank you!"
Because of the fact that she was still working on getting her make-up and hair done, I was allowed to go and wander around for an hour. But before I left, I was given a pass that allowed me to go come back to what Renge was calling "backstage." Closing the door behind me, I sighed. Leave it up to Renge to reel me in to help her out in some sort of play. I walked through a few corridors before I finally made it out and now, I really had no idea on what I could do for an hour.
"I guess I can go to the bookstore and browse around," I said to myself as I started walking in that general direction.
It only took me about ten minutes to reach my destination, since I kept stopping and looking at all the stuff that was being sold, and I was welcomed into the store. Browsing through the aisles, I just looked around what the store had to offer. I ended up looking up towards the children's section. I made my way to the bright colored area and sat down on one of the chairs that was there. Within arm's reach, I found a book that I considered to be one of my favorite childhood stories. Oh, the Places You'll Go! was a book that I remembered was read to me when I was going to start school for the first time.
"Tomorrow is your first day of school and I want you to know that you'll do great," I remember otou-san telling me after he finished reading that book to me as my bed time story.
"Do you think so?"
"Think so? I know so."
A smiled formed on my lips as I stood up and grabbed the book. As I was about to leave the children's section, another book called my attention. A black cover that held a red sun, gold mountains, and white birds greeted me.
"The Hobbit. Now, I won't have to borrow it from someone again," I grinned as I picked up the book. I headed towards the register to pay for both of the books and once that was done, I decided that it was perhaps time for me to go back to Renge.
"There you are!" Renge exclaimed as soon as I stepped into the room.
Raising my right brow into an arch, I replied, "I wasn't even gone that long."
"But I finished getting ready about ten minutes ago!"
"Hey, you're the one who told me to go wander around for an hour. Now, I see that you're all ready," I directed towards the two scripts that she had in her hands. Renge smiled and handed me one of the scripts as I went to take a seat in the chair that I had occupied not long ago. Placing down my purse and the bag that held my two new books, I looked at the cover page of the script. The title looked a bit odd. It read as O. P. H. R. and had the date only on it. Flipping through the pages, I began to read through the script and I almost fell from my chair.
'You have got to be kidding me?' I sweat dropped.
"Renge?"
"Hm?" She looked up at me as she paused reading the script.
"Did you write this script yourself?" I was somewhat scared to hear her response.
She smiled proudly, "Yes I did! Well, I technically had someone also write the script with me since they needed to add Dr. Namahage as the villain, but I created most of the characters myself!"
"And thus, the Ouran Power Host Rangers were born," just saying that made me sweat drop even more. Is that possible?
"Isn't it great!" She cried out happily.
Not wanting to burst her bubble, I nodded along to agree with her statement. Oh, man. I really hope the Host Club doesn't turn up out of the blue and watch this show. But then again, what are the possibilities that they will show up. They're probably relaxing in their homes and all that stuff. Seeing that Renge just kept gleaming with excitement, I told her that we should probably start rehearsing her lines. She nodded her head like crazy and thus the lines were rehearsed.
I had to read the role of Dr. Namahage since that was the character that appeared with her in the beginning. After that, I would read any other character that would appear in the same scene as Renge's character. We kept going for about another hour or two and that was when lunch was brought to us.
"At what time does this start?" I asked Renge in between bites of my turkey sandwich.
Renge looked at the clock that was hanging in the room, "In about an hour, Setsuna-senpai. All I need left is to get into my costume and head over to where we are performing."
"Ah."
"I can't thank you enough, Setsuna-senpai, for helping me out."
"It's not problem," I waved her off. "I was glad to help, even though you did technically kidnap me from my own home."
"Ah, sorry about that."
"Hasn't been the worst thing that has happened to me. So don't worry about it," I told her.
It then time for me to head out of Renge's dressing room so that she was able to finish getting ready for her show since there was only thirty minutes before show time. That was my cue for me to start heading up towards the roof top of the building. As soon as I got there, the sun blinded me for a bit before I got to see how everything was set up. It looked amazing. There were food stands, a carousel, a stage, and other small games that children were able to play. It was such a beautiful day. I made my way towards a spot where I would be able to see the stage and pulled out The Hobbit and began to read. I was reading for about what seemed liked twenty minutes when suddenly I was shadowed by someone in front of me. Looking up, I smiled.
"Why, thank you, kind sir," I told the person as I closed my book and grabbed the cone of vanilla ice cream that was being offered.
"You're most welcome, beautiful lady," Takashi said as he took a seat next to me with his own ice cream. He then leaned over and gave me a kiss on the forehead.
"What are you doing here?" I asked him before I began to lick my ice cream.
"Tamaki thought that this would be a good place to come for us to learn and experience the commoners culture so that we could understand Haruhi and you in the next semester," he plainly said.
I just stared at him, "Did Tamaki really say that?"
"Ah."
"Only Tamaki would do something like that. Well, at least he is trying," I shrugged my shoulders.
"How about you?"
"Oh, I'm just here, you know. Enjoying the sun, reading my book, and spending quality time with the guy I like," I cheekily told him.
Takashi smiled and I leaned in to give his a kiss on the lips. When I moved slightly back, that's when I saw mostly everyone from the Host Club. Hikaru and Kaoru were on the carousal, Hunny was eating ice cream as he stood by watching Tamaki get tackled and being licked by a golden retriever. That is when I noticed that there was one member from the club who was not present at the moment. Well technically two, but seeing that it was a learning event, I doubt Haruhi would be present. It was then announced that the show was about to begin. As Takashi and I finished our ice creams, I placed all of my belongings back in their proper places and took the hand that was being offered to me. He led me towards the others and they were all rather surprised to see me.
"Suna-chan!" Hunny practically tackled me as soon as I neared him.
"Setsuna-senpai!" Tamaki, Hikaru, and Kaoru cheered.
"Ah, hey!" I greeted them all.
We then took our seats on the floor and waited for the show to start. Seated in front of us were a lot of children, all who was excited for the show to start. They looked so adorable. I was seated in between Takashi and Hunny, while Hikaru and Kaoru were on Takashi's right. Behind us was Tamaki, who was still playing with the dog, whom I learned from his cries of joy was named Antoinette.
Explosions then suddenly went off and cheers from the children commenced, indicating that the show was about to start. Hikaru, Kaoru, and Hunny were awing as soon as they heard it go off. I was actually curious to see how Renge was going to do.
"Oh-hohohohohohoho..." Renge's laughter was heard. So far the others had yet to identify it.
"Tama-chan, something's about to start!" Hunny turned to look at Tamaki.
"Oh-hohohohoho...Oh-hohohohoho..."
High-power Motor
"Oh-hohohohoho," Renge slowly began to appear dressed in a green costume, from what I was able to see. "Oh-hohohohohoho...Oh! Hi, everyone! Second semester starts tomorrow! Have you all finished your summer homework? Eh? Not yet? Then, dont' be staying here; go home and finish your homework!"
"Why is Renge-kun here?" Tamaki questioned.
"Lately, she's been," Hikaru began.
"Covering a very extensive range of activities," Kaoru finished.
"I may have forgotten to mention that she kidnapped me this morning to help her get ready for this role," I loosely mention.
Takashi turned to look at me and I gave him a sheepish smile.
"Ah!"
That's when the villain appeared in his devil-like mask laughing evilly holding Renge hostage, "Hey, kids! Naughty kids like you that are out playing and not doing homework won't be able to go home now!"
The children actually were frighten thinking that they truly weren't going to be able to leave. It was cute.
"I, Dr. Namahage, have taken over this Bonmal Department Store!"
Renge then shouted, "Help me! Ouran Power Host Rangers!"
"That's the end of it!" A voice shouted, giving hope to all of the children there.
Now this was the first time I was going to see this so called "Ouran Power Host Rangers" since I didn't see any of them backstage. And boy was it an interesting sight. A man appeared on stage dressed in all black and had a mask on as well.
"Oh, you're the one they call the shadow leader of the Host Rangers."
"Host Black!" The man shouted.
Leave it for Renge to choose the leader to take on the color of a shadow and represent Kyoya. That reminded me, where is Kyoya? Apparently I wasn't the only one to remember the Cool Type because Hunny questioned where he was at. Then everyone suddenly remembered the other member of the club.
We immediately got up and headed down to the Lost and Found to see whether they would be able to help us out. Tamaki went to the front desk there and spoke to the woman who was working.
"How did you guys forget Kyoya? Him of all people?" I questioned Takashi as I leaned against a wall.
"It wasn't me," he stated as he stood in front of me.
"I still find it funny though."
Then over speakers, you can hear the call for Kyoya. It was one that I knew was going to give him a murderous intent, "This is a call for a lost child. This is a call for a lost child. Ootori Kyoya-kun from Tokyo. Ootori Kyoya-kun. Your guardian, Suoh-sama, is waiting for you at the second floor counter. Kyoya-kun is 180cm in height, wears glasses..."
Tamaki is a dead man.
It was barely ten minutes when we say Kyoya walking in where we were at. Next to him was Haruhi. What a day filled with rather strange events.
"Ohh, Kyoya! You were safe - but why's Haruhi here, too?" Tamaki's cheer then turned to a questioning tone.
"Hey, Haruhi!" I waved while moving from my spot.
Hunny ran towards Haruhi and greeted her, "Haru-chan, Haru-chan! Let's play together!"
"Let's play! Let's play!" Hikaru and Kaoru ran towards the freshman female too.
"No, I'm going home. I'm pretty tired today," Haruhi muttered.
Once again, Antoinette tackled Tamaki down to the ground and started a licking frenzie. I looked at Takashi and shrugged my shoulders, unsure with what to do at this given situation.
"I bought her from the pet shop on the roof," Tamaki answered Kyoya's question of where he had gotten the dog. "Ah, stop, Antionette! Wait-ah!"
"Well, now I can honestly say I don't know what to do now," I spoke to myself. Seriously, I got kidnapped to help someone with their play, ran into the guy I'm dating and our friends, and now am here. What should I do with my time now?
"We can hang out together," Takashi whispered into my ear as he wrapped his arms around me.
I leaned back against him, "I do like the sound of that. Where do you want to go?"
"Anywhere is fine with me. Want to go to your house?"
"That's fine with me."
"Movie day at Setsuna-senpai's house!" Hikaru and Kaoru just yelled out of now where.
I turned to look at them, "Who invited you!?"
My question was ignored as everyone began filling out of the room and made their way towards the exit of the department store. In my mind, I was mentally killing everyone with laser beams. Well, they were mostly directed to the diabolical twins that I had made friends with. I felt Takashi's arm wrap around my shoulders, seeing that he noticed that our alone time was going to be joined with the others there. As soon as we exited the department store, we all headed towards the one car that was there. Tamaki had offered Haruhi to have her driven home and after contemplating for a minute, she agreed. Inside my mind, I was already dreading having everyone there at my house. It's not that it bothers me, it's just the fact that today is gonna be the last day in a while where I can hang out with Takashi alone. Haruhi was the first one to be dropped off. After that, we made our way towards my own house. I was the first to step out of the car with Takashi behind me, closing the door. I looked up at him confused as I watched the car leave.
"Didn't you want it to be just us two?" He smiled.
"You're the best!"
We were now just relaxing in my room with the window open and resting on my bed. I was sitting up with my laptop on my lap, browsing around Netflix to find a movie that we could watch. Takashi was laying down all cozy. At the time being, music was played since I was unsure which movie would be good to watch.
"Any idea what you want to watch?" I asked Takashi as I ran my fingers through his hair.
"Not really. What do you want to watch?" He smiled, his face completely relaxed.
"Oh, how about the movie Anastasia? I have not seen that one in such a long time," I moved the laptop to show him the cover image shown on Netflix.
"Sounds fine. Now, how about you get the movie ready and I'll go downstairs to get some snacks," Takashi told me. He got up from my bed, stretching a bit, and made his way towards the door.
"Are you sure? I can go get them," I moved my laptop and was ready to leave my bed when Takashi stopped me.
"Stay. I got this. If anything, I'll ask your dad to help me."
"Okay then."
He smiled and stepped out of my room, leaving me to get the movie ready. Grabbing my laptop, I clicked the movie link and made the screen expand. Seeing that my task didn't really take long, I decided to make use of myself fix up my pillows so that we would be sitting comfortably. That also didn't take time. It felt as if though five minutes had gone by. I looked at the amount of songs that had played as soon as Takashi left and noticed that it had technically been about seven minutes. I was just about ready to get up and see if he needed help, but that's when he walked in through my door holding a tray that held two bottles of water, popcorn, watermelon, and apple slices.
"What's all this? Is this why it felt like you took forever?" I grabbed a slice of an apple as soon as he got near.
"Your otou-san was cutting up fruit and decided to offer this as an alternative to your normal snacks," Takashi settled the tray on my bed.
"Of course he would. I'm glad he was okay with you hanging out with me today."
"He was perfectly okay with it."
I smiled, "Great! Now let's start the movie."
Ah, hello. So I know it has been a while that I have written a chapter, but I haven't had much inspiration to write. Until a few days ago, I finally got the strong urge to keep writing. I am not giving up on this story, just letting you all know. Hopefully you all enjoyed this chapter, if you didn't, it's okay. Thank you all so much for the support; the reviews, the favorites, everything! You all are the best!
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