XS This chapter's short again... Geez I'm bad... Anyway here's Chapter 3. Hope you enjoy it's... shortness... God dammit...

Chapter 3

"Um, are you sure that it's okay if I use this?" I peeked through the curtain of the large dressing room, holding the dress out so Haruhi could see it. "Oh, it's fine," she said. "Its not like I'm gonna use it, when everyone thinks I'm a dude." I shrugged and pulled the dress back in and looked at it.

It was a yellow fitted-bodice dress. It had a pointed white collar and red loosely-bowed tie. The high-cut bishop sleeves ended with white cuffs. The skirt was calf-length and somewhat puffy. Crinolines were used to maintain the bell shape. In the corner of the room, there was a pair of white tights and black slip-on flats to go with it.

I quickly pulled the dress and the tights on, slipped the shoes on, and looked in the large mirror. I stared at my hair for a little, then pulled them into high pigtails using the red ribbons that I had. I pulled the curtain open and walked out.

Haruhi looked up at me and smiled. "Oh my God," she said. "You look amazing, Naomi." I smiled and blushed. "Thanks," I muttered. Then, Haruhi came up and hugged me. "I missed you so much," she whispered into my ear. I squeezed her small body tightly. "Me too," I whispered back.

We both walked out of the dressing room, and it felt like the whole world was staring me down. Each host looked up one by one and watched as me and Haruhi walked toward their little group. Honey ran up behind me and jumped onto my back. "Wow, you look really cute Naomi-chan!" he exclaimed. "Thank you, Honey-senpai," I said shyly. All the boys nodded their heads in agreement with Honey.

Honey climbed off my back as I walked over to the small couch in the middle of the room. "School hasn't begun yet, so you can hang out here until the bell rings," Haruhi said as she followed me. I nodded and sat down. Haruhi ran over to one of the tables that had my stuff on it and brought my bag over to me. "Here you go," she sighed. "Make yourself comfortable."

I opened my backpack and pulled out my new book that I had started to read on the flight to Japan. I opened the book to the last page I was on and began to read. But before I could even get through the first sentence, I felt a double aura creeping up behind me.

"Hey there," Hikaru muttered from behind the couch on my left side. "Whatcha reading?" Kaoru said from the other side. I could already sense these two were up to no good. "Um, well it's this mystery novel about some kid whose brother disappeared suddenly, and he's trying to find out where he went," I explained, but they didn't seem to care much. They were both twirling my hair around their fingers. I began to get a little nervous, and I quickly closed my book.

"Are you nervous?" Hikaru quietly mumbled into my ear. He walked around the couch and sat really close to me. Kaoru followed. "It's alright, you don't have to be," Kaoru whispered into my other ear, meanwhile sliding his hand into mine. I didn't realize until now that I was massively blushing.

The bell suddenly rung and I could hear students bustling outside the door. "Um, well, I have to go now, so..." I stood up and slid my book into my bag and pulled it over my shoulder. "I guess I'll see you later," I told the boys before walking out into the hallway.

I didn't know what to think. I had never been that close to a boy before, let alone two. I was having mixed emotions. I was nervous, scared, excited, and confused at the same time. I sighed and walked to class, still thinking about the carrot-top twins.

Okay, so that's done. Chapter 4 will come a little later, tomorrow's my last day of Winter Break... So leave a review and let me know what you guys think.

~Foxy-chan

P.S.: The description for the dress was from Wikipedia.