Disclaimer: Refer to Chapters 1-3, please. XD
"Natsuko" Tamaki's cheerful voice rang through Natsuko's ears.
"Tamaki… it seems your shrill voice has reached my ears." Natsuko said, lightly rubbing it as she ignored him, and continued reading her book.
"My voice is NOT SHRILL!! It's as beautiful as the wind in the air!" Tamaki denied, banging his hands on Natsuko's table. Natsuko, clearly pissed, shut her book hard, and look up at Tamaki in a pissed off manner.
"Get lost. You're making things worse between us. I'm not in the mood for you." She said a in a venomous tone.
GACK! The way she said that… It sounded like… like… Tamaki looked up over her shoulder and looked at Kyoya, who was seemingly writing down some notes in his book. Like… that man over there. He said, moving into a corner to assume his dejection pose. Immediately, the fan girls seemed to line up one by one to try and cheer him up.
"You sure know how to bully someone without any physical means." Kyoya said as he approached Natsuko, proceeding to take a seat beside her. "What are you doing here anyway? It's rare you come to the host club, unless you want to murder somebody you greatly dislike."
"I just feel like it. Is there something wrong with that?" She said casually, putting her arms behind her head.
"Natsuko… Natuskoooo…" An eerie voice came from the corridor. Tamaki, who was still assuming his dejection posed, slowly turned his head to face the door. All of a sudden, his face turned pale white.
"AAAGGGHHH!!! IT'S NEKOZAWA! HE'S COME TO CURSE US!" Tamaki shrieked. The other's however, remained calm. Natsuko, gave a sigh as she stood up. Kyoya lightly grabbed her wrist.
"You don't have to do this if you don't want to." He said in a low voice. Natsuko gave a small smile to him.
"I'll be fine." She said, as Kyoya let go of her. She approached the door, and looked at the people gathering to see what was going on between them. "We just want to talk, that's all. Nothing big about it..." She assured them.
"I wonder what's going on with them." Hikaru said, as Kaoru shrugged his shoulders.
"Ohohoho!" Renge's laugh echoed from the background. "I know exactly what's going on!"
"Oh no, it's that otaku." Hikaru and Kaoru said, heaving their shoulders.
"The tragic departure of Nekozawa, and him begging Natsuko to come with him! And yet, she knows she can't! Renge could it three bowls of rice of this!" Renge said, her eyes sparkling with more magic.
She pressed her ear to the door, and the other members except Kyoya did the same. The costumers at the Host Club waited patiently for Renge's report.
"It seems their talking about Nekozawa moving out of the country! Oh, the excitement! Make those five bowls of rice of this!"
Outside the Third Music Room…
"Why? Why won't you come with me? I'm sure if we reason with your parents, they'll allow you to!" Nekozawa pleaded Natsuko, who looked down onto the floor.
"You don't seem to understand, Nekozawa… it's not that simple…" Natsuko said, keeping her gaze to the ground.
"Yeah, but… I don't know what I'd do without you…" Nekozawa said, in a sad tone.
"Nekozawa… look. The first time I got with you… I was happy, you know? But then, it was like… the feeling started to fade away… like you were just some simple passing crush…" she said, finally looking up.
"I understand." He said, his frown turning into a smile.
"Eh?"
"I understand… that your heart doesn't belong to me. It belongs to someone else. Even if you don't know it yet…" He said, looking into her eyes.
"It's not that! It's just that…" Natsuko said, stammering. I was supposed to tell him if my parents and/or Kyoya's parents found out I was having a relationship with him, Kyoya and I would get killed.
"It's alright, Natsuko… I now know… that you're actually in love with someone else…"
This guy can be overwhelming sometimes. Natsuko said, finally giving up hope to reason with him.
"Take care, Natsuko… I'll never forget you and the wonderful contribution you did to try and adjust me to the light!" Nekozawa finally said, as he turned around and fled to a dark corridor.
"This is the most tragic thing I have seen, my friends! Unrequited love between two individuals! Oh, the sadness!" Renge added, taking a handkerchief the wipe the 'moe' tears coming out of he eyes.
W-What?! It's not like that at all… Natsuko thought as she saw most of the fan girls crying, telling Natsuko how they feel her pain. Kyoya approached her from behind, patting her head.
"So… how did it feel?" He said, smugly. Natsuko removed his hand, but kept a slightly tight grip on it.
"Actually, it didn't go the way I expected it too… but oh, well! I guess some things you can't have your way, right?" She said, smiling.
"It appears to me those two have gotten closer over the past few days." Tamaki said, pushing his hair back in a princely manner. "All thanks to me."
"But senpai… you didn't even do anything at all." Haruhi said, making a clear point.
"It's good to see them on good terms though! I feel happy for them! Right, Takashi?" Hunny said, looking up to his tall cousin.
"Yeah." Mori replied.
Oh yeah… that reminds me… "Mori-senpai, would you go out with me to see a firework display tomorrow?" Haruhi suddenly said, turning to face Mori.
"What was with that sudden question, Haruhi?" Kaoru asked.
"Because I felt like it, that's why. Besides, I don't want to go alone. It'll be no fun."
"But you could ask either one of us. Why Mori?" Hikaru asked, suspiciously.
"Because you two would cause trouble for me, Tamaki as well..." Haruhi said, glancing at Tamaki who was going to ask her the same thing.
"Sure, I'll go." Mori said, interrupting the desperate pleading of Tamaki on Haruhi.
"Oh? That's good news, then! You know where I live, right? The park is only walking distance… so we'll walk from there." She said, smiling widely at Mori.
"I wonder what the all the commotion over there is all about." Natsuko said, as she noticed a crying Tamaki begging an annoyed Haruhi.
"Tamaki always does that when he can't get what he wants." Kyoya calmly said. "Second serving's of coffee?"
"Hmmm… I guess so, thanks." Natsuko said, lifting up her cup so that Kyoya could refill her empty cup. "I can't wait for tomorrow. Though, I wonder if your father will notice…"
"Don't worry; my father would be too busy to notice our absence."
Gosh, the way you say it doesn't seem so convincing… Natsuko thought, giving a sigh.
"Don't worry, about anything, I'll make sure nothing goes wrong." He said, smiling as he opened a book to start reading.
"But don't we have to officially announce our marriage tomorrow?! I mean… what if that's the last activity for the night?" Natsuko said, frantically.
"Be calm, I know the timetable of the function… we'll make it just in time. Actually, approximately a few hours before the fireworks go off."
"Really, huh? Well, so maybe there is no problem after all… what are you reading?" Natsuko asked; tugging the sleeve of Kyoya's uniform.
"Do you want to go home? You seem bored." Kyoya said, ignoring her question. He knew she asked that question out of pure boredom.
"But… don't you still have 'Hosting' to do?" She said, burying her face into the sleeve of his uniform.
"Hey, are you okay?" Kyoya said, looking down at her. He suddenly felt her breath slowing down. She was asleep. Smiling to himself, he slowly removed his arm she was sleeping on to wrap it around her.
Silly Natsuko… but… I guess that's what I like about you.
A/N:so Renge finally made her appearance in this chapter. I had planned for her to appear in the past ones, but they never did work out, I guess. XD