A Long-Haired Spy
Yumi
Shopping was never that big a deal to me since I earned my own money. Personally, I was amazed that Kyoya-senpai had confronted Haruhi over her job at the cottage, and he hadn't found out about my summer job.
Or…maybe he had found out, and he was just choosing not to mention it. I don't know which would have worried me more.
While I was wandering the supermarket one day, I noticed Haruhi doing the same thing…in the company of Kyoya-senpai!
I stayed unobtrusive, but I couldn't help but spy on them a little. After all, um… (You know what? I'm not even going to try to justify myself. I still haven't figured out the reason for my actions that day.)
It wasn't until later that we found the rest of the Host Club. "Later" involved Tamaki-senpai all but humiliating Kyoya-senpai by announcing a missing-persons call over the loudspeaker. Personally, I was amazed that Tamaki-senpai managed to lose Kyoya-senpai in the first place, and followed after to find out how in the world that had happened.
When we found the Host Club, I didn't know what to make of Tamaki-senpai: he'd gone and bought a dog – a living, breathing Golden Retriever – as an impulse buy. Pets can't be impulse buys!
…Well…unless you're rich, I guess.
He'd better hire a really good dog trainer, though, or he was going to get trampled by the thing a lot. At least it really liked him.
Haruhi left to finish her shopping, leaving me standing there near the club and unsure what to do next.
Honey-senpai solved my dilemma. "Yumi-chan! Are you here to shop, too?"
"Uh…yeah."
Then Kyoya-senpai demonstrated that just because he looked like he'd just rolled out of bed didn't mean he wasn't observant. "She's been trailing Haruhi and me this whole time."
"I, um…" I looked away, feeling a blush coming on. "I was wondering how in the world, um, five boys can lose a sixth party and not even notice."
Kyoya-senpai answered me. "It was probably part excitement and part Tamaki."
I figured he meant that Tamaki-senpai seems to be a naturally, um…dense…person. And if everyone else was excited enough, they wouldn't notice that they'd left Kyoya-senpai behind. "I see."
"I'd be surprised if you actually did." Kyoya-senpai smiled at me, though. That was something, I suppose.
A/N: This chapter's fairly short, mostly because I hadn't truly thought it through.