Music Piece 24: Potential Hazard
Takara had heard enough of the nonsensical rumors.
It's not true! I'm definitely not a slut!
Her vision became unfocused as her tears managed to squeeze themselves out.
Why are they saying all this?!
Slamming the bathroom door open, she ran past them.
" TAKARA! HOLD ON! "
She stopped and spun around.
So, he's part of it too?! I should have never trusted the likes of them! Well, I'll give him a piece of my mind! I'll make him feel the humiliation that I feel!
" Takara, what's gotten into – "
The girl did not wait for him to finish his sentence. She raised her hand slapped him across the cheek.
" I'm a slut now, am I?! I trusted you! But you guys…y-you were all playing with me. Am I a toy?! " Takara yelled angrily. " Although you are all so rich, it doesn't mean that you can simply toy around with others. You guys don't give a damn about how others feel. I have feelings y'know; I'm a human being! "
With that, Takara turned her back and walked off, leaving Kaoru standing there with a shocked look on his face.
Kaoru felt deeply humiliated as he stood there, watching Takara walk away.
His cheek began to sting as it turned an angry red, where she had slapped. His face burned with utter embarrassment. The tears were coming, he knew but he managed to keep them in check. With the remaining dignity that he could muster up, he turned around and made his way back to the Host Club keeping a straight face, past all the other students who had witnessed the incident.
Before he entered the music room, he made himself look presentable and plastered on a casual expression. He wanted none of the Host Club members to know about it at all. That was the last thing he needed. He turned the doorknob.
" Hey, where's Takara? " Senior Hani Honey asked.
Kaoru shrugged his shoulders.
" Don't know. I couldn't find her anywhere. "
Kaoru felt guilty about lying to the Host Club.
In the end, I'm just like Takara. Like they say, ignorance is bliss. They should be better off not knowing about some things, which are meant to be kept a secret. After all, a secret is a secret.
" Maybe, we should split up and find her, " Tamaki suggested brightly.
" That'll be good. I have to apologise to her, " Haruhi agreed.
" Kaoru, why is your cheek so red? " Hikaru suddenly spoke up.
Kaoru looked taken aback. Tamaki studied his face carefully.
" Come to think of it, yeah. It's really red. What happened? "
" Someone must have slapped you, " Kyouya replied.
You guessed it all right. Kaoru thought, silently.
" No, I simply tripped over something and fell directly on my cheek, " he lied instead. " Guess I was just being clumsy. "
How easy, he thought. Once you tell white lies, it just does not stop.
" Oh Kaoru, does it hurt that much? " Hikaru asked softly, cupping his brother's cheeks.
" Hikaru, it hurts only of you weren't there for me but now, it's not… " Kaoru replied, his brown eyes glistening.
" Enough gobbledygook! Displaying acts of brotherly love is only for the female eyes of your customers, not here and definitely not now! " Tamaki scolded them. " We should be looking for Takara. "
" N-No, I don't think that it is necessary. " Kaoru answered quickly.
" Why not? " Tamaki pressed.
" Didn't you hear what she had said? " he continued.
" But, we can't just leave her there like that! " Tamaki protested. " And that's going against our Host principle! "
(Do you even have any principles, Tamaki except to go to bed at ten every night, Tamaki? I mean, just what are you talking about?)
" Hikaru, Kaoru, Haruhi and I will split up and search for her. Meanwhile, Kyouya, Senior Hani Honey and Senior Mori will wait here just in case she comes back here, understood? " Tamaki ordered. " You can take care of the puppy, here. "
" Me? But I want to join Takara's search party too! " Senior Hani Honey argued.
" Okay. Okay. You may join in, " the Head of the Host Club sighed.
" Yay! Let's go, Takashi! " The seventeen-year-old said happily.
" Let's move out, troops! " Tamaki instructed dramatically.
" Aye! Aye! " Hikaru, Kaoru and Senior Hani Honey chorused.
(What are you, a commander or something????!!!!)
Note from 'moi': Is this long enough, girl???? I'm really sorry if it's not long enough…I mean I had tried my best, you know and what's with my preliminary exams here… UU'' Starts sweating