Chapter 7- Operation Get Together:

Third Person:

"That's it," Tamaki declared dramatically, "We must get them together!"

Haruhi sighed,
"Senpai, I don't think that's a good idea. They should do it themselves."

Kyoya pushed up his glasses,

"I can't help but agree- them together could lower sells on Mia."

Haruhi scowled,
"That's not what I meant."

"But they're so cute together," Hunny cried, "And Chika-kun is so happy when he's with her!"

"That settles it," Tamaki said determined, "Operation Get Together is a go!"

Haruhi sighed, idiots- Mia-chan and Chika-kun can do it themselves.

Mia and Chika were in the park watching the ducks in the pond. Mia fed them some of the bread crumbs. Mia was the only one that got to see the soft side of Chika and Chika was the only one that saw the more happy side of Mia. Mia giggled as one duckling went up and landed on Chika's head. He looked at her sheepishly. She carefully picked up the small duckling and put it back with its momma.

Chika watched Mia as she fed the ducks. Does she even know how cute she is? Mia turned and saw Chika staring at her. She blushed and looked away. Does he even know how cute he is? Mia then looked at Chika a second time- her nose crinkled in concentration. Then she took off his glasses.
"Wa-hey!"

Mia giggled and put on the glasses.

"I need those," Chika protested. She giggled,
"No you don't, silly," she giggled, "these things don't have real lens!"
"But…I need them," Chika protested weakly. It was then that Mia noticed just how alike Chika and Hunny looked. It clicked.

"You don't want to look like your brother," she accused and Chika nodded,
"…You don't understand what it's like to be in his shadow."
He's four feet tall, there's not much shadow to stand in, Mia thought dryly, but she nodded,
"…I know, Chika-kun but…these will hurt your eyes if you don't need them."

Chika sighed,
"….Fine."

From their hiding places, Haruhi smiled,

"I told you they will be fine on their own senpai."

Tamaki shook his head,
"Nonsense! They need more of a push!"

Hunny looked to Takashi,
"Does Chika-kun really think like that Takashi?'

Takashi nodded,
"Hm."

Hunny bit his lip. He needed to have a talk with his brother in the future- but right now, his mind was set on getting him together with Mia-chan.

Chika and Mia continued on. Chika didn't wear his glasses; instead he kept them in his pocket. Mia threatened to break them if she saw him wearing them. Therefore, he didn't really have a choice. Chika looked to Mia- who was smiling brightly. Is this a date? Does she think of it as a date? Should it be a date? Do I even want to it to be a date? Chika smiled, yes I do actually. Mia's different. She's strong, but so…cute…sensitive…she needs protecting. I want to protect her.

Mia went to the ice cream stand,

"Two please," Mia asked cutely. The guy shook his head,
"Only one left."
"That's okay," Chika said, stepping forward. The guy nodded and handed over the ice cream cone. Chika handed it to Mia.
"Here, you have it."
Mia had wide eyes,

"Is that okay? Do you want to share?"
At the thought of licking the same cone- sharing an indirect kiss, Chika blushed,
"I'm okay. You have it."

Mia smiled,
"Thanks Chika-kun."

She happily licked at the ice cream until she ended up getting some on her cheek. Chika gulped and then took a deep breathe- recalling his brother's advice. He didn't want to do it- well, he did but he didn't want to scare her. It wasn't as extreme as kissing anyway. He held her chin and carefully licked the ice cream off her cheek. Her face turned bright red.

Haruhi smirked,

"Still think they need help, senpai?"
"She has a point, boss," the twins said, "he seems to be doing fine on his own."
"No," Tamaki protested, "it's not enough! What we see is harmless flirting- but it is not commitment! Go to Phase Two!"
"Phase two," Haruhi asked confused. Hunny and Mori shrugged- they didn't know either. However, the twins knew it and got to work.

"Do you ever feel like you're being watched," Mia whispered to Chika. She began feeling uneasy and scared. She could feel someone's eyes on her everywhere they went, and it wasn't Chika.

The thought of someone watching them made her uncomfortable. Chika narrowed his eyes, if it's my idiotic brother and that host club, I'm going to hurt them. This was all going perfect. Mia shivered and Chika sighed. Then she spotted the orphanage,

"That's where I live," she softly pointed out. Chika looked at her shocked- he kept forgetting that Mia was an orphan. She was so lovable- it was hard to believe that no one adopted her yet.

"…Mia-chan, what happened to your parents?"

Mia looked down, recalling everything in a second. Her breathing quickened. Chika's eyes widened,
"You don't have to tell me," he quickly said.

"It's…okay," Mia said slowly and they sat down on a bench. Mia felt that she could easily trust Chika- and she didn't want to keep her past a secret.
"I was little," Mia whispered, "…Twelve years old…they were murdered. Dad went to check out some noises that were coming from downstairs. I thought it was an animal…but then Mom took me into the closet. We both hid there while there was noise…but then there was nothing. Mom went to check- leaving me behind.."

Mia sniffled,
"….I saw them," silent tears went down her face, "I saw their dead bodies when I was leaving. The cops had come and one was holding me- leading me down the stairs and he tried to hide it from me but I saw….I saw them…the blood," she cried, "Then….I was adopted later by this guy….but it turned out he was a molester," she spat the word out like venom, "and….I was back in the orphanage when I was fourteen and been there ever since."
Chika surprised her by hugging her tightly. She didn't see the tears in his eyes,
"Mia…it's okay….it's okay, you'll be okay…"
Mia sniffled and hugged him back,

"Thanks, Chika-kun…"

In the bushes, the hosts were crying too- even Kyoya seemed a bit taken back. Hunny sniffled,
"Poor Mia-chan."
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Mia and Chika were back at the park- a shortcut from the mall back to the orphanage where Chika was going to drop her off. However, Mia still had the feeling that someone was watching them. Chika had the feeling too. At the moment, Mia was walking ahead of Chika with a smile,
"Come on slow-poke!"

He sighed- he hated to admit it but he was getting tired. It was getting late and all the running around was tiring. He couldn't help but smile at Mia. She was worth it. He started to catch up with her, but there was two problems. One- someone had placed a bag in the middle of his path. Two- he didn't know about the twins. He tripped on the bag and the twins put the rest of the plan together. One pushed Mia forward slightly and the other pushed Chika towards Mia. They did it fast and no one saw them. The result, however….was a kiss.

Chika fell onto Mia and accidentally kissed her. Mia's eyes were wide and her face was red- as was Chika.

"OPERATION GET TOGETHER IS A SUCCESS!"