anime16: this story was told in Kaoru's point of view. Read and enjoy.
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Afraid to Let You Go
Chapter 5: His Side.
My eyes widened as she grabbed my tie and pulled me to her, her lips crashing to mine. Her lips were soft and sweet. And I could feel her salty tears accompanied it. Why? Why is she crying again? Didn't she know that it hurts me to see her this way? She broke the kiss and watched me with her sad eyes.
"I love you Kaoru-kun," she told me and added, "...and good bye." Then she ran away from me. Why do I feel that I will never see her again? Why did her good bye seem different this time? But her sudden confession made me smile. The truth is I like her too ever since I saw her crying in the fountain. She was like a crying goddess and I felt really drawn to her. It was like love at first sight. But I was scared to tell her. She already thought that I pity her. I sighed. I'll just tell her tomorrow how I really feel.
I went back to the club room. Most of the girls were already gone. The club activities were drawing to a close. I saw Hikaru smirked when he saw me and I sat down beside him. "Why are you smirking?" I asked him. He shrugged and replied, "So how's your damsel in distress?" I rolled my eyes and said, "That's none of your business Hikaru. You should focus on confessing to Haruhi first before worrying about my problem." He blushed and I was satisfied with his reaction.
"S-Shut up," He hollered. "So what really happened to the both of you?" I leaned towards him and decided to tell him everything. He was my twin after all. I can't hide anything from him. He grinned and playfully punched my shoulders, "You scum! Congratulations! You were in the kissing stage with her already and it's only less than a week. You're a fast worker Kaoru." I flushed and I decided to ignore him.
"So you're going to answer her tomorrow then," Hikaru stated. I nodded and said, "I hope that she doesn't think that I just felt sympathy towards her condition." Hikaru smirked, "Don't worry about it too much. Just let her feel that you really like her." I grinned at Hikaru, he was really the best. He could cast away my fears and worries.
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The fateful day had come. I drew a deep breath and waited for her outside the school gates. Hikaru and Haruhi were busy talking to each other. And I'm not in the mood to get chatty with them anyway. I had my own problems to think about.
Minutes had lapsed by and she was still nowhere to be found. I was getting impatient and Hikaru and Haruhi were already nagging me to come with them to the school building. Hikaru whispered to my ear, "You have plenty of time later. Come on or we'll be late." He clutched my hand and dragged me to the school.
Before going to my classroom, I went to hers first. I peered at the door and couldn't find her anywhere. Where the heck is she? Then the girls saw me and went towards me, giggling and blushing. I gulped and ran away for my life
I reached my classroom and entered it, sitting down on my seat. I heaved a sigh. Hikaru was right, there's plenty of time later. Maybe she was running late today. Then the class bell rang and the teacher entered the classroom, starting his lesson. But my mind was not on the topic but to a certain girl, worrying if she made it to her class.
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The lunch came and she was still nowhere to be found. Her friend was even here already. What was her name again? Ayame? Asami? Or is it Asumi? I messed up my hair. Whatever her name was, I need to ask her about Watanabe. I stood up from my table, murmuring an excuse to my companions and sped off towards her friend. I tapped her shoulder and she turned around, surprised to see me. The other girls with her were wailing and giggling, telling her that she was lucky that I approached her. I rolled my eyes and looked at her friend.
"What is it?" she asked, breathless. I rubbed the back of my head and flushed, while saying, "Watanabe-san." She tilted her head in confusion. "Pardon?" she said.
"Where is Watanabe Tsukino-san?" I asked again, loud this time. She looked surprised and then recovered from it quickly. She smiled warmly and said, "You must be Kaoru-sama!" She stood up and clasped my hands. Then her smile faltered, "I'm sorry but she didn't come today at class." My eyes widened and grabbed her shoulders. "Why? What happened? Did something bad happen to her?"
"Whoa, calm down Kaoru-sama. I don't know either," she replied. "She didn't even call me that she would skip today, usually she does." I pulled away my hands off her shoulder. My hands shot up in my head and closed my eyes, shaking my head a little. She really likes to worry me to no end. I looked at her friend. I still don't know her name though and bid farewell, "Good bye and thanks for the information."
I went back to our table and Hikaru stared at me, asking for information. I told him that she didn't attend class and I was worried. He said that I leave this problem to him. I nodded. He looked at Kyoya and asked, "Kyoya-senpai, can you please tell us all the information you have on Tsukino Watanabe?" Kyoya-senpai tilted his head a little and replied, "If you can get more girls to come to our club then I might consider it." Hikaru smirked, "That was pretty easy." He stood up.
"Girls, if you come to our club later, me and Kaoru might give you something special," He waved his hands and touched his lips seductively. The girls wailed. I gulped. He's pulling me into this too. And here I thought I should just leave this matter to him alone. But if it's for Watanabe-san, I'm willing to do anything.
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Hikaru's plan was a success and girls came flooding in the third music room that I could barely breathe. And Kyoya-senpai was very satisfied as money came gushing too. Really, he's so greedy. I sighed. I hope he could just give us all the information he had without requesting for something like this. We were his friends after all.
After the club activities, we approached him. He was so pleased that he gave us a bundle of folders about her. I sighed. Just where in hell could he get so much information about a person? I looked through the folders, extracting vital information, like her address, cell phone number and even her birthday. I smiled. I would go to her house and visit her today.
"Hikaru, let's go to this address first before going home," I told him. He smirked and said, "I know you would say that." Haruhi went to us and uttered, "I'll come with you. I'm also worried about her." And when Haruhi said that, Milord and the others came too. Well, in host club, if Haruhi came, then everybody will also come. It's alright. If everybody came to visit her then the happier she would be. "Alright, we'll all go," I finally said.
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We arrived at the Watanabe's manor after a few minutes. We came out of the limousine and went to the guard standing outside. I told him that I was Watanabe's friend and would like to visit her because she didn't come to the school today. He frowned and said, "I think the young mistress quit going to school today. Today was the beginning of her homeschooling. Her teacher already went home a while ago."
"W-What are you talking about?" I managed to stammer. He looked concerned and uttered, "It was the young mistress who decided on that. I'm also quite surprised when I heard that. She loves going to school and nothing can stop her from doing so." I nodded. I know that much. A smile was always etched on her face whenever she came to the school. I asked the guard, "Can I go see her?"
"Please wait. I'll let them know," He replied. "What's your name?" I looked at him and said, "Tell her that Kaoru Hitachiin and the rest of the host club are here and we wanted to visit her." He nodded and went inside the manor.
Time had lapsed and he came back with a frown on his face. He faced us and said, "I'm sorry but the young mistress doesn't want to see all of you now." I looked at her incredulously and said, "Did you tell her that it was us?" He stared at me sadly and replied, "Yes. I told the main butler of the house about your visit. He went to the young mistress and announced it. But he came back without her and said that she refused to see all of you."
I clutched his shoulders and hollered, "But I need to ask her what's wrong." He shook his head and told us to come back some other time. No, I can't wait for some other time. I shoved him away and went to the gate. The others came to stop me. I wriggled against their grasp and exclaimed, "Let me go. I need to see her." Kyoya-senpai leaned to my ears and whispered, "Leave everything to me. Calm down." I stopped moving and looked at him with pleading eyes. He smirked and said to the guard, "We'll go home now. Please tell Watanabe-san that we'll come back. And we will talk to her."
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We were already inside the limousine when I asked Kyoya-senpai his plans. He smirked and said, "You will sneak inside her room tonight." Oh, I'll just sneak inside her room. Then realization struck me.
"W-What did you say? I-Inside her room, I'll sneak in?" I stuttered. My cheeks were tinted with red. Everybody grinned and encouraged me. Milord flipped his hair and said, "Oh, young love. Just promise me that both of you won't do anything inappropriate." I turned redder. What did they think am I? A molester that will jump on her once I see her? Then I saw Hikaru's lips twitched into a smirk and said, "I doubt that they won't do something inappropriate. They already kissed once." Milord's eyes widened and hollered, "They already kissed?" Oh my god, I'm going to faint. Hikaru was so sly. He always embarrassed me.
"Shut up everyone. I'll just talk to her and I won't do anything to her," I said, turning redder every damn minute. Thanks to my ever so loyal friends.
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Why did everything turn out this way? We were chased by the guards of Watanabe's manor. It was all because we used a freaking helicopter to sneak inside the mansion, so much for sneaking in quietly like I wanted to. I was inside the helicopter and Kyoya-senpai dragged me to its door. He hollered against the noisy engine of the helicopter, "You would jump into her room." When he said that, I was like five feet above her room. He explained that I would jump down and break the glasses of her room and alas, I could finally see her again.
It was too risky, it was five feet above her room and I was not like Mori-senpai or Hani-senpai. But Kyoya-senpai's eyes twinkled and pushed me down. I screamed and waited for my fall. Then I heard the glasses shattered, seeing myself inside a dark room. A girl was sitting down on the bed. When she heard the noise, she stood up and turned around. It was Watanabe.
"Kaoru-kun," she muttered, stunned to see me in her room. I walked towards her and she backed away. "What are you doing here?" she asked. I looked at her sadly and replied, "I want to see you." She shook her head and ran to the door, opening it.
My eyes widened and I ran after her. I closed the door with my hands before she had a chance to get outside. I locked the door and she backed away from it. I walked towards her again and she was stepping backwards. Then her steps were prevented by the bed behind her. I took this as a chance and grabbed her arms. She tried to get out of my grip and she lost her balance, sending us both plummeting to the bed with me on top of her.
We both stood still, staring at each other's eyes deeply. Then she broke our contact by closing her eyes and muttered, "Just leave me alone Kaoru-kun. You will just suffer if you stay with me." I looked at her with shock and said, "What are you talking about? Why would I suffer?" She tried to push me but I held her hands and pinned it above her, slightly glaring at her.
"Answer me, damn it!" I hollered. She grimaced at me and uttered, "What if I don't want to answer any of your questions?" I scoffed at her. She was a very stubborn girl. Then an idea came to me and I smirked while saying, "Then I would just kiss you until you give in." Her eyes widened and shouted, "You wouldn't do that. You can't."
"Oh, I would and I can," I answered her and neared my face to hers, closing the distance. When our lips were just an inch apart I stopped and asked her, "Now would you tell me what are you talking about a while ago?" She shook her head and replied, "I would not tell you and you wouldn't dare to kiss me anyway." I growled. She was being stubborn. I brushed my lips on hers and she trembled, "Stop it Kaoru-kun."
"I won't stop unless you tell me what's going on in that head of yours?" I smirked at her. She was already blushing but she still refused to talk. I sighed. Her hot breath on my face was tempting me already. And with that I finally planted a long kiss on her luscious lips, closing my eyes in the process. She tried to resist at first but eventually give in to the kiss. She wrapped her arms in my neck and kissed back. She played with my hair and I kissed her deeper. A moan escaped her lips. Then I broke the kiss, staring at her flushed face.
"So are you ready to talk now?" I asked her. She looked away and shook her head. "Then I'll just kiss you over and over until you're ready to talk," I smirked. I hold her chin and turned it towards me as I said, "You like being kissed by me, aren't you?" Then I closed the distance between us again and kissed her. I hold her in my arms and slid my hands on her back, bringing her closer to me and deepened the kiss. Her lips were so soft and sweet. We broke the kiss, panting slightly.
"Please tell me now," I begged her. "I want to know." Her eyes softened and said, "If you stayed with me, you'll just suffer because of my illness. I would just take away your happiness and your life would be miserable." Tears fall down from her cheeks. "I don't like to take away your smile. I'm dying Kaoru-kun and all I could give you were tears and pain." I was stunned. I didn't know that she worries about me a lot.
"You're stupid," I smiled at her. "You're not taking away my happiness but in fact you're giving it to me. And I would never feel miserable if you're with me. Can't you realize how much we need each other?" Her eyes widened and she suddenly hugged me tight. She snuggled closer to me and muttered, "I love you Kaoru-kun." I smiled and answered, "I felt the same way."
Then we broke the hug and looked at each other's eyes. We slowly leaned forward and closed our eyes. Then our lips melted to one another. And I tilted my head so we could kiss deeper and better. And we pulled away, panting but smiling to each other. I leaned my lips to her earlobe, biting it lightly and muttered, "Go to school tomorrow." She nodded and gave me her brightest smile. Oh, I just love seeing her smiles.
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anime16: how was it? I hope you enjoyed reading it and please leave some reviews for me.