Only You Karou!

A Ouran High Host Club Love Story!

Part Four

I Knew There Was A Reason Why I Loved Bananas

It was hard to believe I had been working for Hikaru and Karou for almost a month now. I hardly ever saw the twins since they were usually off with the Host Club so I didn't have much to do yet I was slightly disappointed. The few times I had spent talking with the twins they had seemed rather nice. Well at least Karou did, Hikaru never did much but glare at me while hovering over Karou. What they didn't know however was that I saw Karou on a daily basis.

Karou didn't know it but I learned a few days into the job that he went to the library everyday before Hikaru woke up. I had a feeling that Hikaru didn't like reading much and by the way he would be completely absorbed in his books I knew that Karou had a passion for them. So against my better judgment I made it a habit to arrive in the library early and hide in a section he never entered. I know it was a bit creepy yet I couldn't help myself … I felt that I was getting to know him just by watching him.

Even now I sat on the floor on my knees watching from in between two large books as Karou pondered over which book to read today. I had noticed that like me he enjoyed fantasy books. I wondered if, like me, he enjoyed them because he wanted to escape reality for just a little bit. I saw him pull one of his favorites off the shelf and he took a seat on one of the couches.

I watched him for about half an hour before he checked his watch and he put the book up with a sigh and left to go jump into bed with Hikaru before he woke up. I waited for two minutes, the time I knew it took him to get to his room, before exiting myself and went to truly start my day.

The day seemed to drag on forever as I cleaned the boys bath room. Who knew that two boys could make such a mess in such a little space! It was pretty disgusting when I had to unclog the drain. It was even worse when I saw that the clog was due to a huge orange hair ball. I was still squirming when I made my way down to the kitchen for the boys dinner.

When I opened the doors to the kitchen I was ambushed from both sides with a huge hug. "Mizuki! We missed you!" I heard as the air was squeezed out of my lungs. I was finally released and I saw the smiling faces of Akio and Akia. I smiled back at them happily before pulling them into a hug of my own. It had been weeks since I had seen them last and I was excited to see my best friends back.

I released them and exclaimed "I haven't seen you in such a long time. Its so good to see you again. Why don't you go on up to my room and wait for me. I have to bring the boys there dinner but I promise as soon as I do I will come straight to talk to you." They nodded and took the back stairs as I loaded up a silver platter with the plates the cook, Chie, had premade for me.

I was humming to myself as I walked into the boys room and set down the platter. I turned on the lights and closed the curtains for the night and just waited for Hikaru to start whining. I was slightly shocked when I didn't hear his nagging though. I turned around and saw Karou sitting down by himself at the table. He smiled at me and said "Hikaru is taking a shower if your wondering."

I nodded and tried to hurry out of the room embarrassed that in my excitement of seeing Akio and Akia I had forgot to change out of my cleaning clothes. So there I stood in front of the son of a world renown designer in bleached stained jeans and one of my fathers t shirts. Even worse was that Karou couldn't take his eyes off of me. I blushed under his gaze and said "I am sorry Karou-San for my appearance, I was in a rush and forgot to change."

He held up a hand to silence me and gave me a warm glowing smile. "There is no need to apologize Mizuki. True I am use to you wearing more fancy clothes but one can not expect people to dress like that all the time. Besides this seems more natural. More you I suppose." he said a blush forming on his cheeks. Flustered I started to nod and bow out of the room and barley heard him add "Besides Mizuki, your cute no matter what you wear."

With his compliment still ringing in my ears I rushed down the hall to tell everything to my best friends. I entered my room and closed the door behind me with a happy sigh. The twins were immediately in my face just waiting to find out why I was so happy. I said simply "Karou said I was cute." Of course this was not enough to suffice my gossip queen friends and I happily told them what had just happened.

They squealed with delight at my news and I received a hug as they said "Awww" in unison. I wiggled out of there arms bright red and I tried to brush off there comments. "Come on Mizuki he thinks your cute even in that ugly thing! That must mean he has a little crush on you." Akio said followed by Akia saying "Yeah any guy who thinks your cute in casual clothes is definitely a keeper too."

I spent the next half hour arguing with them about making a move on Karou, which they were sadly winning to a point. I sighed and cut them off as I stood up from my seat on my bed. "I have to go clean up from dinner if you don't mind. Now when I get back I don't want to talk about this any more ok?" I pleaded with them. They huffed but in the end nodded reluctantly. With there arguments still rushing through my mind I made my way back to the boys room.

I opened there door not paying any attention to what I was doing and as I took a few steps in I felt my foot hit something slippery. Before I knew what had happened I was flying through the air. I closed my eyes just waiting for my face to become one with the floor. But to my surprise my face didn't hit the floor but instead something soft and warm. Even more surprising my feet were again touching the floor.

I looked up and my eyes were met with the ember gaze of Karou. His hands were on my waist and his head was inches from mine. I couldn't breath as he smiled down at me and said gently "Mizuki you have to be more careful. I wouldn't want you to hurt that pretty little face of yours you know." Karou then removed his hands from my waist and took a step back. He looked me over as if trying to find any scratched but seeing none nodded in approval before walking away to his bathroom.

I watched him disappear before looking to see what had caused me to fall. I laughed seeing the culprit was nothing more then a banana peel. I picked it up along with the rest of the dinner mess. As I left there room I said to myself "I knew I liked bananas for a reason."