I have finished the final touches for chapter three, so here it is! I also ask, should you see anything wrong, like I put the wrong name, switched P.O.V. without noting it, misspelled a word, etc., that you please point it out to me. Thank you.

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Wanaka P.O.V.

Ever since the day when Suoh-san had been locked out by, who I now know as, the devil twins, Suoh-san would bring his lunch outside and sit by me almost every other day. We spent half the time talking about whatever popped into his head first and the other half eating/reading/enjoying the breeze/etc. Suoh-san had even taken to calling me Suzuhime-chan (I think it is supposed to be a pun on my surname), instead of Suzume-hime. Well, it is a start.

Though, honestly this had the closest to fun I had had in a long time. All it takes you have Suoh-san happy is to not bluntly reject his more insane ideas when he is talking about his club, not look at him funny when he is going on and on, and on, and on, and on, about his daughter (who I take is a close friend who is a girl that he is very protective of) and 'Mommy', who I have been led to believe is Suoh-san's best friend (which is most surely not Ootori-sempai, I am sure that if he had heard Suoh-senpai saying that then Suoh-senpai would be dead by now), and not expect a response when he has that goofy look on his face.

I pause in my reading to take a moment to relax in the warmth of the sunlight getting through leafs on the tree. My eyes are shut as I feel my body gently relax into the bark of the tree, I almost start to drift off, which has happened before, before my eyes snap open and land on Suoh-senpai staring right at me.

I furrow my eyebrows in confusion and slight frustration, though just slight enough that he does not notice. "Suoh-senpai?" I ask, as he blinks and smiles cheekily at me, "Why were you staring at me?"

He laughs a hardy laugh as he answers. "Sorry, it's just that you look so much nicer when you don't have your hair in your face. And you looked more at peace then I have ever seen you look before." I blink then crack a small smile tilting my head to the side a small bit.

"I tend to fall asleep on the warmer days, especially if there's a nice breeze out. People tend to look more relaxed when about to fall into sleep, as far as I know, Suoh-senpai." I speak, hoping that I phrased my words in a way that is does not sound like 'well, I was almost asleep after all', knowing that he would retreat to sitting under a nearby bench mumbling about how Suzuhime-chan was acting like his daughter. I had actually gotten bored the other day when he was not here and had dubbed the bench 'Tamaki's Bench of Despair' as 'Suoh-san's Bench of Despair' just did not have the same ring to it.

Since it took Suoh-san more than five seconds to gain puppy eyes and faux-tears (I think they were faux, anyways), I knew that it was not how I phrased the words, but something I had said. But all I said was how I fell asleep, that as far as I know people looked relaxed when about to sleep, and-

"Why does Suzuhime-chan keep calling me that?" –Suoh-senpai. Out of all the things to act tear-puppy about, he chooses what I call him. "I think that Suzuhime-chan should call me 'Tamaki', not 'Suoh-san'. It makes me think that Suzuhime-chan doesn't like me." Oh no, I made him think I didn't like him. This is terrible, I have to fix this as soon as I can, if I do not he might continue to think so!

"I like you!" I squeak before thinking to add more to my statement. "I did not mean to make you think otherwise, please, what can I do to make it up to you?" I asked hurriedly, I was sure that he would say there was nothing I could do.

Suoh-senpai said in the same voice as he did the last sentence, like a wounded puppy, to me, "Suzuhime-chan could call me 'Tamaki' instead of 'Suoh-senpai'…" He then turned to me with his tear-puppy look. I froze momentarily as I saw his face, it was just so sad!

My response was immediate after that. "Of course, Su- I mean Tamaki-san!" I said in one breath, almost as if he would change his mind after I said that.

…Which was a possibility, since I am sure he implied for me to drop the honorific. But to Tamaki-san it is better than 'senpai', right? I remember him saying something about how he did not want his daughter to think of him as her senpai.

As soon as above thoughts entered my head, they left my head. Su-Tamaki-san had just pelted me with a large hug that almost choked me, though to me his happiness was totally worth it.

I giggled as Tamaki-san let me go and let me breath. He started talking about how he was glad that Suzuhime-chan had finally stopped being so super formal, and then continued on to talk about how this truly marked the official start of their 'renewed' friendship, though he was talking so fast I only understood about half of the things he said, so he might have also been talking about shipping an official Host Club calendar to someone.

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Wanaka P.O.V.

I was sitting in my classroom, waiting for class to begin; listening to Izumi-san excitedly whisper about what she had done the night before.

"So I decided that since I had the house to myself last night- Dad was at a social event with mom, I stayed home since it was a school night- that I would do a spell." Izumi-san whispered, occasionally glancing to the side to assure that no one was listening to her. "The moon is waning in its last quarter, and as my research has told me, that is the best time to cast a spell that cleanses, heals, and gets rid of things, ways of doing things, and people. I decided that I would cast a spell to help me with my hesitation about telling my parents about this." While amusing, for the most part, Izumi-san's interest in magic lately has mostly about trying to get rid of her own reluctance to tell her parents about it. Before recently, her spells changed depending on what was going on at the time, when Naoko-san was worried about a test Izumi-san would cast a spell that would bring her luck or get rid of her fears about the test, when there was a sickness running about the academy she cast a spell to keep Airi-san, Naoko-san, myself, and herself away from sickness or to bring good health to us.

"I see." I say quietly, gravely. Izumi-san keeps her spirits up better when I have her explaining things that I do not understand (Everything) about her spells. "Did you use a candle, or was this one different?" I ask quickly, as Izumi-san had been growing a very faint look of worry and hesitation on the edges of her face. I succeeded in jolting her to excitement as she started speaking about how she had used a scented candle that she seemed to think was the perfect choice.

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Wanaka P.O.V.

I had been, since I thought of it in the middle of class, thinking about something Tamaki-san once said to me. Right now I was waiting for him to show up at the tree.

"Suzuhime-chan!" He called, launching himself at me, grabbing me in a large hug, as per normal. "How are you? I'm sorry I wasn't able to make it the other day, Mommy had an emergency meeting about the club and I had to go!" Tamaki-san spewed, explaining why I had not seen him the day before. I had almost forgotten about that, I was worried that I had said something to offend him.

I give Tamaki-san a smile of relief, him instantly picking up on my forgiveness. "I forgive you Tamaki-san; you cannot spend all of your time with me. You have more important worries." He lets me go from his still lasting hug, starting to go off about how he knew I would forgive his quote unquote 'horribly horrendous, horrible, horrid horror filled deed'.

…And no, I do not think he noticed that he did that.

"Tamaki-san," I start, hoping to keep him from continuing until the end of lunch, "I have something to ask you about. It's a favor for a friend." While I hated to lie, knowing in some way it would come back (though it is Tamaki-san); I do not think he would help if he thought the same as the academy masses.

He literally sparkled after I asked. "Of course! What would my precious Suzuhime-chan need, hmn?" I took a small breath before I started, hoping that I would not do something I would regret.

"Tamaki-san, your clubroom is connected, by a door, to the Dark Magic Club, or so I was told, and I know that most of the sane students at this school are simply scared out of their wits by Nekozawa-senpai, but this is really important to my friend. I know this will sound weird and probably will not make much sense to you, but do you think you could sneak my friend into the Dark Magic Club and help cover for my friend by making everyone think she is at your club when she really isn't?" I quickly explained and asked, continuing without letting him speak. "I mean, you do not have to do it or anything, if you cannot or do not want to you can just forget about this, just so long as you do not tell anyone I asked." I finished my explaining, that took to much time, breathless.

After I caught my breath I saw the look on Tamaki-san's face. It wasn't one that said 'I will not be your friend' or 'I will help you', not even 'Why?'

…He looked terrified.

"Nekozawa-san is not to be trusted! He will cruse your friend and you if you go near him, he's very dangerous!" Tamaki-san said, grabbing my shoulders. "I have felt the wrath of his cruses! I would never allow myself to put my poor Suzuhime-chan in such danger!" He let go of me as he started going into a story about what happened when he was cursed.

I gave a soft sigh, since when am I Tamaki-san's 'poor' Suzuhime-chan…? I am not poor, Tamaki-san's, nor is my surname or first name Suzuhime. Well it's not doing any harm.

"-And that is why I cannot allow it!" Tamaki-san suddenly exclaimed, striking a pose that had his finger in the air. Now I know that I would never take advantage of someone, nor would I ever manipulate someone into going with what I say, but I know that Izumi-san is falling into a slow depression from the stress of keeping it a secret. She is standing on the top of a cliff just waiting to fall in, I cannot let that happen.

It's time to pull out the big cards.

"B-but, Tama-kun~!" I stutter, discreetly biting the inside of my cheek just enough to have my eyes water. I saw him flinch slightly. "I r-really want to help my f-friend, and I d-don't know anyone el-else who c-could help m-me! I-I have an r-really good reason for needing th-this, but I p-promised that I w-wouldn't t-tell anyone."

'Tama-kun' had his own tears of sadness (or happiness?) in his eyes from my performance (my calling him Tama-kun?), he was on the verge, I could tell, but I would need a little bit more to make sure he didn't back out.

I sniff and wipe away me tears that have not fallen, faking a fake smile. "It's okay, never mind. I understand you were j-just trying to protect us. I g-guess I will tell my friend that you were not able to do it. It's fine, I am sorry to have wasted your tim-" Hook, line, and sinker. Tamaki-san burst out in tears saying that he would pull some strings as Host Club King and make it appear as if my friend was requesting him at the time of being at (Tamaki-san's words) 'the scary Nekozawa-san's creepy hide out'.

As he pulls me into a deep hug, I let out a faint, what could be called, 'evil' smirk, knowing I got what I wanted with time to spare.

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I looked up most of the things Izumi said in this chapter about spells, as I knew I would with her character. I ended up only using half the things I found out in this chapter. Just expect something about the colors of the candles next time Izumi starts talking about it.