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A/N: Okay! Here is the new chapter! Yay! **sweat drops** okay yeah...just ignore this and read. The author, me, is clearly too tired right now.
Chapter Eight: A Proposition for You
In which Kyouya gives Abby a proposition, and Dawn talks to Hunny.
This school was insane. That was the only conclusion Abby could come up with. She was wearing another pair of jeans and a sweater. Once again everyone was mistaking her for a boy. As she walked into the building with Haruhi, girls watched her. This was beginning to get weird. Scratch that, it was weird already.
She was too tired to deal with this. The storm had all but disappeared by the time she was ready to go to school this morning. When she had left the apartment ahead of her sister, she had seen Haruhi. As it turned out the other girl lived in the same complex. Who knew? Well, probably Kyouya...but he didn't count. Abby sighed. That goddamn letter was stuck in her mind. He wanted to talk to her, today at lunch. He was vague about what, however. He only stated that it was about the club. Well, duh. What else would he want to talk to her about? Stupid four-eyes.
Abby sat quietly in her seat in front of Haruhi and spun to face her. "So Haruhi, a question for you."
"Oh, okay."
"Should I be scared that four-eyes from the club wants to talk to me at lunch?"
Haruhi stared at her for a moment before speaking. "I guess that depends. Did he say what he wanted to talk about?"
This was why Abby loved Haruhi. She was always calm and to the point. It helped her relax a bit.
"All his note said was something about the club."
"Then you might want to be a bit worried."
Okay, scrap that last point. Haruhi was also too damn honest and blunt. Now she was going to start freaking out again. Great.
"Good morning…"
"…little toy."
Abby was suddenly sandwiched between two annoying gingers. Worse, they were nuzzling into her.
"Get off!" She started to squirm, but they held tighter.
"Nuh-uh," spoke the twin on her left. She thought it was Hikaru but she wasn't sure. He had his arms wrapped around her waist and made her look at him. "We like our toy just where she is."
The other twin, possibly Kaoru, turned her to face him. "Besides, our toys don't get a say." Yup this one was Kaoru. His voice was slightly higher pitched. His arms were around her shoulders.
"If you two don't let me go right now I'm going to—"
She was cut off by Hikaru whispering in her ear, "You'll do what? Don't make promises you can't keep...or we'll punish you."
She shivered and wiggled even more. Haruhi finally took pity on the poor girl.
"Guys, leave her alone."
The two pouted, but released her and took their seats.
Abby sighed in relief. "Haruhi, you are my favorite."
Haruhi smiled and the twins rolled their eyes in sync. It was slightly creepy how they did that.
The class was already filling with students by the time Dawn walked in. She was still wearing the glasses she didn't need. Kaoru found himself looking at her as she sat next to him. With those glasses and the hair, he really wouldn't have guessed that Abby was her twin. It was odd how they hadn't even looked at each other yet, much less spoken. He wondered what had happened that made them hate each other so much.
Dawn was tired. She had given up on sleep during the storm. In total, she'd had maybe three hours or so of rest. Now mix that with the hour she'd had the night before. Yeah, she was tired as hell. It was a good thing she was used to that or less sleep at times. She sat at her desk and focused on her papers and notebook. She seriously wanted to sleep, but that wasn't going to happen. She wasn't aware of the twin to her right watching her. Nor was she aware when the teacher walked into to the classroom. She stayed zoned out for most of the day.
At lunch, Abby nervously stood. She didn't want to talk to Kyouya. Sighing, she turned to Haruhi.
"I don't suppose I could get you to—"
"I'm not coming."
Sigh. Yeah, she had figured that much.
"Okay...do you think I could get out of it by not showing up?"
Instead of an answer from Haruhi, two arms snaked under hers and lifted her off the ground.
"Target…," from her left.
"…captured," from her right.
And together, "Now to bring her to Kyouya!"
She struggled feebly, but knew it wasn't going to help. They were taller and stronger than her.
"You know, I can walk myself," she pointed out.
They smirked wickedly.
"Oh, we know." Left.
"But this is so much more fun." Right.
"Besides, Kyouya wanted us…" Left.
"…to make sure you showed up…" Right.
"…and didn't ditch out." Together.
Gah, this was getting confusing. She guessed it was Hikaru to her left once again. That meant Kaoru was to her right. But telling them apart wasn't helping her. Together the ginger twins swept her out of the classroom and down the halls. She actually had to shut her eyes because they were going too fast.
Suddenly, they stopped. She opened her eyes to find herself face-to-face with a door. Sighing, she yanked her arms out of the twins'...or rather, she tried. They weren't cooperating.
"Let go."
Double smirks. That wasn't a good sign.
"Alright…"
"…but you asked for it."
The door was opened and they threw her into the room. Stumbling, she fell flat on her face. Angrily, she stood and turned to glare at them, and got the door slammed shut in her face.
"You two are gonna get it!" she shouted at the door, hearing snickers from the other side.
"If you're done threatening the club members..."
She turned quickly and paled. Leaning against a desk, with a classic glasses glare, was the shadow king himself.
"Kyouya, hi!" she said as cheerily as she could.
"You got my note?"
Sadly she nodded. Oh well, it's now or never, she thought.
"Yeah, I did." Slowly she sat in one of the desks and faced him. "What did you want?"
Glasses glare followed the sadistic smirk. Her heart sank slightly. "I have a proposition for you."
In the classroom, Dawn watched as Abby was dragged away from the room by Hikaru and Kaoru. Haruhi watched as well. Both girls sweat dropped, but otherwise did nothing.
"Hey Haruhi," Dawn said to the shorter girl.
Haruhi turned, not aware until then that she was still in the room.
"Oh hi Dawn," she said with a smile.
Dawn blinked slightly. Were those...sparkles...? Never mind...
"Hi. Would you mind if I asked you a question?"
It was Haruhi's turn to blink. But she nodded. She hadn't expected this sister to really talk to her. She seemed much less...talkative than Abby.
"Why are you dressed as a boy and in the host club?" Dawn questioned.
"I have a debt to repay to them," the brunette said easily.
Dawn raised an eyebrow. "A debt?"
Haruhi nodded. "I broke an expensive vase. Now they're making me pay it off as a host. Well, actually first I was an errand boy, but then they saw me without my glasses. Tamaki was the last one to figure out I was a girl. He walked in on me changing..." Haruhi grimaced at the memory.
Dawn nodded. That sounded like him. It sounded like all of them actually.
"That makes sense. Thank you."
Haruhi nodded, and started eating her lunch. Disinterested now, Dawn opted to eat outside once again. Silently, she left the room. She went to the same spot she had been in yesterday and sat. The warmth of the sun was nice. You could hardly tell it had been pouring rain less than twelve hours ago, save for the few remaining droplets of water.
"Dawn-chan!"
Dawn looked up and saw the little third year, Mitsukuni, coming towards her, with the tall one, Takashi, following behind him. She raised her hand to wave, but was forcefully hugged by the over-excited third year. She ended up on her back once again. I really hope this isn't going to be a daily occurrence with him.
"Dawn-chan, did you have fun at the club yesterday? Are you gonna come back again? This time you have to eat cake with me, okay?" he happily rattled on from his spot on top of her. Before she could answer any of his questions, he was picked up off of her, and she was helped to her feet.
She nodded gratefully at the tall third year. "Thank you."
He nodded in return. She decided she liked him. He was by far the quietest out of the club members. It was a relief to know that not all of them were crazy. She felt a tug on her shirt and faced Mitsukuni again.
"Dawn-chan, why are you eating alone out here?" the boy said in an eerily mature way. Dawn was surprised that he could actually seem his age even for a moment.
"Well Mitsukuni, I don't like very loud and crowded places, so I decided to eat out here because it was nice outside, and quiet." It wasn't a lie necessarily, but not the real reason either. Honestly, she plain old hated being around most people, and hadn't wanted to see any of the club members...
"Dawn-chan, you can call me Hunny, okay? And you can call Takashi Mori!" Hunny said with a wide smile. Glad he wasn't going to go into the subject anymore, she nodded.
"Alright Hunny, Now can I ask you a question?" She couldn't help but feel like she was talking to a small child, and she was sure it showed in her tone.
Hunny didn't seem to mind however, and simply nodded in a child-like manner. "Okay!"
She couldn't help but smile at him. "Why are you out here instead of in the cafeteria eating your lunch?"
"Because Takashi and I saw that you weren't there and were wondering where you were. Ne, Takashi?"
Mori nodded.
"Ah."
Dawn was slightly puzzled. "But why were you looking for me?" she asked Hunny confusedly. At her old school no one ever cared or even noticed when she wasn't around.
It was Hunny's turn to look puzzled. "Because we want to be your friends, Dawn-chan. So why wouldn't we look for you?"
It was remarkable how innocent the boy was. But at the same time, she felt strange. Friends...they weren't something she ever really had. Or wanted for that matter. There had always been more important things.
"Oh." She wanted to slap herself on the head. That was seriously the best she could come up with? Oh? Nice Dawn. Real nice...but what am I supposed to say to that? I can't just tell him I don't need friends, or that I don't want him as a friend. But what do I say? Instead of saying anything, she backed away from him. "I have to go, so I'll see you later. Bye." With that she turned and walked away from the pair quickly.
Hunny watched dawn walk away with a sad look on his face. He had known she was lying before, and had seen the look across her face when he had said friends. He said softly, "She is very sad, ne, Takashi?"
As usual, the tall senior nodded in agreement. "Yeah."
Back in the classroom, Abby was staring at Kyouya in disbelief. She shook her head quickly. "No way in hell. What are you, brain dead?"
The boy in glasses merely pushed said object up on his nose with one slim finger. "No, I am in no way brain damaged. Having gone over everything and looked at the estimated profit increase, I believe you joining the club would be extremely beneficial."
"Even if I cared, how the hell would I do that? I'm a girl, remember? So therefore, I cannot be a host."
Kyouya merely looked at her dead on. "That is a problem easily solved. You will pretend to be a boy. The students already believe you are one anyways. It also appears that you are fairly popular already."
She groaned. Are you kidding me? There is no way I'm doing this. Look how fast the club found out I was a girl. I can't possibly keep up pretending to be a boy. Besides, I'm nowhere near as flat as Haruhi, and I'm already getting a girl's uniform next week.
"You can bind, and I can arrange for a male student's uniform to be given to you instead."
What the hell...was he physic?
"No I'm not physic. Now will you agree?"
Abby went over everything he said in her head and concluded that the 'no way in hell' was upgraded to 'no freaking way, even if hell froze over'.
"No."
Okay, so she wasn't that stupid as to actually say that to his face. She had already pushed it with earlier with calling him brain dead, but she had been too shocked to think at that moment.
Kyouya looked like he had expected this answer. "I can have my family's private police force drive you out of Japan, you know."
She raised an eyebrow. Threats? Really?
"So let them. I'm not actually from here anyways. Why should it matter to me if I'm sent back home?"
Kyouya nodded. He hadn't really expected that to work either. Time for a different path.
"I don't suppose you would wish for the whole school to know not only that you are a girl, but that you and Dawn are twins. Not to mention the fact that you are the 'unaccomplished twin'."
She froze at that one. It took everything she had not to attack him. Keeping her fists under her desk, she looked at him evenly.
"The whole school will know my gender next week, I could care less if people know I'm related to her, and as to that last thing, that doesn't really matter anyways."
Okay, so she was lying through her teeth. Sure, everyone would know, and she really didn't care in regards to her sister, but she would prefer for no one to know. And the last thing mattered more than she cared to admit.
Kyouya let his glasses glare over. He had expected her to be stubborn. He had only one more path to try, and he was positive this one would work. "Then what about Haruhi? If you were to join the club, all money you earn would help her. You could help her pay off her debt twice as fast than she could do on her own."
Abby had to think at that one. She didn't know Haruhi very well yet, but already she liked the girl. Actually, she would even say that she was her first friend that she did like. Any other friends she'd had were for convenience more than anything else, or because her parents had told her to befriend them. But Haruhi was...different. She had opened up to the girl much easier and quicker than she had thought possible. Haruhi was...hard to dislike.
Hesitantly, she said, "So let's get this straight. I pretend to be a boy, and join the host club. In return, what I earn helps Haruhi?"
Kyouya hid a triumphant smirk. He had her. "Yes."
She nodded. "Fine. I'll do it."
A/N:
Me: And that's the chapter. And shush, I know I cut off at a stupid time, but whatever. And now you know part of Kyouya's plan. Just Dawn's part left to go.
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