Chapter 5
She was enjoying each day more and more.
True she had only been at the school for 5 days, but, in those 5 days she had gotten a hobby. Torturing Kyoya. She was thankful that through some twist of fate she had exactly what he needed at just the right time. Otherwise she might never have realized the fun to be had at his expense.
The second she was aware of how to break his facade she had taken great pleasure in doing so. To some extent the twins had been her inspiration. The day after her deal with the devil she had watched as the twins innocently (maniacally) unraveled one of Kyoya's plans.
It wasn't even a big plan as far as a she could tell. All they had done was switch orders between the garden club and the host club. She wasn't entirely sure they had known exactly what was in said orders; not when they set the plan into motion anyway. By the end everyone in the room knew exactly what the garden club had ordered, and, they hadn't even had to look into the box.
The smell of manure had been burned into her nose and she had been over by the piano with Tamaki. Nowhere near the door where Kyoya had opened it.
The expression on his face and his actions after the fact had been so comical, she decided then and there to do whatever it toke to see it again. And again. And again. The frustrated glare, the bunched up eyebrows and thinned lips had been so... HOT! She was normally a very peaceful person, but, now the club had running bets on the next time she would tick him off.
Dear god it was funny. Like as not it was the only time a hint of his real self came through. And seeing that put a little light to her day. Not that she did anything untoward.
The exact opposite actually. She was unfailingly polite, but, she did love word games. And hide and seek. Oh, and don't forget tag. She was sure that soon he would be seeking retribution, but, that just made her game all the more fun. She really couldn't imagine what he would have in store for her when he decided enough was enough and let her have it.
She wasn't sure why he had let it go for so long, but, she wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. Perhaps he was attempting to show restraint or he was try to prove to her how beneath his notice she was. Whatever the case she wouldn't let the game end until she had seen him at his worst. Yeah, a little suicidal, unless that face was what made your day.
It was finally Friday and at last the package from home she had been waiting for had arrived. A special type of caramel called quemada (burnt in Spanish) was her surprise for Honey. As she approached the music room her right hand suddenly spasmed, the muscles twitching slightly.
Her eyes widened and a soft, quick breath expressed her displeasure. As suddenly as it happened it stopped. She shook out her hand, opening and closing her fingers into a fist until she had assured herself all was well. At least as well as could be expected.
It had occurred before after her third day of school while she had been tea tasting with Mori and Honey. When they had asked her what was going wrong she had smiled and giggled that her hand had fallen asleep. A true enough statement which they had promptly bought; the incident soon forgotten.
Now she calmly inhaled to settle herself and pushed open the door. There seemed to be nobody there. The room was darkened and there wasn't any noise. Everything else seemed in order except for a canopied bed in the middle of the room.
"Hey guys is anybody here? Hikaru, Kaoru, Tamaki you here?" She decided to go ahead, set up and start to compile a list of things for her trip to the hot springs this weekend.
As she passed by the bed, she saw Honey napping on it. Normally she would have let him be, but, since she had the caramel for him she wanted him to try it before the club opened. As she walked over to the bed she noted how adorable he looked. His golden curls ruffled, his arm wound around Usa, and his small bow shaped mouth slightly opened.
She crouched down next to the bed, "Honey," she whispered, "Honey, sweetie wake up I got a surprise for you." When that didn't work she knelt down, placing one hand on the bed for balance, she used the other to comb through his locks with her fingers. " Honey, I brought you a gift sleepy head. Wake up before you have to share."
She began to rub the tips of her fingers against his scalp. His blue eyes fluttered open bleary and confused. He released Usa and rubbed his eyes. "Hun, sorry to wake you up, but, I brought you a treat. I didn't think you wanted to share with you customers." That woke him up quickly.
"A treat Alexis-chan?" His eyes wide and sparkly.
"Some caramel from my home called quemada. It is sort of addicting; you can eat it straight out of the jar or with fruit or on top of other desserts." He hopped down from the bed, grabbed her hand and led her to his table.
As they sat down she lifted her messenger bag to her lap and began to look for the jar. As she drew it out of her bag, Honey set up plates, silverware and assorted fruits and cakes to test his treat on. She handed him the jar which he accepted with a quick bow and thank you.
"How should we start? What is you favorite way to eat it?" Honey asked spoon in hand.
" I love it on chocolate cake or apples or straight out of the jar. So take your pick."
"Oh, let's eat it "straight" I wanna know how it tastes." Grabbing two spoons they began their taste test.
They giggled when some slide off of Honey's spoon and onto his chin. They both moaned in delight at the flavor of the sweet, sticky candy. Honey rolled on the floor when chocolate cake crumbs became glued to Alexis' face. They were so enamored with their dessert/games that they failed to notice when Mori, fresh from Kendo walked into the room.
He was startled to see Honey up from his nap, he was usually down till halfway through the club activities when he toke a nap. Yet, there he was laughing and eating with Alexis.
Mori walked toward the giggling pair just in time to hear, "...so he leaned down to unhook the poor dog and the dog being so excited to see him jumped my dad and pushed his back into the mud! Suffice to say we didn't go to church." They busted out laughing.
"Oh, hi Mori! Would you like to join us? We were just relating embarrassing stories about people other than ourselves. Want to take a shot at it?" Alexis eyes were brimming with good cheer.
"Don't forget eating kmede, kamida... caramel." Honey's face was absolutely precious as he tried to sound out the word.
"Quemada" Alexis said helpfully.
"That's it!"
"That sounds good." Mori said in his deep voice. Honey looked over at Mori and saw his expression.
"Alexis, could you give me and Mori a sec."
"Sure, I have to change out anyway." She began to walk away with her bag over her shoulder and waved when Tamaki and Haruhi who had just arrived before entering the changing room and closing the door.
"What do you mean she woke you up." echoed through the music room. Tamaki and Haruhi scrambled toward the cousins.
I really didn't think about it when it happened Takashi. But, yeah, Alexis woke me up, she told me she had a treat and we went to..." Honey said trying to figure out what had happened.
"What, what? I thought we shouldn't wake you up. I thought it was dangerous." Haruhi said confused.
"Yes, I have the x-rays to prove it." Tamaki confirmed his blond head bouncing up and down.
"Well I didn't really think about it till you mentioned it but Alexis woke me up and I felt fine, it actually felt kind of nice."
Alexis had finished and was walking out of the changing room. She was now wearing black tights a short black skirt and flats with a red, v-necked, shirt. Braiding her hair she walked toward the group in time to hear the last comment.
"I'm done. Honey I'm really sorry if you wanted to stay asleep, I just wanted..." She began only to be cut off.
"It's alright Alexis-chan. But, how did you wake me up?" Honey peered at her with his big eyes.
"Normally, if anyone woke him up before he was ready the room would be missing a wall and we would be calling an ambulance. How come everything is fine? Where is the low blood pressure demon that would have ended life as we know it?" Tamaki said with please-don't-kill-me eyes.
"Oh, that. You see I can be a bit of a pain to wake up myself. Once when I was seven I hit my aunt when she tried. So my mom had to come up with a way to wake me up without me getting to angry. After a lot of tries she found the perfect combination to be a gentle head massage and very low soothing voice. I more or less drift awake without any grumpiness." She explained snagging another piece of cake.
"So that is what you did?" Said Haruhi looking mildly impressed.
"Well I felt guilty about waking him up, but, I really wanted to give him his surprise. I figured I'd wake him softly." explained Alexis.
"You're going to have to teach us that trick" said Hikaru popping up behind her left shoulder.
"Yeah, in case of emergency." said Kaoru over her right.
"I wouldn't say its a trick more like... even a regular person would be slightly grumpy if you jolted them awake. Waking them up softly is not only considerate, but, it also generally saves you from the wrath of god. Which you apparently understand very well." She said, giggling behind her hand.
"It is a bit of an issue when two of the club members are evil in the morning, especially when we go on overnight trips." chimed in Haruhi.
"Really? Let me guess Kyoya is the other?"
"Yeah, its a bit obvious, huh?"
"Only if you have eyes, where is the demon lord? We've got like 5 minutes till club begins."
"He won't be in today" answered Kaoru.
"Something about a egg hunt or whatever." continued Hikaru eying Tamaki malevolently.
Alexis started to snicker.
"What do you know what he is doing Alexis?" Hikaru turned from Tamaki and looked at her.
"Oh yeah, thank god I will be out of town this weekend." she mused, a half smile on her face.
"What did you do Alexis-chan?" Honey looked up from his slice of shortcake, his head cocked to the right.
"Kyoya is trying to track what I bought for the party using my order forms. I told him repeatedly not to bother but he won't listen. I've more or less sent him on a very large game of hide and seek." she smirked, shaking her head back and forth.
"Huh" was the general consensus.
"He was able to get a hold of the order forms which show where the supplies were delivered to. What I have done is "move" the items from one location to another. All. Over. Town." She giggled. "Thing is the haven't been moved at all. They are still at the original business I bought them from in plain view." There was a stunned silence.
"God, he is going to be ticked" howled the twins as they rolled on the floor laughing.
"Which is why now is the perfect time for my weekend trip to the hot springs. I've wanting to go and I'll be able to escape until he cools down."
"How did you know he would search personally? Normally he would send an assistant to search for him." Haruhi looked puzzled.
"I've irritated him so much this past week, I knew he would want to finish this personally so he could gloat." She was really going to enjoy Monday.
"So you are going to the hot springs?" Haruhi thought it best to change the subject.
"Could we come with you?" asked Honey.
"Yes, I don't want to be in town either if mommy is going to be upset." Tamaki was showing his sense of self preservation.
"Mommy? I don't want to know what Kyoya did to earn that nickname." Her feverish little mind went into overtime.
The twins snickered "Since Tama-chan is the founder of our club he calls himself daddy. Since Kyoya is the vice president, Tama-chan calls him mommy" Honey explained "just don't call him that his face or you'll irritate him." he whispered behind his hand.
"You guys are more than welcome to escape with me if you want. I've never been so it's like a personal field trip."
"Alright!" yelled the twins.
"I've still got the essay for Physics to complete, I don't think its a good idea for me to go." protested Haruhi.
"What are you writing it about." asked Alexis.
"The basics of classical mechanics." Haruhi deadpanned.
"You never choose an easy one do you? Well I'll help you out if you want. I would really love to have the lot of you with me for my trip." Alexis wasn't particularly familiar with the topic but she would help as much as she was able. "How about after club today we head to my home that way we can work as long as we need to."
"If it wouldn't be too much trouble."
"Good, looks like your first customers are here. See you later!" As Haruhi headed off to greet his clients; Alexis toke a seat on Kyoya's couch and pulled out her cell, laptop and notebook. As she planned the weekend getaway, she thought about Kyoya's wild goose chase and grinned.
This could be a good opportunity to make a point. There is something he needs to understand and I don't know if its something I have the courage to bring up face to face. Thank god I will be out of town.
I don't own host club. But given the option...
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