Chapter Six

The sneaky, little, brat!

He was going to make her think twice about screwing with him again. One whole afternoon wasted on tracking the movements of her order for nothing! Well, he hadn't driven from place to place himself; he had chauffeurs for that.

However, when he had finally tracked the orders to the final warehouse he had gone in personally. Only to find a message for him from that obnoxious, know-it-all female.

His driver pulled up to the storage yard and after a little negotiation the owner had let him borrow the extra key to Alexis' rented unit. He was smirking as he walked to the unit and called the movers to let them know where to park.

He fully intended to snag the items she had hidden and than after she had panicked a little (enough to soothe his pride) he would reveal that the fact that he had them and rub it in her face. He was imagining the look on her face when he turned the key into the lock and pushed open the door.

The lights flickered on and small, black, streamers fell from the ceiling with the words "Gottcha" printed in silver on each one. As his eye began to twitch, he noticed that there was a flat screen tv in the center of the room. As he approached the set turned itself on and Alexis' face appeared on the screen.

"Afternoon, Kyoya. When the twins informed me of your "chore" I decided to create this dvd for you." her face was filled with mirth and impatience. "Honestly, aren't you done looking! It's a party Kyo get a life! Of all the things to spend your time on worrying about decorations shouldn't be one of them. You trusted my opinion in the beginning; trust it now! Yes, I know I have spent the majority of this week taunting the hell out of you and believe me its been a blast. But, do you realize you've spent the majority of the week ignoring your friends? I mean physically, yes, you have been where they are. Mentally is a different story. Not even on the first day I met you were you interacting with them. Kyo- hun if you plan on keeping these friends for the long haul, you need to be with them. For the good times and not just to help them through the bad." The girl was batty lecturing him about his friends. "They are a loyal bunch, but, even they won't stick around forever if they think you want them gone or find them a burden. So here is what is going to happen. You can stay at home by yourself this weekend and unravel my surprise all alone. Or you can join us in the hot springs; be with your friends, hell enjoy yourself. The decision shouldn't be a hard one Kyo and if it is than you know how far off course you have flown. I know I probably shouldn't be doing this, it is your life, but, I refuse to stand by and let you destroy your friendship with them. See you soon!" And the screen clicked off.

Fuming, he went up to the tv set and extracted the DVD, placing it in his pocket. Light reflected off his glasses, expressing the absolute fury he felt.

How dare she attempt to dictate my life to me! I spend everyday with the club!

So he wasn't the one to initiate the get togethers and sure he didn't usually speak with them, but, wasn't his presence enough?

Confusion marred his face as he waved away the movers and made his way back to the main office to return the key. Once that was done he got into the awaiting limo fully intent on continuing his search when her words flashed in his mind. Making him wonder if there was a part to their friendship he had taken for granted.

You can stay at home by yourself... even they won't stick around forever... if they think you want them gone...

So here he was his mind muddled. Did he even really want them gone? Sure hanging out with them was annoying sometimes, but, they always managed to make him forget his troubles. And, any tension that they created was of a playful sort, easily passing from his memory.

He had always thought he interacted well with his friends. Looking back he realized they interacted with him most of the time. And, maybe.. maybe one day that wouldn't be enough.

Relationships of any sort rely on one person expressing themselves verbally or otherwise and another reciprocating. They certainly have no problem expressing themselves.

These thoughts passed through his head as his limo toke him home. Once there he climbed the stairs to his room and began changing out of his uniform.

She said that if it was a hard decision, I would know I had flown off course. It seems the decision is a difficult one. I still know what to do though. If everything were to be taken from me tomorrow I have the intelligence and strength of will to rebuild. But, if I lost my friends would I even know where to start?

His mind made up Kyoya began to pack his bags for a weekend away. Stopping when he remembered that he didn't know exactly what hot spring they were planning on going to.

Damn girl didn't give me an itinerary. Tamaki will know.

He rang Tamaki's phone. It went straight to voice mail.

"Hi, you have reached Daddy, I can't get to the phone right now. If you are a member of the host club and its an emergency call Mommy. Well, not in the morning, that could get ugly. Bye and have a nice day!" Tamaki's voice had been set to "chirp".

Kyoya barely stopped himself from throwing the cell at the wall.

How the hell am I supposed to know where to go? Stupid girl, I finally get over the urge to strangle her and she flakes out on me.

A faint knocking on his door broke through his thoughts. "Come in" his voice sounding irritated.

A maid scrambled in. "Sir, this was just delivered for you." She handed him a large manila envelope and fled from the room.

He looked down at his hands and flipped the envelope over to reveal his name in her handwriting. The fact that he knew it was hers skimmed right over his head. Peeling open the flap the first thing to encounter his fingers was a slim stack of papers which he quickly yanked out. On top was a letter from Alexis'

Kyo-,

I knew you would choose to go. Here is all the travel details, the rest of us won't arrive till tomorrow. There is a ticket for you in the envelope. You can choose to leave tonight, so you can get yourself set up. Or, you can join us on the train in the morning. Make sure to bring appropriate clothing! I would love to take you shopping if you don't, and, I am currently into the colors highlighter yellow and lime green.

Alexis

I don't own the host club, slavery is outlawed where I'm from... damn.

Sorry its so short. not all will be long. I really just wanted to get a point out. I mean its always surprised me that the other club members put up with his whole "leave me alone unless the world is on fire" crap. But, than again maybe its just me. Hope you enjoyed.