"What?" Nika asked groggily from being awoken by Kyouya's call.
"My father would like to meet you this weekend." Kyouya informed her with a smirk as he reclined on his couch.
"Kyo its midnight and we have school….wait your father wants to meet me?" Nika yawned only to sober up as what Kyouya said finally reached her brain.
Nika was well aware of how cold Kyouya's father was by what Kyouya had told her and knew it was the key reason why their relationship was somewhat of a secret, but she never fathomed he would want to meet her.
"It seems he was at Fuyumi's party and he wants to meet the girl who and I quote: has captured my son's attention and made him grow a backbone." Kyouya repeated in a mimic of his father.
"Wow..are you sure I should meet your father? We haven't been dating for very long and if I did somehow changed you wouldn't it be a bad thing?." Nika said loosing a bit of her cheeriness.
"It seems only right for you to meet my father. After all that's been done on your part to keep us a secret I would think it would be a relief." Kyouya mused.
"Oh yeah that's right I HAD TO COSPLAY MY WAY OUT OF YOUR HOUSE!" Nika yelled.
"It wasn't that bad, you looked very beautiful in the maids dress." Kyouya added to irritate Nika.
"Really? Then next time we'll try that dress on you." Nika said evilly as her eyes becoming shadowed glints.
"Why Nika-Chan I didn't know you were that kind of girl." Kyouya teased.
"You really love getting me frustrated or annoyed don't you?"
"Well I wouldn't say I love to, I would rather say it's easy for me to." Kyouya smirked.
"I'm way too tired for this, after school I'll come by the club ok?" Nika asked as she tried to stifle a yawn.
"Yeah that would be great; I think Hunny-sempai might want to thank you for hooking him up with Éclair anyway."
"That's going to be easy to explain to Tamaki." Nika laughed.
"Good night Kyo-Kun." Nika said tiredly as she yawned this time not even covering her mouth from the phone.
"Sleep well Ni-Ni-Chan." Kyouya teased enjoying the grr he received before Nika hung up.
"This is something new." Kyouya thought as he took off his glasses imagining what Nika must look like when she sleeps feeling slight warmth in his chest.
"I can't even go an hour without thinking about her even though I know I'm going to see her later today. Interesting." And with that thought Kyouya changed for bed and went to sleep, but not before calling the twins for a favor.
The next day at the host club Kyouya had a somewhat cheery disposition that went into his host duties.
"Ahh! Zell-Chan your nose is bleeding!" One of the twins clients said to her friend who was in danger of passing out after a brotherly love moment.
"Young miss, in fear of your health I would be honored to bestow upon you these limited addition Hitachiin napkins. These napkins are of the highest quality and have been kissed by the brothers themselves. Their only available for a limited time so I suggest you hurry." Kyouya said to her catching her as she fell making sparkles and roses appear all around him.
"KIAAA! I'll take them all!" The young woman screamed as she pulled out wads of cash and grabbed every package Kyouya had.
" Wow Kyouya-Sempai your on a roll today." The twins said in unison as they watched their customer float off caressing the packages.
"It is our duty to put customer satisfaction first after all." Kyouya said with a smirk.
The twins merely looked at each other in confusion about Kyouya's seemingly good mood.
"Kyo-Kun! Is Nika-Chan going to come by today?" Hunny bounced over even more cheery then usual if possible.
"Glad to see that you're in a good mood as well Hunny-Sempai, and yes Nika should be coming in a few minutes seeing as the club is now closing." Kyouya said fixing his glasses so the sparkles surrounding the blond boy wouldn't blind him.
"Could you please leave me alone?!" The club heard Nika yell from the stairway.
"What is the problem here?" Kyouya asked as the host club flanked behind him bursting their doors open.
A group of guys were around Nika who was being pushed against the wall by the bigger one of the group.
"What does it matter to you guys? Your from the A class, you all can have any girl in this school! So why not just go back to wooing those other girls and leave this common slut to the D class." The boy who was holding Nika said with a sneer.
Everyone knew that the D class was mostly Yakuza children who were known for trouble making, but no one in the host club thought they would go this far. There seemed to be a shared breathes as Mori, Hunny, Tamaki, and Kyouya prepared to fight and intimidate the bully only to be interrupted by a rather feminine scream from him.
"Rule number 1: Never accost a girl you don't know." Nika said as she began twisting the arm of the group leader after having successfully flipped him to the ground.
"Rule number 2: Never ever think that anyone is better then you and because of that you must act like a jerk." This time Nika flipped him again smacking his head against the wall.
"Wow she's tough!" The twins said in shocked unison.
"Rule number 3: If you're going to hit on a girl brush your teeth first!" Nika said with a scowl as she punched him in the stomach.
"Well that's interesting." Kyouya remarked.
"Rule number 4: Never make fun of my friends!" Nika said as she let her foot meet his face.
"I wonder if she trained with our family." Hunny asked Mori in awe.
"And most importantly Rule number 5: Never ever call me a slut!" Nika whispered in the mans ear as she took a step back to let him stand up and ran at him with her arm and leg extended successfully punching him in the face and kicking him in the family jewels at once.
"Ouch!" All males in the vicinity said in sympathetic unison as Haruhi and Nika merely looked at each other and rolled their eyes.
"Please remind me to change before I come here. I never thought my uniform would cause such a commotion." Nika said as she began wiping her clothes of dirt.
"Only if you remind me never to piss you off." Kyouya said as he walked over to the unconscious man.
"If you ever touch or even look at this young lady again I assure you this beating will be a wet dream compared to the pain I will cause you." Kyouya said in complete seriousness as he picked the man up by his shirt and looked him square in the eye.
"Y-yes sir!" The mans crones said as they picked him up and hurried away.
"Such a beautiful goddess is not meant for the eyes of such mortal men." Tamaki sparkled as he kissed Nika's hand.
"Umm.. thanks Tamaki but those were just some moves I learned from after school martial arts classes." Nika said humbly taking her hand back and discreetly wiping it against her shirt.
"It makes sense since she's been on her own for so long. I wonder if she's had to protect herself like that since middle school." Kyouya thought to himself as Nika put her arm in his and happily walked into the music room.
"Nika-Chan Éclair wanted me to give you this as a thank you!" Hunny said coming over to Nika with a piece of strawberry and chocolate cake.
"Aww she didn't need to do that. Tell her I said thanks." Nika winked as she used the fork given and took a piece only to feel a pair of sad brown eyes on her.
"Hunny-Sempai do you want some?"
"Oh no, it's for you." Hunny nodded.
Nika tried to take another bite only to hear a whimper from the older man. He obviously wanted the cake but didn't want to eat her present.
"Just tell Éclair I ate it." Nika sighed as she handed the slice over to Hunny who's face lit up.
"Yay thank you Nika-Chan!"
Nika merely smiled and sat down on the music room couch watching everyone around her with a slight nostalgic look on her face.
"Something on your mind?" Kyouya asked as he sat down next to Nika with a package in his hand.
"Oh nothing, it's just that I'm starting to wonder where do I fit, in this family." Nika said looking down at her socks.
"You fit in just fine." Kyouya said handing Nika the package.
Nika looked at him with a confused expression which turned into a shocked awe as she opened it revealing a beautiful white, gold, and black embroidered summer Yukata.
"Oh my god it's so beautiful!" Nika sighed as she felt the fabric which made her jump as she realized it was silk.
"You like it? We made it just for you after Kyouya-Sempai called us last night." The twins said with grins on their faces.
Nika looked up at them seeing how happy they were at her reaction to the Yukata and looked around seeing all the host smiling at her warmly.
"Oh thank you all so much." Nika sobbed.
"Are you ok? I thought you would like it." Kyouya said as he wrapped an arm around Nika.
"Of course I do silly, it's just when I looked up some dust got into my eyes." Nika said with a bright smile as she wiped her tears away.
"I think it's time we do our annual operation: spring cleaning!" Tamaki yelled as the host except for Haruhi and Kyouya lined up.
"Mother, Father, I know your gone and I miss you both so much that it makes me cry, but looking around I'm finding that there are reasons for me to smile in the form of these guys. Don't get me wrong I know you left me in Suka's care but she has her own life that I don't want to get in the way of…"
"I guess it can't be helped." Kyouya sighed as Tamaki threw an apron his way.
"…Even in this seemingly cold man who keeps himself reserved and unemotional I'm finding something that you both gave me an abundance of…love. I hope your watching over me and will forgive me if I call him and his friends my new family. Don't worry though you'll always be in my heart but I think they can heal the wounds you left." Nika thought as she watched the Tamaki and Haruhi bicker over her apron and Hunny climbing onto Mori's shoulder's waving a duster around.
"Will you join us in cleaning?" The twins asked as they extended their hands to Nika.
"Oh…of course." Nika smiled as she put on an offered apron and joined Kyouya in cleaning.
"Sorry if I made you worry…but I'm sure..no..positive that I'll be fine now." Nika thought as Kyouya winked at her as their hands met when they reached for a rag.
(a/n: In the next chapter you guys are going to hateeeeee me! I wanted to leave a sweet and happy chapter before I brought on the pain just so you can see how attached Nika has become to the host club and to Kyouya. Think of her thoughts as a sort of letter to her parents now that they are gone. Also for those of you who remembered to bring tissues your going to need them in the next chapter also keep something to break nearby because I think the hatred for a "certain" older man will increase tenfold.