Episode Ten: Kyoya's Pool Party

Kyoya's jealousy had been eating away at him for some time. Ever since the Hitachiins labeled his rather extreme jealousy, he had been able to sleep but his emotions would weigh heavy on him the next day. Lately, Grimm had been chatting with him and his jealousy lifted. Kyoya found out that her sudden disappearance at the zoo had all been for her unni and was much more comfortable. He also found out that at the festival, Grimm couldn't find anyone but Mitsukuni-sempai. She decided to leave out that Takashi had found her in the end; for some reason, she felt that Kyoya wouldn't want to hear that. He was much more relaxed now that Grimm's attention seemed to be lightly drifting towards him.

One day, after Host Club was wrapping up for the day, he suggested to Grimm that he have a pool party at his house. Grimm glanced at him nervously but was saved from answering by Honey who ran up asking if Kyoya would have a pool party. This attention called to Tamaki and the twins, even Iggy this time, and Kyoya was soon crowded with people begging for a pool party. Kyoya was a little disappointed that everyone else had heard too; he was planning on taking Grimm to a pool party with a bunch of people she didn't know so that she'd stay with him and maybe blush a little when people assumed she was his girlfriend. Grimm, meanwhile, was sighing with relief; she never liked it when people proposed things to her regarding her being around water. She went over to talk to Haruhi who was a little surprised that Kyoya would host a party at his own house. After enough annoyance, Kyoya agreed to have a pool party at his house and decided now to only invite the Host Club.

The next weekend, everyone showed up at Kyoya's with a bag full of swimming things. Everyone was very excited and running around. Luckily, Kyoya's parents weren't home or any of his brothers. His house was totally empty save for a servant or two that were very close to Kyoya. The boys quickly changed into their suiting suits: Dark blue Hawaiian flowers on white trunks for Kyoya; Cute little bunnies for Honey; Green leaves over brown trunks on Mori; Matching orange and purple trunks for the twins; and red roses on a black trunk for Tamaki. The girls went to change, grabbing their designer suits from Mrs. Hitachiin. The boys waited for what seemed like forever, each on edge to see what the lovely ladies would be wearing. First out was Haruhi in her pink bikini with a ruffled top. Next was Grimm in a ferocious looking tiger stripped bikini. And last was Iggy in her very hot black bikini with purple and red flames.

The boys gawked as each girl moved to her post for the afternoon: Haruhi to her safe shallow end, Iggy to the dangerous deep end, and Grimm high and dry on a lounge chair. Haruhi floated around while Tamaki tried to beg her into the deep end and Hikaru squirted him with a squirt gun. Kaoru swam around Iggy with Honey floating by on his cute little floaty. Grimm slipped on her aviators and chillaxed as Kyoya dipped his feet in and Mori stayed close to Honey. Both Kyoya and Mori were about to get up to sit in the empty chair by Grimm when Honey showed up by her side, demanding that they get tons of pictures at Kyoya's house. So the two posed for the camera with Usa-chan and Honey ran off to take a bunch more pictures.

Kyoya stood up to walk over to Grimm and speak with her while perhaps doing some flirting. Just as he turned in her direction, Iggy called for Grimm to bring something over to the pool. Grimm stood up and walked to the edge of the pool. Tamaki had been running by at the moment and tripped. He pushed his hands out to catch himself and accidentally pushed Grimm. She hit the water and Mori was diving in the second after. He grabbed her and swam up to the top. He carried her over to the shallow end and up the stairs. Kyoya had only had the time to yell her name when Mori had already dived in. He looked at Grimm, coughing in Mori's arms, and looked away. Mori set her down on the lounge chair and sat on the edge, making sure she was okay. Tamaki ran over and apologized profusely. Mori had just left when Grimm began to shiver lightly. Mori returned just before Tamaki was about to offer to get her a blanket. Mori threw a towel over her. Iggy almost punched Tamaki as she pushed him aside. After Iggy and Mori made sure that Grimm was okay—and Kyoya from afar—everyone but Grimm bunched up. Iggy yelled at Tamaki for "being so careless around the fragile little sister" and they started asking and talking about the "big deal" event. While everyone was talking and spilling her very open secrets, Grimm slipped away, not liking the feeling she had as they talked about her fear. She found a comfortable spot in a secluded area.

Pretty soon, somebody noticed that Grimm was nowhere around the pool area. There was a concern raised and everyone split up to look for her. They all ran inside, towards the far fence, the driveway. Kaoru was the first to find her, sitting in a snug corner in the sunlight outside against the house. He turned to tell someone he'd found her but everyone had run off. He couldn't tell if Grimm was crying or not; her legs were drawn up close to her chest and her head was hung down enough so that he couldn't see her face.
"Grimm?"
She looked up and gave a weak smile. She didn't look as if she'd been crying. She only looked as though she were less than happy in some way.
"A-are you okay?" Kaoru asked a little nervously.
"Yes, I'm fine," she replied quietly.
"Why'd you go hide?"
"Oh, I wasn't trying to hide. I got a little uncomfortable with all of you talking about the things I'm afraid of so I decided to go sit somewhere else. This place is just comfortable to me."
"Can you swim? Sorry, that's really random but I just wonder."
"Yes. I can. I just…am afraid to," Grimm looked down.
"You're okay here? By yourself?"
"Yes. Fine, thanks."
"Okay, well, I'm going to find someone else and tell them you're okay."

Grimm nodded as Kaoru stood up and turned to walk away. He wasn't sure if he should leave her by herself but he saw Kyoya walking by and ran to stop him. Kyoya stopped and looked at him. Kaoru could see the slight fear in Kyoya's eyes and tell the different scenarios running through his mind. Kaoru only pointed in Grimm's direction and Kyoya was already walking past him. The second he spotted Grimm, he nearly broke his fast-paced walk and got on his knees as he was about to walk right over her.
"Are you okay? Why'd you run off?" he stopped himself at two questions.
"I'm fine. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you freak out or anything. I just—just….." she trailed off, standing but looking down again.
Kyoya stood, leaned over and hugged her tightly. He squeezed his eyes shut and thought about how cute she looked when she felt bad. Grimm was surprised at first but then wrapped her arms around Kyoya's neck and buried her face in his shoulder. Kyoya brushed at her hair with his fingers once and sighed. He let her go and they decided to go find the others and sit down for some lunch.

Lunch was the most wonderful meal Grimm and Iggy had ever seen. It was like a feast of magnificent proportion. The boys thought they were cute for gawking at the table but Haruhi understood. They took an hour and a half on lunch and before they knew it, it was 2:30 in the afternoon. They were getting rather bored so Haruhi suggested that they play Hide-And-Go-Seek. This was quickly taken up by Tamaki, Honey, the twins, and Iggy. Mori was quickly convinced to play but Kyoya and Grimm remained party poopers. So they all played once Tamaki became annoying enough. Once they finally decided who was "it," an hour had gone by. Tamaki was "it" and everyone hid. Grimm was sitting in a library/study she had found, not believing Tamaki would go anywhere near it. She had picked up a book and was already halfway through when the door opened. A woman not too much older than herself walked in and looked up, surprised to see her.
"Hello. Oh, I think, you must be JP," she said.

Honey ran into a room to hide. He had helped Mori hide since there were not many places for someone over six feet to hide and ran across the hallway. He shut the door quietly and looked around the room. It looked to be a guest room with a large bed in the middle and a good sized space between it and the floor. Honey walked to the other side of it, got down and began to shimmy under when he noticed someone.
"Iggy! This is your spot?" he whispered.
"Yes, but we can share," she replied, scooting over.
"Thanks!"
Honey squirmed up next to her and they giggled a little with the fun of it all. They heard footsteps in the hallway outside the room and a hush settled over them. They began to giggle quietly again a good while after the footsteps disappeared.
"I thought you would hide with Mori?" Iggy asked.
"There was only one place for him to hide, that we could find. So I came in here. I'm glad I found you though, I was going to be lonely. I'm glad it was you," Honey replied.
Iggy smiled and blushed a little. Honey giggled and buried his face into his arm so that he wouldn't laugh anymore. His arm shifted over and touched Iggy's. Electricity shot through them and they blushed at each other. Iggy laid her head on Honey's shoulder. He blushed but let her stay.

"I'm Ohtori Fuyumi," the lady smiled.
"Oh! Miss Ohtori! It's very nice to meet you! I apologize. I am JP. I didn't know you would be home today," Grimm said, standing and quickly bowing.
"You can call me Fuyumi if you like. I feel as if I've known you for a lifetime!" she laughed.
"Oh?"
"Yes. Every time I speak to Kyoya, he talks about you and your sister, Iggy?"
"Yes. That's my sister. I didn't think Kyoya would talk about us very often."
"That's the only thing he ever talks about anymore. He used to be all business, you know. And now it's more about the two of you. I was wondering what you were like to be able to change him like that."
"Kyoya? He's not all business anymore? I think your brother has been kidnapped if he will open up about anything else," Grimm said sarcastically and laughed.
"Sometimes I wonder if he has. His business ventures have quite morphed."
Just then, Kyoya walked in the room. He stopped short and looked surprised to see his sister there and more surprised to see Grimm with her. He blushed a little, wondering what they had been talking about since the only thing they had in common was him as a friend, cleared his throat and looked up. He adjusted his glasses a little.
"I see you've met Grimm, Fuyumi. And I see you've found one of the libraries, Grimm," he chuckled at the last part; he'd expected her to wander into a library.
"Oh, Kyoya! We were just talking about you!" Fuyumi said with a smile as Kyoya blushed a little more.
The door burst open and Tamaki ran in. He stopped before he could run into Kyoya but managed to push him a little. Everyone turned to see Tamaki as he stood panting in the doorway with a kind of smile on his face. He stood up straight and took a large breath.
"Found you two! Oh, hello, Miss Fuyumi!" he smiled.

Tamaki had spent an hour and a half looking for people. Everyone had gotten bored so they all came out of their hiding places and found their way into the library. The group was all collected their and talking for a half hour. It was 5:30 in the afternoon when they all wandered into a big room where they could all sit around and pass another half hour before they heard something.

Mr. and Mrs. Ohtori had cut their trip short and arrived home in time for dinner. Everyone was called down for dinner and they were surprised to see Kyoya and Fuyumi with a group of teenagers. Mr. Ohtori was less than pleased, to put that pleasantly, but didn't say much of anything; he showed his disappointment in an upset silence. They all sat down to an awkward silence as dinner was laid out before them. Again, Grimm and Iggy were impressed by the magnitude of the food but they said nothing. The only sound for a long time was silverware lightly clinking against expensive china plates.
"So you invited your friends over, Kyoya," Mr. Ohtori said in a slightly disapproving voice.
"Yes, sir," Kyoya said quietly.
"Yes, I remember most of them but those two," he pointed at Grimm and Iggy, "Who are they?"
"This is JP and Iggy, Father," Fuyumi said in attempt to lighten the atmosphere.
"They dress poorly," he said simply.
Iggy dropped her spoon into a bowl which made a loud noise. She apologized profusely and picked up the spoon with a nervous hand. All of this earned a disapproving stare from Mr. Ohtori. Grimm wanted to reach out to her sister and comfort her but she didn't dare move in any way that would be considered improper so she showed her concern with her eyes but soon enough, both girls bent their heads downward.
"What kind of names are those? JP and Iggy?" Mr. Ohtori asked with disdain.
"Father, they're only nicknames adopted by close friends," Fuyumi said quietly.
"What are your names then?" he asked, drilling his eyes into Iggy.
"My name is Moralez Lori, sir. My sister is Ocacio Acacia, sir," Grimm said with excessive emphasis on the word 'sir.'
"Hm," Mr. Ohtori smiled at her subtle rudeness. "That may explain your poor wardrobe."
"Fa—" Kyoya started.
"I'm sorry but we've little money to purchase something as classy as your own wardrobe, sir. And as teenagers, we try to appreciate our time of youth in every way possible, including the way we dress," Grimm said coolly though still emphasizing the word 'sir.'
"So you're commoners?" he asked with a laugh, picking up every piece of candy-coated sarcasm.
"Yes. Is that a problem?" she asked sweetly.
"I didn't think my son would sink down to such a level," he said as Kyoya fumed quietly.
"Oh? I think it's a very intelligent decision on his part."
"Oh?" he was curious now.
"Doesn't your entire world depend on 'commoners?' Isn't your son merely making contact with the same people that made you rich? I think it's very logical to be in touch with your customers."
"Oh, I see. In touch, indeed," he said with a smile, trying very hard to find things out of place with this girl only, she was a very good talker.
"I'm afraid I don't understand your meaning," she said with a slightly haughty tone of fake indifference to show the falseness of his statement.
Mr. Ohtori laughed and left it at that. He figured that this girl would be fair game. She was quick but rude which made him hate her all the more. Her sister, on the other hand, was too quiet. He figured she was more common. He felt almost bad that their circumstances weren't better so that it wouldn't be so disturbing for them to be in his house.
"You may stay for the night, if that's necessary but never set foot in my house again," Mr. Ohtori said coldly.
"We won't, sir," Iggy said quietly.
"Good girl. You will owe us something, won't you?"
"I assure you, sir, we will give you this: we will leave your house with the promise never to come back. Being mindless commoners, we could easily come back and rob you of everything or perhaps destroy everything on this property and start riots dealing with your business but seeing as your son is a good friend of mine, I think we can stay out of that. There is your payment for the meal, a night, and your inconvenience," Grimm smirked.
"It's a shame that you're so poor. You could be an excellent entrepreneur and business partner," Mr. Ohtori said darkly.
"A shame? Or good news to you?"
"A shame. You could never pose a threat to my business."
Grimm smiled at her plate, deciding to drop it and the rest of dinner was eaten in complete silence. Mr. Ohtori hated the two girls more every passing moment. One was quick witted and the other was shy just as a girl ought to be but she wasn't. The fact that they obviously drew strength from each other was absolutely revolting. He didn't like their independence or their dependence.

Dinner was absolutely silent after the quick battle between Mr. Ohtori and Grimm which most of the table was quite impressed with, by both of them. Once dinner was over, Mr. and Mrs. Ohtori quickly fled to another area of the house, far from the youngsters where they could sit in their gloomy silence and pretend to be mature and powerful. The youngsters however—except Fuyumi—found a few rooms where they could change into their pajamas, one for girls and another for boys. Fuyumi went to her room to go to sleep.

No one had told the sisters that they'd be spending the night at Kyoya's house so they hadn't brought any clothes. Kaoru and Hikaru had plenty of things to choose from that their mother had sent over "just in case." So the girls picked their pajamas and went to change. Haruhi had her big shirt and baggy shorts from home. Grimm came out a moment later in some shorts covered in little teddy bear images and a black tank top. Iggy didn't come out of the room after them but at the moment, no one noticed. Kaoru knocked on the door to which the answer was to come in. He walked in and at first covered his eyes, thinking she didn't have her shirt on all the way but she laughed when she noticed him.
"I have an undershirt on; it's okay," she smiled.
"Are you okay?" he asked, uncovering his eyes.
"Yes, I can't get these buttons, though…"
Kaoru walked over and offered his assistance which was gratefully accepted. He closed the distance between them to only a few inches. The buttons on her adorable button-up shirt were all off by one. He smiled at her and reached his hands towards her with hesitation. His hand shook lightly as he began to undo a few of the buttons. He blushed, as did Iggy, and quickly finished off all the buttons. Her shirt hung open lightly to reveal a lacey undershirt. It was a little low cut and Kaoru blushed madly. He looked down at Iggy's face which was so very close and her lips very soft-looking and kissable. He blushed when she glanced up at him over her glasses and returned to the buttons. The buttons were quickly done up correctly and Kaoru put his hands down by his sides. Iggy looked up at him but his eyes were fixed on the floor and a blush upon his cheek. She reached her hand up and placed it gently on his cheek which burned a little more as he looked into her clear eyes. Kaoru held his breath for a moment as her face moved closer, her lips inching forward. Iggy kissed his cheek, thanked him, and started to leave. Kaoru stood stock still, blushing and holding his cheek.
"Kaoru-kun?" Iggy turned back around.
"Uhh…huh?" he looked up from his daze.
"You coming?"
"Oh….yeah," he blushed a little more at her smile.

The group wandered around to a slightly smaller room. It was plush and comfortable and they all sat on the floor. They chattered about what to do since nobody was tired and some were even getting rather hyper. It was already around 9:00 in the evening and they wondered where the day had gone. It felt as if they had just gotten out of the pool and yet, here it was, late in the evening but the energy level was equal, if not restored. Tamaki started to get bored of just talking but didn't want to be the first to fall asleep since Iggy told him she would draw on his face if he fell asleep before her and he didn't want to miss anything exciting.
"Iggy, Grimm, what do you do at sleepovers?" Tamaki asked.
"Like games?" Iggy asked.
"Yeah."
"Well….we played Spin the Bottle at Kyung's," Grimm laughed.
"And Truth or Dare at Sun Jung's," Iggy smiled.
"And Seven Minutes in Heaven at Nao's!" Grimm busted out into laughter.
"What are those games?" Tamaki asked, genuinely interested.
"Those are dumb games…"Haruhi said.
"What are they? How do you play? I want to play commoner games!"
"Spin the Bottle is where you get a bottle, sit in a circle, spin it, and kiss whoever it points at in the end," Iggy explained.
"That sounds like fun!" Tamaki yelled.
"Yeah!" the twins agreed mischievously.
"I want to play a game!" Honey yelled.

They gathered in a circle and found a bottle to use. Grimm and Iggy giggled quite a bit at how excited Tamaki was to play this game that they thought was fun really only in middle school. But they calmed down after a bit and let Tamaki start the game off. He spun the bottle too hard and it flew out of the circle to come to a stop, pointing at his bear which he happily kissed on the head. Honey was next. His spin was rather impressive and it finally landed on Iggy. He ran over and kissed her cheek. No one had said that it was more like a romantic game. Iggy blushed and the bottle was passed to Haruhi. She spun it rather weakly and it quickly landed on Grimm. Grimm, being a douche, leaned over Haruhi as a joke but before she could even stage kiss Haruhi, Tamaki jumped up, insisting that he was really tired of the game and wanted to play something else.

"There's Truth or Dare?" Iggy offered.
"What's that?" Tamaki asked.
"It's a game where you pick someone and ask them 'Truth or Dare?' If they say 'Truth,' you get to ask them any question and they must answer truthfully. If they say 'Dare,' you can tell them to do anything and they must," Grimm explained.
"That sounds fun!" Honey exclaimed.

They gathered into a more organized circle again and Iggy started out to show them just how to play. She picked Tamaki who quickly answered "Dare" claiming that he was always truthful to them and they could approach him with any question at any time. Iggy dared him to kiss Haruhi. Tamaki blushed and rambled on about something to do with fatherly love and whatnot until Iggy yelled at him that it wasn't fair to skip a dare. Tamaki nearly began to cry and went and kissed Haruhi's hand.

Next, Tamaki picked Kyoya who picked truth, not believing that he could come up with much of anything enough to put himself or his reputation among them in jeopardy but not wanting to risk the idiocy of a dare from Tamaki. Tamaki asked, and quite loudly, who he liked. Kyoya blushed a little but was saved when Grimm and Iggy pointed out that they had forgotten to mention that the questions could only be Yes-or-No type questions. Tamaki asked if Kyoya like Iggy for some reason to which the response was that Kyoya respected her and thought of her mainly as a sister or close friend.

Kyoya asked Honey who had begged to have the next turn. Honey replied with a dare and Kyoya couldn't quite think of anything to ask Honey to do so he asked him to maybe not yell every time he had something to say at the moment due to his over excited state. Honey blushed and nodded. But he was so excited that it was his turn that he basically yelled anyway.

Honey asked the twins who gave a devilish grin and picked dare. Honey thought and thought about what to ask them to do and finally came up with something. He dared them to give their cake over to him which they did with a bit of disappointment as they had been hoping to get something more mischievous as a dare but deciding that they should've expected as much from Honey.

The twins asked Mori who chose truth proving a slight concern for what the twins might dare him to do. They looked between each other and pondered all the evil things they could ask the silent Mori. They decided and grinned evilly at Mori who just looked bored, as usual. They asked if he would like to see one of the girls with their top off to which Mori raised an eyebrow, maintaining a bored look. He explained that he wasn't that kind of guy—a pervert—and the twins stopped laughing at their own joke with his emotional drain on them.

Mori picked Haruhi who picked truth, having bad experience with dare thanks mainly to Iggy but also to Grimm, those little bastards. Mori thought a moment and asked her if she enjoyed Host Club which earned him a smile and a nod. She laughed and said that they were some of her closest friends and wouldn't give up Host Club for anything. Hikaru and Tamaki blushed a little and Haruhi looked around to see who she could pick.

She picked Iggy who picked dare very quickly. Haruhi thought and seriously tried to think of something on the evil side. She looked around as if she had just come up with the most evil plot ever and told Iggy, in an evil voice, to eat three whole cookies….at the same time! The group looked at Haruhi, a little disappointed at first but then laughing at how adorable she was when she thought she was evil. Iggy did the dare and gave about five cookies to Grimm who had been eyeing them.

Iggy obviously picked Grimm who picked dare, afraid of both of what Iggy might pick but a little less of having to explain herself to their newer friends. Iggy dared her to kiss Kyoya. Kyoya blushed madly and coughed several times. Grimm looked at him kind of bored, having already figured her plan out. She slowly approached Kyoya and put a hand on his cheek. Kyoya's face felt as if it were practically on fire and the twins laughed at how red his face was: a rare sight indeed. Grimm planted a kiss on his cheek at the edge of his lips. Somehow, Kyoya turned three more shades red. Grimm sat down and Iggy joined the twins in laughter as Kyoya tried to recover.

Tamaki felt bad for his friend and distracted them by asking what the last game was. Iggy and Grimm explained that the game was one which two people were locked into one closet for seven minutes in which anything could happen (at the word "anything," both girls smiled a devil's smile). Tamaki picked Haruhi but the girls explained that the game was played by placing a personal object into a hat and the other sex picked the object at random: a game of chance.

The girls placed their objects in and Iggy insisted that Mori start out. He reached into the hat, wondering why he was playing such a ridiculous game. He fished around for a while, mixing up his options, and finally grabbed something that touched his finger. It was a bracelet that read "I 3 ZOMBIES" in green, slime-like font. He looked at Grimm which it belonged to and they both walked to a closet at the end of the room. Iggy locked the door behind them and started the stopwatch on her phone. Grimm stood there, letting her eyes adjust. She felt Mori's presence in front of her and could tell he shifted between feet.
"You okay?" she asked.
"I don't get it," he said.
"Hm? You don't know how to play?"
"Hn," he nodded.
"Uhh….well…" Grimm blushed a little and laughed nervously. "You kind of….well, it's a…a kissing game."
They were quiet for a while as Grimm nervously chuckled and Mori tried to wrap his brain around the concept. Grimm stopped laughing, realizing it wouldn't help the blushing and stared at the floor. She felt an awkward nervousness bubbling up within her and even a slight pang of fear of rejection. She was trying to think of something to say to break the cruel silence when she felt a pair of lips touch hers lightly.
"Like that?" Mori asked.
"Y-yeah," Grimm blushed.
Grimm sat down with her back against a wall to keep from falling down. Mori sat next to her to keep from looking completely ignorant. They sat in silence again for a minute. The silence now was friendlier but containing a slight awkwardness as their blushes subsided a little. Grimm shifted her legs and moved her hand over a bit. It touched Mori's hand and sent a shiver through his spine at the icy skin.
"Cold," he said.
"Oh. Sorry. Yeah," she said as she began to pull her hand back towards herself.
"It's okay," he replied, pulling her hand back and placing his own over hers for warmth.
"Th-thank you, Takashi-sempai."
"Hn."
"ONE MINUTE!" yelled Iggy.
"Did we play this wrong?" Mori asked.
"What?" Grimm asked.
"You said it was a kissing game.."
"Oh, well. Not really. It's just a dumb game to see what happens when you put two people in a closet. You don't—don't have to kiss. You can just sit here like this or—or do more than that," Grimm blushed.
"Hnn…" Mori thought a moment and then kissed Grimm's forehead.
Iggy threw the door open a moment later to find Grimm and Mori sitting on the floor. She frowned and complained that she had expected more from them. Kyoya sat back more comfortably in his chair and Kaoru asked if he could go next. He fished through the hat and grabbing something that caught his interest: a colorful anklet with a key attached that read "Treasure." He looked at Iggy and blushed.

They walked into the closet and Haruhi closed the door behind them and locked it. Iggy sat down and Kaoru sat next to her. He sighed a little and blushed, recalling earlier events. Iggy leaned over on Kaoru's shoulder and sighed. Kaoru leaned his head on Iggy's and smiled. They sat like that for a while in their content until they started to get bored with the silence.
"Thanks for helping me earlier," she said.
"S-sure…" he blushed.
They were a little quiet for a moment until Kaoru spoke again:
"Iggy, are we…how exactly do you play this game?"
"Well, uh, you can sit here, or—or kiss, or some…other stuff…"
"O-other stuff?"
"Uhh…yeah. For the hard core people."
"Oh….we don't have to do anything weird…"
They began to laugh nervously but eventually just began laughing. And after a minute of genuine laughter, they stopped. It was quiet for a second when Iggy leaned over and kissed Kaoru's cheek. He blushed but caught her cheek with his hand before she could turn too far away. He looked down and blushed while she did the same. He looked back up and pulled her face in close, then closing the distance completely. A rush of heat shivered through Iggy's body as she blushed but leaned inward. They pulled apart after only a second and sat there blushing. Someone knocked on the door, signaling a minute remaining. They sat there and started talking about the adorable Grimm, the ridiculous Tamaki, and the mischievous Hikaru. The door opened and Grimm smiled—rather sleepily—at her sister (recall that Grimm is all-knowing).

Next was Hikaru's turn and there was only one option left. He and Haruhi walked into the closet and everyone knew that it was going to be seven minutes of Haruhi's ignorance versus Hikaru's attempted charm. Iggy went and sat on the couch next to Honey and Kaoru where the three chatted away, an occasional yawn sparking from Iggy. Grimm had sat down on an empty love seat and Kyoya had quickly taken the spot beside her, jealousy simmering deep within. Grimm leaned over and fell asleep with her head on Kyoya's shoulder. Kyoya blushed a deep red and Tamaki paced back and forth, waiting for Haruhi.

Haruhi and Hikaru came out of the closet seven minutes later, obviously having done nothing and Tamaki declared that they'd all had enough of these silly games and needed to go to bed. This was all whispered since no one dared wake Grimm after the tales that had been told of her similarity to Kyoya in the early mornings. Kyoya carried Grimm up to one of the spare rooms and set her lightly on the bed. She had gripped his shirt when he picked her up and nuzzled her head into his shoulder. He had nearly dropped her when she did that but he managed to stop blushing after a moment and walk up the stairs. Iggy crawled in the bed after her sister and almost instantaneously fell asleep. The girls conformed to their regular shapes when sleeping: holding hands and Iggy snuggled underneath Grimm's chin. Kaoru, Kyoya, Honey, and Mori all blushed at the adorable sleeping girls and Haruhi whished them all a good night as she pushed them out the door so that she might get some sleep too in the adjoining room.

The morning brought a delicious breakfast prepared by the three girls rather than Kyoya's cooks. The boys found the food to be more delicious than usual and Mr. Ohtori had actually grabbed something before he left. He admitted that the food was delicious with a sort of new ethnic taste to it that had been amiss for a while. The three girls came out of the kitchen and sat down. Mr. Ohtori complimented them in a very rude way and left. Kyoya smiled a little; his dad must have liked them a little somewhere deep within. They all left after breakfast and agreed to meet up again soon outside of Host Club.

END Episode Ten!