Today is the day…..
A day where Mika can actually get an excuse about dressing up as her favorite character at school. Today is the day where everyone goes and celebrates a holiday that started out in the small little country of Ireland, leaving pumpkins out at their doorsteps to ward off evil creatures or dress up as them to make sure they don't get noticed.
Today is October 24th….just a week before Halloween. Yep, the big October 31st…
Right now, every class at Ouran is having a meeting with their class representatives. Yeah, that's the reason I'm stuck here and not off in the home economics class, cooking some cake and some little treats for kids tomorrow. I always done that since it's also an excuse to have a sweet tooth.
"Alright, next item on the agenda," The guy up in front, he's our class representative, Kazukio Soga. "I move to discuss what the class plans would be for next week." He said and the whole label of his name and all that information from the last episode or chapter appeared.
"Next week?" Haruhi and I said together, earning attention from the twins and everyone else.
"Yeah! Halloween!" Hikaru said.
"Oh Haruhi. Mao. You two have only been a student at Ouran Academy since High school so you don't know." Again, the label appeared and this time it said Vice Representative, Momoka Kurakano. If you didn't know, that's the girl up front with the Class Rep, Kazukio. Like a lot of the girls here at this school, she had brown hair.
Now that I'm mentioning it, why are the host club members, Haruhi, Nekozawa, and I have different colored haired than the rest of the school?
…..
Yeah, that's my question to everything here!
"After we finish taking exams for the fall, we're allowed a few days off until the end of October," I like the sound of that. "And we get throw costume parties on campus to celebrate." She said, blushing a bit.
"And also, each class is allowed to use an entire day for a special class event of their choosing." He said.
"Event?" Haruhi and I questioned.
And then out of nowhere, Kaoru pops up and then starts explaining what they do around that day.
"Right. They're pretty fun actually."
Haruhi and I were there to let our imaginations go wild in imagining what the hell they do around this holiday. In the background, there were a bunch a roses and an awesome color of red, mahogany and orange. There were also some thought bubbles, which was my imagination.
"We socialize, and watch some old movies stuff like that." Hikaru said. Old movies? GASP! YOU MEAN LIKE THE OLD UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HORROR MOVIES LIKE DRACULA!? WAIT! HOW ABOUT OLD BOY! DANG THAT'S A GREAT MOVIE! It's more suspense than horror, but according to this survey done by that show Thirty Even Scarier Movie Moments, it was ranked number three I think. I don't know how that happened, but it happened. Now I'm going to shut up and let you enjoy the story.
Out of nowhere, the room got dark and the background was counting down. However, it wasn't a movie that we were going to watch.
"Boring! Boring! BORING!" Yep, the big screen showed Renge in some strange uniform that wasn't our schools. She startled us big time that she became 3-D. 3-D's a f****** gimmick and everyone knows it!
Wait….when did the hell did the darkness have sparkles?
"Ah! Halloween! The day that sounds the death knells ((SP? I absolutely no idea what the hell they're saying. Sorry. (_ _) )) of summer and ushers the breathy wind of winter!" Renge then started to rant about Halloween like I was in the beginning of the chapter and/or episode. Before Renge-Noona started ranting again, the background behind her was surrounded by an unnecessary amount of roses.
"Once a day when ghouls walk the earth and disguised as ghouls we try to ward them all off." She said. That sounds like something Mika would say at her school to her classmates. I feel sorry for them just as I feel sorry for my classmates and friends. Again, the background changed and it was orange with pumpkins.
I find it strange that I'm the only one that notices these small details. Hmmmm. That skill is necessary within the culinary arts anyways.
"Halloween….A day to wear costumes!" Renge said. "And playing pranks on trick or treaters with reckless abandon." Renge-Noona paused with her rant and then started posing in front of me, Haruhi-Noona, Hikaru and Kaoru.
"Some people don't wait for Halloween to dress up." You got that right. "Some people cosplay year round." I said it once and I'll say it again, you got that right. I live with someone like Renge-Noona and that's my sister. As I have mentioned in many chapters and/or episodes now, she's an Otaku. Like in obsessed with something and that something is Anime and Manga. *Reads from card that Mika gave me* She's also obsessed with Homestuck, Harry Potter, and many more. She's also got a boyfriend so don't flirt with her or else.
While I was in my own thoughts, Renge-Noona revealed that she got that uniform from bribery, saying that the uniform is not scheduled for release until next spring. It's already fall so we got like a season left until it's released. If I was rich, I would totally bribe someone to hand me the demo CD's of Super Junior.
Ah~! Eun Hyuk and Lee Teuk! KYAAHH~!
….Lets never speak of this again.
"Miss Hoshakoji, we're having homeroom now. Could you get off of the desk please?" Asked the Class Rep to Renge-Noona. Good luck my friend.
One thing just leads to another and then the next thing I know, Renge says this,
"So I propose holding a Halloween Test of CourageTournament! The bravest student wins!" At this, everyone just starts going at it. To be honest, it does sound exciting, but I don't think there are people that agree to this, especially the class rep since he started looking a little nervous about the idea. The idea was so great, there was even that little banner that I was talking about. It said Halloween Test-of-Courage Tournament.
"And anybody who leaves gets featured on the front page of the newspaper as Captain of all Cowards." Is anybody noticing how nervous the Class Rep. is or am I the only one? I think I am since I started noticing the sweat dripping down.
"SECOND IT!" Everyone yelled, including me surprisingly since this is an idea that will go to waste if people oppose to it.
The class rep. then got his cool back and asked if there was anyone opposed to the idea. When he meant anyone, he meant Haruhi, who was the only one that didn't vote. I don't know if she didn't want to vote or that she was just lost and didn't know what to do. Typical Haruhi…
He spent so much time staring at Haruhi and then ended up having to agree with the idea. Poor guy.
"Oh very well, then the motion passes unanimously. The Class 1-A event this year will be the special Halloween Test-of-Courage Tournament."
Everyone seemed pretty happy about, even me because I started smiling. However, that smile will then be replaced by a look of doom as I remembered what happened last Halloween.
Flashback
It was some days before Halloween and the principle gave the announcement for students to be allowed to dress up for Halloween so long as it isn't inappropriate like revealing parts of the human body say a womans ****** or a mans ******. Yeah. Typical Mika, she started rambling about her costume being Misa from Death Note or Hungary from Hetalia.
Everyone always wondered what she would dress up on Halloween or during special events like Conventions or during school fairs. She was the Queen of Cosplay you could say. I joined her a few times, but it was for her own protection and only when we're around strangers that were the same as her. Being Otakus.
Then, during class…
"This year, I'm planning on someone else to join me on my Cosplay glory!" I heard Mika say as she was in front of the class, talking about her latest news. She looked at me and then smiled.
"MAO KUROSAKI! MY OWN SISTER WILL DRESS UP AS ENGLAND FROM HETALIA!" She said and I just broke the nib of my pen and tore my math book in half from the news.
"Say what?!"
On Halloween, I showed up to school with the England cosplay. Wig and everything. I never been so embarrassed in my life.
"We're doing this every Halloween Mao-chan!"
END OF FLASHBACK
"Oh no….."
F*** my life…Dammit all…F*** my life, F*** MY LIFE!
The host club is now open for business in Music Room 3
All around the host club, I saw Halloween decorations and everyone was dressed up as vampires. Some of the guys had bows, but others wore a cravat. *COUGH*Kyo-Hyung*COUGH*
That was just the guys, excluding Haruhi and the twins. I was the only one of the golden quartet that had to come straight to the Host club. Because of that, I had to wear a uniform that was so familiar and belonged to Mika.
I was wearing the Diabolik Lovers Reiji Sakamaki Cosplay. Contacts, wig, clothes, glasses, everything. Why would Mika make me wear something that would be better pulled off by Kyo-Hyung? He'd make a better Reiji Sakamaki and I'm not lying. *COUGH*Mika told me*COUGH*
"Oh Mao-kun! You look so handsome!" "And more proper too!" Are you telling me I didn't look proper enough?! *insert irked face*
"Is that a Reiji Sakamaki Cosplay?!" One girl asked me and I gave one of those famous smiles Reiji is known for. According to Mika, he's sadistic….like his brothers and all other vampires in the world.
"It is," I deepened my voice a bit to fit Reiji a bit more, also lowering my face to look into one of my clients eyes and held her cheek, making her look at me. She was blushing like mad too. "And you can't ever escape." I said, lowering my face to her neck and blowed on it. I felt her cheeks getting warmer than usual and then I looked at her once again.
"Oh Mao-kun. Are you trying to be protective of me again?" Nana said, blushing as red as Spain's tomatoes.
….Dammit, I'm hanging around with Mika too much!
I smirked and said to her,
"That's right….and I won't let you go…." I gave a dramatic pause and then, "Do you understand? So be mine forever." I said.
Countdown for rabid fangirls in T-minus….
Three….
….Two…
….One….
…..Huh, I guess it was false alar-!
"KYAAAAHH! SUCH SWEET WORDS FROM A POSESSIVE VAMPIRE LIKE MAO!"
"HE TOTALLY FITS THE IMAGE OF REIJI!"
"KYAAAAHHH!"
O~O;;; DAD HELP ME! I'm surrounded by rabid fangirls!
"Hello!" The twins came along with Haruhi. I forgot what class they had together. I know for a fact that I don't because cooking class is my last class of the day and I just meet them after words. If they came here to pick me up for the thing, I really don't mind at all because I'm really don't want to cosplay right now, especially someone with glasses…..
….N-not that there's anything wrong with glasses! I mean, I wear glasses too when I'm tired and need to read. It's just that the glasses character would be better off left in the care of Kyo-Hyung. He could probably pull it off better because he's that hot!
Did I just hear you say Kyo-Hyung's hot? *insert devious smirk*
…..*looks ups* AHH! NO! I did not say such things! The only one that I think is hot is Lee Min Ho Oppa and Eun Hyuk Oppa!
"Sorry boss, from now on until Halloween," Hikaru started out. "Count us out."
Tama-Hyung started freaking out and Honey-Oppa was wondering what they meant by that.
"Count you out?
"We're in the middle of preparations for a special event! Class 1-A is sponsoring it!" The twins said in unison.
"Duty calls then." Kyo-Hyung says.
"Well, good luck without us here for a week." Hikaru and Kaoru said, dragging Haruhi and I out. I was struggling and wanting to undress at least to my normal uniform. I don't want to walk around the school with the Diabolik Lovers cosplay! No!
"Wait! Why are Haruhi and Mao going with you!?" Tama-Hyung asked the twins.
"Well boss, we are in the same class together."
"Oh and the special event, is an after dark test of courage tournament."
Watch, I'm not even going to look up or down to know what Tama-Hyung is thinking about.
First the whole imagination is probably named,
THE MIDNIGHT THEATRE OF TAMAKI'S MIND
He's also probably imagining that the four of us are walking around the hallways at school in the dark and something just pops out that scares Haruhi and I. We yell "AH! I'm so scared! Protect us Hikaru!" and while that happens, Hikaru is smirking deviously. Something pops out again and it's Renge-Noona's medusa mode and the two of us hug Kaoru instantly, saying, "AH! I'm so scared! Protect us Kaoru!" and like Hikaru, he makes the devious smirk.
"Haruhi. Mao. Please tell me you two are not going to be a part of it! PLEASE TELL YOU WON'T!" He yells up in front of our faces like a bad metal song. ((Oops…sorry metal fans! TT~TT))
"Calm down senpai, it's only harmless fun." Haruhi says with her hands up. He loses hope with Haruhi and turns to me.
"Don't look at me! I got caught up in the moment. Besides, I'm only doing this because there's no way people will figure out what I'm scared of. Trust me on this; I've seen so many Korean and Japanese horror movies that I don't think some person in a mask will scare me." I said, sweat dropping. It's true though. There was that Red Eye movie, the Cantonese version that scared the crap out of me and couldn't sleep for like a week or something. There was also that Human Centipede movie that Mika made me watch with her.
Long story short from that movie, we're never trusting random stranger doctors at a foreign country who's obsessed with that type of crap. ….We burned the movie after watching it…..No wonder it's banned in a few countries. Just like the Hostel movies, they are banned in some Scandinavian countries and others in Europe because of some…scenes.
Tama-Hyung didn't look convinced and grabbed me by my shoulders, shaking me.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN NOT FIND OUT WHAT YOU'RE AFRAID OF!? YOU TOLD ME AND I TOLD KYOYA THAT YOU WERE-! MMRPF!" As quick as I could, I covered the halfies mouth before he slipped out something that I will resent him for the rest of his rich and dramatic life.
I grew a tick mark on my forehead because of that too.
"I. Said. No. One. Will. Find. Out. Besides, you have to be pretty stupid to mess with me. Remember the jaguar at Kyo-Hyungs resort?" I said, grinning so hard that my face would probably fall off or something. While I was doing that, there were four guys that were remembering that day I beat up a jaguar. It was something I'll probably never do again, that's for sure. It was fun, but I'll never do it again. Ever.
I think I still got the scar. *Checks for the scar* Yeah, I still got the scar. Even with the professional help from the Ootori Medical Hospital, after Kyo-Hyung mentioned that he would pay, and Mika's expert advice on this kind of stuff, the scar still hasn't healed yet.
"Well, we gotta go boss." Hikaru said, pulling me while Kaoru pulled Haruhi. I waved nervously at the rest of the guys and called out, "It's not like I'm going to enjoy it. I'm not since I'm going to Cosplaaaay~!" I yelled from the hallways and all I just saw was darkness.
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"So what kind of budget limit should we put on costumes?" The Vice Class Rep. said. I would say her name again, but that would lead to another introduction and I already did her introduction so yeah. "Once everyone starts shopping, they'll go all out." She said.
"Why don't we follow the commoners rule of keeping it under three hundred yen?" Hikaru said.
"That would be interesting." Kaoru said.
"It would be a good idea to have a doctor handy. Just in case if anyone faints or have a heart attack or jumps out of window or something." Just what are you saying Renge-Noona? I don't think it would be that terrifying. However, it would be a good idea since we don't know everyone's handling in fear and getting scared. Heck, they could scream like they saw death if they came across a little mouse if possible. All of this talk as really great and everything, but then I saw something that caught my eye and it wasn't the latest K-Drama like Pinocchio or Modern Farmer. Watch Tomorrows Cantabile, you won't regret it. Oh yeah, who caught my attention was the Class Rep. and I'm sure Haruhi noticed it. The two of us excused ourselves and then went out to meet him.
"So…..you have nectophobia?" We both said at the same time, kneeling down to the boy that just told us his fear. What's even more ridiculous was that he told us he was afraid of scary ghost stories, loud noises, horror movies. All I'm getting from this is that he's a….scaridy cat. Then, he told us about how he was giving signals to Haruhi, but we all know she's as dense as lead, not having telepathic powers and stuff.
"Please Fujioka! Kurosaki! You have to let me be on your team! If I'm with you two then maybe your peace of mind will help me! AND I CAN REMAIN MORE CALM!" Is it just me or did his face get a whole lot bigger like the time Tama-Hyungs arm grew.
"Class rep!" Haruhi and I said.
"And one more thing, you can't tell the Hitachiin brothers!" He told us, but his luck just ran out. They just suddenly came out of nowhere.
"Is someone a fraidy cat?" They asked and not even three seconds did Koga-Hyung just freaked out. When I mean freaked out, I really mean freaked out like he just went through the stress of cram studying.
"Oh, there you are." Kurakano-Noona said, "We're about to choose groups. So do you have any idea who you like to have on your team?" She said. All of our heads turned and she just looked so cute and innocent. That's normally how Mika stood. That thought just made me smile and bring back some happy memories.
"Yeah! The five of us will be one!" The twins said, a fanfare and a colorful background appearing.
"Great. Then you guys will be Team B." She said.
Poor Koga. He's going to have to deal with two troublesome twins.
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"Mom! Mika! Caesar! I'm home!" I called out. I just came home from my shift at a bar that somehow allowed a minor to work there. Yeah, I don't get Japan at all sometimes. Caesar, a Scottish terrier that Kyo-Hyung gave me as a gift, came running to me and I gave him a treat that I always gave him, a container full of cooked chicken that I made. Caesar very much likes human food better than dog food. Yeah, I have a dog that's a picky eater. I don't mind at all, but I just wish I could give him some decent dog food.
"Mao-Chans home!" I heard Mika call out and then came in the room, holding something behind her. I was a little scared to as and then saw mom come down the stairs, smiling like always.
"Mika-chan told me. Sheee says your school has sort of like a week off and has fun, right?" She told me and I nodded.
"Yeah. We can have tea parties and thanks to Renge-Noona, I won't be able to make food, but instead decorations for this Test of Courage tournament in my class." I said, putting down my bag and then began tying my apron, getting ready to accept late night customers. Mika and Mom just smiled down at me while I was working and then I turned to them with an annoyed face that I didn't like at all. I put down the note pad and pencil, looking at them seriously.
"Is there something you two would like to tell me? Mom? Mika? Anything?" I said, crossing my arms. The two giggled and then Mika surprised me with something that I dreaded since the day she's been into anime.
"I dug into the closet of our past cosplays and found your England cosplay! The wig and everything! I made some adjustments and you're ready to wear them to school all the way until Halloween!" She said with a smile. A SMILE! I sweat dropped and looked at the costume that I haven't worn since seventh grade. I gulped and backed away from my crazy Otaku sister, but she came nearer than my usual comfort. Mom joined in and then grabbed me, dragging me upstairs.
"CALL THE POLICE! I'VE BEEN ABDUCTED BY AN OTAKU!" I yelled, never to be heard of that night.
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"Mao, what are you wearing?" Haruhi asked me when I entered class that day. I was getting looks, but I wasn't violating the dress code since had some sort of armband and the tie on me. I was going to wear the coat, however, Mika said that it wouldn't fit Iggy well. She's also dressed up as Fem!England at her school so she wanted to match. She said we're going to be doing this for the whole week until Halloween is over….in about a week….*Sigh*
"This? Mika and Mom ganged up on me and I'm forced to wear cosplay all week until Halloween." I said, "Today I'm England and Mika is the genderbend." I sighed loudly and sat on my chair, trying to sound out the girls that were fangirling that their precious Mao Kurosaki is cosplay England from Hetalia.
That week, I dressed up as Levi Ackerman, Eridan Ampora, Ciel Phantomhive, and on Halloween, I'll be…..Taiga Aisaka. Yeah, I'm cosplaying as a girl and no one is going to notice that. Hahahahaha~
I'm so dead.
~/+Halloween….night+/~
Things weren't turning out nicely because the stupid twins were scaring our class rep and Haruhi was holding a fishing pole that held something that cost fewer than three hundred yen.
Did they really have to tell that scary story to him? I mean, it's pretty immature.
"You look great Mao. That wig almost looks realistic to your own real hair." Haruhi said to me as the boys were still bickering and scaring the class rep.
"You think so? I'm dressed up as Taiga Aisaka. Hmph! Mika and her Toradora phase." I muttered
"You look great! Mao upgrade in looking cuter!" The twins said. I looked over and then upper cut-ed them. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I could hear Kyo-Hyung say that I just raised my quota to another 10,000 yen. Great. That's probably what he's going to do when he finds out I punched the twins.
"Shut up! Shut up! Stop hitting on guys dammit!" I yelled at them and began holding the jelly thing Haruhi bought. I forgot how this stuff used to be scary and why the heck did it have to be under 300 yen. Well, I wasn't the one that made up the rules so I don't have a say in this.
"Knock it off! The point is to scare someone else not on your team!" Haruhi yelled at the twins, who admitted they were bored.
"Look Class Rep. I borrowed a book from the library to help you with your anxiety." Haruhi said, pulling out a worn out book that seemed to have been neglected for so long that I could have sworn there was mold.
"First, pretend everything is okay. Second, whistle a cheerful little tune. Thirdly, repeat to yourself 'I'm brave'." Haruhi said, reading from the book. As she was doing that, I could see the class rep just crack and tur white in fear because those don't really work. What you need is food. Food just always makes everything better. It's a scientific fact.
"Are you kidding me!? None of those things work! Call me the Captain of All Cowards! You can scream it from the roof top! Just get me out of here!" Class rep. said, panicking when we barely did anything. It's been nice knowing you class rep just make sure your soul makes it to heaven and doesn't get eaten by demons or something along the way. "Really? Even if it mean Kurokano would think you were a big chicken?" Kaoru said and his soul just retreated back to his body and because of where I was standing, I was a pink blush and heard a sigh of happiness.
"Whoa! What's going on between you and Kurokano?" Haruhi and I asked at the same time! Jinxs! She owes me soda! The class rep just freaked out, saying that they were just friends. Pft, yeah right. I know when a guy likes someone and the class rep is no exception.
"No! It's not what you think Fujioka! Kurosaki! We're just friends! I've known her since we were little kids! None of this has anything to do with it!" He said.
"Oh. Fine, we understand." The twins said, having this creepy face. I wonder if they were born with the genes to make those faces or they practiced in front of a mirror and made them like that.
"Funny how you have told us you didn't want to throw your weight around," Hikaru said, "When the reason you agreed to any of this is because you didn't want to look like a fraidy cat." Kaoru finished off.
"No, that's not it." Class rep said, looking down at the floor and even though it was dark and stuff, with the moonlight, you could see this light blush on his face. "That's not the reason I couldn't oppose it."
Warning! Your feelings are about to move on towards the feels train. Prepare anything that is necessary for them and the journey of weeping and excitement! If you're a beginner, please stay seated for the whole ride.
I stood up and saw the class rep start fidgeting and it was kind of cute because he reminded me of a little boy about to talk to his crush and there will be no teasing involved because this is just so cute and adorable!
"Kurakano…well, she had her heart set on this tournament…I didn't want to let her down so…I couldn't say no." He said, blushing more and avoided eye contact with any of us. He also had his arms crossed, his legs up to his chest so his chin rested on his knees. And for some reason, colorful bubbles surrounded him and his adorable little crush.
"You mean!" The twins said out of nowhere.
"Oh crap! He's totally pure!" Hikaru said and I looked at him in confusion and yet I knew what the heck he was talking about. "He's got a heart of gold Hikaru!" Kaoru yelled as they both sweatdropped and I had question marks pop everywhere around me.
"Our powers are nothing against his wholesomeness!" They said in unison.
MAO PROCESSING
MAO PROCESSING
MAO PROCESSING
MAO PROCESSING
MAO PROCESSING…IN 3…2…1…
"Oh my god! You mean the pure type that is so pure you just can't pick on!? I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! IT DOES EXIST! KAMI-SAMA[1] IT DOES EXIST!" I yelled and fist-pumped the air in glee, confusing the heck out of my classmates.
"So, does that mean we have to help him now?" Hikaru said and I clasped the flustered boys' hands and looked at him with a determined look. "We are going to unite these two like we're in a Korean Drama! Class rep, you have my support with this and I won't rest until you two are happy together!" I finished and stood up quickly. I like where this is going. The only problem with this is that it's during Halloween and in the dark and not many romantic things happen during Halloween.
Just when I was about to tell everyone about my plan, there was some strange shadow passing by the window and Haruhi seemed to notice it. "Did you see that? That creepy shadow just now outside the window." She said and sweatdropped. I looked over to the window and noticed nothing. I went over to investigate and there wasn't anything out of the ordinary that I should be worried about.
"Not you too Fujioka! Cut it out!" Class rep said, freaking out again and this time, he has an excuse. "There's nothing over-!" I stopped mid-sentence because there was this knocking noise coming from upstairs. The five of us slowly looked over at the stairs and saw something tumbling down. I'll tell you, it was not a ball. When it landed on the last stair, we found out it was a human skull. Okay, I'm not archeologist, historian or a paranormal investigator, but is there by chance a Native American burial ground here where the school was built or a whole village? Well, according to our history books and geography, we're not in America, we're in f**king Japan.
"AHHH!" We all screamed, "WE'RE IN AN INDIAN BURIAL GROUND! CALL GHOST ADVENTURES!" I said.
"No way, it's a sneak attack from those A team hacks." Kaoru said. As I was calming down, I could see the soul of the class rep starting to come out. Poor soul and poor us because I feel like this was Mika's idea of a sneak attack. That girl knows how to scare people so it's understandable that this was her idea. "Hey, it's not your turn guys!" Hikaru said, "Follow the rules!" He said and then aimed to kick the skull. If you listened carefully, you could hear how nervous he was and I felt how uneasy the room was because of what just happened. When Hikaru kicked the skull, I sweat dropped because I believe in spirits and stuff, even though it was a fake skull and that skull wasn't properly handled with care if there were some eyewitnesses, you'd know what I mean.
"My skull…"
"Yeah! You show 'em!" Kaoru said. I don't know if they know, but did they hear a voice say "My skull"? Again, the voice repeated it and the voice soon followed in with a figure and the noise of the bell tower. We heard the voice call over and over again, not really able to take our eyes off of them. Sh*t, I should probably take this time to make my will….
On this black and white sheet of paper, I have deliberately written who of my loved ones get the belongings I have earned in my life. To my beloved mother who loved me like her own child, I give her my bank account and all the money that I earned. To my best friend and elder sister who acts like a child, Mika, I give her my food because I know she has the appetite of an elephant.
Yeah, that sounds about right…
Up in the stairs was a white clothed figure with long black hair. The guys were going over how this figure was the clock tower witch and I always thought that was a load of crap, but now starring at it face to face, sort of, I kinda believe it now…
"Why did you kick….MY SKULL!" It said and there was blood coming from her mouth and her face was all dried up! PUT SOME LOTION ON LADY!
"AHHHHHHHH~!" We all screamed and decided to run away from the scene. I didn't care where I was running right now, I just wanted to be far away from that apparition as far as possible. Transfer me to another country please, anything just to be away from that! Wherever I was running, all I paid attention to was my heartbeat and the lonely footsteps of my own…
Wait…lonely footsteps?
I stopped after I got a good distance away from the frightful hotspot to catch my breath, I turned around and saw that no one was following me nor was I following anyone.
"G-g-guys?" I stuttered and ran back to where we started. I got there and waited. Maybe they ran and decided to come back after they weren't scared no more. Yeah, that must be it. They'll be right beside me in exactly thirty seconds.
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Thirty minutes have pasted and there still no sign of them coming back.
"Guys?" I said with a whimper apparently, slowly walking around the hallway in pitch black and with only the moonlight to guide me. My pace and my heartbeat started to quicken and so did my imagination. When my imagination got this wild, I would kneel down in a secluded corner and count to thirty if I could so I could calm myself with my eyes shut and ears covered. That's exactly what I did.
"Daddy, where are you going?"
"I'm going to lead the bad men away. Stay here okay?"
"Are you going to come back?"
"I will come back."
"Promise Daddy?"
"I promise. Stay here and don't move. Count to thirty, close your eyes and cover your ears."
"MAO!" A voice screamed for me.
((Mika's POV))
This tournament was so much fun and to prove how much fun it would be, Mao and I decided to cosplay for the Halloween week. Today for Halloween, I made her cosplay as Taiga Aisaka, but my favorite would always be the England cosplay. As for me, I dressed up as Hungary from Hetalia and teamed up with the A team tonight. We waited in our posts for such a long time for Mao's group to scare us, but nothing came. We waited and waited until we decided to call it all off and go looking for them. Even though Mao is responsible for being the younger sibling, I still worried because when it comes to being alone, she's like a defenseless child with nowhere to go.
I might not have explained it much, but Mao has always had abandonment issues. She doesn't like being alone in a room for long because it reminds her of the night she was abandoned and she hates it. There was one time it got so bad; we had to take her to the hospital to relieve her stress. Since then, I didn't leave her side until I thought she got over it. I thought she got over it when we went on to high school and then she told me about the Okinawa trip and it worried me.
The only ways she can cope with it if she's in a public area like the mall or the park where there are people or if she is distracted.
I'm scared that she'll have an 'attack' and it'll be much worse than last time.
Just when I was about to go out into the dark hallways and look for her myself, the group and I saw Mao's group and smiled, but as soon as that smile came, worry soon took over because Mao wasn't within the group.
"There they are!" Renge said, someone who I've been able to become friends with in a couple minutes.
"We were so worried about the five of you!" Kurakano said.
"Why did you leave you're post in the middle of the tournament? And where is the fifth member of your team?" A boy said when we ran over towards them, ready to beat up someone when they didn't answer properly.
"We called off the whole thing to go looking for you."
"Huh? That wasn't you guys trying to scare us?' Kaoru said.
"And Mao isn't with you guys?" Hikaru said. At that, my heart just sunk to my stomach, and no I'm not talking dramatically. I'm serious about this because my sister is out there all alone! ALONE!
Well, as if that wasn't the problem, we all got scared of a shadow by the window, well, everyone except me because I'm pretty dense when it comes to getting scared. As Mao's classmates were getting scared, I went off and tried to find Mao by myself if I had to. I had my handy dandy S3 and its amazing flashlight.
"Mika! Where are you going?" Haruhi asked me once she recovered from the scare fest. I gave her my famous look of worry and went off into the dark to find Mao.
"Mika! Please don't leave me alone! Please don't leave me!" Little Mao asked me, holding onto my sleeve and my dress when I was walking out of the room.
"Mao, I'm just going to the bathroom." I told her as I sweat dropped.
"Still! Don't leave me! I'm scared! Don't abandon me!" She yelled and started crying.
The one thing the famous Bipolar Tiger is scared of is being alone….alone and abandoned….
"Mao!" I called out.
"Mao! Where are you!?" Haruhi called out from behind me.
"What are you guys doing?" Hikaru, who just happened to pop out of nowhere, asked us and we jumped, looking at them when we realized it was just him and Kaoru. I puffed out my cheeks and smacked them upside their heads!
"Don't scare Haruhi like that! And for your information, we're looking for Mao! You idiots will pay once we find her! You guys gotta stay with her or else! GOT THAT!?" I yelled at them and marched on.
"Hold on!" Hikaru spoke and grabbed my shoulder, turning me around to look at him and he had a pretty pissed off face, "Why does that make this our fault!? We weren't the ones that simply left her sister with us to join another group with a fellow Otaku!"
"Yeah! Well, I thought you guys were able to take care of her! Now look at how you're babysitting has done! Mao is probably curled up in a ball because of you! She trusted you!" I yelled and didn't seem fazed at the look he and his brother game me. They seemed to have blushed and had a shocked expression.
"She….trusts us?" Kaoru said. I shook my head and continued my glare, ready to turn around and keep on with my search.
"You mean trusted! You abandoned her! You two ran at different directions and didn't bother to keep close to her! Think about her than just yourselves!"
"Abandoned her?! Just who do you think you are yelling at me and my brother like that!? Why is it such a big deal?!" Hikaru yelled back and that was the final straw. I gritted my teeth and held back my fist because I was so ready to punch him.
"BECAUSE MAO IS AFRAID OF BEING ALONE!" I blurted out and everything became deathly silent, more silent than Dads funeral.
"What?" Was all that Hikaru and Kaoru were able to say. Haruhi didn't say anything and decided to stay away from this argument. Smart girl and she were also smart to hold me down from attacking the twins for their stupid decision.
"She's afraid of being alone. Mao has abandonment issues and it's gotten so bad that we have to take her to the hospital. This all started ever since she was five when she was left there in that dark alley and no one ever came back. It got worse when Dad never came back from his trip." Somehow, I started to explain and still continued to walk with the three following behind me.
"The airplane accident," Haruhi said. "Yeah. She still talks about Dad in present tense like he's still around. I guess it's her way of silently saying she hasn't gotten over it. Mom and I never understood why though." I said, shinning the light at every corner that was around, we even looked at different rooms to see if she slipped in there. "Mao may act tough and mean, but she's as vulnerable as a tiger cub when it's born without someone to protect them. I guess that's a reason why we call her the Bipolar tiger." I smiled
"We never knew…Do Tamaki-senpai and the other know?" Kaoru asked me and I simply shrugged, "I guess so. It happened again when you guys were at Okinawa. Kyoya-kun called Mom about it and didn't question further when we said we didn't want to talk about it."
"Then why are you telling all of this right now?" Hikaru asked me, pretty much annoyed.
"So that you won't make the same mistake again and…try to make my little sis happy." I finished and flashed my light at a secluded corner to where I started to hear small whimpering. The three started to hear it as well and rushed towards the sounds source. I still kept the light shining at the corner and almost started crying when we all figured out who or what that was making the noise.
"MAO!" I yelled and I saw her lift up her head and saw her looking up to Haruhi, the twins and I.
((Mao's POV))
A voice was calling out my name and I looked up to see my sister face along with Haruhi and the twins. Mika's face looked like she was about to burst out crying and Haruhi let out a sigh of relief now that she knew I was safe and stuff. Hikaru and Kaoru were strange though; they didn't do anything, but stare at me. I tried getting up, but my feet were still petrified in the position I was in. I didn't want to get up for anything or for anyone. Well, that was the plan until I saw Hikaru's hand extend towards me and had this look of worry on his face. His look of worry almost topped Mika's worried face.
"It's okay Mao. I'm here. I'm back." He softly said to me. I don't know why he said that and I don't know how he said, but his words…It made me trust him and it made me ease the stiffness of my whole body and I jumped into his arms, into an embrace. I don't know why I did that nor do I know how it happened, but right now, all I cared was that someone was with me and that someone was comforting me.
"Please don't leave! Please!" I cried out and violently shook. I bet Hikaru could feel how badly I was shaking and even though that was happening, he never let his arms leave my persona. They were still wrapped around me and they were one of the warmest arms I ever felt around me.
So warm….Hikaru's warmth…
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"'Everyone in Class 1-A, except Mao Kurosaki, is a Captain of All Cowards.'" I read from the newspaper. The only reason I wasn't called a Captain of All Cowards was because I wasn't there when Nekozawa's Belzenef's shadow made his appearance.
"Mao-kun! Is it true you went as Taiga Aisaka that night on Halloween!?"
"Are there any pictures? I bet you looked so cute!"
"Cute? He so fits the image of Taiga, but the boy version of her!"
"That's true! Mao-kun always struck me as a Tsundere. The King of Tsundere's, Mao Kurosaki."
More like the Queen of Tsundere's. If they want pictures, they're going to have to contact Mika and Kyo-Hyung must have her number and won't hesitate to call her to get a copy of those photos and then make more copies of those photos and every girl at the school will have a photo saying, "Mao Kurosaki, the King/Queen of Tsundere's".
Vanilla salt day, Vanilla
If it's only sweet, sprinkle salt.
"Mao." Hikaru, the one pulling away the newspaper away from my hands, made me stare at his eyes and I sighed because I was really enjoying that newspaper.
"Yes?" I asked and what I got as a response was not what I expected.
"Are you alright?" He asked me. My eyes widened and then notice him blush a bit. I felt my face heat up a bit and I knew I was blushing too. I looked at another direction and pulled my knees to my chest, my chin then resting on top of my knees.
"Y-yeah. I'm fine." Wow, talk about awkward. "S-say, how's that girl that you like? Is she doing alright?" I asked.
"She's doing great although I'm worried about her. Her sister told me something I should have known before. I learn more things about her. It's kind of funny since she should be the one tell me herself." He chuckled at the end. Please don't tell this to anyone, but his chuckle is kinda cute and nice to hear.
"Honestly, I kinda envy her," I said, "I haven't known you long, but I know you're Hikaru and I can say that you changed a little bit. It's kinda exciting to see how much you'll grow up." I muttered the last part and got out my seat, off towards some other place that I won't embarrass myself.
Since I want to be understood, more and more than anyone else, I want to expose myself,
Yet I can't do it. I have nothing. It's so irritating.
But love that's only sweet is a bit different from what I seek for
In drama's, they call it love. Mom and Mika call it love too. However, when I have these strange feelings towards these guys that I have feelings towards, I call it "friendship". They are nothing more than my friends and they will always stay that way, if they can. I keep hearing that it's love, but love is much stronger, isn't it? I know it's a powerful word and a powerful feeling, but is it enough?
"Those pictures of you cosplaying last week have been so successful; we're on our third printing process. Congratulations Mao." Kyo-Hyung told me and I sheepishly shrugged it off.
"Thank Mika. She and Mom ganged up on me so I would have to wear them."
"She has excellent photo skills. Maybe I should ask for a photo of you cosplaying Taiga." He said out of nowhere and I dropped my stuff. "What did you just say?" I asked, all up in his face. He chuckled and believes me, his chuckle sounded nice.
BA-BMP BA-BMP BA-BMP
"It's nothing."
It's just "friendship", right?
I can't help saying black when told white.
I'm a contrary person who can't be mild. If I'm told, 'I love you', I answer 'I hate you so much'.
Why am I saying that when I'm so happy?
Just like sprinkling salt onto vanilla