Hi Guys! So this is my eight update. I had so much fun writing this chapter, I hope you enjoy it.

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It was Friday, the day of the host club's ball. As soon as school let out, Kiyomi, Yuka, and I all went to my house to get ready for the ball.

First we showered, next we put on the dresses the twins had helped us pick out, and then we sat on chairs arranged in a semi-circle while my favorite maid, Kairi, did our hair.

It was fun to watch the others be made up while you couldn't see yourself. There were a lot of "how do I look?" And tons of "oh my gosh, you look great!" Exchanged between us all.

"There, all done" Kairi said as she finished putting a light blue metal flower hair accessory in Kiyomi's hair. "Go look at yourselves in the mirror."

Kairi din't have to tell us twice, we all stood up quickly and excitedly walked over to my floor length mirror. We stood in awe as we looked at ourselves.

Yuka's dark purple and silver dress was perfect on her short slim figure. Her hair was slightly curled with the hair that normally framed her face braided and pulled back with silver beads woven into it.

Kiyomi's front hair was pulled into a bun with a big intricate metal flower resting against its side, the rest of her hair just hung down her back and was curled at the very bottom. This made her elegant light blue and dark brown dress look custom made just for her.

Lastly, my dark blue and black dress looked breath taking and was complimented by my hair which had been twisted and pinned up in the back with a lock of hair being curled on each side of my face.

"Wow," Kiyomi said. "We look..."

"Amazing," Yuka and I finished.

"Ooo, let's put on our masks!" Yuka exclaimed, bouncing up and down.

"Yeah," I said. "Kairi-"

"Way ahead of you," Kairi said, handing over our masks.

"I think we're ready," Kiyomi said.

"Then let's go!" Yuka said, doing a fist pump. Kiyomi and I giggled as we followed Yuka to the limo.

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When we got to Ouran, Yuka and Kiyomi headed to the ball room while I went to the club room. I was told to go there because I would make my entrance with the hosts.

When I reached the doors to the club room, I paused to take off my mask and straighten my dress. Right as I was about to knock, the doors were thrown open and something or somebody crashed into me, knocking me to the floor.

"Ow," I said rubbing my elbow which had been smashed against the hard marble floor.

"Oh, it's you." I looked up to see one of the Hitachiin twins standing over me, the other one was rubbing his shoulder which must have been what hit me.

"The least you could do is say you're sorry or help me up," I said accusingly.

"Sorry you got in my way," the twin with the sore shoulder said. I rolled my eyes at this but I accepted the hand he offered me.

"Thanks, uh..."

"Kaoru," he finished.

"Thank you, Kaoru," I said before taking a step back and bumping into someone else. "Sorry," I said while looking up to see Kyoya.

"It's alright, Madoka. I hope the twins didn't hurt you."

"No, they didn't. I'm alright, ow!" I said, wincing when Kyoya grabbed my arm.

Then, by holding my arm up so that he could see it, I was forced to stand facing Kyoya with my body brushing his. Ever since we got betrothed, I've been incredibly self conscious around Kyoya; so being this close to Kyoya caused my cheeks to heat up.

"Your elbow looks swollen, does it hurt?" Kyoya asked.

"N-no."

"It looks and sounds like it hurts," Kyoya said as he poked my elbow, producing a small cry of pain from me.

"Okay, it hurts a little, but it's not that bad!" I said pulling my arm free from Kyoya's grasp, proceeding to rub my elbow once it was free.

Kyoya smirked at me before saying, "Hikaru, Kaoru, please bring Miss Yamada into the club room and cover up her bruise. Mori, please run to the nurse's office and get some tylonal for our guest of honor."

Mori nodded and then dashed down the hall with Hunny perched on his shoulder while the twins saluted before each one of them grabbed one of my arms and dragged me into the club room.

I was forced to sit on one of the love seats while Kaoru inspected my bruised elbow which had turned a black and blue color while Hikaru grabbed some cover-up.

When Hikaru returned, both he and Kaoru set to work disguising my bruise. While they were working, Mori returned with the tylonal which I gratefully accepted because my elbow was really starting to burn.

"There, all done!" The twins said in perfect unison while taking a step back.

"Wow, I can't see the bruise at all and you can't tell that there is make-up on my arm." I mumbled to myself while examined my elbow.

'Oh, that's right. The twins mom is a famous fashionista, they probably learned how to do this from her.'

"We mustn't keep the lovely princesses waiting any longer. It's time to open the ball!" Tamaki said before rushing out the door, dragging poor Haruhi behind him.

"Poor guy," I mumbled before standing up and following the other hosts to the club room.

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Kyoya had instructed me to wait behind the double doors while the hosts entered the ball room. Once they had entered, they would announce my entrance, the doors would open, and I would enter.

I paced nervously in front of the doors, being the center of attention wasn't exactly my favorite thing so I was really nervous.

A loud chorus of, "kyaa!" drifted through the doors. 'This nose means that the host have entered, I better prepare for my entrance.' I straightened my dress, wiped the perspiration off my forehead and put my mask on. Then I took a deep breath, exhaling slowly in order to ease my jitters.

Then I heard Tamaki's happy, loud, dramatic voice say, "and now I present to you, our very special guest of honor!"

On cue, the doors swung open and I gulped before taking a step out of the shadows. I blinked furiously against the blinding lights and my ears buzzed with the whispers and exclamations of the other guests as I walked out onto the top of the grand staircase.

As I stood in a daze on the little balcony area over looking the ballroom, Tamaki rushed forward and said, "one of the privileges of being the guest of honor is that our special guest gets to have the first dance with the host of her choice. And that luck host is... Kyoya!"

Once he said this, Tamaki bowed and stepped back, joining the other hosts, while Kyoya stepped forward and offered me his arm. I timidly accepted it and as Kyoya led me down the stair case, I could feel my cheeks burning up with embarrassment; I had never been more grateful that I was wearing a mask as I was then.

When we reached the bottom of the staircase, Kyoya led me into the middle of the dance floor. I could feel the gazes of hundreds of eyes on me as I put my left hand just below Kyoya's shoulder and clasped my right hand with his left. We stood silently, only inches apart, as we waited for the music to start. Then, it started.

As If a spell had been cast, I started gliding across the floor as Kyoya and I began to dance the waltz. The rhythmic rise and fall of our steps, the fluttering of my dress as I turned, and the smoothness in which Kyoya led the dance all added to the overall magic of our dance.

I could hear a hush fall over the crowd as they fell one by one to the mysterious magic of our dance. I stood in Kyoya's arms while being led across the floor, for the first time since the announcement of our arranged marriage, I felt totally at ease about my future. 'Maybe this won't be as bad as I've imagined.'

I lost all sense of time as Kyoya and I glided over the floor, but as our music faded into thin air, the spell was broken as a collective sigh past through the crowd. As Kyoya and I separated I looked up at him and said, "thanks for dancing with me, it was fun."

"Your welcome," Kyoya said as he gave a quick smile before he was engulfed by a crowd of girls who wanted to dance with him.

After dancing with Kyoya I searched the crowd for my friends, almost immediately I saw Kiyomi talking with some of the girls from our class. By the time I reached Kiyomi the other girls had left.

"Hi! Where's Yuka?" I asked.

"Over there," Kiyomi answered pointing to throng of girls who were surrounding Tamaki.

"I should have know," I said dryly.

Kiyomi and I stood silently for a little bit before Kiyomi said, "you and Kyoya looked amazing together."

"Oh, um, thanks," I said as I felt myself blushing.

Kiyomi giggled at my reaction before saying, "well even if you and Kyoya don't love each other at least you'll look good together."

"What a relief," I said sarcastically as I slumped into a chair. After sighing I looked up at Kiyomi out of the corner of my eye and said, "so have you tried to dance with Mori yet?"

"What!? N-no, why would I want to dance with him?" Kiyomii stuttered.

I watched her with amusement as her cheeks turned a bright shade of red. Then I gave Kiyomi a sly smile before standing up, beginning to walk away.

"Hey! Where are you going?" Kiyomi asked as she slowly trailed me.

"I'm going to ask Mori to dance with you," I said casually as I continued to maneuver through the crowd.

"What?!" Kiyomi gasped as she ran to catch up with me. "Please don't"

"You'll thank me later," I said as I grabbed her wrist and pulled her over to where Hunny and Mori were standing. After pushing through the cluster of girls surrounding them, I looked up at Mori and said, "Mori will you dance with my friend? She's to shy to ask."

"Am not," Kiyomi mumbled.

Mori just smiled, grabbed her hand, and asked, "may I have this dance?"

"Uh-huh," Kiyomi breathed.

I laughed internally as I watched my friend, then I felt a tap on my shoulder and I looked over my shoulder to see Hunny standing behind me. "Wanna dance?" He asked cheerfully.

"Yes," I said as he grabbed my hands and pulled me onto the dance floor.

After dancing with Hunny, I was pulled into dance after dance with all the other hosts; Tamaki saved the last dance of the night for me. Once all the other guests had gone Kyoya walked up to me and said, "are you ready to go, Miss Madoka?"

"Yeah," I said as I stifled a yawn and followed Kyoya out of school.

Once we got into his limo, Kyoya looked me over and asked, "how's your elbow?"

"It's fine but thanks for asking."

"May I see?"

"Sure," I mumbled sleepily as I stuck out my arm for him to look at.

Kyoya gently held my arm and softly touched my sore elbow. "The swelling seems to have gone down," Kyoya said.

"That's good," I mumbled, blinking my eye in an effort to keep them open.

As Kyoya set my arm down he said, "Madoka, if you're tired you can go to sleep, I'll wake you when we arrive at your house."

"Thanks," I mumbled before resting my head on the back of the seat, and instantly I fell asleep.

After that I hazily remember Kyoya shaking me awake and him half supporting, half carrying me to my house. I sort of remember thanking him before the maids led me up the stair and into my room where I promptly flopped onto my bed and fell asleep without even bothering to change.

'What a magical night.'

So that's it for this chapter, what did you think? I hope you liked it and if you did come back next time to read chapter nine.

Next time: Unwanted Help.

See you next chapter!

-Karolyn Lobash