Hey guys! I'm soooo sorry about this late update.
My Family is finishing our basement and in order to save money we're doing everything, except the plumbing and electrical stuff, ourselves. So I spent all of Saturday, half of Sunday, and all my free time Monday putting up walls. But now we have to stop to let the electrition and plumber come and work so I shouldn't have to use up so much of my free time on that for a while.
Now enough about me. I want to thank Just obsessed and Katsura tree for reviewing, your support means a lot.
Now read on, readers!
It's been just over a week since the ball. I had been hoping that after the events of that night I would be able to get a little closer to Kyoya, but I was wrong. He's as polite as ever, always wearing that fake smile and viewing the world through a cold, calculating eye.
How do I know this much? Every time I'm around him I watch him closely, trying to see the real him, but so far all I've been able to see is his well worn mask.
My Kyoya problem aside, I have another thing to worry about right now; the other girls in this school. The news of mine and Kyoya's betrothal has finally gotten around to everyone.
From all the girls I pass in the hallway I either receive a gaze of awe because I get to marry Kyoya, or I get a look of pure hate because I 'stole' one of their precious hosts. Thinking about all this made me sigh, I have no idea of what to do anymore.
"Madoka, Madoka! MADOKA!"
"Huh?" I said snapping out of my thoughts. 'Oh, that's right. Kiyomi, Yuka, and I are in cooking class.'
Yuka looked at me exasperatedly and said, "the chocolate chip cookies are done, come pack up your share."
"Oh, okay," I said getting up from my seat.
While I was putting my share of the cookies into a tin, Kiyomi came up to me and said, "what are you going to do with your cookies?"
"I'm going to give them to Sakura and Hiroki. What are you going to do with them?"
"I'll probably give them to my parents."
"What are you going to do with them, Yuka?" Kiyomi and I asked turning around to face Yuka.
"I'm gong to eat them, of course!" Yuka said plopping a cookie into her mouth.
"We should have known," Kiyomi and I said as we put our cookie tins into our school bags.
As we walked out of the cooking room, Kiyomi said, "do you guys want to see a movie this afternoon?"
I opened my mouth to reply when I suddenly felt two arms slide under my armpits and hook up in front of my shoulders. "Target acquired!" I heard two identical voices say. I glanced over my shoulder to see that it was the twins who were kidnapping me, again.
"Let her go!" Yuka said trying to unhook me from the twin on my right.
"Get lost, pipsqueak," the twins said, pushing her away.
"What's so important that you have to kidnap Madoka anyways?" Kiyomi asked as she glared at the twins.
"Dunno, Boss just said to bring Madoka to the club room," the twins answered in a bored tone.
"What the heck does Tamaki want?!" I mumbled before saying, "I'll come with you. Tamaki won't stop his shenanigans until I talk to him, so you can let go of me."
The twins looked at me suspiciously but they released me. "Follow us," they said before heading down the hallway.
I started to follow them when Yuka said, "wait! Can we come too?"
"Yes," I said before either twin could open their mouth. "Whatever Tamaki has to say to me can be said in front of my friends."
"Yeah!" Yuka cheered before grabbing Kiyomi by the wrist and running down the hall to catch up with me.
When we reached the club room I thought, 'this better be important,' as I pushed the doors open. What I saw when I opened the doors made me stare: the whole room had been transformed to look like a Parisian cafe.
"O-la-la, it's Paris!" Yuka exclaimed as she brushed past me.
'How are you not bothered in the least by this? Whatever, the sooner I talk to Tamaki the sooner I can leave.'
"I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave, we're not open yet." I looked up at the sound of this familiar voice to see Kyoya walking out of the back room. When he saw me he stopped and said, "Miss Yamada, what are you doing here?"
"Huh?" I said confused. "You don't know?"
"No, I don't," Kyoya responded.
"Tamaki sent the twins to go get me because he wants to tell me something; at least that's what the twins told me."
"What is that idiot up to now?" I heard Kyoya mutter as Tamaki emerged from the back.
"Ah, Madoka, you're finally here!" Tamaki said as he sprinted over to me and gave me a bear hug.
"What did you want to tell me?" I asked as I tried to push Tamaki off of me.
Tamaki's face immediately lit up as he let go of me and said, "I wanted to tell you that starting today you are a part of the host club!"
"Huh?!" Everyone in the room said giving Tamaki confused looks.
"M-me in the host club? Why?" I finally managed to stutter.
"Because you said that you wanted to get to know Kyoya better, that's why."
As soon as those words left Tamaki's mouth, I felt the gazes' of everyone, especially Kyoya's, on me. My cheeks flamed red with embarrassment and anger as I stood still and Tamaki continued.
"When I heard you say that you were scarred to marry Kyoya because you didn't know him very well, I knew instantly that I needed to help you. And so I thought that the best way for you to get to know Kyoya better was to see him everyday, but the only way to do that is for you to come to the host club everyday.
"Sadly, you don't enjoy the host club as much as the other girls so the perfect solution is for you to work here! That way you'll be able to see Kyoya before club hours, during club hours, and after club hours; it's the perfect solution! So, what do you think?"
I just stood there silently, visibly shaking out of rage and embarrassment. "What do I think?" I muttered. "I think you're an idiot!" I yelled at Tamaki.
Tamaki gave me a startled and scared look while I took deep breaths, trying to calm down enough so that I wouldn't kill Tamaki for breaking his promise.
"Well I think it's a good idea."
"Huh?!" Tamaki and I said as we turned around to face Kyoya.
"W-what!? Why?!" I stuttered in desperation.
"Well it's only natural to feel nervous about marrying someone you hardly know, so I think that if we work together we both can learn more about each other. Not only will the host club benefit from your involvement but I'm also sure that my father would highly approve of this arrangement... So, what do you think?" Kyoya said evenly and coolly.
I opened my mouth to answer but closed it again when I couldn't find any words to answer with. 'Why the heck does Kyoya need to get to know me better? He knows me so damn well that he can bend me to his will already. He knows that by mentioning the approval of his father that I have no choice but to agree to Tamaki's proposition.'
"I'll... I'll do it," I said in defeat.
"I knew you would say that!" Tamaki said, giving me a big hug.
"So what kind of work will Madoka have to do?" Kiyomi asked for me. I gave Kiyomi a grateful look; I was still so shocked that I couldn't say anything.
"Well, I came up with two different options," Tamaki started. "Option one: Madoka can help greet and seat guests, get treat refills, and help Kyoya with management. Or, option two: Madoka and Kyoya can do a star-crossed lovers act!"
"I choose option one," I said quickly, blushing at the thought of option two.
"Yay! A new toy to play with," the Hitachiins twins said slyly, leaning onto my shoulders.
"She's not a toy!" Yuka and Kiyomi said as they pushed the twins off me.
After moving the twins away from me, Yuka turned back and said, "wow, you're so lucky! You get to spend the entire afternoon with the hosts!"
"Yeah, but we won't be able to hang out every afternoon like we used to," I said sadly.
"Don't worry! We'll just come here to visit you. Right Kiyomi?" Yuka said excitedly.
"Of course," Kiyomi said putting a hand on my shoulder.
"Thanks guys," I said giving my friends a weak smile.
"So it's settled, starting tomorrow Miss Madoka will officially be a member of the host club!" Tamaki said dramatically.
"We're about to open, I'm afraid you three will have to leave," Kyoya said curtly.
"Okay," we said as we started to leave.
"Wait, wait!" I felt someone tugging at my dress. I turned around to see Hunny. "Madoka chan, will you eat cake with me tomorrow?"
"Sure," I said offering Hunny a small smile.
"Great! See you tomorrow!" Hunny said, giving me a smile in return.
As my friends and I exited the club room I said, "how did that happen?"
Kiyomi gave me a sympathetic look before saying, "I don't know."
"Why don't we go watch a movie now? It will make you feel better," Yuka said trying to be helpful.
"Yeah, let's go," I said as I followed my friends out of the school knowing that my whole way of life had just been changed. 'There's no going back now.'
So was this chapter worth waiting for? I hope it was. Again, sorry about the late update, I'll try my hardest to not fall behind again.
Oh, and I changed the cover picture, do you like this one better? Anyways, see you next update.
Next time: My First Day.
-Karolyn Grace.