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"It's only an arranged marriage, nothing special," I said mimicking Kyoya in a mocking tone.
Today is Saturday, the day after Kyoya said those cruel words to me, sending an arrow of pain and anger straight to my heart. Right now I'm in my room complaining to my maid and friend, Kairi, about my fiancee.
Now enough explanation, it's time to get back to my much needed rant. "After he said that he had the nerve to turn his back to me and walk away. He just walked away and shattered my heart. I may not love Kyoya right now but I do want to love him, but how am I supposed to do that when Kyoya is so insensitive!
"He may know everything about everyone in school and everyone who's important, but he's totally clueless when it comes to the workings of a young girl's heart. And of course, yesterday he messed up big time. He's such a... He's such a... He's such an insensitive Jerk!"
"Hey! I just made your bed!" Kairi scolded when I flopped onto my bed at the end of my rant, totally messing up the crisp clean sheets.
"Sorry," I mumbled as I rolled off my bed and straightened my messed up sheets.
Kairi sighed before walking out of my walk-in-closet where she had been putting my clothes away and put a hand on my shoulder. "You know, Madoka, I may not know much about arranged marriages but I do know this: love isn't something that happens immediately, it takes time and patience.
"Also, love isn't a one sided feeling, true love is where two people care about each other so much that they are both willing to put the other person's wants and needs before their own without any feelings of resentment.
"True love is something where you are willing to forgive the other person when they mess up and to be understanding of their feelings. You and Kyoya have only been engaged for a few weeks, you have plenty of time for a bond of love to grow between you two. So for now, just be kind and patient. Just be yourself and don't take what he said too personally."
"Hmph, it's easy for you to say because it's somebody else's problem," I said crossly while rolling my eyes. Then a mischievous smile came across my face as I said, "But I guess your view is understandable considering the fact that you've been dumped a thousand times."
"Hey! Keep my love life out of this!" Kairi said snatching a pillow off my bed before throwing it at me.
"No way," I replied as I dodged the pillow, grabbed a different one, and hurled it at Kairi hitting her square in the chest.
"Oh, it's on!" Kairi said before grabbing a few more pillows and promptly sending them flying towards me.
Kairi and I continued this back and forth pillow bombardment until we heard the doorbell ring. We both stopped abruptly and Kairi said, "I better go answer the door," before dashing out of my room and down the stairs.
'I better clean up this mess.' I had just put the last pillow back on my bed when I heard a knock on my door. "Yes?" I called.
"Um, two boys are here to see you..." Kairi answered hesitantly through the door. "They say that they are your friends from school."
"Who?" I asked hoping it would be Tamaki and you know who.
"Us," two identical voices said as two identical redheads opened the door and entered my room.
"Hikaru? Kaoru? What are you two doing here?"
"We're here to visit our favorite maid," Hikaru said with a smirk, at least I assume it was Hikaru because his hair was parted to the right.
"Well if that's what you're here for then you can just leave... Um, Kairi, you may go."
"Alright," my maid said reluctantly. It was obvious that she was hesitant to leave me alone with two boys in my bedroom. Although I understand her concern, I know the twins aren't that bad, plus I really don't like her staring at me.
"Waah! You're so cold, Madoka!" Kaoru cried, throwing his arms around my neck.
"Don't worry, Kaoru. I'll warm you with my love," Hikaru said, wrapping his arms around me and Kaoru, sandwiching me in between them.
"That's the cheesiest line I've ever heard you two say," I said as I pushed them away from me.
"The other girls at the host club seem to like this sort of thing," the twins answered cheekily as they slung their arms over each others' shoulders.
"Well the other girls are near-sighted, dimwitted, single-minded, foolish, hormonal teenage girls!" I retorted as I put my hands on my hips.
"You do know that your description of the host club's guests includes your friend, Yuka," the twins replied.
"It's because Yuka is one of those crazy fangirls that I know what I'm talking about."
"Hmm, you're different than the others," Hikaru started as he lifted up one side of my chin.
"And we like that," Kaoru finished as he lifted up the other side of my chin, forcing me to look the twins in the eye.
My cheeks burned up and I pulled myself away from the twins as I hurriedly said, "why'd you come here? I know you woudn't have come here without a reason, so spill it."
The twins looked at each other before smirking at me and saying, "we came here to help you."
"Help my? Why?"
"Because seeing you tossed around by Kyoya is no fun."
"Then what do you propose?" I mumbled, looking down at my feet.
"We suggest that you let us do whatever we deem necessary to get Kyoya jealous," the twins cooed as they ran their fingers down the back of my neck and spine, causing me to shutter.
"Okay, you have my permission to do whatever you need to do," I said slowly.
"Yay!" The twins cheered. Then they hugged me, pinning my arms to my sides, before they both kissed me on my cheeks at the same time. "See you at school on Monday!" The twins called as they ran out of my room.
'Why am I already regretting my decision,' I thought as I wiped my cheeks and just stared at my swinging bedroom door.
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'Why did I agree to let those devils help me? I must not have been sane at the time. I bet one of those pillows knocked all the sense out of me.'
I sighed as I stood in front of the double doors leading to the host club. 'What's done is done, standing here worrying won't do me any good. I might as well go inside and prepare myself for the twisted things the twins are bound to do.'
I took a deep breath and slowly pushed open the right door and quietly slipped inside. "Where the heck is everybody?" I asked myself out loud as I surveyed the empty room which no longer looked like Paris. Instead, it was back to it's regular state, thank goodness.
"Everyone else appears to be late," Kyoya said as he emerged from the back room. His sudden appearance made me jump slightly.
"Oh," I said looking the empty room over once more.
"The twins dropped off your hostess outfit during lunch break," Kyoya said breaking the suffocatingly awkward silence. "It's in the far left changing room."
"Okay, thanks," I said before scurrying off to the back to get changed before the other boys arrived.
'Though I wonder, why do I have a hostess outfit when the hosts normally just wear their school uniforms? It's not that I'm complaining, I don't really like the girls' school uniform that much anyways, I just find it a little odd... Whatever, I don't care. I just hope that whatever the twins picked out looks nice.'
I swished open the curtain of the changing room and quickly closed it behind me before looking at my hostess outfit which was lying on the bench.
My hostess outfit consisted of a light blue blazer that matched the boys', a white form fitting blouse, and a thin red ribbon that was to be tied into a bow around the neck to replace the tie. The outfit was finished off by a light blue skirt that matched the blazer, nylons, the black heels I had worn last time, and white gloves.
I admired my reflection once before exiting the changing room. "There you are!" I looked up to see the twins standing in front of me looking exasperated.
"You take forever to get changed," Hikaru complained as he and his brother pushed me into a chair.
"You're such a girl," Kaoru whined as he put something around my head.
"Close your eyes," Hikaru commanded as he applied my make-up.
"There, you're done!" The twins said with a flourish.
I opened my eyes and looked in the mirror to see a delicate, white, ruffled headband in my hair and make-up that was done flawlessly. 'They are really good at this.'
"So...Um... What exactly is your plan to help me?" I asked looking up at the twins with my big brown eyes.
"We're going to make him jealous," the twins whispered in my ear, causing me to involuntarily shiver.
"How?" I asked in a whispered.
"You'll see," the twins sang as they walked out of the back room hand-in-hand.
When I entered the main room, a exasperated Kyoya roughly grabbed me by the wrists, led me over to the other hosts, and put me in position to welcome the guests. After the guests had entered, the hosts dispersed to their various locations and I started seating the guests.
"This host is open. That host is booked for today. You can switch to that host in thirty minutes. Yes, I'm new." This is just a sample, a quick view into my first forty-five minutes of hosting.
After this I started scurrying all over the room, re-filling tea pots and restocking the hosts' sweets supply. I swear, every other time I brought out more sweets I brought them out to refill Hunny's supply.
'Thirty-five more minutes till closing.' In relief, I surveyed the room; only a few die-heart host fans and the girls who had arrived late remained.
"Hey Madoka! We need more cookies over here," the twins called.
"Coming," I replied, wondering why they were asking for more cookies when all of their customers had already left. After setting down the platter of cookies, I started to walk away when one of the twins grabbed me by the wrist.
What?" I asked looking confusedly at Hikaru who was holding my wrist.
"You've been working hard all day, why don't you take a break?" Hikaru said coaxingly in a low voice while he pulled me by the wrist onto the love seat, putting me in between him and Kaoru.
"Here, have a cookie," Kaoru cooed, handing me the plate of cookies.
"But I don't want one," I said flatly.
"Just do it," Hikaru hissed in my ear.
"Fine," I mumbled, grabbing a cookie. I brought the cookie slowly to my lips, suspicious of what the twins were planning.
Unfortunately I played right into the twins' hand. When I put the edge of the cookie into my mouth to nibble it, Kaoru suddenly grabbed my chin and pulled it forward before taking a bite of the cookie that was still in my mouth. This close contact and sudden action caused my eyes to fly open in surprise and my cheeks to burn.
"Hey, Kyoya. Your fiancee is so cute when she blushes," said Hikaru.
Kyoya glanced at us and I could feel his gaze piercing my soul. Then he coldly said, "I already knew that," before turning back to his customers.
Something broke inside me as I pulled away from Kaoru. Although I was upset about Kyoya's flippant response I was more angry at the twins. "What were you doing?!" I hissed
"Trying to help you," the twins answered innocently.
"How?!"
"By making Kyoya jealous."
"Well it obviously didn't work," I said crossly while folding my arms across my chest.
"Don't worry, we'll try harder next time," the twins said as they slung their arms around my shoulders.
'Accepting their help was a mistake.'
So what do you think of this chapter? I hope you liked it because I loved writing it. I can't wait for you to see where I'm taking all this. I already have my next two chapters planned out, I can't wait to write them.
Next time: Ditching.
See you all next chapter.
-Karolyn Grace.