A/N: So, I know, I know, "LET'S ALL KILL DESI BECAUSE SHE TAKES FOREVER" but I've been busy lately. Anyway, in this chapter we meet Reiko from the Black Magic Club! And also maybe one of the characters gets a new love interest? And, also if you want to know the game mentioned in this chapter is called M.A.S.H, look it up. (I don't own it btw). Um..there isn't much of the other characters (and no Kyle! I know, I'm sorry to anyone that loves Kyle as much as I do :( ) But they will return, I promise. In fact, we'll get a little more of everyone's favorite Ouran 2nd year royalty (None other than the Host & Shadow kings) in the next chapter. So Um... I'll leave you alone now... ENJOY and R&R and stuff!
P.S: LONGEST CHAPTER SO FAR!
~Desime
The twins went home and the rest of the day went by fairly smoothly. I'm worried about what will happen to Kyle upon his return to school, but I'll think he'll be okay. On the way to school I asked him-several times- if he's alright and he keeps insisting that I'm just making too big of a deal out of it. I feel pretty confident that he will be okay, even if it might take him awhile to make new friends.
I am worrying about this when I run into someone. Wow, I really need to watch where I'm going. I look up to see the annoyed face of Kyoya Ohtori. "Oh! Hello, Kyoya. Sorry I ran into you, I just had a lot on my mind and," I start to explain, but he interrupts me. "Actually, Aislin, I was just looking for you." He says, not sounding very ecstatic about talking to me. He still looks really annoyed and even kind of angry as the light catches on his glasses, making them glare, and he almost looks evil.
"Oh, um... Okay. Is there something I can help you with?" I ask him hesitantly. Why would Kyoya Ohtori want to talk to me? "Actually, there is," he starts, "I notice that you have never been to visit the Host Club, I was simply wondering why." I act as if I'm thinking about it, but the answer is obvious to me. "Now, I'm not one to go all feminist to prove a point, so I'll skip that one for now." I start, getting all my thoughts sorted out. I'm trying not to say anything that might offend him. I could say that they play on the feelings of girls and take advantage of them that way, but that's not the full reason. "You lie." I state simply. He raises an eyebrow, so I explain. "Well, from my understanding, you people flirt with girls that you don't even know. It's insincere and lying. That is why I wouldn't go." Kyoya looked sort of surprised, but recovered quickly wiping his face clean of any expression. "I suppose I can't argue with your reasoning. However, our guests don't seem to care about that." He states. "Well, I'm not one of your guests." I say flatly. "Anyway, was this all you wanted?" I ask, bored with the conversation.
Kyoya nods, but it seems like he had more to say, but I have something worse to worry about. It's just now that I realize that I was supposed to be in class like five minutes ago. I awkwardly walk into class, and everyone stares at me as if I've killed someone. I just make my way to my seat and ignore everyone. "Hey Aislin," one voice chimes, "why were you late?" The other finishes. I sigh, of course the twins are going to pry. And even worse they won't shut up until I tell them. Even Haruhi seems to be paying attention and waiting for the answer. "Did something happen with Kyle?" I hear a voice ask from my left. I think it's funny that Hikaru pretends not to care, but it's obvious that he does. Kaoru speaks up after his brother. "Yeah, you never told us what happened after we left." He also sounds worried, so I answer the question before Haruhi starts to question me, too. I guess I knew this was inevitable. "He's fine." I say simply. "I just got caught up talking to someone, is all." I explain. "Ooh, who was it?" Haruhi asks excitedly. I'm about to answer, but Hikaru interrupts. "It was probably a counselor. I heard that they've been going to people to inform the of that new rule the chairman passed." Haruhi looks confused and muttered "New rule?" Hikaru sighs and explains "The new rule that everyone must participate in at least one club throughout the year." Haruhi responds with "Oh, so that's why they're holding that club fair this week."
What? I guess they don't really understand the implications of this, being in the Host Club. Me, however, well I'd prefer to be as little involved as possible. I mean, I had considered joining a club, but none of them really appealed to me. What am I going to do? The solution that I come up with is to find out as much as I can about the clubs on campus. Hopefully, there will be a club that I can fit into. I find out that there is a club fair everyday, after school, for people who need to find one. I should probably go to that.
I'm at the club fair, looking from booth to booth. Some interesting ones include the debate club, the astrology club, and a writing club. I'm next to the astrology booth when a girl approaches me. "You like fortune telling?" She asks, her voice haunting. "Yes. It seems interesting." I reply. "Maybe you should check out the Black Magic Club. Our predictions are twice as accurate as others." She says. This club sounds interesting, so I decide to go with her.
"I see someone handsome in your future." She says mystically. "Do you already have a lover?" She asks me, I quickly deny it. She mutters something about swearing she heard someone tell someone else that I did. People must have really boring lives if they resort to gossip like that. Anyway, she's taken me into the club room for the Black Magic Club and has been telling my fortune for like 10 minutes already. Apparently, I'm a lucky person, and I should watch out for busses. What? Even though she's telling my future, I am getting to know her as well. Her name is Reiko, and she is in class 1-D, and she's really nice. "You're so lucky," she tells me, "my beloved doesn't even notice me." She says dramatically. That again? Didn't I tell her that I didn't have anyone? "Oh, I'm sorry." I say rather awkwardly. Although, I really question her prediction. With my luck, it'd be a handsome jerk. I guess that sounds bitter, but I'm not exactly looking for anything in the romantic category right now.
After my reading, we go back out to the rest of the club fair. I'm walking with her when suddenly, I'm glomped by someone. "Ai-chan!" An adorable voice calls to me. Ai-chan? I look down to see the adorable Honey-senpai. "Hey Honey! What are you doing here?" I greet him. "Well, the Host Club doesn't need to have a booth at the club fair." He pauses. That didn't really answer my question. Mori walks up next to him, and I assume that was what he was waiting for. "So me and Takashi are here supporting the Kendo Club." He finishes, and Mori nods. Oh, that makes sense. Reiko, whom I'd forgotten was next to me, suddenly bows. "Hello, Morinozuka-senpai," she blushes a little bit, "Haninozuka-senpai." She greets them so formally, but I guess that's because she doesn't know them. But what was with the blush? Does she have a crush on Mori? It would make sense, he's rather handsome and mysterious; most girls like that.
"Ooh... you're a first year! Reiko right?" Honey says, pulling me from my thoughts. She nods in reply to him. "It's nice to formally meet you." He says, sounding pretty serious about that. I didn't know that Honey-senpai could be serious about anything. Reiko just blushes more and replies "Well, it was nice to meet you, but I really should be leaving now." She nods good-bye to me and rushes off somewhere else. That was kind of strange. I hang out with the senpai's for awhile before I decide to go home. Honey had decided to personally show me every club and point out which ones he thought would be best for me. I have my eye on the debate club, but I'm also interested in a community-service club. Honey thinks there should be a cake-eating club. Honestly, that doesn't sound too bad.
The next day at school I run into Reiko at lunch. "I knew you would be here." She says ominously, which is how she says everything. "Um... Can I have lunch with you today?" She asks cautiously, as if she's afraid I'll say no. I wonder if she has been rejected like that before. "Sure you can." I smile and she returns it. We go and sit down at a table and I can feel the curious gazes of a certain Host Club aimed at me. I swear I heard Hikaru say something about being surprised I have friends.
"The guy I saw in your fortune," Reiko starts out of nowhere, "you already know him." Where is this coming from? She seems to read my thoughts and explains. "I was interested in your future, since it seemed interesting enough, so I did a couple more indirect readings." She says. "Most people have boring lives, but you seem to have friends that make it interesting." She says this in an almost envious tone. I wonder who she normally hangs out with? "Um... thanks?" I answer awkwardly. I talk with Reiko the rest of lunch and she's really pretty interesting.
I can feel the gazes of the Host Club the entire time, until one of them finally comes over. "Hello ladies." Honey-senpai says cutely as he walks over. "Aislin~" He says cutely, stretching out my name almost in a whine, but not. "I didn't know you and Reiko were friends!" I just shrug. I'm surprised that Mori-senpai doesn't come to join us too, but all lunch it's just the three of us. And, boy, do I feel like the third wheel on an awkward first date. Reiko is quiet in an awkward way most the time, and when she does talk she stutters and wasn't like this before. I think back to what she said before, about having a crush on someone that didn't like her back. I had assumed that she meant Mori-senpai because of her behavior, but what if it was Honey? That would explain her behavior around him. Suddenly I get the urge to help her.
Reiko has invited me to a Black Magic Club meeting after school-it seems like it's just a meeting to try to get more customers, though- and I'd gone with her. During the meeting, which is just explaining what the Black Magic Club is, I don't pay attention. I talk with Reiko most of the time, mostly asking her questions about the club, but I manage to slip in a few personal questions as well. Most of the time the members of club demonstrate what they do. Reiko shows me fortune telling with the tarot cards, like she's done before. She also shows me the 'curse' she used to determine if I've already met this future lover she keeps insisting about. It seems like an elementary school game to me. "So, if you can do this for me, why not find out more about your crush?" I ask her. "I've already met him," She starts explaining. "but I have no curse to determine his feelings for me." Light bulb! I have an idea.
"Reiko, what if I told you I know a curse for that?" She looks at me excitedly. I'm a liar. I don't know any 'curses' at all, what I do know, is a love game I played in elementary school. It's a scenario game where you find out what your life will be like in the future (who you'll marry, your children, et cetera). However, my version will be a bit modified. The game is called M.A.S.H, and it's intended to be totally random, but I have a goal. My goal? To get Reiko to not only tell me her feelings for Honey, but also tell him. "Really? Explain it! No, don't explain, just do!" She says excitedly.
I chuckle a little "Both." I pull out a paper and set up the game. Once everything is ready, I explain. "This is a scenar-a fortune telling practice. We put in several options for each situation. First, pick 4 boys that you know." She gives me 4 names and I'm happy to see that Honey is included. "Now, I'll draw a spiral. Turn away from me so you can't see it, and tell me when to stop." She stops me and turns around. "Now, drawing a line through the spiral will tell me what answers to eliminate." There are 14 lines in the spiral that the line touches. I already know this though, that was how I planned it. I start crossing everything out until there's one option left in each category. Now I read out her future. "You will live in a mansion with your husband, named Mitskuni, who will love you forever and you will have few children. She blushes once the name comes up, almost as if by habit. "That's a lie." She says flatly.
"Why do you think so?"
"Well, I've been trying to use curses to get him to like me, but it hasn't been working." She says, then goes on to exaggerate how doomed she is, and it annoys me. "That's stupid. What makes you think he doesn't like you? Because you haven't rode off into the sunset and ate cake for eternity?" I say, or almost yell, and she looks shocked at my sudden change of tone. "Look, you don't know he feels until you tell him. What if he likes you, but doesn't say anything because he's afraid too?" I soften my tone. "This is the 21st century, if you wait for him to ask you, you might end up waiting forever."
It's the next day, and it seems like my plan worked. After my little pep-talk yesterday, Reiko went to talk to Honey and it seems that everything worked out. Hikaru and Kaoru said they wanted to talk to me after school, so I waited up for them to be done with their Host Club meeting that they promised would be "really short". I've been here for 30 minutes. While I'm waiting, a strange guy in a cloak approaches me. I think I've seen him before, but I'm not sure. "Are you Aislin?" He asks, his voice creepy. I nod. "I've been told about your fabulous job fortune telling, and some of the Black Magic staff were very impressed. Because of this, we'd like to offer you a coveted position in our club." I must look confused because he repeats Would you like to join the Black Magic Club?"