Hey guys!
Sorry about the late update, I was really piled on with work, and then I couldn't figure out how to write is out, and then…well; you get the idea!
Alright, here we go!
I really, really regret my decision to let my anger out on the club; because as soon as I had, all hell broke loose.
"What does it look like?" The twins asked sarcastically, stepping out of the bushes where they were hiding and leaning uncomfortably close to my face, completely disregarding my sense of personal space and only irritating me further.
"We got bored at Haruhi's house" One of the twins said, though I couldn't tell which one. His voice was only slightly, but still noticeably a higher pitch than his brothers.
"So we forced your friend Alex to take us up to where you live!" The other twin finished; his voice slightly lower than his counterpart.
"Alright…I believe you" I said sceptically, taking a step away from the troublesome duo "But, why my house?"
"Because we thought it would be fun!" The twin replied in perfect harmony, their combined voices coated in enthusiasm as they threw their arms high above their heads.
You know, I had never noticed how different Karou and Hikaru's voices were when they spoke out of sync and on their own. When they spoke together, their 'one' voice seemed to have a sort of harmony to it.
I guess there are ways of telling the two apart.
Feb 26th, 1:28pm
My brother finally actually began to pay attention to his surroundings and looked questionably at the group of stalkers in our backyard.
He put his hands on my shoulders from behind, and asked me "Hey Kit-Kat…who are these men stalking you? Have they been bothering you often?"
Although those questions were innocent enough, I could sense Tom giving the group death glares from behind me, the type of glare overly-protective fathers give boys that try to hit on their daughters.
Alex decided to come to the poor Host Club's rescue as their leader Tamaki seemed to be…frozen, with a terrified look on his face.
"They're mates of mine and Kate's, the brunette there" She pointed to the bored looking Haruhi next to her "Is my tutor Haruhi, no need to worry Tom, if they put a hand on your sister; I'll beat them to a pulp!" She exclaimed.
Somehow, this short explanation was more than enough to sway my easy-going brother, as his mood completely changed and he gave the group a warm, bright and welcoming smile.
"That's great!" He exclaimed, indicating for the group to get out of the yard and into the living room "Please come in!".
COOL TRANSITION
'How did I get into this?' I thought, waiting impatiently for the kettle beside me to actually do something for once and make some hot water for tea.
The Host Club, plus Alex and the members of 'Ultimate Heights' were sitting round the overly large dining table together and getting on fairly well I guessed, judging by the laughs and loud conversations everyone was having together.
I sighed, sitting down at the kitchen table and taking a look at some of my homework's strewn across the surface of it. It looked like the kettle was slowly giving up the battle of boiling water and I knew I was going to be here a while until either it died or suddenly began working again, thankfully it somehow always came through.
The radio was on beside me, and I leaned my head onto the table whilst listening to whatever pop song they were playing, they all seemed like the same song to me anyway.
The song soon ended, and that always jolly DJ decided to grace us with his way too cheerful voice before the commercials rolled.
'And the lucky 5 winners with either win a trip to New York, 25 thousand yen or a trip to a popular theme park of their choice! All you have to do is pick up the phone if you are called so be ready! We'll be seeing you right after these messages!' Then it went to another sponsored commercial.
"I wonder if Alex misses New York…" I said to myself, getting the mugs out of the cupboards and dropping in the tea bags into them.
The kettle had finally decided to boil the water today and surprisingly at a regular speed too.
I picked up the kettle and poured the boiling water into each of the mugs, leaving about ½ of the cup empty.
"Do you guys want milk?" I yelled into the next room
"Yes please!" The group yelled back, with exception to Tom, who replied "Hell no!"
"Got it!" I replied, getting the carton of milk out of the fridge.
Just then, the landline phone rang.
I put down the milk and picked up the phone.
"Heeellllooooo there!" An overly joyful voice ran from down the phone
"Hello?" I replied
"Congratulation Miss!" The voice said "We here from Radio Fortnight have chosen you to win a prize!"
"You're pulling my leg, right?" I said in an indifferent tone of voice, I guess I sounded like Haruhi. I generally never trusted this 'You have won $100!' stuff, and I wasn't going to start now.
Suddenly, I felt that spine shuddering sensation of people watching me again, and I turned to the doorway to see the Host Club, Kate and all of 'Ultimate Heights' piling on top of one another and poking their heads out of the door.
One guy from the Host Club didn't join them though; the one with glasses remained seated in the room, reading from his Black Notebook.
I really should name that book…
I tilted my head in interest, looking at the line of heads staring at me.
Tamaki waved his arms about silently, as if saying 'Keep talking on the phone!'
"Alright" I said, leaning onto the table "So let's say that I believe you…"
The doorway gang cheered quietly, but still loudly enough for me to give them a death glare.
"What's the catch?" I continued
"No catch!" He replied, deepening my suspicions "Just say your name and how happy you are to win this!"
"Win what?" I asked cynically
"You Miss have won a trip to your local theme park for your family!" He said enthusiastically.
Oh I see, this man is that jolly DJ from the pop station…
"Fine" I sighed, defeated.
"Ok, you're on air…now!" He said, and I heard a bleep from the background of the music station "So miss what's your name?"
I put on my jolliest voice, after the guy probably was a bit stressed and needed an easy customer "Hello! My name is Kate Farnest, and I have just won a trip to my local theme park! Thank you so much Radio Fortnight!"
I put down the phone, and turned to the group at the door.
"What?" I asked innocently.
"Who are you taking!" Alex demanded, squeezing out of the dog pile and running up to me.
"Urm…I don't know" I replied "I was planning on giving the tickets to Tom and his mates-".
"No can do Kit-Kat" Tom interrupted, shaking his head "We're only with you for tonight, and then the rest of our time in Japan will be working".
"Kate-chan?" Hunny asked, walking up to me and giving me an expression that can only be described as 'The puppy-dog eyes of doom'.
"Yes Hunny?" I asked, my voice rising up at the end in pure stress to keep in contact with those adorable brown eyes.
"Can…we come with you?" He asked innocently, giving an explosion of cute with almost tearing up eyes.
The kid obviously had lots of practice in manipulating people like this, and it worked a charm.
"F-fine, I guess…" I said, deliberately avoiding the adorable blonde's gaze by looking up at the ceiling, it was very interesting at the moment.
"Great!" He exclaimed, jumping up into the air and catching his rabbit toy "Did you hear that Takashi? We're going to a commoner theme park with Kate and Alex!".
"Hm" Mori replied, giving a brief nod to Hunny.
"Commoner theme park?" Alex and I both said in unison.
"They do this…a lot" Haruhi explained frankly.
"Then it's settled" Kyoya said, closing his black notebook with a profound 'thud'.
"Excellent!" Tamaki exclaimed, pointing to the sky and earning odd looked from Andrew who was next to him. Poor sod.
"We'll leave tomorrow!" He continued "And we can spend time together with commoners like my daughter Haruhi!".
"Once again, I'm not a commoner" I said "My parents make quite a living actually-".
"But they have to work for a living" Alex cut me off "So to them; you're a commoner"
"See you tomorrow, how about 10 o'clock? Don't be late!" The twins Karou and Hikaru said in perfect unison, skipping out of the door and being followed by the rest of the Host Club.
"Is it me, or do they always leave suddenly, and strangely?" Alex asked, watching the group of boys and Haruhi leave the drive and make their way to a conveniently placed limo.
The members of 'Ultimate Heights' looked at Alex and me, an expression of true concern of their faces.
"Anyway, I've got to go!" Alex said, walking out of the door "See you tomorrow Kate!"
"See ya!" I said waving her goodbye and turning to the remaining boys.
"Right" I said, putting my hand on my hips "About telling mum about this…"
My BETA reader is…amazing.
Seriously, she is the greatest creature to grace this earth (apart from my best mate, of course) and has not only helped my plan what to do this chapter, but edited and spell-checked it in no time at all!
So, special thanks to my-forgotten-rose for being amazing in every way!
Mormonsrock: Thanks for being the 1st reviewer! I am so glad I got Tamaki into character! (The bad thing is, apparently I act just like him too…) I would love somebody to be paired with Kasanoda or Nekozawa too, but I don't really know too much about them so I don't trust myself to make them…non OOC.
Midnighter67: Kate has a bad temper…when she needs it. It's her stress levels you see, comes from all the crumpets she has…(yeah, here I am, telling you about my generically British fictional character's crumpet addition…)
Escape to Ouran: I love how you are already passionately fangirl-ing over the destiny of Alex to be with Mori, and possibly Kate with Kyoya. I love that you called me Senpai! ~you actually made me squeal at the screen! Then I got weird looks from my brother…..
Also, if you want to look in the reviews, my best mate 'A persons best friend' has recreated the tale of when I found a shrew in the kitchen…..Adorable!
Whoop! I have managed to make an entire tube of people give queer looks to my mate when she read this on the tube!
See you next time!