Yes! I'm still alive!
Super sorry about the...OVER 2 MONTHS?! Jesus! I'm still surprised I haven't gotten letter bombs or violent protests in the streets!
Anyway...erm. Yeah. sorry about the hiatus guys. I'm afraid to say, once again, it's un-BETA-d...but well, at least it's written.
Here you go! Enjoy!
We had waited about 15 minutes for Haruhi and Tamaki to come join us.
I wouldn't have minded so much if Linda and Todd hadn't spent the entire time telling everybody embarrassing stories about the time we went to see a horror film and Jack had to carry me out bridal style due to the bet that the three had made on if I would scream or not. I did…for the entire second half of the film.
"Oh!" Todd exclaimed. "Linda, do you remember that one time in the school play?"
"Yeah!" Linda responded, grinning ear to ear and leaping towards me and Jack. "That time with the script!"
"What time?" The twins said, raising their eyebrows in curiosity, which already scared me. I certainly didn't remember anything all that embarrassing during the school play. Maybe I wasn't thinking hard enough as Todd and Linda clearly did, not to mention the fact Jack was turning bright red.
"Well," Linda began, poking Jack's cheek as his shade of red intensified. "Basically in our second year of boarding school, in year…9, I think?"
"We were in Middle school, basically." I told the Host Club. If I remembered correctly the Japanese education system was like the American education system. It seemed by the look of sudden realization on the boy's faces that I was correct in assuming so.
"Anyway," Linda continued, unfazed by my interruption. "On opening night, the lead girl's limo had blown up in a freak methane explosion-"
"No," I said, whacking Linda round the head. "She had a bad cold because her house had been out of gas for a week, so she couldn't come in."
"Details, Kate!" Linda retorted, rubbing the spot on her head that I had stuck. "Doesn't matter, she couldn't come in, and since Kate wrote the damn adaptive script nobody else knew the part like she did."
"But about halfway through the play she got stage fright. So then she fainted-" Todd added.
"So then Jack, who was playing an extra," Linda said.
"He carried her off stage bridal style!" Todd exclaimed; waving his arms up in the air as a child would on a roller coaster.
Now it was my turn to go bright red. "W-what?!" I exclaimed, storming up to Linda and grabbing her by the collar of her dress. "I don't remember this!"
"Well, you were unconscious at the time," Kyoya commented, not looking at us, though he wasn't scribbling in KIRA either, he was just sort of looking at the contents mundanely. Although, I was a little taken aback by his every so slight, yet somehow noticeable shift in tone, like he was bothered by something…maybe he hadn't heard about the story either? "So that makes sense for you not to know about it."
Yep. Defiantly because he didn't know about it.
"Come to think of it," Jack commented, ruffling my short hair playfully. "I've carried you bridal style practically every time you've passed out. Do you suffer from anaemia or something? You pass out at least twice a year on average…"
At that moment, an overly excited Tamaki, followed by a rather disgruntled Haruhi joined us, interrupting Jack's contemplation, and we explained the plan to them.
"Oh! My beautiful niece is inviting us to have a meal with her childhood friends!" Exclaimed Tamaki, hugging himself so hard I thought he was going to be throwing up rainbows next.
"Just ignore him Kate." Haruhi told me, her face blank. "He's fuelled by attention." After her clear rejection of Tamaki's enthusiasm, he became depressed and began whining to Haruhi.
I nodded, and we went on our way.
COOL TRANSITION
"You really do suck at geography." Todd stated, wiping some sweat off his brow as we walked towards the sushi restaurant.
It appeared that the restaurant was actually not so close to Ouran High School, and more close to St Andrews' on the opposite side of town…whoops?
Anyway, basically the time it took to get to the restaurant was about half an hour over what I had originally thought, so now everybody knows that I both have no sense if direction and no sense of timing. Funny.
"Hey! No need to complain, we can see the restaurant now!" I said, picking up the pace just slightly as we reached the sushi restaurant and opening the door, allowing the Host Club members and the troublesome trio into the place.
The restaurant was a fairy small place, with about 12 wooden tables scattered about the room. The wallpaper was a simple, yet rather elegant cherry-blossom print that really lit up the room. There was a bar at the back of the restaurant, and a woman cleaning the marble top behind that. Noticing the presence of customers, she scrambled out of the bar area and bowed in our direction, showed us to our seats and jogged off to go get the menus.
Linda, Tom and Jack ogled at the place, scanning every aspect of their first truly Japanese experience. Their eyes were wide with awe, and I smiled slightly at their reaction to the restaurant. I thought that was how I must had looked when I first moved to Japan, it was funny that nowadays I didn't even give aspects of Japanese culture even a second glance. I guess the culture shock had worn off after a while.
The Host Club, minus Haruhi of course, and Kyoya who didn't even give the place a second glance, didn't seem all that impressed. Maybe it was because of their upper-class upbringing or something, but they just kept looking at the table, then to me, then to the door.
It was as if they were saying 'What you mean I have to sit at this table?!' then looking to me saying 'You can't be serious' then looking to the door saying 'Let's get out of here'.
Already I was regretting letting them come. Damn Hunny and his adorable golden eyes!
At least Hunny and Mori were…trying to be polite, and only did the rich-person-is-startled-by-wooden-table routine once before deciding to sit down anyway, joining Haruhi and Kyoya. Linda, Jack and Todd soon followed suit. This would be an interesting afternoon.
Apart from that one small issue, the rest of the meal went by smoothly. The Host Club got used to the plain restaurant's surroundings in time and it seemed that even the hard to please twins were rather content with their sushi, although they did remark about 5 times throughout the meal that they still considered it 'commoner's sushi' and that they would probably have to get a health check-up by their personal doctors afterwards in case of the low quality infecting their digestive systems.
Honestly, there's no way to please everybody.
"So, how old do you have to be to drink in this fine eastern country of yours?" Linda asked, her tone seemingly innocent yet the glint I noticed in her eyes meant she was up to something else.
"It's 20." Kyoya replied, forcing both Todd and Linda to slam their heads on the wooden table in protest.
"What?!" Exclaimed Todd and Linda, their foreheads bright red from slamming the table. "B-but that's so-"
"Guys." I interrupted, sighing as I realised what they were up to. "We're not getting members of the best high school in Japan completely $^&% faced, ok?"
Jack raised an eyebrow and stared at me for a few moments, before his composure shattered into a million pieces and he burst out laughing.
The rest of the Host Club were pretty confused, as expected, but this time I didn't even bother trying to explain and simply grinned back at Jack's bright, ecstatic face as it began to go red with lack of oxygen.
"What exactly do you have in mind?" Kyoya asked, ignoring Jack's outburst, closing Kira and giving a disturbingly convincing gentlemanly smile directed at Linda.
I swear to God I witnessed the very moment Linda's heart, and composure melted away with that smile. Her cheeks were tinted pink and she avoided Kyoya's gaze as she replied "W-Well…we're going to try and get some alco-"
"I dare Kate to buy it!" Todd yelled, dramatically pointing at me, elbowing Linda in the face as he did so.
"Me too!" Exclaimed Hunny, throwing his bunny up in the air and looking up at Mori for conformation. Mori seemed to approve of the plan, and nodded as he looked down at Hunny's expectant eyes. It seemed like I would have to do it. Crap.
Mori and Hunny then turned their heads in perfect synchronization, though their expressions were completely different. Hunny's eyes were wide and the excitement and seeming naivety shone through his facial expression whereas Mori's expression was more of an indifferent, 'Well, I guess you've got to do it' kind of look.
What did Alex see in this guy again?
Thinking about Alex made my stomach churn, and suddenly I felt like I needed some fresh air. I sighed, stood up and pushed my chair back.
"Fine." I said, not even trying to hide the sudden wave of tiredness I felt washing over me. "I'll go get some drinks. I'll need an ID though…any ideas?"
"I've kept the old one you had while you were in England, does it work out here?" Linda said, looking at me with a slightly worried gaze.
"Don't think so." I replied, scratching my head. "I haven't bought alcohol though since I moved here, so I wouldn't know."
"I'll go with you then." Kyoya suggested, getting up and tucking his chair in. I seriously wanted to protest, insist that he sat back down and finished his meal, but something in his tone of voice stopped me from doing so. Maybe it was always the fact that he always sounded so calm, but I felt that he was in complete control of the situation about to take place, and I was not.
What surprised me more was that I was ok with it.
I nodded, took my ID off Linda and gave everyone a quick wave goodbye as I left the restaurant with Kyoya.
As we walked down the road away from the restaurant, it suddenly dawned upon me that I had no idea where I was going. In fact, where the heck do you even buy alcohol in Japan? I've heard there are a couple of vending machines that sell it if you have an ID, but heaven knows where the nearest one is. The best bet would be to go to a convenience store and get something there. But, once again I had no idea where they are. I kept silent though and Kyoya continued walking with me for about another three minutes until he stopped and looked at me, eyebrow raised.
"You don't know where we're going, do you Miss Farnest." Kyoya commented, looking at me directly in the eyes, I think he already knew the answer.
I shook my head. Something about him makes it pretty hard to lie to nowadays, and if he knew anything I would rather know it now.
Kyoya sighed, then took out his phone. He had spent no more than a minute looking at the screen before he shut it and began walking.
"There's a convenience store just down this street." He explained, turning right and making his way down a brightly lit alleyway. "Follow me."
I nodded, even though he couldn't see me do so and started to jog to catch up with him. I chuckled to myself slightly as I did so, thinking of the idea of seeing Kyoya slightly drunk. Something about that image was both hilarious and really disturbing, but I didn't think much further about the idea.
Little did I know that my little idea was going to make the night…quite unforgettable.
I'm sorry to say this, but at least for the next week don't expect anything. I've got a bucket load of mock exams coming up next week...akgfdjfbgg writer feels!
Half-Breed Kid: You, my friend, are AWESOME! Thanks for lovin' it like MacDonald's! I really enjoyed writing Kate's English mates, so it's fantastic to hear you liked them too!
silentmidnightdeath: Yep...school stuff sucks... Thanks for the review! I'll TRY to keep to regularity this time!
Fangirl429: Kyoya isn't just a ninja...he is KING of the shadows! LOL! Thanks so much! (Though that chapter REALLY irritated me with the amount of rewrites I did!)
Trulzxoxo: So glad you like the story! Alex and Kate are really interesting, though a bit challenging to keep them within Mary-Sue non-limits...glad you like them! sorry about the long wait for an update though!
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