Chapter 8: 'H' is for Host Club
Two weeks and five private investigators later didn't help Kyoya get any closer to finding Gabriella. In those two weeks, except for the added meetings with the investigators, nothing else had changed in Kyoya's schedule.
Seven business meetings. Nine meetings with the Host Club, where everyone avoided the subject of Gabriella. Two marriage interviews which he turned down.
Two weeks, and now Gabriella decided to write. Kyoya tore the letter open, looking for clues.
So Kyoya, I noticed you tried to find me. You'd be surprised at how incompetent private investigators can be. Kyoya scowled. At least now he knew she had to be nearby. Though she could have whoever was delivering her letters watch him at the same time. So there was no good hint there.
Anyways, letter 'H'.
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'H' is for host club. Another seemingly random word, right?
Well, I'll keep this short. The host club, they were your friends, your family and probably your source of income when we were young. You were the vice-president of the host club, you were the director, and you were the 'Mommy' as Tamaki would call you. You might have been cold and you might have shown them that all you care about was the money I knew that it wasn't like that.
You showed that same kindness when Haruhi showed up at the Host Club. It seems as if Haruhi was brought up in our conversation again hasn't she. I don't want to be rude yet I know in my heart that the Host Club changed because of her. The host club was the escape of many girls who wants to be pampered like princesses.
I still remember the first time you introduced me to the host club. Honey-sempai clung onto me like a glue, Mori-sempai welcomed me like a brother, the twins welcomed me by playing a prank on me and Tamaki cried saying that you betrayed him. I never thought that I would smile like an idiot because of boys who I don't even know.
Days passed since my first meeting with the Host Club and I felt like I was part of the group. The Host Club was one of the memories I treasure the most, but why does it feel like it was also the thing that destroyed me.
P.S – I cut my hair today.
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Eighteen letters left Kyoya. How's the search going?
-Gabriella
Kyoya glowered at the letter. How did the fact that she cut her hair help him find her? It couldn't be because she had the same hairstylist. Her hair had been long enough, Kyoya. More than long enough. Long enough for idiotic boys to get their fingers tangled in it when they felt like flirting with her. But she cut it today, which means that he has to start searching hair parlors now.
Kyoya noticed the picture inside the envelope, it was a picture of her with a shorter hair. She became even more beautiful, seeing her now makes him realize that she has changed so much over the course of 5 years. Now finding Gabriella would be one of the hardest things he ever tried.
But he wasn't giving up… he couldn't. Not now.