"Ah! Takashi, Takashi!" Mori paused in his walking, stopping almost instantly, and looked towards the blonde who was grinning wide enough that you could small fangs (Not bloodlusting, so they were not at their full elongated size) and charged at Takashi at break-neck speed, fast enough to appear human, and tackled his legs, quickly climbing up and wrapping his legs around the taller man's waist. Honey giggled as he placed a flower necklace around Morinozuka Takashi's neck. Honey gigged and hugged Takashi around his neck, nuzzling it, and cried out, "Yaay! We match now!"
Grades Twelve, Haninozuka Mitskuni and Morinozuka Mitskuni. Cousins by marriage, and the Morinozukas' have been serving the Haninozukas' for generations. The entire Haninozuka family is made up of Vampires and the Morinozukas', human they may be, are trained in combat to protect the heirs.
"Hey! Hey!" The sisters' snapped out of their thoughts when they heard Hikaru and Kaoru calling their names with smirks. "What about your costumes?"
They blinked and watched as the brothers held up two completely identical costumes. They looked at Kyoya and almost groaned in protest.
Not long they left the changing rooms and stood, low and behold, in front of a couple of boys, guests, that the girls' were supposed to be "Hosting". The dresses were white in color, but decorated with the regular gold bracelets and necklaces. There was a gold band wrapped around the dresses waist and accented their slim, athletic model bodies. The top was held up by a red jewel, connected to a gold necklace that moved up from their collarbone and wrapped around their necks. Intricate, gold bracelets dangled off of their wrists, and they both adorned a gold ring with red gems on their middle fingers. The dress slit at the sides, up to their waists, and the fabric itself stopped at their knees. There were also red cloths that was tucked underneath the gold-waistband and wrapped around their hips, before just dangling in their front. They wore tan sandles that had straps that wrapped around their ankles.
"Humans have always admired Vampires, whether or not they admit it."
"So...you're twins?" A girl asked curiously, her only reason for requesting them was because she was curious. The girl had pale green eyes and dark shoulder-length hair that she tied back in a brain, "That's nice. I never really seen a pair of twins' other than the Hitachiin brothers before." She smiled at them, awaiting a response.
Rei nodded excitedly, a smile growing on her face, "Yeah! I'm Rei and she's my sister, Rin. She's older than me by two minutes, and we also have an older brother, Takumi. He looks a lot like us, actually, only with brown hair and blue eyes." The brunette's eyes lit up in realization,
"Oh! You mean Shiki Takumi-San!? He's in Tamaki-Kun and my class! He so dreamy..." She sighed dreamily, going into la-la land. She then opened her eyes and looked at the sisters' shocked, exclaiming, "Wait, doesn't that mean you two are the children of the famous models Shiki Senri-San and Aiko-San? And that would mean that you're both models as well! Do you act? Do you like modelling?"
Rin was silent and just sat there with her legs crossed, her hands clasped together as the girl asked her questions, Rei answering them happily,
"Yeah, they are our parents. Yes, we're models and it's really fun, but it can actually be kind of tiring at times!"
"Really? Oh, um, Rin, right?" The girl asked curiously, looking at the more serious of the sisters'. "Well, I was wondering...do you or your sister have a boyfriend? And, not to be rude, but, is your hair color and eyes natural? I've never anyone have colors like those before, unless they dye their hair and use contacts..."
Rin nodded slowly, "Yes...We got our hair from our father and our eyes from our Mother." Shiki, formerly known as Tsukigomori, Aiko, was originally Human, and came from a small family of Vampire Hunters. Vampire Hunters, of course, have Vampire DNA inside them, thus giving them their Vampire Hunter abilities. Aiko was the only daughter, and only child, of the Tsukigomori family. She didn't even know about Vampires and Vampire Hunters until her parents shipped her off to Cross Academy and completely ditched her once they found out she was in love with the very creature she was supposed to despise and Hunt down, a Vampire. To be specific, Shiki Senri, a famous model, cousin to the Pureblood King and Queen, Kuran Kaname and Yuuki. He was also cousin to Aidou Amaya, and cousin to Aidou Hanabusa through marriage. "We come from a...very unique lineage," She felt her lips tilt up in a small smirk, before quickly forcing it back down.
Tamaki was watching the scene, smiling widely, from his spot on the couch next to his guests.
"Hey, boss," Kaoru began, looking at Tamaki, his brother beside him,
"don't you think there's something odd going on with those girls'?" Hikaru finished, resting his arms against the couch.
Tamaki looked at them, surprised they made that suggestion, "What? No, of course not. Why would you think that, Hikaru, Kaoru?"
The guests were listening, curious as to where this conversation was leading.
"Because, boss," Hikaru began, "they may be twins',"
"but they act like total opposites."
"And they're so pale-almost as pale as you boss."
"Not mention that their hair and eye color are unnatural,"
"and of all things, they're models. Even models have faults, but these girls' don't seem to have any."
"Their bodies are slender and perfectly proportional,"
"they have perfect postures,"
"one is strict with honorifics while the other throws them around carelessly,"
"Not to mention that they carry the air of royalty around them and that they're naturally pretty." They tilted their heads to the sides, holding up their index fingers and thumbs as they listed this off. Tamaki had sweatdropped nervously, hoping that they hadn't caught onto their secret, and asked,
"Well, aren't all girls beautiful?" It was true, to Tamaki, every girl was pretty. He was just that kind of person. He's more of a personality over looks person, but he never found anyone, unless they were truly cruel, hideous. Even his own Grandmother, who forbade him to go to France to see his Mother, he does not hate, "They're models, Hikaru, Kaoru, besides, have you even seen their work?"
A girl spoke up with a smile on her face, "Of course they have! I-I mean, they model for their mother, don't they?" Tamaki glanced surprised and looked at Kyoya, asking with wide and teary eyes,
"Kyoya...is it true that those girls' have to model for these Shady twins' mother?"
"Hey, watch it boss!"
"Yeah, who you callin' shady!?" They demanded, annoyed. Kyoya sighed and pushed up his glasses, writing something in his little black book and saying,
"Yes, Tamaki, it's true. They're quite good at their job. Shiki Rin and Rei: Twin daughters, second and third born, to the famous models Shiki Senri and Aiko, who is also a part time actress. Their brother, Takumi, is the heir of the company. The Shiki Twins' model for Hitachiin Yuzuha and have been since age seven. They started from kid magazines to the teens, to eventually just fashion magazines in general and even made an appearance in a movie. Perhaps you heard of it? It's called Paths of Destiny and features two sisters, separated at birth, both searching for their destiny. Not a bad movie, but it stereotypes Vampires."
Tamaki made a face and commented, "Don't they all?"
"Look at Twilight for example," Hikaru scoffed. Kaoru nodded and asked,
"Can it even be called literature?" Then again, they were guys and most definitely not gay, so their opinions were kind of limited.
"We do not sparkle, nor do we burst into ash as we step into the wonderful lights of Day," Tamaki started to rant, standing and making dramatic posed, sparkles appearing as he ranted, "but we merely try to live, to survive into the next day without those Hunters doing their Hunting, the Humans doing their Human-y things, and us Vampires doing what we Vampires do best!"
"Why are you referencing to yourself?" The brothers' asked confused and Tamaki froze for a split second before replying,
"Why, am I merely so beautiful, then what else can I be!?"
"As I was saying," Kyoya cut off their conversation before Tamaki actually does go and get his cover blown, "they also have a mentally unstable Grandmother and their Grandfather was a mass murderer," At that, several eyes widened, "and they both originally went to the prestigious school, Cross Academy. They were in the Night Class, thus explaining their uniform."
At this, Hikaru joked, returning to their previous conversation, "Think they're Vampires?"
Kaoru's expression instantly went into one of shock and realization. That makes sense...That would explain everything! That would explain why they both seem so perfect and why Rin's wound healed like that! But...Vampires? He jumped slightly when someone tapped him on the shoulder. He turned his head and stared wide-eyed at the devil-no, Rin. He stared at her intently for a few moments, and caught confusion that was rather well hidden inside her eyes. Her face was devoid of all emotion, her voice monotone as she spoke,
"Kaoru-San, do you know where the backroom is?" Kaoru blinked and said,
"Yeah, it's that way, take a left and-" He paused, seeing her expectant face. Rei then walked up, after bidding an apology to the guests who had requested her and her sister, and asked,
"Can you take us there?"
"I-I suppose so..." He replied, slightly uncomfortable. Okay, they're Vampires, I'm escorting them to the backroom-shit, okay, calm down Kaoru, you're only freaking yourself out. He glanced back at the people he was talking too and said, "I'll be right back."
Hikaru nodded and Kaoru was soon dismissed, ignoring Tamaki's ranting and Kyoya's writing, and led them to the backroom. He had stepped five feet in the room when he heard the door close and lock. He blinked and turned his head, only to quickly find himself slammed against a wall and a hand covering his eyes.
He reached up with his hands a gripped the wrist, trying to pull it away. Rin was surprisingly strong despite her appearance.
"Stop struggling, it'll be over quickly. You won't feel a thing-"
"That's what they all say!" Kaoru bit back, not wanting to get his blood drunk.
"I'm not all," She said, lowering her hand just enough so that he could see her face, "I am merely going to be erasing your memories. Rei shall replace them."
"So you are Vampires?"
"..." Rin said nothing as she merely lifted her hand up back over his eyes. Kaoru really didn't know he was acting so calm during all this; was there something wrong with him? Normally, if one just found out that Vampires actually existed and that one was going to erase and replace your memories, you'd be freaking out right? Sure, his heart was beating a bit faster than normal, but he was actually being calm about the situation. He was freaking out, well, he did at first, but now he was just taking the whole thing in as stride. "You shouldn't have saw in the first place." Just then, blue crossed his vision and as he blacked out, he had to wonder,
Why do her eyes looks so sad? Before his legs gave way and he started to fall to the floor. Rin quickly caught him, wrapping one arm around his waist as his head rested against her chest, kneeling slightly, a hand pressed against the back of his head as she tried to erase the memory of him seeing her wound close. Her knees stared to give out and she landed roughly against the ground with a grunt, trying to keep Kaoru from falling out of her grasp and landing roughly against the floor.
"Rin..." Rei spoke, "I need to do this quickly." Rin nodded, before saying,
"Go ahead." And Rei knelt down and placed a hand against the unconscious boys head, her hand glowing purple. The memory was soon replaced and the girls' backed up, letting Kaoru rest on the floor. It took a few moments, but Kaoru eventually woke up and groaned, placing a hand against his head as he sat up.
"What..." He groaned again, a headache forming, "What happened-Rin? Rei?" He questioned, surprised at the sight of the mahogany haired girls. He then remembered, he was showing the girls' the backroom and closed the door behind him foolishly, locking it, and turned back to the girls, only to trip and knock his head on the floor. He shook his head and stood, his head pounding, and muttered, "Anyway, here's the backroom...I'm...going back now."
Rin nodded, and Kaoru frowned when he saw that her face was still emotionless, "That sounds like a good idea," She quickly added, seeing his confused face, "We merely wanted to know where it was, for future purposes. In case." He nodded, mind going white for a second, and blinked, trying to regain his thoughts,
"..Right...Yeah, okay." He felt slightly out of it and Rin noticed, quickly heading over to the door and unlocking it, opening it, and saying, voice monotone,
"Yes, let's go." He nodded, barely able to register his words as his head pounded, still blank, and walked out, following them, only to head back to his brother a moment later.
Rin sat down on the couch, Rei lying down on it beside her and resting her head on her older sister's lap, and causing the guests' to squeal. Rin merely sighed and rested a hand on Rei's head, causing the girl to close her eyes.
During this time, Haruhi was approached by Kasugazaki, who had just deemed her, her favorite, and caused Tamaki to go into despair.
...
"Boss, quit eating that Commoners' Ramen and help make the final plans!" Hikaru spoke up, giving Tamaki, who was curled up in a corner, eating Ramen, a look, "We have only one week until the party!"
"What's wrong with him?" Haruhi questioned, while Rin merely raised an eyebrow, staring at the blonde confused. Kaoru looked at the three girls' and guessed,
"He must not have like it when Haruhi was declared Kasuga-Hime's favorite?" Rin and Rei blinked in and their eyes widened slightly in realization. Haruhi blinked and waited for them to explain further. Kyoya commented, typing something on his Pineapple laptop,
"He shouldn't really be that surprised, it isn't like the illness just started?"
"Illness?" Rin and Rei asked in unison, confused again. She didn't smell sick...
"So-called Host-Hopping disease," Hikaru and Kaoru stated, raising their arms up boredly, "Also known as "Host Club Wanderer."
Hunny spoke up with a bright smile, holding Usa-Chan closely, "Usually the guests choose a Host and stick with him, but she likes to switch every now and then. Everybody has had her at least twice... It was Tama-Chan's turn last week." Haruhi slammed her fist down on her outstretched palm, stating in realization,
"I get it, now, he's upset because I took her from him." Tamaki instantly stopped eating Ramen and stood up, before running over lightning fast-using his Vampire speed- and got right up in Haruhi's face, screaming,
"NO, THAT'S NOT IT AAAALLLL!"
No one noticed Mori standing behind Hunny.
Tamaki suddenly stood up straight, a hand in his pocket, as he pointed at Haruhi, declaring, "I can't stand it anymore, Haruhi! You need to wear proper girls' clothing!" He scratched his head furiously, screaming, "ARGH! I CAN'T TAKE IT! IT'S AGAINST MY GENTLEMANLY POLICy TO OVERLOOK THIS! HOW IS IT THAT YOU'RE SO POPULAR WITH THE LADIES WHEN YOU YOURSELF ARE A LADY!?"
Hikaru and Kaoru held up their hands, explaining as they saluted, "She opted out of taking P.E since it's an elective," Hikaru began.
",and the students' I.D numbers are co-ed, so nobody would know!" Kaoru added. It was a whole week after the incident and Kaoru felt better than ever, though he does get the occasional headache.
Rin blinked when Tamaki started to shuffle through a treasure chest, muttering, "Daddy wants...Daddy wants..." He pulled out a giant portrait of a girl with long brown hair with bangs, and brown eyes, that look a lot like Haruhi, and he declared, holding it up, "Daddy wants you to go back looking like this-! Look at this cuteness!"
Haruhi screamed, ticked off, "DON'T JUST ENLARGE MY PHOTO WITHOUT MY PERMISSION!"
Hikaru took the picture and looked at it, along with the rest of the Host Club, and commented, "I wonder every time I look at this...how did this, become that?" He gestured to Haruhi and Rin blinked, commenting emotionlessly,
"She doesn't look that bad." Kaoru looked at her surprised, but let a small smile flicker across his face, as he said, "True, but she looks better with the long hair."
"Short hair." Rin stated bluntly and Rei snickered slightly.
"A kid got a piece of gum stuck in my hair on the first day of school, and since it's a pain to get out, y'know, I just decided to cut it all off." Haruhi explained and shrugged, "It's just hair. And as for my contacts, well, my Dad stepped on them a while back and they broke."
Tamaki sniffled, tears trailing down his face, "Why did she cut it herself?"
"What a sloppy reason," The Hitachiin brothers' stated. Rin resisted the urge to roll her eyes and commented dryly,
"You two are rather rude."
"Says you," Hikaru began, frowning.
"All you do is make sarcasm and speak bluntly and brisk."
"You never make an emotion,"
"and you always have this blank look on your face." Kaoru finished, but for some reason, feeling as though that was wrong. Why, he didn't know, he just did.
"-can we revert back to the original conversation now?" Rei cut in, frowning as she glanced worriedly at her sister. Everyone looked at Haruhi, who blinked, and shrugged, saying,
"I don't really care if I'm treated as a guy, y'know?" Haruhi began, addressing herself like a guy would, "Actually, it's better, because I can hurry up and finish my quote of 1,000 people and pay off my debt."
Tamaki got up in Haruhi's face again, crying loudly, "A GIRL CAN'T INTRODUCE HERSELF WITH "ORE!" He turned his head to Kyoya, crying, "MOMMA! Haruhi's using dirty boy words again!"
"I'm sorry," Kaoru began, looking at Kyoya, "but who's "Momma?" Rin, Rei, and Hikaru all wanted that answer too, so they looked up at the man. Kyoya sighed and pushed up his glasses,
"Based on Club position...I'm guessing he's referring to me."
Sensing danger from Tamaki, Rin and Rei grabbed Haruhi's arm and started to pull her away from him, saying,
"Come, come, I sense Tamaki's vibes."
"He's not happy." Rin added, feeling her lips twitch upwards slightly. She hid it easily as Rei continued,
"He dreams about his dream girl and tries to force it on you..."
"Not fun."
"Hide."
"Yes, let's."
Hikaru and Kaoru walked over, grabbing Haruhi's shoulders, "Here, here, he's scary, come this way."
Haruhi was utterly confused by the girls' and Hikaru's comments, and even more by Kaoru's next one,
"By the way, do you have formal dancing experience?" He continued, "It's a must for the party."
"Huh!?"
"Dancing?" Rin asked with a bored tone, Rei's more excited.
"N-No way..." Haruhi had sweat beading down her face as she stuttered, horrified, "But-But the party doesn't actually count for my quota, right?" She started to back away, a large sweatdrop forming, "Plus, I'm not really interested, so I'll just skip-" She cut herself off when she felt herself back into a chest. She whirled around, stepping back, and stared wide-eyed at the blonde, who declared,
"If you want to master the road of men, then I shall help you! Social dance is a Gentlemen's Common knowledge!" He pointed directly at Haruhi, who had stress lines forming, "If you can master the Waltz in one week and show it off at the party, then I'll cut your debt in half!"
Haruhi pretty much has zero choice left as she screamed.
Kaoru blinked and looked down at Rin and Rei, asking, "You two know how to dance, right?"
"Yeah."
"Easily." He grinned,
"Was that a hint of pride in your voice, Rin?"
"I'm Rei."
"Doubt it."
"Damn, you saw through it." She commented boredly, voice never losing its monotone. "Congratulations, you can tell us apart like we can you, Kaoru-San."
"Call me Kaoru," The ginger interjected gently. He, strangely for one, decided to make it his mission to befriend this strange girl. He felt that there was more to her than his emotionless act; inside, she was probably just a big, huddling, ball of emotions-He cut his thoughts off with a thought of realization. "I got it!"
Everyone turned to look at him. He explained with a smile, "I know what their types can be! Rin is the Kuudere, and Rei can be the Deredere!"
"That...might actually work." Tamaki agreed with wide-eyes, surprised.
... (NEXT DAY)...
Kasuga was teaching Haruhi how to dance, as she was the only girl shorter, when Haruhi accidentally stepped on the brunette's foot and tripped, trapping her under her against the floor. Haruhi's face went red from embarrassment and Rin bit her lip tightly as she watched. Kazuga looked surprised for a moment before wrapping her arms around Haruhi's neck and pulling her slightly closer with a seductive smile,
"Oh, it's alright Haruhi-Kun."
...
"I'm sorry, Kasugazaki-San, to have to make you my dance partner," Haruhi apologized, placing down a tray of tea of the table. "please, have some tea."
"Oh, I'm totally okay with it," Kasugazaki replied with a smile, wiping sweat off of her face with a handkerchief. Rin walked over the two and grabbed a cup of tea, lifting it up to her mouth and drinking from it. "I heard that you'r limiting your Guest service for awhile to practice..." She said with a smile, placing her chin on her hands, "It makes me happy to know that I get to spend alone time with you." Haruhi blinked, confused, as she handed Kasugazaki her tea, "Oh my, is this a new tea set? Ginori..." She gazed at the tea cup, her features softening.
"Why, you have a good eye. This is our first day using it." A small smile crossed her lips as gazed into the tea cup, saying softly,
"I see...What a lovely color..." Rin blinked as she sat down, Rei sitting on her lap and wrapping her arms around her neck, Rin's arms around her waist,
"You must like tea a lot."
"Tableware," She corrected. Rei looked at Rin confused and asked,
"By the way, isn't Ginori ground-seaweed?"
"...It's also the name of a teacup." Rei nodded before kissing her sister on the cheek and situating her self to that she could rest her head on Rin's shoulder, who sat there with a blank face. Her eyes betrayed nothing, seeming to look as though she was lifeless, a puppet.
No one else seemed to notice and that bothered him slightly. He looked around confused, seeing if anyone else saw the look on her face. Kaoru frowned deeply, only to blink in surprise when Kasugazaki cried out, standing up in alarm and waving her hand around frantically,
"Oh, no! Not really, I don't really like it!" She protested, face flushing red at the accusation, "Oh, my, what're you-!?" She cried out in pain as her hand hit against the cup and it seemed to happen within' seconds, that no one really understood what had happened unless you actually knew the Host Club's biggest secret, that only a few of the members know.
Rei had somehow managed to jump off of Rin, who had moved out of her chair with lightning speed and managed to catch the cup before it hit the ground.
"Let's go to the Nurse's Office!" Haruhi suggested and within moments she and Kasugazaki where off towards the Office.
Everyone turned to Rei and Rin. Rin, who was still kneeling on the floor, stood. She made a face, seeing her skirt stained brown by the tea. She seemed unaffected by the hot temperature of the liquid and muttered,
"My poor uniform...it's been tainted by the vial of light." Rei blinked, before freaking compeltely and dashing over to her sister, demanding frantically,
"Rin, Rin, oh, my god! Are you okay!? Rinny, please tell me your okay; You're not hurt badly right! Rin-"
"I'm fine, just need a change of clothes..." Rei pursed her lips in thought before saying,
"There should be an extra boy's uniform in the back...I would suggest the one outfit, but we need those later." Mori and Honey were still dancing, until Honey tripped and Mori ended up stepping on him, his shoe heel cutting into Honey's skin and injuring it. Honey cried loudly and soon Mori had scooped Honey up in his arms and made a break for the Nurse's Office.
"Fine...just show me where." Rei nodded with a smile, still slightly worried, before Kyoya spoke up,
"In the back in one of the boxes, not that hard to find."
"Got it."
Kaoru barely spoke a word to them.
"Despite what they think, they come to be charmed."
...
"Everyone," Tamaki ordered,"Discuss Mr. Suzushime's and Princess Kasuga's discord!"
Haruhi had returned, with Honey and Mori in tow, a little later. She sweatdropped, stress lines forming on the side of her face, "What happened to my dance lesson?"
Rin and Rei shrugged, "Who knows?" Haruhi blinked and gave them an exasperated look before turning her attention back on the others.
Tamaki pointed at the gingers and ordered, "Hikaru! Kaoru!"
They stood up straight, saluting, "Yes, sir!"
Hikaru started first, "Childhood friends,"
"It seems the parents decided their engagement."
Tamaki nodded, a hand on his hip as he then pointed to Kyoya, "Kyoya! Next, report about Mr. Suzushima!"
"Excellent grades, normal pedigree, so-called "Class C". His seriousness is his strong point, but he's studying in the UK starting next spring. His weaknesses..."
Rei raised a hand, "Human?"
"Lacking an interest?"
"Not very impressive," Hikaru spoke, giving the sisters' an off look, specifically Rei, while Kaoru added confused,
"Faint-hearted."
"I haven't even spoken yet..." Honey muttered, flowers blooming around him as he blinked innocently.
Tamaki scratched his chin, muttering, "Hmm, makes sense."
"What discrimination..." Haruhi muttered, sweatdropping annoyed, "They don't have any mercy on the guys." She then realized what Tamaki said and asked, "Huh? How can you-"
"The reason for the Princess's illness" Kyoya began, "Marry such a dumb guy in the future, what a stupid thing to do."
Hikaru added, shrugging his arms, "For now, she just wants to play around" if you think that's the flow." Kaoru sighed, crossing his arms as he shook his head,
"Can't help it with that plain guy."
"It's saddening." Rin sighed, slightly irritated by their harsh judgement. "The flow is understandable,"
To everyone's surprise, it was Haruhi who finished the sentence for her, "but is that how it is?"
"Kyoya," Tamaki spoke, bangs covering his face and if you looked closely, you could see the slight pink hue of his blue eyes turning red. His teeth grounded together, revealing slightly elongated fangs, and growled, "you knew about the fiance all this time?"
Kyoya gave a shit-eating grin towards the level B Vampire and said, closing his book shut with one hand, "Isn't it my job to know all about out guests? But there's no real value, so I didn't bother telling."
Tamaki's eyes went back to their regular hue and his fangs shorted again, as he sweatdropped, "You..."
Honey spoke up with an innocent smile, "I live close to Kasuga-Chan's house."
Rin and Rei grew bored and were about to leave the club, when Two arms snaked themselves around their shoulders, and one around Haruhi's.
Rin and Rei looked up to see Kaoru, while Haruhi had Hikaru, who spoke,
"Haruhi, who's your dancing coming?" Kaoru turned the twin sisters around with a grin, heading over to Hikaru and Haruhi.
Haruhi grumbled, "If I could practice today-" Kaoru cut her off,
"I'm sure you'll turn out fine either way. By the way, here's a question for all three of you."
Hikaru grabbed Haruhi's chin and lifted it up so their faces were inches apart, "If you searched "Suzushima" one the net,"
"What will you get?" Kaoru questioned the twin sisters. They blinked in unison, but they had a feeling they already knew the answer.
...
Why am I here again? Rin asked herself mentally as she and the rest of the Host Club, and the female and male guests, stood in the dark. Candles lit mystically one by one, Akane and Riku making quick work of lighting them, and Tamaki spoke in a charming voice, loud and clear as he raised a lit candle lamp,
"Lambs gathered here tonight, May the Lord's blessings be with us. Open the door."
The doors opened and guests came piling in one by one, filling the room with their brightly colored dresses and tuxedos. Violin music echoed around the room. echoing across the great hall.
Kyoya was wearing a black tuxedo, Tamaki a white, Haruhi brown, and Hikaru and Kaoru were wearing brown and orange plaid vests with a white undershirt and a green bow. Mori was a dark blue, and like Tamaki, Hunny wore a white.
Rin sighed, closing her eyes. She was wearing red Vintage Halter dress with strap that connected from the middle of the top and wrapped around her neck. It ended a little above her knees. Rei was wearing a darker red version of the dress, with a piece of cloth wrapping around her shoulders. They both wore red high-heels with straps and stood approximately two inches taller.
"Welcome to the Ouran Host Club Christmas Party!" Tamaki greeted with a smile, small fangs poking out from his lips, and an outstretched hand. His golden hair seemed to glow in the candlelight, giving him a soft glow and seeming to make him even more handsome than he already was. His blue eyes shone brightly and excitedly, ready to dance with the lovely ladies.
Hunny laughed loudly with his arms spread out to his side, standing beside Mori and in front of Kyoya, who had his arms crossed with a "Smile" on his face.
Hikaru and Kaoru, wearing brown plaid vests with white undershirts and a green bow, held cards up as they stood by a casino, smiles on their faces. "Welcome," They greeted. "Why don't you play some cards with us ladies?"
Rin and Rei took that as their Que, walking towards the gingers and placing their hands on their hips as they asked, "Well, Gentlemen? Win one game and you'll get a reward."
"For those of you who get the higher number of points," The Hitachiin brothers spoke, "will have the chance to dance the last dance with one of the Host Club members!"
Haruhi realized then why she had to learn to dance.
"The female top-pointer will get a kiss on the cheek from the King, Tamaki!" Hikaru announced. Tamaki stroked a girl's chin, whispering with a charming smile,
"Do your best..." The girl just about fainted while the others' squealed.
Kaoru continued his brother's sentence, "And the male top-pointer will get a kiss on the cheek from the Shiki twin of his choice!" Boys broke out into whispers and whistles then.
...
Not long after, the Hosts were all surrounding Haruhi, who seemed bothered by something. "Hey, Haruhi," Tamaki began curiously, "why are you so tense?" Haruhi jumped, surprised.
She replied, slightly uneasy, "Sorry guys, I'm just not used to parties like this. On Christmas I only eat the cakes that my father brings home from work."
"Eh!?" Hunny, along with the rest of the club, was shocked. "So you're all alone!? What do you do?" Haruhi placed a hand to her chin in thought,
"Let's see...I think I watched the "Katoh's Family Dinner Table Christmas Special" on TV." She muttered, "Some special technique like cutting the whole cake equally..." Rei piped up, excited to talk about something she could relate too...in way,
"Rin can cook! She loves cooking! A lot, actually-she usually makes the dinner for the six of us before she has to go head over to Grandma's-" Rin had tensed considerably, everybody noticing. Rei fixed her next sentence, "I mean...She usually eats dinner in Grandma's room...with her...in a way-I'm so sorry!" Rei flinched, "I screw everything up..." Rin sighed and walked towards her sister, placing a hand on her shoulder and looking her in the eyes, before embracing her tightly.
"It's fine, Rei. You do what you think best." Rin's voice was monotone as she spoke, as she refused to show her true emotions. She'd be even more vulnerable to manipulate if she did than. "You only try to help," She pulled away before kissing her sister on the cheek, letting her know everything was okay. Rei broke out into an adorable smile and leaned forward, wrapping her arms around her sister's waist and nuzzling her neck.
"I love you, Rinny..." Rin sighed as she placed a hand on the back of Rei's head, but replied back with a quiet,
"I love you, too..." It was the only way to know that they still had each other. "I love you" was their promise to one another. If one of them broke it, their entire bond be broken as well. That's how close they were. They said it often, everyday, whether anyone cared or not. It's how they knew that they'd stay together and never leave the other. "Now, Haruhi, what is this show about-?" She was cut off by Tamaki, who gripped Haruhi's shoulders tightly, crying out,
"Haruhi~! Why are you so plain!? Your lovely Katoh family is being made a fool of! Isn't it a wonderful TV program that makes you feel like a part of family!?" The aristocrat Vampire had tears streaming down his cheeks, blue eyes glowing in the darkness.
Tamaki probably loves the program more than anyone...
"How can I love it that much?" Haruhi asked dryly, a sour look on her face.
"No relation what's-so-ever for us, though." The Hitachiin twins' stated, raising their arms and shrugging.
"We live a completely different life-style." Kaoru commented. Haruhi sighed,
"Somehow, I knew you'd say that-get off of me!" Haruhi snapped, pushing Tamaki off. He pouted childishly and mushroom sighed, sticking out his lips in a pout,
"Boo."
"Gorgeous party doesn't mean anything to you, does it, Haruhi?" Hikaru questioned, while Kaoru sighed,
"Oh, man, no fun..." But quietly, he pondered, What made Rin tense like that? I mean, we don't get along with our own Grandmother, but still, I doubt she's that bad... He had no idea what to think, but didn't let his thoughts show on his face.
"Well, why don't you eat something then?" Kyoya suggested, causing Kaoru to blink and turn his head. He highly doubted food would be enough to lure Haruhi or any girl for that matter in-"We have quite a spread."
"A spread?" Haruhi repeated confused for a moment, before blinking and turning her head. Kaoru raised an eyebrow-was she really...? "Like...Fancy Tuna?" The way she said it made her look so innocent. Kaoru and his brother couldn't resist, they hugged her, rubbing their faces against hers going,
"Aw...You poor thing, so shy!"
"Never had Fancy Tuna-awww..." That one was his brother. The rest of the Host Club, including the Hostesses, froze. Within moments Kyoya was dialing a number on his phone, Tamaki ordering,
"Kyoya! Order some deluxe sushi immediately!"
"On it-Yes, yes, Some Deluxe Sushi, soon as possible." Mori was already making a break towards the kitchen for the tuna. Hunny quickly grabbed some containers and held them up to Haruhi, crying out,
"Here Haru-Chan, we have Tupperware too! Do you want to bring some home!?" Haruhi turned her head when she felt a hand clamp itself on her shoulder and blinked when she met the lilac eyes of Rin-albeit it was difficult due to the orange hair in her vision, but she saw it. And Rin, with her monotone voice and blank face, said so seriously,
"Our parents have a friend whose married to Aidou Hanabusa-San and she makes the best Fancy Tuna. If you so wish, Rei and I can bring you there for you to try some, I'm sure Amaya-San would be pleased." Rei nodded enthusiastically, pushing Hikaru off of Haruhi and clinging to her arm, despite Haruhi being shorter than her, and said,
"Yeah! Amaya-Chan loves cooking! She's the one who taught Rin! I can't cook very well though...I'm sure she'll love to have you over! Oh, then we can invite Yuuki and Kaname-Sama! And Daichi and Daiki and Sayori-"
"Rei, I told you, honorifics."
"But Rin~! They said I could call them that and that you should too!"
"They are of Pureblood lineage." Rin argued calmly.
"Thanks, but no thanks..." Haruhi replied calmly, slightly-okay, very confused about what they were arguing about. Kaoru and Hikaru the same, though Hikaru just look annoyed that he was pulled away from Haruhi. Both pairs of twins' released her and Haruhi quickly made her escape as every single female in he room, even some males, started to offer her all sorts of food. Rei's laughter echoed in the room, purely enjoying herself.
Haruhi leaned against a pillar, exhausted and extremely embarrassed. "How could I have been so thoughtless?" She asked herself, banging her head against the pillar. "I'm so embarrassed..."
"H-Haruhi-Kun?" Kasugazaki's voice spoke up nervously. Haruhi blinked in surprise,
"Princess Kasugazaki!"
"Will you dance with me?" She asked with a smile. Haruhi nodded with a smile,
"Sure, I don't mind." Haruhi then remembered, "Ah, Suzushima-Sempai!" Kasugazaki gasped and in shock and jumped, dropping her glass. She knelt to the floor, looking like she was about to cry, trying to clean up the mess. Haruhi smiled, She's such a cutie. She spoke, raising an index finger, "I don't think you should use any tactics. Even if you hop from member to Host member to gain his attention, you always look the happiest when you're looking at the tableware. Suzushima's business is importing tableware, isn't it? I looked it up on the library's computer."
"It's okay..." Kasugazaki spoke, eyes gaining a sad look, "He doesn't care about what I do...besides, he's decided o study abroad all by himself. It doesn't matter anymore. That's why-" She was cut of by Mitskuni, who had ran over and declared,
"Found you, Haru-Chan!" The brunette screamed loudly when she was suddenly picked up and thrown over Takashi's shoulder.
"Haru-Kun, kidnapped!?" Kasugazaki could hardly believe her eyes. Rin and Rei suddenly appeared, bowing perfectly, causing her to grow even more confused. The Shiki sisters' were holding bags as they bowed, apologizing in unison,
"We need to borrow Haruhi for a moment, please forgive us." And then they were off. When they arrived, Hikaru took one of the bags that contained a dress for Rin, saying,
"I thought you'd never come." Kaoru frowned when he heard Rin speak with her monotone voice,
"It would be improper of us if we were." Rei giggled and wrapped an arm around her sister's shoulder, the other bag tucked beneath her arm and against her side,
"We are Hostesses after all!"
"Okay, okay, here, Haruhi, change into this." Hikaru shoved Rin's bag into Haruhi's arms and she cried out in shock,
"Hey, what's-"
"No complaints," Kaoru spoke, pushing her into a changing room. "just get dressed!"
Rin supplied with bored eyes, "We, apparently, don't have much time."
Kyoya asked as Haruhi changed, "Ready? The time limit is twenty minutes, until the climax of the party." Haruhi was done changing and sat down in a chair, the Hitachiin brothers working on her make-up while Rin and Rei worked on putting on her wig. "We already sent Mr. Suzushima to the 11-C classroom."
"Please find his true feelings, kay?" Mitskuni asked Haruhi, a smile on his face as flowers bubbled around him. Hikaru and Kaoru sighed, Kaoru the one speaking with a smile,
"How troublesome. The boss only started planning this yesterday. The preparation was tiresome." Rin, done with the wig, muttered,
"I don't even get why I'm doing this in the first place." Rin slowly turned her head when her sister wrapped her arms around her waist, stating,
"Because we get to make people happy, Rinny. They smile." Their eyes met and Rin gained the message: "And I want you to smile too." Rin sighed. Rei should really just give up on her. She's broken and she can't be fixed. It's her fate.
The doors suddenly slammed open, Tamaki popping his head in, declaring, "You all can't be in here together! You need to attend to the guests-!" He cut himself off, seeing Haruhi. She had on a wig that looked like her old hair style and was wearing a light pink spaghetti strap dress that had a red rose on it. She wore very light pink lipstick and blush. Tamaki felt his face heat up as Hikaru spoke with a triumphant grin,
"Whattya think!? It's our best try, we even put make up on her!"
"We did the wig," Was Rin's monotonous response.
"You're so cute, Haru-Chan!" Hunny declared, smiling brightly.
"Yeah...this wig is heavy." She muttered. Tamaki turned his head, a hand clamped over his mouth, as he blushed furiously. SO cute...
"Try your best!" Rin leaned against the wall, arms crossed, watching silently through lidded eyes as Haruhi walked away, her back to them. She felt her mouth dry slightly and licked her lips, thirsty as she watched the tasty looking girl walk away. She breathed in deeply, trying to control herself. She felt a pair of eyes on her and turned her head, locking gazes with Kaoru, who just stood there next to his triumphant brother, observing her intently.
Kaoru felt another small headache form as he stared at her, wishing she'd show just some form of emotion. He felt strange, like he should be remembering something, but couldn't because he forgot what he was trying to remember. He'd talk to her...He will talk to her and try to get some emotion from her- What the hell am I doing? He asked himself confused as he stared at the girl, who seemed to notice his confusion, Why do I care so much about her smiling and what-not? I barely even know the woman... Why am I trying to come up with a plan to get her to talk? He sighed and removed his gaze, muttering, "Who knows..." I'll dance with her or something... Dancing shows a person's true face, right?
Either way, they ended up heading back to the main hall. Rin and Rei standing next to each other, watching everyone dance.
"Hey, Rinny...," Rei spoke up quietly, poking her sister in the arm. Rin blinked and looked over at her sister, confused,
"What is it, Rei?"
"Can we dance? Like when we were little?"
"Waltz?" Rin suggested, causing Rei to shake her head and suggest,
"Shuffle?" Rin wasn't in the mood for that and asked,
"Irish Folk song?"
"Robot?" At this, Rin almost snorted, before suggesting with her lips tilting upwards in a slight smirk,
"Tango?" Rei smiled widely.
Hikaru overheard this, dancing with a girl, and asked confused, "What?"
Rin was already leading Rei over to a free area and they got in their positions. They grabbed each others hands and Rin had Rei twirl, before holding far away from her and taking a few steps forward, before they both turned and walked the other way. They twirled, got into another position, and were interrupted by someone clearing their throat. Rin frowned and turned her head, only to see Kaoru with a smirk, saying,
"Last time I checked, you need a male to tango, so, may I have this dance?" Rei pouted, but released her sister, who sighed and grabbed Kaoru's hand.
"How troublesome..." She muttered before gaining an idea, "Do you know the movie Rent?"
"The Musical?"
"Yes."
"Yeah."
"Dance to that in your head." He nodded and they got into positions, close this time. Within moments, Rin had dipped Kaoru, who blinked in surprise,
"Wait, I'm the one in the lead-"
"Don't question, just dance." She released Kaoru and let him fall to the ground, stepping back with a very small smirk. Kaoru caught it however as he sat up, and grinned. He stood and Rin grabbed his hand, twirling, before jumping in the air slightly and having Kaoru lift her up by the waist as she kicked her legs slightly, before setting her back on the ground. They both spread their legs before Rin lifted her's up again and Kaoru grabbed her leg, her arm wrapped around his shoulder, only to reel her leg back, place it back on his arm, reel it back, and raise it in the air, making a slight arc, and placing it back on the ground.
"Where did you learn to tango?" Rin asked curiously, causing Kaoru to smile as he released Rin and pushed her forwards slightly as she did a twirl and stopped a bit away from him.
"I'm the son of a Noble, I had to have learned some time. You?"
They stomped a foot down before Rin was pulled back to Kaoru, making a slight face, "Aidou Riku-Kun..." She placed a hand on his shoulder and the other one held his hand, while his other hand gripped her waist. "It was weird, really weird."
"That strange?" He questioned as he twirled her again before they got back into their other position and started to dance again. Soon she was pressed up against Kaoru as she raised her leg up again quickly and placed it back down. "You have a strange mind."
Rin had the urge to smirk, "Like you don't?"
He found it intriguing, the way she kept her emotions locked inside, even though it bugged him. What could have happened to her that made her so emotionless?
They twirled again and Kaoru had pulled her back against his chest, her raising a leg up slightly as he ducked her. His hand was on her back this time as they stood, their feet moving to the beat in their heads, and Rin was pressed against his back again, a leg wrapped around his slightly.
"What I think is my business, not yours." She then was turned to his back and she had one hand on his shoulder, the other in his other hand, and placed a leg between in his. He quickly turned her back again and grabbed her waist again, lifting her in the air as she kicked her legs, before they reverted to just grasping each other's hands, and taking a few steps forward slowly.
"My apologies for taking an interest."
"An interest in what?" She questioned as they twirled again before he ducked for the last time, causing her to raise her leg up high with one arm wrapped around his shoulders. Their faces were close and Kaoru could hear his heart pounding rapidly. He was close enough that he could see the emotions Rin had buried inside her eyes; Confusion, surprise, pride, slightly annoyance, but amused, and...fear. He was curious, what was she afraid of?
He didn't answer for a moment, not sure if he could answer. He then spoke, saying, "An interest in getting to know you and being your friend." What the hell did I just say!?
For a fraction of a second, Rin's eyes widened. Kaoru caught it and watched as she forced them back to normal, saying, "I have no need for friends, Kaoru-San, but I will not stop you from trying." Awkward situations call for desperate measures-speak formal. Kaoru blinked. Sure, she spoke slightly uptight before, but this was a new one.
"Y-Yeah...and I told you, call my Kaoru." He stuttered, surprised.
She sighed, slightly irritated, and muttered, "Yes...Kaoru." She looked at though she wanted to make a face, but her eyebrow merely twitched. She said after a few moments, "Have you noticed all the people that are watching us?"
"?" He looked around surprised, not having noticed it. The girls' were tense, and the boys looked even angry, and it took Kaoru a moment to realize why. He turned his head back to look at Rin, nearly brushing noses with her. He felt his mouth go dry as his face heat up, quickly releasing her after letting her stand, apologizing, "I'm sorry-"
"It's fine..." She sighed, bored already. There was the clattering of heels and the girl turned her head, only to see Suzushima Toru grab Kasugazaki by the hand, just as the Christmas Tree lit up.
"Merry Christmas!" Tamaki's voice rang out from nowhere, causing people to cry out and cheer, "May there be blessings over this Clumsy couple!"
"Whether it be for their beauty or youth, their power, or something entirely different, like the look in their eyes..."
"This is the last waltz," Tamaki had announced. Haruhi, who had managed to twist her ankle by running in heels, was sitting down in a chair. Despite not being able to eat any of the fancy food, or dancing, she felt happy.
"Now, we'll have the last event!" The Hitachiin twins announced.
"The first kiss will be given to Princess Miyako, a blessing kiss from Tamaki, that was modified...Fujioka Haruhi!" Hikaru announced. Kaoru added,
"The second will be given to Aidou Riku, a kiss from either Shiki Rin or Rei!" The mahogany haired girls' froze at the name, while Tamaki and Haruhi had gasped from her own name.
"It's all because Kyoya-Sempai said that if there was a little accident, the party would be more fun." The twins replied, while Rin seemed to gain a dark aura around her, asking, her voice seeming to deepen,
"Riku-Kun...What are you doing here?" The man had a triangle shapes head with oval lips and mischievous ice blue eyes. His skin was tanned slightly, and he wavy flame red hair. He adorned the Night Class vest with a black undershirt with a collar. He was the exact copy of his father, only with different hair and skin colors. He had a huge infatuation with Rin, for some unknown reason.
The man placed a hand against his chest as he walked forward, speaking, "Why, I have come to collect a kiss from my future bride, of course!"
"We're not engaged." She deadpanned, causing the man to lean backwards, pouting childishly,
"Why, how rude! Just think about it, Aidou Rin-doesn't it sound wonderful!? Now, come on, I want my kiss." He smirked and leaned forward, ready to claim her lips, only to have her dodged swiftly and peck him on the cheek instead, a frown on her face. Just from that one motion, his face heat up-even if he was slightly disappointed he didn't get to kiss her. "Ah, how much I love thee so! Come, give me a hug, my love!"
He reached out to her, arms spread, only to miss as she stepped aside, deadpanning, "No."
"Rin~!" Rei was giggling madly during this. Riku stopped what he was doing when he heard her giggles and turned, a grin spreading across his face, "Rei-Chan!"
Rei waved, wiggling her fingers as she giggled. Riku looked her up and down, commenting with a smirk, "You look gorgeous as ever." She smiled,
"Thanks, Riku-Kun." He walked towards her and slung an arm over her shoulder, asking,
"So, how's my little Rin been?" She giggled a little more at his accidental rhyme, but said nothing. Kyoya placed a hand on Haruhi's shoulder, asking,
"How about you do this instead of a dance? We'll cut off your debt by one third."
"She's been good." Rei replied, a smile on her face. Rin's dark aura seemed to grow as she stared at Riku, speaking,
"Leave. Now."
Haruhi muttered, deciding to just get it over with as she stood, "Well, I'm not gonna do a deep one..." She placed a hand on Miyako's cheek and under her chin, turning her head, "But, on the cheek is okay."
Rin overhead and blinked, a thought coming to her mind, "Haruhi-San, have you ever kissed someone before?"
"Isn't this your first kiss?" Hunny questioned confused, a finger to his chin.
"Probably," Rei said, hands clasped in front of her with a smile. Tamaki's blue eyes went wide as he cried,
"First kiss!? Haruhi-Stop! HOLD THAT KISS!" He lunged forward, racing off the steps and towards the couple, only to slip on a banana with a hand reaching forward. His hand accidentally pressed against Haruhi's back, pushing her forward and causing her to redirect the kiss.
Haruhi's and Miyako's eyes went wide with shock. Tamaki's were filled with horror as he released Haruhi, taking a step back. Haruhi removed herself from Miyako, a hand over her lips.
Rin and Rei knew instantly...this was the real accident. They both sweatdropped and Riku, with a smirk, took the advantage to wrap an arm around Rin's shoulders and pulled her to him, making her frown deeply.
"Release me."
"But, Rin-!" Riku was cut off by a slap in the back of the head. He released the sisters' and clutched the bump on his head, whining, "Akane~! Why'd you do that!?"
"You were harassing Rin again." The ginger replied.
It turned out well, Kyoya thought, smirking slightly. The brothers' had grins on their faces, Hunny had a shocked face with a blush, and Mori merely smiled. Girls' started congratulating Miyako, and Haruhi gave Tamaki a glare when she heard one say,
"I see...kissing machine." Tamaki panicked,
"That's not true at all! I merely wanted to reserve your first kiss-!"
"And now because of you, I did my first kiss. I don't really care, but I didn't think you were that greedy a person." She replied, turning her head away from him, a sour look on her face. "I just started to have a better opinion of you, too. Or maybe it's a new type of bullying, isn't it?"
"Haruhi-!" He was cut off by a dark glare and he was sent to mope in the corner as Hunny approached Haruhi, asking,
"Hey, Haru-Chan, want some cake?"
"Yes, please."
"-kane, come on! Give me a break here!" Riku whined as his twin sister started to drag him away by his ear. Her nails were pinching it enough that it started to bleed, "Ow, ow, ow, ow, Do you want to die!?"
"You're not our father, so don't even try to sound like him." Akane deadpanned as they neared the exit. "Besides, you're an Aristocrat, you'll heal quickly."
"Why are you so mean~!?" He whined, tears streaming down his face. "Rei~! Help!"
Rei giggled and waved at him, saying, "Sorry, sorry, you're on your own on this one." Normally she'd try to stop any fights from breaking out, but she knew the siblings really well, so she was used to it.
"Rin-" He barely had time to beg before the door closed, them on the other side.
Kaoru blinked at the scene and cracked a grin, chuckling slightly. Rin blinked when she heard his laughter and turned her head, Kaoru almost locking eyes with her instantly. He felt his face heat up at being caught and turned his head, embarrassed.
What the hell is wrong with me? He questioned, confused and frightened slightly, Why am I so intrigued by her? Sure, she managed to tell me and Hikaru apart and that gained our interest...but why? Why am I so interested in her? Her sister could tel us apart to, so why only Rin?
"Remember when I searched up on Google why you were "allergic" to blood tablets?" A young woman, who appeared to be in early twenties, with dark skin and wide, narrowed, emerald green eyes, asked her re-husband. Her hair was cut above her shoulders, french-braided around her head, but was slightly wild. The light from the window made it look like flames dancing, her hair such a bright red. She wore a black, sleeveless dress which accented her guitar figure, and a ruby necklace.
A man with pale skin and curly, golden blonde hair and ice blue eyes that filled with knowledge, blinked at her. He wore a yellow vest with a black undershirt that had a collar, and dark red tie. His pants were also black. "You mention something about it, yes."
"You weren't allergic to them, were you?"
He shrugged, "Not much else I could say, really, without alarming you." They were in the kitchen and Amaya was frying chicken on the stove. Hanabusa was sitting at the table and reading a book, writing down some occasional notes. He smirked, "Unless you wanted me to freak you out by saying that you were my Soulmate, and the very second I saw you as a Human, the blood tablets stopped working? If you want to know, I barely coughed up any tablets when I was little, but as I grew older, it eventually started to affect me gradually. And then you appeared at Cross Academy..."
"And you attacked harmless students to control your hunger?" Amaya questioned, giving her husband a look. Not long after Aliza was resurrected as a Human, Hanabusa had allowed Amaya to move in with her and Zero's two kids. As much as he despised Zero, he held a deep respect for the late Hunter, he treated his kids as his own. After all, they were Amaya's kids, and they got along with their kids wonderfully. He and Amaya got remarried a few months after. "Honestly, you were so ridiculous back then."
"And you were the one who could hardly speak to me because I left you so wonderfully speechless." She could almost see his nose grow like Pinocchio's and his ego grow even bigger.
"You kept on getting me attacked by you fans!" She argued, flipping the chicken before pressing the spatula against it to cook it some more. Chicken patties all the way. "And, no thanks to you, I had a mental breakdown on whether I was really Human or not."
"You aren't Human." Hanabusa supplied helpfully as he turned the page in his book, pushing up his reading glasses. He didn't even need them, really. He just put them on to make him look even more hot than he already was, just to get a reaction out of Amaya. She knew he does it on purpose too and it bugged the crap out of her, because she wanted to attack him then and there, but nope, she has to responsible and finish making dinner.
Amaya rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, "No, really, I hadn't noticed! I mean before the whole battle between Vampires and Humans and Hunters and all that jazz. Before Rido, really, when I WAS a Human and was hallucinating. You know, when I freaked out so badly I tried to kill myself-Aiko forcefully carried me, and then she made you carry me."
"I offered-you might need to check your memory again."
"Shut up, Hanabusa." Amaya growled as she placed the chicken on the plate, before placing another piece of uncooked chicken on the grill. "What I mean is, when I searched it up, I gained some really weird info from this weird website. But the only reason I searched it up in the first place, was because you said, "Because you meet a specific type of Human."
"What was the website called?" Hanabusa questioned curiously, looking up at Amaya through his fake glasses.
"I think it was... Bloodtablets/Allergic." Amaya spoke. She now had full control of her Vampire powers of looking into both the past and the future. She could remember some things clearly, but sometimes it could be really blurry. Hanabusa almost dropped his book,
"What!? Why that website!?" Her face flushed red slightly,
"B-Because I was curious! And worried..."
"What did it say?"
"I-I'm not sure...I'll show you after I'm done cooking."
"Fine..." His nose twitched slightly as he inhaled the delicious smell of Amaya's cooking. "How much longer till it's done?"
"A few more minutes, stop being so impatient."
"These few Humans, are called Bloodmates, or if you prefer the more fairytale term, Soulmate. This is the bloodmate concept, and Vampires and Humans alike have to come to accept it."
"Did you know that Senri and Aiko's twin daughters and their son are going to Ouran Academy now?" Amaya smirked and sang,
"Kiss kiss, Fall in love!" Everything she knew as a Human was a lie... "Ouran Highschool Host Club, ah, that was brilliant "manga" I read." Of course, it was even a manga. It was only a figment of her powers leaking through, but leaving out anything that could pertain to her future. So, therefore, she never knew about the Vampires, the kids, anything. Only Haruhi's adventures.
"My wife is a psychic..." Hanabusa sighed, a hand pressed against the side of his face, a smile forming. "And people wonder about me sometimes."
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean!?"
"Yuzuha's twin boys." Hanabusa changed the subject quickly, causing Amaya to blink and become serious.
"What about them?"
"You know about Rin's blood tablet problem, yes?" Amaya nodded, confused to where this was heading.
"Yeah...When the sisters' found out, they came straight to you for answers."
"Yes, well, didn't the two meet the boys' once at one of their first modelling sessions as little kids?" Her eyes widened,
"Are you saying that one of them-!"
"Yes, it's likely, but I'm not sure. It could just be a defect from having a Level D as a mother, but still..."
"She's technically a Level C."
"Amaya..."
"Hanabusa...Oh look, dinner's done!" Hanabusa sweatdropped at the change of subject.
"This is why Purebloods grow enraged. Why aristocrats panic and attack their bloodmate. Their blood line will be soiled with Human blood. This concept had been with them since the beginning, and had chosen to stay with them to the end."
The bloodmate concept was discussed in the chapter :Fear in itself isn't what it seems" in Bloody of a Rose. Reread that if you are confused.