As always I do not own any of the characters here, except, Rachel and, Amy/Akemi! Katie owns herself(again only kinda owns herself) and she gets her own character in this chapter (Arata) that SHE is required to write lines for…even though I, Rachel write HER lines (that's why she only kinda owns herself)
Katie: HALAAAAA! I'm finally in control of someone MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Rachel: just gives the privilege of blaming any part of the story that sucks, on you WIN-WIN! For me at least…
Honey: Katie…you woke me up from my nap with your laughing… *evil look so bad we can't describe it *
Katie: s-s-s-sorry honey… I have uhhh cake? (?) and ice cream! Just for you!
Rachel: So you'll give ice cream to people who glare at you but not to your master? I mean friend…(OF COURSE I MEANT FRIEND DUHHHHH!)
Katie: okay Rachel, go ahead. Take the ice cream from a poor sweet innocent child (honey *coffcoff*)…
Honey: you wouldn't take my ice cream would you Ra-chan?
Rachel: 'course not Honey! So cute! *squee*
Katie and Kaoru: you know what else is cute? YOU and HIKARU! *burst into fit of giggles*
Rachel and Hikaru: or you two! So adorable we're gonna DIE! …laughing!
Katie: shut. Up. Just start the story!
Chapter 7
Hikaru's POV
Hikaru: Crap, why'd he have to say that? He was too emotional. That's what his brother said, and now there was no doubt in his mind it was true.
Kaoru: "You know she totally likes you, right," he whispered.
Hikaru: He jumped what seamed 10 feet at his brother interrupting his thought process. "W-what? Who?"
Kaoru: "Rachel. She changed all her lines after the… kiss, which probably means she likes you."
Hikaru: "Oh... uh you think?"
Kaoru: He smirked, "Why don't we play with her a bit. She would really be a fun toy to add to our collection."
Hikaru: He composed himself a bit, not wanting to stammer again and sound like an even bigger idiot. "Yeah, she'd be a real prize, in fact why don't I meet her after class and schedule a play date?"
Rachel's POV
-bell rings-
Rachel: She stood up along with the rest of her little group (Katie, and the 3 girls she met the other day) they were talking about their performances excitedly.
Amy: "I can't believe it! It was magical; Dylan and I are going to be together forever!"
Rachel: She gave a big grin and nodded her head, "Yeah you two would make the perfect couple!"
Katie: "I think Rachel, and the one of the twins would make a cute couple." She chimed in mischievously.
Rachel: she tried to hide her blush as she responded, "Haha maybe but I don't really like them that way, but Amy you and Dylan seam totally crazy about each other, let's talk about what your first dates going to be like!" This got Amy to babble on like crazy and it made it easy for her to slip away silently from the main group, over to were Hikaru was waiting. "Make it quick." She hissed menacingly at the orange haired delinquent. He looked straight at her, his golden eyes giving nothing away.
Hikaru: "Um… are you free tonight?" he stammered.
Rachel: was he asking her out?
Hikaru: "I mean are you and Katie free." He said a little bit more smoothly."
Rachel: "Why are you asking?"
Hikaru: "Because, it's pretty obvious Kaoru likes Katie ,but my brothers way too shy to ask her out, so if you could sneak out to this address *writes down an address on paper… in Japanese* say around 7:00, we could pretend to meet there by mistake and…. Ya."
Rachel: It certainly made more sense than Hikaru asking HER out. Her small friend was pretty cute by anyone's standards, and she did really like Kaoru so she didn't have much choice. Grabbing the slip of paper the older twin held out for her, she walked rapidly away yelling over her shoulder, "See ya there."
6:45 at Souh mansion #2 Katie's POV
Rachel: "Yo KitKat, let's take a drive around town, see the sites, stop by a random place we know nothing about? Whatdya say?"
Katie: Like she had a choice, Katie thought rolling her eyes. Rachel was in her false happy mood, which meant her actual opinion was void, and it probably involved the twins, which could be fun in itself. She allowed her face to lighten, revealing an even wider grin then before, giving a perky little bob of the head she replied, "Yeah that sounds fun!" Rachel grabbed her arm and pulled her out the front door signaling to the limo driver, then passing him a small slip of paper containing Japanese scribbles. About 15 minutes later they arrived in front of some sort of club, lights lit up the outside of the building, temporarily blinding her from the world. The limo door was opened, and immediately they were shrouded in reporters asking questions in Japanese. She picked up the name Souh but they were speaking too fast for her to translate any sentences. So they were here for Rachel. It didn't really surprise her, and she didn't really mind, seeing that she despised the spotlight. After a few minutes of her friend posing for pictures she went to the front of the club line up and smiled at the bouncer.
Rachel: "Do you speak English?"
Random Bouncer: *head nod*
Rachel: "Good, then pay attention. I am Tamaki Souh's cousin! So if you ever try to keep out me or my friend here *gestures to Katie* I will Have my uncle buy this place, just so I can fire you!" she purred sweetly, revealing a toothy grin.
Random Bouncer: *Gestures for her to enter*
Katie: Rachel grabbed her arm and was literally dragging her in a random direction while she stood motionless, taking in the high-end club. There were crystal chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. The walls and floor were made of mirrors , and on those floors sat elegant round glass tables, with matching seats. There were a few steps that lead to a small(er) upstairs that had a stage set up for karaoke. Rachel dragged her to a 4 person table that stood directly in front of the stage.
Rachel: "Sit," she demanded commandingly.
Katie: She shrugged and sat down; she was too lazy to stand anyways, they ordered some sushi, and she waited for whatever Rachel was waiting for… probably the twins.
Twins: "Hey girls, imagine seeing you here."
Katie: She watched as the twins sat down, Hikaru sitting beside Rachel, who clearly knew they'd be coming. Yep, turned out exactly as she'd thought. She smiled at the twins, "Ya imagine that"
Rachel: "Anyways… why don't Hikaru and I go sign up for karaoke and you two just… talk." She pulled Hikaru away towards the DJ table, the same way Katie had been dragged just moments ago.
Kaoru: "You know Hikaru told Rachel that he was trying to get us to date one another, so he could get some alone time with Rachel, right?" He stated bluntly
Katie: "Yeah, I figured it was the other way around, but that works too."
Kaoru: "He's doing it to mess with her head. You wanna help? I've noticed how she treats you like a slave."
Katie: "Hell, ya! Tell me what you need me to do." A mischievously twin-like smirk spread across the small girls face, as she faced the twin sitting beside her, and he quickly mirrored her expression.
Kaoru: He leaned in closer to Katie, "Here's the plan."
Rachel's POV
Rachel: "This is strange…" She stated bluntly to Hikaru, who didn't react much.
Hikaru: He raised an eyebrow at her questioningly, "What is? The fact that Katie is unwittingly on a date with Kaoru, or that we were making out earlier today?"
Rachel: She felt her cheeks grow hot as she responded, "um… both I guess…." She let her voice trail off, and her eyesight wander. Her heart pounded 100 beats per second inside her chest. He was so close to her… so close…
Hikaru: "Which song should we sing?"
Rachel: Focusing her attention she looked back up at Hikaru questioningly, "Were not going to sing, it was an excuse to leave the two of them *gestures to the table* alone."
Hikaru: "That excuse won't be believable unless we actually sing!"
Rachel: She knew this. She did that on purpose because she absolutely loved karaoke, and singing and all that stuff, but not by herself. So to Hikaru it would now seem that it was him, who originally suggest they sing together! "Fine, but if you suck at singing, and make a fool out of yourself that's your problem," She glared at him for good measure, and walked the rest of the way to the DJ table. "DJ We need an English duet for the next song!"
DJ: "um… the karaoke is booked all night sorry I ca…."
Hikaru: "Hitachiin plus 1"
DJ: "Okay what song?"
Rachel: he already booked the karaoke?
Hikaru: "Any popular Ameri-Canadian duets are fine."
Rachel: "I do live in North America so it's fine if you call me American, you know?"
Hikaru: "Really? Okay *hands the DJ a piece of paper*… it's, uh, my brothers favourite song so…. I thought we could sing it for him.
Rachel: "Really what song?"
Hikaru: He held out his hand for her "you'll see"
DJ: "okay you're on."
Rachel: She brushed past his outstretched hand and took the stage grabbing a mike and taking her place on the opposite side of the stage from herself. She heard the intro to the song start up and she immediately knew which song he picked. She shot a death glare at Hikaru, but he just smirked.
Hikaru and Rachel's POV – The Song Lady Antebellum "Just A Kiss" (highly suggest you listen to it while you read, also I'll describe what there doing during the song in brackets)
Rachel: Lyin' here with you so close to me(facing away from Hikaru, angrily)
It's hard to fight these feelings when it feels so hard to breathe
Caught up in this moment
Caught up in your smile (smiles for a second then stops)
Hikaru: I've never opened up to anyone (glances at Kaoru who smiles, then at Rachel)
So hard to hold back when I'm holding you in my arms
Both: We don't need to rush this
Let's just take it slow (Rachel closes her eyes and let's the music take her anger away)
Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch of the fire burning so bright
No I don't want to mess this thing up
I don't want to push too far (Both staring at each other, trapped by the others voice)
Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby I'm alright, with just a kiss goodnight
Rachel: I know that if we give this a little time (takes a step towards Hikaru)
Both: It'll only bring us closer to the love we wanna find (both are walking towards the other)
Rachel: It's never felt so real (gazing longingly into Hikaru's eyes)
Hikaru: It's never felt (gazing longingly into Rachel's eyes)
Both: So right
Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch of the fire burning so bright
No I don't want to mess this thing up (singing to each other)
I don't want to push too far
Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life (both thinking what if she/he is "the one")
So baby I'm alright, with just a kiss goodnight
No I don't want to say goodnight
Hikaru: I know it's time to leave
Both: but you'll be in my dreams
Hikaru: Tonight
Rachel: Tonight
Both: Tonight (standing right in front of each other)
Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch of the fire burning so bright
No I don't want to mess this thing up
I don't want to push too far
Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
Hikaru: So baby I'm alright (strokes hair away from her face, then jerks hand back)
Both: Oh
Rachel: let's do this right (realizes how close she is to Hikaru and back off a bit)
Both: with just a kiss goodnight (both look embarrassed a bit and turn to the audience)
Rachel: With a kiss goodnight
Hikaru: Kiss
Both: goodnight
Rachel's POV
Rachel: Greeeeaat, why did I let myself do this? She thought. She couldn't believe she got so sucked into the song that she almost kissed Hikaru, for real! As in OUTSIDE of drama class! She bowed even though she barely noticed the applause, and started to walk off stage, Hikaru matching pace beside her. She passed by Katie and whispered in her ear, "Hope I've set the mood for you two" then gave her a cheeky wink and continued towards the exit, accepting the occasional complement from complete strangers. She left the building Hikaru still keeping pace, stopping she turned to him. "Okay, you can go now!" she spat at him. Angry at him yet again for no particular reason…. Or was she angry at herself?
Hikaru: He pouted, "What if I don't want to go?" Then he broke into his signature mischievous, devil-like smirk.
Rachel: "It's a free world! Do what you like!" She stated in a level tone, as she turned on her heals and strutted away. She walked to the end of the building and turned the corner, breaking into a run. She felt cold wet tears flying from her face, the last light of day fading out of existence. Right behind the club was an open field with a tall Sakura tree located in the middle; the area was probably used to host private parties during the day, but tonight it would be her own private sanctuary. She found herself hiding behind the tree, crying, her legs curled into her body. She wanted it so bad to be true. She wanted him to want to be with her, and she knew she shouldn't, but she wanted that kiss goodnight, but even if he gave it to her it wouldn't be sincere. It would be just another game for him! A warm arm wrapped around her and pulled her into their body,
Hikaru: "I'm not very good at this… consoling thing. I'm not like my brother, but…. just feel better, okay!" he glanced down at Rachel who was staring back at him incredulously. "So… uh, why are you crying?" he mumbled
Rachel: She wiped her tears away. Why did he have to be here now? She couldn't handle this, her heart ached, to tell him how she felt, but he was a Hitachiin twin. He wouldn't understand feelings and would just finish her already tortured heart off. She couldn't bear his rejection, especially since it had been less than a week since she'd met him. How could she like him so much already?
Hikaru: "Since your not going to tell me can I ask you a question?"
Rachel: she nodded wiping the last few tears off her cheek.
Hikaru: "How can you tell us apart? Sure we normally keep the same hair partings, but we switched them today and you still knew, how did you do that?"
Rachel: "You shine, Kaoru doesn't." She stated simply looking into his deep golden eyes. "Like a star, but brighter."
Hikaru: He smiled down at her and leaned in, and when he was a centimeter away from her lips he whispered, "We'll shine brighter together," Then he closed the gap between their lips and allowed them to connect for 1.34 seconds, and pulled apart.
Rachel: She cuddled into Hikaru's side, and his hand stroked her arm comfortingly. He had probably done this a million times before for his twin, and it could all be an act, but honestly, she didn't care at that moment. He was hers for the night. All hers.
On the other side of the field, a middle class gossip photographer was keeping eye on the field, waiting for the celebrity scoop that surely would get him into a big-shot magazine. Reporter Arata's POV
Arata: *CLICK CLICKCLICK* He snapped a few more shots then put his camera down, a HITACHIIN and a SOUH? Unheard of! This was going to be huge! Finally, he thought. An opportunity of this magnitude… "I'll be rich!" he said to nobody but himself. Picking up his camera he reviewed his previous pictures. "Just ONE more and I'll have everything I need!" he muttered, treading slightly closer to the apparent lovers.
Rachel's POV
Arata: *CLICKFLASHCLICKFLASH* "Oops… stupid flash…"
Hikaru and Rachel: They both snap their heads up towards the blinding flashes, then glare at the cause of it.
Rachel: "I'll KIIL YOU! BOTH of you! Hikaru! So I was right this IS only a game to you! And to think I…. DEAD! YOU'RE BOTH DEAD!" She stood up and took a menacing step towards the reporter.
Arata: He turns and runs. "Thanks for the heads up Hika-chan!" he yelled over his shoulder with a grin. Really, he didn't know THIS Hitachiin. But maybe he might escape Rachel's wrath by blaming Hikaru.
Rachel: MUST. GET. PICTURES! She screamed in her head. There is NO way the Hitachiins could get away with this! She HAD to stop this reporter! She ran frantically after him but he disappeared into the huge mob of other camera wielding people.
Hikaru: I thought Kaoru was kidding!
Katie: way to go Rachel *clap clap* you left 'em with a cliffhanger… AGAIN.
Rachel: well i… don't want my readers to forget about my fanfiction… I mean if I didn't leave on a cliffhanger I'd have to update more often! But maybe I should update more often anyways…
Hikaru: It wasn't my fault—
*Hikaru Hitachiin has been blocked from the conversation*
Rachel: you don't get a say in anything! From now on I've decided to make your life a living-
Katie: woah there bud! Calm down!
Rachel…
*Rachel has left the conversation*
Katie: ummm hellooooo? Anyone out there? Ohkayyyy? Umm why don't y'all leave a review? Eh? Eh? You know you want to… ESPECIALLY on Arata because he's totally awesome!
*Rachel has joined the conversation*
Rachel: first off, NEVER use "y'all" you AREN'T American so stop trying to be like them! Second. My characters are waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy AWESOMER (awesomer IS a word. Sue me. Or sue Tamaki it'd be funnier, just hope it works out considering he's a nonexistent person/anime character…) Thirdly, THIS TIME I GET THE LAST WORD! Rachel out! PEACE!