"Next up is Kyouya-Sempai singing Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol," Tammy into her head set. The clapping began and Tammy didn't know it, but Kyouya was right behind her. Tammy turned to walk off the stage and tripped over Kyouya's foot.
Luckily Kyouya caught her before she could hurt herself. He held her up with one arm. "Watch yourself," Kyouya smiled, and the whole audience heard him, because of the head set.
Tammy blushed and stood up. "Thanks," She smiled back and they made eye contact, and the girls all went wild. Tammy started to leave the stage and Kyouya's hand brushed against her side, and she shivered at the contact. Tammy watched from the distance as the twins fumed at the scene; they had seen what happened and so had Tamaki. Tamaki was also fuming; though no one noticed.
The music started and Kyouya began, "We'll do it all. Everything. On our own. We don't need. Anything. Or anyone. If I lay here. If I just lay here. Would you lie with me and just forget the world?" His voice sang beautifully and his eyes shut peacefully. "I don't quite know. How to say. How I feel," Kyouya quickly side glanced in Tammy's direction and she felt herself blush while the twins heated up. Tamaki didn't catch it.
"Those three words. Are said too much. They're not enough," He looked at Tammy once more and shut his eyes, like he was watching her even with his eyes closed. Then he slowly turned away. "If I lay here. If I just lay here. Would you lie with me and just forget the world? Forget what we're told. Before we get too old. Show me a garden that's bursting into life," Kyouya opened his eyes and smiled at everyone. "Let's waste time. Chasing cars. Around our heads. I need your grace," he side glanced over to the side of the stage where the hosts who haven't sung stood.
He looked back to the crowd. "To remind me. To find my own. If I lay here. If I just lay here. Would you lie with me and just forget the world. Forget what we're told. Before we get too old. Show me a garden that's bursting into life." Kyouya actually looked like her was having fun. He sung aloud and some girls fainted at how beautiful his voice sounded.
"All that I am. All that I ever was. Is here in you perfect eyes; they're all I can see. I don't know where. Confused about how as well. Just know that these things will never change for us at all. If I lay here. If I just lay here. Would you lie with me and just forget the world?" Kyouya ended. The crowd went wild like they have so many times before and Kyouya did a bow.
He walked off the stage while Tammy walked on to it. They past each other and they brushed against each other and Tammy felt nervous; something she very rarely felt. She went to the center stage and smiled warmly at the crowd as she waited for them to settle. "That was Kyouya-sempai singing a fairly old song," Tammy rolled her eyes and some laughed. "Up next is my cousin, otherwise my Host club sister, Haruhi Fujioka, singing One Step At A Time by Jordan Sparks !" Tammy whooped with glee. "For the record we aren't girls," Tammy spoke fast, but hearable into the head set. She walked to Haruhi, who was walking to the stage and Whispered in her ear. "You'll do great. Just remember what I taught you and if you get scared close your eyes," Tammy then walked off the stage to the side and Haruhi walked to center stage.
Haruhi took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She focused on the music that began playing. She remembered everything she learned and she felt confident; but also nervous as ever. She tapped her foot to the beat and got the rhythm set, like Tammy taught her.
She held her head down. She looked up at the crowd and felt frozen with fear inside. Then she caught eye contact with Tamaki. He smiled warmly and she felt confident once more.
She began to sing without taking her eyes off the group of three smiling brightly up at her from the seats in front of her. "Hurry up and wait. So close, but so far away," she began and the three boys' smiles light up like light bulbs. Haruhi was more mumbling instead of singing out, so Tamaki rose his hand up; meaning for her to sing louder.
Haruhi got the message and winked at him as a thank you. "Everything that you've always dreamed of, close enough for you to taste, but you can't touch," she looked out at the crowed and smiled brightly. "You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet. Wonder when and where and how you're gonna make it. You know you can, if you get the chance. In your face as the door keeps slamming," she sung out beautifully and unlike she ever thought she could.
"Now you're feeling more and more frustrated. And you're getting all kind of impatient, waiting. We live and we learn to take. One step at a time, there's no need to rush. It's like learning to fly," she brought her hands up in the air as in a flying motion. "Or falling in love," she instinctively looked to Tamaki and blushed. He didn't seem to notice what she did, so she brushed it off and looked back to the audience.
"It's gonna happen, and it's supposed to happen that we find the reasons why, one step at a time," Haruhi smiled out to the crowed and everyone was smiling back and swaying to the beat. Started up the clapping to the beat as she swayed and everyone else started in. Anyone who was sitting, was now standing and going along with the crowed. 'Seems like rich people can be open about things,' Haruhi thought to herself as the instrumental went on.
"Wow!" the twins gasped watching Haruhi behind Tammy. They each had one hand on her shoulders and where leaning on her. She was strong so she didn't fall and they were warm; while the back stage was cold, so she didn't make them move. "What did you do to her?"
"I fixed her again," Tammy beamed at Haruhi. "Before her mom died I would visit during the summers and so would she. Every summer I would teach her something she wanted to know, and singing was one of them," Tammy explained. "After her mom died, my whole family moved here and after three years we moved back to France; but not in the same neighborhood. We moved closer to my grandmother's house. We saw less and less of each other, but we always wrote to each other and she told me everything that happened. I guess she stopped practicing or something, so I had to re-teach her," Tammy smiled as the twins leaned on her more to listen. Tammy sighed as their warmth covered her.
They leaned their heads on her shoulder blades and sighed, "You're amazing," they hugged her backwards. And they all blushed; though, none saw the others.
Kyouya had gone and changed into his tuxedo and was watching the twins and Tammy. He they walked up to Tammy's side and they smiled at each other as they watched Haruhi.
Haruhi began to sing again and everyone watched her. "You believe and you doubt. You're confused, you got it all figured out. Everything that you always wished for. Could be yours, should be yours if they only knew. You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet. Wonder when and where and how you're gonna make it. You know you can, if you get the chance. In your face as the door keeps slamming. Now you're feeling more and more frustrated. And you're getting all kind of impatient, waiting. We live and we learn to take. One step at a time, there's no need to rush. It's like learning to fly," Haruhi sang every bit as perfect as the original and Tammy and Tamaki beamed with pride at her. Haruhi glanced at Tamaki once more, instinctively, "Or falling in love," she blushed and all of the hosts caught it and so did Tamaki; though he showed nothing un-normal. "It's gonna happen, and it's supposed to happen that we find the reasons why, one step at a time."
Tammy started to get nervous, and the twins felt it as the lean on her. They move their mouths to her ears, "Are you ok?" they asked in her ears, making her shiver.
"Yes, but the part that I'm worried about is coming up and I hope she can get through it," she whispered to them and Kyouya. Kyouya had brought four chairs over so they could sit and watch; though the twins kept snuggling Tammy's backside. All four listened carefully and intently.
"When you can't wait any longer. But there's no end in sight, when you need to find the strength. It's the faith that makes you stronger. The only way you get there," Haruhi sung through the notes perfectly, but Tammy tensed up as she continued to sing. Kyouya and the twins tensed up, from the tension they got from Tammy.
"Is one step at a time," Haruhi began the long not and she closed her eyes. She sung the wavering notes until it got to the really high note that she had struggled to perfect before; and she cracked. She stopped instantly. The crowd gasped, and Tammy shook her head in defeat. Tamaki, Mori and Honey looked shocked, but gave her encouraging smiles and moved their hands in a way that meant "Keep going."
Haruhi quickly looked to Tammy and Tammy gave the same signal. Kyouya smiled and nodded and so did the twins.
Haruhi smiled and continued the song. "One step at a time, there's no need to rush. It's like learning to fly, or falling in love," she smiled at Tamaki and he smiled back. "It's gonna happen and it's supposed to happen and we find the reasons why. One step at a time," the audience went back to the rhythm and Haruhi smiled brightly as she sang out and amazingly. "One step at a time. There's no need to rush, it's like learning to fly, or falling in love," her hands on her heart she smiles brightly at Tamaki and winks and he smiles and winks back. "It's gonna happen and it's supposed to happen and we find the reasons why. One step at a time!" Haruhi ended and the crowd went wild. Tammy ran out and met Haruhi in a hug on the stage; leaving the boys behind stage.
Haruhi and Tammy hugged and Tammy whispered to her cousin, "I knew you could do it! You where so amazing out there! You are amazing," Tammy let go of Haruhi and they smiled at each other, as the crowd still cheered. Haruhi walked over to the edge of the stage where the three hosts stood. Mori picked her up and set her on the ground.
Tamaki hugged her and said, "You are so amazing," Haruhi smiled and they split.
Mori laid a hand on her shoulder, "You where great," and he smiled.
Honey then jumped into a hug on her yelling, "Haru-Chan!" he hugged her and looked up at her smiling. "You where awesome," Haruhi smiled and laughed, tapping his white hat.
They all sat down and the crowd settled; waiting for the next act.