KYOUYA WINS! ;D Invisible by Taylor Swift will be the song I have Hana sing soon enough! Oh and… Maybe if you're lucky, after I finish Sleepytime, I'll make a side-story for Hana and Kyouya… Maybe… =)
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Me: Because I SUCK by updating so late, I will do my own disclaimer… I, Diann or De-chan, do NOT own OHSHC or anything else but the plot and MY OC's… I'm also very sorry for the late update… School, babysitting, band, and visits to my other family get in the way quite a bit… -.-'
WARNING: Think about the obvious conflict from the episode Hani's Three Bitter Days! Then the warning will explain itself… Also, I changed something Haruhi said to fit the story… X3 I'm only putting One and three of Hani's strategy in all the way and changing the ending to fit as well… I'll probably continue the ACTUAL ending in the next chapter...
Ch.22 Valentine's disaster…
Normal P.O.V
"Now you've done it…" Tamaki spoke in a choked way. Ichi had just walked into the club room and was now looking curiously at Tamaki with the cake box in her hands.
So far, she had had a wonderful day. Ichi even forgot about yelling at Arc-en because of it. Happiness was practically flowing from her as she put the cake somewhere no one would find it and returned to the main room.
"It's done all, right." Koaru said, making Ichi even more curious.
"It's not our fault." Hikaru claimed. Ichi stepped closer to see what was going on.
"Y-you idiots! You're the ones who bumped into it, right?" Tamaki exclaimed. Ichi peered over his shoulder to look at a tea soaked Usa-chan. She then deadpanned and walked over towards Haruhi to watch the scene play out.
"That's just because Haruhi was running away…" Hikaru pouted.
"We wanted to have some fun, by having her do a little cosplay." Kaoru added while also pouting.
Poor Haruhi was now in their arms while Ichi just shook her head with a smirk. This was not going to ruin her happiness.
"We're always doing cosplay, you know!" Tamaki scolded.
"Not the usual Host Club kind!" Hikaru spoke.
"This time in a bunny girl costume –disguised as a girl." Kaoru added, making Ichi and Haruhi sweat-drop.
"Disguised as a girl?" They asked together in weary tones. Sadly no one cared to listen…
"You'd want to see that too, right, sir?" The twins asked in unison, actually grasping the blonde's attention, who gasped and blushed in return while going into some sort of imaginary theater.
"I'd definitely want to see that, all right…" He whispered with a beet red face, thinking no one had heard him. Unfortunately for him, Ichi just happened to be standing close enough to witness his self-argument. She smiled at her new thoughts and hummed to herself quietly. "No, but this isn't the time for that!" Tamaki whined.
"And where do you get off trying to take advantage of this commotion?" He added while pointing to the twins cuddling an annoyed Haruhi. "Get away from Haruhi!" He growled.
"No way!" The twins teased. Ichi just laughed lightly and turned to see Kyouya and Mori sitting calmly at a table when the former spoke up.
"Guys, there aren't any guests here, so I don't mind at all if you make a racket, but are you sure you want to? You'll wake Honey-senpai." He warned. As if a picture was just taken, a flash occurred and the three boys, who were recently fighting, ceased and paled completely.
"High school third-year and he's still taking naps?" Haruhi asked while standing in front of the bed Hani was in. "Well we can't help that his bunny has been stained. Let's wake him up and frankly apologize…" She added while stepping closer.
Ichi smiled and walked over to the table while the other boys were sprouting nonsense about Hani and spoke to Mori.
"Hani-senpai's not going to be happy, but I'm sure you have another way to handle it… Heck, I have ways to calm him down then…" Mori smiled slightly at her and she beamed back before hearing something about blood types.
"Do you have some sort of problem with my blood type?" Kyouya and Ichi asked in unison before looking at each other and turning back around to look at the others with eerily calm expressions.
"Oh, those of you reading who are type AB, please don't get upset." Haruhi announced to no one in particular. Everyone else was either pale or sweat-dropping until they heard Hani stir in his sleep.
While Hani was slowly waking up, Tamaki and the others tried to form plans. Soon they just ended up with putting Tamaki's Kuma-chan on the bed and hiding behind the couch to wait. Ichi just casually read Mori's book over his shoulder. It happened to be a really good one according to them both.
As Hani threw Kuma-chan to the ground and Tamaki flipped out, Ichi stopped reading the book and went to clean up the tea from the table after Hani picked his bunny up.
"Who's the one who got my Usa-chan dirty?" He said with a dark expression.
"S-S-Save us Mori-senpai!" The idiot-trio yelled. Ichi laughed at Mori's 'help' and almost snorted when it actually worked.
"Usa-chan said that he absolutely had to drink some tea…" Mori explained, causing Hani's dark expression to fade into one of happiness.
"He did? So that's why is face is all dirty, huh?" Hani said, soon holding his bunny up to Takashi, "Oh, do you think he wants some cake, too?" Ichi didn't notice the others depression as she walked up to Hani and patted him on the head.
"It's ok Hani! We'll eat some cake later! Actually, I even made one for you!" She said and Hani instantly turned around and hugged her tight.
Host Club is now open for business!
"Hani-kun, what kind of chocolate do you like?" One of Hani's customers asked.
"Mousse? Bonbons? I'll bet it's chocolate cake that's your favorite, huh?" Another girl asked.
"Let's see… I like them all." Hani said cutely, "I love chocolate, Usa-chan, and all of you!" He gushed, causing all the girls around him to squeal.
"Oh, how cute!" They screamed. Soon Renge appeared out of nowhere and began narrating Hani's profile. Ichi just stood by with Haruhi and Tamaki, keeping an eye on Hani while Mori was at his own table.
"Hani-senpai is in a good mood, huh?" Haruhi asked to no one in particular, but Tamaki answered.
"Thank goodness. We settled the Usa-chan issue without any trouble." He replied. Ichi inched away from them as Renge appeared beside her and stated some other facts about Hani. She still felt uneasy about the girl.
Ichi then went and got Hani's cake out. She set it down and cut him a slice before handing it to the bouncing teen.
"There you go Hani-senpai! I made it just for you for Valentine's Day, but I wanted you to have it now instead of having to wait…" Ichi then remembered where she was and put on her host act. "B-but… If you don't like it, I'd understand… After all, a person such as I is merely a dull glow when compared to your shining smile…" She looked up under her fringe while clutching her heart.
Let's just say, there was some fainting… Hani grinned and happily started to eat the cake, reassuring Ichi that it was great.
"Thanks Kit-chan! It's perfect!" He grinned and grabbed another piece after the last one disappeared. Ichi's 'dark Prince' act was now soaking this in.
"Ah~ Your happiness makes my darkness brighten a little more each day!" She said while secretly winking at Hani. He just grinned in return and kept eating before Haruhi came up to them with a tea tray.
"Hani-senpai, if you keep eating nothing but sweets like this, you're bound to develop cavities." Haruhi warned, causing Ichi to go wide eyed thinking of the worst possible scenarios.
"It's ok! I make sure to brush my teeth." Ichi sighed in relief until Hani took his next bite and squeaked in pain, causing Ichi's serious side to kick into overdrive and for her to put on a stern face.
"Hani-senpai, don't tell me…" Haruhi trailed off at the end, Ichi staring at Hani intently with worry etched into her amber eyes.
"It's nothing, really…" He mumbled, soon having the twins holding his head and arms trying to get him to open his mouth. Haruhi and Ichi were on each side of him. Ichi trying to look into his mouth, and Haruhi trying to persuade him to open it.
"Come on, open your mouth, please." Haruhi pleaded.
"Hold on." Hikaru groaned.
"Hani-senpai, sit still." Hikaru asked as Hani kicked out at them.
"Hani-senpai, please!" Ichi begged.
"It's nothing! It's nothing! No!" He cried back as footsteps were heard. Suddenly a wide-eyed Mori clasped Hani's hand and pinned him to the couch, squeezing Hani's jaw to open his mouth.
Screams of Moe were heard but Ichi tuned it all out to pay attention to Hani and Mori. Mori finally got Hani's mouth to open as Tamaki peered down at them from behind the couch.
"Is it a cavity?" Tamaki questioned curiously.
"Yeah…" Mori replied. Ichi could just picture something stabbing his poor tooth and felt like crying.
"No… I'm ok…" Hani cried. Ichi's heart ached but she kept her firm gaze.
"Tamaki." Mori asked, sounding more like a statement.
"Yeah, all right, understood." He turned away and coughed to get everyone's attention. "Until Hani-senpai gets over his cavity, all sweets are off-limits to him."
Hani shot up and whined in protest. Ichi's eyes went wide as she looked back to the large cake she had made just for said boy and she frowned while walking over to it.
"Further, in order to allow the entire club to offer its support, we ask you to temporarily refrain from consuming any snacks within the club." Tamaki commanded as Hani's eyes welled up with tears.
"N-no, Takashi… I don't want snacks to be off-limits. I'm not in pain… I'm not in pain, ok?" He tried to convince Mori, but it was useless…
Mori picked up the plate with cake on it as Ichi lifted the rest of the cake at the same time and started walking away with it.
"Stop! That's my cake!" Hani cried while trying to run after them. Ichi made her face emotionless when Mori's next words sounded and she followed suit.
"It's off-limits." He spoke plainly, Ichi then continued in her own words, causing Hani to spiral into a lightning struck setting and for Ichi to force herself not to comfort him. She had to do what was right; after all, it was her cake that caused him pain this time.
"I'm throwing this away." She said, glancing back at him. She had to shut her eyes and turn when he yelled.
Ichi's day was officially ruined…
Later,
"My, Hani-kun looks so tormented." A girl said to her friend in the hall while watching Hani walk past after coming back from the dentists.
"The Host Club is to refrain from having snacks. That must be quite a shock to him, huh?" The other girl asked rhetorically. "But, at the risk of being improvident, he looks just like…" She trailed off to squeal at how Hani's bandages made him look like a bunny.
"How lovely!" They gushed. Mori then stepped up behind him.
"Mitsukuni, your bag." He held out his hand in expectance with a stern gaze locked on his shorter cousin.
"I can carry it myself." Hani said stubbornly.
"Not that. Let me see it." Mori explained. When given the bag, he turned it upside down and waited for the mountain of candy to fall out of it.
"I was just looking at them. I wasn't eating them." Hani pouted.
"I see. If you're just looking, you can have this." Mori said and handed him a flyer with pictures of sweets on them. "I'll keep the real ones." Mori added.
As Hani flew into despair again, Ichi, the twins, and Haruhi were all spying from around the corner.
"Aww, That's rough." The twins agreed.
"Poor guy." Haruhi sweat-dropped.
Ichi just looked over the scene with dulled eyes and a small frown. She didn't want this to happen, especially on Valentine's day...
The three first years split up from the single second year and walked down the other hall while Ichi stayed in the other one, sulking silently. She also knew that she couldn't give in either.
With Haruhi and Ichi,
Ichi had told Haruhi about her feelings on the matter as they walked to the Host club before Haruhi stopped her and hid them both behind a pillar to listen in on someone's conversation.
It just so happened to be one including Mori-senpai.
"I can't hold it in any longer." A girl said shyly while looking down. "I just have to have you accept my feelings for you, Mori-kun." She paused.
Haruhi was looking on with interest as Ichi's heart panged and she grew confused and upset even more than she already was.
"Can't you do that?" She brought her head up. "You don't, by any chance, have someone else that's dear to you, Mori-kun?" When Mori didn't answer, Ichi clenched her fists while thinking of Hani.
"There is, isn't there?" Tears dripped from her eyes as she returned her gaze to the ground. "I…I…" She didn't finish her sentence as she whipped around and ran off, her hair flowing through the wind.
Haruhi and Ichi stared wide eyed at the scene before slowly slipping away once more. Haruhi with a knowing look and Ichi with a confused look. She didn't know what to think…
'Hani's pestering strategy, number 1: The Cute Appeal'
"Takashi, Kit-chan! It looks like my cavity got better!" Hani said happily while running towards Mori.
"Has it?" Mori asked while reading boredly.
"Sure…" Ichi added, tugging on her growing hair. It seemed longer than before, making her look a bit more like a rocker with her type-adjusted uniform.
"The swelling has gone down too!" Hani cheered again.
"Has it?" Mori repeated, as if on Auto-pilot.
"Great…" Ichi changed but looked even more bored. In reality she was very much depressed about all this.
"So, can I have just one piece of cake?" Hani asked, almost at the table.
Instead of getting what he wanted, Mori's arm swung out with an ice pop and got him right in the mouth. Ichi just got up and walked away with him while Hani squealed in pain.
"Full recovery still seems a long way off…" Mori said, walking away with the ice pop in hand.
Later on, Ichi watched as Hani tried to swoon girls into giving him sweets. She shook her head sadly and walked away after watching the girls run out of the club, leaving Hani in the dust.
'Hani's pestering strategy, number 3: Pulling at Heartstrings'
Hani slowly sulked his way over to Haruhi and Ichi, but Haruhi noticed first.
"Hani-senpai…" She said, causing Ichi to look up and put on her hard face. Hani tugged on both of their sleeves and kept his gaze downward.
Haru-chan, Kit-chan, am I bad?" He looked up with tears in his eyes and a worried blush on his face. "Have I done anything to make god hate me?"
Haruhi gasped and her eyes saddened while inside Ichi's head, there was a war. She knew that she couldn't give in and it was killing her, but she had to punish herself too…
"Okay, look… just a little one, ok?" Ichi's eyes widened and she looked over at Haruhi in surprise.
"Ah~ A snack?" Hani sighed with happiness evident in his eyes. Haruhi closed-eye smiled before responding.
"Yes." She placed a small box in his hand. "Here. The color is kind of similar to chocolate." She said as Hani looked down at the kelp box. Ichi sighed in relief until Hani looked to her.
"Kit-chan? Do you think God hates me?" Tears welled up once more and Ichi struggled to keep in her emotions.
"No, but you can not have any snacks yet!" She scolded. He looked hurt but Ichi just sighed sadly and walked off, forcing herself to not look back.
'Candy prohibition order, day 3'
The others, minus Ichi, and Mori, all sat at one table while watching Hani pace. He had an irritable expression and was slouching all at the same time.
"He's on edge." Tamaki stated, deadpanning.
"Somebody talk to him. He's scaring me." Kaoru said before Hikaru shot up from his seat.
"Ah! He's headed for the candy shelves!" Hikaru shouted, freaking out.
"Relax. They're all empty, anyway." Kyouya explained, smiling slightly.
"Kyouya-senpai, you seem to be in a good mood." Haruhi stated, nervously smiling back.
Inside the snack room, Hani had just opened a cabinet with Tamaki's Kuma-chan inside it… He threw it down almost immediately, causing Tamaki to freak out, and for Ichi to stand up as well. She was done watching this all play out.
"Aah! Not my Kuma-chan again!" Tamaki cried. Hani fell over in exhaustion and Ichi picked up her pace in worry.
"Ah, he's breathed his last…" Kaoru spoke.
"He's given up after three days." Hikaru added.
By this time, Ichi and Tamaki were by his side. Ichi brushing Hani's hair out of his face, and Tamaki gently nudging him.
"H-Honey-senpai?" Tamaki carefully asked.
"Come on Hani-Senpai, don't give up… It's only a cav- Agh!" Ichi was cut off when Hani bit Tamaki's hand and twisted her arm back behind her own body, causing any movement to be painful. "H-Hani!" She cried.
Mori slowly rose from his chair and walked over at this while the others watched intently.
"Mitsukuni, don't take it out on other people or things." He reasoned. Ichi caught on and faked a calm voice and expression.
"Hani-senpai. Let go. You know better than this. It isn't fair." She spoke. Hani let go and Ichi stood beside Mori while Tamaki rubbed his arm.
"You saved me. I got away without being eaten." Said host king cried.
"It's disgraceful." Both Ichi and Mori said at the same time. Hani grew a dark aura and began to slowly turn around.
"Takashi, Kitsune, you…" He grabbed them both and flung them in different directions, "IDIOTS!"
Mori slid almost all the way to the exiting walls while Ichi landed on a table, knocking it over and seizing up a bit at the pain it caused her scars.
"Just a little bit won't hurt, right? You cheapskate! You hardhead!" He then turned to Ichi. "And you! It was your cake! Your fault! You have no right to tell me what's fair! You're not my mom, you're not my sister, and you're not even a part of this family!" He screamed.
"Takashi, Kitsune…. Takashi, Kitsune… I HATE YOU!" He screamed, each time while using Ichi's first name. Afterwards, Hani ran out crying and Mori sat up, looking dejected. Ichi shakily stood with a blank face but teary eyes.
"Ah, Hani-senpai!" Tamaki called and ran after him.
"Mori-senpai…" Hikaru called as well, both twins walking over to him.
"Hey, are you ok?" Kaoru added, watching Mori stand up. Haruhi turned to Ichi who was looking down solemnly.
"Ichi, are you hurt?" She asked while walking up to her. Ichi just brushed her hand away and limped over to another exit. Looking back, she saw Mori wobble his way over slightly, but he fell and knocked over another table when he tried to lean on it.
"I-" She cut herself off and frowned before leaving the club room. The same words running through their heads.
'Takashi, Kitsune, I hate you!' Three times over before hers switched and he just sighed sadly.
'You're not my mom, you're not my sister, and you're not even a part of this family!'
'This family? He means the hosts, doesn't he..?' Ichi thought, tears rolling down her cheeks. 'I'm sorry Hani-senpai… It is my entire fault…' She tried to run but only managed to hurriedly walk out of the building and kept going down the sidewalk.
Ichi looked up and realized she was right in front of Mori's house. She didn't even realize how long she had been walking but instead of going past the house, she wiped her eyes and went behind the house to the gardens.
"It's still just as beautiful as before…" She said to herself, sitting down on the meditating area in front of the pond. Ichi just watched the fish until her mind relaxed.
Closing her eyes, Ichi could see all the good times she'd had with the hosts, including Hani-senpai. This only made a few more tears fall even without her opened eyes. However, when she did open them, she squeaked in surprise and fell backwards on her back.
"Heh… Sorry Kit-chan…" Satoshi sweat-dropped. He helped her up and dusted her shoulders off before frowning and wiping her eyes as well, causing Ichi to blush in embarrassment.
"S-Satoshi?" She questioned. Said boy nodded and lightly led her inside.
"Kendo club got out early so I didn't have to teach today… Too bad though, you missed Yasuchika, he already left a while ago…" Satoshi spoke, confusing Ichi a bit.
"Ok? I-I'm sorry to intrude though…" She revealed shyly. Satoshi just grinned and brought her into the kitchen.
"It's ok Kit-chan! Now, tell me what happened! I'll make you some tea! Taka-bro makes it really good too!" He said and pulled out a little bag of very familiar tea. Ichi smiled lightly and nodded before telling Satoshi what all went wrong.
With the hosts,
While all that was going on elsewhere, Hani had just ran back into the room and apologized to Mori before turning around and apologizing to empty space.
"AND I'M SORRY KIT-CHAN! I shouldn't have said all those things! It wasn't all your fa-" Hani looked at an imaginary outline of said person, seeing as she wasn't even there. "W-where's Kit-chan?"
The others looked around the room before Haruhi frowned and spoke up.
"I think she went home along time ago Senpai… Sorry…" She revealed. Hani frowned as his lip quivered again but Mori laid a hand on his head.
"Tomorrow." He said, and in that one word, Hani's lip stilled and his eyes filled with hope.
"Your right Takashi! I'll just apologize to her tomorrow!" All the other hosts were smiling now and soon they parted to their own homes.
With Satoshi,
When Ichi had finally finished her long story of guilt and depression, she had forgotten what kind of tea Satoshi had made her and drank it down. The two were now sitting on the couch wrapped up in blankets with a tissue box and waste basket beside the bed.
"That's terrible!" Satoshi cried and hugged Ichi with tears in his eyes. She just hugged back but the tea was taking over her senses and she slumped against his shoulders, knocked out.
Satoshi, being, well… Him, freaked out in his place. It was silent since he didn't want to wake her up, but eventually he calmed down and smiled sadly at her.
"Poor Kit-chan… She's worn herself out…" Obviously he forgot the tea as well…
Satoshi fixed it so that Ichi was lying on a pillow on his lap as he sat cross-legged with the blankets laying over them both. She was sleeping soundly, but still looked upset because of the tear stains marking her sadness like a footprint in the sand.
What Satoshi also forgot about was that he too, drank some tea. Getting drowsy himself, he soon slumped back against the couch and fell asleep sitting up.
When Mori finally came back home, he could easily hear Satoshi's light snoring. What he couldn't hear because of that though, was Ichi's soft breathing coming from the same room.
Mori walked into the living room, expecting to see Satoshi sprawled out crazily against the couch or even the table in front of it. Instead, he witnessed the two of them, sleeping soundly with two tea cups on said table.
"Kitsune?" He said confusedly, picking up a cup and taking in its smell. "Sleepytime tea…" He confirmed, setting the cup down once more.
Mori quietly and carefully scooped Ichi into his arms, making sure Satoshi was covered up and lying down, before draping a blanket over Ichi's sleeping form in his arms and heading out the door again.
He knew she had school tomorrow, so she couldn't stay there. Making sure she was kept warm by the blanket, Mori kept an even pace so that her head wouldn't shift off his shoulder and that she wouldn't wake in a start.
Little did he know, Ichi sensed the slight movement from his muscles moving beside her small form and opened her eyes to look up at his own, even though they were focused in front of them both.
'M-Mori-senpai?' She thought, tinged pink at the sight before her. The sun was almost set fully but the golden hues and warm breeze made Mori look as if he was shining with strength and radiating purity, causing Ichi to blush deeper at how she was being held.
'His eyes… There so deep… You can almost see every emotion he doesn't show in them… I could get lost in those eyes… Wait! What am I thinking? I still have work tonight!' She frantically thought. Freaking out so much that her face resembled a tomato and she grabbed Mori's attention.
"Kitsune…" He said, showing confusion only in those onyx eyes of his.
"M-Mori-senpai! W-what are you doing?" Ichi flailed and Mori almost dropped her. He ended up just setting her down and draping the blanket around her shoulders.
"Bringing you home." He replied, slightly blushing at her accusations. Ichi was mad at herself for falling asleep and knew she'd have to stay at Taberu until closing now.
"Sorry to burden you… Thanks, but I still have work…" She handed him the blanket and went to walk past him when he stopped her by placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Mitsukuni says sorry…" That was all he needed to say for Ichi's mask to crack again and she absentmindedly hugged him by the waist.
"Thank you for that…" She said, before dashing off. Mori stood there stunned for a moment and feeling slightly cold from where her warmth had gone with her before walking back to his house for the last time that night.
Ichi still had work, and when she got there, Sheila was not happy.
"Blacks, get over here this instant." She called, causing some regulars to 'Ooo' at her expense.
"Yes ma'am!" Ichi returned and stood in front of Shiela. She expected an earful from the crazy woman, but what she didn't expect, was the hug she was wrapped in almost immediately.
"Do you know how worried I was? You're never late unless somethin' serious has happened! Is your mother alright? Little Cho?" Sheila fussed, holding Ichi tight and shaking her slightly.
"I'm sorry… I had fallen asleep at a friend's house… Everyone's fine!" Ichi reassured, causing Sheila to let go and put her hand on her own hips.
"Then you're plenty rested to take the closing shift." She said in a smirk. Ichi called it, plain and simple…
When she was finally done with her work shift, she decided to end the night with one last song...
"Alright everyone... Since I'm tired... Let's make this a slow one..." She said before the piano started playing... (I like this song to much to waste it~)
"Have you ever fed a lover with just your hands?
Closed your eyes and trusted, just trusted?
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
Have you ever looked fear in the face and said, "I just don't care?"
Ichi, who was sitting atop the piano, slowly came to a stand and started walking down the stage steps. When she descended them, her voice flowed about the room in an echo.
"It's only half past the point of no return
The tip of the iceberg
The sun before the burn
The thunder before the lightning
The breath before the phrase
Have you ever felt this way?
Have you ever hated yourself for staring at the phone?
You're whole life waiting on the ring to prove you're not alone
Have you ever been touched so gently you had to cry?
Have you ever invited a stranger to come inside?"
Certain parts of this made her flashback to certain memories. How she used to be alone, or when Mori gently lifted her weak form on the day she had hypothermia, and how around that same time, she brought her little Cho home with her...
"It's only half past the point of oblivion
The hourglass on the table
The walk before the run
The breath before the kiss
And the fear before the flames
Have you ever felt this way?
La La La La La La La La~
There you are, sitting in the garden
Clutching my coffee,
Calling me sugar
You called me sugar!"
While singing the "La's," Ichi had spun around using one of the pillars in the room until she sunk to the ground and clutched her heart. When she rang out the last line, she slowly came to a stand and walked back to the stage to now lay in a pose across the piano with her hand on her forehead and the other on the pianists cheek.
"Have you ever wished for an endless night?
Lassoed the moon and the stars and pulled that rope tight?
Have you ever held your breath and asked yourself will it ever get better than tonight?
Tonight..."
Applause and cheers were heard around the room as the same pianist blushed brightly and helped her off the piano. Soon everyone had gone and it was just the working staff and the band, but they too, were slowly filing out the door.
"Goodnight guys!" Ichi called, thinking that she was waving everybody goodbye already, but when she turned around, the piano guy was there. "Agh!" She squeaked in surprise.
"Ah, sorry Blacks! Didn't mean to scare you..." He sweat-dropped. Carefully placing a hand on her shoulder. Ichi calmed down and smiled at the boy only a year younger than her.
"It's alright! Did you need anything? I'm staying to close up, but why are you still here?" She asked the seemingly nervous boy. Said boy blushed at the question and scratched his head sheepishly.
"W-well... I was wondering..." He blushed darker and rushed his words, "If I could come visit you at your school?" he practically yelled, causing Ichi to giggle and increase his blush.
"Of course! You know where I go to school, but you can meet me in Music Room Three were my club is at... Oh! But anyone who isn't in the club thinks I'm a guy so you have to keep my secret, alright?" She asked, switching to serious for a moment.
"O-of course! A-anything for you Blacks..." He said shyly. Ichi hugged him quickly and smiled.
"Thanks so much! I'll see you tomorrow!" She told the tomato-headed boy before he exited out the door.
Outside the door, the boy, only a year younger than Ichi, jumped in joy. Everyone but Ichi and the hosts knew that he had a crush on the girl, but what about Mori? Would this mystery man take away their own secret feelings and replace them with his..?
Maybe... Maybe not...
Ok! Ending it here~! Sorry for such a long wait -and the cliffhanger- but I'm now a Freshmen, add that to babysitting, homework, chores, and family visits and you have one hell of a schedule… -.-'
I'll try to update when I can, but please… Be patient? Thanks so much though, you're all wonderful to me and it means so much! Review if you wish~!