Sorry about not updating, I've been going through Writer's Block. Anyways, enjoy!
"Is this the place?" I whispered while looking through the binoculars.
"I believe so," Kyoya answered in a hushed voice. I stared hard into the binoculars, glaring a hole into the window with my intense glare. I'm sure Erai would have left the important documents in an office of some sort. When we were kids and lived at the Orphanage, he would always hoard his important belongings. He kept them locked up all the time in this giant chest, and he wore the key as a necklace all the time. I doubt he wears the necklace anymore. But, I'm pretty sure his hoarding habits haven't changed.
Kyoya, Honey-senpai, Mori-senpai and I all had gone to the second house. The others had gone to the first one. We were all hiding behind a bush, and we were all in crouching positions.
"I want to look through them too!" Honey-senpai whispered while tapping on my shoulder. Without tearing my gaze off of the window, I passed them to him.
"Someone's leaving the mansion," Mori senpai said. We all turned our heads at the same time, and sure enough, we saw the front door of the mansion open, and then close. Erai came out, long hair swishing as always, and he entered into a limo and drove off.
"Let's go!" I stood to start heading towards the door, but I felt a hand grab me from the back collar of my Ouran uniform. I fell backwards onto my butt.
"Oof!" I turned towards the source of the hand, and Kyoya was giving me a stern look.
"Idiot, there's security cameras." He pointed straight forward, and I followed his finger to see tiny, black cameras near the front door.
"Oh, right," I gave him a sheepish smile, and he sighed. We both were trying to act as normal as possible. Or, at least, I was.
"So how do we get in?" I scanned the opulent mansion with my eyes, and was disappointed to see that almost every inch of it had a security camera attached. But then, I saw a couple that didn't move at all. As I squinted a bit to see better, I noticed that they didn't have any blinking lights either.
"Are those broken?" I tapped on Mori senpai, and brought his attention towards the cameras I was staring at.
"Yeah," he said.
"I think we can cut across," Honey-senpai said.
"Eh? But," I gestured towards the other, functioning cameras.
"Don't worry, I've noticed that they only turn towards our direction every other minute. " He kept his eyes trained on the camera that was pointed towards the direction we had to go to.
"When I say so, we run," he said to us. I glanced at his focused face, and noted to myself that at times like this, Honey-senpai seemed like a nineteen year old. His eyes narrowed, looking much more angular than usual. As he concentrated, his straight-face made him seem much more serious.
"Now!" His small body shot through the bushes at an amazing speed, and he was almost instantly on the other side. Mori, Kyoya and I scrambled up and sprinted as fast as we could towards Honey senpai. I pumped my arms up and down as fast as I could, but it didn't seem fast enough. No matter how hard I tried to speed up, I seemed to stay at a consistent speed. Mori senpai was much faster than Kyoya and I, and so he made it to the wall before we did. I expected Kyoya to suck at running, but I was surprised when he flew past me almost effortlessly. I crashed into the wall just in time. As soon as I ducked behind the wall, the camera had turned towards our direction once more.
"How...are you... so fast?" I huffed through breaths. Kyoya panted to catch his breath as well, but Mori and Honey-senpai seemed fine.
"Did you expect me to be slow?" He replied once his breaths evened out. I nodded my head for yes.
"Hey guys, Takashi can give us all a boost to enter through the window." Honey senpai pointed up at open window I had been staring at earlier, and I nodded.
"I'll go first," Kyoya volunteered to be hoisted up first, and he walked towards Mori senpai. Mori senpai kneeled down and intertwined his fingers together, then lowered them palm-up. Kyoya planted one of his feet in Mori senpai's joined hands. Placing a hand on his shoulder to balance him himself, Kyoya was lifted up as Mori stood up. Being super tall and strong, Mori-senpai had hoisted Kyoya up as if he was nothing more but a rag doll! Kyoya grabbed hold of the window and made it through.
"Your turn," Mori senpai said. I walked towards him, and copied Kyoya's earlier actions. The giant lifted me up, and as I neared the window I noticed Kyoya was still standing there. He had one of his hands outstretched for me to take, and I grabbed it when I got close enough. I placed my other foot on the window sill, and pushed myself forward. Unfortunately, I pushed a bit too hard and at the same time when Kyoya started pulling me towards him. I lost balance and started falling forwards.
"Whaa!" My head rammed into Kyoya's bony chest, which caused him to stagger backwards. I would've fallen face-first onto the ground if Kyoya hadn't regained balance. He caught me, and it probably looked super awkward.
"Be more careful," Kyoya said. I looked up to see his usual, grumpy face, and I turned a bit red when I realized that he was basically holding me in his arms. I pushed away and brushed myself off.
"R-right! Haha, s-s-sorry!" I smiled nervously before turning around, away from him to hide my hot cheeks. I heard a giggle, and I saw that Honey senpai was standing in front of the window. Wearing a slightly mischievous grin, he backed away a bit.
"If you guys want, I can just go wait outside with Takashi." He winked at me, and before I could stop him he hopped out of the window like a bunny. I rushed towards the window and glanced down, to find Mori and Honey looking up at us while smiling.
"Don't worry! We'll keep out for lookout," He said in a loud whisper. I nodded, and started searched around the room, trying to avoid eye-contact with Kyoya. He started searching too. We were in a room full of bookshelves, and there was a fireplace with a burning fire. There was also a large, wooden desk with various drawers, and I searched through them first. I didn't see anything that was a like the chest he had from the Orphanage.
"Akari? You should come over here." Snapping my head up towards Kyoya's voice, I saw him gesturing towards a bookcase. Although I was confused, I did as he asked and walked towards him.
"What's up?" I asked. He pulled out a red book, and the bookshelf opened, revealing a set of stairs leading down. My jaw dropped.
"Whoa! He has one of those stereotypical secret bookshelf doors." I leaned forward a bit to look at the stairs a bit better.
Kyoya said nothing, and after a few moments of silence he started walking down the steps. I followed his lead, trying to make as little noise as possible. The door closed behind us, making it completely dark.
"Kyo? Where are you?" I reached out both my hands, but felt nothing but empty space.
"I'm right here," I felt a hand wrap around my wrist, and his touch sent a bolt of electricity all up my arm. Heat almost instantly slapped onto my face, and I was glad that it was dark.
"Oh..." Before I could pull away, he intertwined his fingers into my own.
"We should hold hands so that we won't get separated," he stated. My eyes started adjusting to the darkness, and soon I saw a vague outline of Kyoya's shadow in front of me.
"Oh...okay..." I grumbled. We started moving forward, my hand in his. His hand was smooth, and his fingers were long and slender. His hands were surprisingly warm; I had expected them to be ice-cold just like his eyes.
"Um...Kyoya? About yesterday..." I mentally slapped myself when my mouth spoke by itself.
"Hm?" I heard him say.
"Uh...er...n-nevermind..." My face felt like it was around a thousand degrees, and embarrassment plagued me once more. I felt even more aware of his hand in mine, further fueling my burning face. Kyoya didn't say anything afterwards. I'm sure he's just as confused about yesterday as I was.
We walked on in awkward silence until the stairs stopped, and we stood in front of a door. I felt Kyoya fumble around for the handle, and with a click it opened, revealing a room full of murky shadows. He entered, dragging me with him, and I felt around the wall for a light switch. My fingertips brushed against something cold and smooth, and so I flicked it. Light immediately blinded the room.
"Gah!" Kyoya and I both released our hands and brought it up to our burning, closed-shut eyes.
"Sorry, I should've warned you." I said while continuing to rub my eyes with the palms of my hands. I heard Kyoya mutter a chain of grumblings to himself, and I slowly looked up while opening my eyes. After my eyes adjusted to the light, I saw that the room was full of pictures of...me. There were pictures of me as a child, and pictures of me when I had long hair! They were all plastered up on the walls, and some of them were framed or enlarged as posters. A wall-sized picture of me in a sailor uniform and long hair stared back at me covered with red hearts and kisses.
My mouth flew open, and I lost my ability to speak.
"Wha? Wh-Wh-WHA?!" I backed away with shaky knees. I glanced at Kyoya, who wore an equally shocked expression on his face. My eyes scanned the room again, and then I completely lost it.
"AAAHHHHHHH!" I covered my eyes from the horrific sight and curled up into a little ball.