CHAPTER SIX
I walked out of my house, meeting up with Haruhi to walk to school, sniffling slightly. I was on my way over to Haruhi when I suddenly sneezed. "Bless you. Are you feeling okay Katherine?" Haruhi looked down at me, concern lacing her features.
"I don't feel all that well…but I can make it to school.
"If you're sure Katherine…" She seemed hesitant but I figure it didn't matter, I didn't want to miss any school if I could help it, besides I didn't feel that bad. We both walked into the school, saying goodbye and walking our different ways. I kept sniffling on my way to class, smiling slightly when I saw Sakura talking to Sora near our classroom. Though today I didn't bother them, I just walked into the classroom. I sneezed before reaching my desk, frowning slightly.
"Kitty-chan? You okay?" I saw Mitsukuni come up to me, a small frown apparent on his face.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine Mitsukuni." I pulled a, slightly, forced smile onto my lips. I continued to do this whenever I was asked if I was feeling okay. It continued throughout the day, and I was starting to feel worse by the end of the day, I really wanted to go home, but I would feel really bad if I missed the Host Club, so I dragged myself behind Mitsukuni and Takashi. Apparently we were having the club outside today, since the Sakura flowers were in bloom. Though since I wasn't feeling well, I mainly sat underneath one of the trees for a good amount of time until I heard the twin ask Haruhi,
"So Haruhi, have you decided your elective courses for this term?"
"How about conversational French?" One of the twins said.
"I don't know…" Haruhi spoke.
"I think the three of us should take it together." The other twin spoke, his arm around Haruhi. "It does make perfect sense, we are in the same class." The twins then turned to look directly at Tamaki as they spoke. Tamaki then started to pout asking,
"Say, mommy dearest…"
"What is it now…daddy?" I noticed the traces of sarcasm in Kyouya's voice…hmm why does Tamaki call Kyouya 'mommy'?
"I have a new theory. I mean it's just my hypothesis. But it seems that by being in the same class Hikaru and Kaoru are able to spend more time with Haruhi then I get to here at the club, this gives them a chance to get close to her and if that happens…." Kyouya then cut off Tamaki,
"Tamaki, you're just now realizing that? According to my research those three spend roughly nine hours of school time together, Katherine and Haruhi walk home and to school together have a hour more together then you yourself do, but then contact between you and Haruhi is limited to this hour or two of club activities. In other words, your involvement in Haruhi's life amounts to a mere three percent. "
"Aah! I don't want to hear it! I don't want to hear it!" Tamaki suddenly started to scream. "Haruhi, you mustn't hang around with those disreputable twins any further!"
"Disreputable, you say!?" The twins screamed at Tamaki, upset by his comment. "You're the last one we want to have call us that, sir!"
"Yes… that's it… Sure enough, we can't go on hiding the fact you're a girl from everyone! What Daddy wants is for you to go back to being the girl student you used to be, surrounded by your girl friends, and living a wholesome life as a student."
"Who are you calling 'Daddy'?" Haruhi mumbled while Tamaki started to 'cry'. I wanted to correct him, telling him that I was a girl and a friend to Haruhi, but I was just not feeling well enough to deal Tamaki throwing a fit, I'm just lucky that he didn't say anything about me… Tamaki the started shaking Haruhi, yelling at her to 'Go back! Go back, now!'.
"You don't have to rush things. She'll be found out soon enough anyways. Remember? The day after tomorrow, we have physical exams." This school has physical exams?
"Physical… exams?" Haruhi asked. Then everyone freaked out, about the physical exams.
"Now that you mention it, it is the day after tomorrow." Kyouya said.
"Then…it will get out, for sure… that I'm a girl." Haruhi said, making everyone gasp, and freak out. Everything after that seemed to go fairly normal, though I did end up falling asleep for the rest of the Host Club.
"Hey, Katherine, it's time to get up. Club's over now, we need to get home." I groaned slightly, I really didn't like waking up, not to mention I felt really sick, twenty times worse then I did this morning. I slowly slid my eyes open, my head was pounding, my nose felt stuffy, and I felt slightly dizzy. I attempted to stand up, only to get dizzy and fall back down to the ground. "Are you okay Katherine?" Haruhi helped me stand up, holding me steady, though it didn't seem to help much I still felt dizzy.
"H-haruhi…I don't f-feel so good." I tried to speak loudly, but it came out a more of a whimper.
"Katherine, "Haruhi sighed, "You rally shouldn't have come to school today. You made yourself worse." I sighed lightly, a frown on my face. Of course I realized that she was telling the truth, but I didn't want to miss any school.
"S-sorry Haruhi… You're right…" It was then that Haruhi got glomped from behind by Mitsukuni. Of course Mitsukuni couldn't see that Haruhi was stabilizing me from a behind view, but Haruhi stumbled managing to catch Mitsukuni from falling off of her; and the moment she let go of me my dizziness got worse and I tumbled onto the ground. Mitsukuni noticed that I had fallen over,
"Kitty-chan? Are you okay? Why are you on the ground?" I forced a light, but tight, smile up at Mitsukuni.
"I j-just got a l-little bit d-dizzy. That's a-all, it made me f-fall to the g-ground. I'm perfectly f-fine." I tried to stand up, only to fall back down again.
"Katherine, don't lie to him, he is your friend, isn't he?" I nodded my head slightly; fearing if I nodded too much my head would explode. "She isn't feeling very well Honey. Do you think you and Mori-sempai could give her a ride home? I doubt she'd be able to walk home in her current condition." I looked at Haruhi, my eyes widening slightly, she really is a great friend.
"No problem Haru-chan!" Mitsukuni smiled at Haruhi and me. "Next time let us know that you're not feeling well Kitty-chan, we can take you home early, Takashi can you carry Kitty-chan?" Takashi nodded his head, picking me up off of the ground.
"T-thank you g-guys! S-see you l-later Haruhi!" I gave a happy smile at them as Takashi started to walk toward his and Mitsukuni's long black limo. The last thing I heard before I was in the limo was Haruhi shouting,
"I'd better not see you tomorrow Katherine!" Though I knew that she meant it in a good way, that she wanted me to get better. After Mitsukuni and Takashi were in the limo, I gave my address to the driver. The ride was fairly quiet and slightly awkward, but it made me glad I lived fairly close to the school. They helped me up to my room; my mommy was still working right now.
"Hey would o-one of you two mind t-taking notes for m-me tomorrow?" If I had to miss school I wanted to at least have the notes, and get the homework done.
"No problem Kitty-chan! We'll come drop them off tomorrow after clubs over! See you tomorrow Kitty-chan!" Mitsukuni smiled at me, and I was thankful I had made friends with these guys…with everyone in the Host Club.
"B-bye guys! S-see you!" I waved to them as they left my room, and I fell asleep within moments of them leaving.
The next day my mommy left for work, but not before making sure that I was okay for the day. I mostly just sat around, with Neko-chan on my lap, reading books and playing Pokémon on my Nintendo DS. My day was uneventful, though I was starting to feel better, my head stopped pounding like it was going to explode any moment it was now just a dull throbbing, my dizziness was mostly gone, though my nose was still stuffy. I relaxed all day until Mitsukuni and Takashi came to give me the lesson notes and homework.
"Tamaki really called all of you guys homo side characters?" I frowned, that guy was so narcissistic, though I could slightly understand the twins with how they act, but not anyone else.
"Yeah he did, but he has a plan to keep Haruhi a guy!" What an awkward wording, I mean I would say the same thing, but an outside party would be really freaked out. "Takashi and I get to wear doctor clothing!" I raised an eyebrow at him,
"Sounds like fun." We then proceeded to talk about what else happened today, turns out Sakura had asked Mitsukuni if he knew if I was all right. I was glad that I had made such nice friends. Soon after they left again, saying that they would visit me tomorrow if I wasn't able to make it to school, and I fell asleep once again into a nice dreamless sleep.