Update! Yay! *silence* yeah okay sorry for the long wait I won't bother you with excuses but I am really sorry :/ Well in other news related to this story I closed the poll and a certain someone won Hanako's first kiss so yeah I didn't want to make it him because then he was going to say certain things that weren't supposed to be said just yet but I found a way around that so…oh I won't ruin the chapter for you guys!
Oh this was meant to be said in the very first chapter but I always kept forgetting I got the title for this story from the song Bleeding Mascara by Atreyu. And like always thank you for reviewing and adding this story to your alerts and favorites.
I knew I had to get out of the water soon I don't know how much longer I can hold my breath. Why was this pool so deep anyways? If I die I'm so suing Kyoya I know that doesn't make sense but whatever! I kicked my legs as fast as I could, I could see the light above the water. My head finally reached the outside and I inhaled the air greedily. I was glad the water had calmed down so I could just float there and enjoy the air.
I looked around, I couldn't see my brothers or any of the other Host club members. I realized I wasn't even in the same place. Wait! Wasn't Honey with me? I gasped what if he was still under water! I quickly swam back down my eyes darted around for any sign of him. The bottom of the pool looked creepily dark. There wasn't any sign of him up there and he was no where to be found down here. My heart started racing what if he had d-drow-argh-no! I couldn't even bring myself think about that horrible possibility. Just getting that mental image of him not moving… I gasped inward which was a stupid thing to do water quickly went in. The water chocked me and I started to panic even more I knew panicking was bad. I swam up but pain shot up my left leg.
Shit I can't be getting a cramp now..I was almost to the surface. I could feel air hit the tip of my fingers. But this cramp wasn't going away I moved my leg slightly but that made it even worse. The current started picking up again, okay now I was really worried. I couldn't hold my breath any longer.
No I can hold my breath…I…I'm so close to the surface…but I knew I was sinking, the surface of the water looked to far away now…My eyes slowly closed my lips parted I couldn't hold It anymore blackness overtook me.
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Mitsukuni's P.O.V
I frantically looked around she was no where to be seen I had let go of her wrist when the wave crashed down on both of us. She shouldn't be far from where I am…right? I looked everywhere expecting to see her orange hair hidden between the leaves of this artificial forest. The only two colors I saw where green and brown. I ran close to the edge of the water seeing if she could still be somewhere in there. I bit my lip in frustration what if something had happened to her? I stopped running.
"No, nothing has happened to her." I tried to sound like I was sure because I really didn't know. I was trying to trick myself so I wouldn't get any horrendous thoughts. But that was getting harder by the second. I saw something stick out from the water. It was really tiny I probably would have missed it if I just ran by it.
It slowly sunk back into the water. My eyes widened as I realized that could be Hanako. I sprinted towards that area. It was her I could see her under the water I dived in hoping just hoping I was in time. I wasted no time grabbing her and pulling her up. You would think I wasn't capable of doing that but I was, out of the water and onto dry land.
My heart pounded painfully against my chest as I saw she had her eyes closed. I quickly put both my hands on her chest pushing down. My vision started to blur please don't die….I shook my head. I had to concentrate. I pushed down on her chest faster. I heard her spit out water. I hovered over her trying to get her to sit up. She was still coughing as she looked up at me with half lidded eyes.
"Whoa you're beautiful…" she said in a daze.
Huh?
Her eyes got wider. She gasped "you're alive!" She said. I was confused.
"Yeah, but you almost drowned." I said. "Are you okay?" I asked concerned.
"Huh yeah, I was just looking for you when…did I almost drown?" She asked turning to face me.
"Yeah almost…" I said. Then she did something I wasn't expecting her to do. She hugged me, she actually hugged me. My heart did somersaults, butterflies flew around my stomach twice as fast as before. I wanted to hug her back but I didn't trust myself to let her go if I did. She noticed I didn't hug her back.
"Oh sorry," She said moving away from me. "I just-thanks for saving me…" she added.
There were so many things I could have replied, my mind was so crowded I was surprised I could still remember how to breathe or think. I wanted to tell her I didn't mind her hugging me, I just wanted to tell her everything…but then I remembered her so close to Kyoya and it was her on top of him. So why would I go and tell her that I liked her when she so obviously wanted Kyoya. The only thing that escaped my lips was a quick "you're welcome." I got up.
"We should go in that direction, the water is becoming from over there." I said pointing towards the pool. Even I could hear the coldness in my own voice. I looked over at her to see her still sitting on the ground. "Are you alright" I could hear the worry in my voice. She looked up at me "Yeah, yeah I'm alright.." She said getting up. "Let's go then" she said with a smile that made me feel fuzzy inside.
I kept an eye on her as she walked. I don't think she should even be walking after she almost drowned. I looked at the ground as I walked, I felt like I was walking on an unstable bridge. I was just so nervous around her now…I thought I had gotten over that.
I opened my mouth to say something but it got stuck before I could even say a word.
"For such a relaxing looking place it sure is dangerous" She said. "Why would Kyoya bring us here?"
"I-I don't know" Yes, that was my reply a short stutter.
"I'm gonna kick his ass when I see him.." she mumbled.
"What?" I said turning to her surprised. "I thought you liked him?" I was stepping in thin ice here. I was afraid of the reply being yes. So I was surprised by the answer I got back.
"Me like him!" She said turning to face me. "Ugh no way. Wait did you hear him say I was his girlfriend?" My heart stopped for a second. She must have seen the shocked look on my face.
"No no no no! He just said I was his girlfriend because we were in front of Renge!" She said quickly. "He is in no shape or form my boyfriend, besides Kyoya isn't my type." Wait she has a type?
Hanako's P.O.V
Oh. My. Kami! Did I just tell him I have a type! Do I even have a type? I don't think so! Ugh, there goes me saying anything that comes to mind. I just really hope he doesn't have anything to reply to that. I looked over at him, oh no he does!
I could hear voices in the forest. From the looks of it Honey probably did to.
"We should go check it out" I said. We walked into the tropical forest. I moved huge leaves out of my face as we went further in.
"Hold on" He whispered. I rose an eyebrow up as he looked straight ahead. "Stay here" He mumbled running off. Wait what? Why should I stay here? Is there something going on over there? I slowly walked to the direction he took off in. People started to come into view there were nine men surrounding Haruhi and Mori. WAIT are they holding guns? I gasped they are! And they're pointing them at Haruhi and Mori! I was about to jump in when Honey's voice stopped me.
"Takashi! Haru-chan, out of the way!" I looked up to see Honey fly in holding onto a vine he kicked a guy square in the face sending him flying back, while he landed in a perfect crouch.
"What the…" I mumbled looking at Honey in amazement. How was he able to do that?
"What do you think your doing?" One of the many men said pointing his gun at him. I couldn't see Honey's face, it was hidden under the shadow his bangs made. But the half of his face that I was seeing didn't show any signs of nervousness. In fact I think he was smiling! SMILING! Who smiles when they have a gun pointed at them? It was like watching a movie I was anxious to see what would happen next I could hardly say still.
What he did next truly left me shocked. He flipped the guy over and onto the ground with a loud thud. I mean the guy was twice his size and he picked him up like nothing! He did the same with the rest of them and for every guy he flipped my jaw dropped another centimeter. I'm pretty sure my face resembled Haruhi's who looked like she couldn't believe what was happening.
"You guys should be more careful who you mess with, picking on my friends is bad. Got it?" He said in an innocent sugar coated voice. My eyebrow twitched.
"Haruhi Haruhi are you alright!" I could hear Tamaki yell. I could see my brothers and Kyoya running right behind him.
"Hey! It's Tama-chan!" Honey said, once again in a five year old voice. I could see Tamaki rush to Haruhi and hug her telling her how worried he was about her. She seemed to get out of the shock quickly since she now looked annoyed. But I hadn't, my mind was still stuck on how Honey was able to beat up those guys like, like…like Ryuku.
"Senpai are you alright?" My brothers asked. "Hey where's Hanako?" They said in a worried voice. I pushed the giant leaves aside so I could step out into view. "H-here I am" I said just loud enough for them to hear. My brothers quickly came rushing over.
"Hanako are you alright?" They said hugging me.
"Yeah, yeah I'm alright you don't need to worry." I said smiling to reassure them. They smiled back.
"Oh, what a lovely sibling bond" I didn't have to look to know it was Tamaki who said that.
"There's one thing I want to know…how is he able to just toss these guys around like rag dolls!" I said looking over a Honey.
"Oh that" My brothers said in unison. "By the looks of it, it looks like he was holding back."
"Holding back!" This time it was both me and Haruhi who said it together but hers wasn't as loud as mine.
"Oh so you guys don't know then?" My brothers said. "The Haninozuka's are famous for their martial arts. Not only have they helped train the police and the SDF forces but they've also worked with several overseas militaries." My brothers informed us. That makes sense…Kyoya took over the story but I was half listening to him. I sneaked a glance at Mitsukuni who was looking at Kyoya. So he's probably a better fighter then Ryuku if he was holding back.
Ryuku rarely fought but that didn't mean he didn't know how to. The whole time I lived with him he had only fought at least five times compared to how many fights I got into that was nothing. But every time he did fight he never held back or showed any mercy. And I would always remember getting this incredible rush pulsing through my veins when I saw how he dominated the fight…And I sort of felt like that when I saw Mitsukuni take down all those guys…
"Hey I think she's getting a heat stroke" I could hear Kaoru say.
"No I don't think it's that." I could hear the smirk in Hikaru's voice. I looked over at him to see a grin plastered on his face. "So who is it? Kyoya?" He whispered.
"What no!" I yelled and quickly regretted it since all eyes landed on me. Even the police, who were kissing Honey's ass and saying how he is an incredible fighter.
"Uh-um we should get out of here" I said. "You know before nightfall." I was glad when all eyes were taken off me. We walked out of the tropical forest the sun was already setting or was it artificial? Maybe it was already night?
Both Haruhi and I headed to the changing rooms to get our clothes and somehow my brothers had managed to find a towel and guess who was wearing it? Yup you guessed wrong because this time I wrapped it around them let's see how they like hoping back to their changing room.
I got my clothes and just put them over my swimsuit. I was already worn out for the day. But I still couldn't believe I actually had a type! I mean I like tough guys? AND Honey fell right under that category! I shook it off it was probably nothing, well it's better for my brothers to think I like Kyoya anyways…
"Do you have a thing for Honey-senpai?" I heard Haruhi say. I turned around slowly.
"What are you talking about?" I asked trying to sound curious and not nervous.
"Well back there in the forest I saw a glint in your eyes as you saw him."
"Oooh that" I sad nervously I was scanning my brain for any excuse. "I was admiring him because, um because he is such a good fighter!" I said.
"Oh that does make sense" Haruhi said. "Who knew he took martial arts."
"Yeah didn't see that coming" I said rubbing the back of my head. "You know since he looks so innocent and child like you wouldn't think he was able to just knock you out with one hit and-" I stopped myself realizing I was getting more excited by talking about it.
"So yeah let's go the guys are probably waiting for us." I said quickly leaving the changing room. Oh gosh I probably did have a 'thing' for him. BUT what exactly was this thing? And was it really that obvious? I have to stop being an open book people easily read me if they're paying enough attention..or maybe Haruhi was just that observant? Either way I have to stop doing what I do that makes people easily know what I'm thinking.
"Hey, what are you thinking about so hard?" Hikaru said wrapping his arm over my shoulder examining my face.
"Work…" I lied.
"Oh yeah I forgot about that…" Hikaru said. The truth was I had forgotten about it too. I mentally groaned. How long do I have to keep going to work with my mom?
My brothers led me to the limo as we said our goodbyes to the rest of the Host club. I avoided looking at Honey since Haruhi was probably looking at me AND I didn't want to get that 'glint' in my eyes again.
I was still thinking about tomorrow as the limo started moving. I was so tired I was already getting tired of thinking about going to work. All I did was run around finding different fabrics and being there human manikin and when I wasn't doing that I had to take phone calls from people who wanted clothes made especially for them. The only part I liked was being the manikin being a clothes designer looked hard especially since I didn't get the part of the different textures of fabric. My mom still didn't give up on trying to teach me that…
I didn't know when I had fallen asleep, my brothers woke me up telling me we were already home. I walked from the limo to the front door up the stairs and into my room in a daze. I didn't even know how I had the energy to take a shower. I put on any clothes that were already set up in the bathroom and headed to my bed. I crawled under the covers. Ah this felt so nice felt like I was floating on a cloud. Tomorrow didn't look so bad now…
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Wrong. I shouldn't make assumptions. Guess the dead line for the new line of clothes stepped back two weeks. Now all the fashion designers where running around trying to get their work done in four days. But that also meant I had to work twice as hard.
So I was glad when lunch break had come mom had stayed in to work for another hour. She insisted I go to lunch since I hadn't eaten breakfast. All because my hairstylist decided to make the wig I was wearing wavy. I'll admit it I like the look.
I sighed as I walked out of the building I wasn't really familiar with this location so I didn't know where exactly I would be having lunch. So I just walked down the crowded street hoping I'd find a restaurant. Having a hand bag was a pain the only reason I had it was because: "It looks so fabulous with your violet dress!" exact words from my hairstylist. Well I guess he also kept up with fashion.
Something colorful caught my attention. I turned to see a lot of sweets lined up perfectly behind a glass window.
"Michiko's Cakes and Sweets." I said under my breath looking at the sign. I walked into the bakery to see more sweets on display. It was like my own personal paradise here. I walked over to the counter and looked at all the multicolored pastries with shinning eyes.
I went all out I asked what each of the pastries where scanning which ones looked good. In the end I had picked out 4 different pieces cake, two strawberry rolls, a melon Daifuku, and an éclair.
"Is that here or to go…?" The person working the cash register said.
"Here!" I said happily I hadn't eaten sweets in a long time. Which was actually two weeks but that was a very long time for me.
After I paid for my goodies I sat down on one of the tables that where there, some people just looked at the amount of sweets I had gotten with wide eyes. But I didn't care because it all looked too good! I first took a bite out of the White Cake it had raspberries aligned around the edge I recognized the filling was lemon butter cream. I was done with that one in a second. I looked at the second cake which was drenched in guava sauce. I took a bite and found it had a chocolate filling. I was too caught up in the taste I didn't notice someone call my name.
"Hanako?"
"Huh?" I said turning to look at the person who said my name. My eyes widened slightly as I saw it was Honey.
"Oh so it is you I didn't recognize you from the back. Your hair looks pretty."
"I uh thanks" I said touching it slightly. "W-what are you doing here?" Oh gosh I was stuttering now!
"Well this is one of my favorite bakeries" He said.
"Really? What a coincidence I was just walking by when I spotted it you know since it's my lunch break." I said. I could feel myself getting nervous. Okay just because he's my type doesn't mean I actually like him.
"Lunch break? You work?" He asked.
"Um well sort of…I help my mom out at her job but I usually just run around or be there manikin when they run out-" I stopped myself by sticking a piece of cake into my mouth I wasn't going to start blabbering like an idiot just because my crush was in front of me. Wait did I just admit he was a crush!
"You got some frosting here" He said pointing at the side of his mouth. I quickly wiped it away feeling my face start to heat up. Well that was embarrassing I thought directing my vision to his chest. Which was for once at my eye level since I was sitting down and he was standing up.
"You still have it, here" He took a napkin and took my chin with his thumb my heart raced faster with his touch as he wiped the right side of my mouth. I looked at him he was concentrating on only that spot. I hadn't noticed I was gazing into his eyes until he directed his vision towards mine. His eyes were captivating me had they always been that brown? I didn't know what I was doing until his lips were centimeters away from mine. I stopped getting closer when realization hit me hard, I was about to kiss Honey!
His lips gently captured mine unexpectedly molding together with mine perfectly I felt lightheaded his scent intoxicated me. His lips so soft I couldn't pull away willingly.
My phone rang and I jumped slightly ending the kiss. I answered the phone thankful that I had something to do.
"Sorry for interrupting your lunch but we ran out of manikins I need you over here ASAP. See you here in 10 minutes okay?" My mom hung up before I could reply and I was glad she did I don't think I could have found my voice.
"I-I have to g-go." I said probably out of reflex because I did not know where those words had come from, grabbing my bag I left without even glancing at him. I tried to process what had just happened less than a minute ago.
I had just kissed Mitsukuni…my fingers grazed my lips. "My first kiss" I whispered.
I seriously can't write a romance I felt like the whole Honey Hanko thing was just-no. I have to start reading more romance novels…Ha what's funny though is I was listing to I Kissed a Girl by Katy Perry when I wrote Honey and Hanako kissing :P Please leave a review if you can.
