AND THE WINNING STORY IS "NOT YOUR AVERAGE CHRISTMAS" WAHOOOOOO!!!
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"Okay let's see, Kyouya-san a new agenda book, Honey-kun chocolates, Mori-san weight lifts, Renge-san hair clips, and now for those two irritating twins," Reiko Minori thought to stared at the Christmas list she had just written before she left the Minori mansion. It was the day before Christmas Eve and most of the exquisite, fancy shmancy manufactured products were sold out so she decided to go along with simple, pleasant gifts. She rushed through the list quickly before everything had completely sold out. Still she wished she had thought out better gifts seeing as it was this was her very first Christmas she'd get to spend it with her new friends she met from the Host Club. She wanted to make everything special by whatever the means.
Reiko strided up and down numerous aisles of different searching for the not-so-perfect-yet-still-good-enough Christmas present for the two. "Would they like a video game?" She thought worryingly. "Maybe a magazine, sneakers, tuna fish? I don't know. Umm okay Kaoru-san gets a CD, hope he likes Techno. Now Hikaru-san," She paused through her mind. She imagined Hikaru's face smiling back at her, of course it could've Kaoru, but she knew the difference between the two.
She blushed lightly but quickly snapped herself out of her daze. "Okay the troublesome duo are done. Next is Haruhi-san, that's easy. She's getting a new lampshade. She sighed. Almost done. "Finally T-Tama-Tamaki-kun," once again she blushed. This time Tamaki appeared in her mind. His image looked so similar to hers except for the hair. Their relationship was rather amusing to her. Of…of course he'll like anything I'll get him." She left the mall, carrying only a few shopping bags containing all the gifts now ready to be wrapped.
Christmas Eve
"Listen up everyone!" Tamaki announced. He stood up to the crowd, facing every female and Host members with all eyes set on him. "We will be proud to be having out annual Christmas Eve party. The question is, who will be hosting it? Whoever agrees to this will choose the location of the ball, what types of cuisines will be present, decide the decorations and music being played, and he will be the first to hand out their special gift to their special someone."
The girls squealed out loud, praising him. "Oh brother,"Reiko murmured. "Well I'm definitely not going to-" she was shortly cut off when she suddenly heard the voice of some relation to hers.
"I'll be happy to agree to this," brought up the cross dressed Nao, smiling cheerfully. "The party shall be at the Minori mansion. Rei-ahem, Nao-kun," he caught himself from almost exposing the truth between them and the Hosts. "Nao-kun and I will have our maids and butlers prepare for tonight at. It'll start at 7:30 pm and last until midnight."
"First I'm going to strangle him, tie him up with duck tape and then place him up on top of the roof. Too bad Santa won't be coming to town." Reiko growled. Her eyes were filled with anger and fury then one of her designators asked if she was all right. She lied that she was fine however the designator wasn't so sure seeing Reiko shattered a porcelain cup with her bare hands.
"Umm excuse me Nao-kun," said her designator sitting beside her.
"What is it?" Reiko replied with her teeth gritted tight shut, trying to sound not too harsh.
"I'm sorry but your hand is bleeding."
Reiko looked down at her hand and saw the cuts forever bleeding with nothing to stop it. She froze and her face turned pale white. Hastily she cursed and swiped the napkins off the table and began wiping away the blood.
"Oh my gawd, Nao!" Reiko heard. She turned around to notice one of the twins' faces staring at her very troubled to see her bleeding.
"H-Hikaru-san?" Reiko stammered. "I…I'm fine. Its just a cut."
"We need to get you to the infirmary now!" he leaned towards her ready to sweep her off her feet.
"No!" she screamed. "I'm okay, really I am." She swung her bloodstained hand against him and pushed him off. She quickly realized what she'd done and her eyes widened with horror. Some of the blood clung onto his uniform, which frightened her even more. "I'm…I'm sorry," she gasped and passed out, hitting the ground.
"Nao! Nao!" he shouted.
The real Nao ran over to see his little sister unconscious on the floor with one of her hands bleeding badly. "Get her, er… him to the nurse now!" he demanded. Hikaru carried her up bridal styled and rushed out of the room with Nao by his side.
The nurse took her in immediately and told Nao and Hikaru to return to their regular schedule. Instead the two remained inside the waiting room. Nao sat nervously shaking in his chair as Hikaru paced back and forth with his arms crossed.
"Little Rei Rei hasn't been like this since we were just kids," Nao finally spoke out.
Hikaru stopped and glanced at him. "So what's the story?" he asked.
"Well the point of it is that…she's afraid of blood. The sight of it scares her to death. When we were about 5 or 6 we were fooling around in our parents' garden. Then before we knew it she fell into a rose bush. The thorns dug deep into her frail skin. Sure they were only a few minor cuts but still, she hates it. She doesn't even like red roses. That's why we don't own any red roses in our home or watch any gory movies."
"I see."
"Although," he spoke up once again, " she doesn't like admitting her fears to other people. That's why she struggled for you to stay away. Oneechan feels like she can't depend on anyone. She's seen TV dramas and doesn't want her to get hurt like those other girls. You and your brother are different from us. You can confide in each other, we can't. Well I can but she won't accept me. "
"Maybe its because you keep cross dressing and pretending your another regular school girl here. That could creep somebody/anybody out and not be taken seriously."
"You've got a point there. But hey its me," he shrugged. "However I configured a plan on a way she can trust me and you."
"What?" Hikaru said, amazed. He truly cared for her just as much as for his brother yet he couldn't figure out why. Was it because he felt sorry for her or her beauty, her personality? "I wish I knew," he mumbled lowly.
Nao heard what he said and began explaining. "The reason why I agreed to host the party at he Minori mansion was so that you and oneechan can actually have your own private time," he smiled sneakily.
"Are you serious?" he exclaimed, as their faces were a couple of inches apart. "This better not be a joke!"
"Back up please, remember my breathing and personal space issues?"
He leaned back and kept his eyes on him, listening to every word he said. His plan this. During some time in the middle of the party Nao would tell to Reiko to meet him on the balcony. There he'll give her his gift, which was Hikaru. Another thing was that there'd be mistletoe hanging above them. Hikaru liked the plan very much.
After a short while Nao decided to head back to the music room while Hikaru remained in the waiting room for Reiko. Once the doors opened Tamaki leaped towards Nao and grabbed him by the shoulders, shaking him frantically. Tamaki kept rampaging questions if Reiko was all right and if she's going to survive.
"Relax Tamaki-kun!" Nao shouted. "She's going to live, it was only a cut."
"Are you crazy? She was gushing out blood on the rug! She probably lost gallons and gallons of blood! She's going to die!" cried Tamaki. Apparently he was taking it as bad as Honey and Kyouya who was upset about the bloodstained rug which was just recently new and made of pure white tiger fur. Ewww…
Nao smacked him across the face which ended Tamaki's rampage. "Yes, it was a lot of blood but she's fine. We are not going to stress to the worst conclusions. I have a lot of business to do to set up the party tonight. If you excuse me I'm just going to grab my coat before my departure." Nao was ready to go inside until Tamaki pulled him back by the collar, which made Nao make a funny sound.
"Wait," Tamaki ordered.
"Gack…yes?" said Nao while adjusting the collar of his blouse.
"I got this gift for Reiko-chan," he presented before him in his hands a golden ring. "This is pure gold. It belonged to my great, great, great, great grandmother. She gave it to me herself." He said proudly.
"Herself? But wouldn't she be…around 200 years old?"
"Umm well she didn't hand it over to me personally it was in her will, I think."
"You think?"
"Yes, I can think."
"No, I mean you think your great four times grandmother gave it to you in her will?"
"Oh right…I don't know. I found it and took it."
"So you stole it."
"No I didn't."
"Then where did you get it?"
"Get what?"
"I don't...know. I forgot what we were discussing."
"Me too." Tamaki looked down at his hands and saw the shimmer of the golden ring. "Hey do you think Reiko-chan will like this as a Christmas gift? It's shiny. She likes shiny things, right?"
"I think…"
"You think?"
"Well she's not really into jewelry that much. Try boxing gloves, skateboards, or roller blades. She loves sports."
"I see…" he sighed. "I wish I could do something more special for her. Somehow…so I could maybe…tell her…" he began to blush slightly but Nao got the idea.
"Just how much do you love my oneechan?" Nao asked curiously.
Tamaki was shocked by his question. He pondered for a while before he could answer and this was all he could say. "I don't know how to explain it but in only a few common words. I care for her a lot. Unfortunately…I don't think she feels the same way." His voice was low as his eyes turned away and became grief stricken.
"Awww!" he cooed. "That's sooo sweet. You love her so much. You're definietly a good match for my oneecha. I can tell you the perfect opportunity for you to share your feelings. Then obviously in the end she has to return those same feelings!" he said heartily.
Hope filled Tamaki's eyes. "How?!" He cried out. "HOW!? Tell me now!"
Nao replied with the exact plan he had told Hikaru.
Tamaki was burst into bounds of glee and happiness that he squeezed Nao tightly in a grateful hug to show all his gratitude. Afterwards he skipped back into the hosts' club with a wide smile on his face which kind of creeped out the rest of the guests inside. Though it wasn't long before Nao realized what he had done.
"This is going to be one heck of a party…" he mumbled and shrank away into the dark corner.
Christmas Eve at the Minori Mansion
So far everything was going well. Many of the guests socialized without any complaints, some at the laid out buffet, and most of the single ladies hung around the host members. But here Nao dressed as a gentleman for once in a dark evergreen tuxedo with a beautiful white flower tucked into his chest pocket. As for Reiko, she wore a sexy one-sleeved red top with a big bow and regular jeans. She really didn't like dressing up even for special occasions.
"Did you really have to wear that?" Nao asked as he walked up to his sister who was by the punch bowl of the buffet. "I mean you could've at least worn that skirt pretty I bought you for Christmas. Just for the holidays."
"Whatever," she retorted. "Can't wait for these people to leave my house."
"Our house," he corrected.
"No, my house. Just because you randomly showed up here one day and now live here doesn't mean it's your house. Who has to pay the rent, watch the workers, and keep guard of the house while dad is away on business trips?"
"You…"
"Exactly. Have you seen any the retarded host members?"
"Thought you will show some respect since you're still in it. Anyways yes I have. Honey-kun and Mori-san are over by the chocolate fountain…"
"Of course…" she looked over her shoulder to see Honey swimming in the fountain while Mori is trying to catch him. "Got to tell one of the maids to clean up after those two are done," she growled.
"The twins are showing off their charm in that space over there," he pointed out. "Haruhi-chan is mingling with the other girls here, Renge-chan is singing Karaoke, and I saw Kyouya-kun and Tamaki-kun awhile ago."
"Everyone's having a good time," Reiko murmured.
"You could too ya'know."
"Shut up. I know," she blushed. "I…I… not now that's all. We only have just begun the night."
Nao smiled. "I bet tonight you'll finally be with the one you admire most. Who might be…?"
"Like I'll tell you. I know you already read my diary," she pouted and folded her arms across her chest.
"Yeah but you're always changing it. The person I mean, so I really don't know who."
"True. So we can be even I've been reading your diary as well oneesan," she smirked. Nao gasped and all his hair stood on ends. "I can't believe you had a crush on-!" Nao clasped her mouth shut quickly with his hand.
"Please don't say it out loud! I don't anymore I swear I don't!"
In response she chomped her teeth into his hand. He let go immediately and yelped out loud. Some of the guests stared at the Minori siblings with questionable looks.
"Uhhh there was a dead fly in my oneesan's cup he drank out of and then he got scared. Don't worry everyone new refreshments will be put out soon," she lied to explain his screaming. The guests resumed their activities. "Shush up will ya?"
Nao caressed his bitten hand and replied, "If you didn't have to bite me so hard."
"I knew you were gay but now your bi? I have the craziest oneesan in the whole world."
"Again the whole world doesn't need to know. Now to be even," he picked up a cup full of punch and splashed it on his sister's jeans.
"What the- you are so dead!" she shouted.
"Don't want to start a ruckus now, do we? As the oldest sibling of this family I demand you put on your new skirt!"
"No way. I am going to change into new jeans, that's all."
"I don't think so. I donated all your other clothing items to charity."
"By charity you mean Haruhi-san?"
"Yup."
"I hate you." She stormed by her brother angrily and headed for the staircase.
"Cheer up Rei Rei! It's the Christmas season," he shouted back to her. When she was completely gone he winked towards Hikaru, to signal the plan was a go. But…he didn't know where Tamaki was. "Oh well. His loss."
sooo what do you think??? sorry about the late update but i've just ben sooo busy lately. i know i said this was going to be one chapter but then i decided, naaah. it'll be 2 instead! surprise! lol i like to keep the suspense going along. hahaha Reiko will end up with one of these guys and i'm the only one who knows who.
Now who will be at the balcony waiting for Reiko's arrival? Tamaki or Hikaru. Where is Tamaki anyway? Will Hikaru make it there first? Will Reiko and her new lover actually become a couple? Who will she end up with? Is Nao really gay? Of course. But bi, that's just random. Stay tuned.