Chapter 8- Fast Times in the Food Aisle

So there I was in the middle of my town's local grocery store surrounded by a bunch of rich high schoolers and a ton of people watching them. "Age-chan! Age-chan! Do they have cake? Do they have cake?" Hani said as he jumped up and down.

"Yes!" I yelled losing it, because he was just that annoying. "They have cake here!"

"You went too far," mumbled Mori. The twins laughed.

"Age…"

"..ha" Kaoru finished, "Why are you…"

"…here anyway?" They asked me as they leaned over my shoulder and walking slightly ahead of me through the aisles. I waved my list in the twin to my right's face. By his voice I assumed it was Hikaru.

"To get food for the orphanage," I watched his smirk turn into a frown.

"Oh," They muttered together. Tamaki pushed through and picked me up.

"I know what we will do! We will help you find the food on this list!" Tamaki announced to the whole store. Some people actually started clapping for him.

"I think she could find the food items better than you sempai," informed Haruhi. She wasn't wrong. I highly doubt Tamaki knows his way around a 'commoners grocery store' as he would call it. I also don'tthink Tamaki knows what half the items on my list were.

"What do you think Ageha?" Tamaki asked me as he lifted me up higher on his shoulder. I laughed at the thought of Tamaki shopping in this store. I smiled and answered.

"I think you should take half the list and the others should take the other half and race." I giggled and wrapped my arms around his head.

"That is actually not a bad idea, though I would win of course," commented Kyoya. I folded the list in order to rip it nicely. They were pretty even in number and walking distance. This was going to be entertaining. There were going to be two teams. Team Tamaki was Tamaki, Mori, and Kaoru. Team Kyoya was Kyoya, Hani, and Hikaru. The twins were split up because I wanted to see them work separately. Haruhi wasn't on a team because she knew her way around stores like this.

"Ready?" I asked. A huge smile was present on my face. This was a feeling I wasn't used to but I enjoyed it. I looked at Haruhi and we counted to 3.

"One, Two, Three, GO!" We yelled together sending the teams running. Some people were watching. Others were victims to the stampedes of the host club. I pitied the customers more than I pitied myself from hanging out with these people.

"Hani come on! I will not lose to that idiot!" Barked Kyoya.

"Wow Kyoya-sempai you are really serious about this…" mumbled Hikaru.

"Yea, yea... the first thing on the list is… a gallon and a half of milk. That would probably be with all the frozen stuff," Kyoya announced to his group dragging them to the frozen section of the store.

"Oranges… Kaoru!" called Tamaki by pointing at the auburn haired boy. "Where would you find Oranges in a commoner's store?" Kaoru shrugged his shoulders as Tamaki spoke.

"Do I look like I know Boss?" he responded.

"Mori-sempai?" Tamaki asked. Mori pointed to the fruit section and the team was off that way to get any fruit needed. It was hard for me to watch both teams. I ran back and forth through the aisles, which was okay because I am a kid and kids run through here all the time. Either way it was interesting to watch. I dragged Haruhi around with me and we were laughing about how stupid they could be. Tamaki looked for steak in the pet aisle. Then Hani left halfway through for cake and Kyoya went ballistic. For once in my life I was having so much fun, but it may have been at the expense of others. Fun is fun.

When the main event came to an end Kyoya's team won (was there even a moment I did not think Kyoya would win? No.). Tamaki was dragging his team to the public bathroom for shampoo. "What do we win anyway Age?" Hikaru asked.

"Stop bragging Hikaru!" complained stubborn Kaoru.

"Hmm… I didn't think about a prize," I said walking out of the store after I had paid for everything. Tamaki had tried to pay but Kyoya wouldn't let him. I was kind of confused during that whole conversation. I looked around outside for some inspiration for the prize. I saw a swallowtail butterfly landing on a yellow green daisy. "I got it!" The members host club turned to me, "You can have that flower… but don't kill it!"

"It's so pretty!" yelled Hani kneeling to it.

"That's kind of a lame prize Age," said Hikaru.

I threw a punch at him and yelled. "It's awesome!" Kaoru, Tamaki, Haruhi and I started to laugh.

"Hey!" Hikaru said rubbing his face then laughing with us. That is what I wanted to remember from that day; us laughing. It was a nice picture to keep in my head.

"Age…" Hikaru started

"…ha? What are you…" Kouru continued.

"…going to..."

"do now?" the twins asked around me as I stood up and went away from the daisy.

"Hmm… I don't know… going to the orphanage I guess…" I answered. They frowned a little.

"We should walk you there then," Kaoru suggested. Tamaki squeezed his way toward us.

"I would like to see this place you are living."

"Ok sempai! Is it ok if I call you sempai? Haruhi always does it and it sounds fun." The next thing I knew Tamaki was lifting me up and hugging me to death. "Is…that…alright…with you… Haruhi?" I managed to ask while my lungs were being squeezed. I looked at her and she nodded. I wasn't really thrilled about them coming to see my orphanage. I was scared I would get in trouble leading people there. All I can do now is hope for the best.

Hey there guys! Tried to write this one faster. I almost did not write this chapter today but I did not procrastinate (level up!) This chapter was more of a filler leading to a main point in the story. I guess the turning point you could call it. Thanks for reading as always!