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Lolita

Lolita sat in one of the many libraries that were housed in the halls of Ouran, head held in her hand as her eyes danced over the pages in the book she was reading. She was waiting for Nekozawa-sempai, since he had asked her to meet him here for some reason. Lolita smiled, Nekozawa-sempai was so contradictory. All the kids in the school thought him scary, not someone to befriend, and anything else that went along with that. But he wasn't, he was actually very friendly after you got past the initial talk of curses and dark magic. He was a lot of fun to talk to as well, Lolita noted.

When she first met him after her first encounter with the Host Club, she had been a bit skeptical. He had approached her in the hallway she had chosen to finish her book in, coming over to her and commenting on the novel. After he gave his speech about his club, which she found interesting, their discussion returned to the book. Lolita guesses they talked for about an hour and a half over the subject of the Dracula legend. Nekozawa-sempai had some pretty intriguing ideas about the vampire king, and Lolita soon grew comfortable around him. After that, the met several other times around the school, usually meeting in the library and talking about some book or another. She also attended his club once, it wasn't what she expected.

Of course there was talk about curses and dark magic, but it was much more than that. The club members exchanged ideas and theories on almost everything pertaining to the occult and gothic horror. Lolita even got a word in here and there while she was there. Not only that, she made a few new friends, including Reiko-chan. Her thoughts began to drift back to the book she was reading when suddenly, her vision turned yellow.

Blinking, Lolita realized what it was.

"Hello Beelzenef, and how did you get here without your master?"

She smiled as she picked up the puppet, very gently.

"He has a tendency to run away from me."

Lolita handed the puppet back to Nekozawa, who was now taking a seat at the table.

"Well, at least he didn't get lost this time."

Nekozawa chuckled as he replaced his cherished puppet upon his hand.

"What book have you started?"

Lolita quickly showed him the cover.

"Lolita eh? Ironic."

"Maybe, but I've been meaning to read it for a while. It's interesting to say the least."

Lolita paused.

"Que pasa? You don't usually ask me to hang out."

Nekozawa smiled, pulling his hood back a bit, showing his face.

"I actually wanted to ask you something, if you don't mind that is."

"Not at all."

"Alright… Another friend and I were… were going to a performance this weekend. How… however it seems that he'll be unable to go… So I've been left with a spare ticket. I was going to ask… if you would be interested in going."

Nekozawa asked nervously.

"Hmm… what play?"

"Oh… Uh… Well…"

Nekozawa pulled an ad from his school bag and handed it to Lolita. She read it over before gaining a huge smile upon her face.

"You're serious?"

Nekozawa nodded.

"I'd love to go! This is one of my all time favorite shows!"

"Wonderful… the performance we're going to is this Saturday."

"I can't wait!"

Lolita then took out a piece of paper and began scribbling on it. She then handed it to Nekozawa.

"You can call me sometime this week to finalize plans if you want. If not, I put my address on there so you can find me if needed."

Nekozawa folded the paper delicately, his hand shaking as he did so.

"Excellent, I suppose I'll call you around Wednesday. This was all I really wanted to talk about right now."

"Alright, I'll defiantly see you Saturday then."

"Of course."

Kaoru's day at the club had not gotten better after he realized he didn't like Lolita hanging out with other boys. He'd become the errand boy in Haruhi's absence. He was on his way back to the club room after running some papers around for Kyoya sempai when he heard a familiar voice shouting at him. Turning, he was surprised to see Lolita running towards him.

"Lolita, I thought you were hanging out with Nekozawa-sempai."

"I was, but it turned out he just wanted to ask me something."

Kaoru was confused.

"What'd he want to know?"

"I'll tell you later, I thought you were at the club."

Kaoru sighed.

"Since Haruhi and Hikaru are out working on their project, I've become the clubs errand boy."

"That's no fun… still want that company?"

Kaoru smiled.

"I wouldn't mind it."

They walked back to the Host club, chatting absently about random things. When they got back, the club was already closed for the day, all the guest having already left. The members were just sitting about, doing whatever they pleased. Hunny jumped up from his seat when Lolita entered.

"Lolita-chan! You came back!!!"

"I said I would."

Lolita smiled brightly as Hunny dragged her over to the table he was sitting at with Takashi. Kaoru sighed but followed, choosing to stand beside her chair rather than sitting. Takashi served Lolita some tea after giving Hunny another cake to eat.

"How've you been Lolita-chan?"

"I've been ok Hunny-sempai, just busy with all my classes."

"You're Kao-chan's partner on that project right?"

"Yeah, but we finished over the weekend."

"Really?! You must be really smart Lolita-chan."

"Whatever you say Hunny-sempai."

"So what are you gonna do now?"

Kaoru choose this moment to enter the conversation.

"Weren't you gonna tell me what Nekozawa-sempai wanted?"

"Wah! You're friends with Neko-chan?"

"Yeah, and he just wanted to ask me something Kaoru."

"WHAT?"

Was the response of Tamaki.

"Umm… He wanted to know if I'd be interested in seeing a play with him on Saturday. He was gonna go with another friend but they backed out."

Silence, Lolita really hated silence.

"What play Lolita-chan?"

Hunny smiled, completely ignoring the frozen Tamaki in the corner.

"Huh? Oh! We're gonna go see a performance of Sweeney Todd!"

"Sweeney Todd? What's it about?"

Kaoru and Takashi nodded in agreement with Hunny's question.

"Well… Its full title is Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. And it's basically a revenge story. There's a movie adaptation of the play starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter by Tim Burton…"

"There's a movie version?"

"Yeah, it's really good for an adaptation. I love both really, but the play will always be my favorite."

"Do you have the movie?"

Tamaki asked, peeking out from behind Kyoya.

"Yeah, why?"

"Maybe we should all watch it…"

Tamaki's speech became gibberish from there.

Lolita stared at Tamaki a moment, before moving her gaze to meet Kyoya's. They both had the same look, a look of "this isn't the best idea but its better the let them learn from their mistakes".

"I could bring it in… but I'm not sure you'll like it Tamaki-sempai."

"And why not?!"

"Well…"

Kyoya shook his head slowly.

"Well… it's a musical. I don't know if you like those kinds of movies."

"Musical?! I love musicals!"

"Ok then, I'll be sure to bring it in."

Lolita fake smiled.

The rest of the time spent at the club was less tense. When Lolita was leaving, Kaoru ran to catch up with her.

"What was all that about?"

"What was what about?"

"You and Kyoya-sempai had an eye contact conversation while tono was talking about that movie…"

"Oh! That… it was nothing really."

"Why wouldn't tono really like that movie?"

"Let's just say, if it's a movie based off a play that Nekozawa-sempai likes… I think you can fill in the missing pieces."

A/N: Sorry!!! I'm really sorry this chapter took so long! Things got really busy. My live was overloaded by art projects, homework and anime conventions! -Though the last one was very enjoyable.-

So… Nekozawa made his move, and now the race is on! Who will win?! Bets anyone?