When we last left the host club:
"..So we're coming back to the host club." Eniko finished.
"Yay! Ha, ha!" They all heard someone squeal from farther away. Honi opened the back gate and started running towards Eniko and Nibira. Once he got there, he jumped onto them, and pulled them in for another one of his hugs.
EPISODE 5: Hurt
Two weeks later pretty much everything was back to normal. The next month according to the weather was supposed to be the hottest month of the year. And unfortunately the king of the host club, Tamaki had chosen that day to cosplay as Eskimo's. Everyone had given in within a half an hour of the heat, and changed back into their regular clothes. That is except Tamaki who was trying to endure it.
"Good idea to have a winter themed cosplay, in the middle of the summer boss!" Hikaru yelled sarcastically over his shoulder at his sweating puddles king. Kaoru laughed. One of their guests noticed the orange and blue elephants shaking on Kaoru's wrist.
"Oh, Kaoru. Hikaru. I didn't know you two liked elephants?" She said, the twins looked at each other.
"Oh, yeah. I would say we did. Don't you think Kaoru?" Hikaru said with a wink. Kaoru gave a small chuckle.
"Agreed. We are very fond of elephants." He said, still staring at Hikaru's gazing hazel eyes. A couple of the girls gave small squeals.
By the end of the day, Tamaki had finally given up and changed into his clothes. Though all the other host club members were sweating bullets still. The customers had left, and all the members decided to relax, a little bit.
"Ugh, why doesn't this place have an A.C?" Haruhi groaned.
"It was abandoned after all. Having an air conditioner would've just been a waste of money." Kyoya said from behind her.
Over where Eniko, Nibira, and the twins were sitting, Eniko had her arms propping her head up on the table when she said. "I really wish I was at the lake right now." She said.
"Huh?" The twins asked, looking at her confused.
"On my family's boat." She explained, suddenly Tamaki appeared by her.
"Eniko, your family has a boat?" He asked.
"Sure. We go to the lake all the time."
"Yeah. And Eniko usually drives. She's pretty awesome. She even has a license!" Nibira added eagerly.
"Maybe this weekend I could ask my dad if you guys could go on the boat."
"Do you have kneeboards?" The twins asked excitedly.
"Sure we have everything. Kneeboards, tubes, wakeboards, skis."
"Yay! We're going boating!" Honi squealed.
"Well not yet Honi. We haven't asked my dad yet." Nibira and Eniko both gave each other secret knowing smirks.
Later that day, the entire host club insisted they come with Eniko to talk to her father about the boat. And the saw that Eniko's house was even more modern than Nibira's. Practically everything on the outside was made of glass, and if it wasn't glass, it was stainless steel. They went inside and Eniko led them to her dad's at home office.
"Hey dad?" She said knocking on the door. A few minutes later a middle aged man dressed in a pinstripe suit and tie. He had the same color skin, and hair as Eniko. Though he didn't have freckles, and his eyes were a dark brown.
"Hi sweetie. How…was…school?" He asked hesitantly, looking out at Nibira and the crowd .
"Daddy, these are the boys of the host club I was talking to you about. And we were wondering-" She was cut off by Tamaki who stepped in front of her.
"Hello, my name is-" The twins pushed him out of the way and started shaking each of his hands.
"Hey, I'm Hikaru, and this is Kaoru. We're really good friends of your daughter."
"And really big fans of knee boarding!" Kaoru finished. Suddenly Honi's face was in the father's.
"Hi! I have always wanted to go on a motor boat! But any boat I've ever been on was a yacht. Hey! Have you met my friend Takashi?"
Kyoya, Haruhi, and Nibira all leaned against the wall and watched as Eniko slowly got the babbling boys to leave her father alone.
"So, dad. Can we? Will you let us use the boat this weekend?" She said, still struggling to keep the boys at bay.
"Sure." He said, finally all the boys struggling for her father froze. "Is that all, Eniko?"
"Yeah, thanks daddy." He closed the door.
"Wait a second!" Tamaki fumed. "I thought you said it was going to be hard to get your father to let us use your boat?!"
"Did I say that?" Eniko said with a smirk. She and Nibira started laughing and walked down stairs.
"Yeah! Knee boarding! Knee boarding! Knee boarding!" The twins cheered and followed them.
The days went by slowly. Each day getting hotter, and hotter. But nothing could compare to Saturday, which was the hottest of them all. It was also the day the host club was going boating.
They brought guests with them, so Haruhi couldn't go in the water which she was fine with. The king of the host club eventually got to yelling at Hikaru and Kaoru, for catching them call him a pervert once again.
Once they got on the water, everyone could see what good of a driver Eniko really was. And everyone, except Haruhi, wanted to get into the water. Tamaki got frustrated after the countless failures he had water skiing and decided to stay in the boat the entire time. The twins did surprisingly well at knee boarding as they said they had been, always doing impressive jumps every 2 to 3 minutes.
Soon the tubes were put into the water, and Hikaru and Kaoru instantly got on together. Which resulted in whispers and giggles from all the girls. Once they were on Eniko started the boat again, going over bumps and causing the twins tube to jostle them a little bit.
"Come on, faster!" Hikaru yelled. Kaoru gave the signal for Eniko to move up the speed. Slowly but surely, the boat went faster, then faster, and faster again. To the point that the twins were really struggling to hold on and eventually Hikaru slid off
"Ah!" He yelled as he fell into the water.
"No Hikaru!" Kaoru yelled and jumped in the water after him. He was a little confused, this is supposed to be an act for the girls Kaoru simply figured. But if we really were playing into our roles. You would think that Hikaru would have told me to do something like that. By then he had reached Hikaru, and he put his hand lightly on his brother's shoulder. "You alright?" He asked. Hikaru nodded.
They started swimming towards where the boat was, slowly coming back to them, when Hikaru groaned. "Ugh." He said and winced.
"What?! Hikaru! What's wrong?!" Kaoru asked alarmed.
"It's my ankle." Hikaru said. Kaoru started waving frantically at the boat.
Back at the boat, Nibira's eyes widened when she saw Kaoru waving. "Oh god. One of them is hurt!" She said, a few girls whimpered, and Nibira dove into the water. Thankfully Nibira was a fast swimmer, and she got to the twins in a matter of seconds.
"Mori, Honi. Pull the tube in." Eniko ordered, at the steering wheel, the two boys did as they were told.
"Kaoru! What's wrong?" Nibira asked Kaoru when she had reached them.
"Hikaru's ankle." Kaoru choked out.
"Come on, grab one of his arms." Nibira told Kaoru. They started pulling him towards the boat.
Once they had pulled all three of them onto the boat. They discovered Hikaru's ankle bright red and swollen. He was laid on top of the sitting Kaoru as Nibira inspected it, and bandaged it up. Half the guests were worried about Hikaru's well being, the other half were more obsessing over the fact of what position the twins were sitting in. Hikaru started stroking Kaoru's damp hair.
"Hikaru?" Kaoru asked, he tilted his head up to look at the face of his concerned younger brother.
"Yeah Kaoru?" He asked, Kaoru forgot the rest of the people on the boat. This was no act, his older brother was hurt. And he felt he had to do something.
But all that came out was, "Don't you ever frighten me like that again."
Hikaru chuckled lightly to himself and put his head back down. Still running his hands through his younger brother's hair. "Sure thing, Kaoru."
The twins were silent the whole way back. Staying in that same position their guests couldn't seem to let go of. The only thing on Kaoru's mind was, what if this happens again? What if it's worse? What if I'm not there to help? I need Hikaru. Just as much as I ever had.
Next time:
"Who's the zuka club?"
"They're the host club's arch rival."
"They're witches!" Tamaki said over dramatically.
"Hello host club." A familiar voice said from behind them. And the host club turned around to stare into the eyes of the devil.