Hi guys...
I'm not so happy, my rabbit, Lucky, died yesterday, and we had to have a funeral for her...
But, thanks for the reviews :)
Also, I've only got one more episode to write in, and then... I'm done...
It's actually quite sad, because I really wish this could keep going on... I love this story, and I just don't want to see it go... I suppose though, the sequal is always something to look forward to. I just have no idea for the title, or when it's gonna come out or anything.
Writing is hard, I have no idea how J.K. Rowling, P.C and Kristen Cast and Becca Fitzpatrick do it. (by the way, that's Harry Potter, House of Night, and Hush Hush).
So... 10 away from 700 and then a few more chappies and we're finished!
Enjoy!
It was break so I was walking around with Takashi and Honey. I had my science class next, and so did they, just different sides of the building, so I might as well walk there with them.
We stopped dead in our tracks when we saw Ritsu run up.
"Big brother Morinozuka!" he bowed before looking back up. "I just wanted to say good morning."
"Good morning to you Bosanova!" smiled Honey, though blatantly getting the name wrong.
"Right back at ya!" yelled Ritsu, obviously trying to be nice, but scaring Honey so he hid behind me and Takashi. Even I felt on edge.
"Saori." said the red head, nodding respectfully at me. "Good morning to you too."
He was much quieter this time, so I smiled politely and nodded back with a small 'Ritsu' added, to make him feel more at ease.
"I have wondered... how did Mori sempai get a girl like you?"
I glanced up at Takashi, who hid the small smile creeping on his face very well.
"Well... I was desperate." I said with a shrug. Takashi made a tutting noise, and Honey burst out laughing. "No... Takashi is actually a lot more caring than people give him credit for. The best thing to do is to get to know someone before you make judgments..." I remembered yesterday when I immediately thought he was strange.
"Of course... sometimes you make assumptions and are later proved wrong... at least you hope you are."
He looked at me confused, so I shook my head and left it at that, I moved forward slightly, out of the way so Takashi and Ritsu could talk.
"Sempai, let me carry your bag." he said, stepping forward near me and holding his hand out.
I smiled and shook my head, then I heard scraping from above me. Looking up, I saw a plant pot perched precariously on a ledge, then it tipped and fell.
Right over my head.
I quickly snapped to my senses and shoved Ritsu out the way. Unfortunately, I fell over, landing on top of Ritsu who had fallen when I pushed him.
I rolled over, off the blushing red head, and looked to see yet another potted plant falling over us.
I cussed, and was waiting for the permanent head trauma I was about to receive. Then I saw Takashi step forward and swipe out, smashing the pot away from me and Ritsu and keeping us safe from dementia.
He held his hand out, and I gladly accepted it to help heave myself up.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"Yeah. But that was more fun than I needed before science." I muttered, brushing the invisible specs of dirt before I grabbed my bag and trudged off.
"Have fun with your friend!" I called over my shoulder.
Glancing back, I saw Takashi looking up quietly, at the point where the pot fell... and when I looked, I could have sworn that I saw something move...
x x x x x
"Mori sempai has obviously gotten on somebody's bad side." said Ritsu, nodding his head vigorously. I snorted and tucked into my chicken salad. Like hell had Takashi gotten on anyones bad side...
Unless of course... it was Kyouya. But no, he wouldn't stoop that low.
I think.
They were now discussing how Takashi could have pissed someone off, while I was sat with Honey and Takashi, holding his hand reassuringly.
"It's not me..." he whispered, resting his chin on his fist, staring intently at the cup of tea in front of him.
"I think so too." agreed Honey, sounding very much grown up, so I just nodded along.
We were generally ignored as Tamaki, Honey and the twins went about their "Turn Bosa Nova into an angel" project, and while they dolled him up, I watched bemusedly with Takashi, while Kyouya wrote stuff from a distance and Haruhi continually face palmed.
As Ritsu began to object, reminding everyone about yesterday, Tamaki reprimanded him and said it was basically the twins fault, and that we all supported him and yak yak yak.
All the guys went over to the board on which they were making the plans, while Haruhi and I went over to the seemingly depressed Ritsu.
"Hey... Casanova. I wouldn't put too much support in that bunch if I were you."
"Way to build support for the guys." I chuckled, sitting beside Ritsu. Haruhi stayed stood.
"These guys are all I've got... without them people would hate me."
I nodded slowly, understanding where he was coming from.
"I don't think I really know either of you two." he said suddenly, looking at us.
"Well, I'm Haruhi Fujioka, and like you, I was admitted when I got to high school. Guess we're buddies."
"Yeah. And I'm Saori Yasagawa. I just got in the second year though... I'm actually from England."
"Oh... you from a rich family?"
"Nope. I is a commoner." I muttered, looking at him.
"Oh... hey, do either of you like to play kick the can?"
Haruhi told him no... not really, while I recalled the memories of the newspaper club and snorted with laughter.
"Ignore her... she's slightly mentally insane. But you know, I suppose it wouldn't be bad once in a while."
I continued giggling while Ritsu went red and seemed in thought, when Tamaki called to him, he squeaked and snapped his head round to face him, near enough breaking his neck.
Within minutes, they had kitty ears on him.
"No. Just no." I whispered, but Honey was the first to make a real comment.
"Cat monster." I got this fleeting image of some large psycho cat, with razor sharp claws and huge teeth... along with bugging eyes and a general mean look... I shuddered.
"Well that didn't work... I don't know what went wrong."
"Well, Sherlock, how about he looks kinda like a freak now? He was fine before..." I muttered to Tamaki, but was ignored. As usual.
"Renge said kitty ears were all the rage, the perfect lovely item. What could have gone wrong?"
"Well... first of all you listened to Renge." I snickered.
"Can we be realistic? Putting kitty ears on him isn't going to effect how people perceive him, he still looks mean."
Nice one... way to cut to it.
I shook my head and walked away, missing the part where the twins put a dress on him, his friend walked in, he got all embarrassed and ran away.
Well, I didn't, I just watched quietly from the sidelines.
But no-one else was going after the poor guy... so I would.
x x x x x
"Ritsu?"
How is it when a loner guy goes running off, I'm always the one to go chasing after them.
I was out by the hedge maze, where there was that pervy statue of the little boy peeing into the pond, and I saw Ritsu with a little basket on his lap, a small smile on his face, and he didn't look so mean... at all.
"Is that a sparrow?" I asked, creeping up on him.
"Oh, Saori... I didn't see you there."
"Nah... I tend to pop out of nowhere." I laughed.
"Hey, is that a sparrow?"
I turned to see Haruhi, walking up and smiling at us.
"Yeah, I saw it fall out of it's nest the other day... I could tell it was hurt, so I took it to the vet. They said he'd be fine in no time."
I smiled and sat next to him, fussing over the small bird (aw... he likes animals) and Haruhi sat on the other side.
He looked at us both, went slightly pink, then like something had dawned on him.
"Look out!"
I snapped my head up to see Honey kicking a can of red paint away from us, it span up in the air, spattered Haruhi, the bird took off, and we all watched it.
"HARUHI, TELL ME THAT'S NOT BLOOD!"
I sighed as Tamaki screamed and threw himself at Haruhi bouncing on the spot like he was about to wet himself.
"Hey, get off us you bastard!"
I looked to see Takashi dragging two guys out of the bushes, they were yelling and shouting abuse, and I felt myself flare up simply because that was my boyfriend they were hurling foul language at... not like I could talk though, I swear enough as it is.
The twins tied the thugs up, and then Ritsu's friend came along and yelled at them.
Turns out, he was the son of a rival syndicate, but he hated their ways, so ran away. Ritsu was the only one that was kind to him, offering shelter from rain.
He said he hoped he'd still be allowed to stay in the Kasanoda syndicate... then gave Ritsu an umbrella.
Honey did some explaining about the guys being after Ritsu for some stupid reason,but they knew and decided to take care of it, and that we didn't want him to worry (here I just nodded to make it look like I knew when actually I didn't).
Ritsu turned pink, probably because he had one friend (smile giddily) and then turned to Takashi.
"I can't believe it... you helped me? But how come?"
"We can tell who the bad guys are by looking at them." said the tall dude, smiling down at Ritsu.
I saw Haruhi trudge away then, muttering about getting changed... not five minutes later, Ritsu was running off to see if Haruhi was okay.
We all smile after him as he ran off, then Kyouya had to kill the buzz.
"Don't any of you care that Kasanoda went to see Haruhi, who is changing clothes?"
The way he said it was like he was gloating, knowing that Haruhi was about to be unintentionally perved upon.
And on that note, I was scooped up by Takashi and found myself being whisked away to the host club.
