For a moment, I thought that I was hallucinating. Maybe I had conked myself on the head. Fallen unconscious without realising it. Dreaming. I mean, that had to be the reason why the green ey- sorry, Tsukorrou-sempai- was standing outside my window. Because these kind of things don't happen in real life. Hot guys don't stand outside my window. Heck, normal guys don't even stand outside my window.
Which brought up another question to this weird scene. How could he be standing outside my window? My room wasn't on the first floor. It took a second before I realised that he was standing on one of the branches of the tree, one that lead right to my window sill.
Another thing that I realised was that Tsukorrou-sempai was standing perfectly still with a look of shock on his face. Probably because I had caught him in the act of... snooping? Another question; why was he here in the first place?
Well, no use in standing around, I thought to myself. Slowly, I walked towards the window, and gently lifted it open. I cleared my throat."Would you like to come in?" I asked in what I hoped was a casual voice. No use in making the situation any weirder than it already was.
Tsukorrou-sempai stayed were he was for a moment, weither deliberating or still shocked at being caught, but eventually he crawled into my room, landing on his feet rather gracefully. We stood facing each other as an akward silence fell between us. Then he said, "Sorry for dropping in unexpectedly."
"It' alright," I said.
He stayed quiet for a moment. "You're Mitsuki Satahiro, right?" I nodded, suprised that he knew my name. He sighed in relief. "Thank God," he said. "I was worried that I had the wrong room".
If Haruhi were here, she would SO be having a cow right now. "Um, I don't mean to sound rude, but, er, why are you here? In my bedroom, I mean. Shouldn't you be in class?" I asked.
He shrugged. "Class isn't really important to me," he said. Remembering that he was rich, I guessed that it really wasn't. Must be nice not to have to worry about the future. "And to answer you first question, I'm here because I wanted to meet you."
That took a minute to register. "You wanted to meet... me?" I repeated, not sure that I had heard him right.
"Yeah," he said. "I saw you tonight as well as yesterday, and I noticed how different you were from the others. So I wanted to meet you."
I sat down on the edge of my bed. "Different? How?" I asked.
"You don't follow the usual behavior patterns," he said, sitting down on the opposite bed. Seeing the confused look on my face, he added, "You know, fainting, screaming, or compliments left and right. The regular Day Class girl's behavior." He tilted his head, looking at me curiously. "I wonder why that is."
"Maybe it's because I'm not like other Day Class girls," I said.
"Maybe," he said. "Why the change, though?"
"Change?"
"I haven't noticed you before yesterday," he said.
"Oh," I said. "That's just because my friend dragged me there. She definetly fits the Day Class girl's behavioral patterns". He nodded, smilling. "Um, won't you get in trouble?"
"Trouble?"
"For ditching class," I clarified.
"Oh, that," he said. "Maybe, but I'll deal with that later." He looked at me, and I noticed how sparkly his eyes were when the light hit them a certain way. God, there must be something wrong with me. "You don't mind if i'm here, do you?" he asked.
I shrugged. "It's alright," I said, casually, when really, I was still a little shocked by what was happening.
He smiled again. "Good," he said. "So, why don't you tell me about yourself?"
From then on, I started relaxing a bit, and before I knew it, I was really enjoying myself. I'm not really sure how it happened. But for the rest of the night, we just talked. Tsukorrou-sempai would ask me a question, I would answer, and then I would ask him a question, and so on. I found out a lot about him, like how his family owns a house not to far from the academy, that he loves dogs, and that he wants to be an artist, roaming the world and finding new and different sources of inspiration. I told him about my parents, how I love the look of the natural world, and how I wanted to travel the world. We talked and laughed at funny stories, and found out that we have a lot in common, like how we both love to read, heights freak us out, and we both hate the squeals of the Day Class girls. By the end of the night, all of the akwardness had vanished, and if someone had seen us, they would have easily mistaken us for a pair of old friends.
But all good things come to an end. Tsukurrou-sempai had to return to the Moon Dorm before the rest of the Night Class so that he wouldn't get caught. Standing by the window, I watched as he stood up on the tree branch. "Hey, Tsukurrou-sempai?" I asked.
"No need to be formal, Mitsuki-chan," he said.
I smiled. "Alright Tamaki-sempai," I said. " Thank you for coming. I had a great time," I said.
"No sweat," he said. "But I was wondering..."
"Yes?" I asked.
"Would it be all right if I came back?" he asked.
"Sure. Anytime you want to, you know where to find me," I said, hoping that the blush that tinted my cheeks was not visible to him in the darkness.
He smiled. "Great," he said. "Then until next time," he gave me a bow, and jumped from the tree, melting into the darkness.
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"Earth to Mitsuki! Hello?"
I raised my head from my arms only to see a very annoyed Haruhi. "What?" I asked her, rubbing my eyes.
"What's wrong with you? You never fall asleep in class!" Haruhi exclamed. I looked around to see that everyone was leaving the classroom or collecting their stuff, which was weird because a minute ago, I could have sworn that class had just started.
"I guess I didn't get enough sleep last night," I said slowly, standing up.
"Well, what were you doing? Staying up late isn't like you," she said as we walked out of the classroom.
I hesitated for a moment. Tamaki-kun and I had both agreed that it would be better if no one knew about our little 'rendezvous', so I couldn't tell her the truth. "I was reading a really good book," I finally told her. She rolled her eyes. "Typical," she said. "Leave it to you to lose sleep over a book."
I sighed. "Are you still angry about last night?" I asked. The sooner I identified the problem, the sooner I could solve it.
"Of course I'm still angry!" she said. "You say you'll come with me, and then I don't even see you! If you weren't gonna' come, all you had to do was say so, not get my hopes up."
"But I was there," I told her. "I just left earlier then you did, that's all."
She narrowed her eyes in suspicion. "How do I know that you're not just saying that so that i'll stop being mad at you?"
I sighed. " Aido-sempai winked at you again, some girl thought he was winking at her instead and went all goo-goo, you and she got into a fight, and Kiryu-sempai glared and threatened you both into submission."
She looked taken a back at the sudden replay, and then sighed. "Okay, I guess you were there. I must have been so into the Night Class that I didn't notice you."
I smiled, glad that I was forgiven. "So, who ended up winning that fight, anyway?" I asked as we walked into Math.
"We didn't settle it yet," Haruhi said as we sat down. "But when we do, i'll be the victorious one."
That was so Haruhi. Confident and so sure of herself. I was about to say something when I noticed Yuki-chan walk past us. She looked a little more tired than usual and it looked like she had a fresh bandage on her neck.
Haruhi saw me looking at Yuki-chan, and elbowed me in the side. "Hey, pay attention," she said, ignoring me as I rubbed my side. Haruhi had the pointiest elbow on this earth. "If you're gonna stare at Cross-san all day, you might as well join her," she continued. I sighed. A jealous Haruhi was never a happy Haruhi. At least, I think she was jealous. Of what, I couldn't be sure.
"Calm down,' I told her. "I'm not going anywhere." I raised my eyebrow. "Unless you want me to leave."
She looked taken aback. "N-no!" she exclaimed, clinging to my arm as if I was about to fly away. "I didn't mean it, don't go!"
I couldn't help laughing. "Okay, okay! Just let my arm go before you crush it!"
Smilling, she let it go. "So, anyway," she said, opening a textbook. "Are you gonna come again tonight?"
I shook my head. "Nah, I think I'm going to stay in this time." Since Tamaki-sempai would visit again sometime, there was no reason for me to go. "Besides, I'm not sure if I can take anymore screaming."
"Aww! Please? It's so much more fun when you're there!" Haruhi pleaded.
"You're not even with me when I'm there," I said, folding my arms. "How could it be any different from when i'm not there?"
"Not where?" a girl in front of us asked. I didn't know her name, but I DID know that she was a Night Class fan. I had seen her with Haruhi before, screaming for... who was it again? Oh, right. Shiki-sempai.
"At the Moon Dorm gates," Haruhi said sulkily. "She came two times, and now she won't go with me anymore."
The girl gapped at me. "How could you NOT go? I mean, this is the Night Class that we're talkig about!"
I shrugged. "It's not a big deal to me," I said. "Besides, why give Kiryu-sempai and Yuki-chan more trouble? They already have their hands full with you guys."
Both girls narrowed their eyes at me, and I realised my mistake. Dang, if this was the reaction I was going to get everytime I said 'Yuki-chan', then I might as well not mention her in front of others. This was going to get annoying.
"Oh, so you're 'Yuki-chan' 's buddy, now are you?" the girl asked, adding emphasis on Yuki-chan's name.
I sighed. "I don't see why you girls hate her so much. What has the poor girl ever done to you?"
Haruhi glared at me. "I already told you, she's too close to the Night Class. All because she's the headmaster's adopted daughter."
"And did you notice those bandages on her neck?" the other girl said. "I bet that she does that to herself, just to get attention."
That did it. I picked up my books, and stood up, suprising both Haruhi and the other girl. "When you two decide to grow up, let me know." And with that, I walked to a seat at the back of the classroom. If they were really going to think of such awful things out of jealousy, they could leave me out of it.
As I sat down, the teacher came in and called class to order. I sighed as I sank in my seat. How come things had to go bad when they had only been good a while ago? It really wasn't fair.
OMG! NIGHT CLASS GUYS!
*calms down* Sorry about that. It's just...argh. I really wish that I was Mitsuki right now T.T I really want a Night Class hunk to crawl through my window...
*stares at window longingly*
Anyway, I can't believe how cute they are! And I'm the one who's running this show! I just- it's that- ah, there are no words to describe...
But how in the heck did I make Haruhi and the other chick into bi-I mean witches? Honestly, poor Yuki-chan..
Of course, it would surprise me if the Day Class fangirls really acted like that...
*inner fan girl agrees*
*shrugs* Ah well. See ya next chapter!
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