Chapter 4:
::A Few Weeks Later (Still Riley's POV)::
I felt really in place with these guys now. I feel a lot more comfortable around them. Now I talk too much and I'm too loud again. Which I don't really mind. I mean, I'm being me. I walked into the Host Club, holding a little tin box filled with cookies. I turned and glared at Dakota, "I hate you right now." She smiled,
"You know you love me." I looked ahead again,
"Maybe not after this." I walked over to Kaoru, "Here. Have a cookie. And a kiss." I kissed his cheek and blushed. I walked over to Kyouya then, "Here. Have a cookie. And a kiss." I kissed his cheek and then walked to Hikaru, "Here. Have a cookie. And a kiss." I kissed his cheek. Hikaru raised an eyebrow,
"Why? Why are you.." I glared at Dakota,
"I lost a bet with Dakota. Now this is the punishment." I went up to Mori, "Here. Have a cookie. And a kiss." I kissed his cheek and he blushed,
"Uh...thanks?" I smiled,
"You're welcome~. Here Honey. Have a cookie and a kiss." I gave Honey a cookie and kissed his cheek. He ate the cookie happily,
"THANKS RYE-CHAN! Mmm~. This is really good~." I kissed his cheek again,
"Thanks Honey." I then walked to Tamaki, who was sitting at a table. I handed him a cookie, "Here. Have a cookie. And a kiss." I kissed his cheek and walked back to Dakota, "There. Happy?" She nodded,
"Yep. Now I want a cookie. Don't kiss me though." I gave her a cookie,
"I wasn't going to kiss you. Sorry I know you were really hoping for it but I can't. These lips, are for boys only." I looked down at the cookies,
"I wonder if these are good..."
"They're good..." Mori said quietly. I smiled at him,
"You really think so?" He blushed and nodded. I took a cookie and ate one before frowning, "I've had better. I didn't slightly burn them this time." Tamaki tilted his head,
"Burnt? You like slightly burnt cookies?" I nodded,
"It adds a unique flavour." Kaoru walked over to me,
"Hi Riley." I smiled at him,
"Hey Kaoru. What's up?" He kissed me,
"I just wanted to say hi." I smiled awkwardly,
"Well...hi." I felt really awkward. I just started to realize that I liked Kaoru more as a friend rather than a boyfriend and I didn't know how to word that to him yet. I quickly sat down on a one person chair and twirled around. I felt really awkward around Kaoru and I think that Dakota noticed. Just by the way she was looking at me. I sighed and Tamaki went to the dry erase board,
"Okay guys, what're we going to do for tomorrow?" Everyone turned their attention to Tamaki and they all discussed ideas while I played around on my iPod. After a while, Dakota sat beside me on a different chair,
"Riley? What's up with you and Kaoru?" I raised an eyebrow,
"What are you talking about? There's nothing wrong." I didn't really wanna tell anyone until I told Kaoru so I tried my best to keep quiet about it. She rolled her eyes,
"I can see a difference between you guys from the first time you two saw each other to now. What's wrong?"
"Nothing. God..." She just stared at me for a minute until I sighed, "Come on. I'll tell you outside." We got up and walked outside of the Host Club. I fumbled with my fingers and looked down at my feet, "Well, I really like Kaoru but...it's just that...I think I like him more as a friend than a boyfriend and I don't know how to word that to him because I don't want to things to be awkward after..." Dakota thought for a second,
"If I know Kaoru at all, then I don't think that he'll make that big of a deal about it. I mean, sure he might be a little sad about it at first but he'll get over it. I don't think he'd go all PMS on you just because of this little issue." I bit my nail,
"Are you sure?" She nodded,
"Of course I'm sure. I've been with the guys since like, the dawn of time. Just tell him." I continued chewing on my nail nervously and nodded,
"Ya I really should shouldn't I?" She nodded,
"That's the whole reason people break up. They're no longer cooperating with each other, they hate each other, they don't feel the same way as they did at the beginning of the relationship etcetera etcetera." I took a deep breath,
"Okay then. I'll do it...later." She shook her head,
"No. Do it now." I glared at her,
"What are you my mother now?" She shoved me into the Host Club,
"Trust me. You'll thank me for it later now go." I frowned and walked to Kaoru, lightly tapping his shoulder,
"Hey Kaoru? Can I talk to you for a second?" He nodded,
"Sure." I led him outside the Host Club and bit my thumbnail nervously. Kaoru tilted his head, "Riley? Are you okay?" My jaw twitched,
"Uh...no. I have something important to say." He leaned against the wall,
"What is it?" I looked down,
"Uh...I really like you Kaoru but...I don't think that I like you...uh...that way." I felt really bad but I couldn't take back what I said now. I didn't wanna look at his reaction so I just kept looking down.
"Are we...breaking up?" I nodded,
"Ya we kind of are." I heard him sigh,
"Well...we'll still be friends right?" I looked up at him and nodded,
"I'd really like that." He opened his arms and we hugged. I smiled, "I am so glad that we don't hate each other." He nodded,
"So am I." When we walked back into the Host Club, I walked to Dakota,
"There. I did it. Are you happy now?" She smiled,
"Feel better now?" I thought for a second,
"Well...I do feel like I got it off my chest..."
"Told you you'd thank me in the end."
"Hey. I never thanked you. I just said 'I'm glad it's over and done with'."
"That's not what you said exactly..." I rolled my eyes,
"Close enough." Dakota stretched,
"So, what're you going to do now?" I sat down,
"Uh...my regular day stuff. I don't need a boyfriend. I'm not Bella Swan." She sat beside me,
"Well...ya that's true. You're not a necrophilia." I jumped up,
"Oh ya. I was going to do something." I skipped over to Mori, "Mori? How tall are you?" He shrugged,
"I don't know." I nodded and took out a couple meter sticks before hopping on his back,
"Okay. You're gonna get measured. Don't move I don't wanna fall off. It's a long fall..." I added when I saw everyone's expression. I put the meter sticks along Mori's side and then marked where his head reached on the second meter stick, "Okay. You're 187.96 cm." I hopped off Mori's back and sighed, "I don't know how to convert that into feet..." Hikaru thought for a second,
"That'd be six foot two inches." I pointed to Mori,
"You, my friend, are tall." He blushed,
"I guess I am..." I thought for a second,
"Or maybe I'm just short. I'm five foot eight. Is that small? I don't wanna be small. Small is stupid."
"U-uh...some guys like...small." Mori said awkwardly. I smiled at him,
"I never knew that. Well, I always thought that guys liked regular sized chicks." He looked down,
"Compared to the rest of the girls here...you're more regular sized rather than...small." I hugged him,
"YAY I'M NOT SMALL~!" I skipped away and hopped on the couch beside Dakota, "Pst. Hey Dakota?" She looked at me,
"What?" I motioned her to move closer and whispered in her ear,
"Friends don't like it when you call them pistachio nuts~" I leaned back and continued singing Friends by The Left Rights. Dakota held her face in her hand,
"Goddammit Riley..." I smiled,
"You know you love me." She shook her head,
"Not now. You just ruined my daydream." I snickered,
"Was it about you and your boooooyyyyfriiiieeend?" She nodded,
"It actually was and then you ruined it with your pistachio nuts!" I rolled my eyes,
"Why are you daydreaming about it? I mean, really. He's your boyfriend, go and fuck him. Simple as that." She shook her head,
"No I can't. It has to be the right time and I have to be sure that we actually care about each other and that this isn't just a simple fling ding." I nodded,
"Ya I guess you're right." Kyouya walked up to us,
"Dakota? Can I talk to you for a second?" She nodded and got up, following him to the other side of the Host Club. Honey hopped on my lap,
"HEY RYE-CHAN! Do you want some cake~?" I nodded,
"Fuck ya Seaking."
::Dakota's POV::
I turned to Kyouya after we sat down, "What did you want to talk about?" Kyouya looked around before talking,
"I think we should keep an eye on Riley." I raised an eyebrow,
"And why would we do that?" He pushed up his glasses,
"I can't find any information about her or her family and that worries me. She might be dangerous." I scoffed,
"She's about as dangerous as a kitty." We both looked behind us to see her happily eating cake with Honey while tightly hugging her bear Jack. I pointed to her, "She's dangerous?" He shrugged,
"Maybe we should talk to her about her past. Then maybe I'd be able to find out why the only Winchester family I find, is the famous Winchester family who only have one daughter. Though that one daughter looks fairly similar to Riley, her name is Beatrice and apparently their only daughter. Until I can find out more about Rilia Winchester, I'd like you to be careful around her." I sighed,
"I'm pretty sure she's not trying to kill us Kyouya. I mean look at her." We looked behind us again to see Riley twirling around in circles, holding her bear above her head while singing Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter with Honey on her back. I nodded, "Ya. She's such a killer."
"That's not what I meant-" He started but the I cut him off,
"Well, I'll just go ask her right now." I walked over to her and tapped her shoulder, "Hey Riley? Can I ask you something?" She stopped twirling and staggered a little,
"Whaddup brother from another mother?" I sat her down,
"You look dizzy." She nodded,
"I am dizzy. So what's up?"
"Do you mind if I ask you a question?" She nodded,
"As long as you don't wanna talk about the birds and the bees."
"No...I don't need that talk I already know about that...I was gonna ask about your family." Honey smiled,
"I wanna know about your family too Rye-chan~!" She thought for a second then shrugged,
"Eh. Whatever. My mom hates me, my dad loves me but my mom has him wrapped around her finger and I have a twin sister named Beatrice who is a little whore. Anything else?" I paused,
"You have a twin sister? Beatrice?" She nodded,
"Ya. Why?" I nodded,
"No reason." I walked over to Kyouya,
"She's not a murderer. Her mom just doesn't like her very much and she has a twin sister. That explains no information on her and other stuff. Anything else you want to know, go ask her yourself." Kyouya walked to her and they started talking while he took notes. Hikaru walked over and slung an arm over my shoulders,
"Hey Kota-buns~." I raised an eyebrow,
"Kota-buns? That's the worst nickname ever." He kissed my cheek,
"You know you liiiike it~."
"I like you, not the nickname." He kissed the corner of my mouth,
"Hey. We should go out tonight because-"
"HIKARU HITACHIIN WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY BELOVED DAUGHTER?" Tamaki screamed and ran over. I sighed,
"Tamaki? Calm down and I'm not your daughter." He looked hurt,
"But...but my darling-"
"HEY TAMAKI?" We looked over at Riley who was on the other side of the room. She smiled, "Wanna go get some...donuts and hot chocolate?"
"Right now princess?" She made a face when he said "princess" but then composed herself. She blushed and looked away,
"I just didn't want to go by myself out in the cruel world. I just thought that maybe if I had a big strong man with me then I'd be a lot more safer. I just thought you'd bring me. Sorry if I disturbed you..." She looked away and a small tear fell down her face. Tamaki glided over to her and wiped away her tear,
"Oh my princess, I'm so sorry to keep you waiting. Of course I'll bring you to go get some hot chocolate and donuts." They walked away together. Riley turned and smiled at me before mouthing,
"You owe me." My mouth dropped,
"She's a good actor." Hikaru nodded,
"Ya she is."