"Wake up Krissy, time for school." Shimari's face was right up in mine startling me.
"Whatever." I growled. I got out of bed and took a shower and put on a red dress that went mid thigh, black combat boots that went a little before the knee, a black sweatshirt with a red broken heart, above it in white was 'This means war', the hood had two small red devil horns that stood up, I braided my dark brown almost black hair that fell about mid back and tied it with a red bow.
I walked downstairs, my hands in the pockets of the sweatshirt, a small smile on my face. Boo and Bello walked ahead of me, well more like ran in front of me, storming into the dining hall. I grabbed two apples and a cup of coffee, heading out to the stables. I got out and saw Freedom Fire; I gave her one of the apples, the other I took a big bite from. I brushed through her fur, once and a while taking a bite from the apple, or taking a sip of coffee. After brushing her fur, I saddled her up and swung myself over the saddle and led her out of the stalls, I rode her around, the fields. When she jumped randomly high into the air, landing smoothly I pat her neck, she kept riding around, going a bit slower each time.
"Hello Kristen." I heard Kyoya's voice and pulled the reigns, just enough so she slowed down and trotted up to him, uneasiness washed over Kyoya causing me to laugh.
"Hey Kyo." I smiled at him.
"It's almost time for us to leave for school." He let the sunlight catch his glasses.
"Okay," I seized his wrist pulling him up on the saddle and begun to move again.
"Kristen, seriously! Stop the horse and let me off!" His annoyed voice rang behind me.
"Hold on and watch this, its fun." I kicked her flank lightly getting her to move, I felt his arms wrap around my waist as Freedom begun to gallop faster and faster, she jumped high in the air, Kyoya's arms tightened around me, my hair blew behind me. She landed back on the ground and begun to gallop again before slowing down, she trotted into the stables and I swung myself off, straightening my dress. Kyoya got off, glaring at me, which I ignored as always. I put her back in the stable with some hay and kissed her nose lightly.
"Really Kristen, did you have to do that?" Kyoya fixed his hair and I chuckled.
"Yes, yes I did. Don't be a party pooper." I teased, I sipped my coffee and we went back inside, I grabbed my bag and we went out to the car.
After 20 minutes we were at school and we left, Kyoya walked with me, his arm wrapped around my waist, my head leaned in the crook of his neck. Whispers erupted through the halls and I ignored them. We got to class and I sat in my usual seat with Maggie, taking notes. Throughout the day, I heard whispers about 'the girl with the guitar and Kyoya' or something like that.
Kyoya flash back
In his father's study
"You wished to speak with me father?" Kyoya sat across from his father who sat at his desk.
"Yes, about Miss. McConnell." A glare hid his father's eyes from him.
"What about her?" Kyoya asked, letting light catch his glasses to hide the worry pooled in them.
"I think she'd be an excellent bride." not this again.
"I don't think so father."
"And why's that?"
"She doesn't trust very easily. And like she said before, she's desperately tried to build up her walls, and if she finds out the marriage is arranged, she'd never trust anyone again." Kyoya tried to steer his father away from the idea.
"Is that so?" His father's voice was cold. "Then she better not find out, you are to be engaged by the end of high school." His father's voice was final.
"Yes father." Kyoya nodded his head to his father.
3rd
The second years walked to the host club, Kristen, Kyoya, Tamaki, Maggie, and Diego.Kyoya's arm wrapped around Kristen making her feel safe. Throughout the day Kristen was bubbly, talking to everyone happily. When they got in the club rooms, Kristen sat at the window in the club room, her knees brought up to her chin, her cheek rested on her knee, as she stared contently out the window as the club went along.
Kyoya would glance over at the girl from time to time while entertaining his guest. After glancing over for the seventh time, the club wasn't even half way over, he focused on his guest; forcing himself not to glance at her. Hayley sat with Diego chatting happily, Maggie and Madison watched the twins do there brotherly love act, with smirks on the faces at the yaoi. Sarah and Hunny were shoveling cake into their mouths, Mori and Toral communicated in a way that seemed like it was their own secret language. Tamaki would entertain his guest, Shimari and Casey would laugh at his antics, and Haruhi was simply conversing with her guest.
When the club was over, Kyoya was packing up his stuff when he let himself glance over at the girl he was afraid to be in love with and saw her face buried in her knees, her shoulders shaking, her hair was pulled back in the neat braid, a few strands flowed free from the braid.
"Kristen," He said, he stepped forward and felt Hayley seize his hand.
"It's better to leave her alone when this happens." Hayley looked sad, Kyoya stared at the twin for a long time before pulling his hand away, he walked to the weeping her, the only thing he could hear was his pounding heart. After what felt walking for forever and a day he was in front of the weeping girl, he grabbed her wrist gently pulling her into a tight hug, she buried her face in his shirt, the choked sounds of her crying broke his heart. She fisted her fingers into his shirt, he scooped her up bridal style, murmuring comforting words to the weeping girl.
Kyoya glanced at the others and they left together going to the limo, Kyoya sat with Kristen in his lap while she continued to cry, for a reason not known by him or the others, after a while, she stopped crying and had drifted asleep, her face was streaked with tears, and looked tired. When they got to the mansion Kyoya brought her upstairs, tucking her into bed, his brushed his lips against her forehead leaving while she slept.
The next few days Kristen was quiet, when they were in the club she did her homework in the back of the room, when they got back from school she would go out to the stables and brush out Freedom Fire, and ride her around. She didn't go to dinner or breakfast, only in the morning she would grab some coffee. Kyoya was worried about her, he tried to get her to eat something or talk to him, but she wouldn't.
"I'm worried about Kristen; it's almost been a week." Hikaru muttered at the club room, his twin nodded as they looked at the quiet girl who had ear phones in doing homework.
"But we can't really do anything." Kaoru whispered back. The others glanced at Kristen as she packed up. It had been six days and she's barely uttered a word.
"Yes we can and we will." Madison shot back at the twin.
"And what is it that we can do?" The twins asked glancing at Kristen.
"Be here for her when she needs our help." Madison's chocolate brown eyes held a dangerous look, daring anyone to object. She smirked when nobody did.
When the club had ended like always they went to the mansion, and it seemed that Kristen was nowhere to be found. Kyoya looked around the house in the girl's bedroom they shared, the music rooms, the kitchen and dining room, the four libraries, and in the stables. And sure enough she or her dogs weren't in any of those places. Kyoya walked through the gardens along the stone path, he was surrounded by beautiful flowers, gleaming in the sunlight. He made a turn by a bird bath where red cardinal and a brown one were and saw Kristen on a bench, her two dogs laid on her side, Bello rose his chin to glance at him before going back to sleep with Boo, Kristen's features were more relaxed than they seemed to have been in days while she was sleeping. Her legs were curled up and a piece of her dark hair fell in her face. Kyoya brushed the long lock of her hair behind her ear and picked a small white flower with red and gold designs on the petals, the yellow buds stood up and tucked it behind her ear, she smiled in her sleep lightly, now it was Boo's turn to look at Kyoya. Boo-Radley growled low in her throat, Kyoya took that as his note to leave.
Sometime later I woke up, my dogs soft fur pressed on my arm, I pet them each and brought my fingers up to brush a strand of my dark hair behind my ear and felt my fingers brush against something that wasn't my hair. It felt delicate and soft, and smelled sweet, if was a white jade flower. I smiled, I clicked my tongue and the two dogs jumped off of me, using my kidney (I have no idea where a kidney is lol) as a launch pad causing me to hiss in pain but smile. I got up and brushed off the dog hair on my clothes and walked around the garden, wherever the two dogs were going.
'They would have the cutest puppies!' I thought grinning. We made our way back inside I fed the two dogs and went back out, the flower still perched in my hair as I made my way to the stables, I saw Haruhi walking around the gardens and called her over.
"Hey Kristen." She said, she changed out of her school uniform to a pair of light jeans, a blue short sleeve shirt, and sneakers.
"Hey Haruhi, do you want to go riding?" I asked as I saddled up one of the Ootori's younger horses.
"Umm, I'm not sure that's a good idea, and I don't even know how to ride a horse." She spluttered waving her hands in front of her face.
"Nonsense. You'll do fine." I smirked, I helped her onto the horse and led the dark brown horse out to the fields before I got on Freedom and went out to the fields with Haruhi.
"Just do what you did when you drove the carriage, but don't ever freak out when you're riding, if you start freaking out, then the horse will start freaking out, Just start slow until you feel comfortable with going fast." I said, I rode around slowly as she started to get the hang of it. She begun to go quicker and started to ride along side with her, laughing as Haruhi tried to get the mane of her horse out of her face.
"Haaaaaaaruuuuuuhiiiii! Kriiiiiisteeeeennnn!" Tamaki shouted at us.
"Pull back on the reigns." I said while doing so, Freedom Fire begun to slow down into a stop, as did her horse.
"Hold on a minute senpai!" Haruhi said as we put the horses in the stable feeding them while chatting. We left the stables and went up to Tamaki who was bouncing around. with a jug of a brownish liquid.
"I made a juice and I want you two to try it!" He said running inside getting two glasses, Kyoya stood by him an amused look on his face. Tamaki poured the two glasses and Haruhi and I glanced at each other nervously.
"So we're the hamsters for this project to see if it'll kill people?" Silence. "Feeling the love Tamaki." I snorted. Haruhi and I shared a look. We both drank the brown juice, it tasted like orange juice was mixed with strawberry banana juice, over all it tasted pretty good.
"I like it." I said.
"Though it does have an after taste." Haruhi said bluntly causing me to snicker. I took another sip.
"Kyoya, your his best friend, taste it." I said Kyoya snorts at me.
"No thank you, I'd like to live to see my 50th birthday." Tamaki looked hurt and went to a make shift emo corner growing mushrooms while Haruhi tried to get him to stop. I took a sip to try to convince him.
"Fine I'll taste it." He took my glass and stood in front of me, he rose the glass setting it down and kissed me gently at first; then with more certainty he deepened the kiss, when he pulled away I felt myself blushing.
"You're right, it does taste good." He said and left to go inside, I touched my lips gently before smiling going out to the field with my dogs. I collapse on the ground, a dog on either side of me. I giggled as the dogs licked me, I rolled over cuddling the two dogs, I stood up and ran around, the dogs ran with me, I tried to out run them but failed. I fell two my knees in the grass playing with the two very playful dogs, I laughed as Bello bowled me over, with the help of Boo of course.
"Kris, come on in for dinner!" I heard Toral's gentle voice.
"Okay!" I reminded myself I already fed the dogs. I stepped inside the dining hall and sat by the twins, the dogs under the table while I slipped them food.
"What's on your shirt?" Hikaru poked a long green stain on the back of my shirt.
"Oh, I was playing with the dogs, just a grass stain." I said as I took a bite of the sushi we were eating. After dinner I went back outside, to the confusion of the host. I was wearing a grey long sleeve sweatshirt/shirt that in pink said 'country girl' over the number 82 like on a football jersey, and worn out jeans with my hair messily pulled back into a bun. I walked outside, I didn't have shoes on, the soft grass between my toes felt like home to me. I walked into the fields where a single apple tree was. I walked and sat under the shade of the tree, Bello sat by my side while Boo chased butterflies. Bello and I sat there for a bit, before I stood up abruptly. I jumped up grabbing onto a branch and pulled myself up, I locked my legs on the branch swinging myself down so I was only held up by my legs. I just stayed there I hung there, Bello stared at me, and begun to lick my face causing me to laugh.
"Having fun there?" Kyoya asked, I could hear a smirk in his voice.
"Yep." I answered with a smile as Kyoya sat on the grass, his face a level with mine. A smirk on his face sent chills down my spine.
"What are you doing..." I trailed off scared, he lashed out and begun tickling me. Fuck. I laughed, I tried to swing myself up but failed miserably, my legs were loose and where I held my grip in the tree was gone, I fell into his lap, laughing as he tickled me, trying to get away. He continued to tickle me, I was laughing to the point where it was hard the breath and my side hurt. He flipped us over so he was on top of me, he was held up my his elbows and pressed a brief kiss against my lips.
"So Payton was right about you being ticklish." He smirked, I pushed him off annoyed.
"I'm going to kill him." I said but I couldn't help but smile. I looped my arms around his neck and pressed my lips against his softly.
"When's Christmas break?" I asked, my forehead lightly pressed against him.
"End of the week." He answered pressing his lips on mine again, he kissed me gently at first, his tongue brushed against my bottom lip causing me to gasp and his tongue slid into my mouth and begun to kiss me passionately. "Why?" He asked pulling back from the kiss.
"I'm going home for the break, and since I met your family it's your turn to meet mine." I said smiling softly.
"Didn't I already do that?" He asked, as we got up to go inside.
"Yah, but we weren't together, that was when I hated you. And my dad's going to give you the whole 'if you hurt my daughter I'll break your dick with a spoon' talk."
"With a spoon?" He raised an eyebrow.
"Yes." we went our separate ways and I went to take a shower, I changed into black tank top that said in pink country girl, and flannel fuzzy black and white checkered pants with a pink bow. We watched TV downstairs for a bit before we headed for bed.
The rest of the week was agonizingly slow, on Friday when we got to the mansion I finished packing the last of my things, I changed into a black tank top that said in white 'smokin' hot' in cursive with two guns crossed over so it looking sort of like an 'x', with my black and white flannel boxer pajama pants. We put our stuff in the jet and I boarded up Freedom Fire. I grabbed my blue hoodie that looked like small abstract peacock feather designs were fadded into it a shade or two darker blue and studded angel wings on the back. We got in the Ootori jet, I sat with Kyoya, his arm around me while I slept. I woke up sometime later, we still had about an hour to kill before we got there. I pulled myself out of Kyoya's grip as he slept and sat with Maggie, Toral, and Sarah.
"Kristen, tell us that quote about proving people wrong." Sarah randomly said causing me to chuckle.
"Judge me and I'll prove you wrong. Tell what to do, and I'll tell you off. Say I'm not worth it, watch where I end up. Call me a bitch and I'll show you one. Screw me over and I'll do it twice as bad to you. Call me crazy but you really have no idea." I recited with a smirk. "And it's true, I don't play to play the game babe, I play to win." I laughed.
"Kristen!" I heard Kaoru say from where he was talking with his twin.
"Yah?" I asked, I walked over there and sat indian style on the ground.
"Do you have a worst and best memory that happened at the same time?" Hikaru asked.
"Yah, it was really funny too."
Flash back!
I walked down the hall with my crush Drake by my side, his dark hair that was slightly long hung over his chocolate colored eyes, the end of his hair did a slight flip in the back, he had a slight tan and the cutest laugh.
"Hey Kristen?" He said snapping me out of my thoughts causing me to blush faintly, I pray he doesn't see it.
"Hm?" I said trying to make it seem like I'm not 'too' content with him.
"The thing is.." It was his turn to blush, and he did blushing like a cherry. "I really like you an-"
"Hey Kristen! Who's that find piece of man candy?" Maggie said throwing her arm around me. I glared at her ready to kill but I started laughing, I felt tears pour out of my eyes I was laughing so hard.
"I'll tell you later..." He grumbled stalking off.
"Screw guys, want to come over and eat a gallon of ice cream?" I asked trying to stiffen my laughter.
"Sure."
End of Transmission.
"So she ruined your change of going out with your crush?" The twins sounded confused.
"Yah but it was funny as hell so like I said then screw guys, damn; now I really want some ice cream." I muttered causing Maggie, Sarah, and Toral who were listening to my story laugh. For the rest of the ride we joked around, keeping quiet to keep Kyoya and Hunny sleeping but were having fun.
"Kristen, you wake up Kyoya, Sarah, you wake up Hunny." The others said.
"Why?" I whined.
"Kyoya's your boyfriend, you wake him up!" Payton protested. I glared and walked over to Kyoya, I capture his lips with mine, his eyes shot open. I pulled away smirking when he pulled me back crashing his lips on my kissing me roughly but still felt as gentle as any other kiss. I pulled back and smiled before walking away with my bags in my hands, when we got to my parents house it was about 7:47pm. I walked in through the back door that led into the kitchen.
"Krissy!" Angelina and Mariela tackled me in hugs.
"Hey baby girls. I promised I'd come back." I said with a smile.
"Mommy and Daddy said we could stay up until you got here, so you could sing us the lullaby." Angelina said cutely. I smiled and kissed her on the cheek.
"Of course." I said. "Just let me show everyone where they're going to be staying." I said I left my bags behind the sofa, Lexy was playing with Bello, Addie, and Boo. I lead the host upstairs to the guest bedrooms.
"Okay, Mori and Tamaki can stay here, Hikaru and Kaoru here, and Kyoya and Hunny there if you guys don't mind." I said, I carried one of my cousins on each of my hips.
"Not at all, we'll just settle in." Kyoya smiled and went with Hunny to his room.
"Where am I staying?" Haruhi asked dead panned.
"You're staying with us in my room." I grinned happily. Haruhi set dropped, I lead her to my room, the walls were a pale purple with red designs on them, a one wall was a tall bookshelf, stuffed to the brim a rolling latter by it, the wall that went in leading to the closet was dark raspberry color, most of the furniture was white or raspberry, the large king sized bed had a white comforter with purple abstract flowers on them and a bunch of decorative pillows, a mess of bean bag chairs were by the TV and another section of the room that was caved in was as white as newly fallen snow, canvases were scattered one wall had canvases covering it, you couldn't even see the wall, the other two were written on with sharpie, an easel was set up by a stool, covering in dry paint stains, a large chest held my art supplies.
"Make yourself at home." I grinned at her.
"Thank you Kristen." Haruhi said setting down her bag.
"Now where is he..." I muttered to myself.
"Where's who?" Haruhi bluntly asked as I searched around the room. I walked to the book case and climbed up the latter, a flash of darkness dotted my vision. I pushed the latter making it goo across the wall scooping up the flash of darkness in my arms which turned out to be a cat who meowed. He was an American short hair, with dark grey and black tabby markings, his jaw was white, as was his chin, neck, chest, underbelly and paws, and he had glowing green eyes.
"This is Stormy." I said, I cuddled the cat before letting him down.
"Awe, he's cute." Haruhi pet Stormy who purred loudly. We went back downstairs and I saw my cousins who were petting the four fluffy dogs.
"You two need to get to bed." I said, scooping up the two girls. I carried them upstairs into the bedroom, I laid Angelina on the top bunk and Mariela on the bottom, they switched bunks every night so they wouldn't argue. I sat half up the latter and swung my legs lightly.
"You Are My Sunshine
My only sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are grey.
You'll never know, dear,
How much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away
The other nite, dear,
As I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms.
When I awoke, dear,
I was mistaken
And I hung my head and cried.
You are my sunshine,
My only sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are grey.
You'll never know, dear,
How much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away. " I said, I pressed a kiss on each sleeping girls forehead and left going downstairs. I saw the others downstairs in the den. I plopped down on the carpet by Lexy who rolled on her back begging me to rub her tummy, I happily complied.
"Meeeeoooow!" Stormy said loudly causing us to quiet down.
"What was that?" I laughed as the cat padded over to me settling down in my lap. I chuckled.
"Kris, why don't you go sit with your boyfriend." My aunt teased.
"Okay." I smirked, I scooped Stormy in my arms and sat next to Kyoya who put his arm around me.
Will Kristen's dad break Kyoya gem with a spoon? O.o