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Chapter 5
~The Very Next Morning~
Eva's POV
I am so aggravated at Nicole…She insults me then she has the NERVE to try and talk to me about something "important".
I was in the Club Room ignoring both the Host Club and my relatives. I did not get much sleep last night as a result of old memories haunting me; along with Nicole's words.
"Eves!"
Surprise! Surprise! Wonder what she wants! If I ignore her, then she will have to leave me alone.
"Eves, just remember that you forced me to do this".
What is she..?
She flipped me over onto a couch. She somehow managed to get me into a perfect sitting position. She came over to me with a peculiar look in her eyes…
Dear God! What is she going to do to me?
She took a great breath. She then bowed before me.
What is she up to?
"I'm sorry for being a giant bitch to you yesterday. I was completely in the wrong. I said such horrible things to you. I knew your phobia and twisted it into a dark joke. I will understand completely if you are unable to forgive me. I just needed you to know how I feel", she said sincerely.
I didn't even know Nicole could even 'do' sincere.
I was astounded by my older sister's mature action!
She walked away over to Tamaki and the Host Club, and bowed before them. They all froze in shock by her complete turnaround.
"I am sorry for using my tongue harshly against you Tamaki and your Club. I was completely out-of-line. I can't promise that it won't happen again, because it's in my nature to be a cruel bitch. I just wanted you all to know that I was wrong…So yeah". She then got on her feet and did her maid duties for the day.
Chrissy-Tia was smiling happily at Nicole's actions.
I have a feeling that she is the reason that Nicole even apologized sincerely.
Chrissy-Tia pranced over to me and asked, "Aren't you going to accept her apology?"
"I…can't".
She may have been sincere, but I don't think I can forgive her quite yet.
"Evangeline…"started Chrissy-Tia.
"Don't scold me like you're my mother. I have always been forgiving to Nicole, but I just can't forgive her right now. Is it so wrong for me to want to be selfish for once in my life? Besides I have time to forgive her", I ranted.
"Time is only relative Evangeline. Please don't wait too long", she advised.
Her face grew serious, and she turned away as if she were ashamed of my decision.
Yeah…Whatever! I am not to going to deal with either of them, until they can understand my point of view.
~Time Skip~
2 weeks later
Eva's POV
I have been avoiding Nicole for the past couple of weeks which hasn't been hard. We only have contact with each other at the Club. The only time we are cordial to one another is when we have to serve the guests, besides that we still act estranged.
As for Chrissy-Tia, I started talking to her not long after, because it is Chrissy-Tia. You can't help yourself but to forgive her. She is just too kind-hearted.
Kyoya and I have been seeing each other every weekend. It is always fun to just spend time with him and his lips.
I am aware of his physical attraction to me…But I am starting to feel that I am in a one-sided relationship where I am the only one who loves him.
I walked into the Club Room by myself as Science Club had been cancelled for the day. I was surprised that Kyoya was there…with his shirt un-tucked and his tie loose.
He looks so relaxed! He truly is a wonder.
"Hello Eva, I see that you are here", he drawled.
"Why is no one else here? The Club opens in five minutes…"
"The Club is closed today, but we are going to have a meeting to discuss an upcoming event. And it would beneficiary if you and your relatives attended". He then gave me his signature smirk at my stare.
"…And why are you telling me this?"
"You and the other four are required to come of course. You are going to serve the guests there."
I gave him a dry look. "That's not what I meant and you know it".
He only shrugged. I was about to interrogate him…Until Tamaki and the others burst into the room.
Tamaki was going on about something in regard to Haruhi's purity as a woman. The twins, Nicole, and Alex were mocking him in a blunt way. B.J. was skipping in with Reiko at her elbow. Honey and Chrissy-Tia were engaged in a serious debate over cake, while Mori looked on with a subtle smile at the two of them. Haruhi, the only sane one, was breathing in and out calmly at the craziness.
"Everyone, we need to prepare for this week's upcoming event. I would appreciate it if you would behave for a moment." He ended in a dark tone that seemed to cause everyone to shiver in fear. I smiled at his intensity.
They all came over to the table and took a seat.
"So what is the Club planning to do Kyoya-san?" politely inquired Chrissy-Tia.
He gave her his signature Host smile, before stating, "We are arranging a dance for our customers as well as some of the boys that attend this school. Our theme is to be a masquerade. We are going to have a contest in which the guests have to guess whom the Hosts are."
"What about entertainment?" she asked.
"That is our entertainment".
"Seriously, just a guessing game, Kyoya-san I am sorely disappointed in you. I would have thought that you would have come with something more interesting than that. You are Evangeline's fiancée after all."
The Hosts were stunned by Chrissy-Tia. Kyoya sent her a very dark look. Chrissy-Tia handled herself with his intensity.
"What do you suggest?" He asked coldly
"Well first of all you need music for a dance. Since you are the Host Club, you should recommend the ladies to confess to their favorite Host something that they admire about them. You also need something to spice up the evening with something enchanting and romantic…After all that's what the girls come to see." She smiled at Kyoya sweetly.
The Hosts were still stunned at her.
My relatives and I looked suspiciously at her. "What are you up to Chrissy-Tia?" we asked in unison.
She blinked innocently at us. "What do you mean?"
I, Alex, B.J., and Nicole sweat dropped.
"So who do you suggest to perform at the dance Chrissy-Tia?" Kyoya inquired coolly.
"Us."
Everyone paled at her statement.
"What do you mean by that Sempai?" asked Haruhi.
"My princess we can't perform, because we have to entertain our guests and you must serve our guests…"
"Yeah Chrissy-Tia, that's stupid to suggest that we should perform while working at the dance", chorused the twins.
"Will you all allow me to clarify my statement?" she asked irritably. The Hosts froze at her sudden irritation.
"Go ahead", they all warily answered.
"When I said "us", what I meant was my relatives and I would perform at the dance. Alexandria would play the drums. Brooke-Jenny would play the piano. Emily would play the electric guitar. Haley would play the violin. Chloe would play the bass guitar. Evangeline, Nicole, and I would sing a selection of songs throughout the dance. We should also start with a surprise singer that shocks everyone with her voice that is not our relative. Plus, it would provide you with free entertainment…Now all we need…is a surprise ending at the dance that causes a domino effect at the dance…" she trailed off.
Haley burst into the room bawling, "Chrissy-Tia…Can you comfort me?"
Nekozawa ran after her saying, "Why have you been avoiding me all day, my dark angel of the night?"
"Don't you dare talk to me you bastard! I saw you with that other girl…" she said while leaking mascara ran down her face.
I have never seen her like this…She must really like him…
"Who do you mean?" he asked.
Haley…Are you sure that he is cheating on you? I know how you like to dramatize everything that happens to you…
She then pointed to Keiko, "That's the girl you were with and you are more connected to each other through black magic, more than you and I could ever be…" She ran out of the room in absolute tears.
Nekozawa seemed to crumble and crawl into a black doorway.
Wait! Where did that come from?
"Keiko-san, are you and Nekozawa just friends?" asked Chrissy-Tia.
"Yes, we were only discussing curses yesterday when she came by the Black Magic Club to see him. Apparently she jumped to the wrong conclusions when he hugged me for discovering a soul-taking curse." She explained in her unusual way, which caused all of us (except Chrissy-Tia, B.J. and Honey) to shudder.
"Poor Haley, she may have confidence in herself, but she doesn't have faith in others to love her", said Alex.
Tamaki seemed to have an epiphany. "Well men, this is our opportune moment to bring together these young lovers, so they can have their happily after. This will also give us the icing on the cake moment for our dance…Gentlemen and ladies let us plan…" Everyone else tuned him out, while Chrissy-Tia and B.J. still were hanging by his every word.
~Time Skip~
Moments before the Dance
Kyoya's POV
That idiot actually brought the net…I am still amazed at his depth of imagination.
"What are you doing Tamaki?" I huffed.
"Kyoya, I am utilizing my powers of love matchmaking by using this net to capture them, so that they can reconcile their love and live happily ever after. Even someone as dark as Nekozawa deserves a beautiful angel like Haley…" he blabbed on.
I ignored him and thought of who could possibly be starting the dance with a shocking song. I walked over to the other Hosts.
"We are about to start, so head over to your positions", I said.
We all arrived to the top of the stairwell. I felt a wave of déjà vu. We are going to blend in with the crowd this time, so we headed to the front entrance opening the doors to the girls and the boys at Ouran.
The guests arrived in an excitable fashion. They all were looking around trying to determine which masked boy was a Host.
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We humbly welcome you to join us for a fun and exciting evening. Good luck on finding your Host to be. Don't forget to give your appreciation letters to me, so I can deliver them to your favorite Host. Have fun and enjoy the voice talents of our mystery singer, who will we reveal to you after they finish singing. If you may mystery singer, please delight us with your soulful song", said Eva.
A figure in a white mask and a non-form fitting white suit appeared before the microphone. Alex, Chloe, and Emily started playing their respective instruments.
The voice began, "Feeling broken
Barely holding on
But there's something so strong
Somewhere inside me
And I am down but I'll get up again
Don't count me out just yet
I've been brought down to my knees
And I've been pushed way past the point of breaking
But I can take it
I'll be back
Back on my feet
This is far from over
You haven't seen the last of me
You haven't seen the last of me
They can say that
I won't stay around
But I'm gonna stand my ground
You're not gonna stop me
You don't know me
You don't know who I am
Don't count me out so fast
I've been brought down to my knees
And I've been pushed way past the point of breaking
But I can take it
I'll be back
Back on my feet
This is far from over
You've haven't seen the last of me
There will be no fade out
This is not the end
I'm down now
But I'm still standing tall again
Times are hard but
I was built tough
I'm gonna show you all what I'm made of
I've been brought down to my knees
And I've been pushed past the point of breaking
But I can take it
I'll be back
Back on my feet
This is far from over
I am far from over
You haven't seen the last of me
No no
I'm not going nowhere
I'm staying here
Oh no
You won't see me begging
I'm not taking my bow
Can't stop me now
It's not the end
You've haven't seen the last of me
Oh no
You haven't seen the last of me
You haven't seen the last of me…"
I was stunned by the deep feminine voice of this mystery singer…Who is this singer. The song was purely radiant and the power of the voice had truly stunned everyone, before they applaud and whistle wildly at the mystery singer.
"Congratulations to our mystery singer. Now please remove your mask to your speechless audience", said a tearful Eva.
Typical Eva, she always has to be moved by beautiful art. Doesn't she?
The figure removed their mask slowly. We all dropped our jaws when we saw who it was.
"Haruhi!" shouted everyone in astonishment.
I thought we found out at Lobelia that she couldn't sing…well sing the high soprano part anyways. Apparently she has a deeper alto range than most females.
"Oh! Haruhi is so dreamy, he can sing like a deep-voiced female…"
"I never thought Haruhi would outshine the professional singers, but he has an amazing talent!"
"I love him even more now!"
All the fan girls started screaming. All of the boys just cringed at their high-pitched sounds.
"Alright, everyone calm down for our next performer Nicole". Eva then led Haruhi off the platform. Haruhi was attacked by her fan girls.
Everyone thought Nicole wasn't going to be able to top Haruhi's performance…But she surprised them by belting out, "If I were a boy". She made everyone's jaws drop to the ground with a loud thud… She sounded similar to Beyoncé, but had her own influence in her sound.
Everyone was screaming for her, when she hit all of the high notes and the low notes. Once she finished, she bowed and she gestured for Chrissy-Tia to come up from serving drinks. Nicole went back to serve the guests. Chrissy-Tia still was wearing her maid uniform, when she too blew everyone away with "Reflection". Her soulful voice was a unique combination of Christina Aguilera and Whitney Houston, which suited her entirely.
Everyone was complimenting her once she had got off the stage. All of the boys were drooling after her, and Mori sent them away with his death glare. She smiled at him, before she went back to serving everyone their food and drinks.
Then Eva came up and sang Adele's "Cold Shoulder", and sang with bright soulful voice, which suited her perfectly. Everyone again applauded and commented that their entire family was talented and cultured.
The moment, Haley got off the stage from finishing her duties of playing the violin for the night. We commenced with our operation of getting Nekozawa and her back together.
Honey swiftly grabbed Haley by his shoulder and stole her away.
He placed her on the ground gently. Then Hikaru and Kaoru came over and threw her onto the net that carried her up to the ceiling.
"Get me down now!" she screeched.
"I just want to go home", she cried. Her platinum blonde hair dramatically fell around her face.
Tamaki brought Nekozawa over. Nekozawa was shaking with fury when he saw that she was trapped.
"Who did this?" he growled.
"I will curse whoever did this. I will take their soul and trap it into a dark pit". The twins and Tamaki shook at his dark threat.
Haley looked at him with adoration. "You really do care…"
"Of course I do. Why would you ever think that I would care for someone else besides you my dark angel?"
She sniffed, "I thought you wanted someone that knew as much about black magic as you do."
"You are dark enough for me, even with your minimal knowledge of dark magic. You are the darkest woman I have ever met…Would you allow me the honor of serving you until and after we enter the dark abyss of the Underworld and curse all who try to harm you?"
She sighed happily. "Of course, I will. Will you allow me to keep your company for all eternity and chase away all who try to destroy our union?"
"With great pleasure, I humbly accept your company for the rest of our eternal lives, my dark angel".
She chuckled darkly and he joined in and he somehow lowered the rope without even touching it. All the Hosts (except me) froze, with the realization that he must indeed be in touch with dark forces. I disregarded this foolishness immediately…
He probably has his servants doing that.
She landed in his covered arms and was whisked away into the shadows with him. She giggled manically while she started pecking him all over.
"I can't wait to be with you again my Dark Knight", she purred while stroking him.
"I am wanting to join you in our body lock again my dark angel." He seductively growled in her ear.
We all watched their interaction with each other in both fascination and horror.
We all walked away from them, so they could enjoy one another properly.
"We did a good thing, men", said a thoughtful Tamaki.
"They sure make a perfect…" started Hikaru.
"…creepy couple", finished Kaoru.
"Guys, they are together, so let's not criticize them", stated Haruhi.
"Ah…Haruhi cares about the creepy couple", they chorused.
"Yes, I do. Do you have a problem with that?"
"Well I'm happy for Haley-chan and Neko-chan!" cheered Honey.
We arrived back to the dance. To find the audience was captivated by the performance of… Eva!
"In the morning this feeling will be gone
It has no chance going on
Something so right has got no chance to live
So let's forget about chances, its one night I will give
One night only, one night only
You'll be the only one
One night only
Then you'll have to run
One night only, one night only
There's nothing more to say
One night only
Words get in the way
One night only
One night only
One night only…"
Her voice is like pure liquid gold…I love her voice…I love her…Wait! I can't be seriously in love with this woman…But it feels so right!
I then wanted to walk over to her, but I couldn't as she was encircled by her new "friends". Many of our male guests were looking at Chrissy-Tia and Eva with pointed interest. Most of them wouldn't approach them, because they were intimidated by their being. A few of them looked like trouble, because they aggressively confronted them. I jotted down their names down in my notebook.
Eva whistled to get everyone's attention. "Now we will announce the winners of the 'Host Guessing Contest'…Sakura Oshiro for Tamaki Suou, Tohru Yamamoto for the Hitachiin twins, Rin Yoshida for Honey Haninozuka, Rei Tanaka for Mori Morinozuka, and Fuyumi Takahashi for Kyoya Ootori. Please both the Hosts and the ladies, who correctly guessed their identities, please come up to receive your prize: a peck on the cheek of your preferred Host. As you are aware, you don't have to receive a kiss from the Host you guessed, it can be any one of the Hosts."
We all came up to the stage to give them a kiss on the cheek. Tamaki kissed Fuyumi Takashi (the girl who guessed me). Hikaru kissed Rin Yoshida, and Kaoru kissed Tohru Yamamoto. Mori kissed Sakura Oshiro. Honey kissed Rei Tanaka. I didn't kiss anyone, and I was happy not to. All I wanted to do was go kiss Eva.
God, what am I some kind of hopeless romantic? I really need to end Tamaki's life as soon as possible…
I came up to the microphone and thanked everyone for coming.
The girls started to clean up. The female guests left without a hitch…Crash!
We all turned to the sound, and saw a group of 4 girls towering over a soaked Keiko.
"That's what you get for trying to steal our Hosts, you little freak."
"Yeah, I'd like to see how you are going to curse them now when you all covered in sticky lemonade".
"You are nothing, but a little whore, aren't you? I will teach you some proper etiquette." The girl raised her hand to smack her, and Keiko cringed at her raised hand…But the blow never came.
Alex held the offender by her arm. Her scars were popping out as she sneered at the girl, "How would you like to receive 'proper etiquette lessons' from me?" The girl only whined at Alex's grip.
B.J. came up to the other three. "If you don't leave now, I will personally guarantee that you will be cursed for all eternity…" The girls paled.
The boldest one scoffed, "Why would you even defend a freak like her anyway?"
"Because unlike you whores, we accept everyone for who they are and become their friends regardless. Now scram, before I pull out that fake hair on top of your ugly-ass head", retorted Nicole.
Chloe and Emi came up beside her and prepared themselves for a possible catfight. Though, I don't think the "bad girls" have a fair shot; but I don't care about their chances I just want them gone.
"You are nothing, but a bunch of bullies", they whined.
"That's rich coming from girls like you", rebuked Chrissy-Tia.
"It would be in your best interest for you and your friends to leave, before I destroy your family's chances of surpassing the Ootori group as the high rolling medical group", said Eva coldly. The girls cringed at this.
"Tamaki, you wouldn't let her and her lackeys do this to us…Would you?" asked the boldest one.
"My dear, you don't deserve my pity, after what you have done to this poor maiden. As such, you four are banned from attending all Host Club activities", he said simply dismissing them entirely.
"You will not get a refund from your payment to the Host Club, so it would be in each of you 'ladies' best interest to leave while you still have your dignity intact," I informed them.
Those girls had the audacity to start crying like they were the victims…Sometimes I hate females with a passion. Thank God, Eva is not like one of those girls!
"Go cry to someone…" started Hikaru.
"…who actually cares", finished Kaoru. Alex dropped the girl and the girl went running towards her limo. The other three soon followed in tow.
"Good riddance", chorused the twins and Nicole.
Chrissy-Tia bent down to Keiko. "Are you all right?"
Keiko sniffed, "No. My parents are going to kill me when they see the damage on this dress. They are going to so disappointed that I am such a klutz".
Chrissy-Tia's eyes narrowed, "Wouldn't they be more concerned as to who did this to you?"
Keiko didn't answer. She started shaking severely.
Chrissy-Tia eyes widened with realization. "Alexandria and Nicole, come with me to help Keiko get out of this saturated dress. Brooke-Jenny and Chloe go find Haley and Nekozawa and tell them it's time to go. The rest of you stay here." She briskly ordered.
Everyone (well the Hosts and I) stood amazed at how easily her orders were followed, but it was Chrissy-Tia. She seemed to have the magic touch when it came to others.
She should really be a politician…
Alex, Nicole, and Chrissy-Tia then headed off to the Club Room to help Keiko change.
~Time Skip~
30 minutes later
Kyoya's POV
We all stood around waiting impatiently for the girls to return from the Club Room. Tamaki was blathering on about they were abducted by aliens.
He really is an idiot.
Alex then came out of the shadows and said, "Sorry for keeping all of you waiting, but we had a situation that led to a heated debate between Nicole and Keiko…" We frowned.
Why would Nicole and Keiko get into a verbal fight?
"What was the fight about Alex?" asked a tentative Kaoru. Alex looked at him with a pained expression.
"…Guys Keiko has numerous cuts, bruises, and burns all over her body. You know what this means right?!" she shouted. Her fists were clenching and she abruptly punched a column… The rest of the Hosts jumped at her violent action.
That is to be expected of her background…after all of the abuse that she was put through as a small child.
"Her parents abused her…Why would they do something like that to her…"
Emi came up to her and gently patted her shoulder. Alex flinched slightly at her touch.
"Alex, I understand that you are angry about this abuse that Keiko has gone through…But we need to know the details of the fight that went down."
"We saw her scars, and got angry. Nicole started going off about we needed to take down her parents for this atrocity. Keiko didn't want to do that to her family name, but Nicole said that if she defended her family she would be continually beaten by them. Keiko seemed tore between wanting her freedom and her duty to her god awful family.
Chrissy-Tia finally interjected by stating 'Look Keiko, we can help you out of your situation, we are your friends. We love you so much. We want you to be free. Forget about your family honor, your family honor went out the door the moment when your parents laid a hand on you for the fun of it. Don't you dare think for a second that we will leave you out to dry and make you just deal with this on your own! You are a good person Keiko. You deserve a better life than what your family has provided for you'. With that, Keiko agreed that she needed to take a stand in court to get out of her parent's clutches. As such, we are taking her home with us, and she will stay with us, once we have taken down her 'parents'", she vowed.
None of us knew how to respond to this revelation.
We didn't get the chance to…Nicole had strode into the room while carrying Keiko bridal style. Chrissy-Tia was carrying Keiko's school bag, although she seemed as if her back couldn't handle the weight.
"Everyone, go head off to the limo; I will join you shortly…I just need to catch my breath." Chrissy-Tia said. All of her relatives plus a sleeping Keiko walked away toward the limo.
"I don't think you are here to catch your breath, but rather to tell us something important", I said.
"How could you be so rude Kyoya? This Princess is obviously exhausted from…"
"Tamaki-san, it's fine, because he is correct…I need you all to come over to our house tomorrow." She said.
The Hosts and I stared at her in confusion.
"I need you all there tomorrow for several specific reasons. One, Maria has been dying to meet all of you and make you some homemade American food. Two, my family gets easily bored on Saturdays and they need some entertainment. Three, I need Kyoya to get used to Evangeline's morning behavior. And lastly, I need all of you present when we go confront Keiko's parents, so they will not charge her for anything such as false allegations about her abuse. With all of you there, they will back down from causing Keiko any more harm, be it legal or physical. I intend to have her parent's rights of her signed over to our family's lunch time tomorrow".
We all looked at her with awe and respect.
"Way to go Chrissy-Tia!" cheered the twins.
"Excellent idea, Tia-chan!"
Mori came over to her and ruffled her hair. Haruhi smiled at her.
"My daughter is so noble! Caring for others without a single rebuttal, she is truly a lady of nobility".
"Then I suppose that we will see you and your family sometime tomorrow", I coolly stated.
"Looking forward to it! See y'all bright and early before the rooster crows", she said brightly. We all sweat dropped at her usage of an American expression.
Tomorrow is certainly going to be interesting…