Haruhi and Joceline giggled behind the group of guys, whispering about funny jokes involving their daily lives. Tamaki looked back and smiled seeing the two get along. The Host Club had grown close in the past school year, maybe it was time for them to expand their horizons a bit. If only they could find a way to get Joceline to stay. Then they would have another girl on the team which would make Haruhi very happy.
He smiled at the thought of his little girl being happy.
Hikaru and Kaoru looked at all of them together laughing and gave each other a look of awkwardness. Before high school they thought their lives were complete; there was no need for others and all they needed was each other. That was as good as their lives seemed to get. Then the King showed up and gave them a whole new perspective on life. Sure people would never tell them apart, but was necessarily a bad thing? They never bothered to get close to anyone and caused people to not know them. But Haruhi could. Hikaru laughed to himself inside at the idea while Kaoru gave him a playful punch in the right shoulder.
"Hey, guys, look." Haruhi pointed out looking back down the hall. The group turned to see what she was talking about. "One of the other guests was just down there."
"Well, it is their turn for dinner." Kyoya said as-a-matter-of-factly. Hunny glanced up at Mori.
"Should we go say 'hi' ?" He asked curiously.
"No, That would be rude of us." Joceline said, then smiled. "We can meet them later if you'd like?"
His eyes lit up and his hand took hers. "Yay!"
Haruhi began stealing glances every once in a while as they made their way back to their rooms, eager to catch another glimpse of the strange boy with the purple eyes and gray toned hair.
After several hours of soaking in the bath Haruhi and Joceline went to the game room for a game of ping-pong. It was a beautiful night and the stars were in perfect alignment. Joceline glanced up at the archers belt gazing at the stars. Haruhi laughed.
"Joceline, you're never going to hit the ball staring out the window like that." She joked, readying her paddle to serve.
"I bet'cha I could!" She said with a laugh swinging the paddle playfully. Haruhi served the ball.
"Okay then!"
They began by lightly tapping the ball back and fourth. Joceline laughed loudly seeing Haruhi try so hard. Although it wasn't her place considering she had the worst athletic system ever. Feeling her breaths fall short she asked for a break. Haruhi gladly agreed seeing her all worn out. Her face was turning red and a drip of sweat came down her face.
Stupid lungs, Joceline thought placing her paddle on the table.
Instead of sitting they decided to take a walk outside. It was so nice and Joceline thought the flowers underneath the stars made everything perfect. With a sigh Haruhi glanced at the fish in the water and wished that she had some food to feed them. Joceline took out her phone and checked for messages. On from her parents and one from her cousin. Neither of them she wanted to talk to, every since her decision to leave Japan they were pushing her to reconsider.
Who am I kidding on deciding to come here? I don't belong here... She thought again, looking at the ladybug crawling aimlessly across the blazing red flower. Haruhi looked over and sighed, knowing that something was deeply bothering her.
"Hey, is something bothering you?" She asked. Joceline shook her head.
"Just thinking," she said, then sighed. "sorry about ending the game earlier."
"You looked worn out, are you sick or something?"
"Asthma, my doctor says anyways. I never was good at sports, and we never once thought of it since I play the flute. But in physical education it got worse, I almost passed out one day which was strange since I'm not that over weight." Haruhi nodded. "So that's the conclusion my doctor made."
"Do you have an inhaler?" She asked, looked over at me. I felt the ladybug crawl onto my finger.
"Yes, but I only take it morning and night. I hardly need it during the day."
"Well, you looked like you needed it back there."
"Yeah," she said with a laugh, it came out more as a cough. "I guess I'd better go get it."
Getting up the headed back in and was greeted my a ping-pong ball flying towards them. An orange haired boy looked back and sighed in irritation. The small boy on the other end of the table got this worried look on his face and apologized. A girl came in and smiled at them, bowing with hair in her face. Joceline was confused and looked to Haruhi for help, who bowed and greater her with the same warmth. The girl, Tohru , looked at the young blond who was being yelled at by the orange haired kid, even though it seemed to be his fault. Haruhi waved it off and said "no harm done" before leading Joceline across the room and out the door to her room.
Back in the room the orange haired boy rolled his eyes and waited for the blond haired boy to get the ball. "Momiji, would you hurry up?" He asked impatiently. He sighed and looked at the teen with big eyes.
"But Kyo, someone could have gotten hurt! I don't want to play if we could hurt someone so easily."
"Fine." He said with a frown, "I would've won anyways."
The boy with the gray hair strode in and waved to Tohru. She smiled.
"Yuki, you missed them. Two of the people from the other group came by and said hello!"
His eyes widened in wonder, "Really? It looks like I missed them."
"Next time we should invite them to dinner with us, maybe it would be fun." Momiji said happily. Kyo rolled his eyes and placed the paddle down on the table.
"Well, I'm going to get something to drink."
Tohru said bye and only received a nod as the short tempered boy trudged out of the room. Yuki sighed, seeing him already darken everyone's mood. He smiled and searched for a cover.
"Ms. Honda, why don't we go sight seeing tomorrow. Like the hostess said last time, there are walking trails here."
"But what if we get lost?" She exclaimed.
Momiji giggled, "Tohru, that was a joke remember?"
"Oh, right!"
Entering Joceline's room Haruhi looked around to see the clothes laid out neatly across the dresser in front of the mirror. With a puzzled look Joceline glanced at Haruhi who shook her head in confusion. Tamaki let himself in with everyone else following lazily behind him. The Twins smirked awaiting the girls' reactions.
"Tamaki," Joceline said with a smile, "what brings you here?"
"I just wanted to see what our lovely guest thought of the place." He said with a smiled. Haruhi smiled inside, seeing him act so kind.
"I love it!"She exhaled in a tired sigh, "Thank you."
"What do you think of the organization we've provided?"
"So, you're the one who messed with our clothes." Haruhi stated dully, then sighed internally muttering, pervert.
"What's the matter?" He said all pouty, "I thought you'd like it."
Joceline smiled brighter and nodded, "Thank you for organizing my stuff. That was so kind of you and I know you really didn't have to do that-"
"Oh but I was glad to!" He exclaimed suddenly, taking her hand in his lightly. "Anything for my princess."
She froze, "Uhmm...thanks I guess?"
The twins lost it dying of laughter. They both fell to the ground in front of Kyoya and Mori who just stared while Honey giggled. She doesn't get it! They thought tears running down their cheeks. Haruhi sighed and snapped for them to knock it off.
"Tamaki, don't you think you're overdoing it?" Kyoya asked blankly, "You're scaring our customer."
Joceline blinked, "Customer?" She asked in confusion, Haruhi waved it off and told her to go back to the game room.
"I'll be there in a second!" She called after her as she went out the door.
After she left Haruhi knocked Tamaki upside the shoulder in irritation. He shrunk down and quivered in fear. After asked what he did she sighed.
"Kyoya, you need to choose your words better." She said. He pushed up his glasses and they reflected light from the lightbulb above.
"I don't see what I did wrong."
"Joceline thinks her cousin asked for our help." She said folding her arms, "She doesn't know you excepted money for that."
The twins gasped and the rest stared in awe. Tamaki glanced over at Kyoya, "You did?"
Smiling at the girl the smart, money-bagged boy took out his organizer, "We can't just run this club for free, even for summer we need some profit."
Haruhi sighed, "Well, we know that. But if we tell her that then she will think we are faking everything and are just out for money."
"But we are just out for money." Kaoru corrected with Hikaru still on the ground under him.
"Joceline will think the kindness we are giving her is fake, and that we will just be treating her like she's somebody for profit. I happen to really like her and I am not about to let your money issues get in the way." Pointing to Honey she cleared her throat. "How would you like it if all of us really were just using you to make quick cash?"
Tears came to his eyes and he looked at Mori, "Is that true, Takashi?"
He began to frantically shake his head while Haruhi nodded, "Exactly, so we can't let her think the worst, especially if it's not true and we are not using her."
They all nodded and Haruhi froze, looking down into her hands. "Oops, hey guys I'm going to go find Joceline."
Taking the inhaler in her hands she walked off leaving them to sulk in the room.
Joceline got to the room and sighed. Her throat was dry from playing ping-pong and she desperately needed a drink. Walking past the door she went back to find a vending machine or something. Do they even have them at these kinds of places? She thought walking across the entrance.
Looking down several hallways she sighed. "Great, which way."
Using the best intuition she had, she went down the center hallway across the room from the entrance. It made some sense. It was long and some of the writings were in Japanese, which she had yet to learn fully. She was never good at writing, only speaking. Opening one room she saw the back field exit and the at the end she came to a windowed dead end. Sighing she turned around to go back.
Watched the door open and the boy from earlier came out. He had short orange hair and red-brown eyes, very unusual to her, and a blue robe like thingy on. He was carrying a glass of milk in his hand and he looked back meeting her gaze.
"Uhmm, do you know the way back to the main entrance?" She quietly asked, "I got lost."
He sighed in irritation, "Fine, I'll show ya. Follow me."
Her eyes lit up and she smiled, "Thank you!"
With no answer he led her the way back, muttering stuff under his breath. After they got there he checked once to make sure she followed then went on to the game room. She called after him, "Wait!"
He glanced back.
"The reason I got lost was i was trying to find a place to get some water. Do you know where?"
"In the kitchen." He said vacantly. She smiled and walked up to the door. Opening it she gasped and spun around with her eyes closed, a smirk appeared on his face. "That's the boys bathroom."
"Yeah, I kind of figured that out." She muttered, then sighed. Guess I'll have to find it on my own.
Haruhi came from down the hall and called her name, waving her inhaler high. She gasped and rushed over to her taking it out of her hands. "Thank you. But, if you don't mind, please don't do that. I don't want anyone to know."
She tilted her head confused, "Okay?"
The gray haired boy came out of the room behind him, "There you are, stupid cat, did you get lo-"
Stopping mid sentence he looked at the two girls and back at Kyo. "Oh, you must be the others that are staying here."
Joceline smiled, "Yes, I'm Joceline and this is Haruhi."
"Well, welcome to the Sohma Hot Springs and if you need anything feel free to ask."
"Do you work here?"
He grinned sweetly and shook his head, "No, but my family owns it. Yuki Sohma, and that's my cousin Kyo Sohma."
Turning to see both of them she waved while Haruhi nodded. They were about to leave and Joceline snapped her fingers.
"Um...ugh..."
"You can call me Yuki."
"Yuki, do you know where I can get a bottle of water? I kind of got myself lost looking last time."
That's an understatement. Kyo thought from behind her. Yuki nodded and offered to show her, taking her to the kitchen and asking the hostess for some. She freaked out and began to apologize for not checking on them which scared Joceline and could be heard throughout the building. When they came back they all joined each other in the game room with Joceline sneaking a breath from the inhaler just moments before.
*I hope you liked it and be sure to comment! And this story is still a working progress, so if I made any mistakes feel free to tell me.