Alex Conners: 5'0, Virgo. Positive traits of Virgos: brave, sincere, dynamic, freedom loving, spontaneous, adventurous, takes initiatives, inspiring, and child-like enthusiasm. Negative traits of Virgos: rushing into things, ego, demanding everything immediately, and reacting. Theme song? Probably So in Love with Two, by Mikaila. I don't own any anime or their chacraters. I only won Alex and I deeply apologize for all the Black Butler refrences. I have...recently finished watching Season 2...I would make a fanfic, but I need to read the manga first. It sucsk so badly! I knwo that they have the same voice actor, but when I'm writing Kyoya's lines I hear Sebastian's voice! GRAAaAAHHHH! BASSY LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME!
December 14-3:21 P.M.
"Boss is acting blue," Hikaru commented, looking at Tamaki who sitting on a on a window rail, a depressed aura surrounding him, "Not to mention that he's posing like a model."
Kaoru turned his head to look at his brother, saying, "I heard he wanted to be her dance partner-but if you think about it, it would never happen because he's way to tall to stand in as a female."
"Sucks to be him, huh." Alex commented, unsure of what they were supposed to do. She blinked in surprise when Honey grabbed Mori's hands and dragged him to the middle of the room,
"We're okay with it!" He and Mori started to dance, Honey as the male and Mori as the...female?
"Wait, I'm confused, is Mori supposed to be the girl or is Honey the girl?" The Host Club members were used to her lack of honorifics, though there are moments were she uses them.
"Mori-Sempai is the girl," Kaoru informed her, causing her to nod.
"Oh, okay. Hey, they're pretty good!" Hikaru deadpanned,
"You guys are out of common sense already!"
Alex grinned cheekily at him, declaring wisely, "We can't get out of what we were never in, Hikaru!" He tensed at his name and his whirled around to look at her with wide-eyes.
"How did you-" Alex didn't listen, she was focusing more on Kanako and Haruhi's conversation.
"I'm glad I got to spend this time with you, Haruhi. I'm rather happy because I can monopolize you," Kanako told her, smiling seductively. Alex almost raised an eyebrow at that. How can she NOT tell that Haruhi is a girl? I mean seriously...
"Oh, um..." Haruhi didn't quite know what to say to that. Kanako lifted up a green tea cup and gasped,
"Oh my, this is a new tea set, isn't it?" Alex sneaked up quietly behind Haruhi, and lunged, wrapping her arms around the girl's neck and shouting,
"And bingo is his nameo~!" Kanako looked up at the active brunette alarmed. She took in the mad grin, scar, messy hair, and big brown eyes and relaxed. She recognized this girl,
"Ah, hello, Miss Alex." Alex beamed at her, grinning widely. Kanako was, and still is, very pretty. With her light brown eyes and short, auburn hair that was combed very neatly, her fair skin and graceful figure-Alex will admit, she was slightly jealous of her. But she didn't let it show.
"What's up?" She gave Kanako a piece sign. Haruhi muttered,
"Why is it always me?"
"You have sharp eyes, Princess Kasugazaki." Kyoya commented, walking up with his book tucked to his side. "This is our first day using it." He gave her his usual "Host" smile as she smiled into the tea cup,
"I see...Such a lovely color..." Alex blinked when she caught sight of Kanako's slightly teary eyes. Her brown eyes widened considerably-Kanako had a small, sad smile that clearly showed she was remembering happy, but painful memories. Her eyes glistened with tears, yet did not fall. It showed a strong spirit, that longed for the past. Alex felt her chest tighten slightly; She recognized that look.
"You must really like tableware, huh?" Haruhi commented, smiling. Kanako freaked out, knocking the cup over and pilling tea on her finger,
"What!? NO, NO, NOT AT ALL-yowww!" She cried out in pain.
"Let's go to the Nurse's Office!" Haruhi panicked, grabbing Kanako's wrist, and dragging her out of the Club room. Alex blinked, forcibly removed from the girl and now seated on the floor, and pouted childishly.
"She could of at least asked me to get off of her...How rude."
"You are not one to talk," She heard Kyoya comment, causing her to lift her head and blinked at the ruler that was pointed at her. "You still lack in manners."
"I do too have manners! Like so," She stood up straight and put on her best posh, British voice, bowing in a very "Sebastian Michaelis" manner. "Good evening, Young Master. Today, the tea is a special brew of Jasmine and we have cakes from the finest," Company? Craftesman? "of bakers. The tea set is that of ginori, a wonderful green color that flatters even the strangest of tastes!" She grinned up at him, standing with a hand placed over her chest. "Is it not to your liking, Young Lord?" She flinched when she felt him bump his fist onto her head.
"I said manners, not servitude." Alex shrugged, grinning cheekily at him,
"Aw, but I was having so much fun! Spoil sport..."
"If you want to be a maid,"
"Then wear this!" Alex's eyes popped out of her head at the revolting sight. She backed up towards Kyoya and hid behind him, crying out,
"Noo! I'd rather be a butler than a maid! I'm not going to wear something frilly and poofy and slutty-looking like that!" It was a French Maid dress-which, most definitely, would end way higher than mid-thigh if put on. She stood and gripped the back of Kyoya's uniform, leaning over to look over his right arm, crying out indignantly, "I've got a Kyoya and I'm not afraid to use him!"
Hikaru snickered and grinned, saying, "Oh, so you do like him?"
Alex's face went red from embarrassment and growled out, "I told you! I don't like anyone and there's no way anyone would like me! So shut up already!" She snapped, pained at the memory of remembering Liam. She liked him, he was one of her best friends, and she knew he would never like her. In fact, it was practically impossible for him to ever like her now that Akari had...Alex figured she should just forget him, forget about her past, but she didn't want too. What kind of person would she become? Soulless? Lifeless? A person with no meaning in life...A monster? No, Alex would rather live with the pain then become something which she was not.
After all, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. For she was simply one Hell of a Hostess.
She removed her right hand from Kyoya and pointed at them angrily, "If you don't know what you're talking about, then shut the hell up! Okay!? The person I like doesn't even exist anymore, so leave me ALONE!" She breathed heavily, chest heaving up and down as her grip on Kyoya's jacket tightened. Her chest hurt and her eyes stung with un-shed tears. She bit her bottom lip as it trembled, trying to hold it in.
Hikaru stared at her in shock, mouth slightly agape. He wasn't expecting that outburst.
Kyoya was the one who broke the silence, "Why, has anyone see Mori-Sempai or Honey-Sempai?"
"U-Um, Mori-Sempai accidentally stepped on Honey-Sempai after he fell and took him to the Infirmary..." Kaoru interrupted, walking towards them with a nervous look on his face. He held a tea cup in his right hand, a tea pot in his left. "D-Does anyone want some tea?" He suggested, lifting the pot up slightly in a gesture. Clearly he heard the argument, and clearly he heard Alex's outburst.
Alex slowly removed her hands from Kyoya's jacket, bangs falling over her eyes and covering her face, muttering as she gripping the hem of her uniform jacket, "Tea would be nice...thanks." She walked over to Kaoru and took the cup, regardless of what he was thinking or saying, and headed over to sit in the far corner, next to the window Tamaki was moping at. She took a sip of the tea as she sat down, before setting the cup down gently on the ground, and curling up in her usual ball, mushrooms growing around her.
She wanted to cry, she wanted to apologize, she wanted to vent and scream and punch and whine and complain, but she didn't. She just sat there quietly in her corner of woe and said, did, nothing.
...
"The two of them were childhood friends," Kyoya listed off, reading from his little black book. "and it seems that the engagement was enlisted by their parents. I didn't think the information would benefit us, so I disregarded it."
Alex sweatdropped from her spot at the table. "Only you, Kyoya, only you." Kyoya looked at her through his glasses, eyes hidden from sight, and raised an elegant eyebrow. Wow, who knew he could make an eyebrow description as "Elegant"? She almost snorted into her tea cup and broke out coughing, pounding her fist on her chest as she tried to regain herself. "I-I'm okay!"
"I see..." Tamaki seemed to sweatdrop at his friend's response. "Alex, you have a very...valid point."
"Thank you, I try." She grinned at that.
"Tohru Suzushima...Good Grades, fair social status, He's ordinary looking, but reliable."
Alex spoke up, commenting bluntly, "I thought he was kinda cute." Again, Kyoya raised an eyebrow.
"I'd question your taste in men, but..." Alex shrugged,
"If it makes you feel better, I'm a one-guy-only kind of girl."
Hikaru and Kaoru grinned at each other, wrapping their arms around each other's shoulders, "Look at this, Kaoru..."
"My, oh my, could it be, Hikaru?"
"I think it is, Kaoru."
"They really are flirting, Hikaru?"
They grasped each other's hands and twined their fingers together, a pink and bubbly background surrounding them as they raised their entwined hands in the air, crying out, "I knew it would come to be! A match made in heaven~!"
Kyoya sighed, pushing up his glasses, "Please get your minds out of the gutter. We were doing no such thing."
"Besides, you're all hot, so I technically wasn't flirting." The brothers' paused and looked at her surprised. Alex gained a thoughtful look on her face,
"Er, well, everyone except Haruhi and Honey-Sempai. Honey's adorable, like a little kid, and Haruhi's cute in a friendship-kind of way. Besides, if you guys weren't good looking, do you honestly believe anyone would even come to the Host Club?" She raised her arms in shrug, shaking her head as she "tsk'd" at them, "Tsk, tsk, fo' shame..."
"Anyway," Kyoya spoke up again, changing it to a more important matter of judging Tohru, "If I had to fault him for anything,"
"He doesn't have much of a presence." Hikaru spoke up, raising a hand. Kaoru did the same, announcing,
"And he's fainthearted." Alex resisted the urge to roll her eyes and instead gave the two boys a look, asking sarcastically,
"What, and you're not?"
"So in other words," Kyoya began again, a hand on his hip, "He's boring." And slammed his book shut. Alex sweatdropped,
"Well, aren't you guys friendly?" Haruhi scooted her chair closer to Alex and leaned in, whispering with a sweatdrop,
"I had no idea they were so merciless toward other guys..." Alex looked at her female friend-Akari's supposedly childhood friend- and whispered back loudly,
"You get used to it after awhile...They once judged this guy who apparently was "hitting" on me, and went so far as to call him a "Dog"."
"Suzushima is a good boy, right?" Honey questioned from his spot upon Mori's shoulders.
"Yeah."
"Alright everyone," Tamaki started to announce, walking forward while everyone stood in two lines, "We're going to have to start working on our strategy."
Alex raised a hand, going to save them a whole lot of time, "Hikaru and Kaoru write a fake love letter to Suzushima," She forgot his first name, "Haruhi dresses up as the girl that "Wrote" that letter and goes and meets him in a classroom, Tamaki brings Kanako to said classroom, she misunderstands the situation and runs off in tears, Suzushima chases after her and they kiss, make up, dance, all that jazz. Ta-Da~!" She threw her arms out to her side as she sang, trying to make it more dramatic. "Think that'll work?"
They stared at her, and Haruhi deadpanned,
"I am a girl."
"What? As a wise man, who doesn't really act all that wise, said," Alex began again, talking with her hands as always, "Men-and, er, lady!" She looked at Haruhi and nodded, gesturing to her, and continued, "It is our responsibility as members of the elite Ouran Host Club to make every girl happy!" And in my case, both men and girls! But you get the point." She crossed her arms and nodded, "Right? You get it...right?"
Kyoya crossed his arms thoughtfully for a moment after pushing up his glasses, and spoke, "Actually...That might work."
Haruhi then cried out indignantly, "Wait, why do I have to dress as a girl? What about Alex-!" She cut her off, grinning,
"Because, Haruhi, you're pretty. I'm not-'specially 'cause of his beauty mark!" She traced the scar on her chin, still smiling-if not slightly bitterly this time. "And besides," She walked over and placed her hands on her shoulders, "I'm sure Tamaki-Sempai would love to see you in a pretty dress. You'll make all the men swoon." Alex made a gasping and sighing motion as she removed herself from Haruhi, swaying to the side as she acted as though she was going to fall.
"I said it once and I'll say it again, I could care less about looks, Alex. And besides, so what if you have that scar? You don't look that bad-" Alex smiled at her words, but didn't believe one bit of it.
"C'mon, Hikaru, Kaoru, let's go make ourselves a letter and get Haruhi a dress." She started to walk away, but froze at the feeling of a rather big and pale hand being clamped on her shoulder,
"Come now, Alex. You're our favored Hostess, you simply can't go to a Christmas Party without formal attire." She froze at the tone of voice and turned her head with wide brown eyes, looking into the dark depths of Kyoya's eyes that, if it were possible, seemed to be smirking at her. "Besides, we still have to work on your dancing skills: You still lack greatly in that section. And I'm sure that boy would love to see you in a lovely dress."
Alex felt like she was being consumed by the dark aura that surrounded Kyoya. His aura was dark, controlling, demanding, like it was going to eat her if she didn't obey. This is...slightly freaking me out.
"One condition!" She blurted before she could think. Kyoya's aura dissipated slightly in confusion, but he asked,
"And that would be?"
"There was this dress I wore once! I got it from Cato's and it had a really cool jacket. If I draw a picture of it, will you be able to get it? The dress was orange with flower lace and stopped at my knees-the jacket was black. Get me a pen and paper and I'll draw it! I could also draw Haruhi's dress too, if you want me too. Oh! And there was also this pair of slippers that looked like it was designed with green and brown snake scales. I will only wear that, got it? That's the deal."
Unbeknownst to Alex, everyone was cowering at the auras Kyoya and Alex were omitting. Kyoya's aura was purple, slowly fading into a color as black as dark night. Alex was omitting a dark green aura, that faded to a color like midnight. They were both very intimidating, both very demanding, and both not willing to back down. If anything was to be found funny about this, it would be the major height difference. Alex barely went up to Kyoya's shoulders, standing at a height of five feet, while the Cool and Calm host stood at a towering height of five foot eleven.
Kyoya was silent for a moment, trying to scare the girl into submission, before saying, "Very well. I'll see what I can do. But don't think you're going to be opting out of your dance lessons."
"You're too tall, damn it! I told you already! Last time I ended up falling and taking you down with me!"
"Accidents happen."
"Th-Then get me a shorter dance partner!"
"You're going to have to dance with people taller than you at the party, you do realize."
"I-I'm not planning on dancing! You-RAWR! You-you-you-I don't even have a word to describe you!"
He gave a shit-eating grin, arms still crossed, "Why thank you, I didn't realize I was handsome enough to strike a girl like you speechless."
"You-You-GAH! I hate you, J-Jerk!" Alex's face flared angrily in embarrassment, flailing her arms. "Stop twisting my words, you word twister! And just what did you mean by "A girl like me"!? I know I'm obnoxious and all that crap, but you don't have to go and oh-so rudely point it out! Jeesh, talk about a jerk!" She cross her arms, glaring up at him as she narrowed her eyes.
"I'll have you know it's physically impossible for me to take your words out of your mouth and twist them with my hands. In fact, I'd rather not touch that foul mouth of yours at all."
"Oh, well aren't you friendly?" Alex wasn't really all that angered, more as embarrassed. Kyoya was just teasing her for the hell of it, her reactions were rather amusing. "Rawr! I don't like you very much."
Kyoya pushed up his glasses, eyes hiding as he smirked, "So I suppose I should just cancel the order that you made? Very well," He opened his book and Alex cried out,
"You know how much I love you! You're my bestest friend in the whole of the universe!" She gushed, smiling widely as a bubbly, green background formed around her.
"That's what I thought," He spoke, closing his book. "And, just so you know, "Best-est" isn't a word."
"Well, it is in my dictionary!"
...December 19...
"Thank you for coming here, my little lambs and all my little sheep!" Tamaki announced as a spotlight flashed down on him, "The Ouran High School Host Club bids you..." He bowed slowly and dramatically, "Welcome..."
The chandelier lights all flashed on and the orchestra band started to play their violins.
All the ladies and gentlemen guests' looked at the Hosts and Hostess and clapped, their plaudits' echoing throughout the main hall. Kyoya spoke, voice loud and clear,
"As always, ladies, the Hosts are here solely for your entertainment!"
Alex hesitated, it being her turn to speak up next, "And as your only Hostess, gentlemen," She gave a smile, "I'm here to dance the night away with you all, entertaining you to the fullest!" She bowed dramatically, rather glad that these slippers fit, unlike her old pair.
She and Kyoya spoke in unison, Alex silently cursing Tamaki for making her speak up like this, "So we welcome you all to dance to your hearts' content!"
"Bases on tonight's dancing skills, one lucky lady and gentleman will be announced as tonight's King and Queen!" Kyoya continued, Alex finally getting to shut up. "The rewards will be a passionate kiss on the cheek from our Host Club's King, Tamaki, and everyone's favorite Hostess, Alex!" Her eyes widened, but stood there, not making a comment or face. Her thoughts were running wild though.
Wh-What!? What the hell-this wasn't in the script! Damn it all, Kyoya, I blame you for this! She cursed him in her head, rainbows spewing from her mind. Alex missed Tamaki saying something to the girls', but it caused them to swoon and some to even faint. Alex saw everyone look at her expectant and she blinked.
She hesitant gave the crowd a peace sign and a crooked grin, saying, "Um, good luck?" From the crowd, she was able to make out Daichi, who was dressed in a light blue tuxedo. He caught her gaze and waved, causing Alex to wave back-which all the guys' took as a sign of her wishing them luck and they all cheered.
Hikaru and Kaoru moved over to Haruhi and Alex and complained, "Haruhi, Alex, show some enthusiasm!"
"I'd rather not...I don't like crowds..." Alex spoke up, looking around for a quiet place to hide, "And I fail with people so-!" Seeing the route that would most likely lead her to a hallway, she started off, only to freeze when a hand gripped the back of her jacket collar.
"I think not, Alex. After all, think of all the men who want to dance with you." His glasses flashed.
"Well excuse me guys, I'm sorry. I'm just not used to this sort of thing," Haruhi explained, slouching with a sour look on her face. "I've only gone to the festivals held in my neighborhood park."
Alex whined, "And I never went to anyone's house or anything! I was always either at home or school and went I did go to a fair or something, it was for band!"
Kyoya, who released Alex's collar, wrote something on a clipboard, speaking up, "I don't really know if you could consider that a party or not." He looked up, "What instrument did you play?"
"Flute, though according to Taylor-she hated me, but then again, she hates everyone. I'm not very good. I'm not very good at playing slow songs-I like playing fast ones." Kyoya blinked at her,
"If she hates you then you can't really take her word for it." Alex shrugged, not really caring.
"Eh, if I suck I suck, nothing I can really do 'bout it."
"Well," Kyoya spoke, clearly giving up on the subject, "since both of you are already here, you might as well get yourselves something to eat. We have quite a spread."
Alex remembered something and questioned curiously, looking at Kyoya, "Wait, do you guys have tuna? Like, for tuna sandwiches?" They're rich, so they'd have something like that right? Or would regular old tuna be considered too low for such high-ranked people such as them?
"Tuna?" Haruhi looked intrigued, "Like...Fancy Tuna?"
The tip of Kyoya's pen cracked at Alex's question, but it snapped in half completely at Haruhi's. You could literally hear the SNAP noise it made.
"Fan-"
"-cy-"
"Tuna!?" Tamaki quickly flipped over the banister he was at and landed in front of Alex with a THUD, landing on his feet perfectly.
Haruhi and Alex felt themselves get engulfed in a double-cheese-burger hug by Hikaru and Kaoru, who rubbed their faces against theirs.
"You poor things..."
Tamaki pointed at Kyoya, who already on the phone, and demanded, "Get some Tuna, both fancy and regular, here now!"
"Yes, hello, add some delux sushi and plain sushi."
"I-I just wanted to know if you had any!" Alex gasped, trying to force her way out of the Hitachiin's grip, "You-You didn't have too-!" She got a mouthful of Hikaru's hair in her mouth.
"Filthy rich jerks..." Haruhi muttered, face bright red from embarrassment.
"Alex! Alexis!" Alex blinked when she heard Daichi's voice and quickly elbowed Hikaru in the stomach, causing him to gasp, and place a hand on his face as she pushed him away, her other hand on Haruhi's shoulder to give her force,
"Yes!? What's up!? What did I do this time?" Daichi didn't walk up the steps or anything, just stayed at the bottom, and said,
"You promised you'd dance with me."
"I did?" She questioned herself, trying to remember, before looking at Kyoya, who blinked at her. Right...He did. "Oh-Um, yeah! I remember now! Hold on, give me...a moment...Ger off!" She screamed when Hikaru got back in control and gave her a bear hug. "C-Can't breathe-! Kyoya-!" Hikaru released her almost instantly, once Kyoya spoke,
"Release her." Alex dropped to her knees, flinching.
"You didn't have to drop me! A plain, set-my-feet-back-on-the-ground would've been nice!"
"He was gonna kill me!"
"Get off of me, Kaoru!" Haruhi screeched, trying to push the ginger off of her. Alex groaned, stumbling as she stood and awkwardly walked down the steps, feeling naked in the dress. She wasn't wearing shorts, she wasn't wearing leggings, and the dress stopped at her knees.
"Aaaand I'm back!" Alex announced, finally at the bottom. Alex barely had time to blink before Daichi took her hand and waist and started to dance. "S-Slow down! Jeesh, what is with people fast-dancing?"
"It's more fun this way, Alexis." Daichi grinned at her, brown eyes flashing.
"For you maybe, I'll have you know that I have zero co-ordination."
"Heh, should I just call you "Clumsy" then?" At that, Alex froze and Daichi almost tripped. He looked at her and blinked in surprise. "Alexis?"
"I-I'm fine, come on-We're supposed to be dancing, here." She cracked a small grin, but it didn't really reach her eyes. Daichi frowned and they started to dance again. There was a moment of silence before Daichi asked,
"Hey, Alex?" The brunette blinked at him,
"What's up?"
"Are...you're not dating one of the twins' are you?" Alex looked surprised at the question, "You seem close."
"Uh, no. Please don't put that thought in my head-I mean, sure, yeah, I live with them, but I don't like 'em like that."
"You're living with them!?" His voice heightened in pitch. "Since when!?"
"Since a few months ago after they ran me over and found I had no place to live?"
"What about Kyoya-Sempai then!? Are you dating him?"
"Nope."
"Do you like him?"
"Don't think so, no." Dude, what's with all these questions? It's not like he likes me or anything...He can't. It's impossible for anyone to like me.
"Are you sure...You're always talking to him, not to mention he seems to have a soft-spot for you..." Dear god, what is with all these people!? Kyoya doesn't have a soft-spot for me! He's just my friend! Besides, Kyoya is Kyoya, I doubt he-wait, no, hold on. In the manga it showed that he sorta liked Haruhi and in the anime it's kinda implied...Okay, so he does have the capacity to like someone. He is human. My fault, I forgot. I don't really remember all that much...But I know enough-It's not like I can remember it word-by-word like I used too...
"Kyoya is just a friend-"
"You even call him without honorific!" Daichi argued, hurt flaring on his face, "How close are you that he lets you call him without honorific?"
Alex hanged her head, groaning, "I'm American, we American tend to call people by first name! Unless we hated that person or just called them by their last name for fun. Like Raphael for instance! He called Liam "Harris" all the time even though they're really close!"
"...I still don't believe you."
"Okay, would it make you feel better if I told you I don't think about Kyoya? 'Cause I don't. He's my friend and that's all their is to it. Geesh, what is people's problems these days?"
"...Alex...You're really dense." She glared at him indignantly,
"How so?"
"Because I...I...I really-I really..." He stumbled over his words for a few moments, neither of them noticing that they both stopped dancing. Really "What"? I highly doubt that this is a confession...Though if I look back to our conversation, it seems like one you'd find in a book or something...nah, doubt it. So what?
"Um, dude, what is it? "You really" what?" His face flared red and he squeezed his eyes shut. Alex flinched when he squeezed her hand tightly and she barely had time to blink before his face flew into her vision at a remarkable speed and Alex felt his lips roughly on hers.
No...No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, NOOO!
Alex felt a hand grip the back of her dress and jacket collars and pull her roughly away from Daichi, her back slamming against someone's, obviously a male's, chest.
"I really like you!" Daichi blurted tears in his eyes. He knew rejection when he saw it on her shocked face, in her eyes that rang with disbelief and horror. "I-I'm sorry, Alex, I-I gotta go!" He whirled around and charged into the crowd, vanishing among the midst of people.
Alex tried to speak, her mouth formed the words, but no sound came out.
No one could like someone like her. It was impossible. Was it simply because she was a girl or...
Did he honestly mean what he just did and said?
"...How..."
"Alex, are you alright?" Alex registered the voice as Kyoya's, but she was still too into shock to notice.
"Why did..."
"Alex?"
"...he do that?"
Alex snapped out of it, looking up at him with wide eyes, "Why did he just..."
"You heard the man," Kyoya spoke, not releasing the girl in case she might fall. She looked as though her legs would give out on her if she tried to stand. "he said he liked you."
"That's...That's impossible."
"And why is that, if you would be so kind as to tell?" Alex didn't answer, merely staying there in Kyoya's arms for a few moments longer before pushing herself away from him, stumbling as her legs shook. She felt light-headed, her legs felt like jello-she needed to sit down. "Alex? Alex-!" Her quickly caught the girl as she fell forwards, her head resting against his shoulder.
"I'm fine!" She argued, tears pricking her eyes as he held her. "I...I'm fine. I'm fine, see? Fine, fine, fine..."
"You can't even stand, so stop being a moron and getting yourself into even more trouble. Now, the rest of the Host Club, not counting Tamaki, are back in the large hall waiting room. Mori-Sempai and Honey-Sempai should be trying to locate Haruhi by now."
"I can walk..." She tried to push herself away, but Kyoya held on firmly.
"You'll only fall again. Come on, up we go." She squeaked and screamed slightly in alarm when her feet were removed from the ground, Kyoya picking her up bridal style.
"P-Put me down!" Her voice squeaked slightly. He ignored her however as he walked through the crowd, calmly heading towards the large hall waiting room. "H-hey, set me down!"
"Not until you tell me why it's impossible for anyone to like you."
"Because it's impossible to like someone like me, that's why! Now set me down you jerk! Being a girl that just had her first kiss stolen, I have the absolute right to go into depression mode and sulk! I want to go in my corner and continue to grow mushrooms! Set me down!"
"No."
"Why not!? I answered your damn question!"
"Because we haven't arrived yet and if I set you down, you'll collapse." She slammed her right fist on his chest, albeit awkwardly because her left arm was against his chest.
"Lemme go!"
"No."
"Yes! And stop saying "no!"
Kyoya stopped replying, finding the argument completely ridiculous and childish.
"Don't give me that face! Stop it...I will beat you like a red-headed step-child mister!"
"...Liam." Alex froze, her right fist held high above her head. The pain in her chest increased slightly.
"Wh-What?" She looked at Kyoya with wide eyes, unsure of what to say. He didn't say his name, he didn't say his name-
"That's the boy you like, isn't it? The one who "Doesn't exist" anymore as you put it."
Alex grumbled, and if Kyoya hadn't been carrying her, he wouldn't have heard her, "More like I don't exist anymore...Stupid Akari, making a deal with that jerk and swapping places...I didn't want to die...Jerk."
She hated her, but didn't. It was complicated.
Kyoya almost sighed, but caught himself. Alex probably didn't think he heard her-but he still couldn't believe she was going on about that nonsense of being dead. She was clearly, very obviously, alive. He stopped at the door and looked down at her, raising an eyebrow, "Think you can walk?"
"Of course I can! Just set me down already, geesh!" The arm that held up Alex's legs slipped away and she shouted when her legs suddenly started to fall towards the ground. She reacted quickly, thinking she was going to fall, and wrapped her arms around Kyoya's neck, screaming as she buried her face in the crook of his neck. Kyoya's eyes widened a fraction, surprised at the response. "Are you afraid of heights, Alex?"
Alex pulled away, alarmed and even more alarmed when she noticed how close their faces were.
"Your face is red, are you developing feelings for me?" He smirked at her and Alex quickly removed herself from him, slapping him in the chest with her left hand, rather embarrassed.
"I am not! I don't like you, for the last time! God damn it, peoples, get your minds out of the gutter!" She huffed indignantly as she took a step forward, only to have her leg give out on her and send her tumbling.
"!" Kyoya said as he caught, placing an arm around her shoulders, "Honestly, you're more trouble than you're worth."
"Is that all you ever say?" That was like his catchphrase or something.
"Do you always have to have the last word in an argument?"
"Yes, yes I do. Now, let's go-You can let go now.."
"I think not, unless you want to kiss the floor again."
Alex snapped, "He kissed me, I didn't kiss him, so leave it already, okay!?" Her voice cracked slightly, "Let's just get this damn thing over with...I want to go home..." Kyoya looked at her with slight surprise before giving her shoulder a slight comforting squeeze.
"Come on, I'll keep you steady. Unless you'd rather be carried?"
"This is fine!" They entered the room to see Hikaru and Kaoru standing in there, Hikaru holding Haruhi's dress.
"We were wondering when you were going to show up," Kaoru commented, grinning.
"Nice to see you two finally got together." Alex snapped at him, tears pricking her eyes,
"We're not together damn it! I told you this already!" Today was just not her day.
"She merely is unable to stay standing by herself." Kyoya explained, heading over to a wall and leaning against it. He removed his arm from Alex and allowed her to slink to the floor, sitting next to where he was standing.
"I want to go home..." She groaned. Kyoya crossed his arms, a smirk adorning his face as Honey and Mori walked in, Haruhi slung over the taller one's shoulder.
"There she is!" Kaoru exclaimed. Haruhi blinked as Mori set her down gently, Honey bouncing up and down excitedly. She turned to glare at Kyoya and the Hitachiin brother's,
"You didn't have to be so forceful-!" Hikaru pushed the dress into her arms,
"Nevermind that, go get changed!"
"Yeah!" Honey agreed, smiling widely as he pushed Haruhi into the changing room. Kyoya looked at the Hitachiin brothers', a smirk making its way onto his face,
"A little "Accident" happening towards the end of the night would be quite thrilling." Alex lifted her head up and told them,
"Hikaru, make sure to eat a banana. "Good for potassium." She grinned as she quoted the Ninth Doctor. She attempted to stand by leaning against the wall, finally regaining some feeling back in her legs.
"Now remember, Haruhi, we have twenty minutes until we reach the party's climax." Kyoya informed, looking at his watch. "Suzushima is already waiting for you in the classroom across the hall."
Haruhi opened the curtain, revealing the light pink dress with the rose, and the long haired wig with bangs. Hikaru and Kaoru quickly set her down at a vanity and started to work on her makeup.
"You have to ask him how he feels!" Mitskuni informed her.
"Uh-Alex, we know this was the strategy you came up with, but it's kind of unsettling."
"Hey, at least it'll work!" Alex told them with a grin. The doors then slammed open and revealed an irritated Tamaki.
"Gentleman, Alex, here you all are! What are you doing!? The guests are waiting for-" He cut himself off when rose petals blew around the room, catching sight of a beautiful Haruhi. Hikaru and Kaoru grinned, moving over to Tamaki, and asked triumphantly,
"So, whattya think?"
"Wow, you look so cute!" Honey gushed as he stared at Haruhi, who walked in the heels awkwardly.
"Nice," Alex complimented with a grin.
"My face feels heavy and it's hard to walk in these shoes!" Haruhi complained as she walked down the hallway.
"Good luck Haruhi!"
"We believes in yous!" Alex called after her, along with the twins'. She could walk now.
"I-I can't believe..." Tamaki mumbled to himself, a blush on his face as he knelt in front of Kyoya, Alex, and Mori. Honey was next to him, while Hikaru and Kaoru resided in the front, "She's so pretty!"
Alex blinked when a realization hit her and snickered, placing a hand over her mouth. The Host Club looked at the girl curiously, confused. "I-I feel so sorry for Haruhi...The letter you two wrote-!" She burst out laughing before making her voice all girly and high-pitch, clasping her hands together as she gushed, "Oh, I want to rendezvous with you on Noah's Ark! I do, I do! The feelings I have for you are a like a rushing Typhoon of love! Oh~!"
Mitskuni giggled, Tamaki blinked, the corner of Kyoya's lips twitched upwards, and Hikaru and Kaoru grinned at her, asking as they placed their albows on her shoulder,
"What? Think you can do better?"
"Yes, yes I do, actually." She grinned, before pumping a fist in the air and moving away from teh brothers, "Now onto the dance floor, gentlemen! We have ladies and guys to impress!"
"I need to get the Princess," Tamaki spoke, standing once he was out of his "Haruhi is so cute" daze.
...
"Hey-Slow down already!" Alex exclaimed as Kyoya picked up the pace. One, two, three, One, two, three- "I can't dance that fast!"
"You'll be fine. Besides, I'm dancing at a natural speed; You're the one who's dancing slowly. And what did I say about looking at your feet?"
"Sorry!" Alex flinched and lifted her head, looking into Kyoya's eyes.
"And a natural turn-" Their feet moved over one another as they turned, Alex nearly tripping in the process.
Dancing with Daichi was easier than this! At least he danced slowly!
"Slide your foot forward like this," Kyoya slid his foot forward and Alex did the same, "Now, we repeat. One, two, three. One, two, three..." Alex felt her arm get grabbed by someone and found herself being pulled away from Kyoya. She blinked at Kaoru's grinning face,
"What?"
"And you said you two weren't dating."
"That's because we're not!" She argued, face flaring red from embarrassment.
"Suuuure...Hikaru, catch!" Kaoru quickly gripped Alex by the shoulders, spinning her around and pushing her forward, sending her slamming into Hikaru's chest. She retracted,
"Sorry! Sorry, I didn't mean-!" Hikaru grabbed her hand and placed another on her waist, dancing almost instantly and pushing her backwards. "What the hell is going on-"
"I don't care what you say, Kaoru and I are still fully convinced that you and Sempai are together." He grinned cheekily at her, causing her frown and scoff,
"Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence."
"I'll have you know that I have plenty of confidence in you!"
"Sure you do." Alex felt the collar of her dress get gripped from behind and found herself, yet again, being forcefully pulled away. "Whoa!" Her back crashed against a familiar chest and the familiar voice spoke,
"I'm afraid that I'll be taking this dance." Alex found herself whirled around again as Kyoya started to force her to dance, backing up then moving forward, turning, and going backwards again.
"Can you all stop dragging me back and forth? I already lost one arm, I don't need to lose my other. "
"You'll be fine," He replied easily, "The twenty minutes are almost up."
"What-So soon? How's that heck is that-You know what? Never mind, I don't want to know."
...
"10...9...8..." Kyoya glanced at his watch. "7...6..." Mori picked up his cousin as Honey pointed at the tree that was not lit, "5..." Hikaru and Kaoru filled with the tree's control. "4...3..." Alex grinned madly, leaning over the railing to glance at the tree, "2...1."
The tree's lights lit up the room, shining down on Suzushima and Kanako.
"Merry Christmas!" Tamaki declared loudly from one of the classrooms, "The last waltz of the night has been chosen for them!"
There was a silence in which everyone waited for Kanako to accept Suzushima's dance invitation. With a red face and teary eyes, she took his hands and they danced.
After a few moments of watching them dance, Tamaki sighed happily and outstretched his arms, "May this awkward couple be forever blessed!"
"And now we'll announce the Queen and King of the ball!" Hikaru announced, holding up a banana peel.
"Congratulations Princess Kanako Kasugazaki and Prince Tohru Suzushima!"
Alex blinked, realizing something. She backed up, gasped, and pointed dramatically at Tamaki, "When the hell did you and Haruhi get back!?"
"A few moments ago," Kyoya answered from behind her causing her to jump and look at him with wide eyes, "You should really pay more attention, you know?"
"Stop saying that!" She argued, glaring at his smirking face.
"And for the Queen's reward," Hikaru began again, not holding a banana peel. "A blessing kiss on the cheek from the King! And the Prince's reward is a kiss on the cheek from our favorite Hostess, Alex!"
"You ready?" Tamaki questioned with a smile.
"I hate my life..." Alex groaned, face-palming.
Kaoru spoke up, grinning, "Haruhi Fujioka will stand in for Tamaki!" Tamaki and Haruhi froze, causing Alex to laugh.
"Kyoya-Sempai did say a little accident towards the end of the night would make the evening more thrilling for everyone!" Hikaru and Kaoru said in there defense, smiling.
"There's no way I can kiss her," Haruhi deadpanned, while Alex look at the Host Club hopefully,
"Is there anyone who can replace me? Please?"
"If you do it we'll cut your debt by one-third, Haruhi." Kyoya spoke, writing something in his book, "And Alex, if you don't kiss him, then I'll make sure Hikaru and Kaoru put you in that maid's costume."
"I really hate you sometimes."
"Sure you do."
Haruhi mumbled to herself, "Well, it is just a little peck on the cheek..."
Haruhi and Alex walked down the stairs, both reluctant to do this.
"Hey!" Mitskuni said thoughtfully, "You don't think this is Haru-Chan's or Lexi-Chan's first kiss, do you?"
"Alex already had hers with Daichi Yukimura." Kyoya informed, "I doubt Haruhi has though." Tamaki froze.
"What!?"
Alex quickly stood on her tip-toes and pecked him on the cheek, muttering with a red face, "There, merry Christmas, I did it..." And backed away, running up the stairs again to safety. Haruhi was...a bit slower. Tamaki ended up barging into Alex and sending her falling forwards as he ran down the steps, crying out,
"Wait, Haruhi-!" And tripped on a banana peel, causing him to fly and pushing Haruhi, causing her and Kanako to lip-lock with wide eyes.
Alex shouted as she stumbled, pushed by Tamaki, falling forwards and most likely going to crack her skull open-but nooo, this is a anime/manga and one of the main characters can't die. So therefore someone came to her rescue and caught her. Wanna take a guess?
"..."
"Thanks, Mori-Sempai..." Sasquatch quickly helped her stand and backed off, moving to stand next to his cousin while Alex went to stand next to Kyoya, who was pretty much her best friend in this dimension. "Oooh, Scandalous!" She tried to put on her best Viscount Druid voice.
She watched as Kanako and Haruhi pulled away from each other, faces bright red with their hands over their mouths. "I totally ship them," She laughed at her small joke. Who knows, there probably was a fanfic out there about Karuki. Tamaki and Haruhi foevah!
"And before you know, that ship that sailed has crashed and you'd end up being injured once again." Alex looked up at Kyoya strangely, wondering just where the hell that came from.
"Um, dude...What the hell was with that? I'd question your sanity, but I don't think you got any left."
"Moron." She flinched when she felt his hand on her head, before relaxing as he ruffled her hair, "What I meant by that is that no matter what you do, you always ended up injuring yourself one way or another."
"O-Oh...I knew that." Kyoya had his arms crossed again with a smirk clear on his face. Clearly the accident turned out well. "By the way, nice jacket. Looks cool." He looked at her with slightly wide-eyes for a moment, surprised.