A/N : This is the fifth chapter Oretai! Hope you enjoy this chapter since it's twice longer than the previous chapter~ Sorry for bad grammar though...

Oretachi no Taiga ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai!

(Our Taiga Can't Be This Cute!)

Chapter 5

Our Taiga and the Appearance of a Big Brother

"Why the kimono?"

As usual, only Kagami who dared to ask the question Akashi as he tugging on the obi that wrapped the dark red kimono he wore.

"It's spring," Akashi answered shortly.

"So?"

"We wear kimono."

As if it solved the problem. To tell the truth, it was Kagami's first time wearing a kimono. Yes, he wore yukata for summer festival long time ago, but he never wore a kimono. Now, he wore a dark red one with some flowery pattern, complete with a haori; a thigh-length kimono-like jacket. Kuroko had given him a tabi or toe-divided socks to wear along with a zori. Well, he was supposed to wear geta, but Kagami still prefer that traditional sandals.

"Hmmm… Perfect…" Akashi admired his idea about wearing a kimono. He himself wore a simple blood red kimono with a dragon pattern and a haori just like Kagami's. The difference was, instead of zori, he wore a geta. "I just need a little adjustment here. Shintarou, bring it here."

Kagami wasn't sure about what 'it' was. Midorima came, bringing something that Kagami didn't recognized at first. He stood still as Midorima doing something to his hair, and…

"Done."

Kagami touched the thing that was just attached to his head by Midorima when he realized it. It was a very much elaborated kanzashi or hair ornaments. And by very much he meant like very complicated design sakura-like flower with some part dangling beautifully. Kagami was sure he looked like a traditional geisha from Kyoto or something (though he wasn't sure how Midorima managed to put it since he had a short hair).

"Kaga-chin looks good~" Murasakibara appeared next to Kagami. He wore a simple purple kimono with also a simple pattern. He wore a small hairpin and tied his long hair.

"Kagamicchi~! You look beautiful!" this time, Kise jumped and hugged him tightly. Kagami tried to peel him off, but Kise refused to let go. Kise's kimono was definitely the most eye-catching with soft yellow color and sunflower decoration. He also wore a haori, and kanzashi on his hair, though not as elaborated as Kagami's.

Kuroko, Aomine, and Midorima wore kimono with hakama in simple pattern. Kuroko's was light blue, Aomine's was dark blue, and Midorima's was dark green color. Three of them were also wearing haori, but Aomine had tied a tasuki chord to hold the sleeves so he could move his arms freely.

"Hoo… Surprisingly you look good in that, Bakagami…" Aomine teased.

"S-shut up, Ahomine! I don't need your compliment…" Kagami said. "I… I'll prepare the tea cake."

"Is that the snack for today?" Kuroko asked.

"Ah, yes… I've seen some design of Japanese tea cakes and I tried to make some… It turned out to be good so…" Kagami showed one of the flower shaped tea cakes he made. It looked ridiculously good; some might thought he brought it on the store instead of making it by himself.

"Kagami-kun is always good at this kind of things," Kuroko said.

"Huh? Really? I thought everybody could do it…" Kagami said.

"Enough the chatter, I think it's time to open the club," Midorima ended the discussion.

"Kagami-kun's kanzashi is very beautiful…"

"You look good in traditional garments, Kagami-kun!"

"Ah, did you make this tea cake by yourself?"

"The red color really suits you~!"

As usual, Kagami sat between the girls, entertained them. Girls would compliment him; he would talk them (awkwardly of course) while serving teas and cakes. No matter how many times he'd done this role, Kagami never felt comfortable.

"Nee, I heard this was the first time you wear a kimono?" asked one of the girls excitedly.

"Ah… Y-yeah…" said Kagami. "I spent most of my childhood in America, so I'm not very familiar with kimono… My mother made me wore a yukata once, and that's the only type of kimono I've ever wore. I'm not really familiar with this… But it feels nice…"

"But you know how to wear them right?" the other girl asked.

"A-actually, Kuroko and Midorima helped me to put it on…" Kagami smiled sheepishly with slightly flushed cheeks which made the girl "awww"-ed and almost dropped their tea cups. No one seemed to realize a dark figure had joined them and bent over to rest his head on Kagami's shoulder and whispered in his usual sexy husky voice.

"But it's my job to take it off, right?" Aomine whispered loud enough to be heard by this group of girls and licked Kagami's ears.

Which all screaming excitedly and fainted.

"Go away!" Kagami pushed Aomine off of himself. That bastard never learnt his lesson! Aomine only smirked and blew Kagami a kiss before he returned to his own couch and entertained his clients.

Kagami looked at the casualties around him. Damn Ahomine!

Like the usual drill, Midorima came, lectured them about keeping the casualties at minimum. Kagami apologized and moved on to the next client. Kiyoshi Teppei appeared as usual, with his bright smile. Aomine grumbled on the background, and chose to talk to Kuroko.

"It really suits you, Taiga," Kiyoshi said as he leant down and kissed Kagami's cheek. Kagami turned red, but he tried to keep up his 'professional' attitude, serving the tea for Kiyoshi. To tell truth, Kagami more enjoyed Kiyoshi's company than the girl clients, since he could talk normally to him.

"You come almost every day," Kagami said. "Don't you have basketball practices?"

"Hm? No. Not until later," Kiyoshi said happily. "Am I bothering you?"

Kagami shook his head and smiled softly.

"No, of course not. Talking to you makes me feel relaxed somehow," said Kagami.

"Hmm? Taiga's so cute~" Kiyoshi said. "Well, actually, I have something to say—"

"KYAAAA—!" a scream interrupted Kiyoshi's words. Kagami quickly turned around and saw one of Kise's clients had stood up from her seat. Kise quickly calmed the girl down, and soon, more people had gathered around.

"What happened, Ryouta?" Akashi took control of the situation and asked.

"Oh… This lady's handkerchief was blown by the wind outside," Kise said as he pointedly nodded at the opened French-window. "She said it was an important gift from her mother…"

Akashi sighed. "Shintarou, get some people to search it outside."

"Well, I think there's no need for that," Kagami said as he walked out to the balcony. "That's the handkerchief, right?" he pointed at one of the trees outside, and they could clearly see a white handkerchief stuck in one of the tree's branches. "I think I can reach it out from here," Kagami climbed the balcony's railing carefully.

"O-oi, Bakagami! That's dangerous! This is second-floor!" Aomine pushed through the crowds.

"Don't worry, I have a good balance," Kagami smiled reassuringly. "Besides, it's her precious treasure from her mother, right?"

"Taiga, get down from there," Akashi said.

"Don't worry. Just a little bit…!" Kagami reached out for it, almost tip-toed. Well, it seemed like it stuck higher than Kagami had thought, but then again, he wasn't the type to back down on his words. With a small push forward, he managed to reach out for it. "See? I get it!"

Everyone sighed in relieve. Kagami turned around ready to hop off, but it seemed like he stepped on his kimono. And everything started to move like in slow motion as Kagami losing his balance. He tried to find a footing in narrow railing, but he couldn't. He felt the gravity took over his body as he felt the wind gusted in his ears.

He was falling.

He heard his friends calling his name, the girls screaming in horror.

He fell.

Kagami closed his eyes, prepared to meet the concrete grown below… But suddenly his movement had stopped.

He didn't feel the pain as his body met the ground. Rather than that, he felt a pair of arms around him, holding him safely. Slowly he opened his eyes and suddenly his gazed met a familiar dark grey eyes. He felt his heart skipped a beat.

"I was surprised, to find myself an armful of an angel falling down from the sky," the dark grey eyed man said smoothly in a silky voice. "Japan is truly fascinating right, Taiga?"

"Tatsuya…?"

"Ah… So that's the story…" Himuro Tatsuya said as he sat down in the student council-slash-host club room. All the guests had gone except for Kiyoshi after they'd make sure that Kagami was okay. They explained how Kagami could fall down from the balcony. "You're lucky I was there to catch you Taiga, and Teppei!" this time Himuro glanced at Kiyoshi, "Why don't you stop him?"

"Well, it happened so fast, before I could stop him, he was already climbed the railing," Kiyoshi said, looked very guilty. "I'm really sorry, Taiga… I failed as your fiancé to protect you…"

"You're not my fiancé!" Kagami remarked. "Anyway, why are you here, Tatsuya?"

"Well, Teppei said you went to this school, and you've found good friends, and joined a host club. I quickly transferred myself here from America," said Himuro. "You really need someone to look after you, Taiga, and I think Teppei is not enough."

"Uhmmm… Excuse me to interrupt-ssu~ But, who's he?" Kise nudged Kagami.

"Oh? This is my brother, Tatsuya," Kagami answered casually.

"Brother?"

"I didn't know Kagamicchi has a brother-ssu!"

"Well, not really a brother… More like brother figure actually. We've been friends, the three of us," Himuro said. "And I trusted Teppei to take care of Kagami until he told me about Kagami joining some host club…"

Kagami threw Kiyoshi a death glare. He wasn't supposed to tell Himuro! Kagami knew something like this would happen if Himuro heard about him became a part of host club. Well, to tell the truth, Kagami couldn't say no when Akashi ordered him (yes, he dared to question Akashi, but to defy that creepy student council would be out of question). Kiyoshi looked really guilty. He couldn't help it! It was an accident when Himuro asked him how he met Kagami, was Kagami okay… When his sense picked up something weird, Himuro bombarded him with question until Kiyoshi told him everything.

And yet, he still felt guilty.

Himuro didn't mouth his observation though, but he really had to make sure that he left his dear little Taiga on the right hands. From all he could see, the only one who seemed could be trusted was the red head with poker face (Himuro assumed him as the president since he held the aura of authority).

"I can't leave you with these people," Himuro said finally. "They couldn't even protect you properly. Starting tomorrow, Taiga will quit the Teikou Academy Host Club."

The whole host-club-slash-student-council members were in utter chaos. Well, Akashi was relatively calm, and surprisingly Midorima looked a little bit restless. Aomine had been in a bad mood since last night, Kise bawled like a toddler, Murasakibara kept pacing around (apparently panicked since Kagami was his favorite food supplier), and Kuroko lose his focus. Akashi rubbed his head, starting to get a headache with all these useless members (not that they usually useful).

"Good morning~"

Momoi Satsuki's cheerful greeting seemed like being flushed through the endless black hole in student council room. The bright pink haired girl looked around and found Akashi sat on his desk, reading something that looked like the American football club's proposal on increasing their budget. Akashi-kun sure is working hard~

"What's wrong with everyone?" Momoi asked.

"Being useless," Akashi gave a short answer.

"Well, I know that the only functioning member of student council is you and Midorin, so their uselessness is nothing new," Momoi said. "Here's the budget report for student council. I pull an all-nighter to finish it up this morning," Momoi offered the report carefully. "I can't believe you can make that much profit from host club."

"Hm…" Akashi hummed in response. Momoi frowned.

Why's everyone acting weird today? That was what she thought. And she realized something. She looked around the room, but she didn't see a mop of usual red head who was usually hanging around them…

"Where's Kagamin?" she asked. And she was surprised.

Instead of an answer, Kise bawled like crazy, Midorima gripped his lucky item (yellow frog statue in tutu) tighter looking very depressed, Murasakibara's pacing now accompanied with the soft calls for 'Kaga-chin's snack', Kuroko tripped on his own leg and fell face first to the ground, while Aomine had started to punch his table in a show of frustration. Even Akashi snapped his mechanical pencil.

Did the word 'Kagami' had become a taboo or something?

"Okay, this is weird… What happened, everyone?" Momoi asked. She looked around the room, terrified with the highly unusual display before her.

"Momoicchi~ It's a bad news-ssu!" Kise quickly turned to Momoi and cried to his heart content. "Kagamicchi is going to quit host club-ssu~!"

At this, the reactions became worsened.

"EEH?!" Momoi screamed in surprise. "Is that true, Akashi-kun?" Momoi turned to Akashi who was still trying to compose himself. Akashi threw her a glare.

"C-can you do something?" Momoi asked. Come on… There was nothing Akashi couldn't do in this school. He practically ruled this place under his thumb. Surely he could stop Kagamin from qutting host club, right? Momoi could see how much it affected the rest of the members. It was total depression.

"Apparently, Himuro Tatsuya had reported this to Taiga's father, and he sent me a notification for his son resignation from our club," Akashi said. "He went so far to say he would cut every relationship Akashi Corporation had with every Kagami Groups including Helios Finance and Crimson Communication. Now I can't have that, can I?"

"Huh?"

"Taiga's father is a smart man, and I can't use violence, threat, and blackmail against him," Akashi said as he rubbed his temple.

"Then… then you will let Kagamin quit the club?!" Momoi also wanted to tear up. She might not be a costumer in host club, but she liked Kagami's presence. He enjoyed the taller boy's company, especially when Kagami offered to help her with cooking since Momoi couldn't cook to save her life. If Kagami quit the club, she couldn't play as often as she used to with Kagami. And she didn't want to hear that.

And apparently, the news of Kagami Taiga quitted the host club had spreaded throughout the school. All the student council members plus Momoi didn't go to their class. They held emergency meeting at the student council room and Akashi closed the host club for today. Since the first period ended, the female population (and male of course) had gathered in front of the meeting room, demanding the clarification of the news they just heard.

As for Kagami himself, he didn't show up at school. And so were Himuro and Kiyoshi. This whole situation was messed up and the teachers couldn't do anything. So, they canceled the entire lesson for today, and waited for the development the student council-slash-host club could get.

"This was getting out of hand," Momoi said as she peeked through the curtains to see the female students still gathered in front of the meeting room. She moved to her seat beside Kuroko who was still staring blankly to the empty wall.

This host club needed their Taiga. Telling Kagami to quit the host club was like taking the heart out of human body. The host club was dead. Momoi gathered the information she could get her hands on about the whereabouts of Kagami. She sighed in relieved when she got a phone call that told her that Kagami was now in the Men Dormitory building, fourth floor lobby, protected by Kagami Groups' private bodyguards along with Himuro and Kiyoshi.

They heard ruckus coming from the hallway. Someone seemed to usher the girls to leave. Akashi felt his cell phone buzzed in his pocket and he looked on the caller's ID.

"Yes?" Akashi answered his phone calmly.

"Akashi-sama, we have Kagami-sama coming to the meeting room," Akashi could hear his head of security said the phone.

"Taiga?" Akashi asked.

"Uhm… Kagami Taiga-sama's father…" the head security answered.

"Okay. Thank you for your notification." Akashi closed his cell phone and turned to the rest of the members. Momoi looked at him expectantly, and so was Midorima. Kuroko was still staring blankly into space, while Murasakibara kept pacing around. Kise's eyes were still red and Aomine… Well… Let's just say Aomine was very pissed off and he could emit dark aura which will turned everything it touched into ashes. Figuratively of course.

"Taiga's father is heading this way to clarified Taiga's resignation from the club," Akashi said solemnly. He couldn't admit it, but he hated the fact that he couldn't handle this situation. He had failed as a president to let one of his members being snatched from his hands, right in front of him.

Before they could say anything, there was a firm knock on the door. The meeting room door was opened and there, stood Kagami Taiga's father. He looked almost exactly like his son, except for his eyes and brows. Kagami's eyes were softer and held the fiery passion, while his father's were cold. Colder than Akashi's eyes.

"You are Akashi Seijuuro."

It wasn't a question directed at him, but Akashi nodded. He calculated his move when he really came face to face with the very influential man in world economy. Any wrong move, Akashi might destroy the corporation he would inherit someday. So far, Akashi found it was hard to win against this man. And he didn't like it.

"Yes, I am."

The older Kagami looked around the room, inspecting each of the student council members without any interest. He turned his gaze to Akashi who was still stood there calmly.

"I've got a report that you threatened my son to join some kind of host club," the older red haired man said. "That is unacceptable. I can't believe a son from such a noble family like Akashi would dare to disrespect my son like that. And I am here, to finalize my son's resignation letter from the host club. I forbid you, or any of these ridiculous club members to be closer than ten meters from my son."

There was a choking sound from Kise, and Aomine's emission seemed to get darker.

"Have you get Taiga's consent about this matter?" Akashi asked with raised eyebrows. "Without the consent directly from the person, I cannot accept the letter of resignation. It is the rules."

"I'm in charge of my son's well being. I act on my son's best interest. I'm already regretting the decision to send him back to Japan, only to see him being forced to submit to some 'club'…" the older Kagami said. "I think it'll be better if I also arranged for my son's transfer back to the States."

Akashi tried to think another way to win this battle. Kagami's father was right. He had the right to choose the best for his son. Akashi had to find another loophole.

But before he could say anything, he heard another ruckus coming from the hallway of meeting room. Someone shouted, and there was a familiar voice yelled back. The meeting room door burst open as a certain red-head stood on the door way, looking pretty pissed.

"Taiga…"

"Kagami…"

"Kagamicchi…!"

"Bakagami…"

"Kaga-chin~!"

"Kagami-kun…"

"Kagamin…?"

Eight pairs of eyes now directed towards the one and only Kagami Taiga who had barged into the room.

"What on earth are you doing here, Oyaji?!" Kagami Taiga shouted at his father. Everyone gulped, seeing how the younger Kagami trotted into the room and stood right in front of his father. Fiery red orbs met the cold red ones. Everyone could feel the internal battle between two Kagamis until…

"Tai-chan~! Papa is sooo worried about you~!"

Eh?

Everyone sweat dropped when the very intimidating man suddenly drowned his son in a bear hug and rubbed his cheeks to Kagami's. The younger Kagami was struggled to free himself from his father's arms, but the older man didn't seem to care and kept holding his son while saying about 'how worried Papa was'.

"Let go, Oyaji!" Kagami said.

"Noo~ Papa missed Tai-chan so much…!"

Seriously, this guy was worst than Kise and Murasakibara combined. No one seemed to be able to explain how absurd this situation looked like.

"I can't breathe…!"

Finally the older Kagami let go, though he kept clung to his son with happy face. Everyone now had stood from their seat, tried to talk to Kagami, but Kagami had enough of the noise. He was pretty pissed when Kiyoshi and Himuro held him in the dormitory lobby, and now he found his father was here with the rest of the club members. And now they talking to him at the same time, and Kise's crying voice was so annoying just like Murasakibara's whining and his father arms that were still on his waist. Everything became more chaotic when Kiyoshi and Himuro arrived and joined them in the room.

"EVERYBODY SHUT UP!" Kagami shouted. "You! Out! Close the door!" Kagami pointed at one of the dark suited bodyguards who quickly obeyed him. "Now the rest of you, SIT! And that includes you, oyaji."

Everybody obediently followed Kagami's order. Who couldn't? Even when he was angry, Kagami still looked cute and he had everyone wrapped around his fingers. Even the great Akashi and his father. Now after everyone seated, Kagami took the place at the head of the table. Himuro, Kiyoshi, and Kagami senior sat on one side of the table while the members and Momoi sat on the other side.

"Can someone please tell me what's going on here?" Kagami said as he looked at each face in the room.

Suddenly, everybody started to talk all at once, and Kagami could feel a vein almost popped up on his head.

"One by one! Oyaji, explain why you're here!" Kagami demanded.

"You see, Tai-chan… Tatsuya said he heard from Teppei that you were being forced to join a host club in this school. Papa doesn't want to see his beautiful son being forced to submit himself into that kind of club~!" the Kagami senior said. "So, Papa came to arrange your resignation from the club and maybe to transfer you back to the States."

"But, Kagami-san… I didn't say Taiga is being forced," said Kiyoshi. "I just said he joined a host club and get a lot of friends here…"

"And why do you think Taiga wants to join such club? He was obviously being forced!" Himuro said. "It was a good decision, Kagami-san," Himuro nodded at the older Kagami. "I believe Akashi-kun had threatened Kagami and bully him into joining the host club."

"No one ever did such thing!" Momoi stepped up into the conversation. "Akashi-kun might be famous for being a cold leader, but I don't think he would use that kind of dirty move!" Momoi glanced at Akashi who returned her gaze with a death glare. "I think…" Momoi added weakly before she leaned down to her seat.

"See? Even his friend isn't so sure about his methods," Himuro said. "I think it's better if we arranged school transfer immediately, don't you think?"

"Hmm… You're right, Tatsuya. Teppei, Tatsuya, you better help Tai-chan to pack his things. And Tai-chan, don't worry… Papa will rescue you from these bullies!" the older Kagami stood up from his seat while Tatsuya and Teppei went to each sides of Kagami.

The older Kagami had almost reached the door while no one in club members could do anything. Akashi's brain tried to find something… anything to do… He had to stall… Yes… Stall and tried to find a way out of this. Taiga must stay with them. Taiga was the core of the host club, and he couldn't lose the red head. No one in this room could. He looked at his friends. Momoi had silently cried, hugging shell-shocked Kuroko. Midorima tried to remain calm, but Akashi could see the green haired boy's hands were trembling. Kise had cried again and he didn't bother to hide his tears. Murasakibara had pulled up his knee on the chair and hid his face between them. Only Aomine the one who glared dagger at the back of the older Kagami.

Akashi watched as Aomine opened his mouth to say something, but he was cut by Kagami.

"I'm not finished here!" Kagami said. The older Kagami stopped and turned to look at his son. "Why in the world everyone think they could decide what's the best for me?! Aren't my opinion matters in this room?! This is my life you're talking about! So sit, we're not done yet." The younger Kagami glared and his father quickly sat back down. Now every eye was on Kagami.

"You guys just keep thinking… assuming what's the best for me. Have you ever asked me what I want? Noo…! You just think, 'oh, this is the best for Taiga!', but no one ever asked me if I liked it or not. You, oyaji, you sent me to this school, never asking if I'd like it. You just sent me here, and you made the decision by yourself without asking my opinion—"

"But Papa only wants the best—"

"Don't interrupt me! You never asking my opinion before and just assuming what I wanted. Tatsuya too. You quickly draw a conclusion without proper evidence by assuming I joined a host club so I've been bullied. I don't even understand what kind of logic is that! And Teppei, I know you don't mean any harm, but I think some information is better be kept from these two worry-wart idiots," Kagami scolded them. From the corner of his eyes, Kagami could see a smug smile on the host club members' face. "And don't be proud of yourselves either!

"Akashi, you are indeed, threatening me into join this club. You don't have to deny it, but you always have this threatening vibe around you and people are hardly say 'no' to whatever you say, so don't be proud of yourself in this matter. You're as guilty as them. You all are. Sometimes, I am sick of Kise's cry, or Murasakibara's demands for cake, or Aomine daily sexual harassment (at this, the older Kagami clenched his fists and glared dagger at the tanned teen on the other side of the table), or Midorima's constant lecture, or Kuroko's… Well, I'm not sure what… something…! But, they are my friends. They are my precious treasures that I hold dear in my heart, and I don't want to be separated from them. Even though my first joining this club was under the threat, but I enjoyed spending my time with them, even if they're annoying as hell," Kagami smiled softly as he looked at the surprised expressions of his friends. "They are all my friends, and I care for them."

The older Kagami didn't say anything as he looked at Kagami's soft expression. His son always reminded him of his wife, and those two always had similar personality. Fiery, and yet, gentle.

"So, here I declare, I will not resign from Teikou Academy Host Club," Kagami said proudly. He smiled at his father and hugged the man. "I like being with them, and I want to thank you to send me here in the first place… Papa."

Kagami senior stared at his son wide eyed. Did his son just…? His little Tiger-chan just called him… Papa? Not the un-cute 'Oyaji' but… 'Papa'? The older Kagami held his son tightly and kissed the boy's cheek. It was a happy moment really, before the Kagami senior decided to ruin it by himself.

"Nee, Tai-chan… Can you call me 'Papa' once again? I'll record it and use it as my ring tone…"

"LIKE HELL I WOULD!"

A/N : Okay, I have no idea how Kagamin's father would look like, and I created the image as I like... Hope you like him too~ It's fun to make Kagamin's father dialogue. Maybe I should make him appear more... hahaha

Note (in case you need it):

Haori : A hip- or thigh-length kimono-like jacket, which adds formality to an outfit.

Tabi : Ankle-high, divided-toe sock usually worn with zori or geta.

Zori : Traditional sandals worn by both men and women, similar in design to flip-flops.

Geta : Wooden sandals worn by men and women with yukata.

Kanzashi : Hair ornaments worn by women. Many different styles exist, including silk flowers, wooden combs, and jade hairpins.

Geisha : are traditional Japanese female entertainers who act as hostesses and whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music, dance and games.

Tasuki chord : is a white cordwhich crossed over the chest and tied in the back. The function of the tasuki is to prevent the sleeves of the kimono from interfering with moving the arms.

Oyaji : means "old man" or "dad."

Hmmm... please review?