New chapter! Yeah~! Hopefully this one was better than the last one-.- Anyways, enjoy~! And sorry about the shortness of this.
The Party
"You're going to the dance…with KYOYA?!" Carissa screamed, pointing an accusatory finger at her friend.
Brianna shrugged indifferently as she continued to walk to school, staring straight ahead.
It was Friday, four days after Brianna had 'cracked', and both girls were currently walking to school. Things had been awkward between them and the hosts, especially after what Kyoya had told the hosts, but they slowly but surely began to become 'normal' around each other again.
"B-but why?!" Carissa continued.
"That's what he wanted in repayment for helping me out with your father, and does it really bother you that I'm goin to the dance with him?"
"No…not so much bother…it's just that…I'm surprised ya know! You could've told me this when he first asked you!"
Brianna shrugged again.
"Didn't think it was important."
Carissa stopped walking and let her mouth drop open in shock.
"Not important?!"
Brianna stopped walking and turned around to look at her friend. She sent her a confused look as she nodded.
"You honestly don't know the significance of this…do you?" Carissa asked her, face-palming.
"How is there any 'significance' to this?"
"Forget it. Just forget I said anything." Carissa replied, beginning to walk again.
"Bu—"
"So what are you gonna wear?" Brianna glared at her, not appreciating being cut off, but dropped the subject.
"I don't know…maybe just a regular suit, since he said to dress formal."
Carissa choked on her spit.
"Please tell me you're joking!"
Brianna just raised a brow at her.
"But I'm not joking."
Carissa stopped walking, again, and stared at her, aghast. Brianna turned around with a sigh and just stared at her friend, waiting for her friend to explode.
"ARE YOU FUCKING SHITTING ME RIGHT NOW?!" ah…and there it was.
"No, I'm not, and can you go back to speakin in Japanese please?"
Carissa took in a deep breath, and then let it out. Giving her friend a hard stare, she began to talk.
"There is no fuckin way that you are going to a dance dressed like a guy. It's not the first time you've been to a formal party. You should know how to dress!"
Brianna's face darkened, and, realizing her mistake, Carissa began to panic.
" Shit! Bri, I am so sorry! You know that I would never mention it on purpose—!"
"Forget it Carissa. I'm gonna have to get over it sooner or later."
"Bu—"
"Forget it. Let's get goin before we're late to school." Carissa stared after her in worry.
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"So what time is Kyoya comin to pick you up?" Carissa asked Brianna as she curled the girl's hair.
"I'm actually gonna meet him there." She replied, shifting slightly in her dress.
"Stop moving!" Carissa reprimanded her. "Okay, so did you guys arrange a meeting time?"
Brianna rolled her eyes before answering.
"Just to be there by eight."
"Okay…so it's seven-fifty right now," Carissa said after glancing at the clock. "So as soon as I get this last strand of hair…Done!" she unplugged the curling iron and stepped back, appraising her work, before smiling. "Perfect! Now stand up so I can see the whole thing!"
Brianna let out an irritated sigh and got up, turning around so her friend could see how she fully looked.
Carissa squealed at the sight.
Brianna had on a black, form fitting to the waist, elegantly pleated dress with a knotted bodice that shaped the sweetheart neckline of the flowing, strapless mesh gown which was also accompanied by a coordinating, sheer black shawl. On her feet were silvery-grey high heels. Her hair was loosely curled and her eye shadow was done to create a smoky effect, and she had red lipstick on.
"You look so. F'ing. Hot!" Carissa squealed again.
"I feel weird." Brianna muttered, reaching up to push up her glasses, only to draw her hand back when she remembered that Carissa had forced her to ditch her glasses to use contacts, much to her chagrin.
"You look great," Carissa replied, waving her hand dismissively as she went to get their coats, leaving Brianna to stare after her.
Carissa had on a red form fitting, revealing, strappy dress with black high heels. Her hair was straight and curled slightly at the ends and her makeup was the same as Brianna's.
"C'mon, let's go. Don't wanna be late!" Carissa said, handing Brianna her coat.
"I'd rather not go…" Brianna muttered, taking her coat and walking out the door.
"Oh stop complaining. It's one little dance."
"To you it is, but to me it's nothin but a nuisance. You actually like these things. I don't. I hate things like this."
"Whatever! You ain't got no choice but to go."
Brianna just grumbled incoherently.
They didn't talk for the remainder of the walk. Once they reached the school however, Carissa began to talk.
"Wow~ I suddenly feel like we should've arrived in a limo or somethin." Carissa said, whistling as she took in all the expensive cars people were arriving in.
"Meh. Too much money and plus, it'd be a waste because we only live three minutes from school." Brianna said, walking into the building with Brianna right behind her.
Carissa nodded her head.
"Yeah…guess you're right."
It became silent between the two of them again and Carissa used that time to take in her surroundings.
As the two walked, she noticed various people were staring at them.
The girls were glaring at Brianna with something akin to jealousy. Some of the guys were staring at her while most were staring at Brianna.
Carissa nearly laughed.
The guys were nearly drooling and the fact that both girls were slightly swaying their hips in a slightly seductive way (her consciously while Brianna did it unconsciously) didn't help either.
They finally reached the ballroom and went inside, Brianna rolled her eyes and Carissa whistled in awe.
"Wow…they really went all out with this party, huh?" Carissa stated, taking in the elaborately decorated room.
"Unnecessarily so." Brianna replied.
"Aw~ don't be like that! They did a good job."
"Whatever."
"Well Ms. Party-pooper, I'm gonna find me some sexy guys to flirt with and you better find your date! It's already eight o' clock."
Brianna had rolled her eyes at the first part, but when Carissa had told her it was already eight, she had cursed and ran off to find Kyoya.
Carissa watched her friend go and snickered.
She knew that the hosts were in for a shock.
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Brianna sighed irritably.
She swore she had been all over the ballroom and yet, she still hadn't found Kyoya. She also had to decline offers to dance with each step she took.
Why they asked her, she didn't know, but she was tired of having them ask her.
"I swear when I find him I'm going to murder him." She muttered as she weaved through the crowd of teenagers. "I'm going to use the slowest, most painful way I know to kill him and then I'll—" she was cut off when she ran into someone's back.
She stepped back a bit and rubbed her nose.
"Ouch!" she hissed.
She looked up to curse at the person she had ran into, but stopped when she locked eyes with the person.
"Kyoya! I was looking all over for you!"
Kyoya raised a brow at her.
"Excuse me miss but…do I know you?"
Brianna rolled her eyes and placed her hands on her hips.
"Ha-ha, very funny."
"I'm being serious."
Brianna's eyebrow's furrowed and she opened her mouth to reply but was cut off.
"Ne, ne, Kyou-chan, who's this? Is she your date? She's very pretty! Right, Takashi!?" Brianna turned around when she heard Hunny and watched as he bounded up to them.
"Ah." Was Mori's only reply as he nodded.
Brianna opened her mouth to reply but was cut off by the interjection of two new voices.
"Eh~ we've never seen you before~ are you new?" the twins came up and peered into Brianna's face, a mischievous yet curious look on their face.
Brianna was about to shove their faces away from her own, when one of her hands were captured by Tamaki's who used his host club smile on her.
"Such a beautiful and exotic princess! Won't you please do me the honor of telling me your name?"
Brianna was to make a snide remark but was yet again cut off.
"Have any of you guys seen Brianna? I just saw Carissa a little while ago, but Brianna wasn't with her."
"I AM BRIANNA YOU MORONS!" said girl screamed, a tick mark appearing and beginning to throb.
The hosts just all stood there in shock, until the twins began to laugh.
"Ha-ha! Good one!"
"No, she ain't liein. The girl you see is Brianna, just a made-up version of her." Carissa interjected as she walked up to the group.
Carissa placed her hand on Brianna's shoulder and smirked as she took in the shocked expression on everyone's face. Brianna just stared back at them irritably.
The hosts continued to stare in shock at her.
They'd always thought she hid behind baggy clothing because she was self-conscious about her body, but now they could see that was definitely not the reason.
"Why are you guys still staring at me like I've grown two heads? Say something!" Brianna finally snapped, crossing her arms over her chest.
Kyoya was the first one to snap out of his stupor.
"You look nice. The dress suits you." He stated after clearing his throat.
Hunny and Mori were next.
"Nice dress." Was all Mori said.
"You look really pretty, Bri-chan!"
Haruhi was next.
"You look great!"
The twins were next.
"Wow…" they breathed out, and this caused Brianna to raise an eyebrow at them. "You really know how to clean up nice." They finished with a devilish smirk.
Brianna glared at them, and opened her mouth to snap back at them, but was unable to as she was smothered.
"Oh my darling daughter~ you look so beautiful~ daddy is so proud~" Tamaki cooed as he crushed Brianna in a hug.
He was unaware of the dark looks the rest of the male hosts were shooting him.
"Mph! Leggo Tamaki!" Brianna yelled against his chest.
"Tamaki-senpai~" Tamaki froze and slowly turned around to see Carissa, with an icy smile on her face and a deadly aura surrounding her. "It took me such a long time to get Brianna to look as good as she does and I'm sure you wouldn't want to ruin my hard work…right~?" Tamaki nodded feverishly and quickly let go of Brianna and backed up, fear evident on his face. "Good boy!" Carissa reverted back to her normal, happy self, leaving the others stunned.
Brianna smoothed out her dress before turning towards her friend.
"Thanks."
"No problem. There was just no way I was gonna allow him to mess up my hard work."
"That was the only reason you did that, wasn't it."
"Yep!"
"Wow~"
"Brianna."
Said girl turned around when she heard her name and stared at Kyoya, an eyebrow raised.
Kyoya sighed and held out his hand.
"Come on, you are my date. You are warranted to at least dance once with me." Kyoya said, a smirk on his face.
Brianna raised an eyebrow but shrugged and sighed, placing her hand in his.
"Wait! What do you mean 'your date'?!" Hikaru demanded, his face flushing slightly in anger.
"You never asked her to be your date!" Kaoru added.
Kyoya smirked in a high and mighty way.
"Actually, I did."
"When?" Hunny asked and Mori just stared at Kyoya waiting for an answer.
"When we were leaving from their house last weekend." He answered. "Now, if you'll excuse us, we'll be leaving." He closed his hand around Brianna's and dragged her out onto the dance floor, leaving behind the stunned hosts and a grinning Carissa.
"H-hey! W-wait a sec! Stop pullin!" Brianna stuttered out.
Kyoya stopped moving and turned around to face her.
He didn't say anything; he just pulled her by her hand and wrapped an arm around her waist, swaying them to the beat of the music.
Brianna stumbled for a split second at the sudden movement, but quickly matched Kyoya's footsteps.
"A little warning next time?"
"Be better prepared."
Brianna frowned and Kyoya smirked.
"Yo, your fan girls are glarin at me." She said after a bit.
"Are they? I haven't noticed." It was true, he hadn't. He was too busy glaring at the ogling men.
"Yeah, well, they are. So can we stop dancin already?"
"No."
"What! Why not?!"
Kyoya just smirked.
"I'm not ready to let go of you yet." He lowered his head and whispered into her ear.
Brianna stiffened when she felt his hot breath whisper into her ear. She hadn't expected him to do something like that.
Kyoya pulled back and smirked at her, a small sense of pride building up that he had left her speechless.
They danced in silence for a bit more, until Kyoya drew away from her and bowed.
"It was a pleasure dancing with you, Milady."
Brianna sighed and decided to play along.
"The pleasure was all mine." She curtseyed as she said this, and when she lifted her head back up, she saw something flash in Kyoya's eyes, but it was gone before she could identify it.
Kyoya just smirked a bit, and then turned to leave, but he was quickly bombarded by women who were all begging to have him dance with them.
In the commotion, Brianna was pushed away from Kyoya.
"Whoa!" she cried as she stumbled back.
Instead of falling to the ground, she felt two arms wrap around her waist and her back collide with a solid chest.
The person breathed a sigh of relief, which caused the hair on top of her head to stir slightly.
"Hey, are you okay?"
Brianna blinked, before quickly looking up and staring into the amber eyes.
"Oh, hey. Thanks Hikaru, I'm good."
Hikaru gave her a small, smug smile.
"No need to thank me, I am your knight in shining armor."
Brianna let out a laugh.
"If you say so. Whatever makes you happy."
They smiled at one another for a moment, when Brianna was suddenly pulled out of Hikaru's grasp.
Brianna gasped as she stumbled into the person's arms. She looked up into another pair of amber eyes.
"Kaoru?! What the hell?!"
Kaoru glanced down at her, away from his brother and smiled.
"Let's dance!" Kaoru said as he led her away from Hikaru and began to dance with her.
"Ah! Hey, Kaoru! Wait a sec!" Brianna cried as she was led away.
She quickly fell into step with him, glaring up at him.
"Could you not pull me along like that?" she grounded out.
"Sorry, I just wanted to dance with you for a bit." He smiled at her apologetically.
Brianna rolled her eyes, but her mouth twitched upwards.
They danced in silence after that, and after a while, Kaoru twirled her and let her go, causing her to twirl away from him and into someone else's arms.
Brianna blinked and looked up into Hikaru's face, who had a surprised look on his face.
Brianna turned her head and glanced back at Kaoru who just smiled and bowed, before turning and walking away.
Brianna glanced back at Hikaru, shrugged, and smiled. Hikaru just looked down at her before smiling and taking her hand and began to sway her to the tempo of the music.
They danced in silence until Brianna let out a sigh.
"What is it?" Hikaru asked in concern.
"Nothin." She lied, but as soon as she said that, her stomach let out a growl.
Hikaru stopped moving, causing her to stop as well, and just stared owlishly at her, before bursting out laughing.
He let go of her and clutched his stomach, doubling over. Brianna just grumbled at him.
Once he stopped laughing, he straightened up and smiled wryly at her.
"Go get something to eat." He said, bowing and walking away from her.
Brianna huffed and stomped towards the food table. She grabbed a plate and started to put food on it. Once she was satisfied, she leisurely leaned against a nearby pillar and began to eat, scanning the room.
She saw Carissa dancing with some guy with red hair and a scary looking face, Haruhi had been dressed up as a girl and was now dancing with Tamaki, Hunny, Mori, Hikaru, and Kaoru were also dancing with girls.
She caught sight of Kyoya, who was also dancing with a girl, and the two locked eyes. Kyoya smirked as he mouthed: 'you're next'.
Brianna rolled her eyes and went back to stuffing her face with food.
Once she was finished, she went to get more food, but was stopped when a pair of arms flung themselves around her waist.
"Bri-chan!" Brianna stumbled a little at the force of the blow, but quickly caught herself.
"Hey Hunny-senpai, enjoyin yourself so far?"
"Yep! But it would be even better if you danced with me!"
Brianna blinked as she was forcibly dragged to the dance floor, her plate being set back on the table.
"Ah! W-wait Hunny-senpai!" Brianna cried as Hunny stopped moving and began to twirl with her.
"Wee~" Hunny cheered as they spun together.
When he finally let go of her, Brianna stumbled and half fell into the arms of someone else.
"Th-thanks Mori-senpai…" she muttered as she looked up at him.
"Welcome."
Brianna straightened herself out and smiled wryly at him.
"I don't suppose you'd want to dance with me as well?"
Mori cracked a small smile at that and gently grabbed her hand and led her to the dance floor.
They danced in quiet, simply swaying to the music.
"Excuse me Mori-senpai, I believe it is my turn now."
They stopped dancing and looked at Kyoya, who stood there with his host smile on.
"She is my date after all."
Mori reluctantly nodded and slowly pulled away from her.
Brianna glanced at him and then sighed, making her way over to Kyoya.
"Hey Brianna, dance with us!"
"No! I wanna dance with Bri-chan!"
"Whoa! Hey, what the hell?!"
Just as Brianna took a step forward, Hikaru and Kaoru had each grabbed her arms and Hunny had wrapped his hands around her waist.
"I'm afraid she's already dancing with me."
They all turned to look at Kyoya who still had his host club smile on his face but he had a dark aura surrounding him. The others, besides Brianna, sweat dropped and shivered in fear.
"Hey! What are you guys doing?! You're causing a scene!" Tamaki cried as he came over, pulling a reluctant Haruhi along.
They had formed a circle around Brianna and in noticing this, she sighed and decided to speak up.
"Good. You're all here, I was wonderin when I should talk to you guys bout this, but I guess this is a good time as any."
The others looked at her in confusion, waiting for her continue.
"I know that you've been researching about me, Kyoya, and that you told everyone what you found out, or lack of, about me." A shocked look flittered over all of their faces. "I get that you're curious, so I'll tell you something about me." An expectant look crossed all of their faces.
"My real name is Brianna Lunar, and the reason you won't find anything about me is because they were destroyed."
Their eyes widened in shock.
"B-but how—" Tamaki started, but was cut off.
"I gave you that much. Don't press for more." The others shut their mouths. "My past is my past, and I'd rather that you didn't look into it. Trust me, it's better this way."
"How is it 'better this way'?! We're friends Brianna! You should be able to trust us!" Hikaru yelled.
Brianna lowered her head, letting her bangs shadow her face.
"Hikaru...my past is…something that normal people who live happy lives, such as all of you, cannot even begin to understand. If you wish to remain happy and innocent, if you wish to keep living ignorant to the real ways of the world, you'll stay out of my past." Brianna turned away from them, grabbed Kyoya by his hand and dragged him away from everyone, leaving everyone else in shock.
Once they were away from the group, Brianna stopped tugging Kyoya along. She turned around and looked expectantly at him.
"Well?" she asked, crossing her arms.
Kyoya blinked, then shook his head, as if to bring himself back to reality.
"Well what?"
"You said we were gonna dance, so let's dance." She held out her hands expectantly and Kyoya quickly took them and began to sway them to the music.
"You are…an interesting puzzle…one that remains stubborn to be unsolved." Kyoya murmured after a while, an amused smirk on his face.
"And you remain the stubborn solver who just doesn't know how to quit." Brianna returned his amused smirk.
They danced together for the rest of the night, neither dancing with anyone else.
I couldn't, for the LIFE of me, figure out how to end this chapter.
I'm not sure how I feel about this chapter, but meh, I know it's better than the last one:D I hope you enjoyed it though!
Review replies:
bored411: that was the only part I really liked and sorry this wasn't updated faster! You'll find that all out soon enough so no worries!
LOL: All will be revealed in due time, and that's okay, keep typing!