I don't own any of the characters, places, events of QHSHC, any original characters, places and events are mine.
The Rose Bud
Jasmine stood outside the classroom of 2A waiting for the teacher to arrive. She shifted from one foot to the other and back again, unable to be completely still. Her hands gripped her bag tighter and the transfer papers tremored slightly.
"Jasmine-chan!" Yumi called from down the hall. She stood their waving, when Jasmine waved back Yumi grabbed Mai, who was standing next to her. Pulling the girl in front of her, Yumi pincher her cheeks. Forcing her friend to smile.
Jasmine chuckled, smiled broadly and waved again. Mai, nodded in Jasmines direction, pulled free of Yumi and ducked into 2C's classroom. Yumi waved once more and followed.
"Kurogane-san?" Jasmine turned to look at the slightly older woman addressing her.
"Yes?" Jasmine shifted again.
"I am Tamuro Rui, your new teacher, is that the transfer paper?" Rui points at the papers in Jasmine's grip.
"Yes, Tamuro-sensei, here." As Jasmine passes over the papers Tamaki appears at the end of the hall.
"Thank you Kurogane-san, please wait in the hall until I call for you." Jasmine bows and the teacher walks into the classroom.
"Kurogane-san" Tamaki cries from outside the 2D classroom. "Good morning princess"
Jasmine flinched, "Never, ever call me princess" She muttered, her eyes hard.
"Eh!" Tamaki flinches away from the small girl.
"Tamaki, we are late." Kyoya appears, pulling Tamaki into the classroom. "The meeting is being moved Miss Kurogane, be aware we may have to leave early."
"Thank you Master Ootori" Jasmine nodded, calming slightly as possible times for the meeting run through her head.
"Kyoya, what are talking about" Tamaki whined allowing Kyoya to push him through the classroom door.
"Suoh-san, Ootori-san, your late." Rui's voice carried through the closing door.
"Our apologies sensei" Kyoya's reply was muffled but understandable, Tamaki's not so much.
Jasmine waited while the class settled down. Rui stuck her head out the door and waved Jasmine over. "Class, this is Jasmine, she has been transferred from 2C today and will be studding with you for the rest of the year." Jasmine bowed and then, after the teacher waved her over to an empty seat in the back row moved to sit down.
"Sensei, what about the class project?" A student in the front row tuck up his hand. Jasmine frowned and looked up.
"She can work with us" Tamaki raised his hand, drawing the attention of the class. "Right Kyoya?"
"If Ootori-san agrees that's fine" Rui nods at the two boys. Kyoya sighs and nods in return. "Then that's fine, we will spend an hour before lunch working on planning, for now…" Jasmine glanced at the two boys, then at the teacher before pulling out her books and pencil case, placing her bag on the hook on the side of her desk. She settled in to her new class.
As the other members of the class moved around to form small groups Jasmine moved over to stand in front of Tamaki and Kyoya's desks. "So, what are we working on?" Jasmine asked, looking more at Tamaki then his dark haired friend.
"Our class is performing Romeo and Juliet, Kyoya and I have been assigned the role of costume design, as well I am to play Romeo, Kyoya has declined a role in the actual performance." Tamaki rambled on and Jasmine turned to Kyoya.
"So, what do you have so far?" Jasmine attempted to be quite, Kyoya seemed to ignore the effort.
"The costumes have been designed already we just need to collect the measurements of the actors." Kyoya passed Jasmine a list. "If you could approach the female roles, I can get the male, we already have Tamaki's from the Host Club." Jasmine nodded and looked down at the sheet of paper, each entry had the name, role and photo of the students selected. All the students on Jasmines list were female. She glanced at Kyoya's list, Tamaki was the first entry, his information already filled in.
"So Kurogane-san, what was your class doing?" Tamaki had come back to the conversation.
"Macbeth, I was playing on of the three witches." Jasmine replied glancing around the class room for the first student on her list. Tamaki seemed to shrivel.
"Are you a witch Kurogane-san?"
"No, I know Latin and can recite the spells correctly, can you point out Higashi-san?" Tamaki brightened and pointed out the tall brunette. Jasmine nodded and pulled out her phone taking a photo of the girls entry she walked over and entered into conversation with the other girl, once phone numbers had been exchanged and the request for information sent to the girls tailor Hiragashi wondered back to her group and Tamaki called out to Jasmine.
"Join us for lunch Kurogane-san" Jasmine turned, glanced at Kyoya who nodded and smiled.
"Sure" Tamaki beamed.
"So Morinozuka-sempei, do all of you eat together or?" Jasmine asked Takashi as she sat beside him. A nod was her only response.
"You can call him Mori-sempai, Kurogane-kohai, and me Honey-sempai!" The Blond boy sitting next to Mori cheered. Drawing a smile from Jasmine.
"Then you may address me as Jasmine Honey-sempai."
"Yay, Jas-chan, do you like cake?" Flowers seemed to surround the boy. Jasmine frowned at the nickname but relaxed as the young boy turned to the other hosts and began addressing them in a similar manner. It seemed the boy, like Yumi saw no harm in taking liberties with a person's name.
As the table began eating Jasmine's phone buzzed in her pocket, having been put on silent for class. Glancing at the screen she hurriedly answered.
"Hello Mama… yes… Okay…" The others at the table stayed silent out of respect, until Kyoya answered his own buzzing phone.
"Yes father… I shall… what about Kurogane-san… Yes I can do that." The phone was hung up. "Kurogane-san, I can give a lift" Jasmine looked up with relief.
"Mama… No Ootori-san has offered to bring me, you don't have to pick me up… Yes as soon as we stop talking I will, did father bring the papers… good, I will see you soon mama." The phone was put down. "Thank you Ootori-san."
"We are going to the same place." The boy muttered. Glancing at Tamaki. "Tamaki, I will not be able to make the Club tonight." Tamaki nods, frowning at his friend. Kyoya turns to Jasmine, "Shall we depart?"
"Yes, I think that best." The girl places down her cutlery and moves to stand. "Do we need to go via the classroom?"
"No, I brought my bag to lunch." Jasmine smiles raising her own bag. Kyoya just moves to leave.
"I will see you tomorrow then, Suoh-san." Jasmine bows the other hosts, smiling at Honey who waves.
The two teenagers walk out of the cafeteria leaving the six host staring in surprise after them.
"Tamaki-sempai, why would they be going to the same place? I know their families are discussing business but why would they need to be there?" Huruhi asks the older boy.
Before Tamaki can answer Honey sets down his fork to look at the other hosts "They are probably discussing an engagement." The boy seems older, less childish then a moment ago. "But I'm sure Kyo-kun would tall us about something like that, right Takashi?" The boy, suddenly childlike again looks at the much larger boy beside him.
"Hn" Nodding Mori places a new piece of cake in front of Honey who smiles and begins to devour the treat.
Huruhi looks at Tamaki. "Is that true sempai?"
Tamaki looks shocked but smiles at the girl. "Yeah, Kyoya would tell us about anything that serious." The other hosts nod.
"Don't worry Huruhi, Tono's right." Hikaru leaned down on one side of Huruhi.
"Kyoya would tell us if he was engaged." Kaoru finished, looming on Huruhi's other side.
"So don't worry, Okay Huruhi?" Honey smiled at the girl. Huruhi smiled back.
"Okay Honey-sempai"
"Kyoya, are you really okay with this?" The young woman leaned down to whisper in Kyoya's ear as the two watched their father speak to Kurogane Yuriko.
"It's fine Fuyumi, better this way then the other" Kyoya murmured his reply.
"Asking her to marry Yuuichi was harsh." Fuyumi sighed. "But what about the Club?"
"Kyoya, come here." Yoshiro called.
"Yes father"
On the other side of the room Jasmine stood with her mother. "Well, this is nice. The idea of you marrying someone so much older was almost discomforting, this is a nice compromise. Even if this Kyoya is not the heir." Jasmine flinched slightly.
"That isn't the point mother." Jasmine muttered, hoping her father or Kyoya weren't listening. She wasn't sure how many other Ootori's understood English.
"Jasmine, come" Yuriko called, facing away from the Ootoris.
"Yes father." Jasmine stood and walked to stand beside her father in front of Yoshiro and Kyoya.
"Well then, now that that has been settled, Kyoya you have met Kurogane Jasmine yes?" Yoshiro didn't even glance at his son, his gaze fixed on Jasmine.
"Yes father, I have." Kyoya's glasses flashed and Jasmine glanced at him.
"Good, the engagement will be announced on Friday at the Kurogane Ball." Yuriko nodded at the taller man.
"Yes, is there any one in particular to invite? Other than those already invited of course."
"The Suohs, other than them though the normal guest list will be fine."
"Ah, yes. You had best send that invite Ootori-san, I'm afraid I don't have the appropriate standing with the Suoh family." Yuriko chuckled glancing to one side. Yoshiro nodded and turned to Fuyumi.
"Well then, time to leave I believe."
"Yes father." The woman nodded, collecting Kyoya's bag and her own purse she moved to the door.
"Come Kyoya." Kyoya bowed to Yuriko and Jasmine before following his father out the door.
Yuriko smiled down at Jasmine. "Isn't this nice, Kyoya is not much younger than Yuuichi, a much better match."
"Yes father" Jasmine looked at the ground. "May I be dropped off at work?"
The older man nodded. "You won't need to work much longer dear, just until you finish school."
Jasmine nodded and collected her own bag from her mother. The three walked out the door into the hotel.
Kyoya sighed and let his bag fall to the ground just inside his room. Letting himself fall onto one of the couches in his room her brought one arm up to cover his eyes. Kyoya lay there, not moving as the clock ticked away.
The vibrations of his phone made Kyoya groan and pull the device from his pocket. "Yes?...Tamaki, what do you want…" a deep sigh. "Yes, your family should have been invited to the ball on Friday?" Kyoya stood and walked towards the stairs. "No, that's when the announcement will be made." The boy pulled of his glasses, placing them on the bed side table. "I'll announce it to the club tomorrow, calm down idiot there's nothing either of us can do at this point." Leaning down to take of his shoes Kyoya listens to the ranting of his best friend. "It was me or Yuuichi." That brought silence. "It can wait till tomorrow. Good night Tamaki"
Thank you for reading, Min