Hi guys! I just wanted to share a song or two because I felt like these two songs could be my character's theme songs: New Navy – Zimbabwe (Flune Remix), What So Not - High You Are (Branchez Remix). Just because of the vibe that they give and since I've been listening to them non-stop while writing! Thank you so much to everyone once again and enjoy the next chapter!
The two orange haired identical twins made their way through campus; their expressions were indifferent to their surroundings, and constant yawns filled their mouths between conversations barely there.
"Oh? Hikaru look!" Kaoru lit up, somewhat awakening from his drowsiness.
"Heh… it's the new toy" Hikaru smiled mischievously as he followed the direction of Kaoru's gaze. "Let's go play…"
They crawled up behind her, who was in her own world; dressed in black attire, set up with an easel and stool, painting the autumn trees, listening to music, and smoking a cig. In unison, the twins approached her head from opposite sides, removed her headphones, and screamed – the loudest they possibly could – directly into her ears.
"AHHH!" She sprang up from her seat and flew backwards, taking the stool with her, her paintbrush brushing violently against the canvas as she fell. The twins looked at the canvas in horror. Oh shit, they thought. He's really going to kill us…
"Sheesh! Way to make me go deaf first thing in the morning," she said, getting up and brushing herself off and lighting out her cigarette. "What do you guys want?" They were speechless; her painting had a thick red stroke – no, it looked more like a seizure – over her beautifully painted vivid orange and yellow leaved trees. She noticed. "…." She walked up to the piece and touched it gently. All Hikaru and Kaoru could see of her by then was her back facing the ruined painting. They shivered in fear, embracing each other and clasping their hands. We've really done it this time… they thought, shaking to the fear of her reaction.
Waiting for her response was a nightmare. Hikaru and Kaoru were practically biting their hands by now, sweating what seemed like buckets of water in their freshly ironed school uniforms. After a moment, she finally turned around to face them, an act that made them run a few steps away from her with their faces pale from the lack of circulation from the fear.
"Aw… you guys," she began. "Look what you guys did… it's all ruined now…"
"We're… we…. We… didn't know… didn't mean it to happen… we're so sorry…" Kaoru bowed his head.
"Yeah" Hikaru nodded in agreement, both of them still fearful of the rage that they expected from her.
She stared at them for a moment then laughed, "Haha Nah! it's okay!"
Their eyes widened. "Wait… what….. WAIT WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?!" HIkaru growled. "AREN'T YOU MAD AT ALL?!"
"Huh? Yeah! Why are you laughing?!"
"Because you didn't mean it… so whatever! … Besides… Now that I look at it again… It might even look better this way," she smiled at the painting, tilting her head a little. "So thanks! For that happy accident!" She faced them with a goofy grin, telling them to not worry anymore, a grin in which the twins replied in a blank expression of utter confusion.
"Huh? Man… you sure are a weird kid," Hikaru finally said.
"Mhm!" Kaoru nodded, smiling at Yuubi. "But still… we're really sorry about what happened… Tell us if you need anything…"
"Haha! Yeah yeah! Get to class" she responded, showing them her tongue.
"Haha fine! We'll see you after!" They ran off a little confused and very content. He isn't a bad guy after all. They smiled at each other in agreement.
The host club wasn't too particularly busy that afternoon, but Tamaki's regular, Kana-san, spent a good hour flirting with him and trying to enjoy his usual flirtatious nature; however, today, he (along with the other host club members) was more occupied on the matter of the host club rookie, Yuubi. He seemed to zone out Kana's words and try to listen to Yuubi's conversations with her customers. After eavesdropping, he would continue on to tell Kana and the other members how surprisingly stunning the new rookie is.
"He's like a natural! It's crazy! He knows exactly what the girls want! I don't understand how!"
The other members nodded in agreement, showing Tamaki their thumbs. "Good job for making him the artist rebel type boss," chanted the twins.
Kana finally felt fed up with it… "You're paying an awful lot of attention to him, Tamaki," she jealously claimed, placing her coffee on the table top before continuing. "Forgetting how to treat your loyal customers…"
"What? Of course not. Of course not," he nonchalantly batted, waving his hand at her. Her eyes sharpened. She got up to leave.
"Enjoy your other guests," she said flatly. "I'm going to test the rookie." She walked over to Yuubi's table and tapped her on the shoulder. "Do you have time? Sorry ladies, I want an individual meeting."