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The other members exited the limousine as well, shouting her name and waving excitedly.
"You know them?" Mrs. Hiro asked, tilting her head at Yuubi.
"Ahahaha! Yeah! School friends…." she laughed, scratching the back of her head. The members had run up the stairs and were now behind her.
"YUUBI'S HOUSE! YUUBI'S HOUSE! LET'S GO INSIDE YUUBI'S HOUSE," they chanted.
"One girl, seven rich guys…" Mrs. Hiro said out loud to herself as she faced the group. She turned to face Yuubi. "Yuubi-san… I didn't know you liked it like that," she exclaimed, looking at Yuubi in absolute horror.
"Huh… What do you –" she paused for a second to think. "NO NO NO! MRS. HIRO! IT'S NOT LIKE THAT! YOU KNOW I'M NOT LIKE THAT. RIGHT RIGHT?!"
"Yeah yeah…" Mrs. Hiro started walking back to her door. "I'll let you guys have your privacy now."
"NOOOO! I SWEAR! IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK," she called out to her old neighbor. Jeez, what a perverted grandma... There better not be any gossip around this complex, she laughed to herself.
"Come on. Let's go inside," Hikaru tapped his foot in impatience.
"By the way, why do you look so gross," Kaoru added, laughing.
"… I –"
"You forgot again, didn't you?" Kyoya interrupted, laughing at the simple sight of her: cigarette in hand, hair all-over the place, baggy pajamas pants, and an oversized grey hoodie.
She bowed her head in defeat. "…Actually yeah…"
"Typical."
She lit out her cig and led them inside. "There it is… it isn't much…"
"This. Is. A. Joke," the twins claimed in unison.
"Our garage is bigger than this," Kaoru said, looking around at the room.
"Seriously, what is this," Hikaru echoed.
Yuubi laughed and shrugged in response. "That's my home!"
"Guys! Stop it," Haruhi scolded. "Don't you have any manners?!"
"Where's your living room…" the members asked sternly. She pointed to the floor in front of them. "Then where's your bedroom…" She pointed to the same floor. "Dining room?" She pointed to the same place again. They were absolutely speechless, expect for Haruhi who smiled in response.
"Your place is quite nice," Haruhi genuinely commented.
"Haha thanks, Haruhi!" She laughed nervously, thankful for her understanding and generosity to go as far to even compliment her place. "Look, there's a kitchen and a bathroom," she said, running into the kitchen. "Three rooms!"
". . ."
"I BROUGHT SOME CAAAYAKE," Honey exclaimed once they were seated on the floor next to a short foldable table. He held up a big plastic bag filled with different flavored sweets.
"Ah! That's so kind! Thank you Honey senpai," she said as he placed the cakes out on the table. They looked so extravagant in comparison to her place.
"Nee! Nee," Honey lightly elbowed her to get her attention. "Mori told me he thought you might like the salted caramel and coffee flavored one, so I got this one especially for you!"
"AH Thank you Honey senpai! And, Mori senpai! How did you know?!" Her eyes were fixed onto the cake ready to devour the whole thing. MY FAVORITE.
"Guessed." Mori slightly laughed, pulling up a strawberry cream cake for himself. He laughed?! The other members stared at their tall friend in shock.
"Try this Haruhi," Kaoru and Hikaru gently placed one of the pastries in her mouth and took a bite from it also, inches away from her face, stroking her neck. They did this very often, with anything they could get their hands on: cookies, crackers, wafers, pocky sticks.
"Hmm… yum," she said, carefully chewing on the pastry. "What is it?"
Tamaki was now sobbing in the background. "What's wrong boss," the twins shrugged, used to his reaction.
"Yuubi come here!" Hikaru picked up a pastry and put it in her mouth.
"What the – " She was stopped by the two boys who were now in her face, trying to take a bite of the pastry. They gently ran their hands up her neck. Oh, no. She felt an irresistible tingle through her body. Right, they didn't know how ticklish she was. She screamed, "AHAHAH, STOP!" Her head impulsively jerked forward and slammed her forehead into the faces of the two twins, sending them flying backward. She was laughing wildly.
"OWW! WHAT WAS THAT FOR," they shouted, recovering from the fall.
The other members were now laughing at the twins as well. That sure didn't work.
"AHH I'M HUNGRY," Tamaki wailed after they were finished with cake. She was in the kitchen getting them some tea. He leaned back to lay down, but he hit his head on a small drawer behind him. "OUCH," he looked up at a drawer. "Oops! Sorry! I think I knocked over your picture frame," he said, making the picture stand right up again. "Huh? Oh yeah Yuubi. How come your parents aren't home?"
"UHH…" the question was so random and so sudden. She placed the tray of drinks on the table and found her composure. "They're on vacation," she said. forever… It's funny how I always lie about these kind of things… she thought to herself, looking down at her table.
"Your parents seem like wonderful people," Tamaki concluded.
"Well… they're just people! Ahahah, man Tamaki, you have a way with words," she responded with a nervous laugh. "Anyways, are you guys starving or what?!"
"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Let's eat something," the twins agreed in unison. "Cook for us!"
"HAHAAHAAHAH! I'm a terrible cook…" she claimed, recalling her nasty looking dishes. She probably got it from her dad… who could fix himself and Yuubi nothing but undercooked rice and seaweed whenever he got into a fight with mom – those days when her mom would stay out until after midnight to avoid confrontation. He tired her, and Yuubi knew it far too well.
"Huh? Then how does a commoner like you survive?" Tamaki asked, his eyes wide, expecting a melodramatic response about the struggles of poverty.
"I just eat it even though it's horrible," she laughed. "I got used to it I guess." They nearly fainted of bafflement at her response. What an idiot.
"Let's just go out! There's a yummy hot pot restaurant down the street! My friend works there," she exclaimed excited. "Plus, it's all you can eat!"
"Hot pot?! My parents told me we weren't allowed to have hot pot since it was oily and super bad for you," the twins shrugged, facing each other with poker faces.
"Same with my parents," Kyoya chuckled.
"NEE NEE I WANNA TRY," Honey reassured, tugging on her leg. The other members seemed to nod or shrug in agreement.
"Cool," Yuubi nodded with a grin. "Well you guys keep talking and finish your drinks… I'm going to go to the bathroom and change."
Eh, I guess I can skip out on the totally masculine look today, she shrugged as she picked out her clothes: her favorite black long wool coat, loose white tee, tan skinny jeans, and black combat boots. She hurriedly ran into the bathroom, changed, washed her faced, fixed her hair, and came outside.
"Aahah you look tough," Kaoru teased.
"And, you look KIND OF like a girl today," Hikaru chimed in.
"YEAH LETS GO CREW! WE'RE GOING TO TRY SOME COMMONER'S FOOD," Tamaki ran out the door. "Wait, where is it? I meant, SHOW US THE WAY."