Yuki moved as quietly as she could, careful not to splash. It was next to impossible, but she managed to do it by walking on the very tips of her toes.
A water balloon broke against Yuki's back. Yuki cried out in pain, for her back was still sore from her falls. Yuki pressed her back against the wall and looked around cautiously. Another water balloon dropped on Yuki's head. Yuki went berserk and sprayed everything everywhere. And then she bolted down the hallway.
Yuki slid down a slide on her feet, but she crashed when she reached the bottom. Yuki got all scrapped on the cement floor. She jumped to her feet and continued sprinting. Is Karen like a freaking spider and climbs on the ceiling!? She stopped to refill her water gun once more.
Nearby the fountain, Yuki spotted a seashell decoration. She tossed it down another corridor and it skipped along the water, creating splashed. Yuki heard footsteps rushing towards her. She retreated around a corner and prepared for attack.
Karen rounded the corner and skidded to a stop when she was sprayed by Yuki. Karen countered, but Yuki did a side aerial to dodge. Yuki landed on one knee and squirted Karen. Karen ducked and blasted water at Yuki. Yuki jumped, doing more than a split in the air. Yuki landed and sprinted up towards Karen. Karen sprayed water at Yuki, but Yuki dodged every one, getting closer to Karen.
And then, Karen was disarmed. Yuki tossed Karen's water gun off to the side and sprayed Karen. Karen barely dodged and dropped to the floor. Yuki squirted her again. But Karen had grabbed her water gun and countered with a blast of water. Yuki was getting really tired. She was breathless and thirsty and hot and sweaty. But she had to beat Karen.
Yuki ducked another squirt of water and landed on one knee again. She sprayed Karen. Karen blasted more water at Yuki, but she did a valdez, dodging it. It was instinct to Yuki doing all of these dance moves. But she might break her feet before she's on hard cement and barefoot. And she had nationals. And if she broke her foot, she would lose.
Karen shot more water at Yuki. Yuki instinctively did a back tuck. She immediately regretted it. Yuki slipped on her landing and fell on her back. She rolled out of the way of another spray of water and rolled onto her stomach. Yuki sprayed Karen's legs before rolling away from another blast of water.
"Karen, you're out." Kyoya's voice announced on the intercom. Yuki grinned, but she was breathless. She had won. And Kyoya's indirectly acknowledging her! Yuki jumped to her feet. She helped Karen to her feet.
"Thanks. You're quite the competitor." Karen huffed. She was breathless too.
"It was a good game." Yuki muttered as she shook Karen's hand. When the pair exited, Yuki was tackled by Tamaki, Hikaru, Kaoru, and Hunny.
"You did it!"
"You won!" And said other words of praise.
"She was really tough!" Karen agreed.
"You just can't beat a Hoshizora." Yuki said, smirking and setting aside her water gun.
"I would have never imagined you being proud. But don't get too cocky. We have to add up the points." Kyoya reminded. Yuki's face fell.
"Points?" Yuki asked.
"Of course. It's only fair." Kyoya looked smug. Everyone turned to look at the projection. The points added up.
Karen had 105 points.
Yuki had 100 points.
"You may have been the last one standing, but Karen wins because she had more points than you." Kyoya explained.
"You jackass! You just rigged it so your fiancé could win!" Yuki snapped.
"And your evidence?" He asked, smirking and uncovering the aviator sunglasses from his eyes.
"Well, I don't have any..." Yuki muttered.
"It's only fair." He said, putting the sunglasses back over his eyes again.
"You said straight to my face that you weren't a fair person!" Yuki cried.
"When?"
"When I ambushed you as you were looking for your clothes and glasses I hid from you! I said, 'it's only fair that I see you naked because you saw me!' And you were all like, 'I'm not a fair person.'" Yuki explained. Everyone's jaw dropped except for Kyoya's and Mori's.
"Yuki!" The twins yelled.
"You naughty girl! Mom! Our Yuki's a pervert!" Tamaki cried.
"What!? It was FAIR!" Yuki snapped. "Plus, I didn't see anything. He wouldn't let me take off the towel." She grumbled.
"Fair point made, Yuki. But I've changed over the years." Kyoya said.
"Still seems like the four eyed jackass to me..." Yuki muttered. Yuki sighed in defeat. It was just a stupid game. It will never change the damn fact that Kyoya is engaged to Karen, not Yuki. Yuki will have forever lost to Karen...
Yuki grabbed a towel and walked to the changing room, startling Kyoya. He was so used to Yuki fighting him back. But then she just gave up. It was new. What happened to her determination? That fire in her eyes...it's gone.
Yuki dried herself off and threw her winter clothes back on. She immediately started sweating from the heat and humidity. Yuki had to get out of there. She was getting overwhelmed again. Karen wins. Karen will always win. Yuki will always lose. Always.
It was time to move on. Yuki knew she needed to get a grip and get over Kyoya. It was never going to happen again. Never. And there was Nick. He obviously had a crush on her. She knew it. He went to Harvard with her and was on the Harvard college dance team. Maybe she should just go for it with him. Give him a shot.
"You're going?" Haruhi asked.
"I have dance rehearsal for nationals. I'll see you guys tomorrow though!" Yuki lied. She heard her cellphone ring to "Tsumetai Yoru."
"That's still your ringtone?" Kyoya asked.
"Yes. It's my favorite song. Is there a problem?" Yuki demanded coldly.
"Not at all." Yuki fished out her cellphone. Why was she suddenly so cold to him? Because he's getting freaking married! And it wasn't to Yuki!
"Hello?" Yuki answered as she exited.
"Yuki? It's me, Nick." Nick said.
"Hi, Nick. How are you?" She greeted.
"I'm great. How are you?"
"Good."
"So, I was wondering...are you, um, free tomorrow?" He asked nervously.
"I have to work a shift from three to five tomorrow afternoon. But before and after I'm as free as a bird." Yuki knew what was coming next.
"Would you, um, like to have dinner with me? You don't have to if you don't want to...I just thought maybe you would like to go to dinner. And then maybe afterwards some guys I know are throwing a party..." He explained.
"Sure. I'd love to." Yuki replied. She needed to move on.
"Really? Awesome! I'll come pick you up at your work, okay? Nothing fancy at all or anything."
"Great. Thanks. See you then." Yuki hung up.
