Another hour passed and Emi did her job well. Both hosts still danced with guests but took breaks between each dance to regroup. The silver crowned duo were never farther than ten meters apart at any given time due to this tactic. Emi enjoyed the look of frustration a certain group of girls displayed and did not hold back from cuddling up to Kyouya slightly and eating food off his plate.
~Who knew it was so easy to piss people off!~
While the simple displays of affection annoyed the group of Kyouya fans, most guests were fangirling over the interactions. The biggest reactions always came after Kyouya did something sweet like put his arm around Emi's waist or rest his head on hers.
~This is the first dance I've been to that being the center of attention is a good thing.~ Emi thought happily, watching all of the other hosts 'court' the guests.
"I got you a drink Emi-senpai!" A voice next to Emi squealed and a glass was shoved in her hand.
"Thank you..." She turned and saw one of the girls from the hateful group disappear in the crowd.
She squinted questioningly and set the glass down in front of herself, mentally reminding herself not to drink it. Emi turned back to the conversation at hand.
One of the few males of the club was having a conversation with Kyouya about the finances of the club. Emi tuned in and added a couple comments.
Out of the corner of her eye she saw Kyouya pick up the glass. He took a swig and realization hit her. In slow motion she yelled at him to drop it but it was too late, the liquid had already passed into his stomach.
"What is the problem Emi?" Kyouya asked, obviously confused at her outburst.
"How do you feel." Emi asked slowly,
Kyouya looked down at her, then at the boy they had been talking to, then back to her. "Fine? I'm not allergic to the punch or anything."
"I'm going to go pour it out, don't move." She said and snatched up the drink.
She turned and poured the liquid into a nearby trash can then put the glass under a table so no one would you use it.
~Just in case.~
She turned around and noticed Kyouya was leaning heavily on the table in front of him.
~Oh shit.~
She quickly walked up to her boyfriend and grabbed his arm.
"Kyouya, how do you feel right now, be honest."
"A little tired but I'm fine." He answered and tried to brush away from her.
Emi immediately grabbed his arm again, "I just remembered I forgot something in the back. It's kind of heavy, will you come with me?"
~Don't kill the ego, take him back and get help.~
She turned to the guest they were talking too, "See that girl over there?" She asked and pointed to the small girl who handed her the glass. The boy nodded, "Can you bring her over to curtain by the stairwell? Tell her Kyouya needs her."
After he walked off she linked arms with Kyouya and dragged him across the room. A few people stared and whispered at them but she brushed it off and kept moving. Kyouya was leaning on her heavily now and she knew the drug was taking effect.
"Oh my god is Kyouya okay?" The girl in question asked. Emi whirled around and latched her hand around the girl's wrist.
"Thank you for getting her, enjoy the party!" Emi said over her shoulder at the young man standing there. She dragged the girl through the curtain and when it fell back in place Emi let her friendly demeanor drop.
"What the hell did you put in that drink." She growled,
"I didn't mean for it to- is he okay?!" The frail girl asked frantically, pushing through the tulle of her excessively fluffy, bright pink dress and reaching out to touch him.
Emi jerked away, wrapping her left arm around his waist protectively.
"You're going to tell me right now what was in that drink and then you'll talk to the police. Now unless you want something to happen to Kyouya you're going to tell me what was in that goddamn drink!"
The girl swallowed, tears rushing down her face. "I-I don't know. I just asked for something to get you out of the way and I was given this. It's your fault you took off the tiara in the first place! You can't tell anyone, my daddy will sue you!"
"Jesus, you got a date rape drug or something?! And what are talking about with the crown? It's not me you messed up. It's Kyouya so if you want to sue the Ootori's, that's your call. Whatever," She lifted her phone and stopped the recording on her phone. "Now that I think about it, you're the jeweler's daughter aren't you." Emi said, the pieces coming together, "The twins must have invited you because they didn't know you were such a bitch to me and Kyouya and then you did something to my crown to mess up tonight. Either way now I have your confession and the tiara can be investigated later. Get the fuck out of my sight."
She turned and began to pull Kyouya into the hallway out of view before he collapsed.
"Shit, shit, shit." She mumbled,
"Oh god, what's happening to him, this is all your fault!" The girl wailed and pounced on top of the disoriented Kyouya.
~Hell. No.~
Emi planted a hand on the girl's back and grabbed a handful of the priceless dress she wore. With one movement the student was flung down the hallway.
"Leave before something bad happens to you." She snarled, turning away and anticipating that the girl was finally scared away.
~Or injured. Either one will work.~
Emi kicked off her heels, grabbed Kyouya's arm, and hauled him onto her back. She carried him army style into the host headquarters and dumped him on the couch.
"Emi whattre yah doing?" Kyouya tried to say, slurring his words.
"Oh good Emi-senpai is in here!" A voice called in from the doorway,
"Emi-senpai time for a make-up update!" The other twin quipped as the entered the room side by side.
Emi was on them before the could blink.
"Hikaru, go get one of Kyouya's personal guards stat. Kaoru, I doubt she does but if the school nurse has ipecac I need it now. If you can't find any I need warm water and salt. Lots of it. Kyouya has been drugged. Keep this info quiet, don't tell the other hosts unless it's necessary. We have one more hour before closing so after you complete your assignment return to the ball immediately. You are dismissed." She fired off,
The twins looked like their head was reeling but after a few seconds they sprinted out the door. Emi had already returned to Kyouya and tried to comfort him. Numbness was setting in and Kyouya could no longer move.
She sat there for what felt like ages rubbing his hand and talking to him, trying to keep him conscious.
Surprisingly the first person to return to the room was Hani. He whisked in the room and was at Emi's side before she registered the door was open.
~I guess I did underestimate his legacy...~
She grabbed the bottle of ipecac from his hands and poured the correct dosage. With the medicine in one hand she pried open Kyouya's mouth with the other then romantically force fed the fluid down his throat. He tried to spit it out but she clamped his mouth closed and pinched his nose until he stopped struggling.
"Get me a waste basket, Hani-senpai." She ordered, not taking her eyes off Kyouya for a second.
He returned seconds later with trash can in hand.
"What's wrong with him? Kaoru came to me in a panic saying Kyouya was poisoned and needed this medicine. What does it do?" He asked, all trace of the sweet lollishota gone.
"A guest tried to drug me and Kyouya drank it instead. This is going to hopefully relieve him of some of it in his system."
"How's it going to do tha-"
Before Hani could finish Kyouya began vomiting heavily into Emi's waiting trash can.
"Like that."
The two guests sat with Kyouya as he emptied his stomach until a fleet of Ootori security showed up. Emi left trashcan duties to one of the subordinates and explained the event in detail to the commander.
"Although I've never seen a drug act exactly like this I can assume what kind it is." Emi replied, "I believe it was a date rape drug like ketamine or something along those lines. We got him the medication less than ten minutes after he began showing signs so I'm hoping he didn't absorb much."
"We contacted the Ootori personal doctor once we were informed and he claimed your method is the only thing we can do for him. Because you caught it so quickly he should be okay by morning." The burly man said,
Emi gave him information on the culprit and thanked him then turned to Hani.
"We should get back to the guests, I'm sure the twins have already caused a stir." She said, softly grabbing his hand and pulling him away from Kyouya.
"What if he wakes up all alone!" Hani cried, pulling on her wrist slightly.
Emi paused and turned back to him,
"He has his team here, Hani-senpai." She said softly, "There's only a few minutes left of the ball, we need to smooth things out so there isn't chaos on Monday."
He looked at her, glanced back at Kyouya's limp form, then back at Emi. After a moment he nodded and allowed Emi to pull him out of the room.
They were a few feet from the curtain separating the school from the dance when the inevitable happened.
Emi's phone rang.
She pulled it out of the well disguised pocket of her dress and lifted it in front of her face. It continued to ring in her hand as she watched it but couldn't find it in herself to answer.
"You okay Emi-chan?" Hani asked, waiting next to her,
She nodded, her eyes never moving from the phone. She felt her heart racing and her breath hitch.
~Please, not now.~
Finally she pressed the glowing green button and held the device to her ear.
"Go."
Oooooooooooooooooooo
Kyouya woke up with a rock on his head. He tried to open his eyes but quickly shut them. The light stung and he felt his eyes water.
~Okay, think back. What happened?~
Slowly memories of the ball trickled into his mind. Emi, dancing with her, talking with guests, her protectiveness.
~She was really cute, the twins did a good job with that dress. Wait, back on topic. There was a drink and afterwards she got really worried. I started having trouble moving then... I can't remember.~
He used his sense of touch to determine where he was. Somewhere soft, with silk sheets, probably home. He also felt a dip in the mattress to his left, hinting there was a person at the side of the bed.
~Probably Emi, she was so worried.~
Slowly he re-opened his eyes and surveyed his surroundings. As he thought he was in his room. There were flowers on his nightstand and balloons in the corner with ridiculous sayings like 'get well soon!' and 'we miss you!'.
~Probably that idiot Tamaki.~
He glanced down at the sleeping form beside him and was surprised to find not Emi but Tamaki himself.
He squinted at the male form in curiousity.
~If he's here, where's Emi?
A light knock on the door roused Tamaki and he stood and walked over to answer it, completely oblivious of the fact that Kyouya was sitting up and awake. Tamaki opened the door a crack,
~That must be Emi.~
"No he isn't awake yet," Tamaki said,
"Come in, I'm awake." Kyouya said from his spot in bed, shifting so he was propped up.
"Kyouya!" Tamaki yelled and ran to the bed but didn't touch him.
~Strange. Not called mommy
no tackling hug?~
"How are you feeling?" A female voice asked from the doorway,
Instead of lustrous blond hair greeting him, Kyouya saw a mop of brown.
"I'm fine Haruhi. How did the rest of the ball go?"
"Surprisingly well without you and Emi. Most people thought you two snuck off to be alone so there wasn't too much panic." She replied and gave him a soft smile that rubbed him the wrong way.
~Everyone is acting weird...~
"Are you okay now, Kyo-chan?" Hani asked from Mori's shoulder. The gentle giant had slipped into the room so subtly that Kyouya just now saw them. The wins stood in the doorway looking in with a bizarre look on their faces.
"Yes I'm fine. Where is Emi?" Kyouya asked, feeling the little tendrils of frustration start grabbing onto him.
The room grew silent.
"You are all acting strange. Tell me, where is Emi?" He said again, raising his voice slightly.
Again the room quieted. All the hosts were glancing at each other and silently hoping someone else would speak.
"She's gone."