Chapter 27 is here! I'm glad that so many people reviewed! It made my day! Thank you skiddliebop, Square Root of Three, BloodLily16, KayDizzle, Sinnel, The Peculiar, Rainy-Round, JustAFangirl, and the Guest reviewer! All of your reviews made my day go from a 30 to a 100! Anyways, Enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Ouran High Host Club. I do, however, own my OC(s) and plot.

Eyrie sat in the waiting room of the Haninozuka Japanese style mansion, waiting patiently for her audience with the fathers of her two friends. The friends in question sat in chairs across from her, Hunny eating cake and Mori watching him silently.

"Eyrie-sempai!" Saoshi burst in the door and ran over to her in excitement. Chika followed, glaring at Satoshi's back. "The maid just told us you were here!"

"Yes. I'm here to see your dads." She replied while ruffling their hair. "Hunny said that you to were practicing your moves with your sensei so I didn't want to disturb you."

"Oh yea! We're on our way there now! We just wanted to say hi!" Satoshi smiled and began pushing an irritated Chika out. "See ya later Eyrie-sempai!"

Eyrie gently shook her head as she listened to them fight as they walked down the hall. As the sound faded she began nervously glancing around the room.

"Eyr-chan. Don't be so nervous." Hunny giggled. Eyrie tensed and a shadow covered her eyes as she looked down at her lap. Shadow drooped around her head and shoulders. "You just gotta tell them your choice."

"I'm so sorry..." Eyrie said in a weak, shaky voice. Hunny cocked his head.

"What for?" Hunny and Mori sweat dropped as Eyrie's hands came up to loosely cover her face, doing nothing to hide the horrified, gloomy expression.

"You were both supposed to be considered as my suitors and I didn't even talk to you when I made my decision. I'm horrible. I didn't eve think about your feelings, never bothered to hear what you had to say. Now I can't take it back." Eyrie's wide eyes looked up in surprise when she heard Hunny laugh.

"Silly Eyr-chan! You're so cute! We already knew we didn't stand a chance!" Eyrie felt as if she were a piece of glass breaking. Hunny just gave her a happy look. "You and Kyo-chan are just too perfect for each other, we already knew it would happen like this!"

Mori vigorously nodded his head. Eyrie looked at them both with a stunned expression. "Oh..."

"So just be happy Eyr-chan!" Hunny barely got the words out before Eyrie swept him and Mori into a hug.

"Huuunnnny! Thankyouthankyouthankyou! I would be so sad if I hurt your feelings!" Eyrie loosened her grip to smile at them, tears hanging onto her bottom lashes. The boys smiled warmly at her.

"Miss? The masters will see you now." A maid lead them all to a door. Eyrie stood there for a moment and Hunny grabbed her hand. They shared a smile then walk in together.

"Where to Mistress?"

Eyrie gave a long groan and heard Bear chuckle in the front seat. She lifted her forearm from her eyes and sighed. That morning had been filled with calls and announcements. Her first stop had been Hunny and Mori's family, who had been understanding. Both of the fathers cordially congratulated her, then invited her to tea, making it clear they harbored no hostility. After that she had gone home to call family and friends. Her grandmother had been a busy bee as well, calling old acquaintances. Eyrie had even said a brief hello to the grandmother of the twins. She had been informed to reserve the spot of floral arrangement for her, for she couldn't think of her friend's granddaughter getting 'any less than the best!". Now she had to tell the most important people of all. The Ootori's.

"Kyoya's house please." She said with resignation. She had called in advance to make an appointment with his father and immediately decided that arriving early to convince Kyoya to stand next to her as she told his father would be a wise course of action. She had only been there five minutes when she snuck out of the sitting room and found her way to Kyoya's room, only getting lost once and having to ask a maid for directions. "Kyoya?"

She looked around to find that the room was multi-leveled and he didn't appear to be on the first floor.

"This is ridiculous." She grumbled as she got to the second floor and looked around. The lump on the bed moved and Eyrie blushed as she walked over to see Kyoya's sleeping face pointed at her.

Maybe I should...No! I am not telling his father by myself! I'll just...wake him up.

Eyrie straightened her shoulders and sat on the edge of the bed. Her hand stretched out and hovered over him, suddenly distracted by the cluster of hair that had fallen into his face. Instead of violently shaking his shoulder, like she had planned, she began smoothing his hair back, running her fingers through it lightly. She was so absorbed in the action that she didn't hear his sister enter. Fuyumi rushed up the stairs but stopped cold as soon as she saw Eyrie. She stood there, staring, as she watched the girl caress her brother's face and hair, then quietly crept back down the stairs. As soon as she got back to the first floor she silently screamed and tried to refrain from jumping up and down.

That's the girl from the party! The one Kyoya mentioned! She's gorgeous! Even without the fancy dress! Kyoya didn't tell me they were together! Does this mean she chose him?! Oh, they will be a stunning couple!

Fuyumi swooned for a few more minutes then crept out the door, letting out burst of excitement as she made her way down the hall. Back in the room Eyrie finally remembered why she had come and began shaking Kyoya's shoulder.

"Kyoya." She whispered into his ear. He groaned and turned his head away. "Kyoya if you don't wake up I'll tell your father that we decided on a pink wedding."

Kyoya's eyes pried opened a sliver as the strange words pierced his sleeping mind and he nearly jumped when his sight filled with chocolate-brown eyes and ruby lips.

"Just think...a pink wedding...and all you have to do is stay in bed." The corners of those ruby lips turned up to give him a challenging smile.

"How dare you wake me? How did you even get in here? Why are you here?" Kyoya asked, his brain finally waking up. He sat up to face her, the comforter of his bed slipping off his torso. Eyrie fought a blush and looked slightly beyond him, not meeting his eyes. Kyoya continued to glare at her until he realized that he had slept in nothing but pajama pants. He tried not to show his embarrassment and refrained from looking down at his bare torso.

"Get dressed. We're telling your father about the engagement." Eyrie stood suddenly and started walking away. Kyoya flopped back down on his bed.

"Damn you. Trying to wake me up." He grumbled and began curling up again.

"Pink wedding!" Eyrie called as she walked out the door causing Kyoya to groan and sit up again. He quickly dressed and walked out, finding Eyrie in the sitting room. She was looking out the window but turned to raise an eyebrow at him when he walked in.

"You do realize that you could have talked to me about this yesterday right?" He asked darkly, his aura swirling around him.

"Oh I know. Just more fun this way." She gave a mischievous grin, causing his rage to flare.

"I-" He was cut off when his sister came bursting in, smiling from ear to ear as she swept him into a hug.

"Good afternoon Kyoya! Or is it morning for you?" She smiled at him.

"Fuyumi don't you have your own home?" He asked coldly.

"You're Miss Omorfie. From the ball right?" Fuyumi ignored him and floated over to Eyrie.

"Please. Call me Eyrie." Eyrie gave a cordial smile and was slightly shocked when her outstretched hand was ignored and she was pulled into a hug.

"Oh! I feel like I already know you even though I've only met you a few times! Though I'm sure we'll meet a lot more from now on." Fuyumi gave a wink and Eyrie's eyes went wide. Kyoya looked at Eyrie with a raised brow. Eyrie met his gaze with a curious look, to which he responded with a shake of his head.

"Fuyumi what makes you say that?" He asked casually. His sister only giggled before a butler came to inform them that Mister Ootori would see them now. They quickly walked out and went to the study, not wanting to keep his father waiting.

"Ah! Miss Eyrie!" Mister Ootori strode over to her with an outstretched hand and they shook. He quickly led her and his son to the loveseat and sat in front of them. "What is it that you wanted to speak to me about?"

"Mister Ootori. I have decided to choose Kyoya out of all of my fine suitors. It was only decided yesterday but still I apologize at the lateness of this news. Forgive me." Eyrie's face was an unreadable mask as she spoke. Mister Ootori's eyebrows threatened to disappear into his hair line.

"You chose the third son over the second?" He asked in amusement.

"Ah yes. I apologize for that as well. Akito is a fine young man." Eyrie maintained her flat expression while Kyoya's father maintained his amused one.

"Come now my dear. I thought we were closer than that. Are you not going to expand on the 'but' I hear in your voice?" He rested his elbow on the arm rest and placed his chin on his knuckles.

"Akito might be in line to inherit some of your business but he has still only mastered the basics." Eyrie said bluntly, causing Kyoya to hold back a flinch. His father raised his brows once again, silently asking her to continue, making her sigh. "He is good at socializing in general but I do not see him doing well when up against a seasoned businessman. If he can't hold his ground when faced with such intensity then he will loss the games. You men like your entertainment and if it isn't as interesting as you want to make it, you abandon it."

"Oh, I don't know of such games being played. I try not to get involved. Explain them to me?" Mister Ootori leaned forward slightly and gave her a devilish look.

"Oh I think you know very well; why, we were just playing one after all." She cupped her chin with her hands and placed her elbows on her knees, looking deceptively innocent.

"Oh really?"

"Do you think I couldn't see this whole suitor business for what it was? Have I sufficiently entertained you Mister Ootori? Or have you lost interest?" Eyrie's lips curved into a sweet smile and she tilted her head slightly, her eyes as cold and calculating as the ones of the man in front of her. Kyoya looked back and forth in fascination. He had never seen anyone stand against his father like this. He couldn't believe that the little wisp of a girl sitting next to him was standing toe to toe with his calculating father . Suddenly his dad began to laugh.

"My dear have you had any tea yet? It's always a pleasure." He flashed her a smile and then snapped his fingers to summon one of the staff.

"I could say the same about you sir." She smiled and leaned back. The atmosphere in the room relaxed and the two of them chatted as the tea came.

"Miss Eyrie what made you choose my Kyoya?" Mister Ootori asked with genuine curiosity.

"He has astonishing potential. My family will have a wonderful time bringing it to fruitation. My grandmother is already very fond of him." Eyrie smiled and placed a hand on Kyoya's knee. He jumped slightly from the contact but his father looked pleased. They continued to discuss the details, from the time leading up to the wedding to the wedding itself. By the time Kyoya had to walk Eyrie to the door his father and her grandmother were already collaborating over the phone.

"That went well." Eyrie stated as they walked to the door.

"You talk rather rudely to my father." Kyoya said stiffly.

"Yes, well, it's good for him. Being coddled by all those important people makes one soft. Everyone needs a little toughening up once in awhile. Besides, he seemed to appreciate it." She gave Kyoya a sly smile. They were half way to the door when his sister flew out of one of the rooms and hugged them both.

"So? How'd it go?" She practically squealed.

"I'm sorry but how do you even know?" Eyrie asked blatantly.

"I went to wake Kyoya up this morning." Fuyumi tried to fight a smile as she stared at Eyrie's too expressionless face. Kyoya raised an eyebrow. "But anyway! What did Father say? Was he thrilled? I bet he was. He seemed very taken with you at the ball. Yuichi told me that Father said that he likes you. He never says that! Have you told the hosts yet?"

Kyoya's entire face began to twitch as irritation built inside him and he was just about to open his mouth when Eyrie popped in.

"I don't know about thrilled but yes he was pleased. I'm flattered that he enjoys my company; I enjoy his as well. Yes, the hosts were there for the proposal." Eyrie answered smoothly.

I forgot that she deals with these sorts of people all the time. Kyoya mused as his rage level decreased and he allowed Eyrie to take over the conversation.

"Oh!" Fuyumi gasped and then grabbed Eyrie's hands. "We'll be sisters! Oh, that's so exciting! I've only ever had brothers!"

"I have actually have a sister. You'll get to meet her soon. I'm sure you'll both get along splendidly." Eyrie said warmly, nearly laughing when she realized Fuyumi was leading her back into one of the sitting rooms. Kyoya followed in exasperation.

"Oh? You really think she'll like me?" Fuyumi asked, feigning shyness. Kyoya rolled his eyes.

"Well she had better. You'll both be bridesmaids so it's important that you get along." Kyoya shook his head in amusement as his sister was completely won over by that one sentence. She started chattering excitedly and Eyrie listened patiently, always managing to interject when Kyoya's irritation levels got too high. When Eyrie finally got out the door they were practically best friends.

"She'll be good for you." Fuyumi stated as she waved at Eyrie's passing car.

"How so?" Kyoya asked in a disinterested tone.

"You balance each other well. Now all you have to do is realize how much you adore her and then you'll be the perfect couple." Fuyumi flashed him a smile before turning to walk back into the house, leaving a slightly confused Kyoya on the steps.

"Gaaahhh!"

Eyrie flopped down on the couch, her grandmother immediately picked up her feet and sat down. They sat there for a good five minutes, resting their eyes and necks, before Marie timidly knocked on the opened door.

"M'lady there is a call for you-" She started.

"Nope! No! Not today! I am unavailable! My granddaughter is getting married and I have to spend quality time with her! No calls will be taken at this time! They can try again tomorrow!" Tristezza flailed her hands around as she spoke. Eyrie cracked opened her eyes to watch and began to giggle. "It isn't funny! I never thought I'd have to deal with this whole marriage business with you! You caught me unawares!"

Marie and Eyrie both started shaking with laughter as Tristezza glared at them both.

"What?" She asked haughtily.

"We were caught off guard to, believe me!" Eyrie and Marie shared a look and continued to giggle. Tristezza began to smile and soon they were all laughing.

"I practically have your entire wedding planned out. All of my old friends are eagerly awaiting the date." Tristezza looked at her granddaughter pointedly. Eyrie groaned.

"Grams we just got engaged yesterday!"

"Well just you watch! It'll be the talk of the upper social class by this time tomorrow!"

The next day all eyes were on her. The girls ventured closer to her than usual as she, Tamaki, and Kyoya walked to their classroom. Throughout the day they were constantly watched. It became worse when Hunny and Mori stopped by during break. There was a constant buzz and more than a few shrieks of moe. Eyrie finally managed to figure out what was going on when she went to sharpen her pencil that Hunny accidentally broke. A group of the girls were huddled together to her left but not talking in very low voices.

"How did you not know this yet? Eyrie is in a weird love triangle in the host club! She picked Kyoya but Mori just can't let it go. I mean it's so obvious. Look at how he watches her." One of the girls flipped her hair.

"Poor Mori!" One of the girls looked as if she were about to cry.

"No way! I mean seriously! Don't the hosts call Kyoya the Dark Lord? It's a perfect match! The Dark Lord and the Dark Lady!" The first girl said enthusiastically.

"Well maybe not. Maybe Mori is her true love, the only one who can thaw her cold heart and mend it's torn past." The girl who spoke cupped her face and looked off into the distance with starry eyes, sighing as she did so.

"Psh. Yea right. This isn't a manga ya know!"

*somewhere Bisco Hatori sneezed*

The girls began to disperse and as they left they made one last comment that caused Eyrie to sweat drop.

"Do you think she knows people call her 'the Dark Lady' and 'Ice Queen' behind her back?"

Eyrie stood frozen for a moment, shadows hanging all around her. Suddenly her imagination flared and she glanced at Kyoya with a mischievous look, not surprised at all to see him already giving her a quizzical look. She quickly straightened her shoulders and began striding over to the hosts. As soon as she got close enough to Mori her feet entangled and she pitched forward, causing Hunny and Tamaki to cry out. Her fall was abruptly stopped and she was suddenly severally feet from the floor, being held bridal-style by Mori. Kyoya went frigid and twitched subtly. The shrill, fangirl screaming rang throughout the room as the girls frantically chattered and pointed. Eyrie smiled her thanks and was gently set back on the floor, where she simply put down the pencil and sat in her seat without a word. Tamaki and Hunny began to fuss and Eyrie snuck Kyoya a small wink before break was over. He ignored her. As much as he tried to control it, his eyebrow gave the occasional twitch. This lasted well into the day.

The club was in full swing after school and Eyrie hardly had a chance to rest. She hadn't been able to sit down at all since the chef called in sick and they needed someone to bake the sweets, something she was more than happy to do. The hosts came in and out, getting their own tea and placing orders. At some point Haruhi had come in simply to visit.

"It's weird." Haruhi stated after a few minutes of watching Eyrie.

Eyrie raised a brow. "I wear an apron all the time at home so this really isn't that strange. I'll even send you a picture later. It's black and white with bunnies on it."

"No! That isn't what I meant!" Haruhi laughed as her genius friend gave her a clueless look. "I meant seeing you and Kyoya separated at the club!"

"It isn't like we really interact...?" Eyrie looked at her as if Haruhi had grown another eye, causing the other girl to sigh.

"Are all you rich people smart idiots?" She grumbled.

"It comes with the money. Ya know, like those 'order now and we'll throw in-' sort of things. 'Get rich now and you can be socially oblivious!'" Eyrie smiled as she listened to Haruhi laugh, to busy to look since she was intricately frosting a cake.

"I mean since you're both always sitting together in your own little corner and you guys always have to be together for the business part of the club, you guys even sorta drift towards each other during cosplay events. So this is just weird." Haruhi shrugged when she was finished explaining. Eyrie was still for a moment.

"Huh." She said briefly. Suddenly the door to the kitchen opened and Tamaki poked his head in.

"Pssssst! Eyrie! Get out here! We...well it's hard to explain! We think it's something important!" He said in a loud whisper, making the girls sweat drop. Eyrie dusted her hands off on a the front of her apron as she walked out and followed Tamaki to his table where everyone had gathered.

"Ok start over!" The twins said to on of the girls. Eyrie sat in one of the seats, pulling Haruhi down next to her. The girl dramatically straightened and looked around her.

"Ok well after the cultural festival there were these little slips of paper all around campus. Each piece of paper had the same website written on it. We thought you guys knew about it! Everyone's been talking about it since!"

"But anyways we decided to check out the website, ya know, just for the heck of it." A different girl interjected when the original storyteller got side tracked. "It was the website to this band. They post older videos every week but they get more recent as time goes on."

"Yea, yea but what was the band's name?" The twins asked impatiently.

"Boarding School Riot." Chorused multiple girls. The hosts all swung to face Eyrie who was giving the girls her usual 'you, and only you, have my attention' look.

"Tell me about them; I'll have to check out their site." Eyrie said casually. The girls practically swooned.

"They are so mysterious and dreamy! They wear these masks and never take them off while they perform. We've never even seen their faces!" One of the girls said dreamily.

"There are three guys and three girls. One of the girls plays the guitar and is a rock goddess." Another began to swoon.

"Did you see her in that one video? I wouldn't mind her saying those things to me!" The girls giggled and the hosts gazes became even more confused as they continued to stare at Eyrie.

"Sometimes they do little videos to tell us the latest news of their band, or sometimes just to tell us fun stories. But Banshee is currently 'off-site' so she usually appears on a smaller screen. It's a bummer." All the girls looked at each other and pouted.

"'Banshee'?" the hosts chorused.

"Yea, they won't give out their real names so they picked the nicknames that fans voted for on their website. But this was before they got popular here. The boy guitar player in Rider, the drummer is Monk, the singer is Ace, and the two other girls are Kanga and Roo. Those were all kinda randomly picked but sometimes the girl guitarist makes this rocker, wailing sound and it's totally awesome. So it sounds like a banshee. Get it?" The girl speaking looked at them with excited eyes. The hosts gave stiff nodded and tried to hide the shadows hanging over them. Eyrie continued to glance from one speaker to the next.

"She's so awesome. She doesn't care if you're a dude or a chick. She's always nice and gives everyone her full attention. Just looking at her makes you feel like you could tell her anything. And she could make practically anyone blush!" Hana gushed and leaned towards Eyrie as if she were giving her the inside scoop. The hosts practically felt their souls leave them.

"Oh, you haven't even heard the best part! They are always playing in a really weird place! Like, one was in a grocery store! The workers didn't know what was going on! Oh! And, and! Their going to take off their masks soon! As soon as the videos have caught up to current time, they'll make a live one and take off their masks while their performing!" The girls squealed and jumped up and down, beginning to chatter amongst themselves, the hosts still in shock.

"I think I'll go finish frosting that cake." Eyrie said as she got up and slipped into the kitchen. She successfully managed to evade any and all questions from the hosts until all the customers were gone and it was time for their meeting.

"Eyrie wha-" Tamaki began but was cut short when she started droning on about how sales had skyrocketed since that morning. Kyoya, who was supposed to take over the topic after her, silently stared. Finally Eyrie sighed.

"What? Is this about the website? If you're so curious then watch the videos yourselves!" Eyrie splayed her fingers and started to straighten the papers in front of her.

"That isn't it!" The twins and Haruhi said in unison.

"Why didn't you tell us your band had a website?" Tamaki asked with his puppy dog eyes. Those eyes quickly burst into tears and he began tugging on Kyoya's jacket. "Mommy! Our daughter is in a rebellious phase!"

Kyoya pushed up his glasses but said nothing.

"I just don't really think about it anymore! Besides those pieces of paper were literally everywhere during the cultural festival, I just sort of assumed you found out by yourself." She shrugged and began writing something on a piece of paper then shoved it to the middle of the table. "There. That's the website. Knock yourselves out."

"Eyr-chan why are sales so high?" Hunny asked suddenly between bites of cake. The other hosts gave him blank looks while Eyrie glommed onto him, wrapping her arms around his neck and affectionately rubbing a cheek on his hair.

"Aw! Look how cute you are! Actually listening to what I was saying! I'm so glad someone was paying attention." Hunny gave a radiant smile and Eyrie sat, criss cross, on the arm of his chair to face the hosts. They briefly wondered how she was balancing. "I'm sure my little 'accident' this morning helped things."

The hosts waited for her to explain as she gave them an innocent smile.

"Oh when you tripped?" Hunny asked, a light bulb going off.

"Right! The girls seem to think we have some sort of love triangle-thing going on and so I gave them something a little interesting. They seemed to enjoy it." Her innocent smile turned evil as she chuckled, causing the twins and Tamaki to turn away and clutch their chests.

Dark Lady! They thought overlapped.

"So you did that just for sales? How childish." Kyoya scoffed and began writing in his black book. All the other hosts looked at him and froze.

"Kyoya-sempai..." Haruhi hesitated. Tamaki touched her arm to get her attention and nodded towards Eyrie. Eyrie was staring at Kyoya with a dangerously oblivious, air-head look.

"Hm. How seriously should I take you on a scale of one to the-guy-who-sold-Haruhi's-first-kiss-to-make-thing s-interesting?" She cocked her head and continued to look at him with the eyes of an air head, her voice sweeter than usual. The other hosts slowly inched away as her dark aura curled away from her, the shadow widening at the same pace of Kyoya's.

"Oh, I'd say about girl-who-thinks-of-other-people-as-pieces-on-a-che ss-board." He gave a terrifying smile, his face too pleasant. The hosts were now cowering behind different pieces of furniture.

"Is that ahead of or behind boy-who-thinks-of-other-people-as-pieces-on-a-ches s-board?" Eyrie smiled right back.

"At least the boy doesn't do anything spur of the moment and always plans things out." Kyoya seethed, finally having snapped under the weight of his immense rage.

"Noooo he consciously spends long hours thinking of ways to manipulate his friends." Eyrie said sarcastically, throwing her hands in the air.

"What, so it would be better if I didn't consider the consequences first?" The other hosts scurried out of the room as Kyoya's and Eyrie's dark aura's filled the rest of the room.

"What consequences?! I. Tripped. All it did was help the club! That's a good thing!" Eyrie narrowed her eyes up at him. They had unconsciously begun to edge closer to one another as they argued.

"But you used your friends without telling them." Kyoya crossed his arms.

"Oh yes, and you make sure to inform them ever time you manipulate them, yes?"

"They expect it from me!"

"That's right! The Shaaadow King! Oooohh scary!" Eyrie sarcastically waved her hands around before glaring again. "Tell me. How is that helping your case at all?"

"It isn't, we're exactly the same!" Kyoya finally yelled in frustration.

"Then why are we even fighting?! Rich idiot!" Eyrie yelled back. They were practically standing on top of the other's feet. They continued to glared at each other until their dark auras began to reel back in and Eyrie's eyes went from slits to wide, laughing orbs. She began to giggle and Kyoya fought a smile. Soon they were both chuckling and leaning against each other. When they stopped they realized they were practically hugging. Kyoya's first instinct was to jerk away violently but Eyrie just wrapped her arms around him, tilted her head up to rest her chin on his chest, and stared into his eyes. Kyoya hesitantly placed his hands on her sides.

"Uh-umm Eyrie-" Kyoya nervously glanced around and was surprised to see that the rest of the host club had slipped off without him noticing.

"I'm sorry for making you jealous Kyoya." Eyrie stated, cutting him off. Her eyes were sparkling and her full lips were giving him the smallest of smiles.

"I wasn't-! That isn't why-! You're an idiot!" He yelled at her, removing his hands as if she were made of fire. Her arms stayed firmly wrapped around his waist. He stared into her eyes as he recalled the storm of negative emotions that had choked him when he saw Mori hold her. Anger, hurt, frustration.

Was that really jealousy? He fought a blush as he took in her hopeful expression.

"Shut up! Stop acting like either of us think of this as more than just another duty assigned by our parents." He snapped in an effort to cover up his embarrassment. Eyrie looked at him for a moment then buried her face in his chest. His heart sped up and Kyoya practically begged it to calm down.

"Stop it." Eyrie's muffled voice floated to his ears, just like when she had clung to him in the dark. This time she sounded tired instead of scared. "I don't want to play games anymore. I'm so tired. Don't you ever get tired? All I want to know is if you like me. I like you. You are very easy to like, when you aren't faking your way through everything, hiding who you really are. I'm tired of hiding behind words and burying everything. I just want to know if I'm going to continue to be alone even after we're married."

Kyoya stared down at the top of her head and took a deep breath. "Like you? You're scared of the dark, your family consist entirely of misfits and people who aren't blood related to you, the ones that are related to you are so protective that you have to pry them away with a crowbar, you are technically a genius, you handle social setting as if you've done it for years, you have a nasty habit of risking your life between blinks, and my father adores you. On top of all that you are too gorgeous to release to the public. You'd probably get snatched away or attract stalkers or something."

Eyrie jumped in surprise and she slowly looked up into Kyoya's stoic face.

"Yes, Miss Eyrie, I do think I like you." He continued to look at her with disinterest, the only thing giving him away was his heartbeat. Eyrie blushed and buried her face directly over the spot his heart was rapidly beating against.

"Oh good. That's good to know. It would be problematic if you didn't." She said into his shirt.

"Also, if you keep doing that your going to wear out the material of all my shirts. Is this going to become a habit?" There was a slight pause.

"Maaayybee." Eyrie giggled when she felt Kyoya sigh in response. His arms finally wrapped around her loosely, still unsure of how to handle situations such as these.

"I suppose I can afford stronger material." He muttered. Suddenly he thought of something. "Why are girls so partial to that way of holding your partner? You know, when Mori caught you? Is it really considered that romantic?"

"Mmhmm. Makes girls swoon." Eyrie said into his shirt.

"Not you?" He asked, genuinely curious.

"Well. Not that particular move. I have to be romantically interested in someone for the classic tricks to work on me." Eyrie stated. They continued to talk casually until they decided it would be best to return home before the school locked it's doors.

"Mistress."

Eyrie lifted a book off her face. She was lying on one of the couches in the library and had been reading but then got bored and used the book to block out the light in the room as she dozed. Now Marie was standing in the doorway with an armful of roses. Eyrie eyed them curiously before getting up to take them from the maid who handed her a card as well when her arms were free. Eyrie admired the roses before looking at the card. There were a dozen white roses in full bloom with another dozen red apothecary roses strategically placed around them. Eyrie sat down and held them in her lap, smelling them, as she opened the card. As the sweet scent intoxicated her Kyoya's handwriting jumped out at her.

'Is it working? -Kyoya'

Kyaaaa! Ok how did you guys like it?! Also, skiddliebop, thanks for the offer but I really don't get what beta-ing is. Like I read about it but I still kinda ? But thanks for offering! I'm also flattered that you consider me a friend *makes humble face*. JustAFangirl, THANK YOU. I loved what you said about my OC simply because it made me happy that someone was happy about it. But anyways, seriously every one of those reviews was amazing. I really needed a picker-upper and I would re-read the reviews and poof! So a little extra thanks to you guys. Anyways, thanks for reading!