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Ok so, I just wanted everyone to know that I am going to do my best to post a new chapter every Friday. If I cant post it on Friday then ill post it sometime during that weekend. If something were to come up, causing the upcoming chapter to come later, I will make sure everyone knows why and how long I think it will be. oh and don't forget to leave a review if you want more, thank you all so much ^-^
I guess Tamaki found out that Haruhi was a girl while I was sleeping yesterday. I cant believe I did that, it was so stupid. Haruhi said I need to stop going out so late or something might happen to me, but that's one of the best times to go fly. especially since there's a less likely chance of someone seeing my wings. but I end up really tired the next day.
anyways, were on our way to the host club right now. i'm not in the best of moods today, so I will have make sure Tamaki stays far away from me cause his attitude just makes me mad. when we get there, the whole place is decked out like Hawaii.
"whoa, its like Hawaii in here" I say looking around. Haruhi's looking at her calendar.
"I could be wrong," she says, "but my calendar says its still early spring." I walk over to her, looking at it.
Tamaki starts to walk over, so I walk away quickly. maybe I can try to make some friends? I don't know, I've never really been good at that kind of stuff. I walk around a couple times, refilling the girls' teacups, then decide that I will try to make a friend. I decide on the twins (who frankly I forgot the names of).
I walk over to their table, only to see the girls are fawning over their brotherly love again.
"hey guys, so I was wondering if you don't mind reminding me what your names are" I say, trying to put on a smile.
"i'm Hikaru..."
"and i'm Kaoru" they reply, looking at me with interest. as soon as I hear their names an image pops up in my mind. it appears just long enough for me to see.
two boys, sitting on a bench. they're twins, and holding hands. its snowing. and then its gone.
when it appeared, it felt like my brain was exploding, or in other words, it gave me an automatic headache. the pain makes me curse under my breath, wincing. as soon as the picture disappeared, the pain was gone. they were looking at me, confused.
what was that? why did it appear when I heard their names? the last time something like that happened it was when- the twins say something and I snap out of my thoughts.
"huh, what?"
"could you go to the store, were out of coffee?" they repeated, flatly.
"of course, that is my job." I say smiling, relieved that I can leave this conversation behind, but also disappointed that I couldn't become friends.
after a trip to the supermarket...
"wow, your so lucky!"
"I wish I could be a hostess"
"yeah, me too" the girls say, eyes sparkling.
I don't really know what to do here, they're all surrounding me, I feel like i'm gonna explode. maybe if I tell them about-no.
"are you gonna wear a dress at the party, Homura?"
"were throwing a party?" I ask.
"you mean you didn't know," the twins come up behind me, "we rented the schools largest hall for it."
"yeah, well to answer your question girls, I most likely will not be attending so I would have no need for a dress" I say bluntly to the girls.
"aw come on Homura, you have to come." Hikaru says, pouting.
"yeah, your part of the host club now, and that means even if you didn't want to go, the boss would probably make it an essential part of your training." Kaoru adds.
"what training, I thought he was only training Haruhi, not me?"
"of course not. he's training you how to be a lady as well as Haruhi to be a gentleman." they say evilly, in perfect unison this time.
"ok, so say I did come, there would be nothing for me to do, I don't really know how to dance, and plus I don't really have experience around a lot of people." they look at me. I can tell their trying to think of a come back, but i'm good with handling debates, and at defending myself.
a little while later...
i'm walking back to the host club, after another trip to the supermarket. i'm so glad someone needed some more make-up, because otherwise I would have been stuck with the twins for a while, debating about that party and weather ill be attending or not. I walk in to see them all staring at a picture of Haruhi when her hair was still like mine. "hey what's going on?" I ask setting the bag down on the table, and walking over to them. they explain to me what happened when I left and I smirk at Tamaki.
"ha! is that really the only reason you want her to act like a girl again, so that she wont steel Kanako from you," I say laughing, "although, I wouldn't mind seeing her as my twin again" I say, and everyone gasps.
"did you say, twin?" Tamaki asks.
"well yeah, you didn't realize?" I say, walking over to the picture and making the face she was when it was taken. they all stare from me to the photo and then I get uncomfortable. then the twins are behind me and trying to take my hair out of its ponytail. I struggle to get away, but Hikaru grabs my wrists so I cant, and I don't wanna reveal to them my strength just yet so I don't. Kaoru stands behind me and takes it out.
"no! Hikaru, Kaoru! stop! I don't want my hair to be down! aaggghhh!" they finally get out the hair tie and I just keep my head tilted down. then they taunt me, standing over and holding it just out of my reach. I jump on Kaoru's back but I still cant get it.
"dang it guys, why do you have to be so tall?!" I yell, my hair flying everywhere. the others just stare at me and the picture of Haruhi. now the only difference is the way my bangs are. Haruhi is also staring, but not because of the way I look, but the way i'm acting. I normally wouldn't let myself be so close to people, or even talk to people at that, and she knows that if I wanted to I could have gotten out of Hikaru's grip earlier...so why am I acting like this now? I find that i'm asking myself this question, and stop chasing them. I didn't realize how I was acting. when I feel a presence behind me, I look back to see Kaoru putting my hair back up, and I feel my muscles tense.
Haruhi's POV ^-^
I watch Homura play with the twins, she's smiling, and its not one of those fake smiles she always has, its a real smile. I haven't seen that smile in forever, the last time I saw it was before mom died, ever since then, she stopped being so friendly. she used to have so many friends, but after mom died, she shut down.
seeing her like this surprised me, but it also made me happy. then I saw her glance at me and she stopped, realizing how she was acting. Kaoru came up behind her and put her hair back up, but, unlike before, she tensed. now that she knows what she was doing, she isn't doing it anymore. I guess it'll still be a while before she's able to relax on purpose, but this club's definitely getting to both of us.
Homura's POV ^-^
after my hair has been fixed, Tamaki clears his throat and breaks the silence. "so if you're twins, then why didn't you say anything?" I smile.
"you didn't ask" i say, smirking. oh crap. the twins are rubbing off on me.
then Kyoya comes out of nowhere and asks, "by the way, do you girls have any former dancing experience, you'll need it at the party?" I freeze. oh crap! I thought I had escaped this subject. "no, but the party doesn't have anything to do with our quota, right? were not interested in going to events so if we could be excused-" we both say, both in different tones, but complete unison. but Tamaki immediately stood behind us, and I knew what was to come considering Haruhi and his argument from before.
"absolutely not!" he yells, "a refined gentleman must know how to dance" he gleams. he said gentleman! that means I can escape! I run towards the exit, but Mori blocks it, and the twins grab me. "oh no! your definitely staying for this!" they say, smirking down at me.
"but i'm not even pretending to be a boy, so why do I have to" I pout. Tamaki gleams more.
"because, you don't want to make your sister do this all by herself do you?"
"if it means I don't go, then yeah" I say, smiling. he looks at me shocked, and then Kyoya butts in, "if you do it, we'll cut some of your dept"
"fine" I say, and the twins let go. and now its Tamaki's turn again.
"I order you two to master dancing the waltz in one week!" he shouts, "and you will demonstrate it for us at the party." luckily for me, i'm a quick learner, so it shouldn't take long.
then I turn around, grabbing my bag. "come on Haruhi, we should get going. we're going to be working hard tomorrow learning how to dance, so we should get some rest" I say. she comes up next to me and we walk out. I put my hand out and wave as we leave, "bye" and then the door closes.
at home...
"Haruhi? would you be mad if I went flying tonight, even after I said that I would sleep?" I ask, popping them out of the slits in my shirt, I couldn't stretch them out all the way because the room was too small, but it feels good.
"yes"
"fine" I pull them back in and slide on my jacket. "ill sleep early tonight" she smiles. I go to my bed. Neko comes up to me and mews. I pet her gently and say hi, feeding her some canned tuna. "your so cute" I say, watching her eat and before I know it, i'm asleep.
the next day...or so I thought...
I wake up early, looking at the clock I smile. "perfect" its two hours earlier than I normally wake up, meaning I can fly for a bit. its somewhat cold outside, so I grab my 'flight jacket'. I call it that cause it has slits in the back so my wings can slip out. the one that used to be my moms is just my jacket. I use it for when i'm not flying, to cover them up. I open the window to my room and climb out. luckily for me, the feathers on my wings change color just slightly, from white in the day, to gray in the night. it was still dark, so it was easier for to climb on the roof without being noticed.
I unfurl my wings and run to the edge of the roof, pushing hard with my legs and soon enough i'm flying away from the house with great speed. the fastest I've ever flew is maybe 360MPH. flying is faster then driving. and its a lot more thrilling. at the moment i'm flying about 195MPH. I was born with wings, my parents didn't understand how, or why. everyone in my family thought that they would kill me, or send me to a lab, but they loved me for who I was, not what I was.
it turned out that some crazy scientist had put something in my mothers drink, and it made me grow wings, I guess. he was arrested for it, and as soon as that happened, everyone seemed to have forgotten that I had wings, everyone except for mom and dad. I learned later on that the scientist had made me end up 98% human and the other 2% was what gave me wings. that other 2%, was avian DNA.
one day when I was with Haruhi, we were 4 years old at the time, some man had tried to hurt her, and I screamed. he couldn't move for some reason, and it turned out that i had powers too, not just wings. I realized that when I screamed, ice appeared around his feet, connecting them to the ground. after that, Haruhi and I ran home. and never went outside without someone with us. to this day i'm not sure how to use my powers, or if I have more. except for one other-
"Homura, wake up! you don't wanna be late for school do you?" I hear Haruhi's voice, breaking my dream. it surprised me, when I woke up to see that I hadn't woken up early. "ok ok, i'm up." I say. I get dressed and we head for school.
at school...
Kanako is teaching Haruhi to dance, and Hikaru and Kaoru are taking turns teaching me. it seemed that my training was easier than hers because I mainly had to focus on following the guy, but she was the guy in her case, so she had to learn how to lead. after about an hour I had figured out how to do it and was happy. "yay!" I yell happily, "no more lessons for me!" I stick my tongue out at her, and she gives me a look, causing her to fall onto Kanako.
I walk away, looking at Tamaki. "wait, what's up with him?" the twins smirk.
"he's mad cause he wanted to be the one to teach you guys to dance." they say in unison. I laugh. "hey do you guys wanna help me pick out a dress, i'm not good at that stuff" they look at me.
"sure, if you want you can come over and we'll give you one of our moms newest designs" Kaoru offers. I look at Haruhi for help and she gives me a look saying, 'do it, I don't care, you need to make more friends anyways.' "ok, I guess, but I swear if its pink and super puffy, ill kill you and the dress" I say, and they step back for a minute. I smirk. A boy walks in.
"hello!? i'm here with the new teacups you ordered!" he says, and I turn around. Kyoya says something to him, but i'm not close enough to hear just yet. I walk over. "so do you sell tea sets?" Haruhi asks, walking over as well.
"no, i'm just a regular student." he says, "cant you tell by the uniform?"
"oh Haruhi your so funny!" Kanako says, laughing, "I cant really blame you for not knowing, after all he doesn't really look like an air to a first class company." I notice him looking at her, his face looks...well...sad. she looks at him, and then immediately looks down, looking the same. I can tell there's some sort of connection. I kinda zone out for a minute, thinking about what it could be. maybe they're friends, but she looked sad, maybe they got in a fight? hmm. I look up to see he's gone and Haruhi's walking back to her, with the tea set in her hands.
"I get the feeling you and that guy are pretty close" she says, as I walk up. Kanako starts cleaning up. "what!? no, we hardly even know each other! what makes you say that Haruhi? now if you'll excuse me..." she runs out. honey jumps on Haruhi's back.
"Haru-chan! guess what they do know each other, Suzushima is Kasuga-chan's fiancé!" he yells. Kyoya walks up.
"Tohru Suzushima. outstanding grades, nice social status, he's ordinary looking, but he's reliable."
"he doesn't have much presence." Hikaru butts in. "and he's faint hearted" Kaoru adds.
"so in other words," Kyoya continues, "he's boring." wow. they're pretty harsh.
"Suzushima is a good boy, right?" honey asks, "ya" (Mori) Tamaki says something about a strategy and I look up. "which one?" we all say, perfect unison.
"everybody, it is our responsibility, as members of the elite Ouran Host Club, to make every girl happy!" he yells, and I brace myself for a long day.
later...
the boys spend the rest of the afternoon creating a strategy, and Haruhi and I go home. when we get there, I go fly for a bit, and then I join Haruhi to go to the supermarket. the twins said they would send their driver to pick me up so I could look at their mom's dresses. I've gotten used to the host club, especially the twins. I think we're friends now, but I don't know cause I never bother to ask. dad says I shouldn't cut myself off from people, but I just cant help it. i'm afraid. that's when Haruhi taps on my shoulder and I realize I was zoning out.
"oh sorry, I got caught up in my thoughts" I say, looking up.
I was just gonna tell you we're leaving, unless you would like to stay here" she says and I laugh.
"i'm coming." we walk out and I start to think about something, "hey um...so...the twins are going to be sending their driver to pick me up I guess, you know, to take me to pick out a dress..."
"yeah" she gives me a look,
I was wondering if you were up to coming with m-"
"no" she interrupts, "i'm not going with you. you need to learn how to handle people, I don't want you to push them away for the rest of your life" she adds, looking at me. I don't argue.
at home again...
I sit in my room, wondering how much time I have until the driver gets here. i'm excited, but at the same time, i'm terrified. my dad comes in and says the drivers here. when I get outside, there's a limo in front of the house. I hit my face with my hand. I should have known. I walk up to it and the window rolls down, revealing Hikaru's face, Kaoru sitting next to him. "are you ready?" he says smirking
"ready as ill ever be, I guess" and with that I climb in next to him, and we leave.
well here's the next chapter! thanks for your support and i hope you like it, see you next Friday! \(^-^)/