sorry this is so late...to make it up to you later.
I try not to talk to them very much and just look out the window. I mostly just listened to them talking to each other. then I feel a tap on my shoulder. I look at Hikaru and he points to a huge mansion. "that's it." I gasp. it was huge. it was bigger then the mall (I never go there, but Haruhi and I walk past it everyday). I guess I shouldn't be surprised, I mean, they are rich. the mansion, would have taken me more than 5 minutes to fly to the top of. the mansion was a bright teal, the tiles slightly faded from age and tear, yet the windows sparkled like crystals in water. i could tell that the maids here were extremely diligent with their cleaning duties.
when we get there, the driver gets out and opens the door for me. i hop out and the twins follow closely behind. i admire the mansion, it looks even bigger than it did before. "don't you ever get lost in there?"
"not really," Hikaru answers.
"yeah, and even if we did, the maids could always help us." Kaoru adds. then, as if on cue, two maids come out, twins of course. "masters, your mother is waiting for you inside with some dresses for your friend," they say bluntly, "please follow us"
"umm sure?" we follow them into the mansion, and a tall woman with long hair (the same color as the twins') greets us. "you must be Homura Fujioka, correct?"
"huh? oh, umm...yes...that would be me," i say nervously "are you the twins' mom?"
"yes. they tell me your interested in a dress for the formal, yes?"
"well...i wouldn't really say im interested, more like i know i don't have a choice." i say with a nervous smile, and she smiles.
"i take it your not all that into fancy dresses than?"
"yeah, that sounds about right" i say and then look at the twins. "can we hurry, i was hoping to be home for dinner?" then their mom starts shooing them out of the room. "ok boys, let your mom work her magic, the maids will get you when were done." "wait! mom!" and then they're gone. she turns to me, "you ready?" i nod.
"ok, so whats your favorite color?"
"umm, my favorite...color? i guess i would have to say blue." i say. she pulls out a few of the dresses, leaving the ones that are all blue, or have blue in them. "ok so do you have any requirements for the dress, like something it has to have?"
"well, it has to cover up my back, if you don't mind" she smiles. "not at all" she wipes out quite a few more, and then leads me around to look at them. she grabs one and hands it to me. "try that"
"sure" i walk into the bathroom and change, it is a light blue, with ruffles at the end of each short sleeve, and at the neckline. there is a kind of elastic on the waist. it has 'off the shoulder sleeves' and stops just above my knees. i walk out to see the twins are back. they look me up and down, admiring the dress on me, and then give their mom a thumbs up.
"way to go mom!"
"thank you for your help" i say and she smiles, "although these shoes might be the death of me" i say, almost falling. they laugh and i go back to change again.
back home...
"thanks again guys" i say as the driver pulls in front of our apartment. they look at me.
"no problem," they say in unison, and i climb out.
"bye!" i yell, and they wave. i walk into the house and my dad runs up to me. "ok come on now, show me the pretty dress you got!" i pulled the dress out of the bag and handed it to him. he held it up to me to see what it looked like on me. "its beautiful Homura! go put it on so i can see" i took it back.
"fine but only if Haruhi will help me practice dancing in these shoes" i say, pulling out the blue heels. she looks at me, and dad looks at her. "no" i give her the puppy dog eyes. "noo"
i do it again and she gives up. "fine"
"yay" dad and i say in unison, and i go put the dress on.
dad takes a picture of us dancing, and I accidently step on Haruhi's foot with the heels on. "sorry" she nods as to say 'its okay'. it took about 30 minutes for me to get used to the shoes. we stopped dancing and I took off the shoes, looking at Haruhi. "i cant believe I actually went to their house"
"well, how else were you gonna get a dress?"
"thrift store?"
"i guess, but don't forget it was your Idea to go to their house"
"no, I asked if they wanted to help me get a dress, I never said anything about their house" I reply, 'matter of factly'. she rolls her eyes, walking towards her room, I follow. she grabs the suit she's going to wear to the party. "ready?" I nod...
at the party...
we walk in and the twins walk over, "come on, we have to go welcome the girls." they lead us to a staircase and we line up. the lights turn on as Tamaki welcomes them. Haruhi and I just sit there, neither of us are really smiling. the twins say something about a queen of the dance, and that the reward is a kiss on the cheek from Tamaki. "good luck to you, my darlings!" he says, and they go crazy. the twins come over to us.
"hey, show some enthusiasm"
"well sorry, were not use to this sort of thing. we've only ever gone to the festivals held at my neighborhood park" Haruhi says. Kyoya says something about a spread and I pop up.
"a spread?" I start.
"with...fancy tuna?" Haruhi finishes my question.
Hikaru's POV ^-^
"with...fancy tuna?" Haruhi asks, and Kyoya breaks his pen.
"fan-.." honey and mori start,
"cy-.." me and kaoru add,
"tuna!?" tamaki finishes, flipping over a ledge. kaoru and I cuddle them. "you poor little thing, awww" when we do this, I also notice Homura stiffen, and her face turns red. she's blushing.
Homura's POV ^-^
the twins hug us, and I go stiff. too close! too close! too close! my mind screams at me to get away, and now I realize that my face is hot! please don't be red. my personal bubble is being busted, but on the bright side, we will get to try fancy tuna for the first time! I scoot away from them, trying to hide my red face with my temporarily, down hair. I kinda just walk to a couch and sit down, while the others start dancing with the girls. I notice Haruhi leaning on one of the pillars, and two girls trying to work up the nerve to ask her to dance.
then Kanako walks over to her, and the two girls freeze. I cant hear what they're saying, but judging by the fact that Haruhi just took her hand, im assuming she asked to dance. the two girls watch in despair, and I try not to laugh. I stand up, about to go to the food table to see if the fancy tunas here yet, but find myself being lifted up and dragged by the twins. they take me to a room and set me down. "hey what was that?!" I yell, glaring at them.
"trust us, your gonna wanna see this" they say, and I raise an eyebrow. then mori walks in with Haruhi on his shoulder. he sets her down, and I just look at them, wondering whats going on.
"you didn't have to be so forceful" she complains and Hikaru hands her a package, "never mind that, go get changed" he says and honey pushes her through the curtain. just what are they planning. when she walks out they lecture her about what to do, and they do her make-up. she stands up and I gasp.
"your my twin again!" I say, standing next to her. the twins admire us. "i still cant believe your twins too" Hikaru says, kaoru silently agreeing. then tamaki comes in"
"gentlemen! there you are! the guest are waiting for-" Haruhi turns around and he stops dead in his tracks. I help her walk out the door and over to the room Suzushima is waiting in. "its all you from here on out, you sure your not gonna fall?" she nods and walks in, the door closing behind her. I walk away with a sigh. "this is not how I expected this night going down" I think aloud, and the twins appear behind me, grabbing my arms.
"come on, lets dance" they say, and I look up at them. "hey by the way, if Haruhi was part of the plan, then why didn't you tell her what she would be doing?"
"because if we did that, she would tell us that you could do it, since your not pretending to be a boy," Kaoru starts
"and we wouldn't get to see her as your twin in person" Hikaru finishes. I nod. actually, I don't know if that's true. she might do that if I agreed to it, but if I didn't, I don't think she would force me to, even if I would force her to. they make me stand up and stop dragging me when we get to the dance floor. one of the girls ask Hikaru to dance, so Kaoru dances with me first.
while were dancing, I don't look directly at him, partly cause im pretty sure my face is red, and also because Im afraid that if I do, ill end up running. it takes up a lot of my will power to keep from running when im not looking at him. when its Hikaru's turn, I find that's its the same situation. "you should look at your partner" Hikaru whispers with a smirk. i turn my eyes to him, but keep my face turned away. "happy?"
"that doesn't count" he says "with your whole face. i slowly turn my head towards him, his smirk growing wider. "your face's all red" before i can protest, he spins me around. when he pulls me back, i almost fall. we stop dancing and he starts pulling me to the balcony where we find tamaki and the others. Kanako and Suzushima are down there and shes crying. the lights crash down on them.
"ladies and gentlemen, it is now time for us to begin the final dance of this evenings festivities," tamaki begins, "the last waltz of the night has been chosen by the host club for, this couple." Suzushima turns to Kanako, asking for the next dance. she accepts and music starts. Hikaru puts his arm on one of my shoulders, and Kaoru on my other, both eating bananas. i don't even bother trying to move, im too exhausted. "may this awkward couple be forever blessed" tamaki exclaims.
"and now well announce the queen of the ball!" Hikaru says,
"congratulations princess Kanako Kasugazaki!" Kaoru adds, and they take turns stating the news;
Hikaru: "and for her reward, a kiss on the cheek from the king!"
Kaoru: "Haruhi Fujioka will stand in for Haruhi!"
"what, all three of us yell (tamaki, Haruhi and myself).
both: "Kyoya did say that a little accident towards the end of the night would make the evening more thrilling for everyone!"
"theres no way i can kiss her" Haruhi says.
"if you do it, well cut your debt by one third." Kyoya says, temptingly.
"well it is just a peck on the cheek" she says and with that she makes her way down the staircase to where Kanako is. "hey, you don't think this is haru-chans first kiss, do you?" honey exclaims and tamaki pops up. running over to her, "wait Haruhi-" he starts, trying to stop her, but slipping and a banana peels and instead causing Haruhi to kiss her on the lips instead! wait a minute! i look at Hikaru and Kaoru and their bananas are gone. they planned this! oh, they're gonna regret that!
"Hikaru, Kaoru? where did those bananas go?" i ask, trembling with anger. they freeze. "i suggest you run, cause if i catch you you'll regret it" i say and they take off. i chase after them, but trip and fall, remembering the heels. "stupid death shoes!" i say and they appear in front of me, holding out their hands. i grab each of their hands, as if i was gonna let them help me, but instead i pull them down with me. then i lightly hit both of them on their heads, not hard, but hard enough to let them know how mad i am.
i stand up and walk towards tamaki, and he scrambles to get away. when i get to him, i give him a death glare, scaring him enough to send him to the corner. i take a deep breath, and turn around with a cheerful smile. "so, whos hungry?!" i say, as if nothing happened. i walk towards Kanako and she takes a step back.
"oh, don't worry Kanako, im not gonna do anything to you."
later...
i sit down, taking a breath. "im exhausted" i sigh. Haruhi comes over and sits down. "hey"
"hey"
"im bored, and hungry" i complain, and she looks at me.
"time to go home?"
"no. tamaki is making me stay a little bit after cause apparently he has an 'important' question to ask me." i say, with another sigh, "but if you want you can go, i don't mind." she nods, and picks up some of her books.
"well ok, when you get home ill have dinner ready k?" i smile at her and she turns to leave,
"need a ride home again?" the wins ask, and i smile.
"oh no that's ok, i wouldn't want to be a bother." plus if you guys keep dropping me off, you might memorize where i live, or want to come over.
"are you sure, its supposed to rain today?" they say, causing me to jump.
"o-oh well if that's the case then yeah," even though i don't want them getting to close to me, i don't want to get caught in a thunder storm even more, so majority rules, huh? "tell me, do you know if it will be a thunder storm, or just rain?" i ask.
"not sure." they say, and then tamaki walks in.
"ok tamaki, what was so important?" i ask.
"well," he starts, "i was just wondering, whats your favorite type of rose?" i glare at him. that's what was so important?! "why?"
"well, you see Homura, every member of the host club has their own type of rose, for example, mori's is dark blue, honey's is pink, Hikaru is orange, Kaoru is light blue, Kyoya's is purple, and of course you have mine, which is a pail green. each member's rose reflects on their character. that is why it is so important." he concludes, and the twins clap.
"you know, that actually made sense"
"so...?"
"oh right, you wanna know mine. well, I've never really given it much thought...but...now that i think about it, i remember when i was little, my mom used to bring me and Haruhi roses, and i would always pick out the white ones. then when i was done with that, i would take blue and green paint, and splatter it on the roses by flicking the paint brush. so i guess, mine would have to be white." i say, smiling at that memory. tamaki was staring at me, his eyes sparkling.
"that was beautiful! that my little girl, let daddy give you a big hug!" he yells, trying to hug me. i run over to where my bag is, and take off the heels. replacing them with the sneakers i brought with me for when the party was over. then i put the heels in the bag, pick it up, and motion for the twins to come. "well if that's all, i should be getting home, ill be sure to ask Haruhi for you too, k?" i ask, and he just gives me a sad nod.
in the limo...
the twins talk as per usual, but this time i have to sit in between them cause there is a big box in the seat im normally in. so i sit there, half listening to their conversation, and reading my book (maximum ride). i read something funny and laugh aloud, they look at me. "sorry," i say "just a funny part of the book." they lean over each of my shoulders, and i point to the paragraph it was in.
"i don't get it, how's that funny?" kaoru says, and Hikaru nods.
"well, it would be funnier if you've read it from the beginning, but since you haven't, you don't understand it as well. i guess you could say its like an inside joke." they nod. i guess they thought about what i said cause for the rest of the ride, they read the book with me. we pull up in front of the apartment and i hop out.
"bye guys!" i yell, turning towards the apartments.
i walk inside to be greeted by my dad bringing me a plate of curry. "hey sweetie, you hungry?"
"starving" i say sitting at the table with Haruhi.
"so what was so important" she asked.
after a long explanation...
"oh ok" she says.
"so yeah, what's yours?" she sits there for a minute, then looks up.
"i like the regular red roses" she says, and i smile.
"i wonder what they'll say our character type is?" i say and then we stand up in perfect unison. "im going to bed." i say walking to my room, "good night!"
and there you have it, the 3rd chapter! ^-^ i would have made this longer but its 2:13 AM and i feel like this is a good place to leave off. im sorry again for posting this so late. ill make it up to you. if you have any ideas for a special chapter please let me know. thanks for your patience as well, byee^-^