Hide Away

Chapter 23: Breaking News!

It was a beautiful early summer day, and like most other days like this one, the host club was holding an outside cosplay event for all the ladies. This time they were all dressed in clothing that was from the Heian era.

Setsuko was wearing two layers of kimonos, a white underlayer and a red top layer. The top layer was blocky, the only thing giving it shape was the white rope that was tied around her waist. Along with the costume she had a black hair extension in the form of a braid, which reached down to just below her shoulders.

The club moved on without a hitch, all of the hosts moving to their separate areas, Setsuko was walking with a few girls through the flower garden, "These flowers are quite beautiful today." She said, stopping and looking towards the sky.

"They're breathtaking." One of the girls sighed, "I really admire how colorful they are."

Setsuko looked over at the girls with a tired yet playful smile, "Oh, I wasn't talking about the Irises." She said, giving the girls a wink as she watched their faces turn completely red.

The group continued walking until it was time for the hosts to take a break, the girls waved goodbye and headed over to the tables with the other girls for tea as Setsuko moved to the other side of the garden where the rest of the hosts were gathered. As she leaned against a tree, Setsuko heard a startled shout and she looked towards the source, seeing Tamaki pushing Haruhi to the ground as a ball bounced past her.

"Hikaru! You came this close to snuffing out the light of Haruhi's life!" Tamaki shouted out, completely oblivious to the fact he was standing over a Haruhi who had just been trampled.

"Hey! It's your fault for not catching the ball in the first place, boss." Hikaru started with a shrug.

"Yeah- who knew that he'd be so bad at kemari. So much for him being the 'Genji of Ouran Academy'." Kaoru agreed.

"What?!" Tamaki said. He walked over to the ball with an annoyed expression, "You think so? Well, check this out! Starlight Kick!"

Setsuko watched as Tamaki pulled his leg back and kick the ball with surprising strength. Right before her eyes she watched as the ball vanished and was soaring through the sky a second later. There was a distant sound of glass breaking and Setsuko let out a sigh.

"We'd better go see the damage." Kyoya said.

"Hopefully Suoh's 'Starlight kick' didn't actually make someone see stars." Setsuko muttered.

The group walked in the direction of the ball, and they saw that is had broken through a window on the third floor, when they got to the room the ball broke into, they saw a teen sitting at a dest with an ice pack to his head. All around the room there were stacks upon stacks of wrapped newspapers.

"This school has a newspaper club?" Setsuko asked, looking at one of the papers, it seemed they weren't doing well, and it wasn't a surprise. One of their front-page articles was an alien sighting that was given to them by a student.

"Members, Komatsuzawa Akira- 3rd year- Ukyo Chiage- 2nd year- and Sakyo Tomochika- also a 2nd year." Kyoya said just before snapping his notebook shut.

"Thanks for the introduction." Setsuko said.

"Really. We're terribly sorry." Tamaki said, bowing slightly to the teen sitting at the desk.

"Don't worry- it's no big deal. Could've happened to anyone, right? Just a ball flying through a window and hitting me upside the head." The teen said.

Guilt tripping? You totally don't plan on letting this go. Setsuko thought.

"Please accept our apology!" Tamaki begged.