Mute Or Just Scared? (Mitsukuni 'Honey' Haninozuka Love Story)

The Host Club

I just stood there. Even if I physically could have said something, I think I would have been too surprised to say anything anyway. "Oh my, it seems we have a new guest." The blonde boy who had spoken walked over to me.

Instinctively, I backed away with every step he took. When a brown-haired boy noticed this, he grabbed the blond one's arm. "You're scaring her," he explained before the other had a chance to ask why.

Thank you. I tried to say the words, but no sound came out. So instead I just looked down at my feet. Not wanting them to realize how embarrassing this is for me.

"Could you say that a little louder?" That was the brown-haired boy's voice. I wish I knew his name.

I merely shook my head. If no sound came out the first time, it wouldn't the second time.

"You must be Suzu Akashima, the transfer from... Lobelia, correct?" a dark-haired boy asked, pushing up his glasses. I merely nodded and let him continue. But before he could, a little blonde boy jumped in front of me.

"How come you won't talk to us, Suzu-chan?" I looked desperately at the boy with glasses. Silently, I was begging for him to help me. If he knew my name, then shouldn't he know about this issue?

"The answer to that would be that she can't. Miss Akashima is mute."

I nodded my head, confirming what the boy had said. "Well, Akashima, what type of guys are you into?" Before I even knew what was going on, an arm was around my shoulder. My instant reaction was to jump and drop the book I'd been holding. It was a manga that I was quite fond of, though I'd gotten some weird looks at Lobelia for reading it. Then again, it was easy to understand why.

As I pulled myself out of the blonde's grip and reached down to pick my book up, someone had beaten me to it. A little blonde boy had picked it up and was about to look at it. Panicking slightly, I snatched it back as quick as I could. However, I was a little late.

A pair of twins had seen the picture on the cover. "Why were there two girls on the cover?" they asked at the exact same time. It was kinda creepy. "Is that a naughty manga?"

"I know Lobelia girls tend to be into other girls-" one started saying.

"-but I'd never expected someone so innocent looking to swing that way." the other finished the sentence. Again, kinda creepy.

And cue faceplam. I let out a sigh and showed them the cover. Better they judge me for what it really is rather than something that was way wrong.

"Corpse Party? Seems like there would be a dead person on the cover rather than two girls..."

"So you're into scary stuff, huh?" I shook my head. Scary stuff wasn't really my thing, but I didn't see this as scary.

I looked down at the ground, clutching the book tightly. This reminded me a bit of my time at Lobelia. These were memories I really wanted to forget about. Before any of them had a chance to ask or even notice my troubled expression, I was already out the door and headed down the hall. I ducked into the first empty room I could find, Music Room 1. Odd that the 2nd and 3rd Music Rooms were used, but not the first.