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

Second Best

Taiga and I were excited about sharing our creations with Kasanoda and the members of the Host Club. Luckily, they weren't entertaining their guests today so that they could plan a party. Normally they wouldn't have met with anyone outside of the club members, but somehow Taiga managed to convince them.

"Did you really make all these, Suzu-chan?" cheerful little Mitsukuni said, taking one of the cookies.

As I nodded, Taiga explained for me. "Suzu was teaching me and we ended up having so much fun that we ended up making way too much," she laughed. "So of course we thought of you guys!"

"These are really good," Kasanoda said, looking over at me and Taiga. I still didn't know him all that well yet, but he seemed nice enough. Taiga had once told me that he looked scary and mean, but he was really a nice guy. However, he didn't look scary at all to me the first time I'd seen him.

Mitsukuni seemed to really enjoy the sweets. But he was very fond of all sweets, so it was hard to really tell. "They taste just like those really good ones that Kyo-chan gets for us!"

"That's because those come from the bakery owned by Miss Akashima's father," Kyoya answered for me. As much as it made people uneasy for someone to know so much about them, I found it more helpful that Kyoya knew so much about me. "She often helps out with the baking. For obvious reasons, she doesn't usually work directly with the customers."

"I thought the school doesn't allow you to have a job?" said one of the twins. Kaoru, I thought it was. But I hadn't quite been able to tell the two apart yet, so I could be wrong.

Taiga and I didn't know what to really say about that. I hadn't actually known that, although I should have. Luckily, Kyoya had an answer for that. "Because it is her father's bakery and she's merely helping out, rather than actually working. So it technically doesn't count as a job."

"Seriously?" the twins said, talking in perfect synch. It was almost creepy how they could do that so flawlessly. "So in a way, this isn't the first time Suzu's made something for us?"

Kyoya pushed up his glasses in the way he always does. "It would be safe to assume that. So no, it's not the first time."

"Wow, you must be really good at this, Suzu-chan!"

"Second best in Japan," Taiga said, giving me a playful smile. "Right Suzu?"

I couldn't hold in a laugh. Unlike my usual, silent laugh, this one was actually kinda loud. Loud compared to my normal voice, anyway.

"What's so funny?" Tamaki asked before the others had a chance.

It took a minute for Taiga and me to recover from our laughing. "Inside joke."