Ouran Host Club Hostess (DISCONTINUED)

Kisses at Night

I froze, because what else was I supposed to do? I hadn't been expecting this! Here I thought we were trying to escape from a net, trapped in an incredibly awkward position, and then boom! This.

Hikaru's lips were slightly chapped, but soft and warm, and he smelled really good. His hands were firm, but gentle at the same time, and when he tilted his head to deepen the kiss, I couldn't help but respond shyly.

Well, until I very nearly dropped the scissors that was our only ticket to getting out of this rope cage, and then I caught myself. "Mmph, Hikaru!" I pulled back slightly, only for him to follow, until we'd reversed positions and it was now me on my back. "Hika-mmph! The-the net! We have to-!" He kissed me again, harder this time, until I finally lifted a hand and covered his mouth. "Would you stop that?!"

He blinked at me several times, almost like he wasn't quite all there yet. His eyes were still focused on my mouth. After a moment, I felt his lips turn to a frown against my palm and his eyes narrowed. "Is it that you didn't like it?" He spoke, his voice slightly muffled against my palm. "You didn't want to kiss me, did you?"

I immediately flushed pink, and pulled away. "N-No," I mumbled. "That isn't it. I just wasn't expecting you to do that and, um..." I averted my eyes, feeling a lingering phantom warmth on my lips. "Besides, you almost made me drop the scissors, and then we wouldn't have been able to get out of here. We do still need to look for Kaoru and the others."

Oh shit, Kaoru. It hit suddenly hit me. If Hikaru liked me, then did Kaoru feel the same? I felt like I was betraying one of them, or both. Goddammit, when did my life get this complicated?!

Oh wait, Kaoru said he didn't like me romantically that day we went out. True, but he could have changed his mind. He might have been lying. Kaoru was a self-sacrificing human being. "He won't mind," Hikaru spoke as though he could read my mind and knew what I was thinking. I blinked up at him, but decided that this was not the time to ask what he meant by that. I resumed my task of sawing through the net until I finally managed to cut a gap big enough for us to tumble out of.

It was not a graceful landing though. "Ow!" I groaned when I hit the thinly carpeted floor. "Curse whoever thought that this would be a fun prank."

Hikaru wheezed out a pained laugh, and sat up. "Are you alright?" I nodded, and sat up as well, and then I blinked when I noticed a hand right in front of me.

It's odd, I thought to myself as we sprinted through the corridors, occasionally stopping to check the classrooms and rooms that were open. How much it feels as though nothing has changed, and yet something clearly has. "Oh my god, where are these people?" I groaned, and then I blinked when something caught my eye. "Hold on..."

Why does that room door have sandbags covering it? "You've got to be kidding me," Hikaru muttered, and I nodded in agreement. I think our classmates took this thing a bit too seriously. "Kaoru!" My eyes widened when he began trying to yank away the heavy bags of sand, one at a time. "Kaoru, are you there?!"

"He won't be able to hear us through all the bags," I pointed out, but I was ignored. That will take forever. I wandered a few yards away, and then noticed something around the corridor. "Uh, Hikaru?" I called. He was really into trying to free his brother that he didn't respond until I'd yelled three more times, at which he looked up. "There's another door here."

His face, flushed with exertion, darkened even more. "Oh," he blushed, and I couldn't help giggling. At some other time, I might have patted him on the cheek for being so cute, but at the moment it felt like it might be too awkward.

The door was locked, but the key was in the lock. "Kaoru!" I pushed the door open. "Kaoru, are you in here?" He was, and I was very nearly trampled by Hikaru in his excited haste and so I stepped out of the way and let the brothers reunite. Luckily Haruhi was also in there, so I wandered over to her. "So...how's your night been?"