From Riches To Rags ❦ Tamaki

3 | Spotted

As Aya walked leisurely in the convenience store's direction, she saw two limousines drive past her. She did a double-take and looked behind her.

Why would there be limousines in a place like this? They stood out against the run-down houses and the broken path-ways. One of them belonged to Tamaki's family; she had often ridden in it herself when she was a child.

Unwanted memories came to the forefront of her mind and she shook her head to get rid of them. Then she covered her hair with the hood of the parka she was wearing. However, she hadn't been quick enough, and someone had already seen her.

A short, blonde-haired male hugged his bunny to his chest and thought to himself, wasn't that (y/n)? That's crazy! Why would she be here?

Since Aya had stormed out of the host club, she had felt guilty and had gone back to apologise for leaving so suddenly. That was a few weeks ago, so now she was more familiar with the hosts.

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Did anyone see me? Did they recognise me? What am I going to do? She was pacing back and forth outside Music #3 and muttering to herself as she did.

"Aya-chan!" Honey called her name, startling her and he jumped on her from behind.

"Honey, what are you doing?" Her heart was pounding a mile a minute, and she felt flustered.

"Let's have some cake Aya-chan." Honey got off her back and smiled innocently up at her. "There's something I want to talk to you about."

"O-okay," she hesitantly agreed and then followed him in to the clubroom.

"Say Aya-chan, why were you on the outskirts of town yesterday?" Honey looked up from his plate. The short third year might act childish and be known as a lover of all things sweet, but he was intuitive and he noticed things that others didn't.

"I was just visiting a friend." Aya tried hard to keep her voice steady. It was such an obvious lie. Why couldn't she have thought up something better? "Why were you there, Honey-Senpai?"

Honey didn't believe what she was saying but left the matter alone, instead he replied to her question, "we were visiting Haruhi she lives around there."

"Oh..." As the two of them ate some more cake and talked about certain things, Tamaki and the twins were watching the exchange between them both.

"I wonder what they are talking about, eh, boss?" Kaoru teased Tamaki

"They look cosy." Hikaru joined in the teasing.

"Hey boss. I think you've been rejected," the twin said at the same time, and smirked at Tamaki, who was now in the room's corner, a gloomy cloud dancing above him.

Tamaki still sulking, glanced over at Aya and Honey. Jealousy squirmed inside him and it wasn't exactly a new emotion; it was something he had felt since both of them were young. Every time she got close to another male, it would creep up on him and it had returned once again.

Deep down, he knew that the conversation between the two of them was innocent, but the unreasonable and curious part of him had to know what they were talking about. And he would find out, somehow...