Protect Me ~Kyoya Ootori~ (OHSHC) WATTYS2017

Ch. 19 Nyuu the Dragon

Kyoya's P.O.V.

Elise is going to drive me crazy, and her little dog too. Both of them woke me up so early yesterday, so she could drag me around as her bag  holder. Not to mention how much she teased me on top of all of that. I was so, so very close to pulling her in, and finally kissing her, especially when she tugged at my ears. It'll be soon, I just have to make it perfect. It has to be everything she's ever dreamed. I stayed up late last night after I finished the clubs finances, and started devising a plan. First Elise needs to get settled back in at school again. We have Christmas break in two month, and that should be plenty of time. I smile thoughtfully and stumble my way to the dining room. When I see that Elise isn't there yet I realize she overslept. Must've been awake late too. I make my way back up to the room we've basically been sharing, and sure enough I find her still in bed. One arm is visible from the covers, stretched out over the left side of the bed. The spot I always lay on. I chuckle and walk over the bed, swiftly pulling her purple comforter off the bed. I hear a high pitch yelp and recall that her new puppy, Minho, had taken residence at the end of her bed. I hear the shuffle of paws and in a second he hops right back on the bed and curls up by her feet. Elise's eyes flutter open to  a squint, searching the room hazily until our eyes meet. "Who dare disturb my slumber?" she grumbles and her signature "death glare" targets me with an auspicious aura. I sigh and throw open her curtains too, "You're gonna be late. Wake up." she groans in response. 'Plan B' I think, and turn back around with a smirk.

"Geet... OOFFFF OBbbb.... MEEEEEEEHHHH" Elise wheezes from under my grasp. "What was that? Tickle your feet? Well okay, if you insist darling." I tease and reach towards her toes. But innacurate to my calculations, she did not surrender. Instead she hit me with one of Tamaki's 'Starlight' kick, and found myself back down on the hard wood floor. Staring back at the bed I see Elise hop up and jump on the bed screeching, "VICTORYYYYYYYYYYYYY, VICT. ORRR. YYYYYYYYYYYYY!" I stand and dust myself off and grab her from behind, tossing her over my shoulder. "Good, You're up. Now get you uniform on,"  I set her down in her closet, "Nyuu." I give her a smirk and shut the door so she can change. I head back to the dining room, and am surprised to find my father at the head of the table. He doesn't look up from his plate, "Morning." he said in a tone I hadn't heard for a while. He's happy... I bow my head, "Father. Is everything well?" I hear footsteps, and feel Elise wrap her arm around mine. My father stands, and... Smiles? I can feel my jaw drop yet I am unable to process what I am seeing. I look down to Elise and find her smiling also. "What the hell is wrong with you two?!" I exclaimed and almost instantly covered my mouth. Shitshitshit. I just swore. In. Front. Of. My. Father. I stared at him in shock, expecting him to come and smack me across the room. But he just... FUCKING LAUGHED. I drop to my knees and face palm. "Come see me in my office when you arrive home from school. I will explain the situation then. Hurry and eat or you'll be late for school." he says and walks out. He stops by me, and squeases  my shoulder. I hear the door shut, and slowly I look to  my watch. Sure enought, we have only 20 minutes before we need to leave. "Kyo~~~~~ Lets hurry & eat so we aren't late!" Elise repeats what my father had just said, and I follow her to the table. We gobble down some scones, wash it down with Earl Grey imported from London, and head to school.

This morning was another Host Club meeting, and I would be cohercing Tamaki to let "Nyuu" become a member of the host club. Even though we had left 5 minutes late, we still were the first to arrive at Music Room 3. Elise stared at the dusty sign hanging above our club doors with a thoughtful expression. As we enter, I feel her curious eyes land on me. I turn and stare back, suddenly finding myself completely lost in her dark brown eyes.  Since she dyed her hair I could see more specks of green dotting the outside of her pupils. "Well?" She puts a hand on her hip and I quickly snap back to reality. I could feel my cheeks flushing, and Elise raises her eyebrows at me. After a minute of agony she lets out a chuckle, stepping closer. "I asked... What  kind of Host would I be." she speaks and reaches towards me. I feel my whole face heat up and I stumble backwards. I go much farther than I expected however, and realize I have tumbled over one of the couches. I hear her laughter. A moment later her head pops over the couch with a smirk on her face. I sigh and let out a short laugh. "Easy. You would be the flirting type." I say as I stand and brush myself off. "If I get into the club, won't you be a little jealous? Of all the girls?" "Perhaps, if you were bisexual or something. Even if you were," It's my turn to smirk now, "I'm certain that you only have eyes for me." I stride across to her  and wrap  both arms around her lower waist. I look her in the eyes and say, "It's a good thing I feel the same. Otherwise I think you would be the one who's jealous." I  end in a whisper and reach up placing my hand gently over her cheek. "You baka..." Elise's eyes well up with tears and for a moment I panic. But she smiles at me, and puts her hand over mine. We stay like this, for what what felt like eternity, yet it wasn't long enough. The twins burst through the doors like the loud and annoying tyrants they are, and were soon followed by Takashi and Mori.