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Fumi Eight!

We all climbed into the limo and cruised around before finding a quaint little American-style ice cream shop.

"Let's go there!" I grinned, looking out the window at it.

"At that thing?" Tamaki wondered. "Why?"

Eri karate-chopped his head. "Because it's good, that's why! Now go there or I'll strangle you!"

Tamaki ordered the driver to pull into the shop. I was inwardly bouncing on my seat, as happy as could be. I was the farthest from the door, but that was okay. That just meant that I got the privilege of having one of the boys help me out.

I accepted the hand that was offered to me and climbed out as neatly as I could and smiled up at the person who assisted me. "Arigato!"

Kyoya returned the smile. "You're quite welcome."

Cue the blush. I quickly looked away and caught up to Haruhi and Eri.

"How can you stand him, girl?" Eri questioned.

Haruhi chuckled. "When you get to know him you realize that he's actually a nice guy. Just give him a chance, Eri-chan."

I fell in step with them. "Hey, Haruhi, don't you like Suoh-senpai?"

She smiled. "There are so many fangirls here that I've learned to not like anyone. I get in less fights that way."

I nodded, looking down. "I'm sorry."

"Oh, it's okay. At least in the manga back in Reality I marry Tamaki. Here, we just have fun and entertain all the fans."

"Must be hard."

Haruhi shrugged, walking through the doors that the twins kept open. "I guess. You get use to it."

We slid into the booth by the rest of the hosts. I was sandwiched by Mori and Kaoru while Eri was across from me between Kyoya and Haruhi. Soon we managed to get American-style hamburgers and fries with a side of milkshake.

I dug into the burger happily along with Eri and Haruhi. The rest of the hosts looked at us like we were crazy.

"What?" Eri challenged, licking her fingers not-unlady-like. "It how you eat them."

I smiled and nodded. "It's true! Oh, Suoh-senpai, put that knife and fork down!"

He sighed and picked up the burger with his hands like instructed and bit into it.

"Hey, it's actually pretty good," he informed after he had swallowed. "I guess commoners' food isn't all that bad..."

I shook my head and kept eating.

When we were finished with our meal and were enjoying our milkshakes, Kyoya took the chance of explaining trip ideas.

"We could go to the beach again like we did last time," Haruhi offered. "But can we leave the girls behind this time? I'd like to actually go swimming..."

"That's a possibility," Kyoya relented. "Or we could go to my personal beach."

I took a spoonful of ice cream, watching the others talk.

"Hey, why don't we go up to the mountains and camp?" Eri asked. "I think it would be fun."

"I don't care where we go, so long as there's sweets!" Honey giggled.

Ideas were bounced around, but Mori hadn't said anything. I looked up at him with a frown.

"Mori-senpai, aren't you going to give an idea?" I asked.