Ice Cubes and Bubble Gum (OHSHC)

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

        Each of the members  of the Host club was dressed in kimonos of varying colors. Much like Hikaru and Kaoru, the Tsukino twins were dressed in matching ones.

        Nao jolted forward as Nagi, like he so often did, tackled him. "Nao-nii!" The younger boy had tears pricking the corners of his eyes. "I got burned..."

        "Huh? How?" Nao's eyebrows creased a bit in concern.

        "I spilled tea on myself..." Nagi held up his hand. A red mark marred the pale skin.

        "Oh, for the love of..." The older brunette sighed a bit. Reaching into his kimono, he pulled out a small role of bandages. Since they were young, Nagi had a tendency to get him self hurt, result in Nao forming a habit of carrying bandages around with him. "You really need to be more careful, Nagi." He chided lightly, wrapping his brother's burned hand.

        Once the bandages had been secured, Nagi wrapped his arms around the other in a hug. "Thank you, Nao-nii!" The only response he received was another sigh and a small smile.

        The displayed elicited sqeals of, "Adorable!" from several nearby girls.

        Nao ignored the noise, long since used to it. Nagi soon released him, running off to chat with the girls again.

        His attention was drawn to his left, where Hunny was crying to Haruhi about losing his other sandal. Without really realizing it, Nao smiled slightly as Mori appeared, slipping the missing onto the small boys foot, the boy then hugging the other, crying.

        "Looks like tears are popular with the ladies today..." Haruhi stated in a seemingly irritated manner.

        Nao stepped up next to the girl. "Now that you mention it... There have been a lot of tears, today."

        "But how they are they able to cry so easily?"

        Nao shrugged as the girl stepped forward, managing to crash into Kaoru. A small bottle fell out of his sleeve.

        Bending down, he picked the bottle up. "High-grade eye drops?" Nao twitched slightly.

        The Hitachiins slid up to the two. "For your information, it's common for a Host to use eye drops." Kaoru informed the two.

        "No woman can resist a man on the brink of tears." Hikaru added.

        Nao shook his head and walked off. "Whatever." Stopping next to Mori and Hunny, he turned just in time to see Tamaki fawning over something the girl had said.

        Nao snorted as the blond defended himself against her accusation of him faking his tears. "I pretty sure Nagi was the only who wasn't faking it to some degree..." He mumbled.

        Hunny looked up at him. "How do you know he wasn't faking it, Nao-chan?"

        "Nagi tries to use crocodile tears on me all the time. It's pretty easy to tell when he's faking it and when he's being serious. Or, at least, for me it is."

        Everyone's attention was drawn to a girl standing in the doorway, half hiding behind the frame.

        "Looks like the Host club has a brand new guest." Hikaru and Kaoru chorused. The two immediately made their way to the door, trying to charm the evidently shy girl into entering the room. They only seemed to frighten the girl.