The Scars Unseen (OHSHC)

Chapter 20- The Aftermath

Sorry about the wait guys, college has been crazy lately, but I'm here now! Shall we see what happens next?

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To say the next day was awkward was an understatement; I'm someone who had never had much positive contact in my life, and suddenly, I had a boyfriend. I walked down to breakfast and shyly sat in a corner trying to evade all attention with a book, when I suddenly felt someone sitting next to me, and an arm wrapping around my waist.

"Good morning Risa, how did you sleep?" I looked at Kyoya in confusion, he had never been one to ask trivial questions like this before. He leaned in and gave me a quick kiss on my forehead and I blushed, looking around and nearly choking on laughter as I noticed the different reactions from the Hosts. Haruhi looked smug and about ready to explode from satisfaction, Tamaki was smiling at us, but he still looked shocked at how bold Kyoya was being. The twins just looked shocked, Honey had a slightly creepy smug grin on his face, and I even saw a shadow of a smile ghosting Mori's usually expressionless face; though there was a hint of something sad in his eyes.

It wasn't long before someone exploded, "Wait, what?! When did this happen?" The twins shouted out, "Why the heck didn't you tell us?"

"So you made your move, huh Kyoya" Honey said happily, "I was wondering what was taking you so long to do something; I guess what they say about adrenaline making people more willing to act is true then!"

I decided right then that my face was probably going to be some shade of red for the foreseeable future, and so I buried my face into Kyoya's chest and I felt him chuckle.

"Not that I agree with people prying into my life, but for your information, this didn't happen until last night; and before you ask, nothing inappropriate happened." The twins looked at each other and grinned, bringing a small thrill of dread to my heart.

I ate as quickly as I could, ignoring everyone else in the room as best I could, then made a speedy exit, aiming to go pack up my stuff so we could leave as quickly as possible. I had barely made it out the door when I felt two pairs of hands grab my arms and begin steering me in the direction of the sitting room.

"So, you and Kyoya?" Hikaru said after they stood in front of me, "I'll admit, I find that surprising!"

I furrowed my eyebrows at that, "Why does that surprise you?"

Kaoru answered, "Well, you are sweet, and Kyoya is kinda the opposite. I guess we just didn't see him being the one that you would end up with!"

I grinned, "You think I saw this coming? I am about as surprised as you! Just curious though, who did you think I would go for then?"

Both of them answered together, "Mori" then Hikaru continued, "Yeah, we figured that strong and silent was more your type; besides, he acts differently around you, so we just assumed that you would end up together."

I nodded slightly, taking that in, "So, now that we got that out of the way, now we can talk about the more important things, like what was it like to kiss the shadow king?"

My eyes widened and I panicked internally, was it really that obvious? "Why do you think we kissed?"

They looked at each other and grinned, "It's obvious" Hikaru continued, "Well, he kissed you on the head this morning, and he never shows affection like that." "Yeah, that and you turned bright red whenever he is mentioned, so we just guessed, and it looks like we were spot on!" Kaoru continued cheerfully.

"You two are the devil." I murmured darkly, then sighed, "Fine, we kissed and now we're together."

"Risa, that wasn't what we were asking and you know it. What was it like?" Hikaru glared at me playfully.