Break Apart The Order [Kyoya Ootori]

The Ninth Song: The Battlefield of Sand and Tide

Kyoya Ootori's POV

I was the first to arrive to the Host Club a few day later, or rather, I should say second. When I entered and began to approach my usual table, I saw that someone had already beaten me there. Judging by the mismatched clothing and the raggedy hair, I could assume that it was none other than our little singer. Her head was resting on her the back of her right palm, which was resting on her upper left arm. In her hand was a small MP3 player, and I could hear faint music playing from the headphones she was wearing. Before her was a pad of paper, decorated with many song titles but each were crossed out as if she despised them. Her eyes were closed, and her breathing was steady; she's sleeping here? I quietly placed down my brief case and my laptop, looking over the list that Harumi had made. The list was called 'Possible Songs For Ball' and there were many, but all had been crossed out vigorously. I assumed that the song she had fallen asleep to was another song possibility, and would be crossed out as well.

Harumi shuddered gently, as if a cold hand had pressed itself against her flesh. I shrugged off my light blue coat, and placed it over her shoulders. She murmured in her sleep, nuzzling into her hand before becoming peaceful once more. I smiled faintly at the upward twitch of her lips," Thanks..." "You're welcome." I replied softly to the sleeping girl. I noticed that there was a pale ring of flesh upon her left hand's ring finger, and I recalled the truth: Harumi had been engaged to a man that abandoned her. "I don't think that I was the one being reflected back in his eyes." 'Was Kizami having an affair?' I thought to myself, staring at Harumi,' Did she know this? Why didn't she leave him if she knew?' I shook my head, chuckling quietly as I took my seat across from her,' Of course. Harumi isn't the kind of girl to do what most people would expect.' 

As I began to calculate the club's funds, Harumi groaned softly, nuzzling into her arm once more, and her outstretched hand reached out. Her fingertips pinched the edge of my sleeve," Stay... a little longer." I raised an eyebrow, and looked down to see that her peaceful face had become sad. I smiled faintly, taking a hold of her hand loosely before looking back to the monitor, beginning to work as best as I could with my right hand. I felt her squeeze my hand with her fingers, and I couldn't help but feel warm.

Harumi Fujioka's POV

 "The beach?"

Haruhi and I looked up from our books to find the grinning twins. "Of course!" They chimed," The beach!" "But why?" Haruhi blinked. Hikaru came closer," Don't you remember what you said?" It was Kaoru's turn," You said you'd like to go to a real beach." I looked to my sister with a raised eyebrow," You really said you wanted to go to the beach?" "Yes she did." They answered with dull looks. When they retreated, they revealed an entire collection of mannequins dressed in varying swimsuits. I looked at the light pink bikini with the frills on the top," Lemme guess. That one's for Onee-chan." "Not that one!" Honey protested, holding up a blue one-piece that reminded me of a school uniform," I think that this swim suit would look much cuter on Haru-chan!" The twins were quick to disagree," I don't think you get it, Honey-senpai." I looked to Hikaru and Kaoru as they gestured to their hostage's chest," Hey, just cause she doesn't have a large chest doesn't mean you gotta point it out you know." "A one piece like that will make her uncomfortable because it draws attention to her lack of feminine physique." The twins announced, presenting their swim suit choice," That's why we carefully selected this two piece suit, see? The ruffles help hide the fact that she's so flat chested." I felt bad for my sister, and looked down to my graciously blessed chest of C-cups,' One of our only differences...' 

"YOU PUNKS HAD BETTER QUIT SEXUALLY HARASSING MY LITTLE GIRL! I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU!"

The twins and I began to pout, though the boys were hiding behind the table Haruhi and I were sitting," So, then we're not going to the beach?" Tamaki looked away with a smile," Who said that we're not going?" The twins instantly brightened," Really? So you wanna go after all?" I saw Honey still holding his favorite swim suit cutely," Can Usa-chan come too? What about Umi-chan's friends?" Kyoya, who was standing admist the false ladies, was busy writing in his folder as usual," I have no problem with that." Takeshi, who was looking down to a swimsuit with shells for the bra, simply nodded. "Hey, speaking of swim suits, do you have one, Umi-chan?" Honey called out to me as I began to send out a text to the other members of my band," Yeah, I've got the perfect one already." "Huh? We're really gonna go?!" Haruhi protested, and I looked at her confused," Why not?" "What about the party? It's next week!" She tried to reason, but I shrugged my shoulders," All the more reason to get some relaxation time in, right? Besides, everything's piratically covered so we'll be fine." Tamaki smiled my way," Well then..."