Your Tricks Won't Make Me Fall (OHSHC)

Chapter 16: Almost...

*Kasumi P.O.V*

As I pull open the door to Music Room #3, my thoughts are jumbled up in my head.

'What was Tamaki going to do? Was he going to kiss me? Kasumi, quit being such an idiot, did you not see how close his lips were to yours?!?! Of course he was going to kiss you!! No Kasumi, that's just silly to assume!' My thoughts were totally at war.

"Miss Roromiya, here are your flowers." Nelly declares, bringing the flowers to the table I wrote the note at. I thank her and she quickly escorts herself out.

I look at Tamaki. He seems to be in deep concentration.

"Tamaki-senpai, are you alright?" I ask sweetly, placing a hand on his arm. He jumps.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you, Tamaki-senpai." I say gently and start smiling sweetly. He smiles with the exact same warmth at me.

"I was just lost in thought."

"Oh, is your dad still here?"

"Yeah, why?"

"I was hoping I could deliver these flowers to him." I inform Tamaki, smiling and trying not to be awkward.

"Alright. Boys!! I'm taking Kasumi to see my father!" Tamaki calls to the next room over. So that's where they were...

Tamaki and I arrive at his father's office in the main building. He knocks for me, who is carrying the flowers.

"Come in." And we do. He greets his son, "Ah, Tamaki, why are you letting a lady carry the flowers?"

"I tried to take them, but this girl, she's a feisty one." He declares wrapping an arm around my shoulder and pulling me closer.

"Chairman Suoh, I've brought you a gift." I declare setting them down on his desk. He immediately picks up the card and starts reading.

He smiles warmly at me, "You are most welcome. Yuzuha has been a long time friend of mine, and she seemed to really like you."

"Tons of people really like Kasumi." Tamaki states. His arm is still around me, I shrug and his arm falls from my shoulders.

"You can't help who likes you and who doesn't." I inform them.

"Kind of like at the start of the year, when you hated me." Tamaki says sadly.

"I didn't hate you, I just didn't like your club, It only took one month for you to change my mind. Now I feel as though I have a second home..." I state adoringly. Tamaki smiles at me.

"I'm glad you feel that way." He informs.

"When I really think about it, I've missed my daily conversations with Kyoya-senpai..." I say glumly. The smile on Tamaki's face fades. He crouches into a corner and he turns pale.

"Of course she enjoyed her time with Kyoya. It's always been Kyoya..." He whispers to himself. I crouch down beside him.

"Tamaki-senpai, come back to the real world." I whisper in his ear. "Tamaki-senpai, I need somebody to escort me to the club, and then out to my car. If it's not going to be you, it'll have to be Kyoya-senpai, but I really want it to be you."

He immediately straightens and takes my hand to steady my after I almost fell. Deja vu to my first day at the Host Club.

"Let's go, Kit- Kasumi!" He refrained from calling me Kitten in front of his father. We walk out together.

When we get back to the 3rd music room and I grab my bag. My phone beeps. It's a text from Yuzuha!!

*texts*