Hero | ohshc

IV

- Hikaru -

The cafe is amazing. Well placed furniture, ebony wood chairs, and tables, decorative flowers. It was every designer's dream to step foot in a place as well furnished and decorated as this. Mother would surely enjoy a rainy afternoon here while sketching new clothing pieces.  

 The host club was enjoying themselves per usual. Honey eating as much cake as he could consume, Mori and Kano showing each other different martial arts positions, Kyoya was sipping coffee and working on finances, and Kaoru drinking tea with Ai, who was practically drooling over him. 

So much for moe. 

As for Tamaki, he sat up at the bar pestering the ever-loving hell out of Aki. Her eyebrow twitching downwards every time Tamaki managed to get on her nerves. He's going to get hit.

 I sat in the corner sipping Aki's tea and analyzing. The tea had a strong yet relaxing taste, enough to keep me awake but also viable to help me sleep. 

Relaxing isn't really a word that's in the host clubs vocabulary, but I'm sure that if Tamaki took at least a full cup he'd sink into a couch. 

Aki walked out from behind the coffee with a full tray of different teapots. Earlier Haruhi took notice of the two homemade selections that Aki brews herself and immediately asked for them. Aki looked expectantly at Haruhi for her approval, and after trying each of them with small sips, she nodded and smiled at Aki. 

I could see Aki beam. Kaoru and I glanced at one another with a small blush. 'She's so cute,' I mouthed to my twin and he raised his arms, 'fight off all the boys that are mean to her.' He mouthed back and I grinned

"Haruhi! Why don't you like the tea I make?!" Tamaki whined loudly, cutting the background chatter of the other host club members.

"Because you put so much sugar in the cup. I swear one day I'm going to get diabetes just by taking one sip." Haruhi cried out making Tamaki turn white and collapse against the siding of the coffee bar.

"Are those mushrooms? Stop growing them in my coffee shop!" Aki yelled, pointing a finger at Tamaki and stomping her foot like a child. "My goodness you're so overdramatic," she scoffed, as she crossed her arms and walked away.

Tamaki's head snapped towards Aki, his face holding a snarl. Wow never seen this side of him before. "You're one to talk," he replied back, snarkily, "you're the one stomping your foot like a 3-year-old!"

"Uh oh.." Honey trailed off.

Aki turned her head slowly around and immediately she looked at Tamaki with a steely glare that morphed into a look of horror. Her eyes widened and she fainted, dropping to the floor in a heap of chef clothes and long hair. What in the world? I stood up in alarm, the wooden chair behind me knocking to the ground.

"Aki!" I heard Kano shout. I looked at Tamaki and he held a wide-eyed expression.

"Boss?" Kaoru and I asked at the same time.

"No way... Little sister?" He whispered with a tone that resembled hope. "She's supposed to be dead, how could I.."

Haruhi stood with a hand covering her mouth and a raised eyebrow. "despite the dire situation I'm pretty sure you're all dense. She obviously looks almost exactly like Tamaki. For God's sake, I waited for you all to realise she has the exact last name as Tamaki."

My jaw dropped and I rubbed the back of my neck. "It's not my fault she never mentioned her last name." I glanced over at Kyoya to see if he knew but his reaction was one I've never seen before. 

He was pale-faced and his Adam's apple bobbed up and down when he gulped.

- Kyouya -

As the scene unfolded in front of my eyes I started to feel sick. My stomach churned in ways it shouldn't.

"N-no way...  Little sister?" I heard Tamaki mumble.  "She's supposed to be dead, how could I.."

Haruhi spoke up, "despite the dire situation I'm pretty sure you're all dense. She obviously looks almost exactly like Tamaki. For God's sake, I waited for you all to realise she has the exact last name as Tamaki."

 "It's not my fault she never mentioned her last name," Hikaru argued.

I looked over to see Tamaki crying, the twins and Takashi crowded around him. I looked over at Aki to see her lying on the floor quietly crying, with the three maids, Haruhi, and Honey trying to comfort her in her unconsciousness.

"N-no" We all looked at Aki to see her shaking her head as she stuttered, tears forming out of her eyes, "No don't do this... Please don't. Don't do this Mr. Ootori... Please," she pleaded breathlessly.

"And what's that supposed to mean?" Honey looked up at me with a rare glare, the grip on his bunny tightening.

"I..." For once in my life, I was speechless, unable to explain. "I had a feeling she was your sibling, Tamaki." I cut corners, pushing up my glasses. "I'll have to mention this to my father. I have a feeling he had something to do with this unusual reaction, especially if..." I cut off short, reliving Tamaki's comment from earlier.

She's supposed to be dead.

When I had looked up Suoh Aki on my computer through my father's personal files, nothing had popped up. I looked her up on her own computer earlier and a file popped up but there was an extremely high secured firewall on it that only one person could go through. 

Aki is one of the highest technological hackers in the world and that she herself has blocked anything that has had anything to do with her past. She is more technologically advanced than me when it comes to hacking, going through files, and anything to do with technology. One thing I do know is that she only uses that power in certain areas and that it is more of something she keeps to herself.

I looked over at Aki to see her getting up with shaking legs. Haruhi, Ai, and Kano taking care of her by putting her up on a stool. She seemed fragile and small. Her height a measly 2 inches taller than Honey. I looked at Aki again and this time she was clinging to Natsu, her breaths raced and shaky.

Her eyes darted to Tamaki, the corners of her lips curling upwards in a small smile. "I'm alright now," I could barely tell she was lying, a genuine look of innocence crossing her face, "I got dizzy from the flash of anger is all. There's no need to be worried. This isn't the first time it's happened." She spared a glance in my direction. Her eyes moved from my face to the book in my hands, urging me to write that down. 

Aki released Natsu's arm and jumped off the stool, taking slow steps as her eyes watered. "Tamaki..." She took quicker steps until she jumped into Tamaki's arms. "I missed you so much." 

They sat on the couch and Tamaki clung to her as much as she clung to him.

"I missed you too Aki," he ran his fingers through her incredibly long hair and she rested on his lap, "so why didn't we do this when we first met. Hug it out and cry I mean."

She remained silent. "The last time someone tricked me into thinking that they were my true brother, I was kidnapped."

"Lovely," Hikaru muttered.

"Why would anyone want to kidnap someone like you," Kaoru teased and was hit with a tossed drink coaster.

"This is so cute," Haruhi whispered standing next to me, and I covered expression, going back to a cold hard gaze. "Well, they have been apart for more than five years so there's no telling how much they miss each other." I pushed up my glasses.

"I wish I had a sibling." Haruhi sighed.

"No, I'm sure you don't," The twins stuck their tongues out at each other.

Honey yelled out from behind us, "I know what I want. More cake!"

[edited 2018.6.5]