I've Always Been There (Kaoru x Reader)

Chapter Seventeen: Karaoke Night

~(Y/n)'s POV~

I had just finished putting together my outfit, which consisted of a dark gray shirt, that hung loosely on my body, black leggings underneath a red plaid flannel, that i tied around my waist. Black high top converses and to top off the look I put on a black beanie to more or less compliment the outfit.

"Lookin' good." Kairi gave me thumbs up, and I placed my hands on my hips, striking a pose. She laughed, and pulled a black vest over her own outfit. She wore a white band t-shirt, along with some black jean shorts. She had on Black combat style boots, and pulled her hair up into a side ponytail, as usual. "Not half bad yourself." I grinned, pulling out my cell phone as I heard it begin to ring.

"Hello?" I answered, sitting down on the bed.

"Hey, we are about to be there, get ready to meet us outside." It was Hikaru, to which I replied with a simple 'okay', and hung up. Kairi led us outside, where we stood waiting for the host club to come pick us up.

And as promised, they pulled up a minute later, Tamaki stepping out and greeting us. "You look lovely, ladies!" He hugged us, and led us into the limo, where the rest of the club sat, even Haruhi, who I was pretty sure was more forced to come. "Hey guys! Thanks for letting me bring my friend. This is Kairi, we've been friends since we were in grade school."

"Hey guys!" She waved, as we sat down in the limo, I scooted in beside Haruhi as Kairi took my other side. Tamaki entered back into the limo, and began driving. "So, you seem really excited to do this, huh Tamaki?" I asked him, peering over to look to him. He smiled, and nodded. "It seems so interesting! A place where we all can just get together and sing? How fascinating!"

I laughed, and looked to the rest of the club. They were in casual conversation with one another, except for Kyoya, who seemed a little irritated. Mori was listening to Honey go off about trying whatever sweets they would have there, and Kairi was speaking with the Twins. Tamaki was attempting conversation with Haruhi, who had her nose in a book. I smiled to the group, leaning back into my seat and resting my eyes for a second.

I must have fallen asleep, because I awoke to Kairi shaking my shoulder, grinning at me. "Come on, (Y/n), we're here!" She said, grabbing my wrist and pulling me out of the limo. I looked up at the building, seeing a neon sign that said "Karaoke Doki" on it. It wasn't the place Kairi and I used to go to, but karaoke is karaoke. I grew excited as we all entered the building, going into the reserved room we got. It was decently sized, three large couches and a mini stages with a microphone and screen for the words of the songs. A table sat in the middle of the couches, snacks already prepared, as well as a song book. "There is a menu underneath the book, so if you want any food orders, go ahead and hit the call button and we will attend you!" The attendant said, letting us all into the room then closing the door.

We all took our seats, Mori, Honey, and Haruhi on one couch. The twins, and Kyoya on the middle couch, and Tamaki, Kairi and I on the last one. Kairi was already flipping through the song book, looking through all the selections.

"Should we eat or sing first?" Kairi asked, looking up at everyone. It was silent for a minute, but I saw the twins grin.

"We over heard you say-"

"How (Y/n) was a good singer." They stated, causing my face to heat up. Tamaki smiled, and Honey began to cheer. "Sing for us, (Y/n)-chan!"

"Yeah, come on, (Y/n)!"

"I-I don't know you guys." I said, biting my lip and looking at Kairi, who only chuckled and shrugged her shoulders. "I'll go up there with you. We can do....." She ran her finer through the book, her eyes scanning through each song. Her finger finally stopped on one, and she showed me, to which I nodded, grabbing the remote and inputting the song number. We went up to the stage, each grabbing a microphone and taking a deep breath.