The Overflow

Chapter 17

That night, at the Ootori family villa, the atmosphere seemed quieter than ever. Maybe it was because of the eventful day or because dinner was right around the corner? But one thing for sure was the silence. Honey and Mori began setting down plates of crab as they released hot steam from their surfaces. "I apologize that there aren't any maids around to help you cook Senpai." Kyoya told the two older males. The third years rather brushed it off explaining that it was no problem. "It's no big deal! We appreciate you letting us stay here! Takashi, will you go get Haru-chan and Lee-chan?" Honey said while showcasing his innocent smile. "Lena won't be joining us." Kyoya interjected before letting the third year set off on retrieving Haruhi. "Wait, why?" Honey asked, curiosity struck the others as they looked for an explanation. "Is it just not up for crab?" Hikaru asked, forgetting about the tears that were shed. "She said she needs time to herself." Kyoya said dismissing everyone's questions however their worries still stayed. Honey glanced out the window before catching sight of the storm approaching in the distance. "It's awfully gloomy out there huh? It looks like it's gonna rain." The boy vocalized. "It's not just gloomy outside." Hikaru stated the obvious. Attention began to center around the twins before Kaoru commented. "It's pretty gloomy right here in the dining room as well. Just take a look at Senpai." Kaoru told everyone while pointing towards the pouting blonde, everyone seemed to be ignoring him. "Come on, quit moping boss." Hikaru complained. "You shouldn't have picked a fight with her in the first place." Kaoru told him. Eyes flew towards the new awakening sound as Haruhi had finally arrived at the dining room dressed rather unusually in a pink dress. "Haruhi, where'd you get that dress?" the twins questioned speaking simultaneously. "From my dad. He must've repacked my bags when I wasn't looking. He's always trying to get me to wear this frilly stuff. The girl explained before receiving praise for her father.

Tamaki peered from behind one of the many pillars used for the structural aspect of the building. With almost all the hosts gathered, everyone took their respective seats to enjoy dinner. The air still lingered with tension and now awkward silence. The silence was soon broken as Haruhi ate rather obnoxiously by snapping crab legs left and right. Everyone seemed to carry on ignoring her behavior except for Tamaki, as he felt disgusted by her actions. "Don't you think you've had enough? Give it a rest." He voiced directed at the girl. "Excuse me? I thought you weren't speaking to me." Haruhi fired back at the boy. Tamaki then reaches for his crab but can't bring himself to eat. He slammed his napkin on the table standing up. "Okay fine, I get it. It seems you refuse to admit that you were wrong." He states while stepping back from the table. "See if I care then, I'm going to bed. Kyoya, would you show me to my room please?" Tamaki asks while Kyoya nods, standing gently from his seat before excusing himself. As the two take their leaves out of the room, Haruhi takes a stop within her crab buffet. "Maybe he's right. Maybe I do need to learn a way to protect myself." He admits before the twins chime in together. "So that's it, he got to you huh?" They say before branching off in their own responses. "Well, it wouldn't hurt you to learn martial arts or something." Hikaru admits to the girl. "But it's not like we're going to force you to learn it." Kaoru informed the girl, before they came together to talk again. "Besides, that's not the real issue here." The twins pointed out. "To be honest, we were all a little worried about how recklessly you acted." Hikaru told the girl before curiosity grew. "What do you mean? I didn't cause you guys any trouble or anything." The girl was obviously clueless. Honey was next to speak trying to shed some light to help the girl realize. "That's not true Haru-chan. You made us all worry, especially Lee-chan and Tama-chan. I think you need to apologize." The young-looking boy told her. "Yeah, Lena was even crying." Hikaru said. Within that moment it is as if her walls have crumbled, being able to see all the damage within her actions. "I'm sorry." the girl apologized before being pulled into a group hug with the remaining hosts.

Haruhi suddenly becomes ill as she runs off in the search to throw up all what she just ate. She blindly went into the nearest room she could find in a hurry before coming out of the bathroom. Wiping her mouth off gently before being startled. "Are you okay?" Kyoya asked, sitting in a chair, drying his hair with a bath towel. Haruhi bows out of respect not realizing that it was actually Kyoya just without his glasses. "I apologize sir I didn't mean to intrude." Haruhi told the boy. Kyoya paid no mind that he looked a bit different without his glasses and brushed off the girl. "Kyoya-senpai?... I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to make everyone worry about me." The girl apologized, Kyoya seemed rather unbothered except for the host Budgeting. "Thanks, but I wasn't especially worried." He informed the girl before taking a drink from a water bottle. "Although, I did have a hard time separating the twins from those punks. And because of you I had to send each of the girls a bouquet of flowers to apologize." Kyoya said trying to make a valued point across without having to directly say it to the female. "I'll pay for those flowers." Haruhi stated knowing her debt just got increased. "It's 50,000 yen per bouquet per person. In total, it'll be 600,000 yen." Kyoya told the girl as he got up to turn the lights off. "Why did you turn the lights off?" Haruhi questioned as the shadow king was now in his element. "If you want to, you can pay me back with your body." He stated. Within a moment Kyoya takes Haruhi's wrist and flings her onto the bed kneeling above her. "Surely you aren't so naive that you actually believe a person's sex doesn't matter. You've left yourself completely defenseless against me." He lectured the girl before a small smile formed on her face. "You wouldn't do that, Kyoya-senpai. Because you won't get any merits from sleeping with me. And plus, it's not me that you are interested in." Kyoya sits on the edge of his bed before saying "You really are an interesting person." Kyoya makes a mental mark for his black notebook. "But I really understand now... that Kyouya-senpai, you're an unexpectedly nice person. Because what you're doing now is a follow-up for Tamaki-senpai, right?" She asked piecing the situation together with flashbacks. Kyoya pulls himself up, fixing his posture. "You purposely took on the villain's character to teach me, right? And plus, I don't think you would hurt Lena like that. Just now I could tell you didn't look at me the same you look at her. I don't know how to explain it but it's just different." Haruhi explained however a knock echoed from the door and without warning Tamaki opened it instead of waiting for an answer. "Kyoya, do you have lotion? This sunburn is actually starting to hurt --" Tamaki his voice drifted off as he caught sight of Kyoya without a shirt and Haruhi sitting on his bed. The worst-case scenario played within his head as Kyoya shoved a bottle of lotion into his face. "Here, use it however much you want, idiot." Kyoya said while shoving the bottle of lotion in his face. Haruhi turned to leave the room as the blonde dense boy followed.

"Merit, huh? An interesting opinion in its own way." Kyoya dabbled in her response almost as if he was studying it. "You know there is other ways to make your point without doing all that." I told the boy as I began to walk back inside from the patio in an oversized shirt and drenched hair. "You're soaking wet." He, pointed out grabbing a towel before speaking more "And What are you jealous?" The dark-haired male teased. "Jealous of what? You, Mr. Ootori? No....I could never, plus there's not much to be jealous of." I told the boy with hints of teasing in my voice as well. The boy took steps forward wrapping the towel around my body while embracing me, before speaking once more. "You sure? I thought I was pretty dashing in some aspects." Kyoya stated holding his signature smirk on his face. "You know what? You are pretty dashing.....in being delusional." I told the boy before breaking my usual facade and showcasing a smile. "Hmm is that right? I could always show you how delusional I can be" the boy voiced before leaning in closer. My smile deepened as we looked at each other. "Do your worst Otoori." I told the boy. A storm is a powerful and often dramatic representation of what we take for granted. Within storms strong winds, heavy rain, thunder, and lightning is often presented as if the storm wants revenge or is out for attention. Much like people, storms often can be intimidating but can bring awe-inspiration to how powerful we can be. Our storm outside began to roar as if it was crying out in pain or in celebration at something happening that it longed for. The lightning luminated our shadows making the room filled with even the slightest tension grow thicker in the atmosphere, everything seemed perfect, we seemed perfect, only centimeters away from each other, nothing could possibly stop us if we wanted. We had full power physically and mentally, there were no restraints. The Host Club members knock on the door and open it. "Wait where yall about to kiss?!" The twins yelled out simultaneously. We turned away from each other blushing harder than ever clearly embarrassed as the older boy responded with the lamest excuse ever. "NO! Lena just had something in her eye and I was trying to help her." The boy trembled in his response unsure of what the other hosts would respond.

Noises echoed in the hallways catching everyone's attention as the twins swore up and down it was ghosts. With our curiosity at its peaks, we followed the noise till we reached Tamaki's room. The twins knock on the door before opening to reveal Haruhi sitting on the floor with a blindfold on. "See? If you put a blindfold on, you won't see it. And if you put on earplugs for the noise --" Tamaki explained to the girl. "This guy is the worst." Hikaru insulted while his brother responded next. "What kind of play is this?" The twin's minds were like the holy gutter of inappropriate and sexual content which seemed to misguided them within this situation. "N-No, you're wrong! It's not like that!!" Tamaki tried defending. Unlike the twins I looked rather on the logical side of things. "So, she has brontophobia?" I asked for clarification from Kyoya. "It would seem so," he agreed. Honey peeked around Mori's legs before joining in the conversation. "What's bro-phobia?" He asked. "Not bro-phobia, Brontophobia. Honey Bear. Brontophobia is often known as astraphobia, cerauno-phobia, tonitro-phobia which is a vivid fear of storms whether they are scattered rain storms or isolated thunderstorms. " I explained to the hosts. "How do we help her, without being like the perv over there?"Hikaru asked before insulting Tamaki once more. Tamaki took this insult and hid in a corner making a small mushroom farm. "Well, it is classified under a branch of anxiety so often just relieving their worries or being with them till the storm passes could help." I offered. With that the rest of the night seemed to go peacefully.

The next day, sadness flooded our moods as our adventure reached an end. As all the hosts began to get ready to go back home, daylight peeked in the sky wrapping us in its warm rays. Almost as if it was giving us goodbye hugs. "Be careful, Haruhi." Hikaru warned, recalling last night before his brother chimed in. "Apparently, our boss has some S/M fetishes." Kaoru informed the group, laughing slightly. "You say that like it is an actual surprise." I told them, the twins started laughing hysterically as the host king denied it. "I said it's not like that!" He tried to change our opinions. "I see. So that's S/M? He made me do stuff without me knowing it." Haruhi still was oblivious to the context at play but we did not take it to heart or at least I didn't. I can't say that for when the twins tossed the king out of the car leaving Tamaki to walk. Without any words Haruhi rolled up her car window, cutting off his communication to us "Drive." Kyoya instructed as the driver nodded. Tamaki somehow seemed to be keeping up fairly well, so there was only one way to fix that. "Faster." I commanded while Kyoya reached over to hold my hand. The car began to drive off leaving the boy with nothing but dust. "Hey! Don't leave me behind! Wait!!" Tamaki yelled as we all laughed watching his figure disappear in the background.