Ouran High School Host Club Fan Fiction ❯ The Solitary Twin ❯ Misleading ( Chapter 7 )
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By: MirrorsO1984 
Anime/Manga: Ouran High School Host Club Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Hentai / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 05.01.2011 | Pages: 5 | Words: 6.4K | Visits: 513 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Ouran High School Host Club Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Hentai / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 05.01.2011 | Pages: 5 | Words: 6.4K | Visits: 513 | Status: Completed
Disclaimer: I do not own Bisco Hatori's Ouran High School Host Club and I also do not make profit of this fic
Warning: some Hikaru/Etsu action. Nothing major. Long chapter.
Chapter 6
She was in deep shit.
As soon as she had gotten to her family's mansion she had barricaded herself up in her room. There was no one that would be able to convince her to go back to Ouran. The only thing in her favor at the moment was that her mother wasn't home and that the incestous twins were still in school. That alone gave her enough time to think up a strategy on how to get out of Japan and leave what she had seen behind her.
Sitting on her bed with her knees drawn up to her chest, she bit her nails out of bad habit as her frantic mind tried to come up with ideas on how to convince her mother to sign the legal papers for her to be accepted back into her old school. That was what would give her a problem. There were far too many legal procedures for her to just waltz into her old school and dorm.
Crap! How did I get mixed in all of this?!, wincing and cursing her fate, she gave a specially hard tear at one of her nails, creating a pleasant abeit annoying sting on the tenderized skin she had just wounded in her biting. The pain helped bringing her back to reality at least...
Could I have really seen that? That couldn't have been what I thought it was..., Of all of the crazy things she had witnessed in her young life, seeing twin boys doing such things together had permanently traumatized her somewhat 'innocent' mind. She wasn't altogether ignorant when it came to the goingons among rich pompous society. In England, many of the girls in her school had their own skeletons in the closet. Far too many damned skeletons. She, herself, had a couple of secrets she wouldn't want others to know.
She didn't have anything against male/male relationships. Being in a school were girls were with girls, it was quite commonplace to hear of same sex relationships, but the Hitanchiins' were brothers. Not just brothers, but twins. That in her mind made it all the more twisted and sinful. She tried to understand why they would be so comfortable doing such sick things with each other, but her mind couldn't fully grasp it. Morals stated it was wrong, yet there was something telling her that nothing was what it seemed.
When Iku had been alive, Etsu had never loved anyone more than her, not even their parents. There had been a comfortable bond between them that made them have no secrets to hide. Everything they shared had been beautiful and pure. In fact, even during the worse of times when Iku had been sick and overidden with vomiting due to her cronic illness, not once had Etsu felt disgust. That was how close they had been. There was no shame, revulsion, or looking down on. Just a perfect equality between opposites, because indeed both her and Iku had been as different as day and night.
Thinking about it now made Etsu doubt that anyone could ever replace that particular feeling of love. Iku's death had left a void within her that had never been filled and knowing that it was hopeless, Etsu had never bothered to find that again.
Was that why the twins did those things? She still didn't get it... Her love towards Iku had been the unconditional protective love of a sibling, not of a lover, though then again, Iku had died when they both had been children.
Whatever their reasons, it's none of my business. They could keep doing their... thing, while I just keep living my life. I'll just pretend I didn't see anything.
Forcing her mind to stop thinking of what had transpired in Ouran's maze, she relaxed on her bed, stretching her body out over the soft linen, letting herself enjoy the gentle sinking sensation. She allowed her mind to grow numbed as she stared blankly at the ceiling.
That girl had been shocked though., she thought randomly about the female host that had been nearly kidnapped by her. Etsu hated to say that when she was nervous she became twitchy and overwhelmingly paranoid. When the twins had disappeared off to class, she had stunned the poor girl by becoming into a stammering mess that didn't make a lick of sense.
"Tell them that you-you didn't see me and if you do tell them you saw me say that I didn't see anything!Because I wasn't in the maze and I didn't just leave my bag behind! Just tell them that I didn't see a thing! I wasn't here talking with you either! And if they ask why I'm not in class tell them that I am sick with diarhea or something really mundane like mano! Did that make any sense to you?!"she asked desperately seeing that the girl looked vaguely queasy.
The girl merely blinked.
"So... you want me to tell them that I didn't see you, that you didn't see anything and that you're too sick to go to class?" the question had been slow
"Yeah-I mean no!"
"Oh, man... Etsu, you suck," moaning woefully, she turned on her side and closed her eyes. Thinking about it now made her realize that she hadn't made any sense. How could that girl say she was sick and hadn't seen a thing right after telling her that she hadn't seen or talked to her? Damn, she was such an idiot when in a full panic.
She had to spend at least five minutes explaining things slowly in order for that host to know exactly what she meant and all she had done was confuse herself. When scared, she couldn't think straight. It was a rarity for her to be so panicky. It had been years since she had a paranoid attack and now she was a bigger mess than ever before.
I hate being here and I hate having to act in front of these people.
There was a good reason behind her socalled acting skills.
She liked being in control of herself. In perfect, absolute control. Everything in her life was crazy and in her view, worthless, so why not have at least something she could manipulate? Controling what others saw of her on the outside was her greatest virtue or so she thought. She could feign happiness, sorrow, and coldness so expertly that no one could really say what she was really like.
Sadly because of this, she no longer knew herself anymore. Being so used to hiding what she was thinking and feeling, covering up with emotions that she no longer felt, had made her forget who she used to be before Iku's death. She was already too far into her continous disguising that it was pathetic and dismal to think about it after the damage had been done.
What do I do when I find something worthless...? I forget about it and move on., that was her usual way of doing things. Nothing else could make her forget. Only things that were deemed useless to her were cast aside and forgotten easily.
But why can't I erase that disgusting shit I saw in that maze?!, her whole body began to tremble in earnest as she squeezed her eyes shut. Rarely did she have such a problem. Things that she didn't like dwelling on were easier to erase from her mind, yet this? It was easier said than done.
She didn't know how long she stayed like that, huddled in her bed, grimacing with her eyes closed. It could have been hours and she hadn't moved a muscle. The back of her mind kept silently hoping that the day would disappear and that it had all been just a nightmare. To be back in her old room, with her roomate Katherin shattering away on her cellphone with her most recent 'secret boyfriend' and thinking about frivolous things like whether she should buy a new Gucci purse or just go to France for the weekend. Stupid girl things she used to spend so much time on. Things that had never trully interested her to begin with, yet made her seem as normal as any other teenaged girl. She didn't even know what really interested her, merely going with the flow of what was 'normal' rather than what she liked, so shopping, boys, traveling and just acting like a moron with an early death wish had been strangely comforting.
It had made her feel like less of a freak for not feeling anything other than bitterness and annoyance towards everything surrounding her. It was shocking that everyone didn't even resonate with her in any level. Talking to people was like dealing with something abstract and having abstract 'objects' invading her space was irritating. It always had her thinking 'What the hell is this person doing? Why don't they just go bother someone else?'
Was it normal to think like that about other people? She didn't think so, but that didn't stop her from feeling that way.
Hopefully they could forget that I accidently saw their little tryst...
Then, as if fate had decided to spit on her, a knock from the other side of her door startled her.
Crap! Can't a girl be left to wallow and shrivel in peace around here?!
Looking over her shoulder, she glared at the door and didn't answer.
"Etsu, I know you're in there! Please open this door right now!" the doorknob startled to jiggle.
"Stupid woman," she muttered, turning her head away from the door so she could continue snuggling into her comfortable bed. If it were up to her she would stay in her bed forever, but life always had other plans. It wasn't her fault that the damn mattress was so welcoming and soft.
"Sakoi Etsu! If you don't open this door I'll call the locksmith!" a series of punching blows shook the door.
"Call away to your heart's content," snorting at that, she smirked, still not looking at the door that was being threateningly pounded on by her angry mother.
"Etsu...!," her mother sighed tiredly. "I will not tolerate your little melodramas! You are not a little girl anymore and I am sick and tired of you behaving like one!"
"Look who's talking."
"ETSU!"
Sayuri way too persistent! The only thing her mother had against her was that she knew that Etsu cracked under pressure. If she got annoyed by the sound of her voice continously jabbering at her door, she would definitely open up just to save herself of such eardrum torture.
Pulling the pillow from underneath her head, she decided to hold out as long as possible by dulling out the screeching. Covering her face with her pillow she started to mentally sing songs as her mother still shouted and started kicking the door as if that would be of any use to her.
"The Hitanchiin boys came over to check on you, Etsu! I will not have you making me look bad! Do something right for once!"
Yeah, Etsu could hold out for at least an hour of such noise.
***
"What's taking her so long?!" Hikaru snapped beside him, slouching moodily on the couch of the sitting room one of the maids at the Sakoi manor had shown them into.
Kaoru's nerves had been on edge for most of the school day, though he tried his best not to show it. Giving even the slightest hint that he was anxious about someone witnessing what had happened in the maze would have Hikaru's own nervousness escalate. He was already twitching enough.
"I'm sure she'll come down here soon," he reassured his brother that just glared at the entrance of the room as if imagining Etsu standing there.
Said girl's bag was set right in front of them, lying atop a delicate looking glass table. They had lugged the thing around with them for most of the day, knowing that it was a good excuse to come back to her house so unexpectedly. It was a dumb tactic, yet it worked because the moment they had chimed about Etsu forgetting her bag at Ouran, her mother had exclaimed about immediately getting her to come down to 'chat'.
That had been forty-minutes earlier. He was sure that Hikaru was thinking the same thing he was after so much time had gone by...
Etsu was clearly avoiding them.
"This is so boring! I can't believe someone like her is making us wait like this!" he mentally sighed at Hikaru's snappy attitude. His older brother had become increasingly moodier since discovering that Etsu had eavesdropped on them. However, Kaoru couldn't help but wonder if something was wrong with him; unlike his twin, he wasn't all that upset about Etsu witnessing their 'make up' inside the maze. The only thing that was truly keeping him on edge was that she could tell someone else, not that she, a stranger, had seen what was meant to be an intimate moment.
I had told Hikaru that it wasn't a good idea to do that kind of stuff at the school, but he's so stubborn... and persuasive.
Hearing the sounds of speedily walking high-heels both his and Hikaru's heads turned to the entrance to see a flushed-faced Sayuri standing there.
Panting and smiling apologetically, holding a hand to her heaving chest, she said in a somewhat strained tone, "Sorry for making you wait, boys, but Etsu seems to have accidently locked... herself in her room and now can't get out." though the woman was still smiling, the word 'out' was spoken through her teeth.
His brows shot up as he glanced at his brother. The look on Hikaru's face was similar to his own, yet he could see the clear unspoken remark saying 'Accidently locked herself, my ass.'
"But don't you worry! I've just called the locksmith and he's on his way!"
Looking away from his already irritated sibling, he smiled at Sayuri. Like always, women being such simple minded creatures, this woman's eyes unsurprisingly widened and then immediately softened warmly. The reactions they received from females were so predictable that they were already bored by it, though it worked to their advantage. Sayuri didn't have the slightest idea that they had reeled her in so they could have plenty of freedom in tormenting Etsu.
I don't think she's going to be too happy if she finds out what we're really here for.
"I-I'll just go see if the locksmith is here," laughing girlishly, Sayuri shyly backed away from the entrance. Once she was out of eyesight, Kaoru stopped smiling, seeing there being no point in keeping up the act. Resting his back on the couch, he too began to slouch as his brother, since staying in a pale little room without any entertainment was tiresome. A lot of people may not realize this, but boredom always made him feel sleepy.
Hikaru yawned loudly beside him, reinforcing his point.
A couple of more minutes, he wasn't sure how many, passed. He was about to tell Hikaru that they'd have to confront Etsu in school, if she happened to go back, since it was clear that they wouldn't see her on that day. He would have said it if it hadn't been for a hearty slam heard from somewhere in the house.
The thunderous sound was loud and harsh enough to make the walls of such a huge place vibrate.
Flinching at the unusual amount of noise in the otherwise quiet mansion, Hikaru commented, "Holycrap, that was loud!"
It wasn't long before the person they had been waiting impatiently for appeared in a angry rush at the entrance of the boring little room.
"Let's get this over with," they both straightened their backs as Etsu walked into the room to sit across from them on a vacant pale couch. Though there was a redness to her cheeks that signified she was upset, her expressionless mask was remarkably intact. She appeared to have thrown a pale blue dress that was slightly wrinkled at the last minute and her blondish locks were tousled around her head. Those haunting black eyes of hers were bloodshot and uninterested as they fell on them.
Seeing her made his own face heat up in embarassment, which was funny since he hadn't minded that she had seen them. Having her sitting there as cold as ever before, suddenly had him feeling self-conscious.
"Well...?" one of her finely arched eyebrows rose, "Don't either one of you remember what you came here for?"
His eyes shot sideways at Hikaru and he was a bit surprised to see that he too was speechless.
"So be it," her voice sounding bored, she moved to stand up from her seat until Hikaru finally spoke up, stopping her.
"How much did you see?"
Something unreadable passed over her inky orbs as she settled back on the couch.
"Enough."
Kaoru's heartbeat sped at the thought. When she said 'enough' did that mean the same thing as 'everything'? The girl was so expressionless, not showing a thing to them, making it difficult to know exactly what she was capable of doing with such information.
Sighing beside him, Hikaru smirked faintly at her single word answer.
"What do you think we should do with her now, Kaoru?" his eyes widened at his brother's question. "What could make her keep her mouth shut?"
"You two don't have to worry about me telling anyone."
"Huh?!" they both looked at her.
As glacial as always, she lifted a shoulder in a shrug, "Your little relationship is of no interest to me. I don't see how such information would be of use, so your coming here is just a pointless waste of time for all of us," her eyes narrowed as her light pink lips lifted at the corners in a nearly evil smirk, "but I will most definitely take my bag back."
They blinked at her. Kaoru didn't know how to react to that and he was sure that neither did Hikaru. Other girls would have tried to blackmail them with it, yet Etsu appeared to be bored by it.
Hearing Hikaru chuckling beside him after getting over his initial shock, Kaoru was confused.
"That's too bad, because you see... We don't trust you! We don't even know you!"
Now both of her brows rose.
"I'm sorry... I wasn't aware that you would have to know me in order to trust me. Can't you just take my word for it and leave?" Her soft, monotone tone was slowly starting to get on Kaoru's nerves. He knew that she was just pretending to be over it; no one in their right mind could be so unaffected.
"I don't trust her either, Hikaru." Etsu's eyes glared at him when he murmured that. Receiving such a heavy blistering stare had him wishing he hadn't said anything.
"Then that settles it!" Hikaru laughed, thankfully drawing Etsu's attention away from him. "In order for us to trust you to keep our secret, we'd have to...," he trailed off purposely, probably hoping that Etsu would become nervous, which didn't work of course, "make you do something you wouldn't want other people to know!"
"Is that your master plan?" she asked flatly. "If you want to know a secret, I could just tell you one."
"But that would defeat the whole purpose!" his brother was already getting excited at the prospect of making Etsu do something naughty. It was clear by his cheerful tone.
"For all we know, you could be lying to us," Kaoru silently swore when she gave him another one of her frosty glares.
Breathing in deeply and closing her eyes, she muttered, "When I was in sixth-grade I made out with an older girl."
They stared, unsure of what to make of that sudden confession.
"I still don't trust her, Kaoru. She doesn't look like the type to even have a sex life."
Her eyes snapped open and gave them a particularly vicious look.
"I don't go around telling people my personal things, so the least you little demons could do is take my word for it and be on your way!"
There it was again... What Etsu tried to hide behind her apathy. Kaoru had noticed that she had close to zero patience for dealing with other people. In her eyes, they might as well have been invaders.
Making her do something she would be too ashamed to tell...
"Say, Hikaru," his brother looked at him in questioning as he studied a silently furious Etsu that was trembling in barely contained rage, "why don't we make her be part of the problem?"
"Part of the problem?" Hikaru made a face, not getting it.
Unlike his brother, Etsu had a good idea what he was talking about because her glaring had stopped. Now fear flickered in her orbs. A fear she hadn't been able to hide in time.
"Yes...," he smiled subtly to himself, "part of the problem. She saw us playing together, so we could play with her." Even though Etsu was intimidating, he was intrigued to see if she was that kind of girl.
"Ohhhhh..."
"You two are diluded," she gritted, stiffening her slender body. "What makes you think that I would agree to that? I'm not part of your stupid little fan group."
"That's the thing," Hikaru was now the one speaking, playing along, "you aren't a fan, which makes this interesting."
We'll just intimidate her until we're sure she wont say anything to anyone., he just hoped that Hikaru knew he was just joking when he had said that. His brother had a tendency to push things a little further than they were supposed to.
"So what does that mean?" her eyes flashed that dark hatefulness that Kaoru guessed came naturally to her, "That I'm your fuck-toy or slave or some other stupid immature nonsense you could come up with?"
"I don't know...," Hikaru stared at her thoughfully, before looking his way, "Kaoru! What should we really do with her? She's not getting scared so we have to think of something a bit stronger. Verbal intimidation doesn't seem to be working."
She might be hiding it, but she is really scared., Kaoru's eyes flickered in her direction to see the nearly unnoticeable tremble of her tense shoulders.
"Where's your mother right now?" looking away from him, Hikaru was getting way too into their teasing.
"What does that have to do with anything?" she scowled.
"It has everything to do with this. If your mother is close by that would mean that we'd have to go somewhere more private."
"I'm not going to do shit with either one of you so quit pretending that I will." Etsu was not only scared, she was also getting increadibly pissed with them.
"And there she goes again!" Hikaru complained to no one in particular, his eyes looking at the ceiling, "Cursing and being so unlady like! Good thing we came here to help keep you in line!"
"I don't need to be kept in line and if I required such help, I would get it elsewhere rather than from two horny twincesting morons such as yourselves."
Feeling the couch they were on quaking, he felt some dread at the pit of his belly when he glanced at Hikaru's reddened face.
"You just don't get it, do you?" Kaoru paled at the dark tone his brother had taken. "We can't take any risks!"
She didn't bother hiding her eyeroll at that, which unfortunately angered Hikaru further.
"I already told you that I don't care. It was traumatizing, yes, but I am not interested in knowing the degenerate details of your socalled brotherly love act. Please, kindly leave," folding her hands on her lap, she hadn't blinked as she said those words. Kaoru almost found himself believing her due to her calmness.
"Hikaru... don't do something stupid...," he whispered for his twin's ears alone.
"She just... she just pisses me off!" Hikaru half-yelled that, startling him while Etsu remained cool.
"Hmm...," hearing the mirthless amused sound coming from the impassive girl, they both looked at her. "You two are so predictable. You came here trying to intimidate me, but in the end I won this game by making one of you snap. Neither of you are a match against me. I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up since this just goes to prove that I am a lot smarter than you are. That's why you must learn to excersise self-control. You give yourself away far too easily and that in turn makes it child's play to mess around with your heads."
He couldn't always predict Hikaru's reactions, so he was surprised when he jumped off his seat and rushed to the girl that didn't show any fear like before.
Frightened by what his brother could do after being provoked, Kaoru rose off his seat and began, "Hika-"
"Is that what you've been trying to do since that stupid ass comment at the club?! To mess with our heads?!" he froze at seeing how Hikaru grabbed Etsu's shoulders.
"No... I was just annoying you. If I had wanted to really drive you crazy I would have come up with a better insult than the one I used back then."
Is this girl even human?, Etsu was practically serene, in spite of having Hikaru's face inches from hers. By how white his knuckles had become, Hikaru was gripping her shoulders quite hard and not once did Etsu show any pain.
Another smirk played on her lips. It was playful little smile that had nervousness spear through Kaoru.
She was planning something.
"You said you wanted to play with me, right? To keep my mouth shut?"
"W-what?!" Hikaru loosened his grip on her, taken aback.
"It's just a simple question. I honestly want to put this behind me. Having you here is begining to irritate me." her brows lowered, "Besides... it's the only way you'll go away."
She can't be serious! Is she bluffing?! Turning the game on us?!
From the stunned look on Hikaru's face, he wasn't the only one thinking that way. Etsu had just admitted to liking setting people off with an offhand comment. Could this just be another subtle manipulation of hers?
"Are you... are you messing with us again?"
"You don't know me well enough to trust me," was her reply. It was easy to notice that she was enjoying her little game.
She's doing it!, Kaoru was shocked to see that Etsu did something similar to what they usually did, though her act was more convincing and hostile. It was true that they didn't know her and because of that they were at a disadvantage.
"Holding onto my shoulders this way really restricts my movements and for your information, my mother is busy talking to the locksmith that destroyed my door."
Kaoru didn't know what was going to happen. Nothing could have prepared him for it, but Hikaru being curious slowly let go off her shoulders, but didn't move away, his eyes staring at her in frightened anticipation.
I don't think I can watch this., before his wide eyes, he saw as Etsu's hand gently craddled a trembling Hikaru's face.
"Don't tell me you're backing down. After all, you came here to do this, right?" her lips came closer to that of his brother's as her eyes closed slightly.
"Um...," Hikaru's cheeks had a pinkish tinge.
Scoffing softly, she raised her lips and lightly brushed his. Stiffening at first, he saw his brother begin to relax to open his lips over hers.
Am I really watching this?!, his eyes became the size of plates as Etsu's pink tounge entered Hikaru's mouth, rubbing against his gently. It was a slow kiss. One of those that left people feeling hot and anxious for more. Hikaru was already feeling the effects of it because he pressed harder on her, his mouth completely covering hers as their sliding teasing tounges were hidden from his traumatized sight.
Kaoru's own lips thinned at seeing his twin enjoying the girl's unexpected kiss. He had seen him kissing other girls before, yet this was far too different and unnerving since this girl was clearly in control of the situation. Angling her face, her lips moved against Hikaru's, deepening the long kiss, showing that she wasn't all that innocent. Glimpses of her tounge caressing the insides of Hikaru's mouth kept burning into his brain.
He had never felt so... jealous. He didn't know if it was because she was kissing his brother or because his brother was kissing her in return. It was hurting his head to even think what was making him so angry at both of them.
Just as Hikaru's hand went for her shoulders to push her back on the couch so he could go further, Etsu pulled his face away and looked at him wearing another one of her humorless smirks.
"As I said before... so damned predictable."
"Wha-?!"
"I think I've done enough to keep you satisfied," she interrupted Hikaru's questioning to glance over at him, who was openly glowering at them. "You must be upset thinking I've ignored you, Kaoru, but there's only so much time to play with the both of you. I guess we'll have to continue this game some other day... That is," her eyes brightened oddly, "if you're not angry with me for teasing your older brother for a little bit."
It took a while for Kaoru to realize that he was both panting and glaring at her.
Pleased with herself, she scooted away from Hikaru so she could rise off the couch. Hikaru who was in just as much shock as he was, watched her as she headed towards the only entrance and exit of the room.
"And a word of advice," she murmured when passing his still form, "I suggest you hide your cock from my mother. She could end up suspecting something..."
What the heck is she talking about?!, spinning around he saw her leaving the sitting room as if she hadn't just acted sexually suggestive towards one of them.
Gulping, thinking about her parting words, he looked down at his crotch and was mortified to see that Etsu had been right about him having to hide 'it'.
Unbeknownst to him, while fuming over Hikaru and Etsu kissing, he had hardened completely. He had been so angry and stunned that he hadn't even noticed how his body had reacted.
Now I understand why Hikaru can't stand her.
From the very begining, Etsu had thought they were a joke.
***
I can't keep this up!
Her act was falling apart. Sure, being an iceberg had taken some training, but being an experienced whore? That was pushing it too far.
She had done her hardest to not appear panicked when leaving the dumbstruck twins. Nonetheless, as soon as she was certain that she was far away from the sitting room, she had cowardly ran back to her now doorless room in hopes to get away from them and what she had done.
Why did that idiot fall for it?! Couldn't he tell I was just kidding?!, When she had begun kissing Hikaru, her intentions were to disgust and shock him into leaving her alone. She had studied the twins discreetly during her few hours in class and had come to the conclusion that they were dismissive towards other girls. The only one she saw them interacting with was that girl host, Fujioka.
Seeing them having sex together had finally led her to believe that they weren't the least bit interested in the opposite sex, which had been a huge mistake.
Well, they proved me wrong! Damn them both to hell!, becoming angrier with the situation as seconds flew by, she shivered, pressing her back against the wall next to her open doorframe.
With this little fuck up, they were going to think she was a gangbang whore. She knew the one named Kaoru hadn't liked it as much as his brother, but seeing how the front of his pants had tented had made her want to wrap things up quickly in order to flee.
She had gotten scared when instead of pushing her away and spitting in revulsion, Hikaru had responded back by thrusting his tounge at the same rhymth as hers, rubbing and sliding with his hot breath entering her mouth. She had tried to keep the kiss under control so it wouldn't escalate to something she couldn't handle. That explained why she had stopped things when he had started pushing at her shoulders to get her to lie on the couch.
Oh, my God!, her whole body shivered more uncontrollably as she brought one of her trembling hands to her still moist lips.
How the hell am I supposed to go back to school? They're definitely going to keep bothering me after I said that stuff about 'playing' another day!
"Why did you leave the twins alone?"
Jumping at the voice, her terrified eyes looked at her mother that was studying her through narrowed eyes. Sayuri must have snuck up on her, entering through the doorframe to look in on her.
"Have-," she swallowed, "have they said something?"
"Yes," not pleased by her 'rude' actions, Sayuri crossed her arms, "and they're rather upset over you walking out on them that way."
"Did you notice anything... different about them?" to hear that they were upset with her for leaving them was puzzling to her.
"No, should I have?"
Blinking at those words, she shook her head.
"No, you shouldn't have."
"Good," sighing, her mother ran a hand through her perfectly sleek straight black locks. "You did well today in entertaining them," Etsu's heart pounded at that, making her think that Sayuri may have seen something."If you keep up the good work I might just let you return to England."
Paling at the fact that the twins had obviously made her mother believe that they still wanted to see her, she nodded and murmured a low 'Thank you' that had her mother's brows shoot up.
"Are you alright?" the question was sharp and surprising to her since Sayuri never gave a damn about how she was feeling.
"Yes. I'm just... a little tired and your client's," she made sure to stress the word 'client's', "sons kind of exhausted me with their... exuberance."
The hint of a smirk appeared on Sayuri's lips.
"You and Iku weren't that different from them," widening her eyes, she only saw a fleeting sadness in her mother's eyes before she left the room.
Right... If Iku had still been alive... Things would have been very different for all of us. I could have saved the both of us of all this shit.
Hating that she had only complicated things by getting mixed up in a game she didn't even know how to play, she closed her eyes and tried to think of a possible escape from her life and the two diabolical twins that insisted in entering and destroying her world.
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Warning: some Hikaru/Etsu action. Nothing major. Long chapter.
Chapter 6
She was in deep shit.
As soon as she had gotten to her family's mansion she had barricaded herself up in her room. There was no one that would be able to convince her to go back to Ouran. The only thing in her favor at the moment was that her mother wasn't home and that the incestous twins were still in school. That alone gave her enough time to think up a strategy on how to get out of Japan and leave what she had seen behind her.
Sitting on her bed with her knees drawn up to her chest, she bit her nails out of bad habit as her frantic mind tried to come up with ideas on how to convince her mother to sign the legal papers for her to be accepted back into her old school. That was what would give her a problem. There were far too many legal procedures for her to just waltz into her old school and dorm.
Crap! How did I get mixed in all of this?!, wincing and cursing her fate, she gave a specially hard tear at one of her nails, creating a pleasant abeit annoying sting on the tenderized skin she had just wounded in her biting. The pain helped bringing her back to reality at least...
Could I have really seen that? That couldn't have been what I thought it was..., Of all of the crazy things she had witnessed in her young life, seeing twin boys doing such things together had permanently traumatized her somewhat 'innocent' mind. She wasn't altogether ignorant when it came to the goingons among rich pompous society. In England, many of the girls in her school had their own skeletons in the closet. Far too many damned skeletons. She, herself, had a couple of secrets she wouldn't want others to know.
She didn't have anything against male/male relationships. Being in a school were girls were with girls, it was quite commonplace to hear of same sex relationships, but the Hitanchiins' were brothers. Not just brothers, but twins. That in her mind made it all the more twisted and sinful. She tried to understand why they would be so comfortable doing such sick things with each other, but her mind couldn't fully grasp it. Morals stated it was wrong, yet there was something telling her that nothing was what it seemed.
When Iku had been alive, Etsu had never loved anyone more than her, not even their parents. There had been a comfortable bond between them that made them have no secrets to hide. Everything they shared had been beautiful and pure. In fact, even during the worse of times when Iku had been sick and overidden with vomiting due to her cronic illness, not once had Etsu felt disgust. That was how close they had been. There was no shame, revulsion, or looking down on. Just a perfect equality between opposites, because indeed both her and Iku had been as different as day and night.
Thinking about it now made Etsu doubt that anyone could ever replace that particular feeling of love. Iku's death had left a void within her that had never been filled and knowing that it was hopeless, Etsu had never bothered to find that again.
Was that why the twins did those things? She still didn't get it... Her love towards Iku had been the unconditional protective love of a sibling, not of a lover, though then again, Iku had died when they both had been children.
Whatever their reasons, it's none of my business. They could keep doing their... thing, while I just keep living my life. I'll just pretend I didn't see anything.
Forcing her mind to stop thinking of what had transpired in Ouran's maze, she relaxed on her bed, stretching her body out over the soft linen, letting herself enjoy the gentle sinking sensation. She allowed her mind to grow numbed as she stared blankly at the ceiling.
That girl had been shocked though., she thought randomly about the female host that had been nearly kidnapped by her. Etsu hated to say that when she was nervous she became twitchy and overwhelmingly paranoid. When the twins had disappeared off to class, she had stunned the poor girl by becoming into a stammering mess that didn't make a lick of sense.
"Tell them that you-you didn't see me and if you do tell them you saw me say that I didn't see anything!Because I wasn't in the maze and I didn't just leave my bag behind! Just tell them that I didn't see a thing! I wasn't here talking with you either! And if they ask why I'm not in class tell them that I am sick with diarhea or something really mundane like mano! Did that make any sense to you?!"she asked desperately seeing that the girl looked vaguely queasy.
The girl merely blinked.
"So... you want me to tell them that I didn't see you, that you didn't see anything and that you're too sick to go to class?" the question had been slow
"Yeah-I mean no!"
"Oh, man... Etsu, you suck," moaning woefully, she turned on her side and closed her eyes. Thinking about it now made her realize that she hadn't made any sense. How could that girl say she was sick and hadn't seen a thing right after telling her that she hadn't seen or talked to her? Damn, she was such an idiot when in a full panic.
She had to spend at least five minutes explaining things slowly in order for that host to know exactly what she meant and all she had done was confuse herself. When scared, she couldn't think straight. It was a rarity for her to be so panicky. It had been years since she had a paranoid attack and now she was a bigger mess than ever before.
I hate being here and I hate having to act in front of these people.
There was a good reason behind her socalled acting skills.
She liked being in control of herself. In perfect, absolute control. Everything in her life was crazy and in her view, worthless, so why not have at least something she could manipulate? Controling what others saw of her on the outside was her greatest virtue or so she thought. She could feign happiness, sorrow, and coldness so expertly that no one could really say what she was really like.
Sadly because of this, she no longer knew herself anymore. Being so used to hiding what she was thinking and feeling, covering up with emotions that she no longer felt, had made her forget who she used to be before Iku's death. She was already too far into her continous disguising that it was pathetic and dismal to think about it after the damage had been done.
What do I do when I find something worthless...? I forget about it and move on., that was her usual way of doing things. Nothing else could make her forget. Only things that were deemed useless to her were cast aside and forgotten easily.
But why can't I erase that disgusting shit I saw in that maze?!, her whole body began to tremble in earnest as she squeezed her eyes shut. Rarely did she have such a problem. Things that she didn't like dwelling on were easier to erase from her mind, yet this? It was easier said than done.
She didn't know how long she stayed like that, huddled in her bed, grimacing with her eyes closed. It could have been hours and she hadn't moved a muscle. The back of her mind kept silently hoping that the day would disappear and that it had all been just a nightmare. To be back in her old room, with her roomate Katherin shattering away on her cellphone with her most recent 'secret boyfriend' and thinking about frivolous things like whether she should buy a new Gucci purse or just go to France for the weekend. Stupid girl things she used to spend so much time on. Things that had never trully interested her to begin with, yet made her seem as normal as any other teenaged girl. She didn't even know what really interested her, merely going with the flow of what was 'normal' rather than what she liked, so shopping, boys, traveling and just acting like a moron with an early death wish had been strangely comforting.
It had made her feel like less of a freak for not feeling anything other than bitterness and annoyance towards everything surrounding her. It was shocking that everyone didn't even resonate with her in any level. Talking to people was like dealing with something abstract and having abstract 'objects' invading her space was irritating. It always had her thinking 'What the hell is this person doing? Why don't they just go bother someone else?'
Was it normal to think like that about other people? She didn't think so, but that didn't stop her from feeling that way.
Hopefully they could forget that I accidently saw their little tryst...
Then, as if fate had decided to spit on her, a knock from the other side of her door startled her.
Crap! Can't a girl be left to wallow and shrivel in peace around here?!
Looking over her shoulder, she glared at the door and didn't answer.
"Etsu, I know you're in there! Please open this door right now!" the doorknob startled to jiggle.
"Stupid woman," she muttered, turning her head away from the door so she could continue snuggling into her comfortable bed. If it were up to her she would stay in her bed forever, but life always had other plans. It wasn't her fault that the damn mattress was so welcoming and soft.
"Sakoi Etsu! If you don't open this door I'll call the locksmith!" a series of punching blows shook the door.
"Call away to your heart's content," snorting at that, she smirked, still not looking at the door that was being threateningly pounded on by her angry mother.
"Etsu...!," her mother sighed tiredly. "I will not tolerate your little melodramas! You are not a little girl anymore and I am sick and tired of you behaving like one!"
"Look who's talking."
"ETSU!"
Sayuri way too persistent! The only thing her mother had against her was that she knew that Etsu cracked under pressure. If she got annoyed by the sound of her voice continously jabbering at her door, she would definitely open up just to save herself of such eardrum torture.
Pulling the pillow from underneath her head, she decided to hold out as long as possible by dulling out the screeching. Covering her face with her pillow she started to mentally sing songs as her mother still shouted and started kicking the door as if that would be of any use to her.
"The Hitanchiin boys came over to check on you, Etsu! I will not have you making me look bad! Do something right for once!"
Yeah, Etsu could hold out for at least an hour of such noise.
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"What's taking her so long?!" Hikaru snapped beside him, slouching moodily on the couch of the sitting room one of the maids at the Sakoi manor had shown them into.
Kaoru's nerves had been on edge for most of the school day, though he tried his best not to show it. Giving even the slightest hint that he was anxious about someone witnessing what had happened in the maze would have Hikaru's own nervousness escalate. He was already twitching enough.
"I'm sure she'll come down here soon," he reassured his brother that just glared at the entrance of the room as if imagining Etsu standing there.
Said girl's bag was set right in front of them, lying atop a delicate looking glass table. They had lugged the thing around with them for most of the day, knowing that it was a good excuse to come back to her house so unexpectedly. It was a dumb tactic, yet it worked because the moment they had chimed about Etsu forgetting her bag at Ouran, her mother had exclaimed about immediately getting her to come down to 'chat'.
That had been forty-minutes earlier. He was sure that Hikaru was thinking the same thing he was after so much time had gone by...
Etsu was clearly avoiding them.
"This is so boring! I can't believe someone like her is making us wait like this!" he mentally sighed at Hikaru's snappy attitude. His older brother had become increasingly moodier since discovering that Etsu had eavesdropped on them. However, Kaoru couldn't help but wonder if something was wrong with him; unlike his twin, he wasn't all that upset about Etsu witnessing their 'make up' inside the maze. The only thing that was truly keeping him on edge was that she could tell someone else, not that she, a stranger, had seen what was meant to be an intimate moment.
I had told Hikaru that it wasn't a good idea to do that kind of stuff at the school, but he's so stubborn... and persuasive.
Hearing the sounds of speedily walking high-heels both his and Hikaru's heads turned to the entrance to see a flushed-faced Sayuri standing there.
Panting and smiling apologetically, holding a hand to her heaving chest, she said in a somewhat strained tone, "Sorry for making you wait, boys, but Etsu seems to have accidently locked... herself in her room and now can't get out." though the woman was still smiling, the word 'out' was spoken through her teeth.
His brows shot up as he glanced at his brother. The look on Hikaru's face was similar to his own, yet he could see the clear unspoken remark saying 'Accidently locked herself, my ass.'
"But don't you worry! I've just called the locksmith and he's on his way!"
Looking away from his already irritated sibling, he smiled at Sayuri. Like always, women being such simple minded creatures, this woman's eyes unsurprisingly widened and then immediately softened warmly. The reactions they received from females were so predictable that they were already bored by it, though it worked to their advantage. Sayuri didn't have the slightest idea that they had reeled her in so they could have plenty of freedom in tormenting Etsu.
I don't think she's going to be too happy if she finds out what we're really here for.
"I-I'll just go see if the locksmith is here," laughing girlishly, Sayuri shyly backed away from the entrance. Once she was out of eyesight, Kaoru stopped smiling, seeing there being no point in keeping up the act. Resting his back on the couch, he too began to slouch as his brother, since staying in a pale little room without any entertainment was tiresome. A lot of people may not realize this, but boredom always made him feel sleepy.
Hikaru yawned loudly beside him, reinforcing his point.
A couple of more minutes, he wasn't sure how many, passed. He was about to tell Hikaru that they'd have to confront Etsu in school, if she happened to go back, since it was clear that they wouldn't see her on that day. He would have said it if it hadn't been for a hearty slam heard from somewhere in the house.
The thunderous sound was loud and harsh enough to make the walls of such a huge place vibrate.
Flinching at the unusual amount of noise in the otherwise quiet mansion, Hikaru commented, "Holycrap, that was loud!"
It wasn't long before the person they had been waiting impatiently for appeared in a angry rush at the entrance of the boring little room.
"Let's get this over with," they both straightened their backs as Etsu walked into the room to sit across from them on a vacant pale couch. Though there was a redness to her cheeks that signified she was upset, her expressionless mask was remarkably intact. She appeared to have thrown a pale blue dress that was slightly wrinkled at the last minute and her blondish locks were tousled around her head. Those haunting black eyes of hers were bloodshot and uninterested as they fell on them.
Seeing her made his own face heat up in embarassment, which was funny since he hadn't minded that she had seen them. Having her sitting there as cold as ever before, suddenly had him feeling self-conscious.
"Well...?" one of her finely arched eyebrows rose, "Don't either one of you remember what you came here for?"
His eyes shot sideways at Hikaru and he was a bit surprised to see that he too was speechless.
"So be it," her voice sounding bored, she moved to stand up from her seat until Hikaru finally spoke up, stopping her.
"How much did you see?"
Something unreadable passed over her inky orbs as she settled back on the couch.
"Enough."
Kaoru's heartbeat sped at the thought. When she said 'enough' did that mean the same thing as 'everything'? The girl was so expressionless, not showing a thing to them, making it difficult to know exactly what she was capable of doing with such information.
Sighing beside him, Hikaru smirked faintly at her single word answer.
"What do you think we should do with her now, Kaoru?" his eyes widened at his brother's question. "What could make her keep her mouth shut?"
"You two don't have to worry about me telling anyone."
"Huh?!" they both looked at her.
As glacial as always, she lifted a shoulder in a shrug, "Your little relationship is of no interest to me. I don't see how such information would be of use, so your coming here is just a pointless waste of time for all of us," her eyes narrowed as her light pink lips lifted at the corners in a nearly evil smirk, "but I will most definitely take my bag back."
They blinked at her. Kaoru didn't know how to react to that and he was sure that neither did Hikaru. Other girls would have tried to blackmail them with it, yet Etsu appeared to be bored by it.
Hearing Hikaru chuckling beside him after getting over his initial shock, Kaoru was confused.
"That's too bad, because you see... We don't trust you! We don't even know you!"
Now both of her brows rose.
"I'm sorry... I wasn't aware that you would have to know me in order to trust me. Can't you just take my word for it and leave?" Her soft, monotone tone was slowly starting to get on Kaoru's nerves. He knew that she was just pretending to be over it; no one in their right mind could be so unaffected.
"I don't trust her either, Hikaru." Etsu's eyes glared at him when he murmured that. Receiving such a heavy blistering stare had him wishing he hadn't said anything.
"Then that settles it!" Hikaru laughed, thankfully drawing Etsu's attention away from him. "In order for us to trust you to keep our secret, we'd have to...," he trailed off purposely, probably hoping that Etsu would become nervous, which didn't work of course, "make you do something you wouldn't want other people to know!"
"Is that your master plan?" she asked flatly. "If you want to know a secret, I could just tell you one."
"But that would defeat the whole purpose!" his brother was already getting excited at the prospect of making Etsu do something naughty. It was clear by his cheerful tone.
"For all we know, you could be lying to us," Kaoru silently swore when she gave him another one of her frosty glares.
Breathing in deeply and closing her eyes, she muttered, "When I was in sixth-grade I made out with an older girl."
They stared, unsure of what to make of that sudden confession.
"I still don't trust her, Kaoru. She doesn't look like the type to even have a sex life."
Her eyes snapped open and gave them a particularly vicious look.
"I don't go around telling people my personal things, so the least you little demons could do is take my word for it and be on your way!"
There it was again... What Etsu tried to hide behind her apathy. Kaoru had noticed that she had close to zero patience for dealing with other people. In her eyes, they might as well have been invaders.
Making her do something she would be too ashamed to tell...
"Say, Hikaru," his brother looked at him in questioning as he studied a silently furious Etsu that was trembling in barely contained rage, "why don't we make her be part of the problem?"
"Part of the problem?" Hikaru made a face, not getting it.
Unlike his brother, Etsu had a good idea what he was talking about because her glaring had stopped. Now fear flickered in her orbs. A fear she hadn't been able to hide in time.
"Yes...," he smiled subtly to himself, "part of the problem. She saw us playing together, so we could play with her." Even though Etsu was intimidating, he was intrigued to see if she was that kind of girl.
"Ohhhhh..."
"You two are diluded," she gritted, stiffening her slender body. "What makes you think that I would agree to that? I'm not part of your stupid little fan group."
"That's the thing," Hikaru was now the one speaking, playing along, "you aren't a fan, which makes this interesting."
We'll just intimidate her until we're sure she wont say anything to anyone., he just hoped that Hikaru knew he was just joking when he had said that. His brother had a tendency to push things a little further than they were supposed to.
"So what does that mean?" her eyes flashed that dark hatefulness that Kaoru guessed came naturally to her, "That I'm your fuck-toy or slave or some other stupid immature nonsense you could come up with?"
"I don't know...," Hikaru stared at her thoughfully, before looking his way, "Kaoru! What should we really do with her? She's not getting scared so we have to think of something a bit stronger. Verbal intimidation doesn't seem to be working."
She might be hiding it, but she is really scared., Kaoru's eyes flickered in her direction to see the nearly unnoticeable tremble of her tense shoulders.
"Where's your mother right now?" looking away from him, Hikaru was getting way too into their teasing.
"What does that have to do with anything?" she scowled.
"It has everything to do with this. If your mother is close by that would mean that we'd have to go somewhere more private."
"I'm not going to do shit with either one of you so quit pretending that I will." Etsu was not only scared, she was also getting increadibly pissed with them.
"And there she goes again!" Hikaru complained to no one in particular, his eyes looking at the ceiling, "Cursing and being so unlady like! Good thing we came here to help keep you in line!"
"I don't need to be kept in line and if I required such help, I would get it elsewhere rather than from two horny twincesting morons such as yourselves."
Feeling the couch they were on quaking, he felt some dread at the pit of his belly when he glanced at Hikaru's reddened face.
"You just don't get it, do you?" Kaoru paled at the dark tone his brother had taken. "We can't take any risks!"
She didn't bother hiding her eyeroll at that, which unfortunately angered Hikaru further.
"I already told you that I don't care. It was traumatizing, yes, but I am not interested in knowing the degenerate details of your socalled brotherly love act. Please, kindly leave," folding her hands on her lap, she hadn't blinked as she said those words. Kaoru almost found himself believing her due to her calmness.
"Hikaru... don't do something stupid...," he whispered for his twin's ears alone.
"She just... she just pisses me off!" Hikaru half-yelled that, startling him while Etsu remained cool.
"Hmm...," hearing the mirthless amused sound coming from the impassive girl, they both looked at her. "You two are so predictable. You came here trying to intimidate me, but in the end I won this game by making one of you snap. Neither of you are a match against me. I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up since this just goes to prove that I am a lot smarter than you are. That's why you must learn to excersise self-control. You give yourself away far too easily and that in turn makes it child's play to mess around with your heads."
He couldn't always predict Hikaru's reactions, so he was surprised when he jumped off his seat and rushed to the girl that didn't show any fear like before.
Frightened by what his brother could do after being provoked, Kaoru rose off his seat and began, "Hika-"
"Is that what you've been trying to do since that stupid ass comment at the club?! To mess with our heads?!" he froze at seeing how Hikaru grabbed Etsu's shoulders.
"No... I was just annoying you. If I had wanted to really drive you crazy I would have come up with a better insult than the one I used back then."
Is this girl even human?, Etsu was practically serene, in spite of having Hikaru's face inches from hers. By how white his knuckles had become, Hikaru was gripping her shoulders quite hard and not once did Etsu show any pain.
Another smirk played on her lips. It was playful little smile that had nervousness spear through Kaoru.
She was planning something.
"You said you wanted to play with me, right? To keep my mouth shut?"
"W-what?!" Hikaru loosened his grip on her, taken aback.
"It's just a simple question. I honestly want to put this behind me. Having you here is begining to irritate me." her brows lowered, "Besides... it's the only way you'll go away."
She can't be serious! Is she bluffing?! Turning the game on us?!
From the stunned look on Hikaru's face, he wasn't the only one thinking that way. Etsu had just admitted to liking setting people off with an offhand comment. Could this just be another subtle manipulation of hers?
"Are you... are you messing with us again?"
"You don't know me well enough to trust me," was her reply. It was easy to notice that she was enjoying her little game.
She's doing it!, Kaoru was shocked to see that Etsu did something similar to what they usually did, though her act was more convincing and hostile. It was true that they didn't know her and because of that they were at a disadvantage.
"Holding onto my shoulders this way really restricts my movements and for your information, my mother is busy talking to the locksmith that destroyed my door."
Kaoru didn't know what was going to happen. Nothing could have prepared him for it, but Hikaru being curious slowly let go off her shoulders, but didn't move away, his eyes staring at her in frightened anticipation.
I don't think I can watch this., before his wide eyes, he saw as Etsu's hand gently craddled a trembling Hikaru's face.
"Don't tell me you're backing down. After all, you came here to do this, right?" her lips came closer to that of his brother's as her eyes closed slightly.
"Um...," Hikaru's cheeks had a pinkish tinge.
Scoffing softly, she raised her lips and lightly brushed his. Stiffening at first, he saw his brother begin to relax to open his lips over hers.
Am I really watching this?!, his eyes became the size of plates as Etsu's pink tounge entered Hikaru's mouth, rubbing against his gently. It was a slow kiss. One of those that left people feeling hot and anxious for more. Hikaru was already feeling the effects of it because he pressed harder on her, his mouth completely covering hers as their sliding teasing tounges were hidden from his traumatized sight.
Kaoru's own lips thinned at seeing his twin enjoying the girl's unexpected kiss. He had seen him kissing other girls before, yet this was far too different and unnerving since this girl was clearly in control of the situation. Angling her face, her lips moved against Hikaru's, deepening the long kiss, showing that she wasn't all that innocent. Glimpses of her tounge caressing the insides of Hikaru's mouth kept burning into his brain.
He had never felt so... jealous. He didn't know if it was because she was kissing his brother or because his brother was kissing her in return. It was hurting his head to even think what was making him so angry at both of them.
Just as Hikaru's hand went for her shoulders to push her back on the couch so he could go further, Etsu pulled his face away and looked at him wearing another one of her humorless smirks.
"As I said before... so damned predictable."
"Wha-?!"
"I think I've done enough to keep you satisfied," she interrupted Hikaru's questioning to glance over at him, who was openly glowering at them. "You must be upset thinking I've ignored you, Kaoru, but there's only so much time to play with the both of you. I guess we'll have to continue this game some other day... That is," her eyes brightened oddly, "if you're not angry with me for teasing your older brother for a little bit."
It took a while for Kaoru to realize that he was both panting and glaring at her.
Pleased with herself, she scooted away from Hikaru so she could rise off the couch. Hikaru who was in just as much shock as he was, watched her as she headed towards the only entrance and exit of the room.
"And a word of advice," she murmured when passing his still form, "I suggest you hide your cock from my mother. She could end up suspecting something..."
What the heck is she talking about?!, spinning around he saw her leaving the sitting room as if she hadn't just acted sexually suggestive towards one of them.
Gulping, thinking about her parting words, he looked down at his crotch and was mortified to see that Etsu had been right about him having to hide 'it'.
Unbeknownst to him, while fuming over Hikaru and Etsu kissing, he had hardened completely. He had been so angry and stunned that he hadn't even noticed how his body had reacted.
Now I understand why Hikaru can't stand her.
From the very begining, Etsu had thought they were a joke.
***
I can't keep this up!
Her act was falling apart. Sure, being an iceberg had taken some training, but being an experienced whore? That was pushing it too far.
She had done her hardest to not appear panicked when leaving the dumbstruck twins. Nonetheless, as soon as she was certain that she was far away from the sitting room, she had cowardly ran back to her now doorless room in hopes to get away from them and what she had done.
Why did that idiot fall for it?! Couldn't he tell I was just kidding?!, When she had begun kissing Hikaru, her intentions were to disgust and shock him into leaving her alone. She had studied the twins discreetly during her few hours in class and had come to the conclusion that they were dismissive towards other girls. The only one she saw them interacting with was that girl host, Fujioka.
Seeing them having sex together had finally led her to believe that they weren't the least bit interested in the opposite sex, which had been a huge mistake.
Well, they proved me wrong! Damn them both to hell!, becoming angrier with the situation as seconds flew by, she shivered, pressing her back against the wall next to her open doorframe.
With this little fuck up, they were going to think she was a gangbang whore. She knew the one named Kaoru hadn't liked it as much as his brother, but seeing how the front of his pants had tented had made her want to wrap things up quickly in order to flee.
She had gotten scared when instead of pushing her away and spitting in revulsion, Hikaru had responded back by thrusting his tounge at the same rhymth as hers, rubbing and sliding with his hot breath entering her mouth. She had tried to keep the kiss under control so it wouldn't escalate to something she couldn't handle. That explained why she had stopped things when he had started pushing at her shoulders to get her to lie on the couch.
Oh, my God!, her whole body shivered more uncontrollably as she brought one of her trembling hands to her still moist lips.
How the hell am I supposed to go back to school? They're definitely going to keep bothering me after I said that stuff about 'playing' another day!
"Why did you leave the twins alone?"
Jumping at the voice, her terrified eyes looked at her mother that was studying her through narrowed eyes. Sayuri must have snuck up on her, entering through the doorframe to look in on her.
"Have-," she swallowed, "have they said something?"
"Yes," not pleased by her 'rude' actions, Sayuri crossed her arms, "and they're rather upset over you walking out on them that way."
"Did you notice anything... different about them?" to hear that they were upset with her for leaving them was puzzling to her.
"No, should I have?"
Blinking at those words, she shook her head.
"No, you shouldn't have."
"Good," sighing, her mother ran a hand through her perfectly sleek straight black locks. "You did well today in entertaining them," Etsu's heart pounded at that, making her think that Sayuri may have seen something."If you keep up the good work I might just let you return to England."
Paling at the fact that the twins had obviously made her mother believe that they still wanted to see her, she nodded and murmured a low 'Thank you' that had her mother's brows shoot up.
"Are you alright?" the question was sharp and surprising to her since Sayuri never gave a damn about how she was feeling.
"Yes. I'm just... a little tired and your client's," she made sure to stress the word 'client's', "sons kind of exhausted me with their... exuberance."
The hint of a smirk appeared on Sayuri's lips.
"You and Iku weren't that different from them," widening her eyes, she only saw a fleeting sadness in her mother's eyes before she left the room.
Right... If Iku had still been alive... Things would have been very different for all of us. I could have saved the both of us of all this shit.
Hating that she had only complicated things by getting mixed up in a game she didn't even know how to play, she closed her eyes and tried to think of a possible escape from her life and the two diabolical twins that insisted in entering and destroying her world.
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