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You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
Cormac McCarthy
"I'm so sorry Sensei-chan! I didn't mean too!" Hunny tugged on Kazumi's floral kimono, tears falling from his eyes. Kazumi smiled and reassured the small blonde that it was alright.
"It's alright Hunny-san, it was an accident after all!" She glanced at the white and pink frosting in her hair; At least it will go away when I wash it.
CRASH.
"Sensei! I dropped the tea pot and cups! Come clean it up!"
Kazumi's eye brow twitched, "Y-yes! On my way!" Stupid brats…
"Wait! Watch out!"
"Hot!"
Another crash was heard, and more expensive porcelain fell to the ground shattering to pieces.
"Yoshiko-sensei, I'm so sorry!" Haruhi quickly bowed and ran to grab a wet towel. Kazumi gave her a strained smile.
"I-it's alright, the tea's not too hot to burn someone…" My ass! I'm burnt for sure!
"Sensei I can't find your glasses anywhere-"
CRUNCH.
"Oh… Here they are, right under my foot…"
Kazumi bit her tongue, trying to stop herself from lashing out at the prince of the Host Club. It's okay, it's okay, calm down Kazumi, nothing else can go wrong-
"Sensei! I brought some cold water to cool off the hot tea!" Haruhi quickly walked in with a small pail for water and a towel hanging from one of her arms, "Ah!"
The last thing Kazumi saw was Haruhi slipping on a banana peel. A sharp knock to her head made her fall to the floor. W-what's a banana peel even doing there…? She blacked out.
"Sensei!"
"Yoshiko-sensei!"
"Sensei-chan!"
A few hours earlier
Kazumi sighed as she marked the last of her class's tests; she placed them neatly into a pile and tied an elastic around them so they wouldn't get mixed up with another class. That's the last of them… she rolled her head effectively taking out the kinks that have appeared while she was marking. They did alright… maybe my tests are too hard for them? She shook her head, no, I need to be strict, if I want them to learn English; I have to be tough. Sighing again she took the papers from her desk and gently placed them all into her bag. A small beep caught her attention which made her look down at her watch which was strapped onto her wrist. Ah, 4:00, I guess it's time to get to the club. Letting out a small grunt she pulled herself up from the chair she was sitting on and slung her bag around her shoulder, slowly making her way out of the classroom and towards the Third music room. As soon as she arrived in front of the big wooden double doors she heard the sound of screaming and things being thrown. Holding herself back from sighing again she gave the doors and unimpressed look. Welcome back to hell Kazumi… She pushed one of the doors open and was met with flowers, sparkles and chairs flying through the air. Wait. Chairs?
"We were kidding Tamaki-senpai!"
"How dare you say that to my precious Haruhi!"
"It was a joke! You have no sense of humor~"
"Joke or no joke! I will not have you to that again to my Haruhi!"
Kazumi stared at the scene playing before her, muttering under her breath, "What the heck is going on here…"
"It seems the twins have made Tamaki angry."
"Eek!" Kazumi shivered and moved her head to the left, "Ootori-san! Don't creep up on people like that!" She placed a hand on her chest, the more time I spend time with this group the older I'm becoming, and soon I'll be getting white hairs! Kazumi cried dramatically, imaging herself having a full set of white hair. No! No! I'm still too young!
Kyouya peered at his teacher form the corner of his glasses before softly chuckling to himself. The smile on his face only lasted for not even a second before it changed to his default 'shadow king mode.'
"I believe its time to change into out costumes, and prepare for the club."
Tamaki paused from throwing another chair at the twins and looks at Kyouya over his shoulder, "Now?"
"Now."
Tamaki dropped the chair he was holding almost immediately and the twins shivered and nodded vigorously, dashing out of the shadow kings sight and into the changing rooms.
"Sensei, I ask you to tidy up a bit before we open up."
"A-ah…"
Kazumi watched as Kyouya walked back towards the changing rooms leaving her by herself. "Alright I guess I should tidy up a bii-IIITT! WHAT THE-" Kazumi stared at the trashed room, chairs were carelessly thrown all over the floor, cups and pots were as well, and were those… bananas? What would bananas be doing here…? She twitched, hah…
"Better get started then…" She dropped her bag to the side and rolled up her sleeves and tied her hair into a messy bun. "It's clean up time." She scrambled around the club room cleaning up as fast as she could by the time she was done she was grabbed by the arm and thrown into a changing room before she could blink.
"Sensei~ Please change into your outfit for today~" she heard two voices behind the curtains speak simultaneously before turning to what outfit was hanging in front of her.
"Ah. Its…"she stared at the costume with an irritated look, a kimono…how the heck am I supposed to put this on by myself?! She swore she heard snickering nearby.
"More tea over here Sensei~" one of the twins waved Kazumi over in a mocking way, "Our princess need more tea~" Kazumi visibly twitched before replacing an empty pot of tea with a full one and walked towards the twins. Once she arrived at their table she smiled politely at the girls who smiled back and filled their tea cups to the brim with hot tea. As soon as she finished refilling the tea cups she made her way from the twins table but was stopped when something caught her arm.
"Sensei~"
Urk.
Kazumi turned and gave forced smiled to one of the twins that was holding on to her arm. "Yes Hitachiin-san?"
Hikaru hid his smirk, "Sensei, I want you to stay at this table with me."
Hah?
"T-that's not possible Hitachiin-san, I am very busy serving the other guests." And I don't want to be around the two of you when you do your weird brotherly act! Hikaru pouted and quickly latched on to her arm when he felt her move from his grip.
"Sensei~! Please stay with me!"
Kazumi twitched again and held the tray in the hand that was free from Hikaru's grasp and tired to balance it with one arm. "Hitachiin-san-! I need to get to the other guests- Please!" LET GO. LET GO. LET GO! A shocked gasp passed through her ears.
"Hikaru! How could you!?"
What?
"I thought you said you wanted to stay with me forever?!" Kaoru placed the back of his hand on his forehead tilting it upward dramatically, "Have you been lying to me?"
Hikaru turned his head but kept his hold on Kazumi, "I haven't Kaoru! I thought it would be more fun if we could share sensei together~"
Come again?
"So does that mean…" Kaoru bit his bottom lip, a small blush adorned his pale cheeks, "Sensei will also be mine?"
Steam was practically coming out of Kazumi's ears as she held back from dropping the tray and beating the living daylights out of the two. Self control…Self control… The girls around the table were having a blast, giggling to each other and saying how it was 'forbidden love.' Kazumi swore she heard one say they were going to make a fan fiction out of this.
"Hitachiin-san, please, let go-OH!" Kazumi tried to move her arm but it didn't budge, the older twin had a good grip on her. She tried again, pulling a bit more forcefully but Hikaru thought it would be finny to let go at the same time she pulled, causing her to lose her balance and topple to the floor, dropping the tray that was steadied in her hand. Kazumi was on her knees, both hands in front of her as she stared at the broken glass, her face blank from shock.
"Aaah~ Sensei, look how clumsy you are~" a sarcastic voice chimed behind her.
"You should be more careful Sensei~"
The twins gave Kazumi a look of pity before turning their attention back towards their customers.
Wh-what just happened? Kazumi snapped out of her daze when she saw a pair of feet to her left.
"Sensei are you alright?"
"Fujioka-san?"
Haruhi crouched down and gave her teacher a sad look, Poor sensei, the twins are giving her such a hard time… "Here let me help you clean up." Haruhi made her way to clean the broken glass. Kazumi watched as the brown haired boy carefully picked up the broken pieces one by one, placing them on the tray.
"Thanks Fujioka-san." Haruhi turned and looked at her teacher who was giving her a smile.
"No problem Sensei, I know how difficult the twins can be."
Once the mess was cleaned Haruhi went back to her assigned table and Kazumi made her way to the back kitchen. For the next twenty minutes the twins would constantly tease her and drop more glass or make her fall. Because she was wearing a kimono it also restricted her movement, making it hard for her to walk freely while serving.
"Yoshiko-sensei."
"Hm?"
Kyouya walked up to her and nodded, "Tamaki's complaining that we have run out of 'commoner's coffee' so would you mind if you went out and bought more?" He took her hand causing her to flush slightly and placed ¥3000 in her hand. "This should cover it."
"A-alright…" Kazumi nodded and made her way out the door and to her car; once she unlocked her car she inserted the key into the ignition. Her car made a garbled sound and didn't start.
"You have got to be kidding me!" Kazumi gave a frustrated punch to her wheel and slammed the car door shut, "I guess I'll take a bike…" She jogged back to the Host club and asked Kyouya for a bike which he provided one for her. She quickly hopped on, with some difficulty in her kimono and pedaled towards the nearest supermarket. Maybe I should have taken this kimono off before leaving… She ignored the odd stares she was getting from the locals as she parked her bike in front of the store. She grabbed a basket full of instant coffee and checked them out. Half way back to Ouran she heard a hissing sound coming from behind her, but continued her way and ignored it. That was before the bike suddenly stopped causing her to jerk forward and almost drop the bad she had on the handle bars.
"What now?!" She hopped of the bike and saw that the back tire has stepped on a nail which had caused the wheel to deflate. Staring at the flabby tire she let out an annoyed sound, "Why is this happening to me?!" She was now forced to walk the bike back to Ouran, causing her to arrive a bit alter than she had planned. When she entered the host club she was given a look by Kyouya saying 'what took you so long?' She passed him on the way to the kitchen muttering 'popped tire.' Kyouya blinked and sighed, pushing up his glasses as he continued to write in his notebook.
In the kitchen Kazumi was preparing coffee and gathering the cakes onto the tray. Once they were finished she made her way out to the tables and gave them to the girls who requested them.
"Sensei-chan! Sensei-chan!" Hunny bounced in his seat as she walked towards him and Mori. "Is that cake for me and the girls?! Is it? Is it? Is it?!" Kazumi let out a nervous chuckle and nodded at the hyperactive blonde.
"Oh course Hunny-san," she placed the cake on the table one by one, "All for you guys." She took a cup of coffee from the tray and placed it in front of Mori, "And coffee for you Morinozuka-san."
Mori nodded thanking her, "Aa."
"Waai!~ This cake it so yummy!" Hunny filled his mouth with cake and waved his fork around in delight.
"Careful where you wave that fork Hunny-san you might get cake on you!" one of the girls chimed as they watched the small blonde gobble up another piece of cake.
"Don't worry! I'm always careful~"
SPLAT.
"Eh?"
Hunny turned from his seat and saw Kazumi hunched slightly at another table. The girls on the table stared at Kazumi in shock while Haruhi bit back a sigh.
"Sensei, are you alright?" Haruhi softly asked the cherry haired teacher. Kazumi slowly stood up straight and lifted her head slightly making her head visible.
"Aah!" Hunny rushed out of his chair and towards his teacher. His eyes zeroed in on the fairly big piece of cake that was suck in her hair.
"I'm so sorry Sensei-chan! I didn't mean too!" Hunny tugged on Kazumi's floral kimono, tears falling from his eyes. Kazumi smiled and reassured the small blonde that it was alright.
"It's alright Hunny-san, it was an accident after all!" She glanced at the white and pink frosting in her hair; At least it will go away when I wash it. Kazumi sighed to herself and patted the blonde who was clinging onto her kimono, she ushered him off and told him to go back to his table. Hunny sniffed and nodded while rubbing is eyes. Haruhi handed Kazumi a small towel which to took gratefully, she took of her glasses and placed them on a nearby table not wanting them to get dirty from he cake and brought tie towel up to her hair and took the chunk of cake from it, leaving it sticky and clumped together. She heard some snickering and whipped her heard directly to the twins who stopped when she looked at them, acting like nothing happened. Once she turned away the snickering resumed, stupid rich brats… She folded the soiled towel in her hands and walked to the back to place the towel in the hamper that held the dirty towels. She walked out the back again and went to get her glasses back but found that the table which she placed them on was empty.
"My glasses…"
"Sensei?"
Kazumi turned to see Tamaki looking at her curiously "Are you looking for something?"
She nodded, "Yeah, I placed my glasses on this table but now they're gone…"
Tamaki nodded and smiled, "I can help you find them if you would like Sensei!" Kazumi nodded and gave him a nervous smile.
"Thank you Suoh-san…" Tamaki's eyes sparked and ran off in search of his teachers missing glasses. She huffed and turned her head to peer at the two orange haired boys who were sitting a bit too innocently at their table. I know you guys took them… Her eyes narrowed when she saw one of them glance at her but quickly averted his eyes once he saw she was staring.
CRASH.
"Sensei! I dropped the tea pot and cups! Come clean it up!"
Kazumi's eye brow twitched, "Y-yes! On my way!" Stupid brats… She turned quickly not watching where she was going causing Haruhi to stumble and trip on her own feet.
"Wait! Watch out!"
SPLASH.
"Hot!"
Another crash was heard, and more expensive porcelain fell to the ground shattering to pieces.
"Yoshiko-sensei, I'm so sorry!" Haruhi quickly bowed and ran to grab a wet towel. Kazumi gave her a strained smile.
"I-it's alright, the tea's not too hot to burn someone…" My ass! I'm burnt for sure!
"Sensei I can't find your glasses anywhere-"
CRUNCH.
"Oh… Here they are, right under my foot…" Tamaki slowly lifted his foot and stared down warily at the broken glasses.
Kazumi bit her tongue, trying to stop herself from lashing out at the prince of the Host Club. It's okay, it's okay, calm down Kazumi, nothing else can go wrong-
"Sensei! I brought some cold water to cool off the hot tea!" Haruhi quickly walked in with a small pail for water and a towel hanging from one of her arms, "Ah!"
The last thing Kazumi saw was Haruhi slipping on a banana peel. A sharp knock to her head made her fall to the floor. W-what's a banana peel even doing there…? She blacked out. The screeches of chairs being pushed back suddenly rang through the club room and worried footsteps could be heard running towards her.
"Sensei!"
"Yoshiko-sensei!"
"Sensei-chan!"
What…happened…to me? Kazumi stirred slightly, her eyes slowly fluttering open. Where am I? She started at the high ceiling above her and made a move to turn her head but was met with a sharp pain.
"Ah!"
Being stubborn she sat up from her position and glanced around her surroundings. "Host club?"
"Yoshiko-sensei."
Hm?
"Fujioka-san, Hi." Haruhi smiled timidly at her teacher, "How… are you feeling?" Kazumi inhaled then let out a loud sigh.
"I've… had better days." Kazumi cracked a smile at the small brown eyed boy. "Is… the club finished?" she winced slightly bringing her hand up to her head, "What happed?" Haruhi explained what had happed which caused Kazumi so sigh again.
"Sorry for causing so much trouble for you guys."
"Nonsense."
"Ootori-san?"
Kyouya walked in with the rest of the club members, "Things were getting out of hand because of certain people." he glanced toward the twins who avoided eye contact with Kazumi.
"Hikaru. Kaoru. What do you have to say for yourselves?" Tamaki talked up behind them and placed one of his arms around each of their shoulders. The twins looked at each other and sighed.
"Were sorry for messing with you Sensei…"
Kazumi stared at the twins with a hard look but softened her facial features when she saw the twins were apologizing sincerely. She sighed before giving them a grin, "It's alright, and I forgive the two of you." Hunny came running up to her and jumped on her lap giving her a hug around the neck.
"I was so worried Sensei-chan!" she hushed the chibi blonde and patted his back and looked at the Host club members before her. They all gave her a small smile which she gladly returned.
The club had ended around forty five minutes ago, and the hosts managed to clean up by themselves. She remained in the back kitchen putting away the clean dishes and placing them back into their respective spots.
"Oh, ouch…" she looked down at her finger and saw a small cut, "Must have touched something sharp…ah well…" She dismissed the small pain coming from her finger and continued to place the dishes away.
"Sensei."
The sudden sound of a deep voice startled her causing her to almost drop the plates she was holding, That was a close one… I wouldn't want to break any more dishes…
"Morinozuka-san?"
Mori nodded and peered at her, she had changed out of the kimono she was wearing earlier and back into her teaching attire. He noticed that she was holding the stack of plates awkwardly one of her index fingers sticking out.
"Un."
"P-pardon me?"
"Your finger…"
She blinked, "Oh, it's just a small cut, nothing to worry about Morinozuka-san." She turned to lift the plates and place them in the cupboard but they were taken away from her leaving her arms empty. "Wha-" Her hand was being held gently in bigger hands.
"Morinozuka-san-!" her face began to feel hot as she diverted her attention from her tall student.
"Done."
"Pardon?"
She looked down at her hand and saw that Mori had placed a band-aid on her cut finger, "O-oh, thank you…"
Mori stood up straight and nodded at her, "Aa." His deep voice caused Kazumi to blush again.
"Ah. Sensei."
Kazumi looked up nervously at her student, "Y-yes?" Don't blush idiot! He's your student! Stu-dent!
Mori reached into his pocket and pulled out a familiar device, "Ah! My cell phone!" she reached out for it and took it from his hand, her fingers slightly brushed his own, making her fumble her own phone and drop it. But before it would fall to the floor a pair of large warm hands grasped her own, holing them in place and making the phone steady in her palm.
Kazumi stared at Mori's hands around her own, H-holding hands are against the r-ruuules! Her face heated even more, she swore she looked like a tomato, but Mori didn't seem to notice anything different.
"Takeshi? Are you in here?"
The warmth around her hand vanished leaving her a bit discouraged, Wait! I'm not sad! It was impropriate to be holding hands with a student! She tried to convince herself but she knew that she wanted him to hold her hands longer.
"Un."
Hunny bounced into the kitchen, "There you are! Oh, Sensei-chan you're here too! ~" He grabbed his cousin's hand and one of your hand, "Let's go outside and go home okay?" Hunny tugged on the two at his side and walked out of the kitchen bringing them out into the host club.
"Sensei!"
Kazumi glanced and turned her head, "Yes Suoh-san?"
Tamaki bowed, "Thank you for taking care of our club!" the twins followed suit as well did Haruhi, Kyouya gave her a nod and Hunny tugged on her hand and smiled.
"Thank you everyone…" Kazumi chuckles and nodded at them, she felt lighter like a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders, They can be so sweet at times… She said good bye to them and allowed Hunny to drag her out of the building. She couldn't help but notice that Hunny was still holding hands with the two, It's like were a family-Wait what. She shook her head, blushing, bad thoughts…bad thoughts…
"Right Sensei-chan?"
"S-sorry Hunny-san, I didn't quite hear what you said."
Hunny smiled, "I said it's like you my mom and Takeshi's my dad~"
"WHA-" her face became red, "H-Hunny-san, please don't day things like that!" She turned her head to avoid the look she was getting from Mori, how many times have a blushed in the last few minutes?! It's not natural!
Hunny laughed and let go of her hand when they arrived at the gates of Ouran, "See you tomorrow Sensei-chan!" He jumped into the limo that was waiting for him and Mori followed, he gave her a nod before entering the vehicle. She made her way to her own car and opened the door and placed her key into the ignition, when she turned it she heard the smooth purr from the engine.
"Hah, now you decide to work?" she teasingly smacked the wheel of her car. "Alright, it's time for me to go home." The car ride home was spent in content silence.
Hey! I'm back with a new chapter! And this time it didn't take a year! I hope all you all enjoyed reading! Haha, seems like Kazumi can't get a break huh? Ah well, being a young teacher is hard enough, she also has to deal with those pesky twins! Did you see Hunny try and get something going with his cousin and her? Heheh, sneaky little brat~ Not much Kyouya in this chapter, it was more focused on Mori. I already have the next chapter planned, and will start on it… When I fell like it~ -getsshot-
I'll be going back to school soon, so I'm not sure when the next chapter will be out, but I'll tell you something! Things will start getting steamy~ If you know what I mean~ (not that way you perverts) Just kidding! Just more romance, fluffy stuff. Kazumi's feelings are out of whack!
Oh! ¥3000 is equivalent to $30 ish.
Anywho, I'll be seeing you all later!
Feel free to leave a review if you'd like, it would be nice for me to see what you guys liked or hated about this chapter!
Ciao!
-KizunaCho