"It's who we are."

- Elena, The Legend of Zorro

26|| Elena and Zorro

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"Welcome~!" All the maids bow in unison as soon as we enter.

"Woah..." I gasp as I look around the colourful place.

I would love my place to be like this. It's so dark back at home. Come to think of it... I haven't invited the host club to my place yet... the one in Japan that is.

"Oh Mister Suoh's brought a girl home!" A maid gasps and they all stare at us.

"Um... Um..." Tamaki scratches the back of his head.

"Tamaki." A stern woman's voice says and the maids quickly straightened themselves. Tamaki stiffens and I look up to see an elderly woman in a kimono, about 80, walking towards us elegantly.

Tamaki bows and I stare at him. I can see the sweat run down his forehead and for some reason, I took out my handkerchief and started to pat his head. He stood back up and stared at me wide eyed.

"Why are you sweating?" I giggle and the corners of his lips slowly tug up.

"Ahem." The woman clears her throat, I pull away and stare at the ground.

"Um... Grandmother... I thought you were in France." Tamaki says a bit shakily.

Why is he acting weird? Oh... Is this the grandmother Kyoya was telling me about.

I look at the woman and she scoffs at her grandson. Tamaki frowns and my heart stung.

"Who is this?" Her judgemental eyes travel up and down my body and she raises a brow.

"This is Anakaia Lucretia. She's my... Best friend... From school." Tamaki gestures to me and I bow.

"It's nice to meet you." I stand back up and she stares at me.

"Lucretia?" She squints.

"S-she's actually from the royal family of Greece. She's their princess." Tamaki says proudly and I blush.

"Oh!" Her face immediately lights up and she bows. "Lucretia! I knew i've heard the name somewhere before!" She takes my hand and grins.

"Uhm..." I force a smile and look at Tamaki.

"So you're school friends huh?" She looks at Tamaki and gives him a nod. He beams.

"Yes." Tamaki nods and she smiles at me.

"Your highness. I didn't know you were in Japan."

"Uh... M-my father s-sent me here to attend Ouran." I say and she nods.

"Oh. You do know that my son, Tamaki's father, is the chairman of Ouran Academy."

What?

"Oh... No... I didn't." I say.

"Oh. So Tamaki, why did you bring the princess here?" She forces a smile at Tamaki but he seemed happy enough she's even putting effort to smile at him.

"W-we were going to watch a movie..." Tamaki says and looks down.

"Wow! A movie! That's great!" She claps and Tamaki looks up. "Yuzuki! Take her to the theatre. Tamaki, will be with you soon darling." She smiled. Tamaki looks back at me and gives me a reassuring smile. My heart jumped and I smiled back.

"This way your highness." A maid gently pushes me forward and I blush as I look away from Tamaki's red face.

--Tamaki POV--

"Grandmother...?"

She turns around with a blank expression. "This is the first time you have actually done something right. Good job." A small smile forms on her lips and I felt the corners of my lips tug up.

"Thank you..." I bow.

"Do you love her?" She says and I jump back up.

"Pardon?"

"Do you love her?" She stares straight at my face and I look away.

I do love her... But what would happen if I told my grandmother?

"I-I-I do." I manage to say and she nods with her eyes closed.

"What would you say if we were to get you two married?" She looks at me as if searching for an answer.

"G-Grandmother... This is all so sudden I--" She cuts me off.

"Just answer me."

"I... I wouldn't mind... It us up to the Lucretia's though."

"Hmmm." She nods and turns around.

Get married? To Anakaia... Would be a dream come true... But... I'm only 17... I do love her... What have I done? I shouldn't have brought her here.

--Anakaia POV--

"Would you like to have any snacks?" Three maids surround me.

"A-Um... What do you have?" I smile at them and their eyes fill with stars.

"My gosh your highness you are just so beautiful!"

"So very beautiful!"

"Mr. Suoh has never brought a girl home before! He must really like you!"

"Oh..." Was all I could say.

"Just wanted to say that I would totally ship you two! You'd be the perfect couple!" A maid daydreams with both her hands on her cheeks.

"Yes, Mr. Suoh is very handsome and you are so beautiful! Just imagine how god like their children would be!" A maid giggles as she swings back and forth on her heels.

I blush.

"P-please..."

"Ladies." I turn around and there stood my prince.

"Tamaki..." He sits next to me and the maids bow before giggling and running off. "Thank you." I let out a relieved sigh and he chuckles.

"No worries." The lights turn off and just like the cinema, a big screen turned on. "Here." Tamaki hands me a packet.

"Sour patches?" I look at him and he smiles lovingly.

"They're great." He takes one out and holds it out to me.

I stare at the candy and open my mouth. Tamaki's eyes widened and he slowly puts it into my mouth. "Mmm! They're sour!" I scrunch up my face and he laughs. "Oh! Now it's sweet! Amazing!" I stare at the packet and when I look up, Tamaki looks away from me.

"Oh! Wow... Who is that?" I point to the woman on the screen.

"That's Elena. The one I told you to dress as for halloween." Tamaki explains.

"She's beautiful."

"That's why you'd be perfect as Elena." Tamaki whispers and my breathing stops.

Why am I like this? He calls every girl beautiful.

"Oh! Who's that?!" I point to the man wearing a mask, a black cape and black hat.

"That's Zorro. That's who i'll be dressing up as for halloween."

"Ohhhh! I'd love to be Elena but... I don't have any costumes." I shrug.

"That's okay! We can get the Hitachiin's mum to design one for you."

"Really?!" I take his hand and he nods stiffly. "Yay!" I throw my hands up and giggle.

I settled down and when I turned to Tamaki, our nose bumped. "Uh!"

For some reason we stayed in that position and stared at each other.

Our lips are so close.

My throat and contract burned but I ignored it.

"Anakaia..." I close my eyes and feel his lips brush mine. I lean in and press my lips against his. I wrap my arms around his neck and he wraps his arms around my waist tightly.

I pull away and breathe heavily. He leans in again and licks my bottom lip. I open my mouth and his tongue enters my mouth without hesitation. As our tongues fight for domination, I tug at his hair and he grunts. We pull away and a string of saliva hangs in between our lips.

"Anakaia I-"

SLAM!

"Where is that motherfucker?!" Miya's voice booms. She spots Tamaki and marches to him. "TA... MA... KI!!!!!!"

She stops as soon as sees me and she blinks several times. "Miya...?"

"Miya! Apparently Anakaia is here--" Hikaru and Kaoru rush in and stop. They smirk and raise their brow in between me and Tamaki.

I follow their gaze and see that I am sitting on top of Tamaki.

"Um!" I jump off of him and wipe the saliva around my lips. Tamaki does the same to his and straightens the collar of his shirt.

"Huh...?" Miya tilts her head.

"So it's true..." Hikaru starts.

"... You two really are dating." Kaoru finishes,

"We're not dating!!!" Me and Tamaki say in unison.

"So that little make out session was just a friends with benefits thing?" Miya takes a seat.

"Friends with benefits?"

"Yeah. Like you have sex with a friend just for pleasure, no emotions or anything." Miya explains.

"N-No!" I shake my head.

"So what was that?" Kaoru interrogates.

"Just..." I try to come up with something.

"Just what?" Miya smirks.

"Um..."

"Miya go home!" Tamaki points to the exit.

"Fine! Whatever. You just wanna continue with the make out session then fine. Have fun." She sticks her tongue out and walks out. Hikaru and Kaoru wink before following the red head.

"Um... I'm sorry Ana-hime." Tamaki turns to me and shifts around in his seat.

"T-that's okay..." I clear my throat.

"T-the movie is still playing so..."

"Oh yeah! Yeah." I turn around and try to focus on the movie.

I lick my lips and taste a sweet taste i've never tasted before. I keep licking my lips and my eyes start to slowly close every now and then.

I really need to be more careful. I didn't even know how I got on top of him.

I look up at him and my eyes flutter close.

--Tamaki POV--

I've never done something like that... Ever...

I look down at Ana who was asleep on my lap.

Why can't I just say it. Why can't I just those three simple but beautiful words.

"Ana-hime..." I brush her hair back with my fingers. "I love you..."

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Sorry short chapter. I had big plans for the next few and got a bit excited so I wanted to quickly finish this one. Sowwyy

- Luca