07|| Escort

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"We're back!" I call out as I enter our house.

"Kako?! Ageha! Ota!" My mum runs out from the living room.

"Luna..." I groan as I take my shoes off.

"For goodness sake! Where were you?!" She lets out a relieved breath as she hugs Ageha and Ota.

"Sorry." I bow deeply.

"It wasn't onee-chan's fault ama! We asked her if we could go to the festival again and then we met a group of these really pretty people!" Ageha explains.

"Yeah! And they even offered to drop us off with their limo! But onee-chan didn't trust them. They were really nice though!" Ota babbles.

"Wow! At least you had fun..." My mum smiles as she strokes my hair.

I smile. "Oh!" I rummage through my bag and take out the envelope Ger gave me. "Here." I hand it to my mum. "Lay-san gave it to me early this week."

My mum smiles as she takes the envelope. "Thank you."

I smile and follow her to the kitchen.

"So what about these 'pretty people'?" My mum chuckles as she looks through the fridge.

"Well-"

"What do you guys want to eat?!" My mum calls out. She looks at me and I point to the top cupboard.

"We already ate!" Ota answers.

"Ate what?!" My mum asks as she takes out a packet of two minute noodles.

"Lots of stuff! Kao-chan bought us lots of food!" Ageha says in between giggles.

"Kao-chan?" My mum tilts her head.

"What?! When?!" I ask.

"When you weren't looking!" They both giggle and I face palm.

I feel bad now...

"Who's Kao-chan?" My mum asks as she starts preparing my noodles.

"I was about to tell you..."

"Sorry..." She chuckles.

"He's this guy-"

"GUY?! GUY YOU MEAN LIKE BOY?! IS HE CUTE?! YOUR TYPE?! HOW TALL?!" My mum shakes my shoulder.

"AMA!" I felt my cheeks heat up. She lets go and I look down. "He's one of the people we met." I say and she gasps.

"One of the pretty people?! Meaning... He's cute?!" She had hearts in her eyes as she twirls around me.

"Well... I don't know about cute..." My cheeks heat up even more.

"Kyah~!" My mum squeals. "Describe him!" She sits in front of me and looks at me eagerly.

"W-Well... His full name is Kaoru... H-Hi... Hitachiin!"

"Ohhh! I've heard that last name somewhere before!" My mum ponders.

"He has the same eye colour as me..." My mum squeals. "Ama... He had this... Fiery orange hair... It looks spiky but apparently it's soft..." My mum claps. "He has this sharp nose... To be honest he does look kind of like a model." I say and my mum turns red from excitement. "He's a twin." I say and she fakes fainting. "Ama..." I giggle.

"Same eye colour, Ageha and Ota are twins! You look like a model! Well you get it from your mother!" She looks at her reflection on the toaster. "It's meant to be!"

I laugh.

"Ama! The water!" I point to the boiled water.

"Whoops!"

I shake my head as I chuckle.

"Which school does he go to?" She asks as she places the noodles in front of me.

"Hmm..." I chew my food and swallow it. "Ouran..."

"OURAN?! OHMIGOD! THIS IS FATE SURELY!" My mum balls her hands into fists.

"No way ama... He's super rich obviously... Never gonna happen." I take another mouthful of noodles.

"Rich... Ouran... Hitachiin... Ginger..." My mum mumbles.

"Ama-"

"Was he stylish?" She interrogates.

"Uh... I guess-"

"AH!" My mum gasps. "Yuzuha! Yuzuha!" She snaps her fingers.

"Y-Yuzuha? Who's Yuzuha?!"

"She's this big fashion designer! Yuzuha Hitachiin! I see her in magazines all the time!"

"No way." I scoff.

"YES! What if-"

"No ama i'm... Pfft... Not even intrested." I shrug.

"Right..." She winks.

My eye twitches as she ruffles my hair and skips to her room.

Tch. What the heck? He's cute an all but not my type. Hmph!

After I finish the noodles and wash the dishes I head to the living room and sit in between Ageha and Ota who were watching hetalia.

They both hug me.

"Alright! I've gotta go now!" My mum comes out of the room in her uniform.

"Ama!" Ageha calls out.

"Woo! Lucky you!! Getting to stay up all night! I'm so jelly!" My mum says as she kisses our cheeks.

"Ama..." I chuckle.

"You're so silly ama!" Ota says as she stands back up.

"I'm tha bomb!" She holds up the west side sign.

"Ahahahaha!" We laugh as she gives us a smile and closes the door behind her.

"Ama is so silly!" Ageha giggles.

"Even if papa isn't here... At least we have he best ama in the world!" Ota jumps up.

"Yeah..." I smile.

I'm lucky I have a kind mum.

Boom! Boom!

Ota and Ageha gasp. "Fireworks!" They both jump up and run out.

"A-Ageha! Ota!" I quickly stand up, grab my keys and put a cardigan on before jogging out of the house.

I hear Ageha and Ota giggle and squeal. I climb the stairs all the way up and open the door to the roof of our apartment.

I see Ageha and Ota lying down on the floor. "Geez you guys." I sit next to them and look up at the fireworks.

"They're so pretty..." Ageha whispers.

"Yeah." Me and Ota say in unison.

"Fireworks make people happy." Ageha says and I smile.

Two minutes later, I turn to see Ageha and Ota fast asleep. I take my phone out and take a picture of the fireworks and the two asleep.

I put my phone back into my pocket and pick them up.

I place them down on their beds and stroke their hair.

"I promise to... Work hard, study hard, get a good job, pay for your fees, give you money, buy you the things you've always wanted... To make you guys and ama happy."

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"Did you do anything with 'em?!" Akira asks as I walk around picking up the plates.

"Meh. Just walked around the festival." I shrugged.

"Oh! By the way~!" Akira squeals. "I know your birthday is next week but... I got you an early present!"

"You didn't have to." I smile as she opens her locker.

"Oh shush!" She holds up a pink box. "Open it!"

I take a seat and carefully open the box. "Woah! So cool!"

It was a multicoloured beatz headphone.

"I know that only one of your earphones work and that you really like listening to music so...!"

"Thank you Aihara-" She places her hands on her hips. "Akira-c-" She crosses her arms. "Akira."

"You're welcome cutie!" She gives me a hug and rubs her cheek against mine.

"What's happening here?" Jasmine and Ger enter.

"I got Luna a present!"

"Oh! So did I!" Jasmine chuckles as she takes out a green box.

"Open it!" Akira claps.

"I'll get her present!" Ger runs out.

I gasp. "Oh my god! So cool!" I take it out and hug it.

It was a brown messenger bag with random badges all over.

"You like it?"

I look up at Jasmine and hug her. "I love it!"

"You can use it for your new school!" Akira claps.

"Definitely!"

"I'm back!" Ger comes back with a rainbow cake in hand.

"Yay!" I was so happy I felt like crying. "Thank you so much!"

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"Bye! See tomorrow!" I wave as Akira gets into her car and Jasmine walks away whilst waving back at me.

"You going home yet?" Ger asks as she locks the doors.

"Uh... Waiting for someone."

Ana-senpai said that she'll send me someone today... I wonder where they are...

"Ohhh! Your boyfriend?!" She nudges my arm.

"No!" I roll my eyes. "Go home." I chuckle.

"I can't leave you out here alone." She smiles.

"I'm fine!" I pat her shoulder.

"No! I'm staying with you!" She pinches my cheek.

"Fine." I groan and smile.

"Ouran..." Ger looks up.

"Yeah... I never thought i'd actually make it."

"Aya!"

"Oomph!" She slaps my back.

"Baka! Baka! You're the one that believes in aliens and stuff! You should believe in yourself! I always knew you could do it!" She grins.

"Thank you." I chuckle.

"Uh... Kako?" I flinch and turn around.

"K-K-?!" My eye twitches.

"Kako?" Ger tilts her head.

"Don't say that! What are you doing here?!" Kaoru stood there with a wry smile.

"Uh... I came to escort you home." He smiles.

"Ohohoho!" Ger cackles.

"Lay-san!"

"See you tomorrow! Ka-Ko!" She sticks her tongue out.

"Lay-san!" I shout as she gets into her car and gives me a wink before driving off. "You!" I turn around. "Agh!" I take my phone out and call Ana.

"Hello?" Ana's sweet voice answers.

"A-Ana-senpai! W-Why is Hitachiin-sama here?!" I ask and hear a 'Pfft' and small giggle.

"W-Why he's your pfft... escort of course."

"B-But-"

"Gotta go! HAH-" She hung up.

I slowly turn back around.

"Smh."

"Hitachiin-sama?" He smirks.

"I-I only call people by their first names if their close to me!" I turn around and unlock my bike.

"Is this close enough?" He whispers into my ear.

"Ack!" I turn around wipe my ear. "D-don't do that!"

"Oh? Hey!" He calls out as I get on my bike, put the cake and presents in the basket and start riding.

I hear his footsteps behind me.

"Go away!" I call out as he chases me.

"Kako!"

"I said don't call me that!" I turn around.

"Watch out!"

I turn back around and see a pole up ahead.

"ACK!"

I felt my forehead hit the pole.

"Are you okay?!" He peers at my face and I felt the colour rise to my cheek.

"I'm fine!" I get up and rub my head.

"Uh..." Kaoru looks at the road and I follow his gaze.

"My bike!"

"It's okay! I got it!" Kaoru jogs up to the bike.

I see a truck up ahead and start hyperventilating. "Hitachiin-sama!" I run up to him and tackle him.

"Ah!"

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"K-Kako?" I see Kaoru face close to mine.

"Eek!" I jump off of him.

"Why'd you suddenly attack me?" He tilts his head as he stands up and holds his hand up.

I stand up myself and look at the empty road.

"I-I..." I let out a relieved sigh.

"Are you okay?" Kaoru picks my bike up.

I felt a prickling pain on my elbow and look at it to see I had grazed my skin.

"Y-Yeah." I nod and take the bike away from him. I check the cake and presents. "Thank god."

"You sure-"

"I'm fine!" I start walking, pushing my bike.

"I like your hair." He says in attempt to try and break the ice.

The corners of my lips tug up. "Thanks."

"So you... Start at Ouran next week?"

"Yeah. I didn't think I was gonna make it." I smile.

I see him looking at me from the corner of my eyes.

"Heh." I look away.

Awkward silence.

"Gay baby born." Kaoru mumbles.

"W-What?" I look back at him.

"Miya says it all the time." He shrugs.

"Oh." I giggle.

Another awkward silence.

"Gay baby born." We say in unison. We look at each other for a moment and then burst out laughing.

"So..." He starts.

"We're here." I stop in front of my building.

"Woah... It's even smaller than Haruhi's..." He looks up at it.

"Yeah yeah..." I take the presents out and he tilts his head.

"What are those?"

"Presents." I smile.

"Your birthday?" He tilts his head.

"No. It's actually next week but they gave it early."

"Oh..." He smirks. "Well then... See you tomorrow?"

"Uh... O-Okay..."

"Bye Kako! He waves as a limo drives up.

L-Limo...

"I said don't call me that!"

He chuckles and several hands pull him into the car. I watch it drive off.

Tomorrow...

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Kawaiiii

- Luca