Family Ties

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(Is the next day okay?)

(That's fine with me~)

Tamaki walked Hana to her first class like he had before and waited with her for Kyoya and Kimi. The night before at dinner Hana had told Tamaki about her time with the theater club and Tamaki still didn't know what to make of it. Hana sighed, the conversation from dinner had still been going on. "So you want to do both, help mama he the Host club and do theater club?" Hana only nodded, he'd asked that question about ten times now.

Neither of the Ootori siblings were really morning people, though Kimi wasn't nearly as irritable as Kyoya was. The two had spent their morning bickering, but once they were fully awake, they were mostly quiet - as usual. Once they got to school, Kyoya decided to walk Kimi to her class again, figuring it was the 'big brother' type of thing to do. Plus he didn't want to take the chances of Kimi running into somebody unfamiliar in the hallway and have some guy bother and flirt with her. When they got to the classroom, though, they were both equally surprised to see the other two already there.

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Tamaki sent Kyoya and Kimi a distracted smile when they finally arrived, said a brief good morning then turned back to Hana, "Are you sure you really want to join them?"

Hana smiled brightly at Kimi and less brightly at Kyoya as Tamaki spoke to her again. "Tamaki, they were nice and I've always loved that kind of stuff."

"I know that but still! You don't know them!" Tamaki was desperate and he was afraid that someone-a boy mostly-would take advantage of his little sister.

"I know them enough to try out their club, Tamaki!"

At hearing the two conversing, Kimi tugged on her brother's sleeve as if motioning for them to stay away for a few moments. Kyoya shrugged the gesture off and proceeded closer, anyways.

"What club?" Kyoya asked once he was next to the other two, arching an eyebrow in curiosity as he looked back and forth between the two. "If you're going to try out for another club, it might be in your best interest not to co-manage the Host Club, then. Otherwise, you would have too much on your plate."

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(wow I'm sorry this is awful)

Tamaki motioned to Kyoya when his best friend made a point, "That too, Hana. I don't want you overwhelming yourself."

Hana rolled her eyes, "I'm tired of you too telling me what's too much for me to handle. I know what I can handle and what I can't handle." She turned to Kimi, "Let's just go to class, Kimi."

(No worries; it was fine! Besides, my last few posts have really sucked, anyways; sorry about that.)

Kyoya sighed in response to Hana, lifting his hand to pinch the bridge of his nose. "We're only trying to look out for you, Hana," he pointed out before offering a frown and shaking his head. "Juggling two clubs whilst also dealing with homework and, eventually, exams will definitely weigh on you. It wouldn't be a good idea to deal with all of that at once."

Kimi felt rather conflicted with the entire thing. She wanted to agree with her brother, because he had a valid point, but she didn't want to upset her new friend. "Um, okay, class," she muttered before slipping past her brother and joining at Hana's side, hoping that the conversation would just end so she wouldn't have to choose sides.

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(It's okay, don't worry)

Hana fought hard against the urge to roll her eyes at her elder brother and Kyoya while Tamaki just wanted to shake some sense into his baby sister. Just as Hana turned to walk away with Kimi though, she caught the eye of the second-most stunning boy she'd ever met in Theater Club the afternoon before. The boy rushed over with a big dopey grin and focused his attention soley on Hana. "Hana, did you think about my offer?"

Tamaki frowned and stepped forward, this guy was standing way too close to his baby sister and that was not okay with Big Brother Tamaki. "Woah, woah, woah. Who are you and what offer are you talking about?"

Hana sighed and stepped out from behind Tamaki as the beautiful boy stuck a hand out to introduce himself and shake hands with Tamaki. "Oh, hi. My name's Ichirou Dakiaoi, I'm in your class.. I'm Romeo in the upcoming school play. It's a modern take on Romeo and Juliet. I just about begged Hana to formally audition because she'd make a perfect Juliet."

(Okay)

Kyoya frowned at the mention of it, arching an eyebrow as he stared down at Kyo with a slight annoyance. "Well, I'm sure we all know why you want her to play Juliet," he mentioned casually. There was a major kissing scene in the play and, honestly, any time he saw a 'Romeo' trying to get a girl to audition for Juliet, the audition scene was usually the kiss scene. Not to mention, the 'Juliet' was usually a girl that the 'Romeo' fancied. He wasn't quite sure why the idea annoyed him, but it did. "You should know that if you have her audition for the play and, if she makes it, you'll be adding much more on her plate than she needs since she's already agreed to co-manage the Host Club."

Kimi felt rather awkward, to say the least. Especially since her brother seemed rather defensive about the idea of Hana joining the Theater Club, though he seemed more annoyed at the mention of which play was going to be used. She couldn't help but notice the odd change in behavior but stayed quiet about it nonetheless.

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Tamaki instantly got his feathers ruffled at the mentioned of the play's basis of the romantic Shakespearian tragedy. Emphasis on the tragedy and on the romance. He wasn't okay with it at all but Kyoya had spoke before him and said everything he was feeling perfectly.

Hana glared at Kyoya in intense annoyance and spoke through gritted teeth, "Kyoya, I told you to stop telling me what's too much for me to handle."

The beautiful boy, Ichirou, smiled and lopped an arm around Hana's shoulders. "I can help her with any homework she gets between scenes and I promise it won't get in the way of the Host Club. Besides, you said co-manage, she can work with the other co-manager to make sure everything gets done."

Hana nodded along with Ichirou's comments but when she opened her mouth to reply Tamaki best her to it. "She can't have too much on her plate! I know your angle here, Dakiaoi!"

"If she gets too distracted with the play then Kimi here would have to deal with more work as well, which might possibly make Hana feel guilty and that wouldn't be fair to either of them," Kyoya told the boy, a frown still on his features. "And I doubt that you'd be trying to do homework. Guys like you usually use the homework excuse to attempt much more."

Kimi, still feeling awkward, shifted to where she was behind Kyoya. For the most part, she wasn't very happy to have gotten herself brought into the loop by Kyoya, but she didn't say anything.

"On top of that, she'll also have to deal with tests and studying. You're only thinking about yourself and, to be quite frank, it's rather selfish," Kyoya continued before shaking his head, "Try to have even a little decency and compassion rather than trying to have things work in your favor."

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Tamaki was shocked into silence by Kyoya's argument against the boy, Ichirou. He watched as the boy tried to get a word in edgewise between Kyoya's words but he too fell into a stunned silence with his mouth open and eyes wide. Tamaki had never seen his best friend act like this toward anyone in their little group of close friends, much less act like this for basically a stranger to Kyoya. It amazed Tamaki but also severely confused him as to why Kyoya was sticking his nose so far into Hana's business. Even Tamaki wouldn't dare go so far into Hana's choices in fear of what she might do or say back to him. Tamaki wwatched his sister and she wasn't having any of it. He watched as she stepped forward and squared her petite frame with Kyoya's much taller, more intimidating form.

"That. Is. Enough!" Hana angled her head up enough so she could easily glare daggers into Kyoya's glass framed eyes. She was so angry her body shook a little bit as she stood only a few inches away from the older boy. "I'm doing the play and co-managing the Host Club. Period, end of story." She turned away from him in anger or disgust, Tamaki couldn't tell, but then she suddenly whipped her head back a little to glare at him again. "I don't see how you could even care so much about my well being anyway when you insulted me yesterday." She briskly turned with a note of finality in her voice and put a hand on Ichirou's chest. Tamaki watched in a stunned silence as his sister turned her eyes soft and looked up through her long eyelashes into Ichirou's eyes. "I'll see you after the Host Club, okay?"

The boy melted under her touch, "O-okay."

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“I didn’t insult you,” Kyoya muttered, finding it hard to come up with any other reaction to her words. As far as he was aware, he hadn’t said anything to insult her – though he knew as well as everybody that he wasn’t sure what insulted people and what didn’t. He was used to subtle jabs to people one disliked in the higher society, but he hadn’t even attempted such a thing when it came to Hana, so he was completely baffled by how she could accuse him of such a thing. Seeing how Ichirou basically succumbed to Hana’s kindness, though, brought about some feeling that Kyoya couldn’t identify and his frown deepened. “Fine. Do as you please. When you find that you’re overworking yourself, you can blame yourself.”

Kimi was utterly confused by the entire thing, eyeing her brother and her new friend quietly. She wasn’t sure what was going on or why her brother was throwing himself in the line of fire when it came to Hana’s business, to be quite honest. He rarely got involved in Kimi’s business unless it applied to boys, but he was her brother so she could understand why he would get involved in her matters. She couldn’t understand why he was getting involved with Hana’s when they were practically strangers. “U-Um, I think I’m just going to go into the classroom,” she decided quietly, nearly inaudible, before she slipped past the others to go to her seat.

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Tamaki stood looking like a fish with his mouth hanging open at Kyoya's bluntness and Hana's flat out dismissal. He was a little taken aback by how the boy, Ichirou, melted under Hana's touch and got a little angry over that but when Kimi said she was going to just leave he jumped on that boat too. "Y-yeah, we should be leaving too. Come on Kyoya, we don't want to be late..."

Hana kept her hand on Ichirou's chest as she turned to face Kyoya again with fire in her eyes, the action caused her body to lean against the actor's side a little. "I won't blame anyone because I'll be just fine. Ichirou, here, will help me with Theater Club and Kimi will help me with the Host Club." She glared daggers of annoyance and masked hurt at Kyoya but when Kimi and Tamaki mentioned leaving she nodded and pulled away from Ichirou. "Sounds like a good idea. I'll see you later, Ichirou," she squeezed the boy's muscular forearm as she left with Kimi.

The boy was starstuck and he watched Hana until she disappeared with Kimi into the classroom. "Y-yeah, I'll see you later!" He finally called out stupidly after she was long gone.

Kyoya’s frown never lifted as he watched Hana and his sister disappear into the classroom. With a rather frustrated sigh, he turned and took his leave, heading to his and Tamaki’s shared class in silence. He wasn’t even sure what had come over him but he wasn’t going to justify his reaction. Mostly, he just wished that Hana would listen to him rather than give so much attention to that Ichirou kid and give the boy hope that he would manage to score Hana – because that was what guys like Ichirou wanted, in Kyoya’s opinion.

Kimi let out a sigh of relief once she was seated at her desk, letting her head rest on it. The morning had already become tense and she wasn’t even sure what exactly had happened outside the classroom. All she knew was that her brother was clearly unhappy with Ichirou and it worried Kimi. She didn’t like seeing her brother so upset and bothered – and, on top of that, she wanted to know what had gotten him so fired up in the first place.

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(Is it okay to skip to the Host club or do you want to play out class a little?)

(Oh, we can definitely skip!)

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Tamaki was getting more and more nervous as the day went on. He was a bit shaken by the whole incident early that morning and he just couldn't wrap his mind around the fact that Kyoya had completely ignored any boundaries or figurative lines when it came to his little sister's personal life schedule. He hadn't said anything to him in fear of starting an argument he didn't want to have, but he just was so lost. As the two of them add their way down the halls of the school to the music room, Tamaki's mind kept churning. If he were to say something, Tamaki didn't even know where to start.

Hana got the music room ready with Kimi while the two of them waited for the others to show up. "I'll prove it to that Kyoya, you'll see," she said to no one in particular. "I'll co manage the Host Club and[i/] I'll be amazing in the play." She was still so annoyed by the whole scene from that's morning. Who did he think he was anyway, telling her how to live her life. Hana scoffed out loud in correlation to her thoughts. Just to prove her point she and Kimi had gotten to the music room early and had begun getting everything in order not only for that day but they'd started planning for the week following.