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-Chapter 4-
End of the Jungle Rainbow!
"Miss Miki, where should we put these disks?" The maid helping her unpack named Suzuno asked her with a gentle smile.
"Ah! That's my collection of Crime? Crime Drama ♥ DVDs. Nearly the television would be wonderful, thank you!" She giggled as she placed some of her shoes away.
"What about this book, Miss Miki?" One of the butlers asked, showing her a brown book with intricate golden designs. "Would you like me to relocate it to the library?"
Miki turned around, taking the book in both hands as she shook her head. "No, I'd like to keep this book close to me." She said as she clutched it close to her chest.
"Of course." The butler bowed and went back to clearing out her suitcase.
"Miss Miki is that book very important to you?" The maid asked as she organized the DVDs. "You seem very protective it."
Nodding her head, Miki looked down at the leather covered book in her arms. The cover was very aged, to the point the colour was fading from the design. The golden designs of the title were chipping off slightly, yet it was still pretty clear what the book name was.
Rapunzel by Brothers Grimm
"It's the first and only leisure book I've ever owned." She admitted absently, finger glazing over the distressed leather.
"Oh my..." Suzuno brought her hand to her lips as she watched Miki. "Then you must check out the library in our estate; maybe you could even go there with Master Tamaki some time." She suggested.
Hearing his name, Miki's hazel eyes darted down. "Tamaki-kun huh..."
"Shoot, Suzuno." The butler checked his pocket watch. "Dinner will be starting soon, we need to go help with the preparations." He reminded her.
"Oh dear, well then Miss Miki." Bowing deeply to Miki, Suzuno addressed her. "We will be off, once again, we welcome you to the second Suoh estate and hope you have a wonderful time here."
"Thank you." Bowing back slightly, Miki looked around the room once they have left.
The room was large, grand, brightly lit despite the darkness outside. A king-sized bed in the center of the room leaned against the wall, two large mirrors on either side of the bed, a red bench on at the foot of the bed. A beautiful wooden desk in the corner of the room with a bouquet of roses in a vase, a lamp, a bookcase with tones of space for books on the wall. On the wall across from the bed, there was a large flat screen TV with more shelf space for DVDs.
"I'm here..." She murmured, letting out a small sigh still cradling the book in her arms. Twirling around, her black chiffon dress fluttering as she sat down slowly on the bench on the foot of her bed.
Before she had the time to really let loose, the sound of footsteps echoed down the vast hallways of the estate. She glanced up to see Tamaki popped through the door with an excited grin.
"Miki! It's time for dinner, hurry up and come join us!" He beamed, approaching her. "I heard they are making unagi rice tonight!" Suddenly, he froze when he saw her staring at him with a blank look. "Are you alright?" He asked. "You seem rather out of it."
"Huh? Oh, it's nothing." With a small smile on her lips, Miki shook her head and clutched the book further into her chest. I thought I might get ridiculed from him... But I guess I was wrong. She giggled at the thought. "Unagi rice, right? Sounds delicious." Standing up, she set the book down onto the red bench.
"If you ever need me, my room is just across the hall," Pointing behind him, Tamaki added. "And say, is there anywhere, in particular, you want to visit?" He asked.
"Hm?"
"Since you've been locked up in the main estate for so long, there's got to be places you've always wanted to visit, right? Tell me, and I'll be sure to take you and visit all of them!"
"Really?!" Miki's eyes sparkled as she gasped lightly. "Anywhere?" She questioned.
Tamaki gave her a curt nod and a triumphant smile.
Miki furrowed her brows and tapped her chin thoughtfully. "W-Well... There is one place I've always wanted to go." Her voice trailed off, as she looked at Tamaki hopefully.
"Anywhere!" The blonde repeated.
Hearing his affirmation, Miki tipped onto the balls of her toe. "I want to go to a water park!" She cheered.
"Consider it done!" With a dashing grin, Tamaki wrapped an arm around her shoulder, pulling her close for a side hug.
Like a toddler receiving a birthday present, Miki's face twinkled. "Yay! Thank you Tamaki-kun!" She cheered.
"Say, call me big brother!" Grinning a bit like a child, he suggested. "Say it! Onii-chan!" Trying to guide her through the words like a parent, Tamaki urged.
Miki felt a comedic sweat drop on the back of her head as they walked out of her new room. "I don't think I feel comfortable with that just yet."
"Awe, please?"
"I assure you, I'm okay.
"Please?"
"No thanks."
"Awe..."
***
"So with that men!" Tamaki slammed the table of the Host Club, neither girls were present in the room as they held their little morning meeting. "We are taking my dear sister to a water park!" He announced.
"To think Miki-chan is Tama-chan's half-sister." Honey twirling around with Usa-chan. "No wonder why she is so easy to get along with!"
"Yeah." Mori nodded with a blank face.
"And she's just as gullible too." The twins said with a shrug towards each other. "But isn't her existence supposed to be 'absolute secrecy'?" They asked, emphasizing the words 'absolute secrecy'.
"We already have one secret princess, so why not make it two?" Tamaki's poor reasoning fails to save the day as he quickly changes the topic back on track. "Anyways, ideas! A water park might not be a bad idea for relaxation either." He said thoughtfully.
"The Ootori group runs a water theme park nearby," Kyoya suggested, not looking up from his notebook. "Tropical Aqua Garden. It doesn't open until next month, but I'm sure we can reserve it today for an advanced invitation." He said as he continued to write in his notes.
"Brilliant Idea, Kyoya!" Pointing at his friend, Tamaki's face sparkled. "Please reserve that for this afternoon right after school." He then pointed at the twins. "You two make sure to get Haruhi there on time!" He crossed his arms with a grin. "That will be it for this morning's meeting. Dismissed!"
***
"Okay, Miss Fujioka, please select one." The twin maids pressed their faces together, as Haruhi let out a weary sigh.
"No, I don't need a swimsuit." She said.
"Well, then" One of the two maids smiled, searching through the models of swimsuits. "I will select one for you." Holding up a very revealing black bikini set.
"Hold on, not that one." Haruhi shook her head. "I don't want a bikini."
"But you'd look so good in this one..." The maid cooed in disappointment.
"Oh look!" The other lifted up a very questionable looking bottom. "This would be cute!" She suggested.
Haruhi flinched. "But that's nothing more than strings, isn't it?" She shook her head immediately. "Absolutely not." Rejecting that ideal firmly, Haruhi shook her head.
"Oh, Hello Haruhi," Behind some changing curtains, Miki poked her head out wearing a curious smile. Instead of her school uniform, she wore a lilac white ruffled off-the-shoulder bikini top and matching bottoms. Her long pink-brown hair was tied up into a fluffy ponytail. "Fancy seeing you here," She approached with her hands behind her back.
"Miki-senpai..." Haruhi greeted. "What are you doing here?"
"I don't have a swimsuit, so I asked Hikaru and Kaoru if I could borrow one from their mother's newest designs." Twirling around in her new swimsuit, Miki smiled shyly. "What do you all think?"
"It looks wonderful on you!" The twin maids clapped.
"It looks great on you, senpai. Did you choose it yourself?" She asked.
Miki nodded before gesturing her. "What about you? Which one are you going to wear?" She urged.
"I don't want one."
"You can't say that!" Miki cried enthusiastically, grabbing Haruhi by her hands. "We are at a water park; it wouldn't be fair for you not to wear a swimsuit, now is it?"
Taken aback by how energetic she was, Haruhi sweatdropped. "I-I guess..."
"Come on! Let's go look for a piece we can all agree on." Dragging Haruhi by the hand, Miki gestured for the maids to join them. "So let's see... you don't like a bikini right?"
After a long while of picking and choosing, Haruhi finally agreed to wear a pink frilly one piece with a skirt and a matching swim cap.
Snickering, the twin nurses shoved both girls outside mischievously. "Have fun!" They sang before shutting the door.
Haruhi sighed in an exaggerated manner causing Miki who stood beside her to giggle.
"You look great," She reassured her friend before noticing a figure approach them. "Tamaki-kun?" She called out to him with a blank expression.
Walking up indifferently, he glanced down at Haruhi with a bright red face. Out of curiosity on what he was looking at, she turned to study at Haruhi out of curiosity. Finding nothing out of the ordinary, her eyes darted by to Tamaki only to find his cheeks bright red. She tilted her head in confusion. Before she could ask about it, Tamaki had thrust out a yellow pullover. "H-hurry up and put this on," He stammered, "Girls should only show off that much skin after they get married."
"Huh..." Taking the pullover, Haruhi nodded of thanks. "Thanks, senpai."
Miki then looked up, noticing Tamaki was staring at her with narrowed eyes. She tilted her head with a smile. "How does it look?" She asked innocently.
"You too, wearing something to cover up!" He said, pointing at her.
"Eh~ But I plan on playing in the water." Miki reasoned.
***
"Yay!" With a high jump, Miki leaped into the pool with Honey by her side. Feeling the water splash against her body, she giggled. The current of the water, the feeling of the liquid enveloping her skin. "Ahh, this is so refreshing." She let out a relaxed sigh, walking around in the water as Honey swam around her in a fit of hurrays. Mori soon joined the two, lifting Honey up onto his shoulders as they swam around in a lapped manner.
"Miki-senpai." Kaoru glanced over his shoulder as he played volleyball. "Since this is your first time at a water park, can you even swim?"
"Nope!" Miki smiled almost too cheerfully. "I'll pick it up eventually, I'm sure of it." She added.
"It feels so calm." Tamaki let out a relaxed chair under an umbrella. He sat back on a lounge chair, running a finger through his hair. "There aren't any guest here that we have to serve, either. It truly is a handsome young warrior's holiday, I guess you could call it."
"I'm going to go get a juice!" Honey announced as Mori placed him down onto the ledge of the pool.
"Wait, I'm going to get one too." Placing a hand on the ledge, Miki tried to push herself up only to feel her body ten times lighter. She turned around, noticing Mori had helped her up by lifting her onto the ledge.
"Here." He said with no emotion on his face.
"Oh, thank you Mori-senpai." She thanked him, quickly getting up to follow Honey who wrapped his arm around Haruhi's arm.
"Haru-chan!" He sang, "Want some coconut juice to drink? Or maybe some mango cake?"
Haruhi hummed. "Um... sure. The coconut juice." She chose.
"Oh, I'll have a coconut juice refill please," Kyoya called out, writing in his notebook under the umbrella.
"Okay! Let's go Miki-chan!" Grabbing Miki by the arm, Honey pulled Miki over to the snack bar as they began to prepare the drinks together.
Honey was squeezing an excess amount of honey into his drink with a fit of giggles. "Still, I'm glad you are Tama-chan's half-sister, Miki-chan!"
"Huh?" Miki blinked blanky as she poured the prepped coconut juice. "What do you mean by that, Honey-senpai?"
"Ah! It's ready!" Completely ignoring her question, Honey took one of the cups and bolted off in Haruhi's direction while holding his own cup with his other hand. "Haruhi-chan here!"
Chuckling wryly, Miki picked up her glass and the one Kyoya ordered and brought it to him. "Here you go, Kyoya-kun." She said, setting his drink down on the table next to him.
"Thanks," Glancing up from his notes, Kyoya froze.
"Hm? Is something wrong, Kyoya-kun?" Tilting her head, Miki blinked feeling a little more self-conscious under his gaze.
Shaking his head lightly, Kyoya picked up the cup and brought the straw to his lips. "It's nothing, if you aren't going to swim you should probably cover up." He stated before taking a sip of his coconut juice. Moving his feet off the edge of the lounge chair he offered her a seat there.
"I'll go back to swimming later," With a bright grin, Miki plopped down next to him before taking a sip of her drink.
Kyoya let out a satisfied sigh, glancing back up. His eyes swept her relaxed figure up and down before resting on her face. "I heard about your... circumstances from Tamaki." He said, turning back to the drink. "So much for 'it may just be a common name'." He smirked teasingly at her.
"Ahaha..." Miki's lips curled as she laughed uneasily. "I'm sorry about that." She uttered.
"It also explains why you are so simplistic." He chuckled, hearing her gasp slightly.
"Once again, what was that supposed to mean?" She pouted, whipped her head to look at him. "You make it sound like I am clueless to everything."
"Because you are." Giving her a weird look, Kyoya stated in a factual voice.
Turning around with her back towards him, Miki grumbled with a puffed cheek. "That's not entirely true." She grumbled.
"Bullseye!" That was when Hikaru's clear voice echoed through the theme park. They both turned around and Miki gasped when she saw the water guns, her eyes glimmering. Kyoya couldn't help but let out a chuckle at just how pretty much anything can make that expression appear on her face.
"Sir! Let's play! Water gun battle!" Kaoru hollered with a wide grin.
"Kaoru and I on a team against you, sir!" Hikaru continued, approaching Tamaki who was wiping down his face with a towel. "If you get hit in the face you lose, and there's a penalty game."
"Hmph," Tamaki closed his eyes as he ruffled his hair with the towel. "Who'd want to play along with that childish gam-"
"I'll play!" Placing her cup down, Miki hopped onto her feet and skipped over. Catching the water gun Hikaru enthusiastically threw at her, she began to wind it up.
"Alright, Miki-senpai is on your team, sir!" Kaoru grinned.
Tamaki grumbled as he watched Miki began to prep her water gun. "Like I said, who would want to play along with that chil-"
"Haruhi, let's get married right now." Hikaru grinned as him and his brother stood on either side of the poor girl, swaying side to side.
"We'll have our honeymoon in Atami!" Kaoru added on.
Hearing their taunts, Tamaki grabbed a water gun. With a dark aura, he began to wind it up, with a spiteful expression. As he muttered incoherently, Kyoya sighed watching the scene unfold. "Miki," he caught her attention, watching as she spun around with an excited beam. "There are some natural phenomena you may not have seen in this theme park, be careful not to wander off too far." He warned her sternly.
"Okay." With an airy, bubbly voice, she nodded.
"DADDY WON'T ALLOW IT!"
And with Tamaki's bizarre declaration, the water gun battle began. Siblings against Siblings.
The battle went back and forth for a while, as the two teams chased each other back and forth across the park. Eventually, the twins duck behind a nearby palm tree for cover. And when Tamaki paused to dash forward, they began shooting at him only for the blonde to dodge with agility.
"Take this!" He cried and began rapid firing. "Surefire sideways leaping beam!"
The twins pulled over some tikis for cover, avoiding being shot by just a hair.
"Boo~ You suck, sir." The twins stuck their tongue out at the blonde in unison.
"Oh, yeah? Wanna try saying that after you lose?" Another voice rang behind them.
The twins snapped around in a panic as Miki dashed out of the bushes with a playful grin. It turns out, when Tamaki was in the front taking the crossfire, Miki snuck behind to launch a sneak attack on the two.
"Surprise Aqua Shot!"
With that, the two twins were hit with two big splashed of water in the face.
"Take that!" Tamaki laughed, stepping back to regain his balance. Only to slip over a banana as he tumbled into a nearby totem pole.
Ignoring the blonde, the trio quickly gathered back by Haruhi, Kyoya and Mori laughing and chatting.
"That was a good game, Miki-senpai!" Kaoru laughed as he wiped off his face and hair.
"You too, that was an amazing game." Miki giggled as she placed the water gun onto the table. "I never imagined water gun fights could be this fun!"
Handing the brunette her drink, Haruhi greeted the trio. "Congratulations on winning." She praised.
"I couldn't do it without Tamaki-kun's help," Taking the drink with a nod of gratitude, Miki sipped it lightly. "Teamwork is what helped us win." She said proudly.
A small thud came from Mori who had dropped the drink Haruhi offered him. Miki was about to ask him about the drink when she noticed his gaze was fixated on something. She quickly followed it, hearing a loud rumble. She gasped, seeing a large wave crash down onto little Honey, sending his pink bunny float flying into the air. The water began to speed up at the rough current began crashing onto the edge of the pool.
"Honey-senpai!"
"Mitsukuni!
Miki panicked as her immediate reaction was to dive after the boy into the rushing water, but she felt a tight grasp on her wrist when she stepped forward. She turned around to see Kyoya staring at her with narrowed eyes. "You are unable to swim, you jumping in will only cause more trouble." He said harshly.
"B-But, Honey-senpai is..." She shook free of his grip and stammered with furrowed brows, unable to argue back. Then, she heard another small thud, seeing Mori had fallen over a banana peel as well.
"No need to worry!" Raising a finger in the air, Tamaki declared in a commanding voice. "Guys, we are going after Honey-senpai! And this pool is the shortest way!"
"Charge!" The hosts ran in that direction, Tamaki leading the pack followed by Haruhi and Mori, then finally the twins and Miki.
"Ah, that way is..." Kyoya spoke up.
"WAHHHH! THERE ARE ALLIGATORS SWIMMING THERE!" The hosts yelled racing back to where they started.
"Wow! Those are alligators? It's my first time seeing one!" Miki's eyes twinkled as the twins dragged her back by the arm, basically pulling her like a kite in the sky.
"Miki-senpai! It's not the time to be admiring those things! They can shred you to pieces!" Haruhi shouted.
"Alright, so that pool's out. Let's try this route!" Tamaki tried to point in another direction only to find more alligators. No matter in what direction they looked, there were at least three alligators with wide mouths and sharp teeth waiting. And everywhere they ran, Miki came close to getting her arm bitten off, out of her sheer desire to pet the terrifying creatures.
"Why are there alligators here?" Haruhi panted, looking utterly exhausted. "And could you stop trying to pet the alligators, Miki-senpai!?"
"Why? They look so cute." Crounching from a safe distance away from the creatures Miki asked, her face indicated that she was dead serious.
"Those pools are the tropical animal area," Kyoya explained, writing in his notebook as if nothing that just happened was a safety hazard. "I guess it is dangerous to let the alligators run loose. Although, it's the current pool switch location that's the problem here. I'll have to speak to the designers." He shut his notebook with an unbalanced smile.
"FOR WHAT?!" The hosts yelled all expect for Miki, who was staring excitedly at the alligators.
A bit later after they managed to get out of the alligator zone in one piece, the hosts gathered around a map of the garden.
"This is the Tropical Aqua Garden's area map. This is our present location," Kyoya informed, pointing at the map with his pen. "To get to this point, where I predict Honey-senpai got carried away to, we will need to go through the jungle area in the southern block. That's a range of about 800 meters."
"There seems to be a lot of indeterminate areas in this jungle along our way," Haruhi raised an eyebrow at Kyoya.
"Those are zones that are still under development." He explained.
"There could be things in there more dangerous..." Kaoru shivered as he stared at Hikaru.
"... Than alligators." Hikaru finished.
"Alright, this is a survival mission!" Tamaki nodded with fists in his hands, "We have to safely penetrate this jungle area, and rescue Honey-senpai!" He declared seriously.
***
It didn't take long before the hosts were traversing through the unknown jungle. Tamaki was marching forward with a darkened expression while the rest just looked unamused. Miki, on the other hand, was glancing around, hopping from place to place like a little bunny.
"This has all but become a real jungle in here..." Tamaki's eyebrow twitched, looking hyper-aware of his surroundings.
"I've been hearing lots of strange animal calls," Haruhi glanced up at the birds spreading their wings above.
"Those animal sounds..." Hikaru began.
"...Can't be the real things, right?" Kaoru finished.
"I'm not too sure. In all of the work we do, we tend to be authenticity-oriented," Kyoya shrugged.
"You mean to say," The glimmer in Miki's eyes widened as she spun around in circles with her arms out. "All of these animals are the real deals?" She asked with an innocent chuckle.
"I guess you could say that." Kyoya pushed up his glasses.
The group stopped in their tracks once they heard the sound of someone falling. Glancing behind, they realized of all the people; it was Mori who has slipped, evident by the banana peel on his face.
Hikaru leaned in to mutter. "Mori-senpai..."
"...is acting about as clumsy as you, sir." Kaoru finished.
"What?!" Tamaki snapped.
"Mori-senpai, are you alright?" Chuckling lightly, Miki lifted the peel off of his face. "Where do all of these banana peels keep coming from anyways?" She wondered, thinking back to the one Tamaki tripped on earlier.
"I'm fine," Mori responded, his face still as blank as ever.
Suddenly, Miki noticed the area around them had gotten darker. "Whoops," She heard Kyoya say as he checked his watch. "It must be squall time."
Running to get cover, the host club sat under a cabana, watching the rain fall around them like they were in a real tropical jungle. Miki sat next to Haruhi, legs kicking and absently humming when she heard the girl speak, her eyes fixed on Mori who stared out into the rain.
"Mori-senpai is awfully close to Honey-senpai, isn't he? Are they childhood friends, or something?"
"Those two...are cousins." The twins glanced over at the tall third-year.
"Huh? They are relatives?" Miki tilted her head.
"The Morinozukas have been serving the Haninozuka family for generations," Kyoya glancing down at her from a standing position.
Haruhi hummed, tapping her chin thoughtfully.
"Though two generations ago, they became relatives by marriage, and the families' master-servant relationship has long since faded away," Hikaru explained.
Nodding, Kaoru added on. "Even so, Mori-senpai has always accompanied Honey-senpai.
"It must get his blood going," Tamaki theorized, "The blood of the vassals of yore, which flows through Mori-senpai."
"What a great story, I'm touched!" The twins cried dramatically into handkerchiefs.
"Mori-senpai," Tapping the tall man on the shoulder with a playful grin, Miki smiled at him. "Cheer up! Honey-senpai will definitely be fine." She encouraged, pumping her fists together in a 'cheer up' motion. But then as she opened her eyes she spotted a few birds walking in the rain. "Woah! Look, I've never seen those bird before!" Leaping over the edge of the hut, she ran towards it.
"Miki, it's raining." Mori reached out hesitantly as if to stop her.
"It doesn't really matter, does it?" Spinning on her heel, Miki gestured her swimsuit. "There is a reason I'm wearing this." She giggled.
Mori paused for a moment before nodded with a faint smile. "Thanks."
Miki gave him a warm beam before crouching down near the colourful birds she found huddled under one of the palm trees. Gently, she began stroking their shivering heads as if to provide comfort to them. This continued for a while as Tamaki and the twins argued int he hut, Kyoya stayed on the phone while Haruhi and Mori talked.
Soon, the rain stopped and the birds slowly waddled out of their hiding spot. Miki made way for them, watching as they spread their wings open and flew up into the skin. Then, in the blueness of the artificial sky, she spotted something she never thought she would be able to see, at least not this up close.
Seven colours were beaming in the sky, sparkling as if raindrops were resting on them. Miki held her breath as her eyes widened at the gorgeous sight.
"Is that... A rainbow?" She gasped under her breath, her legs unconsciously moving forward. She could faintly hear the voices of Haruhi and Mori nearby, but the only thing reflected in her hazel eyes was that brilliant rainbow in the sky.
They say that at the end of the rainbow, true happiness resides.
She stepped into the jungle.
I was never allowed to chase after... to go see things for myself...
Her feet moved on their own accord.
But for now at least... I am free...
She could barely hear the sound of the crunching leaves and tree roots beneath her feet.
And for once... I can go see...
Before she realized, she had broken into a run.
What's at the end of my rainbow?
Meanwhile, Kyoya had finally gotten off the phone and he turned to the remaining three in the little hut. "My family's private police force is going to send in a search team," He said, "They're better equipped to find him than we are. Let's go back to the gate and wait..." He paused realizing how many people are missing. "Hey, where are Mori-senpai, Miki and Haruhi?"
"Huh?"
The end of the rainbow was getting closer and closer. Soon, Miki would be just within reach. Her eyes brightened as the trees faded away from her vision and heard a set of footsteps. Peeking her head out of the bushes, she found...
"Honey-senpai?" Eyes widening, Miki called out to her friend who was glancing around cluelessly. His big beady eyes widened at the sight of her as he leapt into Miki's arms.
"Miki-chan!" He sang with a fit of giggles, nuzzling his cheek onto Miki's. "I finally found you!"
"We have all been looking for you!" Furrowing her brows with a wry smile, Miki hugged him back gently. "Where did you go?"
"I reached the end of the current pool, so I decided to come and look for you guys." Darting his head around, Honey then asked. "Hey, Miki-chan, where is everyone else?" His voice a little quizzical.
Miki flinched at his question, as she realized.
She had no idea where she was.
Honey walked forth with a little bounce in his beat as he hummed to the rhythm. "I can't believe you got lost too Miki-chan," He chuckled. "How did you find me then?"
"Ah, it was on total accident." Tilting her head and laughing uneasily, Miki scratched the back of her head.
"Say, Honey-senpai." Wanting to change the topic, Miki called out, earning a hum and a curious look from the lolita. "What did you mean when you said you were glad I'm Tamaki-kun's half-sister?" She asked.
"Ahh, it's because," Honey giggled as he thought back to earlier that morning when Tamaki told the club about Miki's true relation to him. "Tama-chan looked so excited when he was talking about you!" He chirped. "He was smiling so much; it looked like his mouth was about to fall off!"
Miki's eyes widened as she heard Honey say that. She glanced down to look at him, seeing him in his usual cheerful demeanour.
"Tama-chan had to go through a lot of things when he moved over to Japan," Looking up, Honey's voice was thoughtful, and his observations were strangely wise for someone his size. "So I think he's super excited to have another family member." With that, he turned to Miki with a bright smile. "Take care of him, okay?"
Miki closed her eyes as she remembered how Tamaki burst into her room with excitement the night before. How he'd try to get her involved with conversations at dinner, how he helped her with unpacking and settling into her room after Yuzuru had left, how he checked with the chefs if they could make a Spanish style breakfast one morning just for her, how he enthusiastically woke her up in the morning way earlier than when they needed to, just so he could check if she was really there. She nodded wordlessly, feeling her nose turn sore.
Suddenly, Honey's head popped up and turned towards one side of the jungle. He stopped in his tracks, staring for an excessively long time.
Miki followed his gaze, trying to figure out just what was he staring at. "Is something wrong Honey-senpai?" She cocked her head to the side quizzically, rubbing her nose to push back the tears that welled in her eyes.
Without an explanation, Honey climbed onto a tree with lightning speed seemingly glancing over an area.
"Honey-senpai?"
"Miki-chan, come up here." He gestured for her to move over. So reluctantly, Miki began to climb the large tree, being careful to avoid the tree barks. Once she poked her head over the branch Honey was standing on, Honey pointed over into a clearing. "Over there!" He cried.
Pulling herself up, Miki crouched down. In the middle of a clearing in the wilderness, she could see Mori holding Haruhi in one arm while being surrounded by what seemed like soldiers pointing guns at them who didn't fit into the luscious jungle.
"What? We have to go help them!" Miki panicked about to climb down when she found Honey fidgetting with a few things on the tree they stood on. "What are yo-" Before she could finish her question, a vine was thrust into her hands as Honey leaned back on one of his own.
"Ready Miki-chan?" He asked in an all too lively voice. "We are going swing in like superheroes, picking on my friends is a no-no after all!" He twinkled.
Ordinary people would at the very least, raise an eyebrow or two at the idea of swinging into a fight with armed men on a vine like this. They would panic and asking Honey 'Are you crazy?' or 'I'm scared it's going to break!'.
But this was Miki.
Wrapping her fingers firmly around the vine, she nodded with an adventurous grin plastered on her face. "Of course!" She announced.
Honey went first, pushing off on the branch he swung in. Before Miki could jump off though, she caught a quick glimpse of the sky above. Beyond the luscious green leaves, she could faintly see the seven colours again. Another rainbow in the sky. And this one, it extended from where she found Honey, to that small clearing. The corner of Miki's lips curled as she jumped forth.
"Takeshi, Haru-chan, Move!" Honey warned before yelling a Tarzan like call. Miki following not far behind, in a fit of giggles and laughter on her how exciting swinging on a vine was.
Honey kicked one of the soldiers in the face, knocking him out and landing perfectly.
Miki definitely couldn't do that.
But thankfully, just when it looked like she was going to swing out of bounds, Mori acted quickly. He set Haruhi down and caught Miki over his shoulder, allowing her to let go of the vine and still be safe.
"Woah, hehe!" Miki gasped from the aftershock of suddenly being grabbed. "Thank you Mori-senpai." She greeted him, still trying to calm down from her giggles.
"That was reckless." He stated with a blank face, putting her down next to Haruhi who was in utter shock. Curious to why she had such an expression, Miki turned around, only to find that all the men have been beaten and knocked out with Honey standing in the middle with a small pout. She blinked a few times, her brain trying to process and piece together what has happened.
"Don't be reckless," He shook his finger disapprovingly. "Picking on my friends is a no-no."
"Haruhi! Miki!" Behind them, Tamaki called out as he approached them on a light jog. "Are you both alright?"
"Ah! Tama-chan!" Honey bounced.
"Huh...?" Hikaru leaned forward.
"Honey-senpai?" Kaoru following.
"Haruhi! Miki!" Tamaki lunged forward wrapping both girls in a big hug. "I was so worried."
"I'm alright, Tamaki-kun." Gently slipping out of his grip, Miki laughed uneasily as she tried to turn back to assess the situation.
Before she could see the scene before her again, a slightly agitated Kyoya appeared in front of her. A dark aura emitted off him, one, as usual, Miki could not sense what's so ever. "Where did you go?" He demanded to know as the rest of the club went on to tell Haruhi about Honey's family history as a dojo.
"I saw a beautiful rainbow, so I decided to follow it to the end." She stated with a deadpan expression as if she had done nothing wrong. This only aggravated Kyoya even further.
Hands twitching as he crossed his arms before his chest, Kyoya grumbled. "Didn't I tell you to be careful and not wander off too far?" He asked with a very fake smile, his enraged atmosphere sending a slight shiver down everyone else's spine.
Miki avoided his gaze. "Did you? I guess it just slipped my mind." She lied.
"Oh? Then would you like to tell me why you decided to chase this rainbow you saw?" Kyoya pursed with a low tone.
"The Rainbow's Blessing," Miki stated with an innocent smile.
"The Rainbow's Blessing?" Kyoya raised an eyebrow, the anger in him slightly calmer once he saw that bright expression of hers.
Miki nodded. "It's a story that my personal butler, Arden used to tell me." She explained, looking up at the sky. "If a rainbow appears, and a person is daring and adventurous enough to search for the end. True happiness will be waiting for you at the end." Retelling the legend, Miki gazed back at him with a nostalgic face.
"Kyoya-kun, are you angry?" Seeing Kyoya give her a weird look, Miki asked bluntly with a blank stare.
Eyebrows twitching at her strange yet direct question, Kyoya shook his head. His brows knitted as he observed her. "That myth," He stated. "It's false."
"It's not!" Leaning forward, Miki argued with a slight pout. "I think any story can come true if you just believe in it!"
Kyoya sighed, knowing that he was never going to win against this thick-skulled naive girl. "Very well then," He fixed his glasses. His voice was still irritated, but there were hints of amusement dancing across his brownish-green eyes. "What sort of 'happiness' did you find at that end of this rainbow?" He glanced down at her, a slight smirk forming on his lips.
Miki averted her eyes, and instead observed the rest of the hosts. The twins were turning and about to leave, Tamaki fawning over Haruhi, Honey climbing onto Mori's shoulders right where he belonged. And finally, Kyoya was grilling her over getting lost. She chuckled slightly.
"Kyoya, Miki, are you coming?" Tamaki shouted, waving his hand for the two to catch up.
"Coming!" Miki called back, sending a mischievous wink in Kyoya's direction, watching as his expression turned confused and annoyed once more.
"That will be my secret, for now." She giggled.