Chapter 26 | Kaoru's surprise~

~Third Person POV~

The sun beat down harshly on the Host Club.

While Honey, Mori, and Kyoya were swimming, the rest of them were standing around after Hikaru had shook up a bottle of soda and got it on Arabella.

Hikaru nudged Kaoru and looked at Arabella's appearance.

"You should probably get cleaned up." Kaoru suggested to Arabella.

"You're probably right..." Arabella agreed.

"I can help, if you want; I can get some towels and try to clean it off." Kaoru said.

Hikaru leaned over towards Tamaki. "Ya' hear that, boss? Kaoru wants to help Arabella dry off. Don't you get what that means? It means someone's hands are going to be all over Arabella. I mean, he is practically going to be running his hands all over Arabella's body if you think about it..." he whispered.

Tamaki turned pale.

Then, in the blink of an eye, he immediately snatched Kaoru by the shoulder. "You shady twin! How DARE YOU try and MOLEST my little girl?! I have had it with you!!! You shall be punished!!!" Tamaki hissed before he practically dragged Kaoru around the corner until he reached the county club's locker rooms.

Then, he yanked opened one of the locker rooms' doors, approached the group of lockers, and opened one.

"You're going to stay in here to compose yourself until our day here is over! Maybe then you'll somewhat have control over your disgusting urges...!" Tamaki demanded before he shoved Kaoru in the locker and closed it. Then he grabbed a broom leaning against the wall and stuck it through the locker's opening. "There! That should keep you locked in good and tight! Now, I'll see you in a few hours."

Kaoru pounded on the locker door. "Tono! You're taking this was too seriously...! Let me out!!! I have NO urges of any kind...! Hey, did you hear me?! LET ME OUT!"

Tamaki ignored Kaoru, strutted out of the locker room, and rejoined Arabella, Haruhi, and Hikaru.

"Sorry about that, I just had to take care of something," Tamaki said when he got back. He looked around. "Where's Haruhi and Arabella?"

"Haruhi took Arabella to go get cleaned up." Hikaru explained.

"Hey, guys!"

Hikaru and Tamaki turned to see Kyoya, Honey, and Mori approaching them, apparently done swimming.

Honey was the one who spoke. "Where's Ara-chan, Haru-chan, and Kao-chan?"

"Haruhi went with Arabella to get her cleaned up." Hikaru said.

"And I took care of Kaoru," Tamaki smiled proudly. "He won't be going anywhere near Arabella for the rest of the time we're here!"

Kyoya sighed. "How exactly did you 'take care' of Kaoru?" he asked.

"Simple! I dragged that pervert into one of the locker rooms and locked him inside one of the lockers! How genius of me, of course!" Tamaki said.

"Which locker room did you contain him in?"

Tamaki frowned. "I don't know... I didn't see which one. I just went into the one on the right."

Kyoya sighed again, this time rubbing his temples with his fingers. "Tamaki?"

"Yes, Kyoya?"

"You are aware that the locker room on the right is the girl's locker room, correct?"

Everyone's eyes widened. Hikaru began snickering and giggling quietly under his breath.

Tamaki just stood there before he broke into a smile. "What's the problem with that? I'm positive no one saw us! Plus, this might actually work out in my favor; when the girls in the locker room see Kaoru in there, he'll be pronounced a peeping Tom and be completely ridiculed by every girl in the room! That'll teach him to mess with one of my little girls!" he said proudly.

Kyoya gave a sideways glance at Hikaru. "Tell me, did you happen to notice where Haruhi and Arabella went to clean Arabella up?"

Hikaru forced down a laugh. "The girls locker room, of course." he said, keeping his voice as even as he could.

Kyoya nodded. "Yes. And did you happen to hear what Arabella would be doing exactly?"

The laughs were getting harder to swallow. "Y-Yes." Hikaru said.

"And what, pray tell, was that?" Kyoya asked.

Hikaru let out a small snicker. "Arabella said she was going to change into her clothes she brought..."

Everyone was silent. Mainly because everyone knew what that meant.

After several seconds of silence, it was Honey who spoke up. "Hey, doesn't that mean that the same locker room Tama-chan locked Kao-chan in is the same locker room Ara-chan is changing in?" he asked.

No one moved or made a sound for about two seconds.

This time, it was Tamaki who ended the silence. "WHAT?! NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!! MY LITTLE GIRL'S INNOCENCE MUST BE PRESERVED!!!" he shouted, scrambling to run off to the girl's locker room. "DON'T WORRY, ARABELLA! DADDY'S COMING!!!"

~Kaoru's POV~

It had been several minutes since Tono the idiot locked me in the dumb locker.

Look, I'm not claustrophobic or anything, but I'm getting a bit cramped in this tight space and I really want to get out...

Suddenly, I heard the locker room door open and two people coming in.

Unfortunately, I immediately recognized the voices...

"Finally here. Jeez, why do they put the locker rooms so far from the main area?"

"I don't know. At least we're here, though; I can finally change out of this sticky swim top and into my clothes."

My eyes widened.

Why are Haruhi and Arabella in the boy's locker room???

"Uck... the floor in here is so dirty... You'd think with this being a fancy country club they'd keep the floors cleaner..."

"I actually got a small peek into the boy's locker room, and their floors looked cleaner."

My eyes widened again.

Wait.

Did Arabella just say the boy's locker room's floors looked cleaner...?

But, that makes no sense since we're in the boy's locker room right now--

Unless...

I gulped.

Unless we're NOT in the boy's locker room.

But that would mean...

My eyes widened even wider as I realized what that meant.

I'm in the girl's locker room.

I mentally cursed and banged my head against the locker. Damn it, Tono! You idiot! He locked me in the girl's locker room!

"Really? Weird." I heard Haruhi say.

"I know," Arabella said. I saw her walk in front of the locker I was in. "I'm gonna change now. You can wait for me outside."

I squinted at Haruhi through the locker's slots. "Sure. I'll be waiting." she said as she exited the locker room.

I watched Arabella as she took her beach bag and lifted out her outfit of clothes she was to change into.

Then, she set them on the counter.

I knew exactly what was coming.

I probably turned blood-red as I watched Arabella start to remove her bikini top.

I tried to tear my eyes away from her, but I found I couldn't. My eyes were glued to what was happening in front of me.

"Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God..." I freaked out quietly to myself.

Luckily, Arabella didn't hear me.

Arabella removed her bikini top completely.

I probably turned redder than I've ever turned before.

I'm LOOKING AT Arabella's--

Arabella removed her bikini bottom.

However, the locker slots only allowed me to see Arabella's top half.

Eventually, she finished changing into her clothes and put her bikini into her beach bag.

I could finally breathe.

Suddenly, someone came barreling into the locker room like a tornado.

It was Tono.

"T-Tamaki! Knock next time, would you? I could've been in the process of changing...," Arabella hissed. "And, why are you even IN the girl's locker room???"

Tono didn't answer Arabella's question. "So sorry, my little girl! Daddy's just got to take care of something!" he shouted instead.

"Haruhi! I thought I told you to watch the door!" Arabella called.

Haruhi stuck her head inside the locker room. "No, you didn't." she said.

Arabella frowned. "Really?"

"Yes, really."

Arabella sighed. "My mistake."

Tono suddenly removed the broom that was keeping the locker closed and yanked open the locker door.

Revealing me inside to practically everyone in the locker room (which was only Tono, Haruhi, and Arabella, but that's honestly embarrassing enough).

Arabella's eyes probably widened the widest. "K-Kaoru??? What the hell are you doing in the girl's locker room inside a locker?!" she asked, obviously weirded out.

Just great...

Before I even got to answer, Arabella's eyes widened even wider. "Wait, how long have you been IN HERE???" she asked.

I gulped. "Not long, I promise! I swear, I was in here against my will! It was To--"

"What did you SEE???" Arabella gulped.

I felt my cheeks heat up. "N-Nothing! I mean, it's not like you have nothing to offer, because you have more than enough! I-I mean, I'm NOT saying you're too big either!!! You're definitely NOT! But, you're definitely not too small! You're--! They're--! It's all perfect! Perfect! GAH! B-But I'm NOT saying that to be a pervert, I swear!!!" I blabbed all at once.

And I feel my dignity going... going... gone.

Everyone was silent as they all just stared at me.

Arabella turned bright, bright red before she just ran out of the locker room, Haruhi following her.

I was left with Tono, who was practically fuming at me, looking at me as if I had made Arabella strip in front of me.

I just chuckled nervously. "Well, you can't really blame anyone but yourself... You were the one who locked me in here...!" I said.

Tono yanked me out of the locker without another word.

Soon, we ended back up where we started--with the entire Host Club.

Tono was giving me "I'm going to kill you in your sleep!" looks, Arabella was still red in the face, Haruhi was looking at me with disapproval, while Hikaru was snickering like a little schoolgirl.

What the hell is so funny about all this?!

My eyes widened.

Suddenly, it all made sense to me.

I gave Hikaru a hostile glare.

He simply returned it with a wink.

My jaw dropped.

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Soon, we all headed home.

Arabella and Haruhi decided to call Arabella's mom to pick them up.

For this, I was relieved; I wouldn't have to endure a painfully awkward limo ride with Arabella.

Hikaru and I said our goodbyes to everyone before we got in our limo and drove off.

"You planned all that, didn't you?" I suddenly said.

Hikaru turned his head and smirked at me. "What? The soda accident? Me telling the boss that you helping Arabella would certainly end up with something definitely not appropriate, practically forcing Tono to lock you in the locker room? You seeing Arabella's, ahem, you-know-whats? Oh yeah, I planned all that." he said.

"WHAT. THE. HELL. Hikaru! I can't believe you!!! Why would you do that?! Thanks to you, Arabella probably thinks I'm some sort of freaky pervert!!!" I shouted.

Hikaru just shrugged. "Hey, blame it all on Tono, that's what I did. I mean, he was the one to lock you in the locker. Right?" he said casually.

I glared at him. I was absolutely fuming with Hikaru right now. "I'm not talking to you for the rest of my life." I huffed.

Hikaru groaned. "Come on, Kaoru! Tell me you didn't enjoy it! I dare you, TELL ME." he said.

I opened my mouth to say something, but no sound came out.

Hikaru's eyes widened before he laughed out loud. "Ha! I knew it! You totally LOVED it!!! I knew you'd just love your surprise, Kaoru~!"

I blushed, turned away from a laughing Hikaru, and looked out one of the the limo's windows at all the passing buildings and trees.

I am never gonna live this down.