hikaruorkaoru | Fourth Pattern ; voice, drawing

Fourth Pattern ; voice, drawing

This place is so stupid.

[As he talks to the journal, he's sketching.

This place is great for his creativity, he's realized... but that's because there's nothing else to do. He hasn't left his apartment in a few days except to steal food from the communal kitchen.

Being forcably dragged back into the mindset of having Kaoru and only Kaoru to rely on... didn't go away easily. He'd missed his brother before, but it's only gotten worse since then.]

The people in charge are idiots. Why would you only kidnap one? It still doesn't make any sense.

[He might not realize that he can be heard right now. He hasn't been exactly careful about where his hand's brushed in the journal.]

We're not supposed to be apart.

(Original picture for the dress designs found here.)

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A friend of yours? [Someone more sensible, perhaps?]

He's... yeah. He's a friend.

And yet you hesitate. Is he not a close one then?

We're... [It's hard to explain how the host club works. He's realising that. What they actually are.] We're all friends in the club. Because we don't have any other friends.

It was... Before the club, it was me and Kaoru. Now it's... the club. We're friends. Just... it's not like it's anything special.

[She listens to him, watching him closely. He misses them and puts up the front that he doesn't. It must be driving him insane to be alone.]

It sounds rather special - having a club of friends when before you had none. I almost envy you, having such a thing.

I guess the boss chose really well when he picked us.

[He and Kaoru had accused Tamaki of wanting to pull them into the club because he didn't have any friends and didn't want to be alone.

But they'd joined because they didn't have any friends and were finally ready to work on letting someone else in.]

The club's really stupid sometimes [and yet he had gone to great lengths to protect it] but it's something to do.

Sometimes it's the stupider things that are most important and you fight the hardest for.

[She smiled faintly, looking down at her plate as she ate. She still remembers Steve's team with fondness. A few of them are still even around in her time, some of them, at least. Most survived the war, but few stayed once Captain America was gone. With their leader missing in action, the Commandos just weren't the same.

But she still remembers how hard they fought, how stupid everyone said they were being for choosing such a ragtag team. It was perfect.]

What do you do in your club?

[A reckless carriage ride, a hard fall, and still trying to get up because he couldn't let their one happiness fall apart. Because he couldn't let it just end like that, just crumble.

The club was totally dumb. The members were friends because they didn't have anyone else.

But it was their club, and they were friends.]

We're a host club at Ouran High School.

A host club? I'm afraid I'm unfamiliar with the terminology. What exactly do they do?

We keep people who come to see us company. Usually girls who don't have anything better to do. They sit, chat with us, have some tea and snacks. That kind of thing.

[...Sounds like a watered down version of a regular club she's used to, only in reverse. Well, it's a way to spend the afternoon and it sounds innocent enough.]

Perhaps you could start up something like that here. People are always complaining about how bored they are.

...I wouldn't be very good at it alone.

[Hikaru frowns a bit.]

Our club president... The way he set everything up? We're all archetypes. Appeal to the broadest range of girls that way.

So... just one of us on our own? Doesn't really work, y'know?

You could always try recruiting yourself.

[Peggy picked up her fork, noting the way the light hit the individual tines.]

Until your friends arrive, that is. An interim club, something to do if nothing else.

I'm no good at it alone. Maybe when Kaoru comes, we might do it. It could pass the time, at least.

And passing time is really all we have here to do.

Have you been meeting with the other young people your age?

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