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[hiddenunderstander]

Platina turned, staring at the other, trying to mask her look of complete shock. "Erm, hello there. I was just wondering where could i find a particular reference book." She smiled sweetly, trying to hide the fact that the girl looked a "little" creepy in front of her.

Clutching the books she was holding tighter to her chest, she tried to give a small smile to the other. "If possible, do you think you could help me? Please?"

haunting the library || [open]

The library was a nice place to relax, in all honesty. She could even do some studying while it wasn’t busy—though she didn’t stay behind the counter. It had already been determined that she might scare people off. But perhaps it was even spookier to catch glimpses of the dark haired girl, weaving between the shelves as she put books away and straightened up the library after people had left their areas.

She was very diligent when it came to cleaning. She always picked up trash and made sure to recycle everything she could. Sawako was a hard-working girl, certianly, but there had certainly been countless times where she had scared a patron by apparently appearing out of nowhere. She hadn’t meant to, of course…but that’s just how it was. 

She clutched the stack of books close and easily made her way to each shelf, placing them back in their proper place so someone else could easily find them if they wanted to read it next. She slid the last book into place and brushed the dust off of her shirt. That was that then. There was probably more to be done though.

Sawako stepped around the corner, pausing when she noticed someone who looked…well, a bit lost. “U-um..” She began, nervously peering around the shelf, oblivious to how she probably appeared to the unsuspecting patron. “C-Can I..h-help you with anything..?”

[hiddenunderstander]

"I, well thank you. I am honestly not sure to be honest. If it is not much of a trouble, could you please tell me about this place?" She asked, feeling a little curious. Sure her friends have told her about this place, but she decided to stop paying complete attention to them due to the test she was having in an hours time and her determination to get perfect marks on it, only catching the words "Host club", "Guys" and "Cute", before she turned most of her attention to her textbook, replying only with "That sounds lovely, but I really should focus on revising. Would you like to help me, please?"

"Well, if I may ask, what exactly is the Host Club?"

Open Starter

"My name is Jinguji Ren, and it’s a pleasure to serve you. If you don’t need a drink, it’s alright. How about a short chat? We hosts are hear to entertain ladies and listen to whatever they have to say."

He said his usual lines whenever he was conversing with all the customers. They were older than this girl though. Platina had a different feel to him. Maybe she was just innocent? This could be different from what he did usually, as he was quite sick of those types.

"You look wonderful today, little lamb. How I may be of service to you today?"

[hiddenunderstander]

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[hiddenunderstander]

She sighed and looked down. However, once she was determined to accomplish something, she would not stop until its fulfilled. Immediately a trick that was taught to her by a particular female crossed her mind. “I-I just thought t-that…” She mumbled, trying to sound as upset as she could. She felt so childish, but this was one of the last options she got. Rubbing her eyes as though she was crying, she kept her head down and tried to make her voice crack. “M-Maybe… you could just… show m-me…” ‘This is just absolutely ridiculous, why are you doing this? Think of what father would say!’ she grumbled to herself, but it may be worth a shot.

“Haha, aren’t I?” Sweet, amazing. There should only be so many things the little miss could tell him in a single day right!!? —Now he was seriously determined to wave off this little idea of hers of wanting to witness what he’d exaggerated as a tongue twister that was ‘nothing’. He needed to savor the moment not have it shot down thank you very much. “You know I’d do anything for you little miss, but there isn’t a trace of a spoiler kind of guy in me so even you will have to wait.”

[hiddenunderstander]

"That is so sweet of you! However, being the amazing person you are, could you please just let me hear it? A portion of it would also be fine! I would just like a quick preview before you decide to demonstrate your unknown talent in front of everyone else!" She 'begged', holding back what felt like a month of laughter. She didn't want to discourage him. Maybe he actually did have a secret talent that he would like to share.

Another nervous laugh. That’s it. She was probably on to him, or was going to be sooner or later. “Ahaha, well you see little miss…—” He needs to think of something good. What’s a good way to avoid  this? There’s no way he’s gonna mess up badly in front of Platina after she’d already called him cool and basically fed his ego. “Uhhh, because" Let’s hope this one works. "I was planning on showing it to everyone else. Yeah. You know, so you could all hear it.” Somebody please shoot him now.

[hiddenunderstander]

"And why isn’t this an appropriate time, Gold?" Trying to sound as innocent as she possibly could. "I deeply apologize for looking down on your abilities and making quick assumptions that you were just exaggerating on your skills. Why not demonstrate to me and prove me wrong? And elaborate on why this isn’t an appropriate time or place, please."

Oh how spot on she was…— “Unlikely? Little miss, me and failure don’t really dance together much you know. So the chances of me failing?” He paused shortly, chuckling nervously. “And well, I could let you hear it, but you know what that one professor at school says— ‘there’s a time and place for everything, but not now’!” Definitely making up excuses right now.

[hiddenunderstander]

"I, well, I just left school and I was just walking around. I presume the wind just  brought me here, or specifically the music brought me here." She smiled as she walked to where he pointed.

So this is the host club her friends spoke of. They were not exaggerating when they mentioned that there were guys with a lot of charm in there. Polite too.

"A drink is not required, though thank you for the thought. My name is Platina, and may I know how to address you?"

Open Starter

"Ah, my apologies. I didn’t mean to turn so suddenly like that. And thank you for the compliment."

Ren smiled, and proceeded to keep his saxophone. Looks like he might have a guest to entertain this evening. He got closer to the girl, and spoke.

"What’s a girl like you doing here at the host club? I don’t think a girl like you should be here at this hour."

Smiling, he pointed to one of the tables in the host club, and asked,

"Would you like to sit down and have a drink? I would love to know mor about you. What’s you name?"

[hiddenunderstander]

She can’t help but smile wider when he addressed her ‘informally’. Her father- Platinum’s father would definitely not approve of others addressing her this way, but honestly, she, or specifically speaking, Platina didn’t care. Honestly, it made her even happier. She quickly straightened her face afterwards, trying to make it sound like she was used to it, but honestly, she wasn’t, if it wasn’t clear enough to others already.

As she listened, she brought a hand to her mouth. He did look quite cute trying to look as though he paid attention during lessons. Who knows, maybe he did. He just didn’t seem like someone who is well, very responsible for his learning. “Okay ‘Gentleman Gold’. Sorry for ever doubting you and assuming you would ever do something as ridiculous and immature such as purposely spilling a beverage like orange juice on Blue’s bag.” She did her best to keep a straight face, however it was really funny imagining Gold not doing anything funny or childish. Not that she ever wanted to picture him as someone who is prim and proper. “A positive shrine? Thinking of bad things? Gold, last I checked you are at the park during curriculum hours! Though, honestly speaking, you do look rather intelligent, and I guess, cool, using vocabulary like that, or sound rather intelligent.” She stated, and she could not believe what she was willingly admitting. Cool? Sure she thought Gold was cool but, well, Platinum could get into so much trouble if she was heard describing what her father would potentially call a ‘rebellion’ or ‘hooligan’ as someone that actually makes her… interested? Well this was unique, she could not think of anything to describe how she was currently feeling. Happy… exited… those terms are just not enough to describe the joy she felt.

Not very willing to let go of his hand, She tried to ‘assist’ him in pulling him up. “Well, Gold the gentleman, would you then care to demonstrate how you would treat a lady?” She felt rather exited, giggling and doing her best to try to control herself. “Where would you take a lady to?”

Skipping For A Good Reason

        Think about the potential homework. He snorted. Yeah okay because there couldn’t possibly be any student in the world who detested all the piling schoolwork they were required to do at home. Yeah, no. Doesn’t work like that. Those reasons of her that she so enthusiastically had started were short lived; looks like she was understanding what he was getting at. ‘Atta girl, he didn’t need a second Kris in his life.

Oh. Oh— Oh!! He got her to laugh!! Though it was out of his own ridiculous actions it was a success in his mental checklist. After all, getting a girl to laugh is one of a guy’s good deed for the day…  Or well for him. “Tripped, ‘n slipped,” Haha he rhymed. Call him a poet already; just look at him now, oh English Class… “Platina. Why on Earth would a gentleman like me ever possibly spill juice on a lady’s bag on purpose?” A rhetorical question, some words coming off strongly emphasized. He’d not meant to come out as sarcastic, though it might have sounded as so accidentally. After all, what he was saying was actually completely true. Absolutely lie-free. A self-proclaimed gentleman, the thought of actually spilling orange juice on Blue’s bag on purpose never once passed by his mind no matter how much he’d been goofing off. —Plus, school would never be the same once Blue black mailed him afterward (she’d probably be able to tell if he did spill the liquid contents on purpose after all). And oh the consequences she was telling him— “Little miss, of course I try to,” Keyword: try. “but the positive shine within me prevents me from thinking of bad things.” In other words, no he did not think of the consequences and even if he did, he’d still go with his own way. Be—sides Blue probably wasn’t even mad about the attempted kiss hence why he probably accepted the dare without missing a beat. She was only mad about the orange juice and uh, that was something he wasn’t expecting to happen so he couldn’t think of the consequences before his actions any ways.

"Suuure little miss” he’d commented on her own piece of logic.A grin on his face was still ever so present as in the end, she’d ended up agreeing to his request. Again, ‘atta girl. He chuckled quietly under his breathe as he’d watched the girl excitedly stand and then proceed to offer him a hand. “Of course it would, Platina ♪ I’ll take ya anywhere you want.” Gold hummed, gently taking the girl’s much smaller hand into his own.

[hiddenunderstander]

"Really? Well it is rather unlikely to imagine you learning a tongue twister without taking hours of failure. Could you let me hear it?" She smiled as sweetly as she could, while trying to hold back from laughing at his ‘exaggeration’.

"Tongue twisters? You know about them? That’s honestly quite unexpected -and cool- of you. Which are the ones you prefer?"

[hiddenunderstander]

"Tongue twisters? You know about them? That's honestly quite unexpected -and cool- of you. Which are the ones you prefer?"

“Tongue twisters are cooler than I thought.” Of all books to borrow from the library—

[hiddenunderstander]

Packing up her books, she walked out of the school compound, looking at her watch.

"I wonder what is everyone doing now..."

[hiddenunderstander]

"Lucky? You consider missing lessons lucky? Think about all the topics you would miss, think about all the potential homework, think about the… Okay I may have begun to understand your point of view…" she mumbled thoughtfully, starting to understand why people like him, or most people in general, found classes to be very ‘boring’.

Listening to his cause for the terrible outcome, she can’t help but release a small giggle. “Well, now Blue has the intention of killing you all because you wanted to kiss a pretty girl~ And ruining her hag after no wonder she would like to hunt you. Just tell me you didn’t spill the drink on purpose, and the kiss, well, pray that she has forgiven you. Honestly though have you ever thought of the consequences of that ridiculous action?” Though she felt very concerned, it took everything not to start laughing. However, that would be rather mean, something she did not intend of ever being, especially to her friends. She had to admit though, he did look rather, or extremely cute right now, especially after picturing him do the rather, horrendous choice of actions. He was really like one of those 'bad boys' Blue told her about and well, people like Gold are people she admire, those who dare to do something wrong on purpose. Back at home, even if it was an accident, she would get into serious trouble if a mistake would to occur like instead of 1.0 she typed 1. She never understood what was wrong with that, why would you want to add a decimal point when it was clearly an integer? However, as Platinum, she would still abide by the rules regardless. As Platina, she always wanted to conduct an act of defiance in any way, as long as she dared to do it once. People like Gold, well, they dare to do it as much as they want.

"I admire your logic, and would like to ask if you have ever heard of the statement ‘better late than never’? Though, I would have to admit that spending time outside school should be much more entertaining than in the classroom." Smiling widely, she stood up and extended her hand to him, wanting to ‘pull him up’. "Sure! Taking a walk would be quite nice, no?"

Skipping For A Good Reason

        ” ‘Course you don’t, not the lovely little miss”. He said in between sentences he’d been told. There was a hint of amusement in his tone and the small smile that crept onto his expression. ‘Unlike you, she said. I’m hurt.' It was an answer he'd some-what expected in the end though. Someone like Platina —a pretty and smart little miss, wouldn't skip without a reason just as proper as herself. Call it an insult to actually assume she was skipping due to similar reasons like his own —the little miss might even think of them to be”petty”. Still— Math cancelled and Chemistry ending early. “—Lu—cky”. A single word, emphasized, of his opinion on the situation she had indeed been luckily granted was made audible. He thanked both Dia and Pearl for their wonderful suggestion silently in his head when the girl accepted the seat.

He leaned back into the bench seat. He’d brought up Blue being out to get him and all, of course she’d want some sort of explanation. Ah— He must be imagining the amusement Platina held back! Heaving a fake exhausted sigh, he stretched his arms upwards. Now while he could have taken that chance to have one arm around her just for the humor to it, he held back from doing so and instead chose to give her a lopsided grin. “Thank you for thinking so highly of the things I can do,” He teased, his own amusement made easily exposed. “—But actually stealing from Blue and still sitting here right now takes a miracle.” She’d be out to get him regardless of class. It was like one of her unspoken rules to attempt to snab something from her bag without eventually getting black mailed or something. “I may or may have not attempted to kiss her on the cheek” It was a dare! Not his fault! Yes it was but he’s not responsible enough to take the blame for even accepting the dare in the first place. ”—and I may or may have not accidentally spilled my orange juice on her bag afterward” He added. Plus the number of times he’s messed with Silver, it was about time she went to claw at him.

“The answer has already been said~” He hummed in response. “I’m late aren’t I? I’m sure it’ll already have been too late if I go back now.” His bag was already with him too so it’s not like he’d left anything. “Let me keep you for a while. How about we take a walk around the city or something?”

[hiddenunderstander]

"Me? Skipping? Sadly, no. Unlike you, I can't bring myself to do something as such. Math was cancelled and Chemistry ended early, so I decided, or Dia and Pearl insisted, that I come here to the park to relax today. And I suppose that wouldn't hurt." She smiled and sat beside him.  On any other occasion, she would have started nagging at the older boy, pestering him to go back to school. However, with him mentioning Blue, she decided that maybe just this once she won't, seeing how if he went back there he may not get his head back. "If I may ask, why are you in trouble with Blue? Did something happen? Placed something into her bag? Took something from her? It amazes me how you have the courage to do things like that, so what is it currently?" She tried to contain a smirk as she asked as seriously as she could. She had to admit, he did look like one of those 'bad boys' Blue showed her in magazines, saying how their character appeals to so many girls. He actually did look very cool and, well, someone that looks like those people girls would fall for.

  "If I may ask, what do you intend to do now? Go back to school? There's only one lesson left I presume, and you may already be late for it."

Skipping For A Good Reason

        Alright, so he may have been expectant to having that one adult coming up to him, getting all into his business as to why he’s not in school, call him a delinquent and all that mumbo jumbo. —However this was not what he’d expected. Who would’ve thought! A student of all people questioning his absence from class! Oh there was so much irony in this, he couldn’t suppress a hum of amusement. Not to mention this wasn’t just any student. The chick who stuck around with those other two comedians, Dia and Pearl… Platina, huh? She wasn’t as much of a super serious gal like Kris, but she did give off this sort of elegance wherever she went. It was like she could have been born for royalty or something —Ha!

"—And curriculum hours it still is,” He’ll happily admit he found charm in Platina, a real beauty she was— Then again he never bothered to make much of a move on her. There was no doubt Dia and Pearl would have his head and use it for human stew or something if he even tried. “but Blue’s after me and I’d like to live a little longer.” He added, admitting a partial reasoning to why he was cutting class. Now that he thought about it, was everyone gonna end up trying to get at him some way or another—?

“What about yourself? There must be something wrong with the world today if you’re gonna come tell me that you’re skipping too.” A short pause and he looked up to grin at the younger. “Gonna keep me company for a good while?” And a pat there was on the available seat next to him on the bench.

[hiddenunderstander]

Rommates

Holding onto her luggage bag, she looked at the piece of paper before looking at the door. Biting her lip slightly, she brought her hand to the door, and withdrew it back yet again. All she was told about her roommate to-be was that her name was. Lucy Heartfilia. And for the past couple of minutes, she has been standing outside the door, nervous about entering. “I wonder what she is like. Will she be nice? Maybe she would be someone like those from school? Or maybe she would be someone like Papa?” She pondered, feeling more nervous about meeting someone she has to live with. Taking a deep breath, she knocked on the door, bowing slightly out of pure habit. “Good Morning. I was told that I would be your roommate.”

[hiddenunderstander]

Platina smiled as she heard the wonderful sound. When he stopped, she was a little taken aback when he turned to where she was. "That sounded rather amazing~" She smiled to him, staring at the instrument and not entirely believing such a wonderful melody could come out from that.

Open Starter

It was a usual day at Host Club, with the usual chatter and noise from the guests and other hosts. Ren was playing his saxophone as usual, as he didn’t have any appointments with any ladies that day, so he took on the job of entertaining all the guests there.

Finishing the tune he was playing, he felt a pair of eyes upon him. Putting down his instrument, he looked to the side.