A Tale of Business and Romance. Chapter 6

Title: Tea Cups and Parties

Her eyebrow twitched…Her eyes narrowed…She could feel her temper rising within her very core…All the while, the idiot king stood a few feet away from her smiling with his usual idiotic expression. He held his hands out proudly as if he were presenting a wonderful prize to her. The prize was a horrifying dress that matched Tamaki's king outfit and today's tropical island paradise theme.

"Here you go, Kagome," he exclaimed, "I know you will look fantastic in it!" Tamaki was so happy Kagome was in the Host Club; now his precious little girl could dress up alongside him. It was like a dream come true!

Kagome's eyebrows narrowed as she scowled. "No way in hell." Tamaki's face turned ghostly white as he hunched over in defeat.

"If you don't, then I will add another 20% to Haruhi's debt." Kyoya's dark presence came up behind her and it made Kagome sneer.

"If you do that, I will make sure Sesshomaru never gives this school another cent. I would not want the chairmen to find out about it," the honorable host threatened as her normally sapphire eyes blazed a bright red, "Now if you would excuse me, I have to get ready for my guests."

Kagome folded her arms and turned heel to walk away with no intention of changing out of her uniform. Just as she turned, she came face to face with an unexpected sight. Her eyes widened and she stopped cold. Honey was staring up at her with tear-filled eyes.

Oh no. she thought as her hands began to shake.

"Kagome, it will be very sad if you don't dress up with us," he said unhappily.

Kagome sighed in defeat; she could not say no to those pleading eyes of Honey-senpai.

"All right," she muttered under her breath. Kagome whipped around and snatched the dress from Kyoya's waiting hands before stomping off to the dressing room. Tamaki immediately perked up and started cheering.

"Are you finished yet?" Kaoru called outside the dressing room as he waited, "What is taking so long?"

A few rustle noises came from behind the curtain before Kagome spoke. "Will you wait a minute? I am having some trouble with the zipper." Kagome's hand pushed back the silk curtain and she poked her head out of the small opening. Her long black hair tumbled down her naked shoulder causing Kaoru to turn bright engine red.

"Will you zip up the rest of my dress?" she asked, "I can't reach it."

Kaoru stuttered, "Why don't you wait for Haruhi to do it?"

The young beauty rolled her sapphire eyes looking at him with a small smile. "I would, but Haruhi is going to be a little late." She gripped the curtain and sent Kaoru a begging look. "Please?"

Kaoru could not bring himself to say no to Kagome as she looked at him with those pleading eyes. "Alright."

Flashing him a quick grin, Kagome pulled back the curtain and turned around as she held the Queen's top up with her fingers. Kaoru's shaky hands moved toward the opened zipper over her creamy, pale skin. He exhaled slowly as he zipped the zipper up completely. Kagome beamed in satisfaction once he was done.

"Thanks, Kaoru. I'll be out in a minute," she said with a brilliant smile before she slipped back behind the curtain to finish changing. Kaoru took a few deeps breaths once she was out of sight to compose his self.

A few seconds later, Kagome emerged fully costumed and Kaoru's mouth went to the floor. Her dress flared out over her hips and was cut in a way that showed her toned stomach. Her ebony tresses carelessly fell down her back like a tidy bed head style. The only jewelry she wore was a pair of ruby earrings dangling from her ears and golden bangles on her arms.

"So how does it look?" she asked softly.

Kaoru cleared his throat before answering. "Great."

Kagome nodded before walking away from the dressing area towards everyone else. Honey and Mori were the first to see her in full costume.

"Oh, Kagome!" Honey exclaimed, "You look so beautiful!"

Kagome blushed. "Thank you, Senpai."

In a flash of light, Tamaki rushed over, picked her up, and spun her around in circles. "That was so cute! So beautiful!"

"Senpai, let me down!" Kagome yelled struggling to gain her freedom, but he held her tightly.

Kagome finally freed herself from Senpai's grasp and went over to the twins to get into position along with the others to greet their guests. Kagome sat in front of Tamaki with his hand on her shoulder. The door to the club opened and¸ instead of the throngs of ladies they expected to entertain, Haruhi came in breathing heavily.

"Oh Haruhi, you are so late," the twins chorused.

The natural host looked at the others in disbelief before she took out her calendar to check the date. She groaned as a tropical bird landed on her head. "I may be wrong, but my calendar says it is still early spring."

Kagome shook her shoulder causing Tamaki's hand to move as she stood up from the ground. "Trust me, Haruhi. I was forced to wear this." The priestess pointed to her outfit in disgust.

"Do you have a problem with the way we run our club, Haruhi? Remember you owe us a debt," Kyoya reminded the natural host. Kagome turned to Kyoya with a harsh glare and her hands on her hips reprimanding him for his behavior.

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