After High School

Chapter 3

The first invitation read:

You are Cordially Invited to

Ryoji & Haruhi Fujioka's

Black & White New Years Masquerade

At the

Foxxy Ladies Nightclub

In Tokyo

December 31, 2009

From: 9 pm – 4 am

Don't miss it

It will be a night to remember

Black and white attire for males with colored masks

Black or White dresses for female with accented colors of mask


The second invitation read:

You are Cordially Invited to

Ryoji & Haruhi Fujioka's

Black & White New Years Masquerade

At the

Foxxy Ladies Nightclub

In Tokyo

December 31, 2009

From: 9 pm – 4 am

It will be a night to remember

Black and white attire for males with colored masks

Black or White dresses for females with accented colors of mask

I will be waiting for you. I shall be wearing a mask the color of _______________.

I cannot wait to see you and spend the New Year together.

Your Admirer

I started writing the invitations down on the stationary we had bought while my dad was telling me about the way we could deliver the invitations.

. "Hunny let's get two models to get dressed up sexy and provocative to deliver the invitation with masks."

"Dad won't that cause money?"

"No because I know of the perfect people to ask. There is a couple that always goes to the nightclub to unwind with their friends all the time and they are models. We have become good friends and I'll ask them tonight after dinner if they can come by tomorrow morning to do use the favor."

"Ok that sounds good. I just want all this to be perfect."

"It will, don't worry about it."

The invitations were finished and looked great by the time we went to sleep. In the morning, the couple from the club came by to pick up the invitations looking beautiful in black and white with the most ornate masks I have ever seen.

"Excuse me," I said to them, "were did you get those breath taking masks?"

"Oh they are beautiful aren't they, we got them from a designer we work for sometime as models," the female model replied.

"Can you please give me the address of this designer so that I may be able to make an appointment to see her?" I asked.

"Sure," she said as she took the piece of paper that I gave her so that she can write down the address and give it to me.

I thanked them for their help gave them the invitations and they said fair well and left to deliver the invitations. I was surprised when dad called and told me that the invitations had been delivered already within three hours. Tamaki and the twins were calling me all day I knew what it was about and ignored the calls. In my free time, I called Mitzkuni and asked him to meet me at the park.

"Hi Honey, did you get the invitation."

"Ah Haru-chan, the invitation was very beautiful."

"Thank you sempai, do you have a date for the party."

"Not yet. But I have an Idea about the girl I want to ask. She is in one of my cooking classes. She is very pretty and reminds me of you haru-chan."

"Well I can't wait to meet her then. Mitzkuni I called you over to meet me because I wanted to ask if Takashi had a person he liked enough to take to the New Years Party. "

"Huh" pause "I don't think so Haru-chan why do you ask."

"Because I um sent him an invitation to come to the party as my date," I replied shyly with a blush on my cheeks.

"Do you like Takashi Haru-chan?" Mitzkuni asked with a small smile on his face.

I smiled at him and said, "I don't know, it's just that my dad asked me who I wanted to take to the party and the first person that popped in my head was Takashi. So I think I do like him."

"Ok, so I will talk to Takashi and see if he is going to accept your invitation or send out his own. Call me later tonight ok so I can let you know what I find."

"Ok I'll call you later on tonight bye Honey-sempai," I concluded with a big smile.

"Bye Haru-chan talk to you later," he replied, with his own knowing smile.

They said goodbye and walked away. I have to get the perfect dress and mask. When I got home, I put on some music on so I can clean, and cooked. After that was done, I turned off the stereo and proceeded to studied for a short while, then I started thinking about the party. I could not stop thinking about the conversation with Mitzkuni so and could not help but to call and find out what happened. I try to put it off my head so I started busying myself around the house again. Then I sat down on the kitchen table and I wrote in my planner the music list to give to the DJ for the party and decided not to add any aristocratic music like the one they usually played at the parties of the host club. I was into American music hard. I love to play rock band with the twins when I went over to visit them. After finishing my playlist, I started thinking about my dress and mask. What am I going to do? I have to go see the designer that the model gave me. Tomorrow I have an appointment. I decided that my nerves were killing me and I had to know so I called Honey-sempai at 8 o'clock.

"Hello can I speak to Hanninozuka Mitzkuni please this is Haruhi Fugioka."

"Hold please," said the house cleaner.

"Harrruuuu-chaaaaannnn", "how are you doing Takashi told me what you wanted to know," I have good news "Yaaaayy."

"Hi Honey that is good to know I feel so relieved. I was calling to ask you if you are busy tomorrow. I need help with my outfit and I don't want anyone to know about it, specially the twins or Tamaki."

"Sure Haru-chan I will help out. What do you want me to do?"

"Well I want you to come with me to this designer to see some masks and then anywhere you think I can get a dress that is not from around here to match."

"Sure I will be there in the morning after practice."

"Oh and Honey can you not bring Mori-sempai with you. Um I do not want him to see my mask or dress. He might figure out who his date is."

"That will be so fun Haru-chan I will not say a word." Giggle

"I will have breakfast for both of us tomorrow before we leave ok", "Goodnight Honey."

"Ok Night Haru-chan."

As I lay in bed I thank god that Kyoya, pay me so well. I think it was an incentive to go work for him again. I cannot wait for tomorrow and specially the party. All these feeling that I for Takashi are so new I need to figure these things out do I like him as a person and friend or as sum thing more than that. I remember back in high school. I was so appreciative of him when he saved me from Tamaki or the twins embrace or harassment. I always felt the most comfortable and at ease when he was around or near me. I hated it after he graduated. I missed the quiet. I would only see him when he and Mitzkuni would come to the host club to visit for the day. Those were my favorite times when they were there. The girls always kept me busy, away from Tamaki and the twins for the most part. When senior year came and I came out as a girl to the school everything changed I had no time for myself I was always bothered by the guys or the girls of the host club. I missed him even more because they did not come around as often anymore too busy with their college majors. I loved the time we spent together at the club to celebrate and we danced all night. I went to sleep weighing my pros and cons of this situation and praying he feels the same way about me.