[W1] Wagashi Run - Tuesday, Morning/Afternoon [Finished]

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[Kyoya Ootori]

Kyouya Ootori disliked many things in the world. He disliked sweets, and he disliked having to spend so much money on the Host Club's activites. Some would even say that he disliked Tamaki Suou (which still hadn't been confirmed to be true).

But he could say for certain that the thing he probably hated the most was how he was dragged out of bed and woken up in the early morning by a certain someone or someones. It seemed to be happening on a more frequent occasion than the Shadow King would have liked, but it had been a full month with that annoying thing not happening. It gave him a relief of knowing that he would not be disturbed while he slept - but the releif was short lived.

A low hiss emitted from Kyouya as he was awoken with a jolt. The last time he checked - his bed didn't move. He opened his eyes one at a time and a familiar blonde haired boy greeted him with a smile from the seat across from him. He glared and said in an annoyed tone, "What now Tamaki?"

Kyouya sat up and straightened the shirt Tamaki had dressed him in. Something told the Shadow King this was going to be another headache of a day.

[Tamaki Suou]

Tamaki was already in a great mood by the time he successfully got his friend in the car without much fuss. He had woken up especially early to plan and execute this little trip. It had been a while since Fuyumi and he had completed their extensive map of commoner gourmet stores within the region, so he thought he'd try a few stores today.

(Truthfully, the map had been left under a stack of travel books to Greece and the boy only just found it again while he was cleaning his desk last night.)

Knowing it would take just a while longer for his companion to wake up, the blond decided by himself to pick today's food topic, wagashi, and told his chauffeur to drive to the nearest one, which the map estimated to be thirty minutes away.

(Actually, he remembered that time during the salon race when Kyouya promised to take him to all the wagashi stores if they win the competition.)

He looked at the open map in his hands with a growing smile on his face. Something told the King this was going to be a great day.

Think of all the delicious things we'll try today! Ah, the manju! I hear the commoner custard is especially good! Mmm... I can now hear my stomach hissing for it!

"Eh?" Tamaki turned his attention to the rousing boy before him. Normally he would be slightly put out by his friend's demonic state of waking, but he seemed to be too invigorated to be apologetic on this lovely day.

"What now, Tamaki?"

"Kyouya~!" the boy grinned happily, thrusting the map up to the disgruntled boy's face without skipping a beat, "Let's try some commoner wagashi today!"

[Kyoya Ootori]

"Commoner wagashi?" Kyouya asked annoyed. Was this what this abduction was about? He snatched the map from Tamaki's hands and placed it in the seat beside him, "What makes you think I wanted to go eat commoner wagashi? If you want to eat it get one of your maids to get it for you."

The bespectacled boy had a sinking suspicion that the King and his sister had finally gotten around to finishing the "commoner gourmet" map. What escaped him was the fact of how Fuyumi had been thrown into it. Not that he had seen his sister in a while - his father preferred her to stay at her own home now that she was married.

The car lurched and Kyouya was jerked to the left. He glared at the boy, but Tamaki's face remained set in a smile. "When we get out of the car Tamaki is as good as dead." Kyouya decided with venom.

[Tamaki Suou]

He was so drawn into a new daydream that all he said in reply was, "Eh?" Then, like water slowly trickling through a ceiling crack in an underground pool, he realized the full weight of his companion's words.

Kyouya did not want to accompany him in their outing today.

A flash of panic went through him, fully jolting him back to their present circumstance within the spacious interior of his car. Kyouya was glaring at him more evilly than usual, slightly crumpled map beside him. No, he wanted Kyouya to keep him company today.

For the sake of understanding commoners and tasting what they consider to be gourmet!

He grabbed the map from the boy's side and quickly scanned through its contents. Perhaps it was a wrong choice to visit the stores by their alphabetical specialty. He had initially planned for them both to have anmitsu first, but he forgot to count in the fact that his bespectacled friend didn't like sweet things.

"Taiyaki and manju shouldn't be too sweet," he mumbled to himself before turning to the driver's area, pressing a button to bring down the privacy partition. He had given his chauffeur a copy of the map the night before to memorize.

"Driver-san, can you drive to the taiyaki specialty store instead?"

He felt the car smoothly make a u-turn to the direction from which they came. The specialty store was on the other side of town.

No, not taiyaki. Manju should be tried first before taiyaki!

Turning once more to the driver's area, he amended, "Driver-san, forget taiyaki for now. Can you get us to that famous manju shop?

"But wait.. we haven't had breakfast yet! It's not right to have desserts before breakfast!"

Tamaki then turned to look at his upset friend, his face crumbling into despair. "Kyouya.." he uttered feebly.

[Kyoya Ootori]

The car lurched several more times as Tamaki kept changing his mind and Kyouya could already see the seatbelt bruise he would have at the end of the day.

Kyouya did not like sweet things - it was a fact. A fact that most people (ie: Fuyumi and Tamaki) always seemed to forget. What he did like was his sleep which he felt was lacking in his personal life. "Already age 17 and I'm getting less sleep than most women do." he thought tiredly but he was still able to manage a glare directed towards Tamaki.

"Kyouya..."

The Shadow King looked at Tamaki who's face looked as if it was about to burst into tears. In fact...it looked almost as if it was going to turn into that face. He hated that face. Kyouya sighed and snatched the crumpled map from Tamaki's hands and stabbed a random spot on the map with venom again knowing he would regret this later on.

"This one then Tamaki. Hurry up; we don't have all day."

[Tamaki Suou]

For a moment, the boy was stunned as Kyouya snatched the map away from him. He truly thought his friend was going to tear it to pieces and worse, toss it out the window and yell at him to take him back home. The thought of Kyouya littering and turning into a demon at the same time frightened Tamaki a lot.

But when his companion randomly pointed a finger down on the map and said, "This one then Tamaki. Hurry up; we don't have all day," he felt like he was about to burst from happiness.

"Kyouya~!" the King happily exclaimed, "I knew I could count on you! You're such a wonderful--" He looked down at the area the boy's finger was pointing to and said meekly, his face crumbling into despair once more, "That's an empty spot.."

[Kyoya Ootori]

Kyouya looked at the map and indeed there was an empty spot. He sighed again and randomly picked a spot that had a bright green dot on it. Green dots usually meant trouble and he figured it would be worse for him if it happened to be a shop where they sold extremly sweet things.

"Fine then. This one. I have to go over a list of things you will be doing while I'm in Europe - so hurry," he said getting to the point and giving back the map to the now overjoyed Tamaki. How he could manage so many mood swings was incredible and it escaped Kyouya how he had the energy to keep up with it all.

[Tamaki Suou]

"The anmitsu shop!" Tamaki happily exclaimed almost in a sing-song manner, having completely forgotten the fact that anmitsu was particularly one of the sweetest wagashi. "Kyouya~! You're the greatest best friend a King could ever have!"

Turning once more to the driver's area, he happily said to his chauffeur, "Driver-san! Never mind everything and go back to the anmitsu shop instead!"

The boy smiled happily at his irked companion as the car lurched with yet another u-turn.

[Kyoya Ootori]

"Anmitsu. Joy." Kyouya thought dryly as he was lurched in what he hoped was the last time today.

Kyouya stayed silent through the ride and looked out the window catching only bits and pieces of Tamaki's endless chatter. He watched the empty streets with only trindles of people emerging here and there - wait a minute. He sat up, would the anmitsu store even be open at this time?

The stopped and Tamaki rushed out of the car and Kyouya slowly unbuckled his seatbelt following after Tamaki to see the result of his thought.

[Tamaki Suou]

The princely boy's happiness on receiving his friend's participation was short-lived, for as soon as he got out of the car and ran up to the store, he could tell something was wrong.

"Store Hours:" the sign read, "Weekdays: 11am-4pm; Saturdays: 12nn-3pm; Sundays: Closed."

A giant clock on display across the street read, "Tuesday: 9:07 am."

The little bubble of excitement growing inside of him suddenly burst. On the outside he withered, and with shaking knees, turned to Kyouya who was just then getting out of the vehicle. "Kyouya.." he mumbled.

His stomach growled.

[Kyoya Ootori]

Kyouya pushed his glasses up his nose - his thought had been right. He sighed as he straightened up and walked up beside Tamaki who was making that face again. And to make matters worse; Kyouya had heard a large growl coming from the boy's stomach.

"You should have checked the times Tamaki -," another growl stopped him in mid-sentence and Kyouya looked down at his own stomach. That was right - even he hadn't eaten breakfast yet seeing as he was dragged out of bed at an unruly hour. He glanced at the watch on his wrist and sighing, moved back towards the car, "Is there any place we could go for breakfast? We might as well go eat first and then come back later providing we aren't full."

Oh the things he did for Tamaki.

[Tamaki Suou]

Tamaki heaved a sigh, he was at fault for neglecting to check the times that were clearly and neatly written on the map. What a fool he was to just plow on ahead like that! He inhaled, just about to sigh again, and what met his senses made him stop in his tracks.

"Is there any place we could go for breakfast?" he heard his companion say.

He whirled around, trying to locate the direction from which the delicious aroma was coming.

"We might as well go eat first and then come back later providing we aren't full."

There!

"Kyouya!"

With a short dash and a grab by the arm, Tamaki dragged Kyouya with him to the building just next to the anmitsu shop. He didn't care what was sold, whatever it was, it smelled good. After all, this was a slice of commoner cuisine.

[Kyoya Ootori]

Kyouya decided that adding another thing to his list of "Dislikes" was in order. Being dragged around in the early morning on an empty stomach was definitely not fun - even if the store was beside the closed anmitsu shop.

He followed or was more or less dragged into the shop a little bell announcing the arrival of the two boys. Kyouya straightened his glasses which had been displaced during their run. Looking around the tiny shop, he could instantly tell everything more or less had: "Commoner" labeled all over. Although he didn't want to admit it - the small was nice. "But anything would at this point." He thought as another growl came from his stomach.

"Can I help -," a girl with her hair swept into a loose bun asked as she cut off in mid-sentence seeing the two boys and she immediately blushed. Kyouya paid no heed and waved her over seeing that she wouldn't be coming any closer and he really didn't want to scream across the room.

"We need a table." She nodded speechless but did not move. "Not again." Kyouya thought getting agitated again partly because of his hunger. 

[Tamaki Suou]

Tamaki smiled cheerfully at the beautiful young waitress. "Yes," he agreed, "we would like to have some breakfast."

His stomach growled again (rather loudly this time).

He blushed at the surprised look she gave him, "Ah.. we were in a hurry this morning and wanted to try some delicious desserts!" He chuckled, "But since we were so excited, it completely slipped past our minds to have breakfast first, right, Kyouya?"

Turning to his friend, he was met with an even icier glare than the one he previously encountered in the car. He faltered, "Ah.." and addressed the waitress, "..so would it be possible for us to have breakfast here?" He gave her a gentler smile this time.

"B-b-but...." the waitress started, her face even more scarlet than before. Tamaki didn't know whether to be alarmed or.. could the waitress be ill? Just as he was about to voice his concern, however, she finally spoke up.

"But we're getting ready for the lunch crowd! If you like, I can serve you both an early lunch! Please come this way!" the flustered girl said in quite a rush and promptly turned to lead them to their table. Upon handing them a pair of worn menus, she quickly ran off after squeaking, "Please just call me when you have decided."

After seeing the waitress off, Tamaki happily turned to his hungry friend, "That was really nice of her to have offered us an early lunch, huh, Kyouya?" Without waiting for a reply, he perused his menu.

It was a shabby one, without pictures nor gloss. It was fine, however, since the food names were all it took for the boy's stomach to growl loudly again.

He covered his middle with one arm, hoping to stifle it.

"Soba.. udon.. soup and tofu.. tempura.. They all sound so good!" he chattered, hoping to flavor the atmosphere with some enthusiasm.

He looked up and grinned, seeing Kyouya holding the other menu, "I've decided!"

[Kyoya Ootori]

"We were so excited that we forgot breakfast?" Kyouya thought icily. Tamaki was the one who was so excited he forgot - he on the other hand had been dragged out of bed.

Kyouya fumed silently as he followed the girl to the table and took the menu she had handed to them. It was shabby printed off on low-quality paper. No pictures only print. "How commoner." He thought carelessly as his eyes scanned the print.

The boy tried blocking out Tamaki's voice as he chattered endlessly and concentrated more on the point at hand. He wanted to eat and get out of here as soon as possible - he was a busy person.

"I've decided!" Tamaki's voice boomed happily. Kyouya looked over at him from over his glasses and sighed nodding knowing that Tamaki would order almost everything on the menu. "And I know how this will turn out," Kyouya thought as he closed his menu, "I'll have to end up paying because Tamaki has forgotten his wallet in the car." He sighed,

"Fine then. I'll have soba and udon."