WOW, it's been a long time since I remembered to post here. Apparently I still suck at the whole journal thing... but at least I know I'm not the only one! XD; Oi, Kaoru, where are you anyway~?

Jeez... I'd forgotten how boring summer can be. Nothing to do, no one to entertain, surrounded by a bunch of maids and butlers all day. We're only just in August and I'm going crazy. I'd never admit it to Tono in person, but I seriously miss Host Club. At least there we've got something to do!

Hey Tono! We should all get together and go somewhere fun! Barselona, or the Carribean or something! We can drag Haruhi along too! >3

He won't want us to be there if Haruhi is. Heh, he doesn't like the idea of us looking at her in anything other than her school uniform. XDD;;

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I was gone for a while for various reasons, and was just preparing to grovel and see if you'd replaced me... but the whole thing's just died? ;.;

Well... :P I'm gonna keep doing journals anyway. XD You guys can comment or not, lol. *pets Hikaru*

We're coming up on exams, aren't we? Hmm. Everyone always starts studying more around this time, but I can never be bothered... I don't know what that says about me, really. That I'm lazy? Probably. >>;

I dunno, it's just that I figure I know what I know. I'll study a bit closer to the exams themselves to brush up on the stuff from earlier on in the semester, but other than that... Kaoru always tells me I should worry about it more. He's probably right. I just hate the stress. XD;

I usually get him to give me a hand with my lit stuff, and other classes along those lines. Blegh. Poetry, and classic books and whatnot. I don't get things like that, they're boring. And I mean, when am I ever gonna use that stuff in real life?

Then again, I could say the same about advanced chemistry or calculus... >___>

Speaking of Kaoru; he's been all ponder-y lately again. Something's bothering him, but he keeps telling me there's nothing wrong. Dammit, no keeping secrets! Bad Kaoru! Bad!

I feel left out and abandoned. I hate when Kaoru gets like this. :(

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Kaoru's got his casts off, and is very glad for that. XD; I think he was tired of having me too stuff for him. But he still has to be careful for a while, so nobody gets to glomp on him too much, okay?

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Tono! HAHA! =D

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Okay, so first for those who're curious, Kaoru's doing fine. I make a mighty fine nurse, thank you! And he says thank you for all the well wishes and everything that people are sending his way.

He does, however, seem pretty bored. I mean, I think anyone would be, right? He can't do a lot of stuff right now, and he's never been really big with just sitting watching TV all the time or whatever. He can't even play pranks right now. I WEEP.

So! MOVIE NIGHT AT OUR PLACE! >3<

We haven't really been able to decide on what kind movies we should watch, but I've got two ideas about that; first, I guess I could do a poll or something and get everyone to put in their oppinion.

But the second option is for everyone to just bring one movie that they want (or a random one, whatever) when they come over, and then we'll decide that night~ we could even make up a game to decide, if we have trouble then. XD

Sound like a good idea?

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Kaoru and I have been rather absent lately... because he fell down the damn stairs and is all wrapped up in casts right now. So clearly he can't type or anything. Jeez. >>;;

I've been taking care of him, and doing a mighty fine job of it too, if I don't say so myself! My poor brother, he's so miserably itchy right now, and he can't bathe himself or feed himself or anything like that... not that I mind helping him with that type of thing, of course. ^_~

I should have caught him when he tripped! *weeps*

And he seems really bored right now. Na, we never hosted a movie night back in the fall, so would everyone want to come over and watch a bunch of movies at our place? It'll be something to cheer Kaoru up, I'm sure~

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Okay, so... I haven't been around here for a bit. Turns out Otousan doesn't like it when we play pranks on the kitchen staff and his dinner ends up full of ceyene pepper by accident. AHAHAHA. Oops?

So he took my computer and my cell away and then hid all my video games and stuff. Made me help him in his office fetching papers and things like that in my spare time. >>;;

GOD, I was so bored! =.=

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Class is over in an hour. Just another hour. -.-;

But then the ball later, of course, but at least we get to go home and have a rest before that.

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I can't fit any more gifts in my desk. >>;;

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Ahhh, so! Haruhi's birthday was a few days ago, and Kaoru and I were volunteered to set up a party; it was lots of fun, looking into commoner customs and games, and the party itself seemed to be a hit.

There was this apple game, though, where you have to pick an apple out of a tub of water with your mouth... I almost drowned when I tried it on my own. >>; So Kaoru and I did it together~ ♥

So different than the fancy parties we're used to, but fun nonetheless!

NOW.

Okaasan is still gushing about her dress for the Valentine's Ball. She's got it finished as much as she can without fitting it for the person who'll be wearing it, and it's on a mannequin in her studio just waiting to be altered!

At dinner tonight she rattled off about times for fitting it-- correct me if I'm remembering wrong, Kaoru?

Since Tono will be announcing the person who'll be wearing the dress at some point tomorrow, Okaasan will have a fitting after class is over for the day, which will give her overnight to finish the adjustments. But if that doesn't work for the winner (prior commitments and whatnot), she says she can do the fitting before school on Wednesday morning, and still have it done in time for the dance.

So the person who'll be wearing it will need to let us know about that. :)

She also says we should help out when the time comes, since we know most of the girls and can "put [the girl] at ease" while Okaasan works. (I think she just wants us to give her a hand with her designs like we used to when we were little.) ^_~

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Get your own valentinr

This could be scary in the end, but what the heck. XD;

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Hmm. Well, we went to that concert a few days back, which was... interesting. I actually had a lot of fun, though I think I was deaf for a couple of days afterward. XD; Kaoru didn't like it as much, but then he's not very comfortable around huge crowds like that...

I was gonna try crowd-surfing, but Kaoru forbid me to do it. Spoilsport. :P

Now we're still helping Okaasan out with the dress she's working on for the Valentine's dance. Lately she's been muttering about fitting it. Tono, how are we choosing the princess who will wear it? Okaasan would like to have time to fit it to whoever it is, if possible, since it's a one-of-a-kind piece.

As for Valentine's Day itself... I always approach that day with a bit of dread, honestly. It's not as bad now as it was when we were younger, I've gotten used to having the girls around and doting on me and Kaoru, but it always tends to get a bit out of hand this time of year. I appreciate that everyone wants to give us gifts and stuff since it is Valentine's Day, but some people just get kind of... uh, over excited about it.

But at least now I can deal with it better, try not to hurt anyone's feelings. Though I still find it hard to keep my temper in check sometimes. I'm glad I've got Kaoru with me to help out with that. And I'm glad I've got him with me to protect him from rabid fangirls, too.

EDIT: Almost 1:30 in the morning and I'm still up playing video games. >>;;

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Why do people do things to get others wrapped up into convoluted situations like what Kyouya-sempai is currently in? I don't understand it. It's a part of humanity that I just don't get, the need to shove one's problems at other people.

If you have problems, just deal. I'm not saying you have to be 100% honest in doing so-- I'd be a hypocrite to say that, given the kind of worming out of trouble Kaoru and I've done in our lifetime-- but there's no reason to lay it all on someone else's shoulders.

Especially not when they don't want to know. Because there's a difference between discussing troubles with a friend or family member, and just saying shit without regard for if the other person feels like dealing with it, or even can.

Yeah. Like I said, I don't get it. -_-;

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...there is so much wrong with this, don't even get me started. =_=;;

Kaoru's on there twice but he's my Dad and my sister. WTF. Tono's my "spouse". ><;;

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We've been way too busy lately, between one thing and another~

Kaoru and I helped Okaasan out with her designs over the holiday, and now we're kind of overseeing while she works on the dress for the Valentine's dance next month. She's really having fun designing it as fancy and sparkly and absolutely perfect as she can. >>;

Let's see... oh! The Onsen trip! ♥ It was fun, and Haruhi seemed to really enjoy it. That was the point so I guess... success? Seriously though, guys, it's unfair to team up on me like that. But I guess I shouldn't talk since Kaoru and I teamed up on Haruhi later on.

Snow fights at an onsen are always lots of fun. XDD

And then the New Year's party, which was huge and spectacular as always. ^_^

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Hopefully everyone had a good Christmas! Ours was busy, we spent most of the time helping Okaasan with some of her winter designs, and flew to Prague with her on the night of the 25th to spend a couple of days working on her latest fashion show.

We modelled for her in it actually, which we haven't done since we were really little...

Other than that, we didn't do anything really super exciting, just stayed at home mostly. We both got the new Nintendo console for Christmas; Wii. WTF, who thought of the name for this one?? And we got a bunch of the games for it.

Then Kaoru got some books, and we both got CDs and movies. Our grandparents got us each an expensive watch. That's about it.

Oh, but Okaasan got this family portrait painted to hang in the lounge. I can't remember the name of the artist, but it turned out nice enough. *shrug* Whatever.

Kaoru and I are taking Haruhi on that onsen trip tomorrow night, and coming back Saturday afternoon. It'll be fun. ♥

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Ahh, Christmas Eve~

I'm not sick, thankfully, and Kaoru's feeling better too. I guess I was just feeling a bit under the weather from stress and worrying about him. ♥

Thank you, Mori-sempai, for the gifts to my user page! And also thanks again to Semi-hime for the gif doll (I really will get around to putting it up soon, it just keeps slipping my mind! ^^;)

I hope everyone has a good Christmas tomorrow!

Uh... good luck at warding off Santa Claus, Honey-sempai. ^_^;

Some of the maids are listening to this English country music station next door in the kitchen. They seem to be playing all Christmas music right now. It's not actually all that bad, except I suck at English so I only understand a bit of it. >>;;

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I have a headache. I'm tired. Hope I'm not catching what Kaoru has, it'd suck to be sick for Christmas...

He's getting better, by the way. Which is good because for a while he was hallucinating. O__o

It's a good thing we have a family doctor.

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The last few days have been interesting.

Maybe madness was too strong a word, though? Tono seems freaked out by it. XD;

Kaoru's all sick right now, which really sucks. I should be sick too, how come I'm not? I'm just trying to take care of him and keep him in bed-- he's so stubborn! I know we have lots of stuff to do right now but if you're sick you're sick and you have to rest and get better dammit! ><;; He doesn't seem to mind it so much if I cuddle up in bed with him. >>

We're getting close to Christmas now, aren't we? About a week to go?

I still have shopping to do. I suck. I wonder if Kaoru's done his shopping yet, we don't have much time left and with him sick it'd be a problem if he wasn't...

Oh, and Haruhi! We need to talk about that hotsprings trip we're taking you on! I guess it'll have to be after Christmas, the way things are going. That'll give Kaoru time to get better anyway. Let us know when's a good time for you. ♥

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Suddenly, my world has dissolved into MADNESS.

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Kaoru, save me~

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Mmm...

There's been a lot of talk of romance lately, from various people. Romance is something I rarely really think about... by which I mean the kind of romance I have on my mind is the superficial acts and such that we deal with in Host Club, and not the deeper/real kind.

Semi-hime has recently confessed to me. She didn't use the word "love" or even the more generalised term "like"; she simply kissed my cheek, and told me that she thought I was a very special person.

I wanted to talk about that (what's the point in having a journal if you can't discuss important things sometimes, right?), but I didn't want it to be public, so this post is viewable to you guys in Host Club and no one else...

What do you do, when someone confesses to you like that?

In the past, before Kaoru and I joined the club, our reaction to confessions or love letters was always to mock the person; we were cruel, though we didn't think about that at the time. It was only after we met Tono that we came to realise that.

But now things are different, and I don't really know what to do, or if I handled it well. I didn't want to hurt her feelings... Semi-hime is more than just another designator, really, I see her as a friend, and the last thing I want is to alienate her, but she's still a client and there are rules-- I can't return her feelings no matter how much Sunako-hime seems to think we would make a nice couple.

It's confusing. I'm not used to dealing with things like this; especially when they're directed toward just me, and not Kaoru and I both.

How do you all deal with it?

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