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Tamaki beamed at Alcy, not entirely sure if he liked the sound of her idea, but ecstatic that he was allowed to stay nonetheless. He took the mask Kyouya extended to him and obediently slipped the elastic over his ears. He was certain it was probably a rather unbecoming look and made him look worse off than he was, but if it was the only condition keeping him here- other than the benefits Alcy had mentioned- than he would do as his friend demanded. Then he promptly threw himself upon the dark-haired host, ebulliently exclaiming his thanks, "Ah! Yes of course!" He jumped back to his feet and took on a dramatic pose, whirling to face the tyrad of girls who were waiting to play nurse with him. "You will not regret your decision!"

He returned the smile the pig-tailed girl had flashed him with a charming one of his own, while at the same time parsimoniously reaching out a freakishly long arm to grab Alcy by the shirt collar and drag her off the girl she was currently harassing. Even though she was a host, Tamaki refused to see it as anything else out of pure stubbornness. "Alcy! Daddy demands you stop that right now!" He shooed her away, towards the snack table. "Go and have some snacks so I won't be forced to keep an eye on you!" He flashed the pretty girl she'd been clinging to a gallant smile, not that it was visible beneath his surgical mask.

"Gyah!" Alcy squealed, trying as hard as possible to keep a hold of Fai and not get pulled off, but failing, writhing as she was dragged away. Her face was an utter mask of despair as he condescendingly told her to go play elsewhere. "B-but... Takkun.... I-I was playing...." she whimpered, glancing wide-eyed up at Fai as he winked at her, before sadly trudging off toward the snack table she had been shoed toward.

She then stopped short, stood still for a couple of seconds, then immediately turned around again and walked back over, stubbornly hugging Fai and glaring up silently at Tamaki, her entire face giving reading "No one tells me what to do!" Otherwise, she did not interrupt them in any way.

Fai blinked, before laughing softly, watching the two for a moment before he nodded, reaching up to lightly caress over the mask. "Mm, such a shame your smile is hidden," he murmured, before watching Alcy, knowing she'd be coming back over. It was Alcy after all. If someone told her not to do something, then she'd just go right back to it until she succeeded. The fact that Tamaki was one who would keep telling her no is just one more thing that made the boy fun to tease. "Of course, I don't know if you remember me..."

"Of course I haven't forgotten you!" he replied, thankful for the mask, momentarily at least, because it hid the rosy blush that rose to easily to his cheeks; whether one questioned its sincerity was up to the individual. He heaved a dramatic sigh, brushing aside the blond hair that had begun to stick to his brow because of the faint mist of sweat that had settled there. "I'm forced to wear it," he explained, as though it wasn't obvious, his voice pained, "because if I don't, I run the risk of getting people such as yourself sick. And that is the last thing I'd want to happ-"

His monologue was cut short when he felt a very slight jolt, only realizing that he'd been hit when he turned to determined its source. As his friend ran from him, apparently in tears, he was filled with guilt. "Gah! Al-Alcy-chan?" he stammered, completely oblivious as to how insensitive he'd been to her moments ago. "What have I..." He didn't want to leave Fai, but he couldn't leave the girl sulking there. He remembered the comment made by the dark haired girl in reference to Alcy and himself and their apparent similarities, and was oddly amused.

Tamaki watched her move away from him, but followed her in order to take her delicate hand in his own and place upon it the sweetest of kisses, and look into her single eye and declare, "I will come right back. Please allow me some of your time when I have corrected the mistake I have unknowingly made." He dusted a few strands of golden hair from her cheek with cool elegant fingers.

He moved to the couch where Alcy was currently sulking with quick strides, and leaned over the back of the couch to peer down at the bespectacled female, his beautiful lips arcing downward in a worried frown. "Alcy," he murmured, giving her the biggest puppy eyes he could manage. Only the top of his head and his large blue eyes peered over the back of the couch, along with his nervously drumming fingers.

Having had time to collect himself, Watanuki snapped out of his reverie and remembered he was still sitting on the couch at the host club. Except no one was next to him. Hmm... now what was I doing? His eyes looked up, and as absurd as it sounds, he was surprised to find Fai sitting across from him.

"Oh, hello," he said quietly before he could stop himself. He looks mad... Still, the dense boy couldn't figure out why, much less that Fai actually wanted to be friends. His head couldn't take anything Fai said seriously.


((xD oh noes, I'm sorry that Wata is at such an impass!!!))

The host walked around the couch and sat beside Alcy, but it was several moments before he realized that she really was crying. He stiffened, his blue eyes widening with evident horror, his face contorting very slightly. He wasn't entirely sure how to comfort her, somehow feeling that his usual princely ploys weren't going to have the same affect on her as they would on one of the customers. "Come here, ma petite fille," he sighed, winding his arms about her in order to bring her to his chest comfortingly, and arm about her shoulders. He brushed the moisture from her face with a handkerchief produced from the pocket of his jeans. "I did not mean to upset you," he said, sincerity lacing his anguished voice.

His hand was warm upon hers, and he gave her fingers a comforting squeeze. He still wasn't sure what he had done, but he knew that it must have been rather severe to have deserved such a reaction. His eyes were trained on her face, awaiting her response, prepared to do whatever it took to obtain forgiveness.