surprise party

Kage's eyes widened when he spoke to her in Gaelic. "Abair thu Gaidhlig(You speak Gaelic)?" she asked him, thoroughly surprised. Suddenly, she felt a little more at ease. It had been so long since she had heard the mother tongue from someone other than her brothers. She missed the way it felt on her tongue, the way it felt like music, hearing it from someone else.

She lifted a hand and ran it over Crystal's hair to help with the mess. "I dunnay, Gael, you look good with bedhead," she teased, winking at Crystal. Oooh, she was such a flirt. Her attention was drawn to the door and to Ageha when it opened. At least in public they could be civil to each other. Especially for Ryan's sake. "Hey, Senpai," she greeted. Oh right. Japanese household. No outdoor shoes inside. She wrinkled her nose and unclipped her boots, sliding out of them and stepping into the house.

No sooner had she come inside, then did Kagami come rushing over to her. She blinked in surprise. "Gnosach, the heel's the rush?" she asked, her accent think in her words. She had a nickname for each of the Hostesses, though she'd never actually told any of them, except Crystal, what they meant.

From the messages on the group chat it seemed like everything was going according to plan! He'd wanted to come up with a code name for the whole plan but after... encouragement not too from Ageha, had given up in the endeavor. He'd been rather disappointed. 

There seemed to be a slight... kerfuffle near the door. The pink haired girl and the red haired one seemed to be having some sort of glaring match... Ugh. The Chloe meme came to mind. It was seriously a case of 'Could you fucking not??' It was Ryan's surprise party for god's sake! Why were people starting arguments. Souta supposed he should be grateful that Ryan wasn't there to see it. 

Grabbing the box of purple ribbons he headed towards the door trying to firmly usher the people further into the house to make room for more people. Once the people hanging around had been unceremoniously pushed further into the house Ageha started screaming. 

Souta was on the other side of the room and he was almost certain he was going to be deaf. How was she loud? From so far away?

Grabbing his phone and turning the camera on he waited as the door opened... slowly... slowly. Then Ryan was in the doorway and he took five pictures, quickly one after the other. Lowering his phone, a wide smile spread across Souta's face as he straightened up, practically beaming at Ryan. 

Kai couldnt help but giggle as Suzume bowed and kissed her hand, a light pink color staining her cheeks in her excitement. He seemed so nice, and when he complimented her on her own outfit Kai smiled even bigger then she had before.

"You like it?" She twirled around once in excitment, pivoting on the heel of her shoe. "My Mama got it for me while she was away!" Thoughts of her mother always brought a certain sadness; not knowing when she would be home again was hard. But this was Kai, and Kai was almost incapable of staying anything but happy for prolonged periods of time.

"I forgot to wear purple, though." She said, rubbing the back of her neck in embarressment. "Its a good thing they made these ribbons! And theyre so cute!"

"You want to be a Host?" The little girls face lit up, excitement shining in her eyes. She loved the Host club, it gave her a chance to meet new people and make new friends, which she had. "Well, you're really nice and really cute, I think you'd make a great Host!"

Her attention was stolen by the apparent birthday boy coming into the house. When everyone cheered happy birthday, Kai enthusiastically joined in, clapping her hands afterwards with a joyous laugh. So his name was Ryan... That was probably good to know.

She turned to Suzume with a smile.. "We should go say happy birthday to him!" She said, nodding her head to where Ryan was now standing.

Well, now that Ryan (and Finn) were here, Prim would be well occupied. Hyacinth never planned on having to occupy Prim in the first place, but Finn's presence ensured her freedom. She was starved. Where was the food? Perhaps near the gift table? She had to put her gift -- just some money, honestly, she didn't know Ryan well enough to get them anything personal -- down, anyways.

Hyacinth wandered over there, hoping she was right. Of course the food was near the gift table. Had to be. She could already tell she wasn't in the mood to trek all the way to one side of this oversized house and back just to eat something. Well, she looked cute today. She'd picked out a high-waisted skirt with purple, blue, and cyan fractal patterning and a teal crop top to go along with it. Certainly suitable for a party, and for convincing some boy to get food for her if it was too far away.

Hyacinth snatched her hand back, dragging her eyes up the arm attached to the hand she'd touched, along their shoulders, to their face.

"No, you're alright." Her eyes narrowed slightly. Had she met this person before? Something about their face seemed familiar. She was good at remembering things like this; Prim once referred to her as "frightening" because of it. But where had she seen this person? She couldn't match their face to any of her memories.

Perhaps it would come to her.

"I'm Hyacinth," she replied. It still felt strange using English after so long. "Or Setsuko. It's up to you, honestly." She turned, scanning the table. Hm. She wanted something savoury. "I take it you aren't from around here?"

Kagami had always felt comfortable around Kage, which was really something for her; Kagami wasn’t comfortable around anyone but Kai, but even when she was mean to Kage the foreign girl hadn’t reacted to her with fear. Maybe that’s what had caught her attention; the fact that she wasn’t afraid of her. Of course, Kages… attentions to her sister would have been enough to catch her notice, but… Kage was really the only person Kagami could consider a friend.

And Crystal was with her, which wasn’t surprising being as they were a couple. Kagami could deal with Crystal. She never tried to pry or get too close to Kagami and even though she was always rather closed off and maybe even snapped at her from time to time, she never went out of her way to be cruel to her.

So when Crystal mentioned her avoiding Shiroyuri, Kagami didn’t tell her to go to hell as she would have someone else. She shrugged, glaring over her shoulder. “Yeah. The bitch is getting on my last nerve.”

Hearing Kages nickname for her, Kagami turned back to her friend. At first, she had really hated the nickname; she really didn’t like anyone calling her anything but her name. Over time she had come to accept it, though she didn’t know what it meant and, honestly, she didn’t care. She sneered at Kages question, glancing behind her to pinpoint where her sister was, off with some girl who Kagami didn’t know, then shifting her eyes back to Shiroyuri. “I hate how close they are.” She said quietly, almost to herself. The friendship Shiroyuri and Kai had was quite a cause for anger with Kagami. But whatever; as long as Yuri didn’t hurt Kai, she wouldn’t intercede. That much.

When the birthday boy arrived, Kagami didn’t join in with the cheering. In fact, she slunk back even further, standing behind Kage and Crystal though her height made it impossible for her to hide. She watched as several people went to congratulate the boy, Ryan, but again she held back. She didn’t even want to be here. With an annoyed look, she took the pin off her shirt and held it in her fist. Maybe she should just leave…