When the Snow Melts

by sanzo-reload

Disclaimer : Ouran High School Host Club is not mine and will never be mine! I'm doing this for my own amusement, not for money! The song I'm using for this chapter is Can't Make You Love Me by Bonnie Raitt, which is not mine either.

Authoress note : Hey, I'm back with a sequel to For Your Eyes Only! Yay for me! Hope the readers of For Your Eyes Only will continue to read this story cos I think a lot of characters from the first one will be coming back for this one. This is only the prologue, and I'll see if a lot of people like this, I'm gonna to continue.

So, without further due, here is the prologue to When the Snow Melts!

Note : The timeline of this story started exactly at the same time as the epilogue of For Your Eyes Only.

(prologue)

xoxoxoxoxo

Music Beat studio, New York

9.30 pm

(Normal POV)

"So, the special guest for our show tonight with their new hit single release. Give the big round of applause to Snow Drop!"

"To all the lovers out there.. Happy Valentine's Days!" the vocalist screamed into the microphone. "Hope you guys enjoy our new single, Can't Make You Love Me." Giving a simple nod to the drummer - signaling her to start, the blonde vocalist breathed in before she started to sing.

Turn down the lights, turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me, tell me no lies
Just hold me close, don't patronize – don't patronize me

Cause I cant make you love me if you don't
You cant make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark, in these lonely hours
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
But you won't, no you won't
cause I can't make you love me, if you don't

I'll close my eyes, then I won't see
The love you don't feel when you're holding me
Morning will come and I'll do what's right
Just give me till then to give up this fight
And I will give up this fight

"Good work, everyone," Raleigh said as the band exited the stage.

Valerie laughed. "Gosh, finally! A break!"

"Yeah, I thought I am going to miss a Valentine's date with my boyfriend!" Lynette interjected. The last member of the group, however, remained silent, which earned her a strange look from the others.

"So, Riku. What's you plan for tonight?" Raleigh asked cheerfully, resting her arms on Riku's shoulder.

Riku shrugged. "Geez, I don't know. Go back to the hotel, watch some cheap corny romance movies and sleep?"

Valerie gasped. "Are you serious? What happened to the date with that guy you meet the other day?"

"Oh, you mean, the guy you're trying to set me up with?" she replied half-heartedly as she put down her guitar in the equipment case. "He's stupid, so it wasn't really hard to get him off my back."

"What? Can you stop being so hard other people who's trying to help you?" Lynette replied, watching the petite girl getting ready to head toward the exit.

"Well, good luck with that," she replied nonchalantly. Shifting her attention from her band mates to her manager, she said, "Is my limo ready? I want to go back to the hotel now."

The manager nodded and without any delay, Riku fled the scene.

"She's really being a pain in the ass," Raleigh muttered under her breath. Lynette sighed. "Well, as much as I hate it, she's our ass for now," she chuckled. "Well, at least until she got some guy who'll be willing to take over our position."

Valerie huffed. "Well, good luck with that."

xoxoxoxoxo

Hilton Hotel, New York

11.45 pm

(Riku POV)

"I love you."

Switch.

"Be with me forever"

Switch.

"Will you marry me?"

Resisting the sudden urge to stab my eyeballs with a fork, I switched off the television and threw the remote off the couch. God, how can people actually watch this thing? It was basically filled with crappy lines and scary-looking male lead. Romance is so overrated!

I walked over to the kitchen and opened the fridge. After a minute of World War III in my head – whether to have a beer or a can of Coke – I decided that Coke is a much better option since I wouldn't want to risk myself getting into jail for underage drinking on the Valentine's Day.

Popping open the can, I sipped a drink from the can. I walked toward the balcony and ensconced myself into the wooden chair. I snorted as I realized that Ral had chosen a room that was facing the garden for my room.

Go figure! I thought to myself. Way to go, Ral! You're successfully made me realize how pathetic I am.

I let my gaze fall on a young couple seated on one of the garden bench. They were talking, smiling shyly at each other before the girl ended up giggling at something the guy had said.

They seem happy.

Beep.. Beep..

My phone vibrated. My eyes widened as I took a glance at the caller ID.

Hikaru.

Reluctantly, I flipped my phone open. "You better have a very good reason for calling me on Valentine's Day," I said, trying to sound cool but failed miserably as a hint of tremor was apparent in my voice.

I heard him chortled at the other end of the line. "Good one, Riku. Like you're actually doing anything! I bet you're by yourself now, stalking at some strange couple and realize that you should've gotten yourself a boyfriend!"

Gritting my teeth in annoyance, I closed my phone and threw it on the table.

How dare he make fun of me?

Beep.. Beep..

My phone vibrated again. His name flashed in bright neon green on the display screen. I let it vibrated for a little while before decided to pick up the phone again.

"Yes?"

"Okay, I'm sorry! I was just messing around," his voice sounded breathless and… sexy?

Oh my God, I seriously need to get a life!

"I know," I replied, my voice involuntarily softened.

"Are you in your room now?"

I nodded. "Yeah, why?"

"Well.."

I raised my eyebrows in confusion. "Well what? I swear, if this is about Kaoru trying to make my band perform in his engagement party - which I might add, won't happen for another 10 years – the answer would be no!"

"Chill, Riku! Cross my heart, cut my chest open, I swear that that's not why I'm here."

"Why you're here? May I know where exactly are you?"

He chuckled. "Well, from where I am, I can safely say that your fashion sense is as hideous as it always be. I mean, come on, Riku! A green sweatpants and an orange shirt? My mom would be disappointed."

"How the hell did you…" I stopped as sudden realization hit me.

He is here!

Hikaru is somewhere nearby that he can actually see me. Standing up the seat, I let my gaze fall onto the entire vicinity of the garden, searching for the certain handsome, brown-eyed boy.

"Can you find me?" his amused voice interrupted my frantic search.

"You do realize that this is constituted as stalking, right?" I said with a dangerous edge in my voice.

He laughed. "Well, for a start, you might want to expand your search a little bit higher than down there."

Puzzled, I averted my glance from the garden to the hotel building opposite to me.

"Hey," he said as I saw him waved at me from a suite in the other building.

I bit my lips before a shy smile crept onto my face. "Hey."

He came all the way over to New York for me?

"So, can I come over to room or should I just see you tomorrow backstage at my mom's fashion show?"

I laughed. "I assume you already know my room number, huh? Can you at least tell me your oh-so-reliable source?"

"You do realize that you practically told my mom everything that any stalker would die for."

"Ooops.." I added for good humor.

"I'll see you in five minutes."

"Okay," I replied, smiling into the phone before I closed it. I immediately ran into my room, trying to put on something 'lookable' and finally I settled with a white capri with a sleeveless violent top. I tied my short brown hair into a small ponytail.

I almost jumped in excitement as I heard the bell to my room rang. Opening the door, I came face to face with the only person on earth that would make my stomach churned.

"Hey," he greeted me as he dipped his head low enough to give a peck on my cheek and a friendly hug.

"I miss you," I murmured softly into his chest as I hugged him back. I felt a wave of disappointment washed over me as he let go of me. "So, why are you here, Hikaru? Shouldn't you be in school? I mean, yo-" I stopped my rambling as I saw the glint in his eyes turned from amusement to… simply guilt.

"Oh my God, you're seriously Eihara Riku from Snow Drop!" a high-pitched shriek hijacked my hearing.

I turned to come face to face a blonde girl, roughly around our age. My eyes widened in shock as I was trying to decipher as to what was going on. I gave Hikaru a questioning look.

"So, this is Suzuki Amane, Riku," he paused, searching for my eyes before continuing, "She is my girlfriend."

"He told me that you're his best friend, so he took me here as his Valentine's present! Isn't that just sweet? I mean, you can almost nev-"

I never managed to hear the rest of rambles as I tried to focus on only one thing at that very time.

"Riku, can we be friends again?"

I heard she took a deep breath before averting her gaze to meet mine. "I don't think that is possible because… I like you, Hikaru."

"I want to answer your feeling properly," he said, suddenly taking my hands into his. "But for the time being, can you please be my friend again?"

"I'm sorry. I know that it is selfish for me to ask you to wait for me, but tomorrow might change my feelings for you."

His answer has been a no all along.

xoxoxoxoxo

Hope you guys like it! I promise the next one wouldn't be as depressing as it is. Just for note that the first chapter is going to take place much later than the current timeline – probably 4 years later. And don't worry, the other characters, Kyouya, Yukiya, Kaoru and everybody else will be making an appearance in the first chapter!

So, that's it for now!

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I'm signing off

Your lovely authoress,

sanzo-reload