Liz grinned a bit, and settled in a bit more. She absently sketched a bit, but wasn't actively designing anything else for the moment. She was just putting together lines and details to see what emerged.

Haruhi ended up going back to her room after a while, and the next day found Lucy relaxing in the spa again, just enjoying her massage.

Although she was a little briefly almost worried at the stray thought that Mori would probably give great massages.

Liz was relaxing in the hot tub for a bit, in a different bathing suit this time. Some of the host clients were there with her, chattering amongst themselves, and she just listened for any good tidbits of gossip.

The hosts had a little break about then and the twins absently checked to see where Liz was. Kyoya noticed and smiled, observing for a few moments before looking around for the rest of the hosts.

Honey had gone off to find Lucy, with Mori following him. While most observers would assume it was Honey who had wanted to find her, Honey knew better. It was Mori who had suggested finding her for lunch, and wasn't that interesting?

Lucy finished with her massage and got properly dressed again, just as the other two headed over to her.

"Hey guys," she greeted with a smile.

The twins looked at Liz and pouted a bit, trying to figure out the easiest way to get her to join them for lunch without inviting all the clients.

"Hey," Honey said, grinning. "Having fun?"

Liz saw them and grinned a bit, but didn't make any move to get out of the hot tub. She also didn't call attention to them, either; she didn't want to listen to all the other girls gush over the twins at the moment.

"Yup. Just got a massage, which felt wonderful." Lucy smiled. "What about you two? Keeping yourselves entertained?"

The twins ended up staying off to the side and up above so they could watch without being the center of attention for once.

Liz was able to listen to the gossip for only a little longer before she became the center of it.

"So how did you manage to get invited?" one of the other girls asked. Liz blinked at the sudden question.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"Oh yeah, no problem," Honey said brightly. "There's so much to do!" He grinned. "But Takashi wanted to come and find you, so here we are!"

"Well, you're not exactly a regular client," one of the others said. "And we know that all the spots were gone. So how did you get on the trip?"

"Oh?" Lucy smiled a bit, turning a bit pink. "Well, I'm free for a while, so what shall we do?"

Liz considered the question for a moment before shrugging slightly.

"I was invited," she replied. "I'm just here as a friend, that's all."

"How about on a walk around the grounds?" Honey suggested. "Oooh, there's a hiking path that goes up the mountain a ways!" Then he paused. "Oh, but I wanted to go explore the kitchens..." He looked at the two. "Why don't you two go on the walk, and I'll go explore the kitchen?"

"Invited?" The girls tittered a bit. "How did you get invited? I don't think anyone's been invited before."

Lucy glanced at Mori. "If you're okay with that," she said, blinking at him. She was fine with going on a hike.

"I just... was," Liz said, carefully not mentioning that it was the twins who had invited her. "Why, is that a big deal or something?"

"Of course," Mori said, nodding once. Honey beamed and bounced off, leaving them by themselves.

"Yes," one girl said. "They don't just invite anyone you know!" They all giggled again.

Lucy watched Honey go before she looked at Mori again.

"Well, shall we?" She smiled at him.

"Well, Lucy and I got invited," Liz said. "Nearly dragged along. I mean, we stay out of the way when the hosts are working, so it all works out, right?"

Mori held out his arm for her, smiling a bit.

"Let's go," he said.

The girls all nodded, murmuring amongst themselves about that.

"So which one is your favorite?"

Lucy smiled and took his arm, walking with him along towards the trail.

Liz blinked.

"What?" she asked, surprised by the question.

Mori walked with her, enjoying the companionable silence and the outdoors. Hiking wasn't something he generally got to do; it wasn't one of Honey's preferred hobbies.

"Which host is your favorite?" the girl asked again with a grin.

Lucy also enjoyed herself. She didn't go hiking often, but she enjoyed it, especially since the view was excellent. She didn't even feel the need to break the comfortable silence.

Liz blinked again.

"Kaoru and Hikaru, why?" she asked.

Mori offered her a hand when she needed it, but for the most part let Lucy hike on her own. He knew she was the type to want to do things under her own power when she could, so he wasn't going to coddle her. The hike wasn't difficult, anyways; the trail was well-worn and easy to navigate.

"Ours too," a few of the girls said, grinning. "They're just so..." They all sighed dreamily.

The only time Lucy really needed help was when she accidentally slipped off the trail and ended up several feet down the mountain braced against a tree. Whoops.

"They're hysterical," Liz said frankly, grinning a bit.

"Careful," Mori said as he gave her a hand back up. He waited until her footing was secure before letting go of her again.

"They are," the girls agreed. "And so handsome, too!"

"Thanks," Lucy said, blushing as she made sure she was back on the trail securely.

Liz couldn't deny that.

"Who are you all here for?" she asked, moving the focus off of herself for the moment.

"No problem," Mori replied with a small grin.

The girls dissolved into harmless chatting at that again, relaxing and discussing the different hosts.

Lucy smiled and kept pace with him. "Guess I need to get out hiking more," she said.

Liz jumped in from time to time, offering an outside perspective on the hosts, but otherwise just listened.

"I know of some good places," Mori offered. "Maybe when we get back home?"