After Harold, Sean, and Bobby left the grounds in an angry fit for being so humiliated, Harvey offered to help Cleo clean up and led him upstairs to change. Cleo realized he was in Ishida's mansion when he found all the framed portraits of Ishida and his family on the walls.
After Cleo had taken off his dirty and wet clothes, he threw on the terry cloth robe Ishida provided him. He met up with Ishida in his room as Ishida went around, directing his maid to look for clothes for Cleo to wear.
"So you're Cleo Montenegro, right?" Harvey asked him when he settled himself down on a chair opposite Cleo. He briefly directed another maid to get him and Ichigo a cup of tea.
"Y-yes. How do you know my name?" Cleo questioned. He still couldn't quite fathom how he was sitting there in Harvey Miranda's room, waiting for tea.
"Ashley has mentioned about you. She told me you're very nice." He lowered his glasses a bit as if getting a better look at Cleo through his own eyes. "Honestly she's never shown enough interest in guys to mention them to me before. Come to think of it, she might like you."
"Heh, that's impossible," Cleo said but hesitated to think twice about it.
"Either way, you'll be fine," Harvey replied. The maid ordered to find clothes for Cleo appeared before them and showed Ishida a suit. "Yes, that will do. Please show it to him. Cleo, I hope this suits your taste."
Cleo looked at the suit and found a striking similarity between this suit and the one Rukia had offered to him. It was the same all-black suit with the only difference being the dark violet tie. Cleo figured this suit was another expensive creation. "I can't accept this." He was flabbergasted at Harvey's kindness.
"But I insist. You can't attend my party without any clothes. You'd get kicked out for sure." Harvey added, laughing slightly. "Please accept it as a gift from me. A friend of Ashley's is a friend of mine."
At these words, Cleo suddenly had a feeling of contentment come over him. Ishida just recognized him as his friend, the very person who made him want to attend International Schools. There was no declining this suit now. It would be a complete rude slap in the face. He thanked Ishida before taking hold of the suit. "Okay, hopefully, it fits."
Everyone in the main ballroom was talking about the incident with Cleo or the 'constant troublemaker' as they dubbed him. There were many gasps of shock when people reported that Harvey had offered him help. No one could quite grasp the situation and waited for signs of Ishida showing up.
"All right. You go in first." Harvey said when he and Cleo were standing right outside of the entrance to the ballroom.
"Me? I don't know about that. People would rather see you than me." Cleo replied and took a step back for Ishida to step forward.
Harvey only took another step in back of Cleo and pushed him in front. "Just go."
Cleo had to oblige. He took one deep breath before stepping into the room. It took him a few more steps inside for people to realize who he was. Whispers were heard around him.
"Wow, is that Cleo? He looks hot."
"Yeah, he cleans up well."
Cleo couldn't help but turn a light crimson when he heard the comments about him. Harvey soon turned up beside him, nodding every so often at the guests, and led him to the table where B4 was sitting. Cleo stiffened slightly when he spotted Azumi sitting there and looking him over in interest. Cleo noticed the color of her violet dress was almost identical to the color of his tie. He wished right then that the maid had chosen a different color.
Ashley got up from her seat beside Azumi and went over to stand next to Harvey, looking from Cleo to Harvey in awe. "Harvey, you've done such a great job! Cleo! You look so handsome!"
Cleo's light crimson face turned a shade darker at her comment. "Thanks a lot." He smiled at her.
Azumi observed the change in him at that moment. She couldn't help but feel jealous when relaying the memory of Cleo declining her offer to wear the suit she gave him. What is trying to play, that fool? She thought to herself.
She stood up from her chair and marched over to them. "Ashley." She called out her friend's name to get her attention.
"Yes, Azumi?" Ashley turned around and raised her eyebrows in question.
"Why do you like this boy?" Azumi demanded in a serious tone and pointed to Cleo.
"Ano..." Ashley paused, getting quite nervous by Azumi's tone. "He's a friend and he's nice-"
"You don't have to explain to her, Ashley." Harvey interrupted her sentence to intervene and took a step forward toward Azumi. "Azumi, don't you think you're being a bit bossy? Why don't we just enjoy this night without any arguments."
Azumi glared at Harvey with contempt for butting in. "Even though you're Harvey Miranda, I will never again permit you to speak to me that way."
"Then I won't permit you to speak to Harvey that way," Ashley spoke up and walked over to stand next to Harvey. "You're disrespecting your senior, Azumi."