Chapter 1 – School is in Session
Summer vacation was over and it was time to start the new school year. Chika could now be at the same school as his girlfriend, Haruhi, and not have to worry about the others in the host club trying to take advantage of her or putting her through the ringer. He would also not have to contend with his brother all of the time since Hunny and Mori had graduated and would be attending the university. They were still going to visit periodically, but that was better than all day every day.
The down side to moving into the high school, at least in Chika's mind, was that he and Satoshi were joining the host club. Kyoya had approached both of them this past spring about membership into the exclusive club and although Chika's first inclination was to reject his offer to join, he accepted for the sake of Haruhi and Satoshi. Now he could keep an eye on Tamaki Suoh and make sure that the "king" behaved around Haruhi. He and the twins had caused a lot of problems in the past year and he didn't believe they had truly changed their ways. Everyone else might have believed the men in the host club had learned their lessons, but he wasn't fooled. A tiger cannot change his stripes.
Chika thought back to the day he received the text message from Haruhi saying that she was pranking three idiots and that his brother was going to pretend to be her boyfriend. She had told him not to worry and that was his first clue that he needed to worry. Just the thought of that and everything that followed still pissed him off and made him want to punch something. He had been with Satoshi when he received the text and he immediately flew off of the handle. Satoshi was there to knock some sense into him, quite literally, and he calmed down. When he felt like he was calm enough, he called Haruhi and proceeded to discuss this plan of hers.
"What do you mean that you pranking three idiots and that Mitsukuni is going to pretend to be your boyfriend? You have a boyfriend and it sure as hell isn't my alien brother!" Chika yelled. Ok he wasn't as calm as he thought he was, but he was able to dodge another blow from his cousin.
Haruhi groaned. She should have known that Chika would act like that, especially since his brother was involved. Taking a deep breath, she said, "Can I explain before you completely go mental on me? Ok, here it is. Tamaki, Hikaru, and Kaoru showed up at my apartment tonight and brought dinner with them. Then they accused me of dating Hunny. I didn't even know they were assuming I was dating him until they asked why I chose him over one of them. They said that I could do better and that he was too short for me, and well after that I basically threw them out of my house. So after they were gone, I decided they needed to be taught a lesson and called your brother. I sent you a text instead of calling because I knew you were hanging out with Satoshi, and you can't or don't always pick up with you two are together."
Chika counted to 10 and released the breath he had been holding. He didn't like the plan and it made him want to kill Suoh even more, but he would go along with it to teach those three a lesson. "Fine, but make sure that nothing happens with my brother and remember that you have a real boyfriend," he finally agreed.
Haruhi smiled, "I remember. Don't worry. It is all just pretend and we won't be doing anything that crosses the line, and don't take this out on him. It was all my idea."
"I got it. It was all your idea and I am not allowed to take this out on Mitsukuni," Chika grumbled.
"Right," Haruhi laughed.
The sound of the laughing on the other end of the line calmed him down more than anything else could have, "Okay, have your fun and teach those three idiots a lesson they will never forget."
"I plan on it!" Haruhi said laughing some more. "I will let you get back to Satoshi and I will talk to you later. Behave so that he doesn't use his stick on you anymore," Haruhi joked.
"Oh you are real funny. I will talk to you later. Bye," Chika said smiling. He hit end and put his cell phone in his pocket. He didn't like the plan but he was a lot calmer than he was when he had received the text message.
"So everything is alright now?" Satoshi asked sarcastically. Haruhi had an effect on his cousin that he had never seen before and he had known Chika all of his life.
"Yah, apparently Suoh and the twins showed up unexpectedly tonight and accused her of dating Mitsukuni and spewing a bunch of garbage. So she wants to teach them a lesson. I may not like it, especially pretending to be Mitsukuni's girlfriend, but I will support her and go along with it... at least for now," Chika said through clenched teeth. His hands immediately went into fists so tight that his knuckles were turning white.
"Yasuchika, you can trust Haruhi and your brother. Nothing will happen," Satoshi warned him.
Chika took a deep breath, "You're right. Let's just go watch the movie. I need a distraction."
Chika came back from memory lane when his cousin was shaking his shoulder and calling his name. He was surprised Satoshi didn't use his shinai on his head like he had done in the past, but then again he did get into trouble for doing that and was told no more hitting. He focused his eyes on the boy across from him, "Sorry Satoshi. I was thinking about something and my mind wandered."
"Something or certain someone(s)?" Satoshi asked with an eyebrow raised.
"I was thinking about when Haruhi told me about that stupid plan of hers in order to teach a lesson to Tamaki and the twins. Do you really think they learned and have changed their ways?"
"I don't know, but they have been keeping their noses clean so far, and Haruhi was able to finally pay off her debt. So maybe they have. It doesn't matter right now because you need to go get your girl, or do you want me to escort her down to the car?" Satoshi smirked lifting and lowering both of his eyebrows at the same time suggestively.
"Don't even think about it! I will go and get her," Chika said as he climbed out of the car and rushed up the stairs to Haruhi's apartment. He knocked on the door and within seconds, he saw the smiling face of one Haruhi Fujioka. "Are you ready to go?" He asked as he gave her a return smile and grabbed her book bag from her hand.
"Yah, I guess I am ready. You know you won't be able to carry my bag or do anything like that when we are at school, right? Maybe I should have spilled the beans about being a girl," Haruhi mumbled.
Chika laced his fingers with hers after she had closed and locked the door. Together they descended the stairs and made their way to the car. "We will work it out. We made it through last year without incident and we will make it through this one also, but whatever you decide to do, I will support you 100%," he said in all seriousness and before she got in the car, he leaned down and gave her a kiss.
Haruhi blushed and mumbled "thanks" as she slipped into the seat that was vacant of anyone. She slid over so that Chika would have a place next to her and greeted Satoshi warmly, "Good morning Satoshi. Are you two ready for school and the host club?"
"I am ready, but I don't know how well Yasuchika is prepared for the host club," Satoshi mocked.
"Shut up!" Chika said as he pushed his cousin a bit. He turned to Haruhi and said, "I will be fine as long as those morons stay away from you. Speaking of morons, there is the king of them now. What is he doing here?" All three teens turned and watched as a limo pull up beside theirs and Tamaki stepped out of the back of it.
Haruhi groaned, "I have no idea what he is doing there. Probably thinking daddy and daughter could ride to school together."
Chika hit the button to roll down the window and sneered, "What are you doing here Suoh?"
Tamaki jumped and looked around franctically and finally saw the other luxury car in the parking lot, although how he missed something that is parked right next to him is a mystery to everyone. Tamaki plastered on a smile and turned on his princely charm, "Why I am here to escort Haruhi to school today. It is the first day back and a father should take his daughter to school as is customary per commoner customs."
Chika turned to look at Haruhi and gazed upon a girl with her jaw clenched shut in frustration, narrowed eyes, and vehemently shaking her head no. He turned back to his prey and glared, "I don't think that is going to happen today. My girlfriend will be riding with me today and any other day she feels like it, so pretty much every day for the rest of her school career at Ouran."
Gulping and determined not to show fear, Tamaki continued, "You have monopolized so much of her time lately, surely she would like to spend some alone time with her father."
"I'm sorry, but I know for a fact that she has spent a good amount of time with her father. In fact he came with us to our lake home a couple of weeks ago."
Tamaki could see that he was losing this argument, "Shouldn't she have the choice about whom she would rather go to school with?"
"So you think that my girlfriend would rather go to school with you instead of me, her boyfriend?"
"I-I am just saying that we should ask her who she would rather go to school with," Tamaki stumbled over his words very nervously.
Chika turned to Haruhi and gave her a questioning look, "He actually thinks that you might want to go with him instead of me. Will you set him straight? If I do it, he may end up in a building of the medical variety and not the educational variety."
Haruhi rolled her eyes and stepped out of the car on her side. She stepped to the left and glared at Tamaki over the trunk of the car, "What are you even doing here Tamaki-senpai?"
Tamaki saw Haruhi and started running towards her to pull her into his embrace and away from Chika's car, "Haruhi, did you miss daddy? I haven't gotten to see you in forever! Has Chika been forcing you to leave all of your friends behind?" Tamaki made it about three feet away from Haruhi before he stopped suddenly and did not make a move to proceed further. A shinai was blocking his path and when he looked up, a very irritated Satoshi Morinozuka was standing next to Haruhi.
"I think you have gone far enough. Don't make me repeat what happened at the dojo when you acted a fool!" Satoshi said in a menacing voice.
Chika came up behind Tamaki and watched him jump at the sound of his voice, "If you take one step closer to Haruhi without her permission, you will regret it."
"Haruhi, don't let them be mean to your daddy!" Tamaki cried.
"Chika, Satoshi stop it. Tamaki, again, you are not my daddy and never will be my daddy. Chika and I already had plans to ride together and I am going to ride to school with him. In fact it is a standing date, so please don't show up here to surprise me again with a ride to school. I appreciate the offer Tamaki-senpai, but I don't need a ride. Now can we all go before we are late?" Haruhi said getting back into the car.
Tamaki took a step forward and he was once again blocked by Satoshi. "You ride in your car and we will ride in ours. Ok Tamaki-senpai? See you at school," the younger man smiled at Tamaki and then turned to get back in the car himself.
Hanging his head in defeat, he nodded his agreement and turned around to walk back to his car. He gave a wide berth to Chika so that he wasn't used as a punching bag. Where Hunny was sweet, his brother could be hard and unforgiving. Tamaki had provoked the teen enough this morning and valued his life to much to provoke him any further. He knew that Haruhi would help him if Chika went too far, but he didn't want to take any chances. He took solace in the fact he would be able to see his daughter at school and he would not have to worry about Satoshi or Yasuchika during host club hours.
Once Chika knew that Tamaki was in his car, he returned to his place next to Haruhi and instructed the driver to head to the school. Looking towards his girlfriend, Chika said, "I can't believe that he showed up like that. Please tell me that he knows to keep his hands to himself and learned the lesson you took it upon yourself to teach him. After everything that happened, I can't believe he is still calling you daughter and himself daddy."
At those words, Haruhi bit her lip and gripped her hands together. She stopped when she realized that with that reaction, Chika would know the answer to that question just by looking at her. She risked a peek at Chika and knew that he had noticed. Sighing she conceded, "They aren't going overboard or doing anything too much, but Tamaki is still doing his daddy act and likes to hug me, as you just saw; and the twins are a bit on the physical side also. It doesn't mean anything though." She was blunt as ever, but it was better to warn him now than for him to find out later.
"I see," Chika said and looked out his window at nothing in particular. He felt a small hand grab his and he looked towards his girlfriend. She looked worried and he figured that it was because of his reaction to her news. He exhaled sharply, "I trust you. I just don't trust those three."
She smiled at him again and leaned in to give him a small peck on the cheek, "I know, but they are harmless. They know that I am with you and that you will be part of the host club now. They should behave from now on."
Chika gave her a small smile and said, "Fine, I won't kill them or harm them if they touch you."
"Thank you," her grin grew. She knew that he couldn't stay mad at her for long, and hoped that the three hosts in question would truly behave because she did not want to deal with an upset boyfriend. "This week we will just have meetings about cosplay ideas and stuff like that, next week is when the club will actually open."
"This is going to be so much fun! Taka said that he and Mitsukuni had a lot of fun in the host club," Satoshi interjected with a huge smile on his face. You could feel his excitement since he was practically bouncing off the walls in the car. Soon the other two occupants were smiling and laughing at the energized teen.
Before the car stopped at the school, Haruhi turned to Chika and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. He looked a little surprised and she laughed, "Well no affection or anything of the kind until we are completely away from the school." She knew that his patience was going to be tried a lot today. It was one thing knowing what was going on with your girlfriend; it was another thing entirely to see it. Chika was going to have to watch Tamaki and the twins hug her and stuff, but she was hoping they would tone it down since Chika was going to the high school now.
The car came to a stop and the driver opened the door for them. Chika got out first, followed by Satoshi, and finally Haruhi brought up the rear. Tamaki had pulled up right behind them and rushed out of the car and came to a grinding halt five feet away from Haruhi when he caught the glare of the younger man with her. "I just have to bide my time. They will not be in club and I will be able to have daddy/daughter time then," Tamaki thought to himself. "Haruhi, didn't you miss your daddy?" Tamaki whined.
Haruhi turned narrowed eyes upon the king of the host club and said plainly, "You are not my father and I just saw you last week with the twins, so I can't exactly say that I did miss you."
Tamaki immediately found his corner and started to cultivate his mushrooms. He muttered that Chika was such a bad influence on his daughter and it wasn't fair that he got to spend so much time with her while her father was left out of the fun. His ears perked up when he heard the familiar twin laugh signaling Hikaru and Kaoru had arrived. Looking up toward Haruhi, he saw the twins making their way towards her.
"Hey Haruhi, already sending the boss to his corner?" Hikaru laughed as he put one arm around her shoulders.
Kaoru came to the other side of her and wrapping an arm around her waist said, "Yah school hasn't even started yet."
Together they finished with, "This has to be some kind of record."
Chika was fuming. They hadn't even made it into the building and already Tamaki tried to pull his daddy act twice and now the twins were hanging all over his girlfriend. Haruhi was not their girlfriend, she was his! It was times like these he wished he hadn't gotten rid of his glasses. He found himself reaching up to adjust them as a nervous habit. He had ditched them for Haruhi since he didn't need them to see anyway, but that didn't mean that they weren't useful at times. Clearing his throat, he said, "Excuse me, but what do you think you are doing to Haruhi?"
The twins were so wrapped up in their normal routine, they had completely missed the fact that Chika and Satoshi were standing right there. Removing their hands, they said, "Sorry didn't see you there. Besides we didn't mean anything by it. We are close friends after all." They knew better than to press the issue too much with the young Haninozuka though, knowing he could be downright volatile.
Kyoya was the next to arrive and adjusting his glasses to create a glare on his eyes, he began to take in the scene before him. Chika took irritated and his hands were clenched into fists, the twins were trying to explain how they could touch Haruhi because they were friends, and Tamaki was growing his mushrooms. "Well today is going to be one hell of a first day if this is any indication," Kyoya said sarcastically to himself. "Well I see we are all here. Now can we move into the building and get to class before we are all late. A crowd is gathering," Kyoya said leading the way into the school.
Indeed a crowd had started to gather. Most were girls that were clients of the host club and wanted to gaze upon their favorite hosts before school started, but some were curious onlookers about why the host club was congregating near the car drop off area. Some people whispered amongst themselves, while others were shouting the host of their choice name or MOE. It was very obvious that the girls had missed the hosts and were ready for the club to once again open its doors.
The hosts looked around and saw the size of the crowd. Hikaru and Kaoru gave them a taste of their twincest act. Tamaki pulled himself out of his corner and started wooing the girls that were closest to him. Haruhi gave her natural host smile and made sure to look at the whole crowd without really making eye contact. Chika stopped himself from rolling his eyes and put on a fake smile for all of the girls. Finally Satoshi was smiling and waving, lapping up the attention. All of them made their way into the building following their vice president and soon made their ways to their respective classrooms. It would not be good to be late to class on their first day. As a member of the host club you had to be a perfect gentleman, and that included punctuality. Well at least they tried and Haruhi was getting better at it. She wasn't late to her classes; it was just to the host club.
When they had made it to their first class, Tamaki tried to tell Kyoya how mean Haruhi was this morning. He was convinced that Chika was a bad influence and wondered what he could do to remove the bad influence in her life. He figured after he did that, he could increase the good influences. "What do you think mommy?" Tamaki asked after he gave his speech.
"Tamaki did you completely lose your ability to use your brain? What happened last time you tried to meddle in Haruhi's love life? That ended horribly. Chika is not a bad influence. He just doesn't like others trying to take his girlfriend from him. You knew better than to just show up at her house this morning and then you tried to force yourself upon her at least twice from what you told me this morning. The twins were hanging all over her when I got out of the car this morning. Honestly, if it had been my girlfriend, all of you would be hurting right now. I give him points for restraining himself."
"Mommy! How can you say that to me? You have to agree that she has changed since she has been with him and not all of the changes are good. She is more rebellious and doesn't want to spend time with me any longer. I mean we have the club and thankfully, we will have daddy/daughter time there, but it is not enough. Fathers and daughters need to bond," Tamaki wailed.
Kyoya shook his head and rolled his eyes. He had told already told Tamaki on more than one occasion that Chika and Satoshi had joined the club, so he was sure that Tamaki was aware of that. How did he expect to have daddy/daughter time during hosting though? It wasn't like they were going to be hosting together. He was about to ask that very question, when the teacher walked in and talking had ceased for the time being.
As the day progressed, Kyoya never asked his question to Tamaki and decided it was probably best to wait and watch how everything panned out. If nothing else, it could be very entertaining. "I do believe that Tamaki has forgotten that Chika and Satoshi have joined the club as our newest hosts. Well, he can't say he wasn't informed," Kyoya laughed to himself as Tamaki made another reference to quality time with Haruhi while the two seniors made their way to the club room. He couldn't wait to see Tamaki's face when Chika walked through the doors to the music room.
Haruhi's last class was thankfully twin free and she was able to take her time and wait for Chika and Satoshi without being dragged off from the classroom directly to host club. She was just about to start up the stairs when she heard a voice calling her name. She turned around to see Satoshi wielding his shinai in the air. She giggled at the sight and then started to laugh a little harder at the look Chika was wearing. When they were close enough, Haruhi asked, "He didn't use that on you today, did he?"
"Thankfully I was concussion free today," Chika mocked.
"He behaved today Haruhi. You know I won't let him get away with acting like a brat!" Satoshi said smiling and ruffling her hair.
"I know, but can you please keep the hitting to a minimum? I don't want to have to call your mother…" Haruhi smiled sweetly as she threatened the younger man.
Satoshi laughed, "I will do what I can."
"Can we just get this over with today?" Chika asked in frustration.
"I have to say that I am really happy they changed the time for Karate club so that you could be a host with me," Haruhi said turning her gaze to her boyfriend.
"Me too," Chika sighed. He was glad that he would be a host with Haruhi and still be able to participate in karate club. There would only be one day a week that he would have to miss host club, but he and Haruhi worked it out and he would give her rides home every day if she wanted them.
"Well come on before they send out a search party," Haruhi smiled.
The trio ascended the stairs and made their way to the music room. Haruhi looked at her watch when they arrived at the doors, six minutes late. Cringing she opened the doors and walked into the room followed by Chika and Satoshi. She rolled her eyes as Tamaki was crying that something happened to his daughter and that Chika was probably somehow responsible. If Chika wasn't responsible, then it had to be the evil twins. He was asking Kyoya what could be done to find his precious daughter. Haruhi face palmed and turned to look behind her. Chika looked ready to explode and Satoshi was shaking his head at the stupidity of what he was witnessing. She put her hand in Chika's and kissed his cheek. "Breathe," she whispered in her ear.
Tamaki heard the door open and close, but did not acknowledge it. He continued on his tirade until he heard the twins yell Haruhi's name. Turning around and already running towards the one person that had been on his mind, he swept her up in a crushing hug without realizing who had been with her or the fact that his hug caused her to rip her hand out of Chika's grip. "Haruhi, you are safe. Do you know how much you worried daddy?"
"I am not your daughter and I am starting to sound like a broken record. Put me down right now Senpai!" Haruhi yelled. Her request, however, went unheeded.
Chika was getting madder and madder as the lunacy continued. When Tamaki did not release Haruhi after she requested him to do just that, Chika took matters into his own hands, "She asked you to put her down, so I suggest you put her down before I make you do it."
Tamaki looked up and saw the two teens standing in the place he just picked Haruhi up. "What are they doing here?" Tamaki wondered. "I'm sorry, but host club is closed today and besides it would be unseemly for Haruhi to host two men," Tamaki said calmly, but he did not release her.
"Oh didn't you know, we are your new hosts," Satoshi leered at Tamaki. He took a step forward to help Haruhi if Tamaki did not let her go soon.
"H-H-Hosts? Mommy these two say that they are our new hosts!" Tamaki screeched and unfortunately Haruhi's ear was right there.
"That is correct Tamaki. I discussed this with you on a couple of different occasions. They are indeed our new hosts and are replacing their brothers," Kyoya explained as he typed on his computer.
"What?" Tamaki was in shock.
"Suoh, I will tell you one more time to let Haruhi go or I will make you let her go," Chika said walking right up to Tamaki.
"Huh?" Tamaki said dumbfounded.
Chika tried to grab Haruhi and pull her free, but Tamaki's embrace was too tight. He had no choice but to use force. Using a well-placed karate chop, he knocked out the host club king and was able to grab Haruhi before she went down with the passed out moron that was holding her. He looked her over, "Are you ok?"
"Yah, thanks for helping me. I guess he was in too much shock to let go," Haruhi told Chika. Turning her attention to Kyoya, "Kyoya-senpai I thought you told him that Chika and Satoshi agreed to be in the club."
"Haruhi if you had been listening just now, you would have heard me remind him that I did tell him about our new members. In fact, I told him that I was going to approach them about membership before I even asked them. Then I told him that they had agreed. It is not my fault that it went in one ear and out the other," Kyoya explained without looking up.
"Yes, but something tells me that you knew that he forgot and were waiting for this," Haruhi said studying the man before her.
"That is an interesting notion you have," Kyoya smirked.