Ouran High School Host Club is not mine...

Belongs to Bisco Hatori.

I tried to keep the characters pretty close to how they would really act... but there's probably SOME OOCness.

Sorry...

Well I hope you like it :)

Chapter 1

Staring at the resignation letter in shock, the members of the Ouran High School Host Club look up at their (as of now) ex-member, Takashi Morinozuka.

"What is this?" asks the blonde leader, Tamaki Suoh, unusually serious.

"A resignation letter," replies Mori, not showing much emotion on his face (although... this was normal for him).

The members exchange glances with each other. They had found it so hard to believe that Mori would quit when Honey was still there that they had to make sure they'd been reading the writing on the letter correctly.

Pushing up his glasses, Kyouya looks at Mori and asks, "Why?" The question that everyone's been wanting to ask.

Mori stays silent for a moment (not that that's any different that normal...), then replies with, "I have a girlfriend now." Everyone looks surprised. Mori... that Mori... got a girlfriend? Before anyone else in the club (well... boyfriend, in Haruhi's case)?!

"Who is she?" asks (the absolutely adorable) Honey, clutching his Bun-Bun tighter.

Mori looks over at Honey, but rather than answering the question, he responds with an apology. "Mitsukuni," Mori starts off. "I'm sorry... that I'm resigning."

Pouting like a little child, Honey doesn't look satisfied. "But I want to-"

"I'm sorry," Mori apologizes again, sensing what Honey was trying to say. "I don't want to trouble her." Seeing Honey's half annoyed, half disappointed expression, however, Mori seems to relent a little. "Well... all I can say is... she's not attending school."

"EH?!" The host club is surprised. She's a dropout?!

"She's... not rich," Mori continues.

"EH?!" the rich members of the host club exclaims. (The response to this from the poor member-a.k.a. Haruhi-of the host club was a "So? What's wrong with that?")

As Mori turns to walk away, the members of the host club all think to themselves that this was all the girlfriend's fault. Then Mori pauses and turns back to his friends. "Don't blame her," she says softly, seemingly reading the minds of the (surprised) host club.

"She wanted me to stay with you guys," Mori adds, and leaves the room, leaving the host club confused.

---------------------One Month Later--------------------------

Break time for the Ouran High School Host Club. Hikaru and Kaoru sit on the couch, obviously bored while playing their video game on their Nintende DS. Kyouya and Haruhi sit at a table. Haruhi is studying while Kyouya calculates the amount of money they've earned that week from their online auction. Honey, of course, sits with his Bun-Bun while eating cake, while Tamaki... well, Tamaki sits by the window while eating more "commoner" snacks.

The host club is unusually quiet (as it usually is if there are no customers... or if they aren't planning anything weird again...). Tamaki stops eating and turns towards Honey.

"Hey, Honey..." The (now) oldest member turns to look at the president. "How is Mori doing lately?" Tamaki continues. Everyone freezes. Not that they hadn't been talking about him every now and then. And not that his name had become a taboo or anything of the sort. (They did, after all, have to figure out a lie as to why Mori had had to quit. It would've been pretty bad if his fans had found out about The Girlfriend.)

But it had been an abrupt conversation starter. Usually, Mori had been eased into the conversation (such as when they spoke about past host club activities). The question had just taken them by surprise.

Honey swallows the mouthful of cake. "He's fine... I guess," he replies. The host club watched silently. They all knew that Mori seemed to avoid Honey during class, after school, family gatherings, etc. And apparently he was rarely at home anyways.

Hikaru sighs. "You know, it's boring if we don't know exactly how he's doing," he remarks.

Haruhi frowns at Hikaru. "What Mori-senpai does is his own business," she remarks. "We have no right to butt in."

Kaoru sighs as well. "But I want to see what his drop-out poor girlfriend looks like!"

Haruhi, again, frowns- this time however, at the word "poor". "What's wrong with being poor?!" Haruhi exclaims, frustrated. Sometimes her rich... friends (for lack of a better word) were just so... so... annoyingly frustrating!

Tamaki, being... well, Tamaki, immediately tries to reassure Haruhi. "Nothing, Haruhi my dear daughter! There's absolutely nothing wrong with being a commoner! You commoners, after all, have so many amazing inventions! Like commoners food! Such as instant ramen! And instant coffee! And then there's that sitting position you commoners use to save room! And those-"

"Are you trying to make fun of me?" Haruhi asks, annoyed.

Tamaki looks shcoked. "No! But-! Haruhi! I-!"

"Hm... You're the type of person that..." says Haruhi thoughtfully, trying to collect her thoughts as Tamaki continues to stutter. "Oh! Right! You're the type of person to make things worse!"

At these harsh (not intended?) words, Tamaki, of course, retreats to his corner to cry. And of course, the Hitachin twins-having nothing better to do-go to poke fun at Tamaki.

Kyouya, pushing up his glasses and shutting his laptop, gives a small smile. "You know," he remarks. "You'll be able to see Mori much sooner than you expect." This statement catches everyone's attentions (yes, even Tamaki's). Kyouya smiles. "Tonight? For example?"

Everyone (minus Haruhi) smiles as they realize what Kyouya is talking about. "What? What?" Haruhi asks, absolutely clueless, looking back and forth between everyone.

Tamaki grins. "The anniversary of the school's opening. The party tonight... everyone will be there..." And so... the Host Club began Operation: Find Mori During the Party and See How He's Doing. Of course... named that for lack of a better operation name.

---------------------At the Party--------------------------

The host club stood in tuxedos, looking for Mori the moment they walked in, ignoring the excited squeals of their fan girls (which was high unusual... especially for Tamaki).

"Do you see him? Do you see him?" Honey asks, searching the crowd for their friend, in a style similar to a way a sailor searches for land while spending many days and nights lost at sea (and literally too... the way he used a hand as a visor and everything... does that make sense?).

As the... unintelligent (for lack of a better word... again) members- a.k.a. Tamaki, Hikaru, and Kaoru (although well... they weren't really unintelligent...)- began to follow Honey and stood in place while searching the sea- no... crowd.

The... intelligent members- a.k.a. Haruhi and Kyouya- sighed. "Wouldn't it be easier to find him if we actually moved around?" Haruhi asked.

The unintelligent members continued to search, now squatting then standing back up, not accomplishing much (except for just looking completely silly). Haruhi sighs again, grumbling, "I'll go search over here..." and leaves. Kyouya watches, amused, then leaves to get a copy of the guest list.

Tamaki stops mid-squat abruptly. "Hm..." he says, staring at someone in the crowd.

"What is it m'lord?" the twins asks, also stopping mid-squat.

Pointing out a girl who looked about their age, Tamaki says, "She... looks a bit lost."

And she did. Standing out with her bright pink streak in her black hair, she stood with her arms over her chest, shifting uncomfortably in her green, fancy dress while searching the crowd anxiously.

"She doesn't look familiar to me," Kyouya says- appearing out of nowhere, of course- looking through the guest list. "Although it seems as though quite a few people brought guests." Kyouya pauses at a name. "It seems Mori has too..."

At these words, everyone stops and faces Kyouya. Then, everyone looks over at the girl, and back towards the list in Kyouya's hands.

"Don't tell me..." mutters Tamaki.

"That's her!" exclaims Honey.

The Hitachin twins smile. "Well... only one way to find out... right?" they say in unison, grinning. And so of course, because their curiosity is killing them, and because their conscience never really works in these types of situations... well, of course they walk.

Kyouya reaches her first. "Excuse me," he says. The girl, not seeing him walk up (as he walked up right next to her), jumps and yelps in surprise.

Seeing Kyouya and the rest of the host club, the girl breathes a sigh of relief and laughs quietly at herself. "Sorry," she says in a quiet voice "Didn't mean to scream."

Tamaki smiles, being as charismatic as he possibly can, taking the girl's hand and sweetly asking, "Young maiden, what might your name be?"

Taking her hand back and staring at Tamaki strangely, she only responds with, "Are you for real?" Before Tamaki could say anything else, however, the girl's eyes light up and she pushes her way past the host club.

"There you are," the host club members hear her say.

"Sorry," replies a familiar voice. "I didn't mean to be gone for so long." The Ouran High School Host Club (minus Haruhi- she's still gone) turn around slowly, coming face to face with...

"Mori!"

And even though he knew everyone would be there, Mori still looks surprised (surprised? He looks surprised?!) when he sees his friends there.