A/N: Yeay, after hours of agonizingly thinking of making a Kasanoba fic, and not coming up with an idea, I finally wrote this.

So happy, seeing as I've been in a writing slum lately. But now I feel much better and able. And seeing as Kasanoba-ficcage is on the meager side -I've only seen one that includes him in the big picture of the story-, I just had to right that horrible wrong!

Anyways, I'm going to have to dedicate this to Jaela-chan, seeing as she's the one who's writing that fic I mentioned a few sentences upward. Check it out its only just started, but I can see the potential, looks to be some future kawaii-ness!

Episodes 22 and 23 are great, haha, funny how my birthday number is 22, ne? Kasanoba's just too kawaii so cheers to that!

Oh, and by the way, there's a high chance that this will have shounen ai, so anyone who doesn't like that might as well click out now, mkay?

Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club. Oh well…

Like Vines We Intertwine

Dainty hands that had never seen a day's hard work gently grabbed hold of the golden handles and opened the oak door into the Third Music Room. Rose petals miraculously blowing past her and the glowing picture of bishounen greeted her.

"Welcome!" the bishounen said collectively, as if they'd done it a million times to perfection.

The young girl stared at them thoughtfully, a slender finger coming to rest on her pink lips. A moment later she started to count aloud in a thoughtful, hushed voice, pointing her finger at each member as she did so.

"Ichi." Tamaki. "Ni." Hani. "San." Mori. "Yon." Kyouya . "Go." Haruhi. "Roku." Hikaru "Nana." Kaoru.

"Eh?" the young girl exclaimed, looking down as she counted off the numbers with her fingers, five on one hand and two on the other.

"Ah, princess is something wrong?" Tamaki asked getting off his throne, curious at her unusual behavior; usually their customers would blush openly at their warm greeting.

The young girl looked up, her hazel eyes widening as if forgetting she wasn't alone. "Aa, ne," she started timidly, looking at her folded hands. Then she stopped and courageously looked up into Tamaki's eyes.

"Ne, Tamaki-senpai, I could of swore there were eight hosts. Where did 'Hachi' go?" she asked, twirling a lock of her wavy light brown hair innocently.

"Ne, 'Hachi'?" Haruhi wondered aloud. The girl turned to her and nodded once. "Hai, Hachi, he was sitting with you the other day…"

Haruhi looked confused and Kyouya watched the girl with a contemplative stare. "Could you possibly describe this 'Hachi'?" The girl nodded and rubbed her chin thoughtfully.

"He was tall…" Kyouya nodded, typing away at his pineapple laptop. "And had red hair… iie, it was more crimson…" The girl blushed and giggled a bit.

"It was half up in a ponytail and half down. And he seemed shy and uncertain," the girl smiled as she ended her description and held her folded hands to her chest.

"Aa, would this happen to be the 'Hachi' you've been talking about?" Kyouya said, pointing at his screen.

The girl, and the rest of the Host Club, huddled close to look over his shoulder, seeing the picture of an awkwardly smiling boy whose cheeks were stained a faint pink, and his eyes averted to the side in embarrassment.

"Bossa Nova-kun?" Tamaki said slowly, dumbfounded.

"Casanova-kun?" the twins and Haruhi said in slight surprise.

"Kasanoba Ritsu, Class 1-D, the successor to the third generation master of the Kasanoba-gumi, the most powerful yakuza group in Kanto." Kyouya said calmly.

"Sugoi, sugoi, sugoi, Kyouya-senpai!" the girl gushed, bouncing around excitedly. The host members watched her bounce along, wondering why their first, and seemingly only, customer of the day had such a strange nature.

"I would like to designate 'Hachi', yoroshiku!" the girl said as she finally calmed down. She looked up at Kyouya, her wide hazel eyes sparkling in expectation.

"Ne, I' sorry to say—" "Misaki." "Misaki-hime, but Kasanoba-kun is not a host club member." Misaki froze, slowly her pleasant face cracked like ice and her face fell.

"Na-ni?" she said slowly in disappointment.

"But we could designate you with anyone other member. You are the first customer of the day, Misaki-hime, so go ahead and pick whomever you please," Tamaki said cheerfully, stepping in to remedy the girl's disappointment.

Sadly he failed, which was apparent when Misaki's eyes started to water, her lower lip to quiver and started to make tiny whimpering sounds.

"Ri-ritsu-k-kun? WAHHHH!!!" the girl fell to her knees and started to wail.

Haruhi and the twins covered their ears, while Tamaki tried to comfort the girl. Kyouya watched tapping his pen thoughtfully against his pale chin. "Ne, Misaki-hime?"

Misaki instantly perked up and shoved Hani's proffered bunny out of her sight. "Eh, Bun-bun!" Hani exclaimed, running to catch the sky-born rabbit.

"Hai, Kyouya-senpai?" she tilted her head curiously, her face perfectly free of any previously shed tears.

"May I ask…the reason you are so eager to have Kasanoba-kun as your host?" Kyouya asked coolly.

Misaki's face flushed slightly and she shook her head in excitement. "Otaku…" Hikaru stage whispered to Kaoru who nodded slightly in agreement.

"Ritsu-kun! Ne, ne…" she giggled a bit and let out a big sigh.

"Ne, he's so kindhearted towards animals and others. Oh, and he's so shy and uncertain in social situations. Ahaha, and clumsy! Kawaii desu!" She swayed a bit as if she were about to faint.

"Aa, and his crimson, crimson, red hair! It's so long and silky-looking!" she ended dreamily; hazy, bubbly background and all.

They all sweat dropped, while the twins stood on either side of her as she was still swaying.

Suddenly she steadied herself and looked determinedly at Kyouya. "Onegai, Kyouya-senpai! I would really like to designate Ritsu-kun," her eyes watered for effect as she kneeled before the Shadow King.

"Ne, ne! But what type would Bossa nova-kun be?" Tamaki asked, not liking that as president he wasn't the one being asked. Misaki's eyes sparked and her countenence darkened.

"Otaku!" the twins exclaimed together, shrinking into a corner in foreboding.

The moment was over as soon as it came and Misaki looked at Tamaki with a happy expression.

"Why, he's the 'Heart-of-Gold' type, of course!" she said, her excitement leaving her breathless.

RAVVIT!!!!!!! "Eh?!"

"Hohohohohohohoho!" "Renge-chan?" Hani said while everyone, besides Misaki, Mori and Kyouya, stared at her in shock.

"Renge-chan! What are you doing here?" Misaki asked cheerfully.

"Ne, ne, I got a new bow for my hair, just like yours!" Misaki said, pointing at the blue silk bow that pulled her hair back.

"Hai, hai, very nice, Misaki-chan." Renge said happily as Misaki gazed at her in admiration.

"Ahem." Renge cleared her throat drawing all attention to herself. She got the same look in her eye as Misaki had and somehow seemed to tower over everyone in the room with her otaku-ness.

"'Heart-of-Gold' type, the very type of host this club is lacking. 'Heart of Gold' type, the heart-warming feeling a girl gets around this type is from his sincerity, shyness and modesty."

Out of nowhere a screen came up and the lights turned off. With a pointer Renge pointed at a projected picture of Kasanoba that had just come on.

"All of these traits have been displayed in the past. Misaki-chan, I congratulate you for the first to realize his potential!"

"Of course, Renge-chan!" The two girls looked starry-eyed while the host club looked at them with awe.

"Hnn," Kyouya said, the first to snap out of it.

"Could be… beneficial…" he said, pushing his glasses up the tip of his nose.

"Eh?" Tamaki looked over at his best friend questioningly.

"You think?"

Kyouya looked thoughtful.

"Well, ever since the incident with Haruhi, he has been getting a lot of attention from our female classmates…" Tamaki gained the same thoughtful look, a rare occurrence all its own.

"Hai, and the 'Heart-of-Gold' type is sure to please a percentage of our customers…" Tamaki instantly smiled and determination beamed from his eyes.

"Yatta! Bossa Nova-kun will be the 'Heart-of-Gold' member of our club!"

"Yosh!" the twins chimed in together. Hani happily led the way out of the room, Mori close behind.

"Ne, at least then there will be at least one sane member of this crazy club," Haruhi muttered to herself, before flicking off the light switch and closing the door behind her.

"Hohohoho!" Renge and Misaki chortled as they rode the platform down to Renge's secret room.

A/N: Yatta! I'm so glad I got that finished. Finally! Well, I hope you all liked it. Just so you know, seeing as Ritsu is Kasanoba's first name, he'll be called that mostly among the fan girls and even probably the Hosts eventually. I'm not too sure about the title, so I might change it later on…

Who would designate the 'Heart-of-Gold' type? Come on, you peeps know you would. lol.

A few things, ichi, ni, san, yon, go, roku, nana & hachi are the numbers one through eight respectively in Japanese. Misaki is calling Kasanoba hachi for a bit because she doesn't actually know his name.

Iie means no.

Yoroshiku is used in asking for a favor or making a request, like reservations at a restaurant. I thought it fit.

Kawaii means cute.

Onegai means please.

The hohoho-ing is Renge's fangirl laughing, haha, I can actually do that pretty good.

Any other questions don't hesitate to ask, mkay? Ja.