Disclaimer:

I do not own Ouran High School Host Club and any of the affiliated characters, these all belong to the talented Bisco Hatori.

I do own the story and several characters that appear through and the art (if will appear).

General information regarding the story:

The story mainly takes place around Bunkyō ward in Tokyo, an educational center that holds many academic facilities like University of Tokyo as well as our beloved Ouran High School (for the rich and spoiled).

As a reminder, the currency of Japan (Nihon) is Yen (¥), 1 Yen is, at the time of writing these lines, $0.0097 (less than a cent), and 1 USD is ¥102.67. So in these terms, Haruhi's ¥8,000,000 debt is approximately $78,280 :)

Also another piece of general information - schools in Japan start at April instead of September.

Lastly, I warn you that the first chapter will be a bit confusing (unless you know things you aren't supposed to), but it shouldn't bother you, just don't give up :).

I'm not going to describe our main characters through the story in case you want to use your imagination, however If you are interested the cover for this chapter has an art of the main characters.
If they don't look identical to you, it's the fault of my drawing skills.
General information about the twins' can be found at the end of the chapter.


White dress shirt, black snug pants, exact fit.
Striped dark tie and a perfectly tailored light blue jacket that can make every boy look like a full-fledged gentleman… Not that every boy could get his hands on these clothes, probably only gentlemen could. Nevertheless, the statement remains valid.

''Excited?'', Noboru spoke to his twin, adjusting his tie.

''Terrified… And incredibly uncomfortable''

He snuffled, ''the shoes?''.

''Amongst other things, every step I take requires concentration. It as if somebody switched my legs with stilts'', the twin scowled.

''At least you aren't wearing heels'', he snickered.

''Mm… I'm pretty sure wearing heels can't rival what I'm doing right now… Though I cannot really attest to that''

''…'' Noboru lips tightened, ''And Mika? Can she attest to that?''.

''…No. No, she can't'' he answered shyly, ''but she's ok with it'', he said and smiled reassuringly at his brother.


"Lineage counts first; wealth a close second."
- Ouran Academy's Motto

Ouran Academy, the most prestigious private school of Bunkyō ward, if not entire Tokyo.

A massive compound that provides education to the rich and famous, starting from childhood and up to adulthood. Exists to groom and school the leaders of tomorrow… and those who have money.

Lavish buildings inspired by mid-nineteenth architectural styles, shaded pink and stick out like a sore thumb. Making every passing-by commoner think to themselves ''damn those rich bastards''.

Ouran Academy values money, but more than that they value stellar family history and background. The more privileged the family is, the more the student is valued and (usually) ranked higher.

Class hierarchy is as following – 'A' class for the elite, 'B' class for those of lower pedigree rank, following 'C' class and 'D' class that consist mostly of children from Yakuza affiliated families.


Noboru was the first to speak, ''I've never seen so many people in one place, and everything's so… colorful and… big'', his face looked suffering ''I feel like a grey alien that crushed on planet-spectacular.''

''Are you sure it's big? Maybe that's how schools are supposed to be…?'' Minoru suggested, sharing the look of suffering with his brother.

''I miss being homeschooled'', Noboru winced, already imagining getting lost inside the gigantic pink maze. He signed, looking at a small map at his hands ''1-B… you think we'll find the class or we'll just end up being lost on the first day? ֹ''

''Maybe we should just give up now and return to the limousine'' Minoru replied, half-jokingly.


Noboru and Minoru are of the Housen family, who are relatively freshly rich. Relatively as in only second generation, however, if they would've instead attended Ouran in a year from now they would've ended up at the 'A' class since the family's wealth is expanding at an increasing rate.

Their father is Hotaka Housen, of Shizen Inc. A company for researching and developing "natural" medical drugs that even managed to develop a life prolonging medication against some trivial illness. He founded the company after he finished his biochemistry and physiology double degree and was the head of it from the beginning. From zero to hero as they say.

Hotaka is very possessive of his company, it is his greatest achievement. He refuses to pass it to anyone until the day he dies (''they would have to take it from my cold, dead fingers'') and when that happens, it will only be passed to a family member… This returns us to the original point…


''I really am not the leader type'' said Minoru.

''But you are the first-born-descendant type'' chuckled Noboru.

''Only to those who don't really know me… And what is the difference anyhow? We were all born pretty much at the same time''

''It's a matter of tradition… And that's not true, you and I were born on different days!'', he teased.

Minoru laughed lightly, ''oh! Now that I think about it, it explains why we are so different; we don't even share signs!''

''Mochiron*! I'm the more handsome, macho type. You are feminine and… WEAK'', he said with fake distain.

''Oh that's cute, you think you are better than me'' Minoru said with a teasing smile.

''Hey!'' Noboru felt stung.
He was quick to taunt, but quicker to get offended, even if knew the other side was joking.

''I obviously agree about you being the handsome one'' Minoru said, saying to his brother's sad face ''however it seems the people around us are at fault for not seeing that'', he smiled and threw a wink at Noboru.

Their entire walk from the school gates was followed by whispers and female gossip, probably because seeing two seemingly identical people is a rather odd sight.

Minoru's facial expression turned complex, a bit troubled.

''...That's a good thing, shouldn't that put you at ease?'', Noboru asked.

Minoru nodded slowly and replaced his face with a more cheerful one, although this one as well, had a troubled undertone.

Just before class they suddenly stopped at place when their eyes met the eyes of another.
Two sets of eyes to be more specific, identical eyes, belonging to identical faces, with almost identical hair and identical bodies. In front of class they met an abnormality, like them, in the form of two young pale males with amber eyes and light brown messy hair. The left male looked a bit irked.

After a short while of silent staring, the two groups broke eye contact and entered their respective classes, very awkwardly so.

As they entered, Noboru began scanning the class for a good seating place, ''I didn't suspect I would see other twins in our grade'' he spoke, accompanied by generic gasping and some giggling noises along with a few shy glances from overly-excited female faces.

Finding a perfect spot he scurried to sit, and then looked at Minoru confused as the neighboring girl squealed lightly.

As Minoru made his way to his seat a pen fell by his feet. He gently picked it up to return it to its' owner, the owner being a dark haired young female who looked baffled by Minoru's doing. He put the pen on her desk and smiled shyly, making her turn tomato-red.

He threw a confused face of his own towards his twin while taking the seat next to him.

* Mochiron – of course.


The beginning of the class brought upon the mandatory introduction of the twins, seeing they were new in the Ouran Academy. Quite a few stunned faces stared at them as they stood in front of the class, accompanied by a lot of whispering… about some Hitachi brothers?

Noboru almost fell asleep during class, and Minoru just spent it writing everything down, everything, including some side conversation he overheard during class.

''So which of you is Minoru and which is Noboru?'', asked a cute brunette who came up to the twins after class.

''I'm Noboru, he's Minoru'', answered Noboru honestly.

''And Minoru's the elder, right?'' asked another girl.

''Yes, and the smarter one'', he responded, smiling devilishly at his twin, whose face turned red at the remark.

''I'm sure you are as smart as well, N-Noboru-kun'', barged some short-haired girl.

Noboru looked baffled, ''T-Thanks, I… suppose'', he responded with an awkward smile on his face, eyeing his brother.

''They are so nice…'' some girls whispered out of the twins' hearing radius.

''That was… Weird'', said Noboru to Minoru on their way to the cafeteria.

''When I read all those novels I didn't think people actually act like that in real life'', Minoru said horrified, ''it seemed so detached and shameless''

More whispering and giggling could be heard in the background, aggravating the twins' embarrassment even further, and some talk about Itachi…?

Meanwhile, at another section of the high school, female gossip…

''Have you seen the new twins?''
''Yeah, I've heard they are really nice!''
''I think the Hitachiin are cuter.''
''Mm, maybe look-wise, but these two seem cooler…''
''And a lot more… pleasant compared to the Hitachiin.''
''I heard that guy… Minoru I believe… caught Moriko's pen midair and told her that she should get a more delicate pen, seeing that her hands are so elegant.''
''That is so cool!''
''What? That doesn't make sense, how did he catch it midair? She just threw it up?''
The girl shrugged, ''she told me she accidently dropped it while he was passing by.''
''Accidently?'' the asker smiled and the rest of the girls giggled.

''Grrr… stupid girls'', growled a passing-by male student.

''Relax Hikaru, it's just a phase. These guys will be out of fashion in a week'' his identical tried to comfort him, though he himself didn't look too content since he just heard he isn't "pleasant".

''Why do I keep hearing about Hitachi? Is their stock suffering or something?'' Minoru questioned.

''Hitachi? I thought everybody is talking about Itachi*'', Noboru replied.

''What? Why would everybody talk about weasels? Somebody died?''

''I think there is a popular fictional character named Itachi, I could be wrong though…''

They shrugged in unison, deeming the subject unimportant.

Upon their arrival to the cafeteria they saw two tall handsome men, one blonde haired with exquisite violet eyes and the other pale and dark haired with graceful glasses adorning his already elegant face. They seemed important, seeing almost all of the female crowd were entranced by them.

''Oh look, I think that guy is the chairman's son.''

''Are you sure? He seems too fabulous'' Minoru asked with doubt.

''I saw pictures of him in the chairman's office, I can't however recall his name…''

- ''His name is Tamaki Suoh'', said a small-framed brunet young male, ''and that extravagant guy is indeed the chairman's son'' he said knowledgably but a hint of disbelief on his face, ''you guys are new, right?'' he smiled innocently, looking up at them.

'What's wrong with this guy? He is so fragile-looking, is he gay?' Noboru thought to himself, jumping to baseless conclusions.

Seeing his brother is deep in thoughts Minoru decided to speak up, ''yes, indeed. My name is Minoru Housen and this is my younger, silly brother, Noboru. Nice to make your acquaintance'' he then smiled and offered his hand for a hand shake.

The young male didn't seem notice Minoru's waiting hand and just spoke back, ''I am Haruhi Fujioka, nice to meet you…'' he smiled back ''Well I suppose I'll see you around then.''

He then left unexpectedly; completely unaware he left Minoru staring at his hand, feeling awkward and partially insulted.

'Ugh, these people… Is anything I've been taught in manners worthless here?'

''Who do you think he is with? He looks like he can take over the world'' Noboru pointed, blowing Minoru's thought bubble.

''The guy with the chairman's son?''

''Kyoya-kun, does the Host Club have anything planned before the Golden Week?'', the question was targeted at the pale man and came from a young lady possessing short brown hair.

''But of course, Kasugazaki-hime'' answered the young man, with a warm smile on his face, charming a few ladies around him.

''Kyoya… Kyoya… Why does that ring a loud bell?''

''Are you familiar with the Ootori Group?'' Minoru asked, his face looking serious.

''You mean that guy… is Kyoya Ootori? Yoshio Ootori's youngest son?''

Minoru nodded and Noboru sighed.

''Let the socializing begin'' said Noboru and straightened himself.

''Try and be charming.''

''I'm always charming'', Noboru smiled confidently as the two began moving towards their targets.

''Hello'' they spoke in unison ''Suoh-Senpai, Ootori-Senpai, nice to meet you'' and brought out their hands for a (hopefully replied) handshake.

The blonde guy appeared confounded, and then quickly became distressed, ''Ah, mommy! I think I might be coming with an illness, I'm seeing and hearing double'' he put his hand dramatically over his face ''I cannot afford getting ill, if I were to get sick I would have to disappoint all my lovely fans… it's practically a sin to lock off something so beautiful as myself'', he looked truly and deeply upset.

'Mommy? Double?' the twins thought, looking lost 'this guy is… dense.'

The pale guy fixed his glasses up his nose, ''you are seeing perfectly fine, these nice gentleman are Minoru and Noboru Housen, and are new to Ouran Academy. And on that accord, welcome to Ouran'', he said and took the boys' handshakes.

The twins tried to hide the surprise from their faces, ''that's correct, you are very well informed'' Minoru answered, mustering a charming smile whilst shaking Kyoya's hand.

''Seems like you do too, seeing you knew who we both are'', Kyoya grinned with amusement.

''What kind of people we would be without knowing of you two?'' said Noboru, faking humbleness, ignoring the fact they only learned of them a few minutes ago.

Minoru looked directly to Tamaki's eyes ''especially such a marvelous person as yourself, Suoh-Sempai.''

Tamaki put his hands on his cheeks, his eyes shining ''oh! My beauty has become so famous even newcomers know of me! Looking at your eyes I see your honesty, just shining through~ you must be a marvelous person yourself if you are able to evaluate my brilliance. I like you!'' he exclaimed and then grabbed Minoru's hand with both of his hands and shook them warmly.

Recognizing his brother strategy, Noboru chipped in ''Mochiron! It was important for us to meet you. In fact, due to the crowding of these lovely ladies we assumed that we will find you here, what a fortunate happenstance it is that we came across you'', he said wearing a sweet smile.

Tamaki looked like he was about to either faint or explode, like a coy maiden being courted by her crush.

''I like them, I like them both! They are so gracious and they know how to appreciate true beauty, I want to adopt them!'' he then jumped up in place and then sprung to hug the twins who were evidently rather uneasy.

''While you can't adopt us since we have a father we will gladly settle with being your acquaintances'' Noboru said, wriggling away from the blonde's grip.

The blonde looked like he had million thoughts going through his head.

He clapped his hands together, surprising the twins yet again ''I first thought you are as scandalous and disgraceful as the Hitachiin, but it's obvious I've misjudged you!'', he practically shouted the last part.

Suddenly a loud noise head from another part of the cafeteria as a tray of food was thrown forcibly to the floor by a pale young fella with annoyed amber eyes, the food splattered on the floor, his identical was irked as well but more than that was surprised.

''I am going to fix your damage'', Kyoya spoke to the excitable blonde fellow, referring to the scared ladies who got caught up in the situation, ''it was nice to meet you, I trust we will have more encounters in the future'', he smiled charmingly and left.

The loud blonde looked torn for moment and then decided to bid the brothers farewell and join Kyoya.

''Hitachi again? What is so scandalous about Hitachi?'' Noboru spoke first after a pregnant pause.

The twins shared a look, shrugged and then continued to buy themselves lunch.

* Itachi – weasel, in Japanese mythology the weasel is considered a bad omen, representative of bad luck and death.


The rest of the week was lacking events and slow moving, everybody were waiting for the Golden Week to start and the week-long vacation accompanying it. For a certain couple the week was even slower than most…

''Good morning Hikaru-kun, Kaoru-kun!'', a petite blushing brown-haired girl greeted the young boys, twiddling with her hair ribbons.

The young twins were antsy but had to polite since the girl was one of their few regular customers in the club they belonged to, ''Good morning Kozue-chan'', the boys answered, though their faces were not greeting, even looked bored.

''What are you going to – '' the female stopped talking realizing the twins weren't listening.

''Hey! Haruhi! Let's go to class together'', the two spoke in unison and glued themselves to the small, annoyed brunet boy.

The young girl's face fell, the twins were her favorite hosts, but lately they weren't as... hosting. She wondered whether it was because those new identical twins that arrived two weeks into school start, then she moved on to wonder what makes someone begin school two weeks in. She decided to investigate; maybe they would thank her later with… god forbid, a kiss on the cheek? She blushed ever so slightly and squealed to herself.

Meanwhile the Hitachiins passed upon an already familiar scene on their way to class.

''Good morning Minoru-kun, Noboru-kun'', they've just only gotten to classes area and were already greeted by a familiar dark-haired girl.

''Good morning Moriko-chan'', answered the new twins of the academy, wearing a warm smile.

And then the familiar scene changed to something that upset the devilish duo.

''Sumimasen*…''

Surprised at the delicate voice Minoru and Noboru turned to the source of voice.

''You are Minoru-kun and Noboru-kun, right?'', in front of them they saw a meek brown-haired girl, smiling shyly at their direction.

''That's right, and who, if I may ask, is inquiring?'' Noboru bended a bit to face the now surprised girl.

''Kozue Kitamikado'' the young girl blushed a bit and averted her eyes from the discomfort.

That's it, now they've went too far. Being constantly compared to these two for the past week is one thing, having these two praised by dono** is another thing (which they don't care for, at least that's what they told themselves), but stealing costumers from them? That's crossing lines! It has become from being pestering to entering their personal lives. Besides, everybody should know that the Hitachiin twins are the better twin duo.

Hikaru and Kaoru shared a short glance and nodded, rushing to both sides of Kozue, pushing her lightly behind them (while her face is practically burning from the fact her favorite twins touched her).

The Hitachiin each raised their right index fingers simultaneously, pointing at the faces of the other twins.

''We are sick of you running around like you own the place…'' spoke Hikaru to the now puzzled faces of the Housen twins.

''Therefore we challenge you…'' continued Kaoru.

''To a duel, until death!'' said the twins in unison.

''Hey, hey what are you doing?'', spoke now a softer voice who came from Haruhi who was now standing as a barrier between the two couples 'and there I thought over-dramatic actions were exclusive to Tamaki', he thought to himself.

''Isn't it obvious? We are going to settle once and for all who are the better twins!'' answered the Hitachiin duo.

''Ugh, I'm sorry to be a party popper, but… Who are you guys?'' it was now Noboru's turn to speak.

This pissed the Hitachiin twins even more, who seemed to want to tear Noboru to pieces, ''are you seriously asking that?'' Hikaru now yelled at Noboru, ''we are Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin!'' they answered in unison again.

Minoru and Noboru were realization-stricken, and as if a bulb lit up in their brain they both said ''Ohhh, Hitachiin!''

'That puts to context so many things we've heard about Itachi and Hitachi' was their next thought, and then...

''Wait, what?''

* Sumimasen – excuse me.

** Dono – lord, referring to Tamaki Suoh since he is the president of the club the Hitachiin twins are in.


General character profile:

Minoru and Noboru are identical-looking twins; they both are 1.82 cm tall with shoes (about 6'0), dark blue hair and greenish-blue eyes and purple framed glasses. They close to 16 years old and are Virgo and Libra signs since they were born in a rather big time difference of almost 50 minutes and the sun entered a different sign at the time.