Chapter 1: A new guest arrives!

I cannot take full credit for this fanfic due to the fact that my friend is helping me write it. The OC in this fanfic belongs to me though. Enjoy and please review.

Ouran host club and its characters belong to Bisco Hatori.

'Good grief' thought Haruhi Fujioka as she looked around the room. It was another day in the host club and guests were scattered all around, blushing and squealing at the men that were flirting with them.

Today the hosts were cosplaying as Egyptian pharaohs(it was the only thing I could think of them to cosplay at the time I wrote this). The king of the club, Tamaki Suoh was dressed as King Tut while Haruhi was dressed as Cleopatra. (The others were dressed as non-famous Egyptians)

"Oh Tamaki, you look so dashing as King Tut. Like a true king." a girl with long, brown hair mumbled, smiling in her own fantasy.

"My beauty is nothing compared to yours, my princess. Why not run away with me and become my queen? We could rule Egypt together." Tamaki spoke, looking deep into the girls eyes. Red crept across the girls face and a squeal echoed throughout the room. Haruhi sweat dropped, as she always did when the hosts used those cheesy, cliche pick up lines to win over the guests.

Yes, it really WAS another regular day in the club (as regular as being in the host club could be). The twins were acting gay with each other; Kyoya was trying to promote new club products to the guests surrounding him; and Hunny and Mori were being cute. Seeing all this caused Haruhi to groan in annoyance. She had gotten use to the club by now, it was true. But there were times when it became very tiresome just to watch all the hosts work their so called "magic".

"Haruhi, you look so feminine in that Cleopatra outfit. Your beautiful!" a few girls who surrounded Haruhi cried out. Now it was Haruhi's turn to entertain,

"I'm not beautiful. You girls are the ones who are beautiful." this comment made the guests squeal with happiness. Oh the things Haruhi had learned during her time in the host club.

Although the club was annoying at times, Haruhi admitted it could be fun. And she had made so many friends while being in the club. Maybe it WASN'T so bad after all.

"Oh, Tamaki! We almost forgot. We brought a new girl from our class with us today. She just transferred to our first year class and she's never been to a host club. Would it be alright if we introduce her to you guys?" One of the guests with long, blond hair asked smiling

Tamaki's eyes lite up at "new girl", "Of course its alright! The host club eagerly opens their arms to any new guest. Who might this new princess be?" Tamaki looked all around, trying to see if he could spot the new rumored guest.

A few of the girls stood up from their seats and made their way to the door leading out of the music room.

"She's a little shy." said one of the guests as she opened the door. "Come on in, Akahana."

The guests were in front of the door so it made it impossible for the hosts to see this new guest. After hearing some foot steps, the guests made their way away from the door. A figure slowly emerged from the group. The hosts eyes grew wide and they gasped. A beautiful girl stood before the host club. The girl was about 5'3 and had long flowing red hair that fell off her shoulders. She had long eyelashes and her eyes were crystal blue, almost clear. Pink spread across the girl's face as she opened her lips to speak,

"H...H-..."could only be heard from the girl.

The twins exchanged looks then made their way over to the guest. Cupping the ears, the twins said "Eh? What'd you say? Speak up a little, please!"

The girls pupils grew small and she backed away as red spread across her face. "I-I...I'm...um..."

The twins sweat dropped. This girl was defiantly NOT like the other guests that came to the host club. Given it was only this girls first day but...still. No guest, not even the fans of Mori were this shy and quiet. She had only been in the room for ten seconds and already the hosts could tell she wasn't a very social person. Noticing this, the twins looked at each other and grinned sinisterly; they decided they would try and get this girl to speak up no matter what it took. If her voice was as pretty as she looked, the twins would feel as if they hit the goldmine of all their guests (technically speaking, the twins thought this girl was one of the prettiest guests they ever had. Psh, and they call Tamaki a perv lol).

Both twins approached the girl and held out two roses,

"Come now, Princess..."Kaoru started,

"Watching from afar is no fun." Hikaru finished as he moved closer to the girl.

'De ja vu.' Haruhi thought. The twins had done and said the same thing when the club meant Renge; although, Renge later proved to be a loud, overbearing girl with a video game obsession. Somehow Haruhi felt this guest would be MUCH different.

Slowly, the girl brought up a hand to take Hikaru's rose but jumped when Hikaru grasped her hand in both of his, "Nice to meet you, princess. We would like to welcome you to the Ouran host club. My brother and I are the Hitachinn Twins."

"...and Takashi and I are best friends to everyone in the club! Want some cake?" Hunny cheered, holding up a piece of cake in front of the guest. (Mori stood behind him of course)

"I'm Haruhi Fujioka. It's nice to meet you, miss." Haruhi greeted with a kind smile.

"And we're the leaders of the club! This is Kyoya Ootori, our vice president. I'm Tamaki Suoh, the king! It is truly a pleasure to meet you, princess." Tamaki took the girl's hand in his and flashed a warm smile. The girl shyly nodded.

After introductions, each host gave the new guest a rose. She accepted them but said nothing in return. In stead she sat on one of the club's couches alone, away from everybody else and any contact. Seeing this made the hosts feel uneasy,

"Boss, she doesn't seem interested in us. Do you think that MAYBE the host club is getting...boring?" Hikaru said, frowning.

At hearing Hikaru's remark Tamaki fell over backwards and then quickly stood back up, "Don't be ridiculous! She's just a little more shy than most of our guests." Tamaki did a hair flip and smirked, obviously proud of himself for coming up with such a quick response.

"A LITTLE shy?" Kaoru started,

"C'mon boss, Mori-senpai's fans arn't even that shy." Hikaru's comment caused Mori, who was standing in the background, to sweat drop.

"Even Takashi's fans can speak at least one word without stuttering. Maybe someone should try talking to her again." Hunny hugged his bunny to his chest, tightly.

"Nah. Like we said before, she doesn't seem interested. We already tried talking to her earlier and you saw how that went down." the twins spoke in unison, sighing.

"Maybe she just needs a hand to reach out to her...C'mon Takashi!" Hunny grabbed Mori by the wrist and rushed over to where the girl sat alone. "Hi, remember us? I'm Mitsuki Haninozuka and this is Takashi Morinozuka. You can call me Hunny. What's your name again?" Hunny smiled big, jumping up on the seat beside the girl.

Looking down at the boy beside her, the girl's lips moved to speak but stopped when she noticed that the other hosts were staring at her, intently. The girl looked at her feet, blushing furiously. What was wrong with this girl? She couldn't speak. She WOULDN'T speak. And she seemed to have no interest in such a place as the host club so why had she appeared before them? Because her class mates had dragged her along? It made no sense to the hosts.

"Aww, its okay. We won't hurt you." Hunny looked at Mori who sat on the other side of the girl, "Takashi, you want to know her name, don't you?"

Mori nodded, "Yeah."

Once again, the girl opened her mouth to speak and this time, words came out, "My na-name is A-Akahana Siaoki..." she spoke quietly.

"Akahana? What a lovely name for a princess such as yourself." mumbled Tamaki, who had his eyes fixed on Akahana. She WAS a beautiful sight. It was a shame she was so quiet.

"Wow, Akahana huh? That's a pretty name cute name, don't you think Takashi?" Hunny bounced up and down in his seat, excited.

"Yeah." Mori nodded again.

"...!" Akahana's face became instantly red. She stood up and ran to a corner of the room.

"Hm? What's she doing?" asked Hikaru, watching Akahana carefully.

"I think she may be embarrassed again." Kaoru said as he looked over with his brother at the guest.

Tamaki chuckled, did a hair flip, then grabbed a rose and approached Akahana again, "My, my. You ARE a shy one. How utterly adorable." Tamaki grabbed Akahana by the arm and twirled her around so that she was facing him. Then he cupped her right cheek in his hand and flashed a gentle smile, "It's alright. You don't have to be afraid, my dear. Please come with me and join in the fun. You've come here to see a what a host club is like, oui? Well now that there's one right in front of you why not explore and get to know us hosts?" The king spoke gently to Akahana which seemed to have actually calmed her nerves down. Akahana shyly nodded and went and sat back down on the couch. The girl than focused her blue eyes on the other hosts. As she stared at them, she blushed.

"...You guys...are very...n-nice. You said I was...pretty before, right?" Akahana's voice was quiet but loud enough to be heard. The hosts smiled.

"Yeah, you're pretty." Hikaru started,

"Actually you're more than pretty." Kaoru finished, smiling.

"You're breath-takenly beautiful! And we don't just say that because we're the hosts. We mean it, Aka-chan!" Hunny cheered, smiling big. Hunny than resat himself next to Akahana.

(Note: All the guests have left now except Akahana.)

"...Thank you. I've never been told that before." Akahana smiled gently at all of the hosts.

'B-DMP!' went all of the host's hearts. She was ever more pretty when she smiled which, for some reason, seemed like that didn't happen very often.

"Seriously? No guy has ever complimented you on your looks? HOW?" Hikaru asked, crossing his arms.

Akahana's eyes lowered and her smile faded. Looking to the side, avoiding the host's gaze she swallowed big than turned back with a terribly SAD smile. This caught the host's off guard and made them feel worried.

"Well actually...there is one man that HAS mentioned things about my looks before. But his comment is completely opposite from what you guys said." Akahana turned in her seat uncomfortably.

Tamaki swallowed hard, "Who?" He had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach all of a sudden...

Akahana looked at the floor, "My...My father."

The host's eyes widened, "Your father? What exactly did he say about your looks?" the twins asked in unison

"He told me I was an ugly excuse for a human being. But I-I'm use to the insults. Both my parents verbally abuse me all the time. It's not a big deal." Akahana looked up at the hosts and faked a smile.

"...No big deal?" Hikaru shouted,

"It's a huge deal! No one's parents should ever say such things about their child or abuse them in any way!" right as Kaoru had finished, the bell telling all the student's to return to class rang.

"Thank you. You guys a-are very nice. Would it be okay...if I co-come again?" Akahana asked quietly as she reached the door to leave.

A minute of silence filled the room and then the hosts smiled and said "Sure."

With another small smile, Akahana bowed and left. For the first time, she had found a place where she wanted to go back to.

Author's Note: Thanks for reading guys! I'll post the next chapter if I get at least 2 reviews. Hope you guys like the story so far. You'll find out more about Akahana's parents in later chapters so stay tuned :D Sorry if there's any ooc-ness or anything that doesn't make sense. For instance, when I wrote the part where the school bell rung, I don't think the host's hold club until after school but in this chapter I wrote it as if they held club DURING school...sorry. My bad. Please ignore that though if it bothers you. I still hope you guys like it :)

For those who want to see a fanart drawing of Akahana, go to my profile page and go to my deviantArt account. In my gallery are fanart works on Akahana in the OHC folder. Feel free to check them out :D