Disclaimer: Ouran High School Host Club does not belong to me in any way, shape or form. I mean come on, I barely know any Japanese and my drawings sure as hell wouldn't sell!(though if you look at Stickin Around…)

AN: Hi! Here is my first Ouran High school Host club (man, that's a mouthful) fic. Most of the other fics I've been working on (when my muses aren't chilling out somewhere else) are Harry Potter fics, so this is new. And great. OHSHC is like one of the best manga EVER! Anyway, uhm if there's non-canon things and OOC please don't flame me for it. I wouldn't write canon fics even about my own work. Also, I don't flame people, and I try to give meaningful feedback, so if you review(please do. It helps when you're new at writing fanfics) keep that in mind.

Note: Also, if you've read my other fics, you'll notice that they were kind of dark (not much, but a little). They were about Ginny not dealing well with the whole chamber thing and they were only narratives from one character's point of view, no interactions with others. This fic does NOT follow that model. It's not really the same type of writing.

Chapter 1

'*Sigh*… There he is again…talking to Haruhi….maybe I should just go over there and talk with them. She's laughing. Has she ever laughed with me? Of course she has…with me and Hikaru. I don't think I've ever really been all alone with Haruhi. I don't think I've been alone with Hikaru these days either. I swear Hikaru's glued to her. Come on twin dearest, take a shower and take off that damn glue. I'm here too, you know. Right. It would be like talking to a wall. "Kaoru, what are you talking about? I know you're here. We're always with each other!" Right, physically we are, but in any other way it's like I'm in the North Pole while he's chilling out in the Bahamas! Damn it! I shouldn't think like that. This is what I wanted, isn't it? For our world to open up. I just didn't think that opening up would make me feel as though our world was being destroyed instead of getting bigger. *Sigh*'

Kaoru Hitachin was looking out the window again, deep in thought about the current situation with his twin. It's not that he didn't like Haruhi, quite the opposite actually, but it would have been great if his brother noticed him once in a while. Looking out the window to the beautiful sunny day, Kaoru just felt sad…and lonely.

-Hey Kaoru, did you hear what's the next theme for the Host Club? Asked Hikaru

-No, I haven't, but I know milord is the one choosing this time so I don't expect too much.

-Yeah well this time, it's ok I guess. The theme is "Shakespeare's plays" Wonder why we haven't done that before (AN: sorry if they have but I don't have the entire series of manga and I can`t recall if they've done it)

-So basically we have to dress up as Shakespeare characters right?

-Yup…sooooooo…Got any ideas?

- Uhm…well we have to take characters that could have chemistry…

- Duh. Come on Kaoru, you know I haven't read this stuff. The only thing I know about Shakespeare is Romeo and Juliet. Waaaaiiiit…

- Don't even think about it Hikaru. I know how this is going to turn out: me with a dress and a freaking wig! No way! I'm not dressing up as Juliet. I don't care how many times I've dressed as a girl, I'm not doing it.

- Fine, fine! Geez, it was just a suggestion. And I don't get why you won't do it. Like you said, we both have dressed up as girls so many times before.

- Alright then, you do it.

- What? No way!

- Oh so when I'm the one cross-dressing it's fine but when it's you it's not?

- Yeah, that about sums it up.

- Forget it Hikaru. If you want to go as Romeo and Juliet's characters than we can just be Romeo's best friends: Benvolio and Mercutio. I personally don't see them in love but there's potential for a very emotional scene with Mercutio's death.

- Alright then, I'll be the courageous Mercutio and you'll be poor, abandoned Benvolio crying over my dead body. Oh by the way, I'm taking Haruhi back home after school so don't wait for me okay.

And without another word, Hikaru left to talk with Haruhi. 'Poor, abandoned Benvolio indeed' thought Kaoru.

TBC

AN: Hello all! Hope you like it so far. Obviously it's just an introductory chapter (which is very new, because I've only published one-shots and another fic I'm working on has a first chapter that could stand on its own as a oneshot, so it's really the first time I have a true TBC fic) Please review, it's always nice to get feedback.

AN2: For those who love Shakespeare very, VERY much, don't get offended by anything I put in this fic. Except for Othello, it's been a long time since I've read his plays and that was in French. So yes, the pairing of Shakespearian characters may be weird to you (I personally see absolutely nothing between Mercutio and Benvolio. I just used them because I'm making Hikaru ignorant of Shakespeare's work outside of Romeo and Juliet.)

By the way, if you have suggestions about which character Mori and Hunny should be, feel very, very free of telling me.

P.S. English is my second language, so if there are mistakes, you can point them out, but please don't treat me like I'm stupid or something. Actually, you should never do that even to first language writers. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses after all. Thanks!