Ouran High School Host Club

Falling into a Lie

Description:

When Sakurai Mieko was in the eighth grade, she confessed to the infamous Hitachiin Kaoru, only to fall into a cruel trick played by the twins, and now, when they're all in the high school the trio meets again due to Tamaki dragging her into the club, upon discovering that she's never been there. He unknowingly starts series of butterfly effect that cannot be stopped. Not until someone suffers for it. [Mori X OC X Kaoru]

Chapter 1: One

Sakurai Mieko fidgeted, impatiently waiting for Hitachiin Kaoru so that this would finally be done and over with. Bright opal eyes kept nervously glancing around the backyard's pillars and hallway, searching for any signs of the one she was supposed to confess to – Hitachiin Kaoru (cue the internal squealing and a frantic heart-beat of excitement, not to forget reddened cheeks).

Mieko swallowed, starting to play with her golden locks to forget her fear of being rejected, keeping an eye out for the boy as well as trying to think of what she was supposed to tell him, when he did arrive to the requested spot. The whole idea of confessing had sounded so simple, and yet, when it came down to it – Mieko was in a dead end. She's never confessed to anyone, at least not out open where anybody could see – well, that is if they happened to walk by which she doubted.

"You called?"

She almost jumped at the suddenly appeared Hitachiin Kaoru, wondering where on Earth had he come from as she had kept her eye out for him on all exists. There he was, standing there with one hand pocketed, holding the love letter Mieko had stayed up late writing it and watching her with something akin to weariness, loath and nonchalance, although, Mieko supposed that she might be overthinking it considering that's how they always looked. Then again, for her, that was his charm.

So, what if she had a different kind of preference of boys – she liked him, so deal with it.

None of her friends understood what was so charming about the twin or in either of them. They were often described as too cold and frightening, icy nonchalant towards others.

"Um, you're...Kaoru-kun, right?"

Her voice was shy and mixed with an odd emotion that the wrong Hitachiin twin couldn't put his finger on it, not even as he turned his previously kind expression into that of a cocky and conceited one, expecting to find something amusing and worth of his time. Unlike this girl, whose name he hadn't bothered to learn, Hikaru knew exactly what was in store for her.

Humiliation.

Nothing more or less, he wasn't going to give her a special treatment just because she was a girl.

"I'm sorry, but Kaoru couldn't come," Hikaru spoke, noticing how her eyes (which were of the same color as his and Kaoru's) flickered with a disappointment, however, his voice showed no signs of sincerity. Something, which she seemed to have picked up a little if her blink didn't indicate it.

"I-I see," her eyes were cast on the ground, shifting on her spot uncomfortably.

Mieko was already condemning herself to the deepest pits of hell, dreading the end of their conversation as she had heard some rumors that concerned any romantic sort of confession made towards the Hitachiin Twins.

Inwardly Hikaru scoffed, deeming the girl as a wimp and a waste of their time, while outwardly his lips turned into a smirk.

"But, won't I be enough to replace Kaoru?" Her eyes snapped up at his words, as big as plates and showing clear a sign of surprise. It was clear that she hadn't expected him to say it, none of those girls ever did. Hikaru approached her, touching her golden locks delicately as to add a show to his words, while lowering his body enough that he appeared to be leaning in to kiss her. "Kaoru's not interested in you, but I am – would you like to go out with me, instead of Kaoru?"

Mieko blinked, then twice and thrice.

She had to bit her tongue to keep herself from doing something strange, when the Hitachiin twin she wasn't interested in, playfully kissed her hair. Mieko knew that her face must be tomato red due to blushing, making her to curse herself for allowing her hormones to run wild like that. It was a fact that both Hikaru and Kaoru were identical, so it wouldn't be much of difference if she were to say yes, other than the fact of them being completely two different people inside.

She should know that better than anyone else.

"Um," then, again – there was a reason she was confessing to one of the Hitachiin twin and not both of them. In the end, it didn't matter which one it was, she just had to get one of them to say yes. "I-If it's okay with you..."

And that's when Mieko should've remembered the rumors of the nasty trick the twins play on girls, who fall into their trap. Hikaru released her hair as if he had been slapped, stepping away from her in disgust before calling for his brother, who apparently had been hiding behind one of the nearby pillars. Mieko blinked.

"She says I'd be okay as well, Kaoru," Hikaru spoke with a shrug, and a tone of anger and disappointment in his voice. She could see the way how Kaoru's face looked dark as he looked at her, face showing the hurt, sadness and disappointment he felt at her words. Mieko grimaced, clenching her fists and damning her idiocy of ever planning on confessing to the hell.

"I heard that full and clearly," she shivered at the way how cold and uncaring their voices sounded, briefly forgetting that it was she who was rejected.

Not just rejected, but tricked.

"You – you tricked me? Why?!" The words were out of her mouth, before Mieko could control it, causing both brothers to look at her with looks of disgust and loath. "That's mean -!"

"You're the one, who's being mean and cruel," Hikaru spoke up, holding up her love letter, before tearing it into pieces with a few harsh moves, his golden brown eyes were as cold as ice; Mieko felt like her heart was torn into pieces just like the letter. "Saying things how both of us is good for you, when originally you were here for Kaoru, not me."