Part 1

Tamaki Suou the leader of the Ouran Host Club thought it was just another fan mail. He never noticed that it had a sender's address at the back of the envelope. Neither did the others since they were busy entertaining their customers. Kyoya Ootori was behind a desk calculating while observing the online bidding increment for a patch quilt Takashi Morinozuka made for Mitsukuni Haninozuka's birthday. However, his chibi cousin preferred to have him as his bolster instead.

So, they gave the quilt to Kyoya to put it up for sale, much to the delight of the Shadow King. Even so he still entertained customers in his cool way the fangirls found seductive. Haruhi Fujioka was looking blandly at a fangirl of his who was excited at Kyoya's coolness. What's so cool about being treated as wallpaper? 'He' couldn't understand 'his' customers' overjoyed reaction when 'he' served them with commoner's coffee or 'his' skills at making commoner's coffee for them.

'He' hasn't served them any and they were drooling? What was it with these rich kids? Mori and Hani were busy entertaining their squealing customers with their usual lord-n-retainer act. Hani as usual would lose one of his pink fluffy slippers. Mori would magically retrieve it and have Hani sit on his knee while slipping it on for his chibi cousin. Hani's eyes would go glassy with happiness.

The girls would go, "Ohhh, they're sooo good to each other. So cute..!"

The Hiitachiin twins were giving their customers' eye candies of their 'loving' to the fangirls. Hikaru slipped his hand into Kaoru's back pocket and Kaoru would look at the girls with sexy, bedroom eyes. Hikaru would wink mischievously at the girls as if saying, "Hmm, I like this…"

Their actions made the fangirls screaming, "Weeeee… we want more…"

Meanwhile, Tamaki took a brief breather from entertaining his customers, as he had encountered one fan mail in a gold envelope. He was excited. A super otaku! He thought, yippee! He had no worries about his customers being neglected because his members were very adaptive to unpredictable situations. His customers were whisked away by his members in a professional manner to tend to their needs in their usual 'tender' care. But when he read the letter looked flabbergasted.

"Ahhhhhhh…..!!!" He screamed in shock.

Everyone in the third music room froze upon hearing the girlie-like scream from the room next to the pantry. Kyoya and Haruhi rushed to that particular room with Mori, Hani and the Hiitachin twins manning the customers. They were worried for their leader's sudden act of unmanliness. Kyoya burst into the room, Haruhi followed in his stead. They were both stunned at what they saw. Tamaki was rod still, unblinking, gaping, pale, and cold. Haruhi poked his stiff shoulder. He toppled onto the floor. Unmoving and had the shocked expression on his face.

Haruhi jumped back in fright, she quickly lifted his wrist and felt for his pulse with a thumb. She blew a relieved sigh, "Thank goodness, he's alright." His heart was beating albeit erratically, perhaps due to the sudden excitement he received. She placed his head gently on her thigh, fanning his face with a handkerchief.

"Aww, so sweet…" A few fangirls who had escaped from 'Loli-shota' Hani and 'The Wild type' Mori's eyes were having a fabulous time peeking into the room to satisfy their curiosity.

They were delighted at the sight presented. 'The Natural' taking care of 'The Prince' with such gracefulness, it made them wish Haru-chan was tending to them. There was a flash and a click. Haruhi glanced up to find the official photographer Kyoya hired was doing his job taking exclusive photos for merchandising purposes. Kyoya smiled coolly at the intrusive, squealing fangirls. He was glad that 'The Little Devils' Hiitachin twins lured them away. He quickly closed the door and glanced at the letter on the floor.

He picked it up and read it. He too was shocked after reading the letter. It was a letter from 'The Shounen Club.' SC as it was popularly known by thousands of fans was a division of one of the largest entertainment corporations in Japan called Just Right Inc. It seemed that the twins' mother had sent the unfinished movie clip directed by the 'Uki Duki' director, which she'd viewed with her sons in one of their rare quality family time. She loved it and 'borrowed' it to the president of JR Inc.

The president immediately took a liking to the host club members' performances as host club and their lively activities for any of their school functions. He was currently looking for a new boy group. He was relieved to have finally found them. Four automatically qualified but three weren't. The qualified ones were Tamaki, the Hiitachin twins and Hani. Why? The four could sing, dance and/or play a music instrument beautifully. Tamaki and the twins could do all three. Hani could only sing and dance.

Whereas, the unqualified ones like Haruhi, Kyoya and Mori were an enigma. Haruhi was always seen mixing commoner's coffee, smiling and making small talks with 'his' customers. Kyoya gave his attention to two things his customers and club profits. But his main focus was usually busy typing on his laptop keeping the club's accounts in order. Mori was stolid – strong yet silent. This trait of his somehow in a way made reserved or shy girls flock to him like bees to honey.

The twins' mother had assured the JR president that the three had the potential. It was just hidden or might be that they didn't want it exposed. She had seen them dance in the school function once to the delight of their school mates, especially girls. She thought that these kids would make it big in showbiz. They had charismatic camera chemistry. Still, the president had to see their hidden talents personally.

The host club members were glad that the time was up for the customers to leave the third music room. They were courteous as they shepherded the girls out of the room. Giving the girls no room for questions, like robots yet gracious they repeatedly said, "Goodbye. We hope to see you next week."

They quickly locked the door and hurried to meet the three members in the room next to the pantry. Tamaki was still out cold on the floor. His head was on Haruhi's left lap. They looked at Haruhi and she held a thumb's up sign indicating Tamaki was fine. Kyoya was sitting on the wide window sill with both hands resting on his knees. It was left to 'The Cool' type to announce to them what had happened to 'The Prince.'

He crossed his arms over his chest. "Guys, we've a truly big surprise," Glancing at the twins, "I'm sure you know what that surprise is, right?" He waved the golden envelope at them.

They were stunned, "That's… that's…," They stared at the envelope and then looked at one other as realisation hit them, "Mother!"

Kyoya explained what was in the letter to them. They were stunned at the news. Haruhi and Hani-senpai gasped.

He nodded, "It appears we've been spotted and wanted for showbiz. Four qualified, Tamaki, Hani-senpai and the twins." His eyes gleamed and they could see the Yen sign in them, "Not that it's a bad idea to be in showbiz," Then the Yen sign disappeared as abruptly as it came, "But, it'll pose bigger problems for Haruhi, Mori-senpai and I. We weren't qualified."

"Unqualified?" Haruhi's head jerked in surprise, then her eyes widened in understanding.

Mori-senpai seemed to understand it too. His only reply was, "Oh."

"What do you mean by that?" Hani-senpai looked curiously at him.

Haruhi explained quite simply, "We can't sing, dance and/or play an instrument."

"Oh…," Hani-senpai nodded then suddenly his eyes widened in astonishment, "Ehhh!!"

Kyoya held a hand up and that got everyone's attention. "We need to go for an audition. The president invited us to sing in front of a panel from the talent department. We have to be there tomorrow morning at 10am and in casual wear."

They looked at each other in alarm, and simultaneously said, "So fast!"

"No choice," Hikaru shrugged, "It's the norm when someone famous like our mother introduces a potential the response would be fast."

But Kaoru wailed, "What? That's crazy…" Hikaru understood what his brother was implying. They glanced at Haruhi, "We can't groom Haruhi in less than a day!"

Tamaki stirred, "Soft…" He smiled contentedly.

"Oh, good," Haruhi said and pushed his body up in a sitting position, "You're awake."

He was about to slump backwards when the twins came to his side. Kaoru went behind him and flattened his hands behind his back. While Hikaru squatted beside Tamaki, and yelled in his ear, "Tama-dono, Haruhi's Casanova-kun's bride!"

"Wh-Wha… What?!" Tamaki's eyes flew open. He stood up with fist up in the air. His eyes were fiery. "How dare he?" Then his eyes settled on a bored looking Haruhi. He looked relieved, "You're back. Did he do anything to you?" He crawled to her, his hands trying to grope her to see whether she's fine.

She immediately crawled away from him and went behind Mori-senpai who looked at Tamaki with fearsome eyes. Tamaki shrank back in resignation like a tortoise retracting its head into its shell. He pouted, "Can't a father be concerned of his daughter?"

"Hai, hai," Haruhi peeked from behind Mori-senpai's back, impatiently said, "But, we've a bigger problem," Haruhi leaned on Mori-senpai's back. "We've been invited for an audition tomorrow."

Tamaki's head jerked up to meet the forlorn faces of his club members. He remembered the letter and the contents in it. He screamed again. Kyoya hit the back of his head with his palm. That sobered him up.

"Get a grip of yourself!" Kyoya frowned at him. "I personally think it's not going to work." He looked at the others who thought the same, "Too many cons."

Tamaki stared at him, giving him a knowing half smile, "When has that ever stopped you from making the cons into pros?"

Kyoya's lips twitched in slight irritation, as he pushed his glasses with a forefinger. It was his way of answering Tamaki's challenge.

Tamaki smiled widely, "We're going. It's a Saturday tomorrow. We're gonna have fun," that broached a few groans from the twins, Hani-senpai climbed on Mori-senpai's lap for comfort and a protest from Haruhi.

"But, it's 'The Shounen Club'!" She protested, "I'm not a guy. We'll get in trouble."

"Why make life hard on yourself?" He grinned at her looking at her flat chest, "Who'd notice?"

A vein popped on her forehead, "Easy for a guy with a mind of a six year old to say," She glanced heavenward, sighing, "Why me?"

"Come on," He persuaded to all, "It'll be fun."

"Okay," The twins gave him a high five, "if it's for fun then we're in." The twins shifted their gaze to Hani and Mori, "What about you?"

Hani put a forefinger on his chin while moving left and right on Mori's lap thinking then he glanced at Mori with enquiring eyes. Mori's eyes gleamed unexpectedly and Hani nodded, "We're in."

TO BE CONTINUED…