Chapter 1
"Masaomi…" Mikado whined again as his best friend dragged him into the unknown private school."Why are we coming here again?"
Masaomi sighed, and flung one arm up overdramatically. His other arm was already slung around Mikado's neck and dragging him forward.
"Why because, Mikado, you are completely hopeless in pursuing your affections for the dear Miss Anri. So since you ignore my wise lady advice, I figured I'd show you how some experts do it. I hear this club is pretty famous for wooing ladies, so surely watching them will help you."
Mikado sighed, knowing that arguing wouldn't do any good. Masaomi opened the door to a room titled Music Room #3 and rose petals flew at them. The petals flew in their faces. Mikado had to blow them off of his face so he would be able to see anything.
As they looked in, it appeared the club's festivities had already started. Several nicely dressed young men in uniforms were entertaining many nicely dressed young ladies. At first, nobody seemed to notice they had come in.
Just then, a tall teen boy with dark hair and glasses holding a little black book came over to them.
"We have not seen you two around here before. Do you go here? I do not see any school uniforms."
"Nope! I just heard how famous this club was for wooing ladies, so I figured bringing this guy here, to see how the experts do it, could help him with his own chick wooing struggles." Masaomi replied enthusiastically, pulling Mikado's head in closer to his own as he said this.
Mikado clenched his teeth in irritation and pulled himself out of his best friend's arm. Mikado had also blushed at what Masaomi had stated.
"Is it alright for us to do that?" Masaomi asked.
In the next second another tall teen boy, with longish shiny blonde hair and blue eyes, appeared next to the first one.
"Why of course it's alright! Thank you so much for noticing our club's charms!" The blonde boy spoke with a bow.
"My name is Tamaki Suoh, president of this here fine club! We make our priority meeting the needs of any guest who walks through our doors!"
This Tamaki reminded Mikado of another annoying blonde he knew…
"So tell me, are you two gay?" Tamaki inquired suddenly.
Mikado's eyes widened as he blushed at this. He glanced away mortified.
Masaomi blushed also but laughed nervously."No, we're not gay. Like I said, I just wanted to show my best friend here how some experts charm fine young ladies. I figured watching you all would be a good example." Masaomi looked off into the distance and dramatically put a hand to his forehead, causing Mikado to roll his eyes at his friend's antics.
"I have tried my hardest to share with him my own flirtatious skills, but alas, he's so far gone he needed the most help that he could get."
Mikado blushed brightly again. Gosh this whole experience was already too humiliating!
"M-Masaomi! I-I am not so far gone! And-and I never said I wanted your help in the first place! I don't need to learn how to woo ladies!" Mikado was so embarrassed that Masaomi dragged him hear and made him seem like a lost cause romantic to these people they didn't even know!
Masaomi raised his eyebrows at Mikado and had a mischievous glint in his eyes."Oh really? Then why do you blush every time I even mention Anri to you?"
Mikado's bright blush returned and he looked away from them.
"Do you see what I mean? So it is alright for us to watch?"
"Yes of course! I would certainly love to help in any way that I can!"
Mikado wasn't sure if he could handle two of them...
The duo followed Tamaki over to the girls. Some of the girls who had noticed the two new boys already began to crowd around them at one of the couches.
"Oh my gosh! The dark-haired boy is so adorable!"
Mikado wondered how many times he was going to blush while being here. Several girls fawned over Mikado's adorableness. Even though they were gushing about how cute he was, Mikado figured he wouldn't want a girl he liked to find him cute like some sort of small baby animal…this wasn't exactly what he was going for. Yet unfortunately, due to his baby-face-like features, he was used to it. It really was no wonder he hadn't heard of any girls' crushing on him in the past…they took one look at him and that was how they viewed him. It wasn't exactly the appearance girls looked for in a guy they wanted to date…
Tamaki and Masaomi explained to the girls with enthusiasm why Masaomi and Mikado were visiting. This of course made Mikado blush again and try to defend himself which of course just seemed to prove their point. The girls fawned over him even more.
"Oh my gosh he is so adorable!"
"It's so sweet how he clearly likes this girl!"
"He seems so innocent and naïve!"
"He's so sweet and shy!"
"This girl must surely like you!" They were fawning over how adorable Mikado's innocent crush was.
Mikado felt like this wasn't doing any good, just embarrassing him. Masaomi proceeded to flirt with some of the girls there who, to Mikado's surprised, actually went for it. These girls actually seemed to be falling for his cheesy pick-up lines and over the top ego. It would have made Mikado laugh if he wasn't feeling so self-conscious. Before they knew it, the rest of the host club was surrounding them, along with the rest of the girls. Apparently everyone here was curious about the two newbies. Mikado really wanted to slap Masaomi for this…
"Hey, what's with these two guys?" A red-haired guy prodded.
Tamaki proceeded to explain the situation, again, to the rest of the hosts.
The red-head and his identical twin each leaned over a different side of Mikado's shoulder.
"So, Mikado, have you-"
"-learned anything useful yet from our-"
"Wonderful club!" The last part they said in unison.
Mikado startled from their unexpected closeness.
"Um-um, n-not really. Mostly I've just heard that you guys know what you're doing and fawning over how cute my crush was. I haven't learned anything yet."
"Mika-chan! Maybe you could have some cake with me!" A small blonde boy cheered. A tall dark guy behind him seemed to nod at this.
More girls swooned. Mikado didn't know what to do.
One of the host club members who had short brown hair, and feminine features, seemed to look at Mikado with sympathy.
He saw Tamaki kneel in front of one girl, and tenderly grasp her chin."You see Mikado, sometimes to win her affections, you simply have to look her directly in the eyes and tell her how beautiful of a woman she truly is." The girl he was gazing at blushed and fainted as he did this.
Mikado couldn't take it anymore. Mikado nervously stood up from the couch and bowed to everyone.
"I-I'm so sorry, b-but I don't think this is helping me at all." Mikado tried to run to the door, but felt his arm grabbed.
"Oh, c-mon Mikado! I really am trying to help you here man." Masaomi, who had been the one to grab Mikado's arm, implored.
"I agree! We simply cannot let you out into the world with such horrid women wooing skills." Tamaki added.
Mikado looked back to see the brunette host from earlier sigh.
"Sempai, we should just let him go. He clearly doesn't want to be here, and has acted embarrassed the whole time. I don't think he wants this." They expressed.
"Of course my friend here wants this! He just doesn't realize it." Masaomi contended.
"Besides, they show great promise. They've already won over many of the girls here at our club." Tamaki pressed.
Just then evil laughter sounded and a girl with red hair appeared rising from a platform on the floor. What in the world! Mikado thought. This place was weird.
"If these two newbies show promise that what better way to help than by making them hosts!" The new red-haired girl exclaimed.
"What an excellent idea Renge!" Tamaki cheered.
"That one is very similar to Tamaki, yet not nearly as polite. He'd be the funny flirty type! And that one over there is clearly the shy and innocent type," The girl, Renge, speculated.
"Join a club where we constantly flirt with ladies? Count me in!"
"N-n-no way! I am not doing that!" Mikado flustered again."We don't even go here!"
"Oh, c-mon Mikado! It's not like we have school right now anyways." Masaomi had tried to say that part quieter, but it was still heard.
Raira academy had been temporarily shut down due to the dangers of all of the gang violence. It wasn't the only place in the city that had shut down. The war had gotten really bad…
"You're the one who's always concerned about staying on top of school work. Besides, it would be better than doing nothing."
Mikado sighed."How would we get in though? You have to have a parent enroll you!" Mikado hadn't told his parents yet about Raira's temporary closing. He didn't want them to worry and make him come back to Saitama.
"Don't worry about that. We have ways to make that work."
Mikado and Masaomi looked over to who had spoken. It was that the guy they had learned was named Kyoya. The one who had spoken to them first when they came to the club. He had been quiet during most of their conversation. As Kyoya had said this, light seemed to glint off of his glasses as he coolly pushed them up on his nose.
Mikado couldn't help but wonder how they would 'make that work' if he didn't have a parent enroll him. For some reason this unnerved Mikado. This Kyoya seemed very confident in the ability to do something he shouldn't be able to do. This made Mikado wonder what other things members of this club could get away with. Somehow though, Mikado got the feeling that he wouldn't really be given the chance to think that over though.
"Well, I guess you won't leave me alone until I say yes, right?" Mikado asked resignedly.
Masaomi smiled gleefully and shook his head.
"Fine." Mikado said, defeated.
"But wait, why don't you boys have school right now?" One of the girls asked.
Masaomi slung his arm over Mikado again."Oh, because, in the city where we live there is a multitude of gang violence that was very dangerous! The school thought everyone would be safer not traveling through the city until the police had fixed everything."
"Oh my!"
"That is so scary!"
"You must be so brave!"
"Good thing you'll be able to come to Ouran!"
"Have you ever seen any of the gang violence before?"
"Yep, it was pretty scary. I had to save Mikado and myself once from a gang!"
"Um, you're the one who got yourself into that in the first place, Masaomi!"
"Yeah? Well at least I didn't stupidly run up to a gang with no plan!"
"Well I couldn't very well just let that gang get you!"
"Please, if it wasn't for the distraction of the slasher we both would have been done for."
The two boys started laughing.
The feminine brunette host smiled after seeing the nervous boy finally laughing him. She had felt bad for him earlier.
Masaomi was answering most of the girls' questions about their city.
"The slasher? What's that?"
"Another dangerous thing in Ikebukuro. But, I think the slasher is gone now."
"Thing? What do you mean?"
"Well, the slasher was rumored to be not human."
"Not human? Well what was it?"
"I'm not sure, but whatever it is it seems to have disappeared thankfully."
"Your city sounds very scary."
"Yeah, it can be at times. That's why I had to watch out for this guy."
"You're such a good friend to him!"
"Hey, I can handle myself now!"
"Oh, sure you can!"
"You're not exactly as tough as you pretend either."
"Were either of you two involved in any of the gang stuff occurring?"
Everyone looked at her, wondering why she would ask that. The two boys stopped teasing each other and froze. They turned to each other sharing a look and then both laughed nervously.
"No! Of course not! Why would you ask something silly like that?"
Mikado was paler than Masaomi."Y-y-y-yeah. Umm, I-I m-mean I'm uh s-stil newer to the city. I-I don't even know anything about g-gang stuff." Mikado's smile was very fake.
Masaomi shot Mikado a look to tell him how much of an idiot he seemed like, and then put on a genuine smile."I mean, especially after how dangerous I described the gang wars to be."
He pinched Mikado's cheeks."Just look at this innocent child-like face. There's no way he could harm a butterfly let alone be involved in some shady gang drama!"
Mikado smiled and blushed.
Masaomi then proceeded to show himself off with his 'model' poses."Plus, look at moi. I'm too concerned with flirting with gorgeous ladies to get involved in that stupid stuff. Along with protecting my small-town friend here.
I'm sorry if I seemed rude miss, that was not my intention. That was indeed, a very funny joke."
The girl who had asked the question blushed at this. It was obvious to the people there that the two were acting nervous from the question, but they definitely didn't seem the gang type.
Renge was still there, even though everyone forgot, and put her fingers to her chin in contemplation.
"It appears these two have another characteristic to add to their appeal." She stood next to them and dramatically put her hands in the air as though mapping out a word. "Mystery! Oh, how good business will get from this unusual duo!" She disappeared into the floor again.
After that it was time for the girls to leave.
Tamaki dramatically pointed a finger in Mikado's face."Soon, you will begin your host training! It appears your friend has an advantage in this to you, but he also needs to learn about etiquette. Before the next meeting we shall size you for uniforms!" And with that Tamaki dramatically left the room along with some of the others in the room.
Masaomi left too, but Mikado knew that Masaomi would wait for him before they both headed for the bus.
The brunette from earlier sighed and walked over to him."Hi, I'm Haruhi Fujioka. I didn't get the chance to introduce myself earlier with all of the chaos. I'm sorry you were forced into this club."
Mikado sighed."I-it's alright. Thank you though." He bowed to Haruhi, who smiled warmly.
"I was forced into this club too."
"Really? How?"
"I broke an expensive vase and have to pay off my debt."
"Oh that sucks, I'm so sorry."
"It's alright. It really isn't as bad as you think though. I actually enjoy it now sometimes. Plus, they might actually be able to help you. I know their methods seem over the top, but Tamaki is actually very good at helping people. It just might take him some time to discover what the real solution is rather than just using his normal over the top girl swooning methods." She laughed after saying this, and Mikado let out a small laugh as well.
Wow, this Haruhi seemed really wise. Mikado had the feeling that he might become good friends with them.
"Thank you, I really appreciate it."
Haruhi nodded. Mikado thought their name seemed like a girl name, but thought he probably shouldn't mention that.
"So um, about when that girl asked about gang stuff earlier? Don't let it bother you. I could tell it made you nervous. Don't let the people here pry if it's something you don't want to talk about. As you can tell, our members are extremely nosy people. But it's really none of their business. You don't have to let them get to you. I can help you with that if you want."
Mikado looked at Haruhi.
They were seriously the nicest person here Mikado had met. He was glad they were here. Without thinking Mikado hugged Haruhi, he felt them stiffen in surprise from the sudden hug. Immediately he pulled away blushing, and looking away from them. Guys didn't really hug each other much, unless they were good friends. Talk about awkward…
"I-I'm so sorry. I-I don't know what came over me." Mikado was blushing again. He really felt like he messed up everything.
"Mikado, it's okay. Really."
Mikado looked up and saw a light blush dusting Haruhi's cheeks, but Haruhi was smiling shyly.
"I really don't mind. I'm not one of those people completely against human contact. That is, as long as it's not pushy like the twins." Haruhi laughed after saying this.
Mikado couldn't help but feel like Haruhi was a girl. Then again, maybe like Haruhi had said earlier, it probably wasn't his business. Haruhi would be his friend, that's all that mattered. Just like how he was okay being friends with Anri. Mikado didn't understand why Masaomi was always pushing Mikado to take the next step. It was bad enough that Masaomi had figured out he had a crush on Anri. Haruhi and Mikado chatted as they left the room.
They were unaware that a certain pair of "Devil-type" twins had been spying on them the whole time.
A/N: This is most likely going to be a short story, but it's not finished yet. Please let me know what you think.
