Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club. All rights to Bisco Hatori. I do however, own any OC's in this story.
Ok, now this is my first fanfiction, or casual writing in general, so yeah, expect OOC-ness and such, I am trying though.
6/2/14: This chapter has now been updated, thank you for your patients everyone and sorry it took me so long.
CHAPTER 1: The Everyday Mundane
POV: Mariko
Through the open windows birds can be heard singing their songs and flying swiftly into the air. Different smells filled the house during this early morning, the most prevalent being the brewing coffee, and if one concentrated enough hushed whispers of the respectful staff could be heard.
It was calm.
It was soothing.
It was peaceful.
Having to wake up while in such a peaceful state is almost criminal.
Turning over in bed, Mariko covered herself deeper into her white and fluffy duvet. Opening her eyes just slightly she peered at her bedside table. The clock that rested on the table read 5:30 A.M, an hour before she officially had to rise from slumber. Sighing she sat up, the duvet that covered her body falling down leaving her bare arms to suffer at the mercy of the air that felt much colder than what it actually was. This is the only reason she curses having such a warm comforter.
Getting out of bed completely, she yawned and stretched, loosening the muscles that were tense from not being used while asleep. She looked at her bed and quickly put the sheets, blankets and pillows back into place. The white duvet had purple and gray flower shaped splotches on it, it was one of Mariko's favorite blankets. Satisfied with the look of her now neat bed Mariko went to her closet to retrieve her school uniform. The uniform hung in its usual spot, completely clean and void of wrinkles thanks to the families maids. Taking it off its hanger she turned back around and gently placed it on her bed. Turning again she went into her ensuite bathroom. Flicking on the light she had to squint for a few seconds as her eyes adjusted to the brightness of the bathroom. She put on the glasses on the counter.
Looking into the mirror she smiled at her fairly comical appearance. Her normally smooth and silky black hair was barely hanging in the high ponytail she put up the night before; many strands of hair were doing whatever they please and a clump of hair hung at the right side of her face. To say the least, she looked quite attractive. Humming quietly she took the hair tie in her hand and pulled it out, allowing the hair that was left in the tie to spread and tangle with the rest. She took her brush and started on the task of making her hair into its normal appearance. After getting a few irksome knots out of her long hair Mariko styled her hair to normal and after she finished she chose one of her many hairclips, a pink and clear crystal flower hair clip, and clipped her side swept bangs to the right. Looking at her reflection, she was satisfied.
After she finished the tedious task of fixing her bed head the rest of her beautification process was much easier. She washed her face, brushed her teeth, took off her glasses and put in her contacts and put on a small amount of makeup. After this she went back into her bedroom, it was now 6:20. Having to keep up appearances can take up a lot of time unfortunately. She started to take off her tank top and sweat pants that she slept in and put on her school uniform. The uniform is a yellow fitted-bodice dress with long sleeves that ended in white cuffs, the collar is white and pointed and has a red bowed tie. Fairly simple, but also an imposing mass of dress skirt, though she didn't mind it all that much. She put on her white stockings and black Mary Janes. Looking into the full body mirror by her closet she decided her appearance was as acceptable as it is every day.
Unintentionally waking up early really has its perks, no rushing and being able to get ready at one's own pace. She looked back at her clock again which read 6:35.
She stared at the time and humorously thought, "It is just about time for my alarm clock to go off."
Just as she finished that sentence her alarm clock did go off, or more accurately, her door slammed open and her name was hollered from the entrance only to stop halfway through. The person at the door was none other than her little brother by three years, Shuu, the loud and boisterous one of the siblings.
As Mariko and Shuu stared at each other, Shuu's expression was complete confusion to Mariko's utmost pleasure. "OH! Well this is unexpected," he said with a mixture of disbelief and merriment, smirking he continued, "I thought I was going to have to yell your name into your ear and blind you by opening your curtains like usual, and maybe jump on you too," he laughed mischievously, slightly ruining the peaceful morning "but I guess this is good too even if I don't get to play!"
Mariko sighed deeply, very accustomed to her little brother's energetic and spunky attitude, it was certainly tiring but it made her sometimes mundane life more lively. She turned around, smiled and started walking towards Shuu, "yeah, yeah, good morning to you too." She stopped walking when she was in front of him, they were eye level with each other even though she was three years older. "You know, you don't have to go that far with waking me up Shuu." She put hands on her hips, her voice was quiet as it usually is.
"Huh! I didn't hear you my dear sister, you speak too quietly, be louder, louder!" He's Sarcastic as always.
"Sheesh, such an annoyance so early in the morning," Mariko thumped Shuu on the forehead making him cringe in a comical way "I would speak louder but you're loud enough for both of us." All Shuu did was smile while rubbing his forehead and laughing, which was more of a playful 'hehe' sound than his usual loudness. "I guess it's time for breakfast," she said while she and Shuu walked out of the doorway, Mariko closing the door behind her, and started for the kitchen "are mom and dad joining us today?"
"Ahhh, I wish they could but the old man had to leave for a meeting and moms commissioner had to change the meeting time to earlier, so they both left already." He sounded slightly annoyed while looking over to the side with a pout on his face.
"Hmm, I see," Their parents were not bad people who only cared about money, she and her sibling are very lucky. Their parents are very supportive and loving, never holding tight ropes to their children, they were what parents are supposed to be. "Mom and dad are very hard working aren't they." this was more of a statement than a question, even so Shuu made a sound of agreement. Looking over at Shuu, who was still pouting a bit, and tried to lighten his mood back "You know Shuu, you should stop calling dad 'old man' it's not very respectful." Mariko said this in a lighthearted tone.
He looked over to her to see she had a teasing smile plastered on her face, it was easy to tell she was less than serious, and so he smiled wide and went along with her. "Huh, I don't see the problem, especially when I only refer to him as that only when around family and staff."
Mariko chuckled at her brothers response. "Shuu, I just got an idea," Shuu looked at his sister with interest, she doesn't suggest things that often after all, and Mariko seeing Shuu's excitement continued, "you should call him 'father' like Seiya and see how he reacts, if it's funny I'll even take pictures."
"Ha! That actually isn't a bad idea, I might just do that." Making his mischievous laugh again, Shuu's spirits were up even higher if that was even possible.
Walking into the kitchen Mariko was greeted immediately by a high pitched "Big sister! Good morning." It was her nine year old sister Chiasa. She was a meek little girl who has a minor case of social anxiety. She has a lot of trouble socializing with her peers and people she's not familiar with and because of this Chiasa gets worried easily while in groups and doesn't talk much to anyone. Chiasa attends school only two or three days a week, to make sure she keeps up with her schooling their parents hired a private tutor.
"Ah, Chiasa, good morning yourself," Chiasa walked up to Mariko and Shuu and Mariko patted her head. Her hair is soft and black, and hung to her neck with bangs covering her forehead completely. "Are you going to school today?"
Chiasa looked down at the floor, feeling embarrassed Mariko guessed. "No?" Mariko looked at Shuu who looked worried. Mariko was about to comfort Chiasa but Shuu beat her to it, kneeling down to Chiasa's height.
"Hey, look at me Chiasa," she obeyed and looked right at Shuu who smiled right at her "It's fine, it's fine, only do what you feel you can do Chi-chan. No one wants you to over exert yourself, we'll support you no matter what, got it?" Chiasa smiled at Shuu and shook her head. He couldn't resist her cuteness any longer and pinched her cheeks saying things like 'how adorable' and 'I'm so happy my little sister is this cute' and 'no one will ever beat her sweetness' and so on. He will never admit this, but Shuu has a particular weakness to anything he deems cute.
It was at this time three maids came in with food platters, which immediately caught Shuu's attention. Just as soon as the maids set the food down on the breakfast table Shuu was right in his seat saying his thanks and practically inhaling his food. Mariko and Chiasa joined him but ate at a reasonable pace.
"Shuu, do you even taste your food?"
With his mouth full he said "Of course, it's delicious as always."
"Do you chew?" Mariko said after swallowing a bite of food.
"Of course! Now stop criticizing my eating habits."
Both the girls laughed and Mariko said fine under breath. Finishing up she saw that the clock read 7:10, she and Shuu still have about fifteen minutes before they had to leave.
After the three finished eating they got up and went to the living room to watch some TV before they had to leave. Sitting across from Shuu she observed his appearance. He was obviously in the Ouran middle school uniform considering how he is fourteen, he was surprisingly wearing it how it's supposed to be warn. His hair was also black and neat, strait like Mariko's, his bangs split off in the middle and going their respective directions. All these siblings looked fairly alike, the only time they didn't was when Shuu decided he didn't care how he looked.
Shuu noticed Mariko looking at him "What are you looking at… Ah! it must be because I actually look good today right, yeah yeah, I even surprised myself." He was smirking again and all Mariko did was sigh at his attitude.
Mariko's personal maid, Nana, had come in at that time. "Miss Mariko, Shuu, it is almost time to leave." Nana was a respectful one, but was also very close to all the siblings having been with them since they were children.
"Huh!? Just Shuu, why not 'young master' like you call Seiya or Master Shuu or something."
"Because you're not deserving of such title in my opinion."
"WHAT, I can get you fired you know."
"Just try, but I don't think Master Natsume would do so as he trusts me with his children's well being more than anyone else in the staff."
"Be quiet you cougar."
"Who are you calling a cougar, you little pervert."
"I'm not a pervert!"
"Then how about raccoon."
"Are you insinuating that I'm a thief now."
"Of course not," Nana replied, putting her hand to her mouth and sounding genuinely appalled at that thought, "I would never. I maybe insinuating that you should bathe more though."
"Why youuu." He looked at Nana with a slightly frustrated expression, not being able to think of a comeback.
At this point Mariko felt a mixture of annoyance and glee and watching this scene unfold, "Sheesh, stop playing you two, it's a bit too early don't you think."
There was a pause, both Nana and Shuu looking at Mariko, then the three of them started to laugh together. Nana was the next to speak, "alright then, I've had enough anyway," Nana then looked at her wrist watch, "but since it is 7:20 now is the time for you two to leave for school."
"Ahh, such a bore." With that being said Shuu and Mariko got up from their respective couches. Nana gave them their school bags as they passed her and followed behind them to the front door with Chiasa in tow.
Making sure she had everything she needed, she looked over to Nana and with a cheerful tone she said "We should have left five minutes ago, you two had to banter with each other huh."
"Some things never change, hmm?"
"Ahhh, Mariko you're too stiff with being punctual, do you know that?"
"Oh shush."
"Hehe." and with that the two siblings went out the front door, with Chiasa waving a goodbye, see you later, and have a good day at school.
It was now 7:50 and Mariko was heading to her first class. The hallways are spacious but somehow the masses of students who socialize within their groups always take up an abundant amount of room. Mariko tried her best not to bump into anyone and keep to herself, her classroom was right down this hallway.
Coming upon her classroom she sighed and closed her eyes glad not to run into anyone, until she did. Just as she was entering the classroom another person was going in too not paying attention to his surroundings. To her utter luck she gracefully fell to the floor, lucky her.
"Ah, I'm so sorry!"
Mariko, no anyone, would recognize that animated voice. She looked up to see the worried violet eyes of non other than Tamaki Suoh. She sat there looking at him with a dumbfounded expression.
"Are you ok, I'm so sorry I wasn't paying attention." Tamaki sounded sincerely concerned while he held out his hand for Mariko to take so he could help her up. Which she did, hesitantly, and he hoisted her up.
Mariko dusted her dress off while Tamaki picked up her bag and handed it to her. Looking at Tamaki she quietly said "Thank you, and I'm fine, I wasn't paying attention to what was going on around me so I am to blame for this as well," she sighed quietly and continued "y-you're ok too, right Suoh?" Being the respectful girl she is she addresses most people by their last name.
"As long as you are fine princess, I am fine too."
"Ah, he's flirting now, complete turn from the sincere." She just looked at him, smiled slightly and said "I- I see, well that's good I guess."
"Tamaki, what are you doing, you're blocking the entrance to the classroom." Looking at the situation, this was true. Mariko was standing next to the door and Tamaki was right in the middle of the doorframe. Mariko looked at the newcomer to see who made this obvious observation.
"Kyoya!" Tamaki said happily, then realizing what his friend said he moved towards Mariko who backed up so Tamaki would have room. "Well you see my friend, we bumped into each other and I was making sure she was okay."
Fixing his glasses he looked over to Mariko, "Is that so," Mariko shook her head, avoiding making eye contact with Kyoya, "hmm, you are Mariko Yanaihara, correct?"
Mariko looked at Kyoya and replied, "Yes, that is me."
Studying her for a minute he smiled and said "I see, well you look you're okay, that's good. We should get into the class now though."
"You're right my friend, after you princess." At this Tamaki stepped to the side allowing Mariko to enter first. "Well he's a gentleman, I'll give him that."
Mariko sat down and watched as most of the girls flocked towards Tamaki and Kyoya. 'And there he goes, flirting with all the girls in class again.' She watched momentarily with amusement until she made eye contact Kyoya Ootori. She looked down at her bag determined not to look him in the eyes again, 'ugh, he scares me, it's hard to look him in the eye.' Sighing she got her books out for class and prepared for the lecture as the teacher came into the room.
POV: Host Club
It was now lunch time and the host club had congregated in the club room for a short meeting. The group sat around a table with their respective lunches, the twins of course trying to get some of Haruhi's homemade lunch and failing. Tamaki, spouting his nonsense about being her father, insisted that Haruhi allow him to try her cooking, which also failed sending him to his corner of woe. Hani was sitting next to Mori enjoying his cake with Usa-chan, no surprise there.
Kyoya watched this time and time again, and each time it never get's tiring. He may appear uncaring about his friends antics but for the most part they are amusing. Clearing his throat to get everyone's attention he decided it was time to start this meeting. "Alright everyone, this meeting should not take too much time so let's begin. The topic of this meeting is something that their clients have been requesting for a while now, and at this point in time a good portion of girls have requested it. Tamaki and I have discussed…"
At this point Tamaki thought it would be a good idea to interrupt the shadow king, rising from his seat and holding his hand up high, one leg on the chair he declared rather flamboyantly, "we are going to recruit an artist!" Kyoya, slightly irritated at being interrupted, just sighed, there was no stopping the king now. Tamaki fixed his pose, he put both his feet on the floor and both hands on the table, "the ladies have been requesting to have paintings done of them, alone or with one or more of us. Kyoya and I discussed this and we decided to bring in someone from this school, a student, as many of the students who work with art in this school are very talented."
After he finished his short speech the group just stared at him, the twins decided to be the first to speak, "why not hire someone professional," one twin on the right said, the one on the left finished, "even if Ouran has talented artists wouldn't it be better to hire someone who can do it perfectly?"
Kyoya answered this before Tamaki could spew words out of his mouth, "yes, that would make sense, but I have already reviewed some of the art students works and I think that recruiting someone in this school who matches all our demands will work for both parties. They will not have to be paid nearly as much as a professional, and if they join our club they will not have to be paid at all. This benefits our income. They will be able to practice their talents through the whole club time and also take on commissions from our clients. If serious about going into art this will help them learn how to manage their work later in life, and it will also help them in the present with learning."
Through Kyoya's whole dialog the twins kept nodding their heads, they both came to the same conclusion when he finished and they voiced this conclusion together, "so what you're saying is you get to keep more money and make more money."
"If that is what you want to believe then please do."
"That's a yes."
"Kyo-Chan, Kyo-Chan I have a question!" Hani was enthusiastically waving his hand that held a fork in the air.
"Yes, Hani-senpai."
"Will the student just be drawing portraits?"
"Well, portraits will most likely be the most requested commission, but no, they will be drawing whatever is requested and whatever they wish to draw."
Hani smiled and seemed to have little flowers floating around him as he said, "Ahhh, how fun."
"Does anyone else have questions?" he paused and surveyed the group, no one seems to have questions and Tamaki is keeping a good hold on himself. "Alright, if no one else has question I will conclude this meeting. Today's hosting hours will be closed, our clients should already know this, we will be taking a trip to the art wing to talk with the art club and some of the students in it and review some of their works and portfolios. So after class is over meet here and we will head over, understood?"
Everyone shook their heads in understanding, and just before Kyoya was going to speak Tamaki had to jump in, "now my friends, go and enjoy the rest of your day, and try to wait patiently for the class to be over. Let us meet here soon." With that everyone left, the twins saluting the king and walking away with Haruhi between them, and Hani waving and saying a cheery "see you later" while dragging the silent Mori.
Tamaki had a pleasant smile plastered on his face, "Tamaki, get some control over that interrupting mouth of yours, will you please."
"Wh-what!? Interrupting, I was merely continuing where you left off Mon Ami."
Kyoya sighed, he knows when he won't get through to the host club king. "Let's get to class idiot."
"Right behind you Kyoya." With that they both started for their classes.
CHAPTER 1 END
The Everyday Mundane
Again, this is my first fanfiction, so if it's not that great I'm sorry...
But yeah, if you read this you're awesome, I appreciate it, thank you.
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