Chapter 1 – from normal, to dog, to host!
Saska walked out of class at Ouran academy, she was very happy that she got in, but she felt bad for her friend Haruhi Fujioka, if Saska was here it obviously meant Haruhi hadn't gotten in. as if sensing that she was being thought of Saska's phone began to ring and Haruhi's number came up "hey Haruhi, what's up?".
"Uh, I just wanted to let you know that there's no hard feelings about you getting in and me not, I've decided it was for the best, you know Array told me yesterday that he likes me and really wanted to go to the same school as me so I guess it all worked out for the best, plus my dad got the gum out of my hair before I could cut it off" Saska smiled at her friends antics.
"thankyou, I'm glad your hair is safe, not that it would have mattered, our hair doesn't make us who we are any more than our shoes" Saska said seriously, Haruhi laughed and agreed with her wholeheartedly then said she had to leave because Array was coming to hang out, Saska said her goodbyes and hung up just as she was walking upstairs to try and find a quiet place to read by herself
She came across a room labelled 'music room #3' she decided this was as good a place as any to study, she wondered how long this room had been abandoned, you'd think they'd find a use for it. Just when she opened the doors and a handful of red rose petals came floating out towards her did she realize that the room hadn't been abandoned after all.
"welcome, to the host club" the voices of six different males chorused at her, she frowned and backed up to find that the door had already closed behind her, she panicked and shook the door as hard as she could, trapped, in a room full of men.
"Well, hello there, we didn't realize you were a boy" the golden haired one in the throne like chair called melodiously to her, she felt like she was gonna be sick.
"The door, it's locked, unlock it" she turned to them slowly, a dark cloud hanging over her head, she checked to make sure all her dark, wavy hair was tucked up into her blue cap.
They all seemed to look at her funny, except for the golden boy, he smiled and seemed to be egged on by the fact that she'd even said a word to him, "well, I've never seen someone your age who is so openly gay" he stroked his chin thoughtfully and Saska felt her jaw drop to the ground, "so, what kind of guy do you like, the strong silent type?" he gestured to a tall, attractive, stoic looking boy, then he gestured to a cute little boy with a head of bright golden waves "or the Lolita type maybe?". Saska shook her head and tried to open the door again "Or, maybe it's the cool, smart type you go for?" he looked over at a slightly scary looking but very handsome boy who was wearing glasses and holding a clipboard in his hands, "I know, you like the mischievous types, or maybe you go for someone like me" he pointed at two almost identical boys with messy, cherry blonde hair and gleaming, yellow, cat like eyes, then he stroked a hand down the side of her face and held her chin with the tips of his fingers, his eyes swimming with fake passion.
"Uh, you mean this is some sort of club where you flirt with girls for no reason, man Japan is weird, and no, I don't like the obnoxious 'prince' type" she backed up and right into a banana peel that had appeared out of nowhere, she went flying across the room and crashed right into a large, expensive looking blue vase.
She cried out and reached for the vase, trying desperately to stop it from hitting the floor, it crashed into the tiles and shattered into pieces, just like Saska's sanity was doing as she watched, unable to stop what was about to happen from proceeding. "No way" she whispered, the two strawberry blonde twins came over and shook their heads.
"Man, we were going to put that up at the antiques action, the bidding was going to start at eight million yen" they said in unison, clicking their tongues disapprovingly. Saska felt like she was going to faint.
"I I can't afford to pay you back all that just yet, but I can save up, get another part time job" she counted on her fingers, trying to figure out exactly how long it would take and how much she would have to save up, the tall glasses guy came over and picked up a shard of the vase, when he glanced at her she realized he knew more than he was pretending, his eyes practically screamed 'you're not a boy'.
"So, Tamaki, what should we do?" he turned to the blonde prince.
"I know, he will have to work it off by being the host clubs dog" the annoying prince said, sitting in his throne again, Saska's head reeled, she didn't know how she would handle this.
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"You know, if you brushed your hair, maybe wore a real uniform, you might actually get requests" the tall guy who Saska had now learnt was called Kyoya said and pushed his glasses up his nose.
"Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking" Tamaki (obnoxious prince) cried happily, obviously just getting the idea from Kyoya and pretending it was his own.
"Uh, I'm not sure if that's a good idea" Saska frowned and backed away from Tamaki, Honey senpie ran over and grinned at her, little pink flowers dancing around his head.
"Uh, we never asked your name?" Honey said quietly, Tamaki's eyes widened as he turned to look at Saska, "yes, what is your name?"
"Saska Moon, right, you're the transfer from Australia" Kyoya pushed his glinting glasses up his nose, Saska's eyes widened, how the hell did he know that?
"Oh yeah, you're in our class aren't you, we just didn't notice because you're so quiet" the twins said suddenly.
"H how did you know that, I never told you anything" she backed up a couple steps, a whole stalkery vibe emanating from Kyoya.
"Oh, so he's Australian huh" Tamaki seemed to be deep in thought, "so, that's why I didn't recognise your clothes" all of the club members looked at her, she was wearing a second hand black shirt that said LAEKABO$$ on the front in big, dripping white letters and a plain grey hoodie unzipped, with a pair of baggy grey jeans and scuffed black sneakers, all her hair was tucked up into a dark blue snapback that read DOPE across the front in shiny gold block letters, the hat belonged to her older brother 'Calvin'.
"Uh yeah, but that still doesn't explain how he knew about that" she looked at Kyoya nervously and backed up another step, these people were creeping her out, all of a sudden she was falling backwards as the result of another magically appearing banana peel. Just when she thought she would hit the ground she was caught by the stoic guy called Mori.
"Are you ok?" he looked at her and something seemed to register in his eyes, that was the when she noticed that a strand of black hair had fallen out of her hat, she shoved it back in and pulled herself out of Mori's arms.
"Kyo-chan knows everything so don't be scared Saska-chan" Honey, the cute little blonde boy looked up at her sweetly, Saska couldn't help but smile, he was so cute.
"Saska-chan you're…" Honey seemed to realize something just like Mori and Kyoya had, it was almost as if light bulbs were going off everywhere, he giggled and skipped away.
"You know boss, we have that spare uniform in the storage room" Tamaki nodded his head and the twins ran off to go get it, when they returned they grabbed Saska by the arms and dragged her behind a yellow curtain, they told her to put the clothes on and tried to help her, all the while she could hear Tamaki giving orders for hairdressers to be called and makeup artists to be picked up so they could give her a whole makeover.
"get out if you want me to change" she pushed them both out of the curtain and just as it fluttered close she saw their faces register shock, like they had both just learnt something interesting but also surprising.
She pulled off her clothes and put the second hand uniform on, it fit perfectly and when she looked in the mirror she saw that she actually looked like a slightly girlish faced cute guy.
She walked out from the curtains and frowned "T Tamaki senpie, I don't want a hairstylist or a makeup artist, so please, just leave it alone" Tamaki turned to look at her and smiled.
"My you clean up very well Saska, but you have to at least remove the hat" he walked towards her to take off her hat, she shook her head and backed up, tripping on another randomly appearing banana peel and sailing backwards through the curtains, Tamaki tripped on another annoyingly placed banana peel and fell through after her, the curtain swung shut behind them and Tamaki landed on Saska.
"hey, get off me you pervert" she pushed him but not before he reached out and took hold of her hat, as he fell backwards off her, and she stood up, the hat jerked off her head, releasing her mass of raven coloured hair in waves that flowed down around her shoulders and ended just above her waste.
"Y y y you're a girl" Tamaki looked like a fuse was shorting in his brain, his teeth were chattering and he was yelling incomprehensibly, he stumbled out into the open where the rest of the club was situated looking unfazed, Saska stormed out there realizing that he was still holding her hat, she grabbed the cap from his hand and began to pull her hair up on top of her head, when it was all perfectly placed she slid the cap on top and pulled it down, grabbing a couple pins from her pocket to hold it in place this time. When she was done with her hat she turned to face the others, the twins were standing there slack jawed, Mori looked surprised but still not as surprised as Honey who was standing there looking like a mirror of the twins expression, slack jawed, eyes wide, disbelieving, Kyoya's mouth was slightly twisted like he was surprised but the sun reflecting off his glasses hid his eyes so it was hard to tell.
"What, I'm a girl, so what" Saska growled and tugged on the brim of her cap, trying to hide her embarrassed blush at being stared at for so long.
"We already figured you were a girl, it's just…your hair, there's so much of it, how on earth do you fit it all in that cap" the cheekier twin 'Hikaru' started and the more peaceful twin 'Kaoru' finished and Honey nodded vigorously while Mori just made an agreeing noise.
"Uh, I don't know, and anyway, I don't have to tell you anything about me" Saska frowned and crossed her arms, "listen to me Tamaki senpie, if you ever touch me against my permission again, I'll have you reported for sexual harassment".
Tamaki cried out and hid in the corner, a shroud of darkness hanging around him and mushrooms suddenly appearing all over his body.
"Well, you can't wear that hat if you're hosting, hmm, maybe you could do another job or something" Kyoya was thinking while Tamaki muttered about how Saska hated him.
"Uh, but I need to pay off that debt soon so I can focus on my school work, I know, I can just cut all my hair off, simple as that, do you guys have any scissors?" she turned to Tamaki who had stopped being a depressed mushroom farm and now looked like he was a crazy person who was about to blow up.
"Cut it off, you can't cut all your pretty hair off, that would be inexcusable" he shook his head and gestured at the curtained area "there's probably a more suitable hat than that in there, go find one and then you don't have to cut all your hair off" he seemed pleased with this idea and Saska was tired of arguing so she just walked into the curtained area and picked up a hat, it was a fancy looking hat like the ones rich people wear when there walking out on the street, it was grey with a thin brim and all of her hair fit perfectly into it, when she walked back out Tamaki was staring at her "Sooo cute".
Tamaki leapt at her and wrapped her in his arms, she hit him in the shoulder and flipped him off of her "what did I say about touching, you're such a creeper" she yelled at him and stormed away.
Tamaki cried in the corner while she got some cake ready for Honey and his guests.
'Oh well, just another day in the life of the Ouran host club, I guess' Saska thought as she heard the twins trying to console Tamaki.