"Tomoya, where are we going?" Sakiko whined to her brother as he dragged her by the hand through the halls of Ouran, "C'mon, I want to study! I need to! I can't let my grades drop!"
"Sakiko, it's the beginning of the school year – it does not matter! Besides, I can't see YOUR grades dropping." Tomoya laughed at his sister.
Sakiko sighed and reluctantly continued to follow her brother. He eventually stopped in front of a pair of doors. The sign above read 'Music room #3.' Sakiko bowed her head, knowing where this walk was leading. Tomoya let go of her wrist and pushed the two doors open. Sakiko looked up to see six teenage boys greeting them as a small breeze flew past her. Though one didn't look to be a teenager, Sakiko knew better.
"Welcome!" They said together.
"What do we have here? A girl AND a boy?" The tall blonde boy asked.
"Thanks for giving us the obvious, boss." The twin boys answered him in snickers.
He ignored them and stood up, walked towards the siblings and took Sakiko's hand. "What may I do for you? You know … you are quite the beautiful young lady." He lifted her hand to his lips and gently kissed it. He looked back up at her to see she was staring at him with annoyance.
"What are you doing?" She asked him intimidatingly.
He dropped her hand and replied, "I thought you were a customer."
"Would a costumer bring her brother along?" She said flatly.
"Good job, boss!" One twin cheered.
"He tried to pull his moves on the genius of our grade!" The other added.
The blonde looked at Sakiko and began to inch away.
"Tamaki Suoh!" Tomoya yelped and Sakiko face palmed her forehead, "I wish to join the Host club of Ouran Academy!" Tomoya stood straight and looked forward, like a soldier.
"Hm." The blonde boy – Sakiko assumed he was Tamaki – waltzed over to Tomoya and looked him over. "You're new here, aren't you? First year?"
"Yeah, boss." One twin replied, looking uninterested.
"They're both in our class." The other continued.
"Is he good host material?"
At that question both twins appeared at each side of Tomoya, thumbing their chins, which made Tomoya jump. "Yeah,"
"With a little work,"
"He could be a great host,"
"...We think."
"What's your name?" The three crowded him, and Sakiko just stood back and watched, Tomoya was lucky she hadn't left.
"Tomoya Hayagawa." He said, still looking straight ahead. "And this is my sister, Sakiko."
And just like that, they crowded Sakiko like they had Tomoya.
"Why did you come if you're not interested in the Host club?" The twins asked.
"I was kidnapped and taken here. Picked a good place, no better place to be held captive than the Host club, where bored boys portray love." Sakiko answered sarcastically.
She looked over at her brother, his head hung low and sadly. "Heh, sorry, that was rude. I'm Sakiko, Tomoya's twin, I came here to support him in his interests." She said with a fake but cute smile. "You really should let him be a Host, I know he'd be great at it."
Tamaki walked over to Tomoya without him noticing and stuck out his hand. Tomoya saw it and looked up and Tamaki, "You're in!" He smiled and Tomoya took his hand excitedly.
"Yaaaay!" The twins jumped around excitedly, Sakiko wasn't sure if it was sarcasm or real.
"Um … excuse me!" Sakiko reminded everyone she was still there. "If he's gonna be here a lot more then I want to know names."
"Pardon us, my love. I am Tamaki Suoh." He took her hand again and talked to her seductively.
"Do you have short term memory loss? Or something? Don't try that stuff on me!" Sakiko shouted at him.
The twins pushed Tamaki out of the way. "We're the Hitachiin twins!" They said together.
"This is Hikaru." One told her.
"And this is Kaoru." Hikaru continued.
"I'm Mitsukuni Haninozuka!" Came a sweet, childish voice, the twins parted to show the child-looking one waving at her, "But you can call me Hunny! And this is Mori!"
The tallest of them all, the one with Hunny on his shoulders, lifted up his hand in greeting.
The last one was writing in a little black notebook, he looked up, feeling everyone's stares, waiting for him to introduce himself. "I'm Kyoya Ootori." He said with a smile, and went back to scribbling in the book.
Tomoya was immediately accepted in the Host club, Sakiko was happy for him. He never really had many interests before, but when he heard about the Host club's beginning in middle school, he became determined. But Sakiko found herself continuously going back to the Music room. Not as a customer, definatly not, but just to hang out with them, they were really fun.
A week after Tomoya had joined, Sakiko walked into the music room, she had come in every day since, even though each and everyone of the members knew her distaste for it. She took one step in and all she saw was the twins, Hikaru and Kaoru.
"Why do you keep coming back if you don't like the Host club?" They asked in perfect synchronization.
"I don't like how you pretend to be in love with every girl that walks in here, and how you two pretend to be twincest, when we all know you're not. And besides, I may not like the Host club but I never said I didn't like the people in it." She answered them without a pause and pushed past them.
They watched her walk away and look at each other, wondering what went on in that head. She was just as bad as Kyoya. Maybe not AS bad …
"What are you doing Kyoya?" Sakiko asked as she stood by the desk Kyoya worked at with her hands together behind her back.
"Looking over the club's finances for the month." He replied without looking up at her.
"I didn't know the host club had to deal with that stuff."
"Well, it's more me that has to deal with it than the rest of us. And yes, we make a profit off pictures and different things from the members. We need something to pay for the sweets and cosplays we use."
"That would make sense." Sakiko mentally shuddered as she pictured the photos she hoped did not exist and Tomoya would not have to pose for.
"Don't worry. We don't take inappropriate pictures. Any of those are handled by the twins. They have quite the knack for photoshop." Kyoya answered her thoughts, again without giving her a glance. Sakiko looked at him, amazed, no one, not even Tomoya, had ever been able to see into her mind. "You love your brother. I'm just letting you know the truth, giving you a peace of mind."
Sakiko continued to stare at him in awe and and began to inch away, feeling weirder and more awkward by the second.
"Saki-chan!" Hunny yelled in delight, with icing smeared around his lips, "Come have some cake with meee!" He was sitting in a chair and held up a plate with a vanilla piece of cake up to her.
"Um … alright, Hunny-sempai." Sakiko pulled out a chair and sat down. She picked up a clean fork and began to slowly eat away at the cake.
"Hunny, you have icing all over your face." Mori said with his usual expression-less face. He grabbed a cloth and wiped Hunny's lips.
"Thanks, Mori!" Hunny said with a big grin and continued shoveling in his cake.
"Hey, Sakiko!" Sakiko heard her brothers voice as a pair of arms wrapped themselves around her shoulders.
"Hiya Tomoya." Sakiko said, gleefully, "Want some cake?"
"No, I'm o-" Tomoya began to say but Sakiko shoved her forkful of cake in his mouth.
"You NEVER have sweets." She told him stubbornly, and stood up to go sit on a couch. She plopped down and crossed her arms, leaning back. Tamaki waltzed over with a tray of tea.
"Would you like to have some tea with me?" He asked calmly as he sat down beside her.
"Sure, that would be great, sempai." Sakiko sat up more and helped him with the tea. But before she could thank him for it the twins had picked him up and tossed him off the couch. Sakiko looked up at them, puzzled, as they sat down on each side of her.
"So you don't like us being twincest?" Hikaru said.
"But you'll put up with Tamaki?" Kaoru continued.
"And Hunny-sempai's little boy lolita?"
"Does it bother you, Sakiko?"
"No, I-" Sakiko tried to explain herself, but Kaoru looked away, stifling a fake sob. Hikaru rushed over to him.
"She really is being mean, isn't she? It's alright, Kaoru, we don't need her approval." Hikaru sat beside Kaoru and held him, he touched Kaoru's face and lifted his chin to speak to him properly, "It's alright, not every one will love us being this way, but I still love you."
"Oh, Hikaru ..."
"See that's exactly my problem," Sakiko interrupted, "I know you guys love each other, you're twins, it comes naturally, but I know you're not twincest, you're just acting that way to please all the girls. And I know you love being in the Host club and being twincest is what you do for it, but you don't need to do it all the time. Especially when the only people in the room know it's not really you." Sakiko told them then got off the couch and bent over it to see behind it. "Are you okay, sempai?"
He was sulking by the back of the couch but as soon as he heard Sakiko speak to him he jumped up in enthusiasm, "Yes! I'm fine!" He answered with a nervous grin, "Everyone! We need to get ready! Those doors will be opening very soon! We need to get into our cosplays!" The twins zoomed into the changing rooms yelling; "We call the Elric brothers!"
"You're dressing up as the Fullmetal alchemist characters?" Sakiko asked Tamaki as she watched Mori and Kyoya reluctantly follow an ecstatic Hunny towards the dressing rooms.
"Yeah, why not? It's fun and cool!" Tamaki yelled and followed everyone into the change room. Sakiko was left alone for a few minutes until everyone came out, including Tomoya, in cosplay. To be honest, some of them she didn't think suited them, but she didn't say anything. Tamaki was dressed as Lieutenant Havoc, Kyoya was Roy Mustang. Kaoru was in Edward Elric's get-up (the Fullmetal Alchemist) and Hikaru was his younger brother, Alphonse, the human form, not armour. Hunny was dressed as a cute version of the Humonculus, Gluttony (which Sakiko thought most befitting) and Mori was Scar. And last but not least, Tomoya, he was Maes Hughes. Tamaki stepped towards him holding a hangar with clothes hanging from it.
"Sakiko, you could help us out around here. Maybe be a waitress? You can dress up as Winry!" Tamaki said, as if it was a bribe, like she wanted to.
"No, I'm fine. I can stay in my uniform. I'm not really a part of the Host club, but I will help..."
"Well, to be honest, Sakiko, it seems like you are a part. Many of the other students seem to think so. They think that, like Hikaru and Kaoru, you and Tomoya are inseparable, so you'll definatly be part of the Host club while he is." Kyoya answered.
Kaoru grabbed the hanger from Tamaki and he and his brother grabbed Sakiko by the arms and dragged her to the changing rooms. "Don't worry about it, boss! Winry'll be out in a couple minutes!"
"Hey! What are you doing? Lemme go! Tomoya! Help me!" Sakiko yelled as she tried to get away from the mischievous twins.
"Just get changed, it'll be fun!" Tomoya told her enthusiastically.
"Hey, you two be careful with my Sakiko!" Tamaki yelled at them as they closed the doors.
Tomoya turned to Tamaki, and asked, confused; "Your Sakiko?"
A few minutes later, Sakiko emerged, defeated by the twins. She wore a blonde wig, pulled into a pony tail, a black tube top, that showed her belly and a worker's jumpsuit with the arms tied around her waist. Everyone looked at her, the twins with pride, Tamaki with awe and the rest with no interest, except Hunny.
"Awe, Saki-chan, you look so cute!"
"Sakiko! What are you wearing?" Tamaki yelled.
"What your lackeys forced me to wear?" Sakiko shot back.
"A young lady should not show skin like that!"
"You're the one that picked it out! Now shut it! Even if you have a problem with it!" She yelled at him, but didn't mean to. "Ah, Tamaki! I'm so sorry I didn't mean to yell at you!" She ran over to him and gave him a big hug. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" She repeated over and over, tears welling up in her eyes. The twins ignored that, still in shock.
"No one's ever stood up to the boss like that!"
"Ever."
"Never..."
"Good job, Sakiko!" They yelled, giving her four thumbs up.
Tamaki looked down at Sakiko, she buried her head in his chest, and he wrapped his arms around her, "It's okay, Sakiko." She sniffled and let go of him.
"Hey, Sakiko! Look at my daughter! Isn't she adorable! Just the cutest thing, right?" Tomoya pulled her arm and shoved a photo in her face.
"Tomoya, you don't have a daughter." She answered flatly.
"But Hughes does." He responded ans she sighed. The doors of the club room slowly began to open and all the boys took their places on and around the couch placed in front of the doors. Tamaki looked back at Sakiko.
"You'll want to get to the kitchen." He smiled at her, looking a little apologetic. She smiled back and walked into the kitchen. Sakiko started heating water and readying the sweets. One trait many of her family and friends knew was that she talked to herself which she began doing.
"He's actually a good guy … he just doesn't know when to stop … but he's really funny … and he cares for his friends, I can tell … he's just protective … but he's always trying to be so seductive … it's kinda annoying …" She bustled around the kitchen, continuing to argue with herself, completely oblivious to Kyoya when he walked in.
"He really IS a good guy, Sakiko." He said with no expression, making Sakiko jump.
"Don't do that Kyoya, you scared me, I hate it when people sneak up on me when I'm … thinking aloud."
"Sorry, my bad, I'll try to be a bit more considerate next time. You may want to hurry up on the tea."
"Kyoya, I'm only one person. And don't you have clients to tend to?"
"Not at the moment." He answered and watched her push the cart around the room, serving the hosts and their guests. She went back into the kitchen and left the cart there, and stood beside Kyoya as they watched the hosts. "You know, you were right. Your brother really is a good host. We might need to tweak his techniques a bit, but he's good."
"Yeah, he's been practicing with me for a while. Though I don't like it, I still support my brother."
"Yes, you've said that before." He replied as they continued watching the others. "You were arguing about Tamaki."
"Oh … yeah … I hoped you didn't hear that."
"You're lucky he and the others were to busy to hear."
"I'm just confused about him … well, the others, too. They seem like the exact people I don't like, but then I get to know them and they really are great people. There's two sides to every person I guess. Usually most people show the camera either the right or the left, but these guys, they flaunt both sides..." Sakiko told him, looking straight ahead with no emotion.
"Interesting opinion..."
"Heh, yeah … it was." She looked up at him, smiling, like everyone else. Sakiko noticed some people in need of more tea and ran to get the cart, Kyoya watched her go, smiling at her, a bit interested.
"People! We need to do something to draw in more people! Something fun!" Tamaki yelled out after all the customers had left.
"Why?" asked Kaoru.
"We already have so many." Hikaru continued.
"Yeah, but we need to do more than just have tea parties! That'll get boring." Tamaki answered.
"That's not true. In case you haven't noticed, the girls only come here to fawn over your good looks. So I doubt many of them will leave, seeing as you give them so much attention."
"Did you hear that? She really does think we're good looking." Hikaru pointed out.
"I never said otherwise." Sakiko grumbled.
"We could have a party. With lots and lots of sweets." Hunny suggested.
"Yeah, and we could put on a show." Kaoru agreed.
"Like a play … or what about a talent show?" Hikaru said.
"Yeah! We should do that! Sakiko, you could sing!" Tomoya grabbed her arm.
"Sakiko, we didn't know you could sing!" Hunny ran up to her with excitement in her eyes.
"Anyone can sing, some are just better than others." She told him modestly.
"Yeah, but, Sakiko, you're amazing!" Tomoya insisted.
"Well, then I guess we are going to have a dinner with a talent show! Sakiko, you'll be the main attraction. It'll be great." Tamaki told them all.
"Ugh, I think I'm gonna faint. I've never performed in front of other people before."
"That's not true! You used to sing for me and mom all the time!"
"Tomoya, that's different, you should be able to figure that out for yourself."
"Sakiko, you won't be the only one up there. We'll all do something, okay?" Tamaki put his arm around her and smiled, he seemed to do that a lot. Everyone there did. Except Mori and Kyoya.
"Ugh, fine. But I'm not going first."
"Well, obviously! The main attraction always goes last." Kaoru assured her.
"So, is three weeks from now a good time?" Kyoya asked them all.
"Can we make it a month?" Sakiko sighed.
"Fine. And I'm not performing, since I'm probably going to be the one putting everything together."
"Okay! One month from Friday night!"
Sakiko and Tomoya finally arrived back at their home. The car pulled into the driveway and Sakiko got out immediately.
"Sakiko, aren't you so excited? I know I am … I have to figure out what I am doing though ..." Tomoya cheered as they walked into the mansion. But Sakiko stomped away from him and towards her room. "Sakiko! What's wrong?"
Sakiko turned around and looked him right in the eyes. "I don't like it when people volunteer me like you just did! You know that!"
"You can say no if you don't want to do it."
"But … I can't let them down."
"Them, huh?" Sakiko looked at him quizzically, "I think you mean Tamaki. I can tell you like him. Besides, I heard you arguing with yourself in the kitchen. I only caught bits of it though. And I can tell he's taking a liking to you, I just don't know if he knows it yet. Haha I got it right didn't I?" He asked when Sakiko didn't respond. "Haha! Sakiko loves Tamaki! Sakiko Loves Tamaki!"
"You are soooo lucky I don't like violence." Sakiko said to him and continued into her room. She fell down onto her bed and not ten seconds later her phone rang. "That had better NOT be Tomoya." She grumbled and grabbed it, "Hello?"
"Hello, Sakiko." said Kaoru's voice.
"So have you decided what song you're gonna sing?" Hikaru wondered.
"Guys, it hasn't even been an hour since I left."
"Well, we know a song that would be great!"
"It definatly sounds like something the Host club would use."
"Ugh, fine. What is it?" Sakiko face palmed her forehead again because she knew, just knew they were smiling at each other beside the phone.