Greetings, readers! This is my first take at getting into the anime section, as well as my first time writing in almost a year due to my writers block. But fortunately, Ouran Highschool Host Club gave me plenty of ideas. So, I would like to thank you for your patience in giving this a chance after my year of writers block, and I do hope you enjoy and remember to review!
This place was so...different. Everything she had ever grown up with was cheap, but comfortable. But now, here she stood in front of this huge expensive academy, only able to be there due to a scholarship. Otherwise, she probably never would have even glanced at the school.
But here she stood, in front off thee prestigious Ouran Academy, where she will now be attending for her high school years. She shuffled in place slightly, holding her books closer to her chest as slight nervousness began to attempt to settle in her stomach over being given the opportunity to attend such an expensive school when she herself was far from rich.
The nervousness only began to dissipate upon hearing familiar voices, glad that she at least knew someone who would be attending this unfamiliar school with her.
"Is that nervousness I see in your posture, Ms. Fujioka?" Haruhi Fujioka turned around to see two familiar faces heading her way, just as under-dressed as she was for attending a school where the uniform cost more than her school books.
"I would expect excitement over going somewhere like this, not nervousness." The other figure piped in as Haruhi took a step towards the only two friends she would have while attending the new rich class school.
"Ryo, Ren." Haruhi mused as she gave each a hug, taking in how they were dressed in casual attire as well as apposed to the usual uniform for girls. "You two trying to mock me since I have nothing else to wear?" Haruhi asked, a bit teasingly as the other two girls looked like they were purposely trying to cross dress, when she had no choice since a boy stuck gum in her hair the day before.
"We figured you might enjoy not being the only one dressed like a commoner." The tallest of them, Ryo, teased back before glancing towards the large academy where they would now be attending class for the next few years. "At least you and I get to be in class together, won't get to see Ren until lunch or study hall." Ryo ruffled the hair of the significantly shorter girl.
"I brought the sweets, if that makes lunch more interesting." Ren said with a grin at the other two through a lollipop that was already in her mouth even early in the morning.
"We should probably go inside before the bell, we need to find our first class." Haruhi reminded the two before turning to head in, only to end up rushing in when the smallest of them took off for the doors.
"Come on, I'm shorter than you two but I still run faster!" Ren mused as she hit the front doors, shoving them open and running in only to collide head on with something, Ryo running right into her next. Haruhi saw with enough time to stop though.
Haruhi helped Ren up first as she fell back onto Ryo, who glanced up to be met with the indignant scowl of a taller boy with onyx black hair and glasses. "Well now look at what you've done, you've both caused me to spill my coffee all over my brand new tablet." The boy advised, holding up a tablet computer that was dripping with brown liquid.
"We're sorry, we didn't know you were on the other side of the door." Ren advised as Ryo stood up, brushing herself off before taking notice of how close to the main entrance doors the boy had been standing.
"You were standing so close to the doors, it really was only a matter of time before someone ran into you." Ryo advised before the warning bell rang, turning to Haruhi quickly. "Well, we gotta get to class." With that, the three girls were off once again to get to class, leaving a rather irritated boy behind only to wonder who it was that just destroyed his tablet.
Later on, it was finally time for lunch. After eating, the three girls wandered around in search of a silent place to study, where rich kids weren't busy talking excessively loud. "Four libraries, you'd think at least one of them would be even a little quiet." Haruhi murmured, holding her books tight to her chest as they walked through the halls in search of another place to study.
"Most rich kids don't take school seriously, so it should have been expected that they would shirk off in the libraries." Ryo mused as she walked beside Haruhi, Ren prancing along after them from behind with another lollipop stuck between her lips, looking more like an elementary school kid than a 3rd year that she was.
"Maybe study in the halls, or when you get home." Ren offered, hands clasped behind her back as she walked behind the other two. The other two continued talking about a place to study when Ren noticed that there was a pair of footsteps following behind them, glancing back carefully to see a boy that towered over her, as well as the boy with the glasses from earlier that morning.
"You two, I'd like to have a chat with you about that tablet you carelessly destroyed earlier." The boy with the glasses spoke up, earning the attention of Haruhi and Ryo finally as Ren looked up at the two taller boys.
"Sorry, we're busy at the moment. We'll talk with you later though." Ren said with a cute little smile before turning on her heel and taking off down the hall, Ryo and Haruhi running after her since it was obvious that the two boys meant business.
"Why are we running?" Haruhi asked, panting as they reached an empty hallway, Ryo looking up at a nearby door to see it red Music Room #3.
"They didn't look very friendly. Alright, how's about in here for studying?" Ryo asked, nodding towards the door before Haruhi stumbled forward, reaching for the handle.
"Probably better than anywhere else." Haruhi murmured before beginning to pull the door open.
The moment the door opened, rose petals were blasted their way, a light so bright emanating from the room that they could see nothing but the pink rose petals that were all in their faces until finally their eyes adjusted to the unnaturally bright light, only for Ren and Ryo to feel a hand on each of their shoulders the moment they saw four boys standing at attention a few feet away.
"Welcome to the Ouran High school Host Club, gentlemen. Let's have a talk." Before any of the three could protest, they were nudged into the room, the door closing behind them thanks to the boy with the glasses.
"Oh wow, it's three boys." A pair of redheads said in unison as the three women in disguise were turned to face the other four boys in the room.
"Hikaru, Kaoru, two of these young men are in the same class as you, aren't they?" The boy with the glasses questioned, directing his words towards the two redheads standing behind the blonde boy sitting in a fancy chair like he were a king.
"Yeah, but they're shy. They don't act very sociably to anyone other than themselves so we don't know much about them." The twins said in unison with a shrug of their shoulders as the boy with the glasses moved so he could stand in front of the three who had caused his incident that morning.
"Well, that wasn't very polite. Anyways, welcome, Mr. Honor students." The boy said, nudging his glasses up further onto his nose as he examined the three in front of him more carefully, eyes lingering on Haruhi for a second before back at the two troublemakers on either side of her.
Before any one of them could get a word out, the boy who had previously been seated in the large fancy chair was before them, violet eyes wide in wonder. "You must be Haruhi Fujioka. You're the exceptional honor student we've heard about. You two... I'm sorry to say but we haven't heard much about you except that you ran into Kyoya this morning." The blonde boy said as Haruhi tried to get the now locked door to open once more, looking back in horror over how this boy somehow knew her name.
The other two girls exchanged annoyed glances before Haruhi spoke. "How do you know my name?" Haruhi asked quietly, almost afraid to hear how they knew of her as the other two girls stepped back to continue trying to open the door in her place.
"Why, you're infamous. It's not every day that a commoner gains entrance into our academy." Kyoya stated, unaware of the slightly offended but annoyed look that the girl in disguise gained. "You must have an audacious nerve to work hard enough to fight your way into this school as an honor student, Mr. Fujioka. But...I'm sad to say I can't seem to find out about you two." Kyoya stated, his expression turning slightly sour as he spied the other two girls still trying to pry the doors open.
"That's supposed to be a good thing, wouldn't you say." Ryo stated, barely giving a glance back at the boy who had trapped them in their host club room.
"It should be obvious who we are." Ren spoke up, turning quickly on her heel to face the boys now. "We're Haruhi's friends." Ren stated with an innocent grin, lollipop still sticking out between her teeth even as she emanated innocent to the boys.
The blonde boy with violet eyes didn't seem to even notice she spoke though, clasping a hand over Haruhi's shoulder. "You're a hero to other poor people, Fujioka. You've shown the world that even a poor person can excel at an elite private academy." The boy stated, glancing down when Haruhi began to try to slip away from him, the other two girls staying where they were since he seemed to follow her, not them.
"Should we help Haruhi?" Ryo murmured to the shorter, seemingly innocent girl beside her.
"It must be hard for you to constantly be looked down upon by others." The tall blonde boy continued on as Ren looked up at Ryo with an amused glint in her eyes.
"I think you're taking this poor thing too far." Haruhi grumbled as she continued trying to get away from the blonde boy.
"Nah, I think we should just keep trying to get that door open." Ren said with a shrug, since from what she could see Haruhi was handling herself just fine.
"Spurred, neglected, but does it matter now? Long live the poor! We welcome you, poor man, to our world of beauty!" The blonde boy only continued on dramatically as Haruhi started to walk back between her two friends to try to help them open the door.
"I'm out of here." Haruhi murmured, laying a hand on the door handle that Ryo had previously been trying to force to open the door.
"Hey, come back here Haru-chan!" Before Haruhi could even try to get the door open herself, she was dragged backwards by a boy roughly the same size as Ren, grinning up at her. "You must be like a superhero or something, that's so cool!" The little boy said excitedly, flowers dancing around his head from how much innocence and youthfulness he was giving off.
"I'm not a hero, I'm an honor student." Haruhi stated, before turning serious suddenly. "And who are you calling HARU-CHAN!" Haruhi suddenly erupted at being referred to as such by such a young boy.
The little boy went skittering back towards the tall boy who had helped bring the girls into the room with Kyoya as Ren and Ryo continued trying to open the doors.
"I never would have imagined the famous scholar and his friends would be so openly gay." The tall blonde boy piped in, this time earning the attention of all three girls in disguise.
"Openly what?" Haruhi questioned, not sure if she had actually heard him right. Did they really think that they were all gay? Oh wait, they were all masquerading about like they were boys, but that was just to try to keep the attention off of them. But that didn't make them gay!
"So tell me what kind of guys you're in to." The blonde boy continued on, motioning towards his friends nearby. "Do you like the strong silent type? The boy lolita? How about the mischievous type? Or the cool type?" The boy only continued on, completely oblivious to the fact that Haruhi was horrified as she backed up away from this boy, mouth agape.
Ryo was in a fit of laughter, hand over her mouth to keep it quiet as Ren only looked up at the blonde boy as though he were blind and a complete buffoon. "Uh, I, uh..." Haruhi only stuttered in response to the accusation slung by the blonde boy as Ren dashed forward to try to assist her friend now. "I...It's not like that...we were just looking for a quiet place to study!" Haruhi tried to explain frantically, the boy moving up to rest his fingers gently on the side of Haruhi's face, leaning down with a sweet smile on his face as he ran his fingers down onto her chin, pulling the girl upwards.
"Or maybe, you're into a guy like me. What do you say?" The boy asked, fingers under Haruhi's chin before she shoved herself backwards, tripping over Ren who had come to help her and knocking into a stand, looking back just in time to try to catch a vase from falling. It only slipped through her fingers, shattering on the ground within seconds.
"Quiet the destructive lot, aren't you three?" Kyoya stated, tallying up all the fact that now, not only did the two unknown girls destroy his tablet, but now Mr. Fujioka had destroyed a vase as well.
"The bidding on that vase was supposed to start at 8 million yen." One of the twins advised a now horrified Haruhi as Ren slid to the ground quickly to try to salvage what she could from the destruction, knowing her friend had no means of paying back 8 million yen to these boys.
Haruhi could only ramble as her friends tried to quell her distress, turning back to the boys when the boy with the glasses spoke once more.
"Well, what do you think we should do, Tamaki?" The boy asked, as he held a piece of the destroyed vase in his hands, glancing towards the two girls before back at the blonde boy who was now back in his fancy chair.
"There's a famous saying, you three may have heard." The blonde boy, Tamaki stated dramatically, pointing a finger towards the three destructive students. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Since neither one of you have any money, you can pay with your body. That means, starting today, you three are the host clubs dogs." Tamaki advised, smiling slightly at the three women in disguise, Haruhi horrified, Ryo indifferent, and Ren confused as to what exactly was happening.
Haruhi was frozen in place in shock as to what all had just happened, oblivious to anything until the little boy poked her twice, falling to the ground seconds later. "That wasn't very nice." Ren advised the boy, innocent silver eyes flickering over to the familiar looking boy who had poked her friend till she fell.
"Hey, I know you! You're in class with Takashi and I!" The boy suddenly squealed, grinning widely as if proud of himself before Ren and Ryo helped their friend to her feet, all three already knowing this was going to be a long day.
They had been asked to go out and buy things that the club needed, but by the time that the three girls in disguise returned, the room was now full of girls who had come for the service of the boys who called themselves hosts.
"Are we really going to just go ahead with this and work for them?" Ryo asked Haruhi, holding two bags since Ren had gone and gotten another big back full of cavity inducers.
"What choice do we have? All together, with everything that all three of us has broken today, we owe them 12 million yen, Ryo." Haruhi reminded her obviously annoyed friend. "Let's just get this over with, and soon we can go back to riding out high school in solitude." Haruhi grumbled before the king, Tamaki, called them over.
"Thanks for doing the shopping, little piglets. Did you get everything on our list?" Tamaki asked, smiling warmly at the three host club "dogs".
"What?" Ryo questioned incredulously.
"Piglet?" Haruhi questioned as well, unsure if there was something wrong with these boys or not at this point.
"Hey, wait a minute. What is this?" Tamaki asked, holding in his hand a little jar of instant coffee.
"Just what it looks like, it's coffee." Haruhi advised the spoiled rich kid as she exchanged an exasperated look with Ryo.
While the other two were busy with matters on coffee, a drink that she didn't find tasteful in any manner, Ren slipped away, only to be caught by the hand of the boy who was about the same size as her. "Hey, you got sweets! It's gonna be fun having you around!" The little boy advised as he spotted the bag full of candy and how Ren had yet another lollipop stuck between her lips, almost as if she never went a second without a piece of candy in her mouth.
"Won't you get a cavity, Mitsukuni?" Ren questioned, hoping that would deter the boy that wanted her sweets, but he only laughed innocently.
"I have sweets every day, I'm fine. But from each time I saw you in class today, you always have a lollipop in your mouth. I think it's you who needs to watch for cavities, so why not let me have the sweets." Mitsukuni, Honey, said innocently, giving his best smile that only made the nearby women squeal and fawn over him as he tried to sweet talk Ren out of her candy.
Ren only looked between the boy in front of her and the squealing girls before deciding two could play at this game. "But...I'm not as privileged as you are. I don't eat sweets all that often, but each day before school one of my teachers gives me a few lollipops to get me through classes. This was just a little treat by my sister." Ren said innocently, digging her heel into the floor as she looked down at the bag in her hands, and back up at the boy, her most sweet yet sad eyes transfixed on the boy who now looked like he could burst into tears at her words.
Surprisingly though, it wasn't him that burst into tears. Nearby girls who had been watching burst out in sobs, some even rushing forward to bring Ren a tea cake or two and fawn over her. The moment Mitsukuni did burst into tears though, Ren ended up flat on the floor from the force at which he threw himself at her to hug her.
"Well, Ren's at it again." Ryo advised Haruhi as they continued to tend to whatever the hosts asked them, passing by the two twins, only to double back upon seeing them in a rather...intimate pose for relatives. Mouth open to burst something out, Haruhi barely had time to catch her from speaking her mind before dragging her off to go back to work.
Haruhi and Ryo passed by Honey and his companion Takashi, or Mori as he's been called by the girls and his friends, Haruhi stopping for a second to look at the two. "Is that boy really a third year student like Ren?" Haruhi wondered aloud, looking around to see that Ren was nearby passing out cakes, but some of the girls were secretly slipping her tea cakes instead due to her act earlier.
"Honey-senpai may seem young and childish, but he's a prodigy. Much like your friend Ren, actually." Kyoya advised, having been nearby watching the three girls in disguise to ensure they were doing their jobs correctly and without destructiveness.
Before Haruhi could reply to Kyoya, Honey threw himself at her, spinning around her before stopping in front of her with a big grin. "Haru-chan you wanna go have some cake with me?" Honey asked excitedly, holding Haruhi by the hand before reaching down for his stuffed rabbit Usa-chan.
"Thanks, but I don't really like cake." Haruhi advised, dizzy from the spin that Honey-senpai had made her do with him.
"Then how would you like to hold my bunny, Usa-chan?" Honey asked instead, holding the pink rabbit up towards Haruhi, frowning when she yet again turned him down. "Are you saying you don't like Usa-chan?" Honey asked, holding the rabbit higher for Haruhi to see as Ryo was ushered off by Kyoya to continue working, rolling her eyes at the scene though.
Once she agreed to hold the plush rabbit, Honey-senpai was off once more, leaving her to stand beside Kyoya alone since her two friends were busy running around elsewhere.
"You'll notice that our club utilizes each man's characteristics to cater to the desires of our guests. Just so you know, Tamaki is number one around here. He's the king. His request rate is seventy percent." Kyoya explained to Haruhi as he looked among the men in the room, before back towards the other two "dogs" who were slowly gaining more attention from their guests somehow.
Hmm...maybe these three could be more useful than he had originally thought.
"You're going to have to work hard to pay off that debt, my little nerd." Tamaki reminded, blowing on the shell of Haruhi's ear only for her to leap forward in a panic, almost knocking into Ryo who was walking by with a trey full of china.
"Please don't do that again." Haruhi and Ryo said at the same time, Ryo continuing on though as Haruhi was stuck with the "King".
"You three need a makeover, or no girl is going to look twice at any one of you." Tamaki advised, drawing Ryo's attention back towards him as she dropped the china off on an empty table.
"What's wrong with the way we look?" Ryo asked defensively, standing beside Haruhi once more.
"Well, we're not trying to get girls to look at us." Haruhi advised Tamaki, still holding Usa-chan to her chest for Honey-senpai as she turned her gaze to Ryo so she couldn't have to look at Tamaki.
"Are you kidding me? It's the most important thing. You three have to learn to be gentlemen and please the ladies. Like me." Tamaki said with a flourish, holding a rose out to Haruhi now with a warm, charismatic smile, but neither of the two girls present were going to fall for it.
"I just don't think it's all that important." Haruhi spoke up first before Ryo could. "Why should we care about appearances and labels anyway? I mean, all that really matters is what's on the inside right? I don't understand why you even have a host club like this." Haruhi explained, glancing at Tamaki for a second before back at anything worth interest in the room, which at that moment happened to be Ren getting her cheeks pinched by a bunch of girls, obviously unhappy.
"It's a cruel reality, isn't it?" He didn't know when to give up, did he? "It's not often that god creates a perfect person like moi, beautiful both inside and out." Tamaki said dramatically, Haruhi glancing to Ryo to see she had her tongue stuck out in mock disgust as he only continued on.
"There's a word to describe people like him." Haruhi mumbled as he watched Tamaki continue on, still holding Usa-chan as Ryo watched as well.
"Is it insane?" Ryo asked curiously, folding her hands behind her back as she looked down at her friend slightly.
"No. What is it?" Haruhi murmured, hand on her chin as she tried to think.
"Is the answer dramatic?" Ryo tried once more, leaning forward towards Haruhi in hopes she was correct this time.
"I wish I could remember that word." Haruhi grumbled, still trying to think as Ryo continued listing off words, only for each to be shot down.
"Is it...obnoxious?" Ryo questioned, Haruhi shooting straight up at the word.
"That's it!" Haruhi chimed with a grin at her friend.
"Oh, did I strike a cord?" Tamaki asked excitedly as both girls in disguise held up a hand in triumph.
"Obnoxious!" The two chimed together perfectly, leaving a horrified Tamaki before he dashed to a corner, huddling over in despair as dead rose petals fell down above him.
"Uh, I'm sorry, Tamaki-senpai." Haruhi apologized begrudgingly as Ryo only laughed, being joined seconds later by the two twins as they leaned on Haruhi, laughing at the two girls heroism.
"They're not going to get very far with the ladies if they don't look the part, you know." Hikaru reminded Tamaki, Kaoru stepping in front of Ryo as Hikaru removed Haruhi's glasses, Kaoru brushing back the dark ash blonde locks and removing the pair of sunglasses that had been nudged up onto Ryo's forehead, both twin's eyes widening at the potential they could manage before Tamaki rushed forward.
"Hikaru, Kaoru." Tamaki stated with a snap of his fingers. Within seconds, each time had one of the girls, having to double back for an preemptively escaping Ren, dragging the three into their dressing room in the club.
"Kyoya, my hair stylist. Mori-senpai, go to the eye doctor and get Haruhi some contact lenses." Tamaki continued to roll out orders to the men in his vicinity.
"What about me, Tama-chan?" Honey asked, smiling excitedly with big wide eyes and flowers around his head.
"Honey-senpai, go eat some cake." Tamaki stated, turning away before he could see the disappointed look that Honey-senpai dawned upon not being more important for what they were doing.
The three girls were now cornered in a dressing room by the twins holding three boy school uniforms as apposed to their sweaters, slacks and hoodies. "Here, change into this uniform each one of you." The twins said in unison as Haruhi and Ryo stood their ground, Ren still oblivious to whatever was going on.
"What? But why?" Haruhi questioned, backing up towards Ryo who had folded her arms over her chest defiantly.
"I don't think so, I don't know where it's been." Ryo countered, before the twins suddenly leaped forward onto them.
"Don't ask questions! Change!" The twins continued to chant change at them as they tried to force Haruhi into changing first, Ren small enough where she was able to slip between one of the boys legs and attempt to dash for the curtain, until Ryo caught her and dragged her back.
"Alright, we'll change! But you two need to get out of here!" Haruhi yelled at the two boys, shoving them forward enough where Ryo could grab them and shove them out the curtain, smiling triumphantly at Haruhi once she had before they realized they were now forced to change their attire for this club.
Later on the three stood in front of the mirror in their changing room, Haruhi and Ryo frowning over how they were forced to change, but Ren seemed to be indifferent, even tugging on her blazer with a little smug smile up at the two.
"Umm, senpai?" Haruhi called out the curtain to the six waiting men.
"Aren't you three done changing yet?" Tamaki questioned, before Haruhi drew back the curtain to reveal herself and her friends to the three.
Before the men stood what appeared to be three young men. Haruhi now was without her glasses and her hair brushed and pushed back into a medium bob, wearing the common boys uniform but tugging at the tie slightly, unused to having to wear a tie even if she did dress like she wasn't a girl.
Ryo stood beside her, lavender blazer a bit more open than Haruhi's. Her hair, once medium ash blonde locks that covered half her face, was cut way back and spiked up above her forehead slightly, swept back elsewhere to leave that plume look for the front and so that the ladies could now see her piercing blue eyes.
On the other side of Haruhi stood Ren, far shorter but none the less just as charismatic as her other two. She too wore the same uniform, but her blazer wasn't half buttoned like the other two had their own. She had left her own open, but kept her tie tight none the less. Her ash blonde hair too had been cut and styled, but in a more innocent look than Ryo's was. It was a simple pixie, with a few locks framing her innocent face, the rest swept back almost messily as she glanced at the men innocently with her silver eyes.
The men continued to dote on how their appearances were far better now before Tamaki pipped in once more. "Our errand boys are moving up the ranks. Starting today, you three are official members of the Host Club." Tamaki announced, pointing a finger at the three newest members of his club, Haruhi and Ryo looking none to happy, but Ren still looking just as innocent as usual.
"I will personally train you each to be a first rate host. If you can get one hundred customers to request your service, we will completely forget about your 12 million yen debt." Tamaki announced, Haruhi turning slightly paler.
"A host?" Haruhi questioned incredulously, looking to Ryo for help but she was just as conflicted as she over how any of them could be hosts to girls when they too were girls.
The six men in front of them began to talk among themselves excitedly, as if this was planned all along that they would turn these three girls in disguise into hosts.
Haruhi and Ryo could only exchange looks of horror and confliction over the turn of events, since a glance down at Ren was sign she was indifferent to any of this.
This was going to be a long, hard first year at this school.
Well, I can never seem to get a first chapter just right I guess. Either way, I hope I have sparked some interest to the point that you'll continue reading. I typically try to update every few days, seeing as how my infinite insomnia keeps me up all night to write and watch Ouran or Fairy Tail.
Anyways though, thanks as always for giving this a read. I plan on this one going for quiet a while so trust me when I say it will be quiet interesting with all the ideas I have planned. As always I do ask that you give a review, I like to know how you all feel about my work, as well as I do enjoy hearing your ideas since I have openly accepted ideas for other works before. Either way, thanks for reading, next chapter will be out soon as possible, and remember the more you review the faster I type out more chapters. Thanks!
