The host club was just one big act. The hosts themselves knew this, and were rather adept at fooling their customers.
The host club had gone on a shopping trip to the local mall in preparation for Christmas, which was fast approaching.
Before they had left in the morning, Hikaru had made his apologies, saying that Kaoru was ill and needed looking after. He encouraged the rest of them to go without the twins, as staying behind would do nothing to improve Kaorus health.
The group had cut short their trip, unable to enjoy themselves. They returned to the school and went straight to the room Hikaru and Kaoru shared, intending to check on how Kaoru was doing. Haruhi opened the door, only to be struck speechless.
From the doorway, they could clearly see the boys in the middle of sex. And the view was rather unfortunate for them, being able to see everything. Neither boy seemed to notice their stunned spectators.
"Kaoru, harder!" Tamaki felt his jaw drop: if it weren't for the fact that Kaoru was the one doing the dominating, he would have thought it was just an elaborate plan…but Hikaru was always the domineering one in their host club act.
Hikaru looked up with lust clouded eyes, and saw them watching. Tamaki snapped out of his daze and shut the door firmly. He flinched at a loud cry from the room behind him "We wait for an explanation in the host club room."
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Five heads snapped up to the door as the handle rattled, and opened to reveal a single – seemingly resigned – twin. He closed the door behind him.
"Where's the other one?" Tamaki demanded. The twin in front of them sighed and ran a hand through his dishevelled hair. "Hikaru's asleep." Tamaki scowled, while the others just looked confused.
"What's going on, Kaoru?" Haruhi asked, getting down to the point.
"Hikaru and I…are together."
"So your host club act isn't really an act?" Hunny asked, sitting his bunny on his lap and playing absent-mindedly with the ears.
"No, it's more of an exaggeration. We decided before we joined that the customers would react more to an overprotective brother/klutz combination."
"But…why you?" Tamaki sounded exasperated. "You're the one who…who…"
"Does the fucking?" Kaoru supplied in a deadpan voice. Tamaki turned red and nodded. "I got the short straw before we came here, that's all."
"You were together before you came to Ouran? How long for?" Hunnys enthusiasm almost managed to distract Kaoru from the silence that was emanating from the others. He wished that somehow they hadn't been caught.
"As long as I can remember, but physically since we were thirteen."
"None of us even noticed…but now I know; it's just painfully obvious. Just be careful, Kaoru, not everyone will accept it."
Kaoru let out a breath he hadn't known he was holding, and laughed softly to himself. "Everyone already thinks we're together, thanks to the host club." Kaoru left the club room looking shattered, leaving the other members to collect their thoughts.
"I can't believe we didn't even suspect…" Tamaki muttered as the door shut behind him.
