Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club. If I did, things would be totally different.
Chapter One: When Is A Pig Not A Pig? When It's a Guinea Pig!
Hurrying to class, Haruhi gathered all of her papers for her midterm project. 'I can't believe I overslept! I shouldn't have stayed up all night studying.' She was going to kick herself in the butt over this. She had to admit, getting used to the American life was going to take some time. She had already been in America for 2 years now, and was in her freshman year of college. She and Tamaki didn't last too long, he was too capricious, yet they remained close friends. She threw on her Jacket and quickly left for class, but not before she checked to make sure her door to her apartment was locked. She pulled out her cell phone to call her midterm partner or should she say 'partners'. She scrolled down the list of names that began with 'H'. "Harry, Heather, Helene," She quietly said to herself, "Ah ha.. Hikaru!" She quickly pressed the call button.
"Hey Haruhi, you're late today. What's up?" Hikaru's voice had the sound of concern in it.
"Sorry, I overslept and I wanted to let you know I'm on my way. Just hang on, try not to go first today. I'm sure you and Kaoru can pull that off, right?" Haruhi smiled as she awaited his response.
"Hmm… I'm not sure we can do that," Another voice came through the phone, no doubt it was Kaoru, "We were so anxious to go first today and show everyone our awesome project." Hikaru finished for him.
"I'm sure you were, but we should save the best for last, okay?" Haruhi knew that they were messing with her.
"Got it. Just get here soon." With that note, there was a click on the other line indicating that they had hung up. Haruhi was grateful that her apartment was only across the street from the campus. What confused her was why didn't the twins wake her up when they only lived across the hall? Today was the last day before winter break and their English class was their only class for the day.
She couldn't escape it. The Host Club was always going to be there with her, no matter what. The Host Club had joined her to study abroad in America, and even enrolled in the same school as her. Since she had moved from Japan to America, she decided to grow out her hair, which has gotten pretty long since then. Mori and Hunny-Senpai had mainly taken night classes because they instructed a martial arts class in the daytime. Kyouya and Tamaki had finished classes two days ago and were packing up their bags to go back to Japan to visit their families. The twins decided to stay rather than travel back. They visited their family last break. Haruhi hadn't decided on what she wanted to do yet.
Haruhi crossed the street and entered the main building. Three flights of stairs later, she finally reached her classroom, Room 150B, English 103. As she entered her classroom, students and the professor had glanced her way. "I'm so sorry I'm late, Professor Cadsbury." The short and stocky, middle aged man fixed his round metal-rimmed glasses, "Ah, Ms. Fu-Fujioka! Y-you have arrived! I w-was afraid something h-had happened to you. Is everything alright? I-I m-mean you're never late to class." Haruhi sighed as Professor Cadsbury stuttered and made a fuss over her. She heard and saw a few other students, giggling and snickering to themselves, two of them being the twins.
"No, everything is fine. I just overslept." Haruhi reassured the Professor as he tried to fix his stuttering problem. "G-good, so that means you and the Hi-Hitachiin twins can pr-present your midterm project now, co-correct?" He cupped his handed together as in prayer that they would go next. Haruhi looked at the twins to see if they were ready. They looked at each other and got up from their seats and walked up towards the front of the class. Haruhi had gotten her papers ready to present. Their project was on the Japanese culture, which was ridiculously easy due to the fact that they were from Japan. A few minutes later, which had felt like an eternity, the presentation had ended and with that, the class had ended as well. Hikaru and Kaoru looked relieved and each of them had grabbed an arm of Haruhi and headed for the class room door. "Finally! We're done!" The twins said unison.
"Ms. Fu-Fujioka. Mr. Hi-Hitachiins."The trio stopped and turned around to Professor Cadsbury who was waving them to come over to his desk. As if they were magnets, Hikaru, Haruhi, and Kaoru went over to him. "Well, I-I suppose you three are w-wondering why I called you over, co-correct?" They nodded in agreement as they watched their professor take off his glasses and clean them off with his shirt. Professor Cadsbury placed his glasses back on the bridge of his nose. "Well, I-I was wondering if you three w-would be interested in joining my class n-next semester?" Hikaru looked at him, "Wait… we didn't pass your class? And you want us to retake it?" Professor Cadsbury laughed and ruffled Hikaru's hair. "Oh n-no n-no! You three passed with fl-flying colors! It's just t-that you did so well in m-my class, I wanted y-you in my class again."
Haruhi looked at him and smiled, "Sure, we would be glad if you were my teacher again, Professor Cadsbury." Hikaru and Kaoru looked at her in disbelief. They were about to protest when Haruhi covered up both of their mouths with her hands. "T-Thank you so much, Ms. Fu-Fujioka. I'll look forward to seeing you three next semester." He smiled and waved to them as Haruhi pushed the twins out the door. They had finally made it outside the main building.
"Haruhi, what was," Hikaru started, "that about?" Kaoru finished. Haruhi smiled, "You two want to be in the same class with me still, right?" Kaoru nodded, "Yeah but that professor is like too happy go-lucky if you want my opinion." She looked at them both, "I want you two to pass your classes and if I'm not there, there's a slim chance of that happening." Hikaru sighed, "That's true enough. So, what's on the agenda for you now?"
Haruhi thought for a second. "I dunno honestly. Tamaki and Kyouya are leaving for Japan. And there's no doubt in my mind that Hunny and Mori would do the same." Kaoru looked her, "Well, we're not going home for break. So if you want, you can hang out with us if you want." He and Hikaru smiled, "but that's up to you." Haruhi smiled back, "I'll think about it, alright?"
Hikaru suddenly had the look that he remembered something, "I almost forgot! We have to get the apartment fast!" Kaoru and Haruhi looked at each other after Hikaru ran ahead of them towards the apartment. "Well, we better follow him to make sure it wasn't something like leaving the stove on or something like that." Kaoru and Haruhi began to run after him.
They finally made it to their floor in the building and went into the twin's apartment. Kaoru poked his head through the door and peeked in and motioned for Haruhi to come in. She came in and looked around, "Where'd he go?" Kaoru scratched his head in confusion, "I haven't the slightest idea. Unless…" he pointed to Hikaru's room door. He walked over and placed an ear to the door, trying to hear Hikaru if he was in there. Suddenly, the door flew open with Hikaru running out of it. "Kaoru! Kao-," He saw Haruhi looking him, "Haruhi? When did you get here? Where's Kaoru?" She simply pointed to the door that he had just burst from. He closed the door and found Kaoru presses up against the wall, obviously from when he came out from his room. "Kaoru? Are you okay?" Hikaru looked at his brother, giving him a sheepish grin. "Yeah, totally fine, other than the fact I got crushed by a door." Kaoru moved from the wall towards to couch and sat down. "Sorry about that." Hikaru held his arms behind his back.
Both Kaoru and Haruhi looked at him quizzically. "What the hell do you have behind your back" Kaoru asked. Hikaru smirked, "You really wanna know?"" They both nodded, "Yeah." Hikaru pulled out a furry grey, black, and white animal. "A miniature cow?" Kaoru laughed at it. Haruhi looked at it, "It's a guinea pig, Kaoru." Hikaru grinned happily, "I know. Isn't she cool? I named her Abby." Kaoru looked at him, "Why did you get it?" Hikaru held Abby out to Haruhi, "Because she belongs to Haruhi. Kyouya actually asked me to get it for her so she wouldn't be lonely in her apartment." Kaoru looked at him, "You actually listened to the Kyouya?" Hikaru turned his attention to his twin, "Well, yeah. I mean, I heard from him that Haurhi's dad actually told him that she would be staying," The younger twin looked at his brother, "So, you knew she would be staying?" Kaoru looked at Haruhi, "Why didn't you give us a straight answer?" Haruhi shrugged her shoulders. Hikaru looked at the small animal he held and gave it to Haruhi to hold."She is cute, but I don't even know a thing about guinea pigs." Hikaru went into his room and came back with a cage, handbook, food, water bottles, etc.
"Don't fret because I have everything you'll need for little Abby." Haruhi looked at him, "You named it?" Hikaru shrugged his shoulders, "Well, she needed a name and Abigail was the first thing that came to mind. So, Abby for short." Haruhi looked at Abby, "So, am I supposed to be studying on how to take care of her?" Hikaru smiled, "It's easy. Just feed her and play with her for the most part." She placed the small animal on her lap and began to gently pet it. "She's really soft, like a nice plush animal." Kaoru sighed, "Haruhi, you don't need a pet, you know. What you need is a roommate. Actually, I believe Hikaru and I are perfect candidates for the…"
"Yeah, right. Do you know how angry the boss would be if we roomed with Haruhi?" Hikaru interrupted his twin. "But then again… it's up to Haruhi. Not the boss." Kaoru added. Haruhi looked at the twins, "Hey, thanks for looking out for me, But I don't think I need a roommate. I'm fine." The twins looked at each other and then back at Haruhi. "We'll leave that offer open for a while; you might change your mind." Haruhi looked at Abby, "I'll think about it. As of right now, I have a guinea pig to keep me company an-"
"Haruhi! Are you in there?" The familiar voice followed by a series of banging on the twin's apartment door. Kaoru sighed and went over to open the door to let in the frantic Tamaki. As soon as he cracked the door open, Tamaki had rushed in and had captured Haruhi in a bone crushing hug. "Oh Haruhi! Daddy was so worried about you once he saw you weren't in your room!" Haruhi struggled to break from his grip while holding Abby away from him so he wouldn't crush her too in the process. "Tamaki! Would you let me go? I can barely breathe!" Haruhi yelled him, hoping he would retreat to his corner of despair. He released her from his powerful hug and looked at her with puppy-eyes, "You don't want a hug from Daddy before he leaves for Japan?" Haruhi sighed, "Not really, besides, didn't we agree on not referring to yourself as my dad?" Tamaki placed an elbow on her shoulder, "Sure, but that was only when we were going out. But since we're not together anymore, I've realized that I would continue being a father figure towards you once again."
"You know how he gets, there's no point arguing with him." Kyouya walked in with Mori and Hunny following suit. "Is there a reason why you're here, Boss?" Hikaru asked him, leaning up against the wall across from him. Tamaki cleared his throat as if he was going to instruct the twins and Haruhi something before he left. Which is exactly what he did. "Well, as you know Hikaru, Hunny, Mori, Kyouya and I are going back to Japan to visit our families during winter break. That means you three are to be on your best behavior while we're gone." Tamaki turned to Haruhi and whispered to her, "If those shady twins try anything, just call me and I'll fly here as fas-" Haruhi cut him off, "I'm going to be fine, Senpai. Besides, I have Abby… just in case I get lonely, thanks to Hikaru."
"Who's Abby?" Tamaki tilted his head. Haruhi placed her new guinea pig in his hands. "This is Abby, she's a guinea pig. So, there's no need to worry." He examined her, "Well, she doesn't look like a pig at all." Hunny took Abby out of Tamaki's hands and cuddled with it. "Aw, Haru-Chan! She's so cute and soft!" Kyouya pushed up his glasses and stepped forward, "As much as we would love to stay and play with Abby, our flight is going to be leaving soon." Hunny gave the guinea pig back to Haruhi and gave her a hug. "Have fun while we're gone okay?" Haruhi nodded and hugged back. Hunny then turned to the twins, "You guys be sure to take care of Haru-Chan and Abby-Chan, alright?" The twins nodded in agreement and gave him thumbs up.
"Haruhi, please don't hesitate to call if you run into problems." Kyouya gave her a reassuring smile before dragging out Tamaki out of the door. "Haruhi! Daddy will miss you! Don't forget to text me! I'll text you everyday!" Haruhi took her cell phone from her pocket and immediately shut it off. Tamaki bawled as Kyouya took him outside to the car. Mori and Hunny followed them out. They watched from the window as they watched them leave. "Wow. So, a month without the Boss. This should be fun." The twins snickered amongst themselves, and Haruhi had a feeling it wasn't good. She looked at Abby as an excuse to go back to her apartment.
"Hey, can you guys help me set up Abby's cage at my place. I want her to get comfortable and used to being there." The twins looked at her and nodded, "Sure." Hikaru grabbed the cage and Kaoru picked up the food. They followed Haruhi back to her place and gently placed the items on the floor near her couch in her living room. Haruhi looked around, "I would put her in Tamaki's old room, but she would be herself." She walked into her room and noticed her one of dressers had nothing on top of it. "She could go there, plus she's next to my bed, so she's definitely not going to be lonely."
"That's a good spot." The twins said unison. Haruhi placed Abby on her bed to let her walk around for a bit. "Haruhi, do you think you can handle her?" Haruhi smirked, "If I can put up with the host club, I'm pretty sure I have this in the bag." The twins looked at her, "Alright, we trust you." Kaoru noted the laptop that was on her bed, the one they had gotten her with the picture of a tanuki on it. "You still have that thing?" Hikaru laughed, "I was pretty sure the Boss would've gotten you a new one." Haruhi looked at it, "Nah, I love it and besides, it was a gift from you guys. I wouldn't trade in for a new one. It gets whatever job done." The twins seemed touched that she would keep because it was from them; they gave her a double hug. "Aww, Haruhi! You are truly adorable!" They said in unison. At least Haruhi could say she enjoyed their more gently hugs more than Tamaki's death hugs.
"So, Haruhi wanna go to th-" Kaoru was cut off when they all heard a beeping noise from outside. The trio looked outside to see what it was. There was a moving truck backing up into a parking spot outside the apartment complex. Kaoru was the first to speak up, "It looks like someone's moving in." Hikaru watched as two men exited the truck and open up the back hatch of the truck. "Yup, definitely someone moving in." Haruhi peered down to see if she could see who was moving in. "I wonder what floor they're moving onto." She looked back to Abby, who was supposed to be on the bed. Which she wasn't anymore. "Uh, guys… Where's Abby?" The twins turned around, "What?" Hikaru lifted up the pillows, "You have got to be kidding! Where did she go that fast?" He lifted up all the pillows and Kaoru looked under the bed and dressers. "Well, she's not in here." Haruhi looked up and noticed that her bedroom door was open, "She might have went into the living room." She and the twins exited her room and began searching the entire apartment. "Abby! Where are you?" Haruhi was checking all over the place. Who knew a guinea pig could be fast enough to escape? They were still searching until a light knocking came from the doorframe that led to the hallway. This had caught the trio's attention.
A girl with black curly hair and straight bangs was standing outside her door, "Hey, were you looking for your guinea pig?" She was holding Abby, holding her with care, "I figured she was yours because your door was open, and she must have gotten out." Haruhi walked up to her with the twins right behind her, "Thank you so much for catching her when you did." The girl handed the small animal to her, "No problem. Abby was it? Such a cute name for a cute guinea pig." Haruhi smiled at her, "Yeah, I had just gotten her today, so I'm still getting used to her." The girl laughed a bit, "So I can tell. My name is Persephone." Kaoru took note of her name, "Like the girl who had eaten the pomegranate seeds in Greek Mythology?" Persephone nodded, "Yup, my mom had a things for that mythology stuff." (A/N: For those who do not know how to pronounce it, its Per-Seph-o-Nee.) Haruhi smiled, " I'm Haruhi, and that's Hikaru and Kaoru. It's nice to meet you Persephone." She pointed to the twins. "I see you two are twins. Identical at that. Interesting."
Haruhi smiled, "Yeah, you'll get used to that. May I ask you one question, though? Why were on our floor in the first place? I haven't seen you before." Kaoru leaned over to her, "That was actually two questions, Haruhi." Haruhi turned to him, who whistled like he did nothing. Persephone laughed, "Well, to answer both questions, yes you may ask me a question. And I was here on your floor because we are actually moving down the hall. The trio looked at her, "We?" Persephone looked at them, "Yeah, my sister and I. You'll probably meet her later on though. She's out getting stuff for the apartment." Kaoru looked at her, "So, that's your moving truck outside then."
"Yeah, we're starting to get our furniture in. My dad and Uncle are here doing that stuff. Did you guys want to come over later? You can bring little Abby with you." She gently petted the guinea pig. "Sure," Haruhi agreed, "We'll come over later." Persephone smiled, "Great! Door 25G, alright? I'll see ya later, Haruhi, Hikaru and Kaoru." She then left to go down the hall.
"She's good with names." Kaoru stated, with Hikaru and Haruhi nodding in agreement. Haruhi looked at the guys, "Yeah, she was really nice. Though, her eye color was a bit odd." Hikaru looked at her, "What are you trying to imply?" Kaoru looked at her also, "Yeah, what about them? I think they're a beautiful blue." Hikaru and Haruhi looked at him, Kaoru returned the stare. "What?" Haruhi shook her head, "Nevermind that, what I'm saying is that genetics and all. Black hair, tan skin, and blue eyes really isn't a common combination. I mean her mother would have to have blonde hair and blue eyes, while her father should have black hair and brown eyes but carrying a recessive blue eye gene. Unless, her mother had brown hair and brown eyes with the recessive gene and her fa-" Hikaru placed his hand over her mouth. "Cut it out. You're giving me a headache with all that genetic nonsense."
"Yeah, there's a very simple explanation for it, Haruhi. No scientific notations. She is really a blonde with blue eyes, but she dyed her hair and she's usually pale, so she tans. Easy as that." Kaoru's equation did seem to make sense, so Haruhi decided she wasn't going to argue it any longer. "Yeah, you're probably right." Haruhi sat on her couch, "There's nothing to do." Hikaru laughed, "Oh,that's right. It's winter break, so no homework, or studying" He whispered to his brother, but loud enough so that Haruhi could hear. "I know. Poor Haruhi, she has nothing to do. Her scholar mind is uneasy with thoughts of wanting assignments." Haruhi knew they were trying to irritate her, so she just ignored them the best she could.
"I know I shouldn't say this because I'm going to regret it later, but do you guys want to go to the mall or something?" The twins looked at Haruhi, confused. "You're asking us to go to the mall? With you?" Haruhi looked around, "Well, Abby can't talk so I guess I said that. Do you or not?" Hikaru and Kaoru nodded. She knew was getting herself into trouble from the moment she asked the question.
Please Read and Review. I actually wanted to write a story using some of my own characters. First time using them.