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Blank Horizon
Chapter 1:
Empty Sadness
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The Host Club is now ongoing~
Today's just like any other day; the Ouran Host Club is open and all the beautiful girls were coming. As well as our 3 maidens, who will be our main protagonists for this story. Let's just see what happens, hmm?
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"Come on, Ruka-neechan!" Shina said as she pulled the black haired girl.
"What is it now, Shina-san?" Ruka asked the hazel-haired girl. The twins, Shina and Rina, were pulling their older sister, Ruka towards the Ouran's very own Host Club. It was obvious that they were planning something but, it seems that Ruka didn't mind. Well, she didn't know what they're plotting anyway.
"You're gonna like it there, nee-chan!" Rina added as she smiled at Ruka. Shina has short, hazel-brown hair while Rina has long, wavy hair, almost like Ruka. Except for the hair color, Rina had brown while Ruka has black.
The two sisters pulled Ruka up the red velvet stairs, where they reached their destination, according to Shina and Rina.
"The Third Music Room?" Ruka asked as she raised her brow. Rina and Shina were freshmen, and they know what was in the Third Music Room. While, Ruka doesn't go anywhere besides her classroom. She was a sophomore student and she had a lot of work to do. She always had that gloom in her face, and it looks like only the twins knew what happened to her sweet face back then.
Maybe that was the reason the twins brought her here.
Maybe the Host Club can bring back her smile.
But, moving Ruka won't be that easy.
Shina and Rina opened the doors, revealing a room full of rose petals. And, when the glare of light had suspended, there were 7 boys who were posing in front of the 3 sisters.
"Welcome!"
"We ordered a special treatment for you, nee-chan!" Shina said as she pointed the boys (or rather seniors) who were standing before them.
"We also had our friends to help us, Ruka-nee." Rina added.
"C'mon, you're gonna enjoy it." the two twin girls pulled Ruka inside and towards the group of gentlemen.
"Takashi, look! They're twins too!" Honey-senpai pointed at Shina and Rina,
"Just like Hika-chan and Kao-chan, right?"
Takashi nodded in agreement.
"Shina, Rina," Ruka called, her face turning blank.
"What's the meaning of this?"
"Enjoy yourself, Ruka-neechan!" Rina and Shina replied as a set of twin boys pulled them towards a separate table.
"Twins." Ruka rolled her eyes. A blond haired boy pulled her to a couch and motioned her to sit down. And so they did. Except the blond guy was still holding Ruka's hands.
"What are you doing?" Ruka's face turned hard, the guy cringed.
"I'm Tamaki Suou, your prince for today." the blond guy replied as he held Ruka's chin and pulled her closer. Ruka remained expressionless as she jerked her hand away from Tamaki and punched his face towards the opposite side of the couch.
"Whoa, she's good in martial arts too.." Haruhi mumbled as Kyouya wrote down something in his notebook.
"Of course, Haru-chan!" Honey-senpai smiled,
"She's the eldest daughter of the Miroshiro family, Ruka Miroshiro."
"Yes, their family makes usable drugs and medicines. Scientists, actually." Kyouya added.
"The Miro sisters does not speak by their family name." Ruka stated, as blank as ever.
"We abandoned that a long time ago."
"Why, Ruka-chan?" Honey asked, as if they knew each other long before.
"Family matters." Ruka replied. Well, it looks like it.
"They know each other?" Haruhi asked Takashi.
"Yeah." he replied with a nod.
"Would you like those family matters to go away?" Tamaki asked Ruka as he held her face, pulled her in and grabbed her legs.
"I think Senpai's taking this too far." Haruhi mumbled to herself.
"Nah. He's just following orders from our clients." Kaoru's voice spoke.
"Yeah." Hikaru agreed as the two of them nodded.
"Ruka-neechan needs a break, that's all." Rina said,
"She's been raising us by herself ever since our mother left us. Yes, your friend may know the Miroshiro family but we're not one of them anymore."
"She used to smile so often, so sweetly. But, someone broke her heart, leaving her empty." Shina added.
"We want her to be happy, like how she taught us to smile despite the circumstances." Shina and Rina said with determined faces.
"Oh, so you're just giving back the favor?" Haruhi asked, the twin girls nodded.
"But, I think this would be harder than any of us would think." Kyouya propped up his glasses as Ruka reacted from Tamaki's touch and threw him off the couch, face first, right on the floor.
"I can't believe all the things you said about her earlier.." Haruhi mumbled.
"Yeah, about that.." Rina said, playing with her fingers,
"She's quite hard and tough."
"But, we believe if all worked together, we'll be able to bring her back," Shina smiled,
"Right?"
"My dearest Ruka~" Tamaki called out but Ruka got the vase on the coffee table and threw it on Tamaki's face.
"Don't harass me, Host Guy." Ruka snapped as she sat down once again.
"Haruhi," Kyouya spoke as he wrote something on a sheet of paper.
"That vase's on you."
"EH?"
"I think that would be impossible, to bring her back." Haruhi murmured. But I guess she said it too loud.
"I-I-Impossi-ble..?" Rina and Shina stammered as they fell on their knees, with their eyes teary.
"Haru-chan made them cry!" Honey announced even more.
"B-But…" Rina started sniffing,
"W-W-We…worked…h-hard…f-for…this.."
"And, you're… just…gonna…let..her….g-go?" Shina asked as she looked at Haruhi, as if she was the very reason that they were about to cry. Well, Haruhi is the reason why they were acting like that anyway. Then, as if on cue, tears began to fall on the twins' faces.
"Shina-chan, Rina-chan," Hikaru and Kaoru started to beg as they hugged the twins.
"Stop crying, please."
"Or else, Ruka-chan would kill us." the two of them mumbled. And speaking of..
"Who made them cry?" Ruka stood up from the couch, fist clenched. She began walking towards the Club Hosts as a scary aura began to surround her. The other hosts flinched at the sight of this while Tamaki crawled back to the couch for refuge.
"Tell me or else,"
"It's me." Haruhi stated, with her face brave and hard. But, Ruka's black eyes were much colder.
"You, huh." Ruka mouthed as she walked towards Haruhi,
"Since you're a girl, I'll go easy on you."
"She knows?" Tamaki screamed as he fell on the floor again.
Ruka patted Haruhi's head,
"Don't discourage other people. Instead, teach them. Teach them to hope and wish for more. In that way, you'll be able to live a bright future together with the ones you care about." she said, keeping her blank tone. But, her scary aura disappeared and she looks more relieved.
"Okay, Haruhi-chan?" Ruka was about to smile, but somehow, she was still nowhere near it. Haruhi nodded and Ruka proceeded with Rina and Shina.
"Can you tell me what you twins are planning?" she stared at them. The twins flashed her a happy smile,
"Secret!"
"Very well, then." Ruka replied Kaoru and Hikaru helped Rina and Shina stand up.
"Instead, can you tell me why he's frozen?" Ruka asked the other hosts as she pointed at Tamaki.
"How can you tell that…that.." Tamaki stammered, pointing at Haruhi.
"Simple." Ruka replied as she walked back to Haruhi.
"See this?"
Then, without any hint of hesitation, Ruka held and pressed Haruhi's chest as it showed a small bump. Haruhi shrieked.
"Don't touch that!" Haruhi jumped back, panting, eyes wide opened.
"I'm so useless as a father." Tamaki grumbled as he curled himself into a human ball.
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever." Hikaru and Kaoru shrugged.
"You see, among the Miro sisters," Kyouya started, again.
"Rina is the manipulative one, Shina is the smart one and Ruka is the most observant. They all specialize in those areas that even without their parents' money, they managed to enter Ouran."
"Oh." Haruhi, Kaoru and Hikaru mumbled.
"So much on spying on us, Kyouya-senpai." Rina crossed her arms on her chest.
"Ruka-chan!" Honey-senpai jumped from Takashi's shoulder and to Ruka's.
"Let's eat some cake together!" he smiled, blue eyes glittering.
"I'm not hungry, Honey-senpai." Ruka replied as Honey fell to the ground, like there was a ton of rejection that fell upon him.
"B-But..!" his eyes became watery all of the sudden.
"Don't you cry on me, Mitsukuni." Ruka said. You can imagine her sneering at him, but then again, she's expressionless.
"Indeed, Ruka-chan," Honey nodded,
"You have changed a lot."
Ruka's face changed; her eyes widened.
"Changed, you say?" she asked.
"Mmhmm." Honey smiled as he jumped back on Takashi's shoulder.
"That's none of your business, Honey-senpai." Ruka stated blankly as she walked away, towards the door.
"Ruka nee-chan!" Shina and Rina called out,
"Where are you going?"
"Back to class." Ruka answered as she held the knob.
"But-!"
"I'm not interested with these Host people." she replied then she left, shutting the door behind her.
"Well, that went..well." Hikaru and Kaoru sighed.
"How are we gonna bring do it?" Rina asked her twin.
"What are we gonna do about it?" Shina corrected.
"We," Tamaki answered as he stood up,
"are going to make that girl happy."
He looked a lot determined than before. He looked like a whole new (not to mention different) person than the helpless airhead a while ago.
Maybe, he just recovered by himself, as usual.
"But, we're gonna need your help." Tamaki turned at Rina and Shina.
"You two have to tell us all you know about your sister, alright?"
Rina and Shina nodded as Haruhi managed to smile.
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-Sophomore Building-
Like any other so-called missions set by Tamaki, they disguised Haruhi as a sophomore student, although she (or he) was widely known to be a freshman. No worries though, Hikaru and Kaoru were dressed up as well. The three of them snucked into class 2-A, or sophomore class A, while the other hosts waited at the second corridor. Funny thing is, the three of them also had earpieces and radios for their communication with the other hosts, courtesy of some personal guards some rich person had.
"Are you there yet?" Tamaki hushed through his own radio.
"Yes, we're nearly at the door." Kaoru answered, as serious as it can be. Well, they were beside the door, actually.
"Remember, Ruka always spends her time writing on her notebook. So, be careful not to make it obvious that you're spying in her. Make friends with her if possible."
"Yes, yes, highness." Kaoru and Hikaru replied in unison.
"Shh." Haruhi scolded her two companions while they nodded in obedience. Haruhi opened the door, very slowly, as it made a very annoying and creaking sound. The three of them saw Ruka, sitting on her chair, eyes fixed on her notebook as her hand brushing on the compiled paper.
"Good afternoon, Ruka-chan." Haruhi smiled at Ruka as she sat down next to her. Ruka replied with her silence.
"So, what are you doing?" Haruhi asked as she looked over at Ruka's notebook.
"Nothing, Haruhi-chan." Ruka replied with a straight face as she closed her notebook, revealing a blank black cover.
"W-What?" Haruhi said, stammering.
"I'm not H-Haruhi.." she then turned around and signaled something at Hikaru and Kaoru.
"Mayday! Haruhi got her cover blown!" Kaoru whispered at his radio.
"What?" Tamaki answered.
"I told you it wouldn't work." Hikaru added.
"You have to do something~" the Suou child begged as he sank back.
"Well, you're Haruhi alright." Ruka pulled Haruhi's wig, unveiling her short, wavy hair.
"I guess you're right." Haruhi smiled as she scratched her head.
"As I said a while ago, I'm not interested anymore." Ruka clarified,
"What my sisters wanted to do, well, they're just kids and probably they don't understand what has happened to me."
"They just want to help you, Ruka." Haruhi corrected.
"Haruhi's making a conflict here." Hikaru hushed at Kaoru's radio.
"Don't call me by my first name alone!" Ruka burst out as she stood up, fists clenched once again.
"You shouldn't call me like that! I don't even know you!"
Haruhi cringed.
"I'm coming." Tamaki's voice hung on the radio. After a few breaths, he appeared on the door.
"Oh, great." Ruka complained as she got her notebook and backpack.
"More of them." she began walking towards the door.
But, there was only one door. And,
Tamaki was there.
He gripped her arm,
"What's wrong with you?" he groaned at her ear,
"Your sisters worked hard to make you happy, and you don't even manage to appreciate that? They want you to be laughing, joking and smiling. Just like how you taught them to do so."
"Why? Participating in a boring Host Club makes me happy?" Ruka snapped as she looked at him, straight into his blue eyes.
"You, just don't understand, Tamaki."
Her black orbs were hard, cold and hollow. It was filled with pure sadness, as if the darkness in her eyes were weeping, calling for unreachable help. Ruka was staring at him too, just like he was. Tamaki loosened his grip.
"You saw them now, huh?" Ruka's voice lingered in the air as she brushed past Tamaki and slammed the door.
…
It was complete sadness.
- To be continued.
(A.N.)
Whew~ Chapter 1's done. Notable Notes; Although Shina and Rina were freshmen, they're somehow childish. Like the way they acted when Haruhi said that it was impossible to bring Ruka back. But, even so, they're still reliable at times. Sorry if some characters might've been OutOfCharacter. But, I did try my best in making them the same as possible. Anyway, don't forget to Review~ *smiles*
