Series: Ouran High School Host Club
Mangaka: Bisco Hatori
Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club. No one would believe me even if I claimed to.
May contain Spoilers.
Some details have been altered for my own convenience.
This story is based post-manga.
Chapter One: A Dilemma Arises
Yuzuru Suoh sat in his office with the light off, the lack of light casting a blue-black hue over everything. That suited his mood at the moment, as he stared at the paper lying on the desk before him. It looked so innocent, but that was really very misguiding. This information on this paper had the power to change his life forever, depending on what he did about it. The thing was, he wasn't sure what he was going to do about it, and what would happen depending on what he did. Humans lacked the ability to foretell the future after all.
He really didn't need this sort of thing to happen right now. His life had finally become all sorted out. Everything concerning his mother, Tamaki, Anne-Sophie, and the company had finally been solved. Now something like this had to come up? That was becoming a trend in his life. What was wrong with him wanting to live a peaceful, happy life with his family? But it seemed he'd had another family member, one he had never known about, all along. And now he was expected to do something about it.
Why had she picked now of all times to contact him? In her letter, she said it was because the boy was legally an adult now, and had the right to decide what he wanted. That could be having his father -who Yuzuru had just discovered was himself- in his life, or having him out of it. She had also decided that Yuzuru had the right to know about his son, and that it was about time that they meet. He had never known he had another son. That the woman he'd divorced so that he could marry Anne-Sophie had actually been pregnant when he'd done so. She claimed that she herself hadn't known that she was pregnant until two months after this, and had opted into keeping quiet about it. He could guess why. After all, she was the ex-wife, dropped for another woman. She had every right to be bitter. Though she claimed that that wasn't what this was about. She said this was about her son.
He sighed and rubbed his temples with one hand, suddenly feeling much older than his years. This would definitely start another scandal, if anyone were to find out about it. Hadn't he already caused enough scandals for the Suoh family? His mother likely wouldn't forgive him this time if he started another. As it was, things were still stiff between them. And how would he explain something like this to Tamaki and Anne-Sophie? Would they be angry with him? He didn't want to cause any more problems for his precious family, or cause them to hate him.
There was always the option to do nothing, but how could he? This person was supposedly his son. There was his blood running through the boy's veins. Or so Noriko claimed. Either way, a DNA test would tell for certain. In order to do that, though, he'd have to commit to the results. Whatever they may be. He didn't want to have to make a decision like this.
With another heavy sigh, he reached towards the paper, the rather formal letter from his ex-wife, and pulled out a photo from underneath it. She'd sent a photo of the boy. He couldn't say he looked much like him, but he definitely looked like his mother. Fluffy, curly black hair and deep brown eyes. Though when Yuzuru looked closely, the set of his jaw and eyes somehow reminded him of Tamaki. This boy didn't look nearly as soft as Tamaki, though, and he was shorter. There was a bit of a coarseness about him, an edge. Yuzuru wasn't sure what it was that gave him this impression. Oh, had Noriko included the boy's name? He couldn't remember. He'd been too overcome by shock to even wonder about it.
He reached for the paper again, and picked it up. He scanned it for any sign of the boy's name. It wasn't mentioned. Yuzuru frowned at that. Why wouldn't she mention the boy's name? That was odd. Maybe she hadn't thought of it? Or maybe she was bitter. He'd have to commit to this if he wanted to find out his name, eh? How sneaky. He put the paper down again.
The question of Tamaki was raised again in his mind. It was him Yuzuru was worried most about for all this. How would Tamaki feel if he mentioned this? If he were to discover he may have a brother out there? Well, knowing Tamaki, he'd probably be excited at the prospect of a sibling and want to meet him, but would also be very nervous about it because of the circumstances. What if the two met, and didn't get along? What if the boy didn't like Tamaki? What if the boy didn't like him? He wasn't sure he'd be able to back out of it after getting himself involved. So the decision had to be made now. But he still wasn't sure which decision to make.