Ouran High School Host Club
What if the twins and Haruhi Meet before they went to High school?
Disclaimer: High school host club doesn't belong to me, if it did the twins would be a lot more trouble making in the series, possibly the lead characters and maybe all- knowing like Kyouya.
Major OOC but I'll try to stick to their basic personalities, or too exaggerate them only. No promises though.
Ch 1: The Meeting.
The summer of the year before series begin:
Once upon a time there lived a girl. This girl had a life that could fit anywhere but in a fairytale. At 4 ft 9 this young brunette, a year too young for high school, faced many hardships including having to deal with all the house chores since her mother's death when she was very little.
Today this girl, Haruhi, had a life-changing event when she walked home from the market. She never expected anyone to mind her. They never did. But today was the day that changed, and all because of two twin boys.
Every time after her mother's passing Haruhi was charged with the job of going to the market to buy all the food for her the family (she and her father). Usually it was a mundane chore she must always do, mostly out of her stubborn quality in refusing her dad's help. This Saturday she was carrying two medium bags and her purse when an offending force threw her sideways. At a better view she would notice the acrimonious look on the face of the boy that ran over her. Instead she glared subtly at him and slowly raised herself form the floor where she fell, glad that her groceries didn't tip out of her bags.
The redhead glared back at her but wasted no time in walking away a few steps ahead where another redhead stood waiting patiently for his carbon copy, his twin.
"Sorry Kaoru, I didn't see her," said the first boy quietly, obviously intending for a private conversation. Not getting one though.
"Don't worry, we still have time before they start looking" said Kaoru, taking out a small clock from his pant pocket.
She wasn't one to stand about in typical situations like a force greeting exchange with the hard street floor (1). So she opened her mouth,
"Hikaru, Kaoru, what are you doing here in the common folk part of the city?" well, she didn't want to sound so daunting, but these boys wouldn't have done anything else should the roles be inverted, and it was written all over them that they were up to something, again.
"How do you know our name?" asked Kaoru avoiding her one question.
"We went to elementary school together."
" I don't remember you." Hikaru elaborated.
" How many people did you care to remember anyway? So what are you up to now?" she insisted.
" I assure you that it has nothing to do with you, so we supplicate that you keep your suspicions to yourself. You have no business in acquiring our actions or theorizing about-" Kaoru Started calmly but Haruhi bluntly interrupted.
"Are you two lost?" How her guess could be so right-on she didn't know but both twins twitched slightly so she knew she was right. " Perhaps you are running away from something? You know you could always ask for help, but then again no one would help two rowdy twins who never simulate nothing but rudeness and reticent attitude." By now both boys were fuming red and ready to sock her into a pulp
" All because someone renounced on trying to figure you out and not many people ever managed to do so without doubt"
More than likely she just added salt to their would but they both were extremely rude and not even offering a hand after making her fall was nothing compared to the amount of hearts that they broke during their middle school career and they still had a year left at it. How she knows that? Simple, she goes to the school next to theirs and she can she them during lunch time, but she never went anywhere near them because she knew they didn't want that, specially after elementary.
"Who are you to talk about us like that?" - K
"You know nothing about us!" - H
"SO SHUT UP!"–Both.
She ignored them. She was right about them, they were two sour twins, extremely sour but she gave up on trying to know them. In case you didn't know, people gave up on things that where hopeless after spending years (Elementary and kindergarden years) trying to see the minimal differences between the two (2): differences beyond their hair and which hand they wrote with. Once she even tried to tell them apart by the subjects they liked but they always knew how to hide themselves away from everyone. At one point she did get cocky and tried to tell them apart like everyone else one winter (3) but she failed and swore to never try again unless she was sure of it.
However it also cut off any chance of her getting to know the twins up close since they had never accepted anyone who hadn't told them apart, but even that wasn't known for sure because they never were told apart before.
"What about if we go to my house, we have a phone and you can use it, anything is better then the streets at night, right?" Ok, so maybe she doesn't want to tell them apart, still they were lost in a dangerous world, Huh Street, and it would be raucous of her to leave them here, no matter their rudeness.
"Thanks but no thanks" Hikaru grunted. " We are fine without you."
"In fact we were better off before you appeared." Continued Kaoru. "Now we wasted enough time and its all your fault—Hey! Where are you going?!?"
"Home since you don't need me around or my help. I hope you survive the weekend in the streets, it might prove that you aren't just spoiled brats who filled their heads with belief that they could just run away from home and have a happy life where they will one day go back to taunt others with all the success that they reached, because that is stupid and suicidal. No, instead you will be the spoiled brats who filled their heads with belief that they could just run away from home and have a happy life and managed to survive a whole weekend. Still stupid and reckless though."
While she said that she continued to walk the way she intended to and the boys had to follow her to hear to what she was saying. A small glance back when they shared a look left her holding back a smile. They took bait.
She continued to walk towards her apartment, and now she ignored anything the twins had to say. 'No use in letting them talk themselves out before they agreed to her offer.' She thought. Soon she was walking up the stairs and to her relief the boys didn't even hesitate to follow her up. That relief was cut short when she opened her door and glanced at them only to find them smiling wickedly at her.
"Is this by any chance about the key chain" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
" You tricked us into following you here,"
"Just so we would agree to your preposition"
" So considering your effort, we will agree if you win a round of 'Which one is Hikaru game', if you lose we won't accept."
"No thanks, I'm not forcing you to stay so I'm not going to play any games with you over it"
"Then good-by"
"We'll be going now"
"No need to worry"
"We'll be fine" They turned around and started walking.
"Don't try looking for us— "
"The house will be open for awhile, my dad forgot his keys again." She knew that her father always keep a key tied to his purse, but they needed a the option of staying open until they chose what to do.
Her energy was not wasted, half an hour later found the twins sitting on either side of her table asking for permission to stay.
(1)- If you don't know I got that "forced greeting exchange to the floor" based on one Danny Fenton episode whose name i forgot where he says something about greeting a wall when he gets thrown there. Anyway I thought it was funny so I put that phase there.
(2) In my story one of the main differences I'm making is to make Hariruhi that little girl that tried to get the twins to play when they were little. The girl is mentioned in episodes 5 and 20 and many other episodes that talk about the twins' past before Tamaki.
(3) She was also a little obsessed with the task of telling them apart but it ended somewhere in between her mother's death and entering middle school. The winter where she tried to tell them apart had a huge step at ending it.
