Observant


Honey is the second-oldest member of the Ouran High School Host Club, and despite what everyone else may think, he's also the most observant. It's just that, unlike Tama-chan and Hika-chan, and even Kyo-kun, he's better at hiding what he knows.

After all, if everyone found out just how carefully he watched them, they would always be on their guard with him, and that wouldn't be half as much fun, would it? As it is, his own brother has become suspicious of him. After spending thirteen years of their lives together, Honey supposes that Chika would learn to be wary of him, especially since Honey had been able to drop-kick him halfway down the hallway by his ninth birthday. Honey still remembers his mother's stunned expression when she watched her eldest son administer a swift kick to her younger son's shins in a vicious, sleep-induced rage. Of course, even without his mother's urgings, Honey had apologized later, wailing his lungs out in a fit of guilt and promising to buy a tearful Chika as many sweets as he could fit in his stomach-- but somehow, Honey thought that maybe Chika had never fully recovered. There was a look in Chika's eye after that, the one that everyone managed to get after fighting him- half respect, and also something else entirely, that Honey really-and-truly hopes isn't fear. It would be sad if his one and only younger brother was afraid of him.

Every person he's fought has gained a certain respect for Honey, and can recognize the dangerous glint in his eyes whenever he's ready for a serious fight. But Honey doesn't want to gain respect by bashing people's skulls into the dirt. And really, he'd prefer if he didn't have to fight anyone at all. It's much more fun, he thinks, swinging Usa-chan from side to side on his lap, to eat cake and smile lots and laugh with the others, and watch everyone's progress. He is still their sempai, even if they themselves forget it.

And so Honey sits and gulps down his cake like a good boy, savoring the creaminess of the light strawberry frosting while he plays with his beloved Usa-chan and watches them out of the corner of his eye.