I got this idea from watching 'Ouran High School Host Club' for the first time last night. It's been nagging at me since then. So I've put the bit between my teeth and written it. Enjoy.
Kairi wasn't your average seventeen-year-old girl. In fact, she was probably about as far away from being normal as a human could possibly be.
Why?
Well, her father, Terra, was always moving around; his job at Kingdom Hearts Enterprises kept him on his toes.
Secondly, Kairi was a tomboy. In other words, she always dressed up in men's clothing, her auburn hair was cut short, and, despite her growth in certain feminine areas, she was always being mistaken for a guy.
"Kairi, remind me again why you bought the men's uniform?" her mother, Aqua, asked plaintively.
Kairi gave her a steady look.
Aqua blandly returned the look, before comprehension dawned in her deep blue eyes. "Oh, right."
"Exactly." Kairi resolutely began to put the trousers on.
At that exact moment, Terra walked past, looking into the room briefly. His eyes widened, then were covered by one hand. "Not looking, not looking!"
Aqua and Kairi gave off hearty laughs.
"You girls really ought to consider closing this door when this sort of thing is going on," Terra continued blandly.
Still giggling, Aqua gave him a quick peck on the cheek.
"Okay, you can look now," Kairi said to him, the smile still in her voice.
Gingerly, Terra removed his hand from his eyes. Once again, they widened considerably.
Kairi looked every inch like a man. The light blue suit jacket became her, and her – ah, shall we say, her feminine assets – were well-hidden. "How do I look?"
"Uh," Terra mumbled. Kairi's parents were well aware of her tendency to wear men's clothing, but Terra was still never sure about how to deal with it. "Like, uh…the son I never had?" he finally said.
Kairi grinned and hugged him. "Thanks, Dad." She glanced at the clock. "Shouldn't you be headed to work?"
Terra glanced at his watch. "Oh crap!" He started bolting towards the door. "If I'm late, Xehanort's gonna kill me!"
"Have a good day," Aqua laughed after him.
**KH**
Kairi walked comfortably towards the school. 'Destiny High School', the sign proudly proclaimed.
She smiled as she saw all the other students, male and female, rush into the building as if it would be a disaster if they were even five milliseconds late.
"Hey, are you new around here? Welcome to Destiny High!" a pair of voices announced behind her. Puzzled, Kairi turned and gasped when she did.
Had she hit her head? Yeah, she must have! That would explain why she's seeing double! She shook her head vigorously as if to get rid of those thoughts. It was just some twins. Twins with blue aquamarine eyes and ridiculously spiky blonde hair.
"So," one of them said then, "are ya new around here or what?"
"Yeah," she squeaked.
The other one peered at her. "You okay, dude? Your voice sounds a little…"
"…squeaky," the first one finished.
Kairi's eyebrows furrowed slightly. They must think I'm a guy. So, let's keep that going, shall we? "Uh, yeah, I'm fine," she said outwardly in a voice at least one octave lower than hers actually was. "I just thought I was seeing double for a while there."
The twins grinned at each other. "We have that effect sometimes. My name's Ventus."
"And my name's Roxas," the second twin announced.
"We're the McCartney Brothers!" they said loudly, holding out their hands.
Kairi's eye twitched slightly. Ludicrously, she crossed her arms over to shake the twins' outstretched hands. "Kai Hart. Nice to meet you."
Suddenly, two blonde, blue-eyed faces were mere inches from hers.
"Uh, do I have something on my face?"
"It's not that you have something on your face…"
"It's your whole face. You know, I think this guy would be…"
"…perfect to fill up the now-vacated space in the host club?"
"Excellent!" they yelled together, high-fiving one another.
"Host club?" Kairi asked, confused.
**KH**
"This…"
"..is the Destiny High School Host Club!" the McCartney Brothers proclaimed grandly.
Kairi looked around the room. It was furnished rather grandly, with divans and couches littered about the place. There were several teens wearing the men's uniform, as well as girls wearing theirs. If this were an anime, Kairi thought wryly, I'd be seeing hearts instead of these girl's eyes.
"Let us make some introductions," Ventus…at least, she thought it was Ventus, said then. He pointed to a small group in one corner. A man was sitting comfortably on a divan with three girls swooning over him. The man had red hair that spiked out behind him, and his eyes were impossibly green. "That's Axel Flynn. He's the oldest of our group, being a senior. He used to be part of this school's little 'cult', Organization XIII. But he got bored there, so he came here.
Roxas pointed towards the opposite corner, where an equally small gaggle of girls crowded around an awkward-looking man with spiky brown hair. "That there is Sora Hikari. He's the most insecure of the club; every time he sees a pretty girl, his leg cramps up. Makes things very awkward."
Ventus then indicated a man sitting at a table off to the side, a calculator in his hand. His hair was a light bluish colour, and his eyes were a strange shade of yellow. "Over there is Isa Thornton. He's the club's accountant. He makes sure we don't spend too much funding the club."
Finally, both twins indicated the gigantic group of girls in the middle. "And somewhere under there is Riku Gallagher," they said together.
"Riku's the resident pretty-boy," Roxas explained.
"He's god long silver hair, blue eyes," Ventus added.
"He's also Host Club royalty."
"What do you mean?" Kairi asked, speaking for the first time in what felt like forever.
"His uncle is Sephiroth Newbern. The legendary Destiny High School Host Club hero."
Kairi nodded, not having a clue who Sephiroth Newbern actually was.
Dimly, she noticed the one Ventus had called Isa get up and clap his hands sharply. "Ladies, the host club is closed for the day."
There was a mass groan of disappointment from the girls, as well as groans of relief from the spiky-haired brunette, and from somewhere under the massive pile of girls in the centre of the room.
Isa raised an eyebrow. "We'll be reopen after school tomorrow."
The girls all giggled as they left. The redheaded man, the one now known as Axel, waved sardonically as his admirers left.
"Excuse us for a moment," the twins said to Kairi. They rushed to the centre of the room, helping up another member of the club, presumably the famous Riku Gallagher.
She had to admit, he was good-looking. As the twins had said, he had silver hair that reached the small of his back, and blue eyes that hid behind his fringe. He was also very tall.
He just wasn't Kairi's type, though.
"Who is this?" Isa asked, looking at her.
"Sorry, Isa! We meant to introduce him before, but Riku looked like he needed help." That was Roxas…she thought.
Kairi boldly walked over to Isa and extended her hand. "Kai Hart. Pleasure to meet you."
Isa said nothing in reply, eventually shaking her hand.
"Looks like you picked a good one," Axel said loudly to the twins. "I feel like I'd almost turn gay for this one."
"What, you're not gay already?" Roxas joked.
Axel gave him a deadly stare, but said nothing.
Isa was staring at Kairi, his yellow eyes unreadable. Eventually, he said, "Welcome to the club, Mr Hart."
Roxas and Ventus smiled broadly and hammered Kairi's back, knocking her onto her face. "Sorry!" they yelled in unison.
She felt a pair of hands gingerly grab her shoulders, pulling her up. When she was upright, she noticed it was the one known as Sora. "Th-thanks," she murmured, devoting all her energy to keeping her voice low, and to stop herself from blushing.
"No problem," Sora replied, a very slight strain in his voice.
**KH**
"So how was school?" Aqua asked when Kairi got home.
"Great," Kairi replied honestly. "I made some friends."
"Already?" Aqua marvelled, putting down her magazine. "How'd you manage that on your first day?"
"I joined a club."
"Which one?"
Kairi grinned at her mother, supressing the laughter. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
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