Chapter 1 – The Mistaken Culprit

Ouran Academy was a prestigious institution for children from wealthy families. Amongst them was the one and only commoner, Fujioka Haruhi. Extremely noticeable in her drabby, worn out sweater, chunky glasses and messy hair, the poor (relatively speaking) scholarship student was trying to find a quiet place to study. She stumbled upon an unused music room, which was where she found the host club.

"Welcome to Ouran Host Club!" a group of voice said.

After a sequence of insults (of being a commoner) and disastrous events, Haruhi ended up as the dog of the Host Club.


"Sorry for not buying expensive coffee nuts, I'll go and buy them again now" Haruhi said sarcastically after returning with instant coffee. 'Rich bastards' she thought.

"No wait, I'm going to try it!" Tamaki exclaimed.

A round of applause and gasps followed. Instant coffee to them was poor people coffee since they can't afford the time to grind coffee beans. Everyone was curious as to what it would taste like as they were only used to the best.

A red haired girl was sitting on the couch instead of surrounding Tamaki as he made his 'brave' proclamation.

"There's no way the coffee bought by a lowly commoner would suit Tamaki-sama's tastes" she said quietly.

"Huh?" Haruhi turned towards her.

"Excuse me. I'm just talking to myself" she replied with a gentle smile.

"Ah" Before Haruhi could say anything further, she was interrupted to perform the magical task of making instant coffee.


Once again, due to the dramatic nature that is the Host club, Haruhi was promoted from doing trivial chores to a host. Being accepted by customers quickly and easily, she was categorized to being a natural rookie.

"Haruhi, come here. Meet my customer, Ayanokouji-hime"

"Hai"

When she got there, she realized it was the red-head from yesterday. Not knowing what to do, she smiled and said hi.

Tamaki's overreaction with Haruhi's cuteness irritated Ayanokouji greatly. She glared over at the scene where Tamaki was attempting to glomp Haruhi and asking her to "return to otousan's arms".


"Oh man, I thought there wouldn't be bullying at this school" Haruhi gasped as she looked out the window and saw her belongings in the water fountain.

She ran quickly to retrieve them as along the way, she ran past Ayanokouji again.

"Ara, it's you. Aren't you glad you now look tidy thanks to Tamaki-sama, ne? Maybe you should fix your ill-bred nature too" and with that, Ayanokouji walked away.

Haruhi continued downstairs to the fountain to get her things back.

"I'm pretty sure she is the culprit. But regardless of her reason, I need to find my wallet, otherwise tonight's dinner…" Haruhi thought out loud, until she was interrupted by footsteps.

"Daijoubu?" a girl asked with a quiet, uninterested tone.

"Ah, I just dropped my things in here by accident. Don't worry about it"

"Ah sou" she replied briskly.

'I think that girl is in my class. She rarely speaks and I've never even spoken to her until now. How strange though. The girls that visit the host club would've overreacted over something like this, and other girls wouldn't even talk to me. She asked, but she sounded uninterested…wait, now isn't the time to think of stupid things… where is my wallet…' Haruhi thought as she continued to search in the water.

"Yo Commoner! You've got some guts to skip club activities! What are you doing?" This time it was Tamaki. The girl saw Tamaki approaching, turned and walked away. "Hmm, who was that? I've never seen her before" he asked.

"Ah, I dropped my bag in the water by accident. That was a girl in my class, she was walking by"

"And she didn't even help" Tamaki huffed as he got into the water with his pants rolled up and his hands reached in.

With Tamaki's help, she found her wallet and did not have to starve for the evening. Everything was okay, or so she thought.


Tamaki returned to the host club and was having a meeting, without Haruhi. She had gone to clean up her belongings, after the water damage.

"I'm telling you, I'm sure she was the one who did it! What a coincidence she was 'walking by'. She left right when she saw me coming! Haruhi was just trying to keep it a secret for her"

"Ne, tono. Who are you even talking about?" the twins chimed.

"She's in your class too! Long, straight black hair, with glasses? I've never really seen her around before though… maybe she's new?"

"Hmmm, oh her. She's not new. We've had the same class with her since middle school. She doesn't talk to anyone at all and always has headphones in her ears so no one approaches her. In otherwords, she's a LONER" the twins answered in monotone.

"I know she did it! My poor Haruhi is being bullied by the loner! She must be jealous! Even though my Haruhi is a commoner, he is even more popular than her! Better social skills than her! Prettier than her!" Tamaki continued to ramble on.

"That girl must be really mean to do something like that to Haru-chan! Poor Haru-chan… Ne, Takashi?" Hani cried.

"Ah" Mori's infamous response.

"Todo Shizuka. Related to the Todo Group who mainly specializes in hotels, resorts and other luxuries. However, she is not the heir, nor in the main branch of the family. Thus, has no power and is unimportant. Doesn't like socializing with anyone, listens to music and studies during free time on campus. In otherwords, a social outcast. That isn't exactly surprising considering her dull looks" Kyoya said as he read out of his notebook.

The twins simply stood on the side and started giggling at the insults made to their classmate.

"Someone like her who hasn't been noticed since middle school…" Hikaru said.

"…is probably unlikely the culprit to Haruhi's bullying" continued by Kaoru.

"Baka tono!" they joined together and said.

Tamaki froze and went into his corner of woe.

"Ah, gomen tono…. But I guess it was mean of her not to help" they tried to cheer him up again.

Right at this moment Haruhi rushes in, "Sorry I'm late again"

"Ah Haruhi! Sorry Otousan is so uselss! GOMEN HARUHI!" Tamaki runs to Haruhi crying and whimpering.

"Hai?" She replies, confused over what he was even talking about.

"Hate to disturb your self-blaming moment, but we are about to open" Kyoya declared.


Tamaki is clearly not Sherlock Holmes as he completely missed the mark on the culprit. It had obviously been Ayanokouji after she pulled Haruhi towards her intentionally and attempted to frame Haruhi for attacking her. Her punishment was being banned from the host club and Haruhi's requests were raised from a hundred to a thousand customers.

At the end of the day, all the lightbulbs were finally lit. Haruhi was indeed a girl.