After some research, I found out that the manga for OHSHC was released in 2003. The first Harry Potter book came out in 1997, while the movie came out in 2001. Since this story will have events from the manga, Carolina and Camellia have seen movies one and two (the only ones published at the time) and have read books 1-5 (again, the ones that have been released at the time.) I'm telling you this now, because there WILL be Harry Potter references. This is just to clear up confusion beforehand.
Question of the Chapter (QOTC): What type of music do you listen to?
My Answer of the Chapter (MAOTC): I like to listen to mostly punk rock, rock, rap (sometimes), pop, and various Japanese songs.
I'm Forced into This.
Carrie had to stifle a yawn that threatened to break through. It wasn't her fault, really. She just ended going to sleep later than what she had originally planned. She couldn't resist the temptation that came with the internet. In the end, she slept at 3:30 in the morning.
"-rie. Caroline. Carol. CARRIE!" a loud voice shook Carrie awake.
"Hmm, what? What happened?"
"It's rude to daydream in the middle of a conversation, you know." The twins said simultaneously.
"I'm sorry, I only had four hours of sleep." Caroline stated from her spot on one of the many couches strewn around. Her lack of sleep could be proven by the deep dark circles surrounding her eyes.
"Well, now that you're awake," the twin on the right spoke. That was probably Hikaru.
"-let's all play-," the twin on the left continued. This one must be Kaoru.
"-the 'Which One is Hikaru?' game!" they finished together as they both spun around and put on a forest green hat. The other girls started squealing in delight.
"Hmmm," Carrie observed them both. She might have had a chance if they weren't wearing those green hats. 'Cam probably already knows.' She thought as her eyes moved to where her friend was sitting. "Cam, what in the world are you doing?"
"I'm taking notes. This might be useful in the future." Camellia simply said.
"Riiight," she replied, "Anyway, I'm assuming you know which twin is which." They weren't worried about the other girls hearing their conversation. They were talking in whispers so they wouldn't disrupt the hosts they were supposed to be socializing with.
"Of course."
"You're not going to play the game, though?"
Camellia stopped writing and looked at her best friend with a thoughtful expression. "Isn't that like cheating? Since I'm, you know, psychic." She spoke even softer than before when saying the last word.
"I never thought of it like that." Carrie muttered before turning to look at her friend again, "I'm still not playing card games with you."
Cam simply smiled brightly before paying attention to Hikaru and Kaoru, who seemed to be doing one of their homosexual acts. 'I guess some brothers REALLY love each other more than others.' Carrie thought.
"Hikaru, I can't believe you just said that." Kaoru looked away miserably.
"I'm sorry, Kaoru. I just thought it was really cute. I never meant to hurt you." At this point, they were embracing each other, and the girls were going wild.
'Hikaru is on the right this time, and Kaoru is on the left,' she guessed quietly.
"Wrong!" she heard the twins say.
"Did I say that out loud?" Carrie asked confused.
"Yeah. Sorry, you didn't get it right." The twins apologized, though it was obvious they weren't sorry.
"Really? Cam, is that true?" she turned to her friend. Her reason being she could always trust Camellia's judgment because, as said best friend likes to say, "A psychic should always trust their intuition."
Back to the situation at hand. When Carrie looked at Cam, Cam looked at the twins. "No, she's right." The twins looked at her in slight shock before looking at both of them, none saying a word.
Carrie had a victorious grin on her face, "See? I knew I was right. I'll need more practice, though, to stop guessing." With that, the two girls went back to having a conversation, ignoring the looks they were receiving.
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"I wonder what class all of the hosts are in." Carrie mumbled more to herself.
"Hikaru, Kaoru, and Haruhi are all in your class; 1A. Tamaki-senpai and Kyoya-senpai are in class 2A, I think. Mori-senpai and Honey-senpai are in class 3A." Camellia answered matter-of-factly.
"Eh? The chibi is my senpai? Who would have ever knew? More importantly, how did you know?"
Cam looked back at her friend with a wide grin, "I have my ways. You can't just go somewhere without knowing information about the people who run the place. It's unprofessional."
"You? Professional? In what world?" Carrie joked.
While they were too busy playing around and pouting, the roles were always reversed as soon as the tables were turned, they didn't notice that they stopped whispering and had attracted the attention of a few of the other girls.
"Can you freaks shut up!? Why are you even here if you're just going to talk?" the girl next to us spoke up.
"That's harsh. They're not freaks. They're crackpots." Another girl piped up, causing a few others to laugh.
"I bet most of you don't even know what a crackpot is," Caroline retorted. The smile she and Camellia had worn while they were talking was quickly wiped off their face.
"What she means to say is that we're sorry. We won't disturb you again." Camellia hastily covered up. She was never one to argue with idiots. They would just make her stoop down to their level and beat her with experience.
With an eye roll, the girl who started the name calling swiftly left with a "whatever." Not a second passed until the other girls followed to pay more attention to the twins.
"I'd like to take a pencil and redraw all of their attitudes." Carrie muttered darkly, glaring at everyone else's backs and burning holes in their skulls.
A sudden idea hit Cam and she turned to her best friend, "Would you like me to predict their deaths?" Yes, being psychic and predicting the future was part of the package you get when your mother and grandmother were one of the greatest psychics and fortune tellers in the world. Generation through generation, each child of the Hamasaki family had a knack for being at least one of the three main psychic intuitions: clairaudience, clairvoyance, and clairsentience. The company owns many fortune-telling stores worldwide, make their own products for psychic and supernatural use and so on. You can probably tell the Hamasaki family are best buddies and work with the Nekozawa family.
"I guess, but where's the fun in that?" Carrie remarked, suddenly smirking at her best friend.
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"Do you want to go to Haruhi's table? We might be able to actually talk there." Camellia asked Caroline, leaning in ever so slightly.
Looking up from her sketch on the drawing pad, Carrie answers, "She should have been our first choice. What were we thinking?"
"Come on, let's go."
They got up from the couch and not-so-sneakily made their way over to where Haruhi was seated.
"Hey, Haruhi!" they both greeted.
"Hi, guys. I thought you were at Hikaru and Kaoru's table?"
"We were. We just thought … it didn't appeal to us." Cam said trying to find the right words and hide the fact that they were just bored.
"Oh sorry to hear that. Would you like some tea?" Haruhi offered.
"Tea would be nice actually." Camellia replied with a smile, her freckles dancing across her face.
"Wow, you're, for lack of a better word, sane and normal. It's hard to find people like that in this school." Caroline remarked.
"Thanks. You know, you don't sound Japanese, Carolina-san. I'm not saying you aren't, but you have a slight accent when you talk." Haruhi observed.
"Oh, that's because I'm originally from Italy." She explained.
"U-um, Haruhi-kun, I brought you something. Th-they're fresh strawberries. I hope you enjoy them," one of the other girls offered.
"Thank you. I'll share it with everyone." Haruhi politely took the container, opened it, and placed it in the center of the table. All of the fan girls blushed and squealed quietly.
"Hmm," Carrie and Haruhi looked at Cam's thoughtful expression, "Maybe we should come again tomorrow, too."
"You could even become a regular customer here. Just schedule an appointment for the host of your choice." Haruhi enlightened.
"That's a great idea. We'll schedule an appointment with you. Same time tomorrow, then? "
"Great. I'll see you again."
Caroline was looking at both people with eyes throughout the ordeal, her light brown ombré hair that was help in a ponytail whipping behind her. "Wait, wait, wait, what? I never agreed to this. Cam, you never even asked if I wanted to come again or if I was free tomorrow." She pointed out.
With an eye-roll, Camellia asked, "Fine. Do you want to come again?"
"No," was the reply she flat-out received.
"What 'better' plans do you have any way that you can't miss out on?" Cam questioned, already knowing the answer.
Pausing for a few seconds to think about it, Carrie listed, "Food … sleep … more food …"
"You are unbelievable." Cam said with an incredulous look. "Bye, Haruhi. I'll make sure both of us will be here tomorrow." Haruhi waved back before continuing her conversation with the others.
The two best friends left the room; one bubbling with joy about coming again the next afternoon, the other reluctant and beginning to brood.
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"Hey Hikaru, where did those girls go?" Kaoru asked, realizing two strange costumers weren't here.
Hikaru looked around the room briefly before looking back at his brother, "I don't know, Kaoru. They probably left."
"That's too bad. Do you think they'll come tomorrow?"
"Who knows? They're … different."
A hint of a smirk could be seen on both of their faces as they chorused together, "I think we found a new toy."
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"Ugh. I'm done with today." Carrie groaned as she plopped on her bed.
"You're not going to change?"
"Ahh!" she screamed in shock, almost falling off the bed. "Camellia! What are you doing here!? I SAW you leave to your limo! Who let you in?"
"I was bored; I did go to my limo, but I told my chauffeur to drop me off at your house; and one of the maids." Cam answered, not missing a beat.
"Well … why?"
"Like I said, I was bored. Besides, your house is a lot more fun than mine. Are any one of your brothers home? We could prank them again."
"No, they're still doing important 'adult' stuff like college and training to be head of the company."
"… Do you want to watch the first and second Harry Potter movies again?"
"Hell yes," she responded as she got off the bed. "To the home movie theatre!"
"Last one there is Dementor!" Cam yelled, already racing down the stairs.
"Cheater!" Carrie called out as she sprinted right after. 'She may have gotten a head start, but between the two of us, I know this house the best.'
A few minutes later, we see Camellia just go through the theatre doors breathing heavily. "Ha-ha! I made it!"
"Took you long enough," Carrie commented from somewhere in the room, already sitting with popcorn in hand and prepared for their short movie marathon.
"Gah! Dear Kami and all things frozen, you scared me! How did you get here so fast?"
"I know this house like Hermione knows spells." A short silence bestowed upon them before Carrie broke it.
"You might have to stay the night to finished both movies AND homework. Is that okay?"
"It's totally fine! It's not like I haven't before, but …" Camellia trailed off.
"But what?"
"You have to promise to come with me every time I visit the host club!" Cam originally was going to drag her there, but she thought it over and this seemed to be a more fair resolution. She had to think of her friend, too, you know.
Carrie stared at her best friend with a thoughtful expression. She really didn't want to go to the host club again and repeat some of the events that happened this afternoon, but this was her best friend. They only had each other so they had to stick together. Then again, it's not like those particular events don't happen everyday. She was only staying over for one night, too. At the same time, she really wanted to watch the movies again, and it's more fun with someone watching with you.
When Caroline still hadn't given an answer, Cam quickly added, "I'll sleep over the rest of the week, no, MONTH, if you give the okay!"
"You really want to go again?" Carrie asked quietly.
The only response she received was Cam ferociously nodding her head.
Carrie stayed quiet for a few more seconds before giving her answer. "Okay. I'll go with you, but you're sleeping over for a month."
Camellia cheered and glomped Caroline. "You're the best! Thank you! And I promise during the month that I'm staying here, we will get all the ice creams and have a 2-people party of ice cream and movies and candies!" she said all at once.
Carrie playfully rolled her eyes, "Anything for you, Camie dearest. As long as we (terribly) sing Disney songs at the ice cream party."
"Of course!"
Hello, again! How do you like this title? Is it better than the old one, should I make it shorter? You can leave suggestions in your review. Don't be afraid to review! I don't bite . . . much. Leave a comment below saying how much you loved it, feedback, grammar/spelling mistakes etc. I gadly take constructive criticism and questions. Now time to answer your reviews!
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