Chapter 2

Hikaru saw it happen before anybody else. After pouring tea over Ayanokoji (and some landed on Haruhi), he noticed that Haru's body slowly plummeting towards the floor if not for his quick reflexes; he rushed to his side and managed to catch him before he made contact to the floor. The girls became hysterically with someone fainting in their sight, asking if he's okay.

Thankfully, Kyoya had managed to gather the girls and get them out of the room, stating that their errand boy needs to rest. The rest of the Host Club gathered around them with Kaoru kneeling by his side, all the while, Hikaru scanned Haru's body looking for signs of life. His chest is slowly going up and down until his breath hitched and it became irregular.

He's having trouble breathing! Hikaru felt something in his stomach and quickly removed the vest Haru was wearing and ripped off the buttoned-down shirt, hoping it would ease Haru's breathing.

He wasn't expecting to be faced with a sports bra. HE'S A GIRL? WHY DIDN'T I FIGURE IT OUT SOONER? He can feel his face get heated and his eyes looking anywhere but his -her- chest.

"Quick," Kyoya said urgently. "Take some sweets and feed it into her mouth."

Honey-senpai rushed towards his table and took a plate of strawberry shortcake and handed it to Kyoya.

"What good does it do if we feed her when she's unconscious?" Kaoru asked.

"She has low blood sugar. It seems Miss Takashima forgot to eat any sweets today." Kyoya handed a bite of cake on a spoon to Hikaru. "Put this in her mouth, she'll do the rest."

Hikaru put the spoon inside her mouth, pushing his thoughts away, and waiting for something to happen.

"Will she be okay, Kyo-chan?" Honey-senpai asked. Concern flooded his eyes, he's made a new friend and she's laying on the floor.

"She will be."


"Takashima Haru Megumi, born on August 28 to Takashima Hikari and Takashima Kei, CEO of Takashima Gaming Development that creates and imports majority of the video games around the world. You have 3 siblings: an older brother, a sister and a twin brother who is currently managing the company as of this moment. Your great-grandfather resides in Great Britain and leads the company from there." Kyoya looked up from his laptop and smirked. "Did I miss anything?"

"So your full name is Takashima Haru Megumi? And you're female?" Hikaru said incrediously. Megumi now sat in front of him, having eaten 5 slices of cake Honey-senpai has offered her. She was currently going through her sixth slice. Having awoken from a sudden blackout, the first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was the concern etched on Hikaru's face, his eyes raking over her frantically, trying to see if he missed anything; a bruise, scratch or cut. Thankfully, nothing was amiss, she was perfectly fine.

"Biologically, yes."

"Were you keeping your gender a secret, Megu-chan?" Honey-senpai asked.

They knew? Was I the only one who didn't notice anything?, Hikaru thought.

"Well, no. The topic didn't come up and all of you assumed that I was a boy, and if it means not wearing this horrendous yellow dress then that's fine with me!" Megumi shuddered and gestured to the uniform she was wearing now. "I know Haruhi will share my sentiments."

"Haruhi?" Kaoru asked, feigning confusion. "What's that got to do with him?"

Megumi looked at Haruhi, who was forced to wear the girls' uniform after being drenched with tea by the twins, in confusion. "I thought they knew you?"

"Knew? Knew what?"

"That she's a girl."

"Girl? Haruhi?" Tamaki laughed nervously. "Haruhi is the manliest man I've ever known!"

"Senpai, she knows." Haruhi remarked.

"She's a member now, she's bound to find out someday." Kyoya said not looking up from his laptop, typing once again.

"Megu-chan, Your beanie's gone all messy!" Honey-senpai pointed out.

"Hmm?" Megumi touched the top of her head and found that her beanie was indeed only resting on her hair and it seemed the strands have already escaped it. She sighed, It's better now or never.

She took it off and watched in amusement the change in the Hosts' expressions. They didn't expect her having long hair underneath that beanie, did they?

Honey-senpai was the first one to react. "Wow! Megu-chan's hair is so long and pretty. It suits her perfectly, right Takashi?"

"Yeah."

Kyoya took off his glasses. "Well, this would be a lot harder than we thought it would be."

"We could cut your hair?" Kaoru suggested.

"No!" Tamaki exclaimed. "We have to keep Haru's femininity intact-"

"Please, you can call me Megumi."

"- and maybe Haruhi will be more feminine alongside her!"

"That's not gonna happen, Senpai", Haruhi sighed.

"I don't really care if they find out or not. Sure, they'll be surprised but who cares?" Megumi stated.

Hikaru, Kaoru and Tamaki all looked at her and Haruhi in horror. "They're one and the same!"

Megumi and Haruhi rolled their eyes at the same time and it made the three of them cower in fear.

"HARUHI 2.0!"


"What's low blood sugar?" Hikaru asked her as they finished cleaning the club room together. Kyoya-senpai and Tamaki had already went home while Honey-senpai and Mori-senpai left before them to attend their training. Which means the underclassmen, a.k.a Haruhi and the twins (plus her) left to finish cleaning their mess. It was supposed to be Hikaru and Kaoru who were to mop the tea they poured on Haruhi and Ayanokoji but Kaoru ditched him and muttered about doing something important and dragging Haruhi with him, leaving Megumi and Hikaru behind.

"It means I have to eat at least 3 sweets everyday to balance my sugar level", Megumi explained. "I was born with it, so I guess it's blessing that I love to eat them."

"What happens when you forget to eat?"

"Same as what happened an hour ago. My heart rate will slow down and I'll start getting dizzy until I faint and then eventually I'll have trouble breathing."

"That sucks."

"Yeah", Megumi looked at Hikaru in the eyes and smiled, causing Hikaru to blush at the action. "But I see the bright side in things."

Hikaru opened his mouth to reply but Megumi had already dusted her hands off of dirt and put her hands on her hips. To him, she looked quite a bit angelic with the sunlight reflect her face, making it seem like a halo was perched atop her head.

"I think this is enough. Do you think we should find where Kaoru and Haruhi had gone?"

Megumi didn't hear a sound from him. She looked up and found him staring at her, unblinkingly. Was there something behind me? Dude's scaring me…

She turned around and saw nothing was behind her.

"Hikaru?" she called out.

"Say it again." He said, bowing down his head so she wouldn't see the growing blush that's forming on his cheeks. What's this feeling? She only said his name correctly… the first time.

"What?" She was beyond confused. What does he want me to do?

"My name. Say it again."

"Hikaru?" she answered. He didn't respond so she called to him again. "Hikaru… Hikaru, are you okay?"

He smiled at the floor and waited until his blush died down before holding his head for her to see.

"Yeah, I'm good."

She was surprised to see a genuine smile, not like those he flashed girls during club time but something more real about him, adorning his face.

"Let's go find my good-for-nothing brother!"


"I guess this is my stop."

Megumi looked at the apartment complex in front of her. Apartment no. 013. She vaguely remembers that apartment being hers. Did they live in the same complex? In the same floor? Too many questions rattled her mind at the moment but only one came through her mouth.

"Wait, you live here?"

Haruhi turned to her, "Well, not everyone lives in big houses, you know."

"I know that! But you really do live here? I mean-" Megumi becomes flustered at trying to get her words out. "I live here... well, I'm sure I do!"

Haruhi looked at her with wide eyes. She was not expecting that.

"Really? Which one?"

"Uh…" Megumi thought. All she remembered was her apartment number, and she was pretty sure this was the way she used going to school.

"I gotta admit to you, I don't remember if this complex is the one, they all look alike! But I am certain that I live in Apartment 013," Megumi answered after a moment of silence.

Haruhi pointed to the other side of the street. There was an apartment complex, similar to hers, save for it being newer than others.

"Apartments 11-20 are located there. They couldn't add more apartments so they just made a new one."

Megumi gave out a sigh of relief, "Thank goodness, I thought I wasn't done humiliating myself for my first day! If you hadn't told me, I would've looked like a fool looking for my house."

"Huh," Haruhi said in surprise. "Well I think that means I would finally catch a break from those idiots."

Megumi tilted her head, confused. Aside from the idiot Tamaki and maybe the twins for the long run, the rest of the Host Club seemed tolerable to her.

"They're not as whimsical as you think they are," Megumi stated. "... are they?"

"I've been with them for only a few days and I'm already out of my mind." Haruhi chuckled. "With you around maybe I won't be suffering alone in hell."


"Hey Haruhi."

Haruhi turned around and found a sullen-looking Megumi, dressed in the designated uniform for the ladies and her hair down.

"Hey," Haruhi replied. "Decided to follow the rules?"

"Kuzo came to deliver my uniform himself and threatened me into wearing it."

Haruhi wondered who Kuzo was but chose not to ask and voted to console her friend. Megumi was right, she was lucky she didn't have to wear the ladies' uniform; it made you look like a human cream puff.

"Hey, Haruhi! Who's that with you?" a voice shouted from behind Megumi. It was followed by two sets of footsteps that was enough for her to determine that it was the twins.

"I didn't think we'd be getting more rookie students this year," Hikaru eyed her from head to toe, narrowly missing to examine her face. "They just keep coming."

"Hikaru, it's me."

Hikaru did a double-take. "Haru, is that you?"

"It's Megumi, how many times do I have to tell you? You're my friends now." Megumi grumbled. "My brother is called Haru too, just so you know."

"Wow, to be honest, you look even cuter without the beanie," Kaoru snickered. "Who knew yellow suited you?"

"Thank you, Kaoru."

"I'm being honest! You look pretty today," Kaoru held his hands up while his brother was still staring at her, which he noticed, and elbowed him to attention.

"That was a genuine thank you, Kaoru," Megumi smiled teasingly. "Maybe you should take up lessons about differentiating sarcasm."

"I agree with Kaoru, you look really pretty today," Hikaru coughed, finally forming words after absence on his part. He certainly didn't want Kaoru to have the mantle, damn butterflies in his stomach.

Megumi turned to him and gave him the brightest smile he's ever seen. "Thanks."

Haruhi silently observed the exchange between the two and instantly caught Kaoru's eye, the two seemingly having the same idea.

Interesting…

The homeroom bell rang which ushered students to their seats, even the twins as they walked towards their seats.

"Hey, don't leave me alone with the Host Club later," Haruhi took her seat in front of her. "Let's walk home together."

"Sure! I have something to do there anyway." Megumi chirped. "But are you actually in this class? I mean I can't remember seeing you in class yesterday…"

"Oh, I was, you just weren't paying attention." Haruhi took out her notebook and started to organize her notes.

"Oh."


"I thought it was spring? Why is it so hot in here?" Megumi fanned her face from the heat.

"Megumi, daughter, you're here!" Tamaki came hurtling towards her and before she can shield herself, he attacked her with a hug. "And look at that, you're wearing a dress. Finally, someone to rub off on Haruhi! Come come, I have your costume ready."

After successfully prying Tamaki off her, Megumi crossed her arms.

"First of all, I don't rubbin on Haruhi, that's just gross. Secondly, looks like I'm not seeing you guys anymore so there's that."

Tamaki's smile faltered. Silence rung inside the room that consisted of those only present: Honey-senpai, Mori-senpai, Tamaki-senpai and Kyoya senpai. The twins and Haruhi were nowhere to be found.

"W-what… why, Megu-chan?" Honey-senpai approached her, Usa-chan in his arms. "Do you not like us anymore?"

"No no no, Honey-senpai!" Megumi comforted her senpai, hugging Honey-senpai who hugged back. "I like you, I'm just not comfortable being indebted to you guys. You've been very nice to me."

"Debt," Mori-senpai stated.

"That's right! You still have to pay your debt of 5 million yen," Tamaki exclaimed, pointing a finger at her. "You can't leave unless you pa-a-ay."

"That's why I'm paying, genius," Megumi held an envelope. "Do you not listen to a word I said yesterday?"

"Stay, Megu-chan!" Honey-senpai said, tear brimming in his eyes. "You're part of the Host Club now, we won't be complete if you go."

"Please," Tamaki said, seriousness seen in his eyes.

"Hmmm, maybe, I'll think about it," Megumi smirked while standing up and walking towards the table where Kyoya was seated, who was being completely oblivious to the scene before him.


I have read all your reviews and I want to thank for all the support! I'm sorry for not updating you all and giving a cliffhanger. Senior year was hectic and I had to recompose myself and also the timelines of the story.

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