Disclaimer: I do NOT own OHSHC! (Breaks down sobbing as she cuddles a Mori plushy)


The Invitation

Before:

The strange redhead promptly released the 'Natural' type host and smiled brightly, Oh! I guess I forgot to introduce myself, didn't I? I'm Rara Fujioka, Haruhi's cousin back from America!"

"WHAT!?"

Now:

The Host Club stared at the newly identified Rara, who had gone back to hugging her Ha-chan, who was now eyeing the door as if planning to run.

"You have a cousin and you never told us?!" Tamaki shrieked.

Haruhi shifted uncomfortably in Rara's hold as she tried to answer, "Well, you never asked, and she was in America, after all."

Hikaru and Kaoru shared an identical grin and slinked up behind Rara, who had let go of Haruhi, and wrapped themselves around her. "So you're our toy's cousin? Then why don't you look Japanese?"

She shrugged, unconcerned about their close proximity, "That's because I'm only half Japanese. My mother is half Irish and half Scottish."

Their eyebrows raised at the fact that she was only half-Japanese, Then they got a new surprise when she addressed them. "So you are Kaoru and Hikaru, correct?" she asked, naming them correctly on her first try. Then she turned to the rest of them, "The one with the glasses is Kyoya, the blond chibi is Hunny, the silent big dude is Mori, and the blonde twit is Tamaki." Smiling, she looked to Haruhi, "Am I right?"

Haruhi rolled her eyes, "Duh, you're the one who helped me tell Hikaru and Kaoru apart anyway."

The twins watched her intently, both having the same thought going through their minds. Here was another person who could tell them apart and didn't fawn over them. While Hikaru was watching Haruhi, like he always did, Kaoru found himself watching Rara.

Rara was aware of his eyes on her as she ate cheesecake and talked with Hunny and Mori. When her cousin had asked for her help in telling the two apart she had told the brunette to look at the eyes first, then the way they moved. Kaoru's eyes were softer, less aggressive, but more intense than his brother's, and he moved more gracefully, like a hunting cat. Hikaru, on the other hand, had aggressive eyes like a bird of prey, and moved more rhythmically, like a primitive dance.

She looked down at the watch on her wrist, then tapped Haruhi on the shoulder, "Hey, Ha-chan, we need to go if we're going to get ready and get there on time."

Hunny looked up from his cake as they stood, "Where are you going?" he asked cutely.

Rara bounced excitedly as Haruhi collected her things, "We're going to go to my favorite club and meet up with some old friends of mine!"

Tamaki leapt up from his seat, excitement coming from every pore. "I have an idea! We, the Host Club, shall accompany Rara and Haruhi to their commoner club to see what it is like!" All of the hosts except for Kyoya and Mori started clapping their hands. "Haruhi! What kind of club is it?" Tamaki asked them.

Haruhi and Rara exchanged looks of bemusement, "What?"

"What kind of club is it? A crafting club? Cooking club? Young ladies knitting club?"

The redhead looked at him like he was a few boxes short of a factory, "It's a nightclub. You do know what that is, right?"

Tamaki almost shook from the force of wagging his metaphorical tail, he was so hyped, "Amazing! A Commoner nightclub? I never knew they existed! Is that where the Common people go to forget their sad, unprivileged lives?"

Kyoya sighed, resigned to being dragged to a nightclub for the sake of another one of Tamaki's "Common Person Experiences". He turned to Haruhi and Rara, his Notebook of Doom open and pen ready. "What type of clothes are needed and where are we going?"

"Normal clubbing clothes are good enough, it's pretty informal there, so you don't need to go overboard." Rara wrote down something on a scrap of paper, folded it, and handed it to the Shadow King. "This is the address, meet us there at 9."

Kyoya opened the folded paper, his eyebrows lifting for a second before nodding," I'll see to it that we're there at the appointed time and place."

Rara waved goodbye while dragging a hapless Haruhi out the door, "Alright, see ya there!"


LB: Well, I think that went well, don't you?

Rara: (Lying on the floor, tied up and gagged for eating all the cheesecake) Mmff, hmp, mmrph!

LB: Good.

Haruhi: (walks in, looks at Rara warily) Why is she tied up?

Hikaru/Kaoru: (walk up behind authoress) She ate all of the cheesecake.

LB: (breaks down crying again after being reminded that there's no more cheesecake) NUUUUU!!

Haruhi: O.O'' Okaaay. Well, please R&R so LB can continue to kick her family off the computer with impunity.