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Writing something else, and school work... so um, yeah. Enjoy.
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When the day of the First Year Physical Exams ended, Kyoya was satisfied. Tamaki made a fool out of himself; Kyoya didn't bother to warn him because he didn't like being called a 'homosexual back round character', Haruhi-chan could stay at the Host Club thanks to his thinking, he got information on the youngest of the transfers and Tamaki helped out a man named Yabu find his daughter. Though why he asked the twins to draw the map, Kyoya didn't know. As the next day drew to a close, Tamaki was still taller than Kyoya and Lloyd-kun had requested a private room to do his exam. Kyoya had to wait until the day after Colette-chan had done her exam to review the information about the strange trio. Lloyd-kun and Sage-san's doctors had taken pictures, but Colette-chan only had a written report, which made sense considering she was a young lady.
Sage-san had also done his exam in a private room. He had pointed ears and apparently a blood disease so they couldn't do a blood test. He had several scars, some like blade wounds, some from bites of some sort of canine, claw marks, and a few burns. He refused to show his upper breastbone, and he had a paler spot on the back of his right hand.
Lloyd-kun also refused to show his upper breastbone, he had a pale spot on his left hand, and an assortment of scars. Strangely, he had a v-shaped scar on his back and even more scars than Sage-san. Colette-chan had a fair amount of scars as well, including a v-shaped scar on her back. Her golden choker, apparently, wasn't removed during her exam. Lloyd-kun and Colette-chan also had a fair amount of calluses and scars on their hands. Sage-san only had a light callus on his hands like you could get from wooden toys, a kendama for example. Kyoya placed the papers on his desk, with a hint of a smile on his face.
Some of the scars on Lloyd-kun's hands were likely from small knifes; cooking or carving knifes. The calluses looked like the ones swordsmen received after practicing for a while; at least that's where the locations were. So Lloyd-kun fought and, most likely, carved. That would certainly explain the wood shavings found on his desk. Colette-chan had a few scars that went from one side of her palm to the other. According to what Hani-sempai told him, Colette-chan always smiled, even if she was being teased by the other females in her class and rarely said anything mean or rude back.
Kyoya hid a slight smile the next day when the trio showed up at the Host Club. Kyoya had agreed to let them stay out of the Club until Tamaki found a type for Lloyd-kun. After seeing him carve, Tamaki decided that Lloyd-kun was the Artistic Athlete the Host Club didn't have. "Kyoya-kun," Colette-chan called, "Do you have an idea what we could play?"
Lloyd-kun grinned, "Cause if you don't can we play Me against the World?"
"Eh? Why that?" Sage-san looked at Lloyd-kun.
"Well, think about it, this Club's for girls. That song is saying 'They called me just a girl so I'm gonna prove them wrong if it… cripples me' kinda fits."
"Just kinda," Colette-chan chirped.
"I didn't spend time figuring out a song for you to play so go ahead, but after the Club opens. Play behind the curtains, where the piano is." Kyoya looked back at his laptop. Choosing songs when he was snooping on them wasn't his highest priority.
"Ne ne, Lloyd, why that one? Why not Beat the Angel?" Sage-san asks as they wander into the corner.
"It'd be Break the Angel's Wings and because I don't want to break anyone's wings," Lloyd-kun muttered something after the last word, but Kyoya didn't hear it.
"Not literally, even you should know that." Sage-san scoffed.
"I know that!"
"Later, Lloyd, Genis, not here," Colette-chan tapped her right ear and looked at the Hosts to make sure the pair understood. Kyoya realized she hadn't stopped smiling once that he had seen since they had met.
The Hosts filed into the dressing rooms as it drew closer to opening time for the club, to make sure their uniforms were on correctly before the costumers started arriving. Soon, as the door was opened for the girls to enter, an electric piano started playing. A few beats in and a bass started playing, a few after that Colette-chan started singing. (1)
"Wanna quit and give up, Simon says to pack it up, Shot down from all sides, Don't know why I try, So take this and kiss it, Goodbye won't miss it, I wanna go back to L.A., I don't belong that's what they say. They said don't try to change the world, You're just a girl, So it's...me against the world today, I'm gonna do it my own way, And though nobody understands, I'm gonna make a one girl stand, It's my Independence Day, I can't waste time on what they say, If we believe and we have faith, We're gonna change the world someday. Back again one more time, Couldn't keep me down last time, Leaving what I know on faith, To take on the world and make waves, Still standing defiant, Maybe me against the giants, L.A. wasn't built in a day, Games going long but I still play. They said don't try to change the world, You're just a girl, So it's...me against the world today, I'm gonna do it my own way, And though nobody understands, I'm gonna make a one girl stand, It's my Independence Day, I can't waste time on what they say, If we believe and we have faith, We're gonna change the world someday. If we believe, and we have faith, We're gonna change the world someday. They said don't try to change the world, You're just a girl, So it's...me against the world today, I'm gonna do it my own way, And though nobody understands, I'm gonna make a one girl stand, It's my Independence Day, I can't waste time on what they say, If we believe and we have faith, We're gonna change the world someday." After Colette-chan finished singing, the Hosts met in the middle of the room.
"Oi, Tono," Hikaru-kun crossed his arms behind his head in time with Kaoru-kun.
"When is Aurion-sempai going to be introduced?" Haruhi-chan finished, sending a slight smile at the twins.
"I was going to do that now." Tamaki gestured at the curtains the trio was hiding behind, "Ladies, I would like to introduce the Artistic Athletic Host, Aurion Lloyd!"
Lloyd-kun walked out from behind the curtain, waved, drew back the curtain, and shared a look with Colette-chan and Genis-san before beginning to play a semi-fast song on the piano with Sage-san and Colette-chan joining in on the trumpet and violin. After they finished Lloyd-kun grinned at the amount of applause, "Thanks. That was Break the Angel's Wings."
He looked at the hosts, and sat down on a couch, crossing his legs. "So….What do I do?"
Haruhi-chan smiled and shook her head, as if to say 'nothing'.
"Lloyd-kun, what's your favorite type of music?"
"Um… Classical."
"Lloyd-kun, what's your favorite drink?"
"Probably Coffee."
"Lloyd-kun, what are your hobbies?"
"Carving, making music, and swordplay mainly."
"Can you carve me Lloyd-kun?"
"Sure," he smiled at the redheaded girl in front of him, "a regular carving or a carving with wings?"
"Why wings?" Sage-san asked, leaning on the couch behind Lloyd.
"Wings are fun to carve, Genis, that's why." Lloyd-kun looked back at the girls in front of him. "So, A or B?"
The redhead looked at her friends, "How about B?" Her friends nodded. "Okay! Can you carve all of us with wings? It'd be so pretty…" She sighed hopefully.
Lloyd-kun tapped his head, thinking. "Some of the wings will look odd, but I think it'll work." He grimaced, "I might need better wood though…"
Kyoya walked over from behind the closest pillar. "I'm sure the club can take care of the cost of the wood, Lloyd-kun." He pushed up his slipping glasses, "Provided, of course, the young ladies pay for the carvings."
"Let this one be free, Kyoya," Tamaki called as he walked over, "so Lloyd-kun can get back in practice of carving."
Lloyd-kun grinned, "I could just give them away anyway, they aren't colored or anything."
"But they are really good Lloyd," Colette-chan called from the piano. "I'm gonna play Lacie." She started playing the pretty, sad song on the piano (2).
Lloyd-kun stood up and practically ran to the piano, "Colette! You know this song needs two people on this type of piano!"
"I'm sorry, Lloyd."
"You dork, you don't need to apologize."
"Guys, should we play Parting Song next?"
"Sure."
"I call the Cello!" Sage-san goes over to the cello, just as the last notes of Lacie fade.
"I call bass clef piano bits?" Lloyd-kun grinned.
Colette-chan started to count off, "One, Two, Three, Four, One, Two, Ready, Go!" As soon as she said go, Lloyd-kun and Colette-chan started to play. When they got to a part that repeated, about 37 seconds into the song Sage-san started on the cello. (3) The sad song continued with only a few rests in the entire thing, not including the cello at the beginning. It ended with only Lloyd-kun and Colette-chan playing.
"Mother, I changed my mind," Tamaki told him after the Club ended and everyone else left, "Lloyd-kun is the Angelic host(4)!"
When Lloyd-kun and the rest of the club was informed this the next day Lloyd-kun, Colette-chan, and Sage-san started to laugh, before Lloyd-kun said, "Make up your mind!"
(1) Me against the World by superchic[k]
(2) Lacie Piano/Elliot and Leo's version from Pandora Hearts. Entirely on the piano.
(3) Parting Song from Pandora Hearts.
(4)Makes sense, but after watching Voyage of the Damned I think of Golden Angels killing with their chakram halos… Yay Doctor Who…?