After a little while, Nanami was helping Haruhi carry the stuff and smiled to see the club had officially started. Tamaki was sitting between two girls, one of them being Seiko Ayanokoji.
Seiko sipped on her tea, enjoying her time with Tamaki. "I hear the Host Club has picked up a kitten without pedigree." she chuckled.
Haruhi smiled to Nanami's help, getting used to her overtime on the way back. The other girl giggled bashfully toward Tamaki, feeling very much into him like having a loyal crush.
"Well, I wouldn't call him a kitten." Tamaki chuckled.
Nanami had explained that she knew Haruhi was a girl, but wouldn't say anything unless she wanted to. She had also let Haruhi buy some good quality tuna as a treat for helping her get candy. Hikaru was teasing Kaoru as he told the girls a story. Haruhi smiled to Nanami on the way back. Kyoya looked over while adjusting his glasses.
Nanami looked over at Tamaki. "I think Tama-chan wants you... I'll go put your tuna in the fridge~" she beamed.
"Oh, thanks, Nanami." Haruhi nodded to the girl before going to where Tamaki was.
Nanami giggled as she went off with the tuna and her candy.
Once Haruhi came over, Tamaki took the coffee out and looked at it. "I've never seen this brand of coffee before." he said.
Hikaru heard this and came over to see.
"What do you mean?" Haruhi replied. "It's instant coffee."
"It's instant?!" The girls gasped.
"Wow, I've heard of this before," Tamaki grinned. "It's commoners' coffee. You just add hot water."
"I didn't know there was such a thing." one girl said.
Ayanokoji was sipping her tea. Hikaru looked curious.
"So, it's true then, poor people don't even have enough free time to grind their own coffee beans." Another girl added.
"Commoners are pretty smart." Kyoya commented.
"One hundred grams for three hundred yen?" Hikaru asked.
"That's a lot less than we normally pay." Kaoru added.
"I'll go back and get something else," Haruhi replied. "Excuse me for not buying you guys expensive coffee."
"No, I'll keep it... I'm going to give it a try. I will drink this coffee!" Tamaki exclaimed grinning. "All right, Haruhi, get over here and make some of this commoners' coffee." He then ordered.
"I hate all these damn rich people." Haruhi grumbled slightly.
"Oh, Tamaki, now you're taking the joke too far. Your palate won't be able to stomach that crap. You don't have to drink it just because he bought it," Ayanokoji chuckled. She then noticed Haruhi nearby. "I'm sorry. I was talking to myself." She smiled.
"Haruhi!" Tamaki called.
"I'm coming," Haruhi groaned like a lowly servant. "Here."
Nanami came into the room again and came to cuddle Tatsumi. "Tatsu-chan, want a piece of this pocky?" She smiled up to the girl.
"Mm... What kind?" Tatsumi smiled back down to her.
"Strawberry and white chocolate." Nanami cheered.
"Oh, you know me so well, doll~" Tatsumi beamed and accepted the offer. "I'd love to have some."
Nanami giggled and offered the box so she could get one.
Tatsumi accepted the box and reached inside. "You're getting sweet on me, kid." She smirked to the younger girl who she actually didn't mind most of the time.
Nanami giggled and then accepted her box back and took a pocky for herself too. Tatsumi took her own pocky after she gave it back to Nanami.
After Haruhi made the stuff, Tamaki grinned. "Let the tasting begin." He announced.
"I'm a little scared to drink this stuff." one of the girls mumbled.
Nanami didn't like coffee, instead preferring sweet tea.
"I'm afraid if I drink this, my father will yell at me." The other girl added.
Tatsumi drank some of the coffee to give it a try as it was one of the things to calm her down in the morning next to being curled up with a good book.
"What if I let you drink it from my mouth?" Tamaki purred, tilting her back and caressing her cheek.
"Oh, well then, I would drink it." The girl blushed as her eyes sparkled into his.
This made the other girls holler and gush. Tamaki smiled.
Nanami offered a stick of pocky to Haruhi. The younger girl might not like sweets much, but these weren't TOO sweet.
"This is ridiculous," Haruhi muttered before looking down to the offer and smiled in acceptance. "Oh, thank you."
Nanami smiled happily. "You're welcome." she smiled.
A little while later, Hikaru was sitting with his and Kaoru's guests. "So he had this nightmare that made him bolt up right out of bed." he laughed.
"Hikaru, don't tell them that story," Kaoru pouted, even with tears sparkling out of his sockets. "I asked you not to tell anyone that. Why are you so mean to me?"
Hikaru stood up and tilted his brother's face up, hands caringly on his cheeks. "I'm sorry, Kaoru. I didn't mean to upset you. But you were so adorable when it happened I had to tell them," He told him. "I'm sorry." He then repeated.
"I forgive you~" Karou replied softly.
"I've never seen brotherly love quite like that." One girl gasped happily, blushing a bit though.
Nanami was sitting with Tatsumi and a couple of other girls. She was telling them a sweet, funny story about how she had once lost her doll, but how 'Tatsu-chan' had found her for her. Tatsumi gave a small and polite smile for Nanami. Nanami giggled as she smiled to Tatsumi. The girls smiled warmly to Tatsumi. Tatsumi gave a small nod and wave back.
"What are they so excited about?" Haruhi pondered. "I just don't get it."
"Sorry, we're running late." Hani yawned as he clung to Takashi's back.
Nanami hugged her doll and smiled up at the girls.
"Hello, Hani!" A girl smiled to the boy. "Hey, Mori!"
The boy soon took Hani off his back and gently set him down on the floor in front of the girls.
"Clingy, isn't she?" Haruhi asked.
"Ah, Nanami's harmless," Tatsumi replied. "You'll learn to like her."
"We've been waiting here for you guys, hi!" Another girl beamed.
Hani rubbed his eye sleepily. "I'm sorry. I was waiting for Takashi to finish his Kendo meeting and I fell asleep. And I'm still not completely awake." He said sleepily.
Nanami shared out some sweet stuff with the guests. "Hiya, Haru-chan." she smiled sweetly.
"SO CUTE!~" The girls gushed at Hani's adorableness.
Haruhi looked curious and puzzled about how Hani could possibly be a third-year student until Kyoya explained about his intelligence.
"Haru-chan!" Hani exclaimed and grabbed Haruhi's arm, spinning her around a bit before stopping. "Hey, Haru-chan, do you wanna go have some cake with me?" He asked with a smile.
"Thanks, but I don't really like cake." Haruhi politely declined.
"Then how would you like to hold my bunny, Usa-chan?" Hani asked her with a smile.
"I'm not into bunnies." Haruhi replied.
Hani pouted and held up Usa-chan. "Are you saying you don't like Usa-chan?" He asked, his voice darkening just a little.
Haruhi soon took another look at the rather cute bunny doll who seemed to blush. "I guess he is kinda cute, huh?"
Hani's eyes widened and then he smiled and hopped away, leaving Usa-chan with Haruhi. "Take good care of him, okay?" He asked, but didn't require an answer.
Haurhi blinked at that while taking the bunny.
"You'll notice that our club utilizes each man's unique characteristics to cater to the desires of our guests," Kyoya informed. "Just so you know, Tamaki is number one around here. He is the king. His request rate is 70%."
"What's this world coming to?" Haurhi muttered.
"That's what I said." Tatsumi smirked as she overheard that.
Nanami giggled. "And me and Tatsu-chan are Hostesses, we are Tatsu-chan, the Confidante type and Nanami, the Sweet Little Sis type~" she beamed.
"Tis us." Tatsumi smirked with a nod.
"And in order for you to pay off your eight million yen debt with us, you will act as the Ouran Host Club's dog until you graduate, I'm sorry, I meant our errand boy." Kyoya told the newest student.
Haruhi responded by looking rather horrified.
"You can try to run away if you want to, Haruhi, but just so you know, my family employs a private police force of one hundred officers," Kyoya replied. "By the way, do you have a passport?"
"Meaning you'd have to leave Japan..." Nanami whispered.
Tamaki snuck up behind Haruhi, blinking as it made Nanami squeak in shock and jump on Kyoya's back. "You're going to have to work hard to pay off that debt, my little nerd." He said and then blew into Haruhi's ear.
Haruhi yelped and shook chills. "Please don't do that again..."
"Tamaki..." Tatsumi shook her head while pinching the bridge of her nose.
"You need a makeover, or no girl's going to look twice at you." Tamaki told Haruhi.
Nanami clung to Kyoya's back, hiding her face in his neck, trembling a little.
"Yeah, well, I'm not trying to get girls to look at me." Haruhi muttered.
Kyoya smiled down to Nanami and soon turned around to her.
"Are you kidding me?" Tamaki smiled. "That's the most important thing. You have to learn to be a gentleman and please the ladies like me."
Nanami clung to Kyoya, but took her face from his neck to look up at him with watery eyes.
"I just don't think it's all that important," Haruhi told Tamaki while avoiding eye contact ever so slightly. "Why should I care about appearances and labels anyway? I mean, all that really matters is what's on the inside, right? I don't understand why you even have a host club like this."
Kyoya pouted for Nanami and soon knelt down slightly to help her back onto his back.
"It's a cruel reality, isn't it? It's not often that god creates a perfect person like moi! Beautiful both inside and out." Tamaki sighed, going off into a self-indulged rant.
Nanami clung to Kyoya. A few of the girls 'aww'ed at Kyoya and Nanami.
"Say what?" Haruhi uttered out.
Tatsumi ignored Tamaki right now and watched Kyoya and Nanami.
"Come here~" Kyoya cooed and smiled to Nanami, acting as a big brother to her.
"I understand how you feel since not everyone is as blessed as I am, but you must console yourself, otherwise how would you go on living?" Tamaki ranted. "And think about this, Haruhi. Why do you think they put works of art in museums? Because beauty should be shared with the world. And those born beautiful should promote other beautiful things."
"Kyo-chan, Tama-chan was scary." Nanami sniffled.
"There's a word to describe people like him." Haruhi snorted.
"Aw, it's okay, Nanami~" Kyoya soothed the girl. "I'm right here~"
Tatsumi even awed, unable to contain herself. Tamaki continued his rant, being a bit over the top. Nanami cuddled up to Kyoya, and hid her face in his shoulder again. The girls quietly giggled, but found it sweet. They thought the two were perfect for each other. Haruhi was lost in another world as Tamaki continued to go on and on.
"Are you okay?~" Kyoya cooed to Nanami.
Tamaki then showed Haruhi the 'glance to the side'. Hikaru looked over as he walked by with Kaoru.
"Am now~" Nanami mumbled against his shoulder.
"It's okay, I'm right here." Kyoya comforted.
Nanami gave a tiny smile, but from her scare and upset felt tired and cuddled into him, with a quiet pleasant only just hearing a snore. Kyoya gently soothed Nanami the best that he could, though it was mostly easy due to their closeness. Nanami had a small smile on her face as she snuggled into his hold. Hani giggled quietly as he watched Kyoya and Nanami interact.
"There, there~" Kyoya cooed to Nanami.
"Hello, Clones." Tatsumi greeted the twins with a smirk.
"Hello, Tatsumi-senpai." Hikaru smirked.
"Oh, don't start that again." Tatsumi complained.
"Why ever not?" Kaoru asked.
"You are our senior after all~" Hikaru smirked.
"You know you love it~" Karou agreed.
"Stop it!" Tatsumi grumbled.
Hikaru started to laugh as he heard what Haruhi did. "You're a hero alright." he laughed, putting a hand on the shorter one's head.
Tamaki smiled. "Oh, did I strike a chord?" He asked Haruhi.
"Obnoxious..." Haruhi muttered about Tamaki. "I'm sorry, Tamaki-senpai."
Tamaki was in his emo corner, body turned completely white with blue lines. Nanami fell into a doze.
"But he is a pain in the neck," Haruhi uttered out. "I'm sorry, senpai, but your lesson did strike a small chord with me."
Tatsumi smirked toward Tamaki's misfortune. Kyoya cooed and soon picked up Nanami in his arms.
Tamaki stoodup, instantly okay again. "Really? It did? Let me teach you more, my friend." He grinned and winked holding out a hand.
Namami cuddled tight, mostly asleep.
"Well, he got over that quick." Haruhi muttered.
"Typical..." Tatsumi nodded to Haruhi.
"Boss?" Karou asked Tamaki.
"Call me King." Tamaki grinned.
Kyoya soothed Nanami and decided to take her for a quick lie down.
Hani shook his head fondly. "Kyo-chan is good for Nanami, ne Takashi?" He grinned.
Kyoya chuckled as he took care of Nanami right now. Hani giggled and then looked over at Haruhi.
Tatsumi came toward the boys curiously. Hikaru smirked.
"You can teach him all the basics of hosting-" Karou began to suggest.
"...But he's not going to get very far with the ladies if he doesn't look the part, you know," Hikaru stated and took off Haruhi's glasses before freezing. "He's not exactly Host Club material, but maybe if we took off his glasses, it'll help."
"Hey, I need those!" Haruhi complained. "I used to have contacts, but I lost them on the first day of school."
Tamaki rushed forwards and pushed the twins aside. He then reached up and clicked his fingers. "Hikaru, Kaoru." He stated.
Hikaru saluted. Hani was excited. Ooh, Tamaki was giving out jobs.
"Got it." Karou spoke for both himself and his twin brother.
"I'm not getting involved." Tatsumi warned Tamaki.
Tamaki frowned slightly. "Tough, call my hairstylist," he ordered. "Mori-senpai, go to the opticians and get some prescription contacts." he then told the tallest boy.
Hikaru grabbed one arm of Haruhi's, ready to drag him to the changing room.
Tatsumi muttered in misfortune against her will. "Only if we get desserts afterward." She then told Tamaki.
Hani looked excited. "What about me, Tama-chan?" He asked.
"Honey-senpai?" Tamaki stated.
"Yes, sir!" Hani grinned.
"After Tatsumi has called the stylist, you both of eat some cake." Tamaki then stated.
"Cake!" Tatsumi grinned to Hani.
Haruhi soon gave Hani his bunny back. Hani cheered and took Taysumi and Usa-chan to eat some cake.
"Well, this isn't too bad." Tatsumi said as she had cake with the boy and his bunny.
Hani nodded.
"How have you been?" Tatsumi asked Hani.
"I've been good... Thanks for being a good friend to Nanami." Hani smiled sweetly with an undertone of danger.
"Eh, I tried, she's getting me a soft spot." Tatsumi chuckled.
Hani had finished a whole pile of cakes. "You're a good person, Tatsu-chan." he smiled.
"Aw, do you think so?" Tatsumi replied.
Hani smiled and nodded.