HELLO there again! It's still Christmas vacation and I'm bored so I did this.
The Host Club was persuaded to participate in the Theater Club's play (for a cause)
Murasaki: I am sooo happy...I'm shedding tears of joy!
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I don't own Ouran High School Host Club and its characters. Bisco Hatori owns them. I only own my OC's.
After class, the host club members gathered in the Third Music Room the day after the Theater Club asked them to join their play. It was a normal Host Club day—no cosplaying, that is. Everyone was doing their usual routine. Honey was starting to eat cake with Mori. Haruhi started to prepare tea and instant coffee. Kyouya was typing something in his laptop.
Everything seemed normal, despite the fact that they have now agreed to the Theater Club's offer. Only Tamaki was obviously excited about it. He was standing near the window, like he was absorbing the sunlight. He was smiling—a sign that he is in a good mood. Then he suddenly wriggled like some worm while blushing. He's fantasizing to himself again, Haruhi said to herself.
The twins, however, were now bored.
"Ne, Tono, why do we have to go here earlier than usual?" they asked in unison.
"Yeah, usually it's okay if we are a little late than three o'clock," Hikaru continued.
"The customers won't go in this early too," Kaoru followed.
"And we had to rush to go here because you said so," They said with an annoyed expression at Tamaki.
"Well, Hikaru, Kaoru, that is because we are meeting our special guests?"
"Guests?" Haruhi inquired, "Special guests? You mean the Theater Club members again?"
"Yes, Haruhi!" Tamaki said, "Today they will be discussing the matters with the play. What do you think will be my role, Haruhi?"
"Seriously, we have to think of that?" Hikaru and Kaoru said with their hands on their chins.
Tamaki ignored them. Instead he proceeded in asking Haruhi.
"Do you think I will be a knight? Or some lover? Or maybe…a prince or a king!" he said, posing like some royalty.
"I don't know," Haruhi blandly replied as she served instant coffee to the twins.
"Eh? So they will be giving us our roles today, Tama-chan?" Honey asked.
"Oh yes, Honey-senpai! You got it right!" the blond Host King replied.
"YAAAAAYYY! I'm so excited!" Honey exclaimed as he threw his usa-chan in the air and caught it.
"Also, today they will be giving the scripts for us to read," Kyouya said as he closed his laptop, "We will discuss the schedule of rehearsals and of course, the memorandum of agreement."
As he said this there was a soft knock on the door and it clicked open. They were not ready for their welcoming routine, as three girls came in.
"Good afternoon!" Akira Miyazaki greeted, followed by the Namiko Taniguchi and Sakurako Murakami.
"We're sorry, we're a little late," she continued, "I needed to remind some other members of their tasks."
It was Kyouya who an answered. "It's okay. Please take you seats so that we can discuss."
"Hai. Thank you."
The other hosts too took their seats for the meeting. Now they sat on the couches.
"Where's your sister, Princess Sakurako?" inquired Tamaki.
"She's doing some tasks with our singers so she can't go here."
"Oh."
"Well, shall we start now?" Kyouya said.
"Hai," answered Akira, "As promised, we will give you the scripts today."
Namiko stood up and handed each hosts a copy of the script.
"The play is entitled 'An Unfortunate Event', my dear Host Club princes. It is a tragedy centered at Count Felix Charlemagne de Dubois and the recently widowed Madame Felice Marie Claire de Rousseau and their love story! This is a tale about how an unfortunate event, the death of Madame Rousseau's husband, the Count Amaury Richard de Rosseau, brings forth a series of more tragic ones! It tells about family, friendship, and love, and the bitterness of revenge!"
"It is good that we give you the scripts as early as now so that you have time to memorize your lines," Akira said as she watched the Host Club members pore over the scripts, "However, we expect you to have memorized them by the time we needed you to."
Namiko sat down and continued her narration.
"As I said, the 'unfortunate event' here that started it all was the death of Amaury de Rousseau. He was accidentally shot when he went hunting with Count Felix and his half-brother, Victoire de Dubois. At this the poor Felice was left with four children—with the youngest, Alexandre, after witnessing the death of his father, traumatized. Nobody knows that this was a plot of the evil Victoire Dubois, who wanted to marry Felice and take revenge on his stepbrother Count Felix!"
"Revenge?" Tamaki asked.
"Yes, Tamaki-sama," Sakurako answered for the vice president, "You see, Madame Felice here had a secret relationship with Count Felix before her arranged marriage with Count Amaury. And after his death, they would be given a chance to reunite and refresh their love after long years of being separated! Mm…isn't that lovely?"
"But," Namiko continued, "…it would be rude for the dead if they would confess to the public and marry each other right away. She and her lover must wait for the right time. This would be very hard as her husband's family and the Dubois's are close. In fact, the two's fathers are second-degree cousins. And, for another fact, Felix was married to Felice's sister."
"And that's not only the conflict. As the two spend time together, their children too became very close to each other," Sakurako added.
"Mm," nodded Namiko, "As you see, Madame Felice had a set of twins, who would be you, Hikaru-kun and Kaoru-kun, while Count Felix had a daughter and a son. The twins will fall in love with the daughter but only one receives her love. So, the other twin will develop a deep friendship with the son. And then after Victoire succeeds in destroying the families' bonds, the twins will each set up their own separate escape plans."
Akira nodded, "And so, the climax of the story will be when they set out to go. The twins unfortunately planned the same method: they will climb the son's and the daughter's balcony to fetch them and escape from there. Unfortunately, one of the twins climbed the wrong balcony—the daughter's. As expected, she will mistake the twin for his brother. He realizes that he has the chance of having the girl's heart, if he pretends to be his sibling."
Sakurako continued the story, "But the girl's father found out and barges inside her room just in time, and threatens them. As a result, they both jump from the balcony, as they wanted to never part from each other. The living twin apologizes to his dead brother. The son then confesses that he was the one to be blamed because it was from him that his father accidentally knew of their escape."
She was smiling with tears in her eyes as she finished her narration.
"So, this is a tragedy about the typical stepbrother's revenge and a forbidden love affair that I have observed to be loosely based on Romeo and Juliet?" Kyouya mockingly asked.
To his more-of-a-comment question, Akira giggled.
"If that's your opinion, Ootori-san. But this play contains more than what we have told you…am I right, Namiko?"
"Yes, yes. There will be more tragic events and dark secrets that will be dug from the grave in this story."
"What we have told you is just the brief summary of the story. We'll leave the discovering of the said 'secrets' to you. That way, you will be reading the whole script diligently."
"This is far different from the plays that we had before, you know," informed Sakurako "This contains more pain and love all together. If you ask me, Taniguchi-sama's work can be considered one of the great plays in our history. And the tragic love story of Felice and Felix and their son and daughter—the fact that their love are both hindered by certain circumstances…it's just so…kyaaaaa!"
Haruhi looked at the girl with the same expression when their customers feel the same way as her. To her surprise, Namiko said something.
"Well, what I have intended one of the story's advantage is the deep and almost intimate platonic love between Felix-sama's son and one of the twins. To see one comfort the other, it too is…kyaaaa!"
Somewhat surprised that she would say a thing like that, the host looked at her—the two of them—with the same way as Haruhi's.
"Wow, it's such a beautiful story!" praised Tamaki. "What do you guys think? Ne, Haruhi?
"Uhmmm..if you ask me, I think it's an interesting story. I think I'll read this like some novel book too."
"Mm-mm," the Host King agreed. "How about you, Hikaru, Kaoru?"
Hikaru was, as usual, first to answer. "Well I don't know," he sad and shrugged his shoulders.
"Well, I think it's beautiful and eventful," Kaoru said. Hikaru was a little surprised to this and he mentally said "Huh?"
"But, Aki-chan, what are our roles for the play?" Honey inquired cheerfully at the spectacled girl.
"Oh yes, Honey-senpai," she addressed, "As said previously, the Hitachiin brothers will take the role of Felice's twins. Hikaru-kun will take the role of Hans Travers Andre de Rousseau, who will fall in love with the Dubois daughter—that's Murasaki-kun. His brother, Hans Tyron Antoine de Rousseau, will be played by Kaoru-kun. And you, Honey-senpai, on the other hand will play as their brother, Alexandre Russel Charles de Rousseau. We designated you because you look like the youngest among you."
"Waiii! That's so cool! Hika-chan and Kao-chan will be my brothers!" exclaimed Honey, "How about Takashi? What will be his role?"
"Namiko answered him with a smile. "Honey-senpai, Mori-senpai will be playing as your father, the Count Amaury Richard de Rosseau."
"Eh? Takashi is my and Hika-chan and Kao-chan's father?" a surprised Honey said. "Takashi will be my father?"
Mori too was astounded. Honey turned to him and said, "Takashi, you will be my Otousan?"
The others laughed at this as they found it amusing. Two cousins to be playing father and son? How cute is that?
Then somebody realized something.
"Oh, so it will be Mori-senpai who will die?" Haruhi innocently asked.
The hosts were stopped and their face froze. Haruhi then realized what she just said.
"Eh?" a more shocked Honey said.
"Takashi…Takashi…I cannot allow you to die! Waaaah!" he said as he hugged Mori.
"Mitsukuni, it's alright. It's just a play," comforted his cousin.
"Yes, yes. Honey-senpai, you don't have to be sad. He will still make appearances after his death," explained the playwright Namiko.
"Eh? Like a ghost?" Hikaru asked.
"Yes, there will be scenes in the play where he will appear as a ghost."
"Mm. You can read the script so you'll see why he still appeared as a ghost. Honey-senpai, we're sorry if Mori-senpai's role is a bit off. It took us time to identify what roles will perfectly suit you. We thought you to be brothers, cousins, or best friends—but that is not really so far with the truth, am I right? Then we thought that if you two who are so close to each other will play father and son. That will be a new thing."
"And also, I think the scene where Alexandre is crying by Count Amaury's side will be so moving if you will the ones to play," added Sakurako.
"And we thought that you fit into Alexandre's character because you are cute, Honey-senpai."
With this, Honey's ears seem to clap with joy and cheerily said that he is so happy to play Alexandre.
"Namiko-kun, Namiko-kun, how about the others? What is my role?"
"Ah, you will play as the major hero of the story, Suoh-sama. You will play Count Felix Charlemagne de Dubois!"
Namiko's announcement earned a gasp of happiness from Tamaki. He then stood up and posed like a prince.
"Ah! As expected, I'm the prince of this story. Of course, I'm the Host Club King." He turned to Namiko, knelt in front of her and kissed her hand. "Thank you, Princess Namiko."
The girl blushed at this action. Akira continued with telling the roles of the host club members.
"We chose you because you are the Host Club King and because we heard that you have the largest fans club. Also, it will be Ootori-san who will play the role of your stepbrother and the main antagonist of the story, Victoire Simon Pierre de Dubois." She looked at Kyouya, who gave a small nod and pushed his glasses up, to acknowledge the given information.
"And I will play Madame Felice Marie Claire de Rousseau, your love interest in the story, Tamaki-sama" Sakurako announced.
Tamaki rose to his feet and walked to her. He held her hands again in his and kept his face near to hers.
"Oh, Princess Sakurako, then we will be playing lovers?"
"Yes, Tamaki-sama," she said as she blushed red as a tomato.
"Well then,"—he neared his face ever more—"I'll do my best for you, my princess."
"Oh my, Tamaki-sama…I don't know what to say…"
"Why are you speechless, my princess?"
Before Sakurako let out a loud "Kyaaaaa!" Akira clapped her hands as if to remember something.
"Oh yes, Suoh-sama. Murasaki-kun will be playing your daughter's part, Jean Charlotte Henriette de Dubois. And Haruhi-kun will be John Stephane Paul de Dubois…your son, Suoh-sama."
There was a pause among the Host Club members, as they digested what she said. Tamaki slowly turned his head to Haruhi.
"Eh? Me, Tamaki-senpai's…"
"My…son?"
Tamaki froze to where he stood and seemed to turn into stone. The twins laughed boisterously at him.
"Tamaki-sama, are you all right?" Sakurako asked. However, Tamaki was in a state of shock that he did not answer her.
"Don't worry about him, Murakami-san," Kyouya said to her, "He will recover later."
He stared at Tamaki's frozen figure. He was muttering "Haruhi is…my son?"
Kaoru suddenly stopped in his laughter and put his finger on his chin in thought.
"So, if Murakami-san's little sister will be playing Tono's daughter, then…"
"Hikaru-kun will be Murasaki-kun's love interest in this play," Namiko continued what Kaoru was thinking."
"Eh?" was Hikaru's only expression, while a certain girl tightened and released her fist as she heard it.
Namiko then continued to give the facts. "…And because you were the unfortunate twin, Kaoru-kun, you will be the one who will develop a deep friendship with Haruhi-kun's role."
Hikaru's "EH?" was louder at this.
"That's unfair, that's unfair! I want to be Haruhi's friend too! I want to develop a deep friendship with Haruhi too!"
Hikaru looked like a child having tantrums as cried and hugged Haruhi.
"Hikaru, Hikaru, calm down. It's just a play, you know," calmed Kaoru.
"But, Tono is even more fortunate! His playing father to Haruhi will come true! And what about me? I want to be Haruhi's friend too!" He cried in Haruhi's knees.
Tamaki heard what he said and suddenly realized that what he said was correct.
Haruhi patted him at the back and comforted him too. "My, my, Hikaru. Should not act like that! C'mon, it's just a play."
But Hikaru continued to sob. He even shot a watery "puppy-dog" eyes to her.
Kaoru then stood up and knelt near his brother.
"Hikaru," he said, "If you want, I'll give my role to you."
Hikaru suddenly calmed down and teary-eyed, grabbed Kaoru in his waist.
"Will you really do that for me, Kaoru?" Hikaru dramatically asked him.
"Yes, Hikaru. You are my brother. I will do anything for you." He lovingly said to his brother.
Namiko commented on the scene that was folding before them.
"My, they can really put up a drama. However, you can't switch roles."
"Eh?" the twins said in unison "Why? We look identical anyway so why does it matter."
"Uhh…it's because, actually, there are parts in the script where you need to show who the seme and the uke are.
"Huh?"
"Well, this conversation is taking too long, I'm afraid," interrupted Kyouya, "We need to open for the customers sooner or later. So, shall we get down to business?"
"Hai," the Theater Club President said. "I've also brought the Memorandum of Agreement for you to sign."
She handed sheets of paper from her clipboard to Kyouya.
"Also, I've prepared a timeline for you." She handed each a sheet of paper.
"I have scheduled your rehearsals. I guess three times a week will be okay? We will practice on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. The rehearsals will take place first in the Theater Club's studios. And then, one month before the presentation, we will move to the school's largest theater hall. Three weeks before the performance, you are strictly not allowed to read the script while rehearsing. At that time, maybe we could spend a weekend or two for practice. Then for the last week before the performance, we will practice regularly. Three days prior to the Big Day, we will have a dress rehearsal. Is that all right?"
"Yes, President Miyazaki," Kyouya answered, handing her back a sheet of paper, "We understand that we will need constant practice for this play because we aren't really performers."
"Oh, Ootori-san, don't say that. Remember, we chose you to play these roles not just because you guys fit the roles, but also because we know you can."
Tamaki tapped Haruhi's shoulder from behind.
"Haruhi. As my son, I expect you to comply with the schedule President Miyazaki made for us. And also, as my heir, I want you to do your best for this play!"
"Eh, shut up, Tamaki-senpai. I don't need two fathers."
Tamaki pouted at this. "But Haruhi, we need to act like father and child from now on so we can act very well on stage!"
"No, Tamaki-senpai. I think that is not necessary."
President Miyazaki stood up from her seat.
"Well then, if there are no objections regarding anything, then I think we should be going. Thank you again for your time."
She bowed at them and her colleagues stood and bowed too. She turned to leave with Namiko, but Sakurako sat down.
"Come on, Sakurako-kun!"
"Ano, President, can I… can I stay here for a while? I haven't been here for a long time."
Akira stared into her eyes for a moment. Then she put her hand on Sakurako's shoulder.
With a sad expression she said, "Well, you should have said so earlier. I'm afraid that I can't say yes to your request. You still have to do some tasks in the club."
Sakurako sadly looked from her to her lap. This sight caught the hosts' attention; even they are already setting out on their stations and doing their usual matters,
"…But there will always be next time right? Hmmm…what if you visit tomorrow before the rehearsals?"
The girl smiled at Akira's offer. She then stood up and bowed to the others.
"Good bye, everyone! See you tomorrow, Tamaki-sama!"
Then she followed to leave.
"Good bye, okaasan!" The twins jokingly said to her.
"Don't call me that!" she snapped at them. For a moment, they thought that her eyes flashed red.
"I…I mean, we're not really mother and children. And I'm too young to be a mother."
Before Akira turned the door knob, she turned back.
"Oh, I almost forgot. Tomorrow, a general meeting will be held regarding the play. I've scheduled it the time that you're club activities are over. So, we'll see you tomorrow in the Theater Club's office."
She smiled and stepped outside with her companions.
With the announcement that the Host Club is now open, the members then assembled themselves on the couch.
The door slowly opened and rose petals showered upon the one who opened it.
"Irashaimase!"
A/N Whew! Another chapter after a day! I don't know if this is really good because I'm still sleepy due to lack of sleep last night. Thank God it's still Christmas vacation...
But the resumption of classes is nearing, so I'm afraid I will be busy in no time and I would not be able to update soon.
Still, I want to thank you for reading! Thanks! Please don't forget to review!
:)
~kairinjin