Chapter 2: A Job of a High School Host (Part 1)

"Ding! Di-"I jumped out of bed, threw on my monster slippers and ran into my bathroom to do my makeup and curl my hair, putting on music from my phone in full blast.

-Kelsey's PoV-

I walked up the stairs to the young Ketsuki's room praying to Kami not to have a repeat of yesterday.

"I'm still sore from carrying all her blankets…" I yawn and knock on her door.

"Miss. Aria?" Nothing. I knocked again.

"Miss. Aria I'm coming in and you better be up young lady!" I said in a scolding tone, even though I am only roughly ten years older than she is. I threw open the doors to see an empty bed. The hell? I heard music from her bathroom and knew I'd have a smooth morning. I smiled. Easy peasey. I left her room and down the stairs to the kitchen to make her a cup of coffee to go for school and after she leaves I'll start cleaning. I nodded to myself, mentally prepping my day.

-Aria's PoV-

I walked out of my bathroom feeling refreshed and ready to take on the day. Still listening to "Honky Tonk BaDonkaDonk" by Trace Adkins as I threw off my top, changed underwear, put on my neon pink bra, and my ugly duck colored dress. At least it's not going to tight on my throat.

I ran out into the hallway and toward the kitchen and smiled at the smell of coffee.

"Thank you, Kelsey." I gave her a quick hug and grabbed the cup of joe, along with my purse, cell phone, and books and headed out the door to ride with Riku to school.

We drove up to a very large pink school. Who paints a school pink? I mentally shook my head. Riku opened the door and helped me out.

"Have an amazing day, Aria. If you need me, I am one call away." I gave him a nervous smile as a thank you.

I took a deep breath and started to take a step forward. I say started because as soon as I did, a bright small blonde hopped on to me, engulfing me in a bear hug, causing me to step back.

Once I realized what- I mean who it was I returned the hug.

"Riri-chan! We've been waiting for you!" I shuffled all of my school supplies over to my left hip and Honey on my right.

"Oh? Who's "we"?" Honey pointed towards Mori who was carrying two backpacks- most likely his and Honeys. He smiled to greet me, which I warmly returned.

"Good morning Mori-senpai."

"Mitsukuni." Mori looked down at the boy- er – man.

"Oh right." Honey jumped down. "I'm sorry Riri-chan." He was looking down with such sad eyes it broke my heart.

"It's alright Honey-senpai. I don't mind. Just give me a heads up next time, okay?" I gave him a kiss on his forehead and instantly he was back to his bubbly self.

"We're going to walk you to class, isn't that right, Taka-chan?"

"Ah." Was the taller seniors reply. Honey took my hand and led the way, with Mori in tow after on the other side of me.

Honey started to talk about the Host Club and all the kinds of cakes that were his favorites.

"Honey-senpai, isn't eating all that sugar bad for you?" He shook his head.

"I brush my teeth two times a day!"I looked at Mori who seemed to be deep in his own conversation with himself. "Okay… As long as you stay healthy." He smiled back at me and then continued going on about his favorite place to get cake.

"Maybe one day you two can come over to my house and we can make our own cake, homemade." Honey stopped, causing me to stop and Mori to bump into me. He put his hand on my shoulder and I smiled up at him to show I was fine.

"You know how to bake a cake?" Honey practically screamed. I nodded. Honey went into a dazed mood. Mori pulled me over a little.

"Is everything okay, Mori-senpai?" He looked straight into my eyes and this was the first time I got to really look into his. He had silver eyes that easily made me feel safe.

"Don't disappoint Mitsukuni. He really looks up to you." I smiled at him, taking a minute to figure out how to word my response.

"I wouldn't dream of it. I may not have known you guys long, but I consider Honey-senpai like a little brother." He nodded; I could see the relief in his eyes.

"Finally you're here Aria! Come on in, class is about to start!" Tamaki came out and dragged me into the full classroom and waved goodbye to the seniors.

I introduced myself to the teacher and she allowed me to pick my own seat and since I had only missed the first day of school I didn't have any homework but I was welcomed to read the first chapter of our History book, since that was really all that wasn't a review. Naturally I sat next to the left of Tamaki, Kyoya on his right.

"Hey Aria, was that Honey and Mori that was with you?"

"Yeah they waited for me outside and walked me to class." He nodded and we talked till class started then I tuned Tamaki out and tried to listen, trying to ignore the blonde beside me going on about his beauty and plans for the Host Club.

It was time for lunch and Tamaki, Kyoya and I all walked to the cafeteria together. I held my bento box I had brought with me in my hand but as we went into the cafeteria I tried to help me hide it. My mouth dropped when I saw how big it was. This cafeteria literally had two stories.

"Riri-chan! Tama-chan! Over here! Lookie what we brought from home!" Honey jumped off of Mori's shoulders to pass out plates. I was the only one who accepted one.

My eyes lit up when Mori handed me a huge slice of chocolate cake.

"This looks amazing guys! Thank you! And chocolate. My favorite!"

"Ah." Mori smiled down at me and placed his hand on my head for a moment and then took it off to eat his lunch. Honey was too busy stuffing his face with cake to say anything back. I grinned and joined him. Within minutes my piece was gone and I looked up to see the Host Club staring at me. Mori took my dirty place away and I replaced it with my bento.

"Yes?..." "Aria" I looked at Mori and he wiped away a crumb from my mouth like he had done Honey a few moments before.

"Th- Thank you Mori-senpai." He nodded at me.

"She eats cake almost as fast as Honey-senpai!" I heard the others whisper to each other and even Haruhi, whom I know to be in fact a glutton, stare at me like I had grown another head. Tamaki went on about how a lady shouldn't stuff her face, to which I rolled my eyes. As I opened my bento I felt more eyes on me. I looked up at the Host Club and noticed they had gone back to talking amongst themselves, well mostly. Mori was watching Honey and Kyoya was writing as usual in his little black book. Hehe. He probably does have some dirty stuff in that book… I looked around the room and noticed a lot of girls, and I do mean a lot of girls were glaring at me. I shrunk in my seat and ate my food as fast as I could. Frowning knowing I wasn't savoring it as much as I should.

Once class was over I collected all my things into my messenger bag. As I walked out of the classroom I noticed Tamaki and Kyoya waiting for me. I waved goodbye at them with a smile, but that dropped when they started over to me.

"Aria-chan! We are here to formally escort you to the Host Club!" I went white thinking back to all the girls from the lunch room, not saying I wouldn't be able take them, I just promised my parents I would behave here.

"Uhm, I'm sorry Tamaki but I probably shouldn't…" I rubbed the back of my neck. Tamaki started to cry. Oh please no…

"Please Aria? I'll even let you hold Kuma-chan!" He held out a brown stuffed bear. I looked over at Kyoya for help, quickly realizing he wasn't even paying attention. I looked back at Tamaki and he had the biggest puppy eyes I have ever seen.

"Plus you can get free cake with Honey and Haruhi." Kyoya finally spoke. My eyes lit up at the sound of cake.

"Let's go!" I grabbed the two handsome boys and dragged them down the hall.

"Aria, the Host Club is the other way." Kyoya coughed, pushing up his glasses.

I walked in with the boys to a tropical forest. Palm trees, bright giant flowers, even sand on the ground. Isn't it just the beginning of spring? Tamaki and Kyoya left to change while I Just looked around, enjoying the warmth and taking off my shoes and socks, placing them by a tree.

"Riri-chan!" I saw Honey running and I picked him up and twirled him around, making him laugh.

"Honey-senpai you look so cute!" He put a salmon pink lei on around my neck. "Now we're matching!" He wore a pair of loose yellow pants with light pink flowers at the bottom all tied together with a dark lavender sash around his waist.

"Where's Mori-senpai?" When I looked up I had to double check I wasn't drooling, and to keep my blush down to a minimal. Before me was Mori, shirtless, Oh my he is so fit…, He had ona stripped plum colored headband that matched his loose plum pants and a lavender sash tied lowly on his waist. I would love to stroke his abs… Okay Aria. Control yourself. Don't let the hormones win. Back to describing. A gold strap hung from his should down to the ground.

"You look very good too, Mori-senpai." I smiled up to him and he placed his hand on my head. This must be how he connects to people. He smiled thanks in return. Honey grabbed my hand and led me to what I assumed to be their table to wait until they finished greeting the customers. While I waited, and to distract me from the cakes on the table, I took out my sketch book and started to draw Mori in his outfit today, which Honey informed me was Bali-inspired. When I realized what I was doing I blushed and quickly outlined Honey on one side of Mori's shoulders and Usa-chan on the other.

"That is quite the talent you have there Aria-hime, but may I ask you to come sit with me today?" Kyoya smiled down at me, making his glasses tint and hinting he had something planned, and held his hand out for me to grab.

"Of course Kyoya, is there something you need of me?" I asked once we sat down and as he pushed in my chair. He sat down infront of me and I saw him grin. I also got the chance to really see what he was wearing today. His loose pants were an olive green with a yellow sash to hold them up and a thick gold necklace on. To my surprise he was very fit and looked actually very good. He must've noticed that I was checking him out because he smirked.

"Do you see something you like?" I smirked back.

"Depends on what you have to offer me."

"Actually we were wondering if you would like to join the Host Club." I just stared at him as Haruhi came by to give us some kind of tropical drink.

"I'm not into girls, Kyoya." To my surprise he laughed what seemed to be a real laugh. Haruhi looked back and forth between the two of us with a funny look on her face.

"Of course I know that. I was thinking more along the lines of a waitress. Then Haruhi would have more time to get more clients." That bastard using Haruhi on me… I set my hands together underneath my hands, reminding me of Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto.

"As long as all of my profits go towards Haruhi's debts." His eyebrow rose.

"Oh?" I nodded.

"I also have a few ideas on how you could get some extra money for the club, too." Kyoya's grin reappeared.

"So do I." I didn't know then what exactly he meant by that but I knew I didn't like that evil grin of his.

"Oh yes, I almost forgot to mention to you ladies, the Ouran Host Club is sponsoring a party next week." Kyoya, Haruhi, and I went over to the tiki bar to listen in.

"Is it going to be formal?" A guest of the twins asked.

"Yes in fact. We rented the schools largest hall." Hikaru (Yes, I learned the difference between to two pretty quickly from our nightly phone calls, they were stunned, we moved past it quickly.) started. "Yes, it is the perfect place for dancing!" Koaru piped in, wrapping his arm around his brother's waist. I tuned them out once they started their twinscest act, not saying they aren't attractive, it's just not my type. Plus I see them more like siblings now.

"…Showing some skin proves to be popular with the ladies." What I found out to be Kyoyas' "money making" grin came back.

"So did you come up with the tropical theme?" I looked at him, leaning on Haruhi.

"I have no decision making authority, only the Host Clubs president does, but I guess there's no harm in admitting to casually slipping a Bali photo book onto his desk."

"So he's the real brains behind the operation…" Haruhi muttered to me while Kyoya smiled back at us innocently. I nodded, giving him the "I'm watching you" hand signal, causing Haruhi and I to laugh at ourselves.

"Haruhi went back over to her table now that her "customers" have arrived. I just sat back and watched, taking in the tropical scene and sipping my fruity drink. It reminded me of a virgin Pina Colada but with strawberries.

I noticed hearts blinking above all of the girls, even at Haruhi's table, and I tried my best at not to laugh. How could they not that he was a she? I shook my head, smiling.

I spent the rest of the club time eating cake with Honey and Mori and answering questions when the girls asked me some, mainly about America and what it was like there and if it was like what it shows on TV.

When everything was cleaned, well the tropical stuff really just "poofed" away, Tamaki was still in the corner sulking. I guess a girl that requested Haruhi and told him that he was her new favorite host. I just wanted some of that ramen. I guess my mouth was watering because a cup of ramen was placed in front of me. I smiled up thanks to Mori, which he returned with a hand on my head.

"Hey boss, why don't you stop eating that commoner's ramen and comer over to help us with the party?"

"Yeah, does it really bother you that Princess Kamuko has taking a liking to Haruhi?" The boys went on a rant about some host hoping disease. Basically Tamaki was just jealous. Haruhi and I sweat dropped.

Tamaki started yelling, causing Honey to cry into Usa-chan. I put down my cup of ramen and ran over towards him. He jumped into my arms as I rubbed his back.

"It's okay Honey-senpai, he didn't mean to scare you… He's just a big meanie." I glared at Tamaki. "How about after this you come over and we'll make a cake, does that sound good?" Instantly Honey had brightened up.

"Yay! Can Usa-chan and Taka-chan come, too?" I laughed.

"Of course! It wouldn't be the same without them."

"The more I look at the photo, the more amazed I am." I set Honey down and we walked over towards the others that had formed a crowd,. There was a picture of Haruhi from middle school, blown up and framed.

"You can't go around blowing up other peoples pictures!" Haruhi was freaking out by the photo so I took the chance and grabbed out my phone and snapped a quick picture. I snickered.

"How'd you even get this photo Tamaki?" I asked, looking straight at Kyoya, who just smiled innocently at me while pushing up his glasses. Tamaki ignored my question.

"…It's a real pain to get gum out of long hair and I don't care if I look like a dude, ya know?" "You could've just used peanut butter, spaz…" I muttered, rejoining the conversation. She gave me a quick glare but all in all ignored me. I tuned out again grabbing my ramen. When I heard Tamaki scream I almost dropped it. "Mamma?"

"Uh, who is mama exactly?" Hikaru questioned.

"By Host Club ranking with Tamaki being president and daddy, I must assume that is me." Kyoya simply stated. We all just watched Tamaki have his little break down of the episode.

"Look, I don't see what you're crying about. Working as a host I can pay back more of my debt. It'll never happen if I'm just an errand boy." Haruhi, with her motherly tone, stated matter- of-factly.

"Hate to change the subject but do you have formal dance experience? You'll need it for the party." Hikaru asked Haruhi.

"What about you Aria-senpai?" Koaru asked me. I rubbed the back of my neck. "Well... Nope." I couldn't come up with a good enough excuse. They all gave me a quick weird "you've got to be kidding me look" and went back to watching Haruhi. Sheesh. Not everyone who has money knows formal dances…

"I order you to master the waltz in one week and how it to us at the party! If not I will have no choice but to expose your gender and reduce you back to errand boy! And you!" He turned to me and I yelped back into the person behind me. "If you fail to master it then Haruhi's debt will be doubled! Do you understand?" I nodded quickly. Who knew Tamaki could be so scary… I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up and saw Mori. I blushed realizing how close I was. He smiled at me, giving me faith. I nodded back to him, smiling now as well. But that smile faded when I looked over at Haruhi. Poor girl was shaking and pale as a ghost.

"Don't worry Haruhi. We can do this. Plus I already know how to dance most types so this shouldn't be too hard, right?" I sweat dropped. She must've heard the lack of confidence in my voice because she hung her head low.

"So… Can one of you guys teach me?" I looked at the boys. Honey started jumping up and down all excitedly and jumped on me, and the twins both got smirks on their faces.

"Well Honey can't because he is too short." Honey looked down, but I just rubbed his back. "But the twins are fine." I smirked at them as they slinked their arms around my shoulders.

"Oh my, I don't know if I could handle the both of you." I winked at them. We laughed.

"Oh by the way Tamaki, Aria has agreed to our offer to become a waitress of the Host Club." Everyone looked at me with shocked faces.

"Did you guys want me to say no?" I gave a fake pouty face.

"Her only terms were that her payments went towards Haruhi's debt and that she could help with ideas on gaining the Club some money." Kyoya said pushing up his glasses while reading out of his notebook.

"Yay! Riri-chan will have more time with us! Isn't that great, Taka-chan?" Mori smiled. I blushed and looked away to Haruhi who was in utter shock.

"Aren't you going to say something?" She ran and gave me a big hug. I laughed and hugged her back, locking Honey in between. He loved it, laughing about how we made a Honey sandwich.

My phone dinged and I looked down at it to see that it was a text from Riku.

"Oh sorry guys my ride is here. Honey-senpai, Mori-senpai, are you guys coming with me?" They both nodded and went to get their stuff.

"Kyoya can you send me the usual schedule for the club activities so I can plan y schedule around that please?" "Of course Aria-senpai. We will see you tomorrow." I waved goodbye to everyone and made plans to learn the waltz with the twins in the mornings and after school. Once the boys were done I grabbed my backpack and walked with them out to the white limo that was waiting for us. Riku stepped out to open the door and greet us.

"Welcome Miss. Aria, and who are these young gentlemen?" I smiled up at him. "These are a few of my friends, Mitsukuni Haninozuka-" I pointed to the smaller senior. "And Takashi Morinozuka" I said pointing to Mori. "And this is Riku guys, he drives my family around." I know I could've said driver or chauffer, but I didn't like making it sound that people feel like they were below me because they did stuff for me or had less money.

Riku bowed at the young men and they bowed in return, which made me feel happy that they respected him. We all piled in the car and Riku drove us home, asking us questions about how school was going and trying to pull over the "over protective dad" thing smoothly but questioning the boys. I couldn't help but feel loved. He really was like an uncle to me.

We finally pulled up to my house and we all got out. Once we got in Kelsey was there to greet us. I introduced her to Honey and Mori and quickly excused myself to put everything upstairs and changed into a loose white t-shirt that had meow written in black text with a nose and whiskers on the "W". I also put on some light blue denim jeans and ankle socks and ran back down stairs.

"Let's get baking, ne?" I smiled at the boys who were sitting down having some tea that Kelsey must've gotten them. They smiled and got up and came to me. Well Honey actually ran.

We walked into an empty kitchen since Jesus (Hey- zoose) had an eye appointment at the moment. I pulled out an old recipe box that belonged to my grandmother.

"Riri-chan that looks really old. Have you had it a long time?" I looked over at Honey's curious eyes. "Yes I have actually. It was my grandmothers since she was in her twenties and started cooking professionally. She gave it to me when I was eleven and started cooking for myself."

"Don't you have a chef?" I laughed. "Yes we do, but I love to cook, even if our chef is amazing. "Ah, here it is! It's vanilla, is that alright?" He nodded really fast. I handed out aprons and laughed really hard at Mori's. He had on a light blue apron that went about his hips. Honey's on the other hand went down to almost his feet.

"You guys are so cute! Smile! " I pulled out my phone and took a picture of the two. I was surprised that Mori actually smiled, he even had a little bit of a blush but that just made him look so much cuter.

I gave everyone a task and we went to work. An hour later we had a beautiful cake with lots of sprinkles on it. We eat had a slice.

"This is the best cake I've ever had!" "I'm glad you like it Honey-senpai! What about you Mori?"He nodded to me.

After a little bit we finished eating our cake and I gave Honey the rest in a container (we snacked a lot while waiting for the cake to bake and cool) when they had to leave. I gave then both a hug goodbye.

"I'll see you guys tomorrow!" I waved goodbye from my door as they drove away. When they were out of sight I closed the door and went up to my room since the kitchen was clean.

Once in my room I laid in my bed and started my homework. A ding on my phone and I saw it was an email from Kyoya subjected "Host Club Schedule" I smiled, looked it over quick, and replied a quick "Thanks!" and went back to homework. Once I was done I took a quick shower, put on my over sized Tina Belcher "butts" shirt, and went to bed, actually excited for the next day to come.

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