Chapter 2: Girl or Guy?
"Hey Ren over here!" Kaoru called out from across the room.
Ren walked over and waited to hear what it is they had to say but was startled by what Kaoru offered. "Would you like to sit with us?"
Ren hesitated for a moment but nodded his head in approval. The only open seat left was the one near the window, which happened to be the seat right next to Hikaru. Ren walked over and sat down trying his best not to make any eye contact with the person sitting next to him. Hikaru noticed and said in a cool tone, "I'm not going to bite."
Ren smiled at the comment and proceeded with what he was doing, he pulled out a sketchbook, a pencil, and an eraser. He looked out the window for a while before he began to sketch. Hikaru noticed Ren hard at work and decided to peer over to see what it was he was doing. A slight smile crossed his features when he snatched the book from Rens' hands. He stared at the picture for awhile before he spoke
"Your really good…..I guess. Did you ever take a class?"
Ren nodded his head and spoke for the first time any of them have been with him, "Never, I don't want anyone telling me what to do. I want to be able to draw what I want when I want to." Rens' voice was soft to the point that Hikaru almost thought he had imagined hearing him talk. Kaoru and Haruhi stared at Ren as if he had just caused a miracle to occur. Ren began to feel uncomfortable with all the attention he was receiving and asked shyly, "May I have my um….book please?"
Hikaru handed her the book without saying anything. Ren took the book and continued his work quietly. A few minutes later the teacher walked in, signaling the start of class. The day continued on uneventfully, not another word was spoken from Ren. The after school bell rang indicating the start of after school activities. Ren was packing up his things when the twins called out in unison
"Ren hurry up so we can leave already!"
Ren finished putting his things away and followed the three to music room 3. Haruhi was walking beside Ren, lightly tapping his shoulder she got his attention. Ren watched as Hauhi gave him a small smile then proceeded to ask
"Hey uh, are you into girly things like unicorns, the color pink, and flowers?"
Ren looked up at the ceiling as if he were lost in thought. He looked at Haruhi and answered quietly, "No, I prefer dragons than unicorns um…I think pink is too bright of a color and sort of despise it, and I'm not really into flowers."
Haruhi pondered over the answer stumped 'Aren't girls supposed to be into those types of things?' the group continued to walk in silence. When they had reached music room 3, there were already a few customers. Tamaki spotted Ren and pointed at a table that had a few girls sitting at it. Ren looked over at the table noticing that they were the girls from yesterday. He walked over, sat down and began to talk with them mostly listening to them speak about themselves.
Every now and then one of the host members would walk up to him and ask strange questions the most strangest question asked came from Honey. He had asked if Ren didn't mind dressing in front of other guys. Ren walked away without answering a slight blush covered his face.
Ren was walking over to his next table when he spotted Haruhi trip. Haruhi was caring a tray with a few cups and a kettle with freshly brewed coffee, when she had tripped. A girls' scream put the whole room in silence, Tamaki was the first at the scene. He helped Haruhi up making sure she wasn't injured in anyway. Haruhi shot her head up looking in the direction the coffee had went flying. Ren was standing there soaked a hint of pain was seen on his features. Ren turned his attention to the girl standing behind him
"Are you okay?"
"Yes thank you."
"How about you Haruhi are you okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine."
Tammaki spoke next, "Ren we don't have any spare uniforms but you did leave your clothing here the first day we gave you the uniform."
"That will be….fine, thank you"
Tamaki snapped his fingers, "Mori, Honey if you would please clear the room the hosts are done for today." Mori and honey nodded their heads and immediately cleared the room. Hikaru escorted Ren to the changing rooms.
"Why did you do that?"
Ren stared at Hikaru confused, "What do you mean?" he said almost inaudibly.
Hikaru looked back at Ren, "Why did you jump in front of the hot water? Didn't it burn, it was hot water."
Ren nodded his head, "….a little." He lied the pain of the hot water was still burning him. Ren took the clothing from Hikaru and walked into the changing room. Hikaru headed back to the rest of the hosts when Tamaki tapped him on the shoulder.
"I forgot to give these towels to Ren do you mind giving them to him?"
Hikaru sighed but took the towels from Tamaki and headed back to the changing rooms. He pulled the curtain back
"Here Tamaki tol…"
Hikaru stared in shock, there standing in front of him was Ren wearing an undershirt that clung to smooth curves, instead of a flat chest there were two plump breasts to the least size 'B'. Hikaru released the curtain and began to back away. Before he could get a foot away a hand shot out from behind the curtain pulling him into the changing room. This time Ren was wearing more than just an undershirt, she was wearing the skinny jeans and shirt she had worn on the first day of school.
"Please don't tell the others. I don't want them to know….not yet at least.", Ren said in a soft tone
Hikaru stared into Rens' soft grey eyes speechless. A blush began to spread across his face. The curtain behind the two was pulled open. Both spotted the rest of the host members. Kyoya was the first to speak
"Tell us what exactly?"
Ren stared at the group unsure of how to answer, she then sighed, "I'm…a girl. I didn't want to tell because I didn't want to be kicked out of the club. I was actually having fun here…..will you take another girl host?"
Tamaki stammered, "W-What do you m-mean another g-girl host?"
"Haruhi is a girl…..you can sort of tell by how she deals with her customers."
Honey jumped up, "Ren will always be a host with us! Now come on you have to try a few of these cakes!" Honey grabbed Ren by the arm pulling her to a table filled with cake. "Take your pick their all really good!"
Ren smiled and looked up at the other hosts, "Would you guys like to eat some with us?"
Everyone walked over to the table except for Hikaru who was still in the changing room stunned by what happened, he looked at Ren and noticed that she was staring at him. She gestured for him to join the rest of them. The group began to laugh when frosting ended up on Tamaki's face. Hikaru gave a small smile at the scene in front of him. He walked over and joined the rest who were now attacking each other with frosting.
"The cake is supposed to go into your mouth, not on your face!", Honey yelled.
Mori was patting his back in an attempt to comfort him. Ren backed away from the group, the feeling of intrusion replacing happiness. She watched as Haruhi laughed when Hikaru and Kaoru both smeared frosting on Tamaki's face. Honey was trying to eat as many cakes he could before they ended up on someone's face, Mori cleared the plates Honey was done eating off of every time he got a new cake. A frown began to replace her smile. Sadness was visible in her eyes. The feeling of intrusion continued to grow until she felt uncomfortable. Ren continued to back away until she was sure the door was right behind her, she took one last glance at the group and spotted Kyoya working at a table with a calculator, papers spread everywhere, obviously calculating the cost of all the cake. Tamaki was now chasing Haruhi, Hikaru, and Kaoru trying to get frosting on them. Honey was still eating cake and Mori clearing dishes. Ren gave a smile and said quietly
"I'll see you guys tomorrow…bye."
Author note:
Hope you like this chapter i enjoyed writing it myself. please review. =^-^=
