Disclaimer: I, SuperNerdMDizzle, own nothing in this story. NOTHING. Well, except for the idea of this story in particular, but DEFINITELY not Ouran High School Host Club. Ouran rights go to the almighty Bisco Hatori. Thanks for reading.

"Uh....would anyone mind reminding me why I'm wearing this...thing, again?" Haruhi had somehow been convinced to wear a pink Renaissance-style dress, complete with bows, lace, frills, and puffy sleeves-- the works. She was having second thoughts.

"Because, Haruhi, Kyouya-sempai said he'd cut your debt by one fifth if you did this...activity with us," explained Hikaru. Ah, yes. Thatwas why Haruhi was wearing this "thing"--her debt. But, wait...Haruhi thought to herself. Why did he hesitate before saying "activity"?!

"Besides," Koaru added. "TONO seems to be enjoying your, er, ensemble."

The trio glanced over to where the other host club members were, to find that Tamaki was grinning from ear to ear, in a state of bliss... probably having another strange fantasy about "girly Haruhi".

Haruhi indifferently looked away and muttered, "Hmph. Like that spazmazoid-fantasizer-pervert's opinion actually matters." At this, the twins burst out in fits of laughter and Hunny bounded over to her while Tamaki went into his cow(Corner of Woe).

"Nooo, Haru-chan," he corrected her. "It's 'spazmazoid-pervert-fantasizer', not 'spazmazoid-fatasizer-pervert'!" The twins laughed even harder and Tamaki went deeper still into his cow.

"Oh! I'm sorry, Hunny-sempai..." Haruhi looked slightly embarassed as he apologized to the small senior. "Would you mind having cake with me as a token of my apology?"

"Yay, cake!"

"HOLD IT!"

Just as Haruhi and Hunny started to go off to get some dessert, the Hikaru stopped them with his shout. "You two aren't going anywhere until we start rehearsal for our play! Why do you think everyone's all dressed up?!" He was obviously referring to the other host club member's equally Renaissance-style clothing.

"Well, we DO kinda cosplay everyday, Hikaru...you know, Host Club activities?" Kaoru pointed out. He hurriedly added on to Hikaru's protest when his twin gave him a look of exasperation. "B-but still! We need to practice for the play! We imported a zebra and EVERYTHING!"

Haruhi showed a sign of interest. "Did you just say...ZEBRA?"

"Er....maybe. You can pretend you didn't hear that," the twins said in unison. "Seriously, we--"

"N-no..." Haruhi cut them off. The club members stared at her--she was blushing slightly and had the kind of look on her face that she only got when she was thinking about food. "I...I like zebras."

"HARUHIIIII!" The twins and Tamaki all glomped her at once, obviously overwhelmed by the combination of the pink dress, the dreamy expression on her face, and how much they just didn't get why Haruhi liked zebras. "I DON'T REALLY GET THAT, BUT HEY! YOU"RE SOOOO CUUUUUTE!"

The effect wore off quickly. "GYAAAH!!!!" The broom was back, and so was Haruhi. "Get OFF of me, you weirdos!"

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"Well. Now that THAT'S over," said Kyouya. "Shall we start rehearsal?"

Haruhi sighed. "I guess there's no point in prolonging it...I just wanna go home."

"PLACES, EVERYONE!" shouted the twins in unison. "Oh, and Haruhi...."

"We know what a TERRIBLE actor you are...." started Hikaru.

"...So we gave you hardly any lines. In fact, you don't even have to do anything until the end of the play," finished Kaoru.

Haruhi let out a small sigh of...relief? "Good..."

The twins blinked. "What's so good about it? Do you have stage fright or something?"

"No, of course not," Haruhi replied. "I just REALLY don't want to draw too much attention to myself when I'm wearing something so....ridiculously girly. I'm supposed to be a guy, after all."

"WHAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!?!"

The first year trio whirled around to see what Tamaki was making a fuss about now. Apparently, he had just looked over his script.

"WHY exactly am I playing such a...a...a FOOLISH role?! I mean, SURE, I'm a PRINCE and all, but I'm such an idiot!" He stopped, realizing he had just called himself an idiot. "Er, wait...I mean the CHARACTER I'm playing is an idiot prince....not me---"

"Too late, Tamaki," said Kyouya, slightly more humorous than usual. "You've already admitted it."

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