Hey, so like I said before, starting now, I will be following the series' time line starting with episode 2. Enjoy.

Chapter 2: The Suppose Job of a High School Host

(Meena's P.O.V.)

I honestly didn't know what to think when I stepped into that music room. First of all, it was really, really warm. The "Hosts" were dressed in Balinese royal attire. It would make sense since it was too hot in hear to be early spring.

And don't get me started on the Hosts. There was the "princely" character who seemed to be dressed as the king. He had blonde hair and purple eyes. Charming I'm sure but… Next was the "cool" one who seemed to be the same age as him. He had black hair and dark colored eyes. He gave off an evil aurora. Next came the twins who I recognized were in my class. They had red-ish hair and hazel colored eyes. They've never talked to me but they seemed like the mischievous type to me. Next were the two 3rd students. How did I tell the small "boy-Lolita" type was a 3rd year? I've heard some girls talk about him during class and I picked up the hints. He had brown eyes and golden-blondish hair. Then it there left him.

It was the guy I had bumped into earlier. He seemed to play the "strong, silent type" in this group of young men. To be honest, they were all attractive in their own way, and the skin exposure wasn't helping me with not blushing in front of them.

"Hello my dear," the prince type said as he came up to me, "Are you a new guest?" He gently grabbed me by my chin and made me look eye to eye with him. At that moment I lost my voice and I felt my face heat up.

"You must be a shy one," he said in a soft gentle voice. He let go of me and led me further into the room. He went back to his "throne".

Then as if in perfect timing, Haruhi walked in.

"You finally made it, Haruhi," the twins, Hikaru and Kaoru, said in unison, "you're so late."

"I could be wrong but my calendar says it's early spring," she said gloomily.

"Huddling under a kotatsu fearing the cold is nonsense," the king, Tamaki said, "and besides the heating system we have is the best."

"Do you have a problem with the way we run our club, Haruhi?" Kyoya asked, "Be care with what you say, you owe us 8 million yen remember?" Yup, just like Natsuki said.

"I thought right, didn't I, Haruhi?" I teased. She just scowled in response.

"Haruhi, do you know this beautiful flower?" Tamaki asked.

"Yeah, she's the new foreign exchange student in my class," she explained.

"You're foreign?" The twins asked. Tamaki stood there in awe.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" I demanded.

Then Tamaki grabbed my hands and spun me around. "Oh, I could just see it in your face!" He cried, "What country did you transfer from? What languages can you speak? Have you been to other countries?"

He was shooting out questions at me rapid fire while spinning me around and around.

"I-I'll a-answer you i-if you s-stop s-spinning me!" I shouted. He then stopped and it took me a minute to gain my balance.

I sighed. "I'm from the United States. But I've been to many other countries so I do know multiple languages, including French, Spanish, English, Japanese, Italian, Korean, Mandarin, Russian, German, and Portuguese," I answered.

"You know French?!" Tamaki cried. He basically picked me up and started spinning me around again.

"Put me down!" I yelped. When he didn't, I started feeling noxious, "Tamaki! Let go of me! Help!" Then I felt my body being taken out of Tamaki's grasp. I looked up to see him. Takashi Morinozuka.

He gently put me down. I felt as if I was going to fall over. He helped steady me before walking over to Mitsukuni Huninozuka.

"Sorry," Tamaki said, "I just haven't met somebody who has been to France or can speak the language fluently in a long time."

"It's fine," I said with a small smile.

"What are you doing here, Meena?" Haruhi asked.

"I got lost, I guess," I said, "I was looking for the music club. You'd think I'd be put in a music room. Maybe next time I'll look for a room that says 'Host Room #1' and see what I find."

"Maybe you'll find a library instead," Haruhi said as she caught on to my little joke.

"So you're name is Meena Allard, right?" Kyoya asked.

"Yeah," I said.

"I assume that your move here is recent," he said, "and that you are a smart girl considering you're in the same class as Haruhi."

"…sure…" I said.

Not much time passed and the Host Club opened. I don't know what caused me to stay but I did. I just basically stayed with Haruhi the whole time. Natsuki, Oka, and Hana came in not long after me, and we took an empty table that none of the Hosts were using for their guests. Every once in a while we would help serve refreshments when Haruhi was busy talking to some girls. All their acts were interesting and unique.

"…I am no more than a slave to my goddess. I kneel before you. I swear my loyalty," Tamaki said to one of his guests. He really had the prince act down.

"Oh, Tamaki," the girl he was talking to swooned.

"Oh yes, I almost forgot to mention to you ladies, next week the Ouran Host Club is sponsoring a party," he said.

"We're throwing a party?" Haruhi asked. I wonder what a rich kid's party is like… I've never been to many in general.

We turned and looked at the twin's guests. One girl asked, "What type of party is it going to be? Formal?"

"Yes, in fact we rented the school's largest hall," Hikaru said.

"It's the perfect place for dancing," Kaoru added.

And here is when their act begins.

"But I really wanted to spend some alone time with you, Kaoru," Hikaru said as he lifted his brother's chin up to face him. They are barely inches apart.

"Don't be upset, Hikaru," Kaoru said, "I know exactly how you feel." The girls were going crazy.

I looked over at the girls to see if they were as disturbed as I was. Natsuki had a small smile on her face but didn't really pay much mind to it. Oka and Hana seemed a bit board about it.

"Are you guys used to this or something?" I asked.

"I am," Natsuki stated.

"We just were never moved by the performance," Oka and Hana said in unison.

"You'll get used to it, though," Natsuki reassured.

"Doubt it," I mumbled. I looked over at Honey and Mori.

"Tada!" Honey said, his voice filled with joy.

"Oh, you're so cute, Honey," his guests said.

"Hi, ladies, I love these Balinese flowers. We had them flown in," Honey said. Then Mori walked over to him while holding a pineapple. "Hey, Takashi," Honey said, grabbing his attention.

He then basically climbed up Mori and placed some flowers around his neck. "There, we match," Honey said as he wrapped his arms around him in a hug. Both girls looked as if they were about to faint. I just rolled my eyes.

"Hey, Me-chan!" Honey called. He waved me over. I left my seat and went over to see what he wanted.

"Yes?" I replied.

"Do you want to share some pineapple cake with me?" he asked.

"Sure," I said. To be honest, it would be a treat for me. The last time I had a cake with pineapple in it was when I lived in Dominican Republic. My parents bought me a pineapple cake one time on my birthday in New York, but it's not the same.

Honey pushed me into the seat next to me and he gave me a slice. I just sat quietly and ate my cake as he continued to talk to his guests. I couldn't help but listen to Haruhi's conversation with her guests. Something about being faithful to the seasons and cherry blossoms on the night of the party…blah, blah, blah…swoon, swoon, swoon.

Then my attention was fully on Haruhi's table when some girl walked up to her. I think her name was Kanako Kasugazaki. Then I saw Tamaki silently freak out when she said Haruhi was her new favorite. Interesting.

After the Host Club Closed

"Hey, Meena, are you going to stay to help with the party planning?" Natsuki asked.

"I don't think so," I said.

"Why not?" Oka and Hana asked in unison.

"Because it's not really my business," I said, "I don't even plan on going."

"It's still early, you could stay for a little bit, can you?" Natsuki insisted.

"I guess," I mumbled. I quickly texted my mom that I was going to stay for a few extra minutes. Kyoya was on the computer as all the Hosts and the girls surrounded him on the table, that is except for Tamaki. He was too busy stuffing his face with "commoner's" romen, and sulking because Kanako chose Haruhi as her new favorite Host. Apparently she has the Host Hopping Disease.

"Haruhi, it's time you've started dressing like a girl!" Tamaki declared, "Why can't you follow Natsuki, Oka, Hana, and Meena's example?!"

"Huh?" Haruhi asked in complete confusion. I wouldn't blame her, that comment caught me off guard too.

"I don't understand how you could be so popular with the ladies when you yourself are a lady," he said, "no one in the entire school knows the truth except for those of us here."

"Yeah, she opted out of taking gym classes," Hikaru said.

"And the attendance numbers are all mixed together so no one can tell," Kaoru added.

Tamaki then brought out his trunk labeled "King's Private Property" and said, "That's enough Haruhi, you listen to daddy. Daddy wants you to go back to the way you were!" he said as he pulled up a portrait of middle school Haruhi.

"Don't go blowing up my photos without asking me first!" she retaliated.

"The more I look at this picture the more amazed I am," Hikaru said, "How could this possibly become that?"

"The day before school started one of the kids in my neighborhood got some gum in my hair," she explained.

"It is a real pain to get gum out of hair, especially long hair like Haruhi's once was," Natsuki said.

"Exactly," Haruhi agreed, "So I decided to cut it all off, I didn't care if I looked like a dude, you know?"

"A girl should never refer to herself as a dude!" Tamaki cried, "Mama! Haruhi's using those dirty boys words again."

"Kyoya, Tamaki's calling you," Oka and Hana teased.

"I'm sorry but who's mama?" Kaoru asked.

"Based on club position I assume it's me," Kyoya answered.

"Awww, you two make the perfect married couple," the best friends continued to tease.

"Look, I don't see what you're crying about," Haruhi said, "Working as a Host, I can pay off more of my debt. It'll never happen if I'm just an errand boy."

"Hate to change the subject, but do you have formal dancing experience? You'll need it at the party." Hikaru asked.

"Uh, no but the party doesn't have anything to do with my quota, right? I'm not interested in going to events so if I could be excused…" Haruhi said nervously. This stopped Tamaki's crying.

"Definitely not, a refine gentleman must know how to dance," Tamaki said, "If you want to live the life of a Host that badly, your going to have to show us how far you are willing to go, Haruhi. I order you to master dancing the Waltz in one week and you will demonstrate it for us at the party, or I'll tell the entire school that you're a girl and knock you back down to errand boy."

"But why am I the only one here forced to go? I don't want to go unless the girls go to," Haruhi said nervously.

"Haruhi," I groaned, "Why did you mention us not going?"

"I thought we'd get away with it," Oka said.

"Yeah, thanks for reminding them, Haruhi," Hana groaned.

"Come on, girls," Natsuki said, "You should have guess that the boys would invite you too. Though I was starting to doubt it when they got all caught up on Haruhi."

"Oh, no, Natsuki," Kyoya said, "I was going to talk you into coming after we were done with that matter." Natsuki kind of shrunk back at his words.

Then Tamaki pulled the Hosts into a huddle. "Okay, men, operation 'Convince Haruhi's girl-friends to come to the party'", Tamaki whispered.

"We can still hear you," I shouted.

Kyoya pulled Natsuki over to the side to talk. The twins grabbed Oka and Hana, which left Honey and Mori who came over to me. This will be interesting.

"Me-chan, why don't you want to come?" Honey asked with a slightly hurt face.

"I just arrived yesterday, I haven't settled in and it's going to take me a while," I said with a small reassuring smile.

"Why don't you just come for a while?" he begged ever so slightly, "You are our friend, aren't you?"

Aren't I? I just met them today. "Ummmm," I said. I didn't want to hurt his feelings. Ugh, these guys no how to play dirty by giving me the cute one.

"Honey-sempi, we just met, and I really don't want to go to the party," I insisted.

"Please! Please. Please," Honey said over and over again. Man this kid is hard to crack.

I then felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up to see it belonged to Mori.

"Just come, it'll be fun," Mori said in his deep, yet beautiful voice. I couldn't stop the small blush that crept onto my face.

I stayed silent for a moment as they waited for my answer. "Fine," I sighed.

"Yay!" Honey said as he literally jumped on my lap. He wrapped his arms around my neck and gave me a hug.

"Yeah, sure, whatever," I said gloomily. He just laughed at my response. I looked up at Mori and he gave me a small smile. I returned it with a warm one.

One week later; the Party

Fortunately for Haruhi, she was able to get dance lessons in time for the party. Unfortunately for Tamaki, Haruhi's dance teacher was Kanako. But it turns out she's in love with somebody else and knowing Tamaki, he's going to poke his nose into it.

"It is so good to see you here my little lambs. The Ouran Host Club would like too bid you welcome," Tamaki said. He, along with the other Hosts, were lined up on the stair case, overviewing all the girls that came. And it was a lot. They all clapped as the music started to play.

"As always ladies the Host Club members are here for your entertainment," Kyoya said, "so we invite you to dance to your heart's content. Based on her dancing skills, one lucky young lady will be chosen as tonight's queen. The queen's reward will be a passionate kiss on the cheek from our king."

"Good luck to you, my darlings," Tamaki said. The girls squealed and fainted and swooned in response. You could literally see the anime hearts floating around the room.

"Smooth on Kyoya's part," I said.

"Yeah but the reward for the queen is so…" Oka and Hana started.

"Ehhh…" we all said in disgust. No offense to Tamaki or anything but we all agree that his princely character tends to be much for us. Either that or we just don't fall for the Host Club's little performances.

The Hosts then all came down and started asking girls to dance. We just went near the spread they had. Natsuki and I weren't really that hungry, but Oka and Hana sure were. Though, I think they were trying to distract themselves from the twins, whom seem to adore Haruhi at this point.

"So how many of these have you been to?" I asked Natsuki.

"Not many. My family hasn't thrown a party in a long time and I tend to not go to the Host Club sponsored parties, even though I've known them since last year," she said, "What about you?"

"Same," I said, "I've only been to two parties like this, this one inclusive."

Then out of the blue, Kyoya came to "greet" us.

"Good evening, ladies," he said.

"Can we help you, Kyoya?" Natsuki asked while looking at her feet.

"The song just ended, so I wanted to know if I may have this dance," he said smoothly as he held out his hand to her.

"Of course," she sighed as she rolled her eyes at him. Kyoya just smirked as he pulled her into the dance floor. I looked over at the spread, hoping to find the besties, but instead I saw the twins pulling them to dance: Hikaru with Oka and Kaoru with Hana.

"Gone?" I thought out loud. I'm alone? In a see of girls that are all crazy about dancing with just some Host Club? Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

I took a step back and almost tripped. But then I felt two strong arms catch me and I was face to face with Mori. He helped me up and steadied me…again.

"You look nice," he said after looking me over. I felt my face heat up slightly.

"Thanks," I said. I wore a forest green gown that reached the floor. It had gold seam work and lace. The neckline was wide, revealing my shoulders, collarbone, and neck. Not only that but it flattered my chest (even though it was very much completely covered). I wore black gloves that came up to my forearms that matched the black bow/sash that tied at the back of my dress. I had black heals that didn't even make me close to Mori's shoulder. My hair was put up in a nice bun and I wore gold jewelry.

Mori then held out his hand as if asking me to dance. I promptly accepted and he pulled me to the dance floor. My dancing was okay, but my nerves didn't really help me focus. Mori gently grabbed my right hand and placed his hand at the small of my back. We started dancing to the music and it felt like a fantasy. If I looked straight, I'd come face to face with Mori's chest. I had to look up to see his face, but I'm not really in the mood to find out if he's looking down at me or not.

I then felt Mori's hand leave the small of my back and it found its way to my chin. He made me come face to face with him. "Keep your eyes on your partner," he said with a small smile. I felt my cheeks heat up. He placed his hand back at the small of my back.

"Sorry," I whispered as I quickly averted my eyes.

"It's fine," he said which made me look back at him.

"I'm curious though," I said, "Where did that come from, Mori-sempi?"

"I'm just a bit tired, that's all," he replied while looking away a bit. Is it me or did his cheeks turn a slight pink color? Um, oh well. But now I know; Mori becomes slightly flirtatious when he's tired.

"And you can call me Takashi, if you want," he said.

I stayed silent for a minute, as I looked at him in slight awe. Just Takashi? No Mori-sempi? "Okay," I said as I gave him a warm smile. He returned it with one of his signature small smiles. When the song ended, Takashi reluctantly let go of me.

"I have something I need to take care of, so if you can excuse me," he mumbled under his breath as he started walking over to Honey and the rest of the Hosts. Probably Tamaki's doing.

I joined the girls who seemed to be done with their dances with the other Hosts.

"I kind of hope I don't have to do that again," Natsuki said.

"What do you mean 'I think'?" Oka asked, "I thought you and Kyoya were friends."

"We are, but I don't like it when he teases me, and that's just how he acts with me, especially when we're alone," Natsuki said in retaliation.

"It sounds to me like you have a thing for your 'good friend', Kyoya," Hana said.

"Just like you have a thing for Kaoru?" Natsuki retorted. Hana looked like she was about to cry at that statement.

"Wow, low blow, Natsuki," Oka said, "What about you, Meena, did you have a nice dance?"

I stayed silent for a second. Did I? I'm not good at answering this kind of stuff. I'm not good at having all the attention on me. "It was…interesting," I said.

"Ladies can I have your attention…" Tamaki said. All the girls walked out of the building. We were able to push our way to the front. We stood in the balcony near the Host Club and before us we saw Kanako and the guy she liked.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Tamaki said, "it is now time for us to begin the final dance of this evening's festivities. The last waltz of the night has been chosen by the Host Club for…this couple."

The guy then asked Kanako to dance and she accepted. It was so beautiful and romantic. I feel so happy for her.

"May this awkward couple be forever blessed," Tamaki announced.

"And now we'll announce the queen of the ball," Hikaru said.

"Congratulations Princess Kanako Kasugazaki," Kaoru said. Everybody clapped in response. Though I couldn't help but feel suspicious. Both the twins held banana peels. What are they planning? Wait where did the banana peels go all of a sudden?

"And for her reward, a kiss on the cheek from the king," Hikaru said.

"You ready?" Tamaki said flirtatiously.

"Haruhi Fujioka will stand in for Tamaki," Kaoru said. Say what? I knew they were up to something. The twins and there mischievous ways. Though, I have a feeling this wasn't completely their ideas.

The girls and I saw Haruhi reluctantly walk down towards Kanako. This may be her first kiss. I mean she's a first year and she seems so dedicated to her studies that she probably didn't have her first kiss yet. Would this count? I mean it's just a kiss on the cheek, right?

"No Haruhi!" Tamaki cried as he ran after her. In the process he slipped on that banana peel from earlier. And the twins, with the help of Kyoya probably, strike again. He fell over and pushed Haruhi into Kanako. In the process she missed her cheek and kissed her lips. So…her first kiss given to a girl…well, it at least struck a chord with their guests (in a positive way) so I guess it's okay. I mean Haruhi isn't freaking out or anything.

Honey then ran over to me. "Me-chan!" he said as he dragged me over next to him and Takashi.

"This was an interesting night, wouldn't you say?" I said to both Takashi and Honey.

"Yeah-huh," Honey said giving me his usual Lolita-boy smile.

"Yeah," Takashi said.

Is this really the job of a high school host?

Tada! As Honey said earlier this chapter. So we've got more Mori x oc action. I want to build more of a relationship between Honey and Meena too so that her relationship with Mori would fall more into place since Honey and Mori are inseparable in the series. Hope you like.

Cheers!