DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Ouran High School Host Club(I'm putting this in every chapter)

So hopefully you all enjoyed the first chapter if you're reading the second(hopefully)

This chapter doesn't necessarily need any warning, but...

Warnings: Yaoi, and cursing

..Again this is a YAOI as seen in the first chapter. Please leave if that's not your thing(not like anything even happens in this chapter)

Enjoy chapter two!


Chapter 2

Damn it! Why did I do that? I'm such an idiot! Kaoru was mad at himself for what he's done.

Back there when he came to his senses he broke eye contact and ran inside the school, ignoring Hikaru's yells.

Kaoru looked up and saw a restroom up ahead. He ran in and walked towards the sink. He turned on the faucet and rubbed his face harshly with water. Attempting to clear and freshen up his mind.

He looked down at the water building up, mentally beating himself for his actions. Soon enough he heard footsteps enter the restroom, he turned and saw Hikaru in a panting mess.

Hikaru looked at his brother and frowned, not sure what caused Kaoru to suddenly run like that. He sighed and went up to the sink, turning off the water before it overflowed.

The first bell had just rung signaling to the students that they had 5 minutes before class started. "Want to tell me what happened back there?" Hikaru figured it may have had something to do with yesterday.

As if confirming his thoughts Kaoru said, "He was there, the guy from yesterday. He was next to the pillar, by the entrance."

Hikaru thought back remembering he had accidentally bumped into someone there while chasing his twin, but couldn't recall who.

He sighed and looked over at his brother, whoever that boy was had Kaoru acting capricious. His brother barely knew the guy so why did he affect Kaoru so much?

..so stupid. Still in his train of thoughts he hadn't noticed Hikaru leaving until he called his name.

They both left the restroom and walked to their class, they made it just in time too. They took their seat besides Haruhi as their teacher walked in.

Kaoru drowned everything out, but the incident by the school entrance lingered. He was so embarrassed with himself. Knowing what he had done while the raven haired was there made Kaoru shrink into a pit of shame.


The girls were giggling and squealing. Asking who the raven haired boy was, adding how hot he was. Although some didn't think the word fully described his beauty, they couldn't find a suitable one either.

The teacher introduced the boy to everyone, answering their questions of who he was.

"Everyone this is Izumi Kaneko. Starting today he will be a member of our class. He came here from America so please help him around if asked. Thank you, and you may take any empty seat Kaneko."

The girls jumped at the opportunity and started offering him seats. One girl went far enough to push some boy beside her out of his seat.

But the raven haired, or as we all know as Izumi now, continued walking to the empty seat by the window.

The girls he passed by blushed and nearly fainted. As he was walking he noticed a certain blonde boy looking at him and mentally cursed at the odds.

He certainly was not expecting to be the same class as him.

Izumi sat down and stared out the window, ignoring the giggles and whispers from everyone. He hated all the attention but knew better than to do anything.

It was bad enough he stood out from his looks, he didn't want to gain more attention by causing trouble. Izumi watched as the birds flew by, tree to ground and back to tree.

The wind blew through the leaves of the trees and tore the weaker ones off. It guided them to float in the air before settling on the ground. He was always fascinated by nature, he could practically stare at it for hours.

Before he knew it, it was time for lunch. He watched as people got up and headed towards the cafeteria. He decided to skip lunch today and go exploring instead.

Just as Izumi was about to leave, a girl was suddenly pushed in his path.

She blushed faintly and looked at the girls who pushed her, they waved their hands at her in an encouraging way. She looked up at the raven haired who was currently giving her a tilted questionable stare

"Um Kaneko, w-would you like to, uh, s-sit with me in lunch?" She had short wavy brown hair and reddened immensely as she spoke.

Izumi didn't want to have to decline since she must have mustered up a ridiculous amount of courage considering her shy figure.

He felt bad. He hated the look of hurt on someone's eyes, and knowing he caused it made it that much worse.

Izumi gave her an apologetic smile, "I'm sorry but I wanted to have a look around the school instead."

The girl gave him a troubled look as if trying to find a way for him to say yes.

"I-I can show you a-around if you'd like." She offered with a hopeful gleam in her eyes.

Izumi felt he was slowly giving in but caught himself in time. "Maybe next time. I want to be on my own for a while."

With that the girl left defeated and he walked out. He wasn't sure where to go but decided to follow his instincts.

As he walked he thought about the auburn haired boy. He found it amusing when they locked eyes, the boy took off running. Leaving his twin to run after him. His twin had dumped into him and gave him a quick apology. He even managed to catch his name slip by. Kaoru. That was the boy's name, Kaoru.

The fact that the boy had a twin didn't bother him. They may look alike and everything but they didn't fool him.

Izumi would be able to tell who Kaoru was. Even though they only met once, there was something about the boy that Izumi was fond of.

He inwardly smirked interested to see where this little adventure would lead to. He stopped walking suddenly and shook his head clear. Damn it. I promised myself I wouldn't fall down that path again. It's best he kept his distance from Kaoru while he still can.


Setting aside all of the jumbled thoughts running through his head wasn't easy but somehow manageable. Kaoru had also managed to help Hikaru with Haruhi. They wanted to eat lunch with the whole crew today.

As they entered the cafeteria, they saw a commotion between Tamaki and Kyouya.

"But Kyouya, we must have him!"

Kyouya sighed, no matter what he said he wasn't willing to let Tamaki get what he wanted this time.

"And why is that?" He knew exactly what the blonde would say and it wasn't a good reason.

"Because his good looks cannot go to waste!"

This was utterly useless.

The twins watched as Tamaki and Kyouya argued.

Hikaru wanted to know what it was so he simply asked, "Hey boss, what's wrong?" Tamaki and Kyouya stopped their bickering and turned towards the twin.

Kyouya sighed and answered before the other could. "Nothing important. Tamaki is just suggesting another one of his stupid ideas."

He couldn't understand why Tamaki would want to add him out of all others to their host club. Kyouya had done some research earlier but wasn't able to retrieve any.

There was absolutely no data at all, coming from Kyouya it was big considering he's able to gather any private information he wanted. He didn't trust him because of this. It wasn't something he could hope Tamaki would understand. It wasn't normal to not have a record of yourself. Unless there was something about him that he didn't want anyone to know about.

Nonetheless Kyouya didn't trust the guy, must less want him to join the host club either.

"It is not stupid! We must have him join the host club!"

Tamaki didn't know what the big problem was. So what if Kyouya couldn't find out any information of him? Somebody probably just forgot to put in his record. It wasn't a big deal or anything.

The new transfer student only needed to have good looks, which he was blessed with already, and charm. And that's something that can be learned if he doesn't have already, so in the end he would make a prefect addition to their host club.

Hikaru was still a little confused at the situation, but if Kyouya said it wasn't important then it probably wasn't.

Just then Mori and Honey popped out of no where.

"Hey there Hikaru, Kaoru. Oh Haruhi are you going to eat with us today?" Honey asked, even though it was obvious considering she was here.

Haruhi looked up at Honey, who was sitting on Mori's shoulder. "I was dragged here unfortunately, so I have no choice."

Honey smiled big and shouted cheerfully, "Yay! Haruhi you sit next to me and Takashi."

As she went over to the table she couldn't help but notice how Tamaki was still trying to convince Kyouya about something.

She didn't fully understand the situation either, she and the twins got there late. But she knew it had something to do with adding a member to their club. She wasn't aware of there being a new student but now that she thought about it there were some girls talking about a boy during class.

"Honey, do you know what that's about?" Haruhi asked the Lolita boy as she gestured towards the scene where Tamaki had reduced to begging on his knees now.

Honey looked over and said, "Oh Tamaki and Kyouya have the new transfer student in their class today. And because of his good looks Tamaki wants him in our host club. But Kyouya is saying no."

This left the girl even more confused than before. Adding a new person would increase their profit since more guests would visit. Why would Kyouya decline if he jumped at every opportunity that benefited more money for the host club.

Hikaru and Kaoru both listened as Honey explained what happened. At the mention of a new student Kaoru thought of the raven haired.

Kaoru had never seen the boy around school before their accidental encounter yesterday so surely it was him. Also Honey said Tamaki wanted the boy because of his looks, and there was no arguing the raven haired was gorgeous. If it was the raven haired then he was curious to know why Kyouya would turn it down, "Why would Kyouya say no?"

Honey shoved a spoonful of cake into his mouth and swallowed without chewing. "Kyouya did some research on him and couldn't find anything. He had no records or anything. There's nothing about him! And Kyouya doesn't trust anyone that he has no knowledge about."

Kaoru frowned he didn't think it was a good reason to say no, but he was probably just saying that because he wanted him to say yes.

Haruhi glanced at the arguing pair and thought it over. Kyouya had a reason to say no and to not trust him.

To her it was strange that Kyouya couldn't get anything on the new transfer student. According to Haruhi he's able to gather any information he wanted, so he had a point.

"Alright fine!" was heard by the whole crew and they looked over to see what happened.

Tamaki smiled big and hugged Kyouya, "Oh thank you! Thank you, thank you!" Kyouya's eye twitched before pushing him off.

"But I still don't trust him at all. He may be in the host club now but either way keep an eye on him at all times, understood?"

Tamaki nodded his head numerous times before saying, "Alright everyone listen up!"

The crew looked at the boss and waited for his command. Tamaki pointed a finger at them, "From now on we have a new host club member. His name is Izumi Kaneko."

He signaled something to Kyouya who in turn opened his black notebook and presented the others with a picture of a raven haired boy. "Find him, and drag him to Music Room 3!"

They all got up and separated into three groups. Kyouya and Tamaki, Mori and Honey, and the last were the twins and Haruhi. They searched until lunch break was over and again after school.

The twins had called their driver saying to pick them up later. Tamaki and Kyouya had tried to catch him after class but only to find his seat empty as he was already lost in the crowd. After about ten minutes they all gave up and met in Music Room 3.


He turned corners and corners, devastated that he would have to find his way out once again. His chasers could be heard behind him.

Izumi scowled, he had gotten himself into trouble once again. He knew how to fight and could probably beat them up without breaking a sweat. But he didn't want any unnecessary rumor about him going around. He didn't want to be beaten either so the only option left was to run.

As he ran he mentally cursed himself for this. The guys were just looking for trouble, and well Izumi said some things he shouldn't have said.


"It's impossible to find him during breaks or after school, Tamaki. Let's just give up." Haruhi sighed, tired of running around the school with the twins.

She wanted to go home, today was suppose to be a relaxing day since the host club was closed for the weekend. As she expected from the blonde, he said, "No, we cannot give up this easily. There has to be a way to somehow corner him."

They all thought about it, and just as Haruhi was about to suggest an idea, the door burst open and a boy ran in and shut the door quietly with his back, letting a faint echo throughout the music room. He looked up and saw us.

Haruhi got a good look at him and her eyes widened. It's the guy we were looking for!

Kaoru was utterly shocked that he and the raven haired were in the same situation as the day before. Except this time the whole crew was there, and they were in a much, much bigger room.

Hikaru must have noticed him tense up because he gave Kaoru a look, turned to the raven haired, and back at him. He understood what Hikaru was thinking so he nodded.

Out of habit Izumi masked on an innocent look at the others. Inside though he was upset there were students here, he didn't want to get caught.

Especially since Kaoru and his twin were here. Then there was the obnoxiously loud blonde boy he noticed in his class earlier who was always wooing the girls. He didn't particularly have a problem with the boy in glasses. There was a small boy ,who looked like he should still be in grade school, hanging from an extremely tall stolid boy. And lastly there was a boy who looked a little too feminine.

Izumi tilted his head slightly, smiling and placing his right index finger to his lips, "Shh."

To his surprise they cooperated and stayed silent. Either that or they were too shocked to even do anything. Not that he was complaining really.

He listened closely as his chasers ran by making loud stomping sounds, then fading as they got further. Mentally thanking they were even bigger idiots than the ones from yesterday, they didn't even consider the possibility of him hiding.

Once he couldn't hear them anymore, Izumi turned away from the group and went to open the door without a word.

"Hold it right there Izumi Kaneko!" Tamaki yelled as the raven haired was about to open the door. Izumi turned around looking a bit startled.

Haruhi felt bad for what's about to come his way. But she finally understood why Tamaki wanted him as a new member so badly.

Not even the tomboy could object, he was beautiful. Haruhi had seen the picture Kyouya provided the group with but seeing him in person was completely different. It was as if the camera wasn't able to capture every detail about him. Although she found him to be gorgeous, Haruhi wasn't attracted to him.

He looked at the blonde startled, replying unsure while pointing a finger at himself, "Are you talking to me?" There is just no way he'd remember!

He watched as the blonde smiled big and exclaimed, "Why yes I indeed am and so- We, the Ouran Host Club, ask you, Izumi Kaneko, to join our club!"

Izumi stared at the blonde as he did a pose with the others and unnaturally seemed to be glowing and sparkling. Not to mention there were rose petals, even confetti were everywhere. Any other person would have been moved by this but not him, he was completely unfazed. So he doesn't.

Tamaki had a good feeling about this.

He was encouraged and pumped up that he could practically shoot up and fly away. Rhetorically speaking of course. He felt confident in his actions and he knew he made the right choice in adding Izumi. He had no doubt in his mind that Izumi would accept his offer. He was beaming in delight and happiness.

"I refuse." And just like that Tamaki's world collapsed before him.

The group suddenly lost its glow as the blonde went into depression-mode. As he turned to leave, the blonde recovered and called him back.

"Wait! You're making a big mistake! You have to join us!"

Izumi fought the urge break his masked expression. He slowly turned, giving the blonde his fake smile, "I'm sorry but I'm just not interested in joining your club."

The blonde furrowed and grabbed his chin in a thinking way. Izumi could've swore he saw a light bulb go off over the blonde's head as his face brighten.

"Alright, we'll make a bet then." Now this made him pause, he sure did like a challenge, "What kind of bet?"

Tamaki smiled greater. This is prefect.

He turned towards the twins and nodded, signaling them it was time for their little game. He looked at Izumi smugly, "It's simple really. All you have to do is figure out who's Hikaru and who's Kaoru. If you lose you'll join our club, if you win then we'll leave you alone." he said while gesturing to the twins.

Tamaki knew there was no way he would get it right. The raven haired had never met the twins before. If he managed to get it right then the twins would tell him it was incorrect. He would obviously believe them, after all he did guess.

Izumi had to say he was disappointed, it wasn't going to be any fun.

Like Izumi said before, he would be able to tell them apart easily despite only meeting one of them. Especially since it was only one time and it was quite dark in that room. Even so Izumi could tell for some reason. But of course they didn't know that. And he wanted to see how the twins would react when he got it right.

"The one on the left is Kaoru and the one on the right is Hikaru." Izumi responded indicating to each without so much as a hesitation.

The auburn heads looked at each other and back at him. They smiled and said in unison "You are incorrect."

Izumi found it amusing that even though he was right they would go so far as to tell him he was wrong. It's probably because they think I guessed. But that wasn't the case here, no, not with Izumi. He felt himself going into a smirk but let it fall so that he was still staring blankly. He looked at them straight in the eye and said, "You shouldn't lie."

The twins looked startled and looked at each other for a while. Finally they said, "What do you mean?"

He figured not many people could tell them apart; they were mirror images after all. Which is why they would be surprised. "I'm saying it's not fair if you don't tell the truth. Otherwise that would be cheating." And with that Izumi turned towards the door once again.

He opened the door and was about to step out when the feminine boy stopped him. "Hold on. Can you at least tell us your reason for not joining?"

Izumi stayed where he was and didn't turn around. He was deciding if he should even bother answering. "It's just not my thing."

Not wanting to hear anymore questions he left and closed the door. As he got in the hallway he remembered he didn't know where he was but didn't want to go back in to ask them either. Looks like he has to find his way out by himself.

The host club members stood in silence. Taking in the words of the raven haired boy.

Kyouya's suspicion grew by the minute. He wanted to know the reason behind the unsuccessful retrieval of information from the new transfer student. There was something strange about him.

Kyouya knew the chairman well, and he would never accept a student in the academy without taking the precaution of a background checkup. This was to ensure the safety of the students attending Ouran. Unless the boy was in a situation in which the chairman knew of. But what kind of situation was serious enough that all of his information was blocked from public view.

He was left with nothing, he wouldn't get anywhere with just guesses. I'll just have to ask my father about this. He considered the idea, deciding in the end to go along with it.


"Uh, boss?" Hikaru eyed Tamaki questionably.

"It's not like I'm complaining or anything but," He turned his head towards their target.

"Why are we stalking him?"

The group watched quietly as the raven haired headed outside the school. It seemed like he was lost but finally managed to find the exit.

It literally took him about 30 minutes of mindless wondering to make it outside. Hikaru suggested they help him out at least but Tamaki argued that it would ruin his plan.

The plan was to follow and investigate him.

Kyouya of course accepted since the whole 'not being able to gather information' was bothering him. Haruhi had no choice but to accept with Tamaki's begging puppy eyes. Mori and Honey weren't able to come along, they had family business to attend to. And the twins had nothing better to do at home; Hikaru was curious, and he could tell Kaoru wanted in but was unsure of it at the same time. So in the end he made the decision for them.

The blonde sighed, "We're not stalking him; we're just following him closely and gathering information at the same time."

Hikaru replied, mumbling under his breath, "That's called stalking."

Tamaki gestured for him to be quiet. It would be a shame to get caught now.

They had just made it outside of school as they followed the raven haired quietly. He had to admit he didn't think they would last this long. He was sure Izumi would notice after all the noises they had made, but he hadn't once looked back.

Tamaki had a reason for following the raven haired like this. He wasn't going to give up this easily. He was determined to have Izumi join the club. He had no intention of giving up.

Izumi sighed. He knew they were following him. It would be almost impossible for him to not notice. Especially with all the arguing and noises they made. Not to mention the feeling of people burning holes on his back was starting to make him edgy.

He was quite sensitive to his senses. He noticed them the moment they started, and figured if he were to wonder around the school instead of finding the exit, they would leave. Of course this got him even more lost, but much to his dismay they didn't leave.

Luckily he had a backup plan sorted out already.

He didn't want to be here. Yet at the same time he did. It was annoying not being able to decide what he wanted. Kaoru sighed and glanced at their target. A warmth feeling rushed over him, making him frown. Even from behind he's beautiful. Kaoru's eyes widened, smacking himself mentally.

He felt ashamed of himself for thinking of Izumi like that when he was right there. He shook his head and focused on their current mission.

He noticed how they've been walking for a long time and also how the path the raven haired took doesn't lead to any neighborhoods. Kaoru thought of the places that were down the road but could only come up with one. But he isn't really going there, is he? It wasn't strange but considering the place was closed it did seem somewhat fishy.

As he walked up the steps to the entrance he sensed his followers moving closer towards him. They've fallen into my trap.

They were in a small carnival that was scheduled to open later in the year. So all that was left were empty stands and small buildings. But he had to act quickly before they noticed something was up. He looked up and finally saw what he was looking for.

The more they walked the heavier the air around them felt. Something wasn't right about all of this. Why would he go to the carnival when it's still closed? Kyouya frowned and narrowed his eyes. What could he possibly want from here?

He looked around and noticed how the area was getting close-spaced. Then it hits him; this was a trap. He looked at Izumi and saw him turn a sharp corner.

It was barely noticeable, but Kyouya caught the raven haired glance at them from the corner of his eye as he turned. The sharp turn didn't let the others see him anymore. Kyouya pushed past the others and walked faster ignoring Tamaki's whisper-shouts. He turned the corner, only find nothing.

"Damn it." he glared, he knew there was something strange about all of this.

Izumi had known from the start that they were following him, so he lured them to this place to make a getaway. Tamaki and the others came shortly after next to him. "Oh my, he got away?" the blonde said and looked around.

Hikaru walked more ahead and looked around, "Wow he's good. He really had us fooled."

Tamaki was quite disappointed at their failure once again. He wasn't going to show them that though. And Tamaki wasn't giving up just yet.

Hikaru came up to him and said,"So what are we going to do now boss?"

He couldn't let his fantasy family down so he simply acted like it wasn't a huge loss. "Alright everyone, Monday we'll try again and this time we'll catch him for sure!"

Before any of them could agree the blonde boy fell forward, face-planting on the concrete.

All the small group could see was a shoe on Tamaki's back holding him down and locks of shinning black hair. They stilled and didn't move, marginally startled from what just happened.

The person stood up straighter, his foot still on the whimpering blonde's back. The raven haired boy, or Izumi, stood there looking at them innocently, his blue eyes giving off a glow filled of humor and amusement. He tilted his head to the side, a small smile playing on his lips.

"Catch who?"


Yay chapter two finished!(with a cliffhanger)

It's necessary. Anyways I'm pretty funny, right?

Even I crack myself up!

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