Fumiko Oriko looked differently from her big sister; instead of the tawny hair she had a straight jet black hair that passed her shoulders and it was usually hairtstyled with two down twin tails. Her eyes were basil colored and they were hidden behind a pair of round small glasses. The only thing that made the two seem like relatives were the fact that Fumiko was also chubby like her sister.

They were both sitting on their giant living room, Hatsumi was finishing her Japanese History homework and Fumiko was reading a biology book.

The two were in a comfortable silence, Fumiko was a shy and quiet fourteen year old girl so Hatsumi was used to her sister's quietness. It was funny that Ran was a very bubbly and enthusiastic one, the three sisters had different personalities but it was rare for them to argue.

The silence was interrupted when the doors of the living area were opened quickly; the two sisters jolted in surprise and turned their heads at the reason of the noise.

"Hello sweeties, I'm so happy to see you two together!"

Their mother was beautiful. She was tall and had an elegant body, with high cheekbones and long legs; she was completely the opposite of their daughters. Koemi Oriko had a long and wavy tawny color hair just like Hatsumi, her bangs were sideways and pinned with pink pins. Her cerulean big eyes sparkled as she walked towards her daughters and when she sat down next to Hatsumi she involved her into a bear hug.

"Hatsumi-chan, I heard that you came late from school! What happened?" Koemi asked pulling Hatsumi closer.

Fumiko went back to her reading like this was a normal procedure.

"Ah I lost my time at (Hmpf) the host club." She said trying not to choke on her mother's embrace.

Koemi gasped in horror and backed away to the other corner of the couch, "Host club?" she paused to pale even more, "THAT IS MAHOGANEY! WHY IS MY BABY GOING TO PLACES LIKE THAT?" she teared up, "I'm telling papa!"

Hatsumi was confused with her reaction, but then she remembered that are host clubs outside her school, "No mama not those clubs! There's a host club in my school and they're different! They only talk with girls!" she explained quickly with flushed cheeks.

Fumiko's eyes were frosty, "Nee-san… why are you in such club?"

Koemi grabbed Hatsumi's shoulders before she could reply, "Are you sure?"

Hatsumi nodded with a nervous smile, "It's all innocent…" she paused a little, "Oh mama, I have something to ask you." Hatsumi was being so forgetful today, "The club is going to host a party next week and-"

Koemi interrupted with another dramatic gasp, "You want mama to help you choose a beautiful dress?"

"N-No… actually that's been taken care of…" Hatsumi smiled as she remembers the scene that happened not so long ago.


Flashback to the scene that didn't happen so while ago

4 hours before actually

Just as Hatsumi was walking outside to get to her limousine and go home, a pair of arms stopped her and then the same red-haired twins from the club appeared in front of her with thoughtful scowls on their faces. The one with the bangs to the right had a softer expression though, Hatsumi noticed that.

"Hey Hatsumi-senpai, do you have a proper dress for the party?"

Every time they talked at the same time in a perfect synchronization Hatsumi felt her legs a little weak, when it was supposed to be creepy, it was also charming.

"I… actually don't know, I do have some dresses in my closet but-"

"Then it's settled." The one with the deeper voice interrupted.

"We'll make your dress." His brother said with a small smile.

Hatsumi blinked twice quickly, surprised with the sudden announcement, "You really don't need to." She was beyond confused; she thought that they didn't like her? And since when they make dresses?

One twin looked away with pink cheeks and an annoyed expression while the other kept staring with the same smile, "We know how rude we were to you."

Hatsumi smile, "Oh no, it's quite alright. I think it's a normal reaction since you two obviously care about Haruhi-san."

The annoyed one looked back at her sharply and both shared a shocked expression but it quickly went back to a bored one.

"What are you talking about?" the one on the left complained.

"We've only know her for two days." The other explained, almost nervously.

Hatsumi tilted her head a little and stared hazily at the twins in front of her. She deduced that this was a sensitive subject for them so she decided to change the subject.

"Why do you want to make my dress?"

Their devilish smirks appeared, "Because you senpai, are chubby."

She didn't look sad or offended, more like even more confused, "Yes?"

Their faces approached her so fast that she blinked thinking that it would hit her.

"We never made outfits for chubby women."

End of flashback


"So mama… I just wanted to ask if I can go." Hatsumi asked.

Koemi's face lit, "You can do whatever you want child, as long it's nothing that would hurt you or me." She patted her head, "Are you sure you don't want me to help you?"

Hatsumi shook her head and her cheeks rosed a little, "No, that's being taken care of."

"Nee-san, tell me about the host club." Fumiko asked mildly interested, she had finished her book.

"Oh yes, I also would like to hear about it!" Koemi said excitedly.

"Well,"

Where should Hatsumi start?


In the very next day and after school, Hatsumi was dragged by the twins from Honey's table to the changing rooms. They needed to take measurements from her body to start working on the dress and that made her feel uneasy.

"Don't worry senpai, we've brought someone to do that for us." The soft voiced twin said with a kind smile, as if he understood her worries.

"Yeah, we're not that perverts. Besides who would want to see-"

When Kaoru elbowed his brother before he could finish the sentence Hatsumi had already gotten inside the changing room and there stood Haruhi with a smile on her face.

"Hello Hatsumi-senpai, how are you?" she asked.

Hatsumi sighed in relive internally; even if it was a stranger she wouldn't feel comfortable. Haruhi and she didn't know each other that well but at least Hatsumi knew that she was a good person.

"I'm good, how about you?"

"Tired, Kanako-san is coming to start teaching me how to dance for the party."

Haruhi did sound tired and Hatsumi patted her shoulder sympathetically, "I'm sorry but you'll see that it will be fun."

After that, Hatsumi took off her uniform and stood in the middle on the changing room with her arms stretched out, Haruhi was fast on her simple work and Hatsumi felt nervous when she saw the size of her waist, Haruhi must've noticed her senpai tensing up.

"You know senpai; you have a really soft skin. What crème do you use?" she asked casually as she wrote down the results.

"A-Ah, it's a special one that I apply in and after taking a bath. It's called Milky Way cream and it's been my favorite since I was eight years old." Hatsumi answered with a large smile and pink cheeks, it felt good to talk about stuff that reminded her childhood, it might've not been good in school but she was a happy child sometimes.

"Oh! I also use that crème, I can buy it in the supermarket that I usually go and they even have discounts there sometimes!" Haruhi seemed thrilled and surprised, "I thought that you would use expensive ones."

Hatsumi shook her head, "Don't forget that just five months ago I belonged to a middle class family Haruhi-san."

The brunette chuckled sheepishly, "You're right, I'm sorry. We're done senpai, you can dress up again."

Hatsumi nodded, "It's alright, thank you!" she grabbed her uniform from the chair and put it back one quickly, "Hm Haruhi, can you zip me up?" she asked as her small arm tried to reach for the zip in her back.

"Of course, hang on." She said while reaching for it.

Hatsumi looked at her shoes, did Haruhi and her were friends now?


The twins didn't comment when they looked at the paper that Haruhi wrote, they just stared at it thoughtfully. Hatsumi was taken by Honey back to his table full with cakes and he gave her a plate of red velvet happily, Hatsumi took it with a shy smile and both started to eat. Mori watched with the same expression as ever.

"Hey Hikaru… if Hatsumi-senpai keeps eating more cakes until the party…"

"…then she'll obviously gain more weight and the dress that we'll make with these measurements won't fit." Hikaru finished.

"So…" they glanced at the happy face that Hatsumi was making, "She'll be ashamed right?" Kaoru asked.

Hikaru nodded, "Then there's no other option."

Kaoru looked at his brother, "Yeah, we have to do it."

They both hopped towards Honey and with a fast move they kidnapped him to the end of the room where nobody could hear them, Hatsumi was left with her fork in mid air and with a shocked expression and Mori simply looked attentive to what was going on.

"Hey Honey-senpai, we need you to make sure that Hatsumi-senpai stops eating too much cake until the party." Hikaru started.

Honey blinked.

"We're making her dress and we have her measurements but if she keeps eating that much cake like she's doing right now then she'll gain weight and our dress won't fit her." Kaoru explained.

"You know what that means right?" they both pressed to their senpai.

Honey paled, "Sumi-chan will be sad!"

The twins nodded furiously and thumbed up, "We're counting on you then."

Honey yelled in panic and run back to his table with tears in his eyes, "Sumi-chan no! Stop eating please!" he cried and he glomped the girl, she dropped the plate to catch him, "Let's do something else alright?" he wasn't able to hide the sadness on his voice because just imagining Hatsumi being sad only because of her weight also made him sad.

"Mitsukuni?" Mori asked.

Haruhi watched the scene from afar with Tamaki, both were approached by the twins who looked at the crying Honey and the panicked Hatsumi that was trying to comfort him without knowing what was wrong.

"He's not very subtle." They sighed in unison.

Tamaki looked at them, "What are you two talking about? What did you say to Honey-senpai?"

Kaoru looked at Tamaki, "We only asked him to make Hatsumi-senpai stop eating too much cake until the party."

Tamaki and Haruhi froze while Kyoya from not that far scribbled down something quickly.

"ARE YOU SHADY TWINS OUT OF YOU MINDS?!" Tamaki yelled angrily.

"Why did you guys do that?!" Haruhi yelled as well.

"Because if Hatsumi-senpai gains more weight until the party then the dress that we'll make with these," Hikaru showed them the paper that Haruhi wrote, "measurements will change and the dress won't fit her!"

Tamaki and Haruhi instantly calmed down.

"We just don't want any drama." Hikaru added as if he was caught doing something he shouldn't have.

Kaoru just smiled warmly to his brother.

Tamaki teared up and hugged the two, "You care about your big sister don't you? Sometimes you two can be so sweet after all~"

"Let go of us milord!" the twins complained as they struggled away.

Haruhi smiled and looked back at Hatsumi, Honey had seemed to calm down but he was still all teary and touched, Hatsumi had her gentle smile on her face as she held a tissue box that he'd been using, Mori could only watch the scene feeling like he was something related to a third wheel.

"Interesting isn't it?" Kyoya suddenly said standing next to the petite girl, "Maybe Oriko-san might be a regular presence between our group from now on." He sounded amused.

Haruhi smiled up at him, "I wouldn't mind that. She's a good person and…" her smile was shortened, "She needs friends."

"Indeed, I wonder that will happen from now on." He smirked.


Four days later…

"Quick quick, slow. Quick quick, slow." Kanako said to the rhythm of the dancing steps, Haruhi was good at catching up. Hatsumi could only watch in awe from the couch where she was sitting by herself, "Good work Haruhi, now on the slow you should bring your feet together." She explained completely serene.

Hatsumi nodded, she was also learning from a distance.

"Got it." Haruhi stammered looking nervous.

Hatsumi also thought that Haruhi was doing a great work, she learned really fast. But she was also worried for Tamaki; he obviously wanted to be Haruhi's partner in training her but…

Hatsumi jolted when Haruhi suddenly fell on the ground with Kanako, she was right on top of her looking distress and she was quick on apologizing and Kanako said it was alright while she wrapped her hands around Haruhi's neck, almost pulling her down ever further.

Hatsumi smiled at the scene but she quickly frowned as she looked at Tamaki.

"Why so gloomy boss?" one of the twins said.

Tamaki was tragically posed in his woe corner in the window, the light of the sun didn't cover his dark and depressed aura and his eyes were completely fogged and sad. Hatsumi found fascinating that the dark light was still around him because of the sun. She stood up and walked to the twins without glancing at Honey, he's been acting weird since the twins kidnapped him. He hasn't invited her to eat cake as much as he did and whenever she tried to eat he would stop her and start chatting with her endlessly until she forgot about being hungry.

"I bet it's because he wanted to be the one who Haruhi practices with," the one with the rough voice said feigned nonchalance.

"I think you may be right," his brother says amusedly, "But he's way too tall to pose as a woman."

Hatsumi looked a little sternly to the twins, for the past four days she had learned that they like to tease Tamaki. She also had been trying to discover who was Hikaru and who was Kaoru, they played a game with her two days ago and she always felt bad remembering their reactions.


Flashback from two days ago

"Hey, Hatsumi-senpai." Two voices said behind her.

She was on her way to talk with Haruhi when they stopped her; both were using strange hats that hid their hair. They looked at her with knowing smirks and she had a bad feeling.

"Let's play, 'which one is Hikaru?' game!" they announced.

"What?" was her pathetic response, she wasn't expecting this game.

"C'mon try to guess." The one on the left said.

"Yeah we never played with you." The one on the right smirked.

Oh boy, she started to panic, "I refuse."

They blinked, "Eh?"

"I'm s-sorry but I don't want to play." She tried to smile but seeing that their faces indicated that she had no other choice was making her beg for someone to interrupt them.

"C'mon senpai, just try~" they chanted.

She took a deep breath, "Alright." She looked at their faces and nothing changed, she was lost as ever, but Hatsumi wanted this to be over so she just decided to simply try, "The one on the right is Hikaru-san."

"Wrong!" they immediately said.

This, this is what she feared, "I'm sorry, please don't be sad!" she quickly apologized.

They froze and their smirks dropped. Hikaru and Kaoru stared at their senpai in obvious shock, she looked right back at them sadly, but then she did something unexpected.

She grabbed their hands and smiled gently, "One day I promise that I'll know. Just please don't be sad. Please…"

Without the three knowing, a pair of violet eyes watched the scene with a smile on his handsome face.

End of flashback


Since that day they acted strangely around her, it was like they were giving her hints of who was who. They would even talk separately with her sometimes, to discuss about her dress.

"What do you think of the situation Hatsumi-senpai?"

She looked at the twin at her right, the one that always had a softer voice.

"I think you're both being mean." She scolded half-heartedly.

"Aw don't worry, he'll be fine." The twin that would always say what was on his mind said, putting his arm around her shoulder.

Her cheeks flushed but she still held her sternly expression, which was, what the twins thought, to be adorable.

"Your dress is coming out nicely senpai." Kaoru said, unbeknownst for Hatsumi which brother he was. She was really feeling bad about it.

"Yeah, thanks for your help. We think you'll look beautiful in the dance." Hikaru said.

Her face was red now, "T-Thank you, I'm sure that you'll do a good job."

They smiled, "Aw, senpai you're so cute!" they embraced each other with her in the middle, the shortie and chubby girl could only look at her shoes with a slight pout for the twins to tease her like this.

After the twins stopped hugging her, she went back to the loveseat and looked at Tamaki as if monitoring his movements; she was worried because he has been taking his time to get out of his woe corner.

Suddenly a cup with tea and a small piece of vanilla cake with chocolate frosting and three strawberries on the side of the plate were summoned in the table in front of her, she looked up to see Mori looking with his gentle grey eyes at her.

He blinked and she smile gratefully, "Thank you Morinozuka-san."

"You're welcome." He said before ruffling her hair a little and walking back to his cousin. Hatsumi also looked back and saw Honey looking at her with a bright smile; she smiled back and turned to her tea and cake. It smelled nice.

"C'mon pull yourself together boss!" she suddenly heard.

Looking back at Tamaki after her first sip on the sweet tea, she saw the twins mercilessly yanking him from his corner, she sweatdropped.

"Don't break him; we need him for the party." Kyoya said without looking from his laptop, he had been so quiet that Hatsumi almost didn't notice him.

Kanako and Haruhi took a break and Hatsumi decided to approach them, she was received warmly and she took a seat next to the short haired brunette, Haruhi served her dancing teacher tea while Hatsumi drank from the one that Mori brought.

"Hello?"

Everyone looked at the new male voice coming from the room's entrance, everyone except Kanako, who seemed to tense up.

He was holding a large box on his hands and he stepped further inside the room slightly shyly, "I'm here with the new teacups you ordered." He said.

"Ah yes, thank you very much." Kyoya said whilst approaching the brown haired boy, always with his clipboard on his hands meaning he was ready to make business, "Every item you've chosen for us has been extremely popular with the ladies, I'm quite impressed."

Haruhi approached the new boy curiously but Hatsumi stayed on the table with Kanako, she was startled to see her face, she looked surprised and… sad. It was like she was afraid to be noticed or… she knew the guy.

"So do you sell teacups?" Haruhi asked smiling at the box on his hands.

He smiled down at her, "No, I'm a regular student here," he passed the box to her, "Can't you tell by my uniform?"

Hatsumi looked back at him, he was indeed wearing a uniform but she had never seen it in the academy.

"Oh Haruhi, you're so funny!" Kanako said loudly between giggles, "I can't blame you for not knowing after all he doesn't really look like the heir to a first class company."

Haruhi and Hatsumi looked at Kanako confusedly; she obviously said that on purpose for everyone to hear.

Hatsumi could only see that the boy looked hurt now Kanako immediately looked back at the table with an almost guilty expression. Or was it sorrow?

"First class company?" Haruhi suddenly asks, as if she was changing the subject.

Kyoya was quick to explain, "His family's business, the Suzushima Trading Company, deals primarily in the importing of tableware, they currently have the top market share in the country."

Haruhi glances at the box in her hands thoughtfully.

"So whenever something exceptional comes in, we've asked him to send it our way." Kyoya continued, "He has a great eye for fine china. Don't you Suzushima?"

The boy, apparently Suzushima, that had been starting at Kanako all this time and Hatsumi along with some other people in the room noticed that, was brought by to reality when his name was mentioned, he looked at Kyoya and forced a smile.

"You think?" he asked bashfully, "I still have a lot to learn but thank you."

Hatsumi smiled at his modesty.

"Aren't you leaving next month to study abroad in England?" Kyoya asked. Hatsumi found it strange that he was suddenly asking a lot of questions.

She saw Kanako hold her breath and stare sadly at her cup of tea, Hatsumi almost comforted her even though she didn't knew why.

"Yes, I am. I better go now…" Suzushima drawls as if he wasn't paying attention.

He turned around and walked out of the door without saying another word.

Tamaki suddenly got out from his woe window and walked to Kanako and Hatsumi, he looked at the short-haired brunette with a charismatically smile as if he knew a secret, "So, are you enjoying the host club?" he asks gently.

Kanako simply nodded without taking her eyes from the teacup.

Haruhi walked over as well, "I get the feeling you and that guy are kind of close." She blunted out, as ever.

Hatsumi blinked at her observation and although it was an innocent one it affected Kanako hugely.

"D-Don't be ridiculous, we hardly know each other!" Kanako squealed in surprise, "What makes you say that Haruhi?" she stood up quickly "Now if you'll please excuse me, take care." She quickly paced to the door and disappeared as fast as the other boy.

Hatsumi stand up as well and walks next to Haruhi with the same expression, both were confused.

"Haru-chan!" Suddenly Honey pounced on Haruhi and clinged onto her like a koala, "Guess what? They do know each other! Suzushima is Kasuga-chan's fiancée!" he announced happily.

Hatsumi finally got the clue about the previous situation, she gasped shortly.

"Kyoya!" Tamaki starts, upset, "How long have you know about this?" he asks with the same tone.

Hatsumi was happy to see him out of the corner.

Everyone gathered around a table and looked at Kyoya for his answer, in a small time Kyoya flipped pages on his notebook and started his explanation.

"About the two being engaged?" he asked calmly, the issue wasn't important to him.

But everyone nodded to him, even Hatsumi. Honey was still on Haruhi's back and he looked down at her.

"Well as you know, I conduct general searches on all of our customers." He says.

Hatsumi tensed and Kyoya felt it, he smirked, "Yes even you Oriko-san." He enjoyed watching her pale and Honey patted her head for comfort.

Kyoya continued, "The two of them were childhood friends, it seems that their engagement was arranged by their parents. I didn't think the information would benefit us so I discarded it." He said while reading from the notebook, that Hatsumi now feared after hearing what Kyoya had said.

"I see…" Tamaki says thoughtfully as Kyoya continues to flip through the pages.

"Tohru Suzushima," he reads again, "Outstanding grades, fair social status. He's ordinary looking but he's reliable. If it had to fault him for anything-"

"He doesn't have much presence." Hikaru interrupted, Hatsumi looked at him surprised with his blunt interruption.

"And he's faint-hearted." His brother added boredly.

"So in other words, he's boring." Kyoya ends.

"How rude!" she reprehended, "He seems like a nice boy."

The three looked at her and the twins grinned evilly.

"Perhaps Hatsumi-senpai as a crush on him?" they asked, hinting that it was more like a statement.

Hatsumi didn't even budged to their teasing, "No I have not, it's not nice to talk behind people's back." She looked away and the twins froze.

"Hatsumi is right you shady twins!" Tamaki said energetically, then he looked at the group, "Alright everyone we'll have to work on our strategy!" he yells, "And since Hatsumi is involved in the situation she is now part of my plan!"

"Which one?" everyone except Haruhi, Hatsumi, Mori and Kyoya asks.

"W-Wait what plan?" the chubby girl stutters.

Tamaki cups her chin, "It is our responsibility as members of the elite host club to make every girl happy." He declares charmingly.

"But Sumi-chan is not part of our club." Honey says.

"Yes true, but Hatsumi is naturally kind so she will want to help Kanako, right?" Tamaki uses more charm.

Hatsumi flushes, "Yes." It's super effective.

"So that settles! Alright, so listen up everyone, this is the plan."


A/N: Expect more long chapters! And wow, I already have 100+ views! Thank you so much!

Oh and guys, I've watched the anime plenty of times but I don't know all of the lines completely so I'm using other stories with already completed episodes to help me.

You might've noticed that Hatsumi is a bit slow for some stuffs uh? Who do you think she'll end up with?

Reviews help me!

PS: It seems like I made some confusions about the twins in the first flashback, I'm sorry!

Thank you for reading and I apologize for any grammatical mistake!