Pixie: Welcome to the next installment of… S.U.T.W.C!
Dragon: What?
Pixie: It's a short version of the title! Duh! And you call me stupid…
Dragon: That's because you are…
Pixie: Shut Up! Anyways… We don't own Ouran, if we did, well… It would be MUCH different…
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"Whoa, was that you?" A boy with bright orange hair asked. In fact, there were two of them, looking exactly alike, standing there shocked. Akari squinted at them; she slightly recognized them from somewhere. She simply shrugged it off, passing it off as déjà vu. She then shot a glance to her "twin". Ryu was staring, almost to the point of glaring, at the boys.
"What's it to ya'?" Ryu asked, coldly. She didn't trust the two of them, they seemed suspicious to her.
"Sorry about her," Akari told them cheerfully, distracting them from her 'sisters'' question, "She's not really a people person…or the trusting type."
"Oh…" the other boy said. She guessed he was older, because of his deeper voice. She mentally nicknamed him Thing 1.
"My name's Akari, and this is Ryu," she explained, pointing to Ryu, "We're new here. I'm sorry if this is your stuff, we didn't mean to touch it. She saw the piano and went running."
"Don't apologize!" Ryu hissed, annoyed with the situation. It was obvious that the boys heard her comment, one flinched, and the other frowned at the comment.
"Be nice!" Akari whispered harshly at Ryu, glaring with her blue-green eyes. She turned back towards the pair of twins, "Sorry about her, she's just frustrated with the 'new kids in town' thing."
"Oh, that's okay." Said the twin with the higher voice, "I'm Kaoru and this is my older brother, Hikaru." Kaoru held out a friendly hand.
"It's nice to meet ya'!" Akari smiled, cheerful as always, "Is this your guys' stuff?" She gestured at the piano and the guitar a few feet behind them.
"No," Kaoru replied, "It belongs to the school. We heard your music from the lunch hall and we wanted to find out who was playing it." He waltzed over to the couch, and plopped down, folding his arms behind his head. Hikaru immediately followed his twin, sitting down next to him on the plush, pink cushion
Akari watched the brothers then started to walk over as well. Ryu just stood there as Akari sat on the couch that was across from them. She frowned and approached her "twin", keeping a watchful eye over her to make sure Akari wouldn't be "taken advantage of".
Akari stretched out and laid her head on Ryu's shoulder, feeling tired after the days strange events. But Ryu shrugged Akari off who in turn pouted at her.
Kaoru and Hikaru simply watched with amusement at the expression Ryu gave Akari. Hikaru spoke, "So, are you guys really twins?" He leaned forward, placing his chin on the back of his hand and smirked at the girls.
"No." Ryu stated flatly, crossing her arms over her chest. Kaoru blinked at her. Ryu could sense him mentally flinch at the cold answer to the simple question. "Well," She restated her answer, "We're not related by blood or family marriage, but we just have so many things in common that we consider ourselves to be 'sisters'." Ryu put up two fingers and made bunny-ears around the word "sisters".
"Oh." Was all Kaoru said in reply, leaning back against the couch. Then Hikaru spoke up, "And what do you mean by "things in common".
The girls exchanged a quick glance. Then Akari said, "More than you humans could understand." Ryu quickly elbowed her in the side hard enough to make anyone cry, but Akari thought nothing of it and just looked at her apologetically
"Anyway," Ryu quickly changed the subject, "I assume that you two are part of the 'Host Club'?"
"You got it!" The twins said in unison, standing up and putting their arms around each other's shoulders. "We are the mischievous type in charge of the "Brotherly Love" section of the club!" They gave off a set of Cheshire cat grins, and started waltzing around the room, hand in hand.
Akari giggled, following them around the music room like the annoying swarm of A.D.H.D. she was. Ryu continued to sit on the couch with crossed arms, observing what she assumed was some sort of strange courting ritual between the pair of twins.
When said twins finished their dance, they gave a bow and Hikaru said, "Why don't you two join us for some tea later when the Host Club is in session?"
Akari giggled some more and replied, "Okay! That sounds fun, right sis?" She turned to Ryu.
The dark haired girl mumbled something in a guttural foreign language.
"She said okay!" Akari spun around in a circle and grinned.
Ryu cleared her throat, "Well, I guess we should be heading to class now. Apparently we will be seeing you later." Ryu gave a very small smile to the twins before turning to leave, motioning for Akari to follow suite.
After the girls closed the door behind them, the orangettes looked at each other. "Man, they're stranger than we are." Hikaru said. They both laughed at the thought, looking back out the window at the clear, cloudless sky.
~~~~THE HOST CLUB IN SESSION~~~
The two girls stood in a crowd of awaiting fangirls. Yes, they were attending their first host club. Ryu glared at anyone who got anywhere near her and Akari stood next to her, smiling and asking some others a few things. It felt like forever, just standing there waiting. Akari was going insane. She absolutely HATED being bored.
Suddenly, the doors opened and a flurry of rose petals flew out. A chorus of "Welcome" sounded. The girls around Ryu and Akari squealed in delight and rushed into the room. A group of seven boys stood in the center of the room. One 'boy' was recognized by the 'twins'.
"Hey sis, isn't that the Haruhi kid from our class?" Akari asked, turning to look at Ryu.
"Yeah, I think so." Ryu replied, walking into the room. The two girls looked around in amazement, they've never seen anything like what was happening around them. A blonde boy was chatting with the girls around him, all of whom were blushing. A dark-haired boy with glasses was typing away on a laptop, being admired from afar. Two boys were sitting at a table; one freakishly tall with dark hair and the other one was blonde and freakishly short. The short one dug into the cake sitting in front of him, while all the girls awed at him. The 'boy' from earlier, Haruhi, sat with some girls drinking tea and chatting. The girl eyes finally rested on some familiar faces, as a pair of orangettes came walking up to them.
"Hey! You made it!" The twins said in unison. The blonde boy looked over to see Akari hugging them and Ryu standing there all grouchy looking.
"Hikaru, Kaoru! Who are these girls?" He asked as he walked over to the four. Everyone in the room looked over at them, causing Ryu to feel self-conscious.
"You could just ask us." Ryu growled at him, glaring.
"Someone's growly today!" Akari giggled, smiling at the boy. "My names Akari Itazura and this is my twin, Ryu."
"Why hello princess!" The boy began. Akari giggled at the name. "My names Tamaki Suoh, but you can call me King!" Hikaru rolled his eyes at the name.
"No one calls you that Boss." Hikaru told him, causing him to go into the emo corner. Ryu figured he goes there a lot, and it will probably increase if he hangs around her.
Akari giggled, holding out her hand to Tamaki. "Come on silly! Don't be sad. Hey…Parlez-vous francais?" she asked him.
"Oui… patienter… Vous parlez francais?" Tamaki asked shocked.
"Oui! Un petite. Ca va?" She asked.
"Super! Je suis si heureux j'ai quelqu'un á qui parle!" He told her.
"Moi aussi! C'est agréable d'avoir quelqu'un á qui parler." She replied.
"Uh boss, don't you have guests to attend to?" Hikaru asked him. He and Kaoru were confused by all the French around them, and Ryu was standing there used to it.
"Why yes I do!" Tamaki shouted, running off. Hikaru and Kaoru gestured towards their table, smiling, the moment forgotten.
"Why don't you come sit with us until the club is over?" They asked in unison.
"Ok!" Akari said, walking over to the table with the twins, Ryu following behind grumbling.
~~~~AFTER THE CLUB~~~~
The hosts waved goodbye to the guests as the doors closed on them. They then did a 360 turn to the two girls sitting on the couch. One looked excited, and a little too hyper, the other looked bored and not very happy.
"Now, lovely ladies, I will properly introduce you to the rest of our glorious club!" Tamaki said, waving his arm dramatically. "We'll start with me. My name is Tamaki Suoh; I am a second year student in Class 2-A, the princely type, and president and founder of the host club. Kyoya!" The boy with the black hair and glasses looked up from his notebook.
"Hello, my name is Kyoya Ootori, I an a second year student in Class 2-A, the cool type, and vice president of the club." He told them in a voice that slightly strained.
"You next Honey-Senpai!" Tamaki told the short boy with blonde hair.
"Hi! My name is Mitsukuni Haninozuka, but you can call me Honey! I'm a third year student in Class 3-A, and this is Usa-Chan!" He said, holding up his pink bunny, "And this is Takashi Morinozuka, but everyone calls him Mori. He's the same year and class as me, and he's my cousin. He doesn't talk much." Akari was overwhelmed by the cuteness of this boy; it took all of her concentration not to run up and hug him. Ryu was shocked that he was a third year student. The tall one called Mori made sense, but the short one didn't.
But, it didn't take Ryu long to figure out the unique scenario. She raised her eyebrow "You were born on a leap year, weren't you?
"How did you know Ryu-chan?" Honey asked her, interested in how she figured it out as quickly as she did.
"What other explanation could there be? … And sorry, but I don't do 'cute' nicknames. If you wanna call me something, call me Ryu or 'Dragon'." The brunette stated, readjusting the pendant on her neck to a more comfortable position.
Akari poked the side of Ryu's face, "Hey, can't you at least try to be nice today?"
"Well, its kind of hard to considering the 'special condition' I have." Ryu stared back at the boys who heard the entire off topic conversation.
"You two know the three of us so we don't need to introduce ourselves." Haruhi said, gesturing to the twins and herself.
Tamaki cleared his throat, "Well," he said, scratching the back of his neck, "It's been quite a long day. I'm going home to get some beauty sleep. Adieu!" The blonde chucked two random-ass roses at the girls, one landing on Akari's lap (since she completely missed catching it) and the other Ryu caught with two fingers, staring at a small bead of blue blood that form on the tip after catching on a stray thorn. And with that, the "king" left, followed by his "subjects".
The twins and the 'twins' stared at each other for what seemed like an awkward eternity until Akari finally spoke up, "Well, its been really nice of you guys to help Ryu and I around the school today." She gave them a large smile and got up to leave, he friend following.
"You guys leaving already?" Kaoru asked, tilting his head innocently.
Ryu sighed at his cute expression, "Well, it is the end of the school day, and we have business to attend to back at the hotel. We'll see you guys tomorrow." She elbowed Akari who started toward the door again, stepping out and heading towards their hotel.
~~~~A FEW DAYS LATER AFTER THE CLUB~~~~
Akari was sitting at a table by herself drinking a cup of her favorite tea, Earl Gray. She naturally stuck her pinkie up when she took a sip. She sat and watched Ryu argue with Tamaki about something, which was surprisingly normal. Kyoya walked over to her and took a seat.
"Enjoying your tea?" he asked her, watching her take a sip.
"Very much so, thanks." She replied simply, taking another sip.
"You're not from around here are you," He stated, "and neither is Ryu."
"What makes you think that?" She replied, giggly and nervous.
"Well by the fact that your names are Japanese in origin but the two of you don't look Asian at all. Or the fact that you don't perform some of the most basic customs that all Japanese children or those raised in Japan know by heart." He replied knowingly.
"Fine, you're right. Don't tell anyone, especially Ryu, about anything you're about to hear," she whispered, checking to see if anyone could hear, "We aren't from Japan. I'm from England and she's from America. Her real name is Cailyn and my real name is Amelia. If you tell anyone what I've just told you, then I will have to kill you."
He chuckled, "I'd like to see you try…"
Thanks for reading! I am CRAZY sorry about the long wait stuff just came up. Dragon was getting on me constantly about writing so sorry if it's kinda short. Just so you know Cailyn is pronounced "kay-lynn" and virtual cookie if you get my Doctor Who reference! I promise that the next chapter is where the action begins. The conversation between Tamaki and Akari is as follows:
A- Do you speak French?
T- Yes... wait... you speak French?
A- Yes. A little. How are you?
T- Great! I'm glad that I've found someone to talk to.
A- Me too! It's nice to have someone to talk to.
Sorry for any incorrect grammar in the French, I used google translate for some and the rest is the two semesters of high school French.
-Pixie.