Another chapter! Thanks again for all the follows and favorites! This chapter has a bit more development between Rika and the Host Club. Hope you guys like it!

Warning: Rika really cusses in this chapter. Be prepared!

Man, the moment class ended, I got bombarded by classmates. My last two classes were the ones that I didn't share with Honey and Mori, but they'd been kind enough to point me in the right direction.

Here's the gist of what happened:

Them: Did you just move here?

Me: Yes.

Them: You're so pretty/cute!

Me: …Uh, thanks.

Them: Do you have a boyfriend?

Me: No. (Why do they keep asking this? Why do they care?)

Them: How do you have such nice skin?

Me: I use organic products (How can they even tell I have nice skin?)

Them: What middle school did you go to?

Me: I studied abroad (This is the lie my parents told others when I went to middle school under a different name. It was to keep me out of sight.)

Them: Wow that's so cool! Does that mean you know another language well?

Me: Sort of. (Must act modest.) I know quite a bit of English (Oh thank you so much Akane! I love you!)

Them: Wow that's so cool!

Me: … (These people are annoying. My facial muscles are going to be sore tomorrow at this rate.)

Them: What about your two years of high school?

Me: I was at an all girls' boarding school.

Them: Wow!

So unpleasant. And now I'm late to meeting Kyoya. Ahh, what a pain. I pushed open the doors to Music Room #3.

"Welcome!" Voices chimed out as rose petals were blasted into my face. Oh, great. The group of boys (and Haruhi!) I'd sat with during lunch were in front of me again.

"Oh?" said Kyoya.

"Oh, it's not a customer." Twin one said.

"It's just Rika-senpai." Twin two said with a sigh.

"What is this?" I burst out. "Is my appearance a great big disappointment or something?" Oh my gosh, did I just say that? Did I just crack? Thank goodness, there isn't anybody else around. The twins exchanged grins. They came towards me, eyes looking like they were predators stalking prey. "Eh? I'm sorry! I mean, I was just really surprised by the rose petals thing!"

The twins wrapped their arms around my shoulders, while the one on my right closed the doors. Oh my God, if that wasn't an ominous sign, then I don't know what was. Plus it was the twins were were talking about! They are soooo freaky/creepy/evil!

They guided me further into the room. I started fidgeting with my hands. I could just tell, even though I was staring at the ground, that they were grinning over the top of my head. Oh and did I ever mention that they are really tall? Much, much taller than me?

"Kyoya!" I looked up, making a puppy-dog face. "Please save me from whatever the twins have in store for me!" Kyoya just stared at me blankly.

The twins started cackling madly. They sat me down on a white, princess-looking, cushioned chair. Then in a few seconds, they had me tied.

"What the hell is wrong with you guys?"

Oh God.

Oh no. I blew it. It's gone. I've lost it! Noooooooo. Wait. Rika. Get your head back. I can't forget that I have my trusty red notebook. If all else fails, I can always blackmail them. Yes. Mwahahahahaha!

"So we were right." Twin one.

"You do have another side." Twin two. Gosh, I can't tell them apart. It's really annoying. What, should I just start guessing?

"Hikaru," I mumbled, staring at twin two. "If you would kindly untie me."

"You're wrong!" Twin two/Hikaru? said, jabbing a finger at me. I took a deep breath to calm myself down. But then I thought: they've already heard me cuss, so they might as well see my angry face.

Nah. It'd be better if I didn't get angry. Who knows who'd walk in.

I smiled at Hikaru(?) and said, "Then Kaoru dear-"

Hikaru grinned. "Wrong again!"

"What the hell!" I shouted. "Just fucking untie me, damn it!"

It got quiet. Really quiet. Like so silent that you could hear a pin drop. Scratch that. Not a pin, a feather.

"Well geez," I said. "Don't look like I just murdered someone." Everyone had frozen in place. It was quite amusing actually. Except Kyoya, who was calmly writing something in his black notebook. Probably noting just under what circumstances I finally got angry.

"Kyoya stop writing and make them stop gawking." I hissed. Tamaki was frozen in place with the most devastated look on him. He looked like I'd just smashed Haruhi's face in or something. Haruhi was just standing very rigidly with a blank look and slightly larger eyes. The twins looked surprised. They had jumped away from me as if I were medusa out to get them.

Oh Mori looked just the same, except maybe his eyes had widened a fraction. Honey was frozen, a lollipop in the air. Oh crap. Did I just cuss in front of Honey? I'm sorry Honey. I didn't mean to! He looked like he'd seen a ghost pop right up in front of him.

"Guys? Snap out of it." Haruhi finally said, being the first to come back to life. It seemed like her voice was magical or something because suddenly the frozen atmosphere shattered and everyone came back to their senses.

"Thank goodness someone like Haruhi exists in this group," I said with a sigh of relief. Now I waited to see what their un-frozen reaction would be.

"Oh my, who would have known," Twin one said, raising his arms in a shrug.

"That senpai would have such a dirty mouth?" Twin two said, again copying his brother's gesture. Why don't they act more individualized? It'd make it so much easier to tell them apart.

"Rika-chan?" Tamaki wailed, suddenly hugging my feet. "Why? Who has ruined my darling daughter?"

"And who the hell is your daughter exactly?" I snapped. I was seriously at the end of my patience. I was still tied to the chair!

"Mommy!" Tamaki sobbed, hopping over to Kyoya. "Our daughter is using dirty words again!"

"Mommy?" I said, staring at Kyoya. He pushed up his glasses and didn't respond.

"Ri-chan," Honey said, standing in front of me hugging Usa-chan. "Why do you use such words?" He looked like he was on the brink of tears. I stared at him. He was making absolutely no move to remove the rope that was still tying me to this chair!

"Honey-san," I replied through gritted teeth. "Would you like to untie me?"

Honey started to cry too. "But Ri-chan, I thought you were nice!" He ran back to Mori crying. Oh my-

"Oh my God!" I burst out. "If you guys are all done acting like idiots just cause I said a couple of swear words, will you freaking untie me already? Or would you like me to cuss some more? Don't be such overly sensitive idiots!"

Haruhi came over and began wrestling with the knot. "Sorry about this, senpai. Hikaru and Kaoru can go over the top." She said. I nodded in agreement and sighed, annoyed. Mori was busy trying to calm Honey down. The twins were murmuring with their heads together again. Tamaki was crying and complaining to Kyoya while Kyoya just calmly continued to write in his notebook.

Haruhi tugged at the knot then looked at me. "Uh, senpai, I'm sorry, but Hikaru and Kaoru really tied this well." She gave me an apologetic and sweet smile. Aw, she's so cute. "But you'll eventually be untied."

What? How long is eventually? She walked over to where Tamaki was now sobbing into Kyoya's shoulder. No. Haruhi! Don't leave me here!

She dragged Tamaki away from Kyoya and started yelling at him. Haha. Oh look, now he's in a corner growing mushrooms. Wow, that's some gardening skill. Haruhi's good at putting Tamaki in a depressed corner.

"Hikaru, Kaoru!" I growled. "Untie me at once!"

They whipped straight up in front of me with a grin and green caps in their hands. "Okay! But only if you win in the Which-One-Is-Hikaru game!"

"Why should I play this stupid game with you guys?" I asked, as they put on the caps and began to twirl around.

"Because you have no other choice!" The twin on the left said.

"So which one is Hikaru?" The twin on the right asked. I stared at them. I inspected their eyes, their faces, and then down. Their arms and torso and legs.

"How do you guys expect me to tell you apart?" I demanded, beginning to wiggle under the ropes.

Leftie grinned. "Does that mean you give up?"

"No way." I said. I stared at them again. Well, it was a 50/50 chance. I closed my eyes and decided to let my intuition take its pick.

"Hm…" I opened my eyes. "You, on the right."

"Wrong!" The twins shouted in glee, twirling around again.

"Guys, stop it!" Haruhi said. "She's right."

"I am?" I asked, surprised. "Yes! Now untie me at once!"

"Fine." Hikaru said. The twins came and quickly undid the knot.

"Geez, why did that take so long?" I said, kicking at the rope at my feet. "Kyoya, I clearly remember that you did not ask me to come here just so this could happen!"

"You're correct." Kyoya said, adjusting his glasses. "I was waiting for everyone to calm down before I continued."

"Well, please continue then." I replied, crossing my arms in annoyance.

"You must keep the fact that Haruhi is a girl a secret." Kyoya said calmly, still having not looked up from his black notebook.

"Okay."

"I told you it'd be easy," Haruhi said simply.

"Why should I tell everyone Haruhi's a girl?" I asked. "There's not much benefit to it, Kyoya. Surely you'd know that." I smiled in my evil, scheming way. (It's a real smile even though I think it can look kind of creepy sometimes!)

"Yes, because if you told everyone that Haruhi was a girl, I'd have to tell your parents that you haven't changed after all." Kyoya said, returning my smile.

"You wouldn't dare, Kyoya." I shot back, placing a hand on my hip.

"And why wouldn't I?" He was obviously asking for a fight. I smiled, retrieving my red notebook. It was the same color as my red bow. I opened my notebook and began tapping at the pages.

"Let's see. Ootori Kyoya. Born November 22nd. Currently sixteen years old and about five foot ten. Two older brothers and one older sister. Older sister, Fuyumi, is married. Oh! Kyoya, you're onee-san is really pretty these days! Wait, what am I doing? I already know all this!"

Kyoya smiled. He probably thought I was being stupid. I suppose in the end I couldn't possibly compete against his evil notebook and laptop.

"But you know Kyoya," I said with a sweet smile. "I hope you do know that I've kept some of those pictures your mom gave me. You know, like the one where you were just a wee little kid and wet the bed."

Kyoya flushed. Haha, I made Kyoya's face turn into a tomato. It was cute actually. "Rika-san." He said darkly.

"Don't worry Kyoya," I said. "I don't really want to ruin your image. I'm sure you feel the same way right?"

He stared at me and then sighed quietly. I was right! Next, I had to talk to Honey. He was sitting at a table and eating cake. Again?

"Honey-san," I said, walking over. "Are you okay? You aren't too upset are you?" He looked up from his cake and grinned.

"Nope! It's all good!"

Phew. I let out a great big sigh of relief. Thank goodness. I was starting to think that Honey would hate me!

"Oh, what's this?" Twin one, Hikaru I think, said.

"Could it be?" Kaoru set his arm on my shoulder, leaning closer as Hikaru did the same. I sighed. They need some more creativity when talking to others.

"That Rika-senpai cares about what Honey-senpai thinks of her?" They said at the same time. I frowned and then sighed.

I turned to them with a bright smile. "Of course I would, silly dears!"

They stared at me blankly. "That's really creepy." Kaoru said.

"Yeah. Please don't ever do that again." Hikaru said.

I couldn't help but laugh. "Those are brilliant faces you guys are making! Brilliant! Kyoya, did you just see that? Oh my gosh, you guys are all so cute!"

"Cute?" The guys (and Haruhi!) said at once. Actually, minus Mori and Kyoya, but they had both looked up.

"Yeah!" I said with a real smile.

"Ri-chan's really smiling again!" Honey said with delight. He ran up to me and hugged me. What is going on?

Oh my God, I'm hugging Honey! My idol! And he smells good. He smells like cake and sweets! My arms wrapped around him and I closed my eyes. Ah, it feels nice being hugged by Honey.

"Ri-chan," Honey said, pulling back and placing his hands on my shoulder. I opened my eyes, still smiling.

"Yes?" I said.

He grinned. "You can just call me Honey you know."

"Um. Okay?"

"And do you know how to bake cake?" He asked, suddenly looking very serious.

"Yeah. My family does own a sweet company."

"Will you bake cake for me then?" He continued. His eyes widened in excitement and he broke into a cheery smile. I stared at him. Was there a catch to this? Or a reason behind this?

"Sure?" I said, tilting my head in confusion.

"Really?"

"Yeah!" I nodded with a smile. "What kind of cake do you like best?"

"Anything will be good!" He said.

"Strawberry," Mori said suddenly, standing behind Honey and making the two of us look… so… short!

"Mori-san likes cake too? Okay! I'll make a strawberry one!" I grinned. "I'll bring it tomorrow. Is that okay, Honey?"

"Yeah!" Honey shouted enthusiastically.

"Oi, oi." I heard one of the twins mutter. "What's going on?"

"It looks like Rika-senpai is bonding with Honey-senpai." The other twin.

"Just because of cake?" First twin. Hikaru I think?

"What's this?" Tamaki said. "Cake? I want some cake too if it's being baked by you, Rika-chan!"

"Tama-chan," I said in a sweet voice that sounded like it could mirror Honey's. I turned around. Tamaki came over, looking like an excited and obedient puppy. He's cute! He's surprisingly so cute! "Tama-chan, have you forgotten that I'm your senpai?"

He froze. I started laughing again. He looked shocked, like someone had finally told him Santa Claus wasn't real.

"Rika-senpai is surprisingly sadistic." Kaoru said calmly. Kyoya nodded, as if confirming Kaoru's statement. Eh? Am I sadistic?

"Man, I haven't had this much fun in a long time." I said with a grin. "Thanks you guys! But I have to go! My sis is waiting for me." I headed towards the door.

"Wait, Ri-chan, you'll bring the cake right?" Honey asked.

I nodded. "Yup! And Tama-chan!"

He turned, looking at me tearfully.

"I'll bake a special cake for you!" I said with a grin then stuck my tongue out. "And watch it you devil twins! See you guys!"

"Bye!"

I hummed to myself happily as I walked to the school gates. I hadn't laughed this much since middle school. It felt great! Maybe those guys (and Haruhi!) weren't that bad after all!

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