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Hope you've enjoyed the story thus far, because now it's time for the third chapter of my fanfic!
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~ Chapter 3 ~
Meet the Host Club
I stood there speechless and out of nervousness. There were six male students in the room. Three of them, I recognized, were Kyoya, and the Hitachiin twins, Kaoru and Hikaru. There was also a lean, tall, tanned skin boy with short, spiky black hair. He had dark gray, practically black, eyes, and owned broad, strong shoulders. Beside him was a small boy with golden blonde hair. For a high school student, he seemed rather young, especially since he clutched onto a pink stuffed rabbit. In the midst of the group sat a lean boy with fair skin and neatly combed blonde hair, sitting on a regal, golden throne with red cushions. He had dazzling sapphire colored eyes, and he also held a blood-red rose in his hand.
"A new face to the club, I see," the blonde one spoke. Then, he leaned forward, holding out his hand, with a subtle smile on his face. "Come in, my princess," he added. "There's no need to be shy."
Did he just call me his . . . princess? I pondered. Was this what Kyoya meant by "entertaining" the maidens? Well, at least it was mostly sweet-talk and flirting, and nothing too harassing. Not knowing what else to do, I slowly slid into the room, allowing the door to close behind me. I stood there for a few moments unable of what to say; but then, the blonde haired boy stood up from his throne.
"My, aren't we the timid little one," he spoke, walking over to me.
Once he was right in front of me, I just had to stare up at him. He was just as tall as Kyoya was, and he sure was handsome! In fact, all of six them were handsome young gentlemen; well, except the smallest one. He was actually cute and childlike.
Then, the blonde-headed student took my hand in his and knelt down with his head bowed as if I were royalty. "There is no need to be so shy, my fair princess. I am your loyal subject, Tamaki Suoh," he spoke. Then, he glanced back up at me, "And what is the name of the beautiful maiden I'm addressing to?"
I stammered to answer, intimidated by his good looks. Eventually, I was able to bring my voice from my throat. "K-Katherine," I replied. "Katherine Johnson."
"Ah, such a lovely name for a lovely young maiden," Tamaki spoke. "My dear, out of all the ladies in this Academy, you are the fairest and most unique of them all."
"Um, thank you," I answered.
"My pleasure," Tamaki spoke. "Now," he added, standing up, and draping an arm around my shoulder, "As a new student, as well as a newcomer to the Host Club, I'm wondering, what is your type?"
I stared up at him as I raised an eyebrow in confusion, and then I asked, "My . . . my type?"
Tamaki nodded. "In other words, what type of man interests you most," he clarified, walking me over to the rest of the group. "Do you favor the strong, silent type?" he asked, gesturing over to the tall, tan boy with dark hair. "Or, perhaps the cool type," Tamaki added, indicating Kyoya. "Maybe, you prefer the boy Lolita?" he spoke, pointing to the small member of the club. "Then there's the mischievous type," continued the blonde referring to the twins. ". . . Or maybe," he began, leaning towards me, with his hand under my chin tilted up to meet his face, "Her majesty would be more interested in 'the prince-type'."
"Um . . ." I began looking away slightly. "Gee, there are so many types to choose from." I turned my attention back to him, "I guess I'll have to try them all before I pick out my favorite."
Tamaki stood back up straight and smiled down at me, "I like your attitude, Katherine-san."
"Uh . . . thanks," I answered. "And . . . and you can call me K.C. if you want."
"All right then . . . princess K.C.," Tamaki spoke with that charming smile on his face.
I smiled back, and blushed a little bit. Tamaki seemed so kind, but a little overdramatic. And, since each of the boy here had different "types" there would be an entire variety of boys to choose from. I've never really been interesting in boys, mainly because I never went to school; nevertheless, since I was coming to the age where I would begin having my first crushes, I might as well get started.
"K.C.-chan!" cried a little voice.
When I turned back, I almost fell over from the impact. The little boy member of the club had jumped into my arms and threw his arms around my neck, hugging me tightly. It took my brain a while to process what had just occurred; but I eventually ended up giggling along with him, and then I set him down on his feet, kneeling down to his level.
"So, you must be the Lolita type. What's your name?" I asked.
"My name is Mitsukuni Haninozuka," the little boy replied, holding his hands behind his back and rocking back and forth on his heels. "But, everyone calls me Hunny. And this," he added, pulling out a pink, stuffed rabbit from behind his back, "is Usa-chan."
"Aww, he's cute!" I remarked, patting the little stuffed animal's head. "Would you mind if I held him for a while?"
"Only on one condition," Hunny spoke sweetly.
"What's that?"
"You hang out with me and Takashi for the rest of the club hours."
I smiled at his child-likeness. "It's a deal."
"Hooray! We're going to have so much fun, K.C.-chan!"
With that, Hunny threw his arms around me again, clinging like a small child. Since he was the Loli-shota type, I presumed he was in high school, even though he looked like he should be in elementary school. But the kid was such a cutie! How could I say 'no'? His looks just were too much for me to resist.
Suddenly, the door opened as a voice spoke, "Hey, everyone, sorry I'm late. I–" At that point we all looked over to find Haruhi standing there. After seeing me, she smiled. "Oh, Katherine, glad you could make it," she spoke. "I see you've already met the rest of the Host Club."
"We just got finished with introductions," I replied.
Haruhi only giggled, and then she walked over to the rest of the group. "I see Hunny-senpai has grown quite a liking to you."
"You have to admit that he is a little cutie-pie," I spoke.
After a few moments, other female students began to flood the third Music Room, and the hosts brought their clients to their stations, while I followed Hunny and Takashi, who was the tall, spiky-haired one, to their station, along with two other girls. Hunny sat on the velvet-red sofa in between me and another girl while Takashi, who was nicknamed Mori, sat on the opposite sofa. There was a fancy china tea set in the center of the table with cups and saucers for each of us. Since I didn't know much about the hosting thing, I sat back and allowed the other girls to begin.
"So, Hunny, how was your vacation?" inquired a girl with long, auburn hair.
"It was fun!" cooed the Lolita boy. "Takashi and I stayed in Yamagata in March, and it snowed every day!"
"Did you two play outside a lot?" asked another girl with short, jet-black hair with a white headband.
"Oh, yeah," Hunny replied. "Takashi and I built a giant fort all out of snow!"
I smiled down at him. Hunny sure was entertaining me, especially with his cute little child-like nature. He may be a high school student, but he was just delightfully irresistible! Of course, if I were to pick my "preferred type", I would have to visit each station this week. Today was Honey and Mori's day, tomorrow would be Haruhi's, and so on and so forth.
After taking a small sip of my tea, I glanced over at Mori. He was quiet throughout the entire time, but I guess that was why he was the "strong, silent type". He sure was good-looking too. His build reminded me so much of my older brother's; in fact, everything that surrounded me reminded me of Joseph, from the roses in the vases to the gentlemen hosts, and I began to miss my brother even more. I presumed that this was the homesickness beginning to kick in; but since I knew that it would eventually leave me after the first week, I tried to deal with his.
Mori noticed me staring at him, but he only gave me a grin. I blushed and smiled back before taking another sip of tea.
As soon as I set the tea cup onto the saucer, Honey spoke, "So, K.C-chan, do you like the winter time, or spring time?"
I gazed down at him, and smiled. "I'm not sure, Hunny. Honestly, I love all the seasons."
"What's your favorite part about the winter time?" the girl with auburn hair asked.
"I'm not sure," I spoke. "To me, everything about it is fun from building snowmen to sledding down the hill. But," I added, closing my eyes, thinking about the time I had my very first Christmas with my brother, "I think that the best part about winter vacation is spending time with the ones you care about most."
We chatted for a while longer, even though the topics began with one of Hunny's many questions. He was cute that way, even with his little sweet tooth! I mean, he could scarf down a single piece of cake in one bite! Mori never talked much, but only a few words every once in a while. His deep voice was super hot, and his muscular build was a way to compliment it all! Even though he and Honey were much different, the two made an excellent pair.
It seemed that every host owned their own personality, or as Tamaki had put it: their "type". Each one of them seemed kind, and hard-working, especially in the club; also, they were all very handsome gentlemen. Mackenzie told me once that not every first boyfriend ends up being "the one", so I had to pick a back-up guy just in case the first one ever turned me down, or vice versa.
After a while, I wanted to explore around the giant clubroom, so I stood up and excused myself from Hunny's station before turning and walking away. As I by each station, I found that there were at least three or four talkative girls per host, especially the ones with Tamaki who would squeal every time he said something to one of them. Seriously, it's like he really was a king! He may be overdramatic at times, but he was like their knight in shining armor.
Hikaru was talking about something to one of his guests, which made Kaoru sit straight up in his seat before leaning back and . . . was that a tear? Did Hikaru say something that offended his brother? Before I could think of a reason, Hikaru suddenly embraced Kaoru, holding him close, probably apologizing for hurting his feelings or whatever he did. That, of course, mad the girls at their table squeal with delight. I just had to smile at that. It reminded me so much of how Joseph would comfort me whenever I was upset about something. Turning away from them, I continued to explore the large music room.
Haruhi just sat at a table with her clients having a regular conversation, which strangely made the girls start to sigh dreamily, Honey was munching down yet another piece of cake while Mori sat quietly like always, and as for Kyoya . . . Wait, where was Kyoya's station? Glancing around, I soon found him lounging in a fancy, velvet, red chaise, which matched the other velvet furniture. He held a black folder in his hands while writing what I presumed to be notes down in there. A calculator was set on top of the end table by his chaise, and every once in a while, he would tap a few buttons and then write down something on a piece of paper.
That was peculiar. I would suspect that Kyoya was a host as well since he was in the club, but did he not have any clients? Maybe no girls had requested him today, so he was relaxing and enjoying himself while the other hosts did their thing. He seemed rather busy calculating whatever it was, but I was still puzzled why he wasn't hosting.
Walking up to him, I stood by his side and spoke, "Hi, Kyoya-san."
He glanced up at my, and grinned. "Hello there, Katherine-san," he replied, sitting up from his reclining position. "Are you enjoying yourself?"
"Yes, very much, thank you," I replied. "I never heard of a 'host club' until you recommended it to me, and it is as entertaining as you said it would be."
"Glad you're taking pleasure in it," he spoke.
"I just have to ask though," I began. "How come you're not hosting?"
"Well, you see, Katherine-san," he began, adjusting his glasses, "I may be a host myself, but I've been put in charge of the profits and organizing the gatherings and special events."
"Oh, so you're always busy holding all of this together then, huh," I spoke.
Kyoya nodded. "Sometimes I do my share of hosting."
"I see," I spoke, glancing out at the stations in the room. "You're always the one who holds the team together, even though you're working behind the set all the time."
"Yes, exactly," he replied.
"Well, everything has its pros and cons," I spoke, glancing back at him. "You may not get to entertain any clients; but you are constantly up to date with everything, making sure that all the other hosts are doing well, and how much profit the club gains or losses. Without you, there probably wouldn't even be a host club."
A wide grin spread across his face. "Those are some words of wisdom for a lady your age," he spoke.
I smiled as thanks, and blushed somewhat; but before I could say something else to him, I heard Hunny call out to me, "K.C.-chan!"
Turning back to the technical host club member, I spoke, "Well, it was great being able to talk to you again, Kyoya. Now if you'll excuse me," I bowed respectfully, "I must head back to my hosts."
With that I stood and turned back to Hunny's station. Kyoya, one of the most vital members of the host club, would only be a host himself every once in a while depending on how much work was to be done. One would think that he would host on his time off; but no, he spends the entire club hours making sure that everything from group meetings to profits were going well for each host. Kyoya was like a script-writer for a movie. Even though the actors were the ones in the movie, unfolding the story, the writer came up with everything and put the story together. I sure hoped that Kyoya was earning the credit he deserved.
The rest of club hours with Honey and Mori-senpai went well. We conversed more about the winter time and other seasons, and ate some more cake as well. Even when he had a dab of icing on his face, Hunny was just so adorable! I only ate one piece of cake, since I didn't want to spoil my dinner for later.
As soon as hosting hours were finished. The ladies thanked their hosts for a wonderful time, and then left the room. I followed as the sea of yellow traveled out the door, but I glanced over my shoulder while passing by Kyoya to find that he was at a table typing away on a laptop. He didn't keep his eyes off the screen for one second; but, that just goes to show how hard and diligent one must work to maintain a club.
Traveling through the halls and down the stairs, I made my way out of the school building and down the sidewalk to my apartment. First day of school went well, even though it started out a little difficult. The one thing I enjoyed most about my first day was that Host Club. It sure was relaxing to chat with the Hunny and Mori, even though Hunny did most of the talking. I would definitely return tomorrow to the club, if I didn't have too much homework. Besides, I had to keep my word to Tamaki about trying out all the hosts before picking out my "preferred type."
Once I made it to the apartment complex, I ascended the staircase to my room. Unlocking the door, I walked in and turned on the lights. After closing the door and locking it, the first thing I did was slip off my shoes and travel to the kitchen to fix some dinner. I wasn't that hungry, since I had a slice of cake during club hours. Afterwards, I traveled to my bedroom and pulled out my pajamas for the night. After taking a quick shower and getting dressed, I set my uniform back on a hangar and set it in the wardrobe. I had only worn it one time today, so it wasn't really filthy.
Hopping on top of my bed, I hoisted my book-bag up from the floor and set it down beside me. Every incomplete work was written down in a schedule, so that I would remember to finish it once I was back in my apartment. First, I wanted to complete the more challenging subjects so that I wouldn't be up all night trying to figure it out. I organized each assignment for each subject out depending on the difficulty rating, the hardest, and/or most unfinished homework, being the first. Of course, I had to squeeze in a time where I could call my brother, so I presumed that I right after I finished Math, I would give him a call.
Science only took about forty-five minutes, since it was just writing down notes from the first chapter; but I had to use the Japanese to English dictionary that I bought for some of the translations that I couldn't remember. As for Math, all I had to do was one lesson from the text book. After that was finished and set to the side, I slipped out my cell phone off the end table, and then I dialed the home phone number. The phone rang a few times as I patiently waited for my brother to answer.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Joe," I spoke.
"Hey, K.C.," he replied. "How was your first day?"
"It was a little challenging at the start, but I got through it alive," I joked. "If only you knew how glad I am speaking English again."
My brother chuckled. "Well, you'll get used to it. Have you made any new friends yet?"
"Just a few."
"That's good. Are you in any of their classes?"
"No, most of them are second-years. I'll admit that I was kind of shy at first, but they all turned out to be okay. So far, I've only made one friend who is a girl, named Haruhi, who's really helped me feel at ease in this school."
"She sounds like a nice girl."
"She is, very. And then there's Kyoya. He's very mature, and smart. Also, there are these twins, exactly identical too! They're names are Hikaru and Kaoru, and they're really sweet and little pranksters. Then there's this one I met named Hunny, which is what everyone calls him. I can't remember his real name. Anyway, he's rather short and childish for his age, but he's just so adorable! And then, there's his friend, Mori, who's tall, muscular, but very quiet; however, he's nice too. Then, there's this other boy I met named Tamaki, who's very overdramatic, but gentle and kind. And that's all of them so far."
"Wow, how many is that?"
I held up my hand, as I counted my fingers, mentally saying each of their names. "Seven."
"Not bad for your first day of school," Joseph remarked.
"Yeah, I met Haruhi on the way to school. She lives in the apartment down the street from where I'm staying. I met the twins at the front gate of the school; and I met Kyoya after accidentally traveling to the third-year division," I sighed, as I landed on my back, exhausted from a long day. "But, I met all the others during club hours."
"Sounds like you had one heck of a first day."
"Yeah."
"Well, now you get back to your homework, sis."
"Okay, Joe. Love you."
"Love you too."
Afterwards, I hung up. That was close! Good thing that I was able to persuade my brother; if not, then I never would be able to see Haruhi, the twins, or anyone else in the club. Joseph was the type of older brother who was a little overprotective, but I knew that he meant well and wanted to make sure that I was safe. I had to keep to my word though, so if anything did tend to get out of hand, I would leave immediately and never return. From what I experienced, the place was loads of fun and enjoyment, and all of the hosts there were proper gentlemen.
It sure was a good thing that I finished the trickier subjects which meant that completing the remaining work would be a breeze. I spent two hours finishing up homework and checking it to make sure I didn't have any errors; however, when it came to the easier subjects, I didn't have to check it as much because I knew it in my head.
As soon as I was finished with my homework, I checked my list just to make sure I completed everything. After seeing that everything was checked off, I placed all my books back into my book bag, and then I closed the long, velvet curtains and climbed into bed. I glanced over at the clock to find that it read: 8:56 pm, and I sure was tired. It would all begin again tomorrow though, so I lay down and dreamt of the time I had today.
Kyoya was a very nice gentlemen, all of the hosts were, especially Haruhi. Each one of them had their own personality. Haruhi was sweet and honest, Tamaki was romantic but a little melodramatic, Mori was a man of few words, Hunny was a little ray of sunshine, the Hitachiin twins were mischievous devils, and Kyoya was an intelligent and hard-working host. He must've been the president, since he organizes events and everything together.
Well, tomorrow was the beginning of the new day, so I wanted to make the best of it; and now that I knew where my classes were, I wouldn't have to worry about wandering into the third-year division again! The Host Club was definitely something that I wanted to do again; and I decided to request Haruhi as my host for tomorrow, and then after that it would be the twins, and then finally Tamaki. I had a feeling that Tamaki would be an interesting host, since he made the girls squeal so much. He had such a gentle touch, gorgeous blue eyes, and gleaming blonde hair. I could only imagine what having him as a host would be like.
Before I even knew it, my eyes slowly closed and I fell asleep.
Yay! Another Chapter complete!
So, how did you guys like this one?
Yeah, it was hard trying to figure out who K.C. would request; so since it was her first day, I wanted her to start off with an easy Host, which was either Honey and Mori or Haruhi. I just had to pick Honey though, since Haruhi already had a few parts in the story. So, yeah . . .
Oh, and btw, it does snow in March up in Yamagata. I checked.
Anyways! Hope you guys liked it!
