Later, the next day at school, I lounged around being bored (as usual) and doodled on my homework. Hikaru and Kaoru were snickering at the back of the back of the room, which drove me completely insane – along with the annoying cuffs of the ugly yellow uniform dress.

Haruhi was busy… paying attention to whatever the teacher was scrabbling all over the blackboard. So I was practically alone – leftover thoughts of Daisuke drifting in my mind. Then I thought about my dog. I couldn't wait to see Dai; has there ever been a cuter dog than he?

After class was over, I sat down by the window of the classroom and got out a book. It was on stuff about how to take care of dogs. Before I was even done with the first sentence of the book, someone ripped it out of my hands.

"Hmm… it's about a dog,"

"we didn't know you had one."

The twins. My God, I didn't know they wanted so much attention. I crossed my arms and looked up at them with malice in my eyes. Kaoru flinched in my gaze. "Yes, I do have a dog. But I'm sure he doesn't require as much attention as you two do." With that, I stood up, and grabbed the book from Hikaru's hands.

They both pouted, and then exchanged glances, and then snapped their fingers. "Oh! We forgot to tell you. After that incident yesterday, Kyoya thought up of a plan to keep you shut!"

"What? I told you all I was going to keep quiet."

"But how can we trust you?" And they took my arms and ran off with me, dangling helplessly behind.

When we got there, I tore myself from the twin's grasp when they weren't paying attention, and started for the door. But suddenly Honey and Mori where there; Honey was on Mori's shoulders, and he was staring blankly at something far past me.

Anger rushed over me, and I whipped around, only to find Kyoya and Tamaki standing there. Seriously? I thought, crossing my arms again. "What the heck do you guys want, anyway, dragging me here like this?" I cast a sour glance at Hikaru and Kaoru, who were watching me, standing beside Mori and Honey.

Kyoya pushed his glasses up with his fingers, and I could see his eyes behind the glint. I shivered – this guy was mysterious and very menacing. "Sakura Ai – fifteen years old, attending to Ouran Academy." He mumbled, his eyes slipping to the clipboard in his hands. Tamaki shrugged his shoulders.

I didn't know he kept information on everyone going to the school – and it was far beyond me. "So, what do you want, Kyoya?"

"It is to my attention that you saw Haruhi yesterday."

Duh, you were there. If you weren't busy calculating your thousands of yen, then you would've noticed more! I forced myself not to roll my eyes, and Kyoya was looking at me expectantly. I nodded my head, as if to urge him to continue.

"Well, we can't trust you completely, Ms. Ai. So we have a compact we'd like you to sign."

He handed me the clipboard, and I looked it over. Basically it said that I was to help with the Host Club's activities. I looked over at Kyoya with so much loathing in my eyes I didn't think I could muster any more.

Kyoya just shrugged lamely, and then handed me a pen.

So I signed, reluctantly, knowing that if I didn't the twins would harass me forever – even to the point where they might follow me to my house. I shivered, and then handed the clipboard back to Kyoya.

Tamaki rushed forward and embraced me. I didn't feel comfortable, and as I was trying to tear myself from his hugs, the twins joined in, and then Honey – while Haruhi, Kyoya, and Mori just stood and watched. I thought I was about to suffocate.

After they all finally let me go, I fell to my knees, holding my throat and gagging, like hugs were the most terrible thing in the world. But I knew somewhere in my heart that I liked hugs. With that odd thought I shivered, and then looked up at the members of the Host Club.

"How long do I have to be with you guys?"

The twins looked over at me, and then hopped into my view, their noses almost touching mine. "Until college – and you have to be here the normal times, just like we do!"

On complete misery, I did the weirdest face palm in the world.

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This was my first official day planning things for the Host Club, and whatnot. As I was walking to the Club, I thought I heard odd, creepy, laughing. When I looked at the wall I swore I saw a shadow of a hooded boy and his cat puppet.

I opened the door and then walked in. No one had showed up yet (I mean, the girls – the members were there fooling around) and then Tamaki flounced up to me with a Christmas type outfit on. "Does this look well, Sakura?"

I rolled my eyes. "Sure, Tamaki."

"No, call me 'Daddy'."

I pushed past him, trying to get over to Kyoya and ask what I should do, when the twins bounced up next to me. "You know that math test we had a while ago," Kaoru whispered in one of my ears.

"we think we did a good job on it. But Haruhi said you seemed like you were spacing out."

Once I got rid of the twins, I finally got to Kyoya. It was a good thing Mori kept Honey busy. "Kyoya…" The name sounded so foreign on my tongue – it was like the name was so sour I could hardly pronounce it. "What should I be doing?"

"Just sit around and make sure nothing bad happens. When Tamaki comes up to you and asks about some field trip, that's when your real job comes in. You help decide what the Host Club does, while I calculate how much yen it'll cost." He looked over at me, and I frowned.

"Kyoya, you really are evil."

The glasses man smirked and turned away, so I left and sat down next to Haruhi. That's when a lot of the girls started to show up, and they were whispering to each other and looking over at Haruhi and I. "What are they saying?" I asked, as if Haruhi would know. Uselessly, the girl in disguise shrugged.

Tamaki came up to me and whisked me away to another one of the rooms. The twins pranced after us. When we were settled, Tamaki handed me a list. It was really long, and I thought it might be a list of all the students in the school. "What's this?" I asked, examining it curiously. It didn't look like a bunch of names.

"It's Tamaki's to-do-list for the Host Club." The twins announced, flinging their hands up in disbelief. "I don't know why he thinks we have enough time to do all this stuff."

There was a bunch of stuff about Haruhi on there – Haruhi dressed up in a bunny maid suit, Haruhi dressed up as a bikini girl, blah blah blah. In fact, probably seventy percent of the to-do-list was about Haruhi. I flung it onto the ground. "Okay, Tamaki – is this a list just to tell me you're obsessed with that cross-dresser?" I didn't have anything against Haruhi, but it bothered me when people obsessed over things.

Tamaki looked hurt. "But, Daughter, why be so cruel? Anyways, I came to you so I could help you fix the list up." He retrieved it from the ground and then sat next to me. The twins sat on my other side, and the first thing I thought was: I'm trapped between these weird guys.

"What should we do tomorrow, Sakura?" The Hitachiins said.

I turned to Tamaki, but he looked indecisive enough. I did another face palm, and sighed drearily. Tamaki leaned down next to me, close enough to my face to feel his breath. Just to be annoying, the twins did so as well.

"Don't be so melancholy!" The three demanded.

I sat up, in sudden need for more oxygen that was corroded by the weird guys. What was interesting here, anyway? And then it clicked. "A boat ride or something."

"Excellent, my dear – what a bright mind you have!" Tamaki reached over to hug me, but I leapt up. The twins just pulled me down onto their laps. "I'll go tell Kyoya, Daughter." And then he got up.

"So, tomorrow we're going on a boat trip… a private one! Relaxation for the hardworking Host Club!"

{+Finished+}

My God, this is a long chapter. Anyways, I hope you guys like it!