Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran high school host club.
Chapter 4: Cosplay
It was exactly a week after Kyoya's first meeting with his father, and tonight he was to meet once again and discuss business. Tonight, he was finally going to be a step closer to taking over the Ootori Company. Tonight was most definitely the night he had to be perfect. But he was exhausted. He very rarely had a good night's sleep, but in the recent weeks he had barely been getting more than an hour's rest per night, choosing instead to up his reputation by calculating various accounts and do any extra work.
Even so, he was excited. He had even gone to the host club's morning meeting without once giving a death glare to a certain idiot leader or fiery twin. School had now finished for the day and the club had brought in the expected profits. No expensive tableware had been treated carelessly and smashed, no devious plans had been laid by the twins, and none of Haruhi's suitors had caused a commotion. The sounds of the scores of fangirls had not, for once, caused him to frown.
This week's theme was Halloween, and Kaoru had managed to make the costumes look simply amazing. This year's theme was cosplay, much to the joy of the anime fangirls. Obviously, roles had been designated by the Cosplay queen and otaku, Renge.
"Ohohoho! The delightfully demonic Kyoya-sama with his dark charms, and the mature but fresh faced Haruhi-kun! They will look perfect for the roles of Ciel and Sebas-chan!" She had declared whilst appearing on her high-powered motor platform a month before in the planning session. "The cheeky Oz and his loyal servant Gil fits perfectly with the relationship between Hunny and Mori sempai's."
"Hey, Kaoru, let's be Naruto! You can be my shadow clone! Renge! We're going to be Naruto!" Hikaru had said.
"Ehh… but Hikaru… I don't want to be your clone…" Kaoru replied, sounding down heartened.
"Well I'm the older twin, so you're the clone of me!" He had replied energetically.
"That's not the point…" Kaoru said, but his complaint went unheard, as his twin was already practising his jutsu.
"How come Kyoya gets to be with Haruhi? I wanna cosplay with my daughter! We can be Usui and Misaki from Maid-sama~" Tamaki had whined.
"What a pervert. Stop sexually harassing me." Haruhi said, turning the king to a stone statue in his emo-corner.
"Tama-chan, why don't you be a hero character like Ed from Fullmetal alchemist?" was Hunny sempai's suggestion.
"H-h-hero? Ahhhh! The moving story of two brothers, yearning for their mother's love, such a tragic story! Then it's decided! I shall be the heart-wrenching hero, searching for a way to cure his brother's metal body!" He recovered instantly, eyes glinting with tears and stars as he struck a defiant pose, fist raised high.
"I thought that Ed had a height problem…" Kaoru uttered.
"Pffft, Milord can pull it off can't you! You certainly seemed to enjoy cosplaying as little Haruhi during the physical exams!" Hikaru laughed, causing the blond in question to turn beet red.
"That was your fault you devilish twins! You said it would work! Mother! Tell the children to stop bullying their Daddy!"
"Hmm? Well I'm sorry Daddy, but I agree with the children in this case. That was a foolish plan, and you did seem to enjoy it rather too much." Kyoya said, smiling a supposedly innocent smile.
"Yaayy! Daddy and Mummy are having an argument! Ne, Kaoru, Haruhi, if they get a divorce, who will you go with?" Hikura said with glee.
"That isn't very funny Hikaru… You shouldn't be making fun of those kinds of things." Haruhi replied, making Hikaru wilt, pout and look at his brother for support.
"I wanna go with Mother~ Kyoya-sempai seems more likely to be able to cook… I don't wanna starve~" Kaoru said, pulling on Hikaru's sleeve and trying to act like a little child, not looking up for fear that the rest of the club would see his pink tinged face.
"Ehh? You'd go with the shadow lord? But Milord seems like the kind of parent who would let us children play games instead of doing homework, and give us lots of money to go and buy ice cream. Besides, we're all rich, we have servants to do the cooking." Hikaru said, genuinely confused, and not catching on to his brother's act.
"Damn rich bastards, you shouldn't choose which parent you'd prefer because of superficial things." Came Haruhi's stern reprimanding.
"Yes! My cute daughter is right! And anyway, mother and father wouldn't do something as sad as getting a divorce- would we?" Tamaki said glittering.
"Hmmm… It would depend on how much it would ruin my reputation." Was all Kyoya had said, before he returned the conversation back towards the original subject of the meeting, and leaving Tamaki crying in the corner again with Hikaru laughing at him.
"Umm… Renge-chan? Who is Ciel and Sebas-chan?" Haruhi had asked timidly, knowing full well that she was in for an otaku rant. What she got as a reply seemed just as incomprehensible for her as it was for the rest of the host club, as Renge's talking speed quickened in her excitement, and all of her words seemed to merge together.
"Well, basically, what happen is… , Phantomhive,theorphanedtwelve-year-oldheadofanEnglishnoble family ….Asaresult,hemadeadealwithademon….. inexchangeforhissoul…."
"…Umm… all I got was butler… and demon… and something about souls?" Haruhi said, her eyes spinning.
"I think that what Renge-san is implying that you, Haruhi, are to be my master, and I your 'demon' butler. Meaning that I would have to serve you- Is that correct?" Kyoya had said, fixing an evil glare on the self-proclaimed manager.
"Yes, but Kyoya-sama, think of the profits you would make! Fangirls absolutely adore the relationship between the cool and handsome Sebastian and the cute but stern Ciel! You could even make a photoshoot album… which, I assure you, would make quite a lot of money…"
And so now, here they were. Hunny played a very cute Oz Bezarius, with Mori as Gil Nightray from Pandora hearts, whilst Tamaki was Edward Elric, which he was adamant on being, despite the height problem. The twins were Naruto Uzumaki and his shadow clone and the strange combination of Haruhi and Kyoya played Ciel Phantomhive and Sebastian Michaelis, which was a rather daunting task for the girl, as she had to order the shadow lord to do tasks as to the fangirls' requests. Yet even calling the commoner "My Lord" did not faze him as much as it should have. He had given his most charming smile and black roses had bloomed around him, causing around a third of the crowd to faint, with the rest erupting in a volcano of "kyaa's" and nose-bleeds. The profits… he repeated over and over in his head.
A/N: Sorry, I kept getting distracted by the idea of them cosplaying, that all story ideas sort of disappeared… and then the club member started on this conversation… but meh, this'll have to do- HOWEVER! I drew them dressed up, and Tamaki/Ed's dub voice actor signed it ^^ it's on deviant art- i'll put the link on my profile X3 Also, the whole concept of time in this story is a bit strange… it's been a year since the Halloween episode, but they haven't aged at all… yeah, so you'll have to suspend your disbelief