"Let's all play the Which One is Hikaru game!" the twins announced together. All the ladies began clapping and giggling as the two flirted with them. Faithlynn couldn't help, but roll her eyes and she realized that since joining the club she was doing that a lot. Don't get her wrong, Faithlynn adored the Hitachiin twins, but at times she felt they were a little much.
"That's the stupidest game I ever heard," Haruhi commented as she walked by. Faithlynn had to cover her mouth to stop from giggling. Haruhi always managed to speak what Faithlynn was thinking.
"You got a problem with it Haruhi?" the twins asked in unison.
"Of course not," Haruhi answered.
"Perhaps she just doesn't understand why this little game is so popular with our guests? Lord knows I don't," Faithlynn said without thinking. The three stared at her for a moment in shock. Faithlynn had never said a negative thing about any of the club members before outside of Renge. She gasped when she realized what she had said.
"That wasn't very nice," the twins stated a little offended.
"Truth hurts," Haruhi defended.
"Clearly you two don't understand what the club gains by having a pair of twins as its member," Kaoru stated confidently.
"Having a couple of good looking guys with homosexual tendencies earns the club high points for the ladies," Hikaru informed. "It also helps if the two struggle between their attraction for another and their friendship."
"And in our case it makes it that much more intriguing that we're twins so it makes it taboo." Suddenly both Hikaru and Kaoru wrapped their arms around Haruhi and Faithlynn and drew close to their faces. "Besides what woman hasn't fantasized about having twins? Having two loves is better then one right?"
"It is every young woman's romantic fantasy." Though Haruhi was blushing slightly from the embarrassing conversation, Faithlynn was fighting not to burst into laughter that she was quickly losing. After a few moments of being stared down by the twins Faithlynn finally broke and began laughing.
"You two are hilarious," Faithlynn exclaimed as she tried to calm herself down. "I think you two forgot to include girls like me. Though we love watching guys like you, we don't take you seriously. Guys like you are not our type. You are, to us, a look, but don't touch." Hikaru and Kaoru both let go of the two girls then turned their attention fully on Faithlynn.
"So what is your type Faithlynn?" Hikaru asked with a smirk.
"An American girl like yourself must find someone attractive." Faithlynn looked off to the side of the room for a moment before blushing slightly. Haruhi caught this and secretly wondered if Faithlynn was thinking about Kyouya or someone else. Before Haruhi could put more thought into it Tamaki had bulldozed over to them yelling at the twins.
"When I gave you two control of the clubs website I did it only if you two would take it seriously!"
"We take our job very seriously boss," Hikaru stated slightly offended.
"In fact we stayed up working on it till dawn." Suddenly Tamaki opened his laptop that he carrying to reveal a photo shopped picture of Haruhi with a topless guy's body. Faithlynn had to admit they did a good job. And the ogling from their guest confirmed it.
"Is this what you worked so hard to create?" Tamaki countered angrily.
"Wow Haru-chan you look great!" Honey complimented as Takashi was holding him up.
"Wow, guys you did a really good job on this," Faithlynn had to agree. Tamaki left the laptop with the girls so he could talk to the twins privately.
"When did you take naked pictures of Haruhi?" Tamaki demanded. "You bribed her didn't you?"
"Sempai it's obvious that the photo has been photo shopped," Faithynn said trying to calm him down.
"Got to admit boss, we do pretty good work," the twins said confidently which only seemed to aggravate Tamaki more.
"Cut it out you two," Haruhi ordered in annoyance, which successfully stopped the conversation. "No more creating weird pictures of me, you got that? What do you take me for anyway?"
"Isn't it obvious?" the twins countered. "You're our toy." Haruhi and Faithlynn stared at the twins in a mixture of shock and confusion.
"You want to play with toys huh?" an unfamiliar voice asked from a crack in the door behind them. "If you want toys then you should come to the Black Magic Club. We advertise a black magic market that sells around the world. We also hold mass around the clock." Suddenly a young man appeared wearing a cloak and sporting a puppet in his hand. Realization suddenly dawned on Faithlynn. "You'll even get a Beelzenef as a free gift."
"Good day cousin," Faithlynn greeted warmly. Tamaki, Haruhi, and the twins looked at her in shock.
"Hello cousin," the young man greeted back as warmly as someone like him could.
"Why is he talking through a crack in the door?" Haruhi asked Faithlynn.
"Nekozawa-sempai is a distant cousin to Faithlynn," Kyouya informed as he approached the little group. "He likes to hide and doesn't care for brightly lit places."
"Don't get involved with him Haruhi," Tamaki said nervously.
"Excuse me sempai, but that's my cousin you're talking about," Faithlynn defended.
"And you shouldn't underestimate the dark powers of Beelzenef," Nekozawa said surprising Tamaki that he had gotten right next to him.
"Wow he really is dark in more ways then one," Hikaru said as he watched Tamaki cringe from the sempai's closeness.
"If he supposedly hates bright light," Kaoru as he brought up a flashlight, "I wonder what he'll think of this."
"Kaoru don't!" Faithlynn tried, but it was too late. Within moments of the light hitting Nekzawa's face he was screaming as he ran out of the room. "Poor cousin."
"Well that was slightly entertaining," Kaoru stated casually before the twin's attention drew to Haruhi. "Hey Haruhi?"
"What do you want now?"
"The next day we have off can we come and visit your place?" Hikaru asked.
"Why would you want to come to my house?" Haruhi questioned.
"We're curious and want to see where you live," the twins answered together.
"No way."
"Pretty please?"
"I don't think it matters to her what the please looks like," Faithlynn stated, trying to help Haruhi out.
"I said no and besides you're just going to make fun of me." Tamaki tried to see if he could come to her house too, but Haruhi curtly denied him.
"How about we play the Which One is Hikaru game?" the twins offered as they put on their game hats. "If you guess wrong we get to come to your house." The twins danced around for a few moments. "Okay, which one is Hikaru?"
"This one is Kaoru and this one is Hikaru," Haruihi answered easily.
"Uh oh, you're wrong," the twins lied.
"No she's not," Faithlynn interjected. "You two may look alike, but you're very different." Suddenly Faithlynn caught something flash in their eyes.
"How do you two know which is which?" one of the guests inquired. "Wherever they put on those hats I can't ever tell them apart."
"Yeah how do you two do it?" another guest asked.
"Um," Faithlynn thought for a moment before a cheerful smile appeared on her lips, "I think it's your mannerisms. Do you know how you're able to tell Haruhi?"
"I'm not sure to be honest," Haruhi answered. "Hikaru's mannerisms and speech make him appear a little more mischievous then Kaoru."
"I believe you're right," Faithlynn agreed. Suddenly Kaoru started laughing.
"I don't see what's so funny," Hikaru stated with indignation. "I'm honest, I speak my mind, and I don't hold back. It's sneaking people like Kaoru who are the trouble makers." Suddenly Kaoru stopped laughing.
"Don't turn this on me," Kaoru said as he glared at his brother. "I'm the one who goes along with all of your selfish games."
"If you hate them so much then why go along with them?" Hikaru countered with venom in his voice.
"So you don't make an ass of yourself," Kaoru quickly rebutted. "You were the one to suggest we call Haruhi our toy, yet you were quick to make a pass at her. Admit it that you're in love with Haruhi."
"You're an idiot Kaoru and isn't that the pot calling the kettle!" Hikaru exclaimed hotly as Tamaki began to freak out that he might have competition. "Why would I be in love with Haruhi?"
"This is perfect!" Renge's voice suddenly was heard and a moment later she appeared rising from below. "Our Haurhi is caught in a four sided relationship."
"When did that get installed?" Faithlynn asked in shock as she watched Renge rise.
"But Renge I thought you had feelings for Haruhi as well," Tamaki stated to the co-manager.
"Oh I still do, but I have no problem if he has a homosexual relationship on the side." Tamaki's face instantly paled. Everyone's attention was taken off of Renge when they heard the twin's argument getting worse and suddenly out of nowhere they declared themselves over. The next day Haruhi and Faithlynn were setting up for class when they heard Hikaru greet them.
"Oh my God he didn't," Faithlynn whispered to Haurhi as they both looked that Hikaru's now flamingo pink hair.
"What in the world happened to your hair?" Haruhi questioned in astonishment. "Why is it pink?"
"I think pinks suits me and I don't want to be mistaken for the Kaoru for the rest of my life." Suddenly Kaoru came in also sporting dyed hair except his was blue.
"Oh this is too good," Faithlynn stated as she tried to hold back her snickering though she failed miserably.
"Good morning Haruhi, Faithlynn," Kaoru greeted as the twins took their seats. "I had the worse nightmare last night. I dreamt that my stylist had dyed my hair pink. I woke up so thankful it was only a dream." Suddenly Kaoru's chair was kicked from under him, causing him to land on the ground.
"Interesting," Faithlynn stated as Kaoru threw his chair at Hikaru and before they knew it was a full on item throwing fight. Faithlynn quickly grabbed Haruhi and dragged her out of the classroom so they wouldn't get hit by any of the flying objects.
"Haru-chan! Faith-chan!" Honey happily called as he and Takashi approached them. "What's going on?"
"Takashi-sempai," Faithlynn exclaimed as she grasped his sports jacket, "You have to stop them! At one point each of the twins threw a desk at each other!" Takashi gave a quick nod before he went to separate the twins. "Thank you sempai," Faithlynn sighed as the upper classmen walked out of the room holding one twin in each hand as they tried to get at the other. Takashi smiled down at her before continuing on.
"Wow," was the only thing that came out of Haruhi as she watched Takashi carry the twins off.
"What?" Faithlynn asked,
"I just never seen Takashi smile like that before to anyone, but Honey-sempai."
"What do you mean?" Faithlynn further inquired. Haruhi was about to explain when they suddenly heard the bell ring for class. The two girls gasped before running back into the now trashed classroom. It would be nice to say that there were no more instances after that, but life wasn't always nice, especially to Haruhi and Faithlynn. The two found the twins arguing, again, over lunch. Both the girls had to admit that it was rather amusing to watch them argue in unison, but sadly the rest of the host club members didn't see it as such. Apparently Takashi had informed the rest of what happened earlier and Faithlynn could tell that the guys were getting pretty tired of the feud.
"I can't believe the two of you are still fighting," Tamaki scolded lightly. "You're a disgrace to the Host Club."
"We've had enough of this," Honey also scolded though didn't seem to have the same seriousness as Tamaki since he was presenting a cake to them. "You're both to blame for this fight. I want you guys to make up and go halves on this cake!" Everyone watched in mild disbelief as Honey began fussing on how they would divide the cake. Leave it to Honey to focus on sweets and not the problem at hand. Takashi was about to take his cousin away, but Faithlynn had beaten him to it.
"Honey-sempai maybe you should share the cake with me," Faithlynn said as she grabbed the cake and began walking away.
"Huh? Why?" Honey questioned as he followed her away with Takashi close behind with a smile.
"Because sempai this cake isn't going to help the situation," Faithlynn answered sweetly as she set the cake at a near by table. "Haruhi did you want to eat lunch here instead of the classroom?"
"Haruhi I didn't know you were here," Tamaki said happily when he finally took notice of her.
"Faithlynn and I followed them to make sure nothing happened like what happened in the classroom," Haruhi explained as she went to sit across from where Faithlynn, Honey, and Takashi sat. "We normally eat our boxed lunches in the classroom."
"Haruhi, do you mean if I sit with you?" Hikaru asked kindly, which Haruhi accepted. "Do you mind trading lunch with me? I had to order something different from Kaoru and I don't want to eat something I don't like."
"That's fine," Haruhi agreed and was shocked how beautiful his food looked. Tentatively she took a bite and was in instant heaven.
"Haruhi, you're such a sucker for fine cuisine," Faithlynn joked as she offered a bite of her cake to Honey. Haruhi was momentarily pulled out of her nirvana when she realized the position Faithlynn and Takashi were in. Faithlynn was facing Honey and didn't seem to realize that Takashi was almost spooned up against her, watching her and Honey eat the cake. Before she could comment, Kaoru had taken hold of her chin and was presenting her with a spoon with something that looked rather delicious on it.
"Here taste mine," Kaoru offered, but before Haruhi could take the offering, Hikaru's mouth had clamped onto the spoon.
"Quit butting in. Get lost Kaoru."
"Yeah Hikaru isn't interested in Haruhi at all," Faithlynn stated with much sarcasm as she presented Honey with another bite. Haruhi wondered a little how Faithlynn was able to pay attention enough to spoon feed Honey and pay attention to what was going on over on her side at the same time. It didn't last very long though when suddenly Kaoru accidentally hit Tamaki with a bowl full of soup that was apparently was actually meant for Hikaru.
"Not again," Haruhi sighed before a full-blown food fight, and a little more, erupted between the twins. "Guess I am going to be eating my lunch in the classroom. You coming Faithlynn?"
"Of course," Faithlynn said as she followed Haruhi out with her own box lunch. Later that day after school the club members called for an emergency meeting with the Hitachiin twins.
"If this situation does get resolved soon we're going to have to stop offering our Brotherly Love package," Kyouya explained as he punched numbers in his calculator. "Haruhi you shouldn't feel bad about this, even though it was you're thoughtless comment that started the whole thing."
"Kyouya," Faithlynn scolded lightly. "It's not your fault Haruhi. I am very worried about them though."
"I worry too since this is the first time I ever saw them fight," Honey said with sadness in his eyes.
"They've never fought before?" Haruhi questioned in disbelief.
"I've known them since pre-school and I never seen them fight like this," Honey explained.
"You're right," Tamaki agreed as he thought back to when he first met the twins. "I've only known them since junior high and even then they were always together. It's hard to believe they were even more warped back then. Maybe this fight is good for them. Help them expand their horizons a bit. We should just leave them alone and let them work it out themselves."
"Yes, but if they never fought before do they even know when enough is enough and how to make up?" Faithlynn questioned with concern.
"Someone may have to tell them when to call it quits," Haruhi added with equal concern. Suddenly, as if on clue, the twins came barging in to the clubroom still arguing.
"That's it, you two are driving me insane!" Tamaki exclaimed in anger. He really wasn't cut out with handling this much negative drama.
"How do you think I feel right now?" Hikaru countered angrily. "Everyday I look in the mirror I see his face! I'm sick of constantly being mistaken for you, Kaoru! The truth is I hate your guts!"
"You took the words right out of my mouth," Kaoru shot back before grabbing something from his pocket. "In fact I hate you so much I bought this, Beelzenef the curse doll!" Tamaki immediately shrieked back in fear. "I'm going to complete the curse Hikaru! I'm going to write your name on his back!" Kaoru then began writing on the back. "From this day forward you're going to experience nothing but pain and sorrow!"
"Now stop it you two!" Faithlynn shouted as she and Haruhi both smacked Kaoru and Hikaru in the head.
"Yeah cut it out!" Haruhi shouted as she grabbed the little wooden doll. "What is wrong with you two? You don't bring something like this into a petty fight!"
"You two can't get over your own damn selves and have selfishly brought everyone else in as well!" Faithlynn scolded.
"Now apologies to each other or I'm never going to allow you two to ever come over to my house! Do I make myself clear?" Suddenly an evil smirk began to grow across Hikaru and Kaoru's face and they were arm and arm again.
"So you're saying is that if we make up we can come over to your house," the twins stated together. In confusion Faithlynn and Haruhi turned over the doll to see that Hikaru's name wasn't on the back, but the word "blank" instead. Haurhi yelled in frustration when she realized what had just happened.
"Oh they're good," Faithlynn stated as the twins began gushing over each other.
"Are you two serious?" Honey yelled in frustration. "You guys have been faking it this whole time?"
"We had nothing else to do," they answered happily. "We were bored and how else were we going to get Haruhi to agree to letting us come over?" The next day the twins acted like the fight never even happened and the guests enjoyed having their favorite twins back together. "Let's play the Which One is Hikaru game!"
"The pink one is Hikaru," one of the ladies guessed.
"We have a winner!"
"You two are lying," Faithlynn said as she and Haruhi walked by them.
"Today the pink one is Kaoru and the blue one is Hikaru," Haruhi corrected before the two girls walked off leaving the twins to stare at their retreating forms.
"You realize what just happened Hikaru?" Kaoru asked in amazement. "For the first time someone has been able to cross into our world."
"Yeah and one of them happens to be a foreigner."