Just as the girls promised Katherina, they tried to make the poor third-year's week a living hell. They pulled pranks on her whenever Honey wasn't around her, but fail miserably when Katherina just simply dodges everything that comes her way.
One time, they tried to drop a flower vase from the window, hoping it would hurt her but not kill her. The senior just looked up and took a step back, watching the vase shatter in front of her.
"Oh wow. It's raining antiques!" Katherina exclaimed monotonously.
Another time, one of the girls threw eggs at her in the garden. Katherina dodged everything and managed to catch three before throwing the eggs back at them.
"Egg off, will ya? This little game of yours is egg-sausting." She told them.
The girls grew tired of attempting physical harm on her and thought of another idea. They threw all her notes in the pond so she wouldn't pass an important English test that would bring her a class down if she failed. They completely ignored the fact that the girl was very fluent in English. Next day later, she aced the test.
The school dismissed the students and everyone was either walking towards the front for their rides or were going to straight to their clubs. Katherina was heading to the music room to hang with the other hosts.
"Are you girls running out of ideas already?" Katherina asked teasingly as she passed by her bullies in the crowded halls.
She turned her head and faked a pout. "How unfortunate." Irritating her bullies even more.
"We'll get you sooner or later," Girl 1 growled.
"I'll be waiting," Katherina smiled and walked on ahead.
§ • § • §
"Now you've done it." Tamaki's voice was heard behind the door. Katherina paused and listened closely.
"It's done alright," Hikaru said.
Kaoru added, "But it wasn't our fault."
The girl's curiosity got to her and so she opened the door and walked inside to see Usa-chan drenched in tea.
"Shall I dig up your graves?" Katherina asked as she walked up to the tea table, picking up Usa-chan and frowned.
Tamaki put his hands on her shoulder and exclaimed, "It was their fault! They're the ones that bumped into it! Right?" He glared at the twins who sandwiched Haruhi.
"Only because Haruhi was running away," Hikaru said without a care.
"We're trying to catch her because we wanted to have some fun and dress her up in cosplay," Kaoru explained.
Katherina let out a sigh, "It doesn't matter if you guys explain everything. Usa-chan is dirty and it was all your doing."
She grabbed a napkin and started dabbing it. "Would you like me to write a letter to your parents for you?"
"We wanted to see Haruhi in bunny cosplay disguised as a girl," Kaoru told them.
Haruhi furrowed her eyebrows. "Disguised as a girl?"
Katherina turned to him. "Did you forget that she's already a girl."
The twins looked at Tamaki who stood there in thought. "You'd like to see it too, wouldn't you?" They asked him.
Tamaki was about to agree, but realized it was a bad idea to do that while a serious problem hasn't been solved yet especially when it might cost their lives.
The three boys began to argue and Kyoya seemed a bit ticked off.
"Excuse me, we don't have any guests at the moment, so I don't mind if you make a racket, but please be careful," He spoke up. "You don't wanna wake Honey senpai."
Katherina and Haruhi walked up to the sleeping boy.
"Aw! So adorable!" Katherina squealed.
"He's a 3rd-year. He still takes afternoon naps?" Haruhi asked as she watched him sleep.
Haruhi said, "We are gonna have to tell him about the bunny at some point. Let's just wake him up and apologize." She reached her hand out to Honey and was about to shake him awake when the boys stopped her.
"No wait!" they exclaimed. "Don't get any closer to Honey-senpai!"
The boys were hidden behind the couch in fear and the sight made Katherina laugh. "What the hell?"
"Come back." Kaoru told the girls. "It's safe back here."
Haruhi walked back to them and asked, "What are you talking about?"
"Honey senpai wakes up in a very bad mood after napping," Tamaki explained. He then began to talk about an incident that happened in the U.S. Military base.
"Is that true?" Katherina asked as she looked back at Honey. "I mean, I would've done that too if I was that sleepy." she admitted.
Tamaki then started to make a plan that seemed too impossible with the medium and and all. It was just plain out stupid.
"Just accept you fate," Katherina blurted out, still holding Usa-chan.
The Host Club president came up with a better idea. "All right, how about this? We'll send Usa-chan to the cleaners."
"That's more like it," the third-year praised him. "But we still won't have time for that. He'll notice Usa-chan's absence."
He insisted Haruhi to wear the bunny costume which got the two girls irritated. All of the sudden, Honey stirred in his sleep.
"I'll just take the blame," Katherina sighed. "Just don't act suspicious."
The little boy sat up and rubbed his eyes while everyone watched him carefully. Tamaki's teddy bear caught Honey's attention and he just stared at it for a minute before slamming it on the ground.
"Ahh!" Tamaki screamed. "Not my teddy bear!"
Katherina smirked, "Guess who's next?"
The twins freaked out. "We're next!"
Honey walked over to Katherina and stared at Usa-chan. He took it from her and observed it. He turned to the boys and asked, "Which one of you got my Usa-chan dirty?"
Tamaki and the twins were huddled up on the couch away from Honey.
"I did," Katherina blurted out. "I'm sorry, Honey," she apologized monotonously.
"I don't believe you," Honey said, looking at her, maintaining his serious face. The two held the eye contact for a minute until Katherina shrugged her shoulders.
She sat down on the couch and watched the scene in amusement. "You guys think he would believe me?" Katherina scoffed. "Can't save you guys now, sorry."
The boys screamed in fear. "S-save us, Mori-senpai!"
Katherina chuckled and shook her head. Mori put his book down and walked over to Honey.
"Usa-chan said that he absolutely had to drink some tea," Mori told him.
"Bullcrap," Katherina coughed.
Honey's expression then changed into his usual cheery one. "He did? So that's why his face is all dirty, huh?"
Katherina rolled her eyes and let out a sigh.
"Oh, do you think he wants some cake too?" He asked Mori.
§ • § • §
Katherina chatted with her regular customers. "How do you like Ouran, Rina-chan?" Asuka asked.
"Oh right! It's been a month since you've transferred here!" Isano gasped.
The hostess set her teacup down on the table and said, "Ouran is nice school. I enjoy it here very much. Plus, I met amazing friends like you girls!"
Katherina have them a cute grin and her clients began to squeal.
"You're so adorable!" Eiko cooed as she pinched her cheek.
"Honey senpai, you can't keep eating nothing but sweets all of the time." Haruhi's voice reached Katherina's ears. "You know, you're gonna end up with a cavity."
Katherina turned her head to where Honey was at and watched him lift a forkful of cake in his mouth.
"Oh don't worry," he reassured her. "I always brush my teeth." He then bit into the cake.
The look Honey had got Katherina up on her feet. "H-honey?" she called out to him.
Haruhi leaned closer. "Honey-senpai...don't tell me—"
"It's nothing, really," he mumbled, holding on to his cheek.
Katherina ran over to him and kneeled in front of him. She looked up at his face and frowned. "If it's nothing then why do you look like you're in pain? Hikaru. Kaoru."
The twins began to hold him down and Katherina cupped his face. "Come on. Open up, will ya?" she told him calmly.
"Hold on," Hikaru said as he struggled to hold Honey down.
"Honey-senpai, sit still!" the other twin exclaimed.
The stubborn third-year continued to squirm, yelling, "It's nothing! It's nothing! No!"
Mori stepped up, grabbed Honey's hand, and pinned him down on a couch. He opened Honey's mouth with ease.
"Is it a cavity?" Tamaki asked, looking over Mori's shoulder.
"Yeah," Mori confirmed.
Honey reassured them with tears in his eyes. "No, I'm okay."
"No, Honey. You're not," Katherina deadpanned.
Mori turned to Tamaki and gave him a knowing look. "Yeah, all right, understood," the president said.
He cleared his throat and announced, "Until Honey-senpai gets over his cavity, all sweets are all off-limits to him." Honey sat up and screamed in horror.
Tamaki continued, "Further, in order to allow the entire club to offer its support, we ask you to temporarily refrain from consuming snack within the club."
"This must be a nightmare for him," Haruhi mumbled.
"N-no, Takashi... I don't want snacks to be off-limits," Honey whined. "I'm not in pain. I'm not in pain, okay?" He tried to reassure him.
He watched as Mori picked up his half-eaten cake and walk away. He chased after him.
"This looks like a typical Asian drama to me," Katherina admitted. "It's as if the cake broke up with Honey. No. It is like that."
Mori was about to throw it away until Katherina grabbed the plate. "It's a waste of money if you throw it away. I'll eat it!" she said.
"Thank you, Rina-san," Kyoya said. "I suggest you eat the outside of the club."
Katherina smiled at him, "I was about to!"
She was about to walk away when she felt a pair of eyes watch her. She looked over her shoulder to see Honey staring at her. She reached for the door knob and opened it.
"N-no! Rina-chan!" Honey cried as he ran to her. Katherina quickly stepped out and slammed the door on his face.
§ • § • §
"I'm sorry, Honey. It's for the best," Katherina said as she watched Mori hand Honey a picture of sweets.
The sight of Honey crying saddened the her. She was used to him being happy. "I'll go to class first, Mori," Katherina told him.
"Okay."
Katherina walked off and turned to the corner, finding the first-year trio hiding. "Hey guys," she greeted them.
"Good morning, Rina-senpai," the trio chorused.
"You can just call me Rina or something. It's a mouthful when you add 'senpai'," she told them.
Hikaru smirked, "So we can call you Rina-koi?"
"We can, right? Ri. Na. Koi." Kaoru whispered in her ear.
Katherina blinked and shrugged them off. "Definitely not," she deadpanned.
"What. Are you saving it for Honey-senpai?" The twins teased.
The third year glared at them, "What makes you say that?" They smirked and led her to her class with Haruhi following them.
"Well, you see," Hikaru started.
"You guys have gotten real close for the past month," Kaoru finished.
The two said in unison, "Explain that?"
Haruhi sighed, "Can you leave Rina-san alone? Don't question her close relationship with Honey. That's something personal."
"Hmm? You also think so, Haruhi?" Kaoru asked.
Hikaru looked down at Katherina and said, "See? Haruhi also thinks there's something between you two."
"I promise you, we're just friends," Katherina told them. "I can't seem to imagine me an Honey together especially with his fans. They'll just try something again."
"Sooner or later, one of you will have feelings for one another," Hikaru predicted.
Katherina scoffed, "Okay. Thanks for the love fortune."
Haruhi stared at Katherina with worry. The twins didn't catch what she said awhile ago. She wasn't surprised because the two were so much into trying to make Katherina uncomfortable.
'What does she mean 'again'?' Haruhi thought.
§ • § • §
"Make sure not give any kind of candy to Honey-senpai no matter what tricks he resorts to," Kyoya warned the Host Club members while writing something on his clipboard of his.
"Oh, incidentally, those instructions come from Mori-senpai, not me," he added with a big smile on his face as he walked away.
Katherina walked past him and abruptly stopped. "Kyoya. You're grinning," she pointed out.
"So is it just me or does he seem to be enjoying this?" Hikaru asked.
"Maybe he's happy about the money he's saving from not ordering Honey's snacks," Katherina said.
Kyoyo stopped and looked at Katherina. "The warning is especially directed to you, Rina-san."
"Why me?"
"Because of your close relationship with Honey-senpai," Tamaki answered.
The Hitachiin twins snickered when they saw irritation written across Katherina's face. "Even Boss thinks so too."
"I dislike you guys," the girl grumbled as she walked off.
