CHAPTER FOUR

After classes I went to the Third Music Room, but the Host Club was closed for the day, so I didn't really understand why I had to be there, I just got stuff for them and did the instant coffee for the girls.

"I thought about it all last night, and having a lady manager might not be all that bad." Gee I wonder why he changed his mind.

"Why do you say that?" The twins asked.

" Don't you see? She has transferred into the same class as Haruhi. If the two both become friends as girls then Haruhi might become more girlish. The uniquely girlish air could stimulate Haruhi's own sense of femininity." Oh yeah… he didn't know that I was a girl who was friends with Haruhi. Then again if I was pretending to be a guy, I guess I wasn't exactly feminine, if he had known that I was a girl in the first place.

"Good grief." Haruhi muttered. I agreed, this guy really was special.

"This is a grand-scale project in order to stir Haruhi up to be more girly! Only having those disreputable twins as close classmates is not good for Haruhi." The twins tilted their heads to the side before they spoke they were definitely annoyed.

"That's telling us, all right."

"Hey everyone…" Renge spoke as she came into the room. "Renge, your Host Club drawing card, has baked some cookies, Ace tried to help, but apparently he can't bake." It really wasn't my fault that I can't bake I can cook perfectly fine. I rubbed the back of my head saying,

"Yeah I can't bake very well, though I can cook just fine." I was slightly angry when Tamaki just ignored me, I even missed the odd look that was on Mitsukuni's face.

"Oh… how ladylike! I'm so moved!" What about me? I mean I am supposed to be a guy. I guess Tamaki is really that oblivious.

"We didn't bake these for you phony prince." Great she including me in this, I thought I had told her that I can't bake. "Sorry. They're a little burnt…" A little was a bit of an understatement; they were a lot burnt because I couldn't pull Renge away from her game.

"You're right, these cookies really are burnt." I guess that's what happens when you get distracted by playing video games while trying to bake cookies.

"Don't eat that Mitsukuni. They're bad for you." Renge then freaked out, she started to chase Takashi, who was holding Mitsukuni, around the room. I just couldn't fathom why she was so upset, she was the one who distracted us with that torturous game.

"Wha! She's scaring me!" Mitsukuni cried out while they were being chased. Meanwhile Haruhi and I just stood there, blankly watching on. I could care less about what was going on here, I still didn't understand why I had to be here for this. Haruhi then took a cookie and ate a bite out of it.

"They're not that bad at all, they've got a good favor to them." Glancing back, I noticed that the twins looked like they had an idea, which made me step away from Haruhi, their ideas seemed to always involve her, and although I thought, though I wasn't sure after yesterday with the whole game for a gift stuff most guys wouldn't get that game for a gift, that the twins didn't know I was really a girl I didn't want any part of whatever they were about to do. Hikaru placed the cookie into Haruhi's mouth, and before taking a bite he said,

"May I try?"

"Oh, Haruhi, you have cookie crumbs on your face." Kaoru then licked the crumbs off of her face, making both her and I flinch slightly.

"Did you see what the just did!" Tamaki continued to shout about what the twins had done, but I just ignored him, stepping away from everyone, and sitting on the couch, I was really bored, I had no reason to be here, and yet I was.

""Y-y-your reaction is all wrong!" What, did Tamaki want Haruhi to act like she was one of those other silly girls at this school? If she did then she wouldn't be Haruhi. Once more I stopped listening to whatever Tamaki was saying. I only started to listen again when I heard Renge shout,

"Luke-warm! All of your characters are lukewarm! Except for Kyouya all of your characters are luke-warm. All of you hosts are lacking a 'dark' side! Girls are vulnerable to handsome young men going through trauma! If you keep carrying on in this ridiculous manner, it's only a matter of time before the girls grow tired of it! Are you trying to ruin Kyouya-sama's precious business! As manager, starting today, I'm changing all of your character backgrounds." Really… I didn't think guys with a dark side were that great… then again I'm not a typical girl. "Staring with you!" She pointed at Mitsukuni, "If all you are is cute, inside and out, then you're the same as a baby. As such, you're now 'The cute-face, who's actually a thug!' and Mori-senpai, you're the 'Childhood-friend flunkie!' the twins will be basketball players 'shut up in their own world!' Haruhi-kun, you're an honor student faced with 'Intense bullying!' And Tamaki-san, you are the school idol esteemed for your looks, but actually, you have an inferiority complex… 'The lonely prince!' Oh, Kyouya-sama, you're perfect just the way you are. You just stay your usual kind, affectionate self." This made me glad that I wasn't actually a host; I didn't need any strange background story. Though apparently I thought to soon, "And Ace! You are kind to everyone, but keep your distance from everyone around you, you are now the 'Kind Stranger'!" How did I rope into this?

"B-but I'm not even a host Renge! I would love to do that, but I'm not a host in any sense."

"If you do this Ace, I'll cut you debt. I heard that your mother will be in the states longer then you thought." Kyouya spoke quietly to me, making me give in and smile a fake kind smile at Renge, nodding to her to let her know I was 'in'. He then turned to Renge to speak to her, "Thank you. I'm honored." Kyouya gave Renge one of his fake smiles.

"'The lonely prince.' Indeed, that is perfect for me!" That couldn't be any further from the truth, and Haruhi voiced what I was thinking,

"That's probably the one she got the most wrong." The twins pulled Kyouya away from Renge,

"Kyouya-senpai… You've got to do something!"

"But his highness seems up for this." I didn't bother to look over at Tamaki, even though Kyouya had pointed to him, somehow I knew that idiot would be up to whatever Renge had planned. Plus I think that he wanted to impress Haruhi in any way possible.