Btw, Please vote on my Poll for who Bijou will be paired with if you have not done so yet. So far Kyoya is winning.
So somehow I managed to get roped into attending Tamaki's Club, which is where I am at now. I didn't want to go of course, but I had to. No one said that it was mandatory to go but it was one of those situations that you just couldn't say no to. It all happened right after I found out I was going attend Ouran. It was Saturday night right after our family dinner we went to the living room and the scene sort of went like this:
Mr. Suoh: By the way, I just thought I should tell you that you are going to attend one of the most elite private schools in the world.
Me: Ok, Mr. Suoh. Whatever makes you happy.
Mr. Suoh: Oh and this is your new uniform. *holds up yellow dress*
Me: It's lovely.
Mr. Suoh: Oh and Tamaki can show you around school.
Tamaki: It would be my honor. You simply must come with me to meet the Host Club.
Mr. Suoh: I agree, it would be a good experience for you.
Mom: Oh that sounds like so much fun! If only I were 20 years younger and not about to be married, then I would have come with you.
Me: Well, I would love to but I have so much work to do and…
Mr. Suoh and Mom: *look at me hopefully*
Tamaki: *gives me puppy dog eyes*
Me: *sigh* Fine….
Okay, so maybe it didn't really go like that. For one, the dress is a monster puffball that I absolutely dread wearing and I am not as agreeable as my mother wishes I was. I also had to sit through the whole "the purpose of the Host Club" talk. But you get the point anyway.
So, here I am, sitting here reading a book while I hear Tamaki using the cheesiest lines ever to a bunch of innocent girls who swoon over his every action. In the background, I can also hear the other hosts. The first host I was introduced to was Kyoya, Tamaki's best friend. All he does is sit in his corner and work on his laptop and write in his clipboard. But considering how he hasn't annoyed me yet, I like him. I can't say the same for the set of twins I think were called Hikaru and Kaoru. They have already annoyed me enough today. Their "brotherly love" act is so outdated. I am sure I could tell them apart if I cared enough since their voices are different. But I don't care so I will remain blissfully unaware for now. Another host I met is Haruhi. Truth is, I already know that Haruhi is indeed, a girl. It is painfully obvious but I will let them think that I do not know for now since it is none of my business. The last two hosts are Hunny and Mori. I was a little surprised at first to find out that the shortest member of the host club was my senior but now that I take another look, he does have an air of maturity around him at times. The two seem to be very observant so I will have to be carefull around them.
Tamaki had just left his group of girls to go stop the twins from harassing Haruhi so all the girls at the table turned to me instead.
"You are Tamaki's sister right?" one girl asked.
"Yes," I replied cautiously.
"You're so lucky! What is like when he's at home?" another girl exclaimed.
"Umm…. well, exactly like he is at school I guess."
"What are you reading?" the third girl asked.
"Well, it's a book of poems." I replied politely. "Would you like me to read you some while we wait for Tamaki to return?"
"Yes, that would be lovely."
I was not sure if she actually wanted me to read or not but it was an excuse to stop them from probing further into my private life.
"This poem is called 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' by Maya Angelou." I began.
"The free bird leaps
on the back of the win
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wings
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.
But a bird that stalks
down his narrow cage
can seldom see through
his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and
his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings
with fearful trill
of the things unknown
but longed for still
and is tune is heard
on the distant hillfor the caged bird
sings of freedom
The free bird thinks of another breeze
an the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn
and he names the sky his own.
But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing
The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom."
By the time I had finished reciting the poem, others had joined in our small group.
"That was a beautiful poem," said the petite brunette girl on my left.
"I thought so too," I replied with a smile.
"Can you read us another one?"
"Sure. This one is called 'A Dream Within a Dream' by Edgar Allen Poe.
Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow-
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand-
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep- while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?"
Right after I finished, Kyoya announced that the club would now be closing. I said goodbye to the girls I was with and let out a sigh of relief when they left. I did not like having to do Tamaki's job for him. I would have to talk with him about that. But when I finally saw him, he had pulled me into a bear hug so tight that I couldn't speak any recognizable words.
"You were so great back there! I think you should become the Host Club's first official Hostess!"
