Hello again! I'm back with the fourth chapter! I'm really glad about the feedback I'm getting from this story so far. It makes me that much more confident in this story.

Anyway, on with the show!

Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club. Sachiko is my OC.

Chapter 4

It was just going to be another day for her. Nothing special ever happened to her. Except getting into debt with the Host Club, but debt was never a good thing. In fact, she wished that the debt would disappear so that she would no longer have a reason to keep showing up there.

But that was a different train of thought. For now, she would focus on getting through the classes with as little trouble as possible. The only small annoyance was the fact that there was a change of seats today.

She already knew what she was going to do. She was going to sit off to the side and away from everybody else. That way, she could read her book and take notes in peace. When she had decided on that, the twins had suddenly shown up on either side of her. She wondered what they wanted as they hooked an arm under each shoulder and dragged her with them.

"What is it?" she asked, sounding bored. They didn't say anything until they plopped her down into a seat. When she looked around, she saw Haruhi one seat down from her. The twins then took a seat on either side of Haruhi. Hikaru was the one to sit between Haruhi and Sachiko.

"What's going on?" asked Sachiko, trying to make sense of their actions.

"We figured you're probably bored sitting by yourself all the time. Besides, we want to sit together," said the twins simultaneously. She raised an eyebrow at them.

". . . Why would you want to hang out with me during class?" she asked. People would typically leave her alone. They didn't have much of a reason to befriend her. Haruhi leaned forward over her desk so that she could see around Hikaru.

"Well, you're our friend. Even if you don't feel like talking, there isn't anything wrong with just sitting together, is there?" she asked. Sachiko blinked and her eyes widened by a fraction, which Haruhi interpreted as being surprise. She learned that if she watched her classmate closely, Sachiko gave subtle hints to what she was feeling at the moment.

"Is there?" asked Kaoru and Hikaru when Sachiko had yet to answer. Finally, she looked away and towards the front of the class.

"I guess not." It wasn't a direct yes, but she wasn't getting up to find a different seat. She even took her shoulder bag off and placed it next to her desk. All in all, Haruhi considered it as a breakthrough in getting the introverted girl to socialize with them more. So far, it looked like they were succeeding in their mission.

At the end of class, Sachiko got up and gathered her stuff. She was at the door when two hands on her back guided her out of the classroom. She didn't have to look over her shoulder to know that it was the twins.

"What is it now?" she asked.

"Nothing. We're just going to prepare for today's activities," they said. She frowned.

"But I'm not needed until later. Why do I have to go with you guys?" she asked.

"You're always late," said Hikaru.

"And Kyoya said to make sure that you're on time today," said Kaoru. They continued to guide her to the third music room. What neither of them noticed was the fact that her expression dropped slightly when she saw that there was no use trying to tell them anything otherwise.

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Honestly, why did she have to be included when it came to the dress code of the day? In fact, why was she even included in the flower viewing?

Sachiko couldn't help but ask herself this as she walked around carrying tea. The whole reason she needed to be on time today was to help them set up outside for a flower viewing. She understood that. What she didn't get was why she now had to dress up and serve tea. Wasn't this what the Hosts were supposed to be doing today? Couldn't she just sit in a corner and read instead? She would help clean the place up afterwards, but there wasn't much of a need for her during the flower-viewing.

However, Sachiko's discomfort wasn't exactly on anyone's mind at the moment.

"Haruhi! How's it going? Are you having fun?" asked Tamaki when he spotted Haruhi.

"Maybe it's not as fun, because you cannot tie the necktie around your head as commoners do, but see! Originally flower viewing was to appreciate flowers!" he went on.

"Oh . . . kay," said Haruhi.

"But then, it's true that we're busier being appreciated than we appreciate something else. Oh, but that's always the case. Moreover, I'm the most spring-ish person now. Can you guess which part of me is spring-ish? I'll give you three minutes to think about it . . ."

"You brain?" Haruhi answered almost immediately. As Tamaki went back to his corner, the twins took this opportunity to surround Haruhi.

"Haruhi, have you decided on your electives for this quarter yet?" asked Hikaru.

"Let's take the same electives! See," started Kaoru, then both twins looked over at Tamaki with evil grins plastered on their faces, "We're in the same class after all."

Before they could go over their electives with Haruhi, however, a loud crashing sound caught their attention. Everyone looked over to see Sachiko standing to the side, surrounded by onlookers and covered in tea. Broken tableware littered the ground at her feet.

"Oh no! Are you okay?" asked one of the girls. Sachiko, as always, didn't say anything. Instead, she crouched down and started to pick up the pieces around her.

"Again, Sachiko?"

"You are such a klutz." She looked up to see the twins standing over her. She looked back down to continue cleaning up when the two picked her up by the shoulders.

"At least you didn't twist your ankle this time," said Kaoru.

"Come on. We'll have someone else clean that," said Hikaru as they steered her back over to Haruhi.

"Are you okay?" Haruhi asked her once they reached her. Sachiko nodded. There was slight confusion in her eyes, but she didn't question their motives.

"You need to learn to be more careful when serving drinks," said the twins. Then they pulled out a sheet of paper.

"Anyway, Sachiko, take the same electives as us!" said Hikaru. She blinked, surprised.

". . . Uh, ok." Even more surprising, she found herself agreeing with this plan. Whatever the reason for it, she felt a little happy about it. They had even decided on a few electives when Honey came up, looking as cheerful as ever.

"Haru-chan! When is your class's physical examination day?" asked Honey. What seemed to be an innocent question brought up a big issue concerning one of the Hosts.

Haruhi was a girl. Nobody else knew that.

Everyone stared at Haruhi as it registered to her what it meant as well.

"That is not good. I'll be found out," she said calmly. That was when the rest of the Hosts started to panic.

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"I wonder what Formation A is . . ." Haruhi wondered out loud as they walked down the hallway. It was now the day of the physical examination and neither Haruhi nor Sachiko knew what was going to happen.

"Formation A?" asked Sachiko as she walked with Haruhi and the twins.

"Oh yeah, you weren't there yesterday when we discussed it," said Kaoru.

"You were later than usual. You came in just in time for Haruhi to agree to stay as a Host. Why are you always late, anyway?" asked Hikaru. She remained silent.

"That's a silly question, Hikaru. You already know what her answer is. She got held up by something. Although she'd never once said what it is that holds her up every time," said Kaoru.

"That's true. Maybe if we were to know what it is that keeps you so late, we could work out something so that you can be on time for once without us having to escort you," said Hikaru. Sachiko still didn't say anything.

"Leave her alone guys. What kind of physical examination does Ouran have, anyway?" asked Haruhi, trying to divert the twins attention from Sachiko. It worked.

"I heard there're not many differences in equipment," said Hikaru.

"It wouldn't be good if we had differences between rich and poor for this kind of thing. It's medical stuff, after all," said Kaoru. Haruhi felt relieved to hear that.

"Speaking of which, you can have one of the doctors check out your head, Sachiko," said Kaoru.

"I told you, it's just a small bump. It's nothing," she said. It really was, but since she went to the meeting yesterday with an egg-sized bruise on her forehead, the twins would not stop inquiring about it.

"Maybe if you stop being such a klutz, you would stop falling down and getting injured," said Hikaru.

"Hikaru!" scolded Haruhi. Sachiko just walked on. It wasn't that big of a deal. Besides, bruises heal eventually. She was going to be fine.

Finally, they arrived at the nurse's office and opened the doors . . .

"Welcome." Doctors and nurses lined the entryway for the students. This seemed to shock Haruhi.

"Are you okay?" Sachiko asked her, wondering why she seemed so surprised.

"Yeah. It's nothing," said Haruhi, although she sounded a bit annoyed by something. She was debating about asking when a nurse walked over to her.

"Ladies, this way please," said the nurse that was now escorting Sachiko away. Oh well. It was probably nothing.

"Narita-san, if you could come this way so that we can measure your height and weight," said the doctor in charge of her examination. Since nobody told her about doing anything for this "Formation A" thing, Sachiko went on to get her examination over with.

Her doctor was writing down the results of her vision test when a commotion caught her attention. She took a couple of steps out to see what was going on. Unfortunately, a few girls came running by and shoved her out of the way, apparently in a hurry to see what was going on. Sachiko teetered on the ball of her foot with her arms outstretched before spinning around and planting her other foot on the ground. She gave a sigh, seeing that her balance was now stabilized.

"Nice save," said the doctor, who was clapping and looked impressed.

"Narita-san, did you want to take a minute to watch the Hitachiin twins undress as well?" asked a nurse. Sachiko frowned. That was what the ruckus was all about? It must be part of the plan to keep Haruhi's gender a secret. And now that she was paying attention, she could hear the twins doing their brotherly love act for everyone in the clinic. Considering that she heard this on a daily basis, she felt no need to go watch this herself.

She was about to shake her head when the twins started to laugh their heads off. It only took her a second to see why. Just what was Tamaki thinking when he put a brown wig on and tried to impersonate Haruhi? There was still the obvious height difference and the blue eyes that gave him away in a heartbeat. It looked like the idea was a prank thought up by the twins because Tamaki was now trying to strangle Hikaru.

Someone, please tell her that seriously wasn't the plan to keep Haruhi in the Host Club.

Kyoya then walked by her with the real Haruhi in tow. Honey and Mori were also there for some reason.

"Don't worry. I've got everything covered," he said when he spotted Sachiko. She just nodded, understanding that there really was an actual plan in motion.

"Hey Sachiko! What did you think of that prank on Tono?" asked Hikaru.

"Funny, right?" asked Kaoru. Sachiko nodded. It did seem a little funny. However, the twins didn't find her convincing with that blank expression she kept on her face.

"You're not really laughing, though," said Hikaru. She was really starting to annoy him. Kaoru sighed.

"Oh well. We'll leave you to finish your examination, Sachiko," he said, taking Hikaru with him. Sachiko only nodded again before returning to her doctor.

"What makes Haruhi think that Sachiko wants to socialize with us? She hasn't done anything to give off that impression," said Hikaru to Kaoru.

"Maybe Haruhi sees something we don't. Either way, we said we try talking to her," said Kaoru. After Haruhi closed the door behind her in the special boys' clinic, a girl screamed nearby. The Host Club members overheard the girl talking about a weird doctor trying to assault her before disappearing out the window.

"What's that?" asked Hikaru.

"The quack doctor from earlier? He disappeared again," said Kaoru.

"Ah . . . Now I remember. He's not from my hospital," said Kyoya. The twins sweat dropped at the news. That was really something he should have mentioned earlier.

". . . A pervert," stated Mori.

"Ah, it's spring. It's the season to have several weird people," said Kaoru.

"True," agreed Honey.

"Such a stupid guy. He'll get caught soon enough unless he hides in a nearby classroom," said the twins. Then it hit them all at the same time. Haruhi was in trouble. Without wasting any time, they all rushed into the special boys' clinic.

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As it turned out, the quack doctor really was in the boys' clinic with Haruhi. He just wasn't a pervert. After scaring him with their entrance, the doctor, Yabu, spilled his life story. His daughter left with his wife a month ago because of his bad management at his hospital. After finally finding Ouran to see his daughter, he was mistaken for one of the doctors that were supposed to be here. And that was how he got to be there, mistaken for a pervert.

Kyoya, on the other hand, pointed out the doctor's mistake. He had the wrong high school.

Tamaki, wanting to help the man, had Hikaru and Kaoru draw a map to the right high school for him.

When everything was said and done, Haruhi said, "Would you all mind leaving? I still have to take the physical exam as a boy."

Relieved as they all were that Haruhi was okay (and after dragging Tamaki off of Haruhi because he kept hugging her), they all exited the boys' clinic. The twins were mildly surprised to see Sachiko waiting for them outside of the door.

"What's up?" they asked her as the rest of the club members dispersed.

"I heard there was a pervert running around, then I saw you guys rush in there," she said.

"Oh, don't worry about that. That's already been taken care of," they said in an almost bored tone. Sachiko gave a slight sigh.

"That's good. I thought something might have happened to Haruhi for a minute there." Hikaru and Kaoru stared at her, surprised.

"Wait. You were worried?" asked Hikaru. Sachiko looked down, not answering the question with words.

"If you were worried, why didn't you come in to see what was going on?" asked Kaoru.

". . . Because that room is supposed to be a boys' clinic," she said, looking up to give him a flat stare.

"Oh . . . right," they said, realizing their mistake.

"Well, as long as everything's okay, that's fine with me," she said, walking away. Now that there wasn't any danger, she could go find a quiet place to read her book.

The twins, however, just stood there, staring after her.

". . . Maybe Haruhi had a point about her, after all," said Kaoru. Hikaru nodded.

"In that case, she really does need a lot of help," he said. Kaoru shrugged.

"Well, there's no rush. She's going to be working for the Host Club for a while longer still. Even then, she's in our class," said Kaoru.

"Yeah." With nothing else to do, the twins went off to go bother Sachiko more.

I hope you guys liked this chapter as well. I know that I'm not having Sachiko do much right now in the canon story, but that's because she starts off as a mildly important background character. She'll have more to do as time goes on, but for now, she's mainly on the sidelines. Her story will happen eventually, just not immediately.

Please, leave a review telling me what you think so far and I'll update as soon as I can. Later!