"Someone explain to me why I have to wear this!" I grumble, lifting up one of my arms. The draping sleeve of my kimono rises with it.
"It's cute!" Hikaru says, popping up besides me.
"And it goes well with your ears!" Kaoru adds, popping up on the other side. Yep, that's right. Ears. They wanted to stick me in a pair of fake cat ears since I was now the 'Host Club Kitten', but I told them I had it covered. So I just took off my headband. And no one suspects a thing~.
My kimono is orange with little cats covering the bottom and sleeves. The top is more of a yellow color, with a simple pattern of two paw prints on my right breast. It was cute and all, just... not my style.
"I still don't want to wear it." I mumble.
"Oh, but you look so good, Kari-chan!" One of the twins' guests assures. All of the guests have complemented me at least once today, each with hearts in their eyes when they do. It's a bit uncomfortable.
"And I think it's adorable that you're wearing matching kimonos!" The same girl tells the twins. They grin at her.
"Our mother designed everything you see today." Hikaru says. "If you see something you like, we can take an order for you."
'Wonder why they don't want anyone to know they designed them?' I think to myself, shrugging.
"Hikari even helped us put them on~." Kaoru adds.
"DON'T BRING ME INTO THIS! I DID NOTHING OF THE SORT!" I roar at him. He and Hikaru ignore me, Hikaru grabbing Kaoru's chin.
"But you know the only one who will be undressing you is me~" He purrs. I scoff and stand up, going to Haruhi's section of the room.
"Looks like they're up to that nonsense again." She sighs as I sit down. I hum in agreement.
"Oo~!" Two of Haruhi's guests coo, blocking our view of those twins. HOW ARE THEY MOVING WITHOUT WALKING?! AND WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICES?!
"Haruhi you look so cute in your kimono!" One of the girls exclaims.
"Almost like a girl!" The other one cheers. I feel a sweat bubble trail down the side of my face. Are all of the people in this school this oblivious?!
"Thanks." Haruhi says.
"Haruhi!" We both look over at Kyoya. He's wearing a brown kimono with a green bow. "You've booked another appointment. It seems you've had a pretty steady stream of customers lately. Keep up the good work."
He looks up from his makeshift notebook.
"I'm not going to charge you interest like I normally would, so keep this up, and you should be able to pay it off." Kyoya smiles, gaining a rose background. "Although the rental fee on your kimono is nothing to sneeze at."
"Jeez, he's like some kind of heartless tax collector." I say, shuddering. By the looks of her, Haruhi was just thinking the same thing.
A few more girls appear in front of Kyoya. SERIOUSLY, HOW CAN THEY MOVE WITHOUT, WELL... MOVING?! IT'S LIKE THEY'RE GLIDING OR SOMETHING!
"H-haru-chan? Kari-chan?" Honey's sad voice rips me from my thoughts. Both Haruhi and myself look up at him. "I don't know how, but I lost one of my sandles!"
He starts crying and Haruhi and I jump up and rush over to him.
"You were just wearing them, weren't you?" Haruhi inquires as I pat our senpai on the back, trying to calm him down.
"Mitsukuni." Everyone looks over to Mori. Jeez he's got a deep voice.
Mori bends down and lifts Honey's foot, placing the missing sandle on it like some prince straight out of Cinderella.
"Takashi!" Honey gasps in awe.
"I noticed that you dropped it." Mori explains, face still as straight as ever. Honey sniffs and launches himself at Mori.
"TAKASHI!" He cries.
"How sweet." One of Haruhi's guests murmur.
"Isn't it though?" The other agrees. I just deadpan at the scene. How did Honey 'drop' a sandle?
"Looks like tears are popular with the ladies today." Haruhi acknowledges. We start walking away.
"Yeah, no Styx." I sigh. "But how are they all crying so easily? I know I have to be shot to cry..."
"Unh!" Haruhi grunts, bumping into Hikaru. A small bottle falls out of his sleeve. I bend down and pick it up.
"What's this?" Haruhi deadpans, gesturing to the bottle. Suddenly, we're surrounded by the gingers.
"For your information, Haruhi, it's common for a host to use eye drops." Kaoru says.
"No woman alive can resist a man on the brink of tears." Hikaru brags.
"I must be a zombie then." I grumble. "'Cause I ain't feeling no sympathy."
"That's cheating." Haruhi says, frowning. Hikaru wraps an arm around her, poking her cheek.
"Don't be such a partypooper!" He grins.
"Here." Kaoru says, reaching into his sleeve. "Have this."
He hands us each a tomato-like candy.
"Where were you keeping that?!" I exclaim, glaring at him. He just smirks at me.
"We didn't know you guys liked sweets!" The same guest from earlier glide over, hearts floating around them. I step away from them and end up between the gingers, who each drape an arm over my shoulders. I growl at them, but they don't budge.
"Well to be honest, I don't really." Haruhi says. She smiles. "But it will be a great gift for my mother's shrine."
Suddenly-PINEAPPLES! Wait, no, it's just Tamaki.
"HOW ADMIRABLE OF YOU!" He exclaims, swooping in with a 'princely' smile. The rest of the hosts join Gingers and me. "Such devotion to your mother's memory! Please, Haruhi, take these!"
He starts stacking more candies in her cupped hands.
"What do these even taste like?" I wonder, opening the box and popping the candy in my mouth. The twins watch me carefully.
HOLY STYX THIS IS DELICIOUS!
"So how is it, Hikari~?" Hikaru coos.
"Is it to your liking~?" Kaoru whispers seductively. I swallow.
"It's fine." I say nonchalantly. "And would you get off me?!"
"HOW COULD YOU?!" Tamaki yells, bringing our attention back to him. "My tears are always genuine, Haruhi."
"BS spotted!" I monotone, raising one hand.
"Being able to cry without the use of eye drops is the mark of a true host." Tamaki continues, ignoring me. "So tell me-Do I impress you? Have you fallen for me yet?"
"Jeez he's desperate." I groan. The twins nod.
"You wish senpai." Haruhi says to Tamaki.
"What about you, Hikari?" They suddenly say. "Have you fallen for us?"
"What Haruhi said." I deadpan. "You wish."
"Our romantic overtures seem to not be reaching you two for some reason!" Tamaki sighs dramatically. "Perhaps we should add a little pinash to our characters."
A small movement near the doors makes me tense and look over.
There's a girl standing there. She has brown hair, brown eyes, and is wearing the ridiculous Ouran girl's uniform. Everyone else notices her a second after I do.
"Looks like the Host Club has a brand new guest!" Gingers exclaim, finally getting off of me.
"Finally free!" I sigh, moving over to Kyoya. Hikaru and Kaoru glide away from us and appear before the new guest.
"Come on in." Kaoru invites, holding out a rose. "What are you waiting for?"
Hikaru joins him, also hold a rose.
"Watching from afar is no fun~." He guarantees.
"Please, Miss." They finish together, leaning forward. The girl whimpers.
"Stop that." Tamaki appears, also holding a rose. Where do we even get these things from? "What have I told you about being gentle with our first time guests?"
He spins around and approaches the girl.
"Please, you don't have to be afraid." He coos, going for her chin. "I welcome you to the Ouran Host Club."
The girl whimpers again, and the twins appear at Haruhi's sides. Yes, my plan of standing near the Shadow Lord have worked!
"NO!" I'm yanked from my thoughts yet again by a yell. This time it's from the girl, who is in the process of slapping Tamaki. It takes me a second to realize what's happening, but when it hits me, I start snickering. "Don't touch me! You're phony!"
The other Hosts gasp.
"What do you mean, 'phony'?!" Tamaki cries, hand over his face.
"Just what I said! You're PHONY!" The girl exclaims, pointing at him. "I find it hard to believe that someone like you is the PRINCE CHARACTER of this Host Club! You shouldn't go spreading your love around so easily like that, you stupid!"
An arrow reading 'Stupid' impales Tamaki. I just laugh harder, not even bothered anymore.
"You must be a dimwitted narcissist!" The girl continues. "You're incompetent! A commoner! You're disgusting!"
An arrow hits Tamaki for every insult. Finally, a lightning bolt hits him, and he begins falling backwards-in slow motion. What. The. Heck?!
"He's created a new technique!" Hikaru gasps.
"One-man slow motion!" Kaoru exclaims. I'm shaking from silent laughter at this point, and Kyoya's just eyeing me. Then he turns his attention to the girl.
"I don't suppose you are-" He starts. The girl gasps and starts running toward us, trampling Tamaki in the process.
"It's you, Kyoya!" She screeches. Is it me, or is her voice really high pitched? "Oh how I've longed to meet you! My one and only prince charming!"
I hope I imagined the glare she gave me.
1564 words. Good?
Sorry for the wait, but... life, y'know?
Anyway, now we've got that screechy Renge chick here, whoohoo. AND WHY'D SHE GLARE AT ME?! Who knows~? (Me)
Bye guys~!