"You're just not that interesting." "Some people just aren't fit to take on a leadership role." "I'm not in the mood for your smart-ass comments." "Don't be creepy. It makes me look bad." Several unwanted phrases in Shayla's head kept her from taking a well deserved nap. She did her best to not think about it, but to no avail. After a few minutes, she fell into a relaxed state and eventually dozed off.

"... Wouldn't it be cute, though?" Shayla slowly opened her eyes and rolled over to see Tina and Morgyn sitting across from her. They grew alarmed when they saw their friend awake and quickly shut their mouths. Shayla sat up and Tina and Morgyn pretended that they had said nothing.

"Our favorite young lioness is awake," Tina said as Shayla fluffed up her big hair. "What's up, Buttercup?"

"What were you guys talking about? What's cute?" Tina leaned over to Morgyn and made sure her voice was quiet enough so Shayla couldn't hear.

"Should we tell her?"

"I don't know. How do you think she will react?"

"I don't know! Umm, okay, how about we just hint at it and see what she does."

"Fine by me." The two broke apart and put on their biggest smiles.

"Shayla, you're aware you kinda stay close to us when we're at school, right?"

"Yeah…Do you guys think I'm too clingy? I can back away if you want, really. It's not that big of a prob-"

"No, no! It's never been a problem! We were just thinking that maybe you could interact with other people, you know, for your own good."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Shayla said, frowning. "How is it for my own good?"

"To be completely honest, you seem unhappy every time we go to school," Morgyn said. "We just thought if you made more friends, you'd enjoy your time here more."

"Okay, and where does the 'cute' part come in?" Tina twiddled her thumbs and her smile grew wider.

"Wellll, if you made more friends, then maybe you could get a… Boyfriend? Just imagining you in a relationship would be adorable! Just think about it! You'd be new to the dating scene, so it would be kind of awkward. But then, you guys would start to know each other better and spend more time together, AHHHH!" Tina flopped on the bed and rolled around imagining her cousin with a significant other. It didn't show on her face, but Shayla despised it when people do this. Ever since middle school people have been questioning her relationship status, pairing her up with random people, etc.

"I understand you guys mean well, but I really don't need a boyfriend."

"But do you WANT one?" Shayla bit her lip and her eyes slowly drifted off.

"That's… Debatable. Anyway, I need to take a shower and get ready. You two should do the same." Shayla promptly left the room, trying to avoid further conversation.


Shayla toyed with her pencil, deep in thought. Hikaru, Kaoru, Morgyn, and Haruhi all stared at her.

"What's she thinking about?"

"Maybe what it would be like if our hair grew fruit?"

"Or if fish could fly and birds could swim?"

"Knowing her, she's probably thinking about what would happen if someone randomly broke out into song." Shayla turned her head towards the quartet, her expression curious.

"What's in Kyoya-senpai's notebook?"

"We don't know," the twins said, shrugging their shoulders. Haruhi gave it a little more thought than the Hikaru and Kaoru did.

"Hmm… Maybe he records information about the Host Club?"

"That is a good question!" Morgyn exclaimed. "I'm gonna find out ASAP."


"Did you bring anything tasty today?"

"You know it! And I brought a slice of chocolate cake just for you!" Tina and Honey were discussing various treats as they usually do in class. Ever since indirectly becoming a part of the Host Club, Tina had grown closer to Honey than anyone else. His innocent demeanor is what drew her in. That, plus her maternal attitude towards the miniature boy made them a compatible pair. Mori watched and smiled as they continued their conversation. It always put a smile on his face to see his dear cousin enjoying himself. He thought Tina was a good friend to Honey and always knew what to say to make him happy. Mori snapped out of his mild trance when Honey turned his attention towards him.

"Takashi, do you want to try Ti-chan's cake with me later?"

"Yeah." There was a short silence until Tina broke it.

"Oh yeah, there's something I've been meaning to ask you two. Do you know what's in Kyoya's notebook? We were discussing this on our way here and we figured people in the Host Club might know." Honey contorted his face in every which way trying to come up with an answer. Mori sat still as he thought about it.

"Now that I think about it, I never found out what Kyo-chan writes in there."

"Hmm, that's odd. Mori, how about you?"

"I have nothing." The American girl folded her arms and pouted. "Damn," she thought. "What is in there!?" Ever since Shayla brought it up on the way there, the question has been picking at her brain. She gradually got frustrated the more she thought about it. Her internal tantrum was cut short when a dark-haired individual entered the classroom. Without noticing, Tina's eyes followed the handsome boy as he headed towards the back of the room. She never paid much attention to the other people in her class, considering they never sparked her interest like Honey, Mori, and a few other friends in her class, but this one was something else. She stopped staring when she noticed the teacher's presence soon after.


"... WHAT? What is this?"

"I don't think I got the memo about this…" Shayla and Morgyn were flabbergasted to see the hosts dressed up as superheroes. They looked around and saw that the music room resembled a classic metropolitan city. Morgyn pinched herself several times and Shayla's eyes rapidly went around the room.

"Don't worry," said Tina reassuringly. "They cosplay often."

"Thank goodness we're just the help," Morgyn whispered to Tina and Shayla. "Spandex isn't a good look for me." They looked around some more until seeing Kyoya write in his notebook reminded them of what they came here for. They waited until Tamaki was alone until all three jumped him and promptly carried him outside the room. As the door slammed shut, everybody stared with shocked expressions.

"... What just happened?"

"I guess it's something private if they had to go outside for it."

The three girls dropped Tamaki and stretched out their arms.

"You are HEAVY," Morgyn said popping her back. "What do you even eat!?" The blonde popped up and vigorously dusted himself.

"That is no way to treat your king, and my diet is just fine, thank you very much!" Shayla stepped in front of Tamaki before he could break into theatrics.

"Tamaki-senpai, we're truly sorry. However, this is something we couldn't discuss in front of certain people which is why we brought you outside." The host king paused for a second to let it sink in.

"Alright, what is it?"

"We want to know what's in Kyoya-senpai's notebook."

"Well, you know Kyoya is a very private person and-"

"WE. WANT. TO. KNOW." Morgyn was directly in Tamaki's face, her blue-grey eyes wide with pure insanity. He slowly backed away from the irate brunette and shrugged his shoulders.

"Like I said, Kyoya is very private. I honestly don't know." Morgyn screamed in frustration and punched the wall.

"Does ANYBODY in this whack-ass school know ANYTHING about this freakin' notebook!?" Tamaki slowly crept towards Morgyn, his hands trembling.

"Now, now. Daddy doesn't want to see you upset…"

"Shut it, senpai! I'm not in the mood!" The host king was devastated to see his "daughter" snap at him in such a ferocious manner. He sulked in a nearby corner and a depressing aura filled the halls shortly after.

"You know," Tina began. "We could just ask Kyoya himself…" Morgyn stopped in the middle of her mini-tantrum and her anger immediately subsided.

"... Oh." Morgyn turned to face a sorrowful Tamaki who was now growing mushrooms. "I'm sorry for snapping at you like that. I just didn't have my head on straight, you know." Unfortunately, that didn't get Tamaki out of his corner.

"C'mon, you're gonna make me feel bad…Uhh, see? Look, Daddy! Your daughter's happy and smiling! Look!" Tamaki slowly turned his head to see Morgyn putting on her biggest smile.

"Please cheer up," Morgyn said through her teeth. "My face is starting to hurt…" With that, the blonde immediately stood up and acted as if nothing happened.

"It's always nice to see my daughters happy! Well, club hours are about to begin. We should head back inside."

All four walked inside and tried to act as natural as possible.

"Sorry about that. There was just something we needed to talk about in private." Morgyn ran up to Kyoya and kept her voice calm and her expression neutral.

"Kyoya-senpai, is it okay if I ask you something?"

"Go ahead."

"Well, I've noticed that you write a lot in your notebook, and I just want to know… What's in it?" The black-haired boy snapped said notebook shut and made direct eye contact with Morgyn.

"Important things, non-important things, nothing special, really."

"Would you care to specify?"

"The contents of my notebook are something I'd rather keep private." Morgyn did her best to keep her breathing steady and her face from turning red. She whirled around to face her friends and she looked like she was about to explode. She slowly sat down and slammed her head down on the table as hard as she could.

"Wake me when club hours start." Eventually, the music room filled with guests and the trio immediately went to work. As they went around, they purposely walked behind Kyoya to try to catch a glance at what he was writing. To their frustration, every time they passed by, Kyoya was either too far away, the writing was too small, or the writing was illegible all together. The time went by relatively fast and before they knew it, club hours were over. Once all the customers left, Morgyn let it all out.

"Okay, you know what!? You win! You FREAKIN' win! I get it! You don't want people to see what you're writing, that's fine! I give up! I surrender!" Kyoya paused for a minute and a small smirk crept upon his face.

"Morgyn, it's clear to me that you're very eager to see what's in here. If you want to see it so badly, here you go." Morgyn was at a loss for words and snatched the notebook from her senpai's hand. She cracked it open and looked at the first page she saw.

"Alright, here we go… … … This is boring! THIS is what you've been hiding? Man, I thought I was going to find some really juicy stuff, but this is just disappointing and anticlimactic. I'm done!" Morgyn handed the notebook back to Kyoya and headed out the door with her head hanging in disappointment.

"Hey, Kyoya-senpai," Hikaru began. "How come Morgyn got to read it and nobody else could?" Kaoru finished. Kyoya's smirk from before grew wider. He waited until Morgyn was out of earshot before responding.

"It was a fake page. I always keep it handy in case of situations like these."

"Ooooh, Morgyn's gonna be so mad if she finds out." Tina said, biting her lip.

"Exactly, which is why she'll never find out," The glare on Kyoya's glasses were nearly blinding. "Right?" Everyone quickly nodded their heads and looked at the Shadow King nervously. Eventually, Tina and most of the Hosts had left and Shayla and Kyoya were the only ones in the room. Shayla was rearranging the things in her bag and Kyoya was typing away at his laptop.

"Shouldn't you be leaving too? Morgyn and Tina left a while ago."

"Yeah, but I just wanted to stay here a little longer. Am I intruding? If you want me to leave, that's perfectly fine. I won't be offended one bit and-"

"You're not intruding at all." Shayla let out a sigh of relief and continued to fiddle with stuff in her bag.

"Um, it was very smart of you to keep a fake page in your notebook. I admire that…"

"Thank you." Shayla started looking for something to talk about. She felt more awkward as their conversation hung in the air longer and longer.

"I'm sorry if we were invading your privacy. Curiosity gets the best of us a lot, and it comes to the point where we really don't consider how other people might feel about the situation."

"There's no need to apologize. However, please be aware there are some things I'd like to keep to myself."

"Trust me, I know that feeling…" Shayla muttered to herself.

"What was that?" Shayla quickly covered her mouth and stood up.

"Nothing! It was nothing! Umm, I think Tina and Morgyn are getting impatient… I should go." She hurried out the door, not slowing down once. Kyoya watched as she left.

"Well, that was odd…" He thought to himself. He wondered what cause her to leave so quickly, and began to wonder if it was something he said. He didn't say much, so he doubted that. For the most part Kyoya decided to let it go and continue working. However, the incident kept replaying in his head.