No ownership of original, Ouran High School Host Club. This story and idea based from it is my own. Enjoy Kaoru's side of everything with a twist on the original. Anyone still feeling sorry for her or wishing she'll show them up?


When they entered the classroom, they grinned and greeted her cheerfully. Cautiously, she looked up from her book and studied them for a moment. "Hello."

Hikaru and he beamed back. She stared at them evenly, then tilted her head slightly with a minute frown creasing at her mouth. Kaoru laughed.

"What?" We can't even greet a fellow classmate..."

"...without suspicion? Tut tut. We aren't that terrible to our classmates."

She huffed and mumbled as she looked back to her book. "You call them idiots."

"She caught us Hikaru," Kaoru cheered. They threw their hands into the air in mock celebration, making like they had confetti.

"They're idiots."

"Dull."

"Boring."

"Same as ever."

"All people are morons."

"Easy game."

"But you."

"You're not," they proclaimed. She blinked at turning her head to each as they spoke. Her nose wrinkled. Kaoru smirked over at Hikaru and his brother smirked back. There was her usual annoyance.

"You think you are equal to us. Telling us off."

"Rare but not unheard of."

"But nooooo." They pointed dramatically at her.

"You decide to only tell my brother off," Hikaru proclaimed. He leaned close to her, lips twitching in humor. "Not us."

"Just me."

She frowned and looked between them. Then her gaze settled onto Hikaru as she asked slowly. "Hikaru, right?"

"That's right," Hikaru said. "My brother Hikaru."

After a long silence on her end as they stared at her patiently. They wanted to see what she would do next with them annoying her, taking up her study time with their antics.

"What are you two up to?" She finally asked with far more suspicion than her returned greeting.

"Up to?"

"Us?"

"Why would you ever think that?"

"Do I need to answer that?"

Kaoru laughed at her bit of snark showing past annoyance. His brother laughed as well. Her question was correct.

"You said it."

"We call them idiots."

"Them."

"You though?"

"Smart."

"And interesting."

"Should be both to have the sheer nerve to apply and get in here."

"Not an idiot like them."

"But far too serious for our taste."

"We'll change that," they chimed.

"Hey!" She shouted in protest loudly. The focus of the rest of the classroom idiots turned to look at her yelling up at the Hitachiin twins. "You can't just decide you get to change a person!"

"See serious," Kaoru stated blandly. "That's part of why you are interesting commoner."

"Yelling at us in front of a room filled with people who are far above you."

She stood up quickly and Kaoru froze with his brother as she bowed. "I'm sorry about these two and for disrupting the classroom. Apologize."

With a jolt, they gazed at her is disbelief at the command after she apologized on their behalf already.

"You already did commoner. Thanks for doing that for us."

She narrowed her eyes at them. "That is not my name. Now apologize to the rest of our classmates."

"Those boring idiots?"

Honestly, Kaoru thought. What did it say of their classmates when they took no offense and merely continued appearing amused at her expression? Same old boring thing. Get on their good side. They're the Hitachiin sons. Everyone here did that. Their mother even told them that, but she did say it was merely a suggestion on her behalf. Her real rule was more of the effect of not creating long lasting damage. Which didn't bother them at all. It never took long for them to get bored and move on.

"You know, we should call her something other than commoner."

"That's right. She's Tanuki."

"My name is not Tanuki," she began.

Kaoru cut her off. "But this is what we will call you. Like...a nickname."

"It's better than everyone who calls you commoner anyway," they chorused. They directed looks about the classroom, then tugged her forward.

"This is Tanuki. Our toy."

The newly christened Tanuki sputtered. But their classmates had already nodded, agreeing to the Hitachiin madness than upsetting them. Either for family name or knowing the types of stunts they had pulled on those stupid enough to have done so in the past.

It left the girl solely in their hands, with no one willing to help or take her place. Let the fun begin.