-Chapter 10-

My Character?

"I'm pleased to introduce the newest member of the Ouran Host Club, Caven Iwahashi."

A round of applause followed after Kyoya's little speech. He just had to rub it in, didn't he?

Yes, so I lost the competition. I knew I would since I had stopped half way through the song I was playing. To my surprise I didn't really care though. I was just unhappy that I had to spend three hours after school surrounded by crazy people.

I stared out the window as I was seated on the couch surrounded by three girls. I was leaning against the arm of the furniture and had my left leg up on the seat while the other one was on the floor. What was I supposed to do now?

"So, Caven." I turned to see a girl with long brown hair speaking to me. "You've been at Ouran for a couple weeks, right?"

"Indeed I have, Miss."

She blushed. "Where did you move from?"

"I'm from America. Colorado to be precise." I said.

"Was it pretty there?" A girl with glasses asked.

"It was very beautiful. There are plenty of green forests and fields of vibrant wildflowers as far as the eye can see. I loved to visit the mountain lakes with my family." All this talk of home was making me sad.

"If you loved Colorado so much, then why did you move here?" The first girl asked.

"I have to stay here with my grandmother."

"Why? Shouldn't you be here with your family?" Girl #3 asked. She had short black hair that she wore with a yellow clip.

"Something… came up with my family. I'm not able to see them at the moment." I semi-lied to them. I thought being a host was supposed to be happy? This was just depressing.

"Do you miss them a lot?" Girl #2 asked.

I turned to look back out the window. The sun was shining brightly and I could feel it warm my face as it came in through the window. "I miss them very much. Especially my brother. He was my best friend, my twin." I whispered.

"I didn't know you had a twin brother, Caven." One of the girls said quietly. They seemed to notice that I wasn't in a very peppy mood.

"Is it hard to be away from him?"

I continued to stare out the window. "It's an indescribable pain, to be away from one's other half. I feel hollow, like a piece of me has been ripped out and the other half is left there to heal on its own. Only it's not healing. There's still an open would there. A wound that doesn't seem to want to go away." I looked down at my hands, by now I was talking to myself. "It's like the world has stopped, but I'm the only one who's noticed." My voice choked at the end.

I felt a pair of arms wrap around my shoulder, then another.

"We can't say we know exactly what you're going through," Kaoru started.

"But we can understand what it's like to be away from your twin." Hikaru finished.

I looked up to see each that of them had a caring expression on their face.

"You're a part of the Host Club now." They said together. "Which means you're a part of our family."

A family.

I haven't heard that word in a while.

"Thank you guys. That means a lot to me." I said turning to each of them before pulling them both into a hug.

They seemed surprised at first, but then I felt them pat me on the back.

Suddenly there was a ton of squeals around me and I heard a voice laughing hysterically over the chaos. "Finally! A threesome has broken out in the Host Club as the new student enters the twin's world."

What-the-hell?

I turned to see a girl in an Ouran uniform with a pink ribbon in her hair. She was holding a microphone and was staring intently at me and the twins, along with the rest of the female population in the room.

She walked up to me. "I'm Renge Houshakuji, manager of this club." She said sweetly.

"Oh." This was weird. "Well it's a pleasure to meet you Renge. I'm Caven Iwahashi." I gave her a small smile. For some reason I thought this girl would yell at me if I didn't.

"I know." She stated simply. "I've been watching you ever since my Kyoya considered letting you join the Host Club." That was even weirder.

"What do you mean by 'watching' me? Also, what do you mean by your Kyoya?"

"Why? Are you jealous?" Renge said wiggling her eyebrows.

"Not in the slightest. I just think that Kyoya isn't someone's property to be owned."

"Sounds like you care a lot for him."

This girl was frustrating. "I care about him. Not for him." I stated plainly. There were squeals around me. Apparently people took that the wrong way.

"Would you both please cease from talking about me as if I weren't here?"

Renge and I turned to see a slightly flustered Kyoya standing with his notebook at his side.

"Kyoya, you're pink." I stated.

He ignored me. "Renge. Would you please tell us what you figured out about Caven so we can decide his type?"

She snapped her fingers and the lights went out. Then a projector screen came down from the ceiling.

"Please watch the screen everybody." Everyone turned to look at the screen.

Suddenly video footage of me started to run on the screen while Renge did commentary. "Caven Iwahashi, class 2-A, 16 years old. Moved here from America two weeks ago to stay with Meiko Iwahashi, grandparent and owner of Iwahashi Baking Industries. Reason unknown. He's 5'8' and weighs 127 pounds. He has wavy dark auburn hair that he keeps rather long. He has very effeminate features too. He's played the piano since he was 4, guitar since he was 9, violin since he was 12, and just recently began the cello. Other hobbies include writing music. Nothing is known about sports. His mother is a nature photographer and his dad owns a software company in America. He also has a twin brother. Caven is actually a commoner. He's an average student and well liked by his peers. He's very polite and often referred to as 'quiet' and 'delicate' because of his gentle and poetic nature. Caven may also seem to be constantly staring off into space, but he's actually very observant." The slide show ended and the screen went back into the ceiling, followed by the lights coming back on.

How the hell did this girl get my entire background?

Wait a minute. Grandma did mention that a girl had come by the house when I was out the other day to ask about me…

Was this her?

"All in all, Caven appears to be a perfect gentleman." I didn't know if I should take that last remark as a compliment or an insult. Renge quickly turned and pointed at me. "But I'm not sold on the matter!" She yelled out with an angry expression on her face. This girl was starting to scare me.

"What are you talking about Renge?" Haruhi said in a bored monotone. She seemed to be used to this.

"Well, Haruhi. As we witnessed earlier Caven seems to have a dark past that he's not telling us all about. A past that seems to fill him with nothing but pain when he has to talk about it. A past that I will figure out." She said still looking at me with a wicked glint in her eye.

This girl was crazy, but I had to admit she was very good at gauging people's personalities. She was also making me extremely mad.

"Come on Renge, it doesn't really matter now does it." Tamaki said holding his hands up in front of him as a sign of peace.

"Oh, but it is. A character's past is something that affects that person's whole life. To figure out exactly what type of person Caven is, I-"

"My past is nothing that needs to be discussed." I said menacingly to the girl in front of me. "It's none of your damn business what goes on in my life so don't go snooping around where your presence doesn't belong. Who do you think you are?" Renge looked shocked at my sudden change in attitude. In fact, everyone did.

I calmed down and realized what I just. "I am so sorry. It just-"

"That was perfect!"

Huh?

"That's what I was looking for," Renge continued, sounding like a fangirl. "Your character needed something different. That constant lonely boy act wasn't enough to let you into this club. You needed more to your personality!"

Renge walked away and stepped onto a large podium thing. "It'll be nice working with you Caven! You are now the 'Poetic' type." She shouted and started laughing as the podium rotated into the ground and out of sight.

I'm pretty sure I was just standing there gaping like a hungry fish.

What was wrong with this place?

"Are you okay, Cai-chan?" Honey asked as he came up to me, holding Usa-chan close to his chest.

"Yeah, Renge was a little crazier than normal today." Haruhi said as she put down the tea set she was carrying on a nearby table.

"You were a little out of character too." Kaoru came up and put a hand around my shoulder.

"What was up with that?" Hikaru came over a put a hand on top of my head.

"It was nothing." I stated simply, twisting away from them to go sit back down on the coach where I had left my customers. "I'm just not used to people being so interested in me." I lied.

It didn't look like they believed me, but they didn't pester me any further about it. Mainly because Kyoya told everyone to get back to work.

Sometimes I loved that guy.

When the Host Club ended that day, Kyoya made us stay after for a meeting.

"We will be having another beach trip."

"Alright. Beach trip! Beach trip! Beach trip! " The twins yelled as they gave each other high fives.

Haruhi groaned. "You do remember what happened last time we went to the beach, right Senpai?"

"I do." Kyoya pushed up his glasses. "The girls really enjoyed the experience and we made quite a profit that day."

Haruhi's head plopped down in defeat. Nobody else seemed to have any problems with the trip. I had a feeling my opinion wouldn't matter.

"It's settled then. In one week's time, the Host Club will be going to the beach."

"Yay!" Honey and Tamaki yelled together while Mori stayed silent as always.

Hey, as long as I didn't have to go in the water.

Disclaimer- I do not own OHSHC or its characters, just my own.

Okay, my chapters are getting shorter. Is that okay with everyone? I can't really help it. I'm trying to get through the little things so the story comes back in. Sorry for a rushed ending. And yes, the timing is confusing. Originally, this story took place in the fall, now it is summer. Sorry for any confusion.

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