The Best Friend Type
Chapter Ten: A New Host
I'm finally in my first year of high school. I feel as if it was just yesterday I was starting my first year of middle school here. If someone had told me that I'd be getting googly eyes from a ton of women all day every day, I would've laughed and asked if they were like me- insane. But nevertheless this is what I do and I have to say, I'm glad I get to be in the Host Club.
The door before us started to open and we all did our usual greeting. "Welcome." My eyes widened and a smirk grew on my face. Standing at the door was a boy with brown hair and brown eyes with glasses on his face. Why in the world would a boy come to a club that entertains women?
"Oh wow, it's a boy," Hikaru and Kaoru pointed out.
"Hikaru, Kaoru, Rin, I believe this young man is in the same class as you, isn't he?" Kyoya-Senpai asked as we all, minus Tamaki-Senpai, stared at the twins.
"Yeah, but he's shy," the answered together, looking at Kyoya-Senpai. "He doesn't act very sociably, so we don't know much about him," They shrugged.
Kyoya-Senpai seemed to smirk at that. "Well that wasn't very polite. Welcome to the Ouran Host Club, Mr. Honor student."
"What?" Tamaki-Senpai asked, getting out of his chair. "You must be Haruhi Fujioka." Haruhi was busy trying to get out of this room. I held back a laugh by biting my lip and shielding the lower half of my face with the back of my hand. "You're the honor student we've heard about."
He stopped struggling with trying to open the door for a second. "How do you know my name?"
"Why, you're infamous," Kyoya -Senpai stated. "It's not every day that a commoner gains entrance into our academy. You must have an audacious nerve to work hard enough to fight your way into this school as an honor student, Mr. Fujioka."
"Well uh…thank you I guess…" Haruhi stated.
I raised an eyebrow at Kyoya-Senpai, which he ignored. Something was off about him, I just couldn't put my finger on it. His smirk and aura all screamed that he knew something we didn't and of course, knowing Kyoya-Senpai, he was going to play us with what he knows. That bastard should be the mischievous type, not the twins.
"You're welcome," Tamaki-Senpai told him, putting his arm around the boy's shoulders. "You're a hero to other poor people Fujioka. You've shown the world that even a poor person can excel at an elite private academy."
Haruhi was fighting like Hell trying to get away from him. Tamaki-Senpai just followed him, most likely completely oblivious to his discomfort or just not caring. I'm betting on the former, he's pretty dense.
"It must be hard for you to constantly be looked down upon by others."
"I think you're taking this poor thing too far," Haruhi stated, still trying to get away from him.
"Spurned, neglected, but that doesn't matter now. Long live the poor! We welcome you, poor man, to our world…of beauty!" He spread his arms out.
Haruhi started walking toward the door, mumbling something to himself.
"Hey!" Honey-Senpai called, grabbing Haruhi by the arm and pulling him back. "Come back here Haru-chan! You must be like a superhero or something. That's so cool."
"I'm not a hero," Haruhi told him. "I'm an honor student." He seemed to think about something. "And who're you calling Haru-chan?"
"I never would've imagined the famous scholar…would be so openly gay," Tamaki-Senpai said. I laughed and plopped down in what use to be Tamaki-Senpai's chair as I watched Haruhi mumble something to himself.
"So tell me what kinda guys you're into. Do you like the strong silent type, the boy lolita, how 'bout the mischievous type, the best friend type, or the cool type?"
"I…uh…" Haruhi started backing up. "It-it's not like that. I was just looking for a quiet place to study!"
Tamaki-Senpai put his hand on Haruhi's cheek, tilting his chin upwards. "Or maybe…" He got close to Haruhi's face. "You're into a guy like me. What do you say?"
I'd say get out of my face, but that's just my opinion. In all honesty I felt kinda sorry for Haruhi, I never got openly flirted with like that from Tamaki-Senpai, but I know he's hard to get off your back. I couldn't help but laugh again, though. This was just so priceless. Maybe Tamaki-Senpai is gay…?
Haruhi backed up, hitting a stand that held an expensive vase. He tried grabbing it, but just barely missed it. The vase smashed onto the ground, breaking into a million pieces.
"Aww," Hikaru and Kaoru said over Haruhi's shoulder.
"We were going to going to feature that renaissance vase in an upcoming school auction," Hikaru informed Haruhi.
Kaoru joined in. "Oh, now you've done it commoner. The bidding on that vase was supposed to start at eight million yen."
"What? Eight million yen?" Haruhi then tried figuring out something on his fingers, but I had taken to searching Kyoya-Senpai for any clues as to what he knows that we don't, so I wasn't exactly sure what he was doing.
"Uh…I'm gonna have to pay you back," Haruhi said, getting my attention off of the school's cool type. Not knowing something that Kyoya-Senpai finds so amusing makes the hair on my arms and neck stand tall. Sadistic bastard….
"With what money?" the twins asked, looking at each other with a shrug.
"You can't even afford a school uniform."
"What's with that grubby outfit you got on anyway?" Kaoru asked as Kyoya picked up a piece of broken shard.
I yawned, feeling worn out. Maybe I could just take a little nap and they won't notice?
"Well, what do you think we should do Tamaki?" Kyoya-Senpai asked.
I quickly moved out of the way, knowing Tamaki-Senpai was going to sit down where I had just previously been. That was his throne after all.
"There's a famous saying you may have heard Fujioka." Tamaki-Senpai rested his chin on one of his hands while the other pointed at Haruhi. "'When in Rome, you should do as the Romans do.' Since you have no money you can pay with your body. That means starting today…" He looked at Haruhi, who I felt bad for. "You're the Host Club's dog."
Tamaki-Senpai got up again and we surrounded the new boy. He seemed to have frozen or something. Tamaki waved his hand a bit to try to get Haruhi's attention.
"Poke poke," Honey Sempai said as he poked Haruhi.
Haruhi fell over.
"Oh that's wonderful…Guys, I think you broke him," I informed everyone, staring at the boy on the floor.
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"How was your weekend with the twins?" Kana asked me, tucking a loose strand of red hair behind her ears.
"It was fun." I told them, recalling the events of yesterday and yawning because even thinking about all the extra exertion that was put on my body, made me ten times sleepier. "We were going to just go to the park, but then they decided to go to the mall. We went shopping because they insisted that I needed a new wardrobe." I said, mocking them.
"Have you gotten any closer to them?" Riko asked, as if she pitied me.
I nodded my head eagerly, "I think that they're really starting to like me. We got a large milkshake yesterday and all three of us shared!"
Kana gasped and started to have a fangirl attack. "That's basically like kissing!"
"I'm so happy for you," Tanaka said quietly and blushed.
I continued entertaining my guests, talking to them about yesterday's adventure and what all we bought. They were so happy for me and I had to admit I was feeling really warm and tingly thinking back on it. Me and the twins have gotten quite close, but we're still visibly holding back. I haven't even let them come inside my house yet, which they begged me to do.
I looked over when I heard the twins laughing though. Tamaki-Senpai was in his little emo corner, making me sigh. I'm gonna invest in some flashlights in those corners so they aren't so dark when he goes there.
From what it looked like where I sat, Haruhi had managed to make him go to the corner, since the twins seemed to be praising him.
"Boss?" Kaoru asked as I walked over to see what was happening.
"Call me king," Tamaki-Senpai interrupted.
"You can teach him all the basics of hosting…"
"But he's not going to get very far with the ladies if he doesn't look the part, you know," Hikaru finished for his twin. "He's not exactly host club material, but…maybe if we took off his glasses, it'll help."
"Hey, I need those," Haruhi told Hikaru after he had taken his glasses off. Both twins stared at Haruhi wide eyed. "I use to have contacts, but I lost them on the first day of school."
Mori-Senpai, Honey-Senpai, Kyoya-Senpai, and I watched Haruhi curiously.
Tamaki-Senpai came running over, pushing Hikaru and Kaoru out of the way. He stared at Haruhi for a few seconds before snapping his finger. "Hikaru, Kaoru."
"Got it!" They saluted Tamaki before each grabbing each of Haruhi's wrists. They took off to the changing rooms, dragging Haruhi along with them.
Tamaki-Senpai pointed at Kyoya-Senpai, who already had his cell phone out. "Kyoya, my hair stylist." He started punching the number in. Tamaki-Senpai switched to point at Mori-Senpai. "Mori-Senpai, go to the eye doctor and get him some contact lenses." He pointed at me, making me raise an eyebrow. "Go find those two devils and make sure they don't break anything."
Don't you mean, make sure the newbie doesn't break anything? I thought feeling defensive. I shrugged, heading to the back rooms. When I opened the door, the twins were bouncing out of the changing room before looking at each other.
"What're you doing back here, Rin?" Hikaru and Kaoru asked.
"I was told to make sure you two didn't do anything dumb." I said, sitting down on one of the sofas.
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"Um, Senpai?" Haruhi called.
"Aren't you done changing yet?" Tamaki asked.
Haruhi pushed the curtain back, making me look up at him. "You sure it's really okay for me to keep this uniform?"
Tamaki held his face. "Cute! You're as pretty as a girl. Adorable!"
"Haru-chan you look so cute!" Honey-Senpai told him.
"If we had known that's how you really looked," Hikaru started.
"We would've helped you out sooner," Kaoru finished.
I nodded to Haruhi. "You look nice."
"Who knows," Kyoya-Senpai added, putting his two cents in. "Maybe he'll draw in some customers."
"You know, that's just what I was thinking," Tamaki-Senpai stated.
"Bull," I deadpanned.
Tamaki-Senpai pointed at Haruhi. "Our errand boy is moving up in ranks. Starting today, you're an official member of the host club. I will personally train you to be a first rate host. If you can get one hundred customers to request your service, we will completely forget about your eight million yen debt."
"A host?" Haruhi asked, his eyebrows twitching.
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I was in middle of a conversation with another one of my guest when I heard Tamaki-Senpai yell something about being cute. I glanced over and saw Tamaki-Senpai almost killing Haruhi in a hug and twirling him around.
"Mori-Senpai!" Haruhi called to him. "Help me!"
I watched in fascination as Mori-Senpai's expression changed dramatically as if he was triggered by what he said. Mori-Senpai pulled Haruhi form Tamaki-Senpai's arms and held him up. It seemed something dawned on him as he held Haruhi. A strange feeling of deja vu washed over me making me shiver.
I walked over to see what was happening.
"Mori-Senpai?" Tamaki-Senpai asked. "You really didn't have to go that far. Come on little one. Let Daddy give you a big hug." I gaped, remembering those were his exact words to me a little over a year ago.
"I've already got a dad," Haruhi told him. "I don't need another one." I continued to gawk at them, me and Haruhi are going to be very good friends, I can tell.
Mori put Haruhi down and I steadied him as he lost his balance. Haruhi went to walk and stumbled, making me grab his arm as I saw him fall. Unfortunately I wasn't very good at balancing myself either so our bodies and ended up in a heap on the floor, with Haruhi pulled over my body.
I blinked.
Those were breasts I felt against my own chest. However unnoticeable they were, I still felt them.
Haruhi…
Is a girl.
Girls around the room let out screams of delight at seeing us, but while they did that I was blushing profusely.
"Uh…A-are you a-alright Ha-Haru-Haruhi?" I stuttered, blinking at her face, which wasn't too far from mine.
"Yeah…I think. Thank you."
"You're w-welcome…We haven't been formally introduced yet, have-have we? I'm Sakamaki Rin, a first year."
"I'm Haruhi Fujioka, a first year."
I smiled. "It's a pleasure to meet you Haruhi."
"Um guys…" Hikaru started.
"You do realize what position you're in, don't you?" Kaoru asked.
I stood up and helped Haruhi too before practically running away towards my little area. Not even ten minutes later while I was entertaining one of my guests, asking if she wanted some more tea, and I heard a scream and something breaking. It made me look over to Haruhi's table, where I saw it had been overturned and she was now over another girl, blinking in shock. Haruhi had nothing to do with it. I could see it in her eyes. She was just as surprised as we were. She was confused as to what happened.
"No Haruhi!" the girl screamed. I recognized her as one of Tamaki-Senpai's regular customers. "Leave me alone! Somebody help! He just attacked me! Someone do something! Teach this commoner a lesson."
Letting out a sigh, I excused myself politely and stood up and walked over as Hikaru and Kaoru poured water over Haruhi and the girl.
Haruhi moved from where she was to stand on her feet and look up at the twins.
"Why did you do that?" the girl asked.
Tamaki and I helped her stand and once she was standing, I let her go so she could face Tamaki-Senpai. Tamaki-Senpai brushed the hair out of her eyes.
"Do something Tamaki. Haruhi just assaulted me."
"I'm disappointed in you," he told her. "You threw his bag into the pond, didn't you?
"You don't know that," she said a little too fast for her to be innocent. "Do you have any proof that I did?"
Tamaki-Senpai's hand was on her chin. "You know, you're a beautiful girl…But you aren't classy enough to be our guest dear. If there's one thing I know. Haruhi is not that kind of a man."
Really, Haruhi isn't any kind of a man. I thought, suppressing a laugh. Ah, so this is why Kyoya-Senpai was smirking devilishly earlier. He knew Haruhi was a girl and we were all making fools of ourselves because we didn't know. I looked over at him and shot him a deadly glare before looking back to Tamaki-Senpai.
"Why Tamaki?" the girl asked before she started running. "You idiot!"
"Hmm, now how am I going to punish you?" Tamaki asked, referring back to Haruhi. "Because it is your fault after all." He pointed at her. "Your quota is now one thousand!"
"One thousand?" Haruhi asked.
Tamaki held his hand out for Haruhi. "Come on. I've got high expectations for you, my little rookie." He winked at her.
"This is the only spare uniform we have," Kyoya said, holding up a bag. "Sorry, but it's better than a wet one, right?"
Haruhi looked into the bag. "Thanks a lot you guys. I'm gonna go change."
I looked at Tamaki-Senpai and said, "You do realize that it wasn't Haruhi's fault at all, right?"
"If he hadn't provoked Ayanokoji, then she wouldn't have set up the whole shenanigan in the first place." Tamaki-Senpai stated, keeping his eyes on the brown headed girl walking away.
I sighed, there was no point in arguing with him. "I'm going to go get some tea I'll be right back." I told them, but none of them was paying attention to me.
When I got back I heard, "Listen Senpai, I don't really care whether you guys recognize me as a boy or a girl. In my opinion, it's more important for a person to be recognized for who they are, rather than for what sex they are." She had been fixing the little bow that was around her neck as she spoke.
"Well isn't this an interesting development," Kyoya said as we all watched Tamaki's face flame bright red.
"Oh yeah," the twins agreed.
"Uh, you know I have to say Senpai. I thought you were pretty cool earlier." Tamaki turned even more red, and covered the lower half of his face. "Being a host and getting fussed over by a bunch of girls might not be that bad." Cue Tamaki's face suddenly turning blue. It was quite comical to watch in all honesty. "I wonder how I could pull it off? I've got it!" She hit her fist into her open palm. "I'll just call everyone dude and bro now." She let out a little laugh.
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