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FORGIVE ME! *me profusely bowing*

Once again, I'm shocked that you actually like this story, y'all are crazy. I don't really have much to say other than thank you, and I love you all. I'm also super sorry that this Chappy is late, I genuinely had no ideas for what to do for this episode. So, I apologise in advance if this isn't what you wanted.

Disclaimer: I do not own OHSHC!

So, without further ado…

Chapter 10: Attack of the Lady Manager!

*Haruhi POV*

"Tamaki-kun, why is it that you're so beautiful?" Another day at the Host Club.

"Because I want to catch your eyes, even for a second longer." And another day of Tamaki-senpai's shameless flirting.

"Even after all this time, I still don't understand how Tamaki-senpai is so popular!" I sighed, as Arisa walked towards me with a tray full of empty dishes.

"Are you busy?" She asked me.

"No, why, do you need help?" I asked, to which she replied with a nod. Taking some of the cutlery and other random things that were piled on top of it, we placed them in the kitchen and headed back for a table that wasn't crowed with guests. On our way there, we happened to notice that the rest of the Host Club was doing their usual nonsensical things.

"The ones that everyone is wearing today, were designed by our mother. If you like, we can take your order." Hikaru stated to their guests, as Kaoru continued.

"It was our grandmother that dressed us, though."

"And of course, it's my job to undress you, Kaoru."

"Hikaru…"

"KKKYYYAAA~~"

"What are they doing?" Arisa sighed next to me.

"Don't ask me, I've given up trying to understand." I replied, "By the way, these kimonos are really uncomfortable?"

"It's not that hard, and yours looks much more comfortable than mine, mine's really tight." She complained as she motioned to the light blue Obi she had to match her teal kimono.

"Aaawww, poor you!" I exclaimed as I petted her hair, to which she replied by slapping my hand off. "Anyways, I think maybe today's concept is crying? Since all the Hosts look as if they're about to cry. Although, how are they doing that, being so tearful?"

"I agree, it's a mystery." Ari sighed as she flung her arm around my shoulders. "Let's go have some snacks, we Hosts who work so hard to keep our guests happy need a break, right?" She laughed, grabbing my hand and leading me towards the snack tables, our favourite place in the Club Room. Although, it seems as though fate hated us, and never wanted us to reach our love in life, the one thing that keeps us alive (except for water), food. Ari was rushing ahead to snacks table, and of course she wasn't looking where she was going, her eyes on the prize and we ended up running right into Hikaru and Kaoru. And to answer our question a little bottle of eyedrops fell from the sleeve of Kaoru's kimono.

"This?" I sweat-dropped as I picked the little bottle of 'high-grade' eyedrops, "This is what you guys use, seriously?"

"I'll let you that this is common practise for a Host." Kaoru began…

"Come on, you've got to admit it, there's no girl alive who won't swoon over moist eyes." Hikaru finished.

"But that's cheating." Ari pouted as she further inspected the bottle of eyedrops.

"Oh, come on, don't be so rigid." Hikaru exclaimed as he rested himself on Ari's shoulders, and poked her cheek.

"Here you two, have these." Kaoru handed Ari and me some confectionary in a cute plastic box.

"This is for me." I asked him.

"It's so cute!" Ari squealed, opening the plastic cover thingy around it and picking it up and plopping it into her mouth, all in one go.

"Haruhi-kun, do you like confectionary?" Some fangirls asked, love hearts surrounding them.

"No, I'm not really one for sweets." I replied, "Still, it might be a nice as a memorial offering for my mother."

*Arisa POV*

"No, I'm not really one for sweets." Haruhi replied, "Still, it might be a nice as a memorial offering for my mother." So cute. I could feel myself almost bursting with how adorable that was, and I could tell that all of Haru's fangirls were too. However, as cute as it was it makes me feel bad, I just ate it all in one go. Maybe I could sneak some more for my parents, my sister, my Grandmother, perhaps for Toshiro and Momo-Nee's parents and of course more for me. And so, my quest began. Sneakily, I made my way to the snacks table and gathered a hoard of those sweets, only to be stopped by a certain auburn-haired person.

"Do you like them that much?" Kaoru asked me, chuckling at the sight of me toppling under the weight of how many sweets I had in my arms.

"They're not all for me, the majority of them are but that's not the point. When Haru said that she would give it as a memorial offering for her mother, I felt bad for shoving it my mouth without thinking so I thought I would get it for my parents, my sister, my Grandmother, Toshiro and Momo-Nee's parents." I smiled back at him, still trying not to fall over because of the weight of the sweets.

"Wait, so except for the ones for you, they're all for memorial offerings?" He hesitantly asked me.

"Yeah, I'll go visit them afterschool today."

"Sorry. Just forget that I ever said that." He replied, feeling bad about asking about such a subject.

"Don't worry about it, and I have forgotten everything!" I exclaimed giving him the biggest grin I could muster up as he laughed and linked our arms, walking back to where Haru and Hikaru were.

"Are those fake tears, too?" Haruhi sweat-dropped at Tamaki's extra-ness, and I happen to notice that Haruhi now had considerably more sweets in her hand than just the one she started with.

"How could you say that!?" Tamaki exclaimed, "My tears are always genuine. Being able to cry without using eyedrops is he true mark of a true host!" He continued as tears trickled down his porcelain face. "Well, are you impressed? Have you fallen for me yet?" Tamaki bragged to Haru, as everyone else looked away too busy to pay attention to his obnoxiousness, and I munched on my sweets.

"Not really." Haruhi sweat-dropped, not paying Tamaki any attention.

"I guess my ways don't reach you, Haruhi? Perhaps I should alter my personality a little?" He questioned. However, everyone's attention was now focused on the girl who was hiding behind the entrance to Club Room.

"Huh! We have a brand-new guest!" Hikaru and Kaoru chorused together.

"What are you waiting for, come in!" Kaoru exclaimed bringing out a red rose in front of the girl.

"It's no fun just watching!" Hikaru exclaimed, also bring out a red rose in front of the girl, poor girl being lured in by those Devil Twins.

"How many times must I tell you to be more courteous with our first-time guests!" Tamaki exclaimed, now bringing out another red rose in front of the girl. "Come on now, no need to be afraid, my princess."

"N-NO, YOU PHONEY!" She screamed slapping Tamaki's hand away.

"Phoney?" Tamaki repeated, this was getting interesting.

"Yes! How can someone like you, giving your love away so easily be the prince character!" She yelled in his face again. "How can you be so stupid!? It's almost as if you're a dim-witted narcissist!" She yelled once again, this time arrows stabbing him with each insult.

"Incompetent! Mediocre! The pits!" She screamed, Tamaki now unable to stand the insults, as lightning struck through him causing him to fall back in slow-motion.

"Oh! It's a new technique…" Hikaru started.

"One-man slow-motion!" Kaoru finished, as we all admired the new technique Tamaki had created.

"By any chance, are you…" Kyoya-senpai began, before the girl leaped towards him.

"Kyoya-sama! I've wanted to meet you, my own prince." She said, hugging Kyoya-senpai tightly around the waist.

*Time skip-The Next Day (just because, why not?) *

*Arisa's POV*

"Having those disreputable twin devils as Haruhi's classmates, will not help her become feminine at all!" Tamaki exclaimed.

"Hey! What about me!" I replied, hinting at my uniform. "I dress and act femininely!"

"You wear the male uniform with a skirt instead of trousers." The twins dead-panned.

"Hello! I, Hoshakuji Renge, Host Club's Manager have baked some cookies!" She twirled around, presenting us her chocolate-chip cookies.

"Oh! How lady-like, I'm so moved!" Tamaki exclaimed.

"There not for you, phoney prince." She replied causing Tamaki to go to his corner and sulk, she ignored Tamaki's antics and made her way to Kyoya-senpai. "They're a little burnt, but I just know what you are going to say."

"You're right, they are burnt." Honey-senpai said as he bit into a tough looking cookie.

"Don't eat them, Mitsukini. You might get ill." Mori-senpai said taking the cookie away from him, hearing this Renge-chan chased a weeping Honey-senpai who was being carried by Mori-senpai. Luckily, Haru was able to get a hold of the cookies before Renge-chan went on a rampage.

"They're savoury, and actually not that bad." Haruhi stated as she took a bite of the cookie, as did I.

"Yeah, they're not that bad." I repeated taking another bite of my cookie.

"Here, let me take a bite." Hikaru said as he placed a cookie in my mouth and bit it off, dangerously near my lips. Whereas Kaoru licked Haruhi's cheek, claiming that there were cookie crumbs on Haruhi's cheek. Flustered and furious, I ate the rest of my cookie and told Hikaru off.

"You do not, and I mean you DO NOT, take my cookie!" I told him as he picked up another cookie placing it in his mouth and offering me a bite.

"Do you want some?" Hikaru smirked devilishly as he came closer, and me being stubborn bit the cookie and chomped on it furiously.

"And before anyone realised it, they became the classmate quartet." Kyoya-senpai stated as Tamaki was freaking out next to him.

"You know, if there were cookie crumbs on my face, you could've just told me. And if you want some, Hikaru you can just take it from the basket!" Haruhi told them, rubbing her cheek.

"NO! Your reaction is all wrong!" He exclaimed shaking Haruhi, "At least my darling daughter Arisa reacted well!"

"Please stop sexually harassing me, senpai." Haruhi said, causing Tamaki to fall into a sense of shock.

"Harassing!? If I'm harassing you, then they're twice as guilty!"

"I agree! Daddy, they were harassing me, especially that one!" I exclaimed pointing at Hikaru, who acted shock and gasped at what I said.

"You devils! Don't come near my darling daughters!"

"Ok, sorry Milord." The twins chorused together, and yet their bickering continued until Renge interrupted them.

"It's all too tepid! Except for Kyoya-sama, your characters are all too lacklustre! All of you hosts are lacking a dark side! Girls are vulnerable to handsome young men going through trauma! If you keep up with this, it's only a matter of time before everyone gets bored of it! Are you guys trying to ruin Kyoya-sama's business!?" She yelled continuously. "As manager, I'm changing all of your character backgrounds."

"What?" I muttered under my breath, "What are we getting ourselves into?"

*Time skip—Later *

*Hikaru POV*

I'm bored. Very bored.

Hoshakuji Renge, the girl who slapped Tono and claimed she was Kyoya-senpai's fiancée, was now our Lady Manager. Why? Who knows, Kyoya-senpai said that she was a very big client of his. And now, our Lady Manager is now making us shoot movie?

"I still can't believe that our 'Lady Manager' is an otaku*!" Kaoru exclaimed, as we looked over our scripts.

"I know, this is my first time seeing one." I replied, flicking through the scripts. For the movie, we had been assigned roles that our manager had given to us. Our roles were:

Honey-senpai – The baby-face, who is actually a thug!

Mori-senpai – The childhood friend of the thug!

Kao and I – The basketball playing twins who are shut up in their own world!

Arisa – The student who has nothing left to live for!

Haruhi – The honour student who faces intense bullying!

Tono – The lonesome prince!

Kyoya – Evil tax-collector! (the same as always)

"I can't believe that Renge was in love with that character from the otome* game. Honestly, Levi is way better, nothing can compare to Levi!" Arisa exclaimed as she was talking to Haruhi.

"Who is Levi?" I asked her.

"Levi Heicho* is in Attack on Titan! Don't you know?!" She exclaimed shocked.

"Don't tell me that you're an otaku too?!"

"Yes, I am! And I'm proud!"

"No way!" Kao exclaimed.

"It's true, she's been fangirling over them for ages." Haruhi sweat-dropped.

"Now we have two otakus in our club!" Kao and I exclaimed, still shocked.

"No, you have three." Arisa pointed out. "You have Haruhi too."

"No way!" Kao and I exclaimed.

"So, we have three otakus in our club!" I exclaimed.

"Hikaru-kun, Kaoru-kun we are going to start shooting now! Everyone in your positions, now!" Renge-chan yelled out.

*Filming Start*

*3rd Person POV*

The deafening sound of the cheers, echoed around the arena as the basketball game went on. Effortlessly, Hikaru shot the ball into the hoop gaining a point for his team. However, his elation was short-lasting as he saw his mirror image crippled in pain on the floor.

"Kaoru!" He yelled.

"Quick someone take him to the infirmary!" A voice shouted.

"Kaoru! Are you ok?!" Hikaru grabbed his hand and worriedly asked.

"Hikaru-kun, please get back in the game!" Their manager exclaimed, trying to separate the two.

"Shut up!" He yelled, pushing him away.

"Hikaru…Hikaru, take it easy. You can't go trying to feel my pain, Hikaru." Kaoru told him caressing his face. "Understand? You're not the one who got hurt."

"It's no use. It hurts! It hurts Kaoru!" He replied as tears made their way down his face.

'Your pain is my pain. It doesn't matter if no one else understands. As long as we're both there for each other, we can go on living.'

From a crowed basketball arena, they stand in a desolate field as the rain poured down on them, mercilessly.

"I envy you two. Being able to support each other like that…" Tamaki faced them, not bothering about the rain.

"Suoh-senpai…" Hikaru said in awe.

"But Suoh-senpai, you're the academy's idol." Kaoru stated.

"An idol, am I?" Tamaki said. "If people are going to celebrate a superficial title like that, then I'm sure that I'd be better off alone."

"Even such a superficial title like that would bring joy." Arisa began as she made her way towards the boys with a knife in hand.

"What do you mean?" Hikaru asked as he gripped onto Kaoru's hand tighter at the sight of the knife.

"'As long as we're both there for each other, we can go on living.' I wish I could feel something like that, and Suoh-senpai being alone is not something pleasant." Arisa told them, throwing the knife away and falling to the ground.

'One injured heart intersects with another. They pass each other, and wound each other. What are their hearts made of?'

Running until cornered, not giving up until there are no options left, Haruhi ran until he could go no further.

"You can't run away any more." Mitsukini tells him. "You're going to learn what happens when you go against me."

"Don't Mitsukini." Mistukini's childhood friend, Takashi advised him. "Every time you hurt others, you always end up hurting yourself."

"Don't try to give me any advice, Takashi." Mitsukini warned him. "Do you want me to put you over my knee again?"

'Will it be the light of salvation, that ultimately awaits them? Or something else?'

"I hate it when people try to rise above their own station in life." Mitsukini threateningly stated. However, tears started forming in his eyes, and Honey-senpai ran towards Haruhi enveloping her in a hug. "I'm sorry, Haru-chan! I really can't do this!"

"CUT!" Renge screamed. "CUT! CUT! CUT! You there, stick to the script!"

"But, I…" Honey-senpai whined.

"Cameraman, hold up for now!"

"Yes Boss!"

"And make the rain more heartrending!"

*Haruhi POV*

"Honestly, one moment we were talking about changing our characters, the next we are filming a movie!" Arisa complained. "How does this make sense?"

"How did we even get a whole crew here anyways?" I asked, drying myself off.

"Apparently, she rushed this crew over from Hollywood. Haven't you ever seen them?" Kyoya-senpai stated. "That man is the director of quite a few movies, and that vampire movie that was a hit over the world."

"Damn these rich people…" I muttered under my breath.

"And another thing, why does this script have Kaoru as the pitcher?" Hikaru complained.

"Pitcher?" I asked.

"Don't them taint you, Haruhi. Don't listen to them!" Arisa yelped, covering my ears.

"If you don't know, never mind." They said together.

"Hey Haruhi!" I heard Tamaki-senpai call out as he ran towards me. "How was my performance?"

"It was awesome in one sense of the word, as you're so enthralled by this." I told him as I handed him a spare towel.

"I've discovered a whole new side to myself. It's not that bad of an idea to go down this route for a while." He replied whilst drying his hair.

"Are you sure?" I asked him. "I think that you're fine the way you are senpai."

"R-Really." Tamaki-senpai stuttered, honestly if this guy gets a dark side, then he'll just me more trouble.

"Haruhi-kun! You're on!" Renge-chan called out to me.

"Okay!" I replied, making my way to where she was.

"I've asked these two gentlemen to make a special appearance today." She told me cheerily, however the two boys next to her didn't seem to agree.

"Appearance?" The one with dishevelled brown hair asked.

"What do you mean?" The taller one with dirty-blond hair asked her, definitely annoyed.

"We're going to need some villains for the climax, after all." Renge-chan explained. "Where the club members unite to battle some true bad guys! According to my notes, while these two may be from a wealthy family, they are actually the sons of the members in the Japanese Mafia. These parts truly fit you two!"

"What is wrong with this girl?!" The first one cried.

"Whatever my dad does has nothing to do with me!" The other cried out as well.

"Okay now, stand here." Renge-chan dragged them to their places.

"Hey! You think that you can push us around like that?! Stop it!" The brunette yelled and pushed Renge-chan into the wall luckily, I was able to get there in time and cushion her fall.

"Ouch…" I muttered.

"Haruhi-kun, are you ok?" Renge-chan asked me as I fell to the ground.

"What happened? I heard something fall?" I heard Ari's voice call out, oh no, this way not going to end well.

*Arisa POV*

"What happened? I heard something fall?" I ran towards a clashing sound with Tamaki, and yet when we turned the corner to see Haruhi on the floor crying and two boys twice her size.

"HARUHI!" Tamaki and I yelled.

"Arisa, you go to Haruhi let me deal with those two." I could see how serious he was and complied.

"Haruhi, are you ok?" I asked her as I enveloped her in a hug, Haruhi never cried, at all. Not when she broke her leg, not when she fell out of a tree trying to help me, not at all after her mum passed away.

"Those boys are right. Renge-chan, if you judge people by stereotypes, you won't ever be able to see what's important." Haruhi told Renge-chan while Tamaki held the brunette up against the wall.

"Which one of you started this?!" He yelled. "Which one of you hurt Haruhi?!"

"W-wait, Suoh, she's the one that started this!" The blond cried out frantically.

"It's true senpai, those boys aren't at fault." Haruhi told Tamaki, standing up. Seeing Haruhi stand up, Tamaki went up to her letting go of the brunette whilst I went up to those two warning them.

"You should be glad that Tamaki is here, or else who knows what would have happened to you two. Remember, I know you're parents very well." I told them menacingly, cracking my knuckles.

"Yes, Kuchiki-san!" They cried as they ran away.

SMASH

"No! My camera!" The cameraman screamed as Kyoya stood there with a stone in hand after he broke the camera lens.

"K-Kyoya-sama…" Renge-chan said confused.

"I'm sorry, but there cannot be any records of a club member engaging in violence. I'm extremely displeased at the way you're acting like such a pest." Kyoya-senpai harshly replied.

"Why?" She asked as tears rolled down her face. "Kyoya-sama, you're supposed to tell me not to worry about anything, and gently pat me on the head. Why would someone as kind and affectionate as you…"

"Because that's not who Kyoya is." Tamaki stated, and hearing this Renge-chan fell to the ground as more tears streamed down her face.

"It doesn't matter, does it?" Haruhi said as she crouched down to face Renge-chan. "Even if Kyoya-senpai is a little different from what you expected, Renge-chan, I think that watching people and getting to know them slowly, little by little is fun too."

*Several Days Later*

*Haruhi POV*

The Host Club is open for business!

"I bought that video!" One of Tamaki-senpai's fangirls said as Ari, Hikaru, Kaoru and I were just standing by the snack table as we were not booked in for the moment. However, hearing this we began to crowd around Tamaki-senpai as this piqued our interests.

"Me too!"

"Me too!"

"That seen in the rain was the greatest!"

"The lonesome prince!"

"The deep relationship between Hikaru-sama and Kaoru-sama was too much!"

"Seeing Arisa-chan in the rain was amazing!"

"I want to see Honey-kun act like a thug again!"

"And Haruhi-kun's poignant expressions!"

"Mori-senpai was certainly some type of masochist, huh?!"

"Kyoya…" Tamaki-senpai growled, annoyed.

"I may have broken the lens, but naturally the footage that was already shot still remains. Of course, the one scene with violence in it was cut out." Kyoya-senpai replied writing something in his book as Arisa and I sweat-dropped. "Sales have been pretty fair, that first rate Hollywood team did a good job as expected."

"Is this what you meant by 'interesting'?" The Twins sweat-dropped.

"It's best to have as much as we can in the club budget, right?" Kyoya-senpai replied, at what point did this guy start planning this?

"Take care." A familiar voice startled us.

"Huh? We thought that you'd already gone back to France?" Tamaki-senpai asked.

"I realised something. Your kindness earlier, when you risked your life to protect me, and your deep love for giving those, at times, stern admonitions. This is what you meant by watching people and falling in love with them, right?" Renge-chan said whilst grabbing my hand.

"Yes?" I replied, very confused.

"Come, let's go to my house any play some games together!" She exclaimed, now dragging me out of the club room, I mouthed to Arisa to help me, but she simply ignored me and stood between the twins watching me being dragged away. "You need to learn about me as well!"

*Arisa POV*

"Kyoya-senpai…" Hikaru started,

"Is this really ok?" Kaoru finished.

"Well, why wouldn't it be?" Kyoya-senpai asked.

"No, it's not!" Tamaki yelled.

"They're both becoming friends as girls, just like you wanted it to be," He replied.

"Yeah, because I'm not ladylike enough." I stated, sticking my tongue out at Tamaki.

"But they're not both girls!" Tamaki yelled.

"Come on, Haruhi-kun!" Renge exclaimed.

"Wait! Don't take Haruhi away from me!"

EXTRAAA:

Haruhi: Next time…

Arisa: The Twins' Fight!

H+K: 'The Twins' fight'. What's that?
Arisa: I don't know, why are you two fighting.

H+K: Well, I guess you'll have to find out! (cue evil laughing)

Arisa: I'm worried now! Daddy! Those two are scaring me!

Tamaki: Don't worry my darling daughter! I will save you from those evil doppelgängers!

Haruhi: See you next time…

Otaku* means an avid fan of anime.

Heicho* means Lance Corporal

Hey, I hoped you liked it! Once again, I'm sorry for the major delay as I've been deciding whether to add some extra changes into the plot or not. Also, I will be skipping 'The Grade School Host is the Naughty Type!' because I don't have any inspirations for it. Anyways…

Axoxo