~NOW!~

The next day was the day they'd all been preparing for; the day of physical exams. Haruhi, the twins, and Mystique were walking down the hallway together towards where the exams were to take place.
"What do they do during physical exams here at Ouran, anyway?" Haruhi inquired curiously, obviously never been to a rich kid's school for a physical exam.
"It's no different than a physical exam you'd get at any other school," Hikaru replied.
"Yeah. Why would physical exams you'd get be different from us just because we're rich?" Kaoru added, speaking like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Mystique glared slightly at the twins, in no mood to deal with them, and barely kept herself back from cursing at them in her mind. Because you're rich and can afford more stuff, you idiots... she thought. But Haruhi was more willing to believe it.
"Yeah... You're right. I never thought about it that way," Haruhi mumbled as they came upon the door. The door opened and there was almost a blindingly bright light, which, when Mystique's eyes adjusted to the lighting, faded to reveal rows of horror. A seemingly endless row of male doctors on one side and another seemingly endless row of female nurses on the other side

"Welcome, students!" they all greeted in perfect unison.
Mystique repressed the urge to glare daggers at them, feeling a bit angered by their sickly-sweet attitudes. She kept her eyes on the ground so she didn't have to look at them. They're too nice, she thought. Acting on a pay to care system.
"Wh-What is all this?" Haruhi asked, feeling intimidated and overwhelmed by it all. There was so much difference between this and what she had gotten used to at her old schools.
"Just another physical exam," Hikaru answered, walking in nonchalantly.
"The usual," Kaoru agreed, following Hikaru into the room.
"The usual..?" Haruhi mumbled under her breath, looking over at Mystique to see if she'd be any help. But she only saw dark clouds above her friend's head.
"Uh, Mystique? Are you gonna be oka-"
"I am fine. I am here for you, not the other way around. We should just go, okay?" She glanced over to Haruhi and started walking as soon as she saw her nod. "The sooner we get in, the sooner we can get out..."
They found their way back together with the twins, but a couple of nurses popped up in front of their small group almost right afterwards,
"Excuse me, Hitachiin brothers, please follow me this way to get your height measure."
One nurse spoke while the other curtsied politely. Haruhi sweat-dropped and Mystique just clenched her fists.
"Sure thing," they answered together, finding none of this as strange, and walked off with their nurses.
"Mister Fujioka?" came a voice from behind Haruhi. "I will be your nurse for the physical exams for this afternoon.
"O-okay..."
"Please," the nurse said, grabbing Haruhi's hand and starting to walk away, "Come this way."
Mystique began to follow the two, keeping a watchful eye on all the doctors and nurses around them. She didn't want to be there for two reasons, the doctors and all the people, but she didn't want to leave Haruhi to be exposed even more so.
Along the way to wherever the nurse was taking them, the two noticed Mori and Honey dressed up in lab coats and glasses. Mystique figured they were pretending to be doctors, but they stood out so much that it made Mystique question whether she was actually seeing it or whether it was her mind playing tricks on her.
"Honey-sempai? Mori-sempai?" Haruhi questioned, clearly confused, only to have them both raise their fingers to their lips to shush her. "They're so obvious..." she mumbled.
"I got those two for backup.. In case something happens," Kyoya told the two girls. He came to them, still holding his little black notebook.
"But... Why are they in doctor disguises..?" Mystique questioned quietly, looking back over at the two so-called 'doctors.' Haruhi nodded in agreement, having been about to ask the same thing.
"They're just helping set the mood. Disguises make our operation feel like a real espionage mission," Kyoya told them as he pushed up his glasses.
"Wow, Miss Shiramine! You've lost two whole kilograms since this time last year!"
Mystique, Haruhi, and Kyoya looked over to see a bunch of nurses clapping for a slightly chubby girl on a scale with a doctor in a chair in front of her. The girl was extremely excited and relieved.
"That's so good to hear! I thought for sure I was heavier!" Shiramine exclaimed, pressing her hands to her cheeks.
"Not at all. Keep it up and you'll be even healthier next year! Good work!" the doctor told her with a smile.
"Don't you think it's weird that these doctors are all so jovial and nice?" Haruhi asked, a bit weirded out by the doctors attitudes.
"They're chosen by the school's chairman. This may be a school, but it's also a business," Kyoya explained. "Therefore, he wants to keep the students happy. After all, most of the students that attend Ouran Academy come from profit families that have their own private doctors at home. So, this... is just a formality."
The group was just beginning to move along again when a strange man in a worn out lab coat brushed against Mystique then bumped into Kyoya. They turned to look at each other. The man had shaggy, possibly greasy, longish hair that partly covered his eyes.
"I'm... terribly sorry..." The man waited to see if his apology would be accepted and Mystique and Kyoya stared at the man for a few seconds. Well, for Mystique, it was more of a glare.
"No problem..." Kyoya mumbled, watching as the man then turned and walked away. "Huh..."
Along the way to where the nurse was taking Haruhi, they spotted a group of girl gathered in a group near the twins.
"Hitachiin brothers," one nurse began, "would you please undress behind the curtains? We're ready to take your chest measurements. You can use the area behind this curtain to undress."
"Doesn't matter to me," Hikaru argued, already pulling off his shirt.
"We're not shy, who needs a curtain?" Kaoru agreed, pulling off his shirt as well, causing the girls in the crowd to scream and squeal.
"See Haruhi?" Kyoya asked. "A rather impressive turnout today. The physical exam days are quite popular with the ladies."
Mystique just rolled her eyes. It's not like they're buck-naked, she thought. What's the big deal? Wow, they have chests, I'd never have guessed! Even she noticed how extremely sarcastic and critical she was being in her mind. But, at this point, she didn't really care. She was just watching the twins.
"I won't allow it... It's just not fair... I won't allow those doctors to touch you, Kaoru!" Hikaru said, reaching for his brother in a homo-erotic, loving way. He was definitely the possessive one in their relationship... Or their act, at the very least.
"What are you talking about?" Kaoru chuckled softly. "You don't seem to have a problem with touching me when we play doctor at home... I can't get you to stop tickling me and toying with my body..."
The girls in the crowd began to scream again, crowding closer around the twins; who were continuing to touch each other.
"Come on, Haru-chan!" called Honey as he and Mori pushed her along to one of the curtained changing areas. "This way!"
Mystique followed them to the area, but one of the female nurses stepped in front of her with an apologetic smile.
"I'm sorry, but there are to be no females behind the curtains when there's a male disrobing. That's just one of the rules to keep things orderly."
Mystique didn't say anything, but rolled her eyes and turned around. "Whatever..."
The twins came over to Mystique and turned her around, wrapping their arms around her shoulders, Hikaru poking her face and Kaoru just grinning.
"What's the matter, sour-puss? Girls are usually into the doctor and showing skin stuff," Hikaru teased, Mystique trying to swat his hand away. But he just poked her cheek again each time, a bit harder, so she quit.
"But don't worry, just look over at the curtains and watch the show. It ought'a cheer you up," Kaoru added. "Trust me."
"Mister Fujioka? Are you ready to be measured now?" Haruhi's nurse asked, glancing at the curtain while Haruhi's fans waited in impatient anticipation. The curtains opened... Only to reveal Tamaki with an unbuttoned shirt and brown wig on.
"Yes. I'm... Haruhi Fujioka."
It was so obvious to everyone around him that Mystique couldn't help but smile, lifting her hand up to her mouth to block her laugh. The girls who were waiting to see Haruhi began to start questioning what was going on.
"Wait, that's Tamaki, that's not Haruhi..."
"There's no denying it, that's Tamaki."
"Is he trying to cosplay as Haruhi?"
"What's going on, is he trying to be funny?"
Hikaru and Kaoru couldn't hold it in anymore; they started laughing so hard tears were coming out of the corners of their eyes.
"I can't believe he actually did it!" Hikaru exclaimed, holding onto his stomach.
"They recognized him! I told you they'd see through it!" Kaoru laughed, on the ground and slamming his hand on the floor.
Tamaki was so embarrassed that his entire face was a bright shade of red and he ran over to the twins, beginning to choke Hikaru out of rage.
"You jerks! You said that there was no way the girls would be able to tell that it was me!" he yelled at them angrily; Hikaru holding his hands up in defeat to show his surrender, still laughing.
"It's payback for calling us the homosexual supporting cast!" Hikaru said through his choking, grinning all the while. Tamaki released Hikaru and went back over to the curtains and Haruhi, calmed down a bit after he realized he'd have to tell her that he'd failed.
Mystique sighed softly, no longer laughing, and watched as Tamaki left. She was about to sneak her way into the room when someone grabbed her shoulder, causing her to turn. One of the doctors there was standing next to her with his hand on her, staring down at her with one of those smiles that all of the other doctors seemed to have.
"Miss Mystique? I've been searching for you for quite a while. I'm going to be your doctor for today."
Mystique glared up at him. "Remove your hand before I bite it so hard not even these other doctors will be able to do anything about it..."
The doctor pulled his hand away in surprise, apologizing and putting his hands to his sides as a precautionary measure.
"I'm sorry, but I'm supposed to take your measurements-"
"No. You will do no such thing... Here is all the information you will need," she said, pulling out a packet with papers in it and shoving it into the doctor's chest, much like she did to Kyoya the first time they met. "You'll find that the chairman and I have an understanding. So leave with this and be done with it..."
The doctor left with only a slight bow and nothing more.
After the twins pulled themselves together, they walked over to Mystique and brought her with them over to where Haruhi and everyone else was. But when the nurse refused to let her in again, still saying no females were allowed, they stayed just outside the curtains with her. But, since curtains aren't exactly brick walls, they could were able to hear some of what was being said on the other side.
"-set up a separate room for you; a 'special boy's' clinic," came the voice of Kyoya. "And I have the doctor standing by sworn to secrecy."
The curtains opened, showing the others and allowing Mystique and the twins to see inside.
"It turns out the doctors here today are all on staff at one of Kyoya-senpai's hospitals," Hikaru mentioned, shrugging and looking at his twin; Kaoru mirroring his actions.
"It would've been nice if you'd have said something sooner," Kaoru said to Kyoya, who smiled cooly and adjusted his glasses.
"I had to get my revenge, too, you know. I'm sorry," Kyoya explained, "I just don't think I'm supporting cast... Homosexual or otherwise."
Mystique instantly snuck away from between the twins and moved to Haruhi's side as she started heading towards the room Kyoya told her about. Haruhi looked back slightly while walking and blinked when she saw Mystique walking with her. She only nodded while looking forward.
"Well, here we are. You sure you want to come in with me instead of just... Leaving? I mean, you don't really seem to like it here."
"I am staying..." she answered, reaching out and knocking on the door for Haruhi.
"Come in."
Haruhi opened the door and came in, Mystique following and leaning against the door as she closed it.
"Hello, Mister Fujioka. I've been made aware of your situation. If you wouldn't mind, please disrobe over there," the nurse said, gesturing to yet another changing curtain. "And, Miss, if you would please wait over there-"
But Mystique had already gone to the other side of the curtain with Haruhi. She stood next to her with her arms crossed, looking away respectively as Haruhi began to take her shirt off.
"Excuse me...?"
Mystique looked over to Haruhi and saw she was looking towards the curtains. She followed her gaze and saw the same doctor that bumped into Kyoya sneaking into the changing area. He turned around and his eyes widened in slight fear when he saw the two girls, especially since one was in the middle of changing. In an instant, he ran over to them and covered their mouths.
"Please stay quiet! It's not what you think!"
Mystique glanced over to Haruhi to see if she needed to do anything, but Haruhi was just staring at the doctor.
"Haruhi!" came the voice of Tamaki. "Tama-chan; KICK!"
Tamaki sent the doctor flying into the wall with a kick to the head.
"One: Looks that attract the public eye," announced the twins, coming into view.
"Two: More wealth than you can imagine..." Kyoya stepped out from the shadows.
"Three: Chivalry that will never be able to overlook-" began Mori, it being the first time Mystique had heard him speak.
"-The hideous wickedness of this world," finished Honey as Tamaki placed his own shirt over Haruhi to cover her up.
"That's what makes up... the Ouran Host Club!" declared Tamaki.
"We're here... Watch out!"
The doctor bowed on the floor apologetically.
"Please don't hurt me! Spare my life! I'm a doctor. I have a small emergency medical clinic that I run in the next town over. My name is Yabu.." the man told the club members around him. Suddenly it was his life story.
"Did he just say his name is Yabu?" interjected Hikaru.
"That's crazy; what a terrible name for a doctor," criticized Kaoru.
"Unless you're a quack," they said together.
"I know.. You see, I'm here because I was hoping to find my daughter. My wife left me last month and took my daughter with her, but... I know she attends school here," Yabu continued.
"Why'd they leave?" Mystique asked bluntly, not actually very interested, but willing to feign it.
"Well... I'm terrible at managing our money," he explained. "I can't say no to anybody. I don't blame them for being tired of contantly living in debt... But I wanted to see my daughter one more time... So I came here; after being pelted by rain and wandering the street, I finally made it to your school. Once I entered, I was mistaken for a doctor here to examine students."
"Well, of course. You're wearing lab coat," Hikaru pointed out.
"Anyone would mistake you," Kaoru agreed.
"And then it happened- I asked a girl here about my daughter, but the girl started screaming! And before I knew it, there were all kinds of people chasing me!" Yabu cried.
"That's so tragic!" Tamaki sobbed slightly, obviously taken by his story.
"Mr. Yabu, I think you have the wrong place," Kyoya told him. "Are you looking for Ouran Public High School?"
"Yeah, that's right."
"I figured that might be the case. This is Ouran Academy, a private institution. You daughter doesn't go to school here."
Yabu froze with shock at this.
"Man, that's pretty said. You don't even know what school your daughter goes to," Hikaru began.
"I bet your relationship is messed up because you don't pay attention to her, not because of some stupid debt," Kaoru finished.
"Wow, Kyo-chan! I'm impressed that you figured out that he had the wrong school!" Honey exclaimed praisingly, everyone now turning to the cool-natured host.
"Well, there's no way the daughter of such a small-time doctor... would ever be able to get into Ouran Academy," he explained, not thinking much of it.
"Kyoya," Tamaki began, looking intently at Yabu, "...Would you please find a map of all the public schools in this area? I would like to help this man find his daughter."
Kyoya was a bit surprised at first from his request, but soon smiled. "Whatever you say."
~After the map is found and Yabu is on his way~
"Are you sure about this?" Hikaru questioned Tamaki as they all watched the doctor leaving from the window.
"After all, even if he does find his daughter, there's no guarantee that she would want to talk to him," Kaoru told him.
"Well, that's something he has to find out for himself.." Tamaki answered softly, still watching the doctor walk away. A few moments of silence passed before Haruhi decided to speak up.
"I'm sorry guys, but can you please leave?"
Tamaki (along with the twins and Honey) gasped out of shock and worry. "Haruhi? Are you still mad at me? You're not quitting the host club, are you?"
"Don't be silly, Tamaki-sempai," Haruhi reassured him.
"She does still have an exam to do, you bunch of weirdos..." Mystique mumbled, gesturing to Haruhi, who was still wearing Tamaki's shirt.
"As a male student, of course," Haruhi added with a smile. "But I'm not doing this because you're bribing me with food. I'm doing it to pay back my debt!"
"You are so cute! I can see right through you! You're only doing it for the fancy tuna, but it's okay because it's so cute!" Tamaki exclaimed, suddenly reaching out and hugging her tightly.
"Knock it off, Sempai!" she yelled, trying to push him off while chiding him. "Hey, don't touch me there!"
"Red card~!" The twins called out together.
"Looks like Tamaki-sempai-" Hikaru grinned.
"Is the real pervert!" Kaoru laughed.
Eventually, Mystique came over to Tamaki and pinched his hand, allowing Haruhi to slip out of his grip. Tamaki yelped in pain, but Mystique let go of him and patted his hang gently after Haruhi was back in the changing area.
"Alright, you have had your fun and saved the day, now let the doctor do her work," Mystique ordered, pushing Tamaki toward and then out the door with a surprising burst of strength. Honey hummed happily as he hopped out the door, Mori following him closely. The twins looked at each other and shrugged, finding themselves to be getting bored, and walked out together without arguments. Kyoya walked out last and turned to Mystique, who was waiting by the door.
"It usually isn't permitted for one to 'skip out' on physical exams, you know."
Mystique rolled her eyes and looked up at him with a slight grin.
"Aw, does Kyo-chan want to know my measurements?" she teased.
Kyoya stiffened and cleared his throat, shaking his head as he readjusted his glasses so that Mystique could only see a glare off them.
"That's not what I meant, and you know it. And please," he sighed, "Don't call me that."
"I know you did not mean it that way, Kyo-chan, but you are fun to annoy," she responded, ignoring his request, and stepping back into the changing room and closing the door. She waited until she heard Kyoya's footsteps go away before she went over to the curtains.
"Haruhi, I am coming in, it is just me," she said before coming in and leaning against a wall. "All of the guys are gone, so you can finally get your exam done."
"Oh, hey. Thanks," she said, taking off Tamaki's shirt again. "But are you sure you're comfortable being in here with me?"
"We are both girls; there is nothing new to either of us. Besides, I said I would stay until your exam was over. Afterwards, though, I will be leaving school." She closed her eyes as Haruhi continued to get ready for her exam. "I have had more than enough school today. But, uh... There was something I was wanting to ask you..."
Haruhi paused and looked over to Mystique. "Oh? What do you want to know?"
She tilted her head to the ceiling as she opened her eyes.
"It has been a long while since I have had a friend around so I was wondering if you wanted to... hang out this weekend?" she asked, her cheeks getting a little flushed. "I mean, I can pick you up so I can meet your dad and stuff..."
Haruhi laughed a bit and nodded. "I mean, it's a bit awkward being asked right now, but I have no problem with it. I'm sure my dad won't mind, either."
Mystique sighed in relief and smiled slightly as Haruhi went out to get her exam done. Meanwhile, Mystique took out a pen and found a blank sheet of paper, writing something down and waiting behind the curtain. Haruhi soon came back to get dressed again and Mystique again waited patiently. After everything was done and they both were leaving the room, Mystique gave Haruhi the slip of paper.
"This is my cell number. If you or your dad would like to talk to me about setting things up or cancelling the plans, you can reach me here. But, uh... Just make sure the King of Shadows does not find it, okay? I do not need Ootori tracing a call to where I live."
Haruhi nodded and put the paper in her pocket. "You and me both."
Mystique thanked her before walking off towards the nearest exit, making sure to avoid the doctors.
"See you then," Haruhi mumbled, her too walking off.