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"Neh, Kaoru. Do we really have to go inside?" Hikaru propped his head up with his hand from the inside of his car.
"Of course! Milord's been playing with Haruhi too long!" Kaoru replied. Atsushi snored softly in the passenger seat in front. They had woken him up at five this morning, so Atsushi only had five hours of sleep that night. They told him that it was a while from Misuzu's penthouse and from their house, so they left early. It was a downright lie; they had been waiting outside for a few hours, arguing on whether they should go in or not.
"Come on Hikaru! Instead of being irritated, we should enter abruptly! Wouldn't it be fun if we bother them in a flashy way like we always do? I have wanted to see Misuzu-chi for a long time!" Kaoru said excitedly, waving his hands madly in front of Hikaru.
"Why are you so hyper, Kaoru?" Hikaru sighed. "I don't understand why... I somehow got pissed off when I heard Haruhi was helping milord. It must be because milord did something alone without telling us..." Kaoru looked at his brother with concern. "That's why I don't really want to see either of them right now."
Behind Hikaru, beyond the window, some blonde smashed his face against the window, tears flying out of his eyes as he cried, "HIKARU! KAORU!"
"WHA-? MILORD?"
Tamaki yanked open the car door and jumped into the twin's laps. "SO IT REALLY WAS YOUR CAR! DID YOU COME HERE TO SAVE ME? YOU CAME HERE TO SAVE ME RIGHT? I'M SO GLAD!"
"Milord, you hurting me!" the twins yelled, struggling under the weight of Tamaki.
"WAAAAH! PLEASE HIDE ME! THE THIRD DEMON IS COMING!"
"Tamaki-sempai..." the three of them heard a cold, low voice behind them. "You have some nerve to run away after cleaning..."
They all started crying in fear, because what they saw was scarier than Kyoya in the morning. It was Haruhi, all dressed up in demon form, holding a broom with her left hand, her right hand clenched into a tight fist as lightning clashed.
"AAHHH! THE THIRD DEMON!" Tamaki cried as he tried to run away.
Unluckily for him, Haruhi cornered him, and started to torment him, AKA yell at him. "THE GUEST ROOMS HAVE ALL FLOODED! NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I TELL YOU, CAN'T YOU SQUEEZE A DUST CLOTH PROPERLY? THE BEDS WERE ALSO MADE IN A SLOPPY WAY! THE WATER IN THE VASES IS OVERFLOWING! SUMMER VACATION JUST STARTED, BUT IN WHAT WAYS DID YOU HELP US?
Tamaki whimpered, "But Misuzu-chi told me that I have helped him..."
Haruhi stared at him with a ghostly expression, and said, "It was just praise, that person was going easy on you Tamaki-sempai... BUT SINCE I CAME, I WON'T GO EASY ON YOU!" Haruhi dragged Tamaki across the ground, and Tamak held his hands out to the twins, calling out "NOOOO! HELP ME!"
The twins, very alarmed, tried to defend him.
"Wa-wait Haruhi! It is too hard for milord to do the cleaning of the guest rooms in the first place!" Kaoru said.
"That's... That's right! Milord is doing his best!" Hikaru said.
"Lo-look! If this guy is a waiter, nothing will go wrong! If he is at the piano, then everything will be solved! Then he would be quite helpful, don't you think so?" they said together, holding an eternally scarred Tamaki.
"Huh?" then Haruhi turned into a demon again, and asked, "Then... Does that mean you will do the cleaning...?"
The twins yelped in fear, and quickly ran inside the building. Misuzu noticed them, and she clasped her hands together and exclaimed, "Ohh! Hikaru-kun, Kaoru-kun! Did you also come to help? It is somewhat refreshing! You're really saving me! Please start right away!" She shoved a broom and a cloth into their hands and skipped away.
"Ahh... It seems there are new part timers." the twins heard a voice behind them. Turning around, they saw the rest of the Host club sitting around the table next to the windows, enjoying themselves thoroughly.
"Can I have another serving of tea?" Kyoya lifted his tea cup.
"For me it will be cake~" Honey said happily. Mori jut stared quietly at the twins, silently sipping his tea.
The twins stared dumbly at Kyoya, Honey, and Mori, and set to work. "Why did we come here in the first place?" they muttered.
Haruhi walked over to the twins, remembering that she saw Atsushi sleeping in the passenger seat in the car outside, but wasn't in the penthouse. "Guys, where did Atsushi go?"
Kaoru and Hikaru gasped. "WE LEFT HIM IN THE CAR!" They abandoned their jobs and ran outside, hoping that their friend didn't sizzle up in the heat. They were in for a surprise, for the car wasn't even there. Their driver thought that Atsushi wasn't going to leave, and since his masters left, he just drove away.
"WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO!"
VvV
"Ah, so you're Misuzu-san? Hello, my name is Nawamura Atsushi. Nice to meet you," Atsushi said charismatically, bowing deeply. He was on the highway by the time the twins contacted their driver and told him to drop Atsushi off. Atsushi was unhappy that they forgot about him, and shunned them for the past few hours.
Misuzu blushed and said, "Ah, you are very refreshing! Oh and call me Misuzu-chi!" He then clapped his hands and said, "Thank you for your hard work, boys and girl! Now it is your well deserved break!"
"Alright my fellow subjects! Fate has reunited all of us Host Club members! Let's use our break to hold the Host Club Karuizawa meeting!" Tamaki declared, completely recovered from his trauma.
The Host Club members sat around the sofa next to the window, or at least the twins did, everyone else just leaned around, listening to what Tamaki had to say.
"You say break, but the only ones who worked properly are Haruhi, Mori-sempai, and us! And I'm not talking about you Atsushi, I know you were sleeping." Hikaru said. Atsushi promptly shut his mouth.
"Besides, what is this meeting about? We haven't heard anything about it!" Kaoru asked.
"Of course! It is about the Mei-chan and Misuzu-chi's making up project! We'll do everything so that Misuz-chi can apologize to Mei-chan and without her knowing it," Tamaki declared. He pointed his finger at them and said, "From now on, everyone must cooperate! Do you understand? First, stage one, which is the "Lets secretly send to Mei-chan Misuzu-chi's flavor project! Thanks to Haruhi and I's splendid cooperation, we already have steady results!"
Hikaru muttered, "Heh, great…" Atsushi and Kaoru looked at him.
Tamaki continued without fail. "Mei-chan may not be conscious of it, but it is at the highest level! Since it is at the spirit level, she will feel nostalgic of Misuzu-chi's flavor. I can't be mistaken on it!" he added in a small voice, "Right, Haruhi? You agree, right?"
"Well, I don't know about the spirit stuff… I think it is certain that Mei-chan doesn't hate Misuzu-san in her heart. At first, I couldn't guess Mei-chan's feelings. I didn't know if they movied in the right direction, but I used Misuzu-san's recipes to cook meals and I guessed it from Mei-chan's expression."
"Hmph… so it wasn't because of Milord's project, but because of Haruhi's cooking skills…" Hikaru said.
Tamaki started feeling proud of himself, and said, "As expected my plan worked out well! From the success of stage 1, we will now melt the ice in Mei-chan's heart, also known as STAGE 2! The final stage! Kyoya, disguised as a ruffian will pick a fight with Mei-chan and then at this moment, Misuzu-chi will save her!"
"Good! Nice idea! We'll help!" the twins agreed with Tamaki's idea, making a thumbs up.
"May I remind you that Tamaki is a complete idiot?" Kyoya said from behind them.
"What do you mean I'm an idiot? I WANT THE RUFFIAN PLAN NO MATTER WHAT!"
"But, Tama-chan, where will we perform this kind of plan~?" Honey asked curiously.
"Good question, Honey-sempai! There is a shrine festival in Haruhi's neighborhood next week. There was a time when Misuzu-chi took Mei-chan at this festival when she was 2 years old. By bringing her there, she will remember old memories!"
"Uh, Suoh-sempai… I don't think anyone can remember a memory that long ago…" Atsushi said.
"Then we must bet on the waking of the spirit level! With spirit level activated…. HAHAHA! I AM SO EXCITED!"
"Spirit… Your plan depends mostly on luck…" Hikaru said, not feeling confident about Tamaki's plan.
"Kyoya-sempai, will you take on the role of the ruffian? We can do the styling!" Kaoru asked, looking as giddy as a schoolboy.
"Who would do such a thing?" Kyoya said. "The right person must be at the right place. Besides… isn't there another one who is most suitable person to take on this role?"
Everyone stared at Mori. He noticed them staring at him, and held his hands up. "That's… That's not me…"
VvV
Atsushi walked up to Mei and Haruhi with the other Host Club members. They were at the shrine festival, and he wore an emerald green kimono, specially made for him by the Hitachiin twin's mother, and he tied his blue-green hair up halfway. Beside him, the twins wore colorful kimonos, Hikaru's red and white, and Kaoru's was a royal blue and white, both of them in intricate designs. Mori wore a jinbei, which was a pitch black, and his design was hard to see, it was like there wasn't any design at all. Tamaki wore a blue-gray, striped kimono, and he blushed as he saw the girls in the beautiful yukatas. Kyoya wore a gray, white, and black kimono, and had a criss-cross pattern. Honey wore a spotted jinbei, which was white at the top, and gradually turned into a dark blue with white spots.
"Heh, so many people!"
"Oh, I smell commoner sauce!"
"I want to eat yakisoba!"
"I wonder if there are cakes~"
"Of course not!"
They talked among themselves, observing their surroundings. When Tamaki and the twins noticed Haruhi, they ran to her and cooed over her, saying, "Wahh! Haruhi is so cute in a yukata!" The other Host Club members followed them and surround Haruhi, completely forgetting about Mei.
"Hey, I'm wearing a yukata, too!" Mei protested from the side.
"Ah sorry Mei-chan!" Tamaki walked over to her and bowed. "You are beautiful today in your flower yukata on your brown skin. You are indeed a princess from the southern countries. Will you choose me as your companion for tonight, princess?"
People started staring at them, and whispered, "Amazing! He called her a princess!"
"Is she a princess?"
Mei looked around anxiously and said, "People are looking at us! I understand! I understand…! It's embarrassing!"
In the meantime, the other members hid in the alley, and Haruhi asked, "Kyoya-sempai, where is Misuzu-san?"
He replied, "We should wait a little before starting the plan. I'll be on standby at the shrine's back gate. When the signal is sent, we'll start the plan. A lot of my staff is hidden here. They are disguised as customers visiting the festival and merchants. I have already told some of the organizers of the festival the story. We don't have to worry if we cause a little disturbance."
And so they went, venturing the festival.
"Kyoya-sempai is really in high spirits," The twins whispered.
"I wonder if he is happy because there hasn't been any action for a long time," Honey wondered.
"Well, that's right. The next phase of the plan is already in action," Kyoya said mischieviously. Atsushi stared at him, a bit afraid of this happy Kyoya.
They walked around, everyone pulling Haruhi this way and that, and Atsushi noticed all the attention she got. He smiled. Haruhi is like the Host Club's daughter, he thought.
"Haruhi! The beating of the drums are this way! Lets go!" Kaoru and Hikaru called out. "You too Atsushi! Stop trailing so much!"
Atsushi and Haruhi finally caught up with them. "Fujioka-san, where is Yasamura-san going…?" Atsushi asked her.
Haruhi didn't hear him. She instead asked Kyoya, "What should we do? The plan…?"
"We won't lose sight of them, so it's alright." Kyoya faced Haruhi and said, "Besides, the one who is the most likely to persuade her is Tamaki, right?"
VvV
"Kyoya-sama, the plan has started on the C-3 point on the map!" Atsushi hear Kyoya talk on the phone with his employee.
"Got it! It is Kasanoda's turn!" Kyoya called out to the Host Club members.
"Ok! Do your best Bossa Nova-kun!" the twins called out.
Kasanoda walked up to Tamaki at the goldfish section. "Hey, you bastard! You have constantly been monopolizing the goldfishes stand! Children can't play! How much money will you give me?"
Mei gave him the demon flare of Barbies. "Ah?"
Atsushi mentally face-palmed himself. How could we forget that Mei isn't your average teenage girl…
"WHAT BUSINESS DO YOU HAVE WITH ME? RIGHT NOW, I AM IN A REAL BAD MOOD. WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY YOU MONEY? IS IT BAD IF I CATCH GOLDFISHES? WHAT IS WITH THIS SHIT?" Mei pushed up her sleeves, and advanced towards a terrified Kasanoda, who held his hands up, feebly saying, "I… I don't really…"
"HEY!" Everyone's attention was drawn towards a man with long hair. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY DAUGHTER…?"
"You too… What are you doing fish man?" Mei asked Misuzu.
A silence fell between them.
"Me… Mei-chan… I heard than a delinquent has picked up a fight with you, Mei-chan…" Misuzu stammered, a sweat drop forming on his head.
"Not really… I could have managed by myself. By the way, what about the pension? Where are the fluffy clothes?"
"Occasionally, I think it is good to be a manly father…"
"HAA? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? IT'S TOO LATE. IF IT WAS THIS SIMPLE FOR YOU TO STOP, THEN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE DAD TO DIVORCE FROM THE BEGINNING! DID YOU KNOW I WAS FEELING LONELY?
Misuzu started tearing up, and said, "Mei-chan, I am sorr—"
"YOU LEFT MOM AND ME, TO TAKE THE PATH YOU WANTED. IT IS REALLY UNBEARABLE. SO SHOW ME THE END OF IT! THEN I'LL APPROVE OF YOUR FLUFFY MANNERS, ANYTHING…"
"Mei-chan…"
"I'll go home." Mei grabbed Haruhi's hand and pulled her along. 'You too, come with me, for being Tamaki-kun's accomplice in this whole operation. I have to hit you!"
"HUH?"
"Mei-chan…" Misuzu looked at his daughter with happy tears.
"Ah, also… Your cherry jam… I want you to send it to me next week. Don't forget, because I really like it…" Then she noticed Atsushi. She walked towards him, and pulled him by the collar of his kimono.
"Hey, hey! Let me go!"
She pulled him far away from the other Host Club members. "You know, you haven't distracted me from that night in karaoke. I still think you're a girl. And…" She stared at him with an evil glint in her eye. "I'M NOT GIVING UP ON THAT IDEA!"
"WHAT?"
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