Third Person POV

Together, the twins, the crossdresser, and the bashful transferee went up the stairs and straight to the 3rd Music Room. The twins were actually dragging the two girls along the way, with Hikaru dragging Haruhi and Kaoru dragging Hinata. They couldn't wait what kind of reaction their idiotic princely leader would make the second he sees Hinata, as he had been overacting the other day, thinking that the girl who passed out has some kind of life-threatening disease or some kind of witchery was casted upon her. They couldn't help but laugh at the very thought of it.

The doors of the host club flipped open, revealing two auburn-haired boys and two panting girls. The twins were grinning ear-to-ear as the girls were sweating as if they had joined a thousand-kilometer marathon with no breaks. 'There should really be a rule regarding running in the hallways,' both of them said in their mind.

The sight of the maid made the worried seniors' faces brighten up. Before the four arrived, at first it was just Tamaki who looked so gloomy until his gloominess reached the loli-shota. Well, the other two wasn't actually that worried with the girl. Knowing her shyness, they're not surprised with her passing out. It just made them realize that the transferee was shyer than they thought she was.

"MY DEAREST DAUGHTER HINATA-CHAAAN!" Who else would exclaim like that and would come running to Hinata? Well, it's none other than the overacting prince! He jumped and gave Hinata one of those otaku glomps hyperactive characters in anime would make.

"Tamaki… senpai…" surprised, Hinata, who was still panting at that time, said in between long and heavy breaths. "Y-You're heavy…"

'Pervert,' the other freshmen thought.

"A-Ah! Sorry, Hinata… hehehe…" He separated himself from Hinata and laughed sheepishly. "If you only knew how worried Daddy, Mommy, and your Onii-chans were when we heard you passed out!" Tamaki explained, in his oh-so dramatic aura, face, and actions. Six pairs of eyes just watched him with his little monologue as he went on and on with how worried he was in his 'daughter's' condition. 'Here he goes again…' they thought.

"Hina-chan, are you alright now?" the elementary-student-looking third year inquired in his usual cute voice, cuddling his large pink bunny stuffed toy.

Hinata looked down to her feet. Was she a burden, for making people worry? Or is it because they didn't have a maid for a day? They must've gotten their hands full, taking treats and drinks from the storage room then going back to their customers at the same time! "I-I am... I-I'm sorry if... Y-You didn't have a maid yesterday," she apologized.

"Pfft!" the twins forced themselves not to laugh. Was that she had been thinking all along? "We're not worried because we didn't have a maid, you simpleton!" they said in unison.

"We're worried because of your condition," said Haruhi, giving Hinata her sincere gentle smile.

"You are, along with Haruhi, Daddy's little girl, after all!" Tamaki added like he was some sweet father who spoils his daughters.

"Yeah, yeah! We're like your family here!" Hunny consented. The others smiled at Hinata's direction, giving her kind smiles while nodding in approval.

Hinata looked at each and every one of them when they gave her an answer she didn't expect. Touched by their concern, she felt like she was really a part of the family the founder made up. Weird enough, she realized that her so-called "Daddy" treats her better than her strict disapproving father at home. She's not pressured to train and meet her clan's unreachable expectations of her. In the host club, she was actually treated like a precious little daughter, when they gave her a lot of attention when they dressed her up in cute (but actually quite embarrassing) maid and lolita clothes. Her father never did that to her even when she was little. She always had to train, train, and train. Wait, was she comparing the host club with her own clan? She felt like it was wrong… She shook it off her head, thinking that it's not nice to think of her own clan that way, despite the fact the there are times that her father's making her feel like she was a failure and a disgrace to the main branch. Even so, a part of her liked her maid part more than her Ms Hyuuga Heiress part.

"Uhhh… Hinata…? Are you crying?" Haruhi asked, tilting her head to see Hinata closer.

"E-Eh?" She was crying? Hinata placed her fingertips on her lower eyelashes to check. What's this? Water? Tears?

"She is!" the twins said in unison.

The younger Hitachiin was curious. He didn't see her cry… ever since that day. He walked towards her and wiped off her tears with his clean unused handkerchief. 'Wait, what did I just do?!' he asked himself after realizing what he just did. He quickly thought of something cool to say, so that no one would think of him as 'weird.' "Uhhh… Girls shouldn't cry easily," he stated with a sheepish grin on his face. Tear-wiping was just not his thing. It was so out-of-character. 'Why did I do it, anyway?!' he kept asking himself when he got back to his older brother's side. Hikaru looked at him and smirked meaningfully.

Hinata looked at Kaoru with a surprised look on her face. But the reason why he did that was not the main question on her mind. Why was she crying anyway, despite feeling… happiness deep inside? Wait, was it… 'tears of joy'? This was her first time that she cried not out of disappointment, but of happiness.

She exhaled deeply and looked at everyone with a gentle smile and teary eyes. "T-Tears of joy," she said. "I-I'm glad… that I-I… pushed Kaoru-kun and Hikaru-kun now… I-I'm not regretting it anymore… If I didn't… I wouldn't have been part of this club… a-and… had been a part of your family." She wiped off the tears that flowed. "T-Thank you… everyone!" She thanked them happily. Worrying for someone meant a lot for her. It meant that that person cared.

The twins grinned. Haruhi and the others smiled.

"Gawsh. We're so dramatic here, aren't we?" the twins teased, breaking the oh-so sentimental dramatic atmosphere.

"It's just not like in this club that..." Hikaru started.

"… everyone would say stuff like that," Kaoru continued.

"Everyone's so out-of-character today," they said in unison.

Haruhi rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Said the guys who actually kind of started it," she pointed out. This made the twins silent and the others chuckle. Hinata smiled.

"Anyway, Daddy has an announcement to make," said Tamaki when the laughter has finished. Everyone looked towards his direction, curious if it has something to do with another theme for the day or something else they haven't thought of. "We're going to start the host club hours an hour after the classes dismiss," he announced.

"Why?" the twins asked at the same time, with each of them having an eyebrow raised and the other in a curve.

"The Student Council asked me regarding this matter. Well, a lot of ladies are going to the host club every afternoon, resulting to the most of them being not part of any club. So I guess that explains it," the blonde explained in a normal tone, without his aura or any of those princely acts.

Everyone nodded, signalling that they understood.

Just then, Cheshire Cat smirks formed in the twins' faces. "Isn't that great?" they asked everyone, who thought that the mischievous duo has something formed in their minds.

"We'll get to…" Hikaru started, placing his right arm on Haruhi's shoulders.

"…spend more time together," Kaoru continued, doing the same with his left arm.

Haruhi made a poker face. Why, of all people, did the twins choose her to place their arms on her shoulders? And, why should they always be a mirror image of each other, doing the same actions together?

The others laughed, knowing what Haruhi would be thinking that moment.

When the host club time was over, everyone went home.

Of course, the former Hyuuga Heiress has their black auto to take her home. She got in and sat there, watching the buildings and trees pass by her window. And that's when she realized. She found friends. A group of friends in her new school. Friends who cares for her not because they need her services, but because she's a part of their friendship circle.

Without noticing it, she smiled.

Waaa! Thank you for reading!
Please excuse this short chapter! This is what I could manage with my busy schedule at school!
Sorry if I didn't get to follow what I said in the last chapter… hehehe.. ^^'''
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Sincerely yours,
Eru-chii