Chapter 10- Much Needed Apologies:

Max:

I cupped the girl's chin as I spoke,

"I would steal you the most beautiful gem in the world, but I don't think it could compare to the way you shine, baby."

The girl turned bright red.

"Oh Max-senpai," she whispered.

"Call me X," I winked, "I insist."

The girls squealed and I leaned back in the chair. Today's cosplay for the host club- villains. Not just normal villains either, all of us were Batman/Teen Titan's villains. The clubroom was decked out to look like Arkam. The lights were dimmed, the walls were black, and the tables had black cloths over them. The chandeliers were replaced with creepy ones that had candles.

Tamaki was the Joker- though he didn't wear all the makeup, but his hair was slightly green. He wore the purple suit trousers with the matching suit jacket. The jacket was opened to reveal the green dress shirt, yellow vest, and the black bow on his neck.

The twins were Bud and Lou- the joker's hyenas, which I thought suited the little devils. They had on orange-gray pants and wore no shirts to show off the painted spots on their bodies. Their hair was ruffled to go with the look. Not to mention that they had the hyena laugh nailed.

Kyoya was Two-face. Part of his face was faintly painted blue. His suit was halved directly down the middle, the left side being black and the other side being white. His tie, however, was halved the opposite way. Haruhi was dressed as a gender-bent version of Harley Quinn. She had on pants that had the left leg black and other was red. She wore a long-sleeved shirt that had the right side black and the left side red with a black and red-checkered vest over it.

Takashi was dressed as Bane, which fit him pretty well. He had on the black pants, black tank top/muscle shirt, and the mask over his head. On his arm was a few wires attached to the mask to complete the look. Hunny was adorable in a cosplay of Dr. Strange. His lab coat was too big for him, the sleeves dragging across the floor. He wore big black round glasses as well that were pushed up on the top of his head.

Finally, I was dressed as Red X- all the way down to the last detail of the suit. Though I didn't wear the mask, which I was thankful for. The suit was specially made and not so body-clutching as a spandex suit. I was thankful for that since I didn't want the bump from my wings to show.

"Why are you dressed as Red X, Max," a girl giggled.

Smirking, I moved closer to her.

"What girl doesn't dream of loving a bad boy," I whispered into her ear.

She got a nosebleed and I hid my slight disgust.

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Kyoya spoke to me privately after club hours, telling me that I really should apologize to Ritsu so the sales in the club would go up and if I didn't then word would get out that I was a girl. Honestly, I could care less since I could just quit the host club and if I got expelled I could still follow Ritsu. Either way, I did like it at the host club since I got to mess with the girls, so I would rather stay in it.

Since Ritsu wasn't at the club, I went off to find him after I changed out of the Red X cosplay and back into the Ouran uniform. I found him exactly where I knew where he would be- the garden.

"What do you want," he asked rudely with a scowl.

I crossed my arms over my chest and was ready to yell back at him, but I held back. I softened my expression,

"Look, I came to apologize for the other day. I'm sorry for pouring hot tea on you and giving you a black eye."

"Why are you apologizing?"

"Can't I be nice," I huffed, "besides… I was wrong."

Play it safe, I thought, play it safe and tell him what's best to say so he won't get mad.

"What," he asked, genuinely confused.

"I was wrong, okay," I ran a hand a through my hair, "I didn't want Haruhi it hang out with you because I didn't want her to get into trouble, ya know? And I thought you were a bad guy… The truth is, you're a bad guy- I mean, you're a mafia son after all, but you're not a bad guy. You seem to actually care for Haruhi and I was just looking out for my friend so… I'm sorry…"

Ritsu looked me over, judging whether or not I was lying. Finally, he huffed,

"Apology accepted… I'm sorry for busting your lip."

"Nah, it's fine," I smiled, "I've had worse and done worse."

Ritsu looked at me amused as I posed, showing my muscles that were kind-of-but-not-really there.

"Ah, you know what, I guess you're not such a bad guy after all… I'm still pissed at you."

"To be expected," I shrugged, "I would still be pissed too, but we shouldn't fight each other, if anything so Haruhi doesn't get mad at the both us… Besides, us rebels gotta stick together," I winked.

"Young Lord," someone cried out.

I looked over to see who it was- Tetsuya. When he noticed that I was with Ritsu, he tensed and narrowed his eyes,

"Young Lord," he said to Ritsu, "I had to come fetch you so that you can head home… I didn't realize you were with a friend."

Apparently Tetsuya was still mad from when I practically ran him over on the sidewalk.

"Oh, by the way," I said to Tetsuya, "Sorry for running you down on the sidewalk. I was in the hurry," I shrugged.

Tetsuya's gaze softened before he finally gave a small nod,

"So, Young Lord, this is a new friend?"

Tetsuya smiled. Ritsu looked horrified and I chuckled slightly. Friends? Just the other day I socked it to him. Granted, I did just apologize. Though I think we're a long way before being friends.

Ritsu seemed to think for a moment before nodding and I looked at him a bit shocked.

"He was the one that socked me yesterday," Ritsu explained, "But… he's a cool guy. He was just trying to do what was best for a friend…"

I just blinked at him a bit shocked. Ritsu turned to me with a scowl,

"I'm still pissed, so don't think to much on it."

I smirked,

"Wouldn't dream of it."