No ownership of original, Ouran High School Host Club. This story and idea based from it is my own. Enjoy Kaoru's side of everything with a twist on the original. Here we go into the last year of middle school for the twins. Also the first year they are hosts!

When the club activities ended for the day, Kaoru reached for the pale pink ceiling, stretching. Hikaru leapt back onto the couch, sprawling all his limbs across it. Kaoru snatched up his bag and sat in the open space between his brother's legs. Hikaru perked to attention.

"You two help with clean up," Tamaki directed loudly from across the music room.

"No way."

The blonde idiot sputtered.

"Right here Kaoru," Hikaru spoke up. They ignored the flailing of limbs from the idiot lord. Only Hunny appeared mildly concerned before he beamed at him and then the twins, taking a large bite out of a cake slice. "Angle it up on one side. Forget having it remain as an actual bubble design. Create the sway of waves for the frothy bubbles you have set at her feet."

"Layer it." Kaoru drew his addition from his brother's slanting mark. "It'll help with the motion when she moves in it."

"Should we rename it? Beach dress? The sandy froth?"

Kaoru shook his head. "Tanuki gave it life with her mistaken notion of a bubble skirt, then when she said the beach thing today."

Hikaru snorted. "Nothing is wrong with a pool. Bubble beach. Bubbeach? Bubbe?"

"Hm. Simple notion of bubble made to sound fancy. Tanuki will definitely give us that look."

Hikaru grinned. "We definitely got to get her in that look. Some light pinks and oranges at the top, sunset traces, before the blues and whites for the water? Give it a pop of color with the top?"

"I like the idea of a long necklace, strapped with seashells and bits of driftwood. But you know how she is with things real and fake."

"She doesn't care with fake in jewelry though, prefers it fake."

"More a matter of price on real jewels. I like the smell and it isn't overpowering. Let's send for real driftwood."

"Bahamas? Jamaica? Oh! Remember last winter break's trip to Hawaii?"

"HEY!"

The two of them burst up and glared at Tamaki who had ripped the sketchbook out from Kaoru's lap. His face was red.

"Hey you two! I've been trying-"

"That's ours idiot lord!"

Tamaki puffed up his cheeks and glared back, clutching the stolen good to his chest. The new high school student had yet to learn fear of the Hitachiin brothers, but now was looking like a good moment for him to start. Kaoru jumped up off his brother and strode forward. Hikaru ran past him and leapt for the so-called president of the club.

Tamaki screeched and streaked away. "Save me!"

No one did. Hunny swung his legs as he watched and ate his cake. Mori was not much better than his cousin. Ootori even rolled his eyes before putting his attention back to his black notebook. Kaoru and his brother had easily noticed the younger Ootori dealt with Souh more like an annoyance than a friend. As long as they didn't pester him, they could pretty much bother Tamaki all they wanted.

"Kyoya!"

The blonde haired idiot dove behind his best friend and they skidded to a stop, glaring at Tamaki.

"Hiding behind the shadow lord?"

"Idiot lord can't even face us..."

"Like a true man!"

"Get out from behind me Tamaki."

"But Kyoya, I just-"

"And give them that back before I lock the three of you alone in a room together. Your father finds their antics funny, I am sure he'll happily tease what remains of you."

Kaoru and his brother shared an excited look.

"Permission from the shadow lord?"

"To go all out on idiot lord?"

"From the shadow lord?"

"How long would you give us?"

"And hour?"

"A day?"

"All week if it gets all three of you out of my hair," the youngest Ootori drawled easily as he absently turned a page. Tamaki went pale.

"Kyoya!"

"You two can start now," he offered.

The blonde panicked and threw the sketchbook at them. It flapped in the air before landing sideways onto Kyoya's hand. His pencil snapped. They all froze, Tamaki's swallow perpetrated the silence loudly.

Hikaru snatched Kaoru's sketchbook up quickly before the youngest Ootori tore it to pieces under his twitching eye.

"Oooh! The idiot lord is in trouble!"

"I'm sorry mon ami! You know I didn't mean it! It was the devil twins! I panicked. You didn't mean it, did you Kyoya?" The blonde made large puppy eyes at his best friend.

Kyoya groaned, pinching the bridge of his nose. Kaoru stared in amazement. That wasn't really going to work, was it? "Tamaki, go make club meeting notes to discuss for tomorrow so you don't make a fool of yourself. Don't be bothering others so mindlessly."

Kaoru blinked. Utter surprise echoed on Hikaru's face. "He gave in to the idiot lord. Ootori," he stressed. "We may have to rename this guy."

Hikaru snorted.

"Still an idiot," Karou chimed in with Hikaru.

"Easy to play with."

Tamaki swiveled his head and added a pouting mouth to the puppy eyes. Kaoru turned his head away and to his brother. THAT was scarily effective.

"Why, even our toy is unaffected and rebukes him easily," Karou teased.

Hikaru beamed and laughed. His face lightened at conversation turning back to their favorite classmate. "Looks don't matter!"

"Personality does."

"And Tanuki charmed by neither of yours!"

The mentioned host, the prince host, fell to the floor in spasms. "Nooo! I matter, I matter! I'm even made of matter, I can't just...evaporate from being!"

Hikaru snickered and Kaoru joined in. Bothering and playing with Tamaki was easy, but the idiot gave some of the best reactions.

"Tanuki," Kyoya mused.

"Dressed in all Hitachiin creations rather than the middle school uniform option. Proclaimed a Hitachiin brothers toy from after last year's summer break, notable in being to date the longest plaything of said brothers known to those attending Ouran. This has resulted to her being treated politely rather than scorned and ignored due to her student status, stature and interest rising because of continued interactions with the devil twins. As well as remaining top of the class despite dealing with you two," Kyoya finished with a long gaze at them. Hunny and Mori had joined Tamaki in listening about what the young Ootori had to say about their toy.

"Isn't our toy the best," the two asked with glowing pride.

Tamaki sputtered, arms waving about madly. "A person isn't a toy! That poor young lady!"

"Young?"

"Lady?"

"Tanuki?"

They cracked up into laughter and rolled around on the floor. Tanuki tended to hunch her shoulders when focused over her schoolwork. She could care less about the outfits they designed for her, until Kaoru showed that they honestly cared and it was a meaningful gift, taking into account of what style of comfort she already preferred. She was blunt and harsh at times. She didn't care about glossing anything over. Tanuki was pleasant to others, but didn't give a single wit about status and pissing them off if she didn't care for any of their attitudes. She was a tomboy, but a lazy one, not even a decent tomboy who had impressive athletic ability to show for it.

"Oh! Oh! Oh! I want to see what Tanuki does if idiot lord treats her like a young lady!"

"Oh, yes! Yes! Can we pay for a session of her at the idiot lord's table?"

Tamaki was inching away from them, but Kaoru cared little at his observation, just as enthusiastic as Hikaru at Tanuki visiting the host club. Kaoru pointed and his brother grinned. They laughed louder.

The idiot lord straightened. "I must rescue this young lady from these deplorable twins!"

Kaoru snorted. "You're going to have to wait until after the summer break."

"She is going to be busy modeling some of our designs our mother loves created by us. Already snuck permission to kidnap her from her father."

They sang brightly, "Ranka is amazing!"

"Do you have her father's permission?"

Tamaki drooped, then spun to Ootori. "I demand she go through solo under my princely wings after break! And when is your mother's summer fashion show?"

"No. No pestering our toy," Hikaru snarled. "Our toy, not yours."

Tamaki huffed. Either at being told off or the repetitious use of toy, Kaoru was unsure. He poked the air pocket sure to deflate any of the blonde's ideas.

"Mother doesn't allow frivolous no ones to distract the models. The event is already hectic enough. Everyone follows through on the high heel attack warning posted at the door. You especially do not need any extra holes on your body. Too much intelligence leeks out already...Milord."

Ready to burst again, Tamaki got a dreamlike gaze across his face. Hunny giggled. "Tama-chan is floating off his chair."

"Very impressive Milord," Hikaru snickered out.

Tamaki made a funny noise, his head weaving up higher.

"Both of them. The twins called me... They respect me. Gave me a warning, their Milord kept from danger. Yes, no need for you precocious twins to worry upon my safety."

Kaoru and Hikaru clutched their mouths to hold in the high hilarity of Tamaki floating away from reality and mumbling nonsense. Kaoru flickered a finger to the doorway. Hikaru nodded.

"Have a good summer...Milord," they stressed loudly as they quickly gathered their things.

"Oooh! Tama-chan is like a helium balloon Takashi!"

"Mm."