Hello, again plums. Here is another chapter! I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: Do not own Ouran High School Host Club, but I can dream.
Another disclaimer: Hints of debauchery~ (LOL)
Chapter 21
A few weeks past, and the hosts and hostess continue on with their lives. Things didn't change that much once Haruhi became known to the school as a girl (after the initial shock). She became a hostess and quickly gained male regulars, much to Tamaki's despair. A lot of her female regulars also would still visit her to talk. It almost felt like nothing really changed.
Well, that wasn't true exactly. Every Tuesday and Saturday, Tamaki insisted that he and his darling (he had chosen that word to replace the 'daughter' nickname) go out on a date night. After much protest about not being able to study from Haruhi, they changed the date nights to just Saturday. Although after puppy dog eyes and quite a lot of sulking, Saturday date nights became Saturday date days. Despite Haruhi's complaining about never being able to study at this point, she secretly liked it.
On a superficial note, Haruhi tried to return to Ouran in her male uniform on her first day of being a female. She was promptly stopped by Harley who snapped her fingers and sic-ed Violet and Rose on her. After seven minutes of yelling and a lot of shoving in the girls' bathroom, the pink eyed twins dragged Haruhi out as:
~Haruhi Fuijoka! The Natural Type Hostess! ~
The brunette girl got to keep her Ouran blazer, purple tie, and white button down, however, instead of pants she wore a black pleated skirt, white knee high socks, and black saddle shoes. Haruhi groaned in annoyance as the Violet sprayed her with some flowery perfume while Rose tried smearing some lip gloss on her.
'I don't understand why I have to change what I wear just because people know that I'm a girl now,' Haruhi thought.
"Perfect!" Harley said as she clapped her hands together. "Put we're missing one thing." She dug into the pocket of her black leather messenger bag and pulled out a small white box. "Tamaki told me to give you this." She handed the box to the smaller girl. Haruhi carefully opened the small box. Inside was a beautiful butterfly hair clip with purple gemstones. She gasped.
"It's Amethyst," Violet said. "The February birthstone."
"That's your birthday month isn't?" Rose added.
"And it matches Tamaki's eye color~" the twins cooed as they wrapped their arms around her. Haruhi ignored them and continued to stare at the clip. It was so… pretty.
"Here," Harley said as she delicately lifted the clip from the box. She lifted it to Haruhi's head and securely tucked the clip into her hair, to pull back her bangs. Haruhi's hand went up to touch the clip slightly. Something in her heart fluttered.
"Thank you," she said.
"Don't thank me, Haruhi," Harley said to the girl. She winked at her. "Have fun at class you three!"
…Now Back to the Present…
The entire Host Club was in Music Room #3 preparing for another session of hosting. Shay and Harley where in the kitchen preparing today's snacks and desserts while Honey hovered over them, once again trying to learn the secrets of cake making (it was a complete mystery to him, like witchcraft). Hikaru and Kaoru were somewhere storing away old cosplays and finding new ones for future sessions. Violet and Rose were preparing today's drinks: chocolate flavored instant coffee and Raspberry Lemon Tea. Mori was helping Areily bring in the instruments while she tuned them. Kyoya was at a table, typing away important data for the club. Making the girls in charge of the food, drinks, and entertainment had tripled the club's profit, much to his delight. In the other side of the room, Tamaki was giving a large and flamboyant speech about the magic of beauty to Haruhi who was ignoring him as she did her homework.
Suddenly the sound of a large motor began to roar as a platform rose above the ground.
"What the fuck?" Shay yelled as she ran out of the kitchen with Harley and Honey behind her.
"Oh, we thought that we got rid of her episodes ago," Hikaru and Kaoru said at the same time as they reentered the room.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Renge laughed loudly as she rose up through the floor. She was dressed oddly. She was wearing a periwinkle lacy dress, a black sash around her waist, black opened toed pumps with blue bows on top, and fingerless black gloves. On top of her head was a long curly brown wig and she was holding a black leather messenger bag that looked too new. But the most bizarre thing was that it seemed that she had stuffed her bra, a lot.
"Have you missed me?" Renge said loudly as she struck a pose.
"What the actual fuck is going on?" Harley exclaimed. "And are those my clothes?"
"I wish!" Renge exclaimed as she got off of her platform. "These are actually 100% perfect replicas of the real thing. Well except for these!" She held up her hands to show of the fingerless black gloves. "These are the real deal!"
"WHY DO YOU HAVE MY GLOVES?" Harley would have pounced on the strange girl if it wasn't for Violet and Rose holding her back.
"Who the hell is this bitch?" Shay grumbled as Renge spun around before striking a final pose.
"I AM THE HOST CLUB'S MANAGER!" she announced loudly while pink rose petals erupted behind her.
"MANAGER?!" all the girls (minus Haruhi) exclaimed at the same time.
"So, that's what we sound like when we do that, huh Takashi?" Honey laughed as he climbed onto Mori's shoulders.
"Mhh," Mori grunted.
"So what cosplay is this Renge?" Tamaki asked as he examined her latest costume.
"Of Harley- senpai of course!" Renge said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"I have a headache already," Harley grumbled as she rested her hands on her hips. To her annoyance, Renge imitated her.
"Harley-senpai's character is one of the richest that I have come across in this world!" Renge announced. "Imagine it! Little poor Harley growing up in the most dingiest, scariest part of New York City in a broken home with only her sexy older brother to protect her! Yet she overcame her own dark and depressing childhood and bloomed into a beautiful butterfly and made her way to Japan in order to find her one true love!"
"SO INSIPIRING!" Tamaki wailed and he hugged Harley tightly.
"That's not why I came to Japan," Harley grumbled. Kyoya, who was standing behind them, flicked Tamaki hard on the forehead. The blonde boy quickly let go of Harley, wailed, and returned to his Emo Corner.
"Or Areily-senpai!" Renge clapped her hands. Another motor started and a tall plastic clothing model rose from the ground. It had a long straight baby blue colored wig and wore a blue sundress, yellow cardigan, and yellow flats. It was also holding her sketchbook.
"Oh my god," Areily said as she hid behind Mori.
"There she is!" Renge began. "Growing up in what she believed was a loving family only to have it rip away from her! Broken, scared, and all alone in mean old NYC! Only to be united with her first real friend, Harley Jones! Who inspired her to be brave, dye her hair blue, and come with her across the Pacific to find her knight in shining armor!" Renge flayed a bit around the model before clapping her hands again.
"I want my sketchbook back," Areily mumbled with a pout.
"Mh," Mori grunted and took three long strides towards the plastic model and ripped the book out of its hands (all while having Honey on his shoulders).
"Look, Takashi! It's Shay-chan's turn!" Honey exclaimed as he pointed to the latest clothing model that was rising from the floor. This one was much tinier with a pink wig that had two pigtails. It wore a short floral light yellow skirt, a sunflower t-shirt, yellow converse, and yellow ribbons in its fake hair. It was holding a stuffed Robin teddy bear.
"YOU TOOK MY RICHARD!" Shay screamed as she propelled herself towards Renge like a bullet. Fortunately, Honey was able to leap from Mori's shoulder just in time to stop the pink ball from tearing Renge apart.
"As I was saying," Renge huffed. Shay literally growled at her. "Poor Shay-senpai was a little orphan and was forced to live with her grandparents from a young age. The rage and thirst for revenge for her parents' untimely end drove her into her passion for martial arts! However, in the world of a national martial arts champion there was no room for friends or love! UNTIL, she met Harley-senpai and Areily-senpai who showed her the beauty of friendship and motivated her to search for her one true desire: her true love!"
"Wah! Such a sad story!" Honey exclaimed as he held onto Shay like she was his Usa-chan.
"I'm going to grind her skull between my teeth," Shay hissed.
"How cute!" Honey stated as he hugged Shay tighter. It wasn't until Renge had moved on to her next victim, did Honey let go of Shay. She instantly ricocheted herself towards her plastic model and snatched her stuffed robin away.
"Looks like it's our turn," Violet stated as she stood up.
"Yep," Rose agreed as she stood as well. They had been playing 'Go Fish' with Hikaru and Kaoru at one of the couches until Renge had moved on to them. Their models rose up as well. The first was wearing a tank top, hoodie, skinny jeans, Uggs, and head band that were all the same shade of baby blue. The second was wearing the same outfit except that its tank top and head band was light yellow. What was interesting though was that the first model wore a long brown wig while the second wore a short, dark blonde wig.
"Violet and Rose!" Renge began her next monologue as she twirled some more. "Two identical twin sisters who grew up in a family too big to ever notice them; where even their own parents couldn't tell them apart! So locked up in their own world, they weren't able to see the beauty of the real world. However that wasn't until Harley-senpai rescued them from their own inner demons. Now, they found their own pair of twins to fall in love with!"
"Aww! You love us!" Hikaru and Kaoru chorused as they hugged the two girls. In between their embrace, Violet and Rose began playing 'Rock, Paper, Scissors!'
"What are you doing?" Kaoru asked.
"We're trying to see who gets to kick that nut-job first," Rose explained.
"AND FINALLY!" Renge announced as she twirled again. Rose petals began to swirl around and another model began to rise up.
"How is this not over yet?" Harley moaned as she sat at Kyoya's table. He shrugged and continued to write in his black notebook.
"SO CUTE!" Tamaki exclaimed when he saw Haruhi's model. No one knew how she did it, but somehow Renge was able to replicate Haruhi's white ball gown from her debutante ball a few weeks ago. It also wore a long brown wig, similar to Haruhi's middle school hairstyle.
"HARUHI FUJIOKA!" Renge exclaimed. "Our darling heroine was forced to grow up without a mother and take on the burdens of chores in her very own household. Despite all of her hardships, Haruhi was still able to be the first commoner at Ouran Academy. However, faith is cruel, and she was forced to masquerade around as a boy in order to pay off her debt! Now, she is able roam free as the beautiful girl that she is with her very own prince!"
"MAGNIFICENT! BRAVO! BEAUTIFUL~" Tamaki cheered as he swung Haruhi around like a doll.
"Okay, enough is enough," Harley said as she stood up. "As flattery as this is, I mean it's not every day that you see a cosplay of yourself; I think you've gotten somethings a bit wrong."
"What?" Renge gasped. "B-but I've done my research!"
"Yeah, but you've gotten the reasons why we came here all mixed up," Harley explained.
"I haven't been kicking ass since day one just to be reduced into some damsel in distress," Shay scoffed.
"We've all worked really hard to be here," Areily piped up as she stepped away from Mori. "And our goals weren't to fall in love."
"We're all actually pretty intelligence and ambitious girls," Rose said. "Regardless of how much we have fun or fool around, we're still here for a reason."
"And that reason isn't 'falling in love' or getting boyfriends regardless of how fun it is," Violet added. "We didn't just give up our entire lives in New York to become pretty faces for a bunch of rich boys."
"They're right, Renge," Haruhi said, pushing Tamaki away. "I came here with a plan for my future. I want to become a lawyer like my mother, and there isn't going to be anything stopping me."
"I want to study linguistics and write textbooks," Areily informed. Oh, so that's what she meant by wanting to be a writer.
"I'm plan on becoming a biochemist and working on finding cures for illnesses," Violet said proudly.
"And I'm going to become a pediatrician," Rose smiled. "And help little kids."
"I want to be architect!" Shay announced. Everyone looked at her with odd looks. "What? It's just as much fun to make things as it is to break them."
"And I'm going to be a business woman one day!" Harley declared with her hands on her hips like Superma- actually like Wonder Woman! "You'll see me one day on Wall Street, buying stocks, ruining lives, and living the American dream!"
"So basically, the moral of the story is, Renge," Haruhi said as she touched her classmate's shoulder. "Even if you're a girl, you should still aspire for something greater than pleasing boys and 'falling in love'."
"Oh," Renge said, her voice becoming soft. She pulled the wig off of her head and removed the two silicone chicken cutlets from her bra. "That's… interesting." She turned around and returned to her platform. The motor began again yet the sound was lower than before.
"Thank you?" Renge told the six girls as her platform lowered back into the ground. Her face had a pensive expression as if she was still registering whatever they had told her.
"MY DAUGHTERS ARE SO STRONG AND INDEPENDENT!" Tamaki cheered loudly.
"And he ruined the moment," Haruhi sighed.
…
A few days later, Kyoya and Harley were in his bedroom, studying for an upcoming Chemistry test that they would have in a few days. Harley laid on Kyoya's bed with all of her notes and her textbook surrounding her while he sat at his desk to study. His room was quite large, bigger than the size of the girls' first apartment in Japan. Nearly everything was either metallic, grey, black, or splashes of navy blue. In the center was the large double king sized bed in white sheets and a grey comforter along with a large black wooden bedframe. On either side were matching black one night stands. The left side of the room was composed of Kyoya's 'office area' which was basically a large mahogany desk with an upholstered office chairs. There were also a least a half a dozen bookcases filled with books and binders along with two large metal filing cabinets. The right of the room was the most simple with only doors: a door to a walk-in closet and one to a large master bathroom. All windows were covered in thick grey curtains. Across from her, was a tall doubled doorway to the rest of the mansion. The walls and carpet were all grey.
"A bit of color would do you some good, you know," Harley stated, breaking the silence. She flopped down on the bed.
"So would some quiet," Kyoya responded from his desk. Harley sighed and got up. She had stripped off her sweater and remained in a blue tank top and black skirt. She bounced of the bed and walked over to the large desk chair. She wrapped her arms around Kyoya's neck and rested her head on his shoulder.
"You're top is no longer on," he noted.
"It's too warm in here," she responded.
"You could have told me, I would have turned on the air conditioner." Harley pouted, and turned to look at what Kyoya was working on. It wasn't chemistry notes. It looked more like bank statements.
"Whatchaya doing?" she cooed.
"Working on the club's finances."
"Can I see?" There was a moment of silence as Kyoya considered her request. He pushed his chair away from the desk slightly. Harley naturally did the thing that Kyoya wasn't expecting and sat on his lap. She pulled herself (along with Kyoya and his chair) closer to the desk before scanning the documents on the laptop.
"Hm," Harley commented after a few minutes.
"What is it?" he asked.
"You have quite a bit of unnecessary spending," she informed him. Kyoya frowned.
"Where?" His hands went towards the keyboard.
"Well to start off," Harley began. "You're spending nearly 500,000 yen on the groceries that Shay and I use to make the club's snacks. I could get you the same materials for 60, 000 yen. You don't need flour imported from France to make a decent cake."
"Interesting," Kyoya said. "Is there any other places where you see over spending?"
"The fact that you guys actually have a flower petal dispersal machine is absurd," Harley continued. "But what's worse is that you buy weekly shipments of flower petals from a very expensive florist when you could just buy a bunk amount of fake rose petals for half the price. You can reuse them and never have to buy more. And why are there so many gifts sent to the customers?"
"Well, every time something goes array, we have to reimburse our customers," he explained.
"Yeah, but like not with expensive shit like flowers and chocolates," Harley retorted. "Just give them a picture of Tamaki shirtless, and that should do the trick!" Then, she picked up a piece of paper, pen, and a calculator that were all in arms' reach. After doing a few calculations she showed him the paper. "We could save the club a million yen a month." Kyoya analyzed the paper.
"You can be quite smart sometimes," he finally stated. Harley smirked. Feeling a bit feisty, she swung her body around until she was straddling Kyoya.
"You know what they say, the only difference between genius and intelligence is success," she whispered in to her ear before leaving a trail of kisses down his neck. Kyoya gasped as she bite down in the crook of his neck.
"Don't you dare," he hissed as he felt Harley tried to give him a hickey. She gave a sound of disappointment as he pulled her away.
"C'mon Kyo-Kyo," Harley pouted. He smirked as he began to give her the same treatment. The sadistic part of him enjoyed her little cries as he littered her shoulders and neck with bites. After a few moments, Harley grasped his face and smashed her lips against his. She was able to pull off his tie and opened his uniform shirt. Kyoya ran his hand beneath the fabric of her tank top, and grasped one of her breasts.
"Hold on," Harley suddenly stopped and sunk down to the floor.
"What are you doing?" Kyoya asked as she started unbuckling his belt.
"I want try something new," was all she said as she looked up at him with her large green eyes and pretty smile.
… 20 Minutes Later …
Harley stood in front of the sink in Kyoya's bathroom, brushing her teeth. She pulled out here cellphone and dialed her home phone number.
"Yo!" It was Violet. The dark haired girl was sitting in the living room doing homework with Rose. Shay sat in between them eating peanut butter from the jar.
"Is Areily home?" Harley asked after she spit into the sink.
"Nah, she's out with Mori-senpai," Violet said. "Hold on, I'm putting you on speaker, Shay and Ro are here." Violet placed the home phone in the center of the coffee table.
"You guys won't believe what I just did!" Harley's voice carried from the small plastic device.
"You sucked a dick," Shay said without missing a beat. There was a silence as Harley didn't respond.
"Harley?" Rose asked with a raised eyebrow. More silence.
"Yes!" Shay cheered as she shot up into the sky. She landed back onto the couch and pointed at the twins. "You devils owe me thirty bucks! Pay up, bitches."
"ARE YOU GUYS MAKING BETS ABOUT MY SEX LIFE!" Harley yelled from the phone.
"Well, at least Kyoya's getting his money's worth," Violet mumbled beneath her breath.
"I HEARD THAT, YOU DEVILS!"
"Where even are you?" Rose asked.
"I'm in his bathroom," Harley responded. The three girls bursted out laughing.
"He probably thinks you're crazy!" Shay exclaimed between giggles.
"All in the bathroom alone-"said Violet.
"Talking and yelling at yourself!" said Rose. There was a beeping on the phone as Harley finally hung up at them.
"I'll bet you two dumbbells, fifty dollars that Harley loses her V-card in a month," Shay announced.
"You're on, Pinkie!" The twins shook hands with the smaller girl.
…
Areily collapsed on the bench, breathing heavily. After school and the club, Mori had dragged her to one of his family's dojos. Apparently today was the perfect day to start her training in Kendo. So Mori had spent three hours trying to teach Areily how to fight. She couldn't understand why it was so important for her to learn the sport, but for some reason Mori's heart was set on it.
When he had told her to bring athletic clothing, Areily showed up in a tank top, sports bra, and a cute pair of short shorts. She thought they were just going to go jogging or something. But it didn't work out like that.
"Up," Mori instructed. He stood over her with his arms crossed, dressed in kendo robes. He held two bamboo swords and held one out to her. Areily sighed as she pulled her body to a standing position and accepted the sword from him.
Okay, the truth was that Areily had some sort of idea why Mori was so persistent about her learning Kendo. She knew that the entire Morinozuka clan was renowned for their dojos and skill in Kendo. This must be Mori's own unique way of getting her more 'involved' with his family. Or something.
"I'm so tired," Areily mumbled beneath her breath as she followed Mori to the training mat. Mori's eyes softened as he heard her soft words.
"We're done," Mori said as he took the sword back from her again. "There's a girls locker room over there." Areily smiled widely.
"Thank you, Takashi," she said and went kissed him on the cheek. "I had fun."
…
The next day, the Host Club found themselves in their usual place: at the Host Club! Everyone was stumbling out of the dressing rooms in the latest cosplay. Today's theme was 'The Nautical Sea'.
Honey was dressed in a cute white and blue sailor costume with a white cap (even Usa-chan had a little cap). Shay was also dressed in a matching sailor costume but hers had a skirt (because of the patriarchy). Mori wore a Poseidon costume with a blue sash across his chest and loincloth with a golden belt, a crown of seashells, and a large trident. He even wore a large fake white beard. Areily was put into another mermaid costume with a seashell bra and long silver skirt that looked like a tail.
Hikaru and Kaoru wore matching first mate costumes with stripped red and white shirts, puffy pants, eyepatches, and large broadswords attached to their hips. Violet and Rose were dressed as maritime barmaids. They wore of the shoulder poofy white blouses with brown corsets on top, long brown skirts, and red and gold aprons around their hips.
Harley and Kyoya wore matching 'Evil Pirate' costumes. Kyoya wore a large purple and black pirate coat with a black blouse, black pants, black belt, and boot beneath. A long sword was attached to his hip and he wore a large black hat with purple feathers. Harley was dressed in a black puffy dress that ended raggedly at her knees. A tight purple corset and belt made the outline of her figure stand out. She also wore a hat similar to Kyoya's, but had two swords at her hip.
Tamaki was a sea captain! He wore a large red overcoat with golden buckles, a white shirt that was opened to reveal a portion of his chest. He also wore a pair of brown slacks and books. A large belt held a long white sword and he wore a large golden crown (because sea captains wore crowns). Haruhi was forced into a large 1700s red and gold ball gown with a matching tiara.
"I can barely walk in this," Haruhi grumbled for the fifth time that day. She no longer had an excuse to refuse to wear the feminine costumes that Tamaki would bring for her much to her despair. She tried to be patient and kind towards her guests (but it felt like being trapped in a prison of fabric and ribbon for two hours).
"FREEDOM!" Violet and Rose roared as the last customer left. They were ripping off each other's corsets.
"WAIT, EVERYONE STOPPED!" Harley yelled as she climbed on top of a table. Everyone did stopped. They were all in the process of removing their costumes or preparing to leave. "I have an important announcement!"
"For the past few weeks I have noticed something wrong with our club," Harley stated. Tamaki gasped in surprise. Everyone else had varying looks of indifference. "We lack chemistry!" Another gasp from Tamaki.
"What the fuck are you talking about?" Shay yelled. "We're all fucking dating each other!"
"Yes, Shay, you may have chemistry with Honey-senpai," Harley said as she struck pose and pointed. "BUT! How well do you know the rest of the male host members? Hm?" She didn't wait for the shorter girl's response. "Exactly! We are a tribe! We are a squad! We are a clan. We are a f-"
"A FAMILY!" Tamaki cried out as he joined her on top of the table. "HARLEY IS RIGHT! WE MUST UNITE AS BROTHERS, SISTERS, FATHERS, MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS, AND SONS!"
"Yes!" Harley cheered. "We need to get to know each other more as individuals!"
"As a family!" Tamaki echoed.
"So I have a plan," Harley continued. "This Saturday everyone will be paired up with someone that they haven't had the chance to interact with and spend the entire day with, one on one! Then later that day we will all meet up and have dinner as a family!"
"My daughter always has the most brilliant of ideas!" Tamaki cheered.
While Tamaki and Harley twirled in each other's arms like a couple of idiots, everyone else turned to each other.
"We're going to be forced-"Hikaru stared.
"To do this, aren't we?" Kaoru finished.
"Knowing them they'll find a way to get everyone to participate," Violet grumbled.
"We never really have a choice," Rose added.
"I think it will be fun," Areily said softly.
"Yeah! Fun!" Honey cheered. Shay repressed any negative comments in order not to pop her boyfriend's bubble.
"Is it really necessary?" Haruhi asked. She'd rather not waste another day that could be used for studying or running errands.
"OF COURSE IT IS HARUHI!" Harley exclaimed as she got really close to Haruhi.
"THE FATE OF OUR FAMILY DEPENDS ON THIS!" Tamaki cried out as he got just as close to the brown haired girl.
"Here! I have constructed a list!" Harley announced. She pulled out a scroll of paper. "Shay will go with Hikaru, Areily will go with Kaoru, Tamaki will get Violet, Honey-senpai will go with Rose, Haruhi will go with Kyoya, and I will got with Mori-senpai!"
"Brava!" Tamaki cheered as he spun Harley around again. "My daughter is brilliant!"
"It seems this is what we will be doing be doing next chapter," Kyoya commented as he wrote something in his black notebook.
"What are you talking about, senpai?" Haruhi asked.
"Hm? Oh, nothing," Kyoya replied as he smiled. Haruhi blanched and grimaced. The smile on Kyoya's face was the most frightening thing that Haruhi had ever seen.
"Kyoya-senpai?" Haruhi gasped. "Are you alright?"
"Yes, I'm actually having a pleasant day," Kyoya said with the same eerie smile. In the distance, Shay bursted out laughing.
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