Title: Special Edition .1
Summary: Welcome to the Host Appreciation Club! (Special Edition .1)
One-Shot: 21
Word Count: 2541. Omake (1): 655. Omake (2): 623. Total: 3819.
Dedication: Flaming Kyuubi-Chan, LunarFanGoddess, Ms.K216, Snodin, Izzyboopers, Lala the Screaming Fangirl, xx-flawlesspizza-xx, and MyLife2 for cooperating and unknowingly helping me with this Special Edition! I'd also like to thank you for not questioning the somewhat-strange questions I asked of you. I hope you like it! ^-^
Disclaimer: I don't own Ouran High School Host Club nor any of its characters. Everything belongs to its respective owners. Nothing here is being used for the sake of profit; this is simply all for your entertainment.
In addition, I don't own any characters in this one-shot. While I may have designed the characters and the idea of/for them, they are solely based on my friends and I take no ownership whatsoever over them. These characters' personalities were crafted with the thought of my friends in mind, and are simply for the sake of entertainment and amazingness. Enjoy.
"May I have your attention please?" She spoke above the low murmur that was set throughout the room, hoping to gather everyone's attention easily. She tapped her fingers impatiently on the table, waiting for the others surrounding her to quiet down. When they made no move to she repeated, "May I have your attention please?"
As she stressed "have" and "attention" she somehow gathered the attention of the room's occupants, who turned their heads to look at her from their areas around the large conference table. She released a breath she hadn't realized she was holding, and smiled politely. "Thank you. Now, may the real Slim Shady please stand up?"
She was no doubt referring to earlier when someone from Ouran's office area had called requesting for Slim Shady's presence. However, when they called back not ten minutes later, she figured that someone else had gone in his place.
From somewhere in the back of the room a young male stood up, dressed casually, and slung a bag over his shoulder. Muttering to himself he left the room, everyone's eyes silently tracking his movements.
An awkward silence filled the air before the "head" of the table laughed a bit, licking her lips nervously. "Well, alright then!" More silence accompanied her words, although now everyone's eyes were on her.
She blinked, before sighing and smiling, pushing her large glasses higher up on her nose as they fell. "Alright! Now, as President of the Host Appreciation Club I shall start this meeting!"
Some clapped just for the point of theatrics, while others simply stayed silent, although smiles were present on their faces.
Picking up a clipboard that had been left abandoned on the table before her, she shifted her weight from one leg to another, silently reveling in the feeling of being taller than her fellow club members, if only for a brief moment. "First order of business: we have a new member! Everyone, I'd like you to welcome Maia! Maia, could you please stand and tell us one thing about you?"
At the sound of her name a girl's head shot up from whatever she had been doing within her notebook, and stood. At the sound of the chair's legs scraping against the floor caused her to blush lightly, and the eyes that were now trained on her and her every movement only caused it to deepen.
"Um, hi! I'm Maia and uh… I like pizza? And anime! And… well a lot of other things." She tugged on the hem of her t-shirt, which pictured some food pun that would later have to be recorded for future reference, then sat back down.
"Okay, thank you, Maia! As you know, I'm Angel, first year student here at Ouran's Private Academy and President of the Host Appreciation Club!" The aforementioned President grinned, tucking a lock of brown hair behind her ear. "Maia, going around the table, this is our first member of the Host Appreciation Club, Missy!"
A girl whose brown hair was pulled back into a high ponytail smiled shyly as she readjusted her glasses, giving the newest member of their club a half wave. "Heyo. I'm also here on Mondays for the Anime and Manga Club, with a few of our fellow members. Gives a good start to the week. Second year."
"Oh, that's cool! Where does it gather?" With how not-busy her schedule had been since transferring to Ouran, it would be nice to join another club; especially one where Otaku like her could gather.
Clearing her throat Angel gave them a slightly annoyed look, its effect marred by the cat ears headband resting in her own light brown locks and the way the corner of her mouth twitched as a sign of holding back a smile. "If we could continue, there are other people of the Club to introduce."
Both huffed quietly and complied, although each with a soft smile and the addition of Missy signing that she would explain later on.
"Next we have Ms.K, one of the first members of the Host Appreciation Club and – technically – Vice President."
Said person stood, hair more red than brown and pulled into a ponytail that matched her green-gold eyes perfectly. The interesting color sparkled when she smiled, politely reaching out a hand to her new comrade. "Nice to meet you! I'm a third year whose taking Creative Writing classes at Ouran's community and also a member of the Avatar the Last Airbender fanclub; we gather earlier in the week."
The hand of Ms.K was pale in comparison to the slightly tanned one of Maia, but it was overlooked as they shook, the latter smiling sheepishly. "It's nice to meet you, too."
As they both retook their comfortable positions, Ms.K silently wondering if she had made a good impression, Angel continued, "Our third member is currently away for an important matter, but later on she'll be joining us via video chat. Such would have been arranged before today's club session started, but I didn't feel like bothering her, and I wasn't sure about time zones, and she's all busy, and the internet was jacked up-." she paused as she realized she was rambling, and cleared her throat, feeling her face heating up. "Long story short, she'll be joining later in the meeting. However, everyone else is present, including Kat, another one of our long-standing members!"
She directed their attention to said girl, who smiled brightly at their newest member and her potential friend. "Hi, Maia! Obviously I'm Kat and I like cats! Second year!"
Her skin was pale, just as Ms.K's was, although it was the prefect contrast to the bright blue eyes and light brown hair she also sported, pinned so that it was wrapped in a bun. Sticking out her own hand as a mean to shake the other's, she was happy when the action was politely carried out, and instantly knew that she and the others would be taking a liking to this girl and would welcome her into their "family" with open arms.
"Our fifth member is Izzy, a –second? Third? year – student."
Said person rolled her eyes slightly, although it obviously was to have nothing meant by it judging by the smile present on her face. "Third year. But I'm in advanced classes for college purposes." Turning her attention now to Maia she grinned. "And hey, I'm Izzy, as Angel so politely stated for me," cue and embarrassed blush from said female, "and I look forward to being in this club with you."
Maia grinned in response to the politeness of her new comrade, silently surprised by how many warm and welcoming people were members of the club. "Thanks, I can't wait to work with you, too!"
Silence loomed in the air for a moment, Angel no doubt now self-conscious and wondering if she had been talking too much for too long and if she had been rude by introducing everyone in place of them. Sensing the drop in introductions, a girl with shoulder length dark brown hair that looked more black than anything rolled onyx eyes at the antics of her friends and smiled awkwardly, but politely, at the most recent edition to the club. "Uh, hi, Maia. Sorry about them, erm… I'm Lala, although I also go by Angie, and I'm a second year."
"Hi, Lala." Maia said just as awkwardly, and Angel cleared her throat as she shifted uncomfortably.
"Wow, okay, um, our final and most recent – before you – remember is Kyu-Chan! She's my fellow first year and Vice President!" She grinned brightly, gesturing to a dark female who sat in a chair closest to Angel. The most recently introduced was oblivious to – or maybe didn't care about – the introductions sequencing around her, and Angel tapped the braided bun atop her head lightly, nodding in approval when her friend gave the others a half wave and ignoring when her arm was poked in return. At the confused stare she explained, "While Kyu-Chan has only been a member for a month or two, I already consulted and planned things out with her before the club was established. Before she became Vice President Ms.K was, so to make things fair Ms.K still holds the position for Vice President. They share it, in a sense. If that makes any sense."
It did enough for Maia to simply nod in response.
Looking down at her clipboard, and then checking her watch, Angel then nodded happily. "Alright great, that only took about ten minutes. Next up on our agenda we have the new schedule printed out for everyone." Passing out a calendar charting out the current month and each day of it, she directed her attention to Maia, who seemed lost to what they were already accustomed to.
With the knowledge that she was a new member, the person closest to her, Lala, helpfully informed her that they were the Host Appreciation Club, and being a Club that appreciates Ouran's own Host Club, every week they would discuss and "fangirl" over a new pairing within the club or one of its members.
"Remember, girls," Angel would frequently remind them, "fangirl is not an obsession. It's an art."
Before Maia could question what their current week's topic was, Angel beat her to the punch by announcing, "I'm happy to inform you all that this week's Host Appreciation will be dedicated to Hitachiin Hikaru and Kaoru, the Host Club's Little Devils!"
Few of the members clapped, including Angel herself –or as much as you could whilst holding a clipboard – while Kyu just stared at the club members in amusement.
Curiously, Maia raised a hand, an action Angel dismissed as being unnecessary, and asked, "Would that be counted as a Pairing or simply Member?" From what she had gathered from her own personal travels to the Host Club, the twins were inseparable beings, only few people having physically seen them apart, and she wondered if they would be "appreciated" at the same time or if it was simply thought of as one of many pairings.
"Good question!" Angel said, grinning at the latest member. "Hikaru and Kaoru are obviously attached at the hip, but they are their own separate beings, so we recognize them together as simply being a ship." She explained, pulling out a laptop from inside of her bag and hooking it up to a projector. "However on days where we only talk about Kaoru or only talk about Hikaru, then sometimes the other twin will come up in the midst of conversation.
A bright light lit up the TV that was facing the club as it switched on, and Angel clapped her hands, the lights shutting off and allowing the iridescent light of the flat screen before them to be their only mean of illumination. The image on the screen was that of a PowerPoint, titled "Host Appreciation Club: Twincest" in orange and blue. Tapping the "enter" key on her keyboard she shifted her clipboard in her arms and began the week's first meeting, allowing the PowerPoint to be a largescale model.
"Alright, first order of business, today we'll be discussing twincest and any new discovered developments within Hikaru and Kaoru's relationship. Any questions before we begin, because I won't be taking any until after."
She half-expected Maia to raise her hand and question how the discussion worked, but when she didn't she shrugged. Said girl simply assumed that all would be explained in due time, and that any questions that arose could be addressed after the discussion.
"Okay, let's begin. Who wants to go first?"
At first there was only silence and much awkward staring, before Ms.K gave in and stated, "Last week I went ice skating with my family and saw them ice skating together. It was so adorable! And it was so cool because Kaoru was actually better at ice skating than Hikaru was and had to teach him how to and oh my Gosh it was just so fluffy!" As she spoke her speaking sped up in the slightest and her voice got a tad higher, although it wasn't much of a difference to her normal voice, just a noticeable one.
Angel squealed – or more like screamed, they'll never know – at that information, losing the professional air she had to her only moments before. "Oh my God you need to tell me all about it – well, not right now obviously, but maybe later because to be honesty this needs to be discussed, like, the necessity of it, because can't you just imagine the twins ice skating and Kaoru having to help Hikaru and it's just so wonderful-" a poke in her arm stopped her ramblings, and despite the weak glare directed at her friend, she was grateful for Kyu's interruption, knowing she would continue to ramble otherwise.
Before anyone could speak, Lala raised her hand, admitting, "I heard Hikaru and Kaoru talking to each other day in Foreign Language and, well…" She blushed, remembering the sweet kisses and confessions they shared within the abandoned Foreign Language room during lunch break, thinking they were alone. Unfortunately for them – and fortunately for her – she had been on her way to the cafeteria when she noticed them. Of course she'd never admit that class hadn't actually been in session, and she had just managed to have a quick peek at their private study session, but still. It was the thought (and sight) that counts.
"Sigh. As much as I'd love to continue this conversation, as well as see what progress you girls have made concerning your FanFictions and investigations, time is limited. Now, reminders time."
Clicking another key on her laptop, a slide showing a calendar popped up, revealing different dates in orange and blue. "Now remember: this week the theme is Romeo and Juliet, no doubt the twins playing those roles. So make sure you have tissues if you attend the Host Club; it will be heartbreaking. Next weekend we have the Hosts Picnic, and there's a ball next month. Also, Ms.K, Snodin, and I have managed to convince Kyouya to allow a trip to American between the Hosts and Host Appreciation Club, as well as some other guests who manage to find the time to join us. That will be in a few months, however."
Maia blinked, processing the information. "…How does she know so much about the Hosts Club's schedule without being a member herself?"
Izzy snorted lightly, drawing her attention away from her notebook briefly enough to address their newest member. "With how much gossiping she does with Renge, and deals she makes with Kyouya, she may as well be a Host. She ends up making all these deals and promises with Kyouya and somehow manages to get valuable information."
The girl's eyes widened slightly at this, the thought of someone being that close to the Host Club intriguing her.
"Angel isn't that powerful, honestly. She just spends a lot of time on this club. We all do." Lala looked around the table, eyes glittering as she watched Angel arguing with Missy, Kat, and Kyu over whether cats or dogs were better and which the twins would prefer, for whatever reason. "If not for the sake that we're friends, than for that we're family."
Omake
Before their own private discussion could continue, Skype's call notification rang through the air, and Angel rushed to accept the call before it could either A) be dismissed or B) annoy her to death.
It took a moment for the call to connect fully, Angel blaming her slow-ass laptop, and even when it did it froze for a second when first opening. Clicking it cautiously, Angel growled as her assumptions proved correct, and the application reported that it failed to respond. However, before she could be fully irritated, Skype responded again, and the screen showed the image of woman with dark brown pulled into a sleek high ponytail, her blue eyes shining behind thin oval glasses as she smiled brightly at the camera.
"Finally! I was afraid you would never answer." The video wasn't of the highest quality, and at times the computer would freeze for a second, but it went unnoticed as it had yet to affect the call itself.
The young female in question pouted, pushing her glasses up once more. "Tell that to my shitty laptop. Anyways! Enough of that. Maia, meet Kristin. She's the club's other President. Kristin, this is Maia."
Hastily Maia stood, smiling weakly but cheerfully at the camera that was turned towards the table. "Konnichiwa, Kristin-san!"
The woman, now identified as Kristin, simply laughed, waving off the kind gesture. "No need for the formality. We're all friends and family here. You can just call me Kristin."
Maia nodded, happy with the answer, before confusion slid onto her face. "Ah, alright. But if I may ask; why aren't you here? And what do you mean by 'other President'?"
They all looked at Angel and Kristin expectantly, the longer-standing members already knowing the answer but finding it amusing nonetheless, while few of the newer ones (save Kyu) had yet to learn such news themselves.
Angel sighed, while Kristin simply grinned. The younger female shot her elder a weak glare, before turning her attention back to the other club members. "Kristin is the President and leads us when we're having a HikaHaru or KaoHaru appreciation week. Or just appreciating Haruhi in general. Actually, it's a matter of she leads the heterosexual appreciation weeks and anything involving Haruhi, while I do the opposite and lead the homosexual appreciation weeks and anything that doesn't involve Haruhi."
"And I'm currently on a book-signing tour." Kristin chirped to answer the initial question, seeing as her friend and fellow club member had decided not to.
"…why don't you want anything to do with Haruhi?"
The question was innocent enough and simply born of curiosity on Izzy's part, but it made their club President scowl and cross her arms over her chest in irritation. "Because Haruhi is a crossdressing bitch who can't keep her hands off of the Host Club. She completely ruins my OTPs! And the worst part is, I have no real reason to hate her! She's a completely sound character who searches for further improvement and character development as the series continues on, and while she doesn't have to be a fan favourite, there's no reason to dislike her either!"
She pouted, her answer sounding completely logical to her own ears, while many of the other character- I mean club members, stared at her with either wide eyes or amused smiles – few having both. Behind them Kristin had sighed, looking weary as though she had heard such a rant on multiple occasions, and simply smiled. "I don't know. That's her. I think Haruhi with one of the twins would be adorable, honestly."
Angel pouted at the answer, sighing, before remembering what she had been doing prior to Kristin's call. "Kris-chan! Tell Missy and Kyu-Chan that Hikaru and Kaoru would prefer a cat over a dog!"
Izzy sighed as Maia seated herself, returning to her task of doodling in her notebook and murmuring something about 1st years and having a long meaning ahead of them.
Omake (2):
Maia walked quietly beside Angel as the girl rambled on about nonsense, firing off questions and then answering herself. The meeting had ended 10 minutes prior, and the other members had long since left, leaving the President and newest member to wander the halls of Ouran by themselves as they made their way to the school grounds.
She thought back to earlier in the day when she had initially met everyone, and then moments of confusion she had felt whilst she watched everyone and thing. Usually she was all for meeting new people and making new friends, but due to being a new student and being unsure of how things in the club worked, it left her confused and curious as to how people who hadn't known one another for long could work together as if they were built to cooperate.
She recalled Kristin, the second President, and briefly remember something from earlier on in the day about "Snodin" and how in the meeting Angel had explained that the third member of the club was away for an important business matter. Somewhere in the back of her head recognition rang the doorbell, and she wondered for a moment if the two could be the same person.
Before her thoughts could continue, however, she felt something hard smashing into her head, and she stumbled back as pain struck her skull. Trying to focus proved a task harder than it should have been, and she realized vaguely that at some point she had collapsed onto the floor. From somewhere to the side she heard laughter, and it only seemed to increase as she moaned, cradling her head at the headache she now had.
Once she was finally sure that she was aware enough to stand, she looked over to see Angel flashing her an apologetic smile, although hints of mirth swam in her eyes. "Sorry for laughing, it was just amusing seeing you walk into a door at high speeds."
At the comment Maia then realized that so lost in her thoughts she had been she had managed to run into the front doors of the school, and now that she wasn't focused on the aching in her head she noticed the throbbing in her nose.
Another moan of pain escaped her lips, sending her new friend into a fit of giggles, and despite the pain she had managed to inflict upon herself Maia managed to send the other girl an annoyed glare.
The younger female simply stuck her tongue out through a smile, before opening the door and slipping out into the cool November air. Maia followed after with a sigh, thankful for the relief that the breeze brought to her headache as she tried to sort through her thoughts.
Unfortunately her limousine had yet to arrive to retrieve her and take her home, but Angel's had long since come for her, the driver patiently waiting outside of the car.
As they walked towards the long car, one more amused than the other at the previous events, Maia curiously asked, "What do you want to be when you're older?"
The question was random and for a second Maia wondered if she came off as strange, but Angel simply hummed, "Author. I write FanFiction sometimes." A chuckle. "Actually, I write twincest."
Maia hummed as well in response. It was believable. Based on the girl's speech and how she carried about her discussion, she could see the other female writing in life, even if it were FanFiction or twincest. Actually…
"Do you know Angie the Author?"
The shorter brunette simply winked in response, slipping into her limo and closing the door, leaving Maia to wonder for a moment what the school year would be bringing her.
A/N: Woah.
So, actually, PerfectingSilence and EmotionalDreamer101 (think that's your penname, can't remember off the top of my head) were supposed to be in this, but the former answered when I was already through the introductions and the latter has yet to answer my PM, so they weren't in it. So really sorry!
Okay, so, this is my latest Special Edition that took me forever to do! Everyone in this was someone who has followed, favourited, and reviewed on this story! Then I had to ask them all a few sorta strange questions. The chronological order was based on the day that every individual followed/favourited on, and then I had to order them chronologically after that, and then I had to plan out how to describe their personalities and appearances and God this took forever but it's done!
I hope that both those who were in it and those who are reading liked this! And also, thank you for not questioning why I asked you those questions.
The Omakes were sorta special because Snodin was originally supposed to be in the story, but then I really liked Lala's ending so she ended up being involved in a Bonus thing, and the second one I just wanted to break the fourth wall a bit more than I should've (referencing to when I also broke it in the 1st omake).
A Bit of Advertising: The moment that Ms.K216 was talking about is featured in her (former?) one-shot collection Two of a Kind: Twins Together.
The moment that Lala the Screaming Fangirl talked about is featured in chapter 2 of her one-shot collection HikaKao Special – A Different Type of Love, and based off of her former story An Attempted Confession.
And last but not least, Snodin's book signing tour was a way to congratulate her for her new book, Sun Child: A Meerkat's Tale. It seems like an interesting story, and you can find it on Amazon!
Hope you have a nice day, and have fun with your triple update~!
~Angie the Author
PS. This was way too long to read through, so I just sent it through Spell and Grammar Check. Sorry for any errors!