Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club, its characters or plot. I own my OCs. I also don't own any songs mentioned in the story.

I wanna clarify I had this idea before I started the survey. Someone suggested something like this though.

Here's the vote as of 7:22pm 3/20/15

Kyoya: 3

Mori: 5

Ritsu: 10

Ritsu was sitting at his desk staring at the clock. His fingers gripped the sides of his chair making his knuckles turn white. Beads of sweat ran down his face. Others around him leaned away nervously, quaking with fear and anticipation. When the bell finally did ring Ritsu shot up from his seat making all around him jump before they rushed to leave the room. Ritsu practically robot walked over to Kaede's desk as she was packing up her stuff. She noticed him standing there and looked up at him.

"Oh hey Ritsu, what's up?" She asked with a smile.

"Would you… I was wondering if… do you wanna maybe… I was thinking…"

"Ritsu." Kaede said. He stopped babbling and swallowed.

"Do you want to come over to my place… to study Sunday… since it's the weekend…" He said. "Ya know since exams are coming up." He added quickly looking away, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Sure." Kaede said. Ritsu looked back at her.

"Really?"

"Yeah. I normally study with Haruhi but I always distract her so she'll be glad." Kaede said with a laugh. Ritsu chuckled as well. "So, I'll see you then."

"Yeah, uh where do you wanna meet?" Ritsu asked.

"How about the store?" Kaede suggested as she stood up. "We can pick up some snacks."

"Great." Ritsu smiled.

"Do you wanna walk to club together?"

"S-Sure." Ritsu nodded. Kaede grabbed her bag and the two started walking to club.

That Sunday, Ritsu paced back and forth in front of the store as he waited for Kaede. Thoughts surged through his mind. Would she change her mind? Did she forget? He turned around and jumped when he saw Kaede right there. She laughed and Ritsu found himself blushing.

"Sorry, wait long?" She asked.

"N-no-! I was just… uh- getting my exercise." Kaede laughed more and nodded. Ritsu chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck as his ears went red.

After buying some snacks the two started walking back to Ritsu's house, Ritsu glancing at Kaede the whole way. When they finally got to the Kasanoda compound they were greeted by two lines of men. Ritsu put a hand over his eyes with a groan, how could he have forgotten about them?

"Welcome Young Lord and Friend!" The men greeted.

"Would you guys cut it out?!" Ritsu snapped his face going red. Kaede tried to hide a smirk. Ritsu grabbed her hand and started to pull her towards the house. Her cheeks went pink and the men all stared. Ritsu slammed the door closed behind them. "Sorry about them." He said as he let go of her hand reluctantly.

"It's okay." Kaede said chuckling quietly as they took off their shoes. "So where are we gunna study, your room?" Kaede asked nonchalantly. Ritsu's ears went red.

"Ah- n-no, the …." He cleared his throat as it cracked slightly. "I thought we'd study in the living room."

"Oh okay." Kaede said with a smile. "Lead the way." Ritsu nodded and started walking to the living room.

The two set up their books and their snacks on a small table.

"K-Kaede?"

"Yes?"

"Uh, if you want, you can stay for dinner."

"I'd love to but I wouldn't want to impose."

"No it's fine, I insist!" Kaede smiled.

"Well alright then." She said. Ritsu smiled slightly. "So what's your worst subject? Mine's math."

"Oh uh… English." Ritsu answered.

"Not my best but I think I can help out."

"I can help you with the math." Ritsu said. Kaede nodded.

"Alright. Come sit over here so you can see, though." She said patting the spot next to her. Ritsu swallowed and moved to sit next to her.

A few doors around the room cracked open and the men who'd lined up outside all peeked in. Ritsu frowned and snapped his head up as they closed the doors.

"Who is she?" One of them asked.

"When he said he was having a friend over I thought he meant a boy."

"Has the young lord found a girlfriend?"

"A girlfriend?!"

"Quiet!"

"What's going out?" Tetsuya asked as he walked up to the group.

"The young lord brought home a girl!" The men all said in a whisper-yell with wide eyes.

"A girl?" Tetsuya went to the door and peeked in. He saw Ritsu, with pink cheeks, looking at Kaede who was pointing out something in a text book to him. Tetsuya closed the door and turned back to the others.

"Who is she?"

"That's Kaede Tsukino, the young lord visits her at the host club at their school."

"Host club?!"

"She's a hostess?"

"Get your minds out of the gutter." Tetsuya snapped. "They simply talk and hang out after school. Though I have noticed the attention he gives her and I heard him muttering in his room a few times. That and he got her flowers for valentine's day."

"Flowers?!" The men cracked open the door again. Back inside the room Ritsu and Kaede had moved onto English, Ritsu kept writing some letters wrong so Kaede had taken his hand and was helping him. The men stared with gaping mouths seeing Ritsu's red face. Tetsuya closed the door.

"Would you all stop!" He snapped. "Leave them alone."

"I heard him ask her to stay for dinner." One of the men said.

"The young lord eats dinner by himself, so none of you will be able to bother him then either." Tetsuya said. "Now, come away from there. Don't you all have better things to do?" The men all looked at each other before shaking their heads. Tetsuya put a hand to his head and sighed.

Soon it was dinner time and both Ritsu and Kaede agreed they wanted to get away from the books so they decided to move to the dining room to eat. Ritsu stood and offered a hand to Kaede who smiled before taking it. As they started walking to the door Ritsu slipped on a paper, Kaede went to catch him but he ended up pulling her down on top of him with enough force to send her lips crashing into his.

The two stared at each other with wide eyes. Ritsu's hands were on Kaede's hips and her hands were on his chest. With a gasp Kaede quickly sat up and covered her mouth with her hands as her whole face became red.

"I'm sorry!" She said quickly, her voice slightly muffled. Ritsu was speechless as he stared up at her. His face, ears and neck were completely red. Just then Tetsuya opened the door to tell them dinner was ready.

"Young lord-" Tetsuya's eyes widened and the two turned to look at him. With a small squeak Kaede moved off of Ritsu and he sat up quickly. Tetsuya cleared his throat. "Should I come back?"

"N-No!" Ritsu said his voice cracking very noticeably. He cleared his throat. "W-What did you need?"

"I just came to tell you dinner is ready." Tetsuya said. "Should I bring it to the dining room or-"

"Yeah yeah the dining room." Ritsu said quickly. The two stood and avoided looking at each other as they left the room past Tetsuya who smiled slightly.

To say dinner was awkward would be a massive understatement. The two could hardly look across at each other. Their eyes never left their plates and they didn't speak a word. The men outside the room, peeking in on them of course, couldn't understand it. They closed the door.

"What happened?"

"Why aren't they talking?"

"They won't even look at each other?"

"Tetsuya, what happened?" All of the men turn to him as he walked by the hallway.

"Again?" He muttered seeing them all. He sighed. "What happened when? What are you talking about?"

"Between the young lord and the girl." One answered.

"They haven't said a word to each other all through dinner!"

"They won't even look up from their plates!" Tetsuya smirked.

"I don't know what happened." He said before he walked away. The men all groaned before going back to spying on the two.

Ritsu risked a glance up at Kaede before swallowing.

"I'm sorry." He said. Kaede looked up. When their eyes met they blushed.

"I-It's okay, it was an accident." She said as she, uncharacteristically, shyly looked down at her food. "Not how I imagined my first kiss would be, though." She muttered. Ritsu's eyes widened.

'First kiss?!' His mind screamed. 'I stole her first kiss! No I didn't steal it, like she said, it was an accident. Even so she probably hates me now.'

"Let's keep it a secret though… okay?" She asked. Ritsu found himself frowning.

"Of course." He said quietly, lowering his head.

"God knows what Tamaki and hosts would do if they found out." Kaede said chucking. Ritsu looked up. "They'd probably tell the guys," She said referring to her band. "Who'd then attempt to beat you up." She chucked again.

"I'd like to see them try." Ritsu muttered. Kaede looked at him.

"I can't say anything about Sora or Akira but Ren would not go easy on you."

"Are you two dating?" Ritsu asked. Kaede blinked then burst out laughing.

"I'm sorry," She said covering her mouth. "Ren's like my older brother." Ritsu nodded and looked back down at his food. "Ritsu." He glanced up. "It's really okay." She gave him a small smile. "I didn't mind it." She added before looking back down at her food. Ritsu's face went pink and he couldn't fight the smile forming on his face as he looked back down at his food.

The next day, as he walked to the host club, Ritsu found himself to be less nervous than he thought he would. Kaede had told him it was okay, she even said she liked the kiss. Well maybe she didn't say she liked it but she didn't say she didn't like it. During class she'd smiled at him and he noticed a light blush on her face. It made her look cute.

Ritsu entered the club room and was relieved to find that Kouta and Taichi hadn't shown up yet, the two had started coming to the club almost regularly now. Ritsu wouldn't deny the fact that he was jealous, it used to just be him and Kaede – maybe one or two of the girls would sit with them to talk but for the most part it was just the two of them.

Kaede was strumming on her guitar and humming a song when Ritsu walked over to her. She smiled at him and he returned it as he sat down.

"Sorry about last night." He said.

"I already told you, it's fine." Kaede said.

Nearby the host trio were watching the two.

"Last night?" The twins asked.

"But last night was Sunday." Tamaki said.

"Maybe they went on a date." Kaoru suggested.

"My guess is it was a bad one." Hikaru said.

"A date?!" Tamaki freaked. Kaede sent the three a glare, they weren't exactly being quiet. Tamaki peeked over the arm of the couch with puppy dog eyes at her. "Say it isn't so. Please tell me you didn't go on a…" He paused for dramatic effect. "date!" Kaede rolled her eyes.

"I just went to Ritsu's so we could study for exams." She said.

"You went to his house?!" Tamaki and the twins shouted.

"It's worse than we thought!" Kaoru shouted.

"You guys are too dramatic." Kaede said. "Tetsuya was there too, nothing happened." She lied as she looked at Ritsu who gave her a subtle nod. They both knew Tamaki would probably become comatose if he knew that they'd kissed – even if it was an accident – let alone if the two were left alone together. "Can we drop this?" Kaede asked. Tamaki looked a bit relieved but the twins looked suspicious.

At the end of club that day, after Kouta and Taichi had left, Kaede handed Ritsu a piece of paper.

"What's this?" He asked looking at it. His face went pink seeing a phone number.

"Haruhi and I are going away for break, if you wanna text me or somethin'…" Kaede looked away rubbing the back of her neck. "If you don't want to it's oka-"

"N-no I will!" Ritsu said quickly causing Kaede's face to go pink as she turned her head back to look at him. "So uh… I'll text you." He said. "Enjoy your break."

"You too." Kaede said before Ritsu left. The twins were suddenly on either side of Kaede.

"We didn't give you that phone to talk to Bossanova." They said. "You never respond to our texts." Kaede sighed.