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"Good morning everyone!"
The moment I stepped into the third music room, I was attacked by Hikaru and Honey.
"Kaoru came home last night bright red! What did you do to him?!"
"Ne, ne, Yuri-chan! Did you guys have fun on your date?!"
I blinked, trying to understand what they were saying. Once they backed off, I smiled while looking down. "W-well…it was very nice…"
"They kissed." Kyouya said, his eyes not moving away from the board in his hand.
I turned red, and covered my face. "H-how did you know?!"
He grinned, and looked at me. "Oh, I'm sorry. I was talking about a soap opera on TV. But you and Kaoru kissed? How sweet."
I growled at Kyouya for tricking me, but was easily distracted by Hikaru, Honey and now Tamaki swarming around me. "S-stop it you guys! It's embarrassing!"
A hand pulled me from underneath the three, and I looked up to see Kaoru holding me, his face also tinted. "Leave her alone you guys; don't be mean!"
I turned red, assessing the situation of me being hugged by Kaoru, before feeling steam coming out of my ears. "K-Kaoru…kun…"
He looked down at me, not realizing he was holding me, and quickly let go. We were both pink as we glanced at each other with smiles.
"THEY'RE IN LOVE!" Tamaki said happily, doing a rather strange dance around us. Honey through flowers at us while Hikaru pretended to be asking us for our vows.
"KNOCK IT OFF!" Kaoru and I screamed at the same time. We looked at each other, blinking, before chuckling at our synchronized yelling.
"So cute!"
"Shut it!"
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"Eh? We're dressing up like this now?" I twirled in a traditional Edo period kimono, the long sleeves swaying in the wind. "How cute!"
Kaoru and Hikaru walked over to me, and I blushed, looking at the two. "You look good with long pony-tails!"
The two grinned, and began to "arouse" my imagination. I turned red and ran into the kitchen where it was safe.
Now that Kaoru and I were officially dating, it was almost a plus that he had a twin brother…I used to think it was very strange and weird on what they did, but seeing them now…MOE, as the fans would say!
I prepared the snacks, placing them on the cart, and walked out to find the rest of the group adorably dressed up and ready to go outside. "Are we all ready?"
"Do you have the cake, Yuri-chan?" Honey asked, hanging off of Mori's neck.
"Yes, Honey-chan!" I said, giggling. I noticed Haruhi's wig, which was long and flowing, and I gapped at her. "Haruhi-chan…you're so cute!"
After Tamaki pulled me off of Haruhi, we walked outside, and the club was open for business.
I usually sat on the side, watching Kyouya say beautiful things to girls before registering them for a future event. "Very businesslike, Kyouya…very businesslike…" I muttered before Honey called me.
"Can you bring me some cake, Yuri-chan?" He called sweetly.
I grabbed his favorite cake, and made my way over, only to see Honey on top of Mori, Mori serving as the arms and Honey as the head. Honey noticed me, and announced that Mori had to hurriedly feed him the soba noodles in his hand so that they could eat cake.
I quickly put the cake down and went away before I had a nose bleed.
"Hikaru, you liar! Who are you calling a crybaby!"
"Eh? You say that, but what about when we're playing the punishment games, just the two of us? Then you always…"
"E-eh?! But that's because…Hikaru…"
I held my nose closed as I found myself watching Hikaru and Kaoru playing one of their shows for two girls. "T-too cute…Kaoru-kun is…"
Kaoru blinked, hearing his name, and I turned red as we made eye contact. I quickly ducked beneath bushes and crawled away.
I can't let him see me fawning over him like this! What will he think?!
I went back to my cart, sighing while fanning myself, trying to calm down. I sat there for a while when suddenly there was a loud crash, and I heard Tamaki scream "Haruhi, duck!"
I went over, curious, and found Haruhi crushed on the ground with Tamaki standing over her, screaming at the twins who were shrugging.
"Hikaru! You came this close to snuffing out the light of Haruhi's life!" Tamaki yelled.
I crouched beside Haruhi as Tamaki and the twins argued. "I think you did it for them…Tamaki-sempai…"
He paid no attention as he decided to teach the twins a lesson. He grabbed the ball, and screamed, "STARLIGHT KICK!"
Kaoru and Hikaru's faces were hilarious as they simply turned, and watched Tamaki's super kick fly way above them.
"Tamaki-sempai!" I screamed as we heard a crash followed by a yelp. "I-I think you hit someone!"
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"Again, I'm very sorry!" Tamaki apologized again, bowing lowly.
Haruhi and I stood off to the side as we watched Tamaki and the newspaper club's president (Kamatsuzawa Akira) talk. "It's alright, really. It was only a ball flying through the window and hitting my head. Really, it was nothing."
I couldn't tell if he was joking or not…
"I'm terribly sorry!"
Akira folded his hands over one another, smiling a rather strange smile. "However, this works out perfectly. I was planning to ask you to let us cover a story on the Host Club."
"A cover?" Haruhi repeated, tilting her head. "There's a newspaper club at Ouran?"
Hikaru and Kaoru stood behind us, nodding. "But they fill their newspapers with lies and gossip, so no one wants to read it anymore."
Akira seemed to freeze for a moment before bowing his head down. "Yes…I will confess that we have strayed from the path of truth…but we want to redeem ourselves by making our last copy for the term a good one."
He looked up at Tamaki, who was already being reeled in. "Won't you help our club redeem itself?"
Tamaki quickly agreed, full of heart, but Kaoru and Hikaru each grabbed Haruhi and I and walked towards the door. "We refuse."
"E-eh?" I said, looking up at Kaoru's sour face. "Why?"
Kyouya also stepped in, refusing. "We cannot allow too much information to spill out to the public, I'm afraid, so we will have to refuse."
"Eh? But Kyouya, I hurt him; I have to make it up somehow!"
"We will pay for your injury to be treated." Kyouya said, stepping up. "Good day."
Everyone walked out. I turned to look at Akira, who was biting his thumb rather harshly with a cold glare on his face.
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"How long is he going to be doing this…?"
"He hasn't even changed out of his outfit form this morning…"
We watched Tamaki as he was in his pity corner, rolling the ball he had hit Akira with.
"Would it be that bad to help the newspaper club out?" Haruhi asked, looking up at Kyouya.
"Eh?" Hikaru said, leaning on Kaoru, "How unusual. You're taking the king's side?"
I smiled warmly, at least someone was being nice.
"Not at all."
Well there went that theory.
"I just am unusually confident that before long, he's going to start glancing over here with his puppy eyes…and we won't be able to do anything but help him."
"You've gained some experience points, haven't you?" The twins said at the same time.
I looked at the twins, blinking. "But I still don't understand why you guys don't want to do this…don't you like doing this kind of stuff?"
"Not really…" They said, shrugging, "This time it would just be troublesome."
Haruhi and I looked at each other before looking at Honey and Mori. "What about you, Honey?"
"Ano ne, I have all of this cake to eat!"
"Un…"
We sighed, looking at each other, before Haruhi turned around and made eye contact with Tamaki, if only for a moment.
Then the puppy eyes came. First he got Haruhi and I. We walked away quickly.
Then he got the twins.
Finally, he got Kyouya, the Shadow King. "There will be some conditions."
"Wan!"
"The outline for the special feature will be submitted by us. Interviews will be cardinally prohibited. Views of us entertaining our guests will be bothersome to them, so those are restricted as well."
"Wan, wan!"
"Is everyone okay with that?" Kyouya asked, closing his book.
"Well," The twins said, "if Kyouya-sempai says so…it's fine."
We looked at Honey and Mori. "If Kyo-chan is okay with it, then I'm okay!"
Haruhi and I looked at each other, and then at Kyouya.
Shadow King…
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"Of course! If you allow us to cover you, we will gladly abide by your rules!"
I stood beside Kyouya in the newspaper office. I was supposed to go alone to seal the deal and give Akira a first aid kit (brought to you by the Ootori hospital), but this Akira guy kind of scared me. Kyouya ended up "tagging along."
"Well then, you may start tomorrow. Here is a first aid kit for your forehead. Yuri-chan, if you will…"
I fumbled forward, pushing the first aid kit towards Akira on the desk. "I-I hope you feel better…"
I quickly scooted back behind Kyouya as Akira smiled. We turned to leave, but Akira began talking to Kyouya about his family. Kyouya ushered me out, and continued talking with Akira about something about his younger brother taking over his father's newspaper business, and not Akira himself.
I more than gladly excused myself, and walked back to the host club room.
It was a good thing to help them out…right?
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Akira and his crew seemed annoyed at the games the Host Club were playing. We played simple "commoner games" like red light green light (in Japanese: だるまが転んだ) and kick the can.
I had a feeling that Akira was after more than just a cover on the Host Club…
They began to ask questions about Tamaki to Haruhi. "What is his dark side like? Perhaps if you tell me whether he is flaunting his power or not, I can help you out of here…"
Haruhi blinked. "He doesn't have a dark side."
"W-what? So you mean to tell me that these high schoolers actually enjoy playing these games?"
"…is that strange?"
Suddenly Kaoru and Hikaru screamed "CHOP!" and slashed their hands between the two. We all ran away as Akira looked at us in confusion.
Tamaki screamed after us, his finger still crossed with Kyouya's; "That wasn't where you were supposed to chop!"
We proceeded to play kick the can, all in which Akira got hit in the head again and Haruhi and Tamaki disappeared into the maze of roses.
Once everyone was hiding, however, I noticed Akira storming away with his sidekicks hysterical. My eyes narrowed in annoyance before I stood up and followed them.
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By the time I got to their room, Kaoru and Hikaru were sitting on his desk, eyeing him seriously.
"Hm…" Kaoru said, raising his head up slightly."So it was true."
Akira stepped back in surprise."W-why you—"
"Although, it was pretty obvious."
"I'm sure the only one who hasn't caught on is the king. He's especially dense when it comes to himself."
"I'm warning you," Hikaru said, his eyes narrowed, "if you start something against his highness, there will be consequences."
"Are you ready to turn not only the Hitachiins, but all of our club members' families against you?"
Akira glared at them, taking another step back. "I knew it…Suou is wielding his parents powers, and giving orders to you!"
"You're wrong."
I looked beside me and Honey and Mori were suddenly there, walking into the room.
"Tama-chan wouldn't do that kind of thing." Honey smiled. "You know, we all love Tama-chan…that is why."
"He is a hopeless idiot."
When had Kyouya gotten over there too?!
"However…"
Kyouya, let's form a club together!
Hello, Haninozuka-sempai, I know this is sudden, but would you like to form a club with me?
Morinozuka-sempai! Ha ha ha!
You two don't seem to have anything to do. How about we form a club together?
"So?"
"What is it going to be?"
"Do do this, okay?"
"…Damn! It's not just the Suou anymore…we'll destroy all of you!"
"Please feel free." Kyouya walked over to the first aid kit I had brought, and clicked the top of it. A disc popped out. "However, I wonder what you will do about this? I have all of your conversations on here since yesterday."
Akira, shocked, fell to his knees. "Curses…!"
"Here's, as you would say, the deal." Kyouya said, walking up to him. "The Ootori family and Hitachiin family could easily find a replacement for you father whenever we would like. However, we aren't like you. We are after fundamentally different things."
I gazed at the five boys in the room from around the corner.
H-how cool!
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"Found you!"
Haruhi and Tamaki, who seemed to have dozed off in the rose maze, snapped their heads up.
"Eh?" Tamaki said, "Where's the newspaper club?"
Kyouya fixed his glasses. "They said they had something urgent to do, so they've stopped covering us."
"They said they'll be writing respectable articles from now on." The twins said, walking ahead of the group. "Maybe they'll get by and not have to shut down."
"Really?" Tamaki said, "That's good!"
I ran to catch up with the twins, and wrapped my arms around Kaoru's. He looked at me in surprise as I rested my head on him.
"Yuri-chan?"
I looked up at him, my face a bit red. "You were so cool, Kaoru-kun."
He blushed, turning his head away as he rubbed the back of his head. "Y-you don't say…"
"I do. You were cooler than anybody else."
We shared a smile, until Hikaru asked how cool he was.
"Not cool at all."
"Hey!"
