The party fizzled out at a little over midnight. It was a weekday after all; tomorrow they would all be attending class. The host club stood by the exit to wave off all the guests. Taguhi Noguchi was no exception. She took her leave after gracefully saying her goodbyes to the group's different members. There was no evil glare directed at Koaru this time. Tamaki had explained earlier that it was probably due to her Jet lag. The group believed him; well most of them did anyway, with the exception of Kaoru Hitachiin. When all the guests had left it was time for the host club to 'close shop' as it were. The Twins were the first ones to leave. They said their goodbyes to everyone, except Kyoya, he had excused himself; picking up a call and they entered the car to leave.
Inside the car, the twins discussed the events that occurred at the party. Hikaru couldn't help but notice his younger brother's brooding face. "Are you still worrying about that girl that the boss knew?" Kaoru was molding over in his head how to best answer that question when his train of thought got interrupted "Just let it go, the boss said she was suffering from a major Jet lag. Besides, she didn't seem to have anything against you when we waved her off." Kaoru just nodded "Yeah, I guess you're right." as he stared outside of the car window. "Say, Hikaru, did she seem familiar to you in some way?" The younger brother asked the older one while he kept staring out of the window. "Not really, but, it would make sense if she looks familiar to you. I mean, Kyoya did say we were in the same class for a while." The younger brother decided to stop his questioning and just hummed a slight "Uhu" to show he had listened to what his brother had said. Kaoru couldn't shake the feeling that this female's arriving spelled for shit to hit the fan.
They kept the conversation light. By the time the twins arrived home, both were exhausted. They decided to grab a quick shower in their respective bathrooms and hit the hay. Hikaru thought, still worrying about his brother, asked Kaoru if he wanted to sleep together. Kaoru, while still towel drying his hair, agreed.
A few hours later Hikaru's regular soft breathing filled the room. Content with the assumption that his older brother was asleep, Kaoru slipped himself out of the bed heading towards his bedroom. He had to check something in the mini vault each of the Hitachiin family members had in their bedrooms. He entered his room and opened the vault. Inside there was a bundle of letters neatly tied together by a cord. The younger brother read the name and address of the sender and his presumptions were proved to be right. The sender carried the name "Toguhi Noguchi". For Kaoru this made things official, shit was going to hit the fan, very much so in fact.
*Rewind to the group as they left the party*
The twins were taking their leave when Kyoya got a call; looking at his cell phone he saw the number was private. He excused himself, as he stood farther away from the group to take the call. "Hello?" His eyes slightly widened as he recognized the voice on the other side from earlier that evening. "I have a business proposal to offer you in regards to your host club and maybe branching out, creating a bigger pool of potential new customers."… Kyoya was intrigued "Go on.." his response was followed by a chuckle from the other side "Oh, this is no matter we should discuss through the phone." The caller gave out its information to meet later that evening. The thought occurred to Kyoya that he wouldn't be going to bed so soon as he prepared to take his leave, heading towards the meeting.
Arriving at the told location, he went into the elevator heading towards the Presidential suite of the hotel. He knocked on the door and the female he identified earlier as Sara Badour opened the door and accompanied him towards a small dining-ish area in the suite. There he saw the person he heard on the phone earlier. Taguhi was still in her dress sitting on a chair beside the round dining table. There were a bunch of papers on the table next to her elbow which she had placed there to support her head that was resting on the back of her hand.
"I greatly thank you for coming on such short notice, Ootori Kyoya." Kyoya had done his research on her but didn't know much about her personality. However her sense of business was something he was well informed on through his father that said that she's, and I quote, 'someone that demands respect or you'll end up getting devoured like a Tiger devours its prey'. For her to make his father say that Kyoya would have to stay on his toes. She motioned to one of the chairs by the table "Please, have a seat." He nodded and sat down on the chair. "I'll get straight to business," she said, Kyoya just looked awaiting her explanation "I want to be a part of the host club." Kyoya gave a small smile as he stood up again "I'm sorry but I'm going to have to decline that offer. You see we are a host club of men catering to women we couldn't possibly add you to our package. Now, If you'd excuse me..." he bowed and turned around heading towards the door when she made him stop in his track "If that's the case why is Haruhi Fujioka in your line up?" Kyoya returned his attention back to the woman who hadn't moved from her spot yet "You may fool those naive little Japanese girls, but I can tell she's a girl from a mile away." Kyoya was ready to tell her he wouldn't give in to blackmail but, before he could do so, she interrupted him "Don't get me wrong, I'm not using it as a threat. I'm not really interested as to why she dresses up as a man and why you want to keep the fact that she's a woman quiet. That's not my style. I'm merely stating that I would not be the first female in your line up." Kyoya didn't reply as he kept looking at her intrigued "Besides", she said, "I wouldn't be there to attract the female customers, although I wouldn't be opposed to that, my main focus would be the male population of the school."
Taguhi assumed that, because he hadn't left by that time, he was interested in what she had to say. She used her free hand to motion towards the same chair she appointed to him earlier. He slowly made himself comfortable on the chair again and crossed his legs.
"I would not just be a female host, my focus would lie in helping those men who don't possess the same skills as the boys from the host club. In other words, I would help them how to understand women or any other question relating to relationships they might have… Also, I know I specified that it would be men mainly but naturally I would be more than happy to help a female customer with these issues aswell. "
Kyoya liked the idea of it but there was one big issue he saw "Could you tell me, Noguchi, Why they would trust your word in these matters?" Kyoya looked up at her and was met with an intense gaze. He now understood what his father had meant, even though he didn't feel like he had done anything risky, the look in her eyes just made him feel like he had walked into the trap she wanted and there was no way out. "Because I'm a good read of character. Besides, I will have credibility just because of my appearance. Even though I'm the same age as them, I don't have that cute youthful physique or face. I 'm generally defined as a mature woman and everyone knows a mature woman is well versed in matters of love and relationships."Kyoya couldn't deny the last part she said, she had a more voluptuous body that Japanese girls her age tended to be blessed with and because she had to step up and lead the company at a young age, she had a very mature vibe about her.
"I'll make the offer even better, what ever profit I might make, I don't want to receive any for it. I will also stand in for the charges that might be added because of my enrollment in your club meaning; clothes, outfits, food, drinks and the sorts. ". This is where Kyoya starting to think there might be something to it. This sounded too good.
"And what's the catch? There must be one, what do you stand to gain" he said trying to not make it sound offensive "Oh no, there's no catch, as far as what I gain it's nothing more but spending some time with my relative. Although I do have favor if you were to accept" ... "and what would be that favor?" Kyoya asked slightly skeptic "It's quite simple; you keep this a secret from Tamaki, I want to surprise him with it." After a small pause, Kyoya saw no reason to not accept the offer. He had all to gain and thus accepted the offer. When he said he accepted the proposal she put the papers that had been lying next to her elbow in front of him. "if you agree then sign the contract". It was then that he realized. This meeting had followed her script, everything was written in there; the fact that she'll be responsible for her charges, that she didn't want the payment along with the vow of silence Kyoya would have to take to not tell Tamaki anything about this agreement. Kyoya had reacted the way she expected him to. He felt like he had just been a puppet and she had been the puppet master. Making a mental note to watch out for her he read the document and signed both copies of the contract. He took one of the copies. Bowed and took his leave. She would tell Tamaki and start tomorrow.