*Glances at notes* So it's been...*Spit takes* Four months? I thought it was longer than that ngl. It felt longer.

Chapter 3

Quite kid vibes

Jaden P.O.V


Normally, I would have been a little embarrassed if a tall red-haired woman started looking me up and down.

I kept a deadpan expression as 'she' observed me.

"Oh my, what brings a handsome young man around here?" 'she' asked, in a vice that was clearly fake to me.

I let my voice drop to a whisper. "Sir, I can tell that you are not of the female part of our species. I doubt you are really that type of person."

An agitated male voice came out of the 'woman'. "Drat. Ok, so you're one of those. What do you want?"

I held up my bags. "I came to hang out with Haruhi. The only person in that damn club that has any common sense"

His eye twitched. "So...your part of that host club...Are you another one of those idiots trying to cozy up with my daughter?"

"I'm not either of those. I only became rich because of my deadbeat father more recently" I explained with a sigh. "I lived like you guys, and it seems modest living equals more common sense. I was beating up a pervert that the guys caught but they stopped me because they wanted to give a speech on being a man."

"I see...I got a good feeling about you kid. Honey! One of your friends is here!" He called behind him before stepping out. "I have some things to handle at work. Don't try anything with my daughter."

I nodded before heading in. It was a nice, cozy house. Nothing remarkable.

She was standing there in some casual clothes...yup. 100% a girl.

"Oh hello, Abe-san." She said as she walked to a table from the kitchen carrying a tray of tea. "I made some tea, I didn't know which one you liked so I picked out one I think is pretty good."

"Sounds lovely," I said before sitting down. She placed a steaming cup in front of me while I started with the manga I brought. "So...I wasn't sure what to get. I got pretty much anything you can imagine. Slice of life, love triangle, classic childhood friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, romantic comedy, generic romance story"

I put my eyes on her. "That's all I got in the not magical/shonen category. Want to hear about those or-?"

She giggled while I trailed off. "I think I'll settle with a Slice of life"

I nodded as I pulled out two thin books. "I have two different ones for that. One is about a guy that meets a girl that has chuunibyou, long story short he used to be to until high school rolled around and now he is stuck going between normal and fantasy. The second one is about a guy that used to have a friend group but they all fell apart when a girl died. Several years later the girl's ghost showed up to the guy that had feelings for her. He sets off to find out what her unfinished business was so she could cross over but old feelings and other things get dug up along the way"

"Oh...those are some options" Haruhi placed a finger to her chin. "I think I'll take the first one"

I grinned at her. "Good choice. I have books two and three here as well" I gave her book one and placed the other two on the table between us.

"Now snacks-" I pulled out random snacks. "I have no idea what to get and I have no idea what these say."

She laughed. "Well, I guess today is an experimenting day for you. I actually like quite a few of these so you're in luck"

I grabbed some manga about a ninja, a loud one, brash, and has some secret power that made everyone hate him.

I finished reading that one and the one after it, before reading about a girl with a speaking disorder, which made her too shy to talk but she basically goddess level pretty so they worshipped her in her schools but she never knew how to react. Until a plain guy figures her out and they set off to collect 100 friends for her.

Damn, I need to get some more of that.

I looked up and saw she was only halfway through the second book. I guess she is the type to absorb what she is reading slower.

"So...I heard you went on a date with Hikaru," I said slowly.

"Yeah...it was fun," She said with a small smile.

"And you were at the mall with Kyoka"

"Oh yeah...he tried to convince me he wasn't as nice as he actually was, but I knew better"

"And we all know how much Tamaki dots over you"

"Yeah, it's annoying sometimes but he cares in his own way"

I grinned. "Wanna piss them off?"

She leaned forward. "How much?"

"Enough to make them angry but not enough for them to try anything"

"Hmm." She placed her book down. "I'm in"

"In a nutshell, you have to go out with me. The best part is instead of using lots of money, we do something regular people do for the date" I explained. "They get annoyed but they might realize you aren't used to all that expensive fancy stuff and won't try to cram it down your throat."

"I see."

"Icing on the cake is you act like it was just an outing, and I'll do the same." I grinned evilly. "So it isn't a real date"

"You're cynical. I like it"

"We pull it off after school" I stood up. "I should get going actually. I'm planning on picking up some real glasses for a character type I'm trying"

"Well see you Abe-san," Haruhi said with a wave.

"See you too Haruhi-san. Keep the manga you read, I'll pick some others up sometime" I said.

As I was stepping out, she stopped me. "Um, Abe-san. I just remembered something"

I turned. "Yes?"

"Well, you didn't like the sound of your first name with any of the honorifics. So what if we just use a nickname?"

I scratched my head. "Like what?"

"We could just call you Jaden when we hit the correct point of knowing each other but we just put Ja in front of the honorific. So Ja-san, Ja-Kun, Ja-sama, and hence forth"

I thought about it before texting it to the other guys. "Ja-san, not bad. Sounds like Jason but I can deal with it."

"See you Ja-Kun" She waved one last time as I left.

Kun...interesting. The friend part.

I got a text from Tamaki-senpai.

Alright! Ja-san!

I regret telling him. Before I could have pretended that he was referring to one of my family members.

I sighed as I headed towards a mall.

I have a long day ahead of me

.

I felt my face hurt as I flashed another smile to the latest girl.

Wait a second, she looks familiar

"Abe-Kun..." She said a little dreamily.

Wasn't she here yesterday? I guess that means I am close to having a regular.

"Hello-?" I racked my brain for this small black-haired girl. Green eyes... Mizuki! "Mizuki-chan, how do you do today?"

She blushed and turned her head away as if she was embarrassed. "Oh Abe-Kun, you remembered my name"

I gulped. She is down bad, how the hell do these guys deal with more than one girl like this at a time. "Of course, how could I forget such a pretty name that belongs to such a pretty girl"

She fanned her face, which now had a heavy blush. "I bet you say that to all the girls"

I don't! I'm new to this!

"Of course not my angle" I slid a hand over one she left on the table between us. "You are the first and only to hear me utter those words"

Her face turned a few different shades of red before she jutted her head away. "I-i have to go now. I'll see you tomorrow, yes?"

"Of course my dear, I'm here every weekday," I said flashing her a smile. "I hope to see you out and about one of these days so I could treat you without everyone so close"

Steam started to leave her ears as she scurried away.

A hand was placed on my shoulder. "Ja-san, you already are gearing to pick up a regular. Not bad work. However, I would tone it down a little unless you are romanticly interested in her"

I looked up, Kyoka. "I understand Kyoka-senpai. I don't exactly have a grasp on how far I can push things"

"Understandable. Have you picked a new character type today?"

I groaned. "Not at all...Girls don't find nerdy guys hot right?"

"Depends on the girl, most of these won't be into that though"

I slammed my head into the table. "How many have I done today?"

"10, and you still have five that didn't care who they got lined up for you. Not to mention the overfill from the over guys"

I actually won't survive this.

"Don't choose depressed, none of the girls here are into that."

I'm a basic guy! Sure I switch things up from time to time but not enough for this! I have two gears calm and angry!

A set of girls walked up to me. "Are the rumors true...?"

I resisted the urge to glare at them. "w-what rumors?"

"That...your a...hoodlum" They whispered in sync.

Something in me snapped as I shot out of my seat.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at me. Haruhi walked over to me and placed a hand on my arm. "Ja-Kun, it can't be that bad-"

I ignored her as I stomped over to a set of chairs. I grabbed a book bag.

"I'll show you a hoodlum." I hissed at everyone. I reached inside my bag and grabbed something. "I'll show you what schools are like in America!"

I whipped out a gun and started pointing it everywhere. "Who's the fucking Hoodlum?! Huh?! Answer me!"

No one dared make a sound.

Renge spoke up. "Well I for one, knew it was only a matter of time before you showed your true colors-"

A bang rang out. Renge looked at the spreading red in her dress by her chest. "I-"

She fell to the ground.

"Who's next?! Huh?!"

No one spoke. "I got 5 extra clips, my gun holds 15 bullets. I count exactly 30 of you in here right now!"

Suddenly a large shadow overtook me and slammed me to the ground. My gun flew from my grasp.

Mori-senpai was the one that took me down and now pinned me to the ground.

Feeling my face against the cold fancy floor, I smirked.

Renge really wanted her plan to go well. She instructed me to act like a school shooter if enough people called me a hoodlum, then let Mori-senpai sneak behind me and take me down. Then I'm supposed to act crazy, they dig through my bag and find some allergy pills that someone swapped with drugs. Well, 'drugs' and I 'took' them without knowing and it made me act weird.

Then everyone is going to mention I was acting odd when I wasn't hosting.

So I started thrashing. I tried biting, I tried kicking, I tried everything I could think of.

Mori-senpai spoke out clearly. "Check his bag and take out the extra rounds, search for something suspicious as well."

The twins made noises before digging into my bag. "We found the bullets and we found some allergy medicine. Not to mention the prono mags we found."

There were several gaps among the girls.

Tamaki stood up. "Abe-san, how could you?! We trusted you. But now you are acting so strange."

I growled in response.

The twins spoke up again. "We found a tag that doesn't have his name. We think he mistook this for his backpack and took the medicine but it wasn't his allergy meds"

I hate this. I'd legit prefer anything but this actually.

"That means he has something unfavorable in his system," Kyoka said. "Mori-senpai, make him spit up"

Mori-senpai prepared to do it, and I was ready for pain but right before he landed his hand on my back he stopped and said clear enough for everyone to hear. "And scene"

He got off of me and helped me up while I cleaned myself. "I'm sorry for scaring you ladies like that, but you see, I'm a bit of an actor. I wanted to surprise you. Renge-san isn't dead, no matter how much she is insisting. What I shot wasn't a bullet but a capsule filled with fake blood"

"Ja-san, your no fun!" Renge pouted as she got up, and started patting the blood off of her dress with a white towel(which made me flinch at first but we all are rich, people would probably fluff that towel after resowing it)

Sighs went out amung the girls.

"So what did you think ladies? You think I might have a chance of being an actor?"

I got a few yes's. "Time is up ladies, we have to pack up now, but it was amazing seeing your lovely faces and I hope to see you at my very own table one day," I said with a wink.

The girls began to swoon a little before leaving and we quickly cleaned up.

"We should cosplay again!" Tamaki exclaimed.

"Sure boss," I said dismissively. "Anyway Haruhi-chan, you ready to go out like we planned the other day?"

All of the guys paused.

Haruhi spoke up first. "Oh yeah, I've been so excited, I can't wait to spend some time with you"

I bit back a chuckle at the twitching responses of Tamaki and the twins. "Great, I can't wait either to spend some quality time with you"

She giggled. "It was fun last time, I'm really excited to see what we will try this time."

Oh boy, we are laying it on thick. Do they know?

A large box materialized on the bottom of the screen

They are clueless

Perfect.

You are an evil twisted bastard

Yup. I placed my right arm around my stomach and left a space between my elbow and my body. "Let's head out now so we don't have to stop early "

She looped her arm into mine and skipped lightly while we walked away. The second we knew they were out of earshot we bust out laughing.

"Oh yeah, this is going to be good," I said laughing.

"Yeah, that was just the start" she laughed. "Do you want to make it look like we are kissing?"

I thought about it. "Nah, they'll break into my apartment and kill me in my sleep. I'll pass on that."

With that, we composed ourselves and continued on our way, perfectly aware of the boys tailing us