So when you get to the part with the ()'ed parts it's supposed to be the conversation going on in the background it's back and forth between Tamaki and Kaede.
Wowza03: That was just cause I misspelled it by mistake. She's supposed to be the only one to say his name right.
Thank you everyone who reviews ^_^ Sorry it's taken soooo long to update I've been working and life was a little hectic.
"Let's all play the 'which one is Hikaru?' game!" The twins shouted with green hats on their heads. "So, can you tell which one of us is Hikaru?" They asked their guests.
"Well, it's hard to say." A girl said.
"You're identical." Another said.
"Many ladies have tried to tell us apart, but so far none have succeeded." The twins said with matching grins.
"That's the dumbest game I've ever heard of." Haruhi said.
"What?" The twins looked at her. "Have you got a problem with it, Haruhi?"
"Not really." She said. "I just don't understand why the two of you are so popular."
"That's not very nice." They said.
"I'm disappointed." Hikaru said.
"Apparently, you don't understand the merits of having a pair of twins as members of the host club." Kaoru said.
"Listen up." Hikaru said. "Having a couple of good-looking guys with homosexual tendencies earns the club high points. It also helps that the two struggle between their attraction and their friendship."
"And in our case, because we're twins, our relationship is taboo and therefore more intriguing."
"And besides, who hasn't fantasized about twins? Having two loves is better than one, don't you think?" Hikaru asked.
"It's a young woman's romantic fantasy." Kaoru said.
"Well, um, yeah, you're right." A girl said. "I can't take it."
"Hikaru, Kaoru!" Tamaki shouted as he suddenly ran over with a laptop. "When I gave you control of the club's website, I did it so on one condition that you take it seriously."
"We take our job very seriously, boss." Hikaru said.
"In fact, last night we worked on it till dawn." Kaoru said waving his hands.
"Is this what you worked so hard to create?" Tamaki shouted tapping the laptop that was showing a picture of Haruhi with her bare back turned to the camera as she looked over her shoulder.
"Damn Haru." Kaede said as she walked over to her normal couch after letting out a whistle. Haruhi shot her friend a glare to which the other girl stuck her tongue out before getting out her guitar. Kyoya gave her a you're-late look which she chose to ignore.
"You look great, Haru-chan." Honey said.
"Tell me when!" Tamaki shouted.
"Huh?" The twins looked confused.
"When did you take naked pictures of Haruhi?" Tamaki cried. "You bribed her, didn't you?"
"You're imagining things." They said.
"It's obvious that the photo's been altered." Hikaru said.
"It was photoshopped?" Tamaki asked.
"We did a pretty good job, huh?"
"We've got some major photoshopping talent." Kaoru said.
"You idiots!" Tamaki yelled. "That's a waste of your skills! Have you no shame? But if you're going to do it anyway, can you photoshop her into this idol photo book? Hmm, please?" He asked changing his tune.
"Don't be ridiculous, boss." Hikaru said. "Why don't you just..."
"...ask her if she'd wear an outfit like one of those?" Kaoru finished.
"I never thought to ask her." Tamaki said. He went up to Haruhi with a pink frilly dress. "What do you think about this, my dear?" he asked.
"What are you doing with that dress?" Honey asked.
"He looks so handsome." A guest said.
"Yeah, he does, but I have to agree with Tamaki." Another said. "I'd love to see what Haruhi looked like if he dressed as a girl."
"Oh, he's so cute. I'm sure he'd look great no matter what you put him in."
"Now, cut it out." Haruhi said. "No more making weird pictures of me. You got that? Just what do you guys take me for, anyway?" she said as she turned to the twins.
"Isn't that obvious?" The twins asked. "You're our toy."
"Kaede," Tamaki started with a hopeful look on his face as he held up the dress and turned to her.
"Nope, not wearing it." She said without looking up from tuning her guitar. Tamaki went to his corner.
"You didn't even look at it." He whined.
"Didn't have to." Kaede said.
"As we were saying," The twins said turning away from watching the two.
"In order to entertain oneself in this otherwise boring life..." Hikaru said.
"...one must find himself stimulating toys." Kaoru said.
"And we know not to mess with Kaede." Hikaru muttered as the two slowly turned to look at the girl behind them.
"I heard that." She said without turning to look at them. The two flinched.
"I am not your toy!" Haruhi shouted. "Okay?"
"You want a toy?" Nekozawa asked through a crack in a door. "Toys... toys... If you like toys, then you should come and visit my black magic club. We've opened a marketplace that boasts black magic items from across the globe. We're also holding mass around the clock. If you visit right now, I'll even throw in a free curse doll. You could have Belzenef as your free gift." Kaede's head perked up.
"Oh sweet." she said.
"Why is he talking to us through a crack in the door?" Haruhi asked.
"Wait a second." The twins said. "Has that door always been there?"
"Nekozawa Senpai likes to hide." Kyoya said. "He doesn't really care for brightly-lit places."
"Don't get involved with that guy, Haruhi." Tamaki said grimly from behind her making her jump. "If you do, you'll end up being cursed."
"Do you have any basis for that?" She asked.
"Yes. It happened during final exams at the end of the last school year." Tamaki said. "Oooh, it's terrifying just to talk about it. On that fateful day, I accidentally stepped on that weirdo Nekozawa's cursed doll, Belzenef. Afterward, I took my exam and the entire test was written in some strange lettering. I looked at the others around me for help and I realized I knew none of them. I was all alone in a different dimension."
"Scary!" Honey exclaimed.
"Did that really happen to you?" Haruhi asked.
"That only happened because you were so scared you accidentally walked into the beginning Greek class and took their exam." Kyoya said.
"Wow." Kaede said as she shook her head with an amused smirk.
"No! It was a curse!" Tamaki insisted. "I know because three days later, I woke up and my legs were as heavy as lead! Just how do you explain that?"
"Your legs were heavy because you ran a marathon the day before, remember?" Kyoya asked. Tamaki looked back over at Nekozawa and let out a scream as he saw Kaede talking to him through the door.
"KAEDE NO!" he shouted as he reached out to her dramatically.
"You shouldn't underestimate the dark powers of Berzenef, the curse doll." Nekozawa said. "All you have to do is write the name of someone you hate on his back, then that person is certain to come face to face with misfortune."
"Wow, this guy really is dark, in more ways than one." Hikaru said.
"Supposedly he hates bright lights." Kaoru said. "I wonder what he'll think of this." He said before turning a flashlight on and off. They shined it at Nekozawa who proceeded to scream, along with Tamaki, and run away.
"You murderers!" Tamaki shouted. The twins shrugged.
"How on earth could you do such a thing?" Tamaki shouted. "Obviously the two of you don't know the true terror of black magic." He looked to see the twins sitting by the window looking bored.
"I am so bored." Hikaru said.
"Isn't there anything fun we can do around here?" Kaoru said.
"My dignity as the club's leader is being ignored." Tamaki said depressed in his corner.
"Why do you have that?" Haruhi asked pointing at the little wooden curse doll Kaede was holding.
"It's cute…" Kaede said with a shrug. "I was gunna put it in my room. I'm not gunna write on it."
"Kaede!" Tamaki shouted. "Get rid of that!" he shrieked.
"No way!" Kaede said as she hugged it to her chest.
"Hey, Haruhi, we've got a favor to ask you." The twins said as Tamaki and Kaede argued in the background. ("Get rid of it!")
"What is it?" Haruhi asked. ("No!")
"The next time we get a day off..." Hikaru said. ("It's EVIL!")
"...can we come over here to your place to hang out?" Kaoru asked. ("It's CUTE!")
"Why would you want to do that?" Haruhi asked. ("How could something called a curse doll be CUTE?!")
"We're curious. We want to see where you live." They said coming over to her. ("It just is!")
"No way." Haruhi said. ("Just get rid of it!")
"Aw, pretty please?" They asked. ("Never!")
"No way. You guys are just gonna make fun of me." ("As your father, I'm demand you to get rid of it!")
"No matter how much we beg you?" They asked. ("You're not my real dad!") (*Loud gasp*!)
"No way." Haruhi repeated.
"I too have been thinking that it's about time I pay my respects to our beloved Haruhi's family." Tamaki said as he walked away from Kaede and over to Haruhi.
"No way in hell, Senpai." Haruhi said automatically sending him back to his corner.
"What about your house Kaede?" The twins asked turning to look at the girl.
"Ain't gunna happen." She said without looking back at them.
"We can settle this with a game." The twins said to Haruhi. "If you can't pick up which one of us is Hikaru, then your penalty will be the two of us coming over to your house later tonight." They put on their hats and switched around. "Okay, so which one of us is Hikaru?"
"This one's Kaoru." Haruhi said pointing. "This one's Hikaru."
"Uh oh, you got it wrong." They said.
"No, I know I'm right." she said with a smile. "You guys may look alike. But you're very different." They looked at her, shocked, and blinked. They looked at each other.
"How did you do that, Haruhi?" A girl asked. "Whenever they wear those hats to cover which way they part their hair, it's practically impossible to try and figure out which twin is Hikaru and which one is Kaoru."
"How can you tell them apart?"
"Hmmm, oh, how do I put it?" Haruhi said. "It's kind of difficult to explain, but Hikaru's speech and actions make him come across a little more mischievous than Kaoru." Kaoru put his hand over his mouth to muffle his laughter.
"I'm sorry, Hikaru." Kaoru said. "I don't mean to laugh."
"Well, I don't see what's so funny." Hikaru said. "I'm honest, I speak my mind, and I don't hold back. It's sneaky people like Kaoru who are the trouble makers." Kaoru stopped laugh and stood up straight.
"Don't turn this on me, Hikaru. After all, I'm the one who's always going along with all of your selfish games."
"I may suggest them, but you are the one who really gets into them, Kaoru. If you hate it so much, then why don't you just stop?"
"Because I hate to see you make an ass of yourself in front of everyone. It was your idea to call Haruhi our toy, but I noticed you were quick to make a pass at her. Admit it, Hikaru. You're actually in love with Haruhi, aren't you?"
"Huh?" Hikaru blushed as his eyes widened in shocked.
"What?" Tamaki exclaimed.
"You've got it all wrong, Kaoru!" Hikaru shouted. "Man, you're such a freaking idiot."
"Yeah, there are some things in this world that must never be said!" Tamaki shouted.
"Why would I fall for her?" Hikaru asked. "I mean, she looks like a tanuki."
"How dare you call her a raccoon dog? You're gonna pay for that!" Tamaki shouted. Suddenly there was the sound of a powerful motor as the room shook.
"The hell?!" Kaede asked gripping the couch. Renge began to spin up from the floor.
"Awesome, this is just perfect." Renge said "Our beloved Haruhi is in the middle of a beautiful, yet poignant four-sided romantic relationship. And to make it even more exciting, two of Haruhi's admirers are twins torn apart by love. Just the thought of it could make me eat three bowls of rice."
"Oh, butt out, otaku." The twins said.
"You guys are meanies! You shouldn't say something like that to your manager!" she cried.
"But, Renge, I thought you had a feeling for Haruhi, as well." Tamaki said.
"Oh, I do." Renge said. "But, I have no problem with Haruhi having a homosexual relationship on the side."
"I'm confused." Haruhi said to her. "I thought you had decided to go back home to France, Renge."
"Yeah, why are you here?" Kaede asked. "Actually… how long have you been in the floor?" Kaede muttered.
"Well, I was going to start up a host club of my own, but I don't think France is ready for a host club just yet." Renge said, ignoring Kaede's other question.
"Cut it out, already!" Hikaru shouted. "You're the one who's always crawling into my bed. Talk about annoying."
"I only do that 'cause you look like lonely. I wouldn't choose to sleep in your bed, you idiot." Kaoru said.
"Who are you calling an idiot? You're the one who sucks at math!"
"Oh yeah? Well you're failing your foreign language class, you big dummy."
"The way you grind your teeth is definitely..."
"At least I don't toss and turn so much that I fall out of bed."
"Sex pixie!" Hikaru shouted.
"Sicko!" Kaoru shouted.
"Your mama wears too much makeup!" They shouted in unison. "That's it. We're over!"
"What's a sex pixie?" Kaede asked looking up at Mori. Honey also looked at his cousin for the answer. Mori's eyebrows went up and he opened his mouth before closing it and shaking his head in a 'forget about it' gesture making Kaede frown.
The noon-time break bell rang and students left the room to go to the cafeteria. Kaede normally stayed in the classroom to eat her lunch but she wanted to know how the twins were doing and if they were still fighting. She got up and didn't notice Ritsu watching her as she left. He would normally go outside for lunch but he was planning on trying to talk to her again. He sighed and put his head down on his desk.
…
The twins stood in the lunch line next to each other, Kaoru with blue hair and Hikaru with pink.
"I'll have the A lunch." They said in unison. "No, give me the B pasta and the D salad! I'll take the F capellini with the barbarie duck! Hold on, make it a foie gras in perigueux sauce! Stop copying me! Why don't you just leave me alone?"
"Amazing." Haruhi said. "Perfect unison even when fighting." Kaede, who stood next to her, nodded.
"I was wondering what all the fuss was about." Tamaki said with the rest of the hosts behind him. "I can't believe the two of you are still fighting. You're a disgrace to the host club."
"Hey, look who it is." A boy said.
"Oh, I love them." A girl said.
"I've never seen all them together like that."
"We've had enough of this." Honey said. "You're both to blame for this fight. Hika-chan and Kao-chan, I want you to make up and go halfsies on this cake, 'kay?" He said holding up a plate with a cake on it. "But I want to have a piece too. So I guess we're going to have to go thirdsies. We're not going to be able to split the strawberry on top, though." The two were getting irritated with him. "What should we do?
Maybe I should just take it. After all, strawberries are my favorite. Oh, I forgot to ask." He looked up at the two. "Hika-chan, Kao-chan, do you like strawberries?" Mori came over and picked Honey up before taking him away.
"You're just making it worse." Mori said. "Leave them alone."
"Oh, Haruhi, Kaede!" Tamaki said. "I didn't expect to run into you two in the dining hall."
"I was worried about those two." Haruhi said. "So, I followed them here without even thinking. I always bring a box lunch and I was just gonna eat it in my classroom."
"Yeah, I was just worried about cotton candy over there." Kaede said as she looked over at the twins who were glaring at each other.
"A boxed lunch?" Tamaki asked. The two girls walked away as Tamaki started fantasizing. "I don't care if my box lunch is in an embarrassing heart shape. I will eat it!" Tamaki sang in his own world.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Kyoya said picking up his lunch tray. "But it's evident that your fantasies are completely incoherent."
"Haruhi, you wanna sit here with me?" Hikaru asked.
"Ah, okay." Haruhi said.
"Hey Kaede, sit with me." Kaoru said smiling at her.
"Uh alright." Kaoru sat down on Haruhi's other side and Kaede sat next to him.
"So what's that?" Hikaru asked Haruhi. "What'd you bring for lunch?"
"Yesterday's leftovers and a rolled omelet." Haruhi said.
"You wanna switch with me?" Hikaru asked as he switched his tray for her box. "I had to order something different than Kaoru, so I ended up with stuff I don't really like."
"That's fine with me." Haruhi said. She took a bite and looked like she was in heaven.
"Well played, Hikaru." Tamaki said. "As a reward, I'd like to trade you my lunch for your box lunch."
"No way." Hikaru said.
"Come on, trade with me."
"Forget about it."
"So, Kaede, what do you have?" Kaoru asked.
"Uh, just some fruit and a sandwich." Kaede said with a shrug.
"How would you like to try mine? I don't mind sharing with you. Here." He held out a spoonful to her mouth.
"U-um.." Kaede blinked with a light blush across her cheeks.
"Pathetic." Hikaru muttered. "Trying to flirt with her? She's way outta your league." Kaede blinked. Kaoru picked up a bowl of sauce and threw it at Hikaru who'd grabbed Tamaki's tie to pull him in front of him as a shield. The two began throwing things back and forth.
"I think I'm gonna go eat in my classroom after all." Haruhi said picking up her boxed lunch.
"Wait for me." Kaede said as she quickly got up and followed after her.
Everyone sat in the clubroom after school. Kyoya was entering numbers into a calculator.
"Looking at the numbers, if the situation isn't resolved, I'm afraid we're going to have to stop offering our brotherly love package." Kyoya said. "We're down one pair of loving brothers. Oh, Haruhi, I just want you to know there's no reason for you to feel responsible. Even though it was your tactless comment that started this whole feud between the twins in the first place, right?"
"It's weird for Hika-chan and Kao-chan to be fighting like this." Honey said. "It's never happened before."
"They've never fought before?" Haruhi asked.
"Not once?" Kaede asked. "Like ever?"
"I've known Hika-chan and Kao-chan since we were in pre-school." Honey said. "We weren't in the same year, so I never really got to talk to them. But I remember that the two of them always played together."
"Yeah, that's true." Tamaki said. "I mean, I've only known the twin since they were in middle school, but they definitely stood out. It seemed like they kept everyone at a distance except each other. Believe it or not, they were even more warped back then. When you stop and think about it, maybe this fight is a good thing for them. Maybe it means that the twins are expanding their horizons a bit. We should just leave them alone and let them work it out."
"Until then, Mori, would you hang this up?" Kyoya asked holding out a sign that said 'no business today'. Mori nodded.
…
The twins continued to throw things back at forth before they stopped panting. Honey sat at the top of a huge pile.
"Don't you guys think that maybe it's time you give up all this fighting?" Tamaki asked putting a hand to his forehead. "It's driving me insane."
"What'd you say?" Hikaru asked. "It's driving you insane? You've gotta be kidding me. How do you think I feel right now? Every time I look in the mirror, I see his face. I'm sick and tired of constantly being mistaken for you, Kaoru! The truth is I hate your guts!"
"You took the words right out of my mouth. In fact, I hate you so much I bought this, Belzenef, the curse doll." He said holding the wooden doll out. Tamaki freaked out. "I'm going to complete the curse, Hikaru. I'm going to write your name on his back. From this day forward, you're going to experience nothing but misfortune and sorrow!" He said writing on the back in marker. Haruhi ran up to them and hit them on their heads before taking the doll.
"Would you guys knock it off?" Haruhi shouted. "What do you think you're doing? You don't bring something like this into a petty fight. Both of you are at fault here but what's really sad is that you brought everyone else around you into your big mess! Now apologize to each other! If you don't make up right now, I'll never let you come over to my house. Have I made myself clear?" She shouted. The twins slowly smirked.
"So then what you're saying, Haruhi, is that if we make up, we can come over to your place?" They moved in unison and put the hands on their hips while having their arms around each other's shoulders. Haruhi looked on the back of the doll and saw Kaoru had written 'blank' on it. Haruhi screamed.
"Wow." Kaede said. "They played you good." Haruhi shot her a look.
"I'm so sorry, Kaoru." Hikaru said as they held each other. "Even though I was just following our script, I said such awful things to you. I'm not fit to be your brother."
"Don't say that, Hikaru. I was so worried. I couldn't live with myself if I ever thought I had hurt you."
"Kaoru, I'll never let you go again."
"Hikaru." Kaoru said.
"They do know there aren't any guests here to watch them right?" Kaede asked. Haruhi dropped the doll.
"You gotta be kidding. You mean you guys were faking it this whole time?" Honey asked.
"We didn't have anything else to do." They said. "We were bored." They laughed.
"Twins with too much time on their hands…" The twins stuck out their tongues and pulled down their eyelids. "are the devil." Tamaki said.
…
"I'm so glad they made up."
"Okay, it's time to play the "which one is Hikaru" game!"" The twins said.
"I know, the twin with the pink hair is Hikaru."
"We have a winner!"
"So are you two gonna keep your wild hair color even though you've made up?" A girl asked. "It's much easier to tell the two of you apart now."
"No, it isn't." Haruhi said walking past them. "Today, the pink one is Kaoru, and Hikaru's the blue one.
You swapped colours for today, huh?" The two looked at her as she walked away.
"Hey Kyoya, I won't be able to make it to club for a couple of days." Kaede said walking up to him.
"Why not?" Tamaki asked suddenly in front of her. "You're not sick are you?" He put his hand on her forehead. "How many fingers am I holding up?" he asked as he held up two fingers but moved them around.
"Wha- no I'm fine." She said pushing his hands away. "I'll still be in school but I gotta help Sora study for an exam. If he doesn't pass his dad won't let him go to our next gig. We can't really do without our drummer. It's only for a few days."
"When do we get to meet these boys anyway?" Tamaki asked.
"Why would you wanna meet them?" Kaede asked.
"Well these are the boys that you hang out with when you're not with us." Tamaki said. "And it's only natural for a father to want to know who his daughter hangs around."
"I'm not your kid." Kaede said with a straight face. Tamaki pouted with tears in his eyes. She sighed. "I… I'll see if they wanna meet you…" She said with a shrug.
"Yay!" The twins and Tamaki cheered. Kaede sighed again.
I'll probably post another chapter soon. I know I know there wasn't a lot of Kaede in this. I couldn't think of where else to add her.
