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Enjoy chapter thirty-four!


Chapter 34

All the hosts and all the girls could tell that the tsundere type was trying to desperately hide himself. He kept inching toward the back the more the girls looked through the outfits. The fact that he couldn't see the clothes made it worse.

The girls giggled amongst themselves and continued to look through the clothes, whispering quietly to each other as they tried to decide who will wear what. There was a blind in the middle of the music room, covering the sight of the rack and the girls from the hosts. Renge was standing in front of the blind, making sure that none of the hosts would cheat and look over.

"But hasn't Tamaki already seen the clothes?" Haruhi asked when Renge blocked Honey from passing.

"No, I haven't seen them yet," Tamaki responded with a big smile. "Renge picked everything out."

"Renge did, huh." Haruhi sighed and shook her head. She could just imagine the dread that Izumi must be feeling. She glanced back and saw the boy sitting on a couch and scowling. His head was turned away from them so he couldn't see her looking back.

"Are you girls almost done?" Renge asked after a few minutes.

"Almost!" Someone responded. The girls continued their giggling and occasionally looked over at the hosts as they tried to find the right outfit for each.

Izumi hated how the girls kept looking at them. They would all give a big mischievous smile before turning back the clothes. Yuka, specifically, gave him a smirk. The raven haired frowned and started tracing the outlines of the cushions on the couch. He knew that whatever they picked for him, he wouldn't like.

Everyone else was also impatient and a little on edge with the whole thing, but it seemed fun. They could visibly tell the girls were enjoying themselves with getting to choose the outfits. It was something new and they loved it. That alone was enough for the others to keep going with the game.

"We're done!" A few girls shouted at the same time.

"Okay, put the clothes back in the covers." Renge said with a smile. "And then the hosts can finally dress up!"

The girls laughed and rushed to cover up the outfits. They then went around the blind. Eight of the girls were holding a covered-up outfit.

"You grabbed the ones with the labels that goes with the host, right?" Renge asked as she looked over them.

"Yup! We doubled checked." Yuka said as she presented the one she was holding. The label clearly said 'Izumi' meaning it was his size.

Renge grinned and turned towards the hosts. "Time to change guys!" She exclaimed. The girls all went to give the outfits to them in groups.

Honey was happy and immediately went to the dressing room. Mori followed. Tamaki thanked them and — in his ever so cheesy way — said that whatever the outfit was he would appreciate for he knew it came from the girls' hearts. The twins only said 'thank you' at the same time and left to change. Both Kyouya and Haruhi smiled at the girls and did the same. Izumi childishly gave a scowl and grumbled, but went either way.

The hosts all finished at different times. The first ones to go out and let the girls see were of course Honey, Mori, and Tamaki.

"Takashi, we're matching!" Honey exclaimed cheerfully when he saw Mori.

"That's why we picked it out." A girl said with a smile.

Honey was wearing a puffy purple and pink dress with white gloves and a shiny tiara. It was obvious that he was dressed up as a princess. That's why Mori's costume, which resembled that of a knight from the medieval era, matched with the Lolita type.

"What about me?" Tamaki asked as he looked down on himself. "What am I?"

"You're a villager of course." Renge answered as she went over and adjusted the clothes a bit.

"So I'm a commoner?"

"Yes, exactly."

Tamaki made an 'oh' face and started admiring the clothes in a random mirror on the wall. He had on a white ruffled dress shirt under a brown vest with beige slacks and black boots. Renge tucked the slacks into the boots and smiled, "There."

"Oi Renge," The girl turned around and saw Hikaru coming out of the dressing room. "Am I wearing this right?"

Renge looked him over and nodded, "Yup, it's perfect." She walked over to this black bag and pulled out a straw hat called kasa. She put it on Hikaru's head and tighten the strap under his chin.

"Hikaru, it looks so good on you!" Some girl complimented. He was wearing a traditional dark blue monk costume.

"It does look good." Haruhi agreed as she walked over to them too. Kaoru and Kyouya were right behind her.

The girls all let out teeters and giggles as they saw their costumes.

Hikaru snickered to himself when he saw his brother. "Looking good, Kaoru." The younger twin rolled his eyes and smiled, "Thank you. I know."

Kaoru tried to pull down the hem of the shirt. It wouldn't stretch though, so he let out a frustrated sigh. "Renge, the shirt is too small."

The girl looked him over and shook her head, "No, it fits you."

"But look at it!" Kaoru complained as he indicated how the shirt ended right above his bellybutton. Renge smiled and said, "Well of course, it's a half shirt."

The twin frowned, "Oh."

"Don't worry, Kaoru. You look really cute!" A girl exclaimed. A few other girls giggled along and nodded.

Kaoru was a neko. He had on a leopard patterned half shirt and shorts that were a little over his knees with some short black boots. He was also wearing matching gloves, a tail, and clip-on cat ears. Renge went over to him and wrapped a choker with a big golden bell around his neck to finish the costume off.

"Hmm," Renge hummed as she stared at the twin hard. Something was missing. "Hikaru, go do his makeup."

"Okay. Come on, Kaoru." Hikaru said as he dragged his brother off, who was groaning a bit.

Renge turned towards Haruhi and Kyouya and gave them a thumbs up, meaning their costumes were fine. Haruhi was a fairy. She was wearing a blue and purple dress that reached her knees and was a little ruffled up at the sleeves with the wings hanging from her shoulders. Underneath she had on white pantyhose and blue pixie shoes. Kyouya was a caveman. He had on a dark brown one-shoulder shirt with baggy matching pants and sandals. The hems of the clothes were cut in zigzags to resemble rips.

Renge looked around and could not find Izumi anywhere. Knowing him he's probably in the dressing room sitting down and refusing to touch the costume. "Izumi, are you almost done?" she asked out loud.

Haruhi sighed and shook her head. Of course he would be the last to get dressed.

"Izumi~" Renge teased.

"I'm not putting this on!" Izumi growled out. Renge laughed at that.

"Is he serious?" Hikaru asked as he came back with Kaoru. He didn't like how Izumi always made a big deal about everything. "I'm pretty sure Kaoru's costume is the most embarrassing one."

"Yeah, Izumi's isn't that bad." Renge agreed. "But I think it's more because it's a girl's costume."

"It's too short!" Izumi shouted back.

"Too short?" Haruhi questioned.

All of the hosts looked at Renge. The girl merely shrugged. "Its not that short."

"Does Izumi not like the costume we picked?" A girl asked with a worried expression.

"Oh no, of course he does!" Tamaki assured her immediately. He turned to the others and pointed a finger at them. "Someone go in there and get him to put it on!"

"I would, but I'm a girl." Renge sighed out. She looked around and tried to decide which host would be able to convince Izumi more. "Haruhi how about you—" She paused as another idea came to mind. "No, wait! Hikaru you go so that you can also do his makeup."

The elder twin gave a look of disgust, "Hell no, I'm not going in there with him."

Renge stared at him for a while before turning to the other twin. "Fine, Kaoru go."

"Um..." Kaoru frowned and glanced at the dressing room that Izumi was in. He was not feeling up to convincing someone as stubborn as Izumi to put on the costume. But as he took in Renge's demanding nature and Hikaru's refusal, he knew he had no choice. "… okay."

Kaoru let out a heavy sigh and walked over to the little room. He knocked on it lightly and said, "Hey, it's Kaoru. Can I come in?"

It was silent for a while. Clearly Izumi was debating with himself about whether out not he should let Kaoru in. It took a few long seconds before Kaoru heard the click of the lock on the door. He glanced back and everyone there was urging him with hand motions to go in. Kaoru frowned, opened the door, and went in. There was no way he would be able to back out now. Especially when they all knew how difficult it was to convince Izumi when he had his mind set on something.

"What the hell are you wearing?" Izumi questioned with a raised eyebrow when he saw the boy's outfit.

Kaoru rolled his eyes and crossed his arms together. "Obviously the costume they picked out for me."

"This is exactly why I'm not wearing the costume." Izumi grumbled as he went over to a chair in the corner and sat down.

"Yours can't be worse than mine." Kaoru sighed.

"It's still pretty bad."

The auburn haired looked around and spotted the costume, that was still in the black cover, on the floor. He grabbed it and pulled down the zipper. The cover fell off and Kaoru held up the costume. It was a dress of course. A black frilly dress with white laces tied around the top half like a corset. There was a big red bow in the back too.

The design wasn't bad like his, but he could see why Izumi said it was 'too short'. The top half looked like it would fit him but it ended too high. "It's not that bad." he lied.

"You're joking, right?"

Kaoru turned to him and threw the dress at him. "Look, they picked this out for you so stop complaining and put it on."

"No." Izumi scowled and shoved the dress on the floor.

"Put it on."

"No."

Kaoru clenched his teeth together and grabbed the dress only to shove it in Izumi's hands. "Put. It. On."

Izumi narrowed his eyes and looked at the boy straight on. "No."

The way the raven haired said it made Kaoru want to yell at him out of frustration. But he was aware that by doing that he would risk having the others outside hear them. So Kaoru just placed the dress down on the vanity table and said, "Get dressed, Izumi."

"No." Izumi repeated with a slight growl in his voice. He crossed his arms and turned his head to the side. His body was hunched over as a way of saying he wouldn't budge.

"You're pissing me off." Kaoru warned.

"I don't care," Izumi snapped. "Fuck off."

"Excuse me?" Izumi was seriously pushing his buttons at the moment. "Did you just tell me to fuck off?"

The raven haired scowled and grumbled something under his breath. Kaoru rubbed his right temple and attempted to stop himself from snapping at him. But he did have an urge to do something so he settled with just yanking hard on Izumi's school tie. "Get dressed, Izumi." he said in a low, demanding voice.

The raven haired was a little surprised when Kaoru did that, but he quickly recovered and glared back. "No."

The way Izumi said it angered him. He had about enough of his bullshit. So Kaoru, without thinking, pulled him up to his feet. "Get dressed!" he yelled out as he tried to take off the school jacket from Izumi's shoulders.

"I don't want to!" Izumi growled. He attempted to push Kaoru's hands off, but the boy kept trying.

"Take your clothes off already!"

"No!" Izumi grabbed Kaoru's wrist tightly and tried to put them down, but Kaoru struggled against it. So he did the only thing he knew would work. He pushed Kaoru's arms so they fold and touch his chest, then shoved the boy's whole body to the wall.

"Let—" Kaoru stopped his sentence when Izumi grabbed his jaw and made him look up. "Stop it." Izumi ordered him with a deep gravelly voice. He could tell that he was messing up the drawn on whiskers, but he didn't care.

The auburn haired glowered and grit his teeth out of anger. For a few seconds they didn't move until Izumi realized what he doing. He let the boy go and turned around as he harshly ruffled his hair in frustration.

"Are you going to change now?" Kaoru snapped when he didn't say anything.

Judging by the way Kaoru was acting, Izumi knew that he had no idea that what just happened was completely going against their decision. Or maybe… it was just Izumi who had different intentions. I mean, could you blame me? Izumi thought as he looked at what the boy was wearing.

"Yeah, I'm going." Izumi grumbled as he began to take off his school jacket.

In the meantime, Kaoru went over to the mirror on the vanity table and looked at his face. The whiskers on his left cheek were completely smeared. He cursed and grabbed some wipes from the table. As he cleaned that part off he glared at Izumi through the mirror. "Look at what you did."

Izumi scoffed and rolled his eyes at him. He finished taking off his clothes and grabbed the dress. He gave it a look of disgust before turning it around and putting his arms through the sleeves, then over his head. It was going fine until the dress wouldn't pass through his shoulders. Izumi struggled but with his arms still stuck above his head it was impossible. "Um… Kaoru?"

The auburn haired was in the middle of redoing the whiskers so he just looked through the mirror again. He saw Izumi and furrowed his brows in confusion. He put down the painting marker and turned around. "What the hell did you do?"

"I was just trying to put it on." Izumi gave out a whine as he continued to struggle.

Kaoru went over and stopped him. "Stop moving like that! You're going to rip it."

"I don't care!" Izumi growled out.

The auburn haired rolled his eyes and looked around to see why the dress wouldn't go down. Then he saw that Izumi didn't loosen the laces or untie the bow. "You idiot," Kaoru muttered. "Stay still." He fixed the problem and pulled the dress down. It easily went through Izumi's head and shoulders and Kaoru adjusted the ruffled layers at the bottom.

The raven haired had a pout the whole time. He felt stupid since he needed Kaoru's help to get dressed.

"Alright, turn around." Kaoru ordered. Izumi obeyed without a complaint and he tightened the laces and tied the red bow. "There."

"I don't like this." Izumi complained under his breath.

Kaoru ignored him and went back to finish the whiskers. "Finish changing."

"What?" Izumi was confused. He thought he was done.

The boy sighed and pointed at the black cover that was left on the floor. "Finish putting on the things inside."

Izumi walked over to it and looked inside. He scowled when he did indeed see there were things still inside. He took them out and analyzed them. There were a pair of black leather boots, black stockings, and a red ribbon with a big bow on it — as if the one on the back of the dress wasn't enough. Either way Izumi had no choice but to put the things on. After all, he was already wearing a freaking dress.

"Damn it." Izumi cursed. He went over to the chair by the corner and sat down. He rolled up one stocking and pulled it on his foot. The stockings almost reached his mid-thigh, it was a few inches below the dress. He put on the boots and stood up to look down at himself.

"This is so slutty." Izumi scowled and tried to pull the dress more down.

"Have you seen mine?" Kaoru turned around to show Izumi. "I'm all exposed."

"Yeah, but…" Izumi frowned and looked off to the side.

"But what?"

"It doesn't look bad." he mumbled.

Kaoru saw how Izumi turned slightly pink in the cheeks as he awkwardly played with the ends of his raven strands. He rolled his eyes at that and said, "Izumi, sit over here. I need to do your makeup."

Izumi did not complain and quietly grabbed the chair and dragged it over to where Kaoru was standing. He sat down and looked down at his hands. Is he serious? Kaoru thought, when Izumi did that. "We're not doing this again, Izumi."

"What are you talking about?"

"You being stupid and refusing to look at me when I need you to look at me."

"Stupid?" Izumi said in an offended voice. He looked at the auburn haired and glared at him. "When did I ever do that?"

"Your first day here."

"Okay, but that was different," he countered. "I was being stubborn then."

"Uh-huh, and what are you doing now?" Kaoru asked as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"Well, I was embarrassed," Izumi scowled. "Now I'm just mad."

Kaoru rolled his eyes and went over to the door. "Let's just hurry up. We already wasted a lot of time."

Izumi furrowed his brows when Kaoru opened the door, "What are you doing?"

Kaoru ignored him and looked outside. He spotted Renge talking to a few girls not far off. "Renge!" The girl looked over. "How do I do his makeup?"

Renge walked over to him and showed Kaoru a picture of what she wanted from her phone. "Something like that."

Kaoru frowned and said, "Sooo, you want him to..." Izumi was seriously going to get mad. "Okay, I'll do it!" He smiled at her before closing the door and going over to the vanity table to grab what he needed.

The raven haired eyed the things Kaoru was gathering — he barely knew what some of them were called — and backed his head away when he got close to him. "Don't do that." Kaoru scolded.

"What are you going to do?"

"Don't worry about it." Kaoru brushed Izumi's hair back and away from his face with his fingers before grabbing a pin to hold it. Afterwards he took a long look at the boy's face before realizing that having the mirror right there for Izumi to see himself wasn't a good idea. "Stand up for a second."

Izumi tilted his head in confusion, then when Kaoru repeated it he finally stood up. The auburn haired adjusted the chair so that Izumi would have his back to the mirror. "How is that any different?" Izumi grumbled as he sat back down.

"I don't need you getting distracted."

That worried Izumi. He knew now that he wasn't going to like what Kaoru was going to do to him.

Kaoru grabbed a little bottle and poured some of the beige creamlike substance on his hand. He was about to spread it on Izumi's cheek when the boy flinched back. "What is that?" he asked.

"Doesn't matter. You don't have a choice." Kaoru grabbed Izumi's jaw to hold him in place before proceeding to apply the cream.

Izumi felt uneasy as Kaoru spread it then got more and did the same over and over again until his whole face was covered in it. He had no idea what it was, but it looked like his skin color so he wondered what was the point of it if he would look the same.

"You better not make me look like a girl." Izumi warned even though it was obvious that the auburn haired was going to do just that.

"Can't promise that." Kaoru mumbled. He grabbed a tiny black box and pulled Izumi's face back up. "Close your eyes and don't move at all."

"And if I do?"

"Then I get to torture you for a longer time."

What a shitty answer. Izumi rolled his eyes and closed them finally. He was just hoping this wouldn't take forever.


"They sure are taking their sweet time." Hikaru complained. They've taken so long that Tamaki decided to just get on with talking and entertaining the guests.

"Izumi seems to be pretty stubborn." a girl said.

"Well, he is a tsundere." another giggled.

Hikaru rolled his eyes, feeling annoyed with their comments about the raven haired. "What is it about him that you like so much?" he asked them. He wasn't trying to be rude. It's just that he didn't understand.

"Ah, well…" the girl paused and placed a hand on her chin as she thought about it. "It's very funny when Izumi gets all shy and flustered."

That's a stupid reason to like someone. Hikaru thought.

"Plus he's kind and listens to you and cares about what you have to say. He's the type of person you can go to and instantly feel better when you have a rough day." Yuka, Izumi's regular, added as she walked by with her friend Mai.

"Haha, yeah Izumi really is like that." the previous girl agreed.

Hikaru frowned and decided to let the conversation end right there.


The makeup was actually coming out a lot better than expected. They were nearly finished. Right now, he was trying to carefully apply the eyeliner. But Izumi was getting too impatient and kept moving and twitching his eye.

"Hurry up." Izumi growled when he heard Kaoru let out a frustrated sigh.

"We would be done by now if you stopped moving around and messing me up."

"Well I'm tired!" Izumi whined out. He waited for Kaoru's response, but it never came. The boy had gotten all silent for some reason. Curious, Izumi opened his eyes. Kaoru was just there staring at him with a contemplated look.

Kaoru sighed once more and said, "I hate your eyes."

Izumi tilted his head in question. Kaoru just ignored him and signaled to him to close his eyes again before redoing it. "Don't move." he repeated.

This time Izumi decided to listen and stayed still. He flinched every now and then, but tried to keep himself from making any sudden movements. He seriously wanted to be done already.

A few minutes passed before Kaoru backed away and told Izumi to open his eyes. The auburn haired stared at him for a while before pressing his lips together. He shook his head and muttered, "Whatever, I'm not doing it again."

Kaoru slammed the eyeliner on the table in annoyance and went back to Izumi. He took the pin out from the boy's hair and loosely ran his fingers through it. They got caught in tangles so Kaoru grabbed a brush and started working on his hair.

Izumi didn't say or do anything. That is until Kaoru was brushing the hair at the back near his neck. "Ow!" he growled while pulling away and rubbing his scalp.

"This wouldn't be a problem all the time if you did it yourself." Kaoru reasoned.

"I don't have time for that."

Kaoru rolled his eyes even though Izumi couldn't see him. "If you're not going to take care of your hair then cut it."

"I know, I keep forgetting to get a haircut." Izumi sighed.

"I can do it for you." Kaoru offered. "You just have to ask me."

"Then do it now." Izumi flinched slightly when Kaoru continued to brush his hair.

"No, that's going to take too long." Kaoru put the brush down and walked back in front of Izumi. He grabbed the red ribbon piece and tied it on like a headband. "Okay, you're done."

The raven haired sighed in relief and stood up. He fixed the dress a little before turning back to see himself in the mirror for the first time. He had already known that Kaoru was going to make him look more feminine, but either way he scowled in disgust and gave the auburn haired a glare.

"Don't give me that." Kaoru warned him, "It's already done."

Izumi turned back to the mirror and despised how it made him look — as if he didn't already have girly features. "I'm not going outside like this." Izumi crossed his arms and was about to sit back down in refusal when Kaoru grabbed his arm.

Ignoring the slight tilt of the head, Kaoru yanked him towards the door. "We're leaving."

"W-wait!" Izumi protested and tried to take his arm away from Kaoru's hold. But the boy simply opened the door and pushed the raven haired right through it. He was not about to stay inside the dressing room for another second.

Everyone outside in the main room had their eyes on them. They had made quite a bit of noise in the process of getting out that managed to catch their attention. Some girls giggled quietly when they saw Izumi and others were more hysterical, getting close to him and admiring the costume and makeup.

"Good job, Kaoru." Renge complimented with a wink.

Kaoru thanked her and went off to the side. He did not want to get in between the commotion the girls were causing around the raven haired, who was currently scowling and blushing like crazy. That boy gets embarrassed way too easily.

Well, at least it's not me. Kaoru thought. He sat down next to his brother and let out a heavy sigh. "Man, he sure is a handful sometimes."

Hikaru scoffed, "Sometimes? More like all the time."

That was something that Kaoru could agree with. Izumi was pretty tiring to deal with. Especially when it happened to be something like this.

"You guys made a lot of noise in there." Hikaru murmured quietly so only Kaoru could hear.

"I was trying not to, but then Izumi got me all mad."

The elder twin hummed back and reached over to fix Kaoru's cat ears since they were a little crooked.

"What costume is that?" Haruhi questioned when she saw the boy. It wasn't the type of costume that you could easily identify — like her fairy one for example.

Renge, who was inspecting Izumi's face closer, turned around to face the dressed-up fairy host. "He's a doll of course!" she answered in a tone that said 'it should have been obvious'. She turned back towards the raven haired and smiled up at him. "You look so adorable now."

Izumi scowled and crossed his arms over his chest, "I don't look adorable. I look like a girl."

"That's exactly why you look adorable!" Tamaki exclaimed with a big smile as he went over to stand next to Renge. He took in Izumi's pose and frowned. "Izumi don't stand like that."

"Huh, why?" Izumi asked with his usual tilt of the head.

"Because you're supposed to be a girl right now." Tamaki walked closer to Izumi and grabbed his shoulders. "So straighten up and act like one." he ordered as he made the boy straighten his back.

Izumi curled his lip in annoyance and shoved the blonde's hands away. And of course Tamaki scolded him for that. "Izumi, don't make that face. Be more graceful."

"I don't want to be fucking graceful." the raven haired growled out.

"And don't use that language!" Tamaki scolded once again.

"What?" Izumi glared at the blonde, "Now I can't say what I want?"

"Don't use profanity. A lady doesn't use those words."

"So… I can't say 'fuck'?" Izumi questioned with a raised eyebrow.

Tamaki shook his head is disapproval. "No, not at all."

Izumi smirked slightly in amusement. "What about 'shit'?" he asked. He enjoyed messing with the blonde.

"Not that either!" Tamaki exclaimed in frustration.

"Crap?"

"No!"

Izumi pouted at that, "But that word is not so bad."

"It's still a bad word!"

"Well, that's a load of bull—"

"Izumi!" Tamaki yelled out frantically. "Stop saying bad words!"

The raven haired scowled and didn't say anything for a few moments. Then he thought of something great to say. "Suck my dick."

"Izumi, that's not appropriate either!"

Izumi smirked and tilted his head teasingly at the blonde. "What was wrong with that?"

Tamaki puffed out his cheeks and made a childish pout, "The last word."

"Oh, well…" Izumi paused as he thought about how to rephrase it. "Suck my penis then."

"Izumi!" Tamaki warned once again.

"What?" he asked innocently. "I didn't say a bad word this time."

The whole time this was going on the girls were giggling quietly to themselves, finding the conversation quite hilarious. The hosts did as well and either laughed or shook their heads. It was typical for the two to argue like this. Just like little kids. And they had missed it.


BTW I don't know shit about makeup so forgive me if I wrote something wrong

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