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After school, the two ventured off to find Music Room 3.

"Are you sure you want to go?" Ryuu asked.

"Of course! Aren't you curious?" Emi said.

"I'm more worried," he replied. "What if it's a just a room full of dirty womanizers and pervs?"

"Then it wouldn't be spoken so highly of by these high-class ladies, right?"

He sighed. "There's no way I can persuade you to not go huh?"

"Yup!" Emi smiled happily. "And there's the room!" She pointed at the majestic double doors. "Who do you think is part of the club?"

"Pretty boys," Ryuu replied. The blond prince from the morning popped up in his head as Emi opened the door. "Ah, maybe that Tamaki Suoh."

"Who?" Emi asked.

Suddenly rose petals were fluttering everywhere, drizzling through the air. As the petal storm cleared, seven figures began to appear.

"Welcome to the Ouran High School Host Club!"

"Flashy," Ryuu muttered. "Excessively flashy."

Emi smiled at the seven boys and then bowed. "Nice to meet you! I'm-"

"Emi Mazawa," the glasses-boy said. "And, Ryoko Mazawa." He pushed his glasses up while smiling. "Nice to meet you."

"Oh it's the lost princess from this morning!" The blonde hopped off his chair to take Ryuu's hand. "I knew it. Our meeting this morning must have been fate. It seems we were destined to be-"

"Get away!" Ryuu shoved a hand into Tamaki's face. "And don't flirt with my sister either!"

"What's with you?" a familiar voice said.

"Aren't a bit too protective of your sister?"

The Hitachiin twins waved. "Hi."

"Geh! What are you two doing here?" Ryuu asked, pointing at them.

"I'm here too, Mazawa-san," Haruhi said with a friendly smile.

"You too?!" he said.

"Fujioka-san's here too?" Emi said. "Wow! I'm not surprised!"

The glasses boy smiled while watching the exchange. "Allow me to introduce myself and our remaining hosts. I'm Kyoya Ootori. And these two-" He gestured to the cute blond boy and the tall stoic one. "-Are Mitsukuni Haninozuka and Takashi Morinozuka."

"Nice to meet you." Emi bowed again.

"You're being way too polite, Emi!" Ryuu said.

She scowled. "Other than Fujioka-san and the Hitachiin twins, they're probably all our seniors."

"What makes you think that?" he said.

Emi smiled. "Based on my wealth of otaku knowledge, do you really think such a popular club like this could exist with only first-year boys? They would need a diverse group of boys, ranging in age, appearance, and personality."

"I see you're well-versed in such matters," Kyoya said. "So who would you like as your designated host?"

Designated… Emi slowly turned towards Ryuu.

Host? he thought. There were plenty of girls in the room by now, seated at various tables, waiting for their "designated host."

"You pick," Ryuu said.

"Then, um, Fujioka-san, please," Emi said.

Haruhi smiled. "Thanks, Mazawa-san. You can call me by my first name, you know?" She led the two twins towards her table.

"Eh? No way, no way." Emi shook her head. "Th-That's impossible."

"Haruhi-kun," Ryuu said.

Darn it, Ryuu! Don't do that! Emi thought, shooting him a stare. He smiled back innocently.

"Is being called Fujioka-san bad?" Emi asked. She took a seat on the couch between another girl and Ryuu.

"Of course not," Haruhi replied. "It's just that everyone calls me Haruhi-kun, so it's a bit strange."

Strange. I see. "I-I'm not really ready to call you by your first name yet," Emi said quietly. "So, I hope you don't mind."

"Not at all. Take your time. I don't mind." Haruhi smiled softly.

Wow! What a cute smile! Emi's eyes lit up again and she smiled back.

That was too quick! Ryuu thought. One day and she's already in love? Please tell me that's not true.

"Should I call you Emi-san?" Haruhi said.

Emi twitched as a familiar face surfaced into her mind. She forced a smile. "I'd rather not. Emi-chan or Emi is fine."

"Okay. What about you Ryoko-san?"

Ryuu blinked. "Me? I don't care."

"Okay." Haruhi nodded. "Would you like some tea?"

"Yes please." Emi smiled. Ryuu relaxed onto the plush couch and closed his eyes briefly. He was tired from the day's events, and frankly, he could care less about what they did in the Host Club. As long as they didn't touch or flirt with Emi too much.

"Fujioka-san, do you have any siblings?" Emi asked.

"No, I'm an only child," Haruhi replied.

"Isn't it lonely being an only child?" another girl asked.

A wistful smile appeared on Haruhi's face. "A bit, I suppose, but I'm used to it. And I always have my dad and my friends at school."

Aw, Emi thought, as her heart melted a little. Fujioka-san's so adorable! The perfect bishonen!

Ryuu's head dropped onto her shoulder and he snuggled closer to her.

"Emi-chan, you and Ryoko-chan are really close, huh?" Haruhi said with a chuckle. "It's cute."

Cute? Cute?! He thinks I'm cute? Wow! Emi beamed. "No-Not really."

Meanwhile, across the room, Kyoya observed the new twins. He was quite satisfied of gaining two new customers. It was evident that Emi would become a regular customer for Haruhi.

But Ryoko Mazawa was clearly not who she claimed to be. The Mazawa family wasn't particularly known in the business world. Although they owned plenty of land, there weren't too many personal files on them. The father of the twins had recently become the head of the enormous Mazawa family, and so was more busy with family affairs than business dealings and the like. The mother, from an upper-class family of doctors and engineers, was a well-respected surgeon, equally busy with her job and her very own hospital.

But I'm positive the Mazawa family had one boy, one girl. Kyoya thought, analyzing the twins' actions. Ryoko's lack of interest in the Host Club should be proof enough. He smiled, as his glasses glinted ominously. How interesting.

"Ryo." Someone was shaking Ryuu gently. "Ryo, wake up!"

Ryuu jerked awake. "Wh-What? Who? Where am I?" His eyes darted around quickly before finding Emi in front of him. He rubbed his eyes. "Oh. Hey, Emi. What?"

"Club already ended," she said. "I can't believe you slept through all that."

Slept- "Ah!" Ryuu jumped to his feet. "Did-Did they do anything to you?"

Emi rolled her eyes. "I talked with Fujioka-kun, that's all. And enjoyed some pleasant tea. You didn't even drink your tea, so I drank it for you."

"Oh. Okay." Doing a quick sweep of the room, Ryuu found that only the hosts and themselves were remaining. "Gah! What are we doing all by ourselves in a room full of men?!"

"Calm down." Emi tossed him his schoolbag, while wishing she could say, More like, what am I doing in a room full of men? "We're leaving anyway."

"Pardon me." Kyoya stepped in front of her. "But I have a question for you, Ryoko Mazawa."

"What?" Ryuu said, coming to Emi's side.

His sister smiled. "What is it, Ootori-senpai?"

Kyoya smiled. "Just Kyoya is fine, Emi-san." The girl flinched. "Ryoko-san, why aren't you interested in our club? As Vice President, I would like to know why our club activities don't interest you."

"Eh?" Ryuu scratched the back of his head. He glanced at Emi for help. "Well-"

"It's because Ryo's a lesbian," Emi said.

"Wh-What? Emi!" Ryuu yelled, blushing furiously. First day of school, and suddenly I'm a lesbian?! Sure we agreed on this cover-up to explain why I'm not comfortable around girls and not interested in boys. But, that was too soon!

"A lesbian?" the twins said. They suddenly leapt in front of Ryuu and began to scrutinize him. "Wow. It's our first time seeing one."

"She's not an exhibit," Emi said, slapping a hand over the closest twin's eyes, Kaoru. "What's wrong with being gay?"

"There's nothing wrong with it," Haruhi said with a smile.

"Fujioka-kun, you don't care about it?" Emi asked. A sparkle of hope lit up within her.

Haruhi shook her head. "Gender doesn't really matter much to me."

Then, maybe Fujioka-kun can accept the fact that I'm bisexual! Emi thought excitedly.

"Ryo-chan's gay?" Honey popped up in front of the Mazawa twins.

So cute, Emi thought. "Haninozuka-senpai, may I please hug you?" she asked.

"Sure!" Honey beamed. So cuuuuuuuute! Emi glomped the short blond in front of her.

"Emi! Don't just hug random boys!" Ryuu said. He watched anxiously as Emi grinned in delight like she was in paradise. Honey seemed just as happy.

"Emi, isn't that enough?" he said, tugging on the back of her dress.

"But-But he's so cute!" Emi said and squeezed Honey even tighter. "Ah, why couldn't I have had a cute younger brother?"

A hand fell on Emi's shoulder. Mori stared down at Emi. "Could you let go now?" he asked quietly. "You might hurt Mitsukuni."

"Ah, sorry!" She quickly released her hold on Honey.

"I'm fine, Takashi!" Honey said with a grin. "Emi-chan, you can hug me whenever you want!" He hugged Usa-chan to his chest while saying this.

Emi smiled. "Thanks, Haninozuka-senpai."

"Just call me Honey!"

"Anyway, your question is answered, so we're leaving now," Ryuu said, taking Emi's hand.

"Just a moment, Ryoko-san," Kyoya said. He was scribbling in his black notebook. "Would having female hosts here make you interested?"

"No." Ryuu shook his head. "No thank you."

"Then are you yourself interested in hosting?" Kyoya asked. "You could host girls, or boys."

"No." Ryuu kept shaking his head.

"No." Emi joined in. "Ryo is not hosting, ever. At all."

Kyoya stared at the twins for a moment before returning to his notebook. "Hm. So even if your sister was hosting, you would have no interest in the club?"

"If- Wait, what?! Why the hell would Emi host? There's no way you're making Emi host." Ryuu hugged her protectively. "I'd rather host myself than-"

Emi elbowed him, effectively silencing him.

"Ow! Emi! What was that for?" he whined.

"Don't say stupid things like that or he'll hold you against them," she whispered.

Kyoya smiled. "Thank you for answering my questions. I hope you'll come back tomorrow."

"Yup!" Emi smiled back. "Thank you! Bye!"

"Bye Emi-chan." Haruhi waved.

"Bye twin buddies," the twins said.

"Bye Lost Princess!" Tamaki yelled.

"Who the hell is the lost princess huh?" Ryuu yelled back as Emi hauled him out of the room. "Quit calling me that, you freak!"

"Fr-Freak?!" Tamaki squealed. The doors shut. He quickly dropped into his depressed corner, poking a stick on the ground and mumbling. "Freak… I'm a freak. She called me a freak."

"Come on, senpai, she just doesn't like nickname you gave her," Haruhi said.

"Haruhi!" Tamaki hugged her while tears streamed down his face. "Haruhi's the best!"

"Senpai, please let go."

"How was school?" Akimi asked. Although she was a maid of the Mazawa family, to the twins, she was more like an older sister. She had long and curly light brown hair tied up. And she was wearing black leggings for ease of movement, along with a plaid blue and red collared top.

"Pretty good," Emi replied.

"You think it'll be better than Midoriyama?" Akimi said.

"Yeah." Emi smiled.

"And you, Ryuu?"

"If Emi likes it-"

"Don't give such a lame reply!" Emi and Akimi said at the same time.

"Okay, okay. It's good. I think this will work out," Ryuu said, reaching up and pulling the wig off to reveal his slightly curly, short black hair.

"If you're going to take the wig off, then please, my God, take the dress off," Emi said.

Ryuu blushed. "Going!" He dashed up the stairs.

"Berty's not back yet?" Emi said, glancing around the quiet house.

"Nope. He really wanted to go pick you two up, so I had him run some errands. Did you make any friends?" Akimi asked as the two headed over to the kitchen, where Emi sat down at a bar stool.

"Sort of," Emi replied. "We went to this Host Club."

"Host Club?" Akimi said. "What's that?"

"It's a place for womanizers!" Ryuu shouted from upstairs.

"Ryuu!" Emi yelled. "It's not like that, at all, Akimi-nee-chan! So there are seven guys and you can pick one of them - well some of them work in pairs. And basically they flirt with you, and you can drink tea and eat cookies."

"Huh." Akimi nodded as she leaned on the island bar, musing over the description of this Host Club. "I see. That-That-"

"That what?" Ryuu said as he joined them in the kitchen. "That's stupid and creepy right? Emi shouldn't go, right?"

"No! That's pretty amazing!" Akimi's eyes lit up and she grinned. "I'd love to see what the club's like myself!"

"Yeah? Doesn't it sound so cool?" Emi smiled. "It's really fun. There's this one guy there, called Haruhi Fujioka. He's a commoner and a scholarship student. He's super smart and really cute! And he's really nice too!"

"Wow! A nice guy! That's rare these days!"

"Yeah! There's also a prince guy, this really cool guy with glasses - you know, that calculating, smart type - and this super cute third year who looks like he could be in elementary school and his cousin who's really tall and kinda scary but cool. Oh and two devil twins who have this really hot twincest act."

"What?!" Ryuu sputtered. "Twin-Twin-Twin what?"

"Twincest," Emi replied. "Ever heard of it?"

"No, but I have an idea of what it is. And if it is what I think it is-"

"Yeah it is." She smiled, entering Fangirl mode. "It's so amazing! Kaoru Hitachiin, the younger brother, totally fits being the uke. And Hikaru's the seme. Kyaaaaa!"

Ryuu facepalmed. "Oh God. I'm kinda glad I slept through it all."

"You slept through it all?" Akimi said. "How could you sleep through it all?"

"I don't want to see any twincest!" he said.

The door opened and someone entered. "I'm back."

"Berty!" the twins called in unison. "Welcome home!"

Bertrand Larosa entered the kitchen, dipping his head down in greeting. He was a tall, lean, and tan man, with dark brown hair in a buzz cut. He was a close friend of the twins' father and their personal butler and bodyguard. He took off his sunglasses to reveal hazel eyes and a warm smile.

"How was school?" he asked.

"Good!" The twins smiled.

"Akimi-nee-chan."

"Hm?" Akimi looked up from where she at in the kitchen on her computer. "What is it, Ryuu? Shouldn't you be sleeping?"

"Emi's asleep," Ryuu replied, sitting down across from her.

She sighed. "Okay, what do you want to talk about?"

"What do you really think about the Host Club?" he asked with a determined stare.

"Hmm." Akimi shrugged. "Emi seems to be enjoying herself, which should be enough for you to like it too. And I already looked into the members of this club. They all come from decent backgrounds, except for the commoner girl, so I doubt they'd do anything seriously horrible."

"I see." Ryuu nodded. "Thanks then." He got up to leave, ready to go to sleep.

"Ryuu."

He turned around.

"Emi's a lot tougher than you give her credit for," she said with a small smile. "You don't have to be so protective."

"Yeah but-"

"The fact that she has moved on, and you haven't, proves something, don't you think?"

"I get it." Ryuu sighed, scratching the back of his head. "Thanks and good night."

"Good night."

He was already in bed when something came back to him. Wait. Wait wait wait! Did Akimi-nee-chan say, "commoner girl?!"

The next day, as the twins were walking to their class, an arm suddenly wrapped around Emi's waist.

"Wa!" She found Kaoru beside her, smirking.

"Morning, Emi-chan!" he said.

"Oi! Don't touch Emi!" Ryuu yelled as he pushed the Hitachiin twins away. "If you keep doing this, I'll get a restraining order on you!"

"Don't be so uptight," Hikaru said, slinging an arm around Ryuu's shoulder. Then he whispered, "Do you want us to expose your secret?"

"What secret?" Ryuu asked.

"Your sexual orientation secret," Hikaru replied quietly.

"I don't care." Ryuu threw Hikaru's arm off his shoulder. "So quit touching Emi! And Emi! Don't just let him hug you like that!" He pointed at Kaoru with his arm around Emi's shoulder.

"This isn't a hug," Emi said, slipping out of Kaoru's grip.

"We're all going to the same classroom anyway," Kaoru said.

"Yeah, yeah, don't be such a spoil-sport." Hikaru grinned while poking Ryuu's cheek.

He fumed, curling and opening his fist continuously. Emi reached over and took his hand in an effort to calm him down.

"Ryoko-chan." The twins grinned at each other. "We've decided that you're going to be our new toy."

"Toy? What toy?" Ryuu's hand balled up into a fist again.

"Could you two please stop?" Emi said, aware of Ryuu's building temper. "She's gonna blow and punch you two."

"Oh really?" The twins leaned closer as their grins widened. "We'd love to see that."

"Grahh!" Ryuu swung his fist around to punch Hikaru's stomach. Emi lunged forward, barely managing to grab her brother's arm and pull him away from the Hitachiins. She planted herself between him and the twins.

"Ryuu, what the heck are you doing?" Emi hissed. "They didn't even-"

"They were pissing me off!" Ryuu yelled.

"I know, but-"

"Move away!" He tried to get past her, back to the twins. The twins were watching curiously while keeping their distance.

"Calm down!" Emi grabbed Ryuu's face. "Calm down and look at me you dummy!"

Ryuu's brown eyes focused on Emi's face. The last time this had happened, Emi hadn't been there to intercept, and she had punched him back when she found out. But this time, her eyebrows were knitted together in concern, not anger.

"You can't go around punching people," Emi said. "Do you know what would happen if we made ourselves enemies of the Hitachiins? Of the Host Club?"

"What happened?" the murmurs began to spread throughout the hallway.

"What's going on?"

"A fight?"

"No one's hurt though."

"Ryuu?" Hikaru wondered out loud.

Shit! Ryuu thought. Our cover's blown.

"Oh it's just an old nickname," Emi said before bowing at the twins. "I'm sorry about Ryo's terrible temper! Ryo, you too!" She straightened and glared at him. He reluctantly bowed.

"Sorry," he mumbled.

"We should apologize too," Kaoru said quietly.

"That's right. You should!" Ryuu yelled, pointing at the Hitachiin twins. "If you're gonna bother people like that, you should expect them to get pissed and punch you at some point!"

Emi sighed. I can't help but agree with him.

"We're sorry." The Hitachiin twins bowed.

"Keep your temper in check, you dummy," Emi said, smacking Ryuu's back lightly. "Let's go to class."

"I never knew Emi-chan could get mad too," Hikaru said as the four headed to class.

Emi frowned. "Of course everyone gets mad at some point."

"She's usually mad at me," Ryuu said. "And only me."

"You cause too much trouble," she replied.

The Hitachiin twins snickered. Ryuu shot a glare at them. He ran a hand through his hair. Ugh, I gotta stay calm. If I seriously punch someone, Emi would be so mad at me! She'd kill me! I can't let the twins get to me. Aghh.

"Oh yeah," Hikaru said. "The physical examination day is coming up."

Physical- Emi swung to meet Ryuu's eyes.

Examination?! Ryuu's mouth dropped open. Shit! My cover's really gonna get blown! Damn it!

"When is this?" Emi asked.

"It's coming up this week," Kaoru replied. She nodded and then smiled reassuringly at Ryuu. But it wasn't enough to keep him from mentally panicking.

Gaaaah! What am I gonna do?

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