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After lunch, Emi, Ryuu, Sumiko Fukuyama, and her three other friends headed to class. It's a good thing we became friends with Sumiko-chan! Emi thought. Fitting in to Ouran is a lot easier than I expected it to be!

Meanwhile, Ryuu was thinking quite the opposite: That Sumiko must have something up her sleeve. Seeing as she approached us so easily, she must be one of those type! Yes, the type that pushes the heroine down sometime before the heroine snags the hero and then says, "I've always hated you!" Gotta be careful. If it's not her, then it must be one of her friends.

"Um, Ryo-chan, Emi-chan," Sumiko said, having fallen behind her other friends to walk beside the twins. "Do you two happen to know a Kei Sasaki at Midoriyama?"

Kei-kun! Emi paused halfway through her step and almost tripped.

That guy? Ryuu quickly swiveled his gaze to Emi.

"Yes, we knew him," Emi was already saying with a smile.

"Really? You did?" Sumiko's eyes widened and she smiled back happily. "Wow! Were you guys friends?"

"We were classmates," Ryuu said hastily.

"Oh, of course!" Sumiko nodded. "Then, um, you two wouldn't happen to have his cellphone number or email address would you?"

"Why do you want it?" he asked. He narrowed his eyes in suspicion, which only earned him an elbow jab from Emi.

"I went to Midoriyama in elementary school. You know how it used to be an all-girls academy right? Well they opened it up to boys when I was in like second grade, and Sasaki-kun transferred in. We were really good friends, but then my parents wanted to be in Tokyo, so we moved after elementary school. That's why I transferred into Ouran in the start of my middle school."

Well, this is an awfully long explanation, Ryuu thought.

"I lost contact with him. So, it'd be nice if I could meet him again," she said in a bashful manner.

"Want to exchange phone numbers and email addresses, Sumiko-chan?" Emi asked. She already had her phone out.

"Definitely!" Sumiko pulled hers out too and the three stopped in the hallway to exchange contact information. "You too, Ryo-chan!"

"Okay, okay."

"Now, I'll send you Kei-kun's email address," Emi said.

"Eh? So you really do have it?" Sumiko grinned. "Yay! Thank you so much, Emi-chan!" She suddenly sprang forward and gave Emi a brief hug.

Here it is! Ryuu watched in mild horror. That strange ability to suddenly attack someone with a hug! An ability that only girls possess!

No wait, that wasn't what I was trying to say.

Here it is! Sumiko just gained something from being friends with Emi! Next she's going to start getting Emi to do her homework! Ahh, I gotta be careful!

"But calling him Kei-kun," Sumiko said. "You must have been close to him, huh?"

"Eh?" Emi shook her head. "Not really."

Is that modesty at play or is she gonna lie? Ryuu wondered. I never really know what Emi's thinking when it comes to that jackass.

"But just classmates wouldn't-

"Owhadduyaknow?" he practically yelled, flinging the classroom door open while smiling enthusiastically. "We're at the classroom!"

"Yeah, we are!" Sumiko smiled at him as she entered.

Emi just stuck her tongue out at him. "Dummy."

What? What? What did I do to deserve being called a dummy? Ah but Emi's too cute when she's making a face like that. Too… Cute!

"I don't want to go to the Host Club, Emi," Ryuu whined as the twins headed towards Music Room 3.

"Maybe we'll find an idea on what to do," she said. About the physical examination day thing. I suppose we could bribe the doctor, but they're probably already so well-paid, would they really accept our bribe?

"Or I suppose you could go home first," Emi said. "And I'll go to the Host Club myself."

"No! Definitely a no! I'm not leaving you in a room full of boys!" he replied just in the way she had expected.

"It's more a room full of girls than boys," she said.

That's true, Ryuu thought.

"Should we go sit with Fujioka-kun again?" Emi asked her brother.

"Do you think I care?"

"You're not curious about the other ones?" she said.

He shook his head. "I don't want to know how they go about hosting, Emi. I really don't."

"Then let's sit with Fujioka-kun!" She smiled and pulled him towards Haruhi's table.

"Hello, Emi-chan, Ryoko-chan." Haruhi greeted them with her usual smile.

"Hi!" Emi smiled back cheerily.

Ugh I haven't seen that kind of smile since those bastard Kei days. Ryuu crossed his arms and closed his eyes. May as well take a nap then. He was always ready to go to sleep, but for some reason, a nagging feeling kept him from doing so. A feeling like someone was watching him.

Ryuu's eyes snapped open and he glanced around in an effort to detect whomever may be watching. But everyone seemed absorbed in their hosting or their being hosted. Or whatever it's called.

He closed his eyes again, but that feeling still hadn't subsided. He turned towards the direction he believed it was coming from, then opened his eyes.

Kyoya smiled at him from across the room.

Oh my God that guy can not get any creepier than this! Ryuu thought. Kyoya nodded at Ryuu before turning back towards his guests. He's been staring at me? What the hell. Does he like lesbians or something? Or-

"Is there something on my face?" Ryuu asked Emi, pulling on her arm.

"Huh? No," she replied.

Then why was he staring at me? He watched Kyoya, who interacted with his guests calmly. He's always got that cool smile on his face. It's hard to tell what he's thinking. So creepy. Definitely got to keep him away from Emi.

"Ah!" a shout came from the nearby table that the Hitachiin twins were occupying. Kaoru apparently had dropped a plate with a slice of cake on it, and it had shattered to pieces on the floor.

"Kaoru!" Hikaru grabbed his brother's hand, inspecting the small cut on his finger. "Are you okay? This is all because you're thinking about other things. All you have to do is think about me." Hikaru placed a gentle kiss on the cut.

"Hikaru," Kaoru said, staring at his brother with a tender gaze.

"Kyaaaa!" the girls sitting around squealed.

"Oh, I can't watch this!" another girl said, practically fainting on top of her friend.

What is this? Why does it look like some ridiculous scene from a shoujo anime? Ryuu frowned. I can almost see the hearts flying out from the fangirls. Oh wait, Emi-

Emi was watching with interest, completely zoning out what another girl was saying to Haruhi.

Oh no. The Hitachiins are just feeding her fujoshi-self!

Meanwhile, Emi was trying to keep her inner fangirl from screaming, "Kyaaaaa" at the top of her lungs. She would just have to do with grinning and giggling.

"Emi, you scare me when you're fangirling," Ryuu said quietly from behind her. She jumped and grimaced at him.

"You-You! Just take a nap!" She shoved his face down with her hand. It was embarrassing for her brother to see her like this.

"Wa! Emi!"

Geez. Ryuu thought. It's not like this is the first time I've seen you like this. He closed his eyes. I hope that demon Kyoya isn't staring at me anymore. Then I can actually take a nap.

"Emi-chan," Haruhi said. "Would you like some more tea?"

"Yes please!" Emi smiled. Coming to Ouran was such a good idea!

After school, the Mazawa twins sat at the kitchen countertop, devising their counterattack against the upcoming physical examination.

"So these are our only options?" Ryuu asked, peering down at the sheet in front of him.

"Yes. I must apologize, but our resources are lacking," Emi replied in a serious tone. She pushed her glasses up.

"And you said the first two are our best bets?" he said.

She nodded, while maintaining a dark and grim look. "Yes. Our greatest chances of success lie in the first two plans. So, Boss? What shall we do?"

"Emi! Stop it!" Ryuu yelled, pointing at her. "This isn't the time to be joking around!"

She nodded again. "You're right, Boss. I deeply apologize for my poor behavior."

He groaned and decided to settle with the reliable face-palm. "Anyway, show me what you have planned for the first one."

"Yes." Emi stood. "Allow me to show you what I have prepared for Plan A, also known as, the-plan-to-pass-Ryuu-off-as-a-legitimate-human-female." She began heading towards the stairs.

"Why such a long name?" he mumbled as he followed behind. Oh well, Emi doesn't do this kinda stuff often.

"Try wearing this." Emi held up a pink tank to Ryuu when they arrived at her bedroom.

"Whaaa?"

"When the doctors measure you," Emi said. "They'll obviously have you stay in your underwear. What do you wear under the dress?"

"Nothing," he replied with a sigh.

"So wear this." She waved the pink tank in front of him.

"Why's it pink?" he asked. He sat down on her bed.

"To make you appear more feminine." She tossed it at him and he caught it. "Just try wearing it. Go, Boss! Before I throw you into the bathroom!" She pointed at the connected bathroom.

"Got it, got it." He trudged in and proceeded to pull the tank on. "Wait, Emi, is this yours?"

"Yeah," came her quick reply.

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"Don't worry, I've only worn it a few times."

"Emi."

"What?"

"This is so embarrassing."

"It's okay, come out."

"No. Oh my God. Prepare the wig, please."

"Okay. It's waiting for you. Come out now."

Ryuu slowly opened the door. The pink tank was a bit too short, exposing a small part of his chest.

"Hm." Emi stared at him thoughtfully.

"Wig! Wig, Emi, wig!" He waved his hand for the wig, and Emi plopped it in his hands without looking away.

"It's too short, huh?" she said after he'd fixed the wig on. "Ah, it's okay. It's not like there are abs peeking through." She smiled and dismissed the problem easily.

"Emi! Come on! This isn't gonna work!"

"And why not? The doctors will just think you have a super flat chest."

"Exactly! I have no boobs, Emi! The doctors will probably think there's something strange happening, like some growth deficiency!"

"Calm down, maybe if you get an old doctor with bad eyes…"

"That's not gonna happen at fancy-schmancy Ouran!"

Emi sighed. "Man, this would have been a great idea if you weren't so flat."

"I'm gonna change out of this then." He entered the bathroom again. Agh, what Emi said was so true. If only-If only I had some man boobs!

"Okay, here comes Plan B!" Emi declared loudly. "Also known as, the-plan-where-we-bribe-the-already-overpaid-doctors-at-Ouran!"

"I get it. Move on to the details." They'd returned to sitting at the kitchen table. Berty was just starting to cook dinner.

"So," Emi said. "We first investigate the doctors that will be there. Then, we find someone who has a lower salary and seems willing to lie about this kind of stuff. Then, we manipulate the system so you just perfectly get that doctor. Then I go in with you and we talk to this doctor, and we discuss the bribe amount. And-"

"Too complicated," Ryuu said.

"No it's not-"

"Yes it is." He nodded stubbornly. "Besides, we probably don't have enough money to bribe a doctor."

"Fine then! Moving on to Plan C! Also known as, plan-B's-cousin or the-plan-where-we-blackmail-"

"Emi! Get to the point!"

"Okay." She cleared her throat. "Here, as you would have been able to tell if you had just listened to the entire plan's name, is where we blackmail the doctor instead."

"So that's why it's Plan B's cousin?" he asked in a deadpan way.

"Correct! We investigate the doctors and see which one has some sketchy stuff on him or her. Then we blackmail him or her!"

"Sounds simpler than its cousin," he said.

"That's because I just gave an extremely vague summary," Emi replied. "So that you wouldn't go all I've-had-enough-time-to-flip-the-table-and-move-on."

"What? I don't do that," he said.

"Yes you do. Every time you yell, I picture you flipping a table," she said.

Ryuu sighed then let his head drop to his arms on the table. "No good. I'm doomed. Just call me a pervert and expel me from this school already."

"Pervert! You're expelled from this school!" a different voice said cheerfully.

"Akimi-nee-chan," Emi said. "Do you have any ideas?"

"Cheer up, Ryuu!" Akimi patted his arm. "The doctors are from the Ootori Hospital."

"Ootori?" Ryuu said.

"As in Ootori Kyoya-senpai?" Emi asked.

"Yup! And I'm already speaking to one of the doctors there," Akimi replied. "I think I'll be able to get you through this one, Ryuu."

"Akimi-nee-chan," Ryuu said as tears began to form in his eye. He grabbed her hand. "Thank you so much! You're waaaay more reliable than my real onee-chan!"

"Hey!" Emi smacked him light on the head. Well, lightly was an understatement.

"Ow! Emi!"

"It wasn't my idea to go crossdressing you know," she said with a frown. "And I didn't support it either."

"That's right." Akimi nodded. "I did, and that's why I will do my best to see you safely through all the way. Just leave this to me, Ryuu."

"Yes!"

"We will now have a physical examination for the 10th grade. We are very sorry to bother you, but everyone in the 10th grade, please come to each campus's nurse's office."

"Time to go!" The Hitachiin twins sounded rather excited as class A headed towards the first nurse's office.

When they arrived, they were greeted by a long row of smiling nurses and doctors. "Welcome!" they said, bowing graciously as the students.

"Creepy," Ryuu whispered to Emi.

"Yeah," she replied.

"Ladies, please come this way," a nurse said, leading them away from the boys. Ryuu gulped nervously. "We'll be measuring your height and weight first."

"Ah, okay," Emi said. She took his hand and gave it a squeeze.

It's okay. It's gonna be okay! Akimi-nee-chan already arranged everything! Ryuu told himself.

"Come with me, Mazawa sisters-sama," a nurse said. Two nurses came over to measure their heights.

"Oh my, Ryoko Mazawa-sama, it seems you have grown two centimeters!" the nurse measuring Ryuu said.

"Emi Mazawa-sama, you have grown 0.2 centimeters!" the nurse measuring Emi said,

You're saying that and have the gall to smile so cheerfully at me?Emi thought trying not to get mad. Instead she went to Ryuu and began bumping her head against his chest.

"E-Emi? What are you doing?" Ryuu asked.

"Zero-point-two," she said slowly. "Gahh. Why am I not growing anymore?!"

"You're still growing, Mazawa-sama," the nurse said. She was still smiling innocently. "Don't worry."

Say that to me once I'm 165 centimeters!

"Time to measure your weight!"

"KYAAAAAAAAAAA!"

The twins jumped just before they stepped onto the scale and turned towards the source of the noise. The majority of the girls were watching the Hitachiin twins, who were holding each other's hands while shirtless.

Skin! Bare skin! So much bare skin everywhere!Emi thought, trying to keep her gaze on the fangirls or the Hitachiin twins' faces.

"What's going on?" Ryuu asked.

"Fanservice?" she said.

"Fujioka-sama, are you ready?" a nurse was calling for Haruhi.

"Yes." A tall man stepped out from behind the curtain with black hair similar to Haruhi's. Suddenly, the nearby fangirls broke out into shouts:

"Why, Tamaki-sama?!"

"Is it a cosplay of Haruhi?"

"Kyaaa!"

"As expected of Tamaki-sama!"

"You look hot with black hair too!"

"Kyaaaaa!"

"What's going on?" Emi asked Ryuu.

"That's what I should be asking you," he replied.

"Mazawa-sama sisters, it's time to see the doctor," a nurse said.

"Okay."

As they headed away from the scene, Ryuu couldn't dispel the feeling that something wasn't right. There was something strange about Haruhi Fujioka.

But there's no way a girl could be dressing as a guy at this school right? Surely the school would catch it and-

Oh wait. I'm a guy dressing as a girl.

In the end, the physical examination day passed by fairly peacefully, and then it was the weekend.

"Wow, you two survived a week!" Akimi declared happily. "This calls for a celebration, don't you agree, Bertrand-san?"

Bertrand nodded. "Of course! Shall I cook red bean rice then?"

"It's not that great!" Ryuu said. "Let's just drink some strawberry milk."

"You're gonna get a cavity from drinking that sweet stuff all the time," Emi said.

He made a face at her while grabbing a bottle from the fridge. "Like I care."

"Oh yes, I have some more good news!" Akimi clapped her hands together. "Your mom's coming back for a short visit."
"I don't get why she can't just leave her stupid hospital alone," Ryuu grumbled after taking a sip of the milk. "It's not like it'll collapse the moment she leaves."

"Now, now, Ryuu, you have to understand how much your mother loves her hospital and her job," Akimi said.

"Obviously she loves it more than us," Ryuu said.

"Ryuu!" Emi swung a leg out at him from where she at. He caught her foot effortlessly and matched her frown. "Mom's working hard so that we can go to such a rich and fancy school like Ouran."

"I never asked to go to Ouran," he replied.

"Ryuu-sama," Bertrand said, coming over from the stove. He overshadowed Ryuu easily. "Your mother loves you a lot. And your father also loves you two a lot. Please understand."

Ryuu nodded. "Y-Yeah, I know." It was hard not to be intimidated by Bertrand when he stood directly in front of Ryuu.

"Now, let's eat dinner," Bertrand said. He turned the stove off.

"Yeah, let's eat!" Akimi smiled at them.

As Emi dug into the scrumptious meal solely prepared by Bertrand, she thought, I haven't seen Mom since… middle school graduation? Yeah. It's been a few weeks. Ryuu's usually happy about seeing Mom, but now he's just annoyed. What the heck. Isn't he used to this by now?

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