"Haruhi, look, I'm a ninja!" Tamaki Suoh shouted, running out of his changing room dressed in a Naruto costume. Haruhi, wearing dark clothes and a black wig, gave her boyfriend a quick once-over before adjusting her ninja headband.
"Takashi, my eyepatch feels funny!" Honey yelled, jumping into his guardian's waiting arms.
"It's on the wrong eye," Mori commented, switching Honey's black eyepiece to cover the boy's right eye with one gloved hand. It was strange to see the cheerful boy in such dark, gloomy clothing. Mori, on the other hand, looked like he'd been born for a butler's uniform.
"We're coming out at the same time, right Kaoru?" Hikaru asked, fumbling with the last button on his brown coat. Kaoru adjusted his glasses on his nose and replied, "Yeah, are you ready?"
"Yeah. On three, kay? One, two, three!" The curtain between the Hitachiins' dressing rooms slid back. Hikaru was dressed in brown slacks and a matching jacket over a dress shirt and tie. Kaoru wore a bomber jacket over a green shirt and slacks, plus a pair of thin-rimmed glasses. Both twins burst out laughing.
"Do your accent, Hika!" Kaoru pleaded as Hikaru pulled the younger twin beside him, looking down into his little brother's amber eyes. Pushing a few strands of ginger hair back under their wig, Hikaru said, in a surprisingly sexy British accent, "You're keeping these glasses, right?"
"Welcome!" The Host Club greeted their guests with the usual light and rose petals as the doors of Music Room #3 swung open. Crowds of customers, more than usual, rushed forward, fawning over the six Hosts participating in today's event: Yaoi Cosplay.
Tamaki and Haruhi were dressed as Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, respectively, from the Naruto anime. Honey and Mori were dressed as Ciel Phantomhive and Sebastian Michaelis, from the Black Butler anime. Finally, Hikaru and Kaoru were dressed as England and America, or Arthur and Alfred, from the Hetalia anime.
From behind a closed door, Renge and Kyoya peered in on their friends. "They look great, don't you think?" Renge sighed dreamily as she struggled with a zipper. Kyoya hummed in agreement. "Kyoya, could you help me with my cape? I can't find the clip," Renge complained. The Shadow King discarded his own cape and helped the Lady Manager buckle the green cape around her neck and shoulders. Meanwhile…
"Oh, Tamaki-senpai, that outfit looks so great on you! And Haruhi, you look so cute in black!" A group of girls exclaimed. They were sitting with the princely and natural Hosts, too distracted by the cosplayers to drink their tea.
"Wanna see my jutsu?" Tamaki asked excitedly, standing up quickly.
"Naruto, you'll scare them." Haruhi stood up as well, then pushed Tamaki back onto the couch.
"You're no fun, Sasuke! Can't we have a little fun?" Tamaki complained. Well, they're making a nice effort, their customers thought, giggling.
"Sebastian, fetch us some tea," Honey commanded in a low British accent.
"Yes, my young lord," Mori replied, disappearing to find them a tea set. Honey sat cross-legged in his usual chair, stoically watching his customers through one eye. I don't know if I can do this! How is this kid so… dark? Honey panicked internally. Luckily, Mori returned at that moment with a tea set and went about pouring tea for Honey and their customers.
"Are you working on a case, Ciel?" One of the girls asked, blushing. Honey and Mori froze up for a second, before Honey said as calmly as he could, "Um, well, I'd like some cake. Sebastian, bring me cake."
"Yes, my lord," Mori uttered, walking away again to find some cake. Well, they're doing better than Haruhi and Tamaki! The customers thought with a laugh.
Just then, the doors to Music Room #3 opened, revealing two more boys… dressed as Alois Trancy and Claude Faustus. The six Hosts stood up, startled by the appearance of more cosplayers.
"Welcome to the Ouran Host Club! I am Tama- I mean Naruto, and who are you?" Tamaki asked, twirling over to the newcomers in a fashion that hardly befit a ninja.
"Ooh, homos! I like this place! But I'm here for," the boy paused, looked around the room, and when he caught sight of Honey, shouted, "Ciel!"
"Aaaah! It's Alois Trancy and Claude Faustus! Kyaaa!" Customers squealed, rushing to fawn over the newcomers.
"Who are they? How come they're so popular?" Tamaki asked Haruhi, pouting.
"How should I know? Ask Renge. I'm sure she's around here somewhere," Haruhi replied, only just realizing that their Lady Manager was nowhere in sight. Craning her neck to look around the entire music salon, Haruhi realized that both Kyoya and Renge were missing in action. I know Kyoya said he wasn't going to participate today, but it's strange for him to not even show up!
"Ciel! There you are, I've been looking all over for you!" The boy dressed as Alois grabbed Honey in a vice-like hug. The shortest Host's eyes widened as he realized who was dressed as Alois. Apparently the rest of the school had been keen to get in on their cosplay idea… But then who was portraying Claude?
Mori and the Claude stared at each other. In a flash, Mori whipped out several knives, sliding them between his fingers like claws, and taking up a fighting stance. The Claude imposter did the same, although his silverware was gold.
"Young Master, shall I eliminate this bastard?" Mori asked, not breaking eye contact with the other butler. Honey stopped his attempt to pry Alois off and ripped off his eyepatch, revealing a contact lense bearing Ciel's contract mark. Five customers fainted on the spot.
"Yes. Eliminate them, Sebastian. That's an order!" Honey yelled. He managed to shake off Alois, and this time pulled out a fencing sword to defend himself. The Alois boy looked startled, then pulled out a fencing sword of his own.
"Claude! I order you to kill Sebastian!" Alois yelled as he and Honey engaged in swordplay. The clang of metal held the entire club's attention for a few minutes. Honey's martial arts prowess came into play as he swiftly dodged several attacks and nearly struck his opponent. Within moments it was an all-out martial arts duel, revealing that whoever was portraying Alois was also a martial arts master.
However, it was a hushed "Yes, my lord," from Mori that drew the club's attention to the second duel of the day, this one between two demon butlers. Both Mori and Claude pulled their gloves off with their teeth, causing almost half the customers to briefly lose consciousness. Before anyone could think to stop them, Mori and Claude were going head to head at the same time as Honey and Alois battled it out.
"Ha! You can't beat me!" Honey cheered. The Host had pinned the Alois cosplayer to the floor and was holding the other's sword triumphantly. Moments later, Mori had knocked all of Claude's silverware out of his hands, and the other raised his hands in defeat.
"Good fight, Ciel," the Alois cosplayer smiled, accepting a hand from Honey to help him stand up. The Claude cosplayer walked over to join his Master. Waving farewell, the two guests began to make their way out of Music Room #3. "Well, I'll leave you to enjoy your homo club. Ole!"
"Bye Chika!" Honey called after his brother. Outside the club room, Chika just smiled. Then, he turned to his partner and said, "I was wondering if he'd pick up on the fact that it was me. Thanks for helping me out, by the way."
Hikaru leaned over and whispered to Kaoru, "Did you realize it was Chika?"
"I guessed from the martial arts," Kaoru admitted, blushing faintly from Hikaru's accent. Damn, couldn't Hikaru use a British accent all the time? Even though Honey and Mori also spoke in British accents today, Hikaru's accent was so much better, although Kaoru couldn't pinpoint why that was.
A new group of three customers sat down with the Hitachiin twins. Startled, they recognized the three girls as Akari, Yuna, and Nanami. "Konnichiwa, Hikaru-kun, Kaoru-kun!" The three girls greeted them.
"Hello," Hikaru said, British accent on full display. You know, as much as I love that accent, I kind of wish he wouldn't use it, at least not here. These people aren't close to Hikaru like I am, Kaoru thought. Whoa, since when am I possessive of my brother? You're getting weirder every day, Kaoru, the younger ginger reprimanded himself.
Kaoru was snapped out of his thoughts when a warm teacup was pressed into his hands. Hikaru, smiling, said, "You're awfully thoughtful today, Alfred. Is something on your mind?"
"I was just planning a heroic new battle strategy!" Kaoru announced proudly.
"He thinks he's so great, doesn't he? We still love him, right?" Hikaru asked, apparently to no one in particular. Akari, Yuna, and Nanami paled, thinking that the older Hitachiin had gone crazy, because he was stroking the air and talking to it. That is, until they remembered Arthur's invisible friends.
Kaoru was so hung up on the we still love him part that his next words came out thoughtlessly. "You love me?"
Hikaru and the three girls went wide-eyed as they realized what Hikaru had said. Sweating, the elder twin tried to cover up his mistake by saying, "Uh, well… Why'd you let me say that?" So, he was talking to the unicorn again.
What have I done? It just kind of slipped out… Did I mean it? Hikaru rubbed his hands nervously on his pant leg. Meanwhile, the customers seemed to be in yaoi heaven. Akari and Nanami looked spaced out and dreamy, while Yuna had even gone so far as to extend a hand to Arthur's unicorn in greeting.
A lightbulb appeared above the younger Hitachiin's head as he was struck by a brilliant idea. Looking away and trying to appear completely disinterested, Kaoru said, "Oh, I didn't realize it was a problem. I was going to say something similar, but…"
Hikaru's eyes snapped toward his little brother. Did he just… No way, Kaoru never takes the lead… But with this pairing, I did read that America usually is the lead… "You were?"
"Yeah. I was going to say that… I love you too, big brother!" Kaoru cried, throwing his arms around Hikaru and burying his head in the older boy's shoulder. Hikaru's eyes went wide, and for once, he did not need the assistance of fake tears. A real one slid down his cheek, luckily where the customers couldn't see it. Did he… Did he mean that?
As the twin gingers were trying to sort out the complicated tangle of emotional goodness they'd just gotten themselves into, their three customers had gone beyond their breaking point. Mori appeared both a bucket to catch the massive amount of blood created by three simultaneous volcanic nosebleeds.
Music Room #3 had even hushed quite a bit, shocked by these words. "I love you" was so rarely used in the Host Club, and especially by the Host Club's mischievous type twins. Tamaki and Haruhi, subconsciously holding each other's hands, stared at the Hitachiins with open mouths. Honey had stopped chewing his cake, and Mori was emotionless as ever, still assisting in the cleanup of nosebleeds.
When Hikaru and Kaoru broke apart, both blushed madly at the realization that the entire Host Club had witnessed this event. Things just got complicated.
Gradually, the noise level in the music salon returned to normal, and the room's attention shifted back to the other hosts. Akari, Yuna, and Nanami had to be escorted to the nurse as they could no longer handle the extreme romantic tension between the Hitachiin twins.
The afternoon looked like it was going back to normal for a few minutes. That is, until Kyoya burst through the doors of Music Room #3, doing something the other Hosts would be sure to tease him about for the rest of his life.
"Sie sind das Essen und wir sind die Jäger!" The Shadow King burst through the Host Club doors, shouting at the top of his lungs and dressed like Eren Jaeger from Attack on Titan. Music Room #3 fell deathly silent.
"Oi, Jaeger! I told you to wait for me!" A shorter person came running in after Kyoya, this one dressed like Levi Rivaille. The Levi kicked Kyoya in the back, causing the Shaodw King to thud against the floor with a muffled "But Heichou!" With a gasp, the Hosts recognized this second person as Renge. We should've known she would want to get in on the action. But how on Earth did she wrangle Kyoya into doing this?
Manic laughter from the other Hosts was drowned out by ear-shattering screams from their customers. A flood of yellow dresses raced toward the doors, surrounding Kyoya and Renge. Oh, so that's how she got him to do it. It'll turn a huge profit.
"Oh my god, it's Eren and Levi! Heichou! Eren! Kyaaaaa!" Kyoya and Renge walked fully into Music Room #3, the girls following closely at their heels. Oh boy, I hope one of his hidden cameras gets pictures of this! Hikaru thought with a laugh. The Shadow King would never live this one down.
"So, Arthur, what was it you were saying earlier? Something about me being so great?" Kaoru asked in a husky tone, his mouth close to Hikaru's ear. The elder twin suppressed a shiver of white hot energy. He'd been caught off guard.
"Th-that's right," Hikaru mumbled out. A group of customers was now looking on eagerly. They seemed to like seeing Kaoru dominant for once. And, if he was being honest with himself, Hikaru would have to say that he liked seeing this hidden side of his brother as well. Looking around at the rest of the Host Club, Hikaru decided that maybe this yaoi cosplay had brought out some new angles to all of the Hosts.
Kaoru pushed Hikaru onto his back and leaned over the older boy, his voice hovering just above a whisper as he said, "Mmm, is all of me great? Or are some parts better than others?"
Yep, definitely some good changes here. "Personally, I adore this part."
A/N: Aww, yay! This chapter was seriously so much fun to write! Aaaand...
I'm giving Lootmagoot a shoutout because you were the only one to guess who some of the guys were playing! Good job! *high fives*
So, did I get enough good yaoi cosplay in there for you guys? Any pairings you would've liked to see? Remember to follow, favorite, and review! Thanks so much for reading, you guys!