CHAPTER: III
In the prefects carriage sat six handsome, gorgeous, striking, good-looking — I could go on, and on, but you'd probably get bored — guys you could ever see in your life. Haruhi blushed as she saw them — they, who sat impressively before her. Yet, there was something familiar about these handsome lads. She knew very well they went to the same school as herself — she wasn't that dense. Before Haruhi could recognize who these striking men were, one of them — the tall, blonde with beautiful blue eyes, who had a mixture of ethnicities, Haruhi couldn't have placed them — swooped down and gave her a kiss on her trembling hand.
"My name is Tamaki Suoh, my fair lady…" He said flashing her a charming smile. Haruhi seemed to be lost for words, until a cough — supposedly from Ron — shook her back into existence.
"Oh, Err — My name is Haruhi Fujioka…" Haruhi mumbled.
"Fujioka? Fujioka Haruhi — The scholarship student?" A handsome boy with black hair and glasses asked. It seemed to Haruhi that he was the definition of cool.
"Y-Yes, that's me," Haruhi replied, startled that he knew who she was.
"Scholarship, huh…" Haruhi looked to see who had spoken. It was a dashing boy — wait two of them? Twins!? They were sitting side-by-side. Their hair reddish-orange and spiked up. She loved their hair — it was unique from everyone else's. The twins gave each other a mischievous look and grinned. Haruhi knew they were up to no good.
"Interesting…" The "cool" guy with the glasses muttered.
"Ah, so you come from Ouran Academy as well. Do you know who we are?" Tamaki asked.
"No… I think — I'm not positively sure though — that I've seen you around…" Haruhi replied. She froze — Tamaki looked like he was about to faint. Actually, he wasn't moving at all… It was like he was frozen — petrified even.
"Don't mind Tama-chan," (note: nickname for Tamaki) a cute voice said. Haruhi looked and saw a small, extremely cute boy. 'He's so cute! I just want to hug him!' Haruhi thought to herself. He had big bright eyes, and a loving smile. He was carrying a stuffed rabbit.
"Yes, don't mind him," The "cool" guy with the glasses said. "He has an extremely big ego and gets easily depressed… He overreacts — " He gave a sly smile, "like a drama king…" Haruhi couldn't help but laugh. Tamaki unfroze and rounded on the "cool" guy — as Haruhi referred to him.
"I am not a Drama King!" Tamaki yelled.
"Calm down my lord," One of the twins said.
"Yeah," The other joined in, "Kyoya was just kidding… Besides — "
"Aren't you going to introduce us? Or — "
"Do we have to do it?"
Haruhi thought it was impressive and amusing how the twins finished each other's sentences. Tamaki seemed to forget the minor conflict they were just having and turned to face Haruhi again. He grabbed her hand and pulled her inside. Ron understood and made a gesture to Haruhi indicating he was going to back to the compartment. Haruhi waved as Ron slid the compartment door shut.
"Now, my fair lady… This — " He indicated to the "cool" guy, "Is Kyoya Ohtori, my closest friend…" Kyoya smiled at her. "These rambunctious duo — "
He pointed over at the twins, who said in unison, "We are not rambunctious!"
"Are the Hitachiin twins," He pointed to the twin on the right and said, "This one is Hikaru and — " He pointed to the twin on the left, "This is Kaoru. You might find that it is quite — WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING?!" Tamaki yelled. The Hitachiin twins were hugging Haruhi and they kissed her on each cheek — Hikaru on the right and Kaoru on the left. Unaware of what had just happened, it took a while before Haruhi's face started turning crimson. Coming back to Earth, Haruhi saw that the twins were trying to avoid punches — yet, they were still grinning — from Tamaki, who was saying something, but was too muffled to understand. Haruhi thought she heard something like, "You just met her!" "Idiots!" "Who said you could make a move on her first!" Haruhi watched Tamaki punching, and the twins dodging for a whole fifteen minutes. 'How much energy does this guy have?' Haruhi thought to herself watching Tamaki in awe. After another ten minutes, or so, Tamaki became tired and stopped. 'Finally,' Haruhi thought. The twins — surprisingly still full of energy — gave each other the same mischievous look as before. 'Oh, no…' Haruhi groaned.
"My lord," Hikaru said.
Kaoru cut in, "we're sorry if you wanted to make the first move on Haruhi, but — "
"She was too pretty, and — "
"We hope you don't mind — "
"If we do the honors of…"
"Kissing her again!" The Hitachiin twins said together. Before Haruhi, Tamaki, or anyone else in the compartment could do anything, Haruhi received another kiss from Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin. Haruhi turned slightly pink as the twins went back to their seat grinning. They gave each other a high-five.
"My lord, don't be so down," Hikaru said.
"Yeah," Kaoru said, "We were bored, and just wanted to have some fun…"
Haruhi noticed the vein throbbing on Tamaki's forehead, and in order to prevent another one of the "Tamaki vs. Twins" Boxing match, she quickly said to him "Err- Tamaki don't worry about it… They were just having a little fun." Although, Haruhi thought that that was too much excitement for one day.
"It's okay, you don't have to be overprotective…" Haruhi said.
Out of nowhere, Tamaki huddled in the corner — looking extremely depressed.
"Err… What did I say?" Haruhi asked, bewildered.
"You hurt his giant ego," Hikaru said, yawning.
"I told you he was a Drama King," Kyoya said smiling. Haruhi gazed at Tamaki. 'He's that sensitive?' She asked herself. She walked over to Tamaki, put her hand on his shoulder and said apologetically, "I'm sorry Tamaki. I didn't mean to hurt your ego — I mean feelings…" It was like a flash of light. Tamaki was standing up holding Haruhi's hand.
"Of course you didn't mean that — With me, a handsome host — which no lady seems to resist. And you, so beautiful with your big, curious eyes and long black hair flying in the wind…" Tamaki finished standing as if he conquered a thousand soldiers single-handedly — lost in his own day dream. 'I can't believe this guy… Is he serious?' Haruhi thought to herself trying to restrain a laugh.
"What is the Host Club anyway?" Haruhi asked, curiosity taking the best of her.
Beaming, Tamaki replied, "The host club — Ah, but before I answer that — I forgot to introduce you to Mitsukuni Haninozuka, you can call him Hunny" He said, pointing to the extremely cute, little boy. "And our final member — " Tamaki began, but was cut off by Hunny.
"This is Takashi Morinozuka! You can call him Mori, Haru-chan!" (Note: nickname for Haruhi) Hunny said, beaming. Haruhi waved at Mori, who raised his hand in reply.
"Thank you, Hunny," Tamaki said. "You're welcome Tama-chan!" Hunny said, taking out a pumpkin pasty and stuffing it into his mouth.
"Ouran Academy is defined by, one, prestigious families, and two, wealth. And prosperous people have much time on their hands. Therefore, this Ouran Host Club is about these handsome guys who have time giving hospitality to these lovely ladies who also have time and profit off of them… It's an elegant game unique to this super-rich school. During the time the girls attend, We — The Host Club members can be designated, which means a specific host is asked to entertain them. We all have different ways of entertaining our guests and at other times, greet all of our customers at once. There are different types in this host club," Tamaki smiled, "Which do you prefer Haruhi?"
He pointed to Mori, "The wild type?"
"The loli-shota type?" Tamaki said, as he pointed to Hunny.
(Note: loli-shota meaning: older characters that are considered child-like or otherwise cute. Hunny is actually 17 if you didn't read the character info. He looks and acts like a little child, but is actually the oldest member of the Host Club!)
"The little devil type?" Tamaki said, as he barely glanced at Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin.
"The cool type?" He gestured at Kyoya.
"Or —" Tamaki said touching Haruhi's cheek, "How about you try me, the prince type?" Haruhi jumped — probably a foot — away from Tamaki.
"I- I wasn't going to designate anyone!" Haruhi stuttered. "I just came in here because that's where all the transfer students are supposed to go… Right?"
"Precisely," Kyoya replied.
"You can take a seat in between us," The Hitachiin twins said, as they made a space in between themselves. Haruhi walked over and sat in between the two. The twins looked each other, and winked. As soon as she sat down, Hikaru put his arm around Haruhi and Kaoru held Haruhi's hand. They roared with laughter seeing the expression on Tamaki's face, who once again, was lost for words. Kyoya said, "Don't get worked up again Tamaki. You know the twins, always up to trouble. Don't worry about it…" Kyoya said, in a bored tone. Tamaki turned around and resumed his seat next to Kyoya. The rest of the train ride consisted of much conversation, laughter, and jealous anger — from Tamaki — because the twins, claiming they were bored, kept flirting with Haruhi.
They were interrupted by Ron, who came to tell Haruhi that they were almost at Hogwarts and she had to change into her robes. Saying farewell to the Host Club, she followed Ron back to the compartment.