Sorry about the wait for the chapter 3 &4. I was having computer troubles but everything's cool now! Enjoy this latest installment!
Chapter 4 -- The First Session
Roxas was sleeping peacefully, having lovely dreams about being able to relax and be alone for once. No obnoxious red-haired Nobodies to bother him, no stupid clubs to join in, just pure tranquility and...
"WAKE UP, ROXAS! IT'S TIME FOR OUR FIRST CLUB SESSION!!"
Roxas groaned painfully as he felt someone jumping on him. He slowly opened his eyes to see Axel jumping up and down on his bed. "Go away," he mumbled, and he turned over, putting his pillow over his head.
"C'mon, Roxas! Aren't you excited?"
"No."
Suddenly, Roxas felt his covers being thrown off. He shivered from the sudden cold. "Leave me alone," he grumbled. The next thing he knew, he had been pushed off of the bed. He landed with a loud thud on the hard floor. He opened his eyes again to see Axel, still jumping on the bed, throwing various pillows at him.
"Wake up! Wake up!"
Roxas finally had enough. He stood up and whacked Axel with his big pillow. "GO AWAY!!"
Axel got off the bed and looked sadly at Roxas. "Okay, fine." Instantly he perked up again. "But you're still coming, right? 'Cuz you have a debt to pay us and if you don't, Zexion will track you down and kill you in your sleep!"
Roxas groaned again, "Okay, just leave so I can get ready." Axel happily bounced out of the room and began waking up the other members. "Where does he get all of that energy? There's a word for that kind of behavior... Oh right. Obnoxious." He slowly got dressed in his Organization coat and looked at his messy hair. "It'll have to stay that way for now..." he mumbled to himself, fingering through the blonde spikes of hair on his head. Then he headed toward the break room, scared of what he might find awaiting him there.
Axel, Marluxia, Zexion, Demyx, and Xaldin were each carrying various supplies. Demyx was carrying a stuffed cat, Marluxia had a box of roses, and Xaldin was armed with cooking equipment. Zexion was checking off items on a clipboard, and Axel was sorting through a bag of clothing.
"Yay, Roxas! You're just in time!" shouted Demyx. "See? I got a cute lil' plushie kitty!" He proudly displayed his new prop. "It's much easier to carry around than my sitar!"
Marluxia shoved a box of teabags toward Roxas. "Here, you can carry the tea!" Roxas unwillingly took the box, all the while suspiciously watching Axel.
"What are the clothes for?" he asked their leader.
"You'll see!" Axel responded, with a sly grin. "It's a suprise!"
The six Nobodies each went through their dark portal of transportation. As Roxas exited his, he looked around to see that they had landed in a small town with a train line surrounding the exterior.
"Welcome to Twilight Town, everyone!" proclaimed Axel. "This will be our first base of operations." A white Dusk slithered toward them, carrying a few signs. It handed them to Axel and then disappeared. "Ooh, good. Looks like my Dusk squad was able to publicize for us!"
Roxas looked around in horror to see several signs advertising the host club posted on the walls of the surrounding buildings. Great, now we'll really look like idiots, he thought. They quickly made their way to a building with elegant designs in the architecture. They had rented a small room in the train station to start their business. A few young ladies watched them curiously as they passed by.
"We shouldn't have much setting up to do," Zexion said as they walked inside. "Xaldin just has to get his cooking ready, and we'll need to get into costume."
"COSTUME?!" Roxas glared at Axel, who smiled and pulled various tuxedoes out of his bag of clothing.
"We'll have to look nice for the ladies, won't we?" he said, handing the costumes out to the other members. "Get dressed quickly and then meet back here to discuss the order of operations." Roxas grabbed his tuxedo and stormed off to the back room to change.
"We all look so spiffy!" exclaimed Marluxia as the host club members emerged, decked out in white tuxedo shirts, red vests, black pants, and red bowties. "I especially like the bowtie!"
I look so ridiculous... Roxas slumped down in a chair and listened as Axel explained how to act in front of the ladies.
"You must be polite, but act in character." He turned to Demyx. "For example, Demmy, you need to look cute and cuddle your kitty, and give them that cutsey look you do when you're trying to steal sugar." Demyx instantly put on his best pouty face and hugged the kitty close to his chest. "Marluxia, you need to be sensitive about nature. You're pretty good with the charming rose-holding pose." Marluxia instantly pressed a rose to his nose, as though he were smelling it. As soon as Axel finished explaining the various character aspects for each member, a gentle knock was heard at the door.
"Is this the host club?" came a shy girl's voice.
Axel instantly jumped up and opened the door. "Yes it is, my lovely lady." The girl had blonde hair and wore a blue and black tanktop with khaki pants.
"Oh, good!" She smiled and turned to a brown-haired girl behind her. "Here it is, Olette!" The two girls came in and immediately picked which character types they wanted. Before long, a horde of girls had come into the room, and Roxas found himself entertaining three guests at the same time.
I never realized my fanbase was this big, he thought as he looked at the three girls who were swooning over him. He let out an involuntary sigh.
"Is everything all right, Roxas-kun?" asked Olette, who had been his first customer.
"I guess I never realized how many girls were so insanely in love with me," he replied with a charming smile. I think that's what Axel said to do... Olette and the other two girls blushed and giggled.
By the end of the day, Roxas was completely worn-out. "I didn't know how much work went into charming girls," he told Demyx later.
Axel, who had overheard him, said, "It takes a lot of effort to charm a lovely young girl, but that's why they appreciate it so much! Opening up one's heart to a girl is difficult."
"You idiot, we don't have hearts!" replied Roxas. "I was talking about how mentally tiring it is to constantly dumb yourself down to these ditzy girls!" Axel looked somewhat offended, and he went to sulk in the corner.
"Mom, Roxas is being mean to me!" he whined, looking over at Zexion.
"'Mom?' Last time I checked I was not your mother, Axel," he said, glancing over at the moping red-head. "I think you're getting too much into Tamaki's character."
"But Tamaki is magnificent! A perfect model for any dashing young gentleman!" shouted Axel with a serious look on his face.
"A perfect model for any aspiring idiot, more like it," Zexion replied, and he went back to totaling their income for the day. Then he looked up at the other members. "Well, it seems we were quite successful today," he said. "The idiot red-head got one thing right; this is really profitable."
"Yay!" Axel jumped up from his previous state of depression. "Didn't everyone have fun? We should do this again tomorrow!"
Roxas groaned; Demyx and Marluxia cheered. Zexion muttered something about having too much free time. Xaldin was too busy admiring how wonderfully his strawberry cake had turned out.
"All right, then! We're meeting in the break room tomorrow at 9 a.m., sharp!" Axel grinned. "Good job, everyone! This is just the beginning of a wonderful new adventure!"