Hey all, sorry this took so long. I hope put this out pretty quickly. Anyway, enjoy.
The cast members were all sitting in the lounge in the apartment; Nico and Grady were expounding on the adventure they had while looking for restaurants while the girls ignored them and discussed the strange people they had met the day before.
"I liked that one with the blond hair," Tawni sighed.
"Tamaki? He's really weird," Sonny argued.
"They're all really weird," Zora cut in. "and I'm they one they call a freak? Those twins...there's just something wrong with them. I think the only straight ones are the girl and...well actually that's it."
There was a knock at the door. A young waiter with a silver platter entered the room and came up to them. "Are you Sonny Monroe and Company?" he asked. They nodded. "I was requested to give this to you." He bowed and gave the letter to the group then left the room.
Sonny opened the letter and read:
"Dearest Princesses and Apprentices,
You are coordinately invited to come to the Host Club and be treated as honored guests.
We ask that you wear you wear the attire given (girls in the dresses and guys in the suits preferably; just in case you are not familiar).
Attendance time will be strictly at 2 o'clock and no earlier, held in the third music room at the end of the north hallway.
Gentlemen, please bring your characteristic with you, we (I) will teach you how to use it to impress women.
Ladies, bring a smile and an appetite for tea and sweets.
Sincerely yours,
Tamaki Suoh (King of the Host Club)
"So where is this attire I wonder?" Sonny asked looking around. There was another knock at the door. They opened it to see some maids with fluffy yellow dresses and nice blue suits and ties on hangers. "You would have thought they planned it," Sonny mumbled. The maids bowed and left. Everyone took the outfit that fit them best then Sonny found another letter:
"I apologize for these outfits, I know they're not the prettiest but
it's our school uniform, we wouldn't want you to stick out too badly! :p
-Tamaki Suoh."
"I think they're... cute," Tawni began holding the dress up with an odd look.
"I'm not going to wear this," Zora said plainly. "I don't wear dresses."
"Then you won't go," Sonny replied just as curtly.
"Fine, I have better things to do anyway," Zora said with a shrug.
"What do you think he means by 'characteristic?'" Grady asked looking back at Nico for a suggestion.
Nico also shrugged. "Could be just our charm and good looks, haha."
"Well I guess we'll find out at two," Sonny replied. "Let's get ready to go."
At two o'clock on the nose the So Random! cast arrived at the empty Music Room 3 at the end of the north hallway. They opened the door and rose petals fluttered out around them. They looked in and saw and an Ancient Egyptian kingdom complete with Pharaoh (Tamaki) and Pharohess (Haruhi) and other officials.
"Yōkoso!" the group said.
Tamaki leaned forward. "Ah! Our honored guests! You are the first here!" he looked at each in turn. "And you look lovely in those dresses!"
He paced towards them and put an arm on Nico and Grady's shoulders. "Time for you to start training. And don't come and tell me you only have one girl to impress because I can't help you with that.
"I..." Grady began.
"Ladies, choose whichever Host you want to entertain you, we are here to make you happy," Tamaki cut in, gesturing happily around the room to each person and area. But as the 'King' of the Club was standing with his arms spread a dark cloud seemed to drift over to him in the form of a person with black hair and glasses.
"May I speak to you Tamaki?" the figure said.
Tamaki went very still and pale. "Yeah sure, Kyoya."
The guests each went to the Host they wanted to meet with as Tamaki described. However three of the four wanted to see Tamaki, so only Sonny went to go see one, and that was Haruhi.
"Oh, boy," Haruhi sighed as she sat down. "Kyoya isn't happy. And if 'Mom' isn't happy, nobody's happy."
"What do you mean? I thought Kyoya is a guy?" Sonny replied taking a slice of cake.
"He is, but, Tamaki refers to the club as a family. He is Dad, Kyoya is Mom (and rightly so, but I also call him the Shadow King), Hikaru, Kaoru, and I are the kids and Honey-senpai and Mori-senpai are the neighbors."
"That seems...kind of weird."
"Yeah, it is."
"So why are you here in the first place? I mean, a girl, surrounded by boys entertaining other girls?"
"Many things are odd in my life. This is one of them. I was looking for a quiet place to study when I stumbled upon this place. I accidentally broke a Renaissance vase worth 8 million yen. Now I'm working here to pay it off."
"Well that sure is...um..." Sonny couldn't find the words to describe it.
"Yeah, so now everyone here thinks I'm a guy except the few people who know that I'm not...and you guys." Haruhi looked down. "Would you like some more tea?"
"No, I'm fine."
There was a short pause. "Where's Zora? I didn't see her come in with you."
"She's not much for proper stuff. Once and a while you might catch her hiding in a vent, but other than that it's hard to track her down, especially now that she is finding new hiding places in Japan."
"That's like the twins, except they won't hide in vents."
Sonny took another bite of cake then looked over. "Why is Tamaki curled up on the floor?"
Haruhi looked as well. "Kyoya probably said something about not inviting people who aren't from the school. But he probably said it with that icy demeanor that Tamaki knows says 'you messed up big time.'"
"Oh, I didn't mean to get him in trouble," Sonny said. "Maybe we should just go..."
"No, you're here now aren't you? Seeing his customers happy is the only way it'll make Tamaki happy. Plus, Kyoya always seems to be grouchy."
"What was that, Haruhi?" the dark hair teen with glasses turned and pushed his glasses up. Haruhi looked like she was going to pass out and even Sonny felt slightly worried. "Anyway, this is supposed to be a prestigious club for the students. Not commoners from another country."
"We're not 'commoners,'" Tawni sniffed. "We're actors who have traveled around the world."
Kyoya chuckled. "Very nice story. You must show us one of your acts."
Tawni turned towards Sonny. "What do you say? Actually, I know what you'll say 'no Tawni, we're on vacation!'"
"I thinks it's a good idea," Sonny offered. "We always need to brush up on our acting for different groups of people."
A smile spread across Tawni's face. "But we'll need some props and time to think of a sketch."
"Props aren't a problem we have those. It's your acting ability that is. What kind of 'acting' are you familiar with?"
"Comedy," Nico said standing up from the couch.
"Do you cosplay?" the twins asked.
"Not generally," Sonny replied. "But we can always try if you want us to."
"That would be fun!" Honey began.
Kyoya cut him off. "I think it's enough if you show us one of your normal skits. Please stay and have tea and cake, but this time tomorrow, have your 'sketch' at hand to preform for the Host Club and its guests."
"Whoa, Kyoya, these are our honored guests!" Tamaki ran over grabbing the 'Shadow King" by the shoulders. "You can't make them work! They didn't do anything!"
"Were fine with it really," Sonny smiled.
"Yeah, we always love to entertain!" Grady agreed.
"In fact, I think we should head back to get Zora and plan the sketch," Sonny said as she turned toward the door.
"But..." Tamaki reached after.
"You go on ahead, Sonny," Tawni said walking next to Tamaki.
"Yeah, we have some training to do," Nico agreed.
"Fine, don't blame me if you don't like the sketch I come up with!" Sonny walked determinedly out of the room and closed the door behind her.
"Why didn't you go after her? How do you know she won't make a bad sketch?" the twins asked.
"Sonny?" Tawni scoffed. "Making a bad sketch? That's how she got on So Random! And she's weak in the being mad area. Even after Chad broke up with her..."
"She had a boyfriend?" Tamaki and the twins looked startled.
"Yeah, he looked a little like you," Tawni nodded at Tamaki.
"But, Sonny is so like...Haruhi," the twins persisted they looked over at their president who had a very happy and almost evil smile on his face. "oh, great."
Haruhi walked over and also looked at the senior. "I don't know what he's thinking about, but I don't think I want to know."
So many ideas so little time! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, because I did. Have fun until the next chapter!