So today was the day Natalie, Brooke, and I are planning on visiting this so called "Host Club" after school. We had arranged to meet in the parking lot after school and Brooke was going to drive us over to Ouran.
Brooke was the only one of us who has their license and she was a pretty good driver, if you overlook her having nervous breakdowns whenever she gets behind the wheel. But like I said, she was our only option. Natalie always says she drives like a slow grandma or a limping turtle but she is getting better.
I only had to wait a few minutes before both Natalie and Brooke showed up. Natalie called shotgun so I was stuck in the back. While Brooke was fully concentrated on driving Natalie turned to face me in the back.
"So what's our plan?" Natalie asked.
"I have no clue. I was just sort of planning on winging it." I admitted. "Do you think they will just allow us to go in there?"
"Well, assuming you have been there before you must have gotten in somehow. We will just have to figure out how." Natalie suggested.
"Yea because I have no memory and no clues to figure out how I got in before but we are just going to figure out how I did it anyways." I said sarcastically.
Natalie held up her hands in surrender and said, "Just trying to help."
"Can I see that brochure thing?" Natalie asked.
"Yea, sure." I said while I got out the mini Host Club album. Natalie insisted it was a brochure but it looked like a photo album to me.
"Hmm….well if you really do know these guys then you have been holding back on us because they're pretty hot." Natalie said.
I rolled my eyes and grabbed the album away from her. I scolded her by saying, "This is supposed to be a clue, not your eye candy."
"Psh…why can't I investigate and enjoy the eye candy at the same time?" Natalie said.
I've known Natalie for quite some time and it doesn't take perfect memory to know all the boy drama Natalie has been in. I think her first boyfriend was in like 2nd grade and she has always had a boyfriend since. So far she had had exactly 13 boyfriends, not that I am counting or anything, so you can see she sort of gets around. Brooke and I haven't even had a single boyfriend, unless you count Jeremy Roth in 3rd grade who would always hang out with me and hold my hand for 2 weeks until someone told him girls have cooties.
"Umm….guys….I think we are here." Brooke said nervously.
Natalie and I turned to look out the window and saw an extremely large baby pink school. By the extravagance of the school I immediately knew that this was the place. From what I know Ouran Academy was a total rich kid school. I know a bit of its history but nothing really important .
Brooke drove up to the guard gate and just stared at us and waited for us to explain why we were here. Brooke rolled down her window and looked about ready to have a panic attack.
Natalie on the other hand looked pretty calm and put her plan into action, not that we really came up with a plan. She grabbed my arm and pulled me in between the seats so that the guard could see my face and said, "We are just giving a ride to this girl here, Annette Blanche."
The guard looked at me for a second and I tensed up. Then he suddenly smiled and said, "Welcome back Miss Blanche."
Everyone in the car breathed a sigh of relief as the gates were opened. I said thank you to the guard and we drove in and looked for a parking space. I looked around to see if anything looked familiar but nothing was ringing any bells.
Brooke pulled into a parking spot and we headed to the front of the school. There was a few people moving around campus but they all looked like they were pretty busy, unlike at our school where everyone just pretty much wanders aimlessly after school.
"So where are we headed?" Brooke asked.
"I have no clue." I admitted.
"Hmm…let's ask for directions." Natalie stated.
Before I could say anything she flagged down a passerby and asked. The girl she asked gave us an "Are you stupid?" look but she told us anyways.
With that piece of information we were off. I looked around as I walked and took note of every hallway and room number we passed. Finally we reached the right room, which turned out to be a supposedly vacant music room.
I was a little nervous to go in but Brooke and Natalie were waiting on my move. I was about to open the door when a female student of this school walked right in front of us and went in so I decided to sneak inside behind her.
The three of us squeezed inside the room and found the club to be full of business. There were quite a few people spread out in little groups around the room. The room itself was very flashy and I couldn't quite figure out what to do next.
Brooke decided to stick to the outside wall and Natalie and I followed, trying to blend in as much as possible. Due to the fact we were wearing our regular clothes and everyone else was wearing a uniform, we probably stood out like a sore thumb.
I noticed a redhead walking towards us with an annoyed look on his face and I figured we were busted. I recognized him from the brochure thing I had. I recall he was one of the twins, the one on the left side of the cover photo. I saw Brooke and Natalie exchange a worried look in my peripheral vision because we honestly had no excuse for being here and he looked sort of mad.
Just then the redhead reached us and said in a slightly angry tone, "What are you doing here?"
By the way he negatively emphasized "you" and was staring at me I sort picked up that his resentment was directed towards me, which is funny because I don't know what I could have possibly done to earn such resentment. I am a good girl! Well, most of the time.
"Well, we were just here to check out the infamous Host Club, that's all." Natalie said while trying to sound confident and figure out what is going on.
"That's great," he said with annoyance still clear in his voice, "But what is she doing here then?"
Once again, his comments are directed towards me. Well, at least I know that he probably knows what happened to me during my black out period.
"Um…well…I" I stumbled trying to come up with any sort of response as to why I am here. What could I possibly say? That I've lost my memory and you need to tell me what I did to make you hate me or something? Maybe I could say I was the twin sister of myself! After all, he is a twin so he ought to understand the confusion. Then again, that is a really stupid idea and nobody would probably believe me anyways.
Just then another redhead, who I recognized as the other twin from the picture, appeared out of nowhere and put his hand on the first boy's shoulder.
"Calm down Hikaru." The new guy said, "Sorry Annette, it's just we didn't expect to see you here so soon after what happened the other day." He gave me a sad smile and the guy I now know is named Hikaru just continued to glare, but not so noticeably now that his brother was there.
"After what happened?" I said confused. They both gave me an odd look and I realized I sort of blew my cover. Was it too late to pull out the twin excuse?
Natalie chose this moment to thankfully intervene and she lied and said, "Sorry, we are Annete's friends and we are actually here to help Annette recover her memories. You see she was in an accident the other day and she seems to have amnesia. We found some evidence of your club being involved in that gap of memory loss and we are just trying to re-piece all the missing pieces, understand?"
The twins looked at each other shocked and unsure what to do. The one who I don't know the name of yet regained his composure faster and told us to have a seat while they called a club meeting. I then saw some other guys I recognized from the photos saying goodbye to the flock of girls that were in the room.
I caught many eyes glancing our way with so many different emotions that I had to close my eyes and stop focusing in order to not start overthinking things. Sometimes it's better to not pay attention so I don't remember everything. Right now I just needed to focus on what is already in my mind while I wait for someone to explain what happened to me.
Natalie tapped my shoulder and I opened my eyes to find just the 7 guys left in the room. I recognized then all from the picture but one person was even more familiar. There was a little brunette that I know I sometimes see at the grocery store near my house. But last time I saw that person they were wearing a dress and now they are wearing a boys uniform so I am a little confused. I decided to drop the topic in my mind and move on.
There was a tall blonde boy with purple eyes in the center. Oddly enough, he looked over here with a somewhat fearful glance. The other blonde was a lot shorter with brown eyes and he smiled towards us but I honestly don't think his eyes were smiling. There was a really tall guy with short black hair that kept a straight face the entire time. There were those two redheaded twins over there but they were talking with a tall guy with black hair and glasses.
I looked over to the three of them and after a few second the guy with glasses looked up and we made eye contact. The eye contact sent a shiver down my spine and I felt it in my gut that I knew this guy so we must be in the right place.
I looked to Brooke and Natalie who were looking just as confused as I was. We all shared a look of determination when we realized the guy in glasses was about to speak and we might get to accomplish our mission.
The glasses guy walked to the center and said, "Welcome to the Host Club."
I picked up on the slight sarcasm and I realized it might be a little weird for them to introduce themselves to a person they already know.
"I guess I will go down the line an introduce everyone." He said sounding pretty detached and uninterested. "There is Tamaki, Hunny, Mori, Hikaru, Kaoru, and I am Kyoya. Any questions?"
Tons of questions actually but I have no clue where to start. The atmosphere in the room was pretty tense and I was still just as confused as before. The only thing I was certain of though is that after the introductions there was a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach that silenced me. I tried to remember any little thing but I felt a bad headache coming that forced me to stop trying to remember. One moment I was sitting there looking at the Host Club and the next moment the pounding in my head becomes too much and everything starts to go black.