Hi hi~ Pudding here.

Since I've gotten a few remarks about this, Len will be playing Hikaru for the most part and Rin Kaoru.

The other Vocaloids will definitely make an appearance, but I'm trying my best to make them not as filler-ish as most characters are. For instance, I have added Miku as a semi-regular starting this chapter. If you have any suggestions or requests for who should play who in future chapters, or if you have any original plot suggestions, I'm very open to that kind of stuff.

Please no OC requests, though.

I'm going to be updating Playing Cupids and Ah, It's a Wonderful Cat Life as soon as I can! Please read them and support me!

DISCLAIMER: Dis claimer claims dat I don't own Vocaloid, OHSHC, or UTAU.

Remember to guess which song lyrics I put~ And answer the QOTC!

"Hatsune-san, you spelled this wrong," I said, pointing to the mistake. "It should be w-o-u-l-d, not w-o-o-d."

Miku Hatsune pouted, "But they sound the same!"

I smiled, "But they spell and mean two different things. English is a fun language to learn, but you have to work hard."

Miku blushed, "Th-Thank you for the tutoring, Luki-kun. S-Same time tomorrow?"

"Of course," I replied, "And thanks again for paying me for this, even though it's not necessary…"

"Oh no, it's necessary, I've never been good at English (A/N: We're well aware of that, Miku)… but Luki-kun, you're amazing!"

"Sure," I said, gathering up my things as I heard the bell ring, "Now if you'll excuse me, free period is over and I need to go to the Host Club."

Miku beamed, "Oh yes, I'll be visiting tomorrow! I usually designate the Kagamine Twins, but do you think I could…" she played with her pigtails, "Could I choose you…?"

"That would help me out a lot," I smiled, "Thank you Hatsune-san!"

"C-Call me Miku…" she stuttered before I rushed out of the second library.

Jeez, those guys are gonna give me hell if I'm late.

I dashed up to the Third Music Room and opened the door.

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but last I checked it was early April.

Yup, pretty sure that's right.

So tell me why that when I walked in, all five guys were shirtless (Rin with a…revealing outfit) and the clubroom looked like a tropical paradise?

"Welcome!" they all chorused.

I tripped over my own two feet in shock.

"What? It's just Luka… You're late," Rin and Len said.

"We thought Lulu-chan was a customer," Piko commented, "We even posed and everything~"

"W-Why in the world are you all dressed like that?" I stammered. "It's freezing outside!"

"We have a different theme every week," Kiyoteru explained, writing a few things on his clipboard.

"And the Cherry Blossom theme isn't until next week," Rin and Len pointed out.

"Fearing the chill of spring is nonsense!" Gakupo declared, waving the fan he was holding about his face. "After all, what do you think we have this flawless heating system for~?"

"Tch," I hissed, irritated at Gakupo's immature and idiotic behavior.

"Is there something of the club's policies you want to criticize, Oh Luki-kun, who owes us a debt of eight million yen?" Kiyoteru asked, smiling the whole time.

"Argh!" I screamed. I hate being at other people's mercy. Much more these rich bastards…

"A good man should not bundle himself up," Gakupo continued, ignoring the mini-argument, "Even if it is early spring when the world is freezing! Yes! Today, this place is the ultimate ultra-hot tropical paradise~!"

"On the contrary, I feel cold in various ways," I muttered, rubbing my temples.

Kurushikute kanashikute Kuyashikute yametakute Sore sura mo yurusarezu Nani mo ka mo ushinau dake de

I must admit, I'm getting hot in the guy's uniform…

I continued to serve beverages while I wasn't designated. I was currently taking orders from Gakupo's table. Of course, the stuff he was saying made me want to barf…

"This is such cruelty," he started dramatically, bishounen sparkles surrounding him, "This skin as sleek as ivory… This ceremonial dress akin to the King of Bali…"

It was at this point I realized he was flattering himself, not the customer.

"But before my goddesses, I can only succumb… and am nothing but a loyal servant," he finished, leaning at a lower angle.

Yup, that ought to do it…

"Tamaki-kun…" the girl cooed, hearts in her eyes.

"Tamaki-sama…"

"Wow~"

I, unfazed, cleared the empty glass and walked away.

"Ah, that's right," Gakupo continued, sounding a bit more dignified, "Friday is when our Vocaloid Host Club Ball takes place."

"Ball?" I coughed, almost breaking the empty glass.

"What kind of things do you do at a Ball~?" a girl at Rin and Len's table asked.

Okay, we ALL know she knew what it was. Who hasn't heard of Cinderella?

"We book the entire central hall of the Central Building…" Len said.

"…And it'll just be the most fantastic thing ever," Rin finished dreamily.

Anyone else notice they didn't actually answer the question?

"But I really wanted to spend it alone with you… Rin…" Len said seductively, leaning in towards Rin and cupping her cheek.

"Don't say that, Len…" Rin protested softly, "Honestly, though, me too…"

"Kyaa, it's so beautiful~" a fan girl screamed.

"Hey, Rin." I set the glass down on the table.

"Yeah?" Rin responded, hands still interlocked with Len's, who was still looking at her with that bishounen-shota hybrid look.

"How come you're in the Host Club when you're a girl?"

"Oh, that," Rin sighed. "Well, Tono wanted to recruit Len only since he had so many fan girls, but the two of us come in a package, and you can make a lot of profit off of twincest! Plus, I can dress up as Len to look like him, and vice versa, so that adds as shota fan service~"

"But won't the fan girls be… like, mad at you? For the whole twincest thing?" I asked.

"Not really, they respect me as being the sole female in the Host Club," Rin said proudly.

"Actually, there are rumors going around lately that Rin is a guy," Kiyoteru mentioned.

"WHAT?" Rin and Len screamed.

I bet he started the rumor… I thought.

"So you plan the themes, Kiyoteru-senpai?" I asked, wanting a change of subject.

"I do not have power to make the decision," he answered, "The operations of this club are entirely decided upon by the King, Gakupo."

In my mind, I could see a picture of a deliriously happy chibi Gakupo running in endless circles with a crown on his head.

"But," Kiyoteru added, "I suppose it might have paid off nonchalantly leaving a photo collection of Bali on his desk."

Chibi Gakupo's crown fell of his head and he started crying before Kiyoteru put it back on.

"You have some customers, Luki," Kiyoteru brought me out of my (odd) fantasy.

"H-Hello, Luki-kun!" I saw Miku and one of her friends.

"Oh, hello, Hatsu… Miku-chan!" I greeted.

"These are my friends, Megumi and Lily Nakajima. They're cousins!"

(A/N: Dude, my spell check thinks that Megumi and Nakajima are both words :O)

"Call me Gumi, please," said Gumi, holding out a hand.

"Um, okay, won't the three of you have a seat," I said awkwardly, pulling out some chairs.

"Luki-kun, aren't you going to wear tropical clothing like the rest of the host club?" Miku asked.

"I want to see~" Gumi cooed.

"No!" I shouted, but caught myself, "I mean, I think that early spring clothes should be worn in early spring…"

Look, if you saw the horrifyingly showy outfit that Gakupo wanted me to wear, you'd have reacted like that, too.

"So Luki-kun wants to treasure the sense of the seasons, huh?" Lily asked, hearts practically floating around her form.

Huh. Sure, let's go with that explanation.

"Then, wouldn't it be so wonderful to see the blooming cherry blossoms at the Ball!" Miku squealed dreamily.

"A couple dancing amidst cherry blossoms would be super dreamy!" Lily finished.

"Is that so?" I asked, smiling as best I could.

"That's so cute of you all to have dreams," I said, feeling the bishie sparkles around my head.

Miku and Lily blushed and looked away, but Gumi just smiled and stared at me.

"Hey, what's this here?" I asked, pointing to one of the dishes.

"Oh, that's sukiyaki. Haven't you ever had it before, Luki-kun?" Miku asked cheerily.

"Can't say I have…" I muttered. The girls all gave me pitying looks.

"W-Well I'm sure there will be lots of fancy food at the Ball that you can have!" Lily encouraged.

"Fancy…" I repeated, "You mean like ootoro? That fancy tuna?"

The girls all gasped.

"L-Luki-kun…"

"You've… never had…"

"Ootoro before? That's… that's so sad…"

"I love tuna…" I said quietly, "I've always wanted to try ootoro. Do you think there'll be some at the party?" I asked, my eyes filling up with hope.

Gumi smiled at me and stood up.

"You really are cute. I've decided," she declared, caressing my cheek, "I'm going to make you my new favorite~"

I blinked a couple times. "Uh, alright. Thank you?"

"You are adorable!" she squealed, hugging me.

At a different table, Gakupo's reaction to that comment was apparently to throw a hissy fit.

RUURU ga boku wa iya de Tada shibararetaku nakute Dakara boku wa nigedashite Atosaki no koto wa wasure

"Rin, Len, any idea why Gakupo-senpai's hunched up in the corner?" I asked.

Rin and Len looked to the deflated Purple Idiot and shook their heads. "Did something happen during business today?" they asked.

"I bet it was because Gumi-chan chose Lulu-chan as her new favorite over Gakkun~" Piko said, gobbling up cakes.

"Oh, that makes sense then," Rin said.

"He's just jealous over losing Nakajima-san again," Len said, placing emphasis on the "again".

"No! That's wrong!" Gakupo shouted at the twins.

"I can't stand it anymore!" he exclaimed, taking a dramatic pose. "Luka, look like a girl already!"

"Wha?"

"Why do you have to be popular amongst girls if you are a girl yourself? Daddy wants his little girl to live a wholesome life!"

"Daddy! What's this distorted sense of family?" I asked, alarmed.

"Daddy wants…" he murmured, digging through a trunk, "Daddy wants to see you when you looked like this!" he shouted, pulling out a giant picture of me from middle school.

"Don't blow up my photo like that without even telling me! It looks stalkerish!" I yelled in response.

Okay, stalkerish is SO a word.

"And I really don't care if people think I'm a guy, so just chill out about it, dude."

"GIRLS SHOULD NOT SAY DUDE!" Gakupo yelled. "Mommy! Luka-chan's using foul language~!"

"Okay, if he's Daddy, who's Mommy?" Rin and Len asked.

"Position-wise, probably me," Kiyoteru said, pushing up his glasses.

"And you don't really need to worry about it, Gakkun," Piko said, clenching his Tako-chan. "Physical exams are tomorrow, after all."

"Physical exams?" I repeated.

Recalling the physical exams at my middle school, the guys were required to take off their shirts. And most of them did it in public.

"That's right, isn't it? I forgot about that…" Kiyoteru said, taking notes on his clipboard.

"Then, I guess that means that there's no doubt… People are going to find out I'm a girl," I said slowly.

I saw a triumphant (yet idiotic) grin spread across Gakupo's face.

"But I'm not sure if you understand, Tono," Len said.

"This could be a problem," Rin added.

"If word gets out that Lulu-chan's a girl," said Piko, "Then she can't be in the Host Club anymore!"

Gakupo froze.

"On the other hand," Piko went on, "If she started wearing girl's clothes, Lulu-chan'd probably be even cuter~"

"She must've been pretty popular with all the boys back in middle school, when she dressed like a girl," Len said.

"Yeah," Kiyoteru said, flipping through his clipboard, "According to my investigative reports, a different guy would declare their undying love to her monthly."

They're talking about me like I'm not even there…

Whoa, monthly? That can't be right; I don't remember ever getting any confessions…

"Oh, I see," Rin responded, "So Tono wouldn't even be able to get close to her with so many admirers—"

"Don't you worry, Luka!" Gakupo yelled, grabbing my shoulders. The rest of the Host Club grinned. "We're determined to make sure no one finds out you're a girl during the physical exams! So please promise me you'll stay our secret princess!"

I blinked. "Sure," I said flatly.

"Listen up, men, and Rin," Gakupo said seriously, tapping a whiteboard, during the exam, place yourselves in Position A and wait for my signal."

"Oh, I get it," I suddenly realized. "You guys are worried because if it's let out that I'm a girl then I can't be a host and therefore can't repay my debt!

"My balance left is ¥6,333,332… Well, guess I'll have to come up with some other way to pay you back," I started chuckling.

"She has no motivation!" Rin and Len yelled at Gakupo.

"Are you saying that you dislike being a host?" Gakupo yelled, pointing a dramatic finger, "That you hate this club?"

"Well, to be honest I'd have to say yes."

I saw the look on Gakupo's face and reworded that sentence.

"Well, I mean, I don't hate the club in of itself, but if everyone finds out I'm a girl, there's nothing I can do, you know?"

"She doesn't seem to care one way or the other!" Len commented.

"I still don't see why she can't accompany me in being a girl host~" Rin sighed.

"We just need to find some way to motivate her…" Piko thought.

"Ootoro," Kaito said flatly.

I whipped my head around to the sound of that beloved word.

Oh, my god I wanted to eat ootoro…

"Oh, that's right…" Gakupo said evilly, "I heard from Miku-chan that you've never eaten ootoro before…"

"Of course, if she was in the club, we could make sure that there would be plenty ootoro at the Host Club Ball, which is the day after exams~" Rin and Len chorused teasingly.

"If only Lulu-chan could find a way to stay in the Host Club, she'd be able to eat all kinds of yummy things whenever she wants~" Piko finished, hugging Tako-chan.

"O-Oh, come on," I stammered, waving a hand, "Just because I'm poor and, and haven't eaten ootoro before doesn't mean that I'm so desperate to try it that I'd… I'd…

"…"

"… Am… Am I really gonna get to try it?"

"Wahoo!" Rin and Len sang.

I know, I'm combining episodes/chapters 2 & 3, I just want to make sure each character has a lasting appearance. I want Gumi to appear a few more times before I get that filler-plot Kanako had out of the way. I'm changing the story up a bit, making it my own (sort of)!

Okay, my traditional Question Of The Chapter makes a comeback~

QOTC: Who should I cast as Nekozawa (and/or Kirimi)? Who should I cast as Renge? Who should I cast as the Lobelia (UTAU in this case) Academy girls?

Please review, answer the question, yadda yadda yadda.

I love you all! **Throws muffins about for readers to catch and devour**

~Pudding~