Chapter 3

KaoruxOCxHikaru

The last bell of the day sounded and I was free at last. It was a Friday afternoon and I could do whatever I wanted, so why did I find myself so eagerly shuffling to the third music room? Yesterday afternoon felt like a dream. I guess I just wanted to take a quick peek and see if it wasn't really just my imagination.

When I got to the door, I almost thought about walking away, but I figured since I had gotten this far, why turn back now? Taking a deep breath, I pushed open the door, and to my disbelief… there they were.

The Ouran High School Host Club.

Dressed in waiter costumes they all stood elegantly around King Blondie, who was perched upon his throne. Seriously, what's with the perfectly placed swirling roses that smacked me in the face when I came in here?! I could still escape!

"Welcome!" They all said.

Too late to escape now…

"She's back!" Honey cheered happily and ran up to greet me with his hug that I assumed would soon be routine.

"Hi Honey." I felt a bit weird calling a boy I hardly knew Honey.

"Glad to see you came back." Haruhi said coming up to me.

"Is it sad that I have nothing better to do on a Friday afternoon?" I asked her, and she just laughed.

"Have you decided on a host yet?" Honey asked eagerly. "You can have all the sweets you want if you pick me! You are going to join, right?"

He spoke so fast it took me a moment to filter it though my mind. "Um…" My eyes wandered over to the nearest window, and slowly scanned the room. My eyes met the twins for a split second and then quickly darted to Honey again. I was praying they didn't notice. "Well, actually…" I had to pick Haruhi, if it meant helping her that was what mattered to me. The twins were just a guilty pleasure, besides, like they'd actually want me around. "I actually wanted to choose Haruhi."

Haruhi looked surprised by my choice, while Honey just smiled and put his hands together. "Haru-Chan is a nice choice. He's very nice." He rocked back and forth on the heels of his shoes.

When I looked up again all the other hosts had gone to their specific stations and started entertaining their guests. "Well, better have some cake!" said the bubbly little boy Lolita as he scurried away.

I then looked at Haruhi and nodded, as if to ask her to please proceed to lead me where ever she was stationed. She got the hint and took me to her table. The girls all glared at me when I sat down beside her. They looked me up and down and I swear I heard one of them actually growl. These fan girls were vicious.

"How weird, why is she wearing the boys' uniform?" I heard one whisper to the other.

I guess I forgot to mention it, but I did decide to wear the uniform for a change, just not the girls'. I was actually quite content with it, but I kept getting strange looks all day. The kids in class were calling me a cross dresser Yankee.

The more the tension rose in the air, the more nervous I got. I decided to take off the blazer and loosen my tie. I heard a girl giggle. I sat back in my chair and stared up at the ceiling wishing they'd stop being so snobby to me. I didn't do anything wrong.

"What kind of posture is that?" whispered another girl.

"You know what?" I said glaring at her. "As if that dress didn't already bring out your inner ugliness, your jealousy isn't much to be desired either." I ran my fingers through my hair. "It makes sense now, because I'm the new kid getting all the attention from these guys you're all jealous."

They sat their quietly, stunned by my accusation.

"What's the matter? Suddenly you have nothing to say?" I asked leaning forward and pressing my elbows on the table, just to annoy them some more about my poor manners and posture. They just leaned back nervously, and looked at each other. I smirked and mumbled, "Thought so."

"Um, Chelsea?" Haruhi said trying to get my attention.

For once I decided to ignore her, and stood up. "I'm going to just walk around for a bit." I told her flipping my blazer over my shoulder and proceeding across the room.

"Yo, Yankee!" I heard someone call to me.

Why did I actually turn to see what they wanted, after they called me that? Sometimes reflexes were really annoying. It was Hikaru. He nodded and motioned for me to come over. I raised an eyebrow but went ahead and came over to him and his brother.

"Where are your customers?" I questioned noticing they were alone.

"You scared them off with that mouth of yours." Hikaru said flatly.

I froze in place. "What?" I asked.

"They didn't show up today. We didn't even see them in class." said Kaoru as they both shrugged.

"You're kidding me." I said with a look of disbelief.

"The evidence is right in front of you." They both said in unison.

"Well, sorry I guess…" I didn't know what they wanted me to say.

"Let's just hope you didn't scare off Haruhi's customers as well." grinned Hikaru. "We might have to include you in our punishment games so you behave yourself."

"B-but Hikaru! That's our game!" Kaoru stated like he had just been highly insulted.

Hikaru stood up and cradled Kaoru's face in his hands. "Don't want to share me with anyone else huh Kaoru?"

"H-Hikaru…" Kaoru stuttered.

They started to attract attention from wandering eyes. This sparked an idea in my head. Soon a small flame spread into wild fire in my mind as I quietly snuck up behind Hikaru and pushed him forward. And just as I planned he landed right on top of little Kaoru. "Get a room you two." I said crossing my arms and raising my eyebrow devilishly.

Then there was screaming of fan girl spasm coming from behind me. I jumped because it caught me so off guard. It seemed their customers were just hiding, because now here they were. They were holding each others' hands and screaming frantically. I decided the best place for me to be wasn't here. Glancing over at the twins one last time I hurried away from their station and tried not to laugh while walking away.

"Haruhi," I spoke though small chuckles. "I'm going to go walk around the garden outside for a bit. I'll be back." I said to her as I slipped out the door.

Once outside I grew calm once again. That was a good laugh that I hadn't had in a long time. I hadn't really taken in the lovely scenery that surrounded this school previously, so I thought I would now. I sat down on one of the marble benches and just enjoyed the gentle breeze caressing my face. I wondered if the twins would be mad at me for possibly embarrassing them, but they didn't seem like the type to dwell on it. They'd probably just get me back for it later.

…And when that came to mind, I felt the urge to find a bomb shelter to hide in. With two boys came twice the trouble, and with how Haruhi spoke of them, I could only expect the worst. They called me their new toy yesterday, so what could they possibly have in store? Punishment games? What exactly did that mean?!

I was starting to wish I hadn't pushed Hikaru, but they did deserve it… right?

I hugged my knees against my body and twisted a piece of my long cherry red hair around my finger. My green eyes were churning with curiosity and nervousness. Truth be told I usually was just blunt with my thoughts, but I was actually really shy. I didn't let girls try to get the best of me, but around boys I got a bit weak, I never was really good with the love thing. I've never been on a date or had a boyfriend before, but even though anytime I was around the twins I got the butterflies, something compelled me to stay with them.

"That was a nice stunt you pulled." I heard that voice again and jumped. Looking up it was Hikaru, with his twin in tow right beside him. They didn't look too happy.

My face flushed. I guess I did feel a little guilty. "Look, I'm sorry." I apologized. "I just got a little too deep into the moment I guess…" I looked away so I wouldn't be dazzled by their fascinating golden cat like eyes.

"You think maybe you did it because you're not as different from those girls as you try to be?" Kaoru asked tilting his head.

My face turned an even more rosy hue. "What are you getting at?! I'm nothing like those giggling plastic Barbies!"

"Of course." They both said together nodding sympathetically with sarcasm seeping from their lips.

"Why do you guys like jerking me around?! Do you seriously have nothing better to do?!" I said standing up from the bench in a fury. My face was still bright red, and when my eyes made contact with theirs' I paused. They were smirking from ear to ear.

Stepping forward Hikaru linked his arms around my shoulders. "No need to yell Yankee." My head leaned back and now my cheeks matched my fire engine hair.

Kaoru then came up behind me and linked his arms around my waist and rested his head on my shoulder. His hair tickled my neck and I shuttered. "You're so tense." Kaoru observed. "Still afraid of us?"

I looked away trying to focus on something, anything to get my attention away from them so they didn't think they were getting the better of me. Hikaru took his left hand and used it to guide my gaze back to his and pressed his forehead against mine. "You're sweating." He whispered. His cool breath just inches from my lips left me dazed for an instant before I suddenly jerked myself out of their constricted grasp.

"You really do find this humorous don't you?" I asked, sweating and blushing more than I ever had before in my whole life. "I'm going home…" I whispered walking off.

They stood there quietly and looked over at each other without a word. Almost disappointed they couldn't proceed with the charade further.

I walked into the third music room to collect my stuff, an annoyed expression on my face. Haruhi noticed right away. "You all right?" she asked.

"I'm going home." I said again heading for the door.

"The host clubs having a beach party tomorrow at 1 o'clock. Sure would be nice to see you there." She said hoping to lift my spirit a bit.

"Sorry, but I don't see myself attending…" I whispered before disappearing out the door.

There are many things I don't like, and one of them was being used. The twins were using me for entertainment purposes only. That's all I was to them, and nothing more. Why was I so stupid to believe… that maybe someday we could be friends? They obviously didn't really like me very much. They were mocking me… and worst of all I let them.

That evening, while walking home, I tried with all my might not to cry. I hadn't cried since the day mom died, and I told myself I never would again. Did they really have this much control over me? To nearly bring me to tears? I refused to let this little incident get the better of me, if I did, I would just feel even more stupid later.

The big question still remained: would I return to the host club? What about the beach party tomorrow?

Author's notes: Hello all! Hope you enjoyed chapter 3. I had such great feedback from chapter 2 I couldn't keep you all waiting for days, I'd feel guilty. ^^; Thank you all so, so much for the feedback! You all rock! Please feel free to keep leaving me feedback cause I love seeing what you guys have to say. Again thank you very much for taking the time to read my story, and I'll have chapter 4 up soon! Be safe and have a wonderful weekend!

Kudos~