Chapter 2: Oh Woe is Tamaki

Tamaki stripped down and then wrapped his lower body in a towel so that his bare chest glistened in the wisps' of steam that escaped into the changing room. As he put his clothes into a basket he noticed the twins joined him in the changing room. "Ah Hikaru, Kaoru" he said to them as he held his towel up, "glad you actually decided to come down here. I was afraid I was going to be lonely in the springs. I'll be waiting outside in the water. I'll try to find a spot big enough where we can all sit."

"Alright milord." Hikaru told Tamaki, whilst unbuckling his belt.

"We'll be there in a bit." Kaoru added as well, pulling his shirt over his head. The twins undressed, hardly noticing as Tamaki left the changing rooms. As soon as they had stripped, they joined him in the springs. Hikaru and Kaoru sighed simultaneously as they hit the water, relishing in the feeling of all their muscles relaxing at once.

"Hey, do you think Kyoya will come down here? He probably needs it the most of all of us." Kaoru pointed out, shifting a bit in the water while Hikaru nodded in agreement.

Tamaki looked around for a spot but they were all mostly taken but then he saw the twins had already picked out a spot for them. He dropped his towel and dipped into the pool next to them. The hot water relaxed the host king with much enjoyment. He heard them ask about Kyoya coming down here and he added, "Kyoya might come down here. But most likely to just watch over us and make sure we don't spend too much time in here. Knowing him he might bring his laptop down here as well and work while he's in the water."

"That would be like him." Hikaru agreed with Tamaki about Kyoya bringing his laptop down, imagining how pissed he would be if he 'accidentally' dropped it in.
Kaoru nodded, allowing himself to go into the water up to his neck.

Tamaki lowered himself to that his mouth was under the water and he made bubbles out of relief...but also out of disappointment. I know Haruhi is a girl and all... he thought to himself but it would have been great to just see the look on her face as she took her first dip in the pools... Tamaki continued to blow bubbles still out of disappointment but also just to entertain himself.

The twins watched curiously as their lord began to blow bubbles into the water. "I wonder what he's thinking about." Hikaru whispered to his brother, nudging him with his elbow.

"Probably about Haruhi." Kaoru responded. With this, the twins decided to let Tamaki think to himself for a little while longer, relaxing together in the water.

Tamaki was now a little depressed that he can't see his daughter enjoy the hot springs. I could ask Renge to take a photo! He thought to himself getting riled up Oh…but I would have had to ask her before and I bet Haruhi is coming down now... Tamaki lowered himself until he was completely emerged but still continued to blow bubbles. He came back up for air but also so he didn't worry the twins. "Sorry guys." he said as he relaxed against the wall and put his arms up onto the ground to ask as arm rests, "It's just...the scene isn't really my cup o' tea..." he looked around to see all of the naked high school guys in the pool while three of them seemed to stand up simultaneously reveling their lower parts.

Tamaki then had a strange thought pass through his mind and as vocal as he was he automatically asked the twins, "Do you think any of the guys at the school are gay that would want us to Host them? I know Kasonda-kun asked for Haruhi but he knew she was a girl. I wonder if we'd have to do work here in the pools..." he looked at the twins and he added, "it was just a passing thought."

The twins stared at their leader blankly. Kaoru put his hand up to his chin in thought. "Maybe..."

Hikaru sighed in exasperation, crossing his arms."I'd hate to have to do work here in the springs... especially when we're supposed to be relaxing..."

"Well, whatever makes the customers happy, I guess..." Kaoru said, leaning a bit against his brother. The twins sank down into the water, following Tamaki's example and beginning to blow bubbles in the water. Hikaru set his chin on his brother's shoulder, sighing slightly.

Tamaki just couldn't enjoy the hot springs anymore; he wanted to see the look on Haruhi's face! Maybe I can get a preview of how she feels before she enters her side he thought as he stood up out of the pool. He wrapped his towel around himself and said to the twins, "Save my spot, I'll be back in a moment. The heat is getting to my head."

The twins stared at each other silently. Kaoru sighed. "I hope he doesn't try anything to stupid..." He told his twin. Hikaru simply looked at Tamaki's retreating back, before smirking. "Hey Kaoru... are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

He ran to the exit, almost slipping as he did. He didn't even bother to put on his clothes but instead grabbed one of the bath robes hanging on the wall and threw it on and tightened it. He snuck over to the entrance of the guys side witch was only separated by a three-part, blue tapestry that only hung down half way. He moved it back only a smidgen and spied on the people coming to the entrance. Three girls passed and a guy came in and eyed Tamaki as he passed before finally he saw "Rukia" accompanied by the other guys. The look on her face was priceless to Tamaki; a look of barely restrained eagerness. It was so beautiful to him he began to cry. That's my Haruhi... he thought to himself as he cried silently, Let it all out and have the best time of your life...

She disappeared out of his site as she entered the girls dressing room. He noticed the guys coming and he ran away from the entrance as they approached. He changed back into his towel and went back to his spot over by the twins which was still open. He came into the water with tears still streaming down his face but he wore a face of content.

Once Tamaki returned, the twins were waiting for him, smirking devilishly. "Milord, we saved your spot." Hikaru told him, noticing the tears running down his cheeks. But he seemed content. Kaoru looked as his brother for a brief moment, before sighing in exasperation and placing a hand on his forehead.

"Ah!" Kaoru said with dramatic effect "I bet Haruhi is enjoying the springs, even as we speak." He looked at Tamaki out of the corner of his eye, gauging his reaction. The twins had thought of a new game: Operation: Make Tamaki Snap.

"Yeah." Hikaru agreed, using his twins shoulder as an armrest. "Can you imagine how happy she must be that she can relax as a girl for once?" They both turned to Tamaki, smiling mischievously. "Wouldn't it be great to see Haruhi's face as she stepped into the springs for the first time?" They said together, hoping for a very entertaining reaction from their leader.

More tears started to stream down Tamaki's face as the twins started to play with his emotions. Baka's... he thought they saw through me like glass... Tamaki grabbed a wash cloth off of the edge of the pool to wipe down his arms and then eventually his face to rid himself of his tears but they just kept coming. "I-I'm glad Haruhi can enjoy being a girl with other girls..." Tamaki started trying to fight back the tears, "That's the whole point of this trip." Tamaki emerged himself into the water until only the top of his head was still above the water. Damn them to hell! He thought bitterly through his sadness as he blew more bubbles.

Haruhi walked into the girl's dressing room and looked around as eagerness filling her eyes. She quickly grabbed two random towels that were lying around and opened a random locker. Haruhi undressed and wrapped one of the towels around her body, then her hair. She stuffed all her clothes into the locker and closed it shut, then making a note of her locker number and where it was.

She couldn't wait any longer. Haruhi ran toward the hot springs' door and opened them wide. Her eyes sparkled in amazement. Without thinking, she ran over into the shallow end and sank down into the warm water. "This feels amazing." She said to herself "But....I wish there was actually someone that I could spend time with in here...." Haruhi looked around at all the girls she could see. Most of them were from school, but none that she actually knew.

On the far end of the hot spring, she saw Renge. "I could go over and talk to Renge....but I don't think I should." Haruhi sighed and slid down further into the water until her mouth was covered. She backed up against the wall and sat down on the cement seat, wrapping her arms around her knees. Haruhi lifted her head and leaned it against the edge, and then closed her eyes. "I think that I'll just stay here for awhile."

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Two minutes passed before the thought of breathing came to Tamaki and when it did its effects came swiftly. He jumped out of the pool gasping for breath and then sat back down in his spot panting heavily. It didn't do much to his predicament. He was still thinking about Haruhi; however, the tears stopped streaming down his face but instead welded up in his eyes. Unknowingly, he fixated himself just like Haruhi but instead of wrapping his arms around his knees he put his hands on his knees. I can't take this he thought to himself this trip isn't going to be relaxing to me at all. "Can enjoy the springs for two minutes in peace please?" he asked of the twins as he sat there with his eyes closed. Then in his mind he came up with the plan Alright, I'll wait for the others to get in here, spend a few minutes with them and then I'll go to the internet cafe' outside of the changing rooms and wait to escort Haruhi back if she gets out before Mori get's out.

Hikaru and Kaoru looked at each other. They hadn't expected him to actually start crying. They nodded, before realizing that Tamaki couldn't see them with his eyes closed. Ignoring that, they scooted a bit away from their lord to talk in private.

"He looks really bummed." Hikaru whispered to his twin, pointing to Tamaki.

"Yeah, I didn't think he would react like that..." Kaoru added. They both looked at each other, before grinning. "This will just make things even more interesting for the dance!" Hikaru and Kaoru looked over at Tamaki, and then at each other before deciding. Things weren't going to be any fun if Tamaki was in his little 'corner of woe' for the whole trip. They would have to play a new game; much different from the ones they usually played.
Operation: Cheer-Up-Tamaki-so-That-Kyoya-Won't-Yell-at-Them-for-Making-Him-Upset-and-Causing-Them-to-Lose-Profits-Because-He'll-Just-Know-Somehow-That-it-was-Their-Fault.They grimaced, before looking at each other and nodding. But first, they had to think of a shorter name.

A few moments ago, Kyoya saw Tamaki peek out of the entrance of the boy's locker room. As Kyoya knew already, he was EXTREMELY eager to see Haruhi's face before she went into the hot springs. But that was about four minutes ago. Now, him, Mori, and Hunny were done undressing and were heading to where Tamaki and the twins were sitting.

For whatever reason, Hikaru and Kaoru scooted away from Tamaki, who was in a saddened state, and began talking privately. But Kyoya didn't really care too much about that. What he cared about was the fact that Tamaki looked as he did, and it seemed like the start of one of his 'week long depression states'. If he was like this all week, people wouldn't want to be with him and profits would go down.

Kyoya knew who had probably done this: Hikaru and Kaoru. They probably just thought of another of their games and it ended worse than they thought.

Kyoya decided not to say anything about it, though. No need for him to worry unless he continues like this tomorrow. If that happened, THEN the twins would get it. So, hopefully the twins realized their mistake and they were planning on fixing it.

Finally, the three of them reached Tamaki and the twins and found a place to sit. There wasn't much for Kyoya to say, he usually didn't just greet the other members and didn't really say much to them unless he was interested in the conversation or someone had started a conversation with him. And he had just decided to leave the Tamaki and twin matter alone for now, so he sat down and was quiet.

Tamaki felt others come into the pool next to him and he opened his eyes to see the other guys. He shook his head and hid his sadness for now; he didn't want the others to worry too much about him. Tamaki sat up properly, waved at his friends and said happily, "Hey Kyoya, Hunny, Mori. Were there any problems with getting Rukia to the springs?" He saw Kyoya was in one of his I-really-don't-care-for-this moods. So, Tamaki patted him on the back and said, "C'mon Kyoya, relax a little will ya? We don't have anything planned for today so why are you uptight at the moment? Just enjoy one day in the pools without worrying about business like I am." Tamaki was good at acting so he tried his best to seem relaxed and content while the others were around him when inside he still was thinking about Haruhi...

A few minutes passed and while everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves (that or it was just too much of an awkward atmosphere he couldn't tell), Tamaki put on his acting face again, waved his hand in front of him to cool himself down and he declared, "I know it's a hot spring but it's so hot I can't tell if I'm just wet or I'm sweating." He stood up out of the water and said, "I think I'll look around the hotel for awhile and maybe then come back in." He got out of the pools and went back to the changing room. He dried himself off, changed back into normal clothes and then sat down at one of the computers at the internet cafe. A waitress came over to him as he logged on and he said, "I'll just have a green tea or something else that's calming." As she left, he went onto the internet and started to look up cosplay clothes for the group and then he also had a tab open for fancy tux rentals for Haruhi for the night of the dance.

Tamaki was obviously acting, Kyoya knew him to well. Plus, he saw the face he was making when he has arrived, so Kyoya knew already something was up. Usually, Tamaki just let's his emotions show, or does strange things because he's trying to hide it while thinking about hiding it. So, when he was acting to cover up anything, and sung it well, Kyoya knew something was wrong, and something had to be done.

So, after Tamaki left the pool, Kyoya decided he would talk to the twins after all. "Hikaru, Kaoru, what did you do to Tamaki?" The look on their faces showed that his earlier suspicions were right, but he might as well hear their story anyway.

"We didn't mean to!" Hikaru said, answering Kyoya's question.

"It was just a harmless prank!" Kaoru added. They looked at each other before linking arms and smirking.

"But have no fear;" they said in unison, "We have a plan." The twins grinned again, but they were both completely out of ideas. For once, they had no idea what to do.

The twins said that they had a plan, but Kyoya didn't know weather they were lying or not. That was a first, but the twins were better at hiding things than Tamaki was, given their two-in-one deal. But it couldn't be helped. For now, he would just have to trust them and punish them for any wrong movements later.

"Fine, but get to work right away." Now that Kyoya knew for sure what was wrong and everything might fix itself, Kyoya was able to relax a little bit.

"Right away mom!" The twins got out of the springs, grabbing a towel and drying themselves off. Now they just had to find Tamaki, and commence Operation: Cheer-Up-Tamaki-so-That-Kyoya-Won't-Yell-at-Them-for-Making-Him-Upset-and-Causing-Them-to-Lose-Profits-Because-He'll-Just-Know-Somehow-That-it-was-Their-Fault They had yet to think of a shorter name.

First part of the operation, find Tamaki.

"Well, he left a short while ago, so he couldn't have gone far..." Kaoru pointed out as they were getting dressed.

"Let's hope so. I don't want to spend all day trying to cheer up Tamaki." Hikaru said, pouting.

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Haruhi opened her eyes and looked around at the surrounding girls. They were all talking, having fun, and enjoying themselves. Haruhi was enjoying herself; she was just kind of...bored. She sighed, tightened her towel around her, and stood up. "This is nice and all, but it's just no fun when there's no one with you." Automatically, she thought of the hosts, and how Tamaki and the twins would've reacted when they saw her. She laughed at the thought of there faces.

She walked into the locker room and got her clothes and changed. She dried off her hair a bit and walked out of the locker room. "I'm kinda hungry....." Haruhi looked ahead of her and grinned. "I guess the internet café would do." She walked inside, and semi-surprised to see Tamaki's backside, at a computer, drinking some tea. Haruhi smirked a little and walked over to him from the behind. She tapped his shoulders and said, "What are you doing out the springs already, Senpai?"

Tamaki recognized the voice in a heartbeat and his heart leapt in joy. However, he remembered that she was Rukia at the moment so he couldn't act too familiar with her. He swiveled around in his chair and looked at Haruhi with a confused face and said, "I'm sorry fair maiden, I'm not sure I know you." Tamaki winked his eye at her so that she would get the point. "However," he stood up, took her hand and held his face close to hers and said, "I would like to know you better. I'm Tamaki of the Host-" he stopped in his tracks and widened his eyes (it was all part of his act), let go of Haruhi and said, "Oh my apologies, you're Rukia, Mori's cousin. Forgive me I wasn't sure who you are, I've never met you before." He sat back down and swiveled around in his chair back to the computer. "As the Host Club's King I need to always pick out cosplay outfits and themes for our activities," se said as he pulled up the one website that he stopped at and started clicking through the idea's, "we've tried most of these before so I'm trying to find a new one that the whole group would like." Tamaki was trying to get Haruhi to pick out a theme herself that she would like but knowing her she probably wouldn't want to pick anyways. He also hoped that she didn't notice the other tab he had up for her tux rentals; he kind of wanted that to be a surprise.

Haruhi sweat-dropped as she sat down next to Tamaki. She leaned in towards his ear and whispered, "Senpai, you don't have to act like you don't know me. If someone comes along asking, we just tell them that we got to know each other on the way here and that I'm Mori-senpai's cousin."

She knew that there was no real point in trying to convince him otherwise, so Haruhi just tried to deal with what he was doing. She stared at him for a moment and then poked him a few times. "You still didn't tell me why you're out of the pools so early. We still have 30 or so minutes, and here you are shopping for the club in a café. From what Rukia knows, you love the hot springs. Now tell me what's up." Haruhi began to poke Tamaki in the shoulder rapidly now. Normally, she didn't care so much, but right now she was a little curious. The reason most likely involved her in some small or large way. She could never tell with Tamaki.

When Haruhi came in close to him, Tamaki started to blush but it faded fast when she mumbled in his ear to stop the act. Tamaki mumbled back to her, "Why do you think I ranted like that? It was so now I can act familiar with you."

Tamaki continued to look through the cosplays, he came into some new categories but he didn't like them so much. Haruhi started poking him but he wasn't sure if she was doing it on purpose or by accident, this was a first of her to try and get his attention than the other way around, so he just kept going on. But then she started poking him in rapid succession and his thoughts were confirmed that she wanted his attention but the poking was slightly annoying. A really strange thought came to him: Am I this annoying to Kyoya?

After hearing her question accompanied by reasonable logic, he thought as fast as he could, swiveled in his chair to face her and gave her one of those rich people smirks. Tamaki then went on to explain, "Do you remember seeing Kyoya's gigantic schedule? There was a lot to it if you didn't read it. A lot of Kyoya's plans actually take a lot of planning on my part as well. Sure he does the behind the scenes stuff like the money management and zoning setups but I make sure that everything the customers see is as elegant as all of our Host members. Though we are rich and can have anything delivered to us, those delivery systems can't teleport; we need to order everything in advanced at a decent time. Our cosplay shop isn't too far from the school but seeing how it took us 6 hours to get here it'll taken them about 7 hours to reach here. So if I put the order in now, they can make our clothes in a few hours and have someone on the nightshift deliver it to here by morning."

Haruhi sighed and bowed her head a little. "Oh, that makes sense. But I thought that maybe that we can all take a break from the host club for a short bit, while we're here on a vacation. It wouldn't be so bad, right?" Once again, Tamaki would probably have nothing of it. As long as there were girls from school around, he and the host club had to make them happy.

Tamaki sighed at Rukia's request, took a sip of his tea, looked down into the elegant cup and said to Haruhi in almost a depressed mood, "That's what I wanted this trip to be...a vacation for all of us...but mostly you..." He looked at Haruhi and gave a false smile and then added, "You can thank Kyoya for making plans like this at the last minute...He can only think about exceeding his brothers by making a reasonable business out of the club...It's understandable but I wish he would at least take a break for only one week..."

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Hikaru and Kaoru had been wandering around, looking for their lord.

"We'll never find him..." Hikaru grumbled, crossing his arms. They had been walking around for at least ten minutes now, and there was no sign of Tamaki anywhere.

"I found him!" Kaoru shouted, pointing inside the window of an internet cafe. Tamaki was sitting at a computer, with Haruhi at his side. "And Haruhi too!" Hikaru exclaimed, rushing to the door with his twin in tow. "Jackpot!"

They rushed inside the cafe, before realizing that they hadn't thought of a plan yet. The twins stopped, looking at each other. "All we have to do is cheer up Tamaki." Kaoru stated, while beginning to walk closer to their lord and Haruhi. Hikaru nodded. "He looks fine to me..." He grumbled. Once they were about three feet away from them, Hikaru raised his hand and said, "Tamaki! Rukia! Over here! "Kaoru linked arms with his brother while they waited for their friends to turn around.

Tamaki raised his head at the twins and fixated a brighter mood for the twins. "Hey guys."

It took a second for Haruhi to realize that someone had called her name. She turned around and saw no one other than the twins. "Hikaru, Kaoru." She stood up and walked over to them both. "Why are you two out of the springs so early?"

"We came to… uh... find you guys!" Hikaru told them, tightening his arm around his brothers.

"Yeah!" Kaoru said as well. "We were... lonely." Tamaki might buy it, but Haruhi... she would probably not be fooled by their excuses.

He listened to their explanation as to why they left early; it made no sense to him at all. "Lonely?" Tamaki inquired as he cocked his head to the side, "Kyoya, Mori and Hunny were all down there in the springs. Are you insisting they were that boring?" He had a feeling they were out because of him but he didn't press the matter.

They had to think of something, and quick. "Hey Tamaki!" Hikaru said, hoping to distract them. "What are the next costumes going to be?"

Tamaki swiveled back to the computer screen and continues to scroll through the costume catalog again and said in almost a bored and disappointed tone, "I'm not sure yet boys. We've done most of these and some of these new ones I'm not too sure about. I was almost hoping that our guest of honor here, Rukia, might make a suggestion if she saw something she liked." Tamaki was trying to engage Rukia into his work so that she wouldn't seem to out of place sitting next to him as he was working

Haruhi listened in to what Tamaki had to say about how he wanted "Rukia" to suggest some sort of cosplay that they could wear. She walked back over to Tamaki and looked at the computer screen over his shoulder. Referring to his answer toward her question, she replied, "That's just like Kyoya-senpai, too. I guess we'll have to give up on having a vacation then, huh?" She sighed and continued to look at the cosplays that Tamaki was looking through.

Haruhi waved her hand, signaling for the twins to come on over. While doing so, she said to Tamaki, "What kind of cosplay did you have in mind, Senpai? Any sort of theme at all? I was thinking maybe some sort of swim thing. Not actual swim suits though.....but maybe the type of thing people would wear while waiting outside the pool, or something." If the host club was going to attempt to have their own vacation, the least Haruhi could do was try to make everyone happy. If they were happy, she would most likely be happy with them.

"Hmmmm..." Tamaki hummed to himself as he took in Haruhi's suggestion and started to think if the company had anything in that kind of category and was elegant at the same time. "The closest thing to that we've already done which was the South American tribal skit." Tamaki explained as he tried pouring over the site for something that fit her description. He was trying in all of his power to meet her request even if Tamaki didn't think there was anything along those lines. He looked over the whole site but couldn't find anything remotely close to what she was asking for that didn't expose too much skin or didn't meet the club's standard of elegance.

After a few minutes of pouring over the entire site, he slammed his head on the key board in shame and just sat there. I've failed Haruhi he thought to himself as his depression came back. Tamaki tilted his head up so he could still look at the screen but left his chin on the key board; he wore a face similar to his face that he showed the twins back in the pools. "I don't think that kind of thing is probable Rukia." he explained in a depressed tone to Haruhi

The twins were at a loss. Tamaki just went through to many mood swings, though Haruhi had seemed to be doing a good job of keeping his normal cheer up. They looked at her to see how she would respond to his sad face. Maybe they wouldn't have to do much work after all.

Haruhi sweat-dropped as she watched Tamaki's head slam against the keyboard. "Er...It's okay, Senpai. You tried your best to find clothes. I knew we already did that theme sorta, this place just seemed like the right place to actually do it."

Haruhi patted Tamaki's back and smiled at him. She knew right away that Tamaki thought that he had let her down. "Don't feel bad, Senpai. You didn't let me down." Haruhi rubbed her chin a moment, and then pounded her fist into her hand. "I got it, why don't we just dress in some of our vacation clothes. It won't be bad, besides, it would look nice for the occasions."

At her first words, he just kind of nodded them off; he knew she was trying to get him to be normal again. However, soon after her first words, Tamaki felt Haruhi's hand touch his back and he just melted under her touch. It was like all of his depression had just faded away. He sat back up and listened to her second suggestion. Tamaki held his chin in thought and said, "That...might actually work..." He was slightly under the spell that was cast by Haruhi's charm but he did actually believe it might work. "We tend to bring elegant clothes along with us so why go out and buy more? Of course we'll help each other with clothes" Tamaki added the last part to let Haruhi know that He could lend her a hand with elegant men's clothing.

Tamaki was all riled up now that at least he had an idea and Haruhi was helping him work. "Now then," Tamaki added excitedly, "that's only for one day. We're cosplaying twice so we need another suggestion but let's maybe do something slightly different. Any other ideas?" Tamaki was feeling excellent now but seeing how he was keeping Haruhi from the pools, he wanted her to feel just as good.

Hikaru and Kaoru glanced at each other. It was obvious that their presence was not needed. Haruhi could cheer Tamaki up with a simple gesture. They turned back to their lord once more, before slowly backing out of the cafe. If Tamaki was happy, then there job was done. Now they could go back to the hotel room and take a nap... all the steam from the springs had made the both of them rather tired. And while they were at it, they might as well think of some new material for the next time they had to host some lovely 'princesses'. They linked arms as they sauntered out of the cafe together, seemingly unnoticed by Haruhi and Tamaki.

Hikaru looked over at his brother, smirking. "You know Kaoru... all we need to do is keep Haruhi by Tamaki when he's upset."

Kaoru nodded, agreeing. "She can do our job for us." They chuckled while walking back to their room. Things had worked out for the better for the twins, which wasn't very unusual.

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Kyoya was done with being in the hot springs, so he decided to get out. He got dressed and began to walk around the building. Tamaki is probably having difficulty finding new cosplay, Kyoya thought, We may need to find a different place with different themes soon. But that's too short notice. We need our cosplay now. Kyoya had stopped walking at this point, without realizing it. They would need to call around and start finding other companies. But being on vacation and not knowing about the other business around the school and the area, it would be too much of a risk. If something went wrong, there would be no time to have any backup plan. So it would be risky, but risky was a no-go for Kyoya. Kyoya needed exact.

After thinking about it for a moment, he though he could go around and ask the customers what they thought was the best cosplay and have them vote on it. But the amount of time it would take to spread the word and get everyone to vote could be a while, and in the time span they had, they needed to order it within the next hour or two. But, Kyoya would be able to pull together the host club and have them vote on their favorite theme. They would only need to worry about the cosplay for the next two days, anyway. The fourth day they could wear whatever they wanted as well so on the fifth day when they played commoners games. So, it could be similar to a 'Host Club Favorites' day. Now he would need to find Tamaki and ask him about it.

Kyoya looked to the left and saw he was standing in from of the internet cafe; coincidently Tamaki and Haruhi were in there. He also noticed the twins walking down the hall, but they were unimportant at this moment in time. He would need to talk to them later. "Tamaki," Kyoya said, walking towards them.

Before Tamaki could engage Haruhi to think of another idea, he heard Kyoya call for him from behind. Tamaki swiveled in his chair, waved at Kyoya and said to him, "Oh, hey there Kyoya." a calm aura of happiness, unlike a normal hyper-active one, radiated from Tamaki as the tone was set in his greeting; he didn't need to act at the moment. "Rukia and I were trying to come up with the cosplays for the next two days." he said as he scooted his chair over to show him the web site that they usually were on. "I've been looking at our normal site for something." he said as he turned back around to control the mouse, "but Rukia had a grand idea of just using some of the elegant clothing we brought with us for a fancy, summer vacationer type theme." Now that Kyoya was here, Tamaki thought he might as well engage the almighty planner in on this and he said "We are still trying to think of a second theme for the next day. Do either of you have any thoughts?"

Haruhi shook her head in disappointment. Honestly, she had a hard time thinking of the one theme. And now Tamaki was asking for another? She couldn't possibly have another idea in mind, at least not now. Haruhi sighed and faced Tamaki. "Sorry, senpai, I don't have any ideas at the moment......But I'll try to think of another good one for you, alright?"

Tamaki sighed in slight disappointment, she seemed like she could be a fountain of inspiration. As much as that brought him lower out of the clouds he smiled, rubbed he one shoulder for a quick second and said optimistically, "That's ok, at least you came up with one, but now you know how I feel almost every week."

Haruhi smiled at Tamaki, and then faced Kyoya. "So, what about you now?"

Meanwhile, Tamaki swiveled back to the computer screen as Kyoya was thinking of ideas and he thought to himself, Ok, Haruhi wants us to do something along the lines of water...probably because we're at a hot spring... Tamaki thought hard about her request yet again. Water translates to pools- No, no, no...pool...beach? No... well beaches are off lakes...and the ocean! lets see is there anything elegant and exciting in the ocean?...hmmmm...

A light bulb went off in his head and he went to the search function and typed in pirates Tamaki got about 15 results for single outfits but they could probably be placed together into a group set. They came in various fashions, some more elegant than others and each costume came in various color combinations. While Kyoya was still in the middle of thinking he asked the two of them, "What do you think about pirates?"

Haruhi leaned in closer to the computer screen, and tilted her head. She never really cared for pirates much. But then again, they were low on options, and it was what she had in mind, sort of. So she nodded her head in agreement. "Yeah, pirates are fine with me, Senpai." She turned her head and looked at Kyoya, who was still lost in thought. "What do you think about a pirate them, Senpai?"

So there was still something we haven't done. I knew there was, but I thought they would never think of anything else we could use. Kyoya thought. At least they wouldn't have to reuse their old cosplay. This way the customers would stay entertained and happy. And the twins were going to be ecstatic, meaning more of their brotherly love. And Hunny was sure to enjoy himself.

An entertaining Host Club= a happy customer= a very happy Kyoya

"A pirate theme would be perfect. Order the cosplay, Tamaki. I'll tell the others. Rukia, you may need to find your cousin soon. People may begin to wonder who you are. You can go find them with Tamaki after he orders all of the necessary supplies." With that being said, Kyoya left the internet cafe and headed to the room.

Tamaki saluted Kyoya and added semi-serious, semi-mockingly, "Yes, Mother." he turned back to the screen and started to pick out the costumes he thought looked the best. As he was selecting them he said to Haruhi, "I'll grab Mori out of the pools after we're done here and then we can head back up if that's what you want." Tamaki found the outfits he liked and he thought which of them would look the best on each of the Host members.

-For Him, An elegant scarlet coat with gold embroidering, accompanied by a scarlet vest and sash, white under shirt, black poofy pants, white tights, leather buckle shoes and a black triangle hat with a red ribbon tied around it.

-For Kyoya, An indigo long coat, accompanied by an indigo vest, white, frilly dress shirt, black poofy pants, black tights, and leather buckle shoes

-For the Twins, a matching set of black vests with gold embroidering, large sleeved, frilly, tan dress shirts, red sashes, baggy black pants and leather boots that came up to the calf.

-For Mori, A denim jacket with large cuffs, a white dress shirt without frills, a brown vest, baggy pants and leather boots that come up to the mid leg, a blue sash and a very dark brown leather triangle hat.

-For Hunny, a forest green French Navel man's outfit with a long coat and a large, standard, pirate hat with exuberant white frills off the rim and a Jolly Rodger on the front of the hat.

-For Haruhi, an outfit that matched Tamaki's however it had no gold embroidering, the jacked wasn't as exuberant, was more form fitted to her body, (yet still didn't reveal her chest), the triangle hat had a large, scarlet peacock feather, and the buttons on the coat and vest and a clip on the hat were silver skull and crossbones.

He sent the order in with the correct sizes, drank the rest of his now cold tea, and shut down all the tabs, semi-disappointed that he couldn't shop for Haruhi's tux yet. "Do you want to get going back to the rooms?" Tamaki asked Haruhi as he swiveled his chair towards her, "Or..." he lowered his voice a little as if Kyoya could hear him, "do you maybe want to look around the hotel some more? I could take you around if you want."

Haruhi didn't really know what she wanted to do. She didn't really care what she did at the moment. As long as she didn't have to go back to being a guy, she was semi-happy. Honestly, Haruhi wished that she could just be a girl as Haruhi, not Rukia. But of course, that wouldn't happen for a long time to come. She wanted to make Tamaki happy at the moment, so she said, "Either would be fine with me, Senpai. But what do you want to do? Don't forget that this is a vacation for you, too. Not just me." Haruhi was proud to say that. She liked the attention and the care, but it made her feel...selfish in a way. She would do just about anything to keep that feeling away.

Tamaki's face expression was that of a child at Christmas. His smile was so wide and his face was so bright, you had to be blind to not be able to tell that he was overjoyed. He looked over the rows of computers on each side to make sure that Kyoya and the Twins were out of sight and they were. He grabbed a pair of sun glasses from his pocket and flipped them on to try and disguise himself and gave a rich smirk. He grabbed Haruhi's hand, said while he was trying to seem calm but was eager beyond belief, "Let's go" and then dragged her out of the internet cafe, away from the rooms and into the glamour of the hotel.