Episode 2: Public School Visit: It IS Public….

After another minimum wage visit from Lucifer, Tamaki had enough of his suspicions. He had barely been able to sleep for fear that Haruhi was dabbling in horrible affairs sponsored by those two girls he had only met twice. So he managed to convince the group to visit the girls in their public school for an "educational" experience. Actually, he first told Honey that they should visit Iggy as Honey had taken quite a liking to them, especially Iggy. By getting Honey, Mori was automatically checked in as well. Then, he asked the twins to go with him for some fun which they promptly agreed to. Haruhi and Kyoya were the most difficult to convince but with the right amount of charm—that is annoyance—he was able to recruit them as well.

So the group was off to explore a public high school. They were very excited, except Mori who is never animated about much of anything, Kyoya who felt that it was a waste of time, and Haruhi who felt they were invading the personal space of her two friends. They entered the school and automatically, girls were swooning, boys were confused and territorially angry. Everyone wanted to know what the rich kids with the spiffy uniforms were doing in a public school. But pretty soon, the rich kids found the two girls they had been looking for. Found first was Iggy in her fourth year class. She was sleeping at her desk but the teacher didn't seem to care at all. Some students were scribbling madly but she was fast asleep.
"What's this, Haruhi? You associate with her when she sleeps in class? What does that say about you?" Tamaki asked rather harshly.
"She maintains her grades well enough. She actually does pretty well from what I understand," Haruhi countered with a bored look.
"Tamaki, since when have you stayed awake in class?" Kyoya asked.
"I do just fine. You should know; you help me quite often."
"From what I understand, Grimm helps Iggy with her homework even though she's a year below. That's how Iggy's grades manage to stay so far up. I don't think she even has a C," Haruhi commented.
Tamaki, however hurt he may have been by the fact that he wasn't right, decided to move on to find Grimm which would not go over quite as well. They found her soon enough in her third year class. She looked like she was paying attention but there was a nearly visible look of complete boredom on her face. Her hand was moving along as if she was taking notes but her pen never even touched her paper. The teacher looked straight at her and asked a question with a harsh tone. Grimm looked down at her paper and recited something that wasn't there. She looked back up at the teacher, still bored, and the teacher huffed and turned back around. A few students turned around and gave Grimm a thumbs up which she nodded at. Grimm turned her gaze to the clock above the door and noticed Tamaki's face in the window of the door. She sighed and tried not to laugh. The teacher of the no-nonsense-class turned to see what a few other kids were distracted by and noticed Tamaki. She stormed over to him and threw the door open.
"Do you need something?" she demanded.
"I'm sorry to interrupt. I was looking for someone when I heard your siren-like voice. And when I saw your passion for the subject, I was just enchanted by the beautiful passion within you," he said smoothly.
Grimm burst out laughing and fell out of her chair as the teacher blushed and nodded. The teacher stared harshly at her and assumed that her student was jealous of the charming boy's attention being all on her. In reality, Grimm was finding out just how much of an idiot Tamaki was to think that such things would make women happy. She finally stopped laughing and stood up to join the group by the door.
"Miss, I'm sorry but I think I need a word with these people," she asked sweetly.
"You know them?" the teacher asked.
"Yes, ma'am."
The teacher looked astonished that little punk-ass Grimm would associate with such charming people, assuming all along that she had only befriended that little gothic girl called Iggy. To be honest, the teacher almost hated Grimm and Iggy. Somehow, they had passed her class, Iggy with a B+ and Grimm with a straight A, though the two were obviously never paying any attention. She left Grimm now to speak to her charming friends and hoped they would rub off on her.
"What are you guys doing here?" Grimm asked once the teacher had gone and the door was shut.
"Tamaki felt the need to spy on you and Iggy—" Haruhi began.
"What about me?" Iggy came walking down the hall with a pass in her hands.
"I did NOT say spy!" Tamaki said.
"Spying on us?" asked Iggy.
"No!" came Tamaki.
"Tamaki said we were coming to visit!" piped Honey.
Grimm shook her head and laughed. Iggy smiled. Haruhi hung her head in shame. Tamaki turned bright red. The twins laughed at Tamaki. Honey offered Iggy and Grimm pieces of candy. Mori stood silently. Kyoya wondered how he was dragged into this.
"Well, come on. We're going to lunch right now. Bet you guys are hungry," Grimm offered as the bell rang throughout the building.

The cafeteria was crowded and the two girls seemed to fit right in with it. They were waving at people, secret hand shaking them, smiling, saying hello, seeming very popular, more so among the boys. The group of rich kids, however, stuck out like a sore thumb. They all stood in a line and moved through, grabbing trays. The rich boys looked at the food and wondered what some of it was. Trusting Haruhi's judgment, they grabbed whatever she had but not without grimacing at it as if it were some alien food. They sat at a small table—it was only small to the rich boys—and ate in their cramped space. The food was actually pretty good to the boys and they felt pretty good.
"Shouldn't you guys be in school?" asked Iggy.
"Nah. The teachers didn't really care when we requested the day off," replied Kaoru.
"R-requested!" laughed Grimm.
"Well, we only asked for half the day off so we have to get back to school now," said Honey.
The girls looked really annoyed but the boys didn't know for what reason. The two girls kept grumbling something about too much money but the boys didn't understand. They walked the two girls to their classes and headed out the door. They decided that they had had fun but preferred their school to a public school.
"Well, Haruhi, they seem nice enough. I suppose it's okay if you're friends with them. And they can play at the Host Club again if you'll invite them," Tamaki concluded.
"You're not allowed to tell me who I can be friends with!" said Haruhi angrily.
"But, Haruhi! I'm your father!"
"No, you're not!"
And the arguing continued until they got back to their own school and went separate ways. Kyoya had in the meantime already scheduled them to play at the Host Club again.

END Episode Two!