Hello, everyone! So sorry that it took so long to write the next chapter, but here it is! So, sorry for all the little time-skips in this one, too.
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Later that day at lunch, I find myself standing outside Music Room 3. I look down at the letter I'd received.

Aislin,
You have been summoned for a meeting with your King. Please report to Music Room 3 at lunch.
~ The Host King (Tamaki Suoh)
P.S: You're not in trouble.
P.P.S: Unless you don't come.
P.P.P.S: Don't let Haruhi try to stop you.

Why would Tamaki want to see me so formally? I wonder for a moment if I should've told someone, but I doubt that anything bad will happen. I take that back when I open the door and find Kyoya Ohtori staring at me. Tamaki is there too, but Kyoya's presence is much more intimidating. Tamaki pulls out a chart. "Aislin, you're good with numbers, right?" Kyoya asks me. "I guess... Why?" He points to the chart. "Well, as you can see, this graph indicates the number of customers that come to the Host Club. It has been declining. This graph is the number of customers in the Black Magic Club, and it has been increasing." Kyoya points to each graph as he talks. "And...?" Is all I can ask.
"Both these increases and decreases are recent, both happening around the time of the club fair. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that about the time you joined the Black Magic Club?" I just nod. Kyoya stares at me, being intimidating. It would be hard not to know where this is going: They're accusing me of stealing their customers. Tamaki must notice the hostile atmosphere because he quickly says "We're just worried about our club!" If our customers stop coming, we'll have to shut down! Without our club, our family would disband!" Tamaki whines sadly, and I honestly feel bad for him. "What do you expect me to do about it?" I ask.
Kyoya stares at me. "You're not stupid, Aislin, you know what I want you to do." He's right, I do. "I can't just abandon my club. Besides, I would need to find a new one and that would be difficult this late." I reason, and Kyoya considers this for a moment. "Well, the Host Club could always use an errand-runner." I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that. "I'm not leaving my club just so you don't have to worry about competition." I say, starting to leave the room. As I walk out, I barely catch the "You'll regret that." from Kyoya.
I'm worried for a minute, but then I realize I shouldn't be. I don't care if Kyoya is mad at me, I won't quit my club unless I want to. Kyoya can be intimidating, but I don't back down that easily. I go to class and I'm immediately attacked with questions, as I should've expected. It basically boils down to the twins being all "Aislin, we didn't see you for 30 minutes and thought you died!" (or something similar) and Haruhi hitting them over the head with a reality check.
"Actually, it wasn't a club meeting. I was with Tamaki and Kyoya." I explain. "Oh?" and "What did they want?" I'm asked. "They wanted to talk about clubs." Hikaru looks excited. "So then he considered my suggestion?" I roll my eyes. "No, it wasn't about that."
"Oh. So, then, what was it about?" Hikaru asks. "Just... congratulating me on my success in the Black Magic Club." Kaoru looks skeptical. "Kyoya-senpai? That seems very out-of-character for him." I nod. "Yeah, well... I think Tamaki put him up to it." He doesn't seem convinced, but drops it anyway.

The next day, however, it's brought up again. "Tamaki-senpai told us everything." Haruhi says out of nowhere during class. "Oh?" Is all I can think to say. "Yeah... You should've told us he was trying to blackmail you!" He is obviously upset. "Blackmail?" I ask. I don't remember any specific threats. I am ignored, though. "You should've told us that he was threatening you!" Hikaru yells and hits his desk out of frustration. This gets everyone's attention, and 2 minutes of awkward silence later everyone looks away. When I reply, I make sure to whisper and hope Hikaru does the same. "Sorry, I didn't think it was a big deal; nor that you'd care." It's Kaoru that is upset this time. He leans over from behind Haurhi and I can see him better. "Well, we do." He says harshly, but then his tone softens, "Kyoya-senpai doesn't make threats, he makes promises . We don't want him to actually do anything because you didn't listen to him." Only one thought comes to mind when I hear this. "He must be a really mean person." Haruhi nods hesitantly. "Well, you must've already known that he isn't the nicest person." I'm starting to understand why I've heard Hikaru and Kaoru refer to him as the "Shadow King".

When I go to pick up Kyle after school, he looks off somehow. I don't know exactly what or why, but he seems like something is bothering him.
"Kyle, is something wrong?"
"Well, sort of. I'm just confused."
"About what?"
"Well, someone came to talk to me during class. He said he knew you."
"That's nice, who was it?"
"Why would someone want to know your weakness?"
What? I ask Kyle to explain to me exactly what happened. He said a highschool boy came to his class and asked him suspicious questions, all about me. He said the man didn't give a name, but I have a suspicion.
"What did he look like?" Kyle thinks on this for a moment. "Tall, dark hair..."
"Glasses?"
"Yeah. You know him?"
"I think I might."
Kyle said he was worried about why someone would want to know things like if I have a good relationship with my parents, so he didn't answer any incriminating questions. That's not what I'm worried about, though. I don't like that Kyoya went behind my back to talk to my little brother.

At lunch the next day, I'm eating with everyone else. When Kyoya and Tamaki come over, I glare at Kyoya. "Leave my brother alone." I assert when I'm asked why I look angry. Only one person understands what I'm talking about. For the twins, however, the fact that they don't know what I'm talking about makes it worse. "What happened to Kyle!? Is he hurt?" Hikaru seems to be freaking out, but Kaoru asks a more sensible question. "What did Kyoya-senpai do?"
Kyoya simply smirks. "There's no harm in talking to someone."
"Uh-huh. Well, as I've already said, don't do it again."
"Hey, we're coming over to your house today, okay Aislin?" Hikaru says when Kyoya leaves. "We are?" I hear Kaoru ask. "We are now."

Mom is glad, as she always is, that the twins come over. So far they're the only friends of mine that my parents have ever met, and I think Dad is convinced they're my only friends.
Kyle was also happy, though, he likes to see the twins. "Hey Ky!" Hikaru calls Kyle by the nickname he's recently been told us that all of his friends at school call him 'Ky' and Hikaru started doing the same. I think Kyle likes that.
We go inside and, as always when I come home, Shayla runs to greet us. "Aislin, your stupid cat is tripping me again!" Kyle complains. I quickly scoop up my Siamese. "How dare you!" I say dramatically, and shove Shayla near Kyle's face. "Apologize to her."
"For what?"
"You called her stupid!"
"So?"
"Appologize!"
"No."
"Do it!"
"Fine," Kyle sighs, "I'm sorry I called you stupid."
Hikaru and Kaoru share a look and I suddenly realize how strange this must look to other people. Shayla paws at Kyle's nose and I giggle a little before putting her down. I turn to face the twins. "We should go do our homework now."
They nod and follow me. "Why did you make him apologize to the cat?" One of them asks out of nowhere. "Because he doesn't like her-or really, cats in general." I state simply. They still don't really understand, but give up anyway.
"So, have you started the French assignment yet?" Kaoru asks, turning conversation to our homework. "Oui, I've already finished it." Hikaru looks surprised. "How did you already finish it? It's so long!" He whines. I roll my eyes. Our assignment was to write a 3 page essay on French landmarks. I say we got off easy with it. "I've lived in France. I've been to most of those places. It was easy."
"Really?"
"Ya."
"You know, next week we have to interview someone from France." Kaoru says, I already knew this (it was written on the whiteboard in class today) but Hikaru looks surprised. He puts his head down on the table. "What am I going to do?" Suddenly, his head pops up. "I'm interviewing Tamaki-senpai! I call dibs!" Kaoru looks almost distressed. "But Haruhi is going to do Renge. What about me?" Hikaru shrugs and suggests the internet. "Wait a minute. Aislin lived in France before, so she counts, too."
"Well, that's only a technicality, and since I'm in the class too, I don't think-" I'm cut off. "You saved me Aislin!"
"Yeah, I'm sure."
I end up having to help them with the French paper anyway. "You know, you're really lucky we didn't have to actually write the paper in French." Hikaru smirks. "We'd just get you to do it, anyway." The twins share a look that's borderline evil.
"Exactly. I'm not even good at writing in French."
"So, Aislin, how long have you lived in Japan?" Kaoru asks curiously.
"About 3 years now."
"So, where did you live before?"
"England, for the most part."
Hikaru replies sarcastically. "So, is there anywhere you haven't lived?"
I love this question, though. "Yeah, America. I'd love to go there someday." Kaoru nods. "When? I mean, if you were to go, when would you go?"
I ponder this for a moment. When would I want to go? Ideally, as soon as possible. But still... Would I really want to leave all my friends? I mean, it's only been two months since my starting at Ouran, but I already don't want to leave.
"I don't know. Maybe for college, there are many good ones there." He nods. "There are, but you know Ouran has a college too?"
"Yeah, but then I would've already lived here for about five or six years, I'd rather go and see something new. Staying in the same place for too long gets boring."
"Would you use the same concept for people, too?"
"I don't really know, I've never had any one person-outside of family- be so consistent before. But no, I don't think the same concept would apply."
Suddenly both twins wrap their arms around me and I can hear little 'aww's coming from them. "Well, you don't have to worry about that. Hikaru and I won't go anywhere."

In the next chapter:

"Aislin Reid?"

"Speaking..."
"I'm calling on behalf of the Black Magic Club. We regret to inform you, but you have been expelled from the club."

Oooh, what happened, why'd it happen? Find out next chapter. ^.^