Disclaimer: (sigh) must I do this EVERYTIME… don't answer that, it was a rhetorical question. I own nothing that is Ouran related, only the plot crap and some characters.
AN: Yet again, I have to say thanx to sum people… Animals are my LIFE, Ihaconch, snowygirl55, DeoxyPhantom. Mata.Ashita, Chaos728, So-so-kun, blacksinger, KanameLuver6, and AnimeOtakuBara for doing all that fun reviewing, alerting and favoritizing. Ya'll rock:P Also, I notice some things when I was looking at the previous two chapters… in chapter 1 Haruhi's nickname goes from being Rolo to Twix in like, one page… an I'm not all too crazy about Lyndsay's stage name… Lily Concombre is kinda lame so I think that's gonna change… it'll stay her real name but at the school her last name will be different… o, and btw, me and Animals are my LIFE have come up with a wonderful plan for the story, only prob is that it's TOTALLY random and I had to actually write it down to not get confused, but it's funny… lots of couple changes :P
(123456789) Chapter 3: First Day (987654321)
When Lyndsay woke up that morning she had a distinct feeling something was going to happen. She wasn't entirely sure whether it was going to be good or bad but either way she felt a little uneasy. After falling out of bed, walking into a door, and tripping over her own feet she decided that it was going to be something bad.
"WHY ME!!! What have I done to deserve this torture? I know I wasn't entirely nice to Ranka yesterday but he wasn't all that peachy with me either. Besides, I'm always that way with him so why get back at me now?" Lyndsay was getting up after her little trip but fell right back down again.
"Uh Snickers, what are you doing on the ground?" Haruhi looked at her cousin who was sitting on the floor curled up. She was rocking back and forth mumbling something to herself under her breath. To Haruhi it sounded an awful lot like a string of swear words with the random oh god every once in a while.
"I just decided that it would be nice to try doing my daily ground licking in the morning rather then at night." Replied Lyndsay in a tone dripping with sarcasm. She got up using the hand Haruhi held out to her but only ended up on the floor again but with Haruhi on her lap this time.
"Bad day already?" asked Haruhi while picking herself off of her cousin who just seemed to be getting in a worse mood. She pulled Lyndsay up and stuck a chair under her butt before she could fall to the ground again.
"That obvious huh… well, I guess I may as well try to ignore it and maybe everything will get better." Lyndsay got up and walked around to finish getting ready before she had to leave. Her and Haruhi were ready within half an hour and were out the door.
"Since we'll be getting to school basically an hour early do you think you could help refresh my memory on where my classes are." Lyndsay looked at Haruhi expectantly waiting for a 'well, I really should do some studying' but instead she got a nod.
"What is your homeroom? It'll be easier to start there."
"Uh, it's 1A… I think the principal said that it was your homeroom too. He wanted to call you down to the office yesterday to show me around. I told him not to bother cause I would find you on my own. I found my classes but I can't remember where they are and I'll prolly get lost today."
"Well, you'll be fine because you are in my class. We can stick together; I'll help you with getting around and you can help me deal with the troublesome twins." Haruhi giggled at her little remark about her problem.
"I'll take it that I did save you yesterday then. You seemed like you were ready to kill them… now that I think about it I might have saved them." Lyndsay and Haruhi laughed and talked about random things for the remainder of the car ride.
When they arrived at the school they parked the car and immediately went to finding their classes. That took a grand total of 10 minutes since Haruhi knew where she was going. After they headed for the music room to do some quiet studying before the day started and they wouldn't get the chance. Well, Haruhi studied while Lyndsay did some exploring.
After she had looked at everything and in everything in the room Lyndsay decided to go for a walk down the hall, but before she convinced Haruhi into letting her go though. On her little tour she met several teachers and a few students who, like Haruhi, wanted to study.
She was walking back to the music room to get Haruhi, so they could head off to their class, when she heard voices behind a door to her right. She recognised the room as the home economics room from her tour earlier that morning. Lyndsay figured that she would keep walking and mind her own business but when she heard her name she felt it was her duty to stop and eavesdrop.
"Ok, so that's the plan… we find out what class he's in then we learn what kind of person Haruhi's cousin really is." The first voice seemed familiar to Lyndsay but she just couldn't quite figure out who it was. The voice of the second person didn't help much either since it was fairly similar to the first. "Stupid guys and them all having the same frigin deep voice"
"I'll see if I can get anything from Haruhi while you help the others look for information elsewhere" The two people packed up whatever they had and walked out the door. Lyndsay had just barely managed to get out of the way and hide before they came out.
"I wonder what they want to know… they could just ask me. I think I might try to screw around with them; give them some bad info and see if I can change some info on my record… I think as of today that I'll be an ex-convict who went to jail for murder… or I could be some normal 'commoner' as they put it. Average grades, one sibling, few friends; in short, no one special." Lyndsay finally got to the music room where she found Haruhi sitting at the table where she had left her still studying.
"Hey! Twix! Let's head over to the class so we can get seats next to each other," Lyndsay grabbed Haruhi's arm and books then dragged her out of the room, "oh… and I need to talk to you about something I herd while I was on my walk."
"Ok, but first can you let me go so I can put my books in my bag which will also make it easier for me to walk," Lyndsay let Haruhi's arm drop from her hand and waited for her to finish packing her bag, "alright, now tell me what you wanted to tell me."
"K, you know how I went on my walk… well, when I was passing by this one class when I was coming to get you I overheard someone's conversation. I didn't hear it all but I heard them mention you and me… and something about finding out info about me." Lyndsay looked at her cousin slightly worried because she didn't want anyone to know who she really was, or the fact that she was a she, not a he.
"It's ok; we'll figure something out… I'm sure you've already got a plan cooking anyways." Haruhi looked at Lyndsay and got her answer to the plan making question from the smirk that was plastered across her face, "Just please promise me you won't do anything overly stupid that could get us in trouble if we're caught."
"One; yes, I do have a plan. Two, you might consider it stupid but don't worry cause you don't have to help since you'd be useless. And three, you know I won't get caught cause I'm a pro at what I'll be doing…"
"Oh no… please tell me you don't plan on hacking into anything… Lyndsay, you promised me you wouldn't do that anymore." Haruhi grabbed Lyndsay's arm and spun her so they were looking at each other in the eye.
"Ok then, if you that's what you want then that's what I'll do… no Haruhi, I don't plan on doing any hacking."
"LYNDSAY!!! I can't believe you would lie to me by saying that you weren't planning on breaking the rules, not to mention the law, after you made me that promise." Haruhi was starring at her cousin with a look of disgust on her face.
"Well, you asked me not to tell you that I was gonna so I told you that I wasn't… so technically I didn't lie, I just did what I was told to do." Lyndsay turned around and continued on her trek to the classroom. Haruhi stood in her spot for a few seconds just watching her cousin march off then ran to catch up.
When they got to the classroom they saw two other people in the class already. Lyndsay was going to go introduced herself except the two people jumped up and ran over to Haruhi and practically tackled her to the ground. Lyndsay looked at the scene before her and couldn't help but burst out laughing. Haruhi was trapped between the two boys in a giant bear hug and appeared to be incapable of breathing. The boys were shouting her name and were swinging her back and forth. Haruhi took the opportunity to wiggle out of their grasp when they stopped because they realized that someone was laughing. When Haruhi was standing with her feet firmly planted to the round she ran over to her cousin before the boys could get the chance to grab her again.
"Lyndsay…. HELP!" she whispered into her cousin's ear.
"Why should I? You seemed to be enjoying yourself and I wouldn't want to ruin their fun. I mean, they looked so happy with you but now that they don't have you they look heartbroken." Lyndsay stepped behind Haruhi and pushed her in the direction of the two boys yet again. "Here fellas, have fun."
"Hikaru! Kaoru! You two had better let go of me right now so I can kick Lyndsay's ass before I change my mind and decide to take out my anger on you instead." Haruhi gave one of her best death glares but it unfortunately didn't work as well as she had planned.
"But why would we let you go when we just got you? And why would we let you hurt the person who gave you to us? Seriously Haruhi, you would think you had more sense then that." Hikaru said to Haruhi while resting his head on her shoulder breathing into her ear.
"Yes, why should we release you on the person who helped us get what we wanted? I believe that would be the wrong thing to do." Kaoru looked over at Lyndsay and smiled at her.
"Gee, thanks you guys but I don't mind… you can let her go." Lyndsay looked at Haruhi in the eyes and could see that she was angry… but knew she wasn't stupid.
"Huh… whatever, it's your funeral because Haruhi can be dangerous when she's angry." Hikaru looked at Lyndsay in disbelief.
"I know, but I also know she won't even bother trying since she knows what will happen if she does try anything… you do remember what happened that last time you tried attacking me, right Haruhi."
"Yes I do… in fact I think I still have a few bruises… that really hurt you know."
"Hey, I said sorry already…" Lyndsay and Haruhi continued to 'argue' about past incidents while the twins just backed away totally confused.
"I wonder what Lyndsay did to Haruhi… it must have been something bad if she's still complaining about it," said Kaoru to his brother.
"Ya, I know what you mean… and I have to ask this; what kind of man would hurt a girl… whether he's family or not doesn't matter, a guy should never hurt a girl," replied Hikaru.
"I don't know… but anyone who hurts Haruhi has to answer to us." Hikaru and Kaoru looked at each other and nodded in agreement. They waltzed over to so that they were on either side of Lyndsay and glared at her.
"Uh, can I help you?" Lyndsay looked back and forth between the two boys and was starting to get nervous. She didn't know what they were planning on doing and it worried her.
"We were just wondering what it is that you did to Haruhi that put her through this much suffering," they stepped in front of her and continued to glare.
"Nothing out of the ordinary, just tackled her and showed her how good I was getting at fighting. I don't think she's suffering though… are you Twix?" She turned to her cousin as she asked her question.
"I'm not suffering in any way; I don't know where you two got that impression." Lyndsay and Haruhi both were watching the twins as they decided on whether they would let Lyndsay off the hook or not.
"I guess you're off the hook for now, but we warn you that if m'lord were to hear about this he would blow a fuse," stated Hikaru. The brothers then turned around and walked over to their desks.
The cousins looked at each other totally confused, especially Haruhi since the way the twins were acting wasn't normal. They both just shrugged it off and went to their seats since the bell was due to ring at any second. More students filed into the class and took their place then the teacher walked in. She wrote a few things on the board then made an attempt to get the classes attention. Lyndsay saw that she was having a little trouble and decided to help her out.
"Hey! Everybody, the teacher wants your attention." Lyndsay shouted loud enough for everyone to hear and stop talking. They all looked at her and asked one another who she was, but no one knew. The teacher just looked at her a little surprised.
"Uh, thank you for the help, anyways class, incase you hadn't noticed we have a new student in our class. His name is Lyndsay Miller and is the cousin of Haruhi Fujiko from Canada. Lyndsay, would you like to tell the class a little about yourself?"
"Sure! As the teacher said, my name is Lyndsay. I'm 16 years old and I just moved here from Canada where I lived with my parents and sister. I'm currently living in my new house which Haruhi and her father have just moved into with me. Unlike my cousin I'm not, as you call them, a 'commoner'. I love cats, kids, and fast cars, my favourite hockey team would be the Ottawa Senators. My favourite colors are black and blood red, and I'm obsessed with manga and anime. Some of my favourites are Bleach, Naruto, FullMetal Alchemist, and Millennium Snow. I detest alcohol and shopping for non electronical/car related stuff with all my being. My three best friends are Haruhi, Aurora and Brice. Aurora and Brice both live in Canada. I don't care what anyone thinks about me, it's their choice to like me or not and if they can't except me for who I am then I want nothing to do with them. Some of my favourite bands include Maximum The Hormone, The Used, The White Stripes, From First To Last, Underoath, Linkin Park, The Academy Is..., and Evanescence. That's all I can think of for now but if you want to know more I can always write you a book." Lyndsay sat down and observed the weird looks she was getting from her classmates.
Haruhi leaned over in her seat and whispered to Lyndsay, "Life story much?"
"Haha, I know but I figured it would be better to tell them a lot that way there's less chance of them asking me questions later." Lyndsay smirked when Haruhi made an "oh" look and nodded in agreement.
The rest of the day was fairly uneventful except for the occasional person asking Lyndsay a question about herself or how she liked Japan. In science one guy actually asked her if she was a guy or girl because she, as he put it, acted and sounded like a guy but looked slightly like a girl. Going with what she had been telling everyone she stuck to being a guy. At lunch Haruhi and Lyndsay sat together alone until Tamaki couldn't stand being away from his 'daughter' any longer and decided to join them; and when he went, the rest of the host club joined them as well. All throughout the day the twins continued to act strange and distant but it seemed that only Haruhi and Lyndsay had noticed.
When the day finally ended Haruhi told Lyndsay that she needed to go to the music room for the daily event of talking with girls and serving them tea. She had said to Lyndsay to go home and that she would walk home but Lyndsay refused. Haruhi kept insisting on her leaving so she decided that if Haruhi wasn't going to let her stay as a cousin, that she would have to let her stay as a customer. To put it in short, Haruhi wasn't completely upset her cousin was there but she wasn't 100 happy about it either. In the end Lyndsay ended up helping Haruhi with her customers by telling stories and doing other host stuff.
Lyndsay was in the middle of telling one girl about how her and Haruhi used to always play dress up with her sister when Kyoya had called her over. "Lyndsay, I wished to inform you that although you are not a host you seem to have gathered quite the following. I've already had 10 girls come to me requesting you for tomorrow and I must say they seemed awfully upset when I told them that you weren't a host. I was wondering if you would consider becoming one, you already have customers and it would also be profitable for the club." Kyoya looked at her expectantly.
Lyndsay thought about what she had just been told and considered what it would be like. Thinking about what she had been told by Haruhi she wasn't sure; she said they constantly did cosplay, which she didn't mind, and that it was boring just sitting there listening to the girls continuously rambling and telling her about their fantasies. It didn't seem all too appealing and the last comment about it being profitable to the club didn't exactly help either since it made her feel slightly unwanted, no, not unwanted but not needed. Even though everything she knew told her to say no, she for some unknown reason agreed. "Sure, I don't have anything better to do and this way I'll be with Haruhi."
"Excellent, starting tomorrow you'll officially be a new member of the host club." Kyoya wrote some stuff in his note book and walked away, going to random girls and informing them of the news. Lyndsay just turned around and asked herself what exactly she had just gotten herself into.
She walked back to the other side of the room and sat beside Haruhi. One of the girls noticed that Lyndsay was deep in thought and decided that it would be good to try to get him to talk about it. "Uh, Lyndsay-san… what are you thinking about?"
Lyndsay looked up and noticed that all the girls sitting there were looking at her waiting for an answer. "Oh, nothing important. I'm just trying to figure out how I managed to get myself suckered in to becoming a host."
As soon as they heard that Lyndsay became a host they squealed with joy causing people from all over the room to look over. Haruhi looked at her cousin and was shocked to hear that she had gotten herself trapped in the club of doom. Lyndsay just looked at Haruhi equally confused about why she would do this to herself. She had to admit that she had a fun time doing today but to do it every day was going to be boring.
After another hour or so of talking to the girls and hearing about how excited they were about her choice to join the host club she had had enough. Lyndsay jumped up and grabbed Haruhi's hand and said they were leaving. The other host's tried to get Lyndsay to stay but she just gave them an evil, cold, deadly glare that put Kyoya to shame. She stormed out of the room with Haruhi on her heels trying to calm her down.
"Deep breaths Lyndsay, in, out, in, out; that's it. Ok, now care to explain what just happened?"
"I don't really know, one second I was fine and the next I was just so annoyed I need to get out of there. I think I'm gonna have some trouble tomorrow if I have to sit there for longer then that. Hey, do you think you could hook me up with some time with Nekozawa? Maybe I can join the black magic club and learn to hex the crap outta the girls who really annoy me when I'm working with the host club. Ya, that sounds like a good plan, can you do it Twix?"
Haruhi just starred at Lyndsay like she was green, had three heads that had one eye each, and was in the process of growing another one. "Uh, did you loose your mind? That is the most idiotic plan I have ever heard in my life. It's your own fault for getting yourself stuck in this situation; I just can't believe that even after I had warned you, you still went and joined it. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!?!"
"I don't know. All I thought about was the fact that I would be able to see you more and I even told myself that I shouldn't because of what you had told me. I was thinking no but said yes. ARGH!" Lyndsay grabbed her hair and was tugging while bent over screaming.
"Let's go home, get some candy into you, do some fighting and call Aurora or Brice. That'll make you happy again so let's go." Haruhi grabbed Lyndsay and dragged her to the car. They got in and drove off in the opposite direction of the house. "Uh Lyndsay, where are we going?"
"Like you said, I need candy. Only problem is I don't want any of Japan's traditional stuff, I want sweet tarts and some Canadian maple syrup. That and I need to go talk to someone." They continued on their way and stopped at several places. The first was a candy shop, then a CD store, and then at someone's house. At first Haruhi didn't recognize it but then it hit her, it was the home of Toya and Ashita Kanashii.
"Why are we here Lyndsay?"
"Oh, well, their family friends and I needed to ask them if they would like to attend a party I'm having for the 10th anniversary of my parent's marriage. Are you coming with me or are you going to stay here?"
"I would love to come; I would like to meet them." The two girls walked up to the front door where Lyndsay just walked right in without knocking or announcing herself which shocked Haruhi. She walked right past the servants and waltzed through like she owned the place.
"Hey! Old man! Where are you!?! We need to talk to ya" Lyndsay was yelling for someone, and kept yelling until she got an answer.
"Lyndsay? Is that you? Where are you? What do you mean we, who's with you?" A lady walked out of a room just to their left wearing a black business suit. She had her hair pulled back into a messy bun; her eyes were a dark brown color.
"Ya, its me. I'm right in front of you, and what I meant by we is me and Haruhi. You remember her right? You met at the mall the other day." Haruhi's eyes widened when she realized that it was the woman she had met before. Ashita looked at the young girl and smiled at her.
"Why yes of course, come with me. Toya is in the kitchen having another snack, you should meet him Haruhi." The woman turned to her left and began walking down a hall then entered a door marked 'kitchen'. "Toya, we have some guests."
The tall man sitting at the table looked up and smiled at Lyndsay then looked beside her to see Haruhi. His smile became twice the size when he saw her and began to introduce himself. "Hello there, my name is Toya. You must be a friend of Lyndsay, it an honour to meet you."
"Hello, my name is Haruhi. Yes I am a friend of Lyndsay, she's my cousin."
(123456789) End of Chapter (987654321)
WOOT! I'm am SOOO incredibly sorry about how long it took to update and since I stopped it where I did I guess I could have like, a month ago T-T… I'm at a total roadblock on what to write, like, I had everything planned knew what I was gonna type but then I got distracted and forgot (hense why this chapter stopped where it did). ANYWAYS, thanx for reading and I'll cya when I finally get back on track!
- Sam xoxo