I don't own the main characters at the club. I own the Shields family, the Takehito family, and anyone employed to them. Oh, and I want you guys to check out this really cute story by one of my great friends! Its called "To Find One Heart in the Dark" by chubbylover and it's a cute story about another under loved underdog, Chouji from the series Naruto! Remember, if you can spare a minute to read it, you can spare another to review it!
Before I went out the door, I decided what I wanted him to put my name as. I turned around and said to him that I wanted to have my name as Sanosuke Shields. Then I left him to do all the work like he said.
I had left his office feeling better having the whole school load off my shoulders for now, only to realize that I had nothing to do. So after much debate on my part, I went out the back door to be in the heavenly garden that I felt so peaceful in.
When I had walked through the garden door, I saw it was even more glorious than I thought last night. I couldn't stop the smile that spread across my face. It seemed unfamiliar to me at first, but I didn't mind. Then I caught the scent of something familiar. I rushed towards the area it was coming from to see what it was. When I got to the row of plants, it was as I thought. Trying to catch my breath, I kneeled in front of the small but lively Mint plant. It was bringing back memories of my mother since she had always carried a small pot of mint no matter where we went. She was always fiddling with the plant it seemed and I had loved to hug my mother since the fragrance was always on her.
I looked around the entire garden until I found a pot, potting soil and a gardening tool. I gently placed my own mint plant in and patted the soil down softly until I deemed it transportable. I carried it into my room and placed on the desk. Then I sat down and just stared at the plant, letting it engulf me in its sweet smell.
That night, while I ate dinner in my room, Tennoji brought me a letter from my father. It said that I was going to school tomorrow and that I would have to pick up the uniform from the office in the morning. After I was done reading, Tennoji gave me my backpack with all the supplies I needed, plus a cell phone to get in contact with. I casually tossed that in my bag since I didn't really want to use it.
During the night, I had my usual nightmare.
"Why? Why did this happen to me??" My mother cried to me. Her body was bruised and bloody. It was after the crash. She was standing over me with despair in her eyes.
"Mom! I'm sorry!!!!" I pleaded to her. I was half kneeling and sitting, unable to get up. Everything around us was black. My mother put her head in her hands. I wanted to hug her and make things better, prevent her from doing this. I knew what was coming next, but it didn't make it easier.
"Why?" She yelled to no one in particular again. "Why did your father ruin me?? He saddled me with an ungrateful child! You… you killed me! If you hadn't been around, I would have been happy! It's your fault that I'm dead! Do you really think that someone so evil and hateful as you should be happy??" Then, all at once, the darkness beneath me started sinking. It was like molasses and if I didn't do something it would swallow we! I tried pulling away, but there was nothing to hold onto. I could barely see through the tears that filled my eyes, but in desperation I reached out to my mother with my hand hoping she would grab it. The last thing I saw was my mother staring blankly at me as I was finally swallowed up.
The screeching of the alarm clock abruptly woke me, and I jolted up in bed. I was shaking and covered in night sweat. I put a hand over my eyes subconsciously, and saw that I couldn't steady my hand. I turned off the alarm and tried to stand up but my legs gave out on me. I fell on my shoulder and lay there for a moment before I finally felt my strength return to me before trying to stand again. After that little episode I walked into my bathroom and splashed water onto my face.
I was foolish to try and stand right after the dream; I knew it before I tried, but I couldn't help it. It always affected me so much that I had to wait a few minutes before trying to do anything. The dream was the only dream I had had since my mother died, excluding last night's peaceful memory. I pushed the dream to the back of my mind as usual.
I quickly took a shower and dressed in casual clothes not bothering for anything in particular. After all, I wouldn't be wearing these for that long today anyways. Then I tied my hair up into a ponytail that hanged low, since that was more of how a guy would wear long hair. Grabbing my messenger backpack, I was about to walk out my bedroom door and stopped for a moment. I turned around, walked to the mint plant, took one long whiff of it after softly touching its leaves and then turned back to the door, feeling just a little more courageous.
The driver was very quiet the entire ride to school, only saying his name and that he was going to pick me up at the front of the school, right where he dropped me off. He surprisingly rushed to open the door as soon as he stopped the car. I actually didn't even see him leave the car, but I didn't say that since it was awkward to be around the guy.
Walking onto any school ground is awkward. However, walking onto a school ground that is completely filled will the horrid and ghastly yellow dresses and somewhat stand able purplish uniforms. Now imagine that everyone's staring at you, as if you were a loose animal or something. I frowned and tried not to look at anyone. Well, that is until I accidentally looked to the right at some girls whispering loudly. They shrieked in fear and surprise, almost fainting.
After that little event I kept my eyes forward, refusing to look at any other students. With my bag slung over my shoulder I walked into the office and talked to whoever was in charge. I didn't really pay attention to who it was, but I think the name was Suoh or something. 'Oh well' I thought 'I probably wont have to deal with him or anyone from that family anytime soon, so its not like it matters.'
They gave me my uniform and let me change in a staff bathroom that had plenty of space. At first I had trouble with the white undershirt it had because of the bandages that kept my upper woman parts from showing, but I asked for a larger one to make it as loose as possible. After that I had no problems with uniform and after making sure my hair was still in a manlier style, I stepped out to find my classroom.
'1-A' the sign above me said. I glanced back down towards the paper in my hands making sure I had the right room. The school had been so confusing to walk around and I didn't know where to go at all. That is, until I asked the guy the same age as me where to go. He was kind of short, had short brown hair and big brown eyes. He seemed nice, and when he told me where to go he didn't cower.
I walked into the room, only to be greeted with the same apprehensive eyes as before. I ignored it all and talked to the teacher. He directed me to sit next to the left of this guy that just screamed mischief. When I glanced to him, I saw double. For a second I thought I was crazy, but then I realized that they were twins. They had orangish hair and light colored eyes. They were skinny but good looking.
"Hey, it's the one who caused a ruckus this morning" they said together.
"I didn't cause any trouble." I replied icily while fiddling with the things in my bag.
"Well, you caused two girls to faint on grounds for no reason. They've been in the infirmary since."
'Dang, I guess those two did faint after all.' "Well, that's not my concern now is it?"
"We have a theory." A grin spread out on their faces.
"Could it be that-"
"You use magic?" The other finished. I was furious at what they said. I stood up, grabbed them each by the collar and brought them in close.
"How about you see if I need to use magic to hurt people?" I said with a glint in my eye. I let them go and sat down calmly as if nothing happened. They both stepped away and after that I ignored them.
Then the boy I had asked directions from walked in and went to the seat in between the twins. I looked at how he moved… it was strange. In that moment, I realized that this character was actually a girl! What was she doing?? Was she doing it for similar reasons as I was? Maybe a parent forced her, or afraid to show what she really was… I decided that I wouldn't tell her I knew though. After all, she had a reason to do it, right?
"Oh! Hey, I'm glad to see that you made it all right. I'm Haruhi Fujioka by the way."
"You know him, Haruhi?" The twins asked together. They looked a little nervous to be near me still since the seating arrangements, but I didn't care.
"Well, I met him in the hall earlier. Actually I don't think I caught your name."
"Oh, yeah. I'm Sanosuke Shields. I go by Sano though." It would take a little getting used to, but I knew it was the best name I could have while in disguise.
After that, the twins were less nervous. The three of them looked like they were close, so I didn't try to get in the middle of their conversation, but Haruhi made a point to make sure I was included. Most of the time I pretended not to listen just to put the two boys I scared at more ease. I felt kind of bad for scaring them that much, but I decided it was too late to change that. The teachers' lesson was really boring, but I somehow made it through the day all right.
"We have to go to our club now Sano, but we'll see you later right?" Haruhi asked.
"Yeah, sure. Later." I waved goodbye to them since they seemed to be in a little bit of a hurry. I packed my stuff and from the corner of my eye I saw a notebook. I was about to dismiss it and walk away when I saw that it had Haruhi's name on it. Picking it up, I noticed it was the one that it held today's lesson and everything else in it.
I felt the accursed cell phone in my pocket ring. I pulled it out and answered without checking who it was.
"Hello?"
"Ah, hello Serena." It was Tennoji, but why was he calling? "I'm afraid to tell you that the driver won't be able to pick you up for a while. Sorry dear. I hope you don't mind finding something to do for the time being. He'll call you when he gets close so that you wont be waiting too long. Once again, we're sorry that this happened."
"It's alright. I have something I need to do before I go home anyways. Bye Tennoji."
"Bye dear."
I decided to take it to her now since I didn't have anything better to do, but there was one problem: I had no idea where to go. I looked around, hoping to find someone that knew where this "club" that they went to was. Finally these girls told me to go to the third music room, after giggling like crazy. 'Man, what was that about?' I thought to myself. I could still hear them laughing behind me as I headed towards my destination.
Ten minutes and three wrong turns later I was standing before a giant door. Why this school had to be so big, I didn't really know. At any rate, I decided to get this over with so that I could start walking home before the driver caught up. Why he had to drive me when walking was so much better, I'll never understand.
I grabbed the door, turned the handle and walked in. For a second I could have sworn that rose petals were attacking me, but the next moment there was nothing there. At the same time, I heard a cry of voices say "Welcome!" catching me slightly off guard. I fought the urge to back out the door and run away when I saw several good-looking guys facing me. Well, if you counted Haruhi as a male at that point.
"My, it's the new student!" Said a tall blonde guy. He got up from the chair that was in the middle of the guys and walked towards me. "Very unexpected to see you here! Well then, welcome to the host club!"
"I wouldn't have pegged you as the gay type, Sano." One of the twins said. I couldn't tell whom though because the tall, energetic, blonde guy was starting to ramble on how good it was to have diverse customers, preventing me from looking at them.
"Wait a min-" I tried to stop his rambling, but he ignored me.
"I'm so glad that we can attract all kinds of people, just proving that it truly is a curse to be both beautiful and kind towards those who need-"
"I said WAIT!" I shouted, causing him to look at me confused.
"What is it?" He asked sincerely. I figured he was a really BIG idiot.
"I'm not gay. I only came here to give Haruhi his notebook." I turned to her. "You left it in the class and since I had time to kill I thought I might as well turn it back over to you." With a bored stare, I handed it back to her.
"Oh, thank you. That could have been bad." She said thankfully. She got this big smile on her face as she grabbed it.
"So a host club, huh?" I glanced at the room with little interest. All of the people in the room were staring and making me really uncomfortable.
"Why yes! We who have ample time use it to entertain ladies who also have free time. Oh, I don't think we've been introduced like gentleman! I am the king of the host club, Tamaki Suoh aka the prince type. My friend with the glasses is Kyouya Ootoori, the cool type. The tall silent one is Takashi Morinozuka, aka Mori the wild type. The little one is Mitsukuni Haninozuka, aka Hunny the Lolita type. I believe you've already met the twins and Haruhi?"
I nodded my head. I saw the twins start to tell Tamaki about how I was already friendly with Haruhi when I felt a tug on my sleeve and looked down to see the one called Hunny. Just thinking of his name reminded me of sweets and made me hungry.
"Uh, yes?"
"I wanted to know if you wanted to eat some cake with me, Sano-Chan?" He asked, making me even hungrier. I figured I might as well take him up on the offer.
"Sure. I haven't eaten cake in a long time." He led me to a table where we sat. Mori, the ridiculously tall one brought cake to both of us and also sat down. I could see Tamaki and the twins bickering before Haruhi was brought into the middle of it for some reason. I think I might have even heard something about ramen or coffee but I wasn't sure. They became background noise, however, when I finally saw the pink, fluffy piece of cake that lay on my plate. I lifted my fork and slowly cut into my pink slice and brought it to my lips, savoring its sweet taste. It was true that I hadn't had cake for a long time even though I had loved it. My mother and I used it to celebrate our birthdays, but besides that we didn't really eat it since we thought the money could be used for more important things. I could still remember clearly when I had come home on my 13th birthday with a fresh cake already made by my mother on the table, who had refused to let me look into the kitchen only for me to see that it looked like a flour bomb had exploded in there. She had just laughed it off while scratching her neck, saying, "It wasn't as easy as I thought to make a homemade cake". Then we had fought over whether or not I would help clean the kitchen, with me winning out in the end. I let the memory envelope me for a moment before remembering that I wouldn't ever be able to eat cake with her again.
"Sano-Chan? Are you alright?" Hunny asked, bringing me to the back to the present. I glanced at him for a moment before removing the fork out of my mouth.
"Yeah, just thinking of some old times that I had cake before."
"I love cake!" He said, with a big smile on his face. "I love to eat it whenever! Especially today." He said cheerily still.
"Oh? Is today special or something?" I asked trying to figure out what occasion it might be.
"Huh? Why do we need an occasion for something like cake? I eat it all the time!" He said a little confused.
"A-All the time??" I asked surprised. He didn't need an event or occasion to eat cake??
"You sound so surprised." Said Tamaki, who appeared to have listened in on us. He was standing behind me, apparently having forgotten the fight he had just been in with the twins.
"Well, I guess I kind of am. I just didn't realize that people would eat something like this often. I mean, what do you use to stand out for a celebration?" I asked.
"Like for a birthday?" Tamaki questioned.
"Well, I eat even more cake! It's also fun to have all kinds of other sweets like donuts, pie, ice cream, crème Brule, and chocolate fruits, mousse and-" Hunny kept going on. My jaw began to drop at some of the things he mentioned.
Suddenly there was a crash behind me. I turned around to find a small table that had held a vase was on the floor. The vase smashed with the flowers and water everywhere. I spotted a broom and dustpan in the corner. Before anybody else could move, I grabbed them and started to clean up the mess.
"It was you two that did that, not me!" I heard Tamaki shout, trying to make everyone believe him.
"Why would we do that, milord?" I heard the twins say together. I got the feeling that they really were the ones at fault, but I didn't say anything. For the second time since I had met them the three of them got into a little spat.
"Sano-Chan, why are you the one cleaning this up?" Hunny questioned.
"Well, I don't mind cleaning. I'm not one to stand for a big mess like this one. In fact, I was actually thinking of getting a job as a cleaner someplace, but I'm kind of putting it on hold." 'Besides' I said to myself 'My family has such LUCK when it comes to being maids' thinking back to my existence thanks to my odd parents.
"Do you clean very well?" Asked the one with glasses.
"Well, I think so. I like to make sure things are nicely done." I said thinking for a minute.
I felt the phone in my pocket move along with the ring tone that was randomly on there. I motioned to the others to hold for a second before answering. I expected it to be Tennoji again, but I was wrong.
"Ms. Serenity?" A voice on the other line asked. It took me a moment to place the owner of the voice to be the driver.
"Yeah?" I asked. I was a little mad that he had called me by my first name, but I couldn't say anything about it in front of the club.
"I will be outside of the school in 10 minutes. Please hurry outside." He said coldly.
"Uh, yeah sure." I hung up shrugging off the shivers that went up my spine. I grabbed my bag and went to stand up and as I did I tripped over my feet and started falling. It felt like everything was slow motion for a moment when I felt someone prevent me from falling. I looked up, extremely surprised to see Kyouya. He righted me before letting go. Everyone was silent and staring at us making it really awkward.
"Thank you. That would have been pretty bad if I fell, huh?" I said nervously to break the tension in the air.
"I realize you must be going, but can I speak to you privately for a moment?" He said and then motioned for me to follow him. He led me away from the others until we were across the room and he deemed it far enough. "I was curious, were you going to take up a job this year?"
"Uh, well not really. Yuyi doesn't want me going around looking for a job in some random place." I said, thinking back to our conversation we had yesterday.
"If you would like, I can set up a job here at the club for you." I looked up in surprise. "You see, we cant really have maids that we need to train because they would demand too much of our attention. We need someone that can be here to clean everyday. We would pay you well for your services."
"Yes, that would be wonderful!" I said, trying to contain my excitement. If I had a job here, Yuyi wouldn't be able to stop me, and I could still earn my own money.
"Alright, I'll have a talk with the others. We'll give a trial tomorrow and then we'll decide. It has to be voted on, of course so we may find someone else." I nodded that I understood. "Well then, we'll see you tomorrow Sano." I quickly waved to everyone as I left, happy that I might get a job after all.
As soon as I reached the front gates, the driver pulled up and hurried to open the door for me. I took off my backpack and sat in the car; unable to believe the weird day I just had at my first day ever at Ouran high school. I could only hope that the days that followed would be as strange.