Authors Note: Many thanks to everyone who has been reading and taking the time to review and follow this story, it really means a lot and does help with getting more motivation to continue to write!

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"Welcome"

Jun was greeted by a white light so dazzling that it momentarily rendered her sightless, squinting as her vision slowly went blotchy she caught the overwhelming fragrance of roses, she blinked several times only to see that indeed a few rose petals had landed on top of her head and on the frames of her glasses. Her expression was one of complete bewilderment, she was not given the chance to contemplate how abnormal the situation was before an all too familiar, polite voice greeted her "good afternoon princess Mishima".

Jun looked up to see Ootori san smiling down at her in a pleasant manner, her whole face flushed in mortification 'p-princess?!' the thought with a hesitant gulp, not knowing how to respond to being addressed as such a way; and quite honestly, with all the people and chatter in the room she was unsure if she would have been able to reply at any rate. A few moments passed awkwardly with Jun staring nervously up at her classmate who continued to smile amiably, clearly not put off with by her silence. "Is this is your first time visiting?" he continued flipping open his notebook and clicking his pen, she nodded once, though she couldn't shake a strange feeling from his tone that he already knew the answer...

"Well generally our guests reserve their preferred host based on their 'type', to start off I will have to know what your 'type' is so we can find your ideal host" his glasses seemed to gleam and she got a sudden sense of foreboding in the pit of her stomach. Jun had a strong feeling that if she didn't speak now he would get the wrong idea about the whole situation!

"A-actually!" she blurted, startling herself and causing a few heads to turn her way; subsequently making her turn a very interesting shade of red "I.. I was looking... looking to speak t-to you... Ootori san" she murmured quietly, looking down at her feet. She could hear his notebook snap shut "oh?" his tone had shifted and became much more interested. Jun nodded for a second time "w... would we be able to talk somewhere... private?" she hesitantly requested, finally raising her head to meet his gaze; he continued to stare at her for a few moments causing her toes to curl nervously, however he adjusted his glasses with an "of course" before gesturing her to follow him.

Unbeknown to the girl people had noticed.

Haruhi Fujioka was pouring tea whilst politely listening to one of her guests talk about her upcoming history exam "I've been studying so hard, I hope I pass, father says if I do I can get another pony!" she squealed excitedly, a few other girls giggling and cooing at the prospect of owning a pony (in some cases another pony) 'damn rich people' Haruhi thought, almost frowning at the idea of these girls neglecting animals but instead she smiled politely "how many ponies do you own?". The guest sipped her tea before replying "only one", this caused a stir of surprised gasps "only one?" Haruhi repeated, with slight emphasis on the only, however the girls took this to mean that Haruhi was mystified that a person could own more than one pony! Subsequently they giggled over how cute he was.

"I got him a few years ago, but father says I couldn't get another one until I learned how to properly handle him" she explained animatedly, waving a hand in the air "I can ride and groom him perfectly, and love him so much! But he's so lonely in the stadium all by himself..." she raised a tissue to dab at the corner of her eyes, several other girls sniffling sympathetically.

'Stadium?'... Haruhi thought to herself. Shaking her head slightly before glancing around the room, curious to as what the other hosts where up to; Tamaki was living up to his status as 'king', whispering sweet nothings to several ladies, all the while kneeling and holding another's hand within his own. There was quite the stir with his group. From a glance it appeared the twins were about to kiss, Haruhi rolled her eyes. Hikaru was holding a strawberry between his teeth, 'teasing' Kaoru who supposedly loved them. So far they were up to two fainted guests, Haruhi shook her head, she would never understand the antics of those two. Mori sempai and Honey sempai were more predictable; currently enjoying cake with their guests whilst Honey was telling stories of his adventures with Usa chan.

Which left Kyouya sempai, Haruhi turned to look for the glasses wearing young man only to see him leading a girl towards one of the storage rooms; THAT caught her attention, the brunette craned her neck, following them with her gaze, which caused her own table to inquire as to what she was looking at? That was when the whispers began.

"Did you see?"

"Kyouya kun is taking a girl into a 'back room'!"

"OOOOH! I wonder if Tamaki sempai will take ME out to a 'back room'!"

The whispers spread excitedly across the room like a wildfire of moe, it wasn't long before the hosts began to notice as well, some however were more observant to the situation than others of course.

It was Mori sempai who noticed first, it was in his nature to be completely aware of his surroundings at every moment, in case of the event of a surprise attack. He noticed Kyouya lead a new guest, unknown to him for he did not recognise her, away into one of the storage rooms, his brows furrowed slightly.

Honey, being so attuned to his younger cousin felt his disturbance and looked up "you okay?" he asked softly, concern shining in his eyes. Mori stared down at him, blinking once "Mitsukuni" he rumbled in how low baritone, causing several girls to gasp "you made a mess", picking up a napkin he wiped his cousin's mouth which was covered in cake icing and cream. The little Lolita giggled as several girls squealed "so cute!" Whilst Mori wiped his face, Honey's eyes skimmed over to where his younger cousin had been looking, they narrowed slightly, only for an instant before his attention was back to his guests "excuse me ladies!" he smiled, jumping off the sofa and pulling Usa chan seemingly out of nowhere "but Usa chan needs to go for a walk after eating cake" he giggled, grinning broadly whilst his guest giggled in return.

Leaving Mori to attend to their guests, Honey moved with stealth over to where Haruhi was sitting with her own guests "Haru-chaaaan" he called, bouncing in front of the cross dressing host with a wide innocent smile. The guests giggled "good afternoon Honey" they greeted causing the blond to giggle "Honey sempai, shouldn't you be with your guests?" Haruhi interjected as her own way of greeting the senior "Takashi's playing with them till I get back" he affirmed with a smile, before it dropped slightly "Haru-chan did you see Kyo-chan go into the store room with a girl?" he asked, causing several girls to squeal in excitement. "Yeah, I did" Haruhi nodded with a slight frown 'I wonder what he wants from her?' she pondered to herself, 'or maybe she wants something from him? Hmm, well if that's the case Kyouya sempai will make sure it will work out in his favour' she felt a sudden pang of sympathy for the girl. Whoever she was Haruhi hoped she knew what she was getting herself into...

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With the door to the main tea room shut Jun was left alone with her classmate, she let out a slight sigh of relief, feeling slightly less awkward without the chatter, numerous people and constant staring. "So Miss Mishima" Ootori san began 'so much for princess' she thought to herself as she watched him regard her with mild interest "you wish to discuss something with me?" "y-yes" she mumbled before clearing her throat and adjusting her own glasses "I... I have a proposition, for you... well... no not just you it's... it's for the club in... in general" she stumbled over her words slightly but managed to keep her tone steady.

Even in the darkness of the room his glasses seemed to glint.

"Oh? What sort of proposition" he prompted, his arms crossing over his chest. Jun swallowed, feeling nervous "W... well I, I have an extracurricular assignment... for, for en-" "you are required to do a report on one of the schools clubs or societies" he summarised, expression unwavering. Jun's eyes however, felt like they were going to jump out of her head, (did the room suddenly become 10 degrees colder?) 'How... how did he know that?' she thought nervously to herself.

She nodded, finding her voice had gone due to shock, Ootori however used her silence to her advantage "and so you wish to do a report on the host club" he finished, fixing his glasses with his forefinger "whilst I am sympathetic to your situation" he continued, in a rather unsympathetic tone; in Jun's opinion at least. "The host club has a policy prohibiting us from giving away any personal information about us to anyone other than our guests, not to mention we've had issues with the newspaper club when they tried to do a 'up-close edition' on the host club" although he was smiling his tone seemed final, Jun felt her stomach drop, this was her last chance. Ootori san was about to ask her to leave, she had to think of something and think of it fast "Wait!" she blurted, reaching out an arm to him, before catching herself and hastily dropping it and squeezing her eyes shut, saying the first thing that came to her head "think of it as publicity!"

THAT caught his attention.

"Publicity?" he echoed, she peeked an eye open; daring to hope "yes... think of it as a report on a female's outside perspective on the club, what sort of hosts they are, the different activities the club offers! It... it could be published! And then it could bring in new guests?" she felt her voice quivering, he was being so silent, she was unsure if her argument was having any sort of affect on the boy. "And you... you could proof read everything... making sure nothing inappropriate would be published" she whispered anxiously. She jostled slightly as a slow smirk spread across her classmate's face.

"There will of course be some terms and conditions with the Host club agreeing to such advertisement, since it will be made from an outsider's perspective you will be required to attend all host club activities and meetings, there will be no personal information given unless otherwise informed and all content will be approved by me before being submitted, is that clear?"

Jun stared blankly at the boy for a few moments before nodding "y-yes". And in an instant Ootori san's demeanour completely changed from 'business' to 'pleasure', smiling politely the glasses wearing host gestured to the door "I think it would be best to start the report right away, you can spend the rest of the afternoon getting a 'first hand observation' on how we run our club, I will be able to fill in any questions you may have and you will be able to meet the rest of our members" he was walking to the door, with his notebook in one hand (had it always been there). Jun was gawking after him, this... this was all happening so fast; so she simply followed him, not speaking for fear it would all be some sort of joke.

Ootori san opened the door and once again the blinding light shone directly in her face, however this time a more... interesting sight awaited the pair...

Suoh san was red faced, hands knotted into his hair and was shaking violently, screaming about 'tainting the clubs reputation with fornication!' standing beside a pair of twins who... seemed to be holding onto each other in a way that Jun regarded FAR too intimate for public. Beside them stood a short brunette boy who seemed unimpressed by the behaviour of the rest of the hosts and beside them stood a rather tall... boy, she felt it was strange to address him as such; he seemed quite indifferent to the whole situation, and perched on top of his shoulders was a... no.. no it couldn't be a high school student, he must be an elementary student... perhaps a protégé of some sort? He seemed to be confused "would fornication ruin the club's reputation Takashi?" he asked, the tall boy, now known to her as Takashi replied with a simple, deep "yeah"

And watching them, now subsequently watching her was the rest of the club's guests. Jun froze on the spot, feeling like every single eye was on her, judging her, it was burning into her, she felt so hot, she couldn't breathe.

However everyone seemed to be unaware of her, the commotion did however die down when a sudden chill came upon the air originating from the intense glare Ootori san was giving the rest of the club members. One by one they settled down, looking between Ootori san and Jun, waiting for an explanation, however at the look on the vice president's face they slowly began to cower, with the exception of Mori. "Kyouya.. w-wha-" Tamaki started but was interrupted by Kyouya "don't you have guests you should be entertaining". One by one the guests went back with their receptive hosts, Suoh san being pulled by Ootori san all the while wailing about a 'poor girl who has been 'deflowered'.

Jun was left standing alone, slowly recovering from the social spotlight, slowly her breath began to come back, she swallowed heavily, waiting for the room to stop spinning and for the temperature to drop to a normal degree.

Did that really just happen? she dared to look up, only to see that the room had gone back to it's previous state, the hosts were entertaining their guests, a few were sending her curious looks, she tried to ignore them in the hopes of finding a quiet corner to sit. She spotted a windowsill and quietly made her way to it, going unnoticed for the most part. A few hosts were regarding her, Mori, Honey and the twins.

Thankfully Jun was unaware of the chaos that was to come, for the moment she was seated on the window sill, taking out her notebook and finding a new clean page. She would do this, she looked around the room once more, seeing the hosts entertain their guests, content to watch. This would be simple enough, show up for a few sessions, make report, hand it in and remain in 2A.

Simple... right?

1. If anyone seems out of character please let me know because I am trying to keep them as close to character as possible

2. Next chapter we will get more in depth with the boys 3 for the moment we just had some lovely Kyouya.