Hello, people! I miss you all! This chapter was so hard to write! This was probably my longest chapter. I got a little carried away and cut it. And enjoy~
Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran…
Chapter 7
It was nine in the morning when Maya woke up. She glanced at her clock located beside her laptop, at the top of her drawer. She took her laptop and looked at her mails. Most of it was just advertisements so she disposed of them. But, a certain message had caught her eyes. She clicked to it. It wasn't long till a smirk was formed across her face. However, a knock on the door spoiled the moment, much to her dismay.
She sighed. "Come in," she deadpanned.
The wooden door creaked open. Her husband came in with his usual suit. Maya lifted her eyes from her laptop. "Oh, hi!" No matter how hard she tried to hide the excitement, he can still see it through that bubbly face of hers.
"Don't you have work?" Maya asked.
He sat on the bed beside her. "I do. I just came to check up on you," he said. His crimson eyes landed on the laptop. "What were you doing?"
"I was just checking on our visitors," Maya answered.
"Are you really sure about the engagement?" he asked.
"Of course!" she answered confidently. She saw her husband sighed.
"Are you sure they would agree with this childishness of yours?"
"For your information, this is not childishness! I was only thinking of their futures," she protested. "They should consider themselves the lucky 'cause they'll be married to my best friend's sons."
He shook his head, disappointed. "And here I thought you knew them better than I do," he sighed. He felt like he would get a headache if he continued to talk to her. He kissed her forehead and bid goodbye. He walked towards the door.
Maya watched her husband went out. She waited for him to be gone completely before browsing through her mails again. She smiled big. "They should be here this afternoon. Everything is going according to plan."
Later that day… hosting hours…
"Kyo-chan, why do we have male customers?" Hunny asked curiously.
The bespectacled host lifted his eyes from his laptop and looked at his small senior. "They're Miyuki-chan and Sayaka-chan's customers."
Hunny's eyes glinted. "Are they gonna be hostesses from now on?"
"No, it's just gonna be for today," Kyouya answered.
"Did Tamaki approved of this?" Mori asked.
"No," Kyouya said. "But since Tamaki was depressed, I took control." He looked at the depressed 'King' sulking in his corner.
"Why is Tama-chan depressed?" Hunny asked worriedly.
"That's because the author skipped the part of his welcome party for the Sugimoto twins." He explained.
Hunny nodded and went back to his table where his customers were waiting.
"Is this Japan?" asked a girl with wavy light brown hair. She had purple eyes and fair complexion. She stood in 5'5. Obviously, she's a Yankee. She wore a purple tank top and green mini skirt.
"I guess. Maybe that's why the plane landed here!" another girl said sarcastically. She had amber eyes. Her short strawberry blond hair was tied in small pigtails. She wore a cute red dress above her knees. She was standing in 4'10.
"Wouldn't Maya fetch us?" a male voice asked. He had messy dirty blond hair and amber eyes. He was wearing a black and white jacket over his dark blue t-shirt and jeans. He had an earring attached to his left ear.
"Hey Zurich, can you let go of me already?" asked a girl with straight brown hair. She had huge emerald eyes. She wore a simple velvet blouse and skinny jeans. She was about 5'2 in height.
"B-but.. T-tifanny I.." he stammered.
Tiffany rolled her eyes. "Don't worry. I won't escape. I can't go back to America at this rate anyway."
"Maya instructed us to go to Ouran Academy to search for the twins," the strawberry blond girl said, checking on her mobile phone.
"Um, Margarette, what's that?" Tiffany asked the purple eyed girl who was holding a device of some sort.
"This is a tracking device," Margarette answered, trying to make it work.
The three Yankees looked at her strangely.
"Why would you need that? We have a map," said the strawberry blond girl.
Margarette laughed loudly. Her laugh gained a few stares from the crowd but she chose to ignore it. She patted the innocent girl's back. "Jinny, you're so oblivious! The map Maya gave me was in Japanese and I think I speak for everyone when I say I couldn't understand that. And besides, this is more precise than any other classical maps."
Haruhi sighed. It was the last store in town and there's no commoner's coffee. Apparently, she was instructed by the hosts to buy commoner's coffee. Something was puzzling her, though. If they were really rich and powerful, why don't they just order a bunch of their favorite commoner's coffee? They would always go and order her around. If only she hadn't been so clumsy and broke the eight million yen vase, she would have lived a normal high school life.
Haruhi snapped out her thoughts. She decided to just go back since there's no point of looking for something unavailable. She glanced at her watch. Host club hours was almost done. She didn't know she had been gone for a long time. The hosts might be worried about her.
She was nearing the school premises when she saw a group of four standing in front. They didn't look like they were Ouran students. She guessed they were transfer students. When the school's clock rang, she walked faster and decided to just ignore them since they didn't look like they wanted to be disturbed.
(Note: the narration on this part is based on the American's point of view so basically, Haruhi would be called as he.)
The four teens looked at the huge school with a look somewhat similar to awe. It did not entirely amaze them for a single matter.
"Is this really Ouran Academy?" Jinny asked looking slightly disgusted.
"I thought you said it was a co-ed school?" Zurich looked at the girl beside him who was shaking her tracking device.
"It is!" Margarette insisted. "According to the tracking device, the twins are here. And besides, if it wasn't, how can you explain the host club that the twins told us about?"
"Maybe you misheard," Zurich shrugged.
Margarette looked at him viciously. "Misheard? How could I have misheard when I read that from chat?" she yelled.
Zurich tried to calm her down. "Okay, okay. Maybe you just –."
"Marga is right," Jinny said, interrupting him. Amber eyes fell on her. "The twins would never lie to us."
Tiffany decided to butt in. "Why don't we just ask him?" she asked, pointing at the short good-looking boy with brown hair and big brown eyes. He was walking towards them and it seemed that he was ignoring them.
Jinny was about to talk to him when Zurich stopped her. She gave him a puzzled look but he gave her a reassuring smile. "I'll talk to him."
"Hey there, I'm Zurich Andre Nichols," he said in Japanese fluently.
The three girls looked stunned. "Did you know about this?" Margarette whispered to Jinny. Jinny shook her head.
"I'm Haruhi Fujioka," the boy said uncertainly. "Um, can I help you?"
Zurich studied him for a moment. Far away, this Haruhi kid looked short but he didn't know he was this short. He couldn't have been a middle schooler since he didn't seem like it. Up close, he actually looked feminine. His small stature, his huge chocolate eyes, his sift voice… All of them screamed 'girl'. Zurich mentally slapped himself. He shouldn't be worrying about Haruhi's gender when he had more important things to worry. Like, Miyuki and Sayaka. When he finally decided to return to earth, Zurich noticed the look on Haruhi's face. It was a weird combination of worry, sympathy and bewilderment. He cleared his throat before speaking again.
"We're looking for Ourna Academy," he said.
Haruhi raised an eyebrow and looked at him skeptically. "You're standing right in front of it." He answered.
Zurich smiled sheepishly while the three other Yankees asked him for an explanation. He translated everything to them.
"I told I was right!" Margarette boasted.
The four teens continued to converse completely ignoring the brunette.
(Note: this part is back to Haruhi's point of view so I'll be using 'she' again)
Haruhi, having no role to play on the scene, decided to walk away. But, before she could even get away, Zurich called and stopped her. She turned her head towards them slowly.
"Um.. before you go, can you please bring us to the host club?"
Good bye Miyuki-chan, Sayaka-chan!" the last batch of their customers said waving good bye.
The twins returned it with the same fake smile they wore the whole time, which no one seemed to notice.
Hunny approached the two girls holding up two pieces of cake. "Miyu-chan, Saya-chan, would you like to eat cake with me?"
Sayaka opened her mouth to say something but Miyuki beat her to it. "I'm sorry Hunny-senpai but Saya isn't allowed to have sweets and I don't want to be unfair and eat it without Saya."
Hunny looked at them sadly making Miyuki regret what she said. The dejected boy walked gloomily to Mori. That was when Sayaka stopped him.
"Wait!" she yelled. Hunny turned his head to Sayaka. "I-I can have some. I doubt a little would be risky." She shrugged.
Hunny jumped into Sayaka's arms. "You're so kind!"
Sayaka smiled and patted his back.
"Sayaka.."
"Oh, you know I can never refuse such a cute child like him!" she squealed huddling the small boy.
Miyuki sighed. "Alright, but…" she said but stopped when she saw how happy Sayaka looked. It looked like she hadn't had a cake in years, where in fact, she had always made her a home-made cake. Sayaka would always say she hated sweets. That was why she lied to Hunny in the first place.
She tried not to think of her twin lying to her just because she didn't like her baking.
"I'm really impressed with your performance today," Kyouya said, popping beside her. He was holding his black notebook, probably calculating the profits.
Miyuki smiled. "Just doing our job."
"Are you sure you don't want to be permanent hostesses?" he asked. He was probably happy today because of the profit he made when the Sugimoto twins suggested to be hostesses.
"Nah… Hosting is too tiring," she said.
"Then, why did you want to be hostesses?" he inquired.
Miyuki giggled creating an atmosphere that she usually created in front of her customers. "You're so funny, Kyouya-senpai, acting all clueless! We both know that you wouldn't agree unless you know the reason."
Kyouya didn't answer and soon left but the smirk he wore before he left told her all.
Miyuki looked around her. Hunny was happily eating cake with Sayaka. Mori was sitting by them, observing.
She looked over to Tamaki who was being his idiotic self again. She remembered how he reacted when they told him they'd be hosting for the day. At first, he was furious. He said he didn't want his two new daughters flirting with men. But, they had managed to turn the tables which worked perfectly. Miyuki found it hilarious when Tamaki couldn't reverse the situation.
This time, her eyes landed on the Hitachiin twins. They seemed to be busy thinking of their new script for their brotherly love. Sometimes, she found the act annoying. Actually, she found everything about them to be annoying. The last thing she wanted was to be affiliated to them in any way.
Miyuki's eyes traveled further around the room. She noticed that something was missing. She took a few minutes to ponder what it was. Then, it hit her. 'Haruhi!'
She went over to Kyouya and asked for the brunette.
"She went out to get coffee," he answered.
Miyuki sighed. They were supposed to go home with Haruhi but if she isn't there, then they would have to go without her. She went to Sayaka and pulled her into the dressing room to change into their clothes.
A few minutes after they got in, the door opened revealing Haruhi with company. The hosts looked over curiously. Before anyone could inquire Haruhi, Tamaki glomped her.
"Tono, you're killing Haruhi!" the twins scolded.
Tamaki looked down at Haruhi who was turning blue and immediately released her. He noticed the unfamiliar faces in front of him. "So, we have customers! Though the host club is already closed, it's always open to give service to such lovely ladies." He said, winking at them.
Though the visitors seemed unimpressed, Tamaki failed to notice this. "So, which type do you fancy?" he asked, gently taking Jinny's hand. The girl had a grimace. He was about kiss her hand when the girl took out her other hand and flipped him over.
"Idiot! Why did you flip him?" Margarette yelled.
"So, they're the new foreign students?" Kyouya scribbled something in his notebook.
"He was being perverted! How do you think I should act?" yelled Jinny.
Margarette knelt beside Tamaki and took his hand. "I'm sorry for what that girl did to you!"
Zurich rolled his eyes but no one noticed. His eyes suddenly locked on the other hosts. He introduced himself and then the girls. "We're looking for Miyu and Saya."
The twins were in the dressing room and they overheard everything. They suddenly flinched when Zurich asked for them.
Sayaka walked over to the window. "Why wasn't I born with wings?"
Miyuki face palmed. "Saya, think straight! We need to escape or else.."
"They're in the dressing room," Kyouya said. He ordered Haruhi to get the twins.
Haruhi sighed and went to the dressing room. When she opened the door, she saw Miyuki giving Sayaka a boost up.
"Shhh…"
"What are you doing?" Haruhi asked bewildered.
"Escaping," Miyuki said. She finally threw Sayaka outside landing on the branch of a tree.
The brunette looked more confused now. "But, why?"
"No more questions. Quick, give me a boost up!" Miyuki ordered but in a whisper so the others would not know what they were doing.
Haruhi walked towards her, slowly not knowing whether to do follow or not.
"Hurry!"
Haruhi walked faster due to reflex. She clasped her hands and prepared to give Miyuki a boost up. But, before Haruhi could even bring Miyuki up, she saw Zurich, Margarette and Jinny standing in the doorway.
Margarette snapped her fingers. "Zurich, get Saya off that three. Jinny, take Miyu," she ordered and the two followed immediately.
A lot of beating up happened before the two finally captured the twins. Now, the two brought the twins into the chairs which were conveniently present. They even tied them up so they wouldn't escape.
"Stop this immediately, Marga!" the twins ordered.
Margarette smirked. "Oh, you know I don't understand Japanese!"
The twins tried to struggle to free themselves but it was too tight. As expected from Zurich and Jinny, they wouldn't go easy on them. "Let us go!"
"Don't worry. I'll just give you a little make over. Oh, and the red hair has got to go."
"Noooo!"
"Um.. excuse me, but can you tell us what's happening?" Tamaki asked Zurich.
Zurich smiled slyly. "Just watch."
"You're just perfect!" Margarette exclaimed looking at her masterpiece. They just had an emotional scar but looking absolutely stunning. Not only was their hair dyed, Marga also put some light make-up on the two and forced them to wear the clothes she brought for them. Miyuki was wearing a lilac tank top and grey miniskirt while Sayaka was wearing a turquoise double-scoop neck tee dress. Their golden curls were neatly tied at their side.
The hosts were all speechless at the sight. They thought they were cute in red hair but they're even cuter in blond. The Sugimoto twins rolled their eyes. They knew this would happen. It always did. This was the only thing they sis not miss in America. Last time, they dyed their hair green, Margarette hunted for them for weeks. And now, they were living happily and peacefully in Japan, their worst nightmares came following them. It's not that they hate Margarette, she's just too persistent at times. She always thought of them as her personal dolls, much to their dismay.
Jinny walked towards them with a smile. They pretended to hold a grudge against her for collaborating with Margarette.
"I know that was fake," Jinny said, standing in between them.
"Why do you have to be so mean to us!" they pouted.
Jinny chuckled. "You know how Marga gets when she sees you like that. By the way, do you still remember the conversation we had the other day?"
"Yeah. What about that?"
"Nothing."
"But-"
"Oh, look! Tiffany and Haruhi look good together, huh?"
The twins looked at them and it was true. Haruhi and Tiffany had many similarities.
Okay.. Let's stop right there! I think I got a little carried away with this chapter. But, I really wanted to end this with their American friends in Japan…sooo, good news for everyone. The announcement about the engagement would probably be next chapter! I wonder how will they react when they found out. Ooohh…I'm so excited! Wait, I'm the author. What a bummer!
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