Brittany-Nina groaned, as she stood outside the doors to the third music room. According to Katsumi, Asumi and Kenji whose fathers were both part of the original host club, it was the same room. Brittany-Nina guessed that the only reason it hadn't had to move was because Zero's dad, Tamaki, was now the head. She'd heard that back in the day, the club had been his pride and joy.

She'd never actually met the guy, but she'd heard a lot about him from Mr. Ootori, who was still his best friend. Her and Katsumi's father were pretty close, due to the fact that she was way into his business. She'd always been into the health business, and loved to talk with him about it. The whole acting thing was just on the side.

She sighed, and ran her fingers through her newly brushed hair. On account of the fact that she was playing a zombie in the play, she'd stopped taking care of it so that it would look naturally messy. The director had wanted to make it artificially messy, but Brittany-Nina hated anything that was too artificial in the stage world.

But, since she had to look as good as possible, she was forced to wash up. Now, she felt overly clean and just plain weird.

She reached up to touch the receiver in her ear that they'd stolen from Mr. Ootori. With this, she could hear what her friends were saying from Keisuke's limo, and they could hear her as well. They could also see, what she saw. She sorta felt like a secret agent.

"Remind me again why I have to do this." she sighed.

"Because," she heard Katsumi's voice from the other end. "You're the only one that'll be able to keep their emotions under control."

Brittany-Nina groaned as she remembered, and let her head sag against the door. "Oh, yeah…."

"Just go in there, and get him alone." Keisuke said. "We'll be here to help guide you along if you need any help-"

"No!" Brittany-Nina cried, snapping her head up, before sighing to calm herself. "Please don't. I think I'll do much better if I don't have voices constantly buzzing in my ear."

"Fine." Asami sighed. "Now, Kenji and I have talked to Yakumo about you coming. He doesn't approve of what Zero's doing any more than we do, so he's going to help you get him alone."

Yakumo was Asami and Kenji's older brother, who worked in the host club. They're father was Mori-just the dark, silent type. He was the only other original host club member that Brittany-Nina had met.

"Okay."

Brittany-Nina went to open the door, but it slid open before her hand could even touch the handle. She whipped her head up to see two girls that looked almost exactly alike. Except one had curly blonde hair and amber eyes where as the other one had orange hair and bright blue eyes.

Brittany-Nina instantly recognized them as Maka and Hikari Hitachiin-daughters of Hikaru (Maka) and Kaoru (Hikari) Hitachiin. Actually, they were twins-just with brothers instead of each other. Maka was the one with blone hair, and Hikari with orange hair.

They both bowed simultaneously, then glanced up to smirk at her.

"We've been awaiting you." Hikari smirked.

Brittany-Nina blinked. "You have?"

Maka nodded, before grabbing her by the wrists. "Yakumo told us what was going on. Us, Kei, and Motoko are all in on it."

Kei was Katsumi's older brother-him and Brittany-Nina often got into little spats that everyone claimed was more like flirting than fighting.

"What about your brothers?" Brittany-Nina asked, as the two girls dragged her towards the awaiting boys at the end of the room.

Maka shook her head. "They don't know. Kei says we shouldn't tell them."

By then, they'd reached the boys. Kei had brown hair and gray eyes that were constantly hidden behind sexy glasses. Motoko had long blonde hair that was tied up in a ponytail, and golden brown eyes. And Yakumo hadshort black hair and golden eyes.

"Finally." Kei groaned, pushing up his glasses. "I thought you'd never get here."

Brittany-Nina rolled her eyes, as the other girls let go of her wrists. "Well, here I am. Now, what do you want me to do?"

Kei motioned to the group that Zero was in. "This is his last batch of girls for today. It's going to end in ten minutes." he pointed to a chair right next to him. "I want you to sit there until he's done, and then find a way to get him alone. You know what to do from there."

Shrugging, Brittany-Nina sat down. "Fine, boss. Whatever you say."

"Yakumo's going to keep you company so that you don't look too suspicious."

"Got'cha." Brittany-Nina really didn't feel like arguing at the moment. She decided it'd just be best to do as he says.

"Good."

And with that, Brittany-Nina was left alone with her friends' older brother. She raised an eyebrow over at him, as he at down.

"So, why're you in on this whole charade?" she asked, trying to make small talk, as feeble as it was. She didn't know him as well as she did Kei-which was to be expected, since she did live with the brunette for a good chunk of the year.

Yakumo shrugged. "What he's doing to those poor girls is wrong. He treats them as if they're mere play things instead of people."

"And that's wrong?"

"Isn't it?" Yakumo turned a half smirk on her.

Brittany-Nina let out a small chuckle. "Don't get me wrong, I think it's horrible, too. It's just, I never thought you'd side up against your leader. You don't seem like the type."

"Then you should hang out with me, more." Yakumo smiled back.

"Hey!" Brittany-Nina flinched from the sound of Asumi's yelling in her ear. "Don't go flirting with my brother!"

"I'm not." she hissed as quietly as possible. "We're just having a conversation."

"Didn't sound like one."

"Will you just shut up?"

Yakumo let out a soft chuckle. "My sister, I take it?"

Brittany-Nina nodded. "You could hear?"

"We're lucky if Zero didn't."

Brittany-Nina flinched at the thought, and peeked over at the blonde. He was laughing along with his girls, and didn't seem to have noticed her. She let out a soft sigh of relief at the sight.

Suddenly, Kei was standing over the girls and gently ushering them out the door. He glanced over at Brittany-Nina and gave a slight nod.

"Well," Brittany-Nina stood up, and brushed off her middle school uniform skirt. Yakumo turned to look at her-he'd been watching as well. "Guess that's my cue."

"Good luck."

"Yeah." Brittany-Nina snorted. "I'm going to need it."

She made her way over to Zero and sat down across from him. The blonde glanced up and smiled at her.

"Aren't you a bit young to be requesting me?" he asked, teasingly.

Brittany-Nina bit the inside of her lip. She knew that she looked younger than she was, but it was still inappropriate for him to ask. "I'm 15, thank you very much." she hissed. "Not much younger than you."

"I'd say two years is a good amount." Zero smiled. "Okay, you've got me. I'll stay and entertain you."

Brittany-Nina had to grasp the arms of her chair to keep from lashing out at him. Good thing she was such a good actress. Suddenly, she realized why her friends had picked her. This damn boy was sure annoying.

"I'd like to talk to you." she forced a smile onto her face. "Alone, if that would be alright."

Zero smiled, and stood up. "Of course."

He led her to a room in the back of the main one. Once they were inside, he shut the door behind them-probably to give them maximum privacy.

As he was turning around, Brittany-Nina moved in real close. Okay, this was where the real acting began. She still wasn't sure how she was going to ask him out-she didn't know if she could without barfing. So, she had to find a way to compromise.

"I hear you're a player." she whispered, standing on her tiptoes so that they're noses were just inches apart. She'd just have to wing it. "So let's play a game."

Zero bent down even more, so that now, they're noses were actually touching. "What game?"

Brittany-Nina placed both of her hands on his chest and looked down at them, eyes slightly fluttering. It was partly to add effect, but mostly because she didn't know if she could keep up the charade if she had to keep on looking at him. "It's a game you love to play."

"Refresh my memory."

"We pretend to go out."

"Bed more specific."

She almost groaned at that, but managed to stay under control. Still gazing at her hands, she softly began to speak. "We hold hands, we play fight, we say goodnight and good morning to each other, we stay 7up late talking, we take walks on the beach, we make cute nicknames for each other, we laugh, we hug, we kiss, and the first one to fall in love-" she glanced up at him them, "Loses." the last word was nearly a whisper.

Zero bent down even more so that they're lips were just millimeters apart. Brittany-Nina was sure he was going to kiss her, and was prepared to slap him, but, instead, he said:

"I don't kiss."