In a dark bedroom, two sets of bunk beds laid across from each other. In each bunk, a Hamasaki sibling slept peacefully. The blankets rose and fell with each of their breaths, and they all wore matching bat-man pajamas. Since they were children, the Hamasakis always stuck together. The brothers knew they'd always be life-long friends, and they all loved taking care of Akari, who they viewed as more of a brother. The serene sounds of soft breathing was suddenly broken, when a blaring, ear-splitting alarm screeched across the room, the tune sounding like a demented version of 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.' Upon hearing the noise, the four siblings screamed and sat up in unison, and they all scrambled out of bed to turn off the hideous alarm. Akari and Osamu, being on bottom bunks accidentally slammed their heads into the metal frame. Both grimaced in pain and fell back onto the bed, clutching their foreheads. The eldest sibling, Haku, slipped while climbing down the ladder from his top bunk and crashed onto the ground, creating a mini earthquake. Arashi successfully lurched towards the table and slammed off the alarm.

"Ha, I win." Arashi turned toward me and my two older brothers, we were all moaning in pain. Ever since we were kids, we played this game every morning. It was called the 'who-can-turn-off-the-alarm-the-fastest' game. The winner got to punish the losers by making them do something stupid. We've always been competitive, and this game was perfect in preventing oversleeping.

Groaning, I got out from my bunk and the other two also regained their posture.

"What's the punishment this time." Osamu asked bitterly, he hadn't won once this entire week. Sucker.

A grin crept up onto Arashi's lips, and he thought for a moment. Haku was impatient.

"Gah, just hurry up so we can get this over with!" He was the whiny childish one despite being the oldest.

"Twenty push-ups. Go."

Osamu groaned while Haku sighed. They hated push-ups. I on the other hand, was really good at them and I liked them. They were easy. I beamed at Arashi and started immediately, push-ups were nothing to me and he knew that. Yay, I was his favorite.

"No fair! She never really gets punished!" Haku pouted, then got into the push-up position.

"Suck it up like a man, Haku," I said grinning to myself. I finished first, Haku finished last. It was surprising, Osamu was the nerd and yet he still beat Haku in any physical activity.

"Whoo! I almost died!" Haku rolled over onto his back when he finished. We all laughed, then started getting ready for school. I was pumped. Today was going to be the first day Arashi and I were going to be hosts. I grinned. Good thing Haku was a charmer in public, I learned my ways from him. There was no way the girls would like my brother's act over mine, right? I've always secretly practiced being different characters(usually bishounen from shoujo manga.) But then again, I guess my brothers all were technically real-life bishounen. At least, that's what my ex-friend once told me. Well, I looked like one so Arashi and I were equal regarding appearance. We're twins after all. Still though, I was worried he would beat me. I knew exactly what his punishment was, and I wasn't going to like it. I decided that maybe I should think of his too.

As my brothers and I ate breakfast, I recalled everything Tamaki had said yesterday. He told us that today, we would be cosplaying which got me even more hyped than I already was. He didn't mention the theme, but that made me all the more anxious to go. After breakfast, we all scurried off to school. In a limo. Ugh, I felt so embarrassed riding one...

After school...

I practically dragged Arashi across the hallway after school. He ran into a couple of dudes, who shot us dirty glares. I apologized, then continued dragging Arashi behind me. Face flushed from the fast-walking/running, I ran my fingers through my hair and opened the door from yesterday.

When I peered inside, I was absolutely blown away. The music room was decorated in the theme of a Butler café, and of course, the Host's were all dressed as classy Butlers. Typical, yet never gets old.

"Ah! You both have arrived!" Tamaki smiled at us, then strutted over to sling his arms around our shoulders.

"Your costumes are in the dressing room, be sure to do your best today! " I grinned.

"I won't disappoint you King!" Unwrapping his arms around us, Tamaki winked and gave me a thumbs up.

"I know you won't, rookie."

Arashi and I walked over to the dressing room, and went in through the curtained areas. Whenever I changed, I was only reminded how un girl-like my body was. It screamed "guy!" everywhere. I knew there were some girls who were late bloomers but...Come on! I was sixteen yet my chest was the same from when I was eight?! I finished buttoning up my Butler outfit, then looked in the mirror. I looked tall, slender, and like a bishie. I was kinda...sad? I wished that maybe, I looked a little more feminine like Haruhi. Sure, she was a tomboy too but her face and doe eyes screamed "girl!" I shook off the thought. Now was not the time to reflect on my insecurities.

"Ready?" I called to Arashi in the other curtain compartment.

"Hm," I heard the sound of him drawing his curtains back. I did the same. We eyed each other up and down, we looked even more similar now, if that was possible.

"Looking good," I nudged him with my elbow.

"Not bad," he said. We walked out together.

"Yes! You two look perfect!"

Beaming, I ran my fingers through my hair. The thing a lot of bishies did. Lowering my voice, I then said:

"Of course. I strive for perfection to please the ladies."

"Why don't you save it for the ladies then," said Kyoya.

I stuck my tongue out to him while pulling down one lower eyelid with my pointer finger.

Haruhi chuckled a bit.

"You're a lot like the twins, Hamasaki Senpai."

"Call me by my first name Haruhi," I smiled at her. I really hoped that if she ever found out I was a girl, she wouldn't hate me. I don't know why, but girls didn't like me when I tried to be their friend. I mean, I would have been a great gal-friend! I invited this one girl to go skateboarding and mud-wrestling one time, but she never spoke to me again! Who would turn down such a great offer?

"Okay, if that's what you want." She gave me that adorable smile of hers, I wish she was my younger sister.

"Awww, you're so cute!" I reached my hand over to pat her head. But when I did, Tamaki seemed to have snapped.

"Ahhh! No! Don't touch my daughter rookie!" He stole Haruhi away from me before I could pat her head.

"I already have enough trouble protecting Haruhi from those two!" He pointed an accusing finger at Hikaru and Kaoru. Throwing my hands up in surrender, I tried calming him down.

"Kay, sorry boss. Didn't mean to freak you out." I then turned to Haruhi.

"Sorry I tried getting into your personal space without your permission, and Tamaki's." I grinned apologetically at her. Her eyes widened a bit, then she smiled.

"You're actually one of the few people who respect my personal space, unlike some idiots." And by some she was directly talking about Tamaki and the Hitachiins, she even glared at all three of them. The twins just shrugged. Before Tamaki could curl up into a little ball of despair, Kyoya spoke up.

"The club will be opening in two minutes, everyone should get ready."

The Hosts all disassembled and went their separate ways. My brother and I waved at each other, then separated. After what seemed like a couple of seconds, a sea of tacky, yellow uniforms came swarming into the Club. Three girls walked over to me. My very first customers. I erased my mind, and I became the popular senpai like from the manga I was reading.

I did the classic kind smile with my eyes shut, and waved my hand at the girls. The girls seemed less nervous, and approached me faster seeing that I was friendly.

"Nice to meet you ladies, my name is Akari Hamasaki, and I hope that you will enjoy my company as much as I will enjoy yours." I looked at each of their faces, and I had said it in the most charming voice I could manage. I stood and placed my hand on what seemed to be the leader of the group's back, and gently guided her to the sofas.

"Please sit down," I smiled at her, and she turned a light shade of pink. The other girls giggled.

After a few minutes of introductions, I started telling them funny jokes or complimented them on their appearances. It was super easy to get them all giggly and blushing around me.

"Do you girls like puppies or kittens?" I asked sweetly.

"Oh, that's so hard!" Said the one with blonde hair.

"Kittens! They're much smaller," the brunette said shyly.

"Puppies of course, I have three dogs at home and I love them to death!" The slightly red-haired one was the most outgoing.

"That's great! I personally would choose both. I never had a pet before, but I would really like to get one. They're so cuddly and adorable! Like you girls! I just wanna hug all of you and never let go." That phrase sent them squealing while blushing. I grinned. This was a great way to practice my acting.

Customers came and went, and they had pretty similar personalities. Some were shy, others were slightly clingy, but in the end every one of my customers felt at ease with me and some even told me about their personal troubles. I had snuck a couple of glances at Arashi, and noticed he was really mastering this tsundere bad boy act. He and I were equally popular. He wasn't very touchy or talkative I noticed, but he would blush from time to time, muttering 'it's not like I like you or anything...baka...' which sent the girls into a mad fan-girling session. Time flew by as people say, and the club was closing before I even knew it.

"You two were great," the twins gave us a thumbs up.

"I'm so proud of you both!" Tamaki was dramatically tearing up, he was lightly dabbing his eyes with a handkerchief.

"You guys are a natural!" Honey senpai also complimented our performance.

"Both of you increased our usual profits about 0.5%, and I noticed a couple of new customers coming in as well." He smiled, our presence was probably helping out the Host Club a bit.

"Great work," Haruhi smiled at us.

"I told you we wouldn't let you down!" I gave them my dazzling smile, then excused ourselves to change. I sort've noticed that Mori looked a little less emotionless today, and he kept on stealing glances at me from time to time. I wonder if I just looked really stupid and the Hosts were just trying to poke fun at me. Nah, I'm too awesome at this popular senpai thing. Anyways, I decided not to put too much thought into it.

"Nice work." Arashi said to me. He opened the curtain and entered to start changing, and I did the same.

"Not bad yourself, tsundere bad boy." I could almost hear him scowling upon hearing my words. I chuckled, and started to unbutton my shirt. He was done, him being a super fast changer, so he left ahead of me.

"Hey! Wait up!" I frantically tried changing as fast as I could. I heard footsteps approaching. Oh no. I widened my eyes.

"Hey Akari-" I cut off the twins.

"DON'T YOU DARE TAKE ANOTHER STEP CLOSER AND DON'T YOU DARE OPEN THE CURTAIN!" I screamed at them. I could almost see their matching faces displaying surprise.

"Why not-"

"I'M HALF-DRESSED AND IF YOU TRY ANYTHING I WILL BEAT THE TWO OF YOU UP AND-"

I was cut off, Arashi had heard my screaming and had rushed to my rescue. I heard him shove the twins away from my curtain and say,

"Leave her alone." His tone was deadly. I heard the twins scamper off, and I sighed from relief.

"Thanks Arashi." I resumed changing, feeling safe that my brother was standing outside the curtain, guarding me from intruders.

Great. I bet the entire school heard my outburst, no thanks to my loud voice. I wasn't get kicked out of the Host Club now am I? They kept Haruhi, but that was different. She had to, to pay off a debt. I wasn't obligated to stay, maybe they would kick me out for lying. I swallowed nervously, I didn't want to leave on my first day!