CHAPTER EIGHT
It had been about a month since the Host Club and I had helped Sakura and Sora, and the two were still a couple…their parents had been thrilled, turns out the two are in an arranged marriage with each other but had no clue. I was still very glad to have helped them out, and that they are so happy. Though oddly nothing much had happened in the Host club since we all helped them, something I found to be really odd, but I didn't question it was nice to have a small break from all the craziness that club had. I had also gone with Mitsukuni and Takashi to a few of Takashi's kendo meetings, it was also interesting; almost made me want to learn kendo, though I didn't neither of my parents would like that very much. Mitsukuni, Takashi, and I made our way to the Third Music Room; I skipped the whole way there. As we entered the room I heard Tamaki trying to get Haruhi to wear a very feminine kimono…I guess that everyone was wearing kimono's today then.
"Tamaki, you realize she can't wear it, the girls would definitely know something was up if she did. You do want her to stay in the club, right?" Tamaki just stuttered at my question, saying how pretty Haruhi would look wearing a girly kimono, even though I agreed with him, I still knew that Haruhi couldn't wear it; not to mention that she didn't want to wear it.
"Katherine, we have a kimono for you." I heard the twins say, which made me really happy. I loved to dress up; I loved Halloween it made me sad that Halloween was only once a year.
"R-really!? Thank you! Thank you!" I hugged the twins before running off to the back to change into the kimono. The kimono was a really pretty shade of pink, it had orange goldfish on it, though it was hardly noticeable that they were goldfish, and it had a red ribbon that went around my stomach. It was really cute I really liked it. "Thanks! I really like it." I twirled around in a circle, showing off the kimono, giggling 'cutely'. Next thing I know I'm in a death grip hug, spinning in circles. This had been happening a lot more lately since we helped out Sakura and Sora, Tamaki kept hugging me when I was 'too cute' as he put it. I effortlessly slid out of his arms, panting slightly to get my breath back. I quickly went over to where Mitsukuni and Takashi were sitting, I stood there for a few seconds, and Mitsukuni just stared at me for a moment before he glomped me. Thinking about it I realized that this was everyone's first time seeing me wear anything but the uniform…or being tucked in my bed with a blanket over me in Mitsukuni, Takashi, and Haruhi's cases.
"You look really cute Kitty-chan!" I felt my face turn a light shade of red, though I had no clue why.
"T-thank Mitsukuni! You're cute today too!" I smiled at him as we sat down, though he didn't stay sitting for log, he and the rest of the hosts had to go greet their guests. Soon the guests came in, all very happy to be seeing the hosts today.
"I didn't know that you were part of the Host Club Kitty." One of the girls sitting over with Mitsukuni, Takashi, and stated... I wasn't really in the club…was I?
"O-oh I'm not really in the club. I just make the cakes, and help out Haruhi with the instant coffee." I could feel my cheeks growing red, "They told me I could wear the kimono today, and I just really like to dress up. Halloween is actually my favorite holiday because of that." I smiled, my eyes closed, at her. Then once again I was in the air, squished in a tight spinning hug from Tamaki.
"So cute!!" Once more I slid out of Tamaki's arms, my breathing once more a little bit heavy.
"Please stop doing that Tamaki." I stared up at him, before walking back over and sitting down. I was lucky and his costumers distracted Tamaki. I started talking with the girl that had made the comment about me being in the Host Club, I found out her name was Ayumi, and she was a very nice person to talk to. I soon got distracted from my conversation when I heard Mitsukuni ask Haruhi,
"Haru-chan, Haru-chan. I don't know how but I lost one of my sandals." Mitsukuni had tears coming to his eyes, and he was rubbing tears from one of his eyes. I frowned, how could he lose only one sandal? Hadn't he been sitting across from me this whole time? He started to cry harder, holding out his one sandal, as two girls and Haruhi came over to Mitsukuni. Haruhi then asked the question that had been on my mind,
"You were just wearing them a while ago, weren't you?"
"Mitsukuni…" wow I didn't even notice Takashi had gotten up from the couch. Takashi then slid the 'missing' sandal onto Mitsukuni's foot.
"Takashi…" Mitsukuni still had tears in his eyes, if it had been anyone but Mitsukuni then I really would have been suspicious of them.
"I noticed that you dropped it." Mitsukuni then jumped on Takashi, hugging him,
"Takashi!" The girls seemed to find this amazing for some reason that I couldn't fathom,
"How sweet!"
"Isn't it though?" Even though I wasn't extremely close to Haruhi I heard her mumble,
"These tearful scenes seem to be spreading." Really? I hadn't even noticed anyone other then Mitsukuni crying… "How is it that everyone can get so weepy so suddenly?" Haruhi then accidentally backed into one of the twins, I believe it was Kaoru, but I wasn't entirely sure. "Whoops…" I saw the small case fall from the twins sleeve, "What's this?" I slowly made my way over to them, looking closer at what Haruhi was holding…
"Tear drops?" I mumbled confused, why do they need tear drops? They don't wear contacts. I frowned slightly, tilting my head to the side slightly, starring at the twins in confusion.
"I should let you know, it's a common practice for a host." Kaoru stated.
"There isn't a girl around who won't swoon over moist eyes." Hikaru said…yeah and if a girl tells a guy that she's PMSing, then that guy will do almost anything to keep her happy. It was a two way street I suppose.
"That's cheating."
"I agree with Haruhi… that's really cheap." I frowned at the two, using fake tears to tick girls was really low.
"Oh don't be such party poopers." Hikaru slid his arm around Haruhi, and I quickly stepped back so that they couldn't do that to me.
"Here Haruhi. This is for you." Kaoru held out some sweet dessert to Haruhi.
"But Haruhi doesn't even like sweets." I mumbled to myself, not knowing that Haruhi had heard me. Haruhi blushed slightly,
"I can have this?"
"Aren't you the cutest!" The twins spoke in unison…at this rate I'm surprised that no one other then the host and me had found out that Haruhi is actually a girl. Two girls randomly walked over to Haruhi. One girl had shot brown hair with brown eyes, and the other girl had long brown hair with brown eyes. The one with the long brown hair spoke,
"I didn't know you liked sweets Haruhi-kun."
"Well to be honest I don't really like sweets that much. Still, it might be nice as a memorial offering for my mother." All of the girls blushed, having tears in the corner of their eyes. It was so sad that I almost wanted to cry myself, though I didn't cry.
"How admirable of you!" I guess Tamaki had fake tears also since he had tears in his eyes, and for some reason a blush on his face. "Such devotion to you mother! Here, Haruhi, take as many as you like!" I move away from him, and over to where the rest of the host stood, wide-eyed. Tamaki then started to pile the sweets into Haruhi's hands. The other host standing around me then started to clap, though I had no clue why.
"Are those fake tear, too?" Haruhi asked him, I figured that they were. Though Haruhi's comment seemed to offend Tamaki,
"How can you say that!? My tears are always genuine. Being able to cry without using eye drops is the mark of a true host." Does that mean that the rest of the hosts aren't real host? "Well? Are you impressed? Have you fallen for me yet?" I guess he forgot that Haruhi is supposed to be a guy, because that statement makes him sound gay to the rest of the world outside of the hosts and I. The rest of the host turned away from the two, mainly Tamaki, while I just stared at him blankly.
"You wish." Was Haruhi's reply, and I bet Tamaki actually wished that she had fallen for him.
"My romantic overtures just don't seem to reach you, huh Haruhi?" Tamaki then looked like he was in deep thought for some reason. "Perhaps I should alter my character somewhat." Then, for some reason, Haruhi looked over to the entrance, and Tamaki shut-up looking over as well. Upon looking over as well, I saw a girl, wearing the female uniform, with long brown hair, and a pink ribbon in her hair, though I couldn't tell what color her eyes were from the distance I was standing away from her. Then the twins walked up to the girl,
"What are you waiting for? Come on in." Kaoru said, holding out a rose for Renge to take.
"It isn't any fun to just watch." Hikaru said, leaning on Kaoru's shoulder.
"Come on." Now both of the twins were holding out a rose for Renge to take. For some reason this bothered the girl as she just stuttered out 'U-um…' I was grateful, for once, that Tamaki went over there saying,
"Hey, I'm always telling you to be more courteous to our first time guests, aren't I? Here, don't be afraid, my princess. Welcome to Ouran Host Club." Tamaki then leaned in closer to Renge; I think that he was making things even worse. Even though Renge had a blush on her face she screamed out,
"N-no! Don't touch me, you phony prince!!" She slapped Tamaki away from her; I think she might have overreacted, even though he had invaded her personal space. The rest of the hosts gasped, shocked by the girl's actions. Tamaki held his face, which had turned a shade of red, his eyes watering slightly as he stated,
"I'm… a phony?" Tamaki's eyes widened in shock as the brown haired girl told him,
"Yes! You're a phony!" She was acting really mean, she could have at least said it nicely…."I cant believe that you are the prince figure in this club! The prince character doesn't go spreading his love around so readily! How can you be so stupid!? It's almost like you're a dim-witted narcissist!" Wow she is really mean, and she hasn't even known Tamaki for more then a few minutes, "Incompetent! Mediocre! The pits! You're no better then a commoner!" Wow she was being really offending Haruhi, and it even offended me; I lived like a commoner basically my whole life, I even went to a 'commoners' public school. Tamaki then fell over, giving the girl a clear view of all the other hosts.
"By any chance, are you…" Kyouya started to say before the girl, who I could now see had brown eyes, interrupted him,
"Kyouya-sama!" She the jumped, painfully stepping on Tamaki's stomach, to hug Kyouya, not even taking notice of Tamaki. "I've wanted to meet you. My own prince."
We all then went and changed out of our kimonos, closing the club early to know why the girl was here, and why she wanted to meet Kyouya.
"Fiancée?" The twins questioned the brown-eyed girl, whose name I still didn't know, "Kyouya-senpai's?"
"Yes. My name is Houshakuji Renge. I will be transferring into 1st-Year, Class A tomorrow." The girl, whom I now knew as Renge, replied politely sitting on the couch. I hadn't noticed until the twins pointed it out, but Tamaki was sitting in a corner, sulking which I really didn't get why he was so upset.
"Why is he sulking?" Kaoru asked, which Hikaru answered.
" That's because Mommy was hiding something from Daddy." I guess Tamaki was 'daddy' and Kyouya was the 'mommy' from the conversation they had before the physical exam.
"Whatever. Why does everyone insist on referring to us like we're husband and wife?" I thought it was very cute, though it must really irritate Kyouya. Then Renge randomly popped up, having left the couch saying,
"It is indeed love at first sight. The way you were adoring those flowers by yourself in the back courtyard, even when no one else was looking…" That really didn't sound like the Kyouya I knew, Kyouya was more interested in doing things that profited him, not help others. "And the way you kindly reached out to that injured little kitty…" Having been only paying half attention to what Renge had said I responded to hearing my nickname,
"What Renge?"
"Hmm?"
"Sorry I heard you say Kitty and responded." I gave her my 'adorable' smile, before she squealed giving me a hug; which I slid out of like I did every time Tamaki hugged me.
"Who are we talking about?" The twins asked, panicking slightly. Then Haruhi smiled, asking the same question that was on everyone's minds,
"Could you have the wrong person?"
"No! You can't fool these eyes!" This seemed to upset Renge. "He's someone who is kind to everyone," Everyone then started to freak out, while I just stared at Renge and Kyouya wide eyed, "and yet does not seek to have anyone take notice of him. He loves solitude, but is actually, lonesome. He looks just like the star of the popular dating simulation 'Uki-doki Memorial,' Ichijo Miyabi, and that's you!" She pointed her finger at Kyouya. So she was an otaku. Everyone seemed to freeze when she said this.
"Uki?" Haruhi said in a questioning tone.
"Doki?" Mitsukuni said in a questioning tone as well, it translated to high-spirited heart-pounding. Tamaki then freaked out again,
"An Otaku!" I didn't really understand why he was so freaked out, otaku are really common now a days, I mean I had known plenty of people that were otaku's at my old school, then again that was a 'commoners' school.
"Otaku!?"
"She's an otaku!" I really didn't understand why everyone kept freaking out.
"I've never seen one before!" Kaoru screamed in shock, I guess that there aren't too many rich otaku's.
"I see now. You're infatuated with a character. You're projecting the character infatuation onto me, going so far as to delude yourself that we are engaged. This Miyabi-kun character probably wears glasses too, right?" Interesting how he came to that….
"Whoa, deluded, you say? Then, that story about her being your fiancée…" Didn't Kyouya just say that?
"I don't remember ever agreeing to being her fiancée. For one thing, I've never even met her before today." This seemed to shock everyone, well everyone but me, I had already figured that we he didn't know her, or even introduce her. Renge then looked up, all sparkly eyed,
"According to my research, I understand that you administer everything about this club." Renge then turned to look at Mitsukuni as he spoke,
"That's right Kyo-chan is our director." This seemed to be great news to Renge,
"The director? That's perfect! I've always dreamed of being the drawing card for someone's business. " The twins spoke up,
"We don't need one. We're a host club, after all."
"I've made up my mind. I'm going to be this host club's manager!" She seemed to be really excited about this idea,
"Um Kyouya… " Tamaki started, I guess he was going to ask if we could get ride of her,
"She's the daughter of a client that's important to the Ootori family. I ask that you be sure not to do anything impolite. " Tamaki then hung his head, displeased by Kyouya's answer.
"Everyone it's going to be a pleasure to work with you." Renge said, giggling slightly.