Authors Note: An extra chapter? I think so! Actually, my parents took down the internet so they could do work on my mom's office. This means I cannot watch Doctor Who or upload the chapter before this. My muse will not die quite yet.
The next day, I sat in class, waiting for the bell to ring and the teacher to come. Hopefully soon, because I really didn't want to suffer through the embarrassment of apologizing to Tamaki quite yet. Sadly, he came before the teacher had even come into the classroom.
He smiled and waved at people as he made his way to his seat. I tried to disappear before his violet eyes found their way to me. But doing so only would cause more attention to be drawn to me.
"Hello, Miss Satoshi!" he said cheerfully as he sat in his seat. He went about everything like I hadn't said what I did.
"Hello, Tamaki." I drummed my fingers on my desk before glancing at him. "I'm sorry about what I said yesterday. I didn't mean it."
He chuckled lightly and smiled even brighter than before. "It's perfectly fine, Miss Satoshi. I knew you didn't mean it."
It felt like the world was lifted from my shoulders. "Thank you for being so forgiving Tamaki. If I ever can make it up to you, let me know."
He nodded. "Will do!"
Then class began.
…Afterschool….
The bell rang and people shot up and began leaving quickly. Most everybody's bags were packed before the bell was two minutes away from ringing. I put my pencil in my bag and got ready to stand up, when a hand was placed on my desk in front of me.
"Guess what Miss Satoshi," Tamaki said with a big, dumb smile on his face.
"What?" I replied and looked up at him.
"I figured out how you could make it up to me!" He was nearly bouncing with joy. This did not look like it was going to end well for me.
"How?" I hesitantly asked, biting my lower lip as I thought of what it could be.
He took my wrist and pulled me up. "You will attend the Host Club! I heard you saying earlier you had no plans for today!"
"You were eavesdropping on my conversation with my friend?"
He shook his head. "No, silly! I just happened to overhear as I was walking by in a slow fashion!"
I glared at him. "I refuse to go."
He smiled. "You have no choice!"
Before anything else could be said, he began walking along quickly, dragging me along. People looked as we passed as I kept telling him to let me go and a few other choice words. No matter how much I wiggled or twisted my arm and pulled, his grip was to strong. He pulled me all the way through the doors before he slightly loosened his grip on my wrist.
"Hey boss, who is this?" said two people in perfect unison.
I looked up at the identical red headed boys. "Who are you guys?"
They held up their right hands and waved a finger at me. "We asked first."
Tamaki took a step sideways so he was an arm's length away. "This is Riku Satoshi! She was too shy to come before, so I brought her here! We are here to welcome her to the academy!"
"No I wasn't!" I snapped and swiveled my head towards him. "You drug me along!"
He tilted his head. "Why would I have done that?"
I almost yelled 'Because you decided this is how I'd make up for what I said!' But then I realized that he probably didn't tell the others what I had said either. After a moment I figured out a reply, "Because I wasn't planning on going but you knew I was new and that I had nothing to do today. That is why you brought me along."
The twins smirked. "Oh! Let's play a game!"
I pouted and set my gaze on them, making a note to be a lot more careful of what I say, even if Tamaki is within a mile. "What kind of game!"
They took out hats from behind themselves and slipped them on. "It's time to play the Which One Is Hikaru Game!"
"To bad I just met you… So one of you is Hikaru?"
They nodded. "Yup!"
My eyes flickered from one to the other. "I have a 50-50 chance… So the one on the right must be Hikaru."
"Uh-oh! You got it wrong!"
"No she didn't," said a voice off to the side. A short, brown haired boy with brown eyes appeared. His voice was surprisingly feminine for somebody his age. "I'm sorry about them. They like confusing people."
The twins crossed their arms in perfect unison. "Nobody was asking you Haruhi."
He rolled his eyes. "They get better as you get to know them. When you first meet them they seem to always be up to trouble. As you get to know them, less and less of their trouble is directed at you."
"I don't like the sound of having any trouble directed at me at all; or around me, for that matter."
Haruhi shrugged. "You get used to it, I guess."
Kyoya was sitting at a table off to the right. "Get to work all of you. The customers are going to be getting here soon."
As they departed, I slowly backed up to the door. My escape was almost completed until I hit something very large and warm. I tiled my head back until my chin was pointed to the ceiling, almost. The face looked down at me with a flat expression.
"S-sorry!" I squeaked before jumping forward and shuffling out of the way.
"Look Usa-chan! A new friend!" A small boy with golden hair poked his head out from behind the giant and smiled. "Hi!"
"Um… Hello?"
They stepped out from behind the other and smiled. "I'm Honey! This is Mori," he said as he pointed at the giant, "and this is Usa-chan!" he continued over enthusiastically as he held out a pink bunny.
"Nice to meet you Honey, Mori and Usa-chan. I'm Riku Satoshi." I bowed respectfully.
The small blonde one took my hand. "Let's go eat cake!"
"I can't!" I dug my heels into the ground and nearly fell over, but the tall one steadied me.
"Why not?" he asked while tilting his head, the bunny looking like its head was going to pop off from him hugging it so tightly.
"Because I don't like sweets."
That must've been too much for him to bear. His crystal blue eyes got to the size of dinner plates. "You… don't… like…. sweets?"
The tall one quickly intervened just before Honey started crying. "Maybe she's just not hungry now. Besides, that means more cake for you."
Honey found this acceptable and his eyes went to a regular size. "Yay! More cake for me~!" He took Mori's hand and they began walking off.
"You got to be careful kid," said an annoying voice behind me. I whipped around and saw a girl in uniform with brown hair. "Honey Senpai takes his sweets seriously!"
"Senpai? He couldn't have been older than six!"
She shook her head. "Ahohoho! You have much to learn!"
"Hopefully I won't stick around long enough to learn much," I muttered.
Tamaki appeared next to me and draped his arm over my shoulder. "Riku, don't say such things! Once you are part of the Host Club, you're part of the family!"
I stepped away from him, but he mirrored my movement. "But I don't want to be part of some hypothetical family." I put air quotes around family.
Tamaki shook his head. "Shame, shame! I did not raise my daughter to be this way!"
I glanced at him. "Could I please be the grandma that has dementia and doesn't remember anybody, then yells at them to leave the room?"
He looked at me. "That one is offensive to the elderly all around the world."
I took his arm and removed it from my shoulders. "Yes, but you see, I don't want to be here at all."
The brunet girl jumped in. "I know! She can be the foster child!"
"Why would I be a foster child?"
Tamaki smiled and nodded. "Or the long lost daughter or sister that suddenly appears!"
"Since when have I been part of this twisted family?"
"Since I decided," Tamaki replied. Then he continued his banter with the girl. "How about we ask the others what they think Riku should be?"
The girl nodded. "Yes, we should. And your name is Riku? Looks like I forgot to introduce myself I am Renge and I am—"
"Leaving," the twins said, interrupting her.
She looked at them. "I was not! Tamaki and I were deciding what part of the family this girl is!"
"I don't want to be part of the family!" I nearly yelled, but they still ignored me.
Just like everybody else did, they ignored me. "Weren't you working on some event you were going to convince Kyoya into doing?"
She smiled and nodded. "Yes! I was! Thank you for putting me back on task!"
A loud rumbling from a giant motor sounded and she sunk into the ground, laughing in her odd, annoying fashion.
"How did I not notice that before?"
But she was right. I did have a lot to learn.
