Meeting the Host Club

Chapter 5: Keep Hikari's Identity a Secret!

Hikari's POV

My heart started throbbing louder and faster as sweat drips down my head. Why? The host club planned a trip to Okinawa and a group of people are staying in the same hotel as us. Who were they? They were none other than the S.A.

"Why does the S.A. have to stay at this hotel out of all places?"

I grabbed Haruhi's hand.

"What's wrong?" asked Haruhi.

"I'll explain later!" I said.

I pulled her across the lobby and through the hallway.

"Seriously," said Haruhi. "What's going on?"

"The S.A. is staying at this hotel," I said frustrated.

"Then can you just wear your boy clothes?" she asked.

"Tamaki told me not to bring those!" I said.

"I see," Haruhi said sarcastically. "Tamaki told you not to wear those."

"Why did he ask me to bring only girl's clothes?" I asked.

"Well," she said. "Tamaki has done this to me a lot of times, so I think he wants to see you in a skirt."

I stopped suddenly and felt surprised. I felt anger going through me.

"Hikari?" said Haruhi.

Then, I ran as fast as I can to the room. As soon as I got there, I knocked on the door. As it opened, I saw Hikaru and Kaoru with Tamaki behind them.

"Great," I said innocently. "Tamaki's here!"

"Yes," he said. "I am…"

"LET ME AT HIM!" I yelled as I ran towards him throwing punches towards him in the air.

"What did I do?" asked Tamaki.

"DON'T ACT SO INNOCENT!" I yelled furiously. "YOU'RE SO DEAD!"

Then I felt Hikaru and Kaoru go in front of me trying to stop me.

"LET ME AT HIM, LET ME AT HIM, LET ME AT HIM!" I yelled

"Stop!" said Kaoru.

"Tell us what he did," said Hikaru.

"I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HE DID!" I yelled. "HE TOLD ME TO WEAR ONLY GIRL'S CLOTHES FOR THE TRIP. NOW, THE S.A. IS HERE AND I CAN'T WEAR MY DISGUISE AND ON TOP OF THAT, HE'S A DISGUSTING PIG!"

"Calm down!" said Honey holding Usa-chan in his arms.

"Maybe we can help," said Kyoya.

I stopped going after Tamaki and stood still, panting.

"You can borrow Tamaki's clothes," said Kyoya.

"Why mine?" asked Tamaki.

"Well, you caused this," said Kyoya.

"That's okay I guess," I said. "But I'm still angry at you, Tamaki."

"Wait a minute! If they are in room 150 and we're in room 149, our rooms are…"

"I just realized something!" I said. "They are in the room next to us!"

"Well," said Tamaki. "We'll be fine if they don't get suspicious. Also, you should change into my clothes now."

I stood shocked at what he said, but I thought for a moment and had an idea.

"Okay, but…" I said opening the door and grabbing his arms.

"What?" asked Tamaki.

I pushed him forward and kicked him very hard and said, "GET OUT!" causing him to moan on impact with the wall.

"I think you should leave too, guys," I said kindly to the others.

They left the room and walked over Tamaki, who winced in pain.

A few minutes later, I opened the door letting them in. I wore a white shirt underneath a blue striped polo shirt, black pants, and a red cap with a white visor as well blue running shoes with laces. I also wore my glasses over my eyes.

"So what are we going to do?" Honey asked Tamaki.

"Actually, I don't know," he said. "It's raining outside, so I guess we'd have to stay at the hotel."

"Great," I said. "Just hope I don't get found out."

"Well don't worry!" Tamaki suddenly yelled out. "I've come up with a plan. I call it, "Operation: Keep Hikari's Identity a Secret!"

"Louder, please, so everyone can hear," I said sarcastically.

"Isn't that a little too long for a title?" Hikaru and Kaoru both asked.

"Well no it isn't!" said Tamaki.

"I actually agree with them," said Haruhi.

"C'mon!" said Tamaki. "Someone has to agree with me, right Hikari?"

"I don't care!" I yelled.

Later, I walked out of the room wearing my disguise. I checked the S.A.'s room and found that none of them left yet, but I can still hear noises in there. Then, I walked through the hallway and spotted Jun, Megumi, and Ryuu. Jun was talking to Megumi as she wrote in her sketchpad as Ryuu watched over them. Judging from the looks on their faces, they both look as if I haven't left. It's like they forgot about me. I continued walking forward and saw Akira talking to Yui. I was wondering why she's there, but I remembered that before I transferred, Tadashi's mom told me that Yui will be the new S.A. member. Unlike Jun, Megumi, and Ryuu, Akira looks a little sad. It's probably because I left so suddenly.

"Hey, Hikari!" yelled Honey.

My eyes widened after hearing that. The S.A. members then started looking at him, then me. My heart started beating faster.

"Honey," said Hikaru. "My name is Hi-ka-ru. Try not to mess it up again."

I saw the S.A. members return to their conversations as I sighed in relief.

Kaoru then walked up to me.

"Rei, just so you know, Tamaki said that if any of the host club members mess up and call you by your name, Hikaru will cover for you," said Kaoru.

"HIKARI!" I heard Tamaki yell out as he's running through the hallway.

Hikaru put out his foot and tripped him. Tamaki flied through the air until falling on the ground face-first.

"Boss," said Hikaru. "Stop messing up my name! I'm Hikaru!"

"Sorry," said Tamaki.

I walked to Tamaki who still lay down on the floor.

"Are you okay?" I asked.

"Don't worry about me," said Tamaki who was still in pain.

I pulled him up and walked to a chair away from the S.A. members. I sat on the other side of the table.

"So why do you need me?" I asked.

"I'm here to tell you that you should stay in your disguise tonight, because someone here invited the S.A. members over tonight!" said Tamaki, who glared at Kyoya after the last comment.

"Kyoya!" I yelled. "Why did you do this? This is something I'd expect Tamaki to do!"

"Actually, he noticed me as an Ootori and the he wanted the Takishimas to strengthen relations with each other. We will be going around town with his group, so I advise you to stay in your disguise," said Kyoya.

"Fine!" I moaned. "Just don't mess up my name or who knows what will happen."

"And by the way," said Kyoya. "You should refer to Kei as Kei, not Takishima. You'll get your cover blown."

"What!" I yelled. "He knows I mess up when I say K… K… Ke… Takishima!"

"Just try," said Haruhi.

When the sun was about to set, all of us got ready for what was happening tonight. Haruhi and I had to change into our boy clothes. I wore a white polo shirt with a blue blazer over it, black pants, which stopped just over the feet, black shoes, my glasses, and a blue cap with a black visor. Haruhi wore a white polo shirt, blue jeans which stopped over the feet, and black running shoes.

We all walked out of the room and nervously waited for the S.A. to come. After 10 minutes, Akira and Tadashi came out. Tadashi wore a pair of blue jeans, ripped on the knees, red and black running shoes, a white t-shirt and a black jacket over it. Akira wore a white t-shirt, a pink skirt stopping just over the knees, a black jacket, and black shoes.

One by one, the other S.A. members walked out. My heart was beating faster every time one person walks out. Takishima walked out last. He wore blue jeans, a black blazer, a white polo-shirt, and black dress shoes.

"Well why don't we introduce ourselves," said Kyoya.

"Okay," said Takishima. "I'm Kei Takashima."

"I'm Akira Toudou and this is my idiot friend, Tadashi Karino," said Akira pointing to Tadashi.

"Who are you calling an idiot?" Tadashi yelled.

"Hello," Yui said softly and timidly. "I'm Yui Oikawa."

"Hi," said Ryuu. "I'm Ryuu Tsuji."

"This is Jun and Megumi Yamamoto," said Ryuu pointing to each of them.

"Hello!" wrote Megumi smiling.

"I'm Kyoya Ootori," said Kyoya.

"Hello!" Honey said cheerfully. "I'm Mitsukuni Haninozuka, but call me Honey!"

"Hello," said Mori. "I'm Takashi Morinozuki. Call me Mori."

"We're the Hitachiin Brothers!" said Hikaru.

"I'm Kaoru and this is Hikaru!" said Kaoru pointing to himself then his brother.

"I'm Tamaki Suoh," said Tamaki.

"Hi," said Haruhi. "I'm Haruhi Fujoika. It's nice to meet you."

I thought of ways not to mess up, not noticing that it was my turn.

"And who are you?" asked Takashima.

I looked at him and realized that it was my turn.

"Oh," I said. "I'm Hi… I mean Yei Ramaguchi."

Realizing my mistake I said, "I mean Rei Yamaguchi."

After that, Tamaki reserved a spot for all 15 of us at a restaurant in the area. We also rented a very long limousine to fit all of us.

"I'm so nervous," I whispered into Haruhi's ear.

"It's fine," said Haruhi. "Just don't show that you're nervous. I mean, it's not like he finds out who you really are at first sight, or that you mess up in front of him."

I widened my eyes at what she said, since it's not really that supportive.

"Oh, did I make you more nervous?" she asked.

"No, not really," I said. "I mean yes, you did."

"Sorry," she said.

When we arrived, I found out that we're eating at one of the restaurants of the same franchise I work for.

"Why are we eating here?" I asked Tamaki.

"You do work at one of their restaurants, so you can pay using your pre-paid card for the franchise," said Tamaki. "Aren't I nice?"

"Yeah," I said sarcastically. "The nicest people make other people pay."

After we sat down, we got our menus and ordered our food. After that, the waitress came.

"Hello," she said. "Before you order, are there any employees who work at another restaurant of this franchise?"

"Yes," I said as I reached for my wallet and grabbed the card.

"Thank you," said the waitress as she swiped the card. "Everything ordered will be deducted from the card."

"Okay," I said.

When she left, Tamaki turned to face me.

"I was joking, but you can still pay," said Tamaki.

"What!" I yelled only to notice that everyone at our table was staring at us.

"Well then," said Takishima. "What's your school like?"

"It's a very good school!" said Tamaki. "It got even better when Rei transferred here 2 weeks ago. How about yours"

"It's good," said Takishima. "We're the S.A. or Special A. Our school has classes A through F. The top seven students make up the S.A. Ryuu is seventh, Yui is sixth, Akira is fifth, Tadashi is fourth, Megumi is third, Jun is second, and I'm first."

"It goes like that?" asked Hikaru.

"Well, yeah," said Tadashi. "The ranks moved recently when one of my friends, Hikari Hanazono, transferred out of here. It used to be Ryuu as seventh, Kei as first, and everyone except Yui was a rank down."

"So Hikari was second?" asked Kaoru.

"Yes," said Akira. "It could've stayed like that if it wasn't for that demon, Kei, who chased her away!"

"How is it my fault?" asked Kei.

"She would've stayed if it wasn't for you!" yelled Akira. "You kept bragging about being first and her being second that it was too much for her!"

"What type of names?" asked Honey.

"He always uses Ms. Number Two." wrote Megumi.

"Really?" asked Honey

"How about we talk about something else?" I asked trying to change the subject.

Megumi's POV

"What's with this conversation? All it's going to do is make us miss her."

I looked at Rei's seat and noticed he was gone. I then noticed he went outside.

"Megumi," said Jun. "I forgot something in the car. Can you come with me and get it?"

"You really are forgetful." I wrote.

"I'll go get something from the car," Jun said. "Please wait for us."

"Okay," said Kei.

We walked out of the building and walked until Jun stopped.

"What is it?" I wrote.

"I'm not getting something from the car," he said. "We're spying on Rei! I'm really getting suspicious of him. He speaks, acts, and looks kind of like Hikari! He even works at the same place as the place Kei sent Yahiro to work at! We have to get to the bottom of this!"

Well, what he said was true.

"Let's go!" I wrote.

We walked towards Rei quietly. We then heard Yahiro's voice on her cellphone.

"Are you sure you really want to tell them?" asked Yahiro through the phone.

"Well, I don't want to keep secrets from them, but I don't want to tell them because it could ruin the whole thing!" said Rei. "What should I do, Yahiro?"

"I don't know," he said.

"I'll talk to you later, Yahiro," I said.

"See ya, Hikari!" said Yahiro.

She then turned her cell phone off.

I couldn't believe what I just heard.

"It can't be true!"

Hikari's POV

I turned off the phone and leaned by the car.

"What will I do if I tell them? Also, should I even tell them?"

Lost in my thoughts, I decided to clear my mind and go back to the restaurant.

I turned around and widened my eyes as I turned around. There was Jun and Megumi. Jun looked angry and Megumi held her notebook firmly.

"Crap!"

"Why didn't you tell us, Rei Yamaguchi?" yelled Jun. "No, I mean Hikari Hanazono!"

"Tell us why!" Megumi wrote.