Full Summary:
As the days of the Éclair incident grew further away, the club has finally settled back down to its old routine. The student body at Ouran had miraculously not discovered Haruhi's secret, but some had begun to suspect, causing a small decline in her requests, and the fact that her ever-increasing debt has yet to disappear also seems to worsen her situation. Though there might be change coming to Ouran in the guise of new allies and old enemies.
Another interesting development is the competition between Kyouya and Tamaki set by their father's. Both have to woo Haruhi and have her fall in love with one of them before the other. Tamaki, though he still doesn't quite realize it, has his own feelings for the brown-eyed cross-dresser, but does the shadow king also feel the same way? Or will another capture his heart? And how will they fair if Mori decides to join in their little game?
The tumultuous twins also have their own problems to deal with as each start developing feelings for others, causing their previous close relationship to slowly dissolve. Will they be able to deal with drifting apart, or will they cling to the 'brotherly love' of before.
And what about those new faces? What secrets are they hiding and what part will they play in this story? Only time will tell…
A/N: Welcome to the first Chapter of It's Good to be a Host. This is an edited version of an RP that a group of friends and I created a year ago, and thought that it made a pretty funny story. I know that a lot of people do this and sometimes many of the characters turn out OOC, and this story will be the same, but still give it a try, cause it might just grow on you. Warning for small amounts of Shounen-Ai and extreme overdramatics!
Disclaimer: I don't own Host Club because if I did Tamaki would've realized his feelings thirty chapters ago and would already dating Haruhi!
Tamaki theatre
'thoughts'
"Speak"
"Phone"
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Tamaki was pacing back and forth non-stop. The other hosts were not present and he was wondering what was keeping them. The customers would be arriving soon and he would not survive on his own. He needed mother! "Kyouya! Where are you?" he asked as he continued his nervous pacing.
What worried him even more than being alone, with no financial skills whatsoever when it came to a customer that wished to buy something, was that Haruhi was also not present. He was starting to have wild thoughts about her being kidnapped by ninjas or something even worse! Those horrid twins probably took her far, far away. His precious daughter was probably in a small box somewhere, frightened and starving. He stopped pacing at the thought. "I must save my precious daughter!" he yelled out and his voice echoed throughout the empty music room.
Haruhi raced down the halls trying to make her way over to the Music room thinking, "Oh they are sooo going to get on me for being late..". As she rushed by she almost collided with another person, but she managed to dodge in time. She continued to run but shouted a quick apology to the girl. When she finally reached the doors to the host club she heard the shout from inside. 'Great he's in one of those moods...' she thought drily. "I'm here Sempai," She stated entering the room and setting her stuff down on a table.
Tamaki turned around when he heard Haruhi's voice. His eyes sparkled when he spotted his "daughter" and he approached her quickly. "Haruhi! You escaped the kidnappers!" He hugged her tightly. "I was so worried about you!" He was overjoyed that Haruhi was safe and sound and the evil men, that he had imagined up, did not get their way.
"Sempai what are you talking about?" she asked looking at him blankly, 'Kidnappers?'. She pulled out of his embrace and walked to the center of the room, "Where is everyone?" she asked softly.
"Everyone?" asked Tamaki before remembering the "side characters" were not here again. "I don't know." he answered. "They have left us all alone. Alone with no..." Before he got into another panic moment, he stopped to realize something he hadn't thought of. Him and Haruhi were alone! No evil twins or any of the others! Just Haruhi! He was in one of his Tamaki theatre moments now.
Tamaki's theatre~
Haruhi: Sempai... there is no one else here. What will we do?
Tamaki: Do not be frightened, Haruhi! We shall survive!
Haruhi: Tamaki...
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A dark-haired girl walked down the strange halls tuning out the annoying gossip that surrounded her. Her mind wandered off while she kept moving till she saw some one running towards her. She tried to avoid them but the person managed to run right pass her. 'Strange, why is a girl wearing a boy's uniform?' she thought as she watched the hurried figure.
She trailed after at a distance, sapphire eyes watching the strange girl stop in front of a door then entering. When she read the sign she was a little surprised 'A music room?'. She soon entered and spotted a blonde staring off into space while the girl she followed shook her head at him.
Her entering the room pulled Tamaki out of his daydreaming. "Ah." said Tamaki, becoming the princely type very quickly as he spotted the girl. "A customer?" He approached her and took her hand in his. "Why might such a beautiful rose such as yourself be doing here?".
She blanched slightly when the blonde walked up to her and grabbed her hand, "Excuse me?" she asked her voice sounded slightly irritated, with the hint of a foreign accent, as she yanked her hand out of his. She walked past him and headed towards Haruhi.
Tamaki stood, frozen, when the hand was yanked out of his. The girl drifted past him and a wave of rejection washed over him. Her irritated voice didn't help either and in a quick instant, Tamaki had ran off to his "corner of shame". He sat in the corner with his knees gathered up to his chest and a look of depression was on his face.
Haruhi, when she saw Tamaki go into host mode, turned away to work on something till she heard footsteps. She turned to see the girl walking up to her and saw the blonde retreating to his corner, "Sempai…" she groaned. When the girl reached her she put on her 'natural rookie' look on and said, "What brings you to the Host Club?".
Alexa just looked at Haruhi without acknowledging what she had said and instead asked, "I heard the Host Club was made up of all guys.... if that's true why are you in this club if you are a girl?".
Haruhi just stared back at her surprised, 'So some actually figured that out,' she thought as Tamaki quickly recover when he heard the girl mention that Haruhi was not male at all. Tamaki wasn't sure how she figured out, he couldn't even figure it out and he was brilliant... well, he was the only one who thought so. He approached the two. "No, no." he said in an almost panicky manner. "You are mistaken! Haruhi is not female or else she wouldn't be a host." He was still trying to keep Haruhi's secret under wraps even if it was evident that the girl had already figured it all out.
Alexa simply gave the blonde a sharp look and stated bluntly, "I'm not a fool, it is pretty obvious that she is not a he and that you are lying,". She then turned back to Haruhi for an answer.
Haruhi thought about how she should explain her situation, and she soon found it, "I broke a valuable vase that belonged to the club, so now I'm working to pay off the debt,".
Seemingly out of nowhere Nekozawa, appears behind Tamaki with his kitty puppet "on hand." "Hello, one and all," he said with a creepy voice that would fit an Edgar Allen Poe literary work.
Not too long after, Hikaru enters in a hurry, and Nekozawa noticed with a small blush on the puppets cheek. "Where is Kaoru?" he cried in a panic. "Where is my beloved Kaoru!?!" he demanded to Tamaki. Seeming to have ADD or just searching, he notices Nekozawa behind Tamaki and winks. Continuing to look around his eyes fall upon Haruhi and the strange new girl. "Pardon my manners, m'lady. I am Hikaru and it is an honor to make your acquaintance," he said bowing gracefully.
Alexa glanced over at the weird boy standing behind the blonde, raising an eyebrow then turned towards the other new person that came in. As he bowed, she thought, 'Why are the people I am meeting on my first day are all...insane'.
Haruhi jumped slightly when Nekozawa appeared but the became confused at the exchange between him and Hikaru, 'Why is the puppet blushing?', she thought with a pensive look.
Kaoru dramatically burst into the room in light tears. "My dearest, where art thou?". Noticing the customer's curious looks, he continued blushing, "Oh, pardon mademoiselle. Please carry on, I didn't mean to disturb you. Please make yourself comfortable." He gracefully slipped over to Hikaru, "Never again shall we part, for we are body and soul. Nay, we are two hearts beating as one in perfect harmony. Neither fully functioning without the other. Pray tell, wherest did thou go when thou slipped out of my tender gaze?".
Hikaru, rivaling his brother's dramatics replied with tears in his eyes," I wandered out of the bathroom and got lost. Oh, what a perilous journey, I traveled to find you. When I found my bearings I was here. Oh how I searched for you dear brother!" Embracing his brother, Hikaru looked over at Nekozawa with a tender, longing gaze....
Alexa stood twitching 'Why oh why, did I decide to walk into this? Oh yeah I just had to find out why she was dressed up as a boy!' She thought angrily trying to get herself out of the cluster of people and get out of the room quickly.
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Hunni ran in, cheerful as usual and also ignorant of the drama occurring on the other side of the room. Mori on the other hand, as he followed his younger cousin in, already had his gaze planted on the sole female host, watching her sigh at the blonde's antics.
Tamaki let out a terrified yell at the appearance of Nekozawa. He immediately jumped behind Haruhi. "I'm going to be cursed!" he cried dramatically with a look of utmost terror on his face. The little blushing puppet only made him freak out even more. Puppets did not blush! That was just too creepy!
He also soon realized that the rest of the club had arrived during his long inner musings, the twins were here and Hunni and Mori too. His alone time with Haruhi had been ruined. Ruined! "Vanquished by the homo side characters..." muttered Tamaki while keeping an eye on Nekozawa just in case he approached him.
Haruhi stood unshaken, by now she was used to how the other's reacted, but she did mutter to her sempai, "Why are you hiding behind me?".
He looked at Haruhi. "You are right!" he said, jumping out from behind Haruhi but still keeping distance between himself and Nekozawa. "I should not put my Haruhi in the danger of being cursed! What kind of father would I be if I just allowed myself to do that!? No! I will protect my precious Haruhi, no matter what!"
"Daughter?" Alexa muttered nearly falling over. 'This guy has serious issues....' she thought shaking her head. She crossed her arms and watched the scene before her, while Alexa stared at her with a surprised look on her face, 'Did she completely miss that he called her his?'. She watched the petite brunette as she sighed, and shook her head as she walked over to a chair and sat down.
After calling out a cheerful greeting Hunni set his box on a nearby table and, after cutting the cake into slices, began munching on a strawberry.
Mori sat at a chair at the table and watched Hunni eat the cake for a while. His eyes soon drifted over to Haruhi, who looked a little bored. She was watching Tamaki and he was, like always, doing something dramatic.
As Haruhi watched Tamaki make a fool of himself, she began to feel a pair of eyes on her. She turned and spotted Mori, who strangely wasn't near Hunni at the time.
When Haruhi's eyes turned his way, he nodded a hello and turned back to look at Hunni. It was strange. It felt like he was blushing but this "gentle giant" hardly ever blushed.
Haruhi looked over questioningly for a few seconds but then turned her view back to the over dramatics of her sempai and the twins.
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Kyouya finally slipped into the room. He had been handing out flyers advertising Host Club. He ran out in about two minutes by using his deviously dashing smile and cunning charm. A few of his usual customers flocked over to him and started a deep intellectual conversation with him. He was trying hard not to get noticed by Tamaki but did give a few side-glances to Haruhi.
Tamaki caught sight of the cool type host. "Mother!" he called, eyes pleading for his friend to help him and get Nekozawa away from him. "Please hurry immediately, Kyouya! My daughter is in danger of being cursed." Tamaki was, as usual, being a drama "king" and making a big deal out of nothing at all.
Nekozawa slightly hurt by Tamaki's bashings "floated" over to the shadows near the twins. The cat puppet looked jealous of Kaoru. Will his true feelings ever be realized?
Tamaki let out an overly dramatic sigh relief. "And stay away from my precious daughter!" he said before sauntering over to Haruhi. "There is no more danger," he said with a smile before glancing back at Nekozawa. The "evil creature" was distracted with something else and... why was the puppet looking at Kaoru like that? A shiver ran down his spine before he looked back at Haruhi. "Have no fear, Haruhi. Tamaki is here! You are safe, no thanks to the side characters." He waved a hand towards Hunni, Mori, the twins and, even if he had called for his help earlier, Kyouya. "This protagonist of the love manga triumphs again!" he called out chuckling to himself. He remembered what the word protagonist meant after Kyouya had told him.
Haruhi just sighed at her sempai, and got up to begin hosting.
Tamaki watched Haruhi walk past him. A defeated look appeared on his face and he retreated to his corner of shame and rejection once more. Haruhi had walked past him and ignored him completely! "Uh... Tamaki?" A customer had approached him. The princely type was quick to recover and he made the young lady blush with his charming, yet somewhat cheesy, phrases. He looked at his usual customers who had been waiting patiently for him and he apologized to them in his usual dramatic fashion.
As Haruhi played her part with her small number of usual customers, she couldn't help but glance over at the others. She let her eyes fall on each of them landing on Tamaki last, sighing with slight annoyance at his over-dramatics while chuckling at it as well.
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As Kaoru embraced his brother he felt the hairs on his neck stand up. "What creature stare death upon one such as me?" He thought. Eventually, he broke away and sauntered off to a couch of customers. He began to flatter them one by one.
Hikaru stood alone abandoned by his brother. He glanced over to Nekozawa who looked very neglected. Smoothly, he made his way over to him. The other customers were distracted anyways.
Nekozawa saw Hikaru coming over and the puppet blushed even more. Slightly embarrassed he sank back into the shadows, though still visible to Hikaru....
Tamaki entertained his customers with the usual charm of a prince... until he noticed that Kyouya was not present. Again, the vice president of the host club was a drifting shadow. Tamaki sighed and prepared to turn back to his lovely customers but something caught his eye before Nekozawa pulled away into the shadows.
That puppet did it again! Tamaki's face turned deadly pale. "Tamaki?" asked the girls around him. He didn't say a word. He couldn't say a word. That thing would be out to get them all! Paranoid once more, he hastily apologized to the ladies and excused himself. Once he was a fair distance away, he took off full speed and tackled Hikaru to the ground.
The princely type, who could never grasp hints of anything at first glance, jumped off of Hikaru and pointed wildly towards Nekozawa. "I have saved this horrible twin because I am kind and just! A father will never let you hypnotize any part of his family! No matter how much they annoy him and his daughter!" Tamaki stood with a triumphant look on his face. He had saved Hikaru from almost certain doom!
Haruhi sat blinking, completely taken by surprise by Tamaki's actions and also wondered what on earth he was talking about. She excused herself and approached him, "Sempai what are you doing?" she asked plainly looking from him to Hikaru on the floor.
Tamaki turned to her. "Ah! Haruhi! I saved Hikaru from the evil puppet man!" He looked at her with big, purple eyes that seemed to say, "Praise me! Praise me!" in a puppy dog kind of way after a trick was performed. "Don't worry! Tamaki has it all under control!" People were looking at him with more confused looks than before but he didn't notice it at all.
She shook her head but couldn't help let a smile appear on her face, "You're very strange Sempai!".
Haruhi sweat dropped as she glanced around seeing her and Tamaki bathed in light. 'What on earth?' she thought completely confused.
As Hikaru lay on the floor in a daze Nekozawa gasped in shock. What were these people doing to his Hikaru!?! He needed to save him from these strange people his beloved called friends. Quickly and carefully, He stepped forward. "Excuse me, Miss" he said to the blonde who was still sitting on Hikaru. He gently moves him off of Hikaru and with one swift motion wraps Hikaru in his purple-cloak, throws his over his shoulder, and runs out of the room.
Haruhi watched the strange sight of Hikaru being carried off by Nekozawa, while still wondering what was going on.
Almost out of nowhere a large opening appeared and a spiraling stage lifted up into the room with the infamous Renge on top of it. Within moments Rene was off the stage showering Haruhi and Tamaki in light. Renge cheered happily as she finished off the camera's film, "This'll be SO cute! Haruhi is actually smiling too!!!!"
Tamaki shielded his eyes from the blinding light. "Renge-chan." he said as he tried to look at her but the light made it impossible. "What do you... What'll be so cute!?" he asked almost angrily. "You aren't going to sell any footage of my daughter without my permission, are you!?"
Then out of the corner of his royal purple eyes, he caught a black cloak hurrying away. The cloaked figure off Nekozawa had ran away from the light so Tamaki could turn his eyes away and see him clearly. "Nani!?" he exclaimed as he saw Hikaru over Nekozawa's shoulder. "Ah! K..." He stopped himself before calling out the vice president's name. Maybe it would be fine for a while... at least Hikaru couldn't mess with Haruhi now.
But what if Nekozawa had some evil plan? What if it involved Haruhi!? He was lost in his "theatre" of crazy thoughts now.
Wrapping both arms around bun-bun, Hunni tilted his head in confusion. Tama-chan had tackled Hika-chan, then the girl he'd met earlier had attacked Hika-chan, and now Hika-chan had been kidnapped by Neko-chan! Hunni decided he needed a hug and promptly hopped up and went over to see Haru-chan.
Mori, naturally, rose and followed Hunni. He stood next to Haruhi with the blank look he usually wore... only, there was a bit more lively than usual. He only looked away for a moment to look towards the door, completely unphased by the events that had taken place... as... usual.
Haruhi just shakes her head at Tamaki again while turning to Hunni and Mori, "Hi Hunni-sempai, what's wrong?" she asked looking down at the older boy.
Kaoru was in utter shock as his precious brother was carried off. "WHAT VILE CREATURE DARES TO STEAL MY TSUIN!" (Japanese for twin) He rips off his outer clothing to reveal a ninja outfit, which was stored for such occasions. "Hunni summon your cute ninja bunnies now!" and he added in a calmer tone to the awestruck customers," Pardon me, my dears, I will accompany you next time." With that, he hurriedly rushed to pursue Nekozawa.
Hunni gave Haru-chan a hug and turned to follow after Kao-chan. "Kao-chan, bun-bun isn't a ninja..." He trotted out the door in pursuit of the twin with Mori in tow.
"Never...mind..."Kaoru gasped as he pursued the perfidious, privateering puppeteer seemed he could only rely on himself to save his brother from the cat-loving twinnapper.
Renge smiled to herself proudly, "These pictures are priceless, and if anyone would sell these prefect pictures it would be Kyouya." Renge watched as Nekozawa ran out of the room with Hikaru over his shoulder. Raising an eyebrow she tried to think of a reason as to why Nekozawa would steal Hikaru. After a moment of thought she gave a gasp and ran after Kaoru and Hunni, "It's a love triangle! This should turn out interesting!"
Haruhi just stood there completely confused. 'Every one seems different today,' she thought glancing at everyone.
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Only moments before the strange kidnapping, Kyouya felt energy in the air and decided to take leave of all the excitement. It was unusually animated in the room and various concerns were weighing down on him like an anvil. He graciously excused himself into the hallway and leaned against the wall with his fingers on his throbbing forehead.
'Oh no you don't,' Alexa thought dashing after the dark-haired guy. "Oi, are you one of the hosts?" she said trying to get his attention.
Kyouya looked at the pale-skinned girl who had addressed him and coolly replied "Hai." His curiosity got the better of him and he charmingly smiled, "If I may inquire, why?"
Alexa looked at him, then replied "Just curious, I mean you act so cold compared to the 'King' in there. You also don't act as ridiculous,". She walked up and stuck her hand out, "Alexa Crus, I'm the new exchange student from England, you are Kyouya I presume," She smiled softly.
Kyouya smiled and graciously took her hand, kissed it gently, and replied," We have our own personalities and ways of expressing ourselves, Miss Crus. Welcome to Japan and yes, I am Kyouya." Suddenly, something whizzed by in the corner of his eye. He looked in confusion as Nekozawa hastily made his exit from the room and Kaoru trailed in a ninja outfit not too far behind with determination written all over his face. Kyouya really didn't want to get involved.
Alexa raised one of her brows and glanced at him, slightly amused, " I see. So what is your relationship with the blonde boy inside? As I recall he called you mother..." she mused still smiling
Meanwhile inside the Host Club, Tamaki purple eyes were wide in confusion. The minute he had returned from "Tamaki Land", Kaoru ran out looking like a ninja and Hunni and Mori were running after him. He shook his head. "What ridiculous people." said Tamaki before looking towards Haruhi. She was safe... for now.
"I must find Kyouya!" yelled Tamaki before dashing outside the room. He spotted him quickly. "Kyouya!" cried Tamaki, approaching him. "I need your help! My daughter! She is in danger! Please help!" He gave Kyouya the famous puppy dog stare of his.
It didn't take Tamaki long after that to notice that he had just interrupted a conversation with a lady. He stood up taller and his face took on a more regal look. "I am deeply sorry, my beauty." he said with romantic eyes. "How rude of me. I should really be more considerate towards such a precious gem.".
Then with out waiting for Kyouya to respond he turned back to him with a panicked expression. "Nekozawa is planning an evil scheme to take my daughter away to use her for some dark magic ritual of his own evil design and if we do not rescue her quickly, we are all going to become evil minions of Nekozawa and Haruhi will become his queen!" cried Tamaki, all in one breath. He let himself stop to breathe. He had let his imagination run wild but he thought it was a completely sane answer.
Alexa's grin twitched when the blonde appeared, 'Goodness what is he blathering on about now?' she thought mentally groaning. She turned towards the man and simply replied, "No need to apologize, you seem to think your....'daughter?' is in danger,". Her voice seemed to question him when came to the word daughter.
"Yes!" said Tamaki, turning panicky again. "My precious Haruhi is in grave danger and I must save her! Ah, Kyouya!" He turned his attention back to his friend. "Haruhi will be overjoyed to hear that her sempai has come to her aide as fast as he could!". Alexa gave him a strange look, then shook her head while thinking, 'They told me it wasn't going to be easy,'.
Kyouya commented, "If you hadn't heard Kaoru's yelling, I believe Hikaru was the one kidnapped. Personally, I'd rather not know why, but in any case Nekozawa is hurting our revenue." With that he did his signature push-the-glasses-up-the-bridge-of-his-nose-with-his-middle-finger. After doing so, he turned to Alexa and smile apologetically,": I'm sorry for ignoring you. I believe you have meet Tamaki our club president, correct?"
Glancing back at the shadow king, Alexa simply looked at him with a look that simply said 'what do you think,' "Is he truly your 'King'?" She asked crossing her arms looking disdainfully at the overdramatic blonde.
"I know he may not look it, but the drama king is in fact our 'King'. He has some great qualities." He stopped, not wanting to inflate Tamaki's ego and head too much.
Kyouya's words made Tamaki grin with pride. "I do try to be the best King for my subjects." said Tamaki, ego inflating by the second.
Tamaki looked down the hall. "But if the revenue is being hurt by Hikaru's absence..." He pointed a finger at Kyouya. "Don't you dare think about making my precious little Haruhi work like a dog! I will not allow it! I must go save Hikaru to save my daughter!" He pointed his finger down the hall now, playing the dramatic hero. "I shall triumph over the evil!"
He ran off only to come back after realizing that he had no clue as to where Nekozawa had taken Hikaru. He went into the corner of shame; defeated.
"Really then...Well good day," She replied turning on her heel and walking back into the music room. She glanced around hoping to spot the girl from earlier only to see another girl standing on a podium that some how was lifted off the ground, 'Wha.. What is with this school?!?!' she thought her eyes conveying her shock.
Kyouya stared at Tamaki in surprise and managed, "And just when were you going to tell when you learned to read minds...uhhh, never mind. Come on let's go look for Hikaru and Kaoru. God only knows where they are." With that he grabbed Tamaki by the coat collar and dragged him on the floor making sure to go down as many flights of stairs as possible.
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Hunni came to a stop as he lost sight of Kao-chan. Debating for a moment; he turned and started back towards the music room.
Hunni wandered past Kyou-chan, Tama-chan, and the girl they were talking with, and into the music room. Why would Neko-chan kidnap Hika-chan?
He promptly got himself another piece of cake to help him think.
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Kaoru lost sight of Nekozawa and started bawling in the middle of the hall. He would never find his beloved brother. A cloud of depression and drooping appeared over him.
In his fit of sorrow, Kaoru tripped down a flight of stairs and into a secret passageway landing in a heap in a dark corner in the basement. When he recovered from the fall, Kaoru peered up to see his kidnapped twin and the cat-loving Nekozawa. Pulling his ninja mask over his head he silently observed them waiting for backup.
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Hikaru came out of his daze to find himself in a small dimly lit room. There were purple candle lighting the surrounding walls. "W-where am I?" he asked slightly dazed.
"Your in a classroom set aside for me" said Nekozawa, coming out of the shadows. Hikaru looked so cute confused and slightly dazed. "Here" he said offering some freshly purified mountain spring water with a hint of lemon. "That'll make you feel better."
Taking the water, Hikaru repeated, "Where is this place?" to which the reply was "the basement".
Suddenly reality hit Hikaru in the face last a fastball "Why did you bring me here?" What is he going to do with me? He wondered. His mind wandered and he blushed slightly.
Nekozawa calmly responded, "I didn't want you to get hurt, so I brought you to safety." He looks so cute when he blushes though Nekozawa causing his puppet to blush bright red. "Why are you blushing?"
Hikaru admitted immediately, "I was thinking of what you're going to do to me."
Nekozawa looked taken aback, "I would never do anything to hurt you.... I... love you...."
Kaoru overheard the conversation and was shocked. Not only had his brother's mind acquired horrid fantasies but Nekozawa admitted that he LOVE Hikaru. Suddenly, Kaoru came to a compromise to keep his brother with him. Pulling off his mask and pulling on his regular uniform, he popped out of the shadows, which probably scared the bajeezies out of his twin and his captor. He sighed and sadly said, "Very well, Nekozawa, I shall share him with you. You may have him Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and every other Saturday; but you must promise to not kidnap him during host club lest Kyouya brings his wrath upon you. Brother dearest, I feel that I should not be a wall to your happiness so... there." When he was done with his speech, Kaoru wiped a tear from his eye and fled from the basement.
Both Nekozawa and Hikaru stared on with shock. Nekozawa was amazed that Kaoru had just appeared, granted his wish, and run off. What will my sweet little Hikaru think? He wondered. Nekozawa turned to Hikaru. While Hikaru had just been blasted in the face by two revelations: 1) Nekozawa, who he couldn't help but like, had confessed that he loved him. And 2) Kaoru had heard this and shown what a truly loving brother he was. Hikaru sank to the floor.
Without thinking, Nekozawa caught him.
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"Why must you be so cruuuuuuuuueeeellll?" whined Tamaki, really hurting from the last flight of stairs Kyouya walked down. He pulled away from Kyouya and brushed himself off. "You can be such a meanie, Kyouya!" he continued to whine. "Pourquoi?".
"Come on then. Like I said we must find the twins. I'll start from the bottom and go up while you start at the top and work your way down...don't ask me why I dragged you down the stairs but I was very satisfying." With that Kyouya walk down the stairs and disappeared from view.
Tamaki looked up at the flights of stairs that he was just dragged down. "That wasn't very nice..." he muttered before pulling himself together and starting up the stairs. There was no use complaining, especially when there was nobody around to complain to anyways. He would do that later.
"My precious Haruhi must be so worried about me!" he said as he ascended the stairs. "I left her in that room with only Hunni-sempai and Mori-sempai. My poor Haruhi! I will hurry to your side and find the horrible twin to save you from Kyouya's evil schemes!" He lost himself in his own little "Tamaki theatre" time again.
~Tamaki's theatre~
Haruhi: Sempai... You left me all alone.
Tamaki: I will never leave you again, Haruhi! I would never dream of it! Forgive me.
Haruhi: Oh, sempai! I can never stay angry with you! Tamaki!
Tamaki giggled to himself, not paying attention to anything else, and missed a step. He lost his footing and fell all the way down the flight of stairs he had been walking up. "Ow! Ow! Ow!" he whined as he pushed himself into a sitting position at the bottom of the stairs.
Alexa sighed at the fact that the girl had disappeared. Thinking of what to do she decided to search out the drama king and have a small discussion of his opinion on Haruhi. She reentered the hallway and soon spotted him climbing up the stairs. Silently making her way over, she called out "Any luck?".
Tamaki looked up at Alexa when she approached him. He immediately stood. "Not at all." he said with a dramatic sigh. "I can't find Hikaru. If I don't hurry, Haruhi will be forced to work even harder by Kyouya." He crossed his arms. "Those troublesome twins! Why must they make everything more difficult for Haruhi?"
Alexa grinned and stated, "You seem to care a lot about this Haruhi, why would that be?". She stepped closer to the stairs her arms crossed behind her back, looking down at him innocently.
Tamaki looked up dreamily. "My precious daughter is so very dear to me. If I didn't care about her, those homo side-characters would take her away and who knows what horrible things they would do to her!".
'Is he sane? Wait scratch that is any one here sane?' she thought her eye twitching. "Why do you call her your daughter? You are barely old enough to be her older brother!" she asked while pointing out the obvious.
Tamaki was silently as he struggled to come up with a valid reason to tell her.
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As Kyouya walked downstairs and Kaoru walked upstairs, eventually they met and rather calmly walked up the stairs without acknowledging each other. When they had nearly made it to the Host Club room, Kyouya muttered, "Do you have any idea how much profit was lost today because of your rashness and Nekozawa? Did you even find them?"
Kaoru wiped his tearful face and replied," Yes, I apologize for my outbursts, but I have settled the problem. However, we may see a little less of my brother. I can cover for him." With that Kaoru, turned and walked away heading for his awaiting limo.
Kyouya walked over to Alexa and Tamaki. He politely excused himself and Tamaki, and pulled him into the Host club room to discuss the next day's theme and expenses.
Tamaki was about to answer Alexa in a regal manner, when he had come up with an answer, but found all too soon that he was excused from the conversation and being dragged away to the music room. "Kyouya?" said Tamaki. "You returned! Any luck in finding those awful twins?"
"Yes, the problem was solved. Now, about tomorrow...how about a winter theme like the Nutcracker. The twins could be toy soldiers, Mori could be a Russian coffee dancer, Hunni could be a sugarplum fairy or something...What do you think?" Kyouya commented as he typed out a graph on his computer and started computing expenses of props and clothes.
Tamaki's eyes began to sparkle. "Oh! What a brilliant idea, Kyouya!" he exclaimed. "Good! Good! Very good!" He looked around the room, as if picturing it already.
Suddenly, an idea popped into his mind and he spun around to face Kyouya again. His eyes were even brighter than before. "And I shall be the nutcracker prince and Haruhi the beautiful girl from the story!" He jumped up and down happily. "With the host club room decorated like the winter wonderland that the prince and the girl venture to after the rat king's end, Haruhi and I will be wonderful together! Kyouya! You are brilliant! Our brilliance together makes perfection for this host club!".
Kyouya rolled his eyes and did a few calculations. "Hmmm....this can't be too expensive ,but I'll see what I can do," he said," However, we can't blow Haruhi's cover as a boy so we could leave the part of the girl to the customers or something to that affect." With that he packed up his computer and bid farewell to Tamaki and walked down the stairs. He met his chauffeur outside and called various servants and gave specific directions to get materials for the next day. Afterwards, he closed his eyes and relaxed.
When Kyouya said Haruhi could not dress up as a girl, Tamaki immediately retreated to his corner. "I will not get to see Haruhi in an adorable nightgown..." he whined.
After a while moping, he looked around the music room to find he was alone. He stood, straightened his tie, and let out a small sigh. Tamaki took long strides out of the room and the school towards the black limo that was waiting for him. 'Ah well,' he thought. 'I'll have to think of something else then. But, I'm sure that whatever Haruhi is wearing, she will look so cute!' He started to blush just thinking about it as he entered his limo to leave for the day.
Alexa glared at the back of the shadow king, then sighed and walked out of the building where she soon spotted Haruhi. She walked quickly over and asked her, "So are you and the host king fairly close?".
Haruhi simply looked at her funny and said "I guess so, I mean we are good friends because of him,".
"Ah you mean the host club has become what it is due to him," Alexa replied glancing at her, "So you don't have any personal feelings towards him?".
"I don't understand what you mean..." Haruhi replied, becoming more confused when she saw the other girl smirk.
Alexa said no more and disappeared as she walked around the corner of the entrance. Haruhi just blinked at the strange girl and shrugged, 'Haven't met a normal person since coming here, this isn't something new,'. She turned and began walking home.
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Hunni, after looking up to find everyone gone, decided to head home. He picked up bun-bun and skipped out the door.
Mori followed his skipping cousin without a word. Today had been just as crazy as it always was and Mori was sure it would be the same.
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Nekozawa carefully picks up Hikaru and carries him upstairs. Maybe the others can help. When he discovered that every one else had left, he glanced at the unconscious twin then smiled softly. He carried the boy out of the school and into his limo.
A/N: Well thats the end of the first chapter and I hoped you enjoyed it. I'll try to at least update twice a month but it is based on a roleplay, and sadly I have other things than writing Fanfiction to do in my life. Reviews are much appreciated!