Author note(s): Hey, guys! Been awhile, hasn't it? *checks date* W-wow! O.O It's only been 18 days?! I must be getting good...or nah. Anyway, to the Guest 'Hai' reviewer that asked about the bra sizes in the first chapter, I wanted the readers to get a general idea of the girls' appearance without saying "big chest" or "small bust". But now that I think about, I shouldn't mention the numbers and letters in the same sentences. It made more sense in the first version than it does in this one since the 'Haruhi's reveal' event was pushed back to about six chapters, instead of two. Who knows? Maybe I'll change it in the future, but not right now. Beta is Aihara Awayuki/Ai-Pi.
Story fact(s): This chapter will definitely sound familiar! The chapter is edited and revised for the sake of the plot. One more after this, guys! Sorry Nekosawa/Renge fans! This is Nekosawa's time for romance.
Disclaimer: See chapter one.
Episode X: Dark, Deep Love
~OHSHC; Music Room #4~
The next day after the second day of the Hostess Club, things were getting much more interesting.
"Oof!"
"Ow!"
Two voices exclaimed throughout the room, getting everyone's attention. The sight they saw made them either raised their eyebrows or widen their eyes.
Hikaru was top of Mayumi who laid on a couch, his legs straddling her hips. His hands laid on her shoulders, lightly gripping them, while her hands were pressed against his chest. They stared at each other, eyes wide and cheeks red. The distance between their lips was so small that if either one of them moved their lips would touch. However, that did not happened when Mayumi broke out of her thoughts and push Hikaru off of her. He landed on the floor beside the couch that Mayumi laid on.
"Hikaru," Kaoru rushed to his brother's side. "What happened?"
Hikaru broke out of his stupor, blinking. "What does it look like? I tripped and landed on Foot Stomper here." He indicated Mayumi as 'Foot Stomper'.
"Foot Stomper?" Mayumi hissed, glaring down at him. "Is that an insult from last week? I thought we were over that."
Well, at least they got over that quickly, Naomi thought, sighing.
"Hi, Naomi," Kaoru smiled at said girl.
Naomi blinked, looking at him confused. "How do you know that I'm her?"
Kaoru chuckled, sitting in a chair by Naomi. "Well, for one, I know "Naomi" wouldn't argue with Hikaru the way Mayumi does. Then, you confirmed it just now. Finally, though you're not wearing the purple head-band I've usually seen you in, you're wearing a purple ribbon."
"Impressive," Naomi smiled, blushing she shyly tucked her hair behind her ear.
She looks adorable blushing like that, Kaoru thought blissfully before he realized what he had just thought. Wait, what?
"Hi, Ukemo," Hani bounced beside her. "Are you having cake?"
"Yes," Ukemo replied, sipping some milk to wash down the cake. "We had a few cakes left over so I'm eating them with some milk. Want to help me finish them?"
"Yes!" Hani shouted, digging right in. "This is yummy."
"Thank you," Ukemo voiced, cheeks pink.
"You're welcome," Hani beamed, looking at her. "Your cakes are so yummy that I can eat them all day."
Ukemo smiled at him. "Well, if you want more cake baked by me, you can come over to my house."
"Hm?" Hani paused in his eating.
Mori and Karai just stared, raising an eyebrow. Ukemo realized what she just said, and blushed red.
"I-I-I me-mean, u-uh..." Ukemo stuttered, shaking slightly.
"Okay!" Hani beamed, making Ukemo look at him. "I'll let you know when I want to come over. 'Kay?"
"Okay," Ukemo breathed in relief.
"Yeah, Takashi can come over too," Hani pointed out. "That way, Karai won't be so lonely. Besides, he wants to challenge her to a fight."
"What?" Ukemo blinked, raising an eyebrow. "He does?"
"He wants to see her skills as a fighter," Hani explained before looking at Mori. "Right, Takashi?"
"Hmm..." Mori hummed, nodding his head.
"Is that alright with Karai?" Hani asked, looking back at Ukemo.
Ukemo looked up at Karai. "Is it okay with you?"
"Sure," Karai replied, shrugging her shoulders.
"She's okay with it," Ukemo beamed, turning back to Hani.
"Yay!" Hani cheered, clapping his hands together.
Suddenly, the door creaked open, and a dark aura surrounded the room. Some of the Hosts and the Hostesses felt chills.
"What's with the sudden dark atmosphere in here?" Mayumi wondered out, hugging herself.
"It's because of the darkness around me," a slow, raspy voice was heard from the door.
A girl stood in the doorway, head bowing. Her black bangs covered her eyes while the rest of her hair was style as long in the front and short in the back. Her skin color was pale that made her look like a ghost and her fingernails were painted black. She wore a dark leather jacket, a skull-printed calf-length skirt over black leggings, and black skater shoes. She lifted her head to reveal dark eyes, black eyeliner around them to maximize said eyes, and black lipstick.
"The name's Yukimi Kimoto," the girl plainly stated, sending chills. "I'm looking for the Host Club. I heard from someone that you help people that need it."
Tamaki turned on his charms. "Why, yes. You heard right, Miss Kimoto. We, the Hosts, help people who need it. Now, we want to involve the new Hostess Club in the problem-solving team of the Hosts."
Tamaki pulled out a red rose and was about to hand it to her. Instead of accepting it, she held her hand to stop him. He blinked, confused.
"I hate red roses," Yukimi stated, sharply staring at him. "I prefer black roses because they are a dark color in a beautiful flower: black and a rose."
"Uh, Yukimi," Haruhi voiced, coming up to the duo. "Do you go to Ouran Academy? Because you're not wearing the uniform."
"Yes," Yukimi replied, looking at Haruhi. "I just don't like the girl uniforms because of the color is too light for me. I'm part of the Ouran Goth Club. I believe in darkness, shadows and everything of the sort."
"Hm..." the Hitachiin twins hummed, standing together. "Why does that sound familiar?"
"Well, welcome to the Hostess Club," Haruhi smiled awkwardly. "Why don't you sit and tell us what you want help with?"
Yukimi sighed monotony, "If I must..."
Tamaki and Haruhi led her to a couch, where she sat down. The two club presidents sat across from her in chairs. Kyoya and Sakura sat by, listening while they did research on the girl and her family.
"Could you tell us what class you're in?" Tamaki asked, smiling politely.
"I'm in Class 3-B, if you must know," Yukimi replied, looking at Ukemo and Karai. "Those two used to be in my homeroom, but I usually sit in the back."
"What is it that you need to help with, Yukimi-senpai?" Haruhi asked, raising an eyebrow.
Yukimi's cheeks turned a bit pink before she explained, "Well, since I'm in the Goth Club, I only specialize in emotions like sadness, anger, dread, angst, and more of the sort. But there is an emotion that I'm not familiar with."
"Happiness?" the Hitachiin twins asked.
"Affection?" the Akiyama twins threw in.
"Contentment?" the Hitachiin twins offered.
"Surprise?" the Akiyama twins guessed.
"No, none of those emotions," Yukimi replied, glaring at the two sets of twins. "You see, there is someone that has a lonely, lost soul. I feel like he's wants someone wants someone to share his dark world. Someone who understands him in some way and fashion. Do you know what I mean?"
The two club presidents stared at her, looked at each other and back at her.
"So, this is about a boy?" Haruhi concluded, blinking. "And you want to be that someone to him?"
"And the emotion that you're not familiar is love?" Tamaki asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Isn't that what I just said?" Yukimi huffed, crossing her arms.
"But who is it that you're talking about, Yuki-chan?" Hani asked, clutching Usa-chan.
"He's in my class, that's all you need to know," Yukimi replied, cheeks turning pink.
"Well, we can't help if you don't tell us," Tamaki explained, shaking his head.
"Yeah, maybe if you give us more clues as to who he is," Haruhi suggested, running her hands through her hair.
Ukemo came up to the three, slightly shaking. "Uh, Yukimi, you're not talking about him, are you?" She said him in a scared voice.
"Of course I'm talking about him," Yukimi stated, placing her hands on her hips. "Who else would I be talking about?"
"Ukemo-senpai, who is this he you're talking about?" Haruhi asked, raising an eyebrow at the way Ukemo was shaking.
"Last I remember, he is someone who is also sits in the back of the class," Ukemo explained, shaking even more. "He doesn't like the light and he carries around a puppet. He's the president of the Dark Magic Club."
The Host Club and Haruhi realized where she was going. "Wait, you're talking about..."
"Yes, Umehito Nekozawa," Ukemo whimpered, lips trembling.
Tamaki started shaking like Ukemo, at the thought of Nekosawa. The Akiyama twins wondered about what was so bad about him, to have their friends so scared.
"Yes, he's the lonely, lost soul," Yukimi voiced, bringing the Hosts and the Hostesses back to her. "So, will you Hosts help me?"
Tamaki chuckled nervously, rubbing the back of his neck. "Well, you see, the Host Club has a sort of past with Nekozawa."
"So you won't help me then?" Yukimi asked, raising an eyebrow.
"No, we will help you," Haruhi replied, holding her hands up. "But, like Tamaki said, we have encountered him in the past."
"Look, if you don't want to help me, that's fine," Yukimi huffed, standing up. "You could have just said so."
"Wait a second, Miss Kimoto," Kyoya piped up, appearing behind her with Sakura. "Our club presidents said that we will help you and nothing more."
"Sit down and listen what they have to say," Sakura commanded, staring strictly at her. Then she smirked. "Plus, if I recall correctly, your "crush" helped keep the Host Club from being shut down a couple of weeks back."
"Yeah, besides..." Hikaru hummed, smirking.
"I think it's high time to pay our Dark Prince a visit," Kaoru finished, smirking as well.
~OHSHC; Black Magic Club Room~
"Aw, the Host Club, what a pleasure to see you again," a creepy deep voice hummed, lips smirking. "Miss Untaki, to you as well."
The room was dark, while a few candles lit the room. The Host Club and the Hostess Club faced a figure in a hooded cape. The figure held a puppet that resembled a cat. He stared at the group with his dark eyes, black framing his face.
"Oh, Beelzenef and I see that you've brought guests with you," the figure chuckled darkly, frightening three of the Hostesses.
"So, this is Nekozawa?" the Akiyama twins laughed nervously.
"Yes, I am Nekozawa," the figure laughed, lips curving up. "How about you two ladies join the Black Magic Club? We have cookies..."
Tamaki cleared his throat. "Nekozawa-senpai, we don't have time for that."
"Alright, Suoh," Nekozawa replied, looking at him. "Why have you and the Host Club graced me with your presence?"
"Do you know a girl named Yukimi Kimoto?" Haruhi asked, stepping closer.
Nekozawa searched his memory for the name before replying, "Yes, she's in my class. I also know that she is a part of the Goth Club."
"Great. Well, you see she came by the Host Club," Tamaki explained, gesturing. "She said that she needed help with a boy and it turns out that you're that boy and-"
"No."
Tamaki blinked at Nekozawa, who had interrupted him, and frowned. "What?"
"I know where you were going with that," Nekozawa replied, narrowing his eyes at him. "You wanted me to go out with the girl. And I'm saying no."
"But hold on, senpai," Haruhi piped, holding her hands. "Have you seen the girl we're talking about?"
"She sits in front of me in homeroom," Nekozawa stated, glaring at the floor. "The girl uniform is not her style."
"Since when do you..."
"...care about fashion?" the Hitachiin twins asked.
"Anyway, I can't want to go out with her," Nekozawa declared, turning away from the group.
"Can't or..."
"...won't?" the Akiyama girls asked, glaring at his back.
"If I didn't know better, I'd said that you're afraid to go out with Yukimi," Mayumi stated, crossing her arms.
"Mayumi," Tamaki hissed quietly to her. "What are you two doing?"
"Oh, I'm 'afraid'?" Nekozawa repeated, not turning around.
"Yeah," Mayumi replied. "Yukimi-senpai came to us, asking us for help with you."
"She told us that she sees a lost, lonely soul in you," Naomi clarified, softening her face. "She wants to be someone that will share your dark world with you."
"Sure, she might be a bit creepy and dark," Mayumi added, rolling her eyes, "but she doesn't deserve someone who 'can't' give her a chance. So, good day to you, senpai."
The Akiyama twins turned to leave. "We're going to tell Yukimi what you said."
"Wait, she sees me as a lonely, lost soul?" Nekozawa muttered, making the Akiyama twins pause.
"Yes, that's what she said," Tamaki replied, not sure what just happened.
"She also said that a lot of people misunderstand you," Haruhi added, also not sure of the events. "Some people don't give you a chance since you tend to scare people off. Her words, not mine."
Nekozawa turned around to face the group, looking at the ground. "Perhaps, I should at least give her a chance since she is willing to give me one."
"Great!" Tamaki cheered, throwing his hands in the air. "We'll go tell Yukimi that you accepted. Let's go, guys!"
The Hosts and the Hostesses started to leave the room, except for two.
Kyoya stepped up to Nekozawa, heading him a piece of paper. "Just follow these instructions for tonight's date."
"Tonight?" Nekozawa raised an eyebrow.
"It was Suoh's idea," Sakura explained, heading the door with Kyoya. "Just follow them exactly."
The door slammed shut, leaving the cloaked figure alone.
~OHSHC; Music Room #3~
The room was encased in darkness; the only light coming into the room was the moonlight in from the windows. A dinner table for two was set in the middle of the room, the centerpiece being a vase of black roses. A figure stood near the chair, shaking slightly.
"Quit worrying, Nekozawa-senpai," a waiter-dressed Tamaki stood beside the figure.
Nekozawa was in a black suit, and his true blonde hair was brushed out. His blue eyes shined with nervousness.
"I can't help it, Suoh," Nekozawa muttered to him. "The reason why I said no before was because that I thought Yukimi didn't deserve a guy like me."
"Hm?" Tamaki looked at him stared off in a distance.
"She's so comfortable with the light, unlike me," Nekozawa went on, "and she's so beautiful. I often gazed at her face in the shadows and in class, and I can't help but think that she's so flawless and perfect for me... But..."
Tamaki raised an eyebrow at the 'but' before he continued.
"...I thought she would never go for a guy like me... until those twins said those things that she had said. My hope was restored in that moment."
Tamaki smiled softly when he saw a peaceful smile on the Dark Prince's lips. The door opened to reveal the Akiyama twins with Nekozawa's date. Kyoya stepped out in an outfit like Tamaki's.
Yukimi was wearing a black one-shoulder, knee-length dress. Her eyeliner was the same as before, but she wore clear lip gloss on her lips. She wore black flats, which revealed her black-painted toenails.
"Presenting the lady of the evening, Yukimi Kimoto," Kyoya stated, indicating Yukimi with a gesture.
Yukimi walked calmly to the table, a small smile on her face. Nekozawa pulled out her chair, which she sat in. He calmly sat across from her, smiling softly at her.
"You look lovely this evening, my dear," Nekozawa complimented to her.
"Thank you. So do you," Yukimi replied, smiling even more.
"We have prepared a nice three-course meal for you two," Tamaki explained, getting in his waiter's persona. "As for your drinks, we have an excellent sparkling apple cider." He indicated the liquid in the glasses on the table. "Enjoy."
Tamaki left the room to give the two some privacy.
"How come you haven't told me that you liked me?" Nekozawa asked, wondering why now.
"I'm part of the Goth Club," Yukimi replied, rather lamely in her mind. "I'm supposed to feel negative emotions, not this positive one. I'm supposed to resist cute things like children and babies, but I don't." Yukimi hang her head in shame.
"You like children?" Nekozawa asked, remotely interested.
"'Like' would be understatement," Yukimi responded, smiling fondly. "I adore little kids. I even have a little sister."
"I have a sister, too," Nekozawa chuckled softly. "I wonder if she and your sister would get along."
"I doubt it," Yukimi sighed happily, "My sister is four years old."
"Kirimi is five," Nekozawa explained, smiling at her, "I'm sure we can set them on a playdate or something."
Nekozawa leaned forward and gripped Yukimi's hand in his. Her skin felt soft to him and he smiled wider at her. He squeezed the hand a bit.
"Yeah, we could," Yukimi replied, squeezing his hand back.
Tamaki came back in with the first course and smiled at the couple. He placed the dish in front of the two and left the room again.
The night went on perfectly as the couple chatted and ate the dinner. When it was over, Nekozawa escorted Yukimi to the door and stopped.
"Call me later, please," Nekozawa voiced, lifting her hand to his lips. "You have my number, my goddess."
He kissed her palm before she slipped out with a small smile on her lips.
~OHSHC; Music Room #3~
The next day, after club hours, Nekozawa and Yukimi was chatting and discussing the darkness and their younger sisters.
"Well, I guess that the boss's plan..."
"...really worked," the Hitachiin twins commented, smirking at the two.
The door opened to reveal the Hostess Club. Haruhi stepped in, smiling at the couple.
"So it's official," Haruhi piped up. "The two are together."
Naomi was walking ahead of her sister, in a random race. Mayumi speed-walked to attempt to get ahead in of her, but she wasn't looking where she was going. Something interrupted the race between the Akiyama twin sisters.
"Oof!"
"Ow!"
This time, the display was opposite of the last time. Mayumi was on top of Hikaru on the floor, her legs straddling his hips. Her hands were pressed against his chest while his hands was on her waist. Like last time, they stared at each other, eyes wide and cheeks red. However, unlike last time, Mayumi's and Hikaru's lips were seal together. They pulled away instantly and Mayumi got off Hikaru, her hand covering her mouth. Hikaru's hand covered his mouth as he got up from the floor. The two turned their backs on the other as their twin confronted them.
Haruhi faintly heard Tamaki rambling about Mayumi and Hikaru kissing. Haruhi couldn't believe the events that had happened.
Mom, things seemed to have gotten interesting since the Hostess Club started.
And done!
End of chapter note(s): Oh my! Hikaru and Mayumi kissed...accidentally of course! See what happens next time on Ladies of the Host Club!
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