Hey! You ready for chapter 4? Well here it is!

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-Shooting Star-

Chapter Four: Den of Crossdressers

"Hmm." Kyoya was looking behind the two people who had just left.

"That was..." "unexpected." The twins peeked down the hall too before turning away. They had something else on their minds already.

Kyoya closed the door and it made a soft click. He sighed as he looked at the club room. There was sports equipment everywhere. 'It's a miracle none of the windows or chandeliers are damaged.'

The apology scene between Haruhi and Mei Ayanokoji had distracted the reckless bunch long enough for them to forget their chaotic game. He was thankful for that.

'I need to make note to not have a sports themed day again.' Kyoya wrote it in his notebook. He wrote all club related things in it: themes, notes, damage reports, concepts, and even a list of boys who were potential hosts.

He turned to the potentials page. In the year before he didn't have this list but this year he had to. They could be losing two hosts after this year depending whether they chose to go to the accompanying college that was near by. He needed some back up.

There was a little more than half a page of names written in pen. Ryuken's being somewhere in the middle. It was crossed out in pencil just like most of the list. 'I guess we can change that.' He erased the little line.

It seemed like the plain boring guy was opening up and it impressed him to a degree. Ryuken's personality slightly got on his nerves. Kyoya didn't like how he can just get so familiar with him just after a short conversation.

It reminded him of a certain obnoxious blonde and Kyoya didn't need double of that, but Ryuken displayed something else beyond that a few moments ago.

"...which is why I am going to put him back on the list." Kyoya finished his thought quietly to himself.

Haruhi fixed her tie as she stepped out of the dressing room. She grabbed her stuff and made for the exit.

She took a glance around the room to see where everyone else was before she left. 'Mori-senpai and Hani-senpai are already gone.' She then heard the twins snickering in the hallway and then saw that Kyoya was packing up his laptop. 'Where's Ta- '

"SOOOOO..." Tamaki slid around to where Haruhi was and put his hands on her shoulders. "...Haruhi. You need to be careful around that boy, okay? Do you want Daddy to come with you just in case?"

"I think I'll be fine, senpai." She said plainly as she stepped out the door. "I'll see all of you guys tomorrow." Tamaki ignored her goodbyes and followed her out to the hallway.

Hikaru and Kaoru were standing at the window laughing to themselves. Haruhi was curious and went over to see. It was Ryuken fishing out his (her)shoes in the pond.

"What happened to that guy?"

"Ayanokoji was yelling at him and threw his shoes into the pond when he went to go put his socks on." "What an idiot."

"Maybe we should let Ayanokoji back into the club. She seems okay." Hikaru and Kaoru thought how hilarious her face was when she threw the shoes and how Ryuken had to stop her from throwing in his bag too.

"I doubt she would even come back." Tamaki said. He somehow knew that Mei was definitely done with the host club. She didn't need them anymore.

"She really likes throwing other people's things in there." Earlier's events was a pleasant surprise to Haruhi. She was already over the faux assault issue and didn't expect to even see Ayanokoji.

'Maybe Ryuken-senpai isn't like the other shitty rich people here if he could get her to apologize to me. Ayanokoji-san was so different from the last time I saw her.' She looked at Ryuken with a small smile.

It didn't go unnoticed. The twins surrounded her and looked in the same direction of her gaze. "It looks like Haruhi...""...Has a crush?"

Both of the boys were just teasing her but in the back of their minds they didn't like the idea of that being true.

"No. I was just thinking of how weird that guy is." She didn't think of romance ever especially in a school setting. 'Like I would even be a guy who would like me here. They all think I am a guy.' She laughed to herself a bit. The silly girl didn't even think to include the host club in that.

"Now Haruhi, are you sure you'll be fine without Daddy?"

"I'll be fine. Now, leave me alone. I'll see you tomorrow." She walked away from them and lazily waved goodbye.

She didn't have to wonder which entrance Ryuken was waiting at because she conveniently left a trail of little puddles.

When she got outside she saw her standing around in his socks.

"Fuji-san, are you ready?" Ryuken was eager. "I already called for our driver. He should be here in a while. When we get there I think we should sta-" "Wait!"

Haruhi was getting tired of being pushed around. "You haven't even let me talk discuss this with you. I don't have to do this at all so could you just let me get in my conditions, senpai."

Ryuken stopped to listen. Haruhi took a breath before she continued. She had thought what she was going to say earlier in the day.

"First, we cannot do this every day and I don't know when I might be doing other things after hosting. Second, I cannot be going to your house all the time, like today. I have things I have to do at home. Third, if I am going to be tutoring you, you have to listen to what I have to say."

Haruhi stuck up for herself. The host club pushed her around all the time and it only got worse, but she could never refuse anything because of her debt. She didn't owe Ryuken anything so things were going to be on her terms.

"Okay. I can agree to that. Whatever you want, Fuji-san. I am in debt to you." Ryuken agreed. Haruhi couldn't believe that it could be so easy.

A lot of things weren't easy for her since she was accepted at Ouran so this was a big win for her.

Then the car came. When they got in Ryuken put the spare shoes she had asked for on and Haruhi gave the driver the address to her apartment complex.

It wasn't going to take long to get there, which didn't sit well with Ryuken. She was nervous. She hadn't been to a commoner's house before and was worrying about being polite till...

'Wait! Why do I care if it's a commoner's house!?' She started sweating a little as she thought about the situation more. 'I am going to a boy's house! Are we going to be alone? Oh lord! We are going to be in a commoner's house so we'll be smushed together!'

'What was I thinki- Wait... I am a "boy" too! Oh wait... What do boys talk about?' She had just went from nervous, to relieved, and then to confused.

Haruhi was seriously wondering what was this guy's problem. Ryuken's emotions clearly showed and it was confusing the other girl.

'Maybe I should have not invited him into my house...' The car stopped. 'Too late to turn him away now.'

They got out of the car and Ryuken had her first look of Haruhi's home.

'It's even smaller than I thought. It's an apartment. Be cool. Play it cool. Don't be rude.'

When they got to Haruhi's door though she couldn't hold it in. "I wonder if I can fit in here? Oh forget that." "Did you say something?" It was a good thing Haruhi wasn't listening.

As they stepped in Ryuken had to lower her head a bit. The inside was bigger than she thought it was going to be. Her expectations of this place just keep changing and she never got what she expected.

They took off their shoes and sat together in the living room. It was a tiny room that had a square table in the middle, a tv on a stand to one corner, and a little shrine to the corner by the door.

Ryuken scrunched her legs together so she could take up the least amount of space possible. It was uncomfortable.

"You know you don't have to do that. It's not that small in here." Haruhi was trying to be polite but she didn't like the way her guest was acting like her home was a matchbox.

"I am sorry. I am just not use to... this." Ryuken relaxed her legs a little.

"Well neither am I. My father and I don't have guests here often."

At that moment Ryuken knew that shrine was for Haruhi's mother. She didn't want to ask about it.

Haruhi broke the silence. "Well let's just get started."

-2 Hours Later-

"No, that is still wrong." Haruhi corrected Ryuken's math work.

They were still in the living room, but they were more relax now. Ryuken had ditched her tie and blazer. She had a few buttons undone and she no longer cared for conserving space. Haruhi on the other hand had changed into a large t-shirt and shorts.

"You sure?" "I wouldn't be a scholarship student if I thought that was right."

"You're a scholarship student, Haru-san?" Ryuken changed the nickname she gave Haruhi since their brief argument that happened early about Haruhi not liking being called a country.

"Yeah, that's how I got into Ouran and I have to be the top in my class to stay."

"Ooo lucky me. I picked the right person." Ryuken cheered for her decision but stopped when they heard a rough knocking on the door.

"Hm" Haruhi didn't know who it could have been. She went to open the door and Ryuken followed behind her just to see.

She opened it a little to peak and when she saw who it was she quickly opened it all the way. "What happened?"

It was one of her father's coworkers with her father hanging on to him to keep his balance. "Ranka just isn't feeling well tonight, so brought him home."

Ryuken looked over Haruhi. She had heard a man's voice but she didn't see a man. To her it was a woman who was help holding up a woman with maroon hair. Her skin was pale and clammy but it barely diminished her beauty.

'Even though she looks ill she is so beautiful.' Ryuken was admiring her but she didn't know who she was. 'I wonder why they are here.' She didn't hear what they were saying.

"Well thank you for bringing him. I can take it from here." Ranka was handed over to Haruhi.

"Wait. Let me help!" Ryuken had Ranka balance on her.

"Thank you." Haruhi closed the door. "Please could you go to the backroom."

Haruhi lead them to Ranka's room and Ryuken placed the beautiful 'lady' into the bed. 'This must be her room. Maybe this is her stepmother or something?' Ryuken had noticed plenty of women's clothes in the room and a few articles of men's clothes as they left the room.

Haruhi closed the door and they walked to the kitchen. "Thank you for helping me with my father."

"What?"

"Oh, that is my father. He works at a drag bar and he crossdresses often even out of work." Haruhi said plainly like she had to explain this before. Her back was to Ryuken as she was getting her father some water.

"But. But she is so pretty! I never would have guessed..." Ryuken wasn't judging. She didn't even have the right to, but she was shocked.

Haruhi brought the glass of water and a wet wash cloth to her father's room leaving Ryuken to her own thoughts.

She went into the living room and started to pack her things.

"For a second, I thought that was his mother." She laughed nervously as she shrugged. "My mother was a lawyer and she died when I was five years old."

Ryuken jumped a little. She didn't think Haruhi was that fast. "I am sorry about that."

"Don't be. It was a long time ago." She leaned against the doorway. Haruhi missed her mother but she wasn't sad.

"I think it is time for me to go." "Yeah we did enough today."

Ryuken paused before she left the living room. "Um, Haru-kun. Could I perhaps see her? If you don't mind."

"Sure." Haruhi smiled. She didn't mind showing off her mother. That woman was her hero. She opened the little cabinet. Ryuken put her bag down and peered into it.

Inside was a pretty gold color but besides that it was simple. There was a vase with a few flowers and next to it was a picture of a woman wearing a white colored shirt. Behind her was a clear blue sky. She was smiling like she had everything.

Ryuken looked at Haruhi who was looking back at the picture. 'He is giving her the same look.' The two Fujiokas' smiles were contagious. She smiled too.

This cleared the melancholy mood Ryuken was starting to get. She wanted to avoid the topic of Haruhi's deceased mother, because it reminded her of one day losing her own. But she just had to see what she looked like.

"She must of been amazing." "Yeah. She was." After that the room was just silence for a few minutes, but it wasn't awkward.

"I'll see you tomorrow, Haru-kun." Ryuken turned to leave and Haruhi went with her to see her out. "Do you want anything to be brought here for your father?"

"You don't have to do that for us, senpai." As Haruhi was politely declining her offer they heard Ranka coughing in his room.

"Are you sure? I can have something delivered here."

"I am sure. I can take care of him. Thank you though."

"I'll see you, Haru-kun." "You too, Ryuken-senpai."

Ryuken gave her a little wave and walk away to the stairs. 'Well that went better than I expected.'

Haruhi smiled as she watched her new friend walk away. 'That was nice.' She closed the door.

When she reached the street curb Ryuken pulled out her phone to call for her driver. "Hey, I am ready to go home."

"Oh yes. I am around the corner at the convenience store. If you do not mind, could you walk here? The roads are so small in this neighborhood."

"Fine. I'll be there soon." She wasn't sure if drivers were supposed to be doing things like this, but he was right.

It wasn't long before she got there. It was just a minutes walk.

"Hmm that's strange." Ryuken was looking at the two limo's in a small convenient store parking lot. That was an unusual sight. Her driver and another driver were out talking to each other. They were old friends it seemed.

"Are you all set?" Her driver finally noticed her and was getting to open her door.

"I want to go get something inside. I'll be a few minutes." She walked into the convenient store. 'I'll give him a few minutes with his buddy.'

Inside she saw only the cashier who wasn't not paying attention since it was a slow night and a guy reading a magazine at the front of the store.

She took her time to the drink section. "Hmm do I want cherry or strawberry?" She thought about her choice out loud.

The guy in front of the store heard this and his eyes went wide. He tip-toed to look over the aisle.

He had to get a better view so he slowly and gently walked towards Ryuken.

Ryuken noticed this guy's "subtle" attempt to get closer. "Can I help you?"

He gasped. He didn't know what to say.

"You okay?" Ryuken was getting concerned now. The guy was just standing there with his mouth open.

'What is wrong with this...oh no.'

"It's really you!"

-end of chapter four: Den of Crossdressers-

Haha! Who could that be? Nothing much happened today, but we had a nice moment with Haruhi & Ryuken, no? This chapter featured most of the stories crossdressers and that is why I named it such. I hoped you guys liked this one.

Sorry for the delay again. I was trying to do this every 5 days or so but that went out the window fast. haha I blame me for trying to draw Ryuken and trying to get her look down pat.

I'll see you guys later! Soundbird, over-and-out!