Disclaimer: I do NOT own Ouran High School Host Club in any form or way.. even though I'd really love to! *sad face*
Haruhi's POV
"What.. is this?" oh no…Haruhi turned to look at her roommate's face but the expression she saw caught her off guard. "I mean two on one is hardly fair," Jess laughed, "and the position you guys are in.. well it makes poor Tamaki look like he's about to be a rape victim." Jess covered her mouth in a failed attempt to hold back more laughter.
Haruhi turned to get a better look at Tamaki and the twins and saw that Hikaru had his legs wrapped around Tamaki's torso and he also had Tamaki in a choke hold in an attempt to hold him down. Kaoru on the other hand had one of his hands on Tamaki's chest for balance while the other held Tamaki's leg up and away from him.
Don't these guys know how to behave? Haruhi sighed rubbing her eyes with one hand in a failed attempt to ward off the oncoming headache that doomed to plague her.
"What…?" Jess asked, Haruhi looked up to see all six males staring at her roommate. "Did I get his name wrong?" Jess slightly tilted her head to the right, "I'm sorry if I did. I just assumed from the descriptions Haruhi gave me that the one fighting with the twins is Tamaki…"
"No, no," Haruhi shook her head, "that definitely is Tamaki-sempai." Wait.. what descriptions did I give? I don't remember giving her any descriptions…
"She told you about me!" Tamaki beamed at Jess who just smiled and nodded. "That's wonderful!" Tamaki jumped up and away from the twins. "That proves you've missed me just as much as I've missed you!" he took Haruhi into one of his death grip hugs.
Just great… Haruhi sighed looking off to the side not even bothering to return the hug.
"Yeah," Jess smiled, "she told me about all of her friends."
"Hear that boss?" Kaoru grinned
"All of us." Hikaru smirked.
"Oh.." Tamaki suddenly seemed to deflate a bit. Haruhi noticed the small amusement forming in her roommate's eyes as if she could see a dark cloud looming over Tamaki.
"Well.. actually.." Jess smiled nervously, "I kind of pried it out of her. You see I wanted to know what kind of people she hung around with." Haruhi mentally nodded as this sounded more probable since she herself didn't remember deliberately telling Jess about the Host Club in any way.
"You see," Jess glanced down at her feet, "I just pieced together the pieces of information she would let slip." She stopped to look up at Haruhi but upon seeing the confusion in her roommate's eyes and in those of the males she decided to explain further. "Okay.. well Haruhi do you remember that time we went downtown to Millennium Park and we wound up catching that martial arts competition?" Haruhi nodded, "Well after watching for awhile you suddenly said that you knew two people would definitely win. I asked you and you simply answered Mori-sempai and Honey-sempai before returning your attention to the large pretzel in your hands."
"Okay…" Haruhi nodded faintly recalling the event, all the while she tried to shrug off Tamaki.
"Yeah and then there was that time I was complaining about James and how it seemed all he cared about was making money. You laughed and said that he sounded like Kyouya-sempai." Haruhi nodded remembering the night her roommate came home in a fit of rage after breaking up with her boyfriend James. She remembered that they turned it into a girls' night and they got such a sugar rush out of all the fattening junk food, candy, and ice cream they ate. It must have been in a fit of laughter that she had let that slip.
"And then there was that time I said that my friends Alex, Freddy, and Mars were coming over to visit. When I told you they were triplets you gave a surprised oh-no look. So I assumed from your reaction that you had some sort of experience with triplets. But then when they were here Alex asked you if you knew any triplets you answered no but that you did know two mischief twins named Hikaru and Kaoru," Haruhi nodded remembering the conversation that she had with Alex that day.
"Then there was that time I asked you if you had a boyfriend you answered yes, so I asked his name and you said Tamaki." Haruhi nodded amazed that her roommate hade pieced together and remembered everything she said, but even more amazed that she let so much slip in just little over a month.
"So," Jess smiled, "by the way he hugged you and how worried he seemed for you I just assumed he was Tamaki. So of course they are Kaoru and Hikaru." She gestured towards the twins. "And you must be Mori and Honey." She pointed to each correctly. "Which means you must be Kyouya." She smiled and nodded towards Kyouya whom Haruhi noticed was staring at her roommate like an interesting puzzle.
"That explains how you know our names." Kyouya coolly said pushing up his glasses. "But not how you were able to correctly point out who Honey-sempai, Mori-sempai, and I are. Knowing that Honey-sempai is exceptional in martial arts most people would have guessed wrong on who he was based on his physical appearance."
"Well I'm not most people," she grinned, "plus you don't strike me as an avid martial arts practitioner."
"Is that so?" Kyouya arched an eyebrow at Jess who just nodded.
"Yup, you look more like the one who runs the show from behind the scenes." She nodded.
Haruhi had to bite the inside of her lower lip to keep from laughing out loud. The twins on the other hand decided to burst out in hysterical laughter. Haruhi turned and watched as Kyouya stared down her roommate who returned his stare straight on with a smile on her face.
This should get interesting. Haruhi mentally smiled knowing Kyouya will underestimate her roommate and that would be a big mistake on his end. For even after a month of spending nearly every waking moment with Jess she still manages to surprise Haruhi.
"Keh.." Kyouya returned his attention back to his phone. But before he did Haruhi could have sworn she saw a flash of amusement in his eyes and a small smile play across his face. However it all happened so fast that she couldn't tell if it really did happen or not.
"Haruhi… Haruhi!" Her roommate's voice brought Haruhi back from her mind babble.
"Yes?" Haruhi turned towards Jess.
"If you don't get ready fast and soon we're going to miss the CTA." Jess held up her phone for Haruhi to see. Oh no! Haruhi's eyes widened I only got 30 minutes to get ready! She turned and ran towards her room to get ready.
Jess's POV
"C – T – A?" Tamaki looked at Jess with an expression of confusion on his face.
"Yeah, it's the bus system here in Chicago." She walked over to a chair in the dining room that had a sweater on it. "You see every morning I walk Haruhi to the bust stop that's a few blocks from here. In my free mornings, like today, I'll even take the bus with her and then the train to her job." Jess put on the sweater. "And on the days she works late I go pick her up too." Jess quickly walked into her room and grabbed her bag that was thrown on her bed then back out the living room.
"Oh~! The commoner's way to commute!" Tamaki said causing Jess to stop in the middle of lifting up some keys from the coffee table and stare at him in confusion. "May I come along?" Tamaki smiled excitedly at her.
"If Tono's going then we are to." The twins chimed in together both grinning at her.
"Yay~! Commoner's trip~!" Honey jumped up smiling. "I want to go too~!"
"Uhh…" Jess glanced around at the newly hyped up group of males. "commoners.. trip..?"
"Please don't use that word while you're here." Haruhi said walking into the dinning room before coming to a complete halt in the living room. She hand an office work suit on and her now shoulder length hair was pulled back into a ponytail at the base of her neck. "Ready?" she addressed Jess.
"Yes," she nodded holding up her keys and giving them a little shake while she went to open the door, "I was waiting on you. Oh and if you guys would like-"
"Can we go too?" Tamaki cut her off.
"Sure." Jess said at the same time Haruhi said, "No!"
"Why not?" Jess and Tamaki both asked.
"Jess" Haruhi stared at her roommate avoiding eye contact with anyone else, "I'm running late and bringing them along would just slow us down."
"But we can't just leave them here." Jess countered.
"Please don't encourage them." Haruhi sighed.
"But.."
"Yeah we want to go!" Tamaki, Honey, and the twins chanted in unison.
"If you're running late we could take you." Kyouya said standing up.
"Umm.." Haruhi looked at him then to her roommate, who just nodded and said. "It's in your best interest."
"Fine then," she sighed. "Kyouya-sempai can you please give me a ride to my internship site?" She asked deflating all hopes the twins, Tamaki, and Honey had on riding the CTA.
"Yes you'll just have to give your internship site's address to the driver so he can take you there."
"Okay." Haruhi nodded as she walked towards the door.
"I call sitting next to Haru-chan in the truck~!" Honey shouted running out the door and ahead of everyone followed by Mori.
"Driver?" Jess looked confused.
"Yes, now come on so you can give us a quick tour!" The twins smiled each taking her by the elbows and out the door into the hallway.
"But.. wait I have to lock up!" she protested in their grip as she noticed Haruhi and Tamaki were already halfway down the stairs.
"Fine fine," one twin began, "we'll wait for you outside." The other twin finished.
They're so alike and in-sync it's creepy… Jess thought as she watched them take a few steps down then quickly turned to lock up the door. She ran down the stairs and out the front door, then down the five front steps,
"So where's the car?" she asked as she walked up to Haruhi who stood under the tree by Tamaki.
"Kyouya is calling them as we speak." Tamaki gestured with his chin to where Kyouya stood talking on his phone.
"Calling them?" Jess asked confused.
"Yeah because we thought we were going to spend the day here playing with Haruhi." The twins said as they approached and joined Haruhi, Jess, and Tamaki.
"So we sent them away~!" chimed in Honey as he and Mori joined the group.
"They didn't park far so they'll be here in less than five minutes." Kyouya said as he hung up his phone and walked over the rest of the group where Jess stood staring at them confused. Her confusion lasted a bit longer as two large black Escalades turned the corner of her block and stopped right in front of them.
So they weren't kidding on the drivers part.. Jess thought as it all began to fall into place in her head. Their expensive clothing, the I'm-better-than-you attitude she felt earlier from Kyouya, the use of the word commoner, and their surprise at the fact that her and Haruhi use public transportation.
"Come Haru-chan sit with me~!" Honey said as he pulled Haruhi towards the second truck followed by Mori.
"Wait!" Tamaki shouted following them. "My Haruhi is sitting next to me!"
"Aww… C'mon Hikaru I guess that leaves us to the other truck." The twin on the left said as he led the way towards the first truck.
"That's ok Kaoru." The twin on the right smirked, "I think we'll have fun without Haruhi on this one."
"Well what are you waiting for?" Jess turned to her right to find Kyouya staring at her. "You'll be sitting with us." He gestured for her to follow the twins towards the first truck.
"Ok." She nodded once and followed the twins into the truck. Where the two back seats sat faced each other and only sat two people on either side.
It's like a small limo in here.. She thought to herself. But I guess that's why its called the Luxury Escalade.. it is also a private truck.. rich people.. She mentally sighed.
She sat down in front of the twins who where sitting right behind the driver. She noticed the twin in front of her staring at her like she was some sort of new toy, so she just smiled at him and he grinned back.
"Would you please give the driver the address?" Kyouya said taking the empty seat on her right.
"Y-yeah.. the address is 208 South LaSalle." She told the driver who just nodded and began driving away as the glass separating them began to slowly rise. She glanced at the twins then to her right at Kyouya and a slight feeling of uneasiness began to creep into her.
Awkward.. but I can get through this. Wait.. why did I even come along! I should have just stayed home.. she thought to herself as she turned to stare out the window for the rest of the ride.
A/N: So SORRY for the REALLY late update! I had lent my cousin my laptop and she somehow gave it a virus. So I had to take it to go get fixed and when I finally got my laptop back my uncle hadn't paid the internet bill so yes… So Sorry! But I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I tried to pack a lot of background info into it so that you the reader can get a hint of the relationship Jess and Haruhi have so far..
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