A/N: Hey, hey! Here I am with another chappie! One yesterday and today!? Wow! Anyway, hope you enjoy and thank you for two more followers, plus the reviews! :D Means a lot to see ppl actually like this story, so ONWARDS!
DISCLAIMER: I wish I didn't have to do this, but here it is! I, EmoEmu64, DO NOT OWN OHSHC! JUST MY OC'S aka ORIGINAL CHARACTER'S!
Quote of thee day: "The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique." – Walt Disney
"Welcome!"
"Oh, it's you, Haruhi. You're late!" The twins said and ran over to her.
"Ah, Haruhi! You're finally here!" I yelled and she looked at me weirdly as I showed her my outfit. "Look! They made me wear girl clothes!"
"Nice to see you're matching, Tamaki-senpai. Also, last time I checked, it's spring." I sulked away back to my table as I let them explain it to her.
"Come on, you don't look that bad." Haru said, trying to cheer me up.
"Trust me; I have no problem wearing the clothes. It's just that, I feel uncomfortable wearing girl clothes." I drank my fruit punch and sighed, hoping for this day to end.
"Speaking of which, I heard there was going to be a party. You going as a girl or boy?" Haru asked, and I grew an irritated look.
"I-I have to go as a girl…Which means," I shivered at the next part. "I-I'll have to w-wear a…d-dress…"
"It can't be that bad, can it?"
"You're sooooo lucky to be a guy." I got up at walked over at the bar table. I saw Kyoya there and put my cup on the table. "More fruit punch please."
"Don't drink too many, you'll get stomach cramps. The party is approaching fast. We can't have anyone getting sick." He passed me the now full glass.
"Haha…" I gulped down my glass and got another refill before I headed back towards my table.
"Ah! I feel so MUCH better!" I stretched as I admired my casual outfit. Black fedora that had a little maroon bow on it, all my seven plus eight earrings on each of my ears, loose fitting, long sleeved maroon shirt, black loose scarf, black fingerless gloves, squared pattern chained black pants, and black high tops. This point of the day mostly everybody is gone, so I took off my bandages and let my hair down. Even I get tired of being genderless.
"Hey, guys, what I miss?" I asked when I saw Tamaki searching through his 'King's Private Property' box.
"He's trying to convince Haruhi to be a girl." Kaoru replied and I rolled my eyes.
"Is it really that important?" I asked and Tamaki gave me glance before taking two picture frames out.
They were pictures of Haruhi and I in middle school! "Daddy wants to see you both the way you used to be!"
"Don't go blowing up our photos without asking first!" Haruhi and I yelled out in anger to him. He hung up our pictures on the wall and Haruhi and I sweat-dropped.
"The more I look at this, the more I marvel at it, especially at yours Previous." Hikaru said and I grew offended.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" I asked him and he stared blankly at me just like back then.
"Exactly what I said. I remember you being so cute back then, but after the 'incident'…you turned into that." He jestered towards my style. Haruhi had to hold me back from punching him.
"Now, what's your excuse?" Kaoru asked her.
"The day before the entrance ceremonies, I had some gum stuck in my hair from one of the children in the neighborhood. It was such a pain to get it out that I cut if off. Ore (I) didn't really care if I looked like a boy."
"Girls should not be referring to themselves as 'ore!'" Tamaki yelled in horror as he turned around to look at us. "Mama! Haruhi is using those dirty boy words again!"
"I'm sorry, but who is 'mama'?" Kaoru asked.
"Based on club position, it's either me or Previous…" Kyoya and I looked at each other for a couple seconds.
"Yeah…it's definitely you."
Kyoya sighed.
"I was afraid you would say that…"
"Well, after all, I can pay back more of my debt before I graduate by being a designated host, than I can as an errand boy." Haruhi said and I nodded, agreeing.
"By the way," Kaoru spoke up. "Do you have any experience in social dancing? It's essential for the party."
'S**t!' I began to panic on the inside. 'I forgot about that part!'
You could say, much like Haruhi, I wasn't 'experienced' in dancing. Whenever I had lessons when I was little, I would send my cousin instead. Guess that's coming back to bite me.
"Huh? No, but the party has nothing to do with my quota, right?" Haruhi asked, horror stricken as well. I began to slowly back away as they kept their attention on her.
"I'm not at all that interested in going to events, so if I could be excused…"
I could tell this was Tamaki's chance as his eyes flashed.
"No, social dances are common practice for a gentleman." He looked up, determination in his eyes and I saw a lighting background.
'Y-Yeah…' I continued to back away slowly.
"If you want to live the life of a host that badly, you will have to show how far you're willing to go. I order you to master the waltz in one week, and you will demonstrate it at the party."
I was finally at the door.
"And if you don't, I will tell the whole school you're a girl and bust you right back to errand boy." Right when I griped the handle. "That includes you as well, Previous!"
So close…
"T-Tell me again…why am I practicing with you!?" I growled out towards my partner, also known as Hikaru.
"You're practicing with me because you were a stupid girl who skipped dance classes." I stomped on his foot and he shot me a death glare.
"Oh! I'm sorry." I gave him an innocent smile. "I'm just a 'stupid' girl who can't dance. Distract me anymore and there will be more mistakes where that came from."
"Let's just continue your lesson." Hikaru said darkly as we continued. I hate to admit, but he wasn't of a bad teacher or a dancer. So far, I think I was doing pretty well.
"It seems you'll need a haircut soon." I stated, looking at his hair.
"Yeah, and it seems like I'll need to warn the boys too." He snarkly replied back. "You really have no shame at all, do you?"
"I didn't need to go there if someone showed up on time." I answered, frowning.
"Regardless of that, you could've asked someone to get me instead of going in there. It times like those you only act first and forget that you're a girl." I scoffed at this.
"You're such a hypocrite, you know that? Besides, it doesn't matter if I'm a girl or not. It's not like I saw anything, not that it would've made a difference. And I got you out of there clothed anyway, so quit complaining."
It was his turn to scoff.
"You're really calling me a hypocrite? Like that's new. And news flash, it does matter if you're a girl and it does matter even if you didn't see anything. You can't go in there whenever you want. We guys don't walk in on you girls. Plus, what are you talking about clothed?! I was half-naked when you dragged me out of there! Kaoru had to lend me his spare uniform!"
"Hey! You should be gratefully I even let you put pants on! Also, I wouldn't have to have done that if you had just showed up on time like Kaoru did! Unlike you, with all your free time, I have a company to run. Which means I have business to attend to and appointments with people. So, next time, be. On. Time!"
"Why you li-Hey! That's enough you two!" I didn't notice Hikaru and I stopped dancing and had a started yelling contest instead when Tamaki and Kaoru were soon separating us.
"Come on, Hikaru. I think that's enough dancing for today." Kaoru said, pulling Hikaru away. Kaoru sent me an apologetic glance before turning back around while Hikaru just stared blankly at me before doing the same.
I hate that blank look, heh! I hate it even more then the glares.
"Yeah, I agree." Tamaki mumbled, turning his attention back towards me. He gave me a stern look that this time I forced myself not to flinch at. "How come whenever I leave Hikaru and you alone, it always end in fights?"
I avoided his gaze and stayed quite as he sighed.
"I suggest you get your temper under control, because for this whole week, you will continue dance lessons with him." I snapped my head up and was about to protest when I saw his face again. It was more of a menacing, commanding, and stern stare this time. It did the trick to shut me right up.
"Understood?" I reluctantly nodded. "Good."
After about a week of being tortured with dance lessons, and planning on how to get Suszushima and Kasuga back to together. Plus me having to prepare and make everyone's clothing. The day I suffered for was finally here.
The day of the ball/party.
The club sessions were canceled today so we could all get ready and double check on the preparations. So far, everything seemed ready to go. I went to Haruhi's house so I could finish last minute adjustments to her clothes all while she did my hair. I wanted to leave it like that, but even she insisted I should look nice. Seeing as my hair was short, there was not much she could really do but I appreciated that she tried anyway.
After finishing up her clothes, I decided to finally get dressed myself. Hikaru and Kaoru's mom made a dress simply for me. It was black, strapless, knee-length cocktail dress with a diamond belt and matching black wedges. I didn't care if people say they were a bad combo, they were easy to walk in! And as much as I hated to admit it, I looked nice. The dress, despite being short lengthen, was really comfy. I'll have to thank their mom later.
"Ready to go?" Haruhi asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be."
"My little lambs," Tamaki continued, as people were now paying attention. "Who have gathered here tonight, Ouran Host Club bids you a fond welcome…" I light flashed over him as he bowed along with the others and I curtsied. "…to this dance party."
All the lights then turned on and the music started playing while everyone applauded.
"We invite you to enjoy yourselves to your heart's content, as you dance with the Host Club members." Kyoya announced. I looked over at Haruhi and she looked pretty nervous. I tapped her shoulder and gave her a reassuring smile that seemed to calm her down a bit.
"Good luck to you, baby." I sweat dropped at Tamaki's comment as everyone in the room screamed. Oh, and need I remind you, every. Single. One of them. Were girls! Sometimes, I just don't get what these guys are thinking, seriously.
"Haruhi, Previous, your enthusiasm's are low." The twins said appearing right next to us.
"I'm not used to this sort of thing." Haruhi said. "The only dance party I ever went to is the bon-dori festival at the neighbor park with Previous."
"They still hold those?" I asked her and she nodded.
"If you want, when they set it up again, we can go together like old times." My face brightened.
"Really?" I asked and she nodded.
"Regardless, you probably can't call that a dance party." Kyoya stated while writing in his clipboard.
"Hey, speaking of parties." He looked up from his clipboard, eyebrow raised.
"Yes?"
"Why am I wearing a dress? There are only girls here, no guys, excluding all of you." I signaled towards all of them, except Haruhi. "Wouldn't it make more sense for me to dress like a guy for an occasion like this, also, why are we all standing here talking? We're supposed to be, I don't know, DANCING?!"
"Hm, she's right." Kyoya said and everybody else nodded. "Well, in that case," He took my hand and began to drag me down the steps, ignoring my protests. "I'll be taking the first dance."
"This is totally not what I meant!" I protested while dancing with Kyoya.
"Well, you were saying we should dance." He replied back coolly.
"I meant with the guests." I signaled towards the girls who were glaring at me in jealously.
"Next time you should be more specific." I rolled my eyes and shut up, knowing I wouldn't win this fight.
I began looking around at everyone else, failing to notice after twirling, I managed to switch partners.
"What's got you so interested?" I turned back around and grew shocked when I noticed I was dancing with Kaoru now.
"Eh?! When did you get here?" I asked him and he chuckled. "Last I remembered, I was dancing with Kyoya!"
"While you were distracted, Kyoya twirled you and sent you my way. He had a call to make about sushi." 'Of course…'
"Well," I looked up at Kaoru with a smile. "You more pleasant and easy to talk to then he is."
After chatting and dancing with Kaoru for a bit, I passed on to Honey who made me dizzy. And seeing as I was about to pass out, Mori took me away much to my gratefulness. Even though he didn't talk much, he and I always managed to strike up at least one conversation. Right when we were about to discuss swords, I was taken away by Hikaru. Goody…
If you couldn't tell the sarcasm in my voice, then you should know, I'm not a big fan of talking with Hikaru. Ever since the day we met, we had a strong dislike for each other. This often made us clash since Kaoru likes to talk to me, but Hikaru tries to keep him from doing that.
"Those shoes don't go with that dress, you know."
"And I don't really care, you know." He only gave me a blank stare and stayed quite as we continued to dance. It was pretty awkward.
"Ah, Kasuga's here." He stated, pointing. I looked over there and nodded.
"Guess that's our cue." We stopped dancing and followed the others.
"How much longer, Previous?" Kyoya asked and I quickly gave a glare at him.
"Don't rush me! Make-up is not something you can just slap on!" I stuck out my tongue in concentration. 'Just a little more!'
"Hey! What's the big idea, having everyone in here?" Tamaki yelled, barging. "Who's looking after our guests-FINISHED!"
I admired my work proudly while Haruhi stood up and turned around.
"OK," I looked around, smirking. "Now I definitely don't have to ask if I did good or not. I can tell by you guys faces!"
"Haru-chan, you look cute!" Honey exclaimed brightly.
"Nice job, Previous." Kyoya complimented.
"Yeah!" I felt my smirk grow at the praise.
"My face feels heavy and it's hard to walk in these shoes." Haruhi stated, struggling.
"As your best friend, I'll just be honest. You'll never get used to it, trust me." I told her and she just sighed.
"Good luck!"
I followed Tamaki and hid when he talked with Kanako. Still in the shadows, he now joined me after they finished their discussion with him sending her off, we waited. We witnessed her run off crying as her ex-fiancé followed her and Haruhi came out of the room, looking after them.
"Didn't we just complicate things?" She asked, shocked.
"He did go running after her." Tamaki replied and I saw Haruhi smile.
"Even though we may seem as bad guys at first for manipulating them," I looked out the window as I saw Kanako run out of the south building with Suzushima following behind. "It is our duty, as members of the Ouran Host Club, to make every girl happy…"
I smiled as I watched Kanako and Suszushima dance. They really were a cute couple.
"May this awkward couple be forever blessed!" Tamaki announced and I sweat-dropped.
"Tonight's dance queen-" Hikaru said.
"-is Princess Kanako Kasugazugaki." Kaoru ended.
"And for her reward a kiss on the cheek from the king." Hikaru said.
"You ready?" Tamaki asked.
"Fujioka Haruhi will stand in for Tamaki." Kaoru ended, leaving Tamaki, Haruhi, and I shell-shocked.
"Kyoya did say that a little accident towards the end of night might make the evening more thrilling for everyone." They both said, and this time Mori kept me from killing them.
"There's no way I'm kissing her." Haruhi stated.
"If you do it, we'll cut your debt by one-third." Kyoya stated, making Haruhi reconsider.
"Well, it is just a peck on the cheek." I grew teary-eyed as Haruhi walked down the steps towards Kanako.
"Hey, you don't think this is Haru-chan's first kiss, do you?" Honey pondered, and I panicked, knowing he made the biggest ever.
"What!?" Tamaki exclaimed. He cut loose from the twins and I did from Mori. "Wait, Haruhi!"
"Don't do anything stupid!" I yelled, trying to grab him as he jumped, but it was too late. He slipped and pushed Haruhi into Kanako, making them kiss instantly.
…
"TAMAKI! YOU IDIOT!"
"AH! DON'T HURT ME, PREVIOUS!"
A/N: Hehe, thanks for reading!