Title: It's Not a Mask
Summary: Jack doesn't wear a mask, who he is at school is the real him. He's not hiding his gender, nor is he in the Host Club because of a debt or blackmail of any kind. He thought his life was pretty good when he was with the host club, but when his secret is revealed Jack will unwillingly become who he's not. This fanfiction is not about a girl pretending to be a boy. This is a story with a transgender protagonist, Jack is a female to male trans guy.
Warnings: This fanfiction heavily involves transphobia and homophobia in the later chapters. If you're uncomfortable with either or are triggered by said things, then continue at your own risk.

Chapter Length: 2543 | Total Length: 11834

Chapter V
Wet 'n' Unexpected?

"Okay, do you mind telling me where you're taking us?" Danny grumbled, hating the fact that he wasn't being allowed to head home on this miraculous half school day.

"Boss thought it would be good for us to learn what a commoners water park is like." Kaoru started to explain.

"And that's where we're going?!" Jack squeaked, lifting his head from Danny's lap where he had previously laid just to bug his friend. Panic permeated through his voice and expression.

"Yup. Apparently it's pretty cool for a commoners thing." Hikaru shrugged.

Jack felt his blood run cold. "U-Uh...I-Is it optional? Like the water bit? Can't I just sit and watch?"

"Nope!" They grinned. Jack gulped hard, his brain rushing to think up excuses.

"We're heeeerrreee!" The twins called with a grin as the limo ground to a stop, they then turned to push the two new hosts out the vehicle as they landed with a thud. The twins grinned down at them.

Jack looked up at the building in front of them. It was fairly large, with large windows near the top. It could look like an office building if it wasn't for the maze of slides that were attached at the right hand side. Jack knew this place, he and his brothers went a few years ago, and he often returns with Danny every other month.

The twins then dragged the two inside – although Jack put up much more of a fight so that Hikaru essentially had to drag him by his ankles – where the rest of the Host Club members had been waiting.

"I got us tickets!" Tamaki yelled excitedly as he laid his eyes upon the twins, Jack and Danny. "Now we can see what a commoner's indoor water park looks like! Isn't this exciting?!"

"Yeah...very." Danny muttered sarcastically with a roll of his eyes. In his mind, this was just another trip to Wet 'n' Wild. His sister made him take her every other month essentially, she really adored this place. If anything, Danny was worried about Jack.

"Unfortunately, Hani and More couldn't make it. They apparently both had lectures they couldn't miss." Haruhi said with a sigh. "And Kyoya thought it was a waste of time, so it's just going to be the six of us." She knew the twins would probably drag her on one of the many slides, and Tamaki would probably do the same. She felt sorry for Jack and Danny, this was the first time that they had been dragged along anywhere.

"Well! I didn't have a chance to bring my swim shorts, so I'll just run back to Ouran to get them!" Jack explained with a smile before trying to escape to the outside world hopefully to never return here.

"Nonsense! I brought along a pair for you and Danny!" Tamaki grinned, grabbing the back of Jack's blazer as he left.

Jack felt his body loosen up. He had given in, he could improvise. Besides, it wasn't like he hated the place. Maybe there was a chance that he could get closer to the other hosts, that way he wouldn't feel as awkward when hanging around with them.

The six of them went into the changing rooms, all getting a stall each – except the Hitachiins who just used one larger stall, designed for parents which Jack thought was odd but didn't comment on. Danny idly wondered why Tamaki covered Haruhi's eyes all the way to the stalls. It was at this point did he realise that the strange club he had decided to join had the strangest members.

He couldn't have felt more at home.

Jack hesitantly pushed the stall door open as he looked around.

Danny smiled at him. "C'mon the others went on ahead." He nodded towards the exit of the changing rooms as Jack looked at his friend's attire. Of course it was nothing more than swim shorts and a pair of goggles situated on his head, ready to be used. He wasn't sure why he expected anything else, Danny didn't need to hide his sex.

Jack looked down at his attire. He had improvised, glad that he had decided to wear a dark grey t-shirt under his uniform today, he also wore a pair of blue swim shorts that Tamaki had provided him with. Thankfully, his eyes could withstand the chlorine and didn't need to wear any goggles. He proved to Danny last month that he looked like a complete dork whenever he wore them.

It didn't look like Haruhi had gotten very far into the area, he was currently relaxing by the side of the pool with his legs dipped in. Jack smiled at him and sat down beside him, however Danny was more than happy to be here and dive-bombed into the deep end before swimming over to his friends.

"Dude, you're so heavy that you splashed us with that." Jack chuckled, showing the large drops of water that had been absorbed by his shirt.

"Yeah but all that is just pure muscle." Danny said, flexing his not so subtle muscles. It was true, Danny definitely did look very fit and healthy. He thanked his interest in basketball and just working out at the gym. Jack rolled his eyes in response and kicked some water at the ashen blond.

"So where did the others get to?" Jack turned to ask Haruhi.

"Oh. The twins challenged senpai to a race on one of the two people waterslides, and I decided to stay here because I'm not a big fan of them." Haruhi shrugged. "I'm not sure why Kyoya-senpai suggested it to Tamaki if he's not going to turn up."

"Kyoya suggested this?" Danny asked with furrowed brows.

"Well, more or less." Haruhi shrugged. "Tamaki was whining because he didn't know how he'd be able to get to know 'his new sons' better, and Kyoya suggested this."

"I see..." Jack muttered, staring at Danny with a meaningful expression. 'He knows...'

"So, you're not a fan of showing your skin?" Haruhi asked curiously as he motioned to the shirt that Jack was wearing.

"Uh," Jack laughed nervously. "Yeah, something like that...I mean it's just more comfortable y'know? How about you?"

Haruhi looked down at the shirt he was wearing. "Same thing really." He said with a shrug.

There was dual laughter behind the trio, catching Jack's attention. Sure enough there was the twins laughing at Tamaki as they approached. Tamaki looked mad as he folded his arms.

"Ha! Boss is a loser! Boss is a loser!" They teased, dancing slightly.

Jack chuckled slightly as he looked at Tamaki and he was mad. At this time, Jack thought that when Tamaki was mad, you could see the wheel turning in his head. The one gear that he had, he was ranting about something. Something along the lines of how the twins had cheated.

"It's not cheating when your opponent is an idiot." They grinned in unison as the trio finally got to the other Hosts.

"Guys, cut it out. Does it really matter who wins and who loses?" Haruhi sighed, already fed up of their bickering.

"Of course it does!" Kaoru cried as he mirrored his brother looking at Haruhi in mock horror.

"Especially since we were racing to see who gets to take you abroad first." Hikaru grinned.

Haruhi sighed and shook his head.

"Guys, I'm not actually sure you're allowed to decide that." Jack said with furrowed brows, he knew the three of them doted on/teased Haruhi, but they didn't have control over what Haruhi decided to do.

"Oh? Then are you saying you want to take Haruhi away from Japan?" The twins remarked in unison, each raising an eyebrow in questioning.

Jack's cheeks blazed at the suggestion. "No, I just think that Haruhi should be the one to choose. Besides, who's saying he wants to go out of Japan with any of you?" Jack said with a roll of his eyes.

"Whatever." The twins said with a shrug. They looked at each other, for a moment a light-bulb went off in their heads. "Jack! You should come with us on the Kamikaze!"

"What? Isn't that the one with the sixty foot drop?" Jack asked, his eyebrows furrowed.

"Yes! C'mon!" The two chorused, their grins spreading into a devious smirk. They threw their arms under Jack's own and hoisted him up, before dragging him away all the while Jack yelling out to Danny to help him.

"Have fun!" Danny called back, not actually caring. Jack had been on the Kamikaze once before, so it wasn't like he was asking help because he didn't want to do it. More because he was being taken against his will.

"Danny I hate you so much!" Haruhi, Tamaki and Danny heard just after the other half of the hosts rounded the corner and started to walk the stairs.

Danny in the mean time was just laughing to himself. Jack should be used to it, Karlie essentially drags him everywhere whenever he's around. Be it the waterpark or a museum, she'll be the one to drag him along with her.

"So you and Jack are close?" Haruhi asked Danny after a moment of silence. Tamaki sat down next to Haruhi, also curious about the question. Jack and Danny joined the club together, so it would make sense for them to be friends. He just wasn't sure if they were long-term friends or had met in class during the early days of school.

"Oh, yeah. He's been my best friend for just over seven years now." Danny grinned, as he put his hands behind him over the edge of the pool. "We met in elementary, and we just stuck together since. I'm pretty sure that there's nothing about that guy that I don't know."

"Aw, it must be nice having such a long time friend like that." Haruhi smiled.

"Yeah, it rocks." Danny grinned with a small laugh.

"That's beautiful!" Tamaki essentially yelled and wrapped his arms around Danny's neck, putting his head on top of the younger one's. "Your undying friendship is so sweet! I hope you're best friends forever!"

The hug/chokehold caught Danny by surprise, giving him no time to separate Tamaki from himself as he tried not to swallow any of the chlorine water. After all, Tamaki was pushing him down.

"Uh, senpai? I think you're killing him." Haruhi warned. He thought that if they were in an anime right now, she'd probably have the sweatdrop animation beside her head.

Just a moment later, there was a small slightly high-pitched scream from somewhere in the premises.

"Huh, that must be the twins and Jack on the ride." Tamaki muttered just after he realised Danny.

Just a few moments earlier...

"Hey! You guys! I can walk there myself, you know!" Jack writhed as he fought against the twins' grip. He gave up however, as the trio neared the stairs to the waterslides. The two redheads grinned and quickly dropped Jack, making him plummet to the ground.

"Ow!" He grunted in pain, he stood up with his eyebrows furrowed in irritation. "You two are extremely unpleasant."

"We know!" They chorused as they started to climb the stairs. Jack liked the walk up the stairs, you got a great view of the waterpark. The lazy river going all around the main pool and the wave pool, the fake plants and trees that littered the indoor area making it look lively and vibrant. The kiddie area with small fountains, and water guns. Jack liked going here, it was refreshing and was completely different to the normal everyday routine. There were other indoor waterparks, but for Jack none would compare to this one. The only thing he wasn't keen on was the waterslides. Especially the Kamikaze.

The Kamikaze was an insane waterslide, with a 60ft straight drop with loops and turns. Jack hated it. He hated it even more when people were forcing him to go on it. At this moment in time, it was the twins forcing him to go. The line was extremely short. In fact, there was only one other person – besides the lifeguard – when they got there and they had immediately set off down the slide.

Hikaru and Kaoru pushed Jack to the front of their group, so that he wouldn't weasel out when the twins had already gone down. Jack sighed and got into position to go down the slide, just waiting for the lifeguard to give the signal.

"Uh, excuse me sir? I'm sorry but your shirt is just too baggy for this ride. I'm going to have to ask you to remove it or please exit the platform." The lifeguard said to Jack with an apologetic smile.

"Oh, okay. I'm sorry sir, then I guess I'll have to leave." Jack said awkwardly, starting to walk down the stairs again. Yes! He thought with happiness. The twins can't force me to go on here anymore!

"Nu-uh, you aren't getting off the hook that easily." The twins said catching up and wagging their finger at Jack before Hikaru stepped forwards towards him.

"W-what are you doing?" Jack asked, panic starting to creep into his voice as he backed up.

"Well you're not allowed to go down the slide with it on and you're not getting out of this so the shirt will have to come off!" Hikaru said as he pounced on the brunette, his hands going to the bottom of Jack's shirt.

"NO! Stop!" Jack yelled as he writhed under Hikaru's hands.

Kaoru nodded at Hikaru, leaping forwards to hold Jack's wrists. Now with Jack restrained, Hikaru grabbed the bottom of the shirt – remarking the fact there was two layers, one that was loose and another that seemed to cling to Jack's body – and thrust it upwards.

After less than a second, Hikaru froze and stared at Jack's chest.

"What is it Hikaru?" Kaoru asked as he noticed his brother's hesitance, his grip on Jack's wrists slackened. Jack seized his chance, he ripped his hands from Kaoru's grip, slapped Hikaru's face and pulled down his shirt in a matter of seconds. He lurched forwards with his arms folded against his chest and faced the twins.

"W-what were those?" Hikaru pushed out after a moment of silence between the trio.

Kaoru looked between his brother and the new host, completely confused. Both of their faces were scarlet red whilst Hikaru was still looking at Jack's chest in utter embarrassment. It didn't make sense, Hikaru had seen another guy's chest before, why would he be embarrassed to see Jack's...?

Then it hit him.

"Y-you've never seen boobs before?" Jack muttered through tight lips as he looked away with extreme determination. The twins' eyes were bulging.

"Go on your ride, I obviously can't. I'm going to go in the lazy river if you need me." Jack spluttered out before hurrying down the stairs.