Hello everybody! Crystal is finally back with a new chapter for y'all. ;)
Whew, I understand that I've been gone for soooooooo long without even leaving a notice or warning you guys, but you have no idea of how hectic my life had suddenly been these past few months.
Small Rant... :/
With studying for constant monthly tests at school (which pretty much lasts two weeks each month), having to attend weddings in between them, having a religious holiday, preparing for my school exams, my cousin's sudden engagement party, and I still have two more upcoming weddings which are necessary to attend. And since where I am, each wedding consists of a minimum of 3 days to attend, all the weddings I had to attend so far could make up a whole month if put together! Not just that, even though minimum number of days which are also commonly held are 3, the two upcoming weddings which I have to attend are actually being held of 5 days each! I'm still going crazy of visiting our tailor with my mom for fittings and seeing if my outfits are being stitched properly. I'm just extremely glad that at least I have winter break, so I don't have to worry about school while preparing for these weddings. I just hate the wedding seasons, especially since it's necessary for me to attend with my parents even though I never really enjoy weddings that much. I mean, what can I do? Bride and groom sits on the stage, which is crowded with people to perform the traditional rituals. Since I'm still to young to perform any of them, all I can do is sit at my table and watch my mother's bag, eat dinner when they serve it, continue to remain bored with nothing to do at my table, then go home. It's like that for about 4 hours, and my parents forbid me from using my iPad since, I quote:-
"It's rude to use those things here, since they'll think that you're bored."
Seriously? I am bored, what do you expect? I understand the importance of attending the day of the actual ceremony, but do I actually have to attend the other days? On the other days, nothing special happens except for the traditional rituals that the elders do. But I'm not old enough for that yet, so why take me just to leave me at the table with nothing to do?
End of Rant...
If you actually bothered to read my rant, then I'm pretty sure that you now have some kind of idea of how busy I was. Well, it's already been so long and you're probably anxious for the new chapter. So, without further ado I now present to you my latest chapter! :)
Haruhi gave the directions to Masaru's driver as they began to drive away. The driver saw the twins running after their limo from his rear mirror, so he asked about it.
"Ignore them," Haruhi answered, to which the driver obliged. Masaru gave her a questioning glance, which she also answered.
"Trust me, I've been with them long enough to easily know that they'll be nosy idiots if we don't escape like this."
Masaru just nodded before remembering his initial purpose of offering her a ride.
"So, where were we?"
"How did you discover that it was me?" Haruhi questioned.
"It was difficult, but to be honest, it was thanks to your handwriting."
Haruhi raised an eyebrow, so Masaru explained.
"You see, Monday turned out to be a waste, I couldn't find out anything. But yesterday, I bumped into a teacher who was taking a pile of quizzes to the teacher's lounge. I helped him to pick them up, but the handwriting on one of them completely matched the handwriting in the note. I quickly scanned the name into my memory, hoping that I could maybe check out this person to see if the other pieces of the puzzle would fit together with him, or as I now know, her."
"Seriously?" Haruhi had a dumbfounded face as Masaru chuckled.
"Yup, and the pieces did fit.
1) You attend Ouran, obviously.
2) You're apart of the Host Club, a well-known club.
3) You're unique since you're a scholarship student, aka a commoner.
Bonus fact, I'm guessing that by devils you meant those twins, right?"
"Ring a ding ding, we have a winner," Haruhi pretended to ring a bell, which made him snicker.
"Oh, and by secret I guess you meant your gender. That part was confirmed today by myself when I saw you dressed up today." Masaru stared at her, his expression clearly asking her to explain, which she did.
"Yeah, in school only the club knows about that. Everybody just assumed me as a boy because of my short shaggy hairstyle and poor choice of clothing when I first came. I began to purposely hide my gender when I joined the Host Club in order to pay back a debt which I still currently owe them."
"Ouch," Masaru replied, making Haruhi nod her head in return. He then began to fish out something from his bag. When he got it, he threw it into Haruhi's lap. Haruhi picked up the item to see that it was a cellphone.
She gave him a questioning look as he spoke, "My mother asked me to give you that. It contains mine, my sister and my mom's number. You will use that phone to contact any one of us when you need to concerning your job. Please give her a call when you get home to discuss the rest to the other details about it."
Haruhi saw him sigh before he continued, "And we also have to think of a good story to tell your club members, since they seem like the type to try to force themselves into other people's business, even when warned not to. And it that's true, then they might be suspicious of today's events, and we can't have them discovering this. You could say that my mother wishes to keep your true identity a secret."
"But isn't having a job against school rules by the way?" Haruhi asked, remembering the time in Karuizawa when she found out.
"Don't worry, mom already talked to the chairman about the 'mystery girl' who will work under her while focusing on school. She'll give him your name today, now that she knows it." Masaru answered while looking out the window.
Haruhi placed the phone in her bag before she spoke, "We're here. I'll message you what story will be believable for the club about today. Thanks for the ride!"
The driver opened the door for her as she exited the car and waved goodbye to him before heading towards her apartment. As the limo drove off, Masaru began to think about the cross dresser who would be working for his mother from now on.
A small smile appeared on his face as he mumbled, "She's an interesting girl."
After a few minutes, a buzz came from his phone. He opened it to see a message from Haruhi, seems like she sent him a text before calling his mom. As he read it, he gave a soft chuckle.
"And a smart one too."
The next day, Haruhi was ambushed as soon as she placed a foot past the school gates.
"Let go of me you idiots! You do know that I can walk!"
The twins ignored her shouts and carried her to Music Room 3. She was thrown onto a chair and tied up. The room suddenly became dark, and the twins used a lamp to illuminate her face. She blinked in the light as an interrogation began.
"What happened while you were with him?" (Hikaru)
"Does he have something against you?" (Kaoru)
"He didn't do anything outrageous to you, did he?!" (Tamaki)
"Why did he wish to speak to you?" (Kyoya)
"Do you want some comforting cake?" (Honey)
Haruhi glanced around, seeing everybody's faces. She took a deep breath before calmly replying,
"I'll tell you on one condition..."
""What's that?"" The twins asked.
"RELEASE ME THIS INSTANT!"
After Haruhi was untied, she rubbed her wrists as she saw all the hosts waiting for her to speak. She sighed before speaking, "It's nothing. He somehow found out that I knew some girls from Lobelia, and wanted to question me about one of them."
"Does he know that you're a girl?" Kyoya asked.
"He mostly did joke about me looking girly, but he backed off when I told him not to." Haruhi mused while remembering when the three idiots interrupted them, relieving the other hosts.
Then, the twins suddenly questioned what was on everybody's mind, ""Who did he ask about?""
"None of your business," Haruhi replied before picking up her bag and left the room for class. Everybody looked at each other in confusion before they also left for their classes.
I'm sorry, I've been trying to make my chapters longer, but I'm to busy for that as you may know if you actually read my rant. Tough enough to get this chapter out, I hope it's still to your liking. I'll now write and update whenever I get the chance to, especially since my life's still kinda hectic. Well, until next time, I guess this is it.
Adios Amigos/Amigas!
