Mix Eleven: Girl Talk
Tamaki ran down the hallway without stopping, with each second passing by he knew it would only be a matter of time before he got there to find a body count that would increase steadily with every blow. He just hoped he was not too late to prevent bloodshed any further. He rounded the corner and saw a group of students in a circle around what appeared to be two students fighting. He gave a small groan at the idea of squeezing through the crowd but for the sake of his sanity, he had to be sure that it was not too bad as the girls in his class made it sound.
"Let me through!" He began pushing through the crowd and saw that in the center of the ring of students was his best friend rolling on the floor with another girl. He could see her hands locked around the other girl's long hair and a pair of glasses was on the floor cracked and bent in half. "Sally!"
Sally sat on the girl's back keeping a steady hold on her hair. "Hey Rene, good morning came to watch the morning ass kicking?"
"Sally what are you doing?" Tamaki demanded as he pulled Sally off the girl's back. "Why are you fighting? What happened? I thought you promised to stop fighting."
"That girl decided to call me Dominican trash and I just snapped." Sally shrugged. "She said the only good thing my people are for is to clean someone's house…and I had to show her where she could shove that fake ass brown hair."
The other girl got up from the floor and saw an opening as she ran forward and slammed a fist into not Sally's face but Tamaki's.
Sally's eyes widened as Tamaki stumbled back a few feet before she saw red. She narrowed her eyes, let out a loud screech, and tackled the girl to the floor. "How dare you hit my friend? You lowlife bitch, I'll turn your ass black and blue!"
"Sally, stop it!" Tamaki winced in pain as he put a hand to his nose feeling that it was bleeding. He ignored the stream of pain going through him and tried to pull the two girls apart. Once again, he was pushed away from the mass of flailing limbs and arms.
"Tamaki, what the hell are you doing?" Kyouya demanded. "We don't get involved in this kind of-oh it's Miss Moore."
"Kyouya we need to stop them," Tamaki pleaded. "Sally could be expelled for fighting and I don't want her to have to leave school and…what if my dad finds out?"
Kyouya sighed but nodded. "Mori-senpai, please retrieve Miss Moore and bring her back to the music room."
Mori nodded and merely walked towards the fighting girls and plucked Sally up when she hit the floor. He looked at the other girl with a look of pity mixed with amusement.
"What the hell Takabro? The bell didn't ring for this bout to end," Sally mumbled beating on Mori's back as he slung her over his shoulder. "What the hell? I wanna pull that fake ass brown hair out of that bitch's skull!"
Mori sighed. "We need to go to the music room."
Sally frowned puffing out her cheeks and allowed Mori to carry her through the crowd. She could hear the squealing of many of the other girls and some commenting on how lucky she was to have Mori carrying her.
Sally gasped as she was gently deposited on the couch in the music room and looked up to face the host club who were staring at her. However, in Tamaki's case she saw Haruhi was tending to him. She sighed puffing out her cheeks. "What?"
"Miss Moore, you were in an altercation which is against school regulations," Kyouya looked through his notebook making sure that he was on the right page about the rules. "And I believe that had we not come to stop you then I am unsure of what a teacher would've done had they caught you."
"Simple, I would've been tossed out of here so fast that your pretty little head would've spun," Sally gave a small groan and rotated her arm. "Damn I think I snapped my rotator cuff out of place again."
"That's a consequence of fighting," Kyouya pointed out.
"It's not a big deal, I got this." Sally looked at Mori as she slid off the couch onto the floor. "Yo Takabro put your foot on my leg, grab my arm and push it as hard as you can to pop my rotator cuff back into place."
"Mori-senpai don't do it."
"It's fine; you're a strong enough guy, just do it."
"Mori-senpai…"
"Don't listen to Kyo, just do it."
Mori was unsure of whom to listen to, as he did not move from his place before shaking his head deciding to stay out of it.
"I can do it," Hikaru walked over and did as Sally instructed.
Sally held back her urge to scream when she felt her arm pop back into place and rotated it a few times. "All right I'm fine now." She stood up dusting off her school uniform. "All right I am going to class now and-"
"Sally wait!" Haruhi rushed over to where she was as she had seen the back of the girl's uniform. "Come on we need to get your uniform fixed first. All of you guys avert your eyes and Kaoru please call Miss Meyers in here and tell her to bring her sewing kit."
"All right," Kaoru walked out of the room as the hosts waited til Sally and Haruhi went into another room to help her fix her uniform.
"Tamaki, I do hope you know we have no choice but to report this incident to your father and-"
"We're not doing that!" Tamaki said quickly. "I am fine, and so is Sally. No one in the hallway will tell a teacher if I ask them not to and that girl that she was fighting will be dealt with when I see her. I am sure a dozen long stemmed roses will help her to forget this whole mess."
"Tama-chan, you're being too soft on Sally-chan," Honey said quietly. "If it was someone else you'd tell your dad."
"Yeah boss, what's the big deal if we mention it?" Hikaru asked. "She'd probably be all right, after all what's the worse your dad could do?"
"He'd expel her for fighting." Tamaki's eyes filled with sadness mixed with fear. He made a promise to help Sally and he intended to do so. "I will handle this ok? Sally only had a moment of lax judgement and I want her to have that second chance she wanted."
"Tamaki, it's going against our regulations that we keep this a secret," Kyouya pointed out. "We have to tell your father. Even if I have to do it myself."
"Would you want any of us to report your promise girl for the same thing?" Tamaki asked noticing his friend's back bristle ever so slightly. "Think about it Kyouya, if you were in my position would you want to lose someone you've grown close to?"
Kyouya sighed ripping the piece of paper he had written the report of the incident out of his notebook. "Fine, I'll shred this but this is the only time I overlook this."
The door to the music room opened and a tall brunette walked into the room, she quickly darted past the hosts without a hello as she opened the door to the second room and shut it behind her.
"And I take it Miss Meyers knows of this situation?" Kyouya asked as Kaoru walked back into the room.
"Yes, I am glad I found her walking to class, she's a genius with sewing," Kaoru noted with a small smile. "And she promised to not tell anyone."
"Another person in on this secret…" Hikaru snickered. "We might as well be a secret keeping club rather than a host club."
In the preparation room, Sally sat on a chair as Haruhi had told her to take off her uniform until it could be fixed. However, with the air conditioning in the room it made it a little unbearable to sit in the cold.
"Haruhi give me your jacket," Sally held out her hand. "I am freezing my tits off."
Haruhi took off her jacket handing it to Sally. "I'm sorry we don't have anything to fit you...and that the cosplay storage is locked so I couldn't grab you something to put on."
"Its fine," Sally shook her head and stretched as she used Haruhi's jacket as a blanket. "Anyway, you seem to be calm about all this. You must be the only one that didn't care that I'd rearrange that bitch's face like a Picasso painting."
"She was a rude person, I've dealt with her before," Haruhi shrugged. "Didn't get to fight her but managed to get payback when Hikaru and Kaoru pranked her."
"Ah, so Haruki has claws." Sally noted.
"Haruki?"
"Yeah, that's your nickname now," Sally poked her in the cheek. "I heard the twins used to call you a Tanuki so I just combined your name and the word."
"I see…." Haruhi mumbled and looked up as the door opened. "Oh! Hello Romey-chan thanks for coming on such short notice."
"Hello Haruhi-san, it's nice to see you." The girl addressed as Romey bowed and then took note of Sally. "You must be Sally-san, I've heard a lot about you from Kaoru-dear."
"Kaoru-dear?" Sally looked at Romey with a raised eyebrow. "So you're Kaoru's girlfriend or something?"
"His girlfriend?" Romey's face flared up bright red, quickly shaking her head to shake off Sally's observations and laughed nervously. "Oh no no, I am not Kaoru-dear's girlfriend but rather his classmate."
"Sure don't seem like you're classmates," Sally noted with a smirk. "You two must be more than classmates if you came all the way here when he asked."
Romey blushed more as she grabbed the torn uniform and began trying to mend it, her gazed focused on the material and avoiding the looks that Haruhi and Sally were giving her.
"Well if he's not your boyfriend then I hope you don't send him packing if he does confess," Sally stretched. "After all I think he's a real nice guy."
"She's only kidding Romey," Haruhi patted the girl on the shoulder gently. "She is much more interested in someone else…a certain blonde king."
"I am not!" Sally cried. "I don't feel any way for Rene..."
"Who said I was talking about Tamaki-senpai?"
Sally stared at Haruhi a long moment before her cheeks began tinting a soft crimson. Was her crush on Tamaki that evident? Was she that transparent in her feelings? No Haruhi was probably just messing with her. That had to be it.
"I'm kidding," Haruhi smiled. "Anyway, we all have our crushes on someone and we're allowed to have them as secrets."
"Yeah like you haven't spoken out on who you have a crush on," Sally crossed her legs. "You're the only person that hasn't had a chance to blush yet."
"I don't have a crush on anyone," Haruhi shrugged. "Why should I worry about falling in love when I have to pursue my dream?"
"A dream, Ooh right Haruki you're planning to be a lawyer like your moms right?" Sally asked tilting her head to the side. "That's real cool you'll be bad ass like Phoenix Wright."
"A courtroom isn't like that Sally-dear," Romey finished mending Sally's uniform and held it up. "Here your uniform is done; I managed to fix the large rip in the skirt."
"Awesome!" Sally stood up tossing the jacket onto the nearby chair and took her uniform. She looked it over a few times with a bright smile. "Very nice, I don't' see where it got ripped in battle."
"Romey here is that great with mending uniforms and cooks like a dream too, she is a very valuable person to the Host club." Haruhi smiled at the girl. "We rely on her baking all of the sweets and preparing the tea. She also repairs a lot of our costumes too."
"Well now… a triple threat," Sally put the uniform on and smoothed out the skirt. "In that case I hope we get to hang out more Romes, I really love having a good meal."
"Um…sure?" Romey packed up her sewing kit. "I should go now…I am going to be late but I hope to see you again." At those words Romey headed out the second door to the preparation room to go to class.
"See ya on the flip side Romes," Sally laughed before glancing at Haruhi. "So you got a crush on Romes don't you Haruki?"
"Oh no no, she's a good friend," Haruhi flicked Sally in the back of the head. "Besides Kaoru would kill me if I tried going after her. He has it bad for her."
"You seem to know a lot about the guys' relationships, so tell me who else do you know has a thing for someone at Ouran?" Sally sat down on top a table and crossed her legs. "We got time since we're already late for homeroom."
"Well…I guess….Mori-senpai is in a relationship but he keeps it quiet." Haruhi's face took on a deep in thought look. She had not really spoken of what she observed in the music room. "And I think Honey-senpai might be in love too but I am unsure considering that he's a mystery."
"Ah, so Takabro and Bunny boy have crushes huh?" Sally snickered. "Never would've guessed it, what about Hikabro and Kyo?"
"Hikaru's not in love with anyone but himself," Haruhi joked. "I doubt he's crushing on anyone at the moment and as for Kyouya-senpai…he has one girl he likes a lot."
"I knew that Hikaru's in love with himself," Sally stood up walking to a nearby mirror. "Ooh Hikaru you look so good today! You're the man!"
Haruhi blinked a few times and began laughing rather loudly. "That is Hikaru all right; I cannot tell you how many times I caught him in the mirror flexing."
"I caught him doing that during the last band competition, he'd stand in front of any mirror to do it," Sally then walked towards the closet that had Kyouya's picture on it. "And you said Kyo has a thing for someone?"
"Yeah, but what are you doing over there?" Haruhi asked.
"Investigating," Sally picked the lock and the door swung open. She looked at the door noticing the pictures of Beyoncé hanging there. "So he has a crush on a girl that doesn't know he exists? Wow he is gonna die if I tell him that she's married to Jay-Z."
"Well he knows that, but that's not the girl he really likes," Haruhi stole a quick glance to the door making sure that none of the hosts came into the room. "But rather he has a girl waiting for him in America."
"A girl in America? Where did he meet her? On the internet? I never pegged Kyo for internet dating." Sally shrugged. "But to each their own."
"No, from what I heard they were best friends as children, and their parents separated them." Haruhi joined Sally looking in Kyouya's closet. "And he has made it his mission to find her again. The only thing he remembers is that she lived in New York City."
"So he has no idea what she looks like or if she won't friend zone him when they meet?" Sally shook her head. "Kind of wishful thinking if you ask me."
"We've told him but he's stubborn," Haruhi pulled Sally from the closet and shut it back picking up the lock and putting it back on the door's latch. "Anyway, you should consider visiting the host club; you'd get to know all of them better."
"I'd love to but I doubt that Rene would want me here since I might want to kick asses for any chick trying to get a ride on his dee."
"Tamaki-senpai's not like that, if he's in love he becomes devoted to that girl and won't look at another in a way that isn't nothing more than being polite." Haruhi took note of the look of glee on Sally's face. "Are you ok?"
"Hell yeah, I am glad he's not a gigolo, I thought I'd have to start calling him Deuce Bigalow again." Sally shook her head. "Anyway, I think that maybe it'd be cool to hang out here, that is if you allow me to hang with you during club hours. I really want to get to know you better Haruki. You'd be a bad ass female best friend to have."
"Sure, this is the start of a new friendship," Haruhi laughed. "I never had a best friend before…well a female one."
"Well it's high time you did," Sally grabbed Haruhi's hands. "Come on let's go let the guys know we're ready to go to class. Also Haruhi? What you told me will never go beyond these doors."
End Chapter
Author Notes: All right, this chapter didn't have too much fluff but it did have a bit of a new budding friendship between Sally and Haruhi. I want to focus on the friendships that Sally makes with each host club member, as she tends to gravitate towards all of them in coming chapters. However, her romance with Tamaki will also blossom as in the next chapters will be more on their relationship as she starts paying a visit to the music room after school. There will also be small hints of some of the other members' romances but not enough to dominate the whole story. Anyway, there will be some more Tama x Sally moments coming up and more to what's happening in the next chapter. I don't wanna spoil any of what I am planning and I hope all of you will continue reading.
Special thanks to THWT from Deviantart for letting me use Romey. You're made of win and awesome for letting me keep the spirit of Romey alive!