A/N: Hello my little sugar plums~ I have a new chapter here for you all! So I'm back to being ill again :( I feel like a zombie wandering around, not fun! I'll try and get some more chapters written but can't promise you guys anything!
Now, enjoy!~
Host club felt strangely empty on the Monday afternoon. The mutual sense of loss between us all left a lull of melancholy over the room but that didn't deter the ladies from coming to attempt to cheer us up. I took into account that this would probably be my last week of working as an actual host and tried to savour the opportunity to enjoy the attention whilst I still could.
As well as taking over for Mori's and Honey's old regulars, we were also overrun with new ladies that had just arrived into first year. All the eager and anxious faces would peek through the door before plucking up the courage to enter.
"Ha – ru – hi!" A sing song voice crowed from behind me. Two firm hands took hold of my shoulders and the girls at the table all giggled and blushed at whatever the boy was doing behind my back.
My eyes rolled towards the heavens and I swivelled around in the seat, "What do you want, Hikaru?"
His eyes lit up like they always did when I managed to tell them apart successfully, but the giddy energy he exuded spoke of more excitement to come. "We have a surprise for you!"
"Can't it wait until hosting's finished?" I asked trying to curb my suspicion.
"No way! Kyoya-sempai had us set this up, so you'd better not disobey," he tutted. With a low bow to my clients, he turned on the charm and smiled at them dreamily, "Excuse us for a moment, ladies."
In a blur, I was whipped away towards one of the back rooms where Kaoru stood by a covered mannequin. The brothers reunited joyfully and began an intense, drawn out countdown whilst I dreaded what catastrophe they were expecting me to wear next.
"Tadaaaa!" They yelled as the sheet from the stand revealing a pale yellow dress that I recognised as the Ouran's girls uniform. I moved towards it and ran my fingers over the delicate fabric.
"We've already made the alterations to it, so you're ready to wear it whenever you want," Kaoru grinned, looking proud of their work. They watched me with eager eyes as I turned back to them and smiled appreciatively.
They dashed forward and wrapped me in a tight hug, continuously declaring how cute I was and rubbing their cheeks against my own. I ignored their blubbering and hugged them back with just as much vigour. "Wow, guys, I don't know what to say."
"The Shadow King let us in on the little snippet of info that you were getting tired of pretending to be a guy-" Hikaru began.
His brother beamed down at me and continued, "So we made you some of the uniform dresses. Just so Tono didn't catch wind of it through his father."
"Yes, he has a tendency to make a scene given the chance," Kyoya's amused voice sounded from the doorway where he was leaning lazily against the door frame. His glasses had returned and they caught the light, hiding his eyes from our sight.
The twins broke away from me, bouncing around with unspent energy and covered up the dress again. "Consider it a present!"
"A reward for helping us pass with straight A's!" Hikaru ruffled my hair affectionately with a smirk. I glared back in return and elbow him gently in the side which had him falling dramatically to the floor with overzealous acting.
"So, Haruhi. When are you going to have your big reveal?" Kyoya wandered over and wrapped his arms around my waist from behind. "Is this to be a big event or as casual as can be made possible?"
"I hadn't really thought of that," I tapped at my chin in thought. "In all honesty, I was just going to turn up wearing the dress and hope nobody gets mad at me for lying for so long."
Kyoya chuckled at my simplistic answer; the deep rumbling in his chest vibrating against my back. He leant down and planted a soft kiss on my cheek but I could still feel the smirk on his lips as they pressed against my skin.
Kaoru approached us warily, a troubling thought clearly on his mind. "Should we warn Tono before hand?"
"Or will he just try to stop her?" The brothers slumped together; minds' kicking into high gear over what I could only imagine was ways to stop a melodramatic Tamaki in any ridiculous imaginary scenarios that could be mocked up in the Hitachiins' heads. "He'd be the only one not to know."
"Not entirely. Depending on when Haruhi chooses to carry out her elaborate plan," he explained with a hint of sarcasm. "Then we may have new hosts joining us before that point."
"New hosts?!" All three of us called out in surprise.
"How are we supposed to just pick new people to join?" The twins cried out in disbelief. Worry and confusion twisted at their features; they paced the length of the room in silent frustration.
"Well by rule, in order to run an extra-curricular club in Ouran, there needs to be at least six members." Kyoya explained to them simply, tilting his head to the side and giving them a face that said 'you should have expected this'. "And if you've lost your ability to count, there are only five of us at the present. Four once Haruhi steps down from her role as host."
"But nobody could take Honey-sempai or Mori-sempai's place…" Hikaru muttered softly, looking torn between sadness and anger.
"Well, I did have an idea, but it would have to be run by Tamaki first," Kyoya pulled out his little black note book and flipped to a specific page and skimmed down the scribbled text. We all waited in anticipation as the raven haired boy took his time in deliberating his possible candidates.
"It was my intention to ask Ritsu Kasanoda. He has potential now that he has worked on having a softer side. As well as recruiting Satoshi and Yasuchika, although if they would be willing to compromise their martial arts responsibilities is questionable." The black book was snapped shut again and tucked back into the safety of his blazer.
"I guess they wouldn't be too bad," Kaoru contemplated, still looking somewhat worried but had visibly relaxed.
"Yeah, Casanova could be fun," Hikaru reassured his twin, a demonic glint appearing in his eye that infected his sibling in a matter of seconds. I backed away from the plotting pair and into the protection of Kyoya's arms as we observed them silently exchanging in their odd telepathic way.
Kaoru laughed menacingly, "And winding up Chika is more than fun."
The pair quickly made their escape back to the hosting area and disappeared into their impatient group of ladies. I looked up at Kyoya, conveying my worry to him silently but a smirk tugged at the corner of his lips in reply. He always did like things to stay interesting. Shaking my head, I gave him one last hug before making my way back out to my customers for the day but my mind kept wandering. The host club as I knew it was about to change even more and hopefully our little family wouldn't be disturbed.