A/N : Welcome to chapter 3! If you haven't forgotten, Kanako is a member of the hostess club, and she's not an OC.
She's actually from the anime. A.K.A., Haruhi's first kiss? remember that episode? yeah? okay, just wanted to clear that up.
And p.o.v. means point of view, and I'm going to be switching p.o.v.'s every chapter
Chapter 3 : Definitely Not Ladylike
Tia's P.o.v.
"Ow... what the?" I woke up and rubbed my head. Sitting up, I realized Kate and I were in a hospital-looking place. This must be Ouran academy's nurses' office. They have a big ass nurses' office. I looked over to my left, and saw the blonde who bumped into Kate earlier today. I don't even want to describe what he looked like... chances are, he's going to end up staying here for a few months. I wonder what happened. All I can say is, by the way he was wrapped up in those bandages head to toe, it looks as if every bone in his body broke. "Mmmm... " I looked over to my right, and saw that Kate was awake. "Morning sleep-talker." I said. Kate talked in her sleep a lot, once I listened to her sleep talking, and didn't know if I should have been weirded out, or understanding... in a way.
"Wha- did I talk in my sleep again?!" she asked. "Yeah." I replied. "Well, what was I talking about...?" "Well," I said, "You weren't really talking. You were complaining about your flat chest." Kate's mouth hung open. "YOU DIDN'T NEED TO REMIND ME!" She yelled." What, you asked!" Kate sighed, and just leaned against her pillow. "Curse these genes..." she mumbled in her accent. I covered up my laugh with a cough, and a nurse walked into the room. "Hello there! Are you two alright?" she asked. Kate nodded, and ripped out the IV cord stuck onto her arm, and unwrapped the bandages around her arm, and got off the bed. "Yes, we're fine. Thank you for helping us. But if you'd like, I'd recommend you use European white silk bandages, they tighten more, and they're more thicker and efficient." she said. Kate was an expert at these things, the medical arts.
I got down from my bed, too, and took out my IV cord, and unwrapped the bandages. "Yeah, so what time is it?" I asked. "Oh, school's already over. And young ladies, put those cords back on! and wrap those bandages-"
"Okay, see ya." I said, and ran out of the building, Kate following behind. The limousine was parked right outside Ouran Academy, and the chauffeur opened the door, and we got in. It was fifteen minutes after school. "That lady doesn't know how fast the students of L.E.G.S.P. recover, doesn't she?" mused Kate. I laughed. "Nope." "Say, shouldn't we go see this "host club"?" she asked. I frowned. "Kate, no. Just no. I am not going to a place filled with screaming and squealing girls who fantasize about flirts. Nevertheless, I'm surprised they haven't even figured out it was all an act, I mean, how dense can they be?" I scoffed. Kate nodded in understanding, "but it would be better for us to know more about them. Besides, they are all in that little club." I groaned. She was right. "Fine."
"Donovan!"
"Yes, miss Kaitlyn?"
Donovan was our chauffeur while we were in Japan. He was a man in his mid fifties, but he was also strong. He was a substitute back in L.E.G.S.P. "Take us back to Ouran Academy." Donovan nodded. "Yes, as you wish." while making a U-turn, we were stopped by a girl with dark-blonde hair, wearing a hair bow with Ouran's girls' uniform. "STOP RIGHT THERE!" she yelled. Donovan quickly pushed down the brakes, yelling "bloody murder!" as the limousine screeched to the side of the road. Kate and I held onto the handles on the top of our seats, the limousine almost tipping over the side of the road, into the grass.
Kate and I were alright, Donovan was, too, but most importantly, he was furious. He opened the door, and slammed it shut, marching up to the girl. They yelled for a minute or so, until I finally decided to step out the limousine. "Hey, what did you think you were doing?!" I yelled. The girl stopped yelling at Donovan, and turned to me, only to have a huge smile. "Portland-san! I'm glad you're here! Come to the host club, it'll be fun!" she exclaimed, grabbing both my hands, smiling that smile. But I could tell she was trying to force me to. I mean, really? stopping a limousine that's about to crash into you, for that?! This girl must be crazy.
But... we were going to go there, anyway...
"Houshakuji-san, we were about to head over the host club." Kate said, stepping out of the limousine. I swear, that accent is amazing. "Oh, you were?" she asked. Kate and I nodded. Wait... Houshakuji-san? "Kate, who is she?" I whispered in her ear. "Houshakuji Renge her father and Ootori Kyoya's father are business partners." Kate whispered back. Right, now that I take a closer look, she is Houshakuji Renge. "Well, then, I'll see you two at the host club, then! Ahahaha!" and then, out of nowhere, a rumbling sound came from the ground, and Houshakuji Renge spiraled into the ground, in the middle of a road, from a powerful motor. "Until next time!"
and she disappeared.
Kate blinked. Once. Twice. My eyes were wide open.
...
...
...
"WHAT THE HELL?!"
Music room three. Kate and I stood in front of that door. We didn't know what we were waiting for. But it was odd, it had the feeling of change and new things bound to come. We knew what we were here for. But just think, what's going to happen once we open these doors? But it's for the assignment. And that assignment alone. My heart sped faster, a bead of sweat trickled down my palm. Damn it, why am I so nervous?! You know what, I should just open the damn door!
My hand reached forward to the door handle, and the second I opened it, rose petals swirled out of the room, and greeting us were five men and three women.
"Welcome!"
they all said. Kate's eyes wandered all around the place. My eyes stayed directly towards the five men and three women. "Hello, Portland-san!" said the girl from earlier. How in the world did she get here so quick? and how did she spiral back into the ground? My thoughts were interrupted when two identical red-haired twins came up behind me.
"So are you..."
said the one on the left,
"two the..."
said the one on the right,
"girls from L.E.G.S.P.?"
they both finished.
Kate and I both nodded.
"Welcome, please come this way for the host club." the five men said, sparkles surrounding them. Kate just stood there, I blinked five times. After a while, I turned to Kate and said "Kate. I changed my mind. Let's get out of here." I walked towards the door, but someone grabbed my arm. Annoyed, I turned around, and there was a little boy with his stuffed rabbit, tugging on my sleeve. "Y-You d-don't want to p-play with Usa-chan w-with me?" he stuttered, tears evident in his eyes.
So... cute... must... resist... cuteness... cute... cute... cute... cute... cute... no... must resist... but... so cute...
the little blonde boy started sniffing, and a lone tear slid down his cheek.
and I failed miserably.
"AHHHHHHHH! SO CUTE! DON'T CRY, DON'T CRY! I'M SORRY! I'LL PLAY WITH YOU AND USA-CHAN!" I yelled, picking up the little blonde boy, hugging him tightly, my cheek rubbing against his. The little boy giggled, and I could hear Kate snort in the background, followed by a surprised and shocked mood from the host and hostess clubs. Kate sighed, "that love of cuteness is going to kill you one day, you know that, Tia?" she asked in a mocking tone.
A blush rose on my cheeks, and put the little boy back on the ground. "S-S-S-SHUT UP! I D-DON'T HAVE A LOVE FOR CUTE THINGS!" I yelled, even though it was no use. It was clearly a lie. Kate has known me for two years. "Sure..." she said sarcastically. "I mean it!" It went on and on like that for a while, until a tall man came between us. "Are you going to stay or not?" he asked. "Uh... yeah..." I said. "Hn." he nodded. "Anyway, who would you like to designate today, Portland-san, Kendall-san?" asked the creep.
"Uh... that guy?" I said, pointing to the tall, quiet guy. He seemed to be nice. "Alright. What about you, Kendall-san?" Kate looked around the room. "Um... where's Suoh Tamaki?" she questioned. "Ah, he's in... some conditions. He won't be joining us, today." But I knew that look anywhere. He beat the guy up. "And what are these conditions?" I pressed. "That's for me to know, and for you to find out." I rolled my eyes. "Back to the topic. I guess I might as well go with them." answered Kate, pointing at the red-haired twins.
"Wait, Kyoya, I have an idea!" Renge declared. She whispered into his ear, and a small smile curved on his lips. "That's a great idea, Renge. Hikaru, Kaoru, get Tamaki here, now." the creep ordered. "Eh? Right now?" they asked in unison. "Yes. Right now." The twins nodded, and ran off. "Isn't your "king" in a bad condition now?" I mocked. The creep only smirked at that. "You'll see." he said. In a few minutes, there were the twins, rolling in a gurney that held a blonde man. He was the guy next to me in the nurses' office. I noticed his head bandages were torn off, and so were a few bandages from his chest. He now only had an arm cast and bandages for his two legs also in casts.
Immediately, tons of girls flocked to him, asking pointless questions. "Oh my! Tamaki-sama, will you be alright?!" one of them asked. "Tamaki, would you like me to bring in some homemade soup for you tomorrow?" on and on, questions were flung at him. "Now now, don't you worry, my princess, I'll be just fine. Please, don't be angry with mommy, he did the right thing. I... I deserved it..." Tamaki dramatically murmured to a girl, earning shrieks from the girls, each saying things such as "Kya! Tamaki-sama is so strong!" and, "Tamaki is so gracious!" oh, if only they knew. I bet they're only doing this for profit.
In the corner of my eye, the red-haired twins high-fived each other, the tall quiet guy had the small blonde boy on his shoulders, flowers appearing in his background. And the creep was just writing stuff down in some black notebook. Curious, I went over to him and leaned over. He immediately snapped the book closed. "Do you mind?" he glared. "Yes." I replied. He signaled the tall man I requested over. "Mori-senpai, can you entertain this girl?" the creep asked. The tall, silent male only nodded, and showed me to two couches. I sat on the one across him. Behind me, I saw Kate being led to a table with those red-haired twins. And, the tall male just stared into my eyes, and I stared into his, and we said nothing.
It was awkward silence. "Uh... what's your name?" I asked. "Mori" he said. It was silent once again. Just my luck. I wonder if I'm actually going to waste two hours here in awkward silence. "Takashi~!" I turned around, and sure enough, the blonde boy was behind me, and as soon as he saw Mori, jumped and sat on his lap. "Hee hee! My name is Honey! what's yours?" the little boy asked me, with bright, big brown eyes. "The name's Tia." I smiled. Honey smiled, and that was when I noticed his uniform.
"Honey, why are you wearing the high school's uniform?" Honey just innocently cocked his head to the side. "Huh? Oh, I'm a student here!" he answered.
...
"Ti-chan?"
...
"Ti-cha-"
"WHAT?! YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!" I yelled in shock. A few of the girls turned around to stare at me.
"What's wrong with her?"
"Screaming is very unladylike..."
"Honestly, who does she think she is?"
"I know right, not even wearing the girls' uniform, and acting so much like a man!"
"Really, you've got to be kidding me!"
Around me, whispers from the girls were made, and heard. I stared at Kate, and she just shrugged her shoulders. She's right; damn rich girls. "Mitsukuni is a 3rd-year student at Ouran Academy." stated Mori. I stared at him in shock. "Huh?!" Honey only giggled at my expression. "Ti-chan! Ti-chan! your- your- reaction, it's priceless!" Honey started to laugh, and rolled around the couch. My eyes were still as big as a goldfish, bulging out, and my jaw was hanging wide open. Okay, maybe those rich girls were right. If anything, I am definitely not ladylike.
While I was gawking, I heard a deep chuckle. Getting out of my shock, I realized the chuckle came from Mori. "SHUT UP!" I yelled, throwing a pillow on the couch at him. Despite my remarkable skill at throwing, Mori simply caught it. Frowning, I crossed my arms, and he only smirked back. Before I opened my mouth, he threw the pillow back at me, and sent me falling back to the couch, my ponytail in a mess. What's worse, he caught me by surprise. Bastard. I stretched my arm back, grabbed two pillows, and hurled one of them at him. Mori jumped backwards, avoiding the pillow, but when he landed, I flung the other at him with much force, and it hit his face. He fell backwards, causing a table to fall over, along with it's china tea set and sweets. Oops. I may have went a little too far...
"My dress! It's ruined!"
"My new shoes!"
"I didn't finish my cake...!"
Oh Lord, what have I done. In the back of my mind, my conscience yelled "TIA, YOU IDIOT!" and the girls sitting at that table sent death glares at me. One girl had her dress ruined by the spilled tea and cake, and was fuming like an active volcano. Another had her brand new shoes soaked with coffee, the other girl was sulking over her cake. Poor girl. Behind me, I felt a dark, demonic atmosphere. I turned around, and noticed it was the creep. He had a stern look in his eyes, as he professionally pushed up his glasses. "Portland-san, do you realize what you have done?" he questioned. Gulping, I answered "Uh... no?" I shouldn'thave said that. It only made the creep more angry. "Portland-san. You have disrupted our club time, causing inconvenience to our guests, and now, they are unhappy." Well, that part was true. They looked angry. "Okay..." I said meekly. "It seems you don't know how dire your situation is." Well, no, I don't, actually. "Nope." I bluntly stated.
By now, the creep was so angry, the clipboard he held in his hand was shaking, due to his hand squeezing it tightly. Well, he can't actually hurt me... right? I mean, I've taken six years of training, martial arts, weaponry, and all kinds of things. But he's really starting to scare me now... "Portland-san." he said with more venom, "You are roughhousing, which is against the rules of the club room, and as a result of your roughhousing, you have made our guests unhappy. Do you realize what would happen if the china stabbed them, or if the table fell on them?" "Yes..." I admitted. "Kyoya." the creep and I turned around, and it was Mori. "It wasn't her fault. It was mine." he stated. Liar. It was my fault, dammit, shouldn't have thrown that pillow. "And how?" the creep asked. "I provoked her. She threw it at me. I threw it back at her, and she threw those two at me." Mori replied. The "shadow king" was intensely glaring at me still. Tired from standing, I sat back down. The entire club room was staring now. Eh, who cares. Just as he opened his mouth, I closed my eyes. Here we go, I'm already going to get a scolding. But to my surprise, he didn't yell or scold at me. Instead, he said "No more throwing pillows, or any other objects from now on. Is that clear?" Mori and I both nodded.
"Good. Now the both of you, apologize to these ladies and help them." Inside, I groaned and resented that idea. Rich girls with a snotty attitude don't accept apologies easily, or help from a "commoner" Mori just nodded in response. "Portland-san?" the creep questioned. I sighed, "Okay..." looking satisfied, the boy with the prescription glasses walked away. I sighed again. "I'm really sorry I did all this. And ruined your dress, and shoes. And also, I'm very sorry for your cake." I said to the two girls with the ruined clothing, and sympathetic eyes and to the girl who lost her cake. "I'm sorry too." apologized Mori. "Oh, Mori-senpai, it's alright! We forgive you!" giggled the two girl with a ruined dress and shoes. What about me, huh? well, fine then. "Yeah! It's alright Mori-senpai, and Portland-san!" said the other girl with a smile. "Well, do you need any help?" I asked. The girl said no, and the other two refused my help. They wanted Mori's. Shrugging, I settled on cleaning up the mess. By now, everyone was minding their own business and chatting. I was halfway done with the cleaning, and then Honey came. "Do you need any help, Ti-chan?" he asked with those adorable eyes of his. 'No thanks." I smiled. Honey looked down glumly, and pleaded "Can I please help?" unable to say no, I let him help me, and we finished in no time.
Mori came back with the two girls, he was helping them go get a new dress and shoes. "Arigato, Mori-senpai!" they both said, hugging one of his arms. I rolled my eyes. "Hn." he replied. The table was back in it's place, and placed were a different china tea set and other sweets. The girl who lost her cake was already seated, and waited for her friends. After, we went back to the two couches. Honey was sitting on my lap, eating a strawberry shortcake. "Hey... sorry about that.." I apologized. "It's alright. No problem." The guy really isn't into talking, huh? "No, really, I am. It's my fault you re-" "It's alright." he interrupted.
"No, seriously, I'm-"
"No, it's alright."
I raised an eyebrow. Fine then, geez. "Ti-chan..." I looked down at my lap, to see Honey staring back at me. "Yeah?" "Takashi said it's alright, you know, and it was both of your faults. He wants to share the blame, okay?" I stared back at Honey. Dammit. "Okay then." I smiled. Honey's smile grew bigger, and he let out a small laugh. "Let's celebrate with cake! But... I want the strawberry, and you can't split a strawberry... and I like strawberries, so can I have it? Oh, but Ti-chan do you-" "Mitsukuni." Mori interrupted, "I think she'll be fine if you get the strawberry." Honey smiled, "Really?! Thank you, Ti-chan!" I couldn't help but smile back; okay, maybe I do have a small love of cute things. Mori began helping Honey cut the cake, and I caught Kate and the twins staring back. The twins were merely smiling, and Kate sent me a sly smile, with a twinkle in her eyes. I knew that look anywhere. She was going to bug me later, that's for sure.
A/N : I hope you guys liked it! Anyway, I need some help on pairings, and I just don't know who to pair Kate up with, or not pair her up, so, I need your help. Oh, and also for Haruhi, too! So, here are the options :
For Kate :
-Tamaki
-Kaoru
-No one
-Honey
For Haruhi :
-Tamaki
-Hikaru
-Honey
-Arai
-OC
Oh, and take note that the one with the most votes will/will not be paired with Kate or Haruhi, since doing it like that will ruin the surprise, and I hate ruining surprises. So, in the top three voted for, one- or two- will end up with Kate or Haruhi. Now, you're wondering, "wait, what do you mean one or two?" well, that's a surprise, since I'm going to add drama in this. Well, vote! and here are the review responses :
Rosie Grimm : Cool! I really think Tia is a pretty name, so I chose it for my main OC! And thank you! Haha, yeah, Keep calm and FANGIRL on! XD
Natsuki56 : Well, here's the next chapter, and I'm glad you enjoy this! Also, thanks for reviewing! :)
Lmncake : No, I didn't. But, Tia is similar to you in some ways, but she's not really based off of you, and Kate isn't based off of me, either. On the last chapter, yeah I did, just didn't have a lot of time, and thanks for the constructive criticism! And well, I hope you enjoyed their injuries. And stop that sadistic smile, I'm getting scared! XD But if you watched more shounen, you'd see lots of injuries!
Guest : Well, I've updated, and I'll update as soon as I can! Chapter four will be updated sometime around next week, or the week after. Also, tips for Guests, if you want to check when I've updated, I update on the weekends, so you can check on the weekends! And I'm glad you enjoy this!
Thank you, minna! (minna means everyone is Japanese) very glad you enjoy this, and until next time~!
-Nell