Chapter 5 : Unfortunate Events
Narrator's p.o.v.
In three days, the Host Club would be hosting a party for 10 of the guests that had been with them since the beginning. Girls were excited, giggling about what they'd wear. The Hostess club was invited, also, and anyone could come. That is, unless they're banned. Like a certain brunette.
"Unfair..." Tia pouted.
"Don't care." said Kate, busily reading the fashion magazine.
Tia raised an eyebrow. "What's next? Hats with a bunch of freaking feathers and mini chandeliers?" Kate glared. "Sorry, sorry. Don't get why you're so interested in all these clothes and trends." replied Tia. "As Coco Chanel said, 'A woman should be two things. Classy and fabulous' so, that's why. It makes me feel like a true woman. And it's called fashion, ever heard of it?" countered Kate. Tia rolled her eyes. "Oh, no. What is this fashion that you speak of?" This time, Kate ignored her.
"Ne, ne, are you going?"
"To the party this weekend?! Definitely! It's a 'nightclub theme' very popular for commoners! And I can't wait to wear a party dress!"
"I know! I'm going to wear a red mini dress, and see if I can woo Tamaki!"
"Eh?! But I wanted to woo him!"
"Too bad!"
"But girls... haven't you heard of the rumor?
"Oh, that one. I don't think it's true. Why would Tamaki like that crossdressing commoner? Honestly."
"You sure? I think it might be true. You know, since she stopped him from going to France."
"Whatever. If the crossdresser wants Tamaki, then she's going to have to go through the rest of us."
"Agreed. I am not going to lose to a commoner."
The girls in the corner began talking about Haruhi. It was 10 minutes before class started. Tia raised an eyebrow. She didn't like these girls. She, herself, was a 'commoner' and these girls thought because of their money and status, they could have anything they wanted. There were five of them. But she was worried about what they meant by "The rest of us." She was concerned.
5 minutes before class started. "Kate, I'm going to my class now. I'll meet you outside this class later." Kate nodded, too engulfed in her magazine. She walked to class 3-A, engulfed in her thoughts. From what she knew, Haruhi came to Ouran in raggedy clothes, and was mistaken for a boy. She came into the host club, broke an expensive vase, and was in debt. Not having the money, she became a chore boy in the host club, later a host, and a few months later, they had found out she was a female. And not being able to work as a host, she would struggle with the debt. Then came the hostess club, and now she was a hostess. But since revealing her gender, Haruhi was shown with negative and positive opinions alike.
She sighed. She was only supposed to watch the host club. Shaking her head, she entered the classroom.
-Break Time-
"What took you so long?"
Tia groaned. "Damn notes. I can't believe real high schools have this much homework! IT'S INSANE!" Kaitlyn nodded, "True. But you know, I'm starting to like this place! It's better than the condition of the school we went to." Tia had to agree. There was no throwing of food, people picking fights all the damn time, less use of crude language, and sexual harassment. All the girls in their school were able to take care of themselves, so it wasn't a problem. Tia had to admit, she liked the atmosphere of the place. It spoke of royalty, intelligence, and superiority. Most of the guys here were more of a gentleman, something any guy rarely was in their school. The girls were polite, too, but she had to admit, some of them were really obnoxious. There were some conceited boys and girls, but other than that, it was good. It was a big change from what they were used to.
"Yeah. You're right." Said Tia. Kate grinned. "If only our school was like this. We'd have less problems. Come on, you didn't forget why we were here, right?" Tia rolled her eyes. "Course not." She began following Kaitlyn towards the cafeteria, where the host club were. So far, there weren't any casualties. It didn't look like they had to worry much now.
"YOU LITTLE BITCH!"
Kate jumped back, hearing the voice, and a hard slap was heard. They both turned to the voice of that sound, and it was from the girl's bathroom, a few feet away behind them. Without thinking, they ran back, and crept at the door. Tia and Kaitlyn cautiously looked in. Kate put a hand to her mouth, holding a gasp. Tia's eyebrows creased in anger.
In the center of the bathroom, was Haruhi. Her back was onto the sink counters, and there were quite a few girls surrounding her. Kate began counting. 14- there were 14 of them. Haruhi looked to the side of the floor, a big red mark on one of her cheeks. Tia couldn't believe it- she remembered the conversation in class 1-A.
"Whatever. If the crossdresser wants Tamaki, then she's going to have to go through the rest of us."
"Agreed. I am not going to lose to a commoner."
Her eyes widened. There were this many girls in on it? She started to tremble. She remembered what it felt like to be surrounded by people, who wanted to hurt her. Kate was frozen. There wasn't only a red slap mark. Haruhi's hair was in a mess, she saw a few bruises on Haruhi's leg. The girls took away her shoes and socks, and a piece of her uniform was ripped. The girl in the front laughed.
"Did you REALLY think you could get away with us?! Did you THINK we were going to let you get away when we found out you were a girl?! DID YOU PLAY US FOR IDIOTS?! FOR ALMOST AN ENTIRE YEAR, YOU PLAYED MOST OF US FOR IDIOTS WITH YOUR 'NATURAL' ATTITUDE! AND TAKING THE REST OF THE HOST'S HEARTS AS WELL?!" The girl pushed Haruhi down, and towered over her.
"Look, I'm sorry. I had debt-"
"IT DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER IF YOU HAD DEBT! YOU TOOK TAMAKI, KYOYA, MORI, HONEY, AND THE TWINS' HEARTS, YOU PIECE OF COMMONER SHIT!"
Commoner shit?! What the hell?! seethed Tia. She was shaking under anger.
"IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU NONE OF THE HOST CLUB REALLY, TRULY, LIKE ANY OF US! YOU RUINED OUR CHANCES TO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM!" Yelled another girl, stepping up besides the other girl. "That's right. Why the hell did we lose to you? You have no money, no style, your father's a crossdresser too, and you don't even belong here. I don't care if your a scholarship student, I WANT YOU GONE!" Yelled another girl.
Haruhi felt helpless. She had been bullied ever since she told people she was a girl. They were angry she 'played them' and took their hosts' hearts. She didn't even know any of the hosts liked her until they told her. She was quiet most of the time now, and was always afraid she'd get ambushed by first girl spoke. "We ALL want you gone! You don't belong here, commoner!" she began stomping on Haruhi, yelling, and screaming in frustration. "WHY DID HE LOVE YOU? WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT YOU?! I DON'T GET IT!" She began stomping relentlessly, Kaitlyn's hands falling limply to her sides at the sight. A few girls in the back videotaped the entire thing. They felt Haruhi deserved it. One girl wasn't so sure of this. She was infatuated with Haruhi before, and when she found out Haruhi was a girl, her heart broke. She began doing bad things to Haruhi along with the other girls in a fit of anger, all of them having their seperate reasons why. But it had been a few months now, and she had gotten over it- she now had feelings for a boy in her classroom, and remembered how much of a good friend Haruhi was.
"Guys... y-you're taking this too far! Look at her!" She yelled. Tia was a bit relieved. Someone stepped up for Haruhi. "Huh?! ENOUGH?! IT'S NOT ENOUGH, THIS BITCH SEDUCED MY TAMAKI!" The girl stomping Haruhi yelled, shooting a glare at the girl. The girl was silenced. "If you wanna go, GO! But if you tell anyone, you're dead." The girl was afraid- she wanted to stand up for Haruhi, but with this many girls, she didn't have a chance. She nodded, and quickly ran out the bathroom, and saw Tia and Kaitlyn. She was about to yell, before Tia covered her mouth, glaring at her.
"Why the hell did you just abandon someone? And do this in the first place? You, are staying here. Got that?" Tia whispered, her voice still seething at the girl who ran out. She had venom in her voice, anger bubbling in her stomach. The girl nodded, and Tia released her, but Kate took her, and locked her arms behind her back. Tia looked at Kate, and Kate nodded.
"STOP IT!"
Tia whipped her head around, seeing as the other girls were now beating Haruhi up, Haruhi struggling against them all. They punched, kicked, pulled at her hair, all sorts of things. All the students were in the cafeteria, so no one could hear her. The cafeteria was far away from the girls' bathroom. "THAT'S IT, I'M COMING IN THERE!" Tia yelled, running in there.
"YOU BETTER STOP THIS RIGHT NOW!" Tia screamed, clenching her teeth. Haruhi looked miserable- she looked alone and helpless. Like what Tia and Kaitlyn were. Alone, and being trampled on, looked down on, they both hated that feeling, and they both wanted to help the girls stopped, and saw Tia standing there. "W-W-What are you doing here?! No one should be here!" Yelled a girl, panicking. Another laughed. "Asuka, what are you worrying about? There's only one of her." Haruhi was crying now, looking at Tia. Kaitlyn went inside, dragging the girl that left. "TENMA!" A girl yelled. "YOU RAT US OUT?!"
"No. Unfortunately, we caught her. Now, care to tell me why you're abusing Haruhi-san?" Kate asked in a sickly sweet voice. "Let go of Haruhi-san!" She yelled. A few girls retorted in anger. They weren't going to. "Haruhi, are you going to be okay?" Kate asked, worriedly. Haruhi gave a weak nod. "There's only two of you. You might as well back out-"
Tia kicked her in the stomach, and was about to punch the others in anger, "Tia, no serious harming. They were plagued by jealousy, you can't blame them all. Go easy on them. One mistake can have us end up in the headmaster's office." Kate warned. The other girls started running at them, yelling at them. Kaitlyn dodged a few of the girls, trying to get to Haruhi. A girl kicked her in the shin, and another punched her in the back. She cursed under her breath. Tia was busy with the others, and Kaitlyn was the only one who could treat Haruhi. Kaitlyn was experienced with fights, and dodged all the girls, sending a punch at a girl, making her fall unconscious. Of the two, Kaitlyn was the smartest, while Tia was better at the fighting.
Tia fought off the other girls, and elbowed three of them. She would have really beat them if it weren't for the fact she wasn't supposed to. A girl managed to claw at her arms, scratch marks on her clothes and a tiny trail of blood to flow. "FIGHT LIKE A MAN, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, NOT PULLING ON FREAKING HAIR, AND USING CAT CLAWS!" She screamed, shoving two other girls.
The girls' bathroom was filled with shrieks and curses. Kate and Tia had no idea why they were going for their hair. Kate did close combat moves, putting her hand under someone's arm, and flipped them on the ground. She went on and on like that, but she did do different moves with the more aggressive girls. She was focusing on the people in front of her, and didn't realize there was someone behind her. The girl tackled her back, but before she could inflict damage on her, Kate kicked her in the thigh, grabbing her arm, twisting it, and forcing her down the ground. This girl was one of the more aggressive ones, and Kate had thought she had given up. She was wrong.
Kaitlyn had to admit, these girls were persistent. It was taking more time than Kaitlyn expected. Elbowing a few girls, twisting another's arm, and all the other girls that fell on the ground got back up on their feet, she was getting tired of it all. When they fell, they got back up. How strong was their anger? Kate had enough of it all. She needed to go treat Haruhi, immediately. "YOU'RE IN MY WAY!" She yelled, shoving all the girls off, kicking and elbowing them until they stopped. She finally had an opening and raced over to Haruhi.
"Haruhi-san, are you alright?" Haruhi nodded, coughing. "Y-Yeah, but-" "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine." she interrupted. A few bruises were evident on Kate's thigh, and claw marks were etched on her arm. She could have avoided those, but she didn't want to hurt the girls too much. They were acting in jealousy, and just needed time to reflect on it all. Tia probably wanted to have no mercy on them, but she never wanted to have mercy on anyone, really.
Kate took out a small box from the inside of her skirt pocket, and opened it. She looked over Haruhi, who was clutching her arm. "This might hurt a bit, but bear with me, okay?" Haruhi nodded, then widened her eyes. "There's-" Kate looked behind her, and grabbed the arm of the person behind her, and tossed them to the floor. "Tia, take care of them all for me, I need to-"
"YEAH YEAH, WHATEVER, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER IF- DAMN IT, STOP PULLING AT MY DAMN HAIR!" A small bead of sweat dropped down Kate's forehead, and she sighed. Tia was just being Tia. Kaitlyn returned her attention to Haruhi, and examined her arm. "That cut's pretty deep..." she murmured, grabbing a small bottle of hydrogen peroxide, and poured some on a cotton swab. "Yeah, I got that just earlier..." Said Haruhi. Kate silently worked, ignoring the background screams and curses. She dabbed the cotton swab on the cut on Haruhi's arm. "Ow..." Haruhi winced, staring at the blonde girl in front of her. "You carry a first aid kit around with you?" she asked. Kaitlyn nodded, taking out a clean napkin, and drying the cut. "You're going to need some stitches for that, this is going to hurt, alright?" Kate asked, taking things out the small medical box. "Shouldn't a doctor be doing this...?" Haruhi cautiously asked. She just met the girl, and she just said she was going to give her stitches. The fact that there weren't any records on her didn't help. either.
Kate looked up at Haruhi. "It's okay, I'm used to doing these things, so you don't have to worry about me messing up. Just trust me, okay?" Haruhi looked at her unsure before nodding, and Kate smiled. She began closing up the cut with stitches, and was finished. "All done! Now, where is it...?" Kaitlyn took out a bandage, and tightly tied it to Haruhi's cut. "Thank you, Kaitlyn, right?" Kate smiled and nodded. "Yeah, nice to meet you. Haruhi, right? I've heard of you." she replied. Treating the rest of the damage on Haruhi, Kate looked back, and her mouth dropped. "TIA, WHAT DID-"
"Shut up, you don't boss me around."
"YES, BUT STILL-"
"What're you worrying about, they'll live."
"DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW MUCH TROUBLE WE'D BE IN?!"
"I entirely forgot that." said Tia, widening her eyes. Kate groaned and slapped her forehead. Haruhi sweatdropped at the sight. When she turned around, all 13 of them were on the ground, unconscious, and Tia had on a victorious pose. The girl who they caught ran away, and promised Tia to let the two of them handle it, and not say a word."Hey, uh, can you uh, not say anything about this...?" Tia nervously asked. Haruhi let out a small laugh. "You guys saved me, of course I won't. But that doesn't mean you're not guilty of it. They'll find out one way or another."
"Yuzuru...? I think he'll understand..."
"NO HE WON'T, YOU MADE 13 OF THE SCHOOL'S STUDENTS UNCONSCIOUS!" Kate yelled in frustration.
"But, they were abusing Haruhi, so if they rat us out, they'd rat themselves out." Replied Tia. "Yes, but... ugh, I give up." Kate sighed in frustration. "But Haruhi, what happened...?" Haruhi looked down, and trembled a bit. "A few months ago, when I first came here, I broke an expensive vase from the Host Club. I didn't have the money, so I became a host. After the Ouran festival, the principal knew I was a girl, so I couldn't be in the host club, but I still had debt. So I became a hostess with Kanako and Renge. It was fun, but that was when I first got bullied here. Some girls were angry that I 'played them' or made a host fall for me. Tamaki..." she trailed off for a bit, Kate and Tia watching her warily. "That was when I also found out the other hosts had small feelings for me, but most of the girls were angry because Tamaki liked me.
At first, they only made mean comments, and were mean to me, but they were angry I was brushing off their comments away like it was nothing, so they began to sabotage me, and began beating me..." Tia pursed her lips. From the look of Haruhi's eyes, she had been through a lot. Haruhi looked down again, avoiding their gaze. Her bangs were covering her eyes, but it was evident she had tears in her eyes, because they began dripping down. "I didn't want them all to worry about me... I didn't want them to hurt these girls, even though they were beating me. They were angry for lots of reasons, but they were valid reasons. I didn't want the guys to worry about me, I didn't want them to change around their guests because of this."
"So you've been keeping quiet all that time?" Tia asked. Haruhi nodded."Haruhi-san, you need to tell them-" "NO!" Haruhi screamed, looking up at them. "Please... please don't tell them... I don't want them to..." Haruhi began crying more. "We can't promise that, Haruhi." Tia said. Haruhi looked up in fear. "No, no, no, please don't tell them! Please don't! They can't..." Haruhi stopped mid-sentence, her voice cracking with sobs. Kate patted Haruhi's back, and looked at Tia. "No, Kate. They need to know. Especially her parents and Yuzuru."
"But-" "No buts. You know what needs to be done- she can't keep it a secret-" Haruhi stood up, but fell back again. Her ankle had been sprained, but she tried to get up again. "What are you doing?" Tia asked, taking a few steps in front of Haruhi. Haruhi gave up walking, and tried to get to the door. "I'm not going to let you guys out of here until you say you won't tell them... anything..." panted Haruhi. Tia sighed. "Look, whether you like it or not, we're telling them-"
"Please... just don't tell them! I promise I'll them later when all this is over! Please let me tell them myself." Haruhi pleaded.
Tia looked at Kaitlyn who just nodded. She sighed. "Fine. It'd be better if you tell them yourself. You promised, alright?" Haruhi smiled, and nodded. "But you're taking a few weeks off from school." Haruhi frowned. "I can't do that, I need to continue my-" "Look, do you want us to tell them right now or what?" Haruhi stopped, silent, thinking, before she gave a reluctant nod. "Fine. How long?" Tia looked at Kate. "About 2-3 weeks. You'll take 3 weeks off from school."
"Why not 2?" Haruhi asked. She didn't like to miss any of her studies. "You'll need time for that sprain to heal. Would you want your friends to see the bruises? Just take 3 weeks off, kay?" Haruhi nodded. "How are you going to get me out of school? What about my club duties? The party this weekend? What'll I tell my friends, and dad? What-" "Easy with the questions, Haruhi-san! We'll take care of it." Kate smiled. Haruhi just nodded. At least they weren't going to tell the host and hostess clubs. "Remember. I'm not promising anything." Tia said. The bell rang, and they could hear students going to classes. Tia looked outside, until she was sure there was no one in the hallway. "Let's hurry up and move them" said Tia, pointing towards the girls. "Haruhi, you rest." Haruhi nodded and sat down, and watched Kaitlyn haul a few of the girls into a bathroom stall, and locked the door.
Haruhi raised an eyebrow. "Why are you locking them in the bathroom stall?" Kate looked back at Haruhi. "If they find 13 girls all unconscious in the bathroom, what do you think'll happen?" Haruhi nodded. "Good point." Kaitlyn nodded back, dragging a girl to a bathroom stall, and put her in there. Tia cleaned up some of the messes in the bathroom, and in a few minutes, all of the unconscious girls were in the bathroom stalls, and the it looked as if nothing happened in there. Haruhi still didn't like the fact that Tia had to beat them unconscious.
Sure, they were mean, but they didn't deserve that much. Kate looked at the bathroom, then the bathroom stalls, heaving a heavy sigh. Great. They were going to get in trouble later, and Kate's lectures about not being violent were not working. Just great. Kate put Haruhi's arm around her neck, and Tia did the same, helping her up. "Come on, let's get you home." smiled Kate. Haruhi nodded and stood up with their help. They walked outside the bathroom, and walked out of Ouran Academy. "So you guys are making me go home early?" asked Haruhi. "Yep." replied Tia. Haruh sighed. Oh well.
"Thanks for helping me." Haruhi said after a while. "No problem." smiled Tia. Haruhi smiled back. Tia didn't seem so bad like the rumors said. She was nice. The rumors weren't true- she did seem agressive, but she was also nice. Maybe like the other hosts, she was strange too. She wasn't mean- it seemed like it was a cover for her. Maybe she nicer than she seemed.
"But you're buying us meat." Tia ordered, adding a bounce into her steps.
"And cake." added Kate.
Haruhi sweatdropped. She sighed. Maybe she was wrong.
Hey! So here are the results of the mini voting!
Kaitlyn : So, it was a tie between Kaoru and Tamaki, after choosing who the tie breaker would be (I flipped a coin, since I had no idea who to choose as tiebreaker) It is Kaoru! But don't be surprised if I add some surprises. I love surprises, but this will remain Kaoru x Kate!
Haruhi : Hikaru! Yes, I know, after Eclair Tonnerre, Haruhi realized her developing feelings for Tamaki, but I've got a few things in mind to make Hikaru x Haruhi happen.
I know this voting only lasted two chapters, but thank you for voting!
I know I promised more updates (and I'm still holding onto that promise, don't worry) so your question to why I didn't update earlier? I have no excuses, and I'm just gonna be honest with you. Life and laziness. ._. Very lame, I know. But I'm going to update 2 more chapters before I go to Hawaii for Vacation (August 21), and when I come back (August 29) I'll have 2 more chapters ready. After this summer, I don't know when I'll update, but I won't disappoint. Thanks for understanding, and until next time!