Tamaki entered Haruhi's cubicle with some towels. "Haruhi, here you go. I brought you some towels," He stated only to freeze at the site of Haruhi's obviously feminine frame. He backed out slowly. "Haruhi?" He asked, voice calmer than would be expected.
"Yes...?" Haruhi gasped once she was finally discovered to be the opposite sex.
"So, you're a girl?" Tamaki asked.
"Biologically speaking, yeah." Haruhi confessed before coming out in a female uniform from the changing room.
Tamaki started to make a weird screaming noise as he rubbed his hair in shocked confusion.
Nanami quietly changed then let Tatsumi dry her hair. "Thank you, Tatsu-chan." she said quietly.
"It's my pleasure, Nanami." Tatsumi promised as she took care of the girl.
Nanami straightened her uniform out and then handed Tatsumi her brush once her hair was dry. "I think I'll leave it down." she requested softly.
"That sounds good." Tatsumi agreed as she gently brushed Nanami's hair.
Namami closed her eyes and then sighed at Tamaki's noise. "Looks like Tama-chan realized the truth." she said.
"Oh, brother..." Tatsumi muttered slightly with a roll of her eyes.
"Listen, senpai, I don't really care whether you guys recognize me as a boy or a girl," Haruhi said as she began to tie the ribbon around her neck. "In my opinion, it's more important for a person to be recognized for who they are rather than for what sex they are."
Kyoya hid a small smirk at Tamaki's overreaction. Tamaki make uninteligent noises of shock. Nanami gave Taysumi a hug when she had finished then went out and joined Kyoya and wrapped her arms around his waist, her hair now falling to her back curling partway down to the ends. Hani stood with Mori and the others. Hikaru stood beside his twin.
"Well, isn't this an interesting development?" Kyoya commented.
"Oh, yeah." Karou smirked with Hikaru.
Tatsumi held onto Nanami for comfort and support. Hikaru agreed with his brother. Nanami huddled between her two favourite people that weren't her brother. Tamaki just stood there.
"Uh, you know I have to say, senpai," Haruhi smiled. "I thought you were pretty cool earlier."
Tatsumi was just entertained by Tamaki being quiet for once. Tamaki looked shocked a second then covered his lower face as he blushed and backed away. Nanami looked calm, her eyes still a stormy grey rather than her sweet brown usual colour.
"Now, I could be wrong, but I think we may be witnessing the beginning of love here." Kyoya told the others.
"It's an improvement." Tatsumi smirked.
Hilaru stuck his tongue out a little.
Hani hid a giggle. "Good one, Tatsu-chan." he beamed.
Nanami wrapped her arms around Kyoya's waist, resting her head on his chest.
"Being a host and getting fussed over by a bunch of girls might not be that bad," Haurhi paused in thought. "I wonder how I could pull it off?"
Hikaru looked to Haruhi. Tamaki looked too, still quiet and blushing. Nanami listened to Kyoya's heartbeat, her eyes slowly turning back to her usual brown.
"I've got it!" Haruhi soon decided before giggling. "I'll just call everyone dude and bro now."
Kyoya soothed and comforted as he held Nanami. Hikaru looked to Kaoru.
"Tatsu-chan, are you coming home with Takashi and me?" Hani wondered. "And Kyo-chan, are you going to bring Nanami home or is she coming with us tonight?" he asked the bespectacled boy.
Alice, who had been quietly observing and accidentally dozed off, planned to walk home ,not knowing a certain person washer next-door neighbor. Of course, she would wait for the rest of the kids to go home first.
"I'll come over, you should too, Tatsumi." Kyoya replied.
"Well... All right, as long as I'm invited." Tatsumi accepted.
"Okay, so Taysu-chan you can come with me and Takashi in our Limo, and Kyo-chan, you can bring Nanami home, though you can go make sure you can come over for dinner." Hani said.
Tamaki went off quietly, in shock still. Alice made sure her hair and hat were straight.
"One moment though, I'm going to check on someone." Tatsumi said before going to see Alice.
Hani nodded.
"Kyo-chan, let's go and ask Ootori-sama if you can come over for dinner." Nanami suggested quietly to Kyoya as Hani climbed up onto Mori's shoulders.
"All right, my dear." Kyoya nodded to Nanami.
Namami smiled sweetly, though it didn't look childish then due to her hair being down making her seem more mature before she then linked her arm with Kyoya's and walked out of the club room with him.
"Hello, Tatsumi-san." Alice smiled to Tatsumi as she approached.
"You doing okay?" Tatsumi asked. "Sorry about the craziness, it's pretty normal around here."
"Yes, I think I dozed off though." Alice chuckled nervously.
"Where are you staying then?" Tatsumi curiously asked.
Alice smiled. "Oh, I don't live too far away." she said.
"Ah, so I see," Tatsumi replied. "We must get going along then."
"I'll have to shut the room up after you all go." Alice told her but smiled.
"Of course, do you need anything?" Tatsumi replied.
"Oh, no," Alice smiled to her. "Thank you though."
"All right, well, I better get going," Tatsumi bowed to her. "Good evening to you."
"Good evening." Alice bowed back. Once everyone had left ,she shut the room up and then made her way to speak to the chairman. After doing so, she went to her flat in a small apartment block. She was about to make herself some ramen for dinner.
Tatsumi soon left with the others until the very next day.
The next morning, a girl with blonde hair tied in a bun stepped out of a limo, her eyes were a stormy grey and she was wearing a business suit. She thanked the limo driver quietly, but in a clipped tone. She then walked into the school. Haruhi panted slightly as she was running late to the Host Club she was made to join as an honorary boy.
The girl in the suit looked to Haruhi with a calm look. "You can open the door." she said, sounding familiar somehow.
"Oh, uh, yes, of course..." Haruhi nodded to her, she gave a second look as she sensed a strange familiarness in this girl while going inside.
Alice was in the club room, petting the toucan. Tatsumi was wearing a flower necklace and was playing some tropical music with a deadpan expression on her face. She was going to kill Tamaki later.
"Welcome." Tamaki greeted with the others and blinked.
"You finally made it, Haruhi. You're so late," Hikaru said with his brother. "And, hey, who's the new girl?" He then wondered.
The girl in question merely glanced at them, then turned her eyes on Kyoya, looking him up and down.
"I could be wrong, but my calendar says it's still early Spring." Haruhi muttered quietly.
Tatsumi looked over curiously herself. Kyoya looked back to the girl and nodded once to her.
"Huddling under a kotatsu table, fearing the cold is nonsense," Tamaki laughed. "And besides, the heating system we have is the best."
Hikaru was about to come over. The girl froze him with a sharp glare and made her way over to Kyoya.
"Do you have a problem with the way we run our club, Haruhi?" Kyoya reminded Haruhi before putting his arm around the girl. "Be careful what you say. You owe us 8 million yen, remember?"
Tatsumi rolled her eyes towards Tamaki.
Tamaki put an arm around Haruhi in a friendly way. "Gentlemen, don't bundle up in bulky clothing. It may be a chilly early Spring out there in the real world, but here at the club we want to surprise our chilly little kittens with a warm tropical paradise. Oh, yes. We've turned this place into Nirvana, a balmy tropical island of everlasting summer." he laughed.
The girl rested her head against his chest, looking indifferently at the club.
"Uh, I don't think Nanami is going to like that, senpai." Hikaru told Kyoya.
"That's funny 'cuz I feel a massive chill right now." Haruhi muttered.
"You too, huh?" Tatsumi smirked as she overheard that. "I get that feeling whenever Tamaki think he has a good idea."
"Trust me, I know what I'm doing." Kyoya replied.
"Do you now?" Karou slightly deadpanned.
Tamaki looked at Haruhi. "Only those with excellent social standing and those from filthy rich families are lucky enough to spend their time here at the elite private school, Ouran Academy. The Ouran Host Club is where the school's handsomest boys with too much time on their hands entertain young ladies who also have way too much time on their hands. Just think of it as Ouran Academy's elegant playground for the super-rich and beautiful." He told her.
"Well, then who is she?" Hikaru prodded.
The girl gave a sigh and stepped away from Kyoya a moment to bow politely. "I am Haninozuka, Mii, and I would like to thank you for looking after Kyoya-kun." she introduced herself. She then returned to Kyoya's side.
Soon enough, other girls came over to join in while giggling. Haruhi knelt slightly with a toucan on her head as she couldn't believe what she was going through right now.
"She's with me." Kyoya replied.
"No one else then?" Karou smirked.
"What heartlessness. Even with my lustrous skin shining like brilliant ivory, exposed by my Balinese King outfit, I'm no more than a slave before my goddess," Tamaki charmed a girl. "I kneel before you and swear my loyalty."
"Tamaki~" the girl blushed.
Haruhi muttered slightly.
Tatsumi and Haruhi both grunted and scoffed about Tamaki's behavior. Karou smirked back with his twin as they scampered along together.
"Oh, you~" Kyoya smiled bashfully. "I did the best I could, but your approval makes it even better."
Hikaru smirked, but had to go back to host with Kaoru.
Mii sat beside Kyoya at the tiki bar they had. "You have done an excellent job here, Kyoya-kun." she told him, sipping on a nonalcoholic fruity punch.
"Hey, Tatsumi-san, is Nanami sick today?" One girl asked Tatsumi.
"I haven't seen her..." Tatsumi shrugged to the girl.
"Aww, well we hope she gets better soon." the girl told her.
"I'd rather be anywhere but where Tamaki is." Tatsumi smirked innocently.
Tamaki's eyebrow twitched in annoyance as he heard Tatsumi, but quickly covered it. "Oh, yes. I almost forgot to mention to you, ladies. Next week, the Ouran Host Club is sponsoring a party." he told them.
Mii sipped her drink, her grey eyes watching over the room with an air of indifference. "You are a charmer, Kyoya-kun." she smiled to him though.
"I try my very best, but it's really your beauty that helps~" Kyoya smiled to Mii.
Mii put her drink down then stood up. She gave a smirk and while everyone was distracted reached up, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulled him into a kiss. Kyoya blushed, but chuckled from the kiss as he held onto her.
Mii pulled away a few seconds later. "You taste better than the punch." she smirked. She then excused herself a moment to quickly 'powder her nose'.
Tatsumi hid a victorious smirk against Tamaki.
"We're throwing a party?" Haruhi muttered softly.
"What kind of party is it going to be?~" One girl asked Hikaru and Karou.
"Is it going to be formal?" Another asked.
"Yes, in fact we've rented the school's largest hall." Hikaru smiled.
"It's a perfect place for dancing." Karou added.
Kyoya blushed, but chuckled from the kiss as he held onto her. Tatsumi looked toward the two curiously as she decided to get herself something sweet.
Hikaru stood up and took his brother's face gently in his hands. "But I really wanted to spend some alone time with you, Kaoru." he said softly.
"Don't be upset, Hikaru~," Karou replied to his twin. "I know exactly how you feel."
Haruhi watched this for a moment. Tatsumi rolled her eyes, but she soon got her own drink. The girls at the Twins' table squealed of happiness.
"The guests seem to be even more worked up than they usually are." Haruhi muttered.
"Showing some skin proves popular with the ladies." Tatsumi replied from what Kyoya taught her.
"Is there anyone you like?" Haruhi asked.
"No, of course not..." Tatsumi blinked before glancing away innocently.
Mii returned and then made her way back over. "You keep telling yourself that, Tatsumi." she smirked as she approached.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" Tatsumi huffed.
Mii smirked. "You just don't want to admit it." she said simply.
"Admit what?" Haruhi asked.
"Nothing," Tatsumi replied. "She's just talking nonsense."
Mii just smirked knowingly. She then made sure her suit was straight as she sat down.
"Don't listen to her," Tatsumi told Haruhi. "She's nuts."
"If you say so." Haruhi merely shrugged.
Mii's eyes flashed cold and hard. "Don't make me punish you, Tatsumi." she warned her voice light compared to her steely promise of the words.
"Oh, were you listening?" Tatsumi smiled nervously. "I had no idea~"
Mii regarded her coolly and then turned her attention to Haruhi. "So Fujioka-kun, what do you think of the tropical theme?" She asked.
"It's a bit surprising, though I'm curious how this is all possible." Haruhi replied.
Mii smirked. "My Kyoya-kun can't decide what the club does, but he does sometimes like to slip a hint on Tamaki-kun's desk, like maybe... A Bali photobook." she said, her voice light, but knowing.
"Hm..." Haruhi replied. "It isn't bad."
Mii chuckled and tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear.
"Ta-da~" Hani suddenly exclaimed.
"Oh, you're so cute, Hani~" A girl gushed.
Tatsumi went back to wandering about.
"Hi, ladies, I love these Balinese flowers. We had them flown in." Hani told them happily. "Takashi!" He then gasped and jumped on the tallest boy and climbed up like on a climbing pole. He threw a flower lai around his cousin's neck. "There. We match." He giggled.
"You better get back to Hosting, Fujioka-kun" Mii told Haruhi.
The girls gushed and awed at the cuteness. As usual, Takashi stood there in stone-faced silence.
"You're covered in camellias~" One girl commented.
"Very well then." Haruhi said to Mii.
Hani was hugging his cousin.
Mii smiled, coldly but not nastily. "Good boy." she said and made a shooing motion. She then looked around for her beloved.