"white rainbow...moonstone?"
"yes, its pretty rare , where did you find this again?"
"i found it in a stream, how can you tell what it is Kyoya?"
"i have my sources" he hands the gem back to me, pushing up his glasses. I wonder how something like this ended up in that stream. I walk over to the twins' table. they were doing their brotherly love act. sometimes, I cant tell if its real or fake.
"...your embarrassing me, in front of everybody" Kaoru says, with tears in his eyes. the girls go crazy. why?! Honey walks up to me, "Homu-chan, Homu-chan, I lost one of my sandals" he says, also tearing up.
"you were just wearing them weren't you?"
"Mitskuni," Mori walks over and puts the missing sandal on Honey's foot, "i noticed that you dropped it."
"Takashi!" Honey hugs him, crying. tears seem to be popular with the ladies today, but how are they all able to cry so easily? just then, Haruhi bumps into Kaoru, knocking something out of his sleeve. I walk over and pick it up.
"what is this?" they appear behind me. "for your information, its common for a host to use eye-drops," Kaoru starts
"no woman alive could resist a man on the brink of tears" Hikaru continues.
"that's cheating!" Haruhi and I say in unison. Hikaru pokes my cheek, Kaoru doing the same to Haruhi. "oh don't be such a party pooper!" Haruhi walks off. then Kaoru gives me a little case, with a pink pumpkin candy in it.
"this is for you"
I look at it, "for me?"
"aren't you the cutest?" they say, and I open it. "thank you" I pop it in my mouth and smile. "what about you Haruhi, you want one?" they ask, looking at her.
"no thanks, I don't really like sweets. but you know, I think it might be a nice memorial offering for my mother." Tamaki trots over, apparently amazed by her devotion to our moms memory. he piles more into her hands, and I notice tears in his eyes too. the rest of the club claps. "let me guess..." she starts. "the tears are fake?" I finish. he backs away with a hurt look on his face.
"my tears are always genuine. being able to cry without the use of eye-drops is the mark of a true host." he said "eye-drops" as if it burnt him. then he turns back to her, questioning her love for him, which does not exist. she looks over to the door, and i follow her gaze, landing on a girl watching us, halfway hidden by the wall.
the twins walk over to her, holding roses, "come on in, watching from afar is no fun."
"stop that!" Tamaki says, "how many times do i have to tell you boys to be more courteous to our first time guests." he turns to her, holding out his hand, "please you don't have to be afraid, my princess. i welcome you, to the Ouran Host Club." she starts to say something and he steps closer. then she smacks him, pushing him away. she starts yelling how he is phony. well this just got interesting.
"...just like i said, your phony! I find it hard to believe that someone like you is the prince character of this host club! you shouldn't go spreading your love around so easily, you stupid!" she starts naming a bunch of insults, and with each remark, an arrow flies into Tamaki, pushing him around. wow, she's pretty thorough.
he falls to the floor and then the next thing I know she's hugging Kyoya, exclaiming how he's her one and only prince charming.
later...
"your fiancé?!" we all yell.
"yes, my name is Renge Houshakuji" I stare at her
"um, how could he be your fiancé, if he didn't ask for your hand in marriage?"
"how do you know he didn't" Hikaru asks and I look at him, "because earlier she was going on about how she longed to meet him and if they've never met then when could he have asked" they nod, considering what I had said. she doesn't answer though, she says all these nice things about him and in the end she points at him saying something about 'Uki-Doki Memorial.
then Tamaki yells, "otaku!"
"otaku?!" Hikaru repeats, "I've never seen one!" Kaoru adds.
"so your in love with that character. your projecting that love onto me and have somehow diluted yourself into thinking we are engaged. I assume this 'Mayabi' character probably wears glasses as well." Kyoya says, pushing up his own glasses.
"so she, made it up? your not really her fiancé?" Tamaki asks. "no, Homura was right, I don't recall asking for her hand in marriage, plus I've never met her until now." I jump up, yelling "i knew it." they look at me and I sit back down. she sits down next to him and honey explains how he's 'our director' and she gleams.
"I've made up my mind, i'm gonna be the manager of this host club!" Tamaki tries to get Kyoya to say something but he just exclaims that she is a special client and asks us to be nice. we all kind of sigh.
the next day...
so turns out, Tamaki thinks Haruhi needs to have a female friend to bring out her feminine self, that "she doesn't have any friends in class," except for the twins, who he calls 'shady'. "like you have room to talk" they say, and then Renge walks in. "hey guys, you'll be happy to know that I, Renge, have baked all of you some cookies!"
Tamaki then tries to say how lady like she is, but she interrupts him, saying that she "didn't bake these cookies for you, you phony prince," and he sulks. she apologizes because she apparently burnt them, and I take two, handing one to Haruhi.
"they're not that bad at all." Haruhi says, and I take a bite of mine. "your right, they've got a good flavor to them-" before I can take it out of my mouth, Hikaru pulls my chin towards his face, leaning towards me.
"may I try?" he asks, taking a bite while its still in my mouth. I feel my face heat up and I look down, hiding behind my bangs. then Kaoru bends over, his face near Haruhi's. "uh oh, you've got crumbs on your face." she licks her cheek, and that's when Tamaki goes crazy.
"well suddenly the group is closer than they've ever been before." Kyoya says, ignoring Tamaki's outburst. Haruhi rubs her cheek, "you could have just told me and I would've wiped t off, and if you wanted some there's more here" she talks for me cause at the moment I cant say anything and I don't want them to see my face, in case i'm blushing. I just sit there, watching and listening. Tamaki puts his hands on her cheeks. "your supposed to brush them away casually!"
finally I bring myself to say something, but it doesn't help much, "that was sexual harassment senpai" he starts yelling again. I cover my ears and just watch as he runs around. I look at Renge, she seems to be thinking about something. Honey asks her something and I uncover my ears, focusing on her as she mumbles something. and then, she starts changing our backgrounds.
outside...
so turns out we are making a movie, at the moment, i'm running away from Honey and Mori, while its 'raining'. i stop and rest at a tree, but they come up behind me. "you cant run away forever" Honey says. i turn around, sliding down against the tree. "i'm gonna show you what happens to anyone that crosses me."
"don't do it Mitskuni, you should have realized by now that whenever you hurt others, your really just hurting yourself" Mori says, and Honey threatens him, "you know it really pisses me off when people don't know their place!"
right then, Haruhi was supposed to run in and step in front of me, saying that if he wanted to get to me, he was gonna have to get through her first, but then honey runs up to me and wails. "Homu-chan im sorry, i cant do this anymore!" Renge yells cut multiple times and then starts at Honey. after a few minutes we do it again and then i stand up and walk over to the twins. they seem upset, but even so, they smile at me, and Kaoru hands me a towel. i dry my hair as much as i can, then hang it on my neck.
"you guys were really good" i say, and they give me a thumbs up.
"not bad yourself" i pull up a chair in between them and sit down. Tamaki runs up to Haruhi smiling. "so how was i? did you like my performance?"
"it was pretty good..." i zone them out, focusing on the twins. "so, i didn't get to see all of your performance, so what happened after the stretcher?"
"well we were up on a balcony, in the rain" Kaoru says. "what were you doing?"
"Tamaki was telling us that he was envious." Hikaru continued. before i can ask more, i hear a crash and stand up, running towards the sound. when i get there, i see Haruhi on the ground. she looks at me and i see the tears in her eyes. i run over to her, crouching down. "Haruhi! what happened?!"
Tamaki comes around the corner, and she looks at him, a tear rolling down her cheek. i can see the anger in his eyes. he runs to the men and grabs one by the shirt. "so which one of you jerks started this?" he asks, his voice low. the other guy runs up, trying to explain. Haruhi stands up, "he's telling the truth, senpai. it wasn't their fault" he walks over, cuffing her face in his hands. "Haruhi? are you in any pain?"
she nods, "my contact. i guess it must have slipped out" she says, holding it out on the tip of her finger. he starts laughing,
"oh i see how it is! your able to cry without using eye-drops! your a full fledged now!?" i stand up and put my hand on her shoulder, smiling. then i hear Renge ask if the camera man got that shot, and he nods. "other than Haruhi's contact falling out that was an ideal final scene! all it needs now is a movie narration by my sweet Kyoya!" she yells happily, but then there's a crash. i turn to see Kyoya with a wad of paper in his hand and hid hand where the lens of the camera should be. the camera man, of course, starts freaking out.
"i'm terribly sorry but i cannot allow there to be any record of a club member engaging in violence. i think you've caused enough trouble around here, Renge, please stop being such a pest." that was harsh. she repeated the word 'pest' tears streaming down her face. she starts yelling, asking him "why are you acting so differently now?"
"because that's not the real Kyoya." Tamaki says and i walk over to Kyoya, poking his arm.
"wait, so this is like a robot Kyoya or something?" he gives a slight laugh,
"no, that is the real Kyoya, but its not the Kyoya she's thinking of." i nod, with a laugh, "oh" Renge does not find this funny, instead she falls to her knees and starts crying. Haruhi crouches in front of her, "does it really matter? so what if Kyoya is a little different then you expected him to be. take a look at the person inside, and get to know him little by little, its more fun that way!"
"yeah!" i say, grabbing both of their hands and pulling them up.
a couple days later...
"i bought the video of that film you made!"
"i did too!"
"and so did i!" the girls gleamed. this caught us all by surprise because we thought that Kyoya had destroyed the footage. "that scene in the rain was just phenomenal!"
"i love how Haruhi wanted to protect Homura like that!" they were all exploding with excitement.
"Kyoya?!" Tamaki said, snapping. "i may have broken the camera's lens but the footage we had already shot wasn't damaged. but naturally i did cut out that one violent scene. sales have pretty good so far, that Hollywood film crew did a pretty good job."
"so is this what you meant by interesting?" the twins ask.
"its best to have as much money as we possibly can in the clubs budget." just then Renge walked in and we turned to her.
"didn't you go to France?" the twins ask, annoyed she was still here. you can tell they're still not very fond of her. she starts talking about love and chivalry and i raise my eyebrow. i walk up next to Haruhi. "wait so, are you saying you have a crush on my...brother?" she nods.
"come on, lets go to my house and play some games." she says, grabbing both of our hands.
"wait why do i have to come?"
"because it would be weird if i ended up dating Haruhi and you not be my friend." she says. i don't really bother to struggle cause i was already exhausted, so i just wave bye to the club members, and with that, she drags us out the door and to her house.
here's the newest chapter, hope you like it! bye for now! (^-^)/