I see a little boy on my way to the club. "hey, are you lost?" I walk over, and he glares at me.
"no, I'm not lost!" I put my hands up.
"well, you look pretty lost to me, sorry. where are you going?" I no longer try to sound polite, and he kind of just sits there eyeing me. then he turns and starts to walk away.
"I'm going to the host club" I walk past him and keep going.
"follow me ill take you, but im going to go in first, and then, wait about 20 seconds before going ok?"
"what why?"
"just do it"
a couple minutes later...
when we arrive at the club room door, I turn to the boy. "now remember, count to 20 before coming in, got it?"
"yeah, whatever." I turn around and walk in quickly. they were already in place waiting for their first guest. the twins start pushing me to my spot.
"you late, get in place" they say dryly. I roll my eyes remembering the boy. just as they got back in their spots, the boy came in and fell back. his eyes land on me. so now he knows why i told him to wait.
"oh its just a kid" Hikaru states.
"not only that, hes just a boy" Kaoru adds, sounding disappointed. i roll my eyes.
"did you come to my palace in search of something little boy?"
"are you the king of this place?" Tamaki's eyes light up. he motions for the boy to come closer. he does as he's told, or whatever you call that. he stops in front of us. "what was it you just called me?"
"i said you were the king"
*gasp* "yes i am the king of the ouran host club! long live the k-" just then i hit his head and he looks at me.
"get over yourself, now be quiet so we can see what he wants!" he nods slowly and i turn back to the boy, "ok so what's your name and what do you need?"
"im an elementary fifth year... Shiro Takaoji! i want the king of this host club to take me on as an apprentice!" my eyes widen, this can not lead to good things. but of course Tamaki accepts and so they go off to change into normal clothes and i stay here with Shiro greeting the guests. i notice a couple boys walk in, i had a bad feeling about the last one though, call it a sixth sense, if you will. the boys come back and Tamaki immediately makes Shiro watch him up close, something about an old saying.
i start to walk over to my table, i notice that the boys from before are sitting there. i take a deep breath and try to smile, but it just isn't happening. when i sit down i am immediately shrouded with questions.
"hi! i was wondering why do you always wear that jacket?"
"what do you like to do in your spare time?"
"are you single?"
i look at the one who said the last question. he has brown hair, about the same length as Haruhi's, but it sticks out more, and green eyes. i gave him a look, and he smirked. "um... i wear this jacket because it used to be my moms and i like to have a piece of her with me, i like to read, and um, yes i am, but im not really interested in being in a relationship." the boys smile grew wider. i look over at the twins to find them glaring a the boy.
"um, if you boys don't mind, may i ask what your names are?" i try to smile, but again, it just wont work. this brown haired dude is giving me a bad vibe.
"oh im sorry, my name Takeya, im a first year." the boy to my right states.
"my name's Shiki"
last is the brown haired dude. "hey, my names Asura." his voice sends a shiver down my spine. his eyes jerk up and i feel a pair of hands on my head. i look up to see the twins, and Kaoru point to his wrist. i look at my watch.
"oh im sorry boys, i guess our time is up. i hope we can see each other again some time." i stand up and bow, something Tamaki keeps telling me to do, and then turn to the twins. just then i hear Shiro asking Haruhi if shes a cross dresser. the twins and Tamaki run over and start saying how shes to macho for tea-sets and stuff. I laugh a little at the face they make until she hands him the tea-set and he lets it fall to the floor.
"its not my fault i dropped it, its your fault for making me take it in the first place" he says dryly.
"say what"
"hey! I have to clean that up you know!?"
"so, your the maid?" i was about to protest, but Kyoya says something about another 100,000 yen, and i stare at him. "hey you should make the maid and cross-dresser do all your stupid chores! i'm not here to carry tea-sets im here to learn how to make it with the ladies!"
~Hikaru's POV~
Kaoru and i glare at Shiro as he insults the girls. "Haruhi, Homura, that's another 100,000 yen." Kyoya states, and they stare at him. i notice Homura is more calm than Haruhi though, instead of freaking out, she stands there, looking at him.
Kaoru nudges me. when i look at him, he motions to Homura, then to his eyes. i get the gesture, looking at Homura's eyes. "do you see it?" he whispers, i nod. anyone else wouldn't have noticed this, because her facial expression and body language is so calm, but you can see it in her eyes, how shes angry.
"i will not let you disrespect Haruhi and Homura like that! Put this brat in isolation!"
"you got it boss!" Kaoru and i say. we pull a switch, that results in a cage falling over Shiro.
"where did this cage come from?" Haruhi and Shiro ask, Homura walks over.
"listen Shiro, if you wanna make it with the ladies, than you shouldn't go insulting them just because you don't like them. not just ladies either, most people in general don't like to be insulted like that." Homura says, and we nod.
~Homura's POV~
i sit there for a minute, lost in my thoughts until i hear Kyoya start talking about character types. I've been meaning to ask if they've figured out what Haruhi's and i's types are.
"you see, here at the ouran host club, our policy is to use our individual personality traits to meet the needs of our guests. for example, there's Tamaki, who is the princely type, there is the strong-silent type, the boy Lolita, the little devil type, and the cool type. its all.. about.. variety." as each type was called, the host of that type would do a pose holding up their rose. "and now our group is complete, with the addition of Homura, who is the mysterious type, and Haruhi, the natural."
Tamaki looks at me expectantly, so i take a white rose, and strike my own pose. mysterious type, huh? ok, i think i can make this work.
~Kaoru's POV~
we watched Homura take a rose, then hold it low, so she's looking down at it. she leans against the wall, her facial expression sad yet still mysterious. there's a small breeze that blows her hair a little to the side, making it more dramatic. Tamaki runs over and smashes her in a hug.
"oh that was beautiful my precious daughter! you looked so cute with your hair blowing in the breeze and you facial expression was amazing!"
~Homura's POV~
"im gonna run out of time" I hear Shiro say, and i manage to get free of Tamaki's death grip. before I can ask him about it, I hear Renge's platform thing, and then she pops up in front of us. "i must say, im quite disappointed, I thought I taught you better.""um, technically Renge, you didn't teach them nor did you teach Haruhi or myself." the twins nod, but she ignores us.
"alright then miss manager, how would you figure out his character?"
"you just don't get it do you? now listen up! there are plenty of girls out there who have a thing for younger boys or boys with baby faces, these girls would be known as shota fans. now shota, can bea fairly braod category so its important to know that the genre can be broken down into many different smaller sub categories. For example, shota girls with an interest in Lolita boys would favor a boy like honey senpai, but this little boy is different!" the boys take notes and stare at her intently, while sit there straight faced waiting for her to get to the point.
"if I had to choose a character for him... yes! hed be the naughty boy type without a doubt!"
"the naughty type?" the cage starts to slowly lift off the ground. they start coaching him and I just sit there for a while. what did he mean by that? how can he run out of time? I wonder if its... a girl? I don't know, romance isn't really my strong suit, I mean, I kind of proved that with Takeya. I feel the frown appear on my face at that memory, and smack my cheeks lightly. no! this is not the time for sad memories, right now I need to focus on figuring out what Shiro meant. I mentally scold myself and then walk over to Haruhi.
"hey, did you hear what he said?"
"about the running out of time thing?" I nod.
"yeah, what do you think its about?" I shrug.
"well, i was thinking it might be about a girl...but you know how i am with romance."
"i thought so too" I hear the door open and slam shut, and look around to see Shiro is gone.
"um... where did Shiro go?" I ask, and the twins look at me.
"were you even paying attention?" I shake my head and they sigh.
the next day...
"no way am I wearing this!" I practically yell at the twins and Tamaki. they've been trying to get Haruhi and I to dress up in middle school uniforms and sneak into Shiro's school, as well as Honey, but instead he would wear an elementary uniform. technically Haruhi and Honey didn't have a real choice, as they were dragged into the changing rooms and forced to change. im still here because when they tried to drag me to the changing rooms, I got away. then every time they tried I threatened to bite them. it was pretty funny because they didn't believe me so they tried again and I bit Kaoru.
"come on Homura, its for the greater good! you have to!" they beg. I shake my head and cross my arms.
"no way!"
"please!"
"ive said it before and ill say it again. Im. NOT. Doing It."
a little while later...
we're at Shiro's school right now. 'how did i get here when i so cleary said i wouldn't' you ask? well... they got me with puppy dog eyes. i know, i normally don't fall for that, but seriously can you blame me?! all three of them were doing it! i couldn't help it, and now im stuck in this stupid uniform and still sticking out like a sore thumb at Shiro's school. we walk into Shiro's classroom and Honey starts running around.
"when I was in elementary school this was my classroom too!"
"there's nobody here" Haruhi points out and the rest of the host club walks in.
"are you serious!" I whisper shout, "if you were just gonna barge in than why did we have to dress up like this!?"
"relax, there's no one here to catch us." the twins say. as if on cue, a teacher walks through the halls and we duck down. "if the teacher finds us," Kaoru starts,
"we'll have a hard time explaining why we're here." Hikaru finishes.
"shh, shut up guys. just keep your lips zipped." Haruhi shushes them and I move my hand over my mouth as if I were actually zipping my lips. they immediately repeat the action, the twins and Tamaki's faces extremely red. I stand up with a sigh.
"hes gone now, but you guys, we came here to get the scoop on Shiro so what do you think we should do now?"
"well isn't this interesting?" Kyoya says from across the room and we walk over. he points to a picture.
"that's Shiro!" Haruhi states
"so he's in the classical music club" Kyoya adds
I look at the picture. "if hes in the music club than why don't we go there?"
tamaki runs over and puts an arm around my shoulder. "good idea Homura! next stop, classical music club!"
at the music club...
"there he is" Honey exclaims as we watch him through the window of classical music room. he starts talking with a girl and I nudge Haruhi.
"you think that's her?" she nods. the girl walks over to the piano and starts to play. hey I know this one!
"this is Mozart's sonata in d major for two pianos."
"what?" Tamaki turns to me. crap, I didn't mean to say that out loud.
"nothing." he gives me a look but soon moves on. a girl walks out and Tamaki gives her a rose.
"excuse me miss, ive never seen a rose more lovely than you, my dear. here this is for you. I was wondering if you could tell me anything about that young lady playing the piano over there?"
"that's Hina Kamishiro, but you better not fall in love with her."
"why?"
"didn't you know, Hina has to move away soon, her dad just got a new job in Germany so they have to move there by the end of the week."
"what do you think your doing!?" Shiro shrieks at us. "i want you idiots to leave immediately!" Tamaki throws him over his shoulder and starts walking away, the rest of the club following him. "put me down! what are you doing?!"
"yeah what are you doing? I think this is kidnapping." I state but I don't think he hears me because of Shiro's constant yelling. Hina walks out with a worried face, he stops for a minute, than starts to yell again.
"come on everyone, were done here. quit thrashing around" Tamaki says calmly through his yelling.
"dude, be quiet, jeez. way to act in front of your crush." I say and he immediately stops.
back at the club...
Tamaki throws Shiro onto a couch. "what is your problem you big idiot?!"
"im sorry but your the idiot!" Tamaki recoils. I stare at him, as well as Haruhi. this isn't what I was expecting and by the looks of it, neither did Haruhi. "you said that you wanted me to teach you how to make women happy, but that's not it is it, your not concerned with the happiness of just any women, you've got your sights sets on one in particular, and that's Hina Kamishiro!" Shiro gasps at this. "but im afraid I cant help you with that. listen Shiro, I know that I told you that its the job of a host to make women happy, but when you care for someone, you must find the courage to express what is in your heart. you have to tell her how you feel about her! you didn't come to me looking to become a full fledged host, you want to be a full fledged man."
"it doesn't matter anymore," Shiro says, looking down. "I've run out of time. I just- I wanted to hear her play, before she left for good, that's all." Tamaki walks over to a curtain, he moves the curtain to reveal a grand piano.
"that piece she played, its Mozart's sonata in d major for two pianos isn't it?"
"wait a minute, since when is there a grand piano in here?" Haruhi and I ask, the twins leaning on a pillar behind us.
"well, this is a music room after all..."
"so why wouldn't there be?" Hikaru finishes Kaoru's sentence.
"it is a music room after all."
"it is a music room."
"it always been there we just had it covered up" Honey says finally, eating a piece of cake. I watch Tamaki as he starts to play. I didn't know Tamaki played piano. Shiro stands up, watching him.
"awesome" he looks down, and an image, well, more like a memory, pops up in my head while I look at him, except its not my memory.
~Shiro's memory~
Hina: "hey Takaoji, I noticed that your always listening to me when im playing, do you like the piano? if so then why don't we learn to play together."
she played beautifully but, it wasn't the piano that I liked.
~memory end~
what the-? how did I-? can I see other peoples memories, and apparently hear their thoughts?
a few weeks later...
"welcome princess, we've been waiting" we all greet Hina as she walks in, although, the whole 'we've been waiting' thing kinda seems a bit creepy to me but whatever.
Tamaki steps in front of her and bows, "i present to you, Shiro Takaoji's piano recital." he moves out of the way to reveal Shiro sitting at one of two grand pianos. he looks up and smiles at Hina.
"lets play together Hina"
her confused face immediately lights up and she nods. "okay!" she runs over to the piano and sits down, putting her music sheet on the built in stand. they look at each other before they start to play, I must say, they played beautifully together. I close my eyes, leaning back in my chair. I remember when mom was teaching me about pianos and how to play, she would play it to me whenever I gave up or got upset. I guess today wasn't so bad.
about a week later...
"so you've been exchanging emails with Hina everyday since she's been in Germany?" Haruhi asks as we make our way over to Shiro, who is being swarmed by Tamaki's former customers.
"more or less. I like her but she can get pretty jealous for an elementary schoolgirl, she'd be upset if she knew I was with you ladies so lets keep this our little secret." the girls swoon. I look over to Tamaki to see steam exploding from his ears. well well, someone's upset.
"what are you doing, those are my guests?!" you can practically see the fire in his eyes.
"well, looks like they found someone they like better, I must say its so easy to steal you customers. I think there's a new host king in town" Shiro states smugly. Tamaki shrieks and lunges towards Shiro, only to be stopped in mid-air by the twins. They were trying hard to hold in their laughter.
"i thought he'd make it through without exploding this time!" Kaoru yells.
"we should have known he was going to blow up sooner or later!" Hikaru adds. Haruhi looks from Shiro to Tamaki.
"Shiro really does have a lot in common with Tamaki senpai."
"yeah, I get the feeling that Tamaki was also a spoiled brat when he was a child." I add, and he glares at us.
"i was not a spoiled brat! I was a sweet, innocent, precautious, adorable child!"
"ok senpai, whatever you say." I say, my voice dripping with sarcasm. he glares more and Shiro walks up.
"hey Homura, do you wanna go out some time?" I choke on my breath, coughing. Haruhi pats my back while the twins keep a tight grip on a rampaging Tamaki. I clear my throat and stare at him.
"what do you mean by that exactly?" we all scoot closer, holding our breaths, hoping that he didn't mean it as a date.
"i want to know if you'll go out on a date with me."
"are you c-" the hosts pull me aside so were out of ear shot from Shiro.
"listen, you have to say yes." Hikaru whispers.
"what?! why should I do that, he has a girlfriend!"
"because, he's still just a kid, even if he has a girlfriend! if you say no he'll be devastated. just go out with him, show him a good time, and then let him down easy."
"i don't know..." i trail off.
"well, how else are you supposed to let him down without devastating him?"
"..."
sorry this took so long, but it's here now! hope you like it.