Chapter 3: Gender Reveal!

It's been a couple of days since Daniel has started school and joined the Host Club. It was exhausting, to say the least. Schoolwork itself wasn't as bad as he thought, it was the Host Club that tired him out. Practically everyone in that club had enough energy as if sleep didn't exist. One thing is for sure that it certainly drained his energy.

The only good part is that now he knows someone who has dealt with them before, who is also a commoner like him. Haruhi has been a great help with adjusting to his life at Ouran, though if Haruhi was there, the twins were close behind. There was nothing wrong with the twins, not really. Except for their teasing and comments about him and... Coffee? Apparently, the Host Club was obsessed with Commoner's coffee thanks to Haruhi when it was her first day being part of the Host Club.

He got to learn that Haruhi didn't have a choice about joining the club either, though her predicament seemed to be worse than his since she broke something that got her into debt to the Host Club. How much she owes them nearly made him cough up his drink when they ate lunch together.

The more he got to know Haruhi he realized she was a girl, he didn't say anything about it. It just added to their similarities. He was sure Haruhi could tell he was a guy so he felt more comfortable around her. He found out through subtly things, her eyes, her features, they all screamed; 'I'm A Girl!'. There was a chance Haruhi was trans but he knew that type of topic can be difficult to talk about.

"So, Haruhi, how do you handle being around the Host Club? Specifically certain characters if you know who I mean?" Daniel asked her before taking another bite of his beef ramen as he looked at Haruhi, waiting for her answer.

"Well, I just try my best to ignore them, that's all you can do. Just focus on the task at hand and ignore everything else not important." Haruhi told him.

"What if your patience is not good?"

"Then, you're screwed," Haruhi replied making Daniel groan. "It's not all that bad, it can be amusing sometimes, like watching Tamaki and the twins fight about stuff," Haruhi told him, making him hum in response as he kept eating.

"There you two are! We've been looking for you." The twins said when they entered the classroom.

"Why? We're eating lunch." Daniel told them about to take another bite before his food was taken away. "Hey!" He exclaimed when his lunch was boxed up.

"There's an emergency club meeting going on, let's go!" They told the two commoners, grabbing onto their arms and dragging them off to the club.

When the four got to the club the other members were already there. "Oh, great, you found them! Now, this is very important news!" Tamaki started as the others took seats in the music room.

Daniel just started tuning the blonde out as he got back his lunch and started eating, not caring if it was rude or not. Lunch was lunch and by god, he's going to finish his lunch. The 'important' meeting didn't conclude until lunch was over which had Daniel listening to the final part of this news Tamaki had shared.

"Now, remember! Friday, be prepared to go out and impress everyone! I'll see you all there!" Tamaki said as everyone started heading to class.

Once they were far enough away from the blonde he decided to ask. "So, what's happening Friday?" Daniel asked Haruhi before the twins butted in.

"You weren't listening?" The two asked in sync before continuing separately.

"There's this club fair where every club is gathered together so that students can see what each club is about and if they are willing to join."

"For us, it's just for publicity for people to attend. Apparently, it was moved to this week instead of next month."

"That's strange, why would they move the fair to this week?" Haruhi asked earning a shrug from the twins.

"Whatever the reason, is it mandatory?" Daniel asked, hoping he wouldn't have to go.

"Yes." The twins answered. "Why wouldn't you come anyway? Do you have something planned to do that day?" They asked grinning hoping to hear the other's plans.

"No, I just don't want to go. Simple as that." Daniel replied with a huff.


~Club Hours~


It seemed that the club fair is what everyone was talking about today. That's what Daniel learned when he attended the club after school. It seemed like everyone was excited about it and kept asking what the Host Club was going to do. He didn't know what they would be doing so he was just as clueless as they were about what the Host Club is doing Friday.

"So, Danielle, since you don't know what the club is doing for the fair, what would you want to do for a Host Club activity?" One of his guests asked with a tilt of her head.

Daniel let out a hum as he thought about it. "Well, I'm not sure. I think it would be fun to play games." Daniel replied gaining the attention of the twins.

"Games? We can do games, who doesn't love games!" The twins commented standing on either side of Daniel.

"We have our own game that our guests love." They grinned before taking a step back and taking out a pair of matching hats. "The 'Which one is Hikaru?' Game! The rules are simple.-" They told him as Daniel just looked confused while the girls eagerly moved closer to play the game.

"We wear matching hats, spin around and you have to guess who is who correctly!" They explained as the girls clapped excitedly as Daniel just stared.

Did people really enjoy this game? It seems so with how the girls crowd around to join the guessing game. He wasn't good at guessing games and he felt this game was a bit unfair. The two could lie about who is who, he hasn't gotten much chance to know them so he knew he was going to lose. The only club member he knew the most about so far was Haruhi.

"Wait, isn't this game a bit unfair?" Daniel asked making the twins look down at him while he sat in between his and some of the twin's guests.

"What do you mean?" The two asked.

"Well, for one, you two could switch places and lie about who is who. Besides won't I lose this game if I tried now? I hardly know the two of you for me to tell you apart regularly." Daniel told them causing the two to blink and look at each other before a smirk appeared on their features.

"So, what you're saying is that you want to get to know us better?" They asked, the inclinations not getting to Daniel until he noticed the other's reactions.

Daniel's eyes widen as he blushed slightly. "What!? That's not what I meant!" He exclaimed earning snickers from the two of them.

"What? It's okay to want to go on a date with us, you wouldn't be alone on that. We might make the exception for you though, Danielle." They said getting closer to Daniel making the male blush brightly as the girls squealed.

"W-What? No way! As if I'll go on a date with the two of you!" Daniel glared at the two of them in irritation by their teasing.

The twins kept their big grins as they stood back and shrugged. "Your loss, our offer still stands though.~" They told him before Tamaki made his appearance.

"How dare you two, trying to seduce Danielle like that! You two are nothing but trouble! Plus I would never let her date the two of you!" Tamaki exclaimed as another argument occurred between the twins and Tamaki.

"We were just joking, besides it's not your choice on who Danielle dates. You cause more trouble than we do." The twins shot back.

"What!? As if, you two play jokes and pranks all the time! I'm surprised you two always get away with it!" Tamaki argued back as Daniel just placed a hand over his face in annoyance.

He was sure it would be those three that would cause his death in this Club. So while they were distracted he walked over to where Haruhi was busy with her guests. Haruhi looked up and gave him a smile.

"Hey, Danielle, you need something?" She asked as Danielle just sat down with them.

"I need a break from them, you don't mind me joining you guys, right?" He asked her and her guests.

"No, go ahead, you can answer the same question we asked Haruhi!" One of the girls told him.

Daniel rose a brow as he sat up, curious about what the question would be. "What question?" He asked them.

"What do you want to be once you graduate?" The same girl asked.

"I told them I wanted to be a lawyer like my mom was," Haruhi told him.

He blinked as he took a second to think about his answer. "I don't know, I do have goals I want to complete but specifically, I'm not sure. My Aunt owns a pastry shop that my family owned for generations, that's an option but I'm not good at cooking." Daniel replied.

"I'm sure you're just being humble about your abilities. We're sure you can cook something great since your family works with pastries!" The girls told him. Oh if only they knew how wrong they were.

"Well, I'm not sure about that," Daniel said slightly.

"Hey, why not bake something for us, Danielle!"

"Yeah, we'd love to see!" The girls asked as this gained attention from the other Host Club Members.

"We didn't know you could bake." The twins told him as Daniel started to pale.

"N-No, I don't, really!" Daniel tried changing their minds.

"Nonsense! Don't be so modest! Come! Show us how your talents in the kitchen!" Tamaki declared.

Daniel wanted to curl up in a hole and die, they didn't believe he was telling the truth. He didn't know how to cook. Now that he mentioned his family having a bakery they expect him to be this great chef! So now he had the dilemma of actually cooking for them. They didn't tell him what to make exactly so he wanted to make something easy.

Not even ten minutes later a fire extinguisher was putting out a fire on the oven as Daniel got some soot on him as he coughed up smoke.

"Good job, Mori-Senpai!" Honey-Senpai told Mori as the giant hummed as he held the fire extinguisher.

Now the attention was back to Daniel as he smiled nervously. "I told you guys I couldn't cook." He said laughing nervously.

"What were you even trying to make to make a fire like that?" The twins asked in awe at how bad of a cook he really was.

Daniel looked away from their faces and back towards the kitchens. "... Eggs," Daniel muttered before the twins burst out laughing making him glare at them.

"You weren't kidding when you said you were bad!" One of the twins cried out as the two laughed.

"How can you burn eggs that badly!?" The other said as the two found this situation hysterical.

"Shut up!" Daniel shouted at them as he blushed angrily in embarrassment. This was so humiliating for him, he never should have said anything about cooking.

"Hey, you okay?" Haruhi asked him as he took a deep breath.

"Yeah, my pride's just injured, and my uniform is now dirty," Daniel told her looking down at himself with a frown on his lips.

"We have a spare uniform you can use while this one gets cleaned," Kyoya informed him holding out a bag for him.

Daniel looked into the bag as he took the spare. "Thanks, I'm going to get changed," Daniel said leaving for the changing rooms.

Once alone within the boundaries of the changing room, he let out a sigh as he pulled his dress off. "This is just great." He told himself with a tsk as he looked at himself in the mirror, taking another sigh as he laid his head against the glass. "I'm so stupid." He muttered to himself, hitting himself in the head a couple of times on the glass before standing upright and taking out the spare girl's uniform.

He guessed he was taking a while when he started hearing the other club members. "Hey, Danielle. Are you alright? Haruhi, go check on her."

"What? Why me?"

"Because you're a girl and she's a girl!" He heard Tamkai talking with Haruhi.

Danielle just grits his teeth as he just put on the dress. "You're wrong, I'm not a girl!" Daniel snapped when he got out of the changing room to face the Host Club.

"... What!?" Tamaki exclaimed, seeming to be the only one really reacting to this news.

"I'm not a girl, the school made a mistake with my name and gender and I got accepted as a female student, my name is Daniel, not Danielle" Daniel explained.

"That is quite the predicament," Kyoya noted, writing in his notebook. "Yes, it was quite strange when Danielle Hideyoshi doesn't exist in any birth certificates."

Daniel just stared at the black-haired male, not surprised anymore.

"Why didn't you just contact the chairman about the mistake?" The twins asked.

"Because if he did he wouldn't be accepted into the school," Kyoya explained making Daniel's eyes widen.

"What do you mean I wouldn't have been accepted?" Daniel asked now getting more nervous.

"Well, there's a certain amount of students allowed to be accepted into Ouran Academy, half the acceptees being guys and the other half being girls. There are some exceptions but for you, that's not the case. Since the school accepted you as a female there is an equal number of students in gender for first years and if they find out you're actually a boy, well, your acceptance into Ouran would be terminated and replaced with a female." Kyoya explained.

Now this was a big problem, yes he has complained about being in Ouran since he got there but it wouldn't be good if for college applications if it said he tricked a school and got kicked out! Especially one such as Ouran Academy!

Daniel must have been panicking physically when Tamaki placed his hands on his shoulders. "Don't worry! We'll keep your secret safe! Men! No one must find out that Daniel's real gender!" Tamaki declared earning a salute from the twins and Honey.

"Yes sir!" The three answered as now Daniel really had no choice but to stay in the Host Club in fear that they would reveal him if he doesn't.


Reviews:

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Nyter086: Thank you very much for updating, I really hope to be able to read adaptations of the episodes of the series in your story as well as those you did in your first version of it, including the sleepover

Oh, don't worry that will happen, the sleepover will be in this story as well as some episodes from the series. There will also be some things that are from the manga too.