Chapter 6: The Twins Fight!
It was another day at the Host Club. Everyone was doing their job entertaining guests if they had them. Daniel was one host that was free from guests as he helped Haruhi with tea. It was better than doing nothing and he figured why not? He was walking by the twin's table of guests when they were playing their guessing game.
The twins were standing up with big grins on their faces as they faced their guests. "Let's play the 'Which one is Hikaru' game!" The two said in sync, taking out their matching hats and mixing each other around to make it difficult for their guests to tell them apart.
"So can you tell which one is Hikaru?" The doppelgangers asked the girls as Daniel couldn't help but stop and watch. He still didn't get this game, he was sure it was rigged from the last time the twins played with him.
"Well, it's hard to say, you're identical." One of their guests told them as the twins stood straight up, copying each other's movements.
"Many ladies have tried to tell us apart, but none have succeeded." They told them. By this time Haruhi has walked up next to Daniel, hearing about their game they were playing with the guests.
"That's the dumbest game I've ever heard of," Haruhi told them, being as blunt as ever, gaining the twin's attention.
"What? Do you have a problem with it?" They asked her, walking over to the two commoners.
"No, I think it's rigged though," Daniel told them before Haruhi answered.
"Not really, I just don't understand why you two are so popular." She stated, making the twins come on either side of them.
"That's not really nice." The two of them told them.
"I'm disappointed."
"Apparently, you don't understand the merits of having a pair of twins as members of the host club." The two said, finishing each other's sentences.
"Listen up. Having a couple of good-looking guys with homosexual tendencies earns the club high points. It also helps that the two struggle between their attraction and their friendship."
"And in our case, because we're twins, our relationship is taboo and therefore more intriguing." They explained to them. Daniel could understand their reasoning but was still conflicted about the two of them.
"Besides who hasn't fantasized about twins? Having two loves are better than one don't you think?" Hikaru and Kaoru moved closer to Daniel, the former lifting his chin up.
The action caused Daniel to blush before swatting them away with gritting teeth. "Who would want the two of you to be their lovers? You're both nothing but trouble." He told them, crossing his arms.
"Awe, you're so mean, Danielle." The two pouted before they both hugged him. "But since you're so cute we'll forgive you!" The cooed as Daniel struggled to get away from their grasps as Haruhi watched, sweat-dropping at the three of them.
Suddenly the door slammed open as Tamaki looked irritated while holding a laptop. "Hikaru, Kaoru! When I gave you control of the club's website, I did it so on one condition that you take it seriously." Tamaki exclaimed to the twins, giving Daniel room for escape.
"We do take our job seriously, boss."
"In fact, we worked on it till dawn." The two told the blonde, waving their hands.
This didn't ease Tamaki's frustration one bit. "Is this what you worked hard to create!?" The blonde shouted, putting up naked pictures of Haruhi and Daniel.
When the two commoners got witnessed these photos they were shocked. Haruhi's soul was starting to leave her body as she was frozen in shock. Daniel's face started turning red from anger and embarrassment as Honey looked at the pictures next to them.
"You two look great, Elle-chan, and Haru-chan." Honey commented before the guests took notice and squealed looking at the photos, taking the laptop to take a better look at them.
"Tell me when!" Tamaki asked, earning a raised brow from the twins.
"Huh?" They told him before Tamaki grabbed their shoulders.
"When did you take naked pictures of Haruhi and Daniel!?" Tamaki asked letting go, imaging what had happened for the twins to get these photos. "You bribed them, didn't you!?" He accused the twins with a sob.
"You're imagining things. It's obvious that the photo's been altered." They told the dramatic blonde.
"It was photoshopped?" Tamaki stated, processing the information.
The twins grinned, seemingly proud of their work. "We did a pretty good job, huh? We've got some major photoshopping talent."
"You idiots! That's a waste of your skills! Have you no shame!" He exclaimed at the two. For a second Daniel agreed with Tamaki... Until the blonde took out a flower girl idol book and went on his knees. "But if you're going to do it anyway, can you photoshop them into this idol photo book? Hmm, please?" Tamaki asked the twins, showing them the magazine.
That just made Daniel more sure of himself that this club was just full of perverts as he was still getting angry and trying hard not to snap.
"Don't be ridiculous, boss. Why don't you just ask them if they'd wear an outfit like one of those?" The twins told him making Tamaki pause.
"I never thought to ask them," Tamaki muttered before standing up. Before Tamaki could even start heading towards Daniel's direction the male shot him with a glare causing the blonde to pale before moving towards Haruhi to bother her about the dress he wanted her to wear.
"So, what do you think, Danielle? You look cute huh?" The twins grinned standing on either side of him.
"I think that you two are huge perverts! Even if this was photoshopped you have no right to do such a thing without my permission! I don't want you guys making any more weird photos of me or Haruhi!" He shouted at them angrily.
"I agree with Danielle, what do you guys take us for anyway?" Haruhi asked coming over after putting Tamaki in his emo corner to sulk after rejecting to wear that stupid dress of his.
"Well, isn't that obvious? You're our toys." They answered with no hesitance at all.
"I'm nobody's toy you got that!" Daniel shouted before a creak of a door opening and an unfamiliar voice caught their attention.
"You want a toy? Toys... toys... If you like toys, then you should come and visit my black magic club. We've opened a marketplace that boasts black magic items from across the globe. We're also holding mass around the clock. If you visit right now, I'll even throw in a free curse doll. You could have Belzenef as your free gift." A male wearing a dark cloak with black hair told them, peeking from behind a door while holding a cat puppet in his hand.
Daniel couldn't help but wonder who this guy was and how in the world didn't he see this door there before. "Why is he talking to us through a crack in the door?" Haruhi questioned as they looked at this new person.
"Black Magic Club?" Daniel muttered.
"Wait a second. Has that door always been there?" The twins asked before Kyoya showed up next to them.
"Nekozawa-Senpai likes to hide. He doesn't really care for brightly-lit places." Kyoya told them while writing down in his notebook. It answered who this guy was for Daniel at least.
"Don't get involved with that guy, if you do, you'll end up being cursed," Tamaki suddenly told them, from behind Daniel and Haruhir causing the commoners to jump back.
"D-Do you have any basis for that?" Haruhi asked, being more frightened than Daniel was. Yes, Daniel could be a scaredy-cat but he didn't believe magic existed, black or otherwise.
"Yeah, I don't buy that," Daniel told Tamaki even though it didn't change how serious Tamaki was taking this.
"You should, this happened during final exams at the end of the last school year. Oooh, it's terrifying just to talk about it." He said as he still had that scared look on his face. "On that fateful day, I accidentally stepped on that weirdo Nekozawa's cursed doll, Belzenef. Afterward, I took my exam and the entire test was written in some strange lettering. I looked at the others around me for help and I realized I knew none of them. I was all alone in a different dimension!" He exclaimed.
"Scary!" Honey exclaimed while he and Haruhi clung to each other.
"Did that really happen to you?" She asked, spooked. Daniel was honestly surprised that Haruhi was buying into Tamaki's tale.
"That's impossible, that could never happen," Daniel told them before Tamaki shook his shoulders with tears in his eyes.
"It did happen! I'm positive!" Tamaki exclaimed before Kyoya spoke up.
"That only happened because you were so scared you accidentally walked into the beginning Greek class and took their exam." Kyoya sighed, pushing up his glasses as Tamaki went over to the male in denial.
"No! It was a curse! I know because three days later, I woke up and my legs were as heavy as lead! Just how do you explain that?" Tamaki exclaimed, earning another sigh from the black-haired male.
"Your legs were heavy because you ran a marathon the day before, remember?" Kyoya told him.
"You shouldn't underestimate the dark powers of Belzenef, the cursed doll," Nekozawa said popping up next to Tamaki causing the blonde to shriek, jumping back. "All you have to do is write the name of someone you hate on his back, then that person is certain to come face to face with misfortune." The shrowded male said holding up a wooden cat version of his puppet.
"Wow, this guy really is dark, in more ways than one," Hikaru stated.
"Supposedly he hates bright lights. I wonder what he'll think of this." Kaoru said as the two grinned holding a flashlight. This caught Daniel's attention as the male went over to the two of them.
"Whatever you two are about to do, don't," Daniel warned them, narrowing his eyes at the two troublemakers.
This just made their grins grow before shining the light into Nekozzawa's face causing the older male the shriek in tears as he sprinted off.
"You murderers!" The male shouted as he ran back into the double doors where he came from to the shock and fear of Tamaki as what just occurred.
"How on earth could you do such a thing!? Obviously, the two of you don't know the true terror of black magic!" Tamaki exclaimed.
All the blonde received from the twins was their bored sighs as they sat near a window, ignoring the blonde's statement. "I am so bored. Isn't there anything fun we can do around here?" They asked no one as Tamaki went into his corner, upset.
"My dignity as the club's leader is being ignored." Tamaki sulked.
All Daniel could do was sigh at their behavior. He felt bad for Nekozawa-Senpai, that was really a mean thing the twins did to him even if he was a little weird. He really didn't seem like a bad guy.
"Hey, Haruhi, we've got a favor to ask you." The twins asked the girl as she was walking by to continue her duties, they caught Daniel's attention as well as the male was curious about whatever favor they wanted from Haruhi.
"What is it?" She asked with a raised brow.
"The next time we get a day off can we come over to your place to hang out?" They asked her. Daniel couldn't help but think what her place was like as he heard this.
"Why would you want to do that?" She asked them. Daniel could already see where this was going and all he could do was watch since soon enough they would get what they wanted one way or another.
"We're curious. We want to see where you live." They answered her question, her answer was immediate.
"No way."
"Awe, come on, you would let Danielle if they asked to come over. So pretty please?" They asked her.
"Because I know that Danielle wouldn't make fun of me like I know you two would." She replied.
"No matter how much we beg you?" The twins asked, Haruhi continuing to deny their request.
"I too have been thinking that it's about time I pay my respects to our beloved Haruhi's family," Tamaki sang, over what had just occurred with Nekozawa-senpai.
"No way in hell, senpai." Haruhi shot back to Tamaki with a small glare, sending the blonde back to sulking.
"There, there, senpai," Daniel said blankly as he patted the blonde's head while he was in the corner.
"We can settle this with a game. If you can't pick up which one of us is Hikaru, then your penalty will be the two of us coming over to your house later tonight." They told her, taking out their matching hats and mixing each other around. "Okay, so which one of us is Hikaru?"
Daniel had full confidence that Haruhi would be able to tell them apart but Daniel still felt bad about what the twins did to Nekozawa-senpai. He was sure the twins wouldn't apologize any time soon and he wanted to see if he was alright.
"Hey, Kyoya, I'm going to the Black Magic Club room to see if he's alright," Daniel informed the only intelligent male in this Host Club from what he knew.
"I'll allow it, return as soon as you can though, it's still club hours," Kyoya told the male, making Daniel nod as he headed towards the double doors to the Black Magic Club room.
"Uh, hello?" Daniel asked once he opened the doors, looking into the clubroom. He froze as he was already regretting coming here as he saw skulls with the gothic interior.
"Ooo, do we have another member joining us?" A male asked, Daniel, noting how they were all wearing dark cloaks like cultists.
"No, thanks. I'm just here to check on, Nekozawa." Daniel told them, spotting said male and walking over to him. "Are you alright, Nekozawa-senpai? What the twins did was quite mean." Daniel told the male as the male gave him a smile.
"You're quite kind, thank you for your concern. I'm alright now that I'm back in the darkness." Nekozawa told him.
"Well, I'm glad to hear that," Daniel said giving him a smile. He really didn't understand Nekozawa at all, but he wasn't a bad guy.
"I'll make sure to curse you with great fortune as a return for your kindness." Nekozawatold him making Daniel a little uncomfortable.
"Uh, yeah, okay. You do that." Daniel said before waving goodbye and heading back to the club.
When he came back he could tell he missed something big. For one, the twins seemed to be angry with each other and Renge was upset, when did she show up?
"Did I miss something?" Daniel asked.
~The Next Day~
Daniel just assumed like everyone else that the twins would get over their fight they apparently had. That wasn't the case. The two went as far as changing their hair colors to make sure people could tell them apart.
He already witnessed two of their fights today by them throwing stuff at each other, they really were upset with each other. "I thought they'd make up by now," I told Haruhi in a hushed tone after their fight in class.
"Yeah, me too," Haruhi muttered.
When lunch came along instead of just eating lunch in the classroom he followed the twins to the lunchroom with Haruhi. They were both worried about the twins so they were curious.
"I'll have the A lunch. No, give me the B pasta and the D salad! I'll take the F capellini with the barbarie duck! Hold on, make it a foie gras in Perigueux sauce!" The twins were telling the cooks, changing their minds as they kept copying each other. This caused the two to growl at each other in irritation. "Stop copying me! Why don't you just leave me alone?" They snapped.
"Amazing. Perfect unison even when fighting." Haruhi commented as Daniel nodded as the two watched the twins bicker with each other.
The sound of girls swooning caused the two to look over to see that the rest of the Host Club was now there with them. "I was wondering what all the fuss was about. I can't believe the two of you are still fighting. You're a disgrace to the host club." Tamaki scolded the twins with no effect as the girls swooned over their looks.
"We've had enough of this! You're both to blame for this fight." Honey told the twins, stepping in between them. "Hika-chan and Kao-chan, I want you to make up and go halfsies on this cake, 'kay?" Honey asked as he made a cake appear out of thin air. Alright, Honey doing this did make Daniel think magic could exist if Honey was able to make a cake appear out of nothing.
"But I want to have a piece too. So I guess we're going to have to go thirdsies. We're not going to be able to split the strawberry on top, though." Honey continued, looking conflicted as he stared at the cake. "What should we do? Maybe I should just take it. After all, strawberry is all my favorite. Oh, I forgot to ask. Hika-chan, Kao-chan, do you like strawberries?" Honey asked as Daniel could just feel the tension between the twins rising.
Luckily for them, Mori came and took Honey away from the two. "You're just making it worse. Leave them alone." Daniel was honestly surprised at how much Mori spoke just then, he didn't even know if he ever heard his voice before now.
"Oh, Haruhi, Danielle! I didn't expect to run into you two in the dining hall!" Tamaki exclaimed, diverting Daniel's attention to the blonde seeing him with a happy expression on his face, it kinda reminded the male of a puppy.
"We were worried about those two so we followed them without even thinking," Haruhi told him.
"Well, you started following them, I just didn't want to be alone in the classroom," Daniel muttered to himself before Haruhi continued.
"I always bring a box lunch and I was just gonna eat it in the classroom with Danielle." Haruhi finished.
"A boxed lunch?" Tamaki exclaimed as he started going into his little fantasy world causing Daniel to shake his head.
"Whatever you're imagining it's not realistic," Daniel told the blonde but the taller male didn't seem to hear him.
"Hey, Haruhi, Danielle, you wanna sit here with me?" He heard Hikaru call out, getting Daniel's attention back to the twins, even if it was just one of them for now.
"I guess," Daniel answered walking over with his lunch with Haruhi as the two sat down at the table. He didn't hesitate to sit on the other side of Haruhi when she sat next to Hikaru. All he cared about was eating his lunch.
"So, what'd you two bring for lunch?" He asked them in a slightly bored tone.
"Spaghetti and meatballs," Daniel replied opening his boxed lunch, already starting to eat.
"Just yesterday's leftovers and a rolled omelet," Haruhi answered placing her boxed lunch on the table. Almost immediately afterward Hikaru swapped his lunch with hers.
"You wanna switch with me? I had to order something different than Kaoru, so I ended up with stuff I don't really like." He told her, not giving her a chance to refuse.
"That's fine with me." She said, a little annoyed by Hikaru just taking her lunch, but she didn't do anything about it as she picked up the fork, looking down at the lunch.
Daniel had to admit, the food looked good as he slurped up some of his spaghetti, and from Haruhi's expression once she took a bite he guessed it was good. It made him a little envious that the school's food looked better than the food at home or in restaurants.
"Well played, Hikaru!" Tamaki said coming up next to him, holding his own tray of lunch. "As a reward, I'd like to trade you my lunch for your box lunch." Tamaki offered. Daniel couldn't help but find this to be sad for Tamaki.
"No way," Hikaru told him as Tamaki continued to try to trade lunches with Hikaru so he would taste Haruhi's lunch.
"What a bunch of weirdos," Daniel muttered under his breath as Haruhi was still in her own world, relishing the taste of the school's food.
The sound of a moving chair next to him caused Daniel to look over noticing Kaoru taking a seat next to him. "Hey, Danielle, would you like to taste my food?" Kaoru offered, taking a spoon of some of his lunch and hold it out to him. "Here," He told the male, moving it closer to his mouth.
Daniel had no idea why he opened his mouth for Kaoru to feed him, just the temptation of trying the food got to him. Before he could even get a taste Hikaru moved and ate the food instead.
"Quit butting in. Get lost, Kaoru." Hikaru glared at his brother, the spoon still in his mouth.
Daniel could already see the glint in Kaoru's eyes as he threw his mashed potatoes, aiming for Hikaru's face. Hikaru dodged the attack by using Tamaki as a meat shield, the blonde getting his face full of mashed potatoes as a glint appeared in Hikaru's eyes.
Daniel didn't have to watch to know that they started throwing stuff at each other again, it snapped Haruhi out of her little fantasy and sighed. "I think I'm going to go eat in my classroom after all." She said, taking back her unopened boxed lunch and leaving the lunchroom.
The other male just sighed as he looked at his spaghetti and continued eating, ignoring the fight happening behind him.
~After School~
When school was over the Host Club had a meeting discussing the twins. Kyoya, his focus on the money, as usual, was on a calculator.
"Looking at the numbers, if the situation isn't resolved, I'm afraid we're going to have to stop offering our brotherly love package. We're down one pair of loving brothers. " Kyoya told them before looking up at Haruhi. "Oh, and Haruhi, I just want you to know there's no reason for you to feel responsible. Even though it was your tactless comment that started this whole feud between the twins in the first place, right?" Kyoya added with a smile sending a shiver down Daniel's spine. It was obvious Kyoya blamed Haruhi for this happening.
"It's weird for Hika-chan and Kao-chan to be fighting like this. It's never happened before." Honey said while playing with his bunny.
"Wait, they've never fought before? They would've had at least one argument with each other." Daniel stated.
"I've known Hika-chan and Kao-chan since we were in preschool. We weren't in the same year, so I never really got to talk to them. But I remember that the two of them always played together."
"Yeah, that's true. I mean, I've only known the twin since they were in middle school, but they definitely stood out. It seemed like they kept everyone at a distance except each other. Believe it or not, they were even more warped back then. When you stop and think about it, maybe this fight is a good thing for them. Maybe it means that the twins are expanding their horizons a bit. We should just leave them alone and let them work it out." Tamaki decided with a smile, thinking this would be the answer.
Daniel wasn't sure about just leaving them alone to work it out, they weren't really the ones to admit they were wrong or apologize. He didn't say anything though because he hoped Tamaki would be right and they would stop and make up soon if they did nothing about it.
~The Next Day~
When it was time for school the next day, Daniel was a bit on edge. He had trouble sleeping last night and he couldn't find Dodo anywhere. That toy meant so much to him and now that it was missing Daniel was anxious about the day. He was the only one walking through the halls heading to class from a bathroom break when he came across the twins.
He came to a stop when he saw them acting civil to each other when just earlier they were fighting again in the classroom. At first, he assumed they've made up but even he knew a fight like this wouldn't have ended so easily. "Why aren't you two fighting?" Daniel asked causing the two to look at him.
As soon as he got their attention he was whisked away into an enclosed area. "Don't tell the others." They told him, the pieces clicking into place for Daniel.
"You guys been pretend fighting for three days! Why would you two do such a thing!?" Daniel exclaimed.
"We were bored." They shrugged at Daniel's outburst.
"That's not right! You have to tell the others that this was faked, or I will!" Daniel threatened, the twins seemingly unaffected by his threat.
"Oh, you won't be telling the others a thing." Kaoru grinned with his twin.
"Unless you don't want Dodo back." Hikaru finished taking out his stuffed animal making Daniel's eyes widen.
"W-What? How did you guys get him! Give him back!" Daniel shouted reaching for the toy only for Hikaru to hold it up in the air.
"We took him while you were sleeping, and you'll get him back when we're done 'fighting'." They told him a mischievous grin on their faces.
Daniel could only grit his teeth in anger, clenching his fists to his side. "Fine. But you better give him back a soon as it's over." Daniel growled at their grinning faces before storming back to class.
When it was time to set up for the club the twins were still throwing stuff at each other, growling and pretending to heat each other to fool the others for fun. It was sick in Daniel's mind and he couldn't say anything unless he wanted Dodo to stay with the twins.
"Don't you guys think that maybe it's time you give up all this fighting? It's driving me insane." Tamaki said annoyed by their behavior even though just yesterday he said to just leave them alone to work it out.
"What'd you say? It's driving you insane? You've gotta be kidding me. How do you think I feel right now? Every time I look in the mirror, I see his face. I'm sick and tired of constantly being mistaken for you, Kaoru! The truth is I hate your guts!" Hikaru shouted at Kaoru.
Even though Daniel knew Hikaru was just acting he couldn't help but feel that this was real, it made him question if anything they do was real or just an act.
"You took the words right out of my mouth. In fact, I hate you so much I bought this, Belzenef, the curse doll. I'm going to complete the curse, Hikaru. I'm going to write your name on his back. From this day forward, you're going to experience nothing but misfortune and sorrow!" Kaoru said as he took a marker and the wooden belzenef doll, writing on it's back.
That was when Daniel saw Haruhi snap and rush over, punching both of the twins on top of their heads. "Would you guys knock it off? What do you think you're doing? You don't bring something like this into a petty fight. Both of you are at fault here but what's really sad is that you brought everyone else around you into your big mess! Now apologize to each other! If you don't make up right now, I'll never let you come over to my house. Have I made myself clear?" She yelled at them while holding the wooden doll.
It took only a second for the two to start smirking. "So then what you're saying, Haruhi, is that if we make up, we can come over to your place?" They asked standing up and going on either side of her. This made Haruhi confused looking down at the doll before paling and screaming in shock.
"I'm so sorry, Kaoru. Even though I was just following our script, I said such awful things to you. I'm not fit to be your brother." Hikaru cooed as the two started holding each other.
"Don't say that, Hikaru. I was so worried. I couldn't live with myself if I ever thought I had hurt you." Kaoru replied back.
"Kaoru, I'll never let you go again!"
"Hikaru!"
Once their act was over Daniel saw Tamaki pale and collapse to the floor with Haruhi.
"You gotta be kidding. You mean you guys were faking it this whole time?" Honey exclaimed.
"We didn't have anything else to do. We were bored." The twins laughed as Tamaki shakily looked up at the two.
Twins with too much time on their hands... are the devil," Tamaki stated, making the twins look down at him and stick their tongues out.
~During Club Hours~
"I'm so glad they made up." One of the girl guests for the twins said as they were in the club.
The two were smiling happily as they took out their hats. "Okay, it's time to play the 'Which one is Hikaru' game!" The two told their guests even though they have kept their dyed hair colors.
"Oh, I know, the twin with the pink hair is Hikaru." A girl raised her hand as the other girls were giggling.
"We have a winner!" The two congratulated the girl, the other girls clapping.
"So are you two gonna keep your wild hair color even though you've made up? It's much easier to tell the two of you apart now." Another girl asked them.
"No, it isn't. Today, the pink one is Kaoru, and Hikaru's the blue one. You swapped colors for today, huh?" Haruhi asked while she walked by with her books in her hands as they watched her go silently.
Taking this as a chance to talk to confront the two about his dog Daniel stormed up to the two of them. "I did what you asked me to do, now give him back!" He ordered.
"Awe, you're so cute when you're angry. Okay, you can have Dodo back." The twins said, grinning as Hikaru gave Daniel his stuffed animal causing the male in the dress to hug it tightly. This caused an uproar of squeals from the other guests making Daniel blush with embarrassment.
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