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Chapter 7: The Secret Admirer!

It was just like any other day for Daniel at Ouran Academy. The cross-dressing male would do his school stuff and then be fawned over by both genders at the Host Club. Lately, he has been given gifts outside of club hours as he stood in front of his locker seeing it decorated with hearts and some packaged chocolate taped on his locker while there was a love note addressed to Danielle.

He thought this only happened in the movies but yet again this was Ouran Academy filled with rich people, so of course, they all would go over the top in stuff like this. He plucked the note and read it over, there was no name to tell him who these were from so he had no idea what to do.

They weren't doing any harm so he didn't think much about it other than it was a little weird for him. He did look around to see if he could spot anyone who could've done this to him but he saw no one. He let out a shrug as he started taking down the decorations from his locker and taking the chocolate off of his locker, unknowing of the set of eyes watching him from behind a corner.

From behind the said corner, a male stood, shyly watching Danielle take the chocolate, unknowing of the other's true gender. The male had short, curly blonde hair, some of it covering his brown eyes.

The male couldn't stop watching the beautiful 'girl' in front of him with star-struck eyes. She was so cute with her long, black hair, her big, green eyes. She looked like a princess in his eyes, a princess with a sharp tongue, but a princess nonetheless.

He felt his heart flutter when he saw Danielle take out the chocolate and started eating his gift for her as she walked away.

"Why is she so cute?" He asked himself as he moved back, leaning his back against the wall as a blush was shown on his features.

He was so scared that she would just throw everything away, he really liked her and wanted to talk to her. The only problem was that he was too shy, he could never gather up the courage to go up to her and talk to her in person. He wouldn't be able to handle the rejection so he decided to use the secret admirer approach to talk with her.

He used this approach for the next couple of days as he was building up his courage to talk to her, request her in the Host Club. This was all making him super nervous as it was getting closer and closer to the Host Club opening and letting in guests.

It wouldn't be uncommon for guys to go to the Host Club ever since Danielle became a hostess but the male couldn't stop being nervous. "Deep breaths, Aaron. Deep breaths." The male told himself as he started heading towards the abandoned music room where the Host Club was held at.

Aaron didn't have to worry about being the only male at the club to request Danielle as he saw other male students heading to the Host Club, overhearing them talk about Danielle.

"What do you think Danielle's going to be dressed as this time?"

"I don't know, last time she was dressed in a grass skirt and wearing a coconut bra. That was hot."

"Yeah and how flustered she was wearing it was so cute." The two males talked about giving Aaron a huge blush on his features as he imagined that.

He quickly shook the image from his mind as he came across the double doors. This was it, he was going to enter and finally be able to talk to her and have her attention on him.

When he opened the doors there were already a lot of guests there, mostly female, but still. The hardest part of coming here so far was requesting Danielle, why? Well, because of Kyoya Ootori. It wasn't his fault that the male was intimidating.

One wrong move and he might just have to leave the country. That's what Aaron felt as he walked up behind some girls who were waiting in a line to request one of the hosts.

"Hello, and who might you be requesting for today, ladies?" Aaron heard Kyoya ask the girls in front of him.

"We'd like to request Haruhi, please!" One of them told the raven-haired male as he wrote down in his book.

"Of course, he'll be free in a half hour for you ladies." Kyoya gave the girls a smile. "For your wait, feel free to walk around and enjoy yourselves to any and all refreshments." He told them as they nodded walking off to watch the other Hosts do their job.

Aaron felt his heart go up into his throat as he was next to request someone at the Host Club, his choice was obvious but it still was a nerve-wracking experience for his first time coming here.

"Ah, welcome to the Host Club, I assume you'll be requesting Danielle?" Kyoya told the male, looking over at Aaron, holding his pen to write him down.

"Y-yes, please," Aaron told the male, mentally screaming at himself for stuttering in front of him.

"Alright, enjoy your time at the Host Club, her next appointment is in a half-hour," Kyoya told him making the shorter blonde nod and walk off so other people could request people.

He couldn't believe he made it this far, all he had to do now was wait thirty minutes before he could finally talk to his crush. Speaking of which he noticed her sitting at a table with other guys, talking. He felt a bit jealous at the sight, he wanted to go over there so bad. She was so pretty and cute, her smile made him feel like he was floating on a cloud.

Meanwhile, for Daniel, he was getting tired of talking to his guests. Daniel wasn't much of a social person but if he didn't want to be found out he was actually a guy he would have to keep up with this act. His current guests were a bunch of guys asking questions and asking what he was into. They weren't very subtle but he played dumb to it, it was better than denying his guests' requests and having them disappointed, this falling down into a spiral where eventually he's found out to be a guy, the whole time catfishing his classmates, thus ruining his life.

It was a little dramatic but that's what his thought process was like in these types of situations. Soon enough his guests left only for more to come, this time it was with a blonde who looked like he was going to pass out.

"Hey, are you alright?" He asked the male causing the blonde to flinch.

"U-uh, yes! Sorry, I don't kno-I never did this before." The blonde stuttered making Daniel give him a reassuring smile.

"That's alright, we're always getting new guests lately so you're not alone. Don't worry, I'll make sure your time here was worth it." He giggled seeing the male blush at his comment. Guys were really to get flustered, especially this one. "Let's start by introductions, I'm Danielle Hideyoshi." He smiled.

The blonde gulped slightly as he replied back, "M-My name's Aaron Mikalo." He told the feminine male causing his eyes to widen a slight bit.

"Are you from America?" Daniel asked with a tilt of his head, waiting for Aaron's reply.

"N-No, well yes. I was adopted from America." Aaron replied looking away nervously.

"Heh, I wasn't adopted but I was born in America too, guess we're Continent buddies." Daniel joked.

Aaron let out a slightly nervous smile while a blush formed on his face. "Y-Yeah, continent buddies," Aaron replied as the two kept talking. Daniel doing most of it for the first half until Aaron started easing up to him.

It was nice to have a male guest not act inappropriately to him, Aaron was too shy and nervous to do a thing like that. It gave Daniel a break from having to deal with guests who just wanted an excuse to try and ask him out and check him out.

While the two were talking an announcement turned their attention over to Kyoya. "Sorry to interrupt but the Host Club is planning to hold a contest. All you have to do is write your name on a slip of paper and place it in this box." Kyoya told everyone, slipping a paper into the box as a demonstration.

"I didn't know anything about a contest," Daniel muttered, wondering what type of contest it would be.

"The winner will be selected randomly and will receive the prize of taking Miss. Hideyoshi on a date of your choice." Kyoya added causing Daniel's mouth to open in shock.

"What!?" He exclaimed to the Ravenette.

Ignoring Daniel's shock Kyoya continued. "You may play as many times as you wish, the contest will end within a week's time and we will reveal the winner once Club hours have ended that day. Thank you for your time and please carry on and participate in this contest." Kyoya ended as the guests were getting excited about the news.

It wasn't long until there was a line to sign up for this contest which caused Daniel to groan and lay his head on the table. He didn't want to go on a date with people, that was the last thing he wanted but of course, the world had other plans for the crossdresser.

"Don't worry, Daddy will make sure no one else will take you on a date, I will win so no one will bother you!" Tamaki exclaimed to the male just making Daniel want to hide away where no one could find him.

"Who says you're going to win the contest Boss, there's more of a chance that we'll win a date with Danielle." The twins told the blonde.

"I don't want any of you to win," Daniel whined into the table.

"I'm not going to lose to the like of you shady twins!" Tamaki retorted, pointing at them causing the two to grin.

"Oh, really? Let's make a bet then. If you win the contest we won't bother Danielle for the whole week, this involves teasing, and doing anything to them." They said peaking the blonde and Daniel's interest.

"Though if you don't win, you'll have to be our slave instead for the week!" The twins declared.

"And what if neither of you wins?" Daniel couldn't help but ask.

"If none of us win... How about the three of us doing what you tell us to do for the week." The twins suggested, tempting Daniel even more.

"So what do you say, Boss?" The twins asked Tamaki as the blonde was in deep thought.

"I accept!" Tamaki declared, starting the twins' bet, confident that he wouldn't lose.

Daniel was confident too, confident that the three of them wouldn't win. There was just little to no chance that those three would win, no matter how many times they placed their names into the box. Other people would do the same and it was more likely he would just get a random girl or guy guest to go on a date with instead.

That didn't mean he wasn't still upset about the contest though, he doesn't want to hang out with people more than he's supposed to. He'd rather stay at home with his stuffed animals and sleep throughout the day.

Meanwhile, Aaron just couldn't believe it, the day he decided to talk to his crush was the day he would have a chance to go on a date with them. He felt his cheeks flush at the thought of that, what would they do if he won? There were so many things he wanted to do with Danielle, he could even ask her out on another date that wasn't contest based.

The blonde just couldn't help it, when he looked over at Danielle though she didn't look excited about it, well he could see why since this was news to her too and she couldn't do a thing about it. It made him feel a bit bad for getting excited about the contest.

"Are you okay with all of this?" Aaron asked Danielle seeing her look up at the blonde, a small shiver going up his spine as he forced himself not to blush because of it.

"Yeah, it's alright, I'd just wish they would warn me about these types of events especially if I'm the center of it." She sighed sitting up and giving Aaron a smile. "Sorry, you had to see that though, Aaron." She told the male causing him to blush brightly as a result.

"I-it's alright!" Aaron stuttered in response.


~The Next Day~


The next day Daniel came to school early, why? Well because both of his parents had to leave early today and was dropped off. He could understand his father for going to work early, but why did his mom have to leave? That was a mystery he would solve another day though as he froze in the hallway.

He saw Aaron was there, at his locker, putting stuff on it. It quickly clicked that Aaron was his secret admirer. "You're the one who's been doing this?" He told Aaron causing the male to shriek and drop the stuff he was holding and quickly turned around to see him.

"W-What are y-you talking about? I-I didn't do this." Aaron quickly denied, blushing brightly at being caught.

Daniel just stared at him with a blank expression, looking at the stuff he dropped that was a bunch of paper hearts and what he assumed was another love letter to him. "Mhm." He crossed his arms.

Aaron's shoulders sagged as he looked away. "O-Okay, I'm the one who's been decorating your locker. I-I'm sorry." He apologized, avoiding eye-contact with the cross-dresser.

Daniel walked over, causing Aaron to flinch before Daniel picked up the stuff he dropped. "I'm flattered you did this for me, but I can't accept your feelings. You're a sweet guy, but I'm not interested in dating right now." He told Aaron, handing the blonde the supplies.

Aaron didn't say anything as he looked down at the supplies, he figured he would be rejected but it still hurt.

"Hey, we can still be friends though, like I said you are a sweet guy and it's nice talking with you," Daniel told him.

"O-Okay!" Aaron replied, blushing, seeing Danielle smile at him. He would accept her friendship. Even if she didn't feel the same way, he liked being around her and would treasure their time together.


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