Chapter 20: The Zoo
Daniel blinked as a poster was held out in front of him of the zoo. "We're going to the Zoo?" Daniel asked taking the poster mostly eyeing the panda on the poster.
"Yeah! Isn't that exciting Elle-chan?" Honey asked as the others were looking at him.
"It'll be a fun experience for everyone!" Tamaki exclaimed, himself just as excited to go as Honey.
Haruhi looked at Daniel who was still staring at the poster. "Uh, Daniel?" Haruhi asked making Daniel blink and look up with a hum. "You okay there?" She asked.
"I'm fine, when are we leaving?" Daniel asked.
"At eight, we'll have the whole day spent at the zoo." Kyoya informed him.
"Good." Daniel replied folding the poster and putting it in his bag before leaving.
"What's up with Daniel?" The twins asked all of them confused with how Daniel acted towards the whole thing.
"Oh, Daniel loves Pandas that's why." Jiro told them as he was who they went to to ask about Daniel. "Yeah, when we were younger he only dressed up as a panda for a whole month." Jiro laughed.
"Daniel loves Pandas..." The trio of idiots replied imagining Daniel in a Panda costume just eating bamboo in a hammock.
"So cute." They muttered.
"Do you have pictures of this event!?" Tamaki asked.
Jiro snorted and took out his phone. "Not on me, but I'm sure I can get them and share them with you guys." He told them texting Hikari about it.
"Good luck getting him away from the panda enclosure." Jiro told them as he headed off, the Hosts looking at each other.
By the time they got to school the next day they were dressed in casual wear for comfort, along with guests as they were all in the lobby. The girls were chatting excitedly about seeing the animals.
"Do I really have to go too?" Haruhi asked with a sigh.
"Yes, Haruhi, it's a club activity, you can't skip out on this." The twins told her.
"The only one we're waiting for is Danielle." Hikaru said looking at the time on his phone.
The front doors opened as Daniel came in panting a bit. "I'm here." He replied with a backpack on with panda accessories while wearing a panda cap and a panda shirt as he had a light blush on his face with a determined look in his eyes.
Hikaru felt his face heat up on how cute he was on how excited he was to see the Pandas. He had to cover his face and look to the side.
"Oh, Danielle, I didn't know you liked Pandas so much." A guest told him as the girls gathered around him, complimenting his stuff.
Tamaki clapped his hands together. "Well, now that everyone is here everyone get in the bus." He told everyone. Daniel and Haruhi were only expecting the classic, yellow bus but seeing his fancy long bus made them wonder why they kept getting surprised by this stuff.
"Damn rich people." Haruhi muttered as she sighed and got on the bus.
Daniel sat in a window seat in the back, practically shaking as he was excited to see the Pandas as he looked out the window.
"Sooo... This really is your first time at a zoo?" Hikaru asked him as he was sitting next to him.
"Yeah, I've always wanted to go to the zoo, but my parents either didn't have the money or the days we would try something came up." He replied and looked over at Hikaru. "How many times have you been to the zoo?" He asked, Hikaru feeling some steam come out of his ears as he forced himself not to blush.
"Too many to count, I could pretty much buy the zoo if I wanted to." Hikaru replied as Daniel stared at him blankly.
"Uh huh, I'm not surprised." He replied flatly. "What's your favorite animal at the zoo then?" He asked.
Hikaru should've expected this question to be asked. He sweated a bit looking around for any help for the answer. "Uh..." He looked out the window seeing a horse. "Zebra."
"You like Zebras?" Daniel questioned.
"Yup! They're cool and striped." Hikaru replied to him sweating nervously.
Daniel blink and snorted a bit. "Well, you're not wrong. They're very striped." He chuckled, the tension easing after hearing Daniel's amusement making Hikaru smile softly at him.
"He's so obvious." Haruhi muttered sitting with Kaoru watching Hikaru with Daniel.
"Not obvious enough, apparently." Kaoru snickered.
Daniel's eyes were wide and sparkling as they stood in front of the entrance to the zoo. "Alright, everyone is assigned to a Host to stay with for this trip. Haruhi, Danielle, you two will be together due to you both never being here before." Kyoya told the commoners, mostly deducing Daniel will only stay at the Panda exhibit so having Haruhi there to entertain the guests and explore too will make their guests not stuck at the Panda exhibit.
"Now, don't get lost, my Princesses, I'm sure we'll have a great time together." Tamaki told the girls with a wink making them swoon.
Haruhi rolled her eyes as she held a map. "Okay, we can start here near the front and make our way around." She told their group.
"I only want to see the Pandas." Daniel told her bluntly making her sweat drop on how serious he looked.
"We'll get there, eventually." Haruhi told him before two of the girls rose their hands.
"Oh, we know where the Panda exhibit are, we can just bring Danielle there and you can meet us!" They told Haruhi.
"Alright, just stay together." Haruhi told them. The girls giggling as they brought Daniel through the zoo.
"I heard there are baby Pandas going to be released in the Panda enclosure today, I bet they're so cute." One girl cooed as Daniel gripped his Panda bag.
"I want to see a baby Panda." He replied blushing as the girls found him adorable like this.
As soon as they got to the Panda enclosure Daniel was at the glass excitedly as he spotted a panda making his heart lurch. "I love you." He whispered through the glass as Daniel was smiling and blushing at the panda.
The girls giggled. "How much do you love Pandas, Danielle?" One asked.
Daniel looked over at them. "I would die for and because of them." He told them before looking back and gasped seeing a baby panda. He took out his phone and took pictures of the pandas as the girls watched.
That's where Daniel stayed for the next two hours. The girls had left him alone to look around themselves since Daniel wasn't moving anywhere any time soon.
"You weren't kidding about liking Pandas." The twins replied standing on either side of him as Daniel watched the Pandas eat.
"I love them so much." He replied and looked up at them.
'CUTE!' The twins thought looking at Daniel.
"I want to pet them so badly, they look so soft." Daniel whined as he went back to looking at the Pandas.
"I'm not sure if they'll let you though, you probably need to be trained or something to deal with Pandas." They replied as Daniel made a face.
"I know." The black haired male sighed. "But one can dream." He said looking at the Pandas longingly.
The twins looked at each other a lightbulb going on above their heads. "Hey, let's look at other animals." Kaoru suggested.
"Why would I want to see any other animal?" Daniel asked pressing his face to the glass.
"We can look at the Zebras, come on!" They told him linking their arms with his and dragging him off to his dismay.
"Noooooo!" Daniel whined as the twins kidnapped him away from the Panda exhibit.
The three stood together watching the Zebras run around. "Can we go back now?" Daniel asked.
"The Panda's aren't going anywhere, you should look around." Hikaru told him. Daniel sighed.
"Fine." He said before spotting a gift shop. "Can we go in there then?" He asked, the twins looking over as Daniel headed to the gift shop.
"Did you even bring any money with you?" They asked him, catching up to him.
"Of course, we're staying for the whole day, right?" He asked.
"Well, we do plan on going to a restaurant to eat." Kaoru replied.
"Don't worry, the Host Club is paying for the food." Hikaru told him.
Daniel made a face. "You say that like I can hardly afford to eat. I'm not that poor." He replied before looking at all the stuff at the gift shop.
"Stay here with Daniel. I'm going to find Kyoya." Kaoru whispered to his brother, telling him his idea making the other nod.
"This is cute." Daniel said smiling as he picked up a Zebra plush.
"I thought you would've picked out one of the Panda plushies." Hikaru told him standing next to him.
"Yeah, but, you like Zebras, right?" Daniel asked looking at him. Hikaru's face turned red.
"You're getting this for me?" Hikaru asked blushing. "I could pay for it myself!" He told him panicking.
Daniel rolled his eyes. "I know you can pay for it, you don't have to keep rubbing it in on how rich you are. Just forget I said anything." He said putting the plush back as he walked off to look at more things.
Hikaru groaned to himself hitting his head. "Stupid." He mumbled to himself and before long Kaoru came back giving Hikaru a thumbs up.
"Why are coming back?" Haruhi asked, feeling exhausted from the day.
"We're having a Hosts only experience at the Zoo, isn't this exciting?" Tamaki asked as he was still wearing a zoo hat with his animal pins he bought at the gift shop.
"Ooo, I wonder what it is!" Honey asked excitedly as he sat on Mori's shoulders as Mori grunted in agreement.
Daniel was curious about it too, he wasn't going to complain about coming back. He had a fun time so far. A bit tired, but it was worth it.
Hikaru and Kaoru wouldn't stop smiling as they stood together, obviously knowing what it was about.
Haruhi narrowed her eyes. "What did you two do?" She asked.
"Why do you think we did anything?"
"Come now Haruhi, have some faith in us." The twins told her.
Kyoya walked up. "Alright, they're ready for us, come on." He told them and led the way.
It quickly became clear where they were going as they got closer to the Panda exhibit. "Wait! Are we going to see the Pandas up close?" Daniel asked with wide eyes.
Kyoya didn't reply with anything other than a smile.
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, we're going to see Pandas!" Daniel said excitedly.
Hikaru and Kaoru smiled at how happy this made Daniel.
"Ah, hello, we're honored to have you all here, now please follow me so you can get sanitized and dressed appropriately." A zoo keeper smiled seeing them as they led them away.
Daniel couldn't contain how happy he was when they got in the exhibit as Daniel sat in the grass. His lip trembled as the Zoo Keeper gave him a baby panda. He couldn't speak as he started sobbing.
"Daniel, are you okay!?" The hosts asked worried about him only to see Daniel look at them with tears in his eyes.
"I never been h-happier." He replied and sniffed as the baby Panda made noises walking on him as Daniel felt like he could die right then and there.
"You can thank Hikaru and Kaoru for this." Tamaki told him, revealing he knew about this too.
Daniel looked at Hikaru and Kaoru. "You did this?" He asked choking up as a Panda climbed on his head.
"Of course!" They replied, Hikaru feeling like his heart would beat out of his chest seeing on the effect this plan had on Daniel. He never seen Daniel so happy that he cried. It made him feel warm inside to see how happy he was.
"I never thought you guys could do something so... Selflessly." Haruhi commented.
"We can do the same for you, Haruhi!" They grinned at her.
"No way." Haruhi immediately replied and Daniel couldn't stop smiling. Today would count as the best day ever for Daniel, having held and pet a baby Panda. Who knows what else will happen next?
Author's Note:
Just wanted to quickly shoutout a cute story I found I'm the Host Club's Shy Type! (Tamaki x Male reader) by Mammon Slime. I didn't even know they knew my story too! But really their story is cute to read, and I'm a sucker for 'Male reader'/gay stories
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