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You sigh as you walk up to the large, overly pink building.
Ouran Academy. Only for the most prestigious and high ranking people. Ugh.
"I already don't like this atmosphere, too fancy." You absentmindedly waved off your cousin as they drove off in their Ferrari.
Sure, you were in a relatively rich family, but that's not the sole reason you were here.
For one, you were excellent when it came to education. Apart from a few select subjects, you were excelling in everything else.
Second, to help in enrollment, you did indeed pay a lot of money. But that's not your primary reason for being here.
The third, most important reason..
You wanted to reunite with an old friend you haven't seen in years.
"Well, no time to waste! Let's get inside." You ran up to the building, your stupid dress got in the way so you had to hold it.
You passed by people who either ignored you or gave you dirty looks for running. Not like you gave a shit.
Once inside, you slowed down, looking around in awe.
"Well, this place sure is snazzy.." the decor was pretty frickin good. You decided to look around a little bit.
But you almost forgot why you were here at all.
"Oh. Right!" You go to talk to a few other students, asking for information.
"Excuse me, can you tell me where I can find Haruhi Fujioka??"
..
..
A few people told you about some Host Club, but what the hell did that mean?? Host Club?? Haruhi??
Eventually, one girl was actually helpful.
"Haruhi? He's part of the Host Club on the third floor." She looks at you.
"Great! Which room?"
"The Music Room, down the hall. I think it's number three.." she looks upstairs.
"Thanks--wait, he?"
She gave you a look, "Yes, he. What about it?"
What??
You blink, "Haruhi.. is a girl."
She and a few girls stared, before laughing.
You glared lightly at them.
"What??"
One girl sighed, "How nice, someone actually thinks he's a girl!"
"You're new, sweetie, don't think you know everything just yet." They walked off, leaving you annoyed.
"Fuck you then.." you say under your breath.
--
You found it! The Host Club. Why they'd put it in some music room is beyond you but you'll take what you can get.
Pushing the door open, you flinch as suddenly a breeze full of rose petals flew out at you.
"The hell? Roses??"
Suddenly, a cool voice spoke to you.
"I'm terribly sorry, Miss, but the Host Club is closed, please come back in an hour or so."
You look up to see a young man with black hair, dark eyes, and glasses. He gave you a smile that you only read as condescending and slightly half-assed.
"I'm not here for that stinking Host Club, dammit." You stood. You didn't realize you were on the ground..
Someone walked around behind this guy, but stopped to look at you.
"I'm here to find--"
"Y/N?"
Your eyes widen, as you look behind the mysterious boy.
"Haruhi!"
Haruhi gave you that familiar smile that you missed dearly, brown eyes sparkling cutely.
"Hey! I didn't know you came back. It's good to see you again." She walked over. The boy looks at Haruhi.
"You know her?"
Haruhi nods, "She's my old friend."
You grin, "Damn straight."
Haruhi chuckled and you laughed heartily. It'd been so long since you saw her. You'd both been good friends for quite a while. Since you were kids, actually.
While she never invited you to her house, you saw her at school.
You'll never forget meeting her after your class got caught in a thunderstorm during a field trip.
--
You crossed your arms as the rest of the class was either crying or ignoring the storm. You were all inside a cabin, so you weren't just stranded in the rain.
"Boring. I want to go outside again.." you look around, seeing a long-haired girl shivering under one of the lunch tables.
You blink, going to her.
"Hey!"
She flinched.
"Hey, don't cry! I can tell you're crying, y'know."
She looks at you, sniffling.
"Wha..?"
"Crying will make it scarier, you know! Come on, get out and play until it's over!" You smile as she looks away.
"... I don't want to move..."
You frown, "Well." You get under with her, surprising her.
"I'll stay with you under here then!" You smile, "I'm Y/N!"
Her eyes lit up and she gave you a small smile.
"I'm Haruhi."
--
"You were so shy." You smile as she blushed.
"Yeah, haha.."
"So you know each other? Interesting.." the boy with glasses wrote something down in this little notepad. Huh..
"What's with the sudden disappearance, Haru-chan?" A kid's voice said.
All three of you turned your gaze to a group of boys.
"Oh. Sorry about that." Haruhi chuckled.
"Who's that, Haruhi? She's awfully adorable, could she be a new regular of yours?" Some blondie asked.
Regular?
Haruhi shook her head, "No, no. See, everyone," she pulled you up gently and you looked at the group in slight exasperation.
"This is my old friend, Y/N."
There was a moment of silence before everyone except two made sounds of surprise at this revelation.
"Old friend?? Like, like a childhood friend??" The childish one bounced up to you excitedly. You awkwardly smile.
"Yyyyeah?" You look at Haruhi, who gave you a small look of apology for what you're about to get into.
"I see! It's very nice to meet you, Y/N. I am Tamaki Suoh. The King of this Host Club~" he spun to you dramatically, offering you a magic rose.
You stare at it.
Then look at Haruhi.
"...Who's this bozo?" You whisper to her, but Tamaki was close enough to hear.
The rose's petals fell off as Tamaki froze. Then he literally went snow white and faded away into a corner.
"Well, if that's how you feel, I won't judge you for it.."
"He's exactly what he said. King of the Host Club. Which is his way of saying he's President." Haruhi shrugs as you nod.
"Guess he fits the part of a place like this. Charming and flamboyant.."
Tamaki gave you a tearful look of hope.
"..But also just a pretty boy who's sightly annoying."
Then a large mental arrow hit him square in the face.
Haruhi chuckled, "Guess so.."
"Oh, it seems I failed to impress Haruhi's best friend..BUT FEAR NOT! No matter how much you dislike me, I'll consider you a VIP, and I'll treat you as such!!" He sobbed, but held his fists up in a powerful way. You rolled your eyes.
"Calm down, I don't hate you. You're just overdramatic--"
He gasped, looking at you with a small blush, and you just cringed, looking away to drop the conversation.
The boy from earlier cleared his throat, "I suppose I should introduce myself as well, my name is Kyoya Ootori. I am the Vice-president of the Host Club as well as the Cool Type." He looks at you, "A pleasure."
You blink, "Cool Type?"
"Oh, yeah. In this club, each guy has a type to suit tastes of the female clients. I'm the Natural Type. Tamaki is the Princely Type." Haruhi looks at the 'King', who was just watching you two with admiration. Geez.
You then felt a small tug on your sleeve, looking down, you see the kid from earlier.
He gave you a cheery smile, "Hiya, Y/N-chan! I'm Honey-senpai but you can just call me Honey if you'd like! I'm the Boy-Lolita type!" He pulled out a pink bunny, shoving it in your face to which you flinched.
"This is Usa-chan! Isn't he cute??"
You stared, unsure what to say to this one. "Uhh.."
Honey teared up, "What, you don't like him??"
You blink, "Uhh, well..I guess he's kinda cute, I mean.."
But then Honey clinged to you like a koala, nuzzling you, "Oh, I'm so glad!! I know we're going to be good friends, Y/N-chan!!"
You chuckled nervously as Haruhi sighs, smiling, before you hear someone walking up to you.
"Honey, she just got here. You're flustering her."
Looking up, you and Honey meet eyes with a tall, and I mean tall guy.
"Oh, right, sorry!" Honey hops down, "Y/N-chan! This is Takashi! Or Mori, whatever you want to say! He's the Silent Type, ooh~" Honey giggled.
"Ahh." You look at Mori, he gave you a small semblance of a smile.
You shiver. He was attractive but..
"Intimidating.." you mumbled.
"He's really nice once you get to know him, trust me." Haruhi put a hand on your shoulder reassuringly.
"I see.."
"And lastly," "you have us!"
Two redheads slid up to you and Haruhi.
"Hikaru!" One said.
"And Kaoru!" The other said.
You blink as they spun, grinning at you mischievously.
"The Hitachiin twins!"
You blink.
"I see."
They frown, huffing.
"That's it?"
"Aw, how mean. I expected more."
"Well, sorry to lower your expectations." You sigh, "I'm just trying to take this all in."
"I see, I see~"
"We can help you feel right at home~" they grinned as Haruhi stood in front of you.
"Uh, let's not." She interjects.
"You're no fun." "We just wanted to give your friend a warm welcome!"
They shrug, shaking their heads as you and Haruhi sigh.
"Well, I guess it's nice to meet all of you but, uh..." You look at Haruhi, "Mind to explain why you're working for a club made up of males?"
That was when they all froze.
"...Oh. THAT situation." Haruhi rubbed the back of her head, "I kinda have a huge debt to pay to them."
"Oh. Well that's easy, I could pay it for you."
Then it was as if glass broke as the four most active men in the room screamed in shock. Haruhi looked at you in surprise.
"You guys got that much money?"
"I mean, I don't have that much on me but my parents can help pay it."
"But Haruhi, you wouldn't abandon us just like that, would you??" Tamaki scrambled up to her.
Haruhi hummed, "Well.."
He whimpered, looking at her desperately. You just crossed your arms, waiting.
"Hmm....That would be nice.."
The twins and Honey joined Tamaki in the desperate begging.
"But I think I'll pass." Then they sighed in relief.
You tsk, "I mean, whatever you say, I guess." You shrug.
"Fun and games aside, the Host Club is about to open. We either need you to leave and come back later or stay and choose a Host." Kyoya spoke up, looking at you.
"Hmmm? You sure you want me to go out in the wild with the knowledge that Haruhi is a giiiirl?" You grinned deviously as Kyoya returns it.
"If you'd like to be like that, I'll be willing to be tried."
"Calm down, you guys." Haruhi looks at you both in annoyance.
You back off, "No, but in all seriousness, why not just let me join the Club?"
You grin as they look at you in surprise.
"Join? Another girl in the Club..?"
Honey tilts his head.
"Why??" Tamaki blinked.
"Well, I mean, I want to spend as much time with Haruhi as I can, and it seems like this club will be taking her time up a ton. Also I don't want to be lumped together with those stuck-up princesses so why not let me in? I could entertain male customers, too."
Haruhi looks at you, "Oh yeah! You've always been fun to be around, I bet both demographics would love you."
Kyoya hummed, "I didn't really think about incorporating a female Host into the club..It could be good for business, as well.."
Honey gasped, "So we're going to have two female friends??"
"It could be fun," "having someone else to take our load." The twins nod.
"Besides, you're quite cute." One of them slid to you, smirking.
"I'm sure you'd be the dream of a few lonely men." The other came up, smirking.
You gave them bored looks as Tamaki was given the attention.
"W-Well.."
Suddenly, there was rumbling from under you all, and a stereotypical evil laugh was heard.
"The hell??" You look around as Haruhi sighs.
"Oh, yeah, her.."
Suddenly, some mechanism with a girl standing atop of it rose from the floor. What kind of music room was this?!
She laughed more, before looking down at you all, "Now, really, is it up for discussion at all??" She jumped down.
"Renge..hello." Haruhi chuckled awkwardly.
You stared at this girl, flinching back when she looked at you closely.
"Hmm.." she looks you up and down, making you uncomfortable.
"Let's see, she's not too dainty or masculine, well built enough to be considered cute, her face is pretty attractive and her personality is pretty natural..." Renge nodded.
"Yep! I have concluded that she.." she points at you dramatically.
"Is the Casual Type!!"
You blink, "What."
"Yes, indeed! As proven by Haruhi, she's easy to get along with and talkative! She'd be the type you'd sit for coffee with while getting absentmindedly attracted to her!"
You could practically see a flash of you sitting at a cafe, talking to a few anonymous people as they blushed and fawned on you. Jesus Christ.
"So it's settled! Y/N must become a member! It'll be beneficial to this Club's future, surprisingly!" Renge nodded as Tamaki smiled.
"I see! Well, my dear Y/N, I suppose I'm convinced!" He pointed at you and you flinched.
"From here on out, you'll be the club's very first.." you jumped as the Twins spun you around. Instantly your hair was shiny and smooth. Your dress was customized a little bit with a rose on your chest and frills on the bottom, while you sat daintily on a chair with a flowery aura around you.
"Hostess!"