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The Ouran Host Club is where the school's handsomest boys with too much time on their hands, entertain young ladies who also have way too much time on their hands. Just think of it as the Ouran Academy's elegant playground for the super-rich and beautiful.
It’s at this playground most girls of the academy spend their time; even the shy and withdrawn Yoshiko can be seen frequenting the club. But it’s no fun to go alone. She had tried to persuade her best friend to go with her, but the fact that he was in the middle school department until this spring had made it difficult the past year. This year, he was trying to search for other excuses. The main one being the fact that he was a boy and dreading the reaction of the members of the club.
“But Reinzu!!! Please!!! It’s no fun to go alone, I get super nervous and end up not even requesting any hosts! Please! I swear we can make it fun together! They won’t mind!” Yoshiko pleaded to her younger friend, clinging onto his arm as he walked to the cafeteria.
Reinzu sighed, the smaller girl had tried to make him go to the notorious host club for a year now. She had become smitten with a boy in his year, but never dared to actually speak to him. She depended on Reinzu in a lot of social situations and wanted to depend on him again now, but it just felt awkward to him. The host club was known for its services towards girls, but he was a boy. He wanted to check it out, all the tales Yoshiko told him making him interested, but it was frightening to think about the reaction of the club members.
“I’m a boy Yoshiko. They’ll just think I’m weird,” Reinzu said as he walked through the cafeteria doors, his friend releasing her hold on him as they entered the more crowded area.
“You can say you’re there for me. Really I don’t mind if you pin the blame on me, since it is the truth. Please even if it’s just one day,” Yoshiko had lowered her voice a bit as the rowdiness of the cafeteria took over. Reinzu looked over at her smaller frame, already making herself smaller because of the stress of being in the cafeteria and saw her large eyes, giving him the puppy dog look. He quickly averted his eyes, opting for looking at the row lining up for food as he slowly nodded.
“I’ll come, but only for one day, if it goes well then maybe I’ll come with you again.”
Yoshiko’s face lit up and she attached herself again to Reinzu’s arm. Feeling his tense posture, her happy smile faltered a bit, before coming back more gentle. She looked up at him still staring at the line, “Want me to order for you?”
Reinzu didn’t look at her as he nodded, but he didn’t need to as she immediately said, “You do gotta tell me which menu you want though.” A small giggle accompanying her sentence. The two made their way to the lunch lady together. They might have both being social messes, but they had each other to depend on.