Ouran High School Host Club

"Just curious." They both shrugged noting how she was keeping her weight balanced. With the obvious height factor the twins both took note that Haruhi was speaking to them eye level which proved she was respectful and obviously cared at what they had to say. This was a plus in their book.

Kaoru took one more glance at Hiromi then settled his gaze back on Haruhi "We all lead private lives." His hand traveled to his shirt collar to adjust it before bringing his arm back around his neck.

"Which makes her no different. You'd be surprised by what you find out about others later on." Hikaru's smile transformed into a slight smirk. "Keep that in mind," he gestured a pointing gesture with his thumb held back like he had an invisable gun in his hand.

"It's our advice for the day," Kaoru softly spoke with ease and confidence taking his eyes away for a second to scan his surroundings. "One more thing. Don't believe...

"Everything the boss says about us." Hikaru was a tad annoyed coming up with the reference of their king of the host club from the back of his mind, but kept his slight aggresion concealed in his eyes hidden for the most part. "Go by your own...

"Speculations and feelings." Kaoru softened the tense moment he was feeling at how his brother came across.

Hikaru shook his head to clear the blonde from his head. The one whom could blow their secret at any time without warning. "Nothing is worse than to judge others...

"Without getting to know them first." Indeed that statement was a load of hypocrisy, but everyone else was just as guilty as they were so it didn't seem all that bad at the time.

Hikaru flashed a warning stare at his brother to drop the subject of judging others, for he could as easy swallow his guilt and pride in one mouthful with what had just transpired. Instead Hikaru received a gaze at the ground from Kaoru letting him know he comprehended the non verbal message. "So anyway," Hikaru placed both of his elbows behind his head, his dainty fingers touching his hair's length at the back of his neck, "glad that everything is working out with Hiromi and you." He intentionally changed the subject not wanting to discuss it anymore.

 

Walking home gave Hiromi a chance to think the day over. School held no real excitement anymore -- she had become distanced from her "friends." The only semi-good thing that occured that day was going to the Host Club. Haruhi had been very nice to her... perhaps he was the Host she'd stick with. Her mind pondered many thoughts as she kept her pace. But she was mainly thinking now of her father. What had kept him from picking her up? She thoughtfully bit her lower lip, staring intently at the sidewalk as if a message would pop up there that gave her an answer.

 

Haruhi listened to them finish each other's thoughts with interest. This method of speaking and proof of their connection was still new for her. "Thank you for the advice." she replied neutrally, not entirly sure that they were giving her advise they themselves followed. Then again, as they said, don't judge people before you know them, she mused, and she certianly didn't know the two very well yet. "Also for helping me with Tamaki, he's very agressive." she laughed lightly, thinking of how from the beginning Tamaki showed his special brand of over reacting. "You know..." she began slowly, going back to the twin's advice, "I'd like to get to know you two better. We are in class together after all. Maybe some time we can do homework together or something after the host club." As she spoke she kept eye contact with each twin, as she liked to do while talking. "I need to get home and make dinner. See you two tomorrow." with that she stood up, smiled, and waved a good bye before walking down the street towards her apartment.

 

Hikaru acknowledged her with a wave from his hand.At the time she was speaking, he liked the fact that Haruhi gave them each eye contact since they were both different individuals that happened to have the same visage. "She's different from the rest." His hand swiped through his hair. "She wants to get to know us better too." He placed his right hand on his hip being satisfied with the conversation. "The best thing is that the boss doesn't know anything about this." In his mind several thoughts were occuring without a moment's notice until he blinked bringing himself back to reality. "Yes, let's show her a good time perhaps this week." He faced his brother with certainity.

 

With his left hand held up high waving at Haruhi as she passed them, the younger twin placed his fingers upon his bag, picking it up by the leather handle in a quick motion. "That sounds like fun. I have some suggestions that may sound appealing." He quickly walked across the grass covered in dew since their ride had pulled up aside from the curb. "But first we need to find out exactly where she lives." Making sure his brother had his bag, they both got into the back of the luxrious bently, the driver closing the door after both of them were seated. "And in order to find that out," Kaoru snapped his seat belt on,"Some changes must be made." Reaching his arm across his brother's waist, he leaned closer to push an intercom button to alert the driver. "You see that person walking down the block. Pull up next to the curb."

 

Hikaru rolled down the window to the car, and called out the window to get Haruhi's attention. "Hey Haruhi it's us." Hoping she heard his yell snd forgetting to close the window all the way, he reached into his bag and pulled out a magazine that read customizations for cars and motorcycles. Spotting his brother looking at him with his eyebrow raised, he sighed and set the magazine down in his lap. "Kaoru, the summer will be soon be here as well as our sixteeth birthday. I want to get a license so bad and plan on getting a motorcycle and a car too no matter what."

"Have you spoken to mother and father about this?" Kaoru leaned closer to his brother. "You know they will not be fond of the idea not to mention it's illegal to drive a car in Japan until we're eighteen."

"No I plan on not saying a word to them and doing it behind their backs. Can I trust you not to tell on me?" He gripped both of his legs almost pulling them up to a hug.

"On one condition. I get to have one too. Have you thought this out carefully?" Kaoru set his hand on his brother's shoulder. "Is this what you really want to do?"

"It is and I'm willing to take those chances just to have more freedom and to impress Haruhi and other girls." From out of his folder he pulled a list of objectives to go through with their plan. "First off we will have to practice learning to drive one of our parent's cars away where no one will see us and off course we'll be in disguise so no one will know it's us. Second, we'll get a passport saying we're eighteen here, we'll fly to America over the summer for a short period, show them our id, bribe some manager to have us take the written and driving tests and come back here."

 

Hiromi's apartment complex was just down the street and around the corner from Haruhi's. Since it was her mother whom owned the money-making business and Hiromi lived with her father, she didn't have a giant mansion or fancy house like nearly everyone else at Ouran. She missed all the material goods that came with living with her mother, but not so much that she'd give up being with her father. He was a good man and she loved him very much. She knew that money was a delicate thing now and that going to Ouran was a privilege instead of a right.

 

Kaoru took the list from his older's brother's hand and traced his finger down it in case there were any questions that arose. "Hikaru, your plan sounds fool proof, but there may be a few things that need to be addressed. Driving our parents' cars and being in disguise is one thing that concerns me. How would we get out of the mansion without anyone seeing us let alone one of the cars leaving and what kind of disguise would we be wearing?" He leaned back int the plush interior of the seat.

Hikaru had a feeling his brother would point out the obvious, but it was a good thing too. He didn't want to get caught setting his plan in motion. "Well Kaoru, we would make sure our parents weren't home at the time, we would practice after school and the host club and on the later half of Saturday and all day Sunday. We would also be aware of the schedules of the guards and preoccupy them with a distraction so we can drive the car off the property without them knowing. As for disguises, the only alterntive way to pull this off without our cover being blown is dressing up as ninjas." He took a pen from his bag and began doodling on a piece of paper of the image he was protraying.

Kaoru shifted in his seat and grinned nervously. "Ninjas huh? No one will be able to tell its us all right. How would we distract the guards? We'll have to turn off the security system some how?" He took the pen from his brother and drew a rough blue print of their home.

"The smoke bomb cover will have to work. If we have to Kaoru we may have to hire a ninja if you would feel more comfortable with that. He would be able to do what needs to be done and teach us the techniques in case we need them when we're disguised."

"That would be easier than doing it ourselves. He would be able to get us out of our home no problem and then he could help us in any other way." Kaoru scanned the screen on his cell phone looking through the database places that hired ninjas. "I want someone experienced and young of course. We've got to meet this guy in person before we give him the job."

"Of course Kaoru. So we'll hire a ninja, learn to drive, get our driver's license, check out the black market to get our ids changed to 18, fly to America, take and pass the tests and then come back and get a motorcycle and car. Does that make sense?"

Kaoru was silent for a moment, but the thought of their parents not knowing anything what they planned to do was nerve wrecking to him. "How will we fool our parents? Just say we want to go to America for a short time over the summer and then come back? Plus where in America would we be flying to?" Kaoru was full of questions that were waiting to be answered.

Hikaru patted his brother's back to ease his concerns. "We won't be the only ones going to America. We'll have the boss and everyone from the host club come to so it won't look suspicious. Our ninja can pose as a guard or extra help so no one will suspect him of anything. We can even invite the new girl Hiromi too. As for the place, beautiful Southern California like Hollywood and then onto sunny Miami. We have to convince them that we'll be sight seeing on the trip.Plus we'll take one of our planes or the private jet to get there."

"I'm sure mother and father will be fine with us inviting them if they agree for us to go, but how would we get them to come with us? Just say to the boss that we want you guys to come to America with us? We have to have a reason for him and the other wanting to go." Kaoru pointed out.

"Hmm... You're right. Besides sight seeing we'll say it would be beneifal for the host club to explore the different cultures and learn first hand what American girls like to do for fun. Kyoya would be interested if it meant profiting the host club more with more cliental. So that means, our clients that are interested would be coming on the trip too. And I bet Haruhi and Hiromi have never been out of Japan. This will be a good experience for them."

"If they do agree then we'll have to talk to the boss about the hotels we'll be staying in. We should meet him with tomorrow and talk to him about it."

"Good point. Oh and if we have a lot of people coming with us we should hire two ninjas for that extra help and convience." Hikaru wrote some information in his planner.

"Good idea. We'll need one to get the job done as well as one to get stay with others and pose as an extra. I'm glad we thought this through." Kaoru leaned on his brother's shoulder.

"Yeah and the vital thing for this whole plan of ours to work is convincing our parents of letting us take the family plane or jet to America for the summer." Hikaru tapped his fingers on the seat knowing that was not going to be an easy task.

 

Haruhi jumped, startled by Kaoru's voice. "Hm?" she turned to the shining car following her along the side walk and stopped walking. Inside she saw the twins conversing over a magazine or book or something. They seemed intent and Kaoru seemed nervous. While they talked she approched their window and tapped on the door. "Did I forget something at school?" she asked, assuming that was the reason they had followed her.

 

Knowing now they had her attention, they both leaned out the window, their elbows hanging over the rim of the glass. "We were wondeing if you would like a ride home."

"It's getting dark after all and we would be..."

"More than happy to give you a lift." Kaoru finished the sentence for his brother like twins always did.

"What do you say?" Hikaru flashed a genuine smile her way as Kaoru leaned closer out of the window.

 

Kyouya, quiet and concentrated, proceeded to go over the the days value in his terms. As his calculations and speculations slowly came to a close, a slight crooked smile protruded from his lips as he came to a satisfied realization. Once again today had proved to be yet another profitable experience for the club in more ways than one, and that was the only and one way that smile would ever show assured. He sighed in content and placed his notebook under his arm, adjusting his glasses slightly with his index finger before facing the remaining three club members. "If you will excuse me then for day...and Tamaki..." he added as he made his way to the door, "I would very much appreciate it if you tried to find some rest yourself rather then letting your fantasies control your summer vacation..." A quick and swift wave of the hand and he headed out closing the door behind him.

"Freedom..." he uttered quietly as he closed his eyes relaxing, taking each step precisely and calmly down the staircase. It wasn't that he hated the Host Club, heck, in fact it was usually proving to be a rather good business opportunity. He however was glad that now it was his turn to plan and reap the full benefits of summer vacation for himself. No sweets to buy for Honey, none of Tamaki's ill schemed plans to deal with, and nothing to hear of the Hitachiin brothers obsession over Haruhi. He noticed a few girls and guys all wishing him a great summer vacation and in response flashed his low key and sincere appearing smile returning the favor. Once out the doors however letting out a sigh, he proceeded to dial for his car.

 

"Dad, I'm home," Hiromi called her usual cheerful greeting as she took off her shoes by the door. She closed and locked the door behind herself. Getting no response from her father, she wandered further into the apartment, turning on light switches as she went. It was curious that the lights were off.
"Dad? Hello?" Hiromi waited for a reply. But none came. Emotionally exhausted from the day and in no mood to puzzle out the situation, she just sighed and figured her father was stuck at his dead-end job. She went into the kitchen to fix herself some dinner.

"Will do, Momma!" Tamaki called teasingly after Kyouya, a big grin on his face. He knew Kyouya more than the others did, so hearing a good-will wish from him didn't startle him. His smile lessened then as he looked to Mori and Honey. "You two can head home, too. There's just a couple more things here and I can take care of them."

 

Haruhi looked down the street. She wasn't far from home now and the darkening sky didn't worry her because she assumed her street was safe with all the families living around. Then again, she didn't want to offend the twins and they were being very kind to offer her a ride. So she turned her gaze back to them with a smile. "Thank you, that sounds nice." she agreed, opening the car door and climbing in next to her classmates. Mentally crossing her fingers, she hoped her neighbors wouldn't make a fuss over the nice car stopping in their neighborhood.

Hunny beamed at Tamaki and grabbed Mori's arm to lead their way to their car. "Okay, bye bye tama-chan!" he waved good bye, already planning sparring practice with Mori back at his house and thinking of the treats he could cook up afterwards. While they walked down the hall way, he chattered to his best friend and cousin about these ideas as well as plans for the approching break.

Yuzuha checked her watch impatiently. She understood her sons stayed afterschool with their friends in that Host Club but it was getting dark and they needeed to be home. Shaking her head and leaning on the dinning room table, with all her sketchs and papers to be reveiwed for work spread across to top of, she dialed their number. "Pick up boys..." she ordered the ringing phone, drumming her fingers on the chair next to her.

 

(OOC: One thing slipped my mind. I wanted to inform you all and welcome Last of the Organization as Kyoya into the rp. Now have fun. ^-^)

Hikaru and Kaoru let her sit between them glad that she accepted thier invitation. With the window now up and the door locked they pushed a button that lowered the tinted glass so they could speak to the driver. "Haruhi will direct you of the destination you need to get to."

"Haruhi, thanks for letting us take you home," Kaoru spoke softly leaning his arm on his side of the armrest. "We don't know how far you walk each day so if you ever need a ride feel free to let us know."

Hikaru leaned towards his right to engage in the conversation, his bag tucked neatly behind his feet. "Kaoru and I want to help out as much as we can, you know to make your life easier." He paused for a few moments gathering his thoughts of what to say next. "In fact with summer around the corner we were thinking of asking the boss and the rest of the host club and the clients to come to America with us."

"We're going to tell the boss tomorrow about it as well as Kyoya. I think they will be up for it." Kaoru was silent for few moments hearing the ring tone "Bad Romance" from his brother's phone repeating. "Hikaru your phone is ringing."

Hikaru wanted to finish speaking before he chose to answer his phone, but pulled it out and held it in his hand. "I know. Now where was I? Oh that's right. Haruhi if you decide to go, don't worry about cost for a passport or any expenses. We'll gladly pay for it." The song became louder as he sighed for being rudely interupted. "All right already." Looking at the display of his phone he saw his mother's name flashing on the screen. "Shoot. I didn't know it was her," his voice was timid as he flipped open the phone to answer. "Please don't lecture me. Please don't lecture me," he subconsciencly repeated before speaking into the phone. "Mother... Hi.... " His worried expression was a cause for concern that made his brother nervous as well.

 

Yuzuha tapped her fingers more impatiently as the phone rang once, twice, three times, four times, five times. Finally, just as she was about to hang up, Hikaru's nervous voice spoke into her ear. She could tell from his tone that he knew she wasn't happy already. "Hello dear. If I'm not interupting anything important, would you mind informing my why you and your brother are out so late and I don't know where you are? I let you two have quite a bit of freedom and all I ask is that you call once in a while to let me know where you are. And it is a school night, for heaven's sake. You should be home doing your school work. Life isn't a joy ride you know, you two need to keep up on your studies; use that intellegence you've been given for something productive." After that rant, she breathed heavily and her tone softened. "Now where are you two? I miss my boys." Although Hikaru couldn't see it, her expression was now similar to the twin's own pout.

Haruhi gave the driver directions to her house, quietly, while Hikaru spoke, or rather listened to his mother. She found it rather cute how both the boy's seemed nervous all of a sudden. Apperently there was one person, at least, in their lives who had some control over them. While the twins stayed quiet for their mother's lecture, she had a moment to think over the summer break idea. It would be nice but she had been thinking of finding a job...

 

(OOC - can I be Mori? I think it would be a fun challenge!)

Mori walked silently as the smaller of the duo bounced around him, chattering about sparring, cake and the upcoming break. They reached the front door and Mori stepped first to open it. He then leant down and picked up his cousin. Hunny laughed loudly.

"Thanks Takashi. Do you want to hold Usa-Chan?" asked Hunny.

Mori shook his head and continued to walk down to the car.

 

Kyouya hung up his phone and waited quietly with his hands in his pockets. Closing his eyes he left the crack of evening wind hit his face, enjoying the solitude for the time he would have it. Ironically enough in his peaceful state of mind the memory of meeting Tamaki came to mind, vivid and crystal clear as he remembered it. "Hey Kyouya...lets make a club!...we can put these good looks of ours to use..." resounded in his brain, causing him to laugh slightly and open his eyes. "That idiot...so carefree of anything and everything..." he uttered softly to himself as he caught a glimpse of his limousine pulling up. He waited as the driver got out and opened the door for him, before sitting down in the back seat.

He once again pulled his phone out and was somewhat surprised to find not a single missed call or text from Tamaki. Shrugging it off and figuring he should start planning before he did end up calling, he ushered his driver to head to one of his family's hospitals where his father was adding in a new biotechnology wing and was inspecting. He leaned back slightly in the seat and casually glanced out the window, his ever serious expression present. No matter how much free time he seemed to have, it always felt like every second had to be placed perfectly. Such was the dream of the third son becoming head to the Ootori.

 

(OOC: water mage says it's fine. Welcome to the rp.)

Hikaru could tell the strictness in his mother's tone that his brother and him could be in serious trouble depending on how he answered. He had to be careful of what to say for the result could be the tota lelimination of the summer plans and his chances of freedom. Bringing his hand close to his tie, he pulled on it nervously to loosen it as he was feeling the pressure of his mother breathing down his neck even though she wasn't even in the car. Hikaru and Kaoru both held high respect for their mother more than their father as she was the one that carried on the Hitachiin name. She was a good mother fair and practical, but somewhat strict in his eyes though he would never say it to her face. "Mother let me explain." He swallowed his pride for a bit only to have it resurface. "Kaoru and I were taking a friend of ours home and we forgot about the time to tell you the truth." Next he layed on the charm and the guilt trip that he hoped his mother would discover through his words. "Wasn't it you who said to help others even though father and you were not there most of the time when Kaoru and I were growing up? I know about our lineage and how we're supposed to uphold to the name by follow all rules father and you set forth, but Kaoru and I thought we were doing the right thing and trying to help out someone less unforunate than us. So I won't apologize for taking her home even if it cuts into dinner with the family," he boldy stated biting his lower lip slightly after saying that. Now it would be up to Kaoru to soften the blow if there was any.

 

Haruhi raised an eyebrow at Hikaru's explaination. By his words she assumed he and Kaoru were in trouble and she had to admit it was a good attempt at getting out of it. Watching each twin's expression she waited to see how this would turn out.

Yuzuha caught the guilt trip and, unlike the charm which didn't often affect her, it made her wince. Work often kept her away from her boys as they grew up and she was afraid they closed themselves off from the world because of this. She always tried being home... but trying isn't the same as being there. Even now that the twins had friends at their club, it hurt her to be reminded of their lost 'family time'. She waited for her slightly younger boy to add his part, because they always spoke in duo.

Hunny held his bunny to his chest while they walked. "Takashi, do you think we'll have an adventure over the summer?" he asked, seeming to calm down a little; still, his smile was as bright as the could be.

 

Finally finished cleaning the music room, Tamaki whipped out his cell phone. He'd been doing some thinking whilst cleaning and he just had to share his ideas with Kyouya. He speed dialed Kyouya's number and then flopped onto the nearest couch and drummed his fingers on its armrest.
"Pick up, pick up, pick up, pick up," Tamaki repeated. He was very proud of his newest plan and wanted to set it into motion as soon as possible.

It was there in the kitchen that Hiromi discovered a note on the counter next to a prepared meal.

Hiromi,
I only came home to get some food. I have to work late. This is for your dinner. Be back as soon as I can.
Love and hugs,
Dad​

Hiromi sighed and placed the note back on the counter. She mumbled something about not giving her father any hugs before heating the meal that was left for her. Despite her anger with her father, she was happy that he'd made her her favorite miso soup.