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Chapter 4: Enter, The Sleeping Angel!

The next morning Setsuko was sitting at her desk dozing off before class started when she was startled awake by someone slamming their hands onto her desk.

"Itsuki!" Tamaki exclaimed, "I want you to join my club!"

"The... host club?" Setsuko asked. "Sorry but I have no interest in being a host. With everything going on in my life I'm too busy and too tired to join. Besides, don't you guys have some kind of waitlist for that shit?"

"When I'm personally recruiting, the waitlist doesn't matter! And what kind of nonsense is it to be too tired to entertain the wonderful princesses of the academy?"

"No type of nonsense. I'm being serious." She yawned and rested her head on the back of her hand. "My life is too busy."

"But you must join an after-school club, don't you? Why not join the host club?"

"I'll join the Idol fan-club, I've already gotten a few offers from them anyways. Now we still have a few minutes left until class starts, let me get some shut eye."

Tamaki seemed to take the hint, because after Setsuko closed her eyes, she heard some footsteps and then silence, until the bell rang to signify the start of class.

After three class periods passed Setsuko grabbed her lunch from her bag before she headed out of the room and down the hallway, though as she was walking, she was suddenly grabbed by two pairs of hands.

Fear rushed through her, and she twisted her arms to squeeze out of their grips. She fell face first onto the ground and rolled over onto her back to see who had just tried to kidnap her. Standing above her were two identical boys with surprised looks on their faces.

"That's a first." One of them said.

"That's a first for kidnapping someone or someone escaping?"

"The second one." The other responded.

"How many people have you kidnapped?" The two just glanced at each other before looking at her without giving her a response. "The lack of answer is concerning."

"Are you going to get off the floor or what?" One of the twins, which Setsuko had decided had a deeper voice, asked. "We kinda need to get you somewhere."

"Where were you going to take me?"

"That's none of your business." The one with the softer voice answered.

Setsuko propped herself up on her elbows and looked at the twins with a deadpan expression. "I think it's entirely my business where you're taking me. This would be a lot easier if you just told me."

The two of them glanced at each other, "We're taking you to the Host club."

"Did Souh put you up to this?"

"Yep."

Setsuko sighed and pushed herself into a standing position. "Looks like he's really looking to recruit me. Fine, lead me the way." She looked at the twins who stared at her for a second before nodding and leading her to where they went. The three of them walked through the halls until they were standing in front of a familiar door.

"Welcome," Deeper voice started.

"To the Host club." Softer voice finished.

Both opened the door and Setsuko had to cover her eyes with one of her arms as she was assaulted by both a bright light and rose petals. When she was able to open them, she saw that the twins had moved from their spots beside her, and they were now standing with five other boys.

"Itsuki, I'm so glad you were able to come!" Tamaki exclaimed, standing up from where he was sitting. "Thank you for escorting him, Hikaru and Kaoru."