It's My Life, Not Yours (Ouran High School Host Club)

The Older Brother

"You have to be a proper lady." It's just not fair. How often has this same thought been in my head? How many times a day do I mock his voice and say that the rules that are only for me are unfair? To be honest, I lost count a long time ago.

"Damn you Takashi..." I mumbled quietly so that only I could hear. It may be our parents' rules, but it was Takashi and Satoshi who made sure I followed them. And so the reason I was headed into Ouran's high school was to visit my oldest brother.

I'm Tokiko Morinozuka and I'm a middle school third year. My twin brother Satoshi is as well. Takashi Morinozuka is a high school third year and I hate him.

"Hello Tokiko. Here to see Mori-senpai today?" the voice of the Otori boy said as I walked into the room. How many days has this been repeated? So many times I've gone through this and I always expect it to come out differently, despite all the times I've failed.

"He's around here, isn't he?" With Kyoya and the Hosts, I was always nice and tried to be at least somewhat respectful. Two of those Hosts, however, I was not so kind towards. Those two would be Mitsukuni Haninozuka and Takashi Morinozuka.

"He is, but he is currently entertaining some guests at the moment," Kyoya informed me. I always found this irritating. He always treated everyone else better than me. Sometimes I even felt like he was more like my enemy than my brother since he never really treated me like his sister. "You're welcome to wait for him."

I ended up sitting with Tamaki and his little crowd. He was the only host that I really liked. The twins were alright, but not exactly the type of people I really get along with. Kyoya is nice enough, but he's too secretive for me. As for their newest host... I really didn't have an opinion. Hadn't seen him until today.

Tamaki was always pretty cool. The lines he used on these girls were always so cheesy that they were hilarious. But when the girls weren't around, he was still cool. He was even supportive of my wanting to live a normal life like I wanted to live it.

"Tamaki, who is this?" a girl with black hair asked him as I sat with the other girls around the host king. "I've never seen her here before."

"She is Mori-senpai's dearest little sister!" Did I mention that he was hilarious when he was so overly dramatic? "She usually doesn't visit until after Host Club hours, but today she wished to spend time with you lovely ladies before visiting with her brother!"

That was mostly a lie. I was here so early because I was impatient. But since I had to wait here anyway, I played along. "I'm so excited to see all of you! My name is Tokiko!" I intentionally had to make my voice sound cheerful, though that was the exact opposite of how I really felt right now. Tamaki knew that, so in a way he was covering for me.

"So why are you visiting with Tamaki today, Tokiko?"

This is going to be a long day... "Tamaki-senpai is just like a big brother to me! Sometimes he's more like a brother than Takashi is!" I flashed a childish smile and gave a cute, but faked, giggle. What I'd said that time wasn't a lie. In a way, Tamaki really was like a brother to me, even more than Takashi was. To be honest, I really hoped Takashi had heard that. But if he did, he showed no sign of it.

Regardless, I played along with Tamaki. By the end of the time, the king would have seemed even more princely.

Just wait, Takashi... One of these days I'll get what I want, one way or another. Whether you give in or I have to do it without permission.