"Thank you so much, Haruhi. You always know exactly what to say to make me feel better."
"Of course, it was no problem at all, really." Haruhi tilted her head and smiled. "Thank you for coming today. If anything else comes up with your friend, please let me know and I'd be happy to help however I can."
The girl blushed and smiled to herself. She drifted out of the music room with the rest of the departing guests, all of them similarly dreamy-looking.
Haruhi ran a hand through her hair, sighing. She plucked a stray tart from one of the nearby tables and headed over to where all of the other hosts were clustered. She knew without anyone saying anything that something was up. Tamaki was peeking over an armchair with literal binoculars over his eyes, the twins peeking discreetly over his shoulder while Honey and Mori craned their necks from behind.
"What's going on?" Haruhi tiredly.
"Haruhi! You're finally done. Come sit next to me, quickly."
Haruhi put the rest of the tart into her mouth and crouched next to Tamaki. Why all of the hosts were crouched behind the armchair like they were bracing for an explosion was beyond her.
"Tell me what you see," Tamaki said, passing over the binoculars to her. Haruhi took them and peered through.
"Nothing out of the ordinary."
"Nothing out of the ordinary, she says!" Tamaki scoffed. "Look closer."
Haruhi frowned. "They're just finishing up with their guest."
"Yes, but who is the guest?" the twins whispered pointedly.
"It's just Iwaizumi Mayako. I've had appointments with her a few times. She's always perfectly nice."
"You know, for an honours scholarship student, you can be incredibly dim-witted," Hikaru muttered.
"Hikaru, you know it's not polite to comment on Haruhi's social upbringing," Kyoya said, and Haruhi's eye twitched. He had appeared out of nowhere, and unlike everyone else, he wasn't crouching or whispering.
"Kyoya, keep it down!" Tamaki hissed. "They'll hear you!"
"They're not going to hear anything. They've been engaged with Mayako-san this entire time and neither one of them have looked up since they began talking."
"Is that a bad thing?" Haruhi asked. "They're being a good host, just like you guys wanted."
"Yes, but not with Maya-chan," Honey blubbered.
"I'm still missing something here."
"What you're missing is that the Iwaizumi family is heavily involved in politics," Kyoya said. "They have been a fixture of the Tokyo city council for decades and regularly bring up policies and allocate funding to improve life in the city."
"Okay . . ."
"Maya-chan is also a great student and an amazing singer," Honey said anxiously.
"Alright . . ."
"She was ranked one of the top ten prettiest students by the Newspaper Club," Kaoru said.
"For two years in a row," Hikaru added.
"I still don't see what the problem here is," Haruhi said flatly. "Am I supposed to be worried?"
"Yes, of course you are!" Tamaki exclaimed. "Mayako is extremely talented, beautiful and charming! She is in direct competition with the Host Club! Just think about what could happen if she ends up healing their broken heart before us!"
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Fanfiction♡ . disce ─ perhaps no one at ouran is more qualified to deal with a broken heart than the host club. with a student's heartbreak painfully obvious to everyone but themself, the host club takes it upon themselves to remedy that. all against that...
