Ouran High School Host Club One-Shots

Prank Gone Wrong (Kaoru Hitachiin)

I knew this was a bad idea! I thought as me and my twin were running for our lives. If she caught us, we were dead. We stopped a moment when the hallway split into two. Glancing at my older twin, I went one way, Hikaru went the other. Normally we would stick together, but splitting up would throw her off and we'd probably escape the girl we'd angered.

It's not like we'd done it on purpose though. She wasn't even who we'd been trying to play the prank on. Her friend Ayame was the target. It was our way of getting back at her for how she was always mean to us. Unlucky for us, we'd gotten the wrong person. And she definitely wasn't someone you want to be on the bad side of.

No, Sakura was one girl you do not mess with. Anything you did that hurt her, she would hurt you back ten times harder. Even worse was the fact that I had a bit of a crush on her. Yeah, after this there would be no chance for me with her.

I hoped that I could lose her soon. As I turned a corner, I crashed into someone. Luckily it was Mori-senpai. I fell backward onto the ground while he was perfectly still.

"You damned twins!" I heard her shouting as she got closer. Without many other options, I hid behind Mori-senpai, essentially making him a human shield. Well, more like a human wall, since he was so big.

When she came around the corner, she easily spotted me. A paint-covered Sakura glared at me. With an evil grin, she spoke in a sweet songlike voice. "Oh Mori-senpai..." she sang. "Would you be a dear and hand that idiot cowering behind you over to me?"

My heart skipped a beat. He wouldn't... Oh please no!

He shifted his position a bit and before I could even move, had me in his grip. He held me out in front of him and pushed me towards Sakura. Damn. Damn. Damn. I am most definitely going to die...

Sakura grabbed me by my arm, throwing me into the wall. I was now pinned face-first against the wall. My arms were twisted painfully behind my back as she used one arm to push me harder against the wall.

"Now, which one of them are you?" Despite being absolutely pissed, she had such a calm, sweet-sounding voice. The total opposite of how she was right this second.

"I-I'm Kaoru..." I said weakly. There was no getting out of this. I was a dead man.

"Now Kaoru, do you have anything you'd like to say before I kick your ass?"

"I thought you were already..." She put even more pressure on the arm that was twisted behind my back. Clearly, that wasn't the answer she was looking for. "I'm sorry?"

"Is that a question or an apology?" The arm pinning me loosened a little only to be pushed painfully back on me.

Man, this really hurts...

"Any last words before I bury you?" Silently I wondered if Hikaru was shopping for my tombstone. If Mori-senpai hadn't handed me over to her, I might have gotten away.

Well, since she was going to kill me, might as well tell her. "I love you!" I said desperately. Immediately her grip on me was released and I fell to the floor.

"What did you just say?" The look on her face was priceless. If I weren't in pain and this was anyone but Sakura, I would have laughed and claimed it was a joke. But we were, so I didn't. That would only piss her off again.

"Umm... I love you."

She glanced in every direction quickly and then looked me in the eyes. "I'll let you go this one time. You tell anyone though, and you'll be a dead idiot, got it?"

"Yes ma'am." After I'd agreed, she ran off to get the brown paint cleaned off. Sometimes, I wonder why I like her. That's when I remember times like this. Beneath that fierce warrior in a tiny body, was a very sweet girl. Very deep down inside anyway.