Ouran High School Host Club One-Shots

Melody (Kyoya Otori)

"Welcome Miss," several voices greeted me as I pushed the door open.

"Um, I think I might have the wrong place," I said as I looked around. This certainly didn't look like the place I'd been looking for. "You see, I was looking for Music Room 3. I was told that I could find a piano there."

"Then you're in the right place," one of the few boys in the room told me.

Okay, maybe it was the right place after all, but it was being used by someone else. That made me wonder why I'd been told to come here in the first place. Clearly, these guys used this room often, so I should have been warned. "Oh, well, I'll just come back another time."

"If you'd like, you're welcome to use it if you wish," said a familiar voice. Kyoya Otori. I smiled for a moment as I saw him standing nearby. "I'm sure our guests wouldn't mind hearing you play."

"That's a brilliant idea!" That voice definitely belonged to the energetic blonde known as Tamaki Suoh. "Beautiful music for our beautiful guests!"

"I wouldn't want to be a bother," I said, holding up my hands in front of me. Really, I did want to play, but the particular song I'd wanted to try out was one I'd never done before, so I wasn't sure if I'd even be able to play it well.

"It's no trouble at all, Miss," Kyoya insisted, a slight smile on his face as he pushed up his glasses. In the end, I agreed to play and soon settled myself at the piano off near the corner of the room. Taking a deep breath, I began playing the keys that made up the tune.

Right away, one girl recognized the song I'd decided to play. "That's Mirai Chizu, isn't it?" Not surprising that someone knew it, as it was a song sung by a very popular group. A cousin of mine who had composed the work had been kind enough to send me a copy of the sheet music for it to practice with.

"Yes it is," I said with a smile, glad that I hadn't made any mistakes yet. This was my first time trying out this one. "If you know the words, you can sing it if you like."

The girl grew shy. "But I'm not very good..."

"Neither am I," I admitted with a laugh. "But that doesn't matter as long as you're having fun." I stopped playing and addressed all the guests in the room before starting from the beginning. "If you know the words, come on and sing it!"

Kono hiroi hoshi no naka

Bokura wa naze deatte

Sora wo miageterun darou?

Ikusen no toki wo koete

Hitotsu no melody

Kyou wo shitteta youna

It started off as just me and the girl who'd first recognized the song. But that happy feeling we had was infectious and quickly spread throughout the Hosts and their guests. Soon, almost the entire room was happily singing along.

"She's really good," I heard one of the Hosts saying to Kyoya.

"Of course she's good," he told them as he gave me a smile. "Why do you think I asked her to play?"

"I guess that makes sense," the other one admitted. Couldn't exactly argue with Kyoya about anything. "But how did you know that?"

"Because I'm the one who told her to come here."

"Why?"

"Why wouldn't I tell my girlfriend that?"