Ouran Host Club Hostess (DISCONTINUED)

This is Halloween

October had loomed, autumn was clearly at its peak this time. I could feel the way the wind swirled my hair about my face and tossed the leaves to and fro. It was still warm, but there was still a bit of a chill to the air.

Inside the warmth of my homeroom class, I divided my attention between watching the cherry blossom leaves drift to the ground in lazy brown and gold twirls, and paying attention to the class meeting currently happening. Seeing as the term was drawing to an end, class meetings had begun to occur more frequently. I think it was just a ploy to keep us out of the way of our teachers, but whatever.

At the moment, we were debating on something, but I hadn't been paying enough attention to hear exactly what it was. I only snapped back to attention when the subject was changed. "I would like for us to discuss the special activity we should do for next week."

Our class representative was a bit of a wimp, as far as I could see, but he was very methodical and fair. He was a good class representative, as far as they go, and people tended to listen to him most of the time because he tended to know what he was talking about.

Haruhi tilted her head to the side, as confused as I was. "Activity?"

"For Halloween," Hikaru explained helpfully. I blinked, remembering that the day was only a week away. It fell on a Saturday, but I guessed the school had opted to have their own celebration on the Friday before it.

Kurakano Momoka, our vice-president with a crush on Haruhi (honestly, it had been a year, how had more people not figured it out yet?) was a bit more helpful with her explanation. "Haruhi-kun, Kyoko-chan, you only came in as special students after middle school so you probably won't know about this."

Apparently, at Ouran, while the teachers were off grading papers and compiling reports, the students were given break until the end of October during which they were allowed to have plays and masquerades on the school grounds, and basically do anything they wanted as long as it was school approved.

Our class rep nodded. "Furthermore, in order to promote class bonding," he added. "We are also allowed to use an entire day for a class event."

"A class event, huh?" I murmured, and then blinked when Kaoru leaned over.

"Well, most of the time..."

"...we just have tea parties," Hikaru finished. "Or watch movies."

At that moment, a wild Renge appeared out of nowhere (and I mean that literally. I have no idea when she entered the room) and landed on one of the tables. "Not enough! Not enough! Not enough, I say!" I stared, as dumbfounded as anyone else in the room, as she posed on the desk like it was a stage.

Well, at least she didn't do the whole high-powered-motor thing.

The hardcore otaku posed, as I said, and placed her hands to her chest. "Halloween, a day that declares the end of summer and the beginning of winter! Halloween, a day that humans take on the disguise and appearance of visiting ghouls and devils! Halloween, a day that has become a festival of costumes and tricks!"

I blinked and folded my arms across my chest. "Well someone's excited," I commented. "Although I'm not sure why..."

"Even without being given permission for costume parties..." Hikaru leaned an arm on my shoulder.

"...there's someone who was cosplaying all this time," Kaoru rested an arm on my other shoulder.

Haruhi nodded in agreement, and then blinked at the uniform Renge was wearing, which was definitely not the Ouran uniform. "And, what uniform is that?" She asked.

Renge beamed as though she had been waiting for her to ask that (you have to remember that she still had a bit of a thing for my cousin) and twirled around on the table, striking numerous poses as though she was on a stage and not a school desk. "This is nothing to keep secret!" She replied. "Due out next year, this is UkiDoki Memorial 2's uniform for female characters!" She smiled smugly. "In before released information, I went ahead and made this outfit."