Ouran Host Club Hostess (DISCONTINUED)

Jealousy Really is a Strong Emotion

Kasanoda slammed the door shut, his heart racing uncomfortably fast for two reasons, maybe more.

First of all, Haruhi was a girl?! True he had thought that the small host was especially effeminate, but he hadn't actually expected it to be true! Secondly, he had seen her in her underwear! Even worse, he'd walked in on two of them in their underwear! He'd seen the two of them in various stages of undress!

The words and images spun round and round in his mind in a confused swirl, and he flushed a darker shade of red and groaned.

"You saw her, didn't you...?" The red flush faded immediately, replaced immediately by a terrified pallor. The twins glared down at him, their eyes dark and full of violence as they backed him against the door, almost snarling. "You saw her, didn't you? How much of her did you see? You saw that slender, soft skin that even we haven't seen before, didn't you?"

Kasanoda panicked, flailing wildly as he tried to explain himself. "I DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING! I MEAN, I CAUGHT A GLIMPSE, BUT IT WAS SO QUICK THAT I-!"

His loud, constant stammering and tripping over his words only annoyed the twins even more. "You know, Bossa Nova," Honey's cheery tone became downright dangerous as he approached. "I really hate guys who fool around."

How is it that the 'lovely item' is one of the scariest things present?! "What do we do, Hikaru?" Kaoru asked his twin casually, their mutual anger forming an almost tangible black miasma around them. This person had seen Kyoko while she was undressing. He couldn't go unpunished. "He saw our Kyoko, and he knows Haruhi is a girl now."

Hikaru clicked his tongue thoughtfully. "Then I guess there's only thing to do then," he said, pulling out a baseball bat while Kaoru held Kasanoda in place. "We'll just beat him until he loses his memory!"

They were both quite willing to bash Kasanoda's brains out until he forgot (or until he suffered permanent brain damage, whichever came first), and when you think about it that is really quite terrifying, so you can imagine his relief when Kyouya spoke up. "Oi, oi, cut it out! I don't need to dirty my hands trying to cover up your crime."

"HOW CAN YOU BE SO CALM?" The twins yelled at him, briefly suspending their plan. "If you had mentioned earlier that they were changing, none of this would have happened! And look at Tamaki!" Hikaru pointed to the shell-shocked remains of the blonde. "He's become an empty shell! We refuse to hang around him in this state!"

Kyouya inclined his head thoughtfully. "Well, so do I, but the cat is truly out of the bag now. I suppose the only proper course of action is a civil discussion. Kasanoda," he turned his attention to the redhead. "Haruhi has to conceal the fact that she is a girl, due to several reasons that we cannot disclose to you. She also had to become a member of this club, where it would be more of an advantage for her to be seen as male rather than female. Kyoko, as Haruhi's cousin, decided to assist Haruhi by also joining the club."

The reason was vague, the explanation even more so. It all sounded incredibly suspicious, and Kasanoda wondered if they were both being forced to stay in the club for some other nefarious reason. After all, two girls surrounded by boys...

Kyouya adjusted his glasses. "While we can't physically force you to cooperate exactly, there is something I would like for you to keep in mind. Coming from the sort of family you do, I'm sure you're very familiar with the many rumours surrounding the Ootori family's secret police force?" His aura changed into one of deceptively blithe menace. "I'm sure you wouldn't want to make an enemy of them, right?"

Discussion?! This is blackmail!

"Come on guys," the door to the music room opened and Haruhi stepped out, followed by a faintly red but relatively normal Kyoko. "Stop scaring Cassanova. I'm really sorry for giving you such a shock," she turned to him with an earnest look.