Ouran Host Club Hostess (DISCONTINUED)

Playing Host

The next day, which gave me approximately 24 hours to calm myself down and recover from the embarrassment of the previous day, saw a few changes. The first began in the morning, as Haruhi and I became more aware of Kasanoda. Truth be told, we'd never quite noticed him prior to the previous events. What with Haruhi's ability to not care about anything not related to her, and me constantly either being with her, or with the twins, I hadn't really socialized with anyone outside the Host Club.

Oh dear, that wasn't good was it? My mom was going to scold me.

The second change was Kasanoda himself. I spotted him striking up a conversation Haruhi when we arrived in class, but the second he spotted he spotted me coming over, he suddenly stammered something and power-walked out of the class.

"Well that was weird," she said to me. "Maybe he had somewhere to be?"

At break, I went to buy a drink from the school vending machine, and nearly bumped into him coming around the corner. "Sorry!" I apologised.

"N-No problem," he replied, his eyes shifting away from me nervously.

I arched an eyebrow at him, and then squeaked when a weight appeared on the top of my head. "Kyo-ko, you were taking too long," Kaoru spoke into my ear. "Ah, it's Bossa Nova!" I have no idea what his expression was, but when I turned back to Kasanoda, he was sweating nervously and backing away.

"S-S-SORRY!" He ran away in the same direction he had come.

Well that was weird... I twisted my neck to stare at Kaoru. "What did you guys do to him?"

The twin blinked down at me, widening his eyes so he looked innocent and guileless. "Aw, why would you think that we'd do anything Kyoko?" Because I know you both. He squeezed me tighter. "Come eat with us anyway."

Kasanoda was avoiding me, but not Haruhi, and there was a 99% chance that the twins had something to do with it. Unfortunately no matter how much I asked, they wouldn't tell me, and distracted me with gourmet food.

The third change was the biggest surprise, as the Host Club saw the arrival of a new face in the Music Room. Well, not so much a new face as a new customer.

What is he doing here? Curious whispers filled the air as Kasanoda entered into the room. He marched over to the first empty seating arrangement he saw, and plonked himself down on the plush couch with an air of awkwardness.

After a second of nervous fidgeting, he turned to Kyouya-senpai. "I would like to designate Fuijoka, please."

What?! Is he serious? Is he that kind of guy? A forbidden romance! Those were just some of the things I heard in response to Kasanoda's unexpected choice. "Oh wow," I murmured to Haruhi as I prepared the tea blend and the snack tray like Kyouya-senpai had taught me ages ago (apparently throwing some tea and a plate of biscuits on a tray just didn't cut it in high society). "I guess he did fall in love with you yesterday. Nice work."

"Stop it," she said, watching me pour the hot water over the tea leaves and into the teapot. "He probably just wants to talk, since we're buddies right? He was so jumpy all day."

You're so dense when it comes to relationships it's almost impressive, I stared at her silently, and then nudged her away when she tried to take the tray. "No, I'm the server here, so go host and let me do my job."

I also really want to get closer because this looks like it might be interesting. Please don't let him freak out again.

I followed behind her until we reached the table. "Hi Cassanova!" Haruhi smiled blithely as she took a seat next to him. I almost smirked at the bashful way he shuffled to the side to give her space, but the look he shot me bordered on fear. "Looks like you're my customer today, huh?"