The Silence I Needed (Mori x Reader)

The Sleepover: Part I

As the days passed by, I got more comfortable with the Host Club. It seemed like I was always there, stuck almost, like it was the main setting of some book or show. Even with my progress, I stuck with Haruhi's table. It was the least confined and least cringey table in the room. Currently, I'm actually alone with Haruhi.

"So (Y/N), you've survived two weeks at Ouran Academy. How are you feeling about it?" They laid out cups of coffee as they asked.

I had to think for a minute before answering. "It feels like I've been here longer than that. Of course this place is still foreign to me, and I desperately miss Lobelia's uniform." I grabbed the hem of my skirt and sort of thrashed it around to prove my point. "I've come to understand you and all the other hosts a little better. So I guess not everything is completely foreign. I've learned that Mori and Hunny are cousins. Kyoya is an ass because of his family dynamics and the way his parents raised him. And the twins' act might not actually be an act. You know though, Haruhi, I still don't get Tamaki and Kyoya's Mommy/Daddy act. Are they.....?"

Haruhi shrugged and smiled. "It sounds like you know a lot about almost every host." I looked at them again, and realized all I knew were the basics for Haruhi. They are biologically a girl, and from a low income family. Tamaki calls them commoners and I just think that's rude. Haruhi is also an honor student, which is their ticket to Ouran Academy. "I'd love to get to know you better, (Y/N). How 'bout a sleepover sometime?"

"I'd love to. Let's-"

"DID SOMEONE SAY SLEEPOVER!? Boss! Can we have a sleepover?"

Shit.

Tamaki was standing on the couch in his "power pose". "Hikaru! Kaoru! That is an amazing idea! But not for the club!" A lot of girls complained "awww" and "why not". Tamaki shushed them all and, in all his charm, leaped off the couch to hold the closest girl. "It wouldn't be right to spend the night together, lest things get out of control." He winked at Haruhi and we both made gagging faces. All the girls were screaming and squealing about how chivalrous Tamaki was.

Soon enough, all the girls had filed out for the day. The three amigos were still going on about a sleepover for hosts only. Kyoya was already writing things down for it, and Hunny was starting to join in on the hyperactivity. "Uh, guys?" Everyone looked up to Haruhi from what they were doing. "I don't think my dad will allow it. He's wary enough of Senpai as it is. I don't think he'd ever allow me to spend the night with him and the other hosts without any supervision. Or other girls for that matter."

Tamaki was very distraught over not having a sleepover with "Daddy's little princess". Then Mori, of all people, spoke up. "What if (Y/N) came?"

I hadn't even thought of the possibility I was only helping clean up. I'm not a host. I'm not a part of this. I guess I was one of the initial two people who started the sleepover talk, though. I still haven't given Haruhi a definite yes or no answer. I heaved a little at the thought of sleeping in the same vicinity as Mori, let alone five other guys. Shoving my anxiety down, I turned to the group. "Yeah, I guess I could join in. I, uh, I have a rule, though." I tapped my fingers together, trying to calm myself a little, and Haruhi put their hand on my shoulder to reassure me. Something I'm used to getting from Mori. "We have to do it at my house. If I have to get dragged into this, we're doing it on my turf. And that way, you won't have to use host funds either. My family can provide everything."

The boys shrugged and gave "okay" answers. "That seems like a wonderfully fair idea." Kyoya said, using that fake smile of his. "However, I will not be joining you, I don't take kindly to waking up early. Or to other people like you three idiots, for that matter." They all shrunk back as if Kyoya was some kind of non-morning demon king or something. I'm okay with him not coming. There's a high chance he already has hidden cameras in my house. I don't want to give him any more chances to pull anything.