The Life of a Host

Chapter 4

Haruhi and Kanako were dancing. Well, Kanako was trying to teach Haruhi how to dance while Haruhi was freaking out slightly. I was sitting on one of the window sills, catching up on my reading for one of my classes. The material wasn't boring per say, it was actually interesting at certain points, but I couldn't help glancing up to watch Haru and Kanako every now and then.

I had been helping her learn at home, even though it was a bit difficult since I had to play the part of the girl, especially with the height difference. But we'd made some progress, which I proudly noted watching the pair practice together. Haru wasn't stumbling over her feet as much as when we started, though she occasionally stumbled a bit. Looking back down at my book, I turned the page and quietly hummed to myself. I only look up again when there's a sudden thud, which ends up being Haruhi and Kanako.

They were tangled on the ground, with Haru being on top of Kanako, who had her arms wrapped around Haru's neck. Setting my book down, after putting my bookmark in to keep my place, I stood up and walked over. Crouching down next to the pair, I chuckled with a smirk.

"Having fun over here you two?" I ask them in amusement, making the pair jump and look at me. Haru moves to get off of Kanako, while Kanako sits up. Standing back up, I hold out my hands for the both of them. Haru takes it, thanking me with a smile as I pat her head. Looking back down at Kanako, I smile. She stares at me, almost as if she didn't believe I was offering to help her up.

"Come on! We don't want our princess to get dirty, now do we?" Kanako smiles and takes my hand, allowing me to quickly pull her up.

"Thanks Luca. I appreciate it." Waving my hand, I say it's nothing before going back to the window sill. Before I can manage to get there, the door to the room opened and a boy struggling with some boxes walked in.'Those boxes are going to fall.' I was right, they started to tip so I ran over and caught the boxes, grunting at the sudden weight. The boy hit my shoulder when he almost fell but I stood my ground, shifting my grip on the boxes so I wouldn't drop them. I bit my lip in pain, trying my best not to drop the boxes. Kyoya comes over and starts to say stuff like thank you for the new tea sets or that he was lucky that I had caught the boxes.

'Tea sets huh? Explains why these boxes are heavy..'

"Hey Kyoya? Where should I put these?" I question, wanting nothing more than to put the boxes down for the sake of my arms. He points to a table in the corner of the room making me nod and walk over there. Once I get over there, I set the box down. Stretching my arms, while making a mental note to think about both stretching more often and possibly attempting to work on my upper body strength, I hear the door close. Turning around, I notice that both the boy and Kanako are gone. I go over to Haruhi, giving her a questioning look before paying attention to Kyoya and the twins. They were ranting about something along the lines of someone being boring. She sighs and tells me everything that they were talking about.

I nod while saying, "Ah, so Kanako and Suzushima are engaged." Crossing my arms, I think for a second before shrugging and grabbing my stuff. I swung my bag over my shoulder when Tamaki suddenly yelled, "Men! It's our job, as members of the Elite Ouran Host Club, to make every girl happy!" I look over at him in disbelief before shaking my head and walking over to Haru.

"Come on, Haru. We should get going if you want me to help you practice a little bit more and then get ready." She nods and goes to grab her things, while I pull out my headphones and have them rest around my neck. Pulling out my phone, I plug my headphones in and go to look at my music. Suddenly my phone is taken from me, followed by snickering. Glaring at Hikaru, I move to grab my phone back, but he moves it away from me, smirking. I feel my headphones pull against my neck the further he moves away, making me have to follow.