A bit of a long recap.
"This is why I didn't want her to eat sugar!" Xiao growled, massaging her temples. "She acts like an idiot!"
"But...She's acting like Tamaki-senpai." Haruhi mumbled.
"Isn't that the same thing?" The twins, whom had popped out of nowhere, pointed out bluntly. Xiao, who had had enough, stalked over to you both and smacked you over the head with a rolled up magazine. (She must have gotten it from the plot hole. >.>)
"Ahem, as I was saying." Tamaki pointed at the terrified girl. "We will help you rescue Sir Bobo the Hobo!"
"It is our code!" You assured her.
"The code of the Tamakians!"
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"My, my, I seem to be lost." You chuckled to yourself. After inspecting your surroundings for the umpteenth time you'd finally come to the conclusion you were, indeed, 100 percent lost.
Well, maybe not '100 percent'. You knew you were in the garden of Ouran High, and you knew you were in the maze of said garden. However, you had no earthly idea how far in or out of the labyrinth you were nor which way you should go. As for your current situation; who else could possibly be responsible then the selfish yet selfless Tamaki Suoh?
About two hours ago, back when you were still on your sugar high, you and your fellow Tamaki had ushered the entire host club out onto the lawn. Then, after the little girl recalled she had been in the hedge maze when she lost Bobo the Hobo, everyone split into pairs. Tamaki left with the little damsel, Kyoya disappeared with Haruhi, your senpais Mori and Hunny left another way, and the twins branched off somewhere else. Since Xiao had declined to help with a very elegant 'screw you', there was an odd number of people. To avoid conflict you had ever so valiantly offered to be the odd little duck and search all by your lonesome.
"Hmm...In retrospect...That might not have been the best idea." You mused to yourself while folding your arms beneath your bust. You just so happened to be staring absentmindedly into the eight foot tall clean cut hedge in front of you when you heard something. Muffled voices, maybe?
Tilting your head inquisitively, you leaned forward and pressed an ear to the leaves. This time you were sure there were people talking on the other side...You managed to gather that they were bored and 'it's all that idiot lord's fault'. Since you were still plastered against the tall hedges, you could, very clearly, hear the snapping and rustling of the bush. Suddenly, the hedge was forced apart and a dark figure was thrown from the green wall and in your general direction.
"A surprise rapist?!?!" You managed to cry out before getting pummeled to the ground. When everything had calmed, you were flat on back with someone looming over you. Your insides had been scrambled from the sudden impact so when you first began to squint up at the dark, sinister figure-- Well you basically had quadruple vision so you couldn't make out anything.
Never the less, your eyes slowly began to focus until you had a clear picture of your 'attacker'. Why it was none other then the older unscrupulous twin himself, Hikaru Hitachiin! And he would've gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for your stupid eyesight. >.>
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His legs were on either side of your own and he was sitting on your knees. (Unfortunately for you, this forced your dress to stay in the same awkward position of being hiked up all the way to your upper thigh on one side.) One of his hands were rubbing his lower back while the other, unbeknownst to the owner, was placed on your right breast. You blinked up at the boy's face with your lips parted slightly in a small 'o' shape. He had yet to discover he was on you because he had one eye closed and the other was squinted and looking to the left as if he were trying to see his back.
"It wasn't a surprise rapist after all...It was just a clumsy pervert." Your mental realization was accompanied by a silent chuckle of amusement.
"Hikaru!!!" The younger Hitachiin exclaimed, at the same time bursting forth from the already broken bush. The teen, who still hadn't realized he was crushing you, turned his head to the left to look at his younger sibling.
"Hika...ru..." Kaoru's voice faded when the corner of his mouth began twitching; then he lifted his hand to point a shaky finger at his older brother. Hikaru made a 'huh' noise and then began moving his hand that he thought had been on the ground...The apparently soft and squishy ground. His eyes widened and his neck made slow jerky movements until he was staring down at your ever smiling and, in this case, bemused face. His eyes moved from your face and traveled down until they landed on his hand. A thick red blush line sneakily crept onto his cheeks, but then he suddenly reeled back and threw his hands up in the air.
"HOST HOPPER!!!" He shouted in alarm before scrambling off of you. He simply began standing stiffly in one place...But his eyes managed to inch their way to your exposed leg. Where they stayed, even when you sat up and began rubbing the back of your head. Your eyes automatically shut when your fingers brushed a fresh, and rather nasty, bump.
To your surprise, when they opened, Kaoru seemed to have snapped himself out of his stupor and he was now offering you his hand. After blinking at it a few moments a grateful smile crossed your lips and you grabbed on with both hands which allowed him to heave you to your feet. (You didn't bother fixing your skirt because it conveniently fell into place once you were standing.)
For a brief moment, your eyes flitted from Kaoru, who was giving you an apologetic smile, to Hikaru, who was still staring at you with a vacant expression.
"Geez, even though Hikaru's older....Kaoru's more mature." You immediately shook that thought out of your head because you had more important things to worry about.
"I'm glad you guys found me...Because I'm seriously lost." You mentioned in a relieved tone, at the same time letting go of Kaoru's hand. Kaoru's gaze shifted to his brother and vice versa. Then Hikaru spoke up.
"Well you're out of luck, because we're lost too."
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"I'm really not comfortable doing this!" You protested while Kaoru shoved your toward the low stone bench which Hikaru was already standing on.
"We need to find the exit so it can't be helped." Kaoru lazily explained while pulling off his blue blazer and tossing it on the ground next to Hikaru's. Blowing the brown bangs out of your eyes you stepped up onto the bench.
"But, Koaru's taller then me! So you'd be able to see more! Plus, I'm wearing a dress!" You tried to reason with the pair, even going so far as to play the dress card. The twins looked from you, lifting your skirt to try and prove your point, to each other.
"You're lighter then me and couldn't possibly catch me if I fell." Kaoru bluntly pointed out while stepping onto the bench as well.
"The dress thing isn't important anyway. When you were on the ground I saw boxers-- Which reminds me...Why do you even HAVE boxers?" Hikaru chimed in, looking down at you accusingly. You sighed and let your skirt slip from your grasp. Their logic was better then yours. Then something Kaoru said clicked in your head.
"You said I wouldn't fall!" You looked at Hikaru as if he'd betrayed you. Which, in a sense, he did.
"I lied." He shrugged, but before you could protest, Kaoru had lifted you by your hips. Hikaru then crouched down with his back to you. Figuring you weren't going to win no matter what you did, you opted to cooperate and slipped your legs over Hikaru's shoulders. After clamping his hands firmly over your knees, Hikaru stood up to his full height. (Kaoru jumped down to the ground after making sure Hikaru could lift you.)
"...Get your skirt out of my face." Hikaru ordered shamelessly. Complying with his request, you bundled it up and held it on the top of his head. Then you straightened your back in an attempt to peer over the hedges.
"See anything?" Kaoru asked in a detached voice, his hand on his hip. He stared up at your back through half lidded, bored eyes.
"I can barely even see over the tops of the other hedges." You reported in a strangely chipper tone.
"This girl's so weird...She doesn't even get mad when we're lost and forcing her to do stuff." Both twins, unbeknownst the the other, thought simultaneously.
"That was fruitless." Hikaru grumbled to himself. Now that you were useless to him, he let go of your knees. And, because you weren't holding onto anything, you dropped off his shoulders with a surprised squeak. Oddly, accompanying your descent was a loud rip.
Lucky for you, Kaoru was more responsible then his brother and caught you. He more or less let your back fall into his chest, though this forced him to collapse on the ground. From your position of sitting on the ground in between his legs with your arms on his pulled up knees and leaning against his chest, you managed to tilt your head to the side and look up at him with a grateful smile. For some plot developing reason, he was staring down at you with an almost relieved look.
Unfortunately for Hikaru, your skirt had somehow managed to become tangled on his belt and his cuff links. So while all this chemistry between Kaoru and yourself had been going on, Hikaru had been waving his arms around for balance to try and prevent himself from falling back. But, in the end, he was sent careening off the bench and landed between your legs with the back of his head smack dab in the middle of your chest. As you were gaping down at the top of his peach head, who should arrive but the rest of the host club! Of course they were accompanied by the little girl, happily carrying Bobo the Hobo, and a coverall wearing maintenance man.
"Tamaki-daughter!!!" The blond prince type cried in both relief and horror. For he had found you safe, but with a ripped skirt and with those unscrupulous twins. You, Hikaru, and Kaoru managed untangle yourselves from each other and stand up.
"Tamaki-papa!" You greeted with a smile and a wave while you were walking toward him. Tamaki shrieked with terror upon seeing that your skirt was torn and jagged and completely gone up to your thighs. You stopped walking and followed all the host's eyes to your bare legs. You craned you neck in an attempt to look over your shoulder and see the damage from behind.
"Huh, well that's unfortunate." You mumbled to yourself. Deciding it couldn't be helped you clasped your hands behind your back and gave the group a cute, cheeky, eye closed smile.
"Why are you wearing boxers?" Haruhi asked, only to be ignored...As always. -____-
"Tamaki-daughter's so brave!" Tamaki proclaimed through tears before lifting you by your underarms and swinging you around joyously.
Meanwhile Kaoru had pulled the remnants of your yellow skirt from the back of Hikaru's pants. Each twin took an edge and lifted it until they were staring through the perfect, though jagged, hole that your legs slipped through. While staring through the hole they spotted an overzealous Tamaki spinning you around like a rag doll.
"That pisses me off a bit." Hikaru mentioned to his brother.
"Yeah, me too. Who does that guy think he is.....Playing with our toy like that." Kaoru finished his older brother's thought effortlessly.
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Ooooooo~! Plot development. XD
Next Time:
Aki-chan finally discovers where she knows the twins and Haruhi from!
A full time host hopper?
And...
Haruhi's a transvestite?! 0.o
I'm trying to keep the twins in character while trying to build a relationship between them and Aki...But it's pretty much a fruitless effort. So, sorry if you find them incredibly OOC. ^^;
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Weeee~! I'm happy and I don't know why! ^^- I love you guys! XD
You: 0.o Cra~zy.
The next chapter will probably follow an episode, but with my own twist of course. -^^- I'll probably keep switching from my own ideas to the episodes...But they won't follow any particular order. ^^;
