Keep It Together (OHSHC/Hikaru Love Story)

Chapter 5

"Well, I was looking for you, but you didn't tell me that you guys weren't meeting in the room today. Anyway, what are you talking about? What's with physical exams?" I toyed with them.

"It's rude to eavesdrop, Frenchie!" the twins immediately said, trying to get off topic.

I glared, "It's rude to run into people without apologizing!"

Hikaru stated, "That wasn't our fault."

I annoyed them, "Of course, it was." I brought my attention back to the others, "If this is about Haruhi being a girl, I already know." All of their mouths dropped, besides Kyoya. Was there anything he didn't know?

Suddenly, two hands covered my mouth. "Don't say it so loud!" Kaoru scolded me.

"Do you want everyone to hear?" Hikaru said.

"How did you figure it out so fast, Kata-chan?" Honey wondered, skipping over to me.

I peeled off their hands and said, "For starters, you guys are doing a really bad job of hiding it. Second, she just looks like a she. I mean, look at those huge, brown eyes and try to tell me they're not girly."

Kyoya smirked, "Are we sure you and Tamaki are related?"

Haruhi laughed, "He was the last to find out."

"I only see the beauty in people!" Tamaki defended dramatically.

I grinned, "Well, my frère naïf, pretty girls tend to look like girls. So, can I guess you're not cross-dressing for fun?"

"Well, it's a pretty long story," Haruhi laughed sheepishly. She quickly explained to me how she had stumbled upon the Host Club when looking for a place to study. When Tamaki caught her off guard, which he easily and often did to people, she knocked into a Renaissance vase worth eight million yen. I knew she was on a scholarship, so the fact that she was indebted that much to them made me feel terrible! Mistaking her for a boy at first, they made her work at the Host Club as an errand boy before turning her into an official member of the club. They found out her true gender a little later on, but they kept it secret so that she could continue working as a host.

"How come you can't just exempt them?" I asked.

Kyoya answered, "I'm afraid they're mandatory. I had forgotten all about them, actually."

"Then, that means there's no doubt. They're gonna know... I'm really a girl," Haruhi figured, but she didn't seem all too worried by that fact. The boys, on the other hand, were on the other end of that spectrum. While Kyoya didn't look concerned, and I was sure from what I had gathered about him by then that he had some sort of plan, the rest of the club were completely shocked by the possibility that they might lose Haruhi.