Author Notes: And now it is time for the next girl who is a lovely lady of the host club to have her day in the sun! While we were introduced to her in the story 100% Soul Queen we have never gotten to really know a lot about her. Therefore, for your pure heart's viewing pleasure is the story of our dear resident chef in training Romey Meyers. This story shall focus on the story of how she met Kaoru along with explaining how she became the unofficial baker/seamstress/friend of the hosts. I know that many people normally find the sweet types boring but there is more to Romey than meets the eye. Grab a cup of commoner coffee and a piece of lime cake as we dive into the world of Ouran.

Disclaimer: I don't own Ouran High School Hosts Club. They are property and copyright of Bisco Hatori. I also don't own Romey Meyers. She is owned by my friend THWT who gave me permission to use her for the story.

Recipe 1: Mischief-Style Host Preparation

Kaoru walked into the home economics classroom a little after eight as he had managed to get away from Hikaru who had tried to ask him to play a prank on Tamaki Suou but in the end, he decided against it due to two factors holding him back. The First was that he was not in any mood to play a joke on their friend so early in the morning and the second was that he wanted Hikaru to be his own person rather than relying on them being a set. Therefore, his choice of escaping the prank was Kaoru saying that he needed to study for a test. That in turn made Hikaru a little annoyed but he shrugged it off and went to find Haruhi to help him.

"Okay, so maybe I am not the only one in here today." Kaoru took note of a bowl, spoon, and pan neatly sat out on the counter. The oven was set to four twenty-five degrees. Upon closer inspection, he saw that there were sixteen sea scallops in a bowl of melted butter, garlic, and shallots. "Why would someone leave scallops soaking in a bowl?"

He looked around the room again trying to find the person but sighed finally taking it into his own hands to save the dish from what he assumed was certain death. He walked over to the nearby locker that had his name on it and opened it. He pulled out the crisp white apron he kept in it and put it on as he tied the back ties to the front. He then walked to the sink to wash his hands.

The door to the freezer opened and a girl walked out of it. She wore the female uniform and her long hair tied in a large yellow ribbon. She wore a white apron that had lace around the edge and straps. She sat down the frozen piecrust and started back to work. She paid no mind to the other person in the room.

Kaoru finished washing his hands and turned back to go finish the dish but found that it was now being taken care of by someone. He walked closer towards the person about to say something when he stopped short in his tracks. His golden eyes seemed to fill with a mix of shyness and surprise at the girl before him. She had the most beautiful brownish red hair he had ever seen and her green eyes seemed to resemble emeralds. He watched as her petite hands carefully measured the ground nutmeg in a small spoon and how she would sit it down on the counter gently without making a sound, it was almost as if she appeared out of nowhere. The light above them rained down on the girl making it seem as though the light had created a halo around her head.

The girl looked up making eye contact with Kaoru and gave him a small smile. "Hello, I didn't know you were here."

"Uh yeah…I just…um…" Kaoru rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "I came in to relax and get away from my brother but I ended up trying to save your dish."

"Oh I see, I guess I may have come off as someone who'd leave scallops in a bowl without taking the proper care of them but I had to grab the pie crust from the freezer because I am planning to make a strawberry cream pie once the casserole is done."

"I see," Kaoru stayed quiet trying to keep himself from coming off like an idiot. "So uh, you spend time making a casserole for breakfast?"

"Oh no no, this is for the gardening club's lunch today," the girl explained. "They asked me to prepare a small meal for them and I thought a casserole would be good and I am making a pie for dessert."

Kaoru nodded. "Do you need any help?"

"Well could you maybe combine the bread crumbs and olive oil in a separate bowl?"

"Sure." Kaoru walked over picking up the can of breadcrumbs from the counter and poured them into a bowl. He reached over taking the bottle of olive oil and poured in next. He started stirring the ingredients together. "So um…my name's Kaoru…Hitachiin Kaoru."

"Oh nice to meet you Hitachiin-san," The girl said not looking up from measuring the salt and pepper. "I'm Romey Meyers."

"That's a really nice name…" Kaoru said dreamily not paying attention to the bowl tipping to the side as he stirred.

"Hitachiin-san!" Romey cried quickly taking the bowl from him. "Please pay attention to your mixing, you almost spilled out the topping for the casserole."

"Oh man I'm sorry." Kaoru quickly stepped away so Romey could save it. "Uh…is there anything else I can do?"

"Could you transfer the scallops to the casserole dish?" Romey asked looking over the mixture that Kaoru made before adding a little more olive oil.

"Sure," Kaoru poured the bowl of scallops into the casserole dish and moved to the side when Romey poured the breadcrumbs and olive oil on top. He looked at her carefully a moment before looking away blushing.

"Thank you for the help," Romey picked up the dish. "Oh my, how am I going to get the oven door open? My hands are full."

Kaoru rushed over opening the oven door for her. "Here, I got it."

"Thank you."

Romey sat the casserole dish into the over making sure it was at the center before closing it. She then started cleaning off her area so to start on the pie. She hummed quietly all the while making sure that she thoroughly cleaned the countertops ensuring there was nothing left of the casserole. "So tell me Hitachiin-san, do you always spend time in here?"

Kaoru snapped out of his daze. "Not all the time, I usually come in here when I want to get away from my brother and his pranks."

"I see," Romey looked at the countertop before putting away her cleaning supplies and grabbed the frozen piecrust. "Well I do hope that you come in here more often, it's a lot of fun to have someone to speak with rather than being here alone."

"Yeah." Kaoru smiled gently.

Romey stopped what she was doing and looked at her watch. "Oh my, could you maybe watch the casserole for me? I need to go outside and see if our sensei needs help with bringing the supplies in. I'll just be a minute."

"Sure,"

"Thank you." Romey sat her oven mitts down and left the room as Kaoru took a seat at the counter to look at the recipe cards that Romey left behind.

"Oi, Kaoru!"

Kaoru looked up at someone calling his name and saw Hikaru and Haruhi standing in the doorway. He saw that Hikaru had a look of pleasure on his face while Haruhi's face held a look of annoyance. "What are you two doing here?"

"The boss got really mad at me for pranking him so I decided to hide out in here." Hikaru explained.

"And he dragged me here." Haruhi mumbled. "Hey what's that smell?"

"A casserole," Kaoru explained. "It's baked sea scallops, and I am just waiting for…"

"Aww cool!" Hikaru looked at the oven's settings. "But if you want it to cook faster you need to fix it a bit."

"Hikaru, no just no!" Kaoru slapped his brother's hand. "Don't' touch that oven under any circumstances!"

"Why not? I want to help." Hikaru then took note of the piecrust on the counter. "Hey are you baking a pie too? Cool let me help!"

"Hikaru no." Kaoru glared at his twin. "Sit down and sit on your hands! I don't want you causing havoc here."

"Aww really?" Hikaru pouted. "By the way Kyouya-senpai's been looking for you. He said it was something super important that he wanted to talk to you about."

"Really?" Kaoru looked at the oven and then at the timer. He knew that he could not just up and leave behind the casserole as he promised Romey that he would look after it but at the same time, he knew that Kyouya would be angry that he kept him waiting. Sighing he stood up. "Haruhi and Hikaru please watch the oven for me. If the time goes off please take the casserole out of the oven."

"Sure leave it to us." Hikaru waved Kaoru off. "Go on and have fun!"

Kaoru rolled his eyes but left the room.

"Hikaru, I don't think that Kyouya-senpai said he needed to see Kaoru right this minute," Haruhi said shaking her head. She blinked a few times watching as Hikaru opened the oven and pulled out the casserole. "What are you doing?!"

"Saving Kaoru's food." Hikaru grabbed multiple spices down and started adding them to the casserole. "It'll taste better if there are extra flavors in it and we crank up the oven a little."

"What don't do that!" Haruhi cried.

"Calm down Haruhi, I know what I am doing." Hikaru finished his work and turned the oven up on six hundred before shutting the door. "There it should be done in half the time."

"I'm leaving." Haruhi got up and left the room.

Romey walked down the hallway carrying a large crate of oranges as she rounded the corner she caught sight of smoke billowing out from the classroom she had once been in. She dropped the crate onto the floor and ran towards the room. She gasped in horror seeing "Kaoru" sitting at the counter reading a comic book while the oven was spilling out smoke.

"Hitachiin-san!" Romey cried as she ran over opening the oven and pulling out the now burned casserole. She stared at it a long moment before looking at the young man at the counter. "Why didn't you take it out?"

"What? It was being Cajun style." Hikaru shrugged. "Besides It got done rather quickly with a higher setting."

"You…you messed with my oven?" Romey asked in shock. "Why would you do that?"

"It's just food." Hikaru mumbled. "There is no use crying over fried scallops." He stood up and headed towards the door. "Anyway next time make something more interesting."

Romey stared after Hikaru before she started to dump the casserole into the trash. She felt anger bubbling over in her entire being and wanted to hit something.

"Hey I smell smoke, did something burn in here?" Kaoru saw Romey standing at the counter and flinched when he saw her glare at him. "What's wrong?"

"How dare you show your face back in here?" Romey hissed sitting down the casserole pan and narrowed her eyes. "First you say you don't care about my food burning and then you come back in here pretending like you don't' know what happened!"

"I don't know what you're talking about." Kaoru said. "I wasn't in here."

"Don't lie to me!" Romey shouted in fury. "Just leave me alone!"

"But Romey I didn't…"

"That's Miss Meyers to you!" Romey snapped and strode off to go get a new casserole pan and to clean the oven.

"But I didn't…" Kaoru narrowed his eyes. "Hikaru…!"

"Hey did you guys hear something?"

"It sounded like Kao-chan."

The hosts looked at Hikaru who had walked into the library and noticed he was a little annoyed.

"What did you do?" Everyone asked in unison.

End Chapter

Author Notes: What? You thought that Kaoru and Romey's meeting would be simple and free of trouble. There is no telling what can happen when the Hitachiins are involved. Will Kaoru be able to explain to Romey what happened? Will she forgive him? What will happen in the near future? Find out in the next chapter!