"Come on Hana, please." Yuki begged, using the Japanese version if my name.

"No."

"You have to join a club." She said. "All of the new foreigners do."

"Jeez, thanks."

"At least look at the list." Mina pleaded. "Who knows, maybe you'll find something."

I rolled my eyes and stared at my two friends. This was only my second day at Ouran Academy but I felt like I had known Yuki and Mina my whole life. Yesterday as I had tried to navigate my way through the endless hallways to my first class of the day two girls had walked up to me and introduced themselves as Yuki Yoshida and Mina Oshiro. They then walked me to my classroom and invited me to hang out with then at breaks.

Though both Yuki and Mina were Japanese they looked almost nothing like each other like most foreigners believed. Yuki's hair was a mousy brown that hung around her chin. She had a round face and warm dark grey eyes. Mina on the other hand had long black hair that fell down to her waist her face was round and her eyes were dark brown.

For the last few minutes Yuki and Mina had been trying to convince me to join one of Ouran Academy's clubs. I could never see the point in joining any clubs. People eventually realised that they couldn't be bothered with whatever club they were in and would quit. It always happened.

"Fine," I grumbled, brushing my black hair out of my eyes.

"Thank God!" Yuki cried, dramatically raising one hand to her forehead and the other over her heart. "You might have been the only first year that doesn't do anything outside of school."

I didn't bother to defend myself as Mina passed me the sheet that showed all of the clubs and I rolled my eyes one last time and looked down at it.

Ouran Academy Clubs

Teacher Organised Clubs

Calligraphy Club

Choir

Classical Music Club

Cooking Club

Classical Literature Club

Debate Club

Drama Club

Embroidery Club

Painting Club

Japanese Culture Club

Photography Club

Student Council

Tea Club

Student Organised Clubs

Dance Club

Host Club

Modern Fashion and Sewing Club

Modern Literature Club

Newspaper Club

Pet Club

Show Band

This excludes any sports teams

"So," Mina asked. "Anything look good? Yuki and I are joining the Tea club and Yuki is also joining the Drama club."

I shrugged. Everything pretty much looked like something you'd find at any normal high school; except for one thing…

"What's the Host Club?"

"Oh My God!" Mina squealed. "How do you not know what the Host Club is?"

"This is only my second day."

"We're going after school," Yuki said, teeming with excitement. "You have to come."

"Okay. But you still haven't told me what it is."

"Never mind that," Yuki said, and then turning to Mina she said: "Who are you going to request?"

"Request?" I asked.

"Yeah," Mina said. "You request a Host to sit with. I usually request Honey."

"And I usually request Mori." Yuki said.

"What sought of names are Honey and Mori?"

"They're nicknames," Mina explained. "Honey is Mitsukuni Haninozuka and Mori is Takashi Morionozuka. They're both third years."

"There is also the club's leader second year Tamaki Suoh, then Kyoya Ootori who's also in second year," Yuki explained. "Then there are the twins Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin, they are both first years, then there is the newest member first year Haruhi Fujioka. So seven members in total."

I was still confused. What the hell was a Host Club? I could tell that Mina and Yuki weren't going to tell me anything else. And what did they mean by request?

A voice snapped me out of my thoughts.

"Hey Yoshida. Hey Oshiro. Who's your friend?"

I turned and saw a tall boy standing nearby. He had brown hair that was so light for a Japanese person it had to be dyed and his eyes were a green-brown colour. He wore a pair of prescription hipster glasses.

"Oh hey," Yuki said. "Arashi-sempai this is Hana Ford. Hana this is Arashi Nakamura in second year." I was glad Yuki used the Japanese version of my name instead of the English version; Hannah. It made me sound like less of a foreigner.

"Nice to meet you Ford." Arashi said.

"You too," I said. "But call me Hana. It still sounds weird for me to be called by my surname."

Arashi laughed. "Okay Hana." Then he turned to Yuki and Mina. "So I heard you guys talking about the Host Club. Don't tell me you're planning on visiting them."

"Yeah," Mina said her hand on her waist but her voice still playful. "What's wrong with the Host Club? Almost every girl in the school goes there at least once."

"That's the problem." Arashi said, running his hand through his hair. "It's almost impossible for guys to get chicks with the Host Club snatching them all up."

Okay, I did not like what I was hearing. What was the Host Club? Some sought of dating circle?

"Jealous much?" Yuki said.

"Yeah," Arashi said shrugging. "So what, the guys in the club that I met are nice enough but they are all chick magnets."

"Whatever." Mina said. "We have to head to our next class. See you sempai."

"Okay then," Arashi said." See you later girls."

And with that he walked off. Yuki and Mina turned around and started to walk towards our next class. I was glad that they were both in my class. Without them I would always be getting lost. I turned and started to follow them. When I caught up to them I could hear that they were still talking about the Host Club.

"Don't you wish we had at least one of the Hosts in our class?" Mina asked.

"Of course, but all the first year hosts are in the same class."

"Who are the first year hosts again?" I asked.

"Haruhi Fujioka," Yuki said. "And the Hitachiin twins: Hikaru and Kaoru."

"Which host do you think you'll request, Hana?"

"I have no idea." I said. "I don't know anything about them. I still don't even what the Host Club is."

"Well then," Yuki said. "We've already requested to sit with Honey and Mori so you can sit with us."

"I don't know," I said. "It sounds boring."

"Please…" Yuki and Mina said in unison giving me huge puppy eyes.

I rolled my eyes. "Fine."

Mina and Yuki faces glowed and their faces seemed to split into giant smiles. They reminded me and little kids when their parents let them have a chocolate at the supermarket.

"You guys go ahead," I said. "I'm pretty sure I know my way to the classroom from here. I need to call my mum and tell her that I'm going to stay at school later."

"Okay." Yuki said. "I'll drive you home if your mum says yes."

I smiled and waved them away then pulled my phone out of dress pocket and dialled the home phone hoping that Kenichi wouldn't pick up.

When I was ten my parents, Carl and Annalisa, got a divorce and I moved with my mom to Italy where she was born and raised. Then about six months ago my mum met a Japanese businessman called Kenichi Watanabe and after three months of knowing each other they got married and my mum and I moved to Japan to live with him. Now Kenichi was a good husband for mum. He didn't abuse her or fight with her but he didn't seem to like me. Kenichi had been trying to convince mum for months to send me to foreign schools where I would be forced to stay for holidays and only be able to come back once a year but mum and decided on Ouran Academy which was only half an hour from home. I had no idea why Kenichi didn't like me but I honestly didn't care because I didn't like him either.

The phone rung and I counted four rings until it picked up.

"Hello this is Watanabe residence, Annalisa speaking."

"Hey mum."

"Oh, hey honey. How's your day been?"

"Good." I said. "I was just calling to ask if I could go to this club thing after school. Yuki and Mina are going and they want me to come."

"Of course you can go sweetie."

"Okay. Yuki said that she could get me home."

"Good," Mum said. "Well I have to go. I've got dinner cooking."

"Bye."

"Bye sweetie."

Then she hung up. I placed my phone back in my pocket and hurried off to class, hoping that I hadn't made a mistake by agreeing to go see the Host Club.

Wow. Where do I begin.

So this is my first serious story. My first story The 42nd Hunger Games is just a story I really did for fun. But this story is different somehow.

The next chapter is called Meeting The Famous Host Club and if you didn't guess my the title the Host Club is introduced in that chapter. Sorry if this chapter is a bit boring but the next one will be a lot more interesting for Host Club Fans.

If you have any ideas for what I should do on future chapters or advise for my writing please comment below.

-AxieJade