Suracis69: I'm actually going to try and write a story that will be 5 chapters long consisting of at least 20,000 words per chapter. If I somehow manage to complete said story, I might write another depending if I want to or not. Have fun reading!

My inspiration for this story came from the story called Fixated by TheAngelIsrafel

The Mask – Chapter 1: The Outcast

Friday the 4th of September

"Have you heard about the new guy Tamaki?" Tamaki smiled at the princess before him before continuing his host-like self.

"What new guy? The only person that I know in my heart is you my dear." The act managed to get a few squeals out of the girls but the question did indeed catch someone's ears. Kyouya stood by with a notebook and pen constantly writing about something like he was some sort of a therapist but all he really cared about was the income. That was when another girl continued on with the question.

"But yeah, that guy certainly is a strange one. He scares me sometimes when he walks by." The girls nodded in agreement.

"It's like we're not even there to him! Is every American like that?"

"If you ask me, I think he's crazy." That was when Kyouya stepped in.

"Now girls, I don't think we should be focusing on someone that doesn't matter when you have your prince Tamaki just waiting to serve you." He gave his host smile as Tamaki only continued in his act, if not more. The girls did halt in their conversation but that didn't apply to Kyouya. It seemed that it piqued his interest enough that he would actually research about the guy later that evening…

Kaoru's POV

All I could do was stare at my brother's back as he continued to show off to Haruhi about how cool he was. Just seeing that made me want to throw up and leave the room but I couldn't. If I did, I just know Kyouya would throw a fit about it and punish me somehow. I shuddered at the thought of my last punishment when I was forced to cross-dress one day for my patrons. It was so dreadful but my patrons seem to think I'm cute when I put on a dress.

"It's almost time so get to your places everyone." Sometimes, I think Kyouya was the President of the Host Club instead of Tamaki. As I heard my brother's footsteps approach, I couldn't help but stare at one of the tiles beneath my feet. It just seemed so fascinating but I knew what I was really doing. I was ignoring my brother because he loved that cross-dresser over there! If she didn't show up, then maybe, just maybe I would have a chance but it's not like that. Fate is so cruel to me sometimes.

"Kaoru, are you all right?" A fake smile appeared on my face as I brought my face up.

"Of course I am." I knew that he could see through my smile but I didn't really care and it seemed he didn't either as he believed it. I sighed out loud, which caught the attention of my brother unintentionally as I wondered when my torment would end.

The Outcast's POV

As I walked lazily through the amazingly long hallways of Ouran, I could feel pairs of eyes staring at me trying to figure me out. I'm pretty sure they knew my background but maybe that's why they avoid me or am I the one avoiding them? I wasn't really sure as to either but I did notice a large group of females standing in front a humongous door. Because I wasn't too familiar with Japanese, I couldn't very well ask what they were doing.

"You doing okay sir?" I sighed in sadness as I looked over to my translator with a fake nod and smile. To tell the truth, I didn't want to be here right now. I didn't even want to be in the country as a matter of fact. Now I really love Japan and the things that they have but I didn't really want to learn here but I had to if I wanted to learn more about the culture. I can't believe I started this stupid tour years ago – to spend a school year in each country so I could fulfill my dream of understanding every culture first-hand. I soon heard a creaking sound that caught my attention as I saw the group of girls practically run into the room. What in the world is going on? The door soon closed afterwards as I slowly approached that same door myself.

"It appears this room is the Third Music Room."

"And how exactly do you know that?"

"Because there's a sign up there that says so." I looked over to the sign that she was pointing at as I gave her a look for being a know it all.

"Why would a bunch of girls go into a music room after school?"

"Perhaps there is a club activity going on sir." That seemed reasonable I suppose. "Would you like to enter sir?"

"If I wanted to enter, I would thank you very much."

"Then why don't you?" I stared at my translator for a good long while before responding.

"You just love doing that to me don't you?"

"It's the one fun thing about you." I rolled my eyes at that as I raised my right hand to turn the doorknob and what I found inside was definitely not what I expected. There were a bunch of girls surrounding the few guys in blue and it seemed as if they were having a tea party or something. Well, this is a rich school so I guess that's to be expected.

"Welcome to the Host Club, Josh." I could feel my heart beat faster as I stared at the raven-haired teen that appeared in front of me. He even spoke in English but it seems that he had an accent.

"Um, hi there. How do you know my name?" He smiled as he brought a hand up to move his glasses further up.

"Let's just say I know a bit of something of everyone that attends this school." I kind of felt awkward about the situation so I turned to my translator to get the information I wanted.

"The boy in front of you is Kyouya. He's a very intelligent young man and seems to handle himself very well. It appears he has three older brothers and his father appears to own multiple businesses."

"His gauge?"

"75." That's when my jaw dropped. Someone actually has a gauge of higher than 40 in this school? That's amazing!

"I see that you have someone to do a bit of research yourself."

"Yes well, she's not only my translator. I guess you can say she's my assistant."

"And it seems that you rank each individual by their emotions, abilities, personality, mentality, and the likeliness to succeed in the future."

"You seem to know a lot about me. I'm really impressed." He gave a small smile as he moved himself to allow me entry into the room. That's when I noticed that everyone was quiet and observing the interaction between me and the other male. I sighed out loud again as the door closed behind me.

"People at this school really love staring don't they?"

"What do you expect? You're from America and you don't really bear a resemblance to them but you are very handsome." I rolled my eyes at this. "Plus you speak English and not Japanese."

"Exactly how many times are you going to say that to me Alyssa?"

"As much as you ask that question." I grumbled as Kyouya led us to a deserted table with three chairs that were soon to be occupied by us.

"Haruhi, Honey, and Mori, please escort the patrons out of the room. Their money will be refunded for today." The teen that sat in front of me said something in Japanese that I couldn't really understand so I looked over to my assistant for help.

"He asked three people to escort people out of here and that their money would be refunded." I raised an eyebrow at what I just heard. What exactly were people buying here? Tea or something?

"So you don't understand Japanese?" I scratched my hair in embarrassment as I nodded my head. "Do you plan on learning?"

"Kind of I suppose." Kyouya decided to keep quiet as I looked around the room, seeing the girls leave the room and three guys approaching us. It seems that two of them were twins and were… very attached as I noticed an arm around the other's waist and another around the shoulders.

"Mom! Why did we stop for today?" The blonde haired male had said something but of course, I couldn't understand. I didn't bother looking at my assistant this time because I knew a little something called privacy.

"Do not call me that when we have a very important guest in front of us." Seems like Kyouya had responded in the same language so I didn't bother focusing my attention on their conversation any longer as I looked over to my assistant.

"The blonde haired boy is Tamaki. Very friendly with people but tends to let his emotions get the best of him. He also knows French and his father is the superintendent of Ouran. His gauge is 10."

"Wow, that's kind of… sad?" I wasn't sure as to what word I should use but since that was the first word that came to mind, it was also the first to come out of my mouth.

"Your ranking is a bit harsh don't you think?" I looked over to Kyouya as I smiled sweetly.

"Harsh but true." My assistant cleared her throat, as I knew that she wanted my attention again.

"If you don't mind, could you please tell me who is who after I tell you the description regarding the twins?"

"Of course! You know I love doing that sort of stuff!" She smiled as she placed her eyes on the black notebook as she began to read.

"Their names are Hikaru and Kaoru. Both of them do their share of troublemaking but it appears that Hikaru also tends to let his emotions get the best of him and is a bit immature. Kaoru on the other hand, appears to be more mature and tends to think first before acting. Their mother is in the fashion industry, which explains the money. Hikaru's gauge is 25 and Kaoru's is 60." That's when my jaw dropped once again. I know that twins who live together do tend to be different from one another but this much?

"Are you sure that's right?" I asked, making sure of what I've heard.

"It should be unless you want me to recheck." I nodded. "Less work for me to do! I think it's time for you to update your gauge you know. It's been like five years and you know that yourself."

"I'll get to it while I'm here okay?" That seemed to get her off my back as I looked back at Kyouya.

"If you don't mind me asking, why do you update your gauge?"

"Because people and culture change. The gauge must be aligned with the people of this generation as to get a more accurate number." I said simply. I quickly glanced at Tamaki who seemed to staring at the three other guys that were headed this way. Hikaru seemed to be bored out of his mind and Kaoru seemed to be listening to our conversation. I wonder if he understands us.

"You still haven't told me who is who."

"Oh that's right! Sorry about that. The one who is yawning right now is Hikaru and the other is Kaoru." That's when I noticed Kaoru's eyes widened.

"How do you know that?"

"Immaturity comes with acting like a child at times. As you can see, he's terribly bored just doing nothing." My assistant seemed to accept that explanation as she turned another page in her notebook. The three that escorted the patrons out finally returned as Kyouya stood up, ushering them all into a different room.

"What do you think is going on?" I yawned at the question, which had seemed to annoy her. "Do you only care about things when you're being paid?"

"It adds inspiration to my work – so yes, it does." I said with a smile. "So, explain the other three if you don't mind."

"The short blonde haired boy is Honey. He appears to be a kid but is actually a teenager. While very caring for others, he does tend to act like a kid eating all sorts of sweets. It appears his money comes from the dojo that his family owns. His gauge is 35."

"Interesting." I picked up a spoon nearby as I began to examine its structure while listening to my assistant.

"The brown haired female is Haruhi."

"Female you say?"

"Yes. Haruhi is a female despite the fact that she's dressed in a male's uniform."

"So she's a cross-dresser?"

"Not exactly. It seems that her awareness of gender is lower than that of the average person."

"Makes sense I suppose."

"She is very honest and straightforward with everyone she meets. While still a child, her mother died leaving her and the father. She doesn't attend Ouran because of the money she has but because of scholarship she received for being smart. Her gauge is 70."

"So now we have three people in this club that have a gauge of higher than 40. Surprising."

"Anyway, the last one is Mori. He's a very quiet person but very loyal and obedient. It appears that his money is connected with Honey seeing as how in the past, Mori's family were basically slaves to Honey's family."

"Does that still apply today?"

"No. Mori's gauge is 50."

"Make that four people." I finally placed the spoon down on the small coffee table before as I looked over to my assistant.

"I still can't believe I have a gauge of 85 while yours is 97!"

"At least it's not 100." I began to laugh at my own joke staring to wonder where Kyouya and the others went.

"Very funny." She immediately closed her notebook and began to stare out the window as I did the same.

Kaoru's POV

"Mom! Are you finally going to tell me?" I didn't know if it was just me but Tamaki sure seemed to be pestering Kyouya a lot more these days. My eyes quickly wondered around the room as I finally spotted the one person I wanted to see. Hikaru… with her again!

"I stopped today's club activities because of the two guests that we have." Anger began to swell up within me but I quickly suppressed it knowing that this isn't what I should be feeling. I should be happy for my brother… it's the right thing to do.

"What's so important about them?" asked our dumb Lord. Kyouya took out his notebook and placed it on the table before him.

"The guy out there is Joshua or you can call him Josh for short. He's from the United States and he's one of the top therapists in the world due to his unique method of curing patients in under a day. Currently, he plans on spending one academic year in each country to learn more about the culture first-hand to improve the gauge he's made. His assistant's name is Alyssa and has been his assistant ever since Josh became a therapist. Even though they are of the same age and has the title of assistant, they're also very good friends with one another." I was immediately impressed by the accomplishments by the teenager just outside the room.

"How exactly does he cure his patients?" Tamaki seemed to be interested in the guy but I was indifferent.

"He has the ability to look underneath one's actions and mask and forces them to make a decision that would forever change their lives. It seems that he's been able to cure every patient he's met but one and that one person was his significant other." Now I was really interested.

"Hikaru and Haruhi, why don't you entertain Josh and his assistant since you both don't plan on listening." They both went out without a reply and I didn't bother giving my brother a look as I waited for Kyouya to continue his talk regarding Josh.

"That's sad. The one person that is so close to you but you yourself can't heal and can only heal others. That must be torture." For once, something smart actually came out of our… no, my Lord's mouth.

"It says here that he wasn't able to cure him of his mental disorder because he was too close to him emotionally. A couple months later, his boyfriend had committed suicide."

"Wait… he's gay?" The inappropriate thought that should have stayed in my head came out of my mouth instead. I can't believe I just said that after I just heard his boyfriend had died.

"Yes he is."

"And you brought us in here first so we could learn more about him?" Honey asked in which Kyouya nodded.

"I ask that you treat him very well in the future" Everyone nodded but I felt that there was something hidden underneath Kyouya's motive. I just know that it's for money somehow.

Josh's POV

"Would you like some more tea?"

"She said if you would like more tea." I nodded with a smile as Haruhi poured this brown tea into my cup. Whatever this tea was, it tasted so good! Once she was done, I immediately brought the cup to my mouth to taste more of that delicious substance as a couple of more footsteps approach us.

"You two can leave for the day if you want. I've already dismissed the others." Even though I was still drinking my tea and couldn't understand what he was saying, I still knew that the voice belonged to Kyouya. I had finally consumed the contents of the cup as I placed it gently back down. "Kaoru will be staying with me for now because he can speak and understand English." Whatever he was saying seemed to annoy Hikaru.

"Don't worry about me. I'll be back home soon so why don't you just bring Haruhi back to her apartment?" Kaoru smiled at what he just said but I immediately knew that it was a fake one.

"Okay… I'll see you soon." Hikaru had smiled as well but his smile was of a sad one. I wonder what's going on between those two twins. As soon as the two walked out of the room, Kyouya took his seat while Kaoru pulled up a seat from another table before sitting down himself. I looked at Alyssa knowing that she knew what I was thinking. Just how much money does this guy think he can get out of me?

"As I said before, welcome to the Host Club. Do you know what our Ouran Private Academy is defined by?" I smiled before speaking.

"Of course! How could I not know? You see it all around you all day and every day. Both prestigious families and wealth define this academy."

"You say that as if you were answering a million dollar question." My smile didn't fade as I looked at my assistant.

"Oh if only I was." I said in such a seducing manner that was obviously inappropriate but it made both her and I smile. As I turned back, I suddenly noticed that Kaoru was also smiling himself. He probably does understand what I'm saying.

"That's right Josh. Since prosperous people have much time on their hands, our Ouran Host Club is about these handsome guys that have the time to give their hospitality to these lovely ladies who also have time and to profit off of them." I gave a small chuckle at what had entered my ears.

"At least you're honest about what you do." Neither my chuckle nor my comment seems to have fazed him as he continued.

"It's an elegant game unique to this super-rich school and we're here to give you a small taste of what our Host Club is capable of." Interest started to grow within me as I waited for what was to happen next. "His name is Kaoru and he does indeed speak and understand English. In fact, he's more fluent than I am. Isn't that right?"

"It's only because my mother always took me to the States for her fashion shows when I was a little kid." Wow, he really can speak perfect English. And he's cute too now that I look at him long enough. Kyouya stood up slowly as he extended his hand across the table towards Alyssa. We both looked at each other as I gave her the silent go ahead, which seemed to make her extremely happy as she took his hand. Once he had her, they both proceeded to go into another room leaving me with this… host. Kaoru also stood up as he took the spot where Alyssa had sat not too long ago.

"Let me guess, you're being forced to stay here because of him isn't that right?" I saw a flash of emotion pass through his golden eyes but it didn't last too long as he put the mask back on.

"What do you mean? I'm here because I want to."

"Oh you know what I mean. Don't think I don't know why you were all brought into the other room with him. I bet he told you a little something about me."

"You're good." So the mask has been put away… for now. "So you're really a therapist huh?" I nodded as I allowed myself eye contact with the male besides me.

"I would ask that you don't think of me as only that. I'm also a person capable of doing other things that any other person is capable of." He smiled and nodded as silence started to settle in between us. As I observed the boy in front of me, it's easily seen that he didn't know what else to say. "So what else do you know about me?"

"Well, you're one of the top therapists in this world and have the ability to cure someone in under a day."

"Is that what he said?" I chuckled a bit but it seems it was taken the wrong way as he frowned. "To correct what he said, I can cure someone in less than an hour when given the opportunity."

"Really?"

"Yep. It's something I enjoy doing but sometimes, I kind of wish I had someone at my side you know?"

"I know what you mean."

"Is that so? Care to share?" He looked unsure of whether to do so or not but I made the decision for him. "Never mind. You don't have to if you don't want to. It's not my place to ask and I don't even know you all that well."

"Oh no that's okay. I…" He was soon cut off as a door opened into our room revealing the two who had left not so long ago. Kaoru suddenly brought his face closer to mine as he whispered something.

"When Kyouya comes, just tell him you had a good time okay?" I chuckled and nodded at the way he was a bit intimated by the boy in glasses who was now within our range.

"Did you enjoy your time with Kaoru today?"

"Indeed I did. Spending the minute or two that I had with him was most enjoyable." I winked at the redhead as he began to blush. "In fact, is that why there were girls here earlier?" He nodded.

"They buy each of the host's time for that day."

"I see. So Alyssa, did you enjoy your short time with Kyouya?" She nodded in such a way that immediately told me that she was happy. "Well then, would you like to return tomorrow?"

"I would but I can't leave your side sir and besides, I don't really have the money to afford their rates."

"You know their rate?"

"Yep. For each day with a host, you have to pay $1,000."

"Wow, that's a bit expensive but then again, this is a rich school. You wouldn't happen to have a special or something do you?" I could already see the dollar signs in Kyouya's eyes.

"If you buy the host for a week, you only have to pay $4,000 but that is not including the weekends. You can buy their weekends too as well if you want. If you do include the weekends, you'd have to pay $5,500."

"I see. So Alyssa, would you like to spend some time with your new friend here? I'd be more than happy to pay for you." That's when I heard a squeal come out of my assistant.

"Would you really?" I nodded. "Oh my God! I love you so much right now!" She suddenly took me into a hug and I could already feel air escaping from my lungs. Thankfully, it didn't last too long as she went back to Kyouya's side.

"So when are you available Kyouya?"

"Any day for you my dear." He brought his lips to Alyssa's hand and gently kissed it receiving a couple of hearts emitting from my secretary.

"Let's do a week and see what happens. Is that all right with you?" Alyssa nodded in agreement with my decision.

"But what about you sir? What are you doing to do without me?" I looked over to Kaoru to see him looking out the window thinking about something.

"Kaoru, what's your schedule for Monday?" I seem to have taken him out of his daze as he put on his fake smile.

"I will be busy that day with my other patrons but I guess I can spend some time after the Host Club activities if you want."

"You know, I'll actually leave that up to you. If you want to spend time with me afterwards, you may do so. If not, then I guess that's it but I will thank you for taking the time to spend some time with me today." He smiled again but this time, it was real.

"It's no problem at all."

"Will a check do fine?" I turned back to Kyouya nodding and smiling at the same time. "Then we will be returning on Monday. See you then." I gave one last look at Kaoru as I began to walk towards the doors that led me here with Alyssa in tow as she said her good bye to Kyouya.

Kaoru's POV

Why did I act like that today? How could I let my defenses fall so easily to… him? I didn't even know him and yet, I felt like I wanted to tell him everything. It's true that he was cute with his black hair and brown eyes but that couldn't possibly mean that I was falling for him right? I mean, the only person I love is Hikaru but… even that shouldn't exist. How could I love my brother in that way? All the dreams that I have of him kissing and caressing me turns me on so much. I could feel something starting to come alive down there so I simply turned on my stomach as to hide the coming erection. Good thing I was lying on my bed in my own house because if I had this somewhere else, I don't know if I could handle the embarrassment. Sleep soon claimed me as my eyes shut close.

"So, what happened?" The door to the room soon closed as I felt the bed move to Hikaru's movements.

"Nothing much really." I smiled in hopes that he would leave the topic alone and go to sleep.

"Oh come on, you can tell me. We share our secrets right?" I could feel myself starting to bite down on my lower lip at his question. Our relationship just isn't the same as it was before.

"Yeah, I guess." I was so unsure of what I said but it seemed to make him happy.

"Then tell me! I want to hear what went on when I left." I sighed mentally in preparation for our conversation.

"All we did was talk like you and I would do at the Host Club. You know, just give him company."

"Him?" I gulped at the way he said that. "I thought you were entertaining both the guy and girl?"

"Well um…" I laughed nervously as I continued. "Kyouya thought it would be best if he hosted the girl alone in another room while I did the same with Josh."

"All you did was talk right?"

"Yep." The answer seemed to have pleased him as he moved himself closer to me, embracing me. I liked and hated what he was doing to me. I groaned as I started to move away but that didn't last long as his arms forcefully put me in place.

"Where do you think you're going?"

"Um… I was just thirsty for some water."

"Don't lie to me." I shuddered as Hikaru somehow turned me on my back and comfortably laid his head on my shoulder. Then that's when it happened – it started to come alive again down there. I can't let him know that I'm getting this way because of him. Without warning, I shifted onto my right shoulder leaving my back open to Hikaru. "So you want to play huh?"

"What?"

"Oh it's coming now!" What he did next couldn't stop me from laughing. His hands went all over my body, tickling me with no mercy.

"Hikaru, please stop!" My mind just couldn't work at that moment as Hikaru was on top of me with his knees on each side of me as his hands started to slow down.

"I like it when you laugh and smile like that." I stared into his golden orbs, wondering what he was about to do. His right hand began to caress me as I shivered by his touch. "I love you Kaoru." My eyes widened as his face began to lower and before I knew it, his soft lips were on mine. He was… kissing me. I raised my hands to push him off but he pushed them back on the bed with his own. His lips moved gently with my own as my body enjoyed what was being done.

I sat upright suddenly as I knew what was going on. It was just a dream. I felt so sweaty and my shirt was actually starting to stick to me. I looked over to the clock besides us and saw that it was only 4:32 AM. I looked over besides me and saw Hikaru hugging his pillow. It looked like he was having a good dream since he had a grin on his face. I slowly got out of the bed and into the bathroom that was nearby but still in the room. I can't believe I actually had a dream of Hikaru doing that to me. And I'm actually still hard by it! I slowly closed the bathroom door, locking it in case Hikaru woke up.

I slowly lowered my pants and started to touch myself in ways that I wanted Hikaru to do to me. I wanted him to grind up against me violently. I shivered at the thought of our crotches up against each other's as it only sped up my hand. I wanted to feel his mouth all over me like I was his favorite candy. Before I knew it, I had came and when I did, I felt so ashamed. How could I think like that about my own brother? It was sick and disgusting! What would he think if he found out I just did that? I quickly cleaned myself up and left the bathroom once done. Realizing that I couldn't sleep anymore, I went to our desk and I started up the laptop. I looked back to the bed seeing Hikaru all sprawled out. I so wanted to jump back into bed with him but after what I just did, I felt so dirty.

Once the laptop was all started up, I immediately clicked on the Internet browser, which allowed me entry to everything I wanted except for the one thing I loved. I sighed as I went onto the Google search engine and typed I the first thing that came to mind - Josh and the word therapist. I didn't know why I was thinking about him but he intrigues me. Is it because he's a therapist? Or is it because I actually find him attractive? I slowly closed my eyes as memories soon flooded back to me.

Flashback

"So, it seems like you're waiting for your ride as well?" I looked over to raven-haired teen next to me, along with his assistant.

"Yeah. I wasn't sure as to what time I was going to leave so I just called my driver a few minutes ago." I gave a grin as Josh turned back to the street in front of him but my eyes didn't leave him at all. He really was cute with the way his black hair was mostly parted to the right like a schoolboy. He was just a bit shorter than me and he wasn't fat or skinny. His skin was a bit tan like he was from a tropical island or something and he liked really cute in our uniform.

"I see." Another silence passed between us but it wasn't an uncomfortable one unlike the ones I have with Hikaru. It was more relaxing when it was with Josh.

"I hope you don't mind me asking but why is your assistant dressed like one of our schoolgirls if she isn't really taking classes here?" To my surprise, Josh wasn't the one to answer.

"Because he thinks it's funny."

"Hey, I need to get a laugh somehow since I'm wearing this uniform of theirs."

"Yeah but at least you look handsome in it while I look a virgin over here!" I began to laugh at their charade, which caught their attention.

"Well why don't you ask Kaoru what he thinks?"

"No thanks." She turned her back immediately in an angry manner.

"Aww, don't be like that! You know I love you!"

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever." I couldn't help but stare at him for a while and once I finally realized he was staring back, I turned away trying to hide the blush that was creeping up on my face.

"I have to admit Kaoru, you're one of those guys that just seem to be cute and hot at the same time." I blinked a bit at what had just entered my mind. Did he just compliment me? I looked back at him and once our eyes locked, I just couldn't pull away! His chocolate eyes are just so tempting but I love Hikaru! Maybe I really am gay.

"Josh, what are you doing?" He finally broke off the eye contact to turn to his secretary.

"What ever do you mean?"

"Ugh never mind." She turned her back on us again leaving me to wonder what just happened.

"I know this might just seem a bit weird seeing as how you're not a patient of mine but take my business card." He handed me this small card and when I took it, I quickly scanned over it and was shocked to learn that the initials M.D. were at the end of this name. "Just to let you know, I may be a therapist but I'm also a doctor as well." The only thing that went through my brain was how in the world was he already a doctor at this age? Was he super smart or something? "Um Kaoru, your ride has arrived."

"Huh?" That's when I saw my driver already next to me waiting for me to get in. Was I really out of reality that much? I shoved his card into my pocket and as I entered the limo, I made sure to leave my right leg on the concrete to make sure the door didn't close just yet. "Hey, you want a ride to your place?" I didn't know what has gotten into me but I just felt like I had to ask.

"No that's okay but thank you for offering. You're very kind." He smiled as I did the same. I finally let my other leg in letting my driver to close the door. When the car started to move, I could see him waving good-bye, which made me happy. Someone was actually showing me attention today.

Once I arrived back, I immediately got out of the limo and into the place I called home. The maids who saw me enter greeted me and offered to take my bag but I just nodded.

"Has Hikaru arrived back?"

"No young master. He is due back at 9 tonight after spending dinner with his friend." So he decided to take Haruhi out to dinner and he didn't even think about sending me a text? I immediately felt hurt but didn't show it as I simply smiled at the maid and continued my way upstairs to our room. I threw my bag right next to the bed as I took out a pair of pajamas to change into after I showered. I quickly undressed myself and threw the clothes into a basket nearby that was nearly half full and made my way into the bathroom and in the shower.

I was done soon after as I threw myself onto the bed after I was done getting dressed. I looked over the clock besides me and saw that it was only 4:42 PM. I wonder what Hikaru is doing right now.

End Flashback

That's right! His card is in the pants I threw into the basket earlier! I moved silently and quickly towards the basket to find out that Hikaru also threw his clothes in here as well. I took the shirt that belonged to him and quickly sniffed it, enjoying the scent of my brother. After a couple of minutes, I realized that I had done enough of that and searched for my own pair of pants. When I finally did, I couldn't find the card at all in the pockets! Where did it go?

"Looking for this?" That's when I quickly stood by the sudden voice of my brother's. I looked over and what I saw made my heart skip a beat. How does he have the card? Why is he even awake? "If you're wondering why I have it, let's just say that when I got home, I didn't see your cell phone on the desk like I usually do so I figured you must have left it in your pants and that's when I found this." I even forgot to take out my cell phone? "Oh and I woke up because you were being kind of loud."

"What are you, a mind reader now?"

"Of course not! I just know you all too well." I walked over to the bed as his eyes never left my own.

"Yeah well, can I have the card back?"

"Why do you want it back?

"Because I do. Now give it to me."

"Did you ask for this or did he give it to you?"

"Does it matter?"

"Yeah it does when it comes to my brother. I want to make sure that you're okay."

"Well I am. Now give me it." He stretched out his arm allowing me access to the card, which I gladly took back. I returned to the desk and saw all these search results but they weren't what I wanted. As I looked back at the card, I decided to change my search by inputting 'Joshua Enriquez' and when I pressed Enter, I got what I wanted as I clicked on the first link on top of the page. What a weird last name for an American now that I think of it but whatever.

"Kaoru, why aren't you going back to sleep?" I looked back to my brother and it seemed like he was a bit sad but that can't be right. Why would he be sad?

"Well I did sleep early last night so I guess that explains why I woke up so early."

"Don't lie to me. You had a dream didn't you?" Wow, his connection to me is still strong. I guess I can say the same for myself I suppose.

"Fine I did. Does it matter?"

"I'm pretty sure I answered that question already." I turned back to the laptop to see a picture of Josh in a suit with a lot of information next to his picture. I must be on Wikipedia. I could hear Hikaru sigh as he went back to sleep giving me the chance to stop thinking about my brother for once. I didn't want to hurt him but I couldn't help myself. Most of the details on this page were things I already knew from Kyouya but surprisingly, there was a link to a website that Josh made himself. I clicked on it and when the page loaded, another window appeared asking for me to enter my name to keep a record as to who goes onto his site. I entered my name and clicked on 'OK' revealing a picture of himself and Alyssa smiling with a bunch of links on the left-hand side.

The one link that interested me the most was the one that said 'Past Cases'. When I clicked on it, another window appeared asking a username and password but I didn't know both so I just clicked on 'Cancel' and began to read what was on the page.

'Because you are not authorized to view this page, you may not view the content in its entirety. Instead, you may view the information regarding the first case that Josh solved in his career. The patient's name will not be mentioned due to confidentiality reasons. When the patient was first admitted to the hospital, he was already diagnosed with depression in the past due to the loss of his wife and would not speak to his family members. Doctors have tried their hardest to try and cure him but nothing worked. It just seemed like he lost the will to live. He even became suicidal as he started to cut himself on his chest, thighs, and wrists. The patient was given anti-depressants but he refused to take them. The patient was too under weight to the point where he was just skin and bones. Even if he did eat, he would just purge it all up and he was soon diagnosed as anorexic.

That's when Joshua decided to take his case to try and save the man's life and he managed to do it in less than ten minutes. The patient was brought to a special room that had special modification to best suit Joshua's medical ability. Joshua was able to make himself older to the patient due to the special modification within the room. Click to listen to the conversation.' I eagerly clicked on it making sure the volume was low so as to not wake up Hikaru.

"Who are you?" Wow, that guy's voice sounded so bare and tired. And I guess this conversation is going to be in English.

"My name is Josh and I will be the last therapist you will ever have in your life." The man tried to laugh but only ended up coughing.

"Is that so? Are you here to tell me that I'm doing to die?"

"Yeah but I'm also here to tell you that you have a chance to change that but of course, you already heard that and I already know what your reaction will be. So instead of playing games like the other therapists have, I will give it to you in my very own special way."

"No matter what you do, I don't care."

"You don't care because you don't want to. You don't want to because you don't see the need to live. You don't see the need to live because you lost your wife. Get over it because I don't really care." The man began to laugh once more.

"If you don't care, then why bother to be a therapist?"

"Good question but let me ask you this first – if you don't care about your life, then why bother being a parent. Why bother loving another person if you can't even handle the responsibility or the consequences to come?"

"Oh please. Her death was not my fault."

"And what about your son?"

"What do you mean?" He seemed to be shocked by this.

"You know what I'm talking about. Was your son's suicide not your fault as well?"

"What are you talking about? He's alive and well out there!"

"WRONG! Let me read you his suicidal note.

'Dear Dad,

I can't take how you're just lying down in the hospital dying and grieving over mother's death. I know it hurts but can't you understand that it hurts me too! You're not the only one in pain here and now that you're in the hospital dying, I'm about to lose you too, the only other parent I love. Well guess what father? I'm going to die before you so that way, we could all meet each other in heaven. Good-bye father.'" Whimpering and sniffles were soon heard as the patient tried to gasp for air.

"That can't be true… that's impossible!"

"Wrong again my friend. And guess what? He's lying down in a hospital room dying just as much as you are, all because you don't have the courage to keep on living. If you can't live for your wife, then live for your son! Do you want him to die? HUH? DO YOU?"

"No! I don't!" The man began to cry non-stop and I could feel myself starting to cry as well.

"Then why are you killing yourself?"

"I…"

"Don't answer because that was a rhetorical question, which means I already know why or I don't care. In this case, I do know why you're killing yourself and it's because you just want to die slowly and in pain just like how your wife died of breast cancer."

"You're very perceptive."

"I get that a lot. Now let me show you your son. Nurse, please bring him in now." I could hear a door creak open and the man started to cry hysterically and to tell the truth, it started to scare me.

"Can you see that your son is twice as sick as you? Do you want him to die like this?"

"No… no I don't!"

"Then what are you going to do about it? By the way, you only have two minutes before your son dies."

"What?" The man said in a gasp.

"Are you going deaf now? Your son only has two minutes before he dies. What will you do now?"

"I… I…"

"Live or die Troy. Live or die." I didn't know if it was just me but it kind of sounded like Josh was a bit sadistic.

"I'll take my medication! I'll start eating again! Just don't let him die! Please!"

"Congratulations, you passed." I sighed out loud by the conversation I just heard. It was so scary and so lifelike but it was – this really did happen somewhere out there. As I continued down the page, I saw something that said, 'Patient's Comments' and clicked on it. The moment the page came up, I began to read.

'I would just like to thank Dr. Enriquez for helping me get out of the state that I was in. Now, my son and I are living happily. My son even got married to a beautiful woman that resembles so much like my wife. I also want to say that because of what I experienced, I have never treated life as I once did. I no longer take everything for granted and for that, I thank you. After I heard about your other cases, it seems like you treated me so much easier than with the others so I guess I have to thank you for not being as hard on me. Thank you for saving my life.' Wow. I can't believe that there are cases that are more extreme than the one I just heard. I simply shuttered at the though of something more cruel than that. I decided to take a glance over at Hikaru to see that he was sound asleep. He looked like he was in heaven right now with that smile plastered on his face. I wonder what he's thinking about.

"Hmm, Haruhi…" Well that answered my question. I could feel a tear start to form from my right eye but I refused to let it fall. Instead, I rubbed it with my sleeve before I went back to the laptop. As I scanned the page, I soon found something on the left-hand side that said, 'The Unsolved Case'. This must be the case involving his boyfriend! I immediately clicked on it to see a picture of Josh in another man's arms. Well, his boyfriend was good looking I'll give him that. As I scrolled down, information regarding the case appeared before my eyes.

'The patient first suffered from a disease called Alzheimer's and every doctor knew that there was no cure or vaccine for that. In fact, they were more surprised at how someone at his young age could have something like that. This was the beginning of the end for their relationship. The patient's disease progressed so much that he couldn't even remember Joshua. That was when he decided to take up the case himself to see if he could cure him but we all knew that his efforts were to be in vain and that the only reason he took up the case was because it was someone special and close to him. All of the doctors and even Joshua himself knew that he would never have taken a case of Alzheimer's had it been someone else. Joshua used all of the methods at his disposal but none of them worked. The patient had started to develop a mental disorder called Schizophrenia, which only made things worse. The patient died soon after jumping off the hospital roof.'

That was when I couldn't stop the tears from overflowing. Something like that actually happened to Josh? But he seemed so happy yesterday as if the events didn't even occur. I just know that if something like that happened to me, I wouldn't be able to live. I looked over to Hikaru again and I could feel my tears fall down onto my face. I don't want to lose you Hikaru but I feel like I already have…

Saturday the 5th of September

"Kaoru. Oh Kaoru! Wake up!" I could feel my brother's hand on my shoulder, moving me back and forth trying to get me out of my slumber. "You're going to get a back ache from sleeping like that." I slowly moved upwards from the desk and I could feel my bones crack as I moved them.

"Ow."

"See? What'd I tell you?"

"Whatever." That's when I felt his arms snake their way around my neck as his face rubbed against mine.

"But don't worry. I'll take good care of my baby!" I was so enjoying his touch right now that I couldn't bare to push him away. "Would you like me to do that? Huh?" He began to move his face up and down against my face that was so turning me on right now.

"Would… you?" I asked nervously as Hikaru turned my face towards his.

"Of course. Anything for my baby." The way he just said that just sent me to heaven as he lifted me up from the chair and gently laid me down on the bed. I became anxious of what he was going to do next as he brought his face to my ear. "Why don't you lay on your stomach so I can massage you?" I didn't argue at all as I quickly did what was asked of me. "A bit anxious aren't we?"

"Shut up…" I could feel my face heat up, which only gained another comment from my brother.

"You're so cute when you blush." And that's when I knew. I woke up full of sweat again as I began to breathe heavily. I quickly turned back to the bed to see Hikaru still sleeping and the time – 9:02 AM… it's almost time for Hikaru to wake up for his date with Haruhi. Speaking of waking up, it seems like my little friend is up and awake already. I sighed as I could only wonder how many times would I dream of Hikaru doing things like that to me. This is starting to get too much for me. I started to feel my backache thanks to the way I was sleeping on the desk as I stood up from the chair. Time to take a shower I guess.

Just like every morning, I went in and out of the shower making sure to be quick. As soon as I was done, I switched into some new pajamas and went downstairs making sure to softly close the door behind me.

"Good morning young master." The maid was currently busy vacuuming the lobby but she still stopped what she was doing to show respect.

"Morning." I yawned soon after as I walked into the dining room and sat myself down.

"What would you like to eat this morning?" I thought about what I wanted to eat before responding to the maid.

"How about some bacon and eggs? I haven't had that in years."

"Of course young master." The maid smiled before walking off into the kitchen. I waited patiently for my dish to come out and when it did, it looked so delicious! I began to stuff it all in my mouth and it tasted so good!

"Kaoru, make sure you chew. I wouldn't want you choking on your food." The presence of my brother made me tense up just a bit but that wouldn't stop me from devouring this delicious food.

"Yeah okay." I continued eating as he took his place next to me.

"An American breakfast this morning? Seems like Josh had affected you more than I thought." I shrugged him off as I took a bite out of a piece of bacon. "I see you've been researching up on Josh while I was asleep last night. I'm a bit jealous." I used my peripheral vision to take a look at my brother and when he smiled, I knew that he knew that I was staring at him.

"As if you're jealous at all."

"Of course I am! Someone else has your attention when your attention should be on me!" I rolled my eyes at that comment. I could say the same for you Hikaru.

"Please stop acting like that. It's starting to annoy me."

"What do you mean?" I hate it when he treats me as his lover when we're outside of the Host Club. It's all still an act to him.

"Don't act as if you care about me."

"But I do care about you. You're my brother." Yeah and you'll only see me as such and nothing more. I stood up not able to finish my food any longer.

"Whatever. I lost my appetite." I walked out of the dining room without one more word spoken from my brother.

Josh's POV

"Alyssa, what time is it?"

"It's 11:00 AM, why?"

"I was just wondering. Am I done with patients for today?"

"You have one more and then you're done!"

"About time!" I said tiredly as she gave a laugh. "This is definitely the last night shift that I'm going to be doing in my own office!"

"But this is where most of your money comes from you know."

"You think I don't know that?"

"I think all you needed was a reminder." I sighed out loud, preparing myself mentally for the next patient.

"Send in the next patient."

"All right but you won't need me to interpret seeing as how he can speak English." I raised my eyebrow, as I was curious to see who it was. "You can come in now." The person that came in certainly surprised me but it did explain as to why Alyssa was acting a bit happy.

"Well hello there Kyouya. You don't seem to be sick physically or mentally so I'm guessing you're not here for a check-up. So what can I do for you today?" I slowly sat down in my chair waiting for an answer.

"I just wanted to invite you to go out to dinner with me tonight so we can chat some more." Great, more business talk.

"Oh? And where would we be having dinner?"

"At my mansion. Alyssa can come as well if she would like to." Without bothering to look, I knew that she was smiling.

"Sure, why not. We'd be delighted to have dinner with you." A smile soon formed on his face as he handed me a card with his address on it.

"Let's meet at 8:00 tonight. Will that be all right with you?" I nodded. "Great. Do you have any questions before I leave?"

"Actually I do. Why didn't you just call me instead of coming over here?"

"I thought it would be best if I invited you face to face."

"Well don't I feel special all of a sudden." As we both smiled and said our good-byes, I sighed tiredly as I sat down in the waiting area. "That guy is planning something but what?"

"I don't know but I really don't care! As long as I get to see him, I'll be happy." I sighed once again at Alyssa's excitement.

"Please, do try to remember that he is a host and he is supposed to be serving ladies such as yourself. Don't think that he's falling in love with you or anything."

"Oh come on Josh! Did you really have to burst my fantasy like that?"

"I think all you needed was a reminder." I smiled knowing that I used the same line she used on me earlier.

"What about you? I heard you flirting with Kaoru yesterday!" I dramatically gasped at what she was saying.

"Me? Flirt? I doubt that."

"You're kidding me right? Let me quote you, 'I have to admit Kaoru, you're just one of those guys that are just cute and hot at the same time.'" For the first time in years, I could actually feel my face getting hot.

"I was just… um…"

"See? I told you were flirting with him! You just didn't know it because you haven't been flirting with anyone in over a year or so!"

"Well sorry if I'm still having trouble moving on." I looked away from her but I immediately knew that she felt sorry for bringing it up.

"I'm sorry Josh. I didn't mean to say it like that." I nodded.

"Yeah, I know. I just… don't know if I'm ready to have someone else in my life."

"I understand. Would you like to go home now?"

"Yeah, I'm beat from solving ten cases today!" I stood up from the chair and left the office as I waited for Alyssa to lock the door and turn on the alarm system.

"I still don't know how you do what you do. It always amazes me when I'm in that room with you pushing them to make a decision."

"Let's just say I know something about human nature and sadly enough, even though I have that knowledge, I can't avoid making the same mistakes myself." I felt a hug from behind me, which instantly comforted me. How long have I denied myself the touch of another human being?

"Remember what I said Josh – everyone has their bumps in the road." I gave a smirk at her little philosophical quote.

"If only I knew when the bumps were going to end."

"You'll know when you get there."

Later That Night

"Do I really want to go to this stupid dinner?"

"Yes, you do. And besides, Kyouya is going to be there!"

"You do know that I'm not attracted to him like you are right?"

"Just get in the limo already! If we don't leave now, we're going to be late!" I soon crawled into the limo as Alyssa did the same. I can't believe she made me wear this black suit with a rose coming out of my chest pocket. It's not like I was going on a date or anything. Now that I look at the way she's dressed, she looks like she was going to get married with the white dress she was wearing. "All right we're in. Let's get moving." I never knew why but her voice sounded so innocent compared to all the other voices I've heard and her skin was deathly pale compared to me but her white dress gave it a nice complexion. Looks like she even decided to do her blonde hair as well.

"Hopefully, the dinner won't last too long."

"Well according to the text I got from Kyouya, he said he wanted to make some sort of a business deal with us."

"Wait, he knows your number?"

"Yeah, I gave it to him when he came to the office this morning." I should have known…

"And now his true colors come out – he wants to make a business deal with us just like any other businessman we've come across."

"And you've said no to most of those people and they made such really good offers!"

"I will not make a deal with someone who's just in it for the money. You should know that by now."

"I know but still! We could have been super rich by now!"

"Alyssa, we're rich enough that we have a limo, a driver, a mansion, maids, cooks, and all those other things we have. What more do you want? Besides, you know I'm not in the medical business for money. I do it because I care about the health of other people."

"And that's what makes you so cute! You care more about other people than about yourself." I smiled at her compliment as I looked out the window to see cars passing by.

"With the way we're dressed, I feel like we're both about to get married."

"Wow you're right." She said with a laugh. The rest of the ride was in silence and when we finally got to the mansion, Alyssa was the first to get out. I took my time of course but decided to speed up when I saw Alyssa already waiting for me at the door. She knocked patiently as the doors to the mansion were already being opened. Kyouya was the first person I saw as Alyssa and I entered leaving the maids to close the door behind us.

"Welcome to my humble abode madam." Kyouya took her hand and gently kissed as he had done before, which only made me roll my eyes mentally.

"We're both very excited to be here, isn't that right Josh?" I smiled in response but the house itself got my attention as I noticed the paintings that were on the walls. Some of them belonged to famous artists such as Van Gogh.

"Let me lead you to our dining room." As the two in front began to walk, I followed suit to make sure I wouldn't lose them. I quickly noticed that there were maids everywhere and they all had some sort of a task to do. "Here we are." The two made a left into a room and when I was in front of the room, my jaw quickly dropped. The room was so huge that you could have a party in here! And the table itself could easily fit up to fifty people! As I looked at the ceiling, there were multiple chandeliers, which was an amazing sight to behold.

"Josh, are you going to get over here or not?" When I looked back down, Alyssa and Kyouya were already sitting down next to each other but what I saw next surprised me.

"I'm coming!" As I got closer to the table, I noticed that Kaoru's eyes didn't leave me, which seemed to have gotten the attention of the blonde across as she observed our actions. When I finally got to my chair next to the redhead, our eyes got caught with one another. He was wearing a white suit with a pink flower coming out of his own chest pocket. Wow, he's really, really cute.

"Ahem." That's when we finally pulled away at each other as I took my seat due to Alyssa interrupting. She got distracted in the next second though as Kyouya began to have a conversation with her. I might as well talk to Kaoru to make sure I wasn't going to be bored out of my mind tonight.

"I didn't know you were coming tonight." I turned to get him in sight as he smiled but it was a fake one.

"Of course I would come when I heard you were going to be here." That's when I picked it up. He's pretending again… probably because of Kyouya who was just across from us.

"You don't have to pretend when you're with me. I thought I got that across yesterday?"

"You did but…"

"You can't help it right?" That's when he blinked by my question. "You know that you're supposed to host for me and thus you act in that manner. Like I said, you don't have to. Just be yourself, that's all I ask for from you." I gave a small smile and he seemed to understand when a real smile came on his face.

"Is that what you really want from me?"

"Of course. I don't want to spend time with someone who's always going to be fake with me. Those relationships always fail right away you know." Silence passed between us as the first serving came out of the kitchen. This salad looks delicious! I could immediately feel my taste buds tingling for it. When I got a piece of salad into my mouth, I felt like I was in heaven.

"This salad tastes so good! It's amazing!" Apparently, Alyssa agreed as well as she couldn't stop stuffing her mouth with it. "You know, I think a salad only tastes good if it has good dressing." I didn't know why I just voiced my thoughts but I did get a reply.

"That's so true. I think the dressing is what makes the salad." I grinned at what Kaoru said.

"Looks like we have something in common." Silence took over as we finished up our salads with only soft jazz music coming from the ceiling to entertain us.

"So how was your day?" I looked over to the redhead to see that it was a sincere question.

"I basically just slept since I had the night shift last night at my office."

"Really? I… uh… happened to come across your website last night."

"Oh really? What'd you think of it?"

"It was really interesting. I even got to find out how you solved your very first case!"

"You actually read through all of that?" Kaoru gave a nod, which really had me confused. Why would he do that? Is he really interested in the work that I do or is he doing it just so he can get closer to me? Or perhaps Kyouya is forcing him to learn more about me… I need to observe him some more before deciding. The maids quickly came in to take our plates before serving us some miso soup, which tastes really good as well.

"So Josh, are you enjoying your time with us?" I couldn't see what Kyouya was thinking thanks to a glare in his glasses but I just smiled, which seemed to satisfy him.

"Perhaps it's time to talk about what I came here for so we can get it done and over with." Kyouya slowly put his spoon back into the bowl before wiping his mouth clean with a nearby napkin.

"Of course. Now I'm not going to beat around the bush with you so I'll be straight to the point. I want you to be the Host Club's therapist/doctor for the rest of the year and in return, you and Alyssa will have an exclusive pass to be with the Host Club at all events for free for the entire year."

"Interesting offer." Alyssa kept on nodding, telling me to take the offer but I needed to know more information. "No one has offered me something like this. Usually, my offers would just consist of money but seeing as how this is not the case, I might be willing to take it after you answer a couple of questions."

"Certainly. Ask away."

"Why do you want me to do all that? I'm sure you have the best doctors looking out for your health already."

"That's very true but none of them measure up to your ability and I just want to make sure that every one of us is in the best shape possible both mentally and physically."

"And how exactly would I do that?"

"Well, I'm not really sure as to how you work so why don't you tell me?" I smiled at the way he was thinking. So he's letting me make all of the decisions? I like that.

"I don't need to do a physical seeing as how Ouran already does that so I would only need a copy of the medical records of each member. If someone happens to fall ill physically, he or she will take priority and will be taken care of immediately. To make sure no one has a mental disorder or something detrimental to their health, I will observe each member once a week during club activities. If necessary, I will do therapy for those in need of it."

"I like the sound of that. For your schedule, why don't you take Tamaki on Monday, Honey and Mori on Tuesday, myself on Wednesday, Hikaru and Kaoru on Thursday, and Haruhi on Friday?"

"That sounds just fine but I can tell you right now that I don't even need to take a look at you Kyouya. I can already see that you're in perfect health like I said earlier when you came to my office."

"Is that so? You didn't even do a checkup on me or have taken a look at my records."

"I don't need to look at anyone's record to know if he or she is in perfect condition at the time I diagnose you." That's when I saw Alyssa take a look at her watch to write it down in her notebook.

"Why's that?"

"Now that's a secret I can't share." I said with a smile.

"What about Kaoru then? Is he in perfect condition as well?" At that, I immediately felt his eyes on me, waiting for me to answer.

"I need to observe him this upcoming Thursday to find out if he is or not."

"All right then. I'll trust that you will be taking care of our health then?" I nodded in which Alyssa gave a squeal.

"You actually accepted a deal in like forever! It's about time!" I smiled at the way she began to act as I stood up from my chair.

"Please excuse me for now. I just need to get some fresh air."

Kaoru's POV

"Don't mind him. He gets like that every time a deal has ended and just needs to breathe." I stared at the blonde girl across from me who seemed to be infatuated with Kyouya. That's actually a bit scary if you ask me.

"I see. You wouldn't happen to tell me how he does what he does without actually looking at us would you?" Alyssa looked down as I waited for a response.

"To tell the truth, I really don't know. Sometimes I think his gifts come from God because he can do things that most people in the world couldn't even dream of doing. I can tell you that most of his answers come from just observing people though. Apparently, he's observed you long enough to know that you're okay." I could feel my right leg going up and down by the conversation that just occurred. So that's what Kyouya wanted from him all along. Seems strange but it does look like something he would do.

"Kaoru, why don't you check up on Josh for us?" I nodded and smiled when Alyssa looked over knowing not to make a fuss in front of Kyouya. If I did, I would definitely be in some sort of trouble.

"Sure, I'll be back soon." I stood up from the chair and left the dining room in search of the renowned therapist but seeing as how I wasn't exactly sure as to where he was, I might as well ask someone here. "Excuse me, you didn't happen to see Josh pass by would you?" The maid stopped her vacuuming to take a look at me before answering.

"You mean the American?" I nodded. "I believe he went out into the front courtyard."

"Thanks." After a couple of more steps, I was finally at the front doors as a couple of maids pushed them open revealing Josh sitting at a bench near the fountain. When I walked out, the doors had shut close behind me as I started to walk towards him. The weather felt really nice right now but it sure isn't going to last for long; it's almost winter already. Without saying a word, I took a seat next to him on the bench.

"Let me guess, Kyouya sent you out here?" I couldn't help but laugh at the way he knew that.

"Yep, he did. He wanted me to make sure that you were okay."

"Yeah, I am. I just wanted to spend some time outside before going back in. Besides, I already know that Alyssa wants to spend some time alone with that friend of yours."

"It's actually a bit weird for me to see Kyouya actually hosting for someone."

"Why's that?"

"He doesn't usually host by himself and when he does, it's usually to make sure a business deal gets through." That's when Josh began to laugh himself.

"Well that explains why he kept kissing her hand so much. So how was your day today?" When he turned towards me, that's when I realized that I was staring at him again!

"Oh well, all I did was watch some television in my room until I got a call from Kyouya telling me to get dressed to come here tonight." Josh really looks nice in black for some reason.

"Don't take offense or anything but do you enjoy doing what you do in the Host Club?"

"Um…" I actually had to put some thought into my answer because no one had ever asked me that except for the patrons that I had but Hikaru was always the one to respond. "Well I do like seeing the girls smile and everything."

"That wasn't my question though. Do you enjoy doing what you do?" That was when it hit me. What was going on right now felt like the conversation I heard between Josh and the patient but I wasn't in any hospital room. When I took the time to think about the answer, I already knew why I liked being in the Host Club – I got to do intimate things with my brother but I couldn't say that to him! I'd definitely disgust him if he knew.

"I do but… I can't tell you why." I looked down onto the black bench avoiding his eyes.

"Hey don't do that. Look at me." I looked back up to stare into his chocolate eyes that seemed to hypnotize me. "Don't be ashamed okay? I just want you to be happy." He said with a smile that definitely made me want to melt. Wow, I'm acting as if I was a girl that has a crush on him. I nodded in understanding as silence took over once again but that didn't last long as I felt like I wanted to say something to him.

"Josh, I want to answer the question that you asked me yesterday." It looked like I had gotten his full attention when he decided to turn his whole body in my direction. "I know how you feel when you said that you wanted someone by your side because I feel like I lost the one person that means so much to me. My brother and I were inseparable when we were children and we would do everything together. He would always look out for me and I would look out for him and up until we met Tamaki, it was always our world or everything outside of our world."

"How close were you to him when you were a kid?" That's when I felt nervous. Should I really tell him we took showers together and slept together? "I don't mean to be rude but seeing as how you're taking this long, I want to say that you were rather… intimate correct?" My eyes widened at his correct accusation. "Sorry, don't take it personally. It's just that I've done a lot of cases before so I have a lot of experience." He began to scratch his head and bow down to apologize.

"Oh no that's okay."

"Would you like to continue then?"

"Yeah, I would actually." I don't know why but I was pouring out all of my thoughts to the chocolate-eyed boy in front of me. I didn't really want him to know but it felt good letting someone other than me know. "When Tamaki had us join the Host Club, we slowly began to let others into our world but it didn't shatter until Haruhi appeared." Suddenly, I lost the need to continue as tears started to form. No… I can't cry right now! Not in front of him! I quickly rubbed the tears that threatened to fall but I felt a pair of arms wrap around my neck. Josh was offering me some sort of comfort and I wasn't about to refuse it.

"Let it all out Kaoru, you don't have to hold it in any longer." My tears fell down freely as I started to whimper at the thought of Hikaru leaving me forever.

"Hey, you didn't happen to read the unsolved case on my site did you?" I nodded before I sniffled, trying to stop myself from crying.

"I've never told anyone else this besides Alyssa but my boyfriend had left me a letter before he committed suicide."

"R-Really? Wha-What did it say?"

"Well do you want to read it for yourself?" That's when I took myself out of his arms to look into his eyes.

"Are you sure you want me to?"

"I don't mind." I nodded slowly as he reached for his chest pocket where the rose was as a letter was pulled out. "I think it's time to let someone else know." He handed the letter to me but I was so hesitant to take it that my hands were actually shaking. "Just make sure you don't cry on it okay?" That's when I gave a small laugh through my tears.

"I won't." My hands were trembling as I opened up the letter to view its contents in its entirety.

'Dear Josh,

Even though I haven't been in the right state of mind for months now, I don't want to see you suffer anymore because of me. I don't want to see you cry in the corner of the room because I couldn't remember you. I don't want to see your efforts go in vain and thus, while I am actually able to think straight for once, I just want to let you know that I love you with all of my heart. After tonight, you won't have to take care of me any longer. Get up and move forward with your life. Be happy because I know if I weren't like this, I'd want to see you smile and laugh every day. I'm sorry for making you cry so much these past months but now, you don't have to cry anymore. Please be happy because I'm doing this for you. With all of my heart, I will love you forever. Thank you for the things that you've given me.' I looked back up just in time to see a tear fall from the boy in front of me.

"Do you think it's weird that I've always had that letter near my heart for about two years now?"

"No…" The word came out so softly as if it was a whisper. "I think it's romantic." I handed the letter back as he placed it into his pocket. "Thank you for showing me something so personal." That's when he chuckled.

"You're kind and you have manners as well? You really are one of a kind aren't you?" I just know I was turning red again so I looked towards the sky at the glittering stars above.

"I wouldn't say that since I am a twin."

"Just because you're a twin doesn't mean that you're not special in your own way. You are two different people if you didn't know that already." The stars seemed to be extra bright tonight as if they were light bulbs in the sky. "Perhaps it's time to head back inside don't you think?"

"I think you're right." We both stood up at the same time as we headed back to the mansion. Before either one of us could knock, the doors suddenly opened up, as Alyssa and Kyouya seemed like they were on the way out.

"There you are! I was wondering where you both went."

"Oh don't fret too much woman. We were just having a chat outside." I smiled at the way they talked to each other. It was so different than from what I'm used to hearing.

"Yeah well do you know it's 9:30?"

"Really? Looks like I having too much fun with Kaoru then." That's when I looked at Josh only to have myself look away after seeing him wink at me. He always seems to flirt with me when I don't expect it or do I want to think he's flirting with me?

"Yes well, it's time to head home. Our ride is already here." I turned back to see Josh's limo all ready and waiting for them to get in.

"That was fast. Oh well, I'll see you on Monday then Kaoru." I smiled at him as he did the same.

"See you later!" As Alyssa said her good-bye to Kyouya, Josh was about to enter the limo but had stopped halfway.

"Actually, would you like a ride back to your place?" Without thinking, one word came out of my mouth.

"Sure!" When Josh got into the vehicle, I took the seat next to him while Alyssa took the seat on the side. The driver finally closed the door as I felt the warm air come out of the vents warming me up after spending a good time outside.

"So how far do you live from here?"

"I'm just ten minutes away. Just tell your driver to go back on the highway, take the third exit, a left on the next street, and my house is the only one with a white wall around it on the right." Josh looked over at Alyssa, which only made her roll her eyes as she lowered the driver window to relay the same instructions.

"It's fun bothering her sometimes." A small smile formed on my face as I began to look around the limo. It's not a bad design considering it has a television and a refrigerator.

"Aww you two look like you just got married to each other." That's when my eyes moved to Alyssa who had a mischievous smile on her face.

"And why exactly do you say that?"

"Because you're wearing black and he's wearing white. I definitely to take a picture of this moment." I suddenly became hot at the thought of a picture being taken.

"There's no need to take a picture of us. If anything, you're making Kaoru uncomfortable." How did he know that?

"Oh shush you." When the camera came out, I suddenly became nervous knowing that I just have to get through this somehow. "Now why don't you two scoot on closer to each other?"

"Aren't we sitting close enough already for you? Or let me guess, you want him to sit on my lap?"

"Now that's a thought!" Josh suddenly slapped his face with his hand as he sighed out loud.

"So Kaoru, what pose do you want to take?"

"Whichever you want I suppose." I didn't really mind what we did as long as I don't turn red.

"Well okay then." I soon felt his arm go across my shoulders and his head fall onto my shoulder. By pure instinct, my left arm went around his neck as my other arm went in front of his shoulders.

"That is so cute!" I immediately turned red at her comment as she took a picture of us. Once the flash had hit us, we both pulled away from each other as if we were embarrassed or something. "Now let's take a look… wow Josh. I have not seen that smile in a long time. Here, take a look!" As she held the camera in front of us, I felt like I couldn't trust my eyes. We really did look like we got married and were in love with each other. "Do you like the picture Kaoru?"

"Yeah, it looks nice." I said with a smile as to not disappoint the blonde in front of me.

"Anyway, what did you and Kyouya talk about when I left?"

"Well, I got more information regarding the Host Club. Did you know they do dances? Oh I can't wait to attend! They apparently have one each month and they tend to dress in a unique way."

"Did you kiss him?" That seemed to have gotten Alyssa by surprise as she gasped in that manner.

"How dare you insinuate I had done something sexual with Kyouya!"

"All I asked was if you kissed him but if you went that far, I most certainly don't want to know."

"We did not go that far! If you must know, we did kiss a little but that's it."

"Tongue?"

"Nope."

"Boring!" I couldn't help but smile at the way Josh was acting. It's as if he was promiscuous or something.

"Yeah well what did you two do?"

"What do you think we did?" To my surprise, he gave a wink that always seems to get me to blush. Actually, almost everything he did made me go red.

"I doubt you so much right now. Kaoru, what did you two actually do?"

"All we did was talk really…" Why did I say that so nervously? It's not like we did anything like make out.

"Now that's boring!" Alyssa began to snicker while Josh rolled his eyes.

"Anyway, is there anything important that I should know about that I missed?" The blonde took out a notebook out of her obnoxiously large handbag as she began to turn a couple of pages slowly.

"No… I don't think so. Oh wait, maybe there is something you should know in regards to the hosts of the Host Club. It seems that each host has a type of their own. Mori is the wild type, Honey is the loli-shota type…"

"Wait, what's loli-shota?"

"Shota designates a complex for young boys, which are usually between the ages of 0 and 17. Continuing on, Hikaru and Kaoru are the little devil type…"

"Little devil type? I'm guessing that stands for being mischievous?"

"That's correct and I would like it if you didn't interrupt me!"

"Well sorry for having a question! But I don't understand, you don't seem so mischievous at all Kaoru. Why's that?" He looked over to me as I replied.

"I guess you can say that I am but I'm not as bad as my brother. He usually tends to pull me into most of his antics."

"I see…" A new emotion seemed to have flashed across his face that it almost looked like disappointment. I felt my heart hurt a bit at that face…

"Moving on... Kyouya is the cool type and Tamaki is the prince type."

"Now how exactly is Kyouya cool?"

"What do you mean? He's so much cooler than you'll ever be!"

"At least I don't think about money 24/7."

"I guess you have a point there." They both started to laugh while I couldn't stop thinking that face I saw. Why was he disappointed? Does he think that I'm some sort of a troublemaker? But I'm not a troublemaker… I have to let him know!

"Josh, what was that face you made before?" The laughter soon stopped as the two faced me.

"What are you talking about?"

"When we were talking about how I was the little devil type, you made a face." Josh didn't seem to know what I was talking about until Alyssa made an 'Oh' sound.

"Don't take it to heart. He tends to be like that when he disapproves of something. He hates it when I smoke or drink, even though I do it moderately." That's when I felt a huge wave of relief flow through me.

"They're both bad for you and you know that."

"Josh, you've told me this multiple times and I don't want you to become a broken record."

"Haha, very funny."

"That's interesting though, why do you care if he made that face?"

"Huh? Well I… uh…" Alyssa immediately had a smile that I did not like.

"Don't tell me you're falling for Josh now are you?" That's when I looked away.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Hopefully, that girl will stop talking about that.

"Aww isn't that cute Josh? He likes you!"

"I do not like him!" I said in angrily as I turned back.

"Then you hate him?"

"No I don't hate him."

"Then you like him?"

"I like him but not in that way. Besides, I don't go that way."

"That picture we took earlier says otherwise."

"Think what you want." I looked back out the window again to see that we were only a block away from my house.

"All right, leave him alone. Are we at your house yet?"

"Actually we are. Tell your driver to pull up at the gate while I open it." I took out my cell phone and pushed the numbers 1-1-0-2 before pressing call. Once I did, the gate opened allowing us entry.

"So your phone can open the gate?"

"Yeah, my father had it installed." I said with a smile but the raven-haired boy didn't respond as enthusiastically as I wanted him to. As soon as we pulled up to the front, I had opened the door and let myself out. When I about to turn back to thank him for giving me a ride, I saw that he too was also out of the limo.

"Kaoru! Where were you?" My heart started to beat faster at the voice of the person I love the most. I turned around to see my brother standing on top of the stairs as I could feel his anger from here.

"Kyouya wanted me to have dinner with him tonight." As soon as Hikaru started his way down to us, I could only smile at my brother, hoping that it would calm him down.

"And what about him?" He pointed at Josh behind me and when I turned back, he was merely stretching out his arms and legs. The ride wasn't that long to have pains in your muscles already.

"Kyouya also invited him as well." When he finally reached me, his arm immediately swung around my shoulders as he pulled me closer to him.

"Let's go back inside already." I nodded as I looked back at Josh who seemed to be done with his stretching.

"Thanks for the ride. I appreciate it."

"It's no problem at all. I'll see you later." I gave a smile as he did the same while he entered back into his limo. I could feel Hikaru tugging at me to go back inside and I gladly obliged. We didn't say a word as we passed the maids who greeted us and I already knew where Hikaru wanted to go – our room. Once there, he finally removed his arm and had shut the door behind us.

"Why didn't you text me or something? I was worried about you."

"Sorry, I guess it slipped my mind." Time to change the topic! "How was your date with Haruhi?" I began to take out a pair of pajamas from my dresser while I listened closely to my brother.

"It was great! We went to the carnival and ate at this fancy restaurant. Haruhi of course refused because she didn't want me to pay for something as expensive as that but if it's for her, I don't care how much money I have to spend." On my face was a smile but my heart was breaking.

"Did you go anywhere else?" I began to undress myself of the white suit I was wearing that was starting to bother me just a bit.

"Haruhi brought me to this place called a mall and it had all these tiny stores inside it! It was amazing! I think we're almost to the point where we can start calling each other boyfriend and girlfriend! Isn't that exciting?" I turned around and gave the biggest fake smile I have ever had.

"It certainly is. I'm very happy to see you all excited about it." When he smiled, I just couldn't believe that he believed me.

"So if you were going to have dinner, why were you all dressed up like that? And did he have you go just so you could host?" Great, we're back on this again.

"Kyouya said to put on the best thing I had and yeah, he wanted me to host for Josh."

"What was the dinner for?"

"Apparently, Kyouya wanted Josh to be our doctor for this year and he's supposed to observe each of us this upcoming week. In return, he and his secretary gets a free pass to the Host Club and the events that we have."

"Now why would he want something like that?" All I did was shrug as I finally got my shirt off. I carefully hanged my jacket, shirt, and tie so that the maids could come in later and have it cleaned. I made sure to take out my cell phone this time and placed it on the desk nearby with it charging.

"I'm going to take a shower now, okay?"

"Mind if I join you?" The thought of showering with him would be like a fantasy but I can't. I know I'd get hard and I can't let him see something like that.

"Aren't we a bit old to still be doing that?"

"We've been doing it since we were kids. I don't see how it could be different now."

"We're older now and it's a bit weird to keep on doing that."

"Oh come on Kaoru! Don't you miss showering with me?"

"Uh… no?" Now that was a lie.

"I hope you know that you can't lie to me."

"What makes you think I'm lying?" When I felt a pair of arms around my waist, I couldn't move.

"Seeing as how you like my touch, I know that you're lying."

"Hikaru, please get off of me." I can't let him do this to me. I can already feel it coming alive down there!

"Not until we take a shower together." At that point, I just couldn't take it anymore. I forced myself out of his arms and entered the bathroom, making sure to lock it. My legs started to feel numb as I slowly went down, tears starting to form at the corners of my eyes. Why Hikaru? Why do you tease me like this? "Kaoru?" I sniffed as I wiped the snot away with the nearby toilet paper. "I'm… sorry for doing that to you. I didn't know you felt so strongly about it."

"Please, just leave me alone." I brought my legs closer to my chest as I wrapped my arms around them.

"If you need me, I'll be right outside the door okay?" His footsteps became distant as I heard a squeak come from the bed. I sniffled once more before my thoughts took over my mind. Haruhi… if only you didn't come into our world! If only you couldn't tell us apart! I want Hikaru to be mine and no one else's but I know I can't have that selfish desire of mine. It's wrong and sick of me to even think like this. How can I keep on living this way? Soon, Hikaru will be yours and what will I have? Nothing. Only Hikaru can fill the emptiness that I feel.

Sunday the 6th of September

As I looked at the screen of our laptop, I saw something that said, 'The Gauge' and I remember Josh and Alyssa talking about that when we first met them. Knowing that, I clicked on it and was soon brought to see a summary about it.

'The Gauge is a ranking system set by Dr. Enriquez that ranks each individual by their emotions, abilities, personality, mentality, and the likeliness to succeed in the future. This ranking system has yet to be perfected as it only takes the past into consideration. The gauge is set between 0 to 100 and the higher you are, the more likely you are to get past emotional distress such as the death of a relative.' So that's what it is… if I remember correctly, I'm pretty the blonde said that I was a sixty. I guess that isn't as bad as compared to Tamaki.

"Kaoru, are you still upset at me?" Hikaru's voice quickly took me away from the laptop as I stared at him lying upright in bed.

"No, I'm not. I want to say sorry too for the way I acted. I shouldn't have pushed you away like that." He nodded.

"No, you had every right to." We both smiled when I knew that he was all right again. I think the only way to comfort myself is to make my brother happy even if it means hurting myself emotionally. "I hope you don't plan on spending the whole day staring at the laptop. You'll ruin your eyes like that."

"You're starting to sound like me all of a sudden."

"I guess you rub off of me." I smiled sweetly at the thought. Sometimes, I just wish that everyone in the world would just be accepted for who and what they were. But no, I live in a world that being gay could get you killed and being gay and loving your brother… I can just wonder what that gets you.

Josh's POV

"Exactly how long do you plan on playing that game?"

"As long as it takes me to finish it."

"You are such a video game fanatic. You're the type of person that if you finish the game, you just keep on playing it!"

"So? What's your point?" A sigh soon came from Alyssa as she walked out of the room. "Oh come on! You know that every Sunday is my relaxation day!"

"Yeah, yeah! Just go play your game! I'll be in the other room watching television."

"Don't be a coach potato!"

"I can say the same for you!" I laughed to myself before continuing my game. As I looked at the clock, it was only 11:12 AM, which meant that I still have the whole day to play my game away. "Actually, could we talk for a second?" I paused my game as I turned around in my chair to see my secretary smiling at me.

"Talk about what?"

"About you and Kaoru silly. I want to know what happened last night between the two of you."

"Why's that?"

"Because I am your secretary and I have to watch out for your safety of course!"

"Nice try but you're not my parent. I don't have to tell you anything!"

"Josh, please tell me! I just want to know!" She suddenly took the seat next to me, eager to listen to me. I sighed in which Alyssa squealed knowing that she had won me over.

"Fine but I'm only doing it because we're good friends. Knowing you, you just want to hear the spicy part isn't that right?" She nodded and at that moment, I decided to keep what Kaoru had told me yesterday a secret for now. "I… told him about the letter." That's when her jaw dropped.

"Are you crazy? What if he tells the media? People who know of you will be all over this like fat kids to cake."

"Now that was a mean comparison of you to make of fat children."

"It doesn't matter when it's true! You know, for a great doctor such as yourself, you need to think more about what you're doing. Do you even trust him to keep quiet about it?"

"Actually, I do."

"That's a first. Usually you don't trust any straight guys because you always say that they only like you for the money you have."

"That's true but I can make an exception every one in a while."

"Was this exception the right choice to make?" I nodded. "You better hope so because I don't want that getting out and have the media snooping back into your privacy again. Last time that happened, I couldn't go anywhere without the paparazzi on me!"

"Yeah I know but don't worry, I'm pretty sure I can trust him."

"What do you mean, 'pretty sure'? Are you saying there's a chance he might say something?"

"There's a chance but it's very low. It's like slim to none or if you want it in percentage form, there's a 3% chance that he'll say something."

"Do you really have to do that?

"Do what?"

"Never mind. Anyway, now that I know that you told him about the letter, what made you do such a thing? Do you actually like him?"

"I… don't know really. He's cute, kind, and very well mannered from what I've seen but I'm still not sure. Besides, didn't he say he was straight? I might as well give up on him and find someone else."

"It's a shame really. And you both looked so cute together! Look, I even printed the picture out!" When she shoved a piece of paper to my face, I smiled at what I saw. Kaoru holding me gently as if we were a couple but I erased the thought immediately knowing that I don't have a chance with him thanks to his sexual preference. "I even showed it to our maids and they all agreed with how cute you two look."

"You showed it to our maids?" She nodded excitedly. "Why in the world would you do that?"

"Because I wanted their opinion on it." That's when my eyes looked away to be dramatic.

"That's it. You're going down." I suddenly took a water gun that was secretly attached underneath my seat and started shooting it all over her.

"If you want war, you got it!" She suddenly took a gun underneath her skirt and started spraying back at me.

"How the heck did you hide that thing under there?"

"It's a secret." When she winked at me, I sprayed again in her face, which only made her upset.

"I'm going to get you Josh!"

A Few Minutes Later

"Perhaps we should have had this war outside." The girl next to me nodded her head before replying.

"I think you're right." I looked around the room seeing almost everything wet and some of the furniture moved from their places.

"Oh well, we can have the maids take care of this." We both laughed for a good minute or two until one of the maids came in, nodding her head us as if she was our parent. "Sorry?"

"You kids do this so often that it reminds me of my own children. Don't worry about it, just leave the room and I'll take care of it."

"Thanks a lot!"

"It's no problem dear." She said with a smile as I returned it with one of my own. We both left the room immediately as we approached our own rooms.

"You do know it's their job to clean up stuff like that right?

"Yeah, I do."

"Then why did you thank them?"

"Because it's something called manners, which is something you lack." I laughed as I ran into my room before she could throw her slipper at me.

"I'll get you when you get out of there!"

"If you say so!" I don't know why but I feel as if Alyssa was my sister or best friend. I've always thought that if I was straight, I would probably go for someone like her but seeing as how I'm not, I don't. Oh well, her loss! Time to get rid of these wet clothes and for a shower! I went in and out making sure to use my soap and shampoo this morning. On some days, I would forget when I was really distracted by a case or something.

Once I was done, I left the shower, got dressed into some casual clothes, and went onto my laptop to take a look at the recent visitors on my site. As I scrolled down the list, it looked like a couple of my colleagues went on it to view my cases as usual and it seems that Kyouya was also here as well. Wow, he viewed every page of my website. I guess he really does do his homework. At the end of the list was a name that made me smile – Kaoru. A frown appeared the next second as I remembered that he wasn't gay. I stood up from my seat as I left my room not wishing to think of him any longer. As I approached the living room, everything that was wet was now dry. These maids really have their way of doing things.

"What would you like to eat for lunch?" I turned around to see a young maid who was probably around my age.

"Hmm, let's do some boneless chicken and pasta shall we?" She smiled as she walked off into another room to prepare my meal. Time to continue playing my game and I will not be disturbed no matter what!

"Excuse me sir but you have a visitor." When I turned around, I was surprised to see the superintendent of Ouran in my mansion.

"Superintendent Suou! It's a pleasure having you today although it's a bit unexpected." I smiled nervously as a number of theories ran through my mind as to why he was here.

"I apologize for arriving at your mansion like this so unexpectedly but I must say, your mansion is beautiful with its amazing architecture." That's when I realized that I had spoken to him in English not thinking if he could understand me but thankfully, he did. And it looks like he has an accent as well.

"Yeah well, my assistant was the one who did it. She said she wanted to make the place look nice." Speak of the devil… Alyssa soon appeared from behind the visitor as she made her introduction realizing who it was.

"Superintendent Suou! I'm honored to have you with us today! It's certainly a pleasure to meet you!" She gave a small bow as she smiled nervously at me. Looks like she's trying to apologize for not expecting this little visit of his.

"Please, don't be so reserved in calling me superintendent. You can call me Ojisama (honorific version of uncle) if you wish." He suddenly took a rose and handed it to Alyssa as she took it with a blush.

"Would you like to take a seat in my office?"

"Of course." I smiled as we began our way towards the emergency office in my home that was amazingly huge in my opinion. Once we entered, I took the seat between the desk and cabinet while Alyssa had closed the door behind us. Once done, she led the superintendent to the chair in front of me, making sure to take off his coat first and placing it on the rack. Looks like he's wearing a white suit that looks similar to the one Kaoru wore last night.

"So what can I do for you today?" The man in front of me had one leg over the other in the same manner a woman would do but I didn't comment on it.

"I've always been hearing much about your superior talent in this country about how you could cure someone who's sick in under an day." I smiled at this.

"Ah, thank you but I can only do that once I have enough information and have been given the opportunity to do so."

"I recently heard that you are now the doctor of my son." I was immediately shocked to hear that statement being made.

"I'm sorry but did you say your son?"

"Yes, my son. I'm sure you've met Tamaki haven't you?" Tamaki? The one who has a gauge of 10 is the superintendent's son? That's a bit ironic I guess.

"Oh yes, I have. He's quite charming."

"Well I'm quite honored to have someone like you become his doctor and for that, I would like to thank you by inviting you to my house tonight for dinner. I'll even invite the Host Club as well if you wish." Before I could politely decline, Alyssa decided to speak up.

"We'd be honored to have dinner with you! Isn't that right Josh?" Yep, I'm going to kill you after this.

"Yes, we'd be happy to join you tonight." I said with a smile.

"Then it's settled! I'll have a limo come by tonight at 6 to pick you up. I'll see you then." He quickly stood up and kissed Alyssa's hand before taking his coat and leaving me in a state of confusion.

"Okay then… that was a bit weird and unexpected."

"Yeah, I guess Kyouya had informed him of you becoming his son's doctor."

"But why would he do such a thing?"

"Don't ask me why but I can't wait to see him tonight!"

"I should have known that's the reason why you wanted to go."

"Don't be like that! I'm sure you want to see Kaoru yourself!"

"Not really seeing as how I have no chance with him but then again, I guess I can go there to properly introduce myself as their doctor I suppose."

"That's the spirit!"

"Anyway, mind giving me information about the superintendent now that he came here?" Alyssa opened up her black notebook that she always seems to carry around as she began to read.

"Superintendent Suou Yuzuru owns Ouran Private Academy and is very friendly towards women but more strict on men. His gauge is 60."

"That's a big jump between him and Tamaki." Suddenly, a knock was soon heard. "What is it?"

"I apologize sir but you have another visitor." I sighed as I could only wonder who it could be this time.

"Let the visitor in."

"Yes sir." Once the man entered my office, I stood up from my chair to greet him. He seemed to be wearing a black suit with a red tie and I didn't recognize who he was.

"Mr. Ootori, it's a pleasure to have you here!" Mr. Ootori? Who's that? Well whoever he is, at least he understands English.

"It's a pleasure to be here." He shook the hand of my secretary before approaching my desk with Alyssa in tow.

"Josh, this is Ootori Yoshio, the father of Kyouya." Well, this is another surprise today. Am I getting these visits because I'm now the doctor of the Host Club? And I guess Alyssa really did her homework seeing as how she knew the guy.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Ootori."

"The pleasure is all mine Doctor. My stay won't be long, as I just wanted to inform you personally that you do your job well in taking good care of my son. I know of your accomplishments and skills so I have no big worries of anything going wrong but trust me, if you do something wrong, I'll make you regret it." I smiled at his attitude towards me.

"You have no need to worry. Your son is in the best of hands."

"Good to hear that. We'll talk more later tonight at the feast."

"The feast?"

"Yes, I'm sure Suou invited you just now didn't he?" I nodded slowly at his question. "Excellent. Before I go, I just wanted to let you know that if everything goes well, perhaps we can do some sort of a business deal if you like."

"Sure, why not." When the man extended his hand, I shook it firmly to make sure he knew what I was capable of. I may be young but I certainly wasn't foolish.

"See you tonight." The man left my office leaving me to stare at Alyssa.

"The guy's hardcore isn't he?"

"Indeed he is – like father like son. Information?"

"Ootori Yoshio is very strict towards everyone he meets and is a very good businessman. His gauge is 80."

"Very impressive just like his son's." A beeping sound soon came from Alyssa's pocket as she took out her cell phone.

"Who is it?"

"It's from Kyouya."

"What does he want?"

"Apparently, he wants us to dress nicely because the parents of every Host Club member will be there as well." That's when I gulped.

"All of a sudden, I'm starting to dislike your new friend."

"Oh don't be like that Josh! This is a good chance for you to make some business deals going on and to make a good impression!"

"Glad to see you're all excited."

"Well you should be too. I don't see the point in being upset when we just got invited to a feast tonight!"

"And here I thought I was going to be able to play my game tonight."

"Well your game isn't as important as this feast tonight! Although, it's a bit funny how you and I were both in casual clothing in front of two very important people." Now that I look at her, both Alyssa and I just had a plain t-shirt on with jeans. Great, I probably made a bad impression on the two of them already.

"Nothing we can do about it now I suppose." I sighed out loud as I brought a hand up to massage my forehead. Another knock was soon heard and if it was another visitor, I'm going to kill myself.

"Sir, your meal is ready!" That's when I smiled.

"Coming!" I immediately left the office and into the dining room where my meal was sitting.

"Why are you all excited?"

"Because this is one of my favorite meals!" When Alyssa took a look at what it was, she rolled her eyes at me.

"I think I'll have teriyaki chicken and some rice if you don't mind."

"It'll be right out ma'am." Alyssa soon took the seat next to me as I took mouthfuls of the food on my plate.

"You eat as if you haven't eaten in weeks."

"I guess that's how hungry I am."

"Well leave room for tonight okay?"

"Yes mommy!" I snickered after saying that, which I gained another pair of eyes rolling at me.

"I think I'll wear a red dress tonight. What about you?" As I shoved down some pasta down my throat, I started to think about what clothes I could wear for tonight.

"How about my Egyptian blue jacket, a white shirt, black tie, and some dress pants? That sounds nice right?"

"It does actually. I think I've only seen you wear that combination once and you looked pretty hot in it. Oh wait a minute, are you thinking of wearing that for Kaoru?"

"Okay how many times are we going to go over this? He's straight and he's not interested in me."

"And how do you know he's not interested? Are you psychic or something? Maybe he's curious or something." I rolled my eyes at her comment. "Josh, don't deny yourself of happiness. I mean look at this picture." As soon as she took out that piece of paper, I looked away not wishing to look at it. "Look at it."

"I don't want to."

"You're just like a stubborn child."

"And this is coming from you?" I began to laugh as she did as well.

"Just listen to me. Don't overanalyze your relationship with Kaoru."

"Relationship? I don't have a relationship with him."

"You know what I mean." I sighed out loud before putting my fork and spoon down.

"Yeah I know but I already told you that I don't know if I'm ready for a relationship yet and even if I am, it would never happen with the redhead because he's straight. Do I have to pound that information in your ears?"

"No but I'm sure you'd like some pounding yourself." When she winked, I could feel myself turn red, as I looked the opposite direction of her.

"You're so obscene."

"You know you like it." Alyssa's meal finally came as she began to eat it all lady-like. She's probably doing it in preparation for tonight. "So tell me, what do you really think of Kyouya?"

"Why do you want to know?"

"Because I want your opinion on him." I stared at her for a second or two before answering.

"Well, after our few encounters, he may be a good person to be with although, he's a bit too serious if you ask me. I think he cares too much money so I don't know if he's into having an intimate relationship with someone but I guess he would be a good person to be with in the future. You can already tell he's going to make a ton of money."

"Very funny."

"What? You wanted my opinion on him and I gave it."

"Yeah, thanks… I guess." I smiled before taking another piece of chicken into my mouth. "So what do you think of Kaoru?"

"Why are you even asking me that?"

"I'm just curious to know your opinion." I looked at her with such a doubt written all over my face. "I just want to know what you think of the guy is all and give me your honest opinion."

"Do I have to?"

"I could help you if the time arises if you know what I mean." I raised my eyebrow at her as I did what she requested of me.

"Like I said before, Kaoru seems to be a kind, well-mannered guy who seems to be like an average person. From what I could tell…"

"Josh, that's not what I want. I want to know what you think of him. I don't want an observation from a doctor you know."

"Oh, sorry. Well, I do think that he's cute and I only think that because of his personality. He doesn't seem so bad and if he was gay, I might have dated him."

"Hmm, what about his twin?"

"What about him?"

"Do you think he's cute too?" I nodded.

"No, not really. The only thing I deduced from Hikaru is that he seems to be a bit overprotective of his brother for some reason. Perhaps there was some sort of an event in the past that made him like that but like I said, I don't know. I need time to observe them all to get a better idea of who they are."

"Don't worry, you'll be able to do that tonight and this week! I'm so excited for the party tonight!"

"It's a feast, not a party…"

"Same thing! Let the party begin!"

Suracis69: So what did all of you think of this first chapter? If you liked it, I would definitely like a review with some constructive criticism because for some reason, I feel like I'm missing something in my writing but I don't know what. Thanks for reading! Only four more chapters to go!!!