Music Room #3

The Host Club is now open for business.

"Let's play the 'Which one is Hikaru-kun game'!"

Haruhi rolled her eyes, moving around the twins' guests as she picked up their snack plates and refilled their tea cups.

"Now then, can you tell which one is Hikaru?"

"Oh, this is hard!"

"They look so much alike!"

Haruhi straightened up before giving the twins a pointed look.

"Eh, what's wrong Haruhi?"

"This game is ridiculous. I can't understand what makes you too so wonderful to guests."

"Apparently Haruhi doesn't understand the merits of having twins in the Host Club." Kaoru began.

Hikaru crossed his arms and leaned against the back of a sofa.

"Listen here, just having a couple of good looking homosexuals earns plenty of high points."

"And making a show of teetering between that and friendship is also desirable."

"But in our case, being twins, we get to use this most forbidden of taboos as a weapon."

"On top of that, there's the scenario of having two people, who have such deep ties to each other loving you at the same time."

"It's the ultimate young woman's romance, right?"

They both smirked at her flushed face. Haruhi just shook her head, amazed at the perverted aspects of this club. Pushing the cart along, she made her way back to the kitchen to start on dishes.

"Haruhi! Play with us!"

Sighing, hands in soap water already, she flicked suds at them both.

"No, I'm busy."

"Come on, please?!"

"No!"

"Can we go to your house then?"

"Absolutely not!"

She glared at them, before turning back to the sink to finish washing.

"How about this,"

"If you lose at our game,"

"We can come over!"

Haruhi sighed before shrugging.

"Fine."

Turning back to her dishes, she heard them run around after messing up their hair and putting on their hats. Moving over slightly to the other side of the sink, she began rinsing.

They appeared before her, towering over her small frame with wide grins on their faces.

"Now then, which one is Hikaru!"

Taking a second to look them over, she pointed to the left, then right.

"This one is Kaoru, and this one is Hikaru."

"Bzzt! You got it wrong!"

Smiling at them she turned back to her dishes.

"No I didn't. You do look a lot a like, but you're very different."

Honey appeared beside her, sitting on the counter. It appears the guests were leaving.

"How can you tell Haru-chan?"

She turned off the water and grabbed a clean rag, looking up as she began drying.

"If I had to say, Hikaru's speech and actions are ten percent more ornery than Kaoru's."

Kaoru started laughing, causing Haruhi to smile.

"Well, I just don't mask anything, and always express myself honestly, so Kaoru is the one who is more spiteful."

Hikaru's tone however, wasn't playful.

"Don't go spinning this. Hikaru, I'm the one always going along playing you're selfish games, right?"

"I may the one to suggest them but you're the one who gets into them, Kaoru. If you don't like them, just stop. What are you, stupid?"

Haruhi nearly dropped the small plate she was drying, looking up to see the twins squaring off. Tamaki and Kyoya stepped over to them, clearly wondering why they were all in the back of the room.

"You're too stupid to see it yourself, Hikaru. You always flirt with Haruhi, and are quick to make a pass at her. Hikaru, you really are in love with Haruhi, aren't you?"

Haruhi bit back a gasp as her face blushed bright. Honey jumped down from the counter beside her.

"Huh?! H-hey, you've got it all wrong! You really are an idiot, Kaoru!"

"Fantastic, this is fantastic!"

Appearing out of nowhere, Renge appeared beside her, putting her hand on her shoulder.

"Excuse me?"

Haruhi moved to put the towel in the hamper, finally done with her chores.

"A beautiful yet poignant four-sided relationship around Haruhi! What's more, two of the figures of twins bogged down by this development!"

"No! There is no four sided relationship here, stay out of this Renge!"

Hikaru sneered, turning his glare to his twin brother.

"Why do you have to be so mean about everything?! When I get home, I'm getting a new bedroom, as far away from yours as possible!"

Kaoru stormed out with a slam of the large set of doors, leaving an eerie silence in the room. Renge was as flushed as Haruhi, though for different reasons. Hikaru stood with his fists shaking before one landed on a small table, knocking it over and causing a crack on the middle. He stormed out as well before anyone could stop him.

Kyoya began taping on his tablet as Tamaki sighed and muttered for everyone to go home. Haruhi was the fist one out, barely remembering to grab her bag on the way.

.::.

"Haruhi!"

Looking up from her desk, Haruhi did a double take.

"Hikaru.."

His hair was flamingo pink, and it almost hurt her eyes to look at it. She swallowed the lump in her throat as she tried to push away the awkwardness of it all.

"It looks good on me. Isn't it cute? Starting today the pink one is me."

"Good morning Haruhi."

Looking behind Hikaru, she bit back a groan.

"Kaoru, you went with blue, huh?"

Hikaru moved around her desk to sit in his own.

"Last night, I had the rare chance to gracefully sleep by myself, but I had a bad dream. You see I dreamed my hair was pink, one of the most garish shade I'd ever seen."

She nodded as Kaoru moved to sit on the other side of her, but someone had moved his chair slightly behind her back, causing Kaoru to fall to the floor. Moments later, Hikaru joined him with a soft thud.

She sighed as they began arguing loudly over her.

.::.

Noontime recess in the refectory.

Haruhi's scholarship didn't reach a meal plan either, so she always had her bento, and she usually ate in a class room, but with the twins fighting it was probably best she went with them.

Switching lunches with Hikaru, she looked at the lavish meal before her and didn't know what to try first. Taking a fork full of some kind of beef, she popped it into her mouth and let out an inappropriate sound as her taste buds sang. Carefully she chewed the meat and let the grin spread across her face in appreciation.

"Haruhi, is that any good? You want some of mine too?"

She didn't realize Kaoru had sat next to her until his fingers were gently gripping her chin, moving her to look at him, before offering her a spun full of something. Before she could decide if she wanted it or not, Hikaru had taken the bite for her. With a glare the food war started.

Haruhi sighed before pushing the tray of food away from her and taking the bento back from Hikaru who hadn't opened it yet.

I guess I'll just eat in the classroom.

..::..

Haruhi simply crossed her legs and shifted in her seat as she and the remaining hosts sat at a table in the music room, waiting for Kyoya's final analysis.

"It this keeps up, we're going to have to stop offering the brotherly love package. Our designee rate is definitely down."

Honey sighed beside her and slouched in his chair, crossing his arms.

"Hikaru and Kaoru have never fought before. I've known them since pre-school, and they've only ever been friends with each other."

Tamaki sat at the head of the table, far from her.

"You're right. I've only know them since middle school, but they really stood aloof. It seemed like except for themselves, they keep everyone at a distance. Their personalities were several times more warped than they are now. Thinking about it that way, maybe this fighting is a turn for the better. It means that their world is starting to get a little larger, doesn't it? Maybe it's best to leave them alone, under the circumstances."

Haruhi looked out of the window, sighing as she contemplated Tamaki's words.

Maybe it is best to leave them alone. But then, if this is their fight, how do they know how to end it? They probably don't know how to make up either.

Music Room #3

No business today.

"Haven't you two had enough? You brothers are putting us out."

Haruhi had to silently agree.

"We're putting you out? We're putting you out?! You've got to be kidding! I'm the one who's put out! I'm the one who's got the same face as Kaoru. I'm sick and tired of being mistaken for you! The truth is I hate your guts!"

"You took the words right out of my mouth! Look at this, I bought it from Nekozawa! Belzenef, the curse doll! I'm writing your name on this thing's back Hikaru, from here on you're going to be met with lots of misfortune and sorrow!"

Haruhi sighed before straightening up and pulling them both by their ties, banging their heads together with loud protests.

"Alright, that's enough! I'm sick and tired of this stupid fighting! If you guys don't quit, I'll never let you see my place ever, in my whole life!"

The moment the words left her mouth she instantly regretted them. Twin smirks shone at her, causing her body to freeze.

"Then, if we do make up, Haruhi, we can come over to your house, right?"

.::.

Haruhi sighed as she walked home. With the twins finally not fighting, she had time to think of her own problems, and her own problems surrounded around her relationship with Tamaki. They were friends, yes. But with him barely talking to her, she felt alone. Though she had friends at the school, including the hosts, none of them made her feel that special. With another sigh she kicked a pebble before mentally berating herself for possibly scuffing her shoes.

Music Room #3

The Host Club is now open for business.

"Okay, let's play the 'Which one is Hikaru game'!"

"Um, the one with the pink hair is Hikaru-kun!"

"Right!"

"You may have made up, but your hair will stay that way for a while, huh? Still, I'm glad it's easier to tell now!"

Haruhi finished cleaning up the plates and poured more tea as she spoke.

"You're wrong again. Today the pink one is Kaoru, and the blue one is Hikaru."

She tossed them a smile before moving the cart along with her to the back.

"They used a demi-color, so it's easy to wash out and recolor the same day."