A Tale of Business and Romance. Chapter 15

Title: Attack of the Lady Manager

"Tamaki-sama, why are you so beautiful?" one of the Host Club's many guests asked in an awed tone. She was one of the small groups of girls who had managed to secure a seat closest to the Host Club 'King' out of the large group of girls that surrounded him on the tatami mats that the host sat upon. He had on a layered kimono of different shades of brown and purple and white with a purple ribbon tied into the hair at the side of his head to help attach short extensions to his hair and make a ponytail.

"So that I may catch your eye for possibly a second longer," Tamaki answered the girl smoothly as he ran his hand through his light blonde bangs.

"Why is your voice so mellow?" another girl asked, several of the girls gasping in delight at the host's actions.

"So that my feelings of passion might reach your delicate heart all the much sweeter," Tamaki answered as tears came to his eyes. The girls' eyes started to tear up at the sight of their beloved host almost crying.

"You two wear matching kimonos too?" a girl with cropped blue hair asked the Hitachiin twins from her seat not far from Tamaki's group.

"Yes," the Hitachiin twins answered in unison. They were wearing matching blue and yellow kimonos with green hair clips helping hold back the parts in their hair. The two were sitting in simplistic bamboo chairs with a sign in between them that read 'love'. The two motioned around the room at their friends. "Nearly everything you see us wear was designed by our mother. If you would like, we can take an order for something."

The two motioned towards their own kimonos with opposite hands. "Our grandmother came to help us put these kimonos on."

Hikaru turned in his seat to grab his younger brother's chin and force him to look up at him. "But the only one to help you take off your kimono will be me, Kaoru."

"Hikaru, you're embarrassing me in front of our guests," Kaoru said with a slight blush coloring his face and tears welling in his hazel eyes. Their two guests began to scream in delight at their show of affection.

"Haruhi! Kagome!" three girls called together to the two 'males' from their cushions on a area of elevated tatami mats.

"Yes?" Kagome answered with her 'host smile,' turning towards the girls. She was wearing a pale orange and green kimono with a white ribbon tied into her hair. Haruhi on the other hand had on a shell pink and dark green kimono with a white ribbon in her hair. The two slowly walked over to their waiting customers. As they were stepping up onto the mats, Haruhi stepped on the long and bulky kimono that pooled at her feet. She tripped over it and landed on her hands and knees on the mat.

"Are you alright, Haruhi?" Kagome asked, turning rather gracefully in her own bulky kimono to help her best friend up. Their guests watched eagerly as Kagome extended her hand and Haruhi glanced up at her.

"Yes senpai," Haruhi replied in a breathless tone as she reached up and grabbed Kagome's extended hand so the older girl could pull her to her feet. Kagome accidentally pulled on her hand a little too hard and Haruhi ended up colliding with her chest, causing them to hug in order to steady themselves. Their three customers squealed in delight at their sudden closeness.

"Haruhi looks like a cute girl!" one of Haruhi's regular guests cried happily, her hands on her cheeks as she blushed in pure delight.

"Kagome looks like a handsome noble from history books!" one of Kagome's regular guests cried, moving in the same way as the other girl.

"They're like a couple!" the third girl, the newer guests of the Host Club, cried happily. The three girls squealed once again in delight as Haruhi and Kagome settled on two cushions next to each other. The two hosts glanced at each other and sighed softly.

"You've been getting a steady stream of customers lately, haven't you?" Kyoya said from a cushion in front of a table just behind the two girls' area. Both hosts looked over their shoulders to see him writing in a large paper tablet with a paint brush. Kyoya had on a slim brown kimono with a yellow sash around his middle. He flashed them his 'host smile.' "Keep it up. We don't plan on charging you interest on your original debt, Haruhi. So, both of you keep working hard to pay it off."

Haruhi blinked at his thin smile for a moment before she leaned close to Kagome's ear to whisper to her. "Why do we deal with these idiots?"

"For one, Haruhi, it's your entire fault we are in this mess," Kagome whispered back, giggling at the younger girl's annoyed look. "And two, it's your entire fault."

Kagome grinned at her before Haruhi started smiling right along with her. The two began to giggle softly as they turned back to their guests.

"Ko-chan! Haru-chan!" they heard the high pitched call of the small senior of the Host Club. The two girls turned to see Hunny walking towards them. He was wearing a long yellow kimono over a shorter pink kimono. The small boy was rubbing his tears out of his large brown eyes and carrying a small straw sandal as he came up to them. "I lost one of my sandals!"

The two girls slid off of their platform to come to their upperclassman. Haruhi knelt down to be eye level with the older teen. "Weren't you just wearing it Hunny-senpai?"

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