Soften Heart
Title: The Soften Heart
Rating: T
Genre:Humor/Friendship/Romance
Pairing/s or Character/s: Kaoru
Author's Note: My first fanfic! Italic sentence means the speaker is speaking in english. Of course Japanese people can speak english too after all, Ouran is a prestigious school and they would be talking with foreigners around the world. So the teachers there should be teaching English!
Summary: A new student who cannot understand and speak Japanese stumbled upon the Third Music Room. She's nice, yet rude. She may be chirpy always but don't judge a book by it's cover. It's because she has a terrible past.
Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club. It belongs to Hatori Bisco.
Chapter 1: Meeting
It was a glorious day. Sun was shining brightly, birds were chirping cheerfully and plants were blooming beautifully. Everything was quiet when suddenly...
"Hikaru! Kaoru! Don't touch my precious daughter!" A deep, masculine voice shouted at the identical redhead brothers. "Tono, you can't take away Haruhi from us." The older twin said as he smiled evilly and hugged the auburn girl tightly.
"It's because she's our classmate." The younger one added. They smiled and looked at the blond in front of them.
"And also we're the friendly classmate trio!" The twins chorused.
"Okaa-san." Tamaki said as he sniffed.
The boy with glasses stopped writing and looked at the sulking blond. "Yes Otou-san?" He asked.
"I have realized..." The blond looked at the trio. They seemed to be happy. "...that Hikaru and Kaoru are spending more time with my precious daughter."
"So you've noticed." This statement struck Tamaki like thunder. He stood up wobbly and went to Kyouya.
"Wh..why didn't you tell me?" He asked, hoping for an excuse.
Kyouya didn't bother answering and continued to calculate their profits.
Tamaki immediately went to the boy with blond and chocolate eyes. He was having fun eating his chocolate mousse cake.
Hani sliced his cake, took a bite and savored it. "Wah! It's delicious!" He proclaimed as he ate more of it. He was going to eat the last when Tamaki suddenly hugged him. The last cake dropped on the shiny floor.
"Ha...hani-senpai! Okaa-san doesn't like my precious daughter!" He sniffed. A tall man with black hair and eyes came near over and patted the blonde's shoulder.
"Tamaki, you should go away from Mitsukuni." He said in a monotone voice.
The Host Club King looked at him with curiosity. He blinked twice. "Why Mori-senpai?"
Mori pointed at Hani who was hiding his chocolate eyes under his bangs. He then noticed the last slice of cake on the floor. He gulped and trembled. He knew what will happen to him if he stayed near Hani for long.
He backed off and laughed nervously. "Hani-senpai, I should go now. Thanks for comforting me." Tamaki was going to escape when Hani immediately grabbed his wrist. Tamaki was startled and panicked. "Help! The second demon has appeared!" He yelped, unfortunately the other host weren't listening. The twins were pestering Haruhi while Haruhi was ignoring them. Kyouya was calculating and Tamaki's only hope was...
He looked at the stoic guy. "Mo...mori-senpai, help me!"
"Mitsukuni cannot be calm down once he's very angry." Mori replied in a monotone voice. Tamaki gulped and looked at the quiet Hani staring in front of him. He could feel the boy's grip tightening.
"Han...hani-senpai, can you please let me go?" He struggled to escape from his grip but unfortunately he didn't succeed. Hani looked at Tamaki, giving off a menacing aura.
"How dare you spoil my last cake!" He said in a creepy and scary voice. Tamaki shrieked in horror and cried for help.
The scene is too much violent. Imagine what Hani have done. Thank you!
"Are you really going to bake me cakes?" He asked in a sweet but threatening voice. The badly injured Tamaki couldn't move properly and tried stand up with the help of the wall. His legs were wobbling.
"Ye..yes Hani-senpai." He said with fear plastered all over his face. Hani finally gave off a triumphant smile.
"Yay! Cake! Let's go Takashi!" He proclaimed. "Tama-chan, cake please." He said with a little hint of threatening. The trembling blond quickly stood straight, saluted Hani, and went to the kitchen. The twins and Haruhi were curious to what Tamaki's doing. They could hear clattering and the noise of the kitchen items.
"I wonder what Tono's cooking." Hikaru said as he patted Haruhi's hand.
Kaoru copied Hikaru's pose. "Tono must know Hani-senpai hates disgusting dishes. He might be in the hospital for weeks."
Haruhi sighed. "He'll never make one good cake for Hani-senpai, so he will be in the hospital in no time.” She said bluntly.
Hikaru and Kaoru smiled and hugged the auburn girl. “Aw...Haruhi doesn't like Tono." They chorused, loud enough for Tamaki to hear. They then heard a kitchen item fall.
"Ah it was just the stove." Tamaki shouted, reassuring every thing's fine.
"St...stove?" Haruhi mumbled to herself as her eye twitched.
A girl with waist-length hair and emerald eyes was running through the silent corridor, looking for someone. She ran and ran until she stop to gasped for air.
"Where could brother be?" She mumbled to herself. She was going to run when she noticed a huge door beside her.
“Maybe he's here.” She thought. She looked up and saw the sign Third Music Room. "I wonder what this means." She held the doorknob and twisted it, taking a deep breath before pushing the door open. Shimmering light welcomed her first. She covered her eyes and waited for the light to fade. As the bright light became dimmer, rose petals swung around her. She spat them away and when the bright light totally faded, she saw 6 handsome men standing in front of her.
"Irrashaimase!" They chorused. She froze and looked at them blankly.
“Uh...what is this?" She asked in english She was not Japanese, she was in fact, a foreigner.
Two identical twins looked at the kitchen door. "Ah. There's a foreigner." They chorused.
The Host Club King holding a whisks, went outside of the kitchen. "Who?" Their king asked. The twins pointed at her. Tamaki threw away the messy whisk, went to the girl, and kissed her hands. The girl seemed to be surprised and shocked. She didn't expect someone would still be...courteous these days.
"Hello Princess. How can I help you?" Tamaki asked in english. The girl smiled. She was indeed happy someone can speak in english.
"Yeah, I was looking for someone then I accidentally stumbled upon this room. So I must get going now." She was going to exit when suddenly someone stopped her. It was Hani. He was holding her wrist.
"Hello, what's your name?"
"It's Sarah. Sarah Anne Krummen." She responded. Hani smiled.
"Ah what a wonderful name you have!" Tamaki said, causing Sarah to blushed a little "My fair maiden, this is Haninozuka Mitsukuni. You can call him Hani. He's your senior." Sarah couldn't believe it what she just heard. He looked again at Hani and looked back at Tamaki.
'People here are weird.' She thought.
"Ah I see." She said, feeling uncomfortable. She wasn't used to talking with someone who spoke in a different language. No she wasn't used to it, but she was glad the blond can understood him. "Thanks so much...err..." She trailed off, trying to guess his name.
"Ah my apologies. My name is Tamaki Suoh. You can call me Tamaki, my dearest maiden." He smiled and caused Sarah to blush. Suddenly, two identical people pushed away Tamaki out of the way.
"Sorry about Tono's behavior..." Hikaru said as he shook hands with Sarah.
"He's really a womanizer." Kaoru finished his brother's sentence and also shook hands with Sarah.
"Wo...womanizer?" She was shocked. She would have never thought that someone like Tamaki would turn out to be a womanizer.
Tamaki tried to stand up. "No! Don't believe those unscrupulous twins!" He exclaimed as he pushed himself up. Unfortunately, Sarah didn't hear him. Tamaki could feel doubt and anxiety from the blond. "
Oh yeah, my name is Hikaru." Hikaru said as he gave Sarah a pink rose. "My name is Kaoru." Kaoru also gave Sarah a red rose. The twins hugged each other and smiled at the girl.
"And we're the Hitachiin brothers!"
'They're homos?' Sarah twitched at the thought. She shrugged those thoughts away and observed the twins.
"So this is Hikaru and this is Kaoru. No wait, this one is Kaoru and this one is Hikaru. No, maybe this one is Hikaru and this one is...alright! I give up!" She exclaimed and sighed. "I can't tell who is who." She said. Haruhi came near to the girl and smiled at her.
"Don't worry. Once you get to know them, you will identify them yourself."
"Really?" Sarah eyes sparkled when she noticed there was still hope.
"Sarah! Are you here?" A voice echoed through the corridors. He looked around and saw the Third Music Room's door was open. "Oh no, the Host Club might do something to her." The guy went and peeked at the room. He was right. He pushed the doors. "Sarah! What are you doing here?" He exclaimed.
"Ah Miko. Where were you?" She said as she went to his side.
"I should be the one to asked you. What were you doing here?" He asked. He didn't trust the Host Club even though Hani and Mori were his classmates.
"Ah Miko-chan!" Hani said.
"Hani-senpai, you know him?" Hikaru, Kaoru and Tamaki asked in sync. Hani nodded with a smile. "Yup he's our classmate."
The Host Club looked at the furious Miko. "Don't ever touch my sister again or else I'm gonna kill you all." He threatened them. "Come on Sarah." Miko said as he grabbed the girl's wrist and dragged her away.
"Ah wait. I haven't thank them yet." Sarah said as she tried to escape from her brother's grip. They exited the room.
"Kyouya have you research about them?" Tamaki looked at Kyouya who was calculating their profits.
"I haven't research about them. I'll give all the information tomorrow."
Tamaki was very happy to meet another new foreigner friend but his happiness faded when someone tugged his uniform. He looked down and saw Hani glaring at him. He began to tremble again.
"Tama-chan, where's the cake? I'm hungry."
Tamaki had forgotten about Hani's cake. "I...I forgot. Hani-senpai, wait for another hour." He said, panicking.
"Tama-chan, make sure you finishit in an hour or else..." Hani threatened. Tamaki shrieked in horror and immediately went to the kitchen.
Author's Note: Thanks for reading. ^^ Read and review please. I need constructive criticism. I'll update when I have plenty of reviews.