This is my first ever OHSHC (seriously, could that acronym be any longer?) It's an OCxharem and a Haruhix? Hmm…not sure who she should be with…maybe I'll have a poll for it later? Eh, anyway, got this adorable idea from lissythecreator's "Triplets, Not Twins" one-shot, which was so fluffy-wuffy it made me think of this!

Hopefully I'm not really taking the idea since I plan to come up with my own plot. This starts about a month after Haruhi has joined the host club, just to clarify. So some events have not taken place yet and others in the timeline may be slightly altered.

Summary: Hikaru and Kaoru are the host club's 'little devils'. They're known for their brotherly love and are as close as twins could be, right? But what if the twins have been hiding a dark secret…the fact that they're not twins at all, but triplets! Can Haruhi and the rest of the host club handle the craziness that happens when their secret sister joins the academy?

The bells for classes to begin had just rung at Ouran Academy. Inside, a certain popular group of boys (and one girl) talked animatedly as they headed to their separate classes. Haruhi was just starting to get used to host life and the wild antics that came with it.

She'd never admit it, but being with them was the happiest she had been in a while. She walked between the twins, who were as animated as usual and both had an arm around her shoulders.

She brushed their touchiness aside as usual as they entered home room and she took up her usual spot. Kaoru pouted and Hikaru threw paper balls at her in an attempt to get her attention, but she shot them an icy glare before taking out her notebook as the lesson began.

'Wow, it's funny how I've gotten so used to things around here, despite how weird they all are.' She sighed, staring out the window at the courtyard. She caught sight of a sleek limo pulling into the circle near the front steps and sat up a little straighter. 'I wonder who that could be…'

At a school like Ouran, where almost everyone was from some wealthy family or another, seeing kids come to school in a limo was nothing out of the ordinary, so Haruhi normally wouldn't have been surprised, but when the chauffeur opened the door and a small girl stepped out she found herself curious.

It was hard to see from the third floor…but something about her seemed a little familiar. She turned back around as the teacher asked someone to solve the problem on the board. She shook her head, dismissing the thought for the moment. 'Guess that's my cue to get back to the lesson. I probably just imagined it anyways…'

Outside, the pale girl stepped carefully out and quietly thanked her chauffeur before staring up at the school's magnificent architecture with awe. 'This is it…right? Do nii-chan and aniki really go here?' She took a deep breath, her wavy auburn hair blowing gently in the breeze.

She fumbled with her favorite white hair ribbon—one of the last gifts her brothers had ever given her—and began to walk up the front steps, her white skirt swishing behind her. Her eyes shined with determination, "Starting today, I'm an Ouran Academy student just like you are onii-sans!"

"So, that pop quiz today was totally lame, am I right?" Hikaru grinned down at the short-haired girl walking between them, who simply shot him a dry look.

"It wasn't a pop quiz, Hikaru. The teacher told us about it last Friday…we were supposed to study over the weekend, remember?"

Hikaru cocked his head to one side, looking thoughtful, "Hmm…nope, doesn't ring a bell…"

"That's probably because we got into mom's champagne last weekend and were totally hung over," Kaoru piped up.

A light bulb seemed to flash over Hikaru's head as he smirked. "Oh yeah, that's right!"

Haruhi gave a heavy sigh and wondered exactly why she chose to associate with such morons outside of the club. "You guys are hopeless."

"Oh hey, wonder what today's theme's gonna be?" Kaoru said aloud.

"I dunno. But hopefully it's better than that cabana thing we did last time. That wet towel really chafed," Hikaru muttered.

"I thought you looked cute~!" Kaoru chirped with starry eyes.

"Aww…not as adorable as you we—"

"Hey! We're not even at the host club yet, will you guys just knock it off?!" Haruhi shouted, losing her patience with the mischievous duo.

"Does the thought of us being so exposed…bother you?" Hikaru breathed into her ear and Haruhi flinched away with a glare, her cheeks a light pink.

"N-no, I just think you guys can get really weird sometimes, ok?" They now stood outside the doors of Music Room #3 and opened the doors to find Honey and Mori already dressed for the day's theme.

"Haru-chaaan!" Hunny squealed, jumping away from Mori to fling himself toward Haruhi who had no choice but to catch the little blond. "Hey Hunny-sempai." she greeted calmly before placing the small host back on the ground, "What are you wearing?" she asked curiously, tilting her head as she studied his dark suit and top hat.

"You like?" he chiped, turning around so she could see the whole thing. "I'm a magician! And Usa-chan's my assistant!" Haruhi nodded slowly, getting what the theme they'd be doing was.

Behind her, the twins were playfully harassing a placid Mori.

"Hey, Mori-sempai..." Kaoru started.

"Are you even gonna..."

"At least try to be scary?" they both asked doubtfully, eying the tall boy dressed in the lion costume.

Mori looked down at them and his whiskers seemed to twitch. "Maybe..." The twins sweat dropped.

Haruhi glanced around the room, frowning quietly. Something was missing...somethat that should be obvious and-

"Aaah! Come one, come all! Welcome to the one and only Cirque de Ouran!" cheered a familiar voice as a cloud of colorful smoke filled the room and a tall blond stepped forward as it cleared.

Haruhi stared blankly. Yeah, that was it alright.

Tamiki was dressed as a ringmaster, unsurprisingly, and beside him, Kyoya wore white harem pants with a red sash around his slim waist and an open purple vest. A turban with a single red feather was on his head and his arms were decorated in solid gold bangles.

"S-sempai?" Haruhi blinked at the Ootori.

"Whooa!" Kaoru gasped.

"Cool!" Hikaru chorused.

"So we're really gonna do a cirque?" they both questioned, "Where are our outfits then?"

"Right here, boys~!" Tamaki practically sang as he gave each twin their own colorful jumpsuit and ushered them to go change. They needed no further invitation and excitedly rushed off.

Tamaki turned to a still silent Haruhi with sparkles practically lighting up his violet eyes. "So, what does my little girl think? The host club's very own classy, grade-A ringtop event!" He twirled around happily, almost tripping over his whip.

"Do you guys even know what a real circus is...?" Haruhi stated more than asked.

"Of course." Kyoya responded, coming over. "I've done extensive research to ensure our guests have only the most authentic experience. I've found that you commoners seem to enjoy circus trips as a form of entertainment." the black-haired sophomore nodded, obviously satisfied with himself.

Haruhi resisted rolling her eyes, 'That pretty much answers that question then...'

"So I guess I'm gonna have to wear something ridiculous too..." she sighed in mental defeat.

"Oh heavens no!" Tamaki exclaimed, "we have only the best for our princess, of course!" he smiled and motioned for Kyoya who stepped over holding a costume that seemed to have materialized from no where.

Haruhi took it hesitantly and held the material out in front of her. It was a tight black leotard with white stockings. "What. Is. This?" she ground out, her left eye twitching maddeningly.

"Your acrobat costume of course!" Tamaki answered proudly.

"We got it special made just for you, Haru-chan!" Hunny bounced over to her giggling. "Tama-chan insisted it'd look really good on you!"

Haruhi glared at the hosts who were staring at her eagerly, causing her to flinch back slightly. "You can't...seriously expect me to wear this...this piece of spandex, can you?"

"I don't see the problem," Kyoya replied smoothly, already typing away on his computer, though Haruhi couldn't even begin to imagine what about. "Or, you could wear this adorable bunny costume instead, if you'd prefer." he said, a tinge of evilness in his voice as he held up the skimpiest, naughtiest bunny costume Haruhi had ever had the displeasure of seeing.

She growled her disdain before snatching up the leotard from where she'd dropped it on the floor and stalking off to change, muttering obscenities under her breath.

Tamaki turned to look at Kyoya slowly and eyed the rabbit costume. "Mommy!" he whined, "Why didn't you tell me that was a choice to begin with?!"

Kyoya calmly pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and turned away from the dramatic blond. "It was meant only as a last resort to force Haruhi into complying. Actually having her wear it, well...maybe another time."

"But...but..." Tamaki whimpered, sniffling. Hunny patted the taller boy's arm sympathetically while Kyoya merely went back to making sure the decorations were set up perfectly.

Hikaru giggled at their leader's forlorn expression after having been shot down by the Shadow King, yet again. "Hahaha! Even though sempai pretends they're a couple, I think Kyoya-sempai's more like the dad, don't you?"

"..."

"Eh? Kaoru, what's wrong? Why are you zoning out like that?" Hikaru turned to his brother with a concerned frown. Kaoru merely blinked out of his daze before shaking his head.

"Oh, uh no reason...just got a weird feeling suddenly. But it's gone now," he reassured his twin.

Hikaru still seemed a little skeptical but nodded slowly. "Okay...if you say so."

:~XoXoXo~:

She continued to climb the stairs as quickly as she could manage, her breath coming out in small pants and her cheeks flushed. 'These stairs go on forever...' she thought, 'But I'm so close. I've made it this far, so I can't stop.'

Students looking over the staircase on the second floor glanced down at the stranger in an unfamiliar uniform as she made it to the last landing before ascending the winding staircase in a determined bound, holding the sides of her skirt as she hopped them two at a time before reaching the top.

Amber eyes glanced frantically from side to side as the corridor had split off into several directions. This place was bigger than she'd ever dreamed of. And in all her excitement she'd completely forgone going to the headmaster's office to get a schedule or maybe even some assistance finding her way around.

She could feel eyes on her from all directions as she shuffled in a random direction by well-groomed and polished students, most of them talking among themselves about her, she knew.

"Hey, who's that?" asked one girl.

"I dunno, never seen her before. Maybe she's new?" her friend responded.

"Yeah, she's pretty cute too. Think I'd have a chance?" a boy standing nearby joked.

"Hm...I don't think I've ever seen her before but for some reason she looks kinda familiar..."

She blocked out the gossip with the sound of her nervous heartbeat in her ears as she ran around a corner, still searching for some clue as to her destination. She wasn't sure how she'd known when she reached it. She just assumed she would. She'd heard them mention it plenty of times at home.

Of course never to her directly, but sometimes she could hear their voices from down the hall as they walked by her door. They always seemed so happy when they talked about that weird place...what did they call it again? A hotel...hot spring...host club!

'That's it! It's was called the host club. I just have to remember where they said it was...' her waist-length hair whipped from side to side as she jerkily turned her head this way and that, never slowing down or stopping even as her lungs began to fill with a familiar ache.

'G-gotta find it...' She willed herself on, fighting back the wheeze threatening to come on. It wasn't until she ran full tilt into something solid did she slow down. Or more accurately, fall backwards. She landed hard on her backside with a startled squeal and cracked her eyes open slowly when she heard a small grunt near her.

A red-haired boy was glaring at the ground and rubbing the back of his head. She gasped and quickly sat, pulling her skirt down. "I-I'm so, so sorry. I-it's just that I'm new here and I got lost trying to find t-this room..." she trailed off as the boy stood and offered her a hand.

"Sorry 'bout that... you ok?" his voice was gruff and his face looked stern, but the longer she stared at him the more she realized he didn't mean any harm.

She smiled softly in relief and accepted his hand up. "I-I'm fine. And I should be apologizing. I mean, I ran into you."

He scratched his head, looking almost sheepish. "Yeah well, it's cool man. Where were you headed anyway?"

She glanced down as she thought, "U-uh...I'm trying to find the um, host club?" she stammered, her reply sounding more like a question.

"Oh yeah. Guess I have heard of that place. S'sposed t' be some real popular guys that entertain girls and stuff."

Her eyes brightened as she snapped up to look at him, nodding eagerly. "That's it! Do you know where it is then?"

He flushed lightly and scratched his cheek, staring off down the hall. "W-well I've never been or anything to be honest...but I saw some girls come from that direction giggling about some new theme they were putting on there, so maybe try headin' that way?" he shrugged lightly.

She stared up at him in gratitude before bowing politely, "Arigato!" she called behind her as she rushed off again.

The scary looking redhead watched her go, a little confused but mostly curious. "Huh. She didn't seem scared of me..." he noted wonderingly.

"Ooh~! Isn't this wonderful! Sometimes what matters most is enjoying the simpler things in life, like the fascinating world of a commoner circus!" Tamaki exclaimed, stretching his arms wide. Several girls smiled brightly and cooed at his usual grandeur.

Haruhi turned away sullenly, her face pulled into a grim expression as she tried to ignore the tight-fitting leotard. She had been jerked around and forced to cross-dress in all kinds of ridiculous outfits since enrolling in Ouran, but at least she hadn't felt so exposed.

"Am I the only one here who feels ridiculous?" she murmured to herself, looking to see what the rest of the hosts were doing. While Tamaki held an audience of girls captive by striking his signature poses, Hunny was putting on a magic show for his adoring fans who clapped and cheered with sparkly eyes. Poor Mori was surrounded by a flock of girls who giggled at the stoic junior with hearts in their eyes.

The twins were eating the whole clown thing up as far as she could tell, and so were their fans. Kyoya had set up his own fortune telling booth and was reading fortunes...for absurdly high prices of course. Haruhi sighed. So then she really was alone...

She didn't have any guests yet, so in the meantime she sat waiting on the couch. Maybe this was why she was the first to notice the door creaking open as a pale-faced girl timidly peeked inside. She looked hesitant to walk in, but seemed to be searching for something.

Haruhi studied her curiously, before her eyes lit up in realization. "Oh! That's the girl I saw from the window earlier...is she lost?" The brunette stood up to go to her, but as soon as the redhead saw her coming she quickly stepped away from the door with a gasp.

Haruhi stopped in her traps, blinking. "Huh. That was weird...did she just want to see what it was then?" she shrugged, not really knowing if she should try and see if the girl needed help or wait to see if she would venture back in on her own.

The redhead took a deep breath, pressing her forehead against the door as she tried to process what had just happened. She'd looked inside and seen something strange...people dressed up like they were in the circus.

This must be the right place, but then she'd chickened out at the last minute. A girl who'd been wearing the male's uniform for some reason had caught her staring, and when said girl had come towards her she had panicked and fled on instinct. 'Am I doomed to run away forever?'

"Hey, what do you think this is, commoner?" a feminine voice sneered from behind her. She turned to see a tall, beautiful brown-haired girl behind her, staring down at her in disdain. "If you're not going in, then move it!" And with a harsh shove, the startled girl found herself shoved back through the doors, clumsily trying to regain her balance.

The doors swung open and the usual gust of rose petals swirled into the face of a wide-eyed auburn-haired girl who stood there with a slack jaw. "Welcome to the Host Club!" everyone cheered. She blinked, looking around hesitantly. Everyone was looking directly at her! She had no choice but to come forward now.

"Uh, sorry to just show up but, I'm looking for my—" she gasped loudly as she suddenly spotted two identical orange-haired boys in weird clown costumes. She looked a little startled at first but ran right to them, much to everyone's shock, "Hika-nii! Kao-nii!" she exclaimed, her large eyes looking almost watery.

When the boys heard the nicknames they looked up in alarm at the only person who had ever called them that. "Kasumi-chan?!" they yelled in unison, equally as stunned as their friends.

The girl through her arms around them both and squeezed them as hard as her thin limbs would allow, all the while mumbling quietly into their clothes. "I…I waited so long to see you again. I've been so lonely," she sniffled, pulling back to rub at her eyes hurriedly.

Kyoya seemed the first one to recover and approached the three orange-haired people with the stern look of a disappointed father. "Hikaru…Kaoru…care to explain?"

The twins looked at each other, then at their friends and sighed.

"Well…you know how we've always been 'twins'?" Kaoru started, rubbing the back of his head uncomfortably.

"See the truth is…we lied. We're not twins." Hikaru finished, and the host club gave a collective gasp. The orange haired girl stood off to the side timidly, looking very guilty and hurt.

Hunny blinked, studying the mystery girl near the twins, "S-so does that mean that Hika-chan and Kao-chan are—"

"Triplets." Mori finished flatly.

Tamaki, at a loss for words for perhaps the first time ever, stepped forward, whip still in hand, gawking at his friends, who he'd known since middle-school. He knew they had had problems opening up to people outside their bubble and were still learning, but he'd never expected them to keep a secret this big from him. He thought they had come to realize that the host club was like an extended family… it hurt that they hadn't confided in them about something like this.

"I can see we're not going to get out of this without an explanation." Hikaru sighed, rubbing a hand over his face.

The girl, the apparent unknown Hitachiin sister bit her lip and stared at the ground, feeling as if her ever deciding to come here at all had been just a mistake. Why hadn't she enrolled in St. Lobellia all girls' academy?

Then her brothers would have been able to go on living their school life as they wanted, and she wouldn't have to deal with the humiliation of being rejected…again. But she was doing this because she was tired of always hiding in the shadows and feeling like a coward. She wanted to confront them. She wanted a chance to live in the sunlight for once.

"L-let's all have a seat…" Tamaki suggested shakily, nodding toward Kyoya. "We can all have some of that commoner's coffee…" Haruhi rolled her eyes at this statement.

'Pull yourself together sempai…you look like you're about to hurl.' She thought, feeling the need to face-palm.

After Kyoya had ushered all the guests from the room and announced the club would temporarily be closed, everyone was comfortably seated with a cup of tea or coffee in hand. The 'twins' took a final deep breath and launched into their story. The girl, Kasumi, was sitting on the same couch, but on the far opposite end, to give her brothers space.

Hikaru frowned as he looked at his friends betrayed faces, "We never really meant to keep it a secret it's just…"

"It never really came up." Kaoru finished.

Kyoya frowned, jotting something down in his notepad. How in the hell could he have missed something this big? He prided himself in knowing everything on just about everyone. He could find their most embarrassing school picture from elementary school if he wanted. He could find out how many times they'd moved, how many pets they'd had and what hospital they were born in for god's sake! How the hell had he missed a girl?! Another relative of two of their hosts.

"Yeah, and we haven't been together as the 'Hitachiin triplets' for so long. We kinda almost forgot we ever had a sister. We got used to being known as twins since Kasumi was never really around after we started school."

Haruhi noticed the girl stiffen as if she'd just been slapped and frowned. She knew the twins had a tendency to be harsh sometimes, even a little cruel, but she'd never image they'd reject their own sister with as close as they were to each other.

"I don't get it…how come you guys wouldn't be close?" Hunny asked innocently, fiddling with Usa's ears.

"See, Kasumi was born last…mom and dad thought they were having twins, but they ended up getting one extra baby."

"She stopped breathing after she was born and almost didn't make it. The doctors told mom and dad there was nothing they could do except wait and see how long she survived. It turns out her heart was weak and didn't get enough oxygen." Kaoru continued, and Kasumi bit her trembling lip and shut her eyes tightly.

She remembered how she was always the weak one. The runt. She had to stay inside all the time and there was hardly a time when one of the servants wasn't hovering over her, and whenever she was allowed to go to one of their parents' parties everyone would look at her with such pity it made her sick to her stomach.

But she had always been able to count on her big brothers. They always made time just for her and never complained about not being able to go outside when they were with her. They treated her like she was normal, and she adored them more than anything.

The three of them were as close as any triplets could be…until they started middle school. Suddenly they were distant. Their faces were almost always blank, even around her. They only came to see her every once in a while and never stayed for very long.

Then, one day they suggested that they could all play hide-in-seek in the mansion, just like old times, and she'd been overjoyed. As she hid in her spot behind the heavy Venetian drapes, waiting to be discovered, she heard them walking by, talking lowly.

She had thought they had come to find her at first, but soon found out that they didn't even seem concerned with the game, and caught her name being mentioned more than once. She strained her ears to listen and caught bits of the conversation.

"…Think she's still hiding…?"

"Dunno…" Hikaru had yawned. "Don't really care…"

"Why d'ya think mom n' dad wanted us to play with her all of a sudden anyway?"

"Mm…?" Hikaru mumbled, sounding bored, "Maybe they feel bad about never spending any time with her and were afraid she was getting lonely. Geez, if they felt guilty about being such bad parents they should just come right out to her and say so instead of making us play these boring baby games."

"Yeah, I know right? I mean, at least they still make time for me and you, but think about it…she sits up there by herself all the time when she's not at school, right?" Kaoru muttered thoughtfully.

Kasumi's room was basically in an attic-like area of the mansion. Up a flight of narrow, hidden stairs that led into a large and luxurious pent-house area where a normal house's attic would be. Kasumi got this whole area to herself. But it felt lonely being isolated from the rest of the family like that, and when they'd all been younger she, Kaoru and Hikaru had usually all slept together in either the boys' or her room.

"…But having a daughter who's so physically weak can't be too easy on them, either. I could understand why it might be easier to just put being around her off on the servants."

"Heh heh…yeah, totally. Hey, how 'bout we ditch this stupid game and go have some real fun. Mom's gonna have Ms. Ashiya and her stupid poodle over later…wanna put a frog in her tea again?"

"Awesome! I'm so there, bro!" Then they'd raced off without a second glance back in her direction. Kasumi had quietly stepped out from behind the curtains after they'd left, her eyes watering and her heart feeling as if it had shattered into a million pieces.

She couldn't believe it…she had always thought her brothers spent time with her because they loved her. Sure, she knew everyone else just pitied her, but she never thought her brothers would feel that way… 'Was it all just a lie? All this time…they just thought I was in the way?' After that, she had never tried to seek her brothers out to spend time together anymore.

On the rare occasions they did offer to play with her, she would politely decline with a fake smile plastered across her face and tell them she had too much studying to do. When they left without ever questioning her, she would wait until she heard the door click shut, turn on her stomach and wonder why she was ever born.

The sound of Kaoru's voice brought her back to the present.

"When we got older, she was too weak to do a lot of the stuff we liked to do. Like run around and swim and wrestle and stuff. She usually stayed inside all the time."

"Yeah, but we'd go visit her every day. We'd play games and watch TV and read stories and sometimes fall asleep together."

"Then we got old enough to start school, but our parents still thought Kasumi was too weak to come with us, so they had her home schooled up until middle school. And even then, they sent her to a separate middle school."

Kasumi frowned at the memory of middle school. That had been the great divider…when her brothers had started ignoring her.

"We got used to seeing her less since we weren't together during the day anymore. We'd play together less and spend less time together. Eventually, we were pretty much doing everything with just the two of us…it was hard having a sister that couldn't keep up." Kaoru frowned, "But I guess we still weren't the greatest brothers either…"

"You've got that right!" Haruhi stood up suddenly, much to everyone's surprise. "It doesn't matter if they're weak or strong or different or boring or embarrassing or whatever. Family is family! I thought you guys would understand that as close as you are…" The 'twins' flinched at the glare she gave them, the coldest one they'd gotten from her yet. "I can't believe you would just abandon your own sister like that…I thought siblings are supposed to look out for each other, not leave them to suffer by themselves!"

"Haruhi…" Hunny mumbled sadly.

Everyone was silent after that outburst, and Kasumi didn't bother to hide the tears anymore as they streamed down her face. Her fisted hands clenched her skirt tightly, and her long bangs covered her eyes as she stared at her lap and bit her lip to keep from sobbing out loud.

She couldn't help but think of how painfully alone she'd been since her brothers had abandoned her. She tried to keep a mask up around everyone, pretending she was the cheerful airhead who didn't notice it. But she did, and it hurt so, so much.

She felt everyone's eyes drift to her, but she couldn't bring herself to raise her head. Then, the space beside her shifted as someone sat down and pulled her closer with an arm around her shoulder. "We're so sorry Kasumi-chan…" they whispered quietly.

Another pair of arms wrapped themselves around her neck from behind, and she felt the weight of a chin on top of her head. "We're the world's worst big brothers. I don't blame you if you never wanna forgive us…" Hikaru's voice was soft, not cruel or arrogant for once. It was the first time in a long time that she felt they were being sincere with her.

"W-why…" she began, and her voice sounded strange even to her own ears. "Why did you leave me all alone like that? I…I really missed you guys. I was so sad with nobody to talk to me or play with me or read to me…" Although she couldn't see it, almost everyone in the room frowned as they saw her shoulders begin to shake.

She gasped softly and her heart skipped a beat when she felt herself being lifted up, and then another body was suddenly leaning against the side Kaoru hadn't been on. She realized she must be trapped in the middle of a Hitachiin sandwich. Her brothers were both holding her to them like they never wanted to let go.

"We promise we'll never leave you behind again, Kasumi-chan." Kaoru said solemnly.

"Yeah, so stop crying ok?" She raised her head and smiled weakly, her delicate hands coming up to gently grip the two pairs of arms wrapped around her shoulders.

"I…I thought you guys hated me. And I was so angry and sad for so long. I convinced mom and dad to let me come here, even though they wanted me to go to St. Lobellia's…" she didn't notice the collective shudder and terrified looks that ran across the hosts' faces, "because even though I was mad at you, I really wanted to be with you again, too. But I was afraid you would just ignore me again, so I was gonna embarrass you in front of your host club so you couldn't ignore me." The Hitachiin boys grinned with pride at their little sister's devilish streak.

"Haha! That's our little sis alright!" Kaoru chirped brightly.

"Yeah," Hikaru smirked and moved back to ruffle her hair, being rewarded with a cute pout that made Tamaki swoon. Kyoya subtly smacked him upside the head. "But don't worry now that the Hitachiin twi-er, triplets are back together, nothings ever gonna come in between us again." Kaoru nodded happily in agreement and both brothers kissed their sister's wet, flushed cheeks while she closed her eyes in embarrassment.

"Guuys…" she whined. Tamaki was practically floating with hearts in his eyes and everyone else just laughed quietly, surprised the twins could be so sweet.

"Kyoya, did you get that? Did you? Did you?" Tamaki rambled, leaning into his best friend's face. The glasses-wearing host simply sighed with a small nod. "Affirmative. I'm having glossies of all sizes made as me speak." Haruhi, who happened to overhear the conversation sweat dropped, giving the Ootori an evil look.

"Hey…can't you even respect three siblings bonding for the first time in years without making a profit?"

Kyoya simply smirked, adjusting his glasses as he wrote something down in his notebook. "I'm afraid that's just how it goes Ms. Fujioka…a profit must be made where a profit may be found as the old proverb goes," he chuckled that calm, dark laugh of his.

Haruhi rolled her eyes and let them stay there. "Okay sempai, I'm no literary genius and I can tell you totally made that up…"

"Well, with this sudden revelation of our 'little devils' not being a pair, the question remains on how to proceed offering their services at the host club. We can't really continue to advertise them as a set when there's clearly a spare in the pair as one might say," Kyoya rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

Tamaki who had been swooning over the sibling fluff-fest from afar since the brothers warded off any attempts he made to get too close, perked up instantly. "Yes! We owe it to our devoted customers to tell them the truth~! Now, how is it that we can present Hikaru and Kaoru without selling them off as twins?"

"Hmm…I guess Tama-chan's right. Now that Kasu-chan's gonna be going to school with us, everyone will know Hika-chan and Kao-chan aren't twins." Hunny tilted his head cutely, thinking it over.

Kasumi had looked up in interest at the excited chatter among the hosts. She craned her head around and stared up at her older brothers curiously. She had heard them vaguely mention the "host club" that they were a part of once or twice at home. But seeing as how they hadn't been on a speaking basis until just recently, she'd never known the details of what it was they did.

"Onii-chan…Aniki…w-what's a host club for?" she questioned innocently. Everyone stared at them, as if asking how it was they could have not told her about it. Surprisingly, the twins looked away sheepishly. 'Could it be…are they embarrassed to tell her about their whole brotherly love act?' Haruhi studied them curiously.

Tamaki, after getting over his shock, instantly appeared before her with sparkling eyes and an almost disturbingly large grin. "A-ano…" he seized her hands in his and began to explain the wonders that was their host club.

He told her about how their mission was to make each and every one of the girls they entertained leave with a smile, how they all had certain 'types' they played, and especially how Hikaru and Kaoru acted out their 'forbidden relationship'.

When he was done explaining, Kasumi was still trying to process it all. Haruhi completely understood of course; she'd never heard of a host club either before she came to this school. She may be used to it now, but it still wasn't exactly something normal. Kasumi was blushing lightly, probably at the thought of her brothers pretending to have an incestuous relationship. She would've never guessed any of this from how detached they were at home.

"O-oh. I think I get it now." She sweat dropped. It was still a little hard to process, but if it's what her big brothers liked to do, she supposed she could get used to that.

"You know, with Kasumi-chan joining us at the academy, we may be able to solve our dilemma in a much more obvious manner than we're thinking of…" Kyoya had that number crunching look in his eyes, the look that told everyone to be on high alert. Everyone else knew it well, and Kaoru and Hikaru bristled, but Kasumi was completely oblivious to its meaning.

"No way…" Hikaru growled.

"You can forget it!" Kaoru glared.

"Oh, think of what it will be doing for the club's clientele list to add a new twist to one of our 'types'."

"We don't give a crap about that! You're not gonna use our baby sister as jailbait!" Hikaru barked.

"W-what?" Kasumi didn't understand what was going on, or why her brothers were almost squeezing the life out of her all of a sudden.

"But, but…think of the possibilities!" Tamaki piped up now, after the Hitachiin boys had kicked him away when no one was looking. He smiled brightly despite the identical footprints on his face. "Instead of just having the little devils, think of how much our fans will love it if we add in the twist of having a little angel caught in between you! I can see it now…" he gushed, obviously going off into a world of his own, "Kasumi-chan in an innocent white robe, beautiful wings and a halo—"

"Tch! What kind of messed up fantasy are you having, boss?" Hikaru spoke, a vein throbbing on his forehead as he thought of all the perverts in the school drooling all over his poor, naïve sister. She may be all grown up now, but after all the years they'd let her down he and Kaoru had a lot to make up for, and he intended to be one of the most protective brothers possible.

He knew his little sister was adorable because she always had been. Sure, their mom used to dress them all up in wigs and skirts when they were little, but since Kasumi really was a girl, their mother had spent the most time making sure everything she wore was as stylish as possible.

Adults always cooed over how sweet she looked, and whenever the family went anywhere, they always made sure to hold her hands and make her walk in the middle, to keep her away from all the dumb little boys who would try to befriend her.

Now that they had all blossomed into beautiful teenagers, she wasn't just cute anymore, she was…gorgeous. Her hair, the exact same shade as theirs, fell almost to her waist, stopping just short by several inches in loose curls and she had the smooth complexion of a peach. Her eyes were large, her tiny nose was like a little button and she had inherited their mother's full pink lips.

The only thing she had that they didn't were the light freckles that were mostly invisible unless someone was close. And Hikaru knew that his brother shared his feelings and that no one would be getting close enough to his sister to find that out.

"Aww…c'mon Hika-chan! Having Kasu-chan in the host club could be fun! And Haruhi won't halfta be the only girl anymore!" Hunny squealed, obviously happy with his reasoning as he swung Usa-chan from side to side.

"Yeah, but Haruhi's pretending to be a boy, dummy, so no guys are gonna hit on her." Kaoru retorted.

"But think of it this way, you all want to be able to spend as much time together as possible to rekindle your relationship, right? What better way than by having her become part of the host club?" Kyoya smirked, knowing there was little they could do to argue with that logic.

The orange-haired boys scowled at the club's manager, but Kasumi looked thoughtful, considering the pros and cons. Sure she wasn't really used to boys because she was home-schooled until just two years ago, and she'd been in an all girls' middle school then.

So this would be the first time she ever got to attend school with boys. She'd never really thought much about crushes since her childhood had been so sheltered. She'd never had many close friends to gossip with, and now seemed as good an opportunity as ever to make some.

"I-I'll do it!" she beamed.

"What?!" both the twins cried, their jaws dropping.

Kyoya smiled evilly. Tamaki's eyes lit up as he rushed over to embrace her, and Hunny cheered. Mori gave her a solemn nod but his smile was gentle, since he hadn't spoken the entire time. Haruhi sighed with relief as the slight tension in the room was released. The color seemed to have drained from her brothers' faces and she frowned slightly.

"Are you ok Kao-nii…Hika-nii…?" She questioned caringly. They didn't respond, and when she tried to shake their arms they simply melted into a colorless puddle of goop on the floor.

Well, how was that? I think I did a good job of building up to the touching reunion between the boys and Kasumi and I'm proud of the way I could describe how they're so torn apart even when being so physically close. But anyway, hopefully my character Kasumi isn't too OOC. As you can see she's pretty gullible from not being around kids her own age for so long. lol Anyway, please, please, please review if you want me to continue because it would mean the world to me!

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