Match up of the Twinly Type ch. 3

Beware the Physical Exam!
           

Mayumi came to the Ouran garden where the hosts were holding a special event along with a lot of other girls. It wasn't that she wanted to be there, she just wanted to see the cherry blossom trees. She sees Hikaru and Kaoru dressed up like butlers, like Kyoya and Tamaki. They were doing their usual brotherly love act.

She turns away, and goes to where Haruhi, Hunny, Akane and Mori are. Hunny seems to be really focused on whatever he's doing, while Haruhi, and the other two girls seem too afraid to tell him he's overdoing it. Mayumi could see that he was vigorously grinding tealeaves.

'Someone's got to tell him and it's not me,' Mayumi thought. Before she could reach a conclusion, Mori spoke up.

"Mitsukuni. You overdid it."

'He told him!' Haruhi thought as everyone stared in disbelief. Well almost everyone since Akane wasn't paying any attention to the group but instead on all the flowers around them.

Hunny stared, unbelieving, at the tiny amount of liquid left in the bowl and sadness overtook his features.

"Hunny, I'll take it! It looks so yummy!" The brown haired girl said, snatching up the bowl. 

"It's just the right amount for both of us any more would be too much!" The girl with bows in her hair chimed. "How did you know? You never cease to impress and amaze me!" She continued.

"Really?" Hunny asked, his sadness fading away and happiness taking over.

Haruhi sighed, her face full of annoyance.

Cherry blossoms blew lightly in the breeze and Haruhi took a breath, having a faraway look in her eyes, and Mayumi was lying down, watching the clouds go by and the petals flying in the wind.

In the distance she hears Tamaki and Haruhi talking, only to be interrupted by Hikaru and Kaoru. "Mayumi, have you decided on your elective courses for this term?"

"Not yet," said Mayumi.

"The four of us should consider doing one together" both twins said.

"The four of us?" Mayumi didn't know who the fourth was.

"Yeah, you, us and Haruhi" said the twins.

"What about Akane?" Haruhi asked looking to the girl still staring at flowers and humming a tune while she was at it. Mori hearing his sister's name nudges her and points her in the group's direction. 

"Yes Haru-chan?" She said as she pulled a lollipop from her bag of sweets. 

"What elective courses are you gonna take this term?"

Tilting her head, she thought about it for a moment before replying, "Probably an art class." 

Kaoru looked at the girl skeptically. "No music classes?" The girl just shrugged in response and after handing Haruhi a lollipop, she sat back down next to her brother. Mayumi turned the subject back to the matter at hand.

"Well, what do you want to take?" She asked the twins and Haruhi.

"How about Introduction French? It'd make sense since we're all in the same class after all."

"Sure, but do you plan to go to France someday?"

"You never know, it is known as the one of the most romantic places on Earth," said Hikaru.

Before Mayumi can reply Tamaki suddenly starts crying and screaming loudly about the physical coming up. She decides to ignore him and instead look over the list of elective courses. She studied the roster when she happened to notice a new course being offered for modeling. It got her thinking, would that be a class worth taking? She glanced over at Hikaru.

"Hey Hikaru, what do you think about a modeling course?"

Hikaru turned and looked at her surprised.

"You model?" he said sounding nervous about it. "What, what would make you think you could be a model? You're so, so, flat chested!"

"What's wrong with being flat chested?" Haruhi asked.

"Then maybe I show others the good side of being flat as a board," Mayumi glared.

Hikaru looks surprise. "No, no, no modeling is not for you Mayumi. You've met some of them. You know what they're like!"

"No one tells me what I can or can't do what I want to try," Mayumi crossed her arms.

"Hikaru, you know she's as stubborn as we are," said Kaoru.

"I think you should give it a try Mayu-Chan. You're already so cute!" Hunny said.

"Thanks, Hunny," Mayumi smiled, and ruffled his hair.

"No, no, you shouldn't be a model," Hikaru insisted. "You probably don't have the physicality to be one."

"Well, what if the physical we have coming up proves I have a body for it?" Mayumi asked confidently.

Hikaru looked surprised at her comment. "Well, do you know what kind of body a model is supposed to have?" He asked.

"Show me and we'll compare it to my results," Mayumi insisted.

"You're not going to let this go are you?" Hikaru asked.

"No chance in hell," Mayumi smirked.

Hikaru sighs an answer, smirking. "Fine we'll see what happens then, won't we?"

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The next day, Mayumi happened to run into Haruhi on her way to the host club.

"Are you really going to try and take this modeling class?" Haruhi asked.

"Yeah actually, it sounds great," said Mayumi.

"Hmm, well I hope you can prove you have what it takes to be one," said Haruhi.

"Thanks, hey why did the hosts sound upset about your physical yesterday?" Mayumi asked, recalling Tamaki's freak out from the other day.

"It's hard to explain," said Haruhi. The two opened the door to the club room to see the hosts huddled around and looking like they coming up with some sort of battle plan made up of arrows and childish drawings.

Haruhi says that she was sorry she was late, though her face said that she was glad she had missed part of their meeting.

"Don't you worry Haruhi, we're determined to keep your secret! No one will find out that you're really a girl during tomorrow's physical exams! So please promise you'll stay our beloved secret princess!" Tamaki said, not giving Haruhi any chance to speak.

Haruhi blinked in confusion. "Sure." She said, having no idea what he was going on about this time.

"You know what, I think both of us would be a little peeved if we had to watch all the guys flirt with her." Hikaru said.

"Then that settles it." Kaoru said.

"What's this about flirting?" Mayumi eyed them suspiciously.

'Operation: Conceal Haruhi's Gender', also named 'Operation: I Swear Haruhi is a Boy!' is underway!'

"Listen up, squad members." Tamaki commanded as he pointed to a whiteboard with a complicated plan on it. "At tomorrow's physical exams, position yourselves in formation A. And then wait for your orders." 

"Yes, sir." Hikaru and Kaoru saluted.

"Um, why are they trying to hide your gender?" Mayumi asked Haruhi. But before she could answer, the blonde host interrupted.

"Oh Mayumi!" Tamaki shouted, "We're sorry we're having a private club meeting. So you'll have to wait outside."

"Okay, sorry," she said as she rolled her eyes, walking back to the door.

"Don't go too far, I have the info for you about a model's body. That is, if you're still wanting to take that class," said Hikaru as he went after her.

"Yes I am," said Mayumi, pupils sparked with determination.

Hikaru groaned in annoyance. "I still don't know why you want to."

"Why are you against me doing this?" Mayumi asked back.

"Call me crazy, but I thought you had more dignity than to prance around in skimpy clothes."

"You don't want people to see me in..."

"I don't want them ogling you or being petty jealous of you!" he shouted impatiently.

Mayumi gasped. 'Could it be he's concerned for me?'

"So you should just avoid it all together," Hikaru insisted.

"Are you saying I can't handle it?" Mayumi asked, getting frustrated with this argument. "Look, I'm not going to be a model that shows so much skin, OK?"

"It doesn't matter anyway, I don't like this! Now if you'll excuse me, I should get back to the boss's meeting. " He hurried away.

Mayumi put her hands on her hips and scoffed. 'I can take care of myself. Like I can't handle a few bratty girls and drooling boys.' And with that, she left the room. As she closed the door behind her she noticed Akane on her way down the hall while humming a simple tune. "Hey Akane, we can't go in they're having a private club meeting."

The girl blinked at her and then at the door before saying, "Okay." Her face dropping ever so slightly turning around she started back down the hall.

"Where are you going" Mayumi asked Akane, who turned to look back at her.

"I was gonna go back to Music Club since I can't see Takashi now." she said, her tone hinting that there was more to it.

"Hey, I was wondering why you always skip out on Music club to come to the Host club." Mayumi's brown eyes were staring at the usually quiet girl in curiosity. 

"I just come to see Takashi and Mitsukuni, and the other host members." Miyuki was trying to keep her blue gaze anywhere but at Mayumi while keeping any shade of pink off her cheeks.

Mayumi raised an eyebrow, "That's it?" When the other girl shook her head vigorously she let it go and let Akane go on her way.

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The next day, Mayumi noticed the twins were looking smug about something. Their ever mischievous hazel eyes glancing at her, the atmosphere that warned others of their trouble-making ways.

"Haruhi, do you know what those two are up to?" She whispered to the female host.

"Not really. I'm confused too," Haruhi whispered back.

"We will begin conducting physical examinations shortly," a woman on the loudspeaker announced. "All students please proceed to the clinic in your respective school building."

"So what's the deal with this ‘formation A’ thing you guys were talking about?" Haruhi asked the twins and Akane as they walked to the clinic with all the other students. "And what do they do during physical exams here at Ouran, anyway?"

"It's no different than a physical exam you'd get at any other school." Hikaru and Kaoru smiled.

"Yeah, why would a physical exam be any different for us just because we're rich?" Akane added.

"You're right. I didn't think about it that way." Haruhi nodded in relief.

"I'm still suspicious." Mayumi mumbled as she and Haruhi opened the door. A bright light slowly faded away to reveal two lines of overly happy doctors and nurses greeting them with a bow.

"Welcome, students."

"W-what is all this?" Haruhi and Mayumi stuttered in surprise.

"Just another physical exam." Hikaru walked into the room nonchalantly.

"The usual." Kaoru followed after his brother.

"The usual?" Haruhi asked in disbelief while Akane walked away. 'What's usual about this?!'

"Excuse me, Hitachiin brothers, please follow me this way to have your height measured." A nurse bowed her head as she pointed the way to go.

"Sure thing." The twins nod.

"Good luck!" Mayumi slapped them on the back with a smile.

"Thanks," said the twins.

"Same to you Mayumi, " said Hikaru.

Mayumi nodded before looking down at her pamphlet about having a model's body. Just then she happened to notice Hunny and Mori dressed as doctors.

'What are those two up to?' she thought. She shook her head, deciding to ignore it and sat in front of her nurse.

"Good morning, how are we feeling today?" The nurse asked politely. 

"I'm fine," said Mayumi. 

"Good, shall we start with taking your measurements?" Asked the nurse. 

"Ok."

The nurse goes through Mayumi's physical. Measurements, scales- the whole works.

"Well it looks like you're in perfect health," said the nurse after examination. 

"Would you say I have a good-looking body?" Mayumi asked.

"Yes, your body's in perfect shape for a girl your age," said the nurse.

"Would you say it's close to this?" Mayumi asked holding up the pamphlet of a model's body. The nurse studied in closely before looking over Mayumi's chart.

Mayumi waited patiently when she felt a hand on her shoulder. It started her so much that when she turned to see who it was. The aged, stubble face startled her to the point that she screamed. The man next to her panicked and ran off towards a room marked as a special boys clinic.

'Well, that was weird...' Mayumi just stared at the running man, not knowing what to make what happened.

"Mayumi, are you okay?" Hikaru asked running up to her with Kaoru. "We thought we heard you scream."

"Some guy grabbed my shoulder and startled me," said Mayumi.

"Was he some sort of weirdo or something?" Hikaru asked concerned.

"I don't know. All I know is that he ran off heading towards the special boys clinic."

"The what?" said both twins panicking.

"What, what's going on?"

"Never mind, just stay here!" Hikaru shouted as he, Kaoru and the other hosts ran down the hallway towards the boys clinic.

"Everything alright?" asked the nurse.

"Uh, I don't know," said Mayumi, shrugging. 'Sometimes those guys are way too energetic.'

"Oh well, I compared your results to the pamphlet and you're close to having the right body type," said the nurse. "You probably need to drop around 10 lbs to really match the body types from here. Though in my professional opinion, that might not be a smart idea. A girl your age trying to lose weight when she's already at a healthy weight may start you down a fairly dangerous path."

"Who says that's the only look for models to be?"

"No, not me. But if you're going by this example, that would be my main concern. I'm sure if you were to console with other information about models, I'm sure some would say you have the perfect body for it."

"Would I be allowed in the modeling class if it offers information?"

"I don't know, I'm afraid to say. You'd have to look it up yourself, I'm afraid," said the nurse.

"Hmm," Mayumi looked up the class info. Nowhere did it say anything about having to have a certain body type to take it. "I don't care what anyone says. I'm going to be a model my own way." 

"Hey how's it going?" Hikaru asked as he and Kaoru came up behind her.

"Everything alright?" Mayumi asked with concern. After they ran away in such a hurry, she was worried something had happened.

"It was just something about the man who touched you," answered Kaoru.

"Why, what else did he do?" Mayumi asked.

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Hikaru and Kaoru gathered the hosts in Haruhi's room to confront the fake doctor, only to find out it was a hopeless man in search of his daughter.

"I didn't mean to cause a scene, I just wanted to find my little girl," he explained, instantly gaining pity from Tamaki, "please don't hurt me."

"We won't, but it looks like someone already has," Hikaru said, noting the black eye on his face and limp posture.

"What happened?" Honey asked.

"I tried asking a girl with long black hair, but she swung her fist at me so hard I flew into a wall," he said, whimpering slightly in fear.

Everyone sweatdropped, knowing exactly who was responsible for that.

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"Nothing, don't worry about it," said Hikaru dismissively.

"Un-huh. Now, about the modeling class. I'm getting in there to learn to be my own kind of model."

"What?" said Hikaru surprised, "Did uh, your results match the pamphlet?"

"Not really but the nurse says my body is in good shape," said Mayumi, "And that's why I'm still going to try with the body I have now."

"But we had a deal!" Hikaru pointed out, "You were supposed to match the pamphlet and if you didn't you couldn't take that class!"

"Well now I'm backing out of it, you can't control me," said Mayumi, smirking knowing that he has lost.

"Fine, go make a fool of yourself," said a frustrated Hikaru.

"Hikaru," Mayumi said calmly.

"What?" Hikaru asked looking back to her. Mayumi surprised him by playfully tossing a cup of water at him.

"Don't think you can control me," she taunted.

"Oh you!" Hikaru said as he too reached for a cup in an attempt to douse her with the water. Mayumi giggled and managed to duck just in time. He ran after her, their footsteps clacking on the spotless school floors into a private examination room.

"Gotcha!" he exclaimed as his hand grasped onto Mayumi's wrist. However, the sudden motion caused Mayumi to lose footing and fall, bringing Hikaru down with her. The entire scene played out in slow motion as she turned to face Hikaru's wide-eyed expression. They landed on the floor with a thud. Hikaru groaned, pushing himself up from Mayumi.

"You okay?" he asked.

"I'm fine," she moaned, propping herself on her elbows. Her face then came inches away from his, eyes that held a golden glow to them flickered in her presence, a nervous blush flooded his cheeks, their noses almost touching.

'This is the closest we've ever been,' she thought, but didn't dare to say. He was self-conscious about it enough as it is.

"Uh, s-sorry, I'll get off you-"

"Hikaru," she said calmly, her hand tugging on his sleeve so he would stay put. "Why are you so against me becoming a model?"

His blush deepened. "I-I just don't like it…."

"Why?"

"I don't want to look at you like that….." he mumbled, obviously uncomfortable with the confrontation, "when you screamed because that guy grabbed you….I thought it was some pervert after you. There are a lot of guys like that. I don't want that to happen to you again."

Her eyes widened as the blood rushing to face began to color her cheeks pink. "Hikaru…"

"What are you guys doing?"

They spun their heads, a confused Haruhi staring down at them. They scrambled away from each other, getting up and quickly dusting themselves. 

"Oh nothing, we, uh, just slipped on the floor," Mayumi answered awkwardly. Haruhi flashed her a skeptical look, but it vanished when Kaoru showed up.

"Hikaru, there you are! Are you ready?"

"Yeah, I'm good. Alright ladies, let's go," he said, motioning them to follow.

The girls looked at each other. "Go where?" Mayumi asked.

"I said we should all take a class together, and you wanted to take modeling. So let's hurry and sign up before it's filled." 

Mayumi grinned, joining the group to the elective office. 'This semester will surely be exciting!'