*.:~Two Heartbeats AND a Red Sin~ :. *

Continuing from the previous episode, this one begins with Kasanoda apologising to Haruhi before fleeing out of the change room. Much to his shock, the twins appear and ask him if he saw it. Because he panics, Kasanoda stammers and keeps changing his answer from saying that he didn’t see anything to saying that he saw on a glance to finally realising that he did see it. Tamaki suddenly turns white upon hearing this confession. Hunny suddenly appears in front of Kasanoda, telling the poor guy that a man who can’t tell the truth is a trash. This traumatises Kasanoda even more because he didn’t expect someone who’s supposed to be a “Lovely Item” to be so scary. Kasanoda eventually calms down and ask the twin if Haruhi really is a woman. The statement sends Tamaki into a shock to the point that he imagines himself as a howling tyrannosaurus. He’s even more shocked when Kasanoda admits that he saw Haruhi wearing only her underwear.

The twins completely lost their temper upon finding out about this and ready to re-enact the bloody climax from Onikakushi arc of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni using a baseball bat and presumably, Kasanoda’s head. Kyouya, however, stops them because he thinks it’s difficult to cover up a crime. The twins wonder how Kyouya can be so calm, asking him to look at Tamaki, who is in extreme shock. After seeing this, Kyouya tells Kasanoda that now it comes to this, they have no choice but to ‘talk’ about it. He explains that due to a minor circumstance, Haruhi had no choice but to conceal the fact that she’s a girl. He admits that they have no right to stop Kasanoda from telling others about this. However, if he does this, Kyouya will unleash Ootori private police on him. Haruhi then comes out of the changing room, asking the Host Club members to stop threatening Kasanoda. She tells the guy that she doesn’t mind if he wants to tell this to others.

Later on that night, Kasanoda refuses to come out of his room or eat his dinner. Tetsuya believes that Kasanoda is troubled by love because when he brings food to Kasanoda’s room, he saw Kasanoda picking flower petals while saying “I like her, I love her”. Kasanoda’s henchmen are surprised to hear this and even more so when they think that the person that Kasanoda is in love with is a man. Meanwhile, Kasanoda is tortured by his own imagination of Haruhi saying words that she said before before eventually deciding to protect Haruhi’s secret. The next day, Kasanoda arrives at the Host Club, surprising all of the female customers. Their surprise, however, turns into excitement when Kasanoda tells them that he’s looking for Haruhi. The girls immediately assume that Kasanoda and Haruhi are involved. Renge suddenly appears out of nowhere on top of her stage and the fangirls immediately ask her if Kasanoda really swings that way.

Kasanoda is shocked to hear this and tries to give them his human blizzard eyes but he fails to do so because his attempt is countered by the moe fire of yaoi fangirls. Just then Haruhi appears carrying a tea for Kasanoda. Kasanoda can’t help himself from blushing when Haruhi sits next to him and pours the tea. The twins become jealous and ask Kyouya to get rid of Kasanoda. Kyouya, however, refuses to do this since Kasanoda promises to protect Haruhi’s secret. Moreover, he attracts their customers’ attention. The twins are not happy with this and decide to send Tamaki to interfere. Unfortunately for them, Tamaki is too shocked to do anything but playing with a toy that Haruhi gets when she bought instant coffee. Because of this the twins tell Tamaki that if this continues, Haruhi will become “Ane-san”, a Yakuza wife. Tamaki is horrified to hear this and snaps out of his depression. He tells Kasanoda that as Haruhi’s ‘father’ he opposes this.

A confused Kasanoda asks Tamaki if he’s really Haruhi’s father. Tamaki stammers and tells him that they are not related by blood but he’s like a father to Haruhi. Kasanoda tells Tamaki that this means he’s not Haruhi’s father, causing Tamaki to suffer from an identity crisis. He starts to wonder why he thinks Haruhi is cute and dear to him if it’s not a fatherly feeling. Why is he worried with the idea of Haruhi being with another man? If he’s not a father, then he has no right to interfere her relationship with another man. Kaoru, who has vested interest in the matter, asks Tamaki if he’s confused because he doesn’t want to destroy their connections as a ‘family’. Unfortunately for Kaoru, Tamaki has no idea what he’s talking about so Kaoru concludes that Tamaki is an idiot. Thankfully for Tamaki, Haruhi tells Kasanoda that Tamaki looks like her father. Tamaki immediately regains his spirit and tells everyone although he’s not Haruhi’s father, he’s similar to her father.

Meanwhile, Kasanoda decides to take the plunge, trying to tell Haruhi that when it comes to her, he…. unfortunately Haruhi dashed his hope by saying that having a friend is nice. Renge and the other fangirls are disappointed by this development and feel sorry for Kasanoda. Even the twins feel sorry for him. In the end, however, Kasanoda gets consolation prize when everyone wants to become his friends. Tamaki then tells Kyouya that when he thinks about Kasanoda’s feelings for Haruhi, his heart ache a little bit. Kyouya tells Tamaki that is strange since Tamaki is supposed to be her ‘father’. Later on, everyone protests when Tamaki wants to take Haruhi to play hide and seek together. On top of a tree, Hunny wonders if it’s okay for Tamaki to not realise his feelings for Haruhi and if any of them will make progress by the time they graduate. Unfortunately Mori has no answer for this. Down in the maze, Tamaki asks the twins not to touch *his* Haruhi. In retaliation, the twins tell Tamaki that Haruhi does not belong to him. Haruhi tells them that she belongs to no one.

Inside a house called "Kasanoda-gumi", a young man prepares himself to go to Ouran High. As soon as the man opens the front door, a group of thugs give him a synchronised "Good morning" greeting. When one of them asks him to do his best in ‘Otsutome’ (a Yakuza slang which means term of imprisonment but can also mean work), however, the guy turns around and yells at them in anger. He tells them he’s always said that going to school is not ‘Otsutome’. The thugs immediately apologises to their young master, who turns out to be a student from class 1-D called Kasanoda Ritsu. As Ritsu walks out of the gate, a young man asks Ritsu if he’s taking a car. Ritsu, however, refuses and tells the guy that he’s going to take a walk today. After Ritsu left the house, one of the thugs tells the others that lately their master’s observation skill is better. Outside the house, Ritsu tells himself that today is the day as an image of Mori flashes in his mind.

Meanwhile, the Host Club members are in the middle of cosplaying as Samurai and Shinsengumi. A female client asks Tamaki if he’s cosplaying as Sakamoto Ryouma. Tamaki confirms her guess and tells the girl in Tosa-ben (Tosa dialect) that he’d surely get their hearts. The girls of course, squeeing as usual while Haruhi is not impressed. Moreover, she didn’t know that Bakumatsu (the end of Edo era) cosplay is popular with the girls. The twins disagree with Haruhi and tells her that girls who love Bakumatsu are more than she can imagine, especially when it comes to the Shinsengumi. Hunny chimes in by saying that generally, there are many who are enthusiastic about these kind of thing. Renge thinks that the reason for its popularity is because of the young nobles who lived for the country and fell for their belief. They had nothing but Bushido (samurai code of chivalry) to enforce their will and to stoically command themselves.

All of a sudden, Kaoru pretends as if he’s dying, so Hikaru pulls the his brother to his arm, causing the fangirls to scream in excitement. Renge then tells the girls that although the Ikedaya Incident is popular, just the idea of Fujikata-san going to the northern ground of Toba-Fushimi to protect the ideal of Shinsengumi all by himself makes her want to eat 3 bowl of rice. Upon hearing this, Kyouya thanks Renge for leaving the girls to their own wild imagination instead of unskillfully casting their roles. Renge agrees but thinks that Haruhi looks like Okita Souji. One of the girls immediately declares that Haruhi sure looks like a bishounen samurai while another cries and asks Haruhi not to die (rumour has it that Okita Souji died of tuberculosis). Unknown to both girls, Haruhi is not paying attention to what either of them said. Apparently there is a pork meat sale at her local supermarket today so she wonders if she’ll be able to make it in time.

Meanwhile, three girls are watching over Mori, arguing which character he should be. One of them thinks that he should be Shimada Kai while another believes that he should be Yamazaki Suzumu, the last girl thinks he should be Souma. All of a sudden, Mori stands up and swings his spear towards the door. He tells the rest of the Host Club members that they have an intruder. The intruder turns out to be Ritsu, who suddenly asks Mori to take him as an apprentice. Later on Kyouya tells the others that the guy is Kasanoda Ritsu, the son of 3rd generation successor to the Kasanoda group, a company that wields great power in Kantou region. He’s a new student at Ouran and his trademarks are his red hair and cruel face. He is typically silent and has no friend. It is rumoured that those who see his eyes will suffer from nightmare for 3 months. He’s also the kind who will ’send a person to the hospital’ if that person’s shoulder collide with his.

If a person argue with him, he’d surely send that person straight into the graveyard. As a result, his classmates are afraid of this human blizzard. Upon hearing this Tamaki wonders why a dangerous weapon of a person like Ritsu would want to be Mori’s apprentice. Ritsu tells Tamaki that he’s not a dangerous weapon type of a person. It’s just that his eyes look scary ever since his birth. The twins then start calling him Casanova so Kasanoda tries to correct the two but unfortunately, they think his name is Bosanova. Ritsu loses his patience and yells at them, scaring not only the twins but also Tamaki. He then explains how his father have been teaching him to act and talk tough ever since he was a kid. Because of this, however, everyone ends up being afraid of him. They distance themselves from Ritsu, leaving him in solitary. The truth is, Ritsu wants to play with everyone. Because of this, he wants Mori to tell him how he can be like Mori.

He thinks that Mori looks scary, expressionless, silent, and unsociable. Ritsu wonders how someone who looks like a Hell’s watchdog can be loved by those around him. Because of this, he wants Mori to tell his secret. The twins ask Tamaki if they are not going to deal with Ritsu but Tamaki tells them that the guy wants to become Mori’s apprentice so the decision falls onto Mori. However, after Mori gives Tamaki an eye signal asking for help, Tamaki decides to take matters into his own hand. He tells Ritsu that one thing that Mori have and he doesn’t is a ‘Lovely Item’. The item for Mori is, of course, Hunny. He points out that on a glance, Mori looks scary. However, once you attach Hunny on his shoulder, Mori’s status turn into a Mori (Forest) Bear who is liked by small animals. After this, people will freely give positive interpretation of his unsociability and make it into something positive like "a silent and good young man."

Tamaki thinks it’s not an overstatement to say that Mori’s charm was only established after he’s paired up with Hunny. Upon hearing this, Hunny starts crying, asking Mori if all of these times he’s just using Hunny. Meanwhile, Tamaki wonders what he can possibly change in Ritsu when he notices Ritsu’s ‘Yankee’s fashion’. Because of this, he orders the twins to give Ritsu an image change. That evening, Ritsu returns to his home and is greeted by the young man calls Tetsuya. Tetsuya, however, is shocked when he sees Ritsu with dreadlock hair, metrosexual scarf, and a teddy bear (his ‘Lovely Item’). Tetsuya can’t help himself from asking Ritsu what happened at school. Ritsu, on the other hand, is too embarassed to explain so he ends up scaring everyone around him. The next day, Tetsuya notices that the weather looks bad so he wonders if Ritsu carried an umbrella with him. Ritsu himself is in the school, offering to carry Mori’s bag to the class.

In the middle of their conversation, however, Mori notices that someone has pushed a potted plant so that it’ll fall on top of Ritsu’s head. Mori quickly pushes Ritsu away but another potted plant is dropped on Ritsu so Mori slices it with his bare hand. After seeing the incident, other students immediately surrounds Mori, concerned for his well-being. Ritsu admires Mori because despite his scary eyes, students swarm to be near him. Ritsu eventually arrives back at the Host Club, where Tamaki announces the beginning of the image improvement strategy. Ritsu immediately protests this, claiming that yesterday’s attempt simply makes others more afraid of him. Because of this, Tamaki approaches him and asks Ritsu not to misunderstand them. He assures Ritsu that they are serious in assisting him and blames yesterday’s incident on the twins. Ritsu becomes embarassed to hear this and apologises to Tamaki.

While the rest of the Host Club formulate their plan to transform Ritsu, Haruhi approaches the guy to tell him that he doesn’t have to believe the other guys’ words. Ritsu points out that these are the people that Mori recommends to him. He then remembers that he doesn’t know Haruhi so Haruhi introduces herself as a first year student as well. Since she’s also a new high school student, she feels that she and Ritsu are like friends already. Ritsu blushes upon hearing this and asks Haruhi if she likes playing Kankeri (Kick the Can) game. Haruhi admits that she’s not particularly interested in it but she thinks it is probably good to play occasionally. Ritsu blushes even more to hear this. He also starts to stutter and tells himself that Haruhi looks like a girl. His thought, however, is interrupted when Tamaki suddenly calls him to let him know that his ‘Lovely Image’ has been determined. It’s a cat, or rather, he gets to wear a Neko-mimi (cat ears) hairband.

Unfortunately no one seems to be convinced of his…transformation. He actually looks kind of scary to the point that Hunny calls him Bakeneko (Monstrous Cat). Tamaki finds it weird because Neko-mimi has been known to be a lovely item or at least that’s what Renge told him. Kyouya thinks there is a limit to what a Neko-mimi can do to someone’s expression. Hikaru thinks Tamaki is too optimistic so the twins suggest that they turn Ritsu into a Neko-mimi maid. It looks like Ritsu is going to refuse the idea flat out but when Tetsuya enters the room, he finds the twin in the middle of outfitting Ritsu into his Neko-mimi maid outfit. Tetsuya immediately apologises for interrupting Ritsu while he’s enjoying his hobby. Ritsu becomes angry to hear this and asks the guy who could possibly have a hobby like this. Ritsu then throws the Neko-mimi in frustration and runs out of the room in embarassment while Tetsuya tries to chase him.

After Ritsu left the room, Haruhi remembers what the guy said about wanting to play with everyone else. At the same time, Ritsu remembers how other students often talk about how scary he can be. He then opens a basket, revealing that he’s been taking care an injured Sparrow. He urges the bird to fly after giving it some food. He, however, is shocked when Haruhi suddenly appears. He wants to know what Haruhi is doing in this place but she does not answer and instead asks him what happened to the bird. Ritsu explains that he found the bird injured here. After taking it to the doctor, he was informed that it’s getting well. Haruhi then asks Ritsu if she can give the bird some food too. Ritsu blushes again and remembers how Haruhi introduced herself. He realises that this guy is not afraid of him. He notices that Haruhi has large iris which sparkles brightly, making ‘him’ look like a girl.

Ritsu suddenly remembers that Haruhi is a ‘guy’ so he wonders why he thinks of ‘him’ like this. All of a sudden, Hunny appears and blocks a can of paint with his kick. Although he managed to stop the can, the paint itself got splashed onto Haruhi’s uniform. Because the bird is shocked, it flies away, making Ritsu happy in the process. Tamaki is upset thinking Haruhi is bleeding but she tells him it’s just a paint. Besides, Mori manages to catch the two people who threw the can. One of them accuses Ritsu of threatening the son of their leader and demands Ritsu to return that son. Ritsu, however, doesn’t understand what the guy is talking about. Hunny tells Ritsu that the one who’s been targeted right from the beginning is actually him. Ritsu realises that Mori has been saving him and wonders why he did it. Mori pats Ritsu on the head and tells him it’s because he understands just by looking if a person is bad or not.

Haruhi tells the other that she’s going to change her clothes. The twins offer to help her but she refuses them right away. Tetsuya then appears and kicks the two thugs who tried to harm Ritsu. As it turns out, he’s the ’son’ that the thugs were talking about. After Tetsuya orders the thugs to go away, he apologises to Ritsu for being silent before. The truth is, he’s the son of Sendou-gumi’s Kantou branch leader. 1 year ago, on one rainy day, he had a big fight with his father and ran away from his home. Back then, Ritsu offered Tetsuya his umbrella and Tetsuya knew that Ritsu is a kind person. Because of this, he wants to sever ties with the Sendou-gumi and joins Kasanoda-gumi. Tetsuya then gives Ritsu an umbrella and Ritsu accepts the umbrella. Ritsu remembers that he hasn’t apologised to Haruhi so he goes on to check her at the music room. He, however, is shocked when he sees Haruhi taking off her clothes, revealing the bra underneath it.

The episode begins with a carriage operating in the middle of the night while Kaoru claims that when it turns to midnight, the carriage will probably turn into pumpkin. The scene then changes into Kaoru in the middle of the class, daydreaming while saying that, he thinks that the person who will cast the magic will not be an old witch. In front of the class, 1-A class rep, Souga Kazukiyo, wants to talk about next week’s plan. Haruhi is confused about this so the twins tell her that it’s about Halloween. 1-A class vice rep, Kurakano Momoka, tells Haruhi that she probably doesn’t know it before since she’s a special admission student but while school test are graded, there are no classes so students are allowed to have class party. Souga then explains that they get a day to do class event. According to the twins, this could be tea party or movie watching. From inside a movie reel, however, Renge comes out saying that those ideas are not good enough.

Renge starts waxing poetry about Halloween, a day that connects the end of summer and the start of winter, a day where people assume the form of evil creatures, and a day where you get to dress up and play trick on others. Upon seeing Renge’s strange outfit, Haruhi can’t help herself asking what kind of uniform that is so Renge tells her that it’s the schoolgirl uniform from next year’s Doki Doki Memorial 2 game. Apparently Renge has it tailored based on her findings. She then points out that tea party and costume party are the kind of things that they always do at the Host Club so she suggests something more exciting for Halloween: Kimodameshi (a test of courage game/a dare). Upon hearing this, Souga’s body temperature suddenly goes down a bit. Renge, however, continues by saying that they will ask permission from school’s principal to open the school at night so they can dress up as ghost and scare each other off.

Unfortunately for Souga, Hikaru suggests to the class that the coward who runs away before the event ends will be featured on the school’s newspaper. Because of this, Souga asks the class if there is anyone who objects to the idea, hoping that Haruhi will be that person. Unfortunately for Souga, despite his stern look and slightly raised voice, Haruhi remains clueless about his signals. Eventually, Souga has no choice but to approve the game. Meanwhile, inside the Host Club, Tamaki is playing trick and treat on the girls while dressing up as vampire. Apparently he decides to hold a Halloween week which requires everyone to dress up as vampires. He’s not happy when he finds out that the twins and Haruhi want to be exempted from club’s activities because they have to plan their class event. Unfortunately for Tamaki, Kyouya approves the exemption. Tamaki starts to think that the twin will use the opportunity to scare Haruhi off so she’ll get close to them.

Upon seeing his overactive imagination, Tamaki uses his ‘daddy’ role to stop Haruhi from leaving, prompting Kaoru to reflect how even though they’re just club members, Tamaki sees them as families. Despite this, the twins can’t resist to teast Tamaki and disappear out of the door with Haruhi. Tamaki wants to come but he’s startled by the creepy laugh which comes from a coffin behind him. The source of the laugh turns out to be Nekozawa sempai, who invites Tamaki to give the first year a ‘Halloween Present’ they’ll never forget. While the rest of the class are having fun planning for the event, Souga uses the opportunity to talk to Haruhi outside the class. He admits of suffering from darkness/ghost stories phobia so he begs Haruhi to help him. He also tells her that he actually send some signals to her before but she wasn’t responding. Haruhi thinks Souga has zero telepathic ability. Either way, Souga wants Haruhi to be in his Kimodameshi team.

Unfortunately for Souga, the twins overhear this and decide to recruit him and Haruhi on their team. Because of this, the vice class rep decides to call them Team B. On Halloween night, Hikaru and Kaoru are having a blast scaring Souga with story about Clock Tower Witch. Apparently, there once was a student who dressed up as a witch and fell to her death from the clock tower. Ever since then, anyone who sees her will be cursed. Souga freaks out about this so Haruhi tells the twin to scaring their own team member. The twins argue that no one comes so they’re bored. At the same time, Souga’s spirit starts to run away from his body so Haruhi pulls it back and tells the guy to get a grip. Haruhi then tries to give Souga pointers on how to get rid of his fear such as pretending not seeing something even if he does. Unfortunately, hearing the suggestions simply scares Souga even more. He insists on going home and doesn’t care even if others call him a coward.

He, however, quickly changes his mind when the twin remind him that he’ll be the laughing stock of the girl that he likes, the vice-class rep, Kurakano. Upon seeing Souga blushing, Haruhi tells him that she didn’t know Souga likes Kurakano. Souga immediately denies this and tells Haruhi that they’re just childhood friends. The twin then accuse him of pretending not abusing his power as class rep when the truth is he just doesn’t want others to find out that he’s a coward. Souga, however, denies this and tells them that the real reason he agree to this plan is because Kurakano likes Kimodameshi. The twins are horrified upon hearing this because they realise that just like Tamaki, Souga is one of those ‘pure types’, which can make them feel guilty if they make fun of him. Because of this, the twins decide to help the guy instead. While talking about this, however, Haruhi sees something passes by and wonders if it’s just her who saw the figure.

All of a sudden, a skull falls from the stairwell, scaring the four students in the process. After a while, however, Kaoru thinks that this is the work of Team A. Hikaru is pissed off about this because it’s not their time to do it just yet so he kicks the skull back upstairs, hitting something in the process. That something turns out to be a figure with long hair and white kimono. Souga wonders if the figure is the ‘Clock Tower Witch’ that the twins were talking about. After the figure reveals its face and asks who threw the skull, the four students proceed to run for their life. In their attempt to escape, Souga and Kaoru are seperated from Haruhi and Hikaru. Haruhi ends up hitting a rope which is stretched across the hall. This in effect, triggers a trap which captures her and Hikaru inside a fishnet. On the other hand, Souga gets the terror of his life when he sees members of the Host Club dressing up as horror characters like Frankenstein (Mori).

Kaoru eventually manages to catch up with Souga but before he can calm the class rep, Nekozawa butler and maid jumps from the ceiling and kick the two boys into a storage room. They then use sandbag to ensure that the two boys can’t get out of the room. As it turns out, the whole thing was Nekozawa-sempai’s plan and he gets the rest of the Host Club to participate. The only exception to this is Kyouya, who prefers to read using a flashlight. Meanwhile, Hikaru panics when he realises that Kaoru is not around. Haruhi tries to calm him down because she wants to cut the net using the scissors that she owns. Hikaru is surprised to see the scissors coming from a sewing box because he didn’t think Haruhi is into that kind of ‘girly thing’. Haruhi is not happy about this and tells Hikaru that he’s rude. Hikaru tries to excuse himself by saying that Kaoru is similar. Haruhi disagrees and tells Hikaru that when Kaoru is on his own, he acts like normal person.

Inside the room, Kaoru laments the fact that their plan was ruined. Apparently the twin were planning to scare off Kurakano so that Souga can comfort her. Souga thanks Kaoru for the thought but he thinks Kurakano actually likes Haruhi. He thinks although Haruhi is not interested right now, maybe ‘he’ will in the future. Kaoru simply sweatdrops upon hearing this and assures Souga that Haruhi won’t ever be interested in Kurakano. Upon hearing this, Souga points out he already happy from being in the student committee with Kurakano so he doesn’t want to ruin that. Kaoru understands this and likens Souga/Kurakano’s friendship to a carriage. He also feels the same way about the Host Club and thinks that Tamaki doesn’t want their current relationship to fall apart. Despite this, he thinks one day the carriage will inevitably become a pumpkin. Their conversation, however, comes to a halt when Hikaru suddenly burst through the door.

The twins are eventually reunite with one another again. Souga, however, asks Hikaru where Haruhi could be. Hikaru is shocked to hear this because he actually left Haruhi behind. Thankfully Haruhi manages to find their whereabouts not long after this. Haruhi is not angry but thinks Hikaru is cruel for leaving her all alone after she cut the net open. Hikaru apologises profusely to Haruhi while Kaoru looks on at his brother in disbelief. The four then meet the rest of their classmates, who apparently have been looking all over for them. The twins are surprised to hear this and tell them that they think Team A was the one who scared them. Team A, however, denies of any wrongdoing. In the middle of the debate, however, Renge and Kurakanao scream in terror because they just saw something. That something is a large cat sillhoutte on the glass rooftop. Everyone from class 1-A immediately scream in terror and all of their spirits leave their body.

The next day, the school newspaper posts pictures of their scared faces, referring the entire 1-A class as a bunch of cowards. They also find out that Nekozawa-sempai was the one who pulled the trick on them and the large shadow was just his Bereznoff puppet. Kurakano then tells Kazukiyo that she knows Kazukiyo was acting brave for the class’ sake. Kazukiyo apologises but Kurakano thinks that he’s great and she actually regains respect for him. Kaoru points out how in the end the carriage between the two can’t go on. Hikaru doesn’t understand what Kaoru is talking about, causing Kaoru to remember how Hikaru left Haruhi to look for him. He thinks it’ll be nice if Hikaru comes to him first in that kind of situation. However, the then leads Haruhi and Hikaru to walk side by side before letting them go. Kaoru can’t help but wonder what will he do if Hikaru once to progress further. The episode then ends by showing a shot of a pumpkin.

The twins remember the first time they asked a girl if she knows which one of them is Hikaru and which one is Kaoru. Back then, the girl mistook Kaoru as Hikaru, much to the dismay of the twins. Kaoru explains that the two of them have always been of one existence. This is something that the two of them treasure. Having said that they are also two seperate individuals. What isn’t Kaoru is Hikaru and what isn’t Hikaru is Kaoru. When the two were 2nd grader middle high students, a girl gave a love letter to Hikaru but Hikaru pretended that he’s actually Kaoru and the girl put her letter on the wrong desk. ‘Kaoru’ (Hikaru) then decided to play with the girl’s heart a bit more by asking her if he’s not good for her since he always thought that she’s cute. Moreover, Hikaru has other girls that he likes. When the girl tells ‘Kaoru’ that she also likes Kaoru, ‘Kaoru’ yelled at the real Kaoru who’s hiding behind the bush that this girl is fine with him too.

The girl told them that it was cruel of them to make fun of her but they blamed her for thinking that either one of them will be okay. After making fun of the girl’s hairstyle, the twins ripped out her letter and told her to come up with a more interesting confession next time. After the twins left, Tamaki came over and tried to cheer up the devastated girl. In the class, Hikaru asked Kaoru to check an interesting site he just found. Kaoru told Hikaru that he’s in the middle of playing net game but Hikaru convinced Kaoru to give up on the game, claiming that it is boring because their opponents are weak and dumb. Kaoru then narrates by saying that their motto is to eliminate boring things. At the same time, their classmates whispered to each other, saying that the twins are dreadful because those two always look down on others. Unfortunately, their father want them to get along with the twins even though they think the twins don’t like anyone apart from each other.

The twins denied this and claimed that there is one person that they like. A flashback to the time when the two were still kids show the twins having long hair and wearing girl’s dress. A female guest tried to distinguish the two and guessed that the one in blue outfit and hair is Hikaru while the one with pink outfit and hair is Kaoru. The two told the guest that she’s wrong. The one with pink hair is Hikaru and blue hair is Kaoru. They complained how she always got it wrong and looking dumb as a result. The woman apologised and told the two that they both look like a spitting image of the other. In reply, the twins told the woman that she looks like the spitting image of a frog. They then set a frog on the poor woman’s face. As the woman struggled to get the frog away from her face, a maid appeared and apologised to the woman. Kaoru claims that they both like the maid. However, the maid is actually a thief looking to open the Hitachiin family’s safety deposit box.

However, when the maid was busy figuring out the deposit box’s number, the twins suddenly appeared behind her. The maid got startled a little bit but she quickly regained her composure and asked the two what they are doing in the middle of the night. The twins casually told her that they are doing night time exploration. The maid realised that the twins had seen her trying to open the safe so she decided to whip out a knife and order the two to be quiet. In retaliation, the twins pulled out a switch and pointed out to the maid that if they push it, guards will arrive all at once. The maid panicked and asked the two to stop. The twin then produced a piece of paper, claiming that the number of the safe is written on it. They promised the maid that if she plays with them, they will give the paper to her. Because of this, the maid asked the twins about the kind of game that they want to play. Not suprisingly, they want to play the Guess which one of us is Hikaru-kun.

One night before the two went to bed, Kaoru asked Hikaru if he has the paper containing the safety deposit number. Hikaru assured Kaoru that it should be okay since he put it inside a saving box. Kaoru narrates how they wanted the maid to distinguish them because they like her. That same night, they heard the alarm went off inside the house and when they get into the safety deposit box, it’s already empty. The two found the maid about to climb her way down using rope ladder. When they asked the maid if she’s going to break her promise, she smiled and told them that she had no choice. She could not possibly distinguished them. She also claimed that there may not be anyone who could distinguish the two of them. With that as her last word, the maid disappeared into the night. In the table, their saving box has been smashed into pieces. The twins then continued to place barrier between themselves and others. However, Kaoru believes that the barrier wasn’t visible to someone as slow as Tamaki, who approached the two to form the Host Club club.

Hikaru didn’t know who Tamaki was so Kaoru told his twin that this is the guy that the girls in the class often talked about. The guy who joined the school in spring last year. Tamaki became excited to hear this and asked the twins if he’s that famous and oozes brightness that stops everyone’s eyes. Hikaru told Tamaki that they did not say such things but Tamaki had gone on to tell them that the formation of club usually starts in two months (April). Although Tamaki will be a high school student soon and the twins still have one more year before they pass middle high, he’s willing to overlook that part. He then went on to mention that other would-be members are his classmate, Kyouya, and then first year high school students Hunny and Mori. The twins, however, told Tamaki that he’s noisy and asked him to go away since they have no interest in him. However, if he wants to make them his ‘acquintance’, he must take a challange: Which one of us is Hikaru-kun?.

The twins gave Tamaki a one month time to figure it out. In between the deadline, he can try as many as he wants but unless he gave them a reason for the answer, he won’t be successful. The twins then informed Tamaki that so far no one has been able to give them the right answer. They then walked away from the guy, thinking that their game has deterred the guy. However, much to their surprise Tamaki accepted the challange. In exchange, if he wins, the twins have to join his club. He even predicted that in April, the twins will open the door of the high school’s third music room. With that in mind, the game began. When the twins were about to finish their second year in middle high, a girl told them that there’ll be a class event after the closing ceremony. However, the twins rebuffed her even after she reminded them that this will be the last 2nd year class event. They think that there’s nothing particularly memorable about their 2nd year.

All of a sudden, Tamaki appeared and yelled out that the guy who’s reading a book (Kaoru) is Hikaru. He then asked the twins if he’s getting ‘warmer’ with his guess and the reply is obviously ‘no’. Tamaki continued by pointing out that Hikaru is right-handed but Hikaru told him that both of them are right-handed. Tamaki refused to give up and claimed that Kaoru has his hair parted to the right hand side. In reply, Kaoru told Tamaki that they always changed their hairstyle. Tamaki also noticed that when the twins talked at the same time, their voice are on the lower end of the spectrum. The twins immediately changed their voice so they sound like a chorus. The twins’ classmates then called out after Tamaki so he asked them if there is something that they want from the twins. When the girls told him that they want to know about the twin’s participation in the class event, which was a movie appreciation meeting, he signed them up for it.

The twins were unhappy about this and asked Tamaki not to decide on his own. They then exit the class, leaving Tamaki behind. Because of this Tamaki had no choice but to return to his class looking worn-out. Kyouya is surprised to see Tamaki since he thought that Tamaki was going to meet the twin. Tamaki told Kyouya that the two ran away and urged Kyouya to help him, claiming that it’s for the club’s sake. However, Kyouya refused because they can form the club even without the twins. Despite this, Tamaki thought it’s not good enough since he has interest in the twins. Tamaki wanted to know what the twins were thinking since he believed that if they want to be recognised easily, they could have just changed their hairstyle. Kyouya pointed out that maybe they don’t want to be recognised. Tamaki, however, argued that the point of the game is to be recognised. Upon hearing this, Kyouya told Tamaki that maybe the twins want to be recognised.

Tamaki was annoyed to hear this and wondered if Kyouya was listening to him. In reply, Kyouya told Tamaki that he heard about half of it. On another morning, Tamaki was seen arriving in front of the twins’ house and asked them if this morning the one with right-parted hair is Kaoru and left-parted hair is Hikaru. The twins denied that he’s getting ‘warmer’ and were annoyed that Tamaki came all the way to their house. Tamaki, however, ignored them and instead pointed out that Kaoru walks with his legs turned inwards a little bit. He suggested that Kaoru treats his legs, offending the twins in the process. Tamaki then told them that he had an idea to sell their appeal as ‘brotherly love’, or rather, ’slightly dangerous, symmetrical brotherly love’. The twins had no idea what Tamaki means by this and decided to go to school. Inside the car, the twins laughed at Tamaki, whose tone reminded them of a Kabuki show called 「殿様しゃっべり」 - Tono-sama shabberi.

After the twins got a good laugh out of it, however, the two agreed that the game is getting boring. Because of this, they informed Tamaki that the game is over. Tamaki protested their decision and called them selfish but the twins admit that they are indeed selfish. The twins then decided to offend Tamaki by asking him if it’s true that he’s not the son of the board chairman’s legal wife. The two claimed that they feel sorry for Tamaki and told him that he probably doesn’t want this knowledge to spread as a rumour amongst the students. Moreover, it appears that the whereabouts of Tamaki’s mother is unknown. The twins also accused Tamaki of simply being lonely so they asked him not to selfishly tried to make them his acquintance. They pointed out that in comparison to Tamaki, who’s alone, being with each other is better. The twins admitted that they were always contradictory. They want people to recognise them but then they don’t want it.

They constantly seek people who can accept them but there was no one who’d accept them. They eventually believed that they won’t get hurt if they stay in their own world, one which was heavily locked. One day the twins did their usual trick, telling a girl that one of them is the other and then revealing that the real person is hiding behind the bush. The girl cried and ran away from the two but before Hikaru can rip out the girl’s letter, Tamaki yelled from a far, saying that the one who’s about to rip the letter is Hikaru. Hikaru was shocked to hear this but quickly asked Tamaki what is his reason for saying this. Tamaki simply told Hikaru that it’s his intuition. The twins were not impressed by this so Tamaki apologised and told them that it was kind of impossible because they look alike. Because of this, he thinks the two of them should be known as "The Hitachiin Brothers". Having said that, he hadn’t forgotten that the two are also two seperate individuals.

The twins claimed that the whole thing sounds contradictory. Tamaki does not see anything wrong with it because after all being contradictory is a part of their personality. It’s what people call "individuality". The twins became angry to hear this and told Tamaki that if they’re known as "The Hitachiin Brothers" then they’ll forever be remembered as a set. Kaoru also believed that no matter how much Tamaki tried, he could not possibly recognised them. He knew right from the start that there’s no one who could do the "Which one of us is Hikaru-kun game". The two then remembered of being surprised when the little girl from the flashback mistook Kaoru as Hikaru. Kaoru reflected how back then they probably wanted to cry. Tamaki told the twins that even if he couldn’t differentiate them, he believes that one day there’ll be someone who can. However, if they always stay in their own world, then they’ll never meet that person who can distinguish the two of them.

Because of this, he asked the twin if they’ll open the door of the Host Club together with him. He then told the two that the first meeting will be after the school’s opening ceremony in high school’s 3rd music room. A few days/months later, middle high school Haruhi came to see Ouran High, wondering if she can pass the examination. Behind Haruhi, Kyouya has also arrived at the school. Inside the school, Hunny found out that Mori has been invited by Tamaki to join the club. He also wondered if it’s okay for him to like cute things and cakes. In reply, Mori told Hunny that he should do what he feels. 1 month later, the twins were seen hesitating in front of the music room, telling each other that this is just to waste their time. Kaoru, however, remembered what the maid told them and realised that a person who could distinguish them is not in their world. Seeing Kaoru’s hesitation, Hikaru offered to open the door together. Kaoru narrates how the two then opened that door.

The episode begins with the Host Club visiting Haruhi house but is surprised when they see a man opening the door. They immediately assume that they’ve got the wrong house. The man, however, stops then and reveals that he’s actually Ranka, Haruhi’s father, but his face is unshaven and he is not in drag. Tamaki immediately presents the guy with a box of cake but Ranka ends up punching him and greets the other members instead. He then informs them that Haruhi has left earlier in the morning with a few female friends. The guys immediately assume that the girls are Haruhi’s middle school friends and set to leave in disappointment. They, however, stop right away when Ranka mentions that the girls are actually from Lobelia Girl’s Academy. Meanwhile at Lobelia High, the Zuka Club girls lead by Benio are walking through a set of admirers. A girl comes out of the crowd to present Benio with a Bento containing Benio’s favourite: Octopus-shaped sausages.

In return Benio tells the girl that she is similar to the dishes she had prepared and wonders if she wants to be eaten too. This immediately drives all the girls wild, wanting to give their sausages to Benio as well. The girls eventually manage to wade through their fangirls and arrive at a room. They immediately check on Haruhi, who is now wearing Lobelia school uniform. At the same time, Ranka is in panic because she’s afraid Haruhi will get her first kiss from the Zuka Club. The twins remember that Haruhi had experienced her first kiss but Tamaki silence them up using bandages before they can tell Ranka about this. Back at Lobelia, Haruhi is not happy that the Zuka Club has abducted her while she was on her way to go shopping. She likens their attempt to that of the Host Club, a comparison which Benio hates. Benio, however, calms down and explains that they simply want Haruhi to perform in a play to commemorate the birthday of Zukabu founder.

Apparently the girl who’s supposed to play the heroine got hit by a motorbike and is now hospitalised so they’ve decided to assign Haruhi the role of the heroine. Haruhi doesn’t want to play the role and refuses them flat out. The girls are shocked to hear the refusal so Benio tries to persuade Haruhi by saying that the role only requires her to stand around symbolically. In addition to this, they think Haruhi would have been easiliy memorise her lines. Haruhi, however, still doesn’t care until Benio kneels on her legs asking for forgiveness from her mother because she can’t be like her. Chizuru and Hinako informs Haruhi that Benio’s mother is a graduate of Lobelia’s White Lily Society and Benio aspires to become just like her mother. That means if they can’t get today’s performance on the go, that means Benio won’t be able to realise her dream. Haruhi, who’s weak when it comes to hearing the word ‘Mother’ eventually agrees to help the Club in the play.

Meanwhile outside the school, Ranka is worried about his daughter because he thinks once a girl is corrupted by them, you can’t escape anymore. Kyoya, however, assures him that Haruhi won’t be easily deceived. In retaliation, Ranka points out that when he was cleaning up his house one day, he found out that his normally calm wife, Kotoko, possesses a large amount of Zuka Club photo collection. The Host Club panic upon hearing this because they are afraid that Haruhi will follow her mother’s footstep. In his panic, Tamaki asks Kyouya to obtain Lobelia uniforms so they can dress up as the students. Before he can proceeds further with the plan, however, Ranka kicks him on the back, wondering if Tamaki is trying to make fun of a professional cross-dresser like him by doing this. Besides, Ranka has his own plan. Meanwhile, Haruhi is now seen rehearsing a play called The Memoirs of Senorita. Although the only line she gets to say is “Frederique-sama”.

Upon seeing Benio (who plays a dying man) delivering her lines with enthusiasm, Haruhi tells herself that for a dying man, Benio’s character sure talks a lot to the point of looking healthy. At the same time, the Host Club members have now managed to penetrate the school and are now looking into practice room. They are horrified with Haruhi’s flat, monotonous delivery though and Tamaki even calls Haruhi “Daikon” (not the vegetable, but a short way of saying Daikon Yakusha, a Kabuki term used to decribe a bad actor). Ranka is especially worried when Haruhi is about to sing because he knows that Haruhi is a bad singer. Everyone, however, is surprised when they hear a beautiful song coming from Haruhi. Not long after this, however, the sound disappears although Haruhi’s mouth is still moving. It appears that Haruhi has been lip-synching to a song and Hinako just tripped over the cable of the tape recorder that plays the song.

Outside, the Host Club, who are now wearing Benibara shirts, are caught by a bunch of Benibara fangirls. They end up being forced to practice giving proper greeting to Benio with the rest of the fanclub. Tamaki wonders if this is a part of Ranka’s plan so Ranka tells him that it’s necessary to get the fans’ opinion if they want to get closer to the Zuka Club. During break, two Benibara fans start to question the guys about what part of Benio they like. Thankfully for the Host Club, Ranka knows well how to answer like a gushing fangirl. Through this conversation, however, they find out that the girls has assigned some Yankee girls to ensure that no one ruins Benio’s performance. The Host Club are disturbed about this because they’re afraid that Haruhi’s bad acting will ruin the entire performance. Because of this, the guys decide to sneak into the auditorium. Unfortunately for the group, their sneaky attempt is spotted by Benio.

At the same time, the Host Club realises that Kyouya is not with them anymore. As it turns out, Kyouya has been using his Ootori’s family name to get a tour into the the control room. A woman shows him a device which will be used to project various pictures onto the stage’s large digital screen. The performance then begins with Haruhi lip-synching to the song. Everyone, however, is shocked when they see her wearing too much make up. Tamaki wants to save Haruhi right away but Ranka stops him because Haruhi seems to be doing her best on stage. In the end, everyone agrees that they should not interfere. However, the time then arrives for a kissing scene. Tamaki remembers that Benibara fangirls once told them that the play is about Frederique exacting revenge. At the same time, Frederique (Benio) tells Marianne (Haruhi) that he can’t forget his desire for revenge towards that man. All of a sudden, three spotlights highlight the Host Club members.

Benio tells Haruhi that she’ll steal Haruhi’s first kiss in front of Tamaki as a revenge on the guy. Tamaki tries to stop the two but a monkey throws a banana skin, causing him to trip over. Benio uses the opportunity to take Haruhi to an elevated stage, making it impossible for Tamaki to reach them. However, before Benio can kiss Haruhi, Kyouya manages to project a picture of Haruhi’s first kiss with Kanako onto the stage. Everyone is shocked to see this and Tamaki uses the opportunity to ask Haruhi to jump into his arms. Haruhi lands on Tamaki’s body, flattening the poor guy in the process. Haruhi, however, has her own horror next because her father is not happy that she has already had her first kiss. Poor Haruhi ends up running around trying to avoid her father and everyone else who wants to get her. She now wish she’s at home studying. The episode then ends with a monkey eating Takoyaki and throwing one onto a stage to trip everyone off.

Haruhi arrives in front of the Host Club and finds a young boy wearing glasses looking for Hunny. Hunny then appears from inside the room and recognises the boy as “Chika-chan”. All of a sudden, however, Chika proceeds to attack Hunny. The two then engage each other in a battle of martial arts while Renge appears to become a spectator. After a while, it looks as if Chika wins the fight when he manages to knock Hunny off using a pole. However, later on it’s obvious that Hunny is the winner because he manages to pin Chika’s pants down using shuriken. A very surprised Haruhi later on finds out that Chika is none other than Hunny’s younger brother, Haninozuka Yasuchika. The two brothers are proficient in Karate and Judo and have been thought to stage a fight when they spot each other. Unlike Hunny, however, Chika dislikes sweet things and despises his brother for abandoning the family’s martial arts training in favour of cakes and stuffed animals.

Hunny used to be in the Karate club but didn’t enjoy it because he had to pretend to be manly and forgo his obsession with sweets and stuffed animals. One day, however, Tamaki came along with a bunny puppet trying to recruit Hunny into forming a club together. Tamaki, however, wants Hunny to use his true image which is that of cake and stuffed animal lovers. Hunny pretended not to like those things but Tamaki told him that a real strength lies in one’s ability to be true to oneself. Hunny who’s curious about this decides to ask his father but his father ends up challenging him into a fight. Much to the instructor’s horror, Hunny manages to beat up his own father. Ever since then Hunny is asked to never fight again because otherwise the country risks undergoing inspection from the United Nation for possessing weapon of mass destruction (Hunny himself). Because of this Hunny quit the Karate club and join Host Club. Ever since then, Hunny’s relation with Chika has been strained.

Tamaki decides to launch a mission to reconcile the two brothers. The twins, on the other hand, think that Chika simply has inferiority complex and prefers to do something else. Hunny also tells Tamaki that he doesn’t mind being hated by his brother. All he wants is for Chika to grow up quickly. The twins, on the other hand, think that it’s Hunny who should grow up quickly. Their conversation, however, is interrupted by the arrival of Chika, who proceeds to attack Hunny as usual. In his anger, Chika calls his brother an Alien and reveals to the Host Club that Hunny is capable of eating 3 large cakes after supper. Hunny also has this creepy ’special cake night’ every week where he and Usa-chan devour unusual amount of cakes. Despite this Chika was happy that there was a time when he and Hunny used to get along. Back then Hunny’s preference for sweet things and stuffed animal was still under control. However, there was a time when Hunny had to temporarily sever those things.

During that time, a person told Hunny to find the strength to accept oneself. Ever since then, Hunny turns into an Alien that he is now. The Host Club members are horrified to hear this especially Tamaki since he’s the one who said those words. Hunny apologises to Chika but he’s happy for being recruited by Tamaki into the Host Club and therefore won’t change himself. Because of this Hunny asks Chika to settle this like a man, Haninozuka way. If Chika wins, he’ll at least stop eating cake at midnight. Everyone is dumbfounded by this lame bet but the fight goes on anyway. Mori thinks that Hunny will probably let Chika wins. At first it does look that way but eventually Hunny beats him up badly. As it turns out, Hunny can’t let go his cake obsession and even decide to celebrate his winning by having special cake 3 times per week. Haruhi finds it disturbing that Hunny’s love for cake proceeds his love for his brother.

The episode begins with Kyouya waking up inside a shopping mall and unsure where he is at the moment. He remembers that he was still sleeping a while ago in his house but then realises that he heard Tamaki saying something as well. A flashback reveals that Tamaki was talking about a prefecture product exhibition at a shopping mall for commoners. He thinks that it’a awesome that commoners can go to this kind of event frequently since he thinks that this solves the problem whereby commoners can’t travel elsewhere. Tamaki believes that the feeling of travel will be experienced by obtaining special goods from the place which a person visits. Because of this, he suggested that they go there to observe the commoner’s culture so they can understand Haruhi’s feelings a bit more. However, due to the nature of the project, Tamaki decided to exclude Haruhi from this excursion. Tamaki and the others then tried to wake Kyouya up. Kyouya immediately glared at them and told the group that he just went to sleep at 5 in the morning. He wanted to know who allowed them to wake him up. The rest of the group except Mori immediately shiver in fear upon seeing angry Kyouya. Hunny made a comment about Kyouya looks scary when someone wakes him up so Mori told him that he’s the last person who can say that. Hunny doesn’t understand why, suggesting that he’s not aware when he looks scary everytime someone tries to wake him up. Tired from dealing with the group, Kyouya told them to do whatever they want to do. Unfortunately for him, Tamaki took this as a permission to literally do what he wants to do so he ordered the rest of the group to change Kyouya’s clothes and to drag the guy to the shopping mall while he’s half-asleep. When they arrived at the department store, the twins were interested in mass produced clothing while Tamaki, who’s just spotted a pet store, wants to go there. Hunny, on the other hand, wanted to go to the rooftop to eat ice cream. Tamaki who noticed that there is an event on the rooftop decided that they should go there. In his excitement, however, he inadvertently left Kyouya on a nearby bench. Kyouya is now fully awake and aware of his situation. He understands that it’s too far to walk home so he proceeds to reach into his pocket looking for his cellphone but can’t seem to find either this or his wallet. To make things worse, he’s hungry and there is this annoying kid screaming around near him. Kyouya decides to knock the kid off and gives him an evil glare which makes him look similar to the Monster featured in one of the ads hanging from the ceiling of the store. He also promises himself to kill Tamaki and the others. Fortunately for Kyouya, he then hears Haruhi asking him what he’s doing here. In return, Kyouya asks Haruhi how much money she brings with her since he wants her to buy food for him. Haruhi is not sure if Kyouya will like fast food but Kyouya tells her that it can’t be helped since she doesn’t have that much money. Having said that, he thinks she should keep the receipt and asks Tamaki to pay her tenfolds. Haruhi immediately cowers in fear and wonders why she has to encounter Kyouya of all people. Kyouya asks Haruhi how to order so Haruhi asks him what he wants. Kyouya doesn’t care and just want to eat a lot. The counter girl seems to take a liking to Kyouya and tries to sell dessert but Kyouya doesn’t like sweet things and refuses. The girl, however, doesn’t seem to get a hint and tries to offer him a shake so Kyouya proceeds to give her the evil glare. Once the two sit down, Haruhi is surprised to see Kyouya eating his food in a relaxed manner instead of the stylish manner that he usually displays. She also thought that he wouldn’t like the food. Kyouya tells her that he thought it’ll be cruel to be treated by someone and complains about the food. Kyouya also doesn’t care about being stylish or relaxed since there isn’t anyone important he needs to worry about here. Haruhi thinks to herself that as she suspected, there is a pressure in the rich people’s world. As if reading her mind, however, Kyouya tells her that even if he shows his stylish manner, there’s no profit to be gained from doing it in such a place. After he said this, a group of girls fawn over his coolness. The girls also try to attract his attention by asking if they can sit in a nearby table but Kyouya simply gives them his agreement and ignores them. Haruhi realises that this is how Kyouya behaves when there is nothing to gain. She thinks it’s a very different image from the one he used at the Host Club and wonders why he and Tamaki, who’s a natural host, get along well with each other. As if reading her mind, Kyouya tells Haruhi that she probably wonders why he and Tamaki get along with each other. Kyouya tells Haruhi that the answer is simple: because there is profit to be gained from it. He basically won’t do anything else for other reason since he’s an Egoist. Haruhi tells Kyouya that Tamaki will cry if he hears this. Kyouya, however, thinks that Tamaki won’t cry since he’s aware about this right from the start. He then points out that other Host Club members co-operate with each other because there is a mutual profit. Having said that, there are times when idiot Tamaki acts on reason that is not motivated by profit. After the food, Kyouya decides to look around since he’s already here. The two then stumble upon a stall selling Ishigaki Island’s Black Lipped Pearls. Haruhi is surprised to know that Kyouya can recognise them so Kyouya tells her that he was educated on this. Haruhi tells Kyouya that come to think of it, she doesn’t know much about Kyouya’s family. She thinks it’s unfair that he knows about her family but she doesn’t know a thing about his. Haruhi then tells Kyouya that she knows he has two elder brothers so she wants to know what they are like. Upon hearing this Kyouya remembers that at one point, two guests at his family party were talking about how his brothers will succeed his family’s business. They actually like Kyouya more but because he’s the third son, he’ll never become the head of the family. Kyouya then tells Haruhi that his family consists of successful people who can easily meet his father’s expectation. Because of this, as a third son, he’s expected to achieve more. Haruhi thinks that it must be hard on Kyouya but Kyouya thinks that there is no game that is more interesting than this one. The two then overhear a woman talking to a merchant selling what she thinks are Komatsu’s family handmade potteries. The merchant tries to flatter the woman by saying that it appears she has eyes for expensive goods. Kyouya decides to tell the woman that these potteries are counterfeit goods. He then picks up one of the potteries and tells the woman that although there is resemblance to the original good, the source of gradation in this one is off, the colour looks too beautiful, and the stamp on the bottom of the pottery is different. He then tells the woman that he knows Komatsu family for a long time and offers to give them a call. In the end, the merchant is taken off the premise by the mall’s security guards. After the incident, Haruhi wonders if helping people is also considered profitable by Kyouya. Kyouya tells Haruhi that the truth is the woman is the President of a large electrical machinery company. Although this is the first time he met her, he recognised her from the ring that she wears on her left hand. The woman then comes over to tell Kyouya that she didn’t expect to meet the son of Ootori family at a place like this. Nevertheless, she promises to visit the resort that Kyouya’s family runs soon. Haruhi at first thinks that Kyouya did help the woman because he knew her but she quickly realises that Kyouya could not possibly saw her ring since it was obscured by a large banner. Kyouya, on the other hand, is busy looking at Melon snacks being offered on sale at another stand. He wonders if people don’t find it strange that this melon-taste snacks don’t actually contain melon. Haruhi laughs to hear this since she thinks it’s the kind of things that Tamaki tends to say. Kyouya thinks that Tamaki and the twins will probably like this so he decides to buy it and asks Haruhi to pay for it. Meanwhile on the rooftop, Tamaki is busy getting facial from a dog, Mori and Hunny are busy with their ice creams, and the twins are riding on the merry-go-round. They then sit to watch some kind of a theatrical performance and are surprised when they see Renge appearing on the stage. All of a sudden she’s captured by a huge monster but is saved by a Sentai Hero dressed in black. This reminds Hunny of Kyouya and wonders where he is right now. Meanwhile, Haruhi is in the middle of telling Kyouya that she thinks Kyouya is similar to Tamaki. Kyouya is then reminded of the kind things that Tamaki once said to other people. His thought, however, is interrupted by an announcement of a missing kid. The missing kid in question is Ootori Kyouya from Tokyo. If the kid hears this, he is asked to come and meet Mr.Suou on the 2nd floor counter. The announcer then points out that Kyouya is 180cm in height and wears glasses. Other shoppers immediately recognises Kyouya as the person described. Kyouya is pissed off about this and tells a scared Haruhi that he will kill Tamaki. Upon seeing Haruhi with Kyouya, Hunny and the twins want Haruhi to play with them but Haruhi just wants to go home since she feels tired for some reason. Before she left, however, Haruhi tells Kyouya that she knew he lied to her when he told her about the ring on the woman’s hand. She thinks that Kyouya simply pretended to be an Egoist.

Continuing from the previous episode, Haruhi tells Arai that the twins are her classmates. When it comes to introduces Tamaki, however, she remembers that he doesn’t like being called "Senpai" so Haruhi decides to call him ‘an acquintance’, which upsets Tamaki even more. Arai and Haruhi then catch up with one another, while in a far-off table, Hikaru tells everyone that he thinks Arai was not Haruhi’s friend but just a classmate. Arai asks Haruhi from which club the guys are from and Haruhi sheepishly admits that they’re from the Host Club. Their conversation, however, is interrupted by Hikaru who demands Haruhi to fill his cup since she’s working. Tamaki, on the other hand, is shredding his vacation rule book in the corner and claims that the shredded papers are not rubbish but a harmster’s house. Haruhi reminds his sempai that he doesn’t have a Hamster so Tamaki points out that he’s not Haruhi’s sempai but merely ‘an acquintance’.

Arai, however, finds the guys to be rather fun to watch and is glad to see Haruhi doing well in Ouran. Haruhi smiles upon hearing this, prompting Arai to blush. Hikaru, who’s jealous about to see this accuses the guy of having a crush on Haruhi. Haruhi immediately scolds Kaoru from being rude. However, much to everyone’s surprise, Arai does not deny this and in fact, points out that Haruhi has already rejected him. Everyone is surprised to hear this including Haruhi, prompting Kyouya to ask her why she’s surprised as well. A flashback then reveals that around one year ago, when Arai and Haruhi were still 3rd year junior high school students, Arai found out that Haruhi was going to Ouran. Because of this he told her that he too wants to go to Ouran but Haruhi misinterpret Arai’s intention and thinks that he wants to go to Ouran to study there. Similarly, when he told her that he wants to go out with her, she thought he wants to go out to the faculty room.

Back to the present time, Haruhi is in terror upon hearing this and even more so after Kyouya accuses her of breaking the poor guy’s heart with her insensitivity. Because of this Haruhi apologises to Arai now, one year later. Arai doesn’t mind and likes the way Haruhi always look at the eyes of the person she’s talking to. Tamaki becomes excited upon hearing stories of Haruhi’s past so now all Host Club members gather around Arai to hear his stories. The only exception to this are the twins and Kaoru actually wants to join but refrain from doing so since Hikaru looks upset. Tamaki tries to invite them to join the group but Hikaru claims that he’s not interested in hearing old stories. Moreover, he thinks Haruhi no longer has any feeling for Arai. Haruhi becomes angry upon hearing this and proceeds to slap Kaoru. She tells the brat that is not his decision to make and warns him that she will not forgive him if he insults her friend once more.

Hikaru is upset to hear this and tells Haruhi that she needs no other friends because her friends are himself and the Host Club members. After Hikaru storms off to the room, followed by Kaoru, Tamaki can’t help but making a comment that the twins’ world is still small after all. Meanwhile inside their room, Kaoru tells his twin that he thinks Hikaru is being selfish to the point that even Haruhi was surprised. Hikaru claims that he can’t help this but Kaoru thinks that he should at least apologises to Arai, who’s about to leave the Pensione now. Outside the Pensione, Haruhi apologises to Arai for Hikaru’s behaviour but everyone is surprised when all of a sudden, Hikaru comes out and personally apologises to Arai. After Arai left, however, Haruhi asks Kaoru why he pretends to be Hikaru. Kaoru explains that Hikaru’s mood is still bad. He, however, has one request to Haruhi and that is to go out on a date with him for one day.

The next day, however, Kaoru pretends to have flu and asks Hikaru to take his place instead. Kaoru also tells his twin that a person can’t express his/her feeling unless that person says something. Meanwhile, Tamaki is upset because Haruhi is going out on a date with Hikaru and even more so when Hunny points out that this is probably Haruhi’s first date. He also asks Kaoru to explains why Haruhi looks extremely cute for the date. As it turns out, the twins maid came to Haruhi’s room early in the morning in order to dress her up, thus explaining the fugly wig. Kaoru believes it’s a good idea for Hikaru to find more people that he likes because so far they’ve only care about each other. He also thinks that Hikaru likes Haruhi alot but does not know how to express his feelings and therefore acts like a spoilt child who doesn’t want to share his belonging. Because of this, Hikaru needs to learn how to get along with other people if he wants to become friends with a person.

Kyouya realises that this ‘date’ is merely a way for Hikaru to learn to be considerate of other people’s feelings. Kaoru tells them that this is why he doesn’t want them to interfere. Meanwhile, Hikaru and Haruhi try to decide where they should go. Haruhi has no idea since originally it was Kaoru who was going to take her somewhere. Hikaru thinks maybe they should go to the mall but since neither of them is interested to buy clothes, the plan goes bust. Upon noticing the sky, Haruhi remembers that Misuzu told her that the weather may change and therefore she hopes it won’t turn into thunderstorm. Tamaki, who watches from afar, thinks that the date is a disaster and thinks they should interfere. He asks Kyouya to be a mugger so Hikaru will have a chance to save Haruhi. Before they can do anything, however, Hunny is seen walking in front of Haruhi and Hikaru pretending to be an ice cream seller. Thankfully Mori manages to hide Hunny before they noticed him.

The appearance of the ice cream seller, however, causes Haruhi to crave some ice cream so she proceeds to buy one for herself. She then offers Hikaru some of her ice cream but since this means an indirect kiss, Tamaki interferes by pretending to be the ice cream seller who gives Haruhi another ice cream for free. He’s immediately throttled by Kaoru for interfering with the date. Meanwhile, Haruhi spots a place selling pickled vegetables so he offers some to Hikaru. She then buys two bags of the vegies for Kaoru and gets an idea to spend their time looking for Omiyage for Kaoru as well. Seeing that the two get along rather well, Kaoru suggests that they go home before Tamaki ruins everything. At the same time Haruhi is shocked to hear the sound of a thunderstorm so Hikaru thinks maybe they should go back now. Before they can do this, however, Arai notices Haruhi and wonders what she is doing here. It turns out the place is his father’s shop.

Upon hearing Haruhi’s story, Arai offers to drive the two back, prompting Hikaru to be jealous again. Haruhi, on the other hand, is keen to accept Arai’s offer before the thunderstorm is coming. Hikaru who doesn’t understand this becomes angry and tells Haruhi to do whatever she wants to do before running away from her and Arai. Arai wonders why Hikaru doesn’t like Haruhi’s old friend since he thinks Hikaru probably has some old friends as well. Upon hearing this Haruhi remembers how the twins once told her that they didn’t have any friends while they were in junior high. Meanwhile inside the Pensione, Misuzu receives a phone call from Arai who informs her that Haruhi had a fight with Hikaru which ends with Hikaru leaving Haruhi and Haruhi chasing after him. At the same time, Hikaru is seen taking a shelter underneath a big tree when all of a sudden Tamaki calls him through a cellphone. Tamaki tells Hikaru that Haruhi is afraid of thunder and angrily asks Hikaru to think more about other people’s feeling before being jealous.

After the conversation ends, Hikaru remembers how Haruhi kept looking at the sky and saying how she hopes there won’t be any thunderstorm. Hikaru proceeds to look for Haruhi and eventually finds a Church’s door slightly opened. While walking inside, he remembers how Kaoru once told him to pay attention to little gestures from other people because it could be important. Hikaru eventually finds Haruhi hiding underneath a Church’s altar. He then puts his headphone on her ears and covered her with the tablecloth. Hikaru also apologises for leaving her alone and saying cruel things to an important friend. The next day, Arai comes to the Pensione bringing a watermelon and Hikaru comes over to thank him for it. Kyouya, who watches everyone from the top floor asks Kaoru if he consider the possibility that Hikaru might fall in love. Kaoru, however, thinks it’s too early for Hikaru because he’s still stupid. Kyouya agrees with this when he sees Tamaki looking happy to get a watermelon and tells Kaoru that there are some idiots in their club.

The twins are awaken in the morning by the tone of their mobile phone. Upon picking up the phone, they realise that the caller is none other than Tamaki, who is panicking because Haruhi has gone missing. Apparently she has not been answering her phone and neither has her father. Tamaki immediately assumes that maybe Haruhi can’t pay her rent and therefore has to run away. The twins, however, tell Tamaki if he has tried her mobile phone. Tamaki is surprised to hear this since he didn’t know Haruhi even had one. He is even more surprised when Kyouya tells him to cut his drama because Haruhi is actually in Karuizawa. Haruhi then narrates that she got a job at a Pensione (lodging) during summer holiday. She feels a bit guilty for not telling everyone from the Host Club but she’s happy to stay here. All of a sudden, however, Tamaki appears in a chopter above her. Haruhi realises that her summer vacation is going to be a bad one. The owner of the Pensione is a man dressing up as a woman called Misuzu. According to Kyouya, she is actually a friend of Ranka-san. Tamaki immediately asks Kyouya how he knows about this. Misuzu then explains that because Haruhi’s father is travelling, he has left Haruhi in Misuzu’s care. Later on the group realises that this job is the reason why Haruhi refused their private invitation to go on vacation. Haruhi tells them that she doesn’t have passport but Kyouya offered to take her to his resort. Tamaki is pissed off with everyone because everyone wants to take Haruhi on their own individual vacation while he was thinking of a group vacation. Tamaki also finally clued in to the fact that Haruhi does have mobile phone courtesy of the twins. It’s only limited to ‘Friends’ and Tamaki is listed as ‘Senpai’. Tamaki thinks that he should be listed as ‘Friends’ as well but Haruhi disagrees. She also wants everyone to go back home already. Poor Haruhi, however, freezes on the spot when Kyouya blackmails her with student rule number 19, which states that students are not allowed to do part time job. Armed with this knowledge, Kyouya and the others basically forced Haruhi to allow them to stay in the place. Tamaki suggests that they’ll also be staying at the Pensione as VIP. His imagination then goes overdrive and plays out a situation where he gets to seduce Haruhi when she brings breakfast to his room. Much to everyone’s disappointment, Misuzu only has one room left. Tamaki thinks that as a leader, he’s entitled to the room but Hunny and the Twins start protesting his decision. The twins then come up with the idea of making this a game to see who decide to stay at the Inn. With this in mind, they set to compete by doing part time job in the Inn with Misuzu as the judge. Tamaki begins by fixing the fence while Hunny just sits around and eats cake. Misuzu is not impressed by either of them and decides to reward them -3. Hunny’s cuteness also does not work on her so the two of them are now in "orz" position outside looking depressed. The twins, on the other hand, gets +10 freshness point for being able to greet the customer properly and so does Mori who agrees to help her to fix a table. Haruhi is confused as to what Misuzu means by ‘freshness’ so she asks Haruhi what customers who come to Karuizawa are looking for. Haruhi thinks it’s the quietness. Misuzu tells her that is not the only thing. They’re here for the fresh air, fresh scenery, and fresh boys. Haruhi thinks that Misuzu reminds her of Renge and feels that the situation now feels just like in the Host Club. Haruhi, however, is surprised to see Kyouya not participating in the game. Because of this he tells her that he has no interest in doing such thing. He just want to watch everyone then goes back to his vacation home. Kyouya also tells Haruhi that the truth is every Host Club members has a vacation home near the area. Kyouya then asks Haruhi who she thinks will win. When Haruhi claims that she has no idea, Kyouya tells her that it’s easy to see. He thinks Hunny is not as refreshing as he is cute, while Tamaki is too over-eager. The default winner are the twins but Kyouya thinks Mori has a chance because he is earning 20 points for cutting woods shirtless. However, Kyouya thinks that Mori will refuse to stay if Hunny loses. The twins confidently think that they will be the winner. Haruhi reminds them that the room is a single room but the twins are not worried since they can just get another bed from their vacation home or sleep in the same bed. Haruhi is surprised to hear this and tells the two that it seems they are always together. The twins simply shrug this off and tells her that they’ve always been together since they were born and they had no friends back then. Hikaru, however, tells Haruhi that she can stay with them if she wants. Haruhi, of course, refuses. Kyoya tells the twin that the game is not over and he has ideas to make it more interesting. Meanwhile, Tamaki is still not doing any better and keeps getting -3 reduction. The twins, on the other hand, continue to excite the customers much to Tamaki’s disappointment. Kyouya decides to tell Tamaki that there is one thing that he can do and that is playing the Piano. True enough, Tamaki plays splendid Piano, and his ability dazzles current and potential customers. In order to hear his music, however, some girls decide to open a window and accidentally hits a flower vase, causing to fall and almost hit Haruhi’s head. To save Haruhi, Kaoru shields her with his own body but the attempt causes a major gash on his face. Hikaru suddenly appears looking worried for Kaoru and upon seeing their brotherly love, Misuzu declares the twin as the winner. Later on, however, Haruhi realises that the whole thing was just an act to win the prize. The twins refuse to admit it but once they are in their room, Hikaru’s hand is trembling so Kaoru assures him that he’s okay and besides they didn’t have to use the brotherly quarrel strategy. The next morning, however, Kaoru is a bit pissed off because Hikaru pushes him off the bed while sleeping. They also tell Haruhi that they want some expensive breakfast that is not served at the Inn. Thankfully Tamaki comes to the rescue and offers Karuizawa breakfast. Haruhi reveals that Tamaki came early in the morning and received various informations from Misuzu. Tamaki has even created his own vacation guidebook filled with variety of rules. The twins is surprised with rule number 5, which states that they must wake up at 6AM. They wonder if Tamaki managed to make Kyouya and Hunny to do this. Tamaki immediately recoils in terror when he remembers the Eyes of the Demon King (Kyouya) and the Eyes of a Monster (Hunny) during his attempt to wake the two up. The episode then ends with Haruhi recognising a grocery delivery boy as someone called Arai.

The newspaper club finds out that no one except their own members buy the newspaper that they produce and therefore their club is in danger of being closed down. In contrast, the Host Club’s weekly magazine special Suki Suki Tamaki-kun and Renge’s doujinshi, Moe Moe Ouran are very popular with the readers. Speaking of the Host Club, they are now in the middle of holding a Heian period costume party. That means Tamaki is in the middle of seducing a girl by saying that they should hide behind Ajisai (Hydrangea), while the twins are having twincest moment by telling their excited fangirls that something happened during their two person punishment game. Haruhi, on the other hand, simply enjoys the tranquil nature of the park but her peace ends immediately when a ball suddenly comes flying towards her face. Tamaki, who sees the incoming ball, manages to push Haruhi aside. In the process of doing this, however, he ends up trampling her. Tamaki is angry with the twins for throwing the ball at Haruhi but the twins simply made fun of him for being unable to catch it. Meanwhile, the leader of the newspaper club has an idea of asking the Host Club to help them. Back to Tamaki, he tries to prove his ability by doing what he calls "Starlight Kick" and sends the ball flying into the sky. The ball, however, ends up going through the newspaper club’s room and hits Komatsuzawa Akira, the President of the club. When Tamaki visits the club to apologise, the President decides to ask Tamaki for the chance to write about the Host Club. Haruhi is surprised to know that there is a newspaper club at their school but the twins tell her that it’s more like tabloid filled with gossip and because of this, no one reads it anymore. The President claims that now the club is on the verge of being closed, they finally realised their mistake and therefore ask the Host Club for their help. Tamaki agrees to help them Kyouya refuses. Upon seeing the President’s over the top depression, Tamaki tells the Host Club that he orders them to comply using his Presidential power but they still refuse him. As a result, Tamaki ends up sulking in the corner while playing with a ball. Haruhi thinks they should help the Newspaper club lest Tamaki will start giving him the sad puppy eyes. True enough, Tamaki starts looking at them like a puppy who wants their approval. Eventually Kyouya relents to Tamaki’s puppy eyes and agrees to help the Newspaper club on the condition that they’ll plan everything, no interview, and they do not disturb the customers. Upon hearing Kyouya’s words, everyone else agrees to help as well so Haruhi can’t help but praising Kyouya’s influence within the club. Kyouya decides to pay a visit to the Newspaper club to let them know of the decision and to give them a first aid kit as an apology for the injury that the President of the Newspaper club received yesterday. Before Kyouya leaves, however, the President tells Kyouya that he knows Kyouya’s family has affiliation with the medical community but his own father is the President of the Komatsuzawa Publications. Komatsuzawa reveals that his father is going to give the company position to his younger brother. However, he believes that if he can maintain his position as the President of the Newspaper club at Ouran, he’ll have a chance to gain that position. Because of this, he can’t afford to have the club being hust down. Kyouya, however, can’t care less and excuses himself out of the room. After Kyouya left, the President of the club reveals that his enemy is actually Tamaki. His underlings wonder if this is because his newspaper became unpopular ever since Tamaki arrived at the school. The President becomes angry upon hearing this and tells them that he thinks Tamaki has a hidden dark side so he intends to show it to everyone. The President and his underlings, however, are dumbfounded when they see Tamaki playing Daruma-san ga koronda game. Tamaki leading the Host Club in a game of Dahrumasan ga Koronda. Tamaki thinks that this is a game that commoners play and explains that the game will give off friendly vibes. He believes that ‘friendliness’ is the image that the Newspaper club’s content needs in order to get rid of the club’s negative image. As he said this, Tamaki imagines various headlines showing the happy nature of the Host Club which prompts the Newspaper club to wonder if Tamaki is actually an idiot. Because of this, Komatsuzawa decides to interview Haruhi to see if he can find any negative points about Tamaki. Before Haruhi can say anything else, however, the twins have grabbed her and run away from Tamaki and Kyouya. The group then plays a game where Tamaki gets to kick a can and the rest have to avoid the bouncing effect of said can. Tamaki then grabs Haruhi’s hand and they run into a Rose garden maze. While the two run together, Haruhi thinks that while Tamaki doesn’t have a hidden/negative personality, she doesn’t know anything about his family. Because Tamaki lost his way inside the maze, they end up stopping at a small pavillion where Haruhi wonders if it’s okay for a high school students like them to play games like this. When Tamaki wonders if it’s not fun, Haruhi admits that she did play this kind of game when she was in elementary school. Tamaki tells Haruhi that when he was in elementary school, he didn’t have any friend. Because Tamaki’s mother was sick, he ended up being worried about her and decided not to go out of the house. In order to make her mother feel better, Tamaki always play piano right by her side. As a result, he’s happy to be able to play with everyone else now. Upon hearing Tamaki saying that he’s having fun, Haruhi agrees to play the game again next time. Inside the school, the President of the newspaper club is angry with the situation and thinks that they should just write a gossip about Tamaki. He, however, is shocked upon entering their club and find the twins telling them that they heard everything. They also admit that they already suspected it and the only person who’s not aware of this is Tamaki. The twins warn the President that his attempt will automatically make his family the enemy of the family from the Host Club. Komatsuzawa tries to reason by saying that they are being used by Tamaki but Hunny appears behind them and tells them that Tamaki won’t do such thing and besides, they love Tamaki. A flashback reveals that Tamaki was the one who first befriended Kyouya and Hunny as well as reaching out to the twins and Mori. Komatsuzawa threatens to ruin everyone but Kyouya reveals that he’s taped the Newspaper’s club conversation using a MD hidden inside the first aid kit. Kyouya tells the President of the Host Club that he could use the recording to blackmail him but he and the Host Club don’t behave like them. The rest of the Host Club members eventually find Tamaki and Haruhi inside the maze. Hikaru and Kaoru tell Tamaki that the Newspaper club decides to end their piece because they have other business to attend to. Haruhi asks Kyouya if Suoh family is as influential as they seem. Because of this Kyouya informs her that the Suoh family started out in the finance and banking region but now they also run properties including school. Haruhi is surprised to hear this and wonders which school Kyouya is talking about. Much to Haruhi’s surprise the school Kyouya refers to is actually Ouran and Tamaki’s father is actually the chairman of the board. In other words, the reason Haruhi can come to this school is because she’s sponsored by Tamaki’s family. Haruhi can’t help but looking dumbfounded to know this.