1st day of the school year

Mori's POV:

I stepped out of my dorm and stretched. Having just moved into my new dorm, I was more than ready to check out this year's batch of girls. This was more than my normal curiosity as to who my friends and I would be screwing or getting chased by. My previous regular fuck buddy had graduated last year, with first-class honours, of course. With the entire college's female population at my feet, I had the freedom to select only the cream of the crop.

I barely noticed the girls clustered in groups chatting animatedly. Upon seeing me, they fell silent for a moment, before whispering excitedly amongst themselves. My gaze swept over them for a moment… nothing interesting here. My time at the Host Club had rendered me impervious to the flirtatious glances and swoons.

I walked along the quadrangle to my favourite bench. A mature, beautiful tree sheltered it. At this time of year, the leaves would be turning red and yellow, before drifting down peacefully. It was so beautiful.

When I got there, I saw two girls sitting on the bench. One of them I recognized – it was Mitsukuni steady girlfriend, Sakura. The other one…. She looked somewhat similar to Sakura. I tried to remember if she was someone I had heard about before.

"Oh, Takashi-senpai!" Sakura grinned widely when she saw me. From the beginning, our relationship had been purely platonic – Sakura and Mitsukuni were too deeply in love to notice anyone else in a romantic way. Sakura stood up and pulled her companion to her feet too. "Takashi-senpai, this is my little sister Kaori. She'll be in the law faculty, your kouhai!"

Ah… Sakura's sister. I looked at her, my first proper look and… wow. Her long brown hair was pulled back into a loose ponytail, but a few strands had fallen out, framing her face charmingly. Her huge green eyes blinked at me. Her eyes… they were beautiful, deep emerald-coloured pools that sparkled oh-so-enticingly from under beautifully arched eyebrows and thick eyelashes. Her nose was classic, and her mouth…

Her mouth was made for sin. Her lips were full and shaped to perfection. When she smiled at me, I caught a glimpse of her perfect white teeth.

In the background, Sakura was saying, "And this is Takashi Morinozuka…"

I would have continued my perusal, but both Sakura and Kaori were gazing at me expectantly. "Pleased to meet you, Kaori," I said formally before taking her hand in mine and bestowing a kiss upon it. Maybe it was more of a Tamaki thing to do, but I really wanted to hold her hand in mine… and maybe a little devil in me wanted to see how she would react. Would she squeal? Swoon, as most girls would? It would be disappointing to see she was so like the others…

She didn't disappoint. She smiled slightly, unfazed. "Pleased to meet you, Morinozuka-senpai…" she said, in her crystal-clear, lilting tone. "Dozo, yoroshiku onegaishimasu," she said politely.

Kaori's POV

Well, this is the famous Takashi Morinozuka. Should I be flattered or insulted that he kept staring at me?

I looked up at him… literally. At 1.7m tall, I was already considered tall, but he was… seriously. Wow. Waaaay tall.

From what my sister had told me, I knew he was a national kendo champion. His callused hands didn't do anything to disprove it…

I figured I should probably find out more about him. After all, if Sakura and Hani were as serious in their relationship as it seemed, we would probably be seeing a lot of each other.

Just then, I heard my name being called. "Kaori!" a somewhat familiar voice called. I looked around to see my roommate, Haruhi, yelling and waving. "Well… I guess you better go, Kao-chan!" Sakura said, smiling. "Nice to see you've already made friends!"

I smiled politely at Morinozuka-senpai and hugged my sister. "Bye!" I said, waving at them as I ran towards Haruhi.

"Well, Haruhi, do you know anything about Takashi Morinozuka-senpai?" I asked curiously.

"Well… he's a third year law student. National kendo champion. He's really close to his cousin, Mitsukuni Haninozuka. He's pretty quiet, but he's really popular with the ladies! We were school-mates in Ouran Academy, and we were in the Host Club. I guess we're on pretty good terms…"

"Oh, I see," I said, deep in thought. Takashi Morinozuka was a mystery. And I was determined to solve it.

Well, this is my first fanfic so please R&R! Flames are not appreciated, but constructive criticism is. Please be gentle! xD Rated M for future lemons. (;