[I know I should be writing Denied, but I've got writer's block for it. Also, I've this idea for a while now and it just wouldn't leave me alone. Which meant that if I hadn't got this down, then Denied would not be very good. I know it's not anyway, but you know what I mean.

I would have done a deaf girl, but I think that would've been so much harder and since I've met a blind person before I can sort of understand blindness better than deafness. ^.^'

Anyways, please enjoy this new story as much as I enjoy some of your stories.]

Darkness.

My world is filled with darkness. All I've ever known was black. I knew I was standing in a corridor. My dad had dropped me off, but because he was late for work, he couldn't take me around the school. His parting words had been: "Ask another student to help you find your way. Love you sweetheart." And then he had sped off. I turned to where I could hear other students talking and laughing and made my way towards them. I tried talking to a few people, asking them to help me, but I don't think they knew I was talking to them. Either that or they just ignored me.

Now I was stood in a corridor, lost. I felt for a wall before leaning against it. I must have been stood there muttering to myself for about 5 minutes before I heard two boys talking to each other getting closer towards me. I looked towards the direction of the voices and heard the words get suddenly clearer as they turned a corner and faced me. I heard them stop talking, but I didn't hear anything else, so I assumed they had just stopped in their tracks. I sighed and pushed myself off the wall and spun my stick around. I smiled at them and spoke.

"Hello, can you help me?" I waited. No answer. Then I heard footsteps coming towards me. Two arms wrapped themselves around my shoulders.

"Depends on what you mean," One said. He sounded about 16 to 17 years old.

"By help." The other purred in my ear. He was also about 16 to 17 years. By the way they held me so intimately, I guessed that they were womanizers. I sighed getting impatient.

"Have you ever heard the expression 'personal space'?" I asked. They chuckled tightening their grip on me. I heard another set of footsteps coming towards the corridor the three of us were standing in. I knew that the two boys hadn't heard them yet.

"I'm Hikaru Hitachiin." Said the boy to my left.

"And I'm Kaoru Hitachiin" The boy to my right stated. Hikaru's voice seemed croakier than Kaoru's. The two boys started talking about random things. I stopped listening and only 'hmm'ed and 'ah'ed when they paused for breath. I listened to the footsteps, hoping they would bring someone who would actually help me. The person would be around the corner in 5...4...3...2 aaand 1.

"Hikaru, Kaoru, what are you doing to that poor girl?" I frowned at the new voice. It belonged to someone who was also 16 to 17, but I couldn't tell if it was a boy or girl. I looked towards where I knew the owner of the voice was and posed a question.

"Are you girl or boy?" Hikaru and Kaoru started laughing, a little forcefully.

"Hahaha, Haruhi-kun is so manly! Of course he'd be a boy." I sighed and decided I wouldn't ask about their ways and turned to the boy I assumed was Haruhi.

"Haruhi-kun, could you help me find my way to my classroom please?" I asked him.

"Yes, of course I can. What classroom are you in?" I was about to answer when I noticed that Hikaru had still not stopped talking about Haruhi's 'manliness' to Kaoru behind me. I turned around to face him, my patience wearing thin. I think it was starting to show on my face.

"Hikaru, will you please just shut it!" I almost yelled the last bit. There was a shocked silence before Kaoru spoke.

"You can tell us apart?"

"What do you mean by that? Of course I can tell you apart! Why wouldn't I be able to?" I retorted, not too unkindly.

"Well, the fact we're identical twins means that most people can't tell us apart." Kaoru replied. I laughed then.

"Well, the fact I can't see anything means that I have to rely on sound rather than sight to tell people apart. Meaning that your voices are totally different." Another silence.

"You're... blind?" Hikaru asked. Really? Were these people that stupid? Didn't my stick scream that already? I decided to play nice.

"Yes." The silence that followed was awkward this time. As I said before, all I've ever known is black. People can tell me all they like that the sky and sea are blue. It doesn't make any difference. I've never seen the colour blue, so I can't imagine it. If there is anyone out there that can describe a colour to me, I would greatly appreciate it. Whenever I've told a person that I'm blind, the reaction I get most is 'Oh you poor thing! What's it like, living in absolute darkness?' I would shrug in answer to this question and mutter something about never knowing anything different. I can't really tell them what it's like. To me, it's just like what seeing is to them. It's normal. I've gotten used to it. It's only sometimes that I wish I could see. If only for a day. So I can see colours. Then I would be happy. Other times, I'm glad for my blindness. I hear about wars and bloodshed and I'm glad that I don't get to see humanity's ugly side. It was still quiet and I struggled to find words that would dispel the silence.

"Sorry, I haven't introduced myself. My name is Hitomi Suzuki. Pleased to meet you." I thought for a bit and spoke again. "You know, it's funny."

"What's funny?" The twins asked.

"I was just about to say until you interrupted me. Your names are Hikaru and Kaoru right? Well, my mum and dad were fighting whether to name me Hikari or Kaori until I was born."

"Why is that funny?" Kaoru asked. I sighed.

"It's not really, I guess. More of an unlikely coincidence. Anyway, Haruhi-kun, can you take me to classroom 1-A?"

"Of course. That used to be our room." Haruhi paused for a bit. "Uh, do you need to hold onto my jacket or hand or something?" I almost laughed.

"No. As long as I can hear your footsteps, I'm fine. You guys are second years, right?" I said. They all started moving and I followed them.

"How can you tell?" Hikaru asked.

"I just can." The three boys in front of were talking to each other, occasionally asking me my opinion in something. I pondered for a while. These three were obviously friends, but from the sound of them, it was an unlikely friendship. The twins were devious and it sounded like they loved playing pranks on a person they called 'Tono', but Haruhi called 'Senpai'. Haruhi was more practical, wanting to study all the time to achieve his goal. I was pulled out of my thinking by Hikaru whining.

"Aaaw! Come on Haruhi! Please?"

"No."

"Fine, we'll just ask Hitomi-chan." Kaoru said

"Ask Hitomi-chan what?" I asked a little warily.

"To be our model!" Both twins stated in unison. I pretended that I was thinking about it.

"Uuum, no." That set them off whining. They could whine all they wanted. I wasn't going to change my mind. Finally, they stopped, making me almost bang into one of them.

"This is it. Room 1-A." Haruhi sighed.

"Thanks Haruhi-kun, Hikaru-kun, Kaoru-kun."

"No problem" Kaoru replied. "Just say you'll come visit the Host Club after school." I thought about it. I had nothing better to do, so I nodded. Two started running off and from the sound of it dragging the other. Presumably the twins dragging Haruhi. "It's in Music Room 3!" Kaoru yelled to me, still running.

"Where's that?" I yelled back. A pause, then,

"We'll come and collect you!" Hikaru shouted. I could feel myself grinning as I shook my head and opened the door to my new classroom.

[Well, there you have it! :D What do you think so far? I'm quite proud of it, but please tell me what you think. Flames welcome if you want to flame me. The criticism will stop my ego overflowing.]