Beep! Beep! Beep! "Oh, shut up you bloody noise making instrument!" I shouted as I smashed my fist onto the top of my alarm clock. I sat up with my eyes half closed. I took a look at the clock and it read five A.M. I swung my feet out of bed and took a look around my gloomy bedroom. I got up and walked over to the closet, pulling out a Japanese school girl outfit.
The school I go to, well, let's say we can wear whatever we want. I decided to cosplay my first year at my new school and they will remember me as the weird Emo child who dressed up in funky costumes. I dressed quickly and then snatched up my Panda back pack and headed out the door humming "Sakura Kiss" from the Ouran High School Host Club anime. I quickly ate breakfast so I could catch up with my friend Evelyn. Ev would usually stop by my house and we would be on our way toward the metro rail.
She had two other sisters, but they preferred to go by car. "Bye, Mom!" I called out as I ran out the door with a buttered croissant. I saw Ev walking up with a manga book and I smiled when I realized it was one of my favourite anime and manga: Ouran High School Host Club. I rushed up and Ev quickly stopped when she saw my get up. I blinked softly and grinned.
I then twirled, "Like my outfit?" I asked as I batted my eye lashes. Ev just stared in astonishment as she shook her head and laughed. "Wow Steff, you never cease to amaze me." She told me as we began walking down the side walk, chatting about school and kids we hate and happen to see them on our way to school. Ev and I have always been close, practically since fifth grade, and here we are in tenth grade basically (and hopefully) going to graduate together. Ev and her sisters were always like sisters to me, and whenever we fight it's funny when we forget about it in the next ten minutes, and we just laugh and hug and jokingly shout "I love you in a non-lesbian way!"
After our chatter about school we dove right into anime and manga like every other morning. We flipped through the pages of the Ouran High School Host Club (OHSHC) manga book and stopped constantly to look at pictures of the Hitachin Twins, Hikaru and Kaoru. I squealed in delight when I saw their gorgeous faces and I almost drooled. I always loved them ever since they were presented in the first episode of the show; I always had a fan-girl crush on them. And now-a-days, for some odd reason, those who knew the anime would compliment on how I looked like the feminine looking part of Haruhi Fujioka, the main character in the series. We did look alike, until she decided to chop off all her hair after a sudden gum incident.
I snatched the book from Ev's hand to gaze at the beauty of Hikaru and Kaoru as I began dreaming about meeting them…Only to sigh in sadness and remember they aren't real. "It's a shame they're not real…" I told Ev, who put a hand on my shoulder and sighed. "Face it, you're obsessed." She told me and I laughed. "Not only me! We have to share them because you love them too, y'know?" I exclaimed and we both laughed. Then I stopped and looked thoughtfully up at the sky, making Ev stop and turn to me, blinking a few times.
"Steff, hurry up we're gonna be late!" She said and blinked softly. I ignored her for the time being as I closed my eyes and smiled softly. "God I wish the both of us were involved in that kind of stuff… I only wish it was real." I said softly and looked at my friend again who looked at me with a "What the fuck?" look on her face. I just merely grinned and laughed. "I doubt that would happen, right?" I asked her and chuckled, and then I passed her.
She still looked at me and shrugged, in which she began following me. "So, Steff…" She said as she looped her arm around the bend of my elbow while we walked towards the school. "Yes Ev?" I asked as I looked ahead. "So, who do you get today, Kaoru or Hikaru?" And that's when I grinned. "I get Hikaru today, you got him yesterday." I said and sighed softly, and then between the undying silences between us, we busted into roaring laughter.
All of a sudden, as if on cue or out of the ordinary, the book in my hands began to shake a bit. Then, from the middle of the front cover where the beautiful faces of the Hitachin Twins were covered came a bright light that shot out from out of no where. The light engulfed the two of us as we held onto each other for dear life; our eyes wide as we stared at the book that now fell onto the floor and that produced light from its pages. Then, a loud, whooshing sound roared in our ears and strong wings ruffled our hairs and clothing. And the fact I wore a skirt did not help much.
The light got thicker and wider, shooting up into the sky and penetrating the clouds. Suddenly, I felt as if I was falling, and my gut started colliding with all my other internal organs as if battling each other for space. My insides twisted and I felt sick, but I swallowed my pride (and my breakfast) and took a quick look at Ev. Her eyes and mouth were wide open, but I didn't hear her make a sound…Until I heard the piercing shrieks that boomed from our throats. And when I realized it, the light from the hole on top was completely shut and we were in complete darkness.
I didn't feel or hear anything. I didn't feel my best friend's nails clawing into my arm as I clawed mine into her arm. I didn't hear the cries for help anymore. I didn't have any communication from outside my body.
Did I just die? Nonsense, if I died, I wouldn't be able to think… But what if I'm in heaven and these are my thoughts that scatter through my spiritual self? And if this was heaven… Why was it so dark? Maybe it's hell or purgatory? I didn't care, I just wanted answers, but still…
Did I just die?
Where am I? Was the first question that popped into my mind as soon as I came to reality. Suddenly, a sharp pain shout through my left shoulder and the rest of my arm. I hissed in complete pain, and then I felt cold, clammy hands against my forehead, causing my eyes to shoot wide open and for me to sit up so quickly, that that same sharp and horrible pain shot through my shoulder down to my wrist. I hissed in pain as I bit on my tongue to prevent from yelling. I finally recovered my vision and looked around.
There was a nurse right next to me with wide eyes.
She had shoulder length, bouncy brown hair with chocolate brown eyes and a tan skin. She had a tough red lip stick color on her lips and a bit of blush on her cheek bones, followed by mascara and eyeliner on her eyes and eye shadow on the lids and that area between the 'brow and the eyes. I blinked softly and as soon as I do, I finally realized that she was no natural human like the ones I'm used to seeing. She looked like one of those anime girls from a series… But this specific type looked familiar. What's it called…?
I took a long look at her, seeing her red lips move but not hearing anything. Then, a toned and elongated beep rung in my ear as I cupped it, shutting my eyes as the other ear did the same, attempting to cover my ear but hissing again when I moved my left arm. The beep disappeared, and when I removed my hands I heard everything. I heard the whispers and chatter of people right outside the door and the nurse speaking to me. I suddenly gasped softly.
"Ev!"I simply said as I got out of the hospital bed. The nurse then came in and told me to lie down. I swiftly turned towards her and my eyes met hers, her annoying yapping subsided as I glared at her. "Where's my friend?" I asked her and she blinked softly. I kept that same icy cold glare as I watched her throat move; she gulped.
Was I that intimidating? Then she pointed outside the door. "She's in the next room, but ma'am I really must—" I didn't let her finish; I just darted out of the room causing the crowd around the door to gasp and move away. Then I looked at the nurse. "Which door? There's a thousand here!" I said with my voice raised. "R-Right one." She answered.
I headed down the hall only to stop at the first door on the right. I opened it and raced in without notice, the nurse blinked and looked at me. "Oh. You're awake." She said with a smile. I took a look at her and realized she was much more different than the other nurse. She had curly copper hair that stopped midway down her back.
Her skin was creamy and she had no make up on. Her eyes were a pale brown color. I blinked softly and nodded. "Where is she?" I asked and the nurse moved aside and to reveal a hospital bed and Ev was sitting up and reading a book. She was frowning.
I smiled brightly. "Ev! You're ok!" I said and rushed forward, quickly hugging my friend… Only to let a hiss escape my lips. Ev blinked softly and looked at me. "You don't sound so fine." She told me and I shrugged. "It'll go away." I said then turned to the nurse.
"Where are we?" I asked her and blinked. And why do you and Ev looks so different? I asked myself, the nurse smiled sweetly and giggled. "My dear, you're at Ouran High School." She said, my jaw then dropped. OURAN HIGH SCHOOL! I thought in my mind.
Then I looked at Ev whose jaw also dropped, and she looked wide-eyed at the nurse. "You're joking… Right?" She asked and I attempted to gather everything up. No wonder we look so different! We're in the anime series! Wait… If we're in the anime series… I gasped out loud and smiled brightly, looking at Ev. "Do you know what this means?" I asked her and she was grinning.
We were both about to cheer at the same time before the nurse cut in. "Well, until we figure out whose family you belong to, the Chairman kindly allowed you to stay here at Ouran and basically attend this school. If you may like, you can go around and check out the school." "That will not be required!" Said a soft and yet handsome voice. Ev's eyes were still wide and her jaw was still dropped, but I didn't need to turn around to check who it was; it was Tamaki Suou. I slowly turned just in case and I was right; I blinked softly and blushed.
Tamaki took a look at Ev and smiled, but as soon as he looked at me, for some odd reason, we were in our own small world. As if petals danced around us and light reflected from our eyes and skin. We were both blushing, and I saw and felt it. I roughly shook my head and looked back at Ev, my bangs hiding my eyes. "Alright, you're ok that we can leave?" I asked her and she blinked, hitting the top of my head with her fist and I quickly lifted my hands.
Ev gasped softly as she stared, then I blinked softly. "What, is there something on my face?" I asked her as I absent-mindedly patted around my face. "Ummm… Steff, since when do your eyes turn from hazel to purple in a snap?" She asked and I blinked softly. "What are you talking ab—" The book. I quickly thought with wide eyes. I stood up straight and beckoned Ev to follow along, which she did as she swung her legs out of bed and stood up.
I took a look at her and my jaw dropped. "Ev! You're grown!" I told her and blinked, looking right into her eyes. She grinned and placed her hands on her hips. "I know! Isn't it awesome?" She asked and chuckled. I grinned softly and chuckled then took a look at Tamaki, who was staring at us and I lifted my chin.
"Thank you, sir, but I think my friend and I will lurk the school for our selves. Besides, we want to meet new people." I said with a soft smile and half closed eyes that made his jaw drop and blush madly, putting his hands to his mouth and beginning to squeal. I giggled softly and grabbed Ev's wrist, rushing out of the nurse's room between the squealing and the "How cute!" compliments. Ev quickly tugged on my arm as soon as we reached the grotto. But before I turned to her, I took a look around. It was completely different from the ones I'm used to.
Benches and garden ornaments were scattered about, but in a neat and fancy way. Trees surrounded the area, and at the far end was a gate with rose bushes, vines coiling around the gate with a rose on it, and tall bushes. I blinked softly. The maze… I thought to myself and I wondered how long it would take to get out of there. I suddenly felt a strong tug on my right arm, and I quickly turned to Ev who looked curiously at me.
I grinned. "What?" I asked her and she sighed. "Dude… Do you even know where we are or did you just forget?" She asked me as she shook me. After, I just stared at her, and began laughing. She growled softly and shook her head. "You have completely lost it, haven't you?" She asked me.
It was my turn to shake her as I took her shoulders and shook her softly. "Of course I know where we are! I'm just… Surprised! Ev, the book, it's magical! Why didn't you tell me? We could have been here already!" I told her with a grin on my face. She sighed softly. "Because I didn't know you moron!" She told me as she shook me. We stood silent for a few minutes, just staring at each other, until we began squealing and cheering, jumping up and down in a circle as our hands were on each other's shoulders.
Everyone was staring, but at this point, I didn't care. Then we hugged each other and began laughing. The next minute I looked around, there were guys gathered around, looking at both of us with crush boy eyes. I blinked softly as I looked at them. "Yo, Ev, look." I told her and she looked.
Suddenly we looked at each other and sighed. What did we get ourselves into? Then, we pulled away and the guys were yelling at us to hug each other and jump again. My jaw dropped. I put my hands on my hips as I looked at them.
Then I looked at Ev. "Huh. I wonder what the whole commotion is." I told her and she sighed. "Come on, let's go ahead and look around… And try to find the Hitachiin twins and gaze at their beauty." She said as she swept her hand in the air and we both laughed, looping our arms together as we began to run. Oh, boy, I believe that today was gonna be one of the greatest days of my life.
After searching around the school (and being the only people with normal clothes on), we were exhausted. It was lunch time, but in all truth we weren't hungry. Instead we sat down in a deserted table and began chattering about. I listened closely as Ev told me about her plan, but I wasn't completely paying attention. My mind was on the Hitachiin Twins. Where could they be? I thought in my mind. And that's when I saw them.
The Host Club.
Sorry that the first chapter is sooo short, but I'll try to make them bigger when the juicy stuff happens! 8D Also, I wanna give special thanks to mah friend Jon who happily helped me in fixing up some grammatical issues 3 And mah friend Ev (As mentioned before in the story) who gave me some ideas for future chapters. 3