The Coupling

Chapter one

"I can't believe this!" Tomai said for the seventh time since stepping on the plane.

"Oh be quiet," Eiji, his brother said, looking at him, annoyed, "You're the one who got us into this mess in the first place." Tomai pouted, slouching into his seat like a child. Eiji rolled his eyes and went back to his book.

Tomai, his fire-cracker of a younger brother had gotten suspended from school for fighting and their parents decided that it was time he transferred schools. Eiji had been forced to come with him, because Tomai was still a minor. The Monday after they landed in japan, they would be attending Ouran High School, this huge private school his mother was always talking about.

"I still don't understand why we have to move to japan," Tomai grumbled, fastening his seat belt as the flight attendant was instructing them to do.

"I'm guessing mom wants us as far away from her as humanly possible," Eiji said in return, closing his book. Tomai grumbled something inaudible and stayed silent as the plane landed.

A car waited for them when they exited the airport with their bags. The driver didn't speak to them and drove to the apartment in silence. Eiji ignored his brothers grumbling and focused on his book, but it was hard to even do that. He was tired, and would most likely crash when he got to the apartment.

The apartment was much larger than Eiji thought I would be. It looked more like a luxury hotel then an apartment building.

"Whoa…" Tomai marveled at the huge building, staring up at it with wide eyes. Eiji didn't care for the building, he just wanted to get some sleep, the jetlag was killing him.

Thankfully their apartment was furnished and they only had to retrieve their keys and go up. As soon as they made it to their apartment, Eiji left his brother to wander around the apartment, and retreated to his designated room. He wasn't surprised his mother had bought them an Americanized apartment. He also wouldn't be surprised if in a few months the only thing his mother would be paying for was their tuition. He would have to find a job.

He decided he wouldn't worry about that until the time came, and he collapsed on the king sized bed in the middle of the room. Within minutes he was asleep.

Eiji woke up to something extremely annoying on his face.

"Tomai what are you touching me with?" Eiji cracked one eye open to glare at his brother who was holding a feather duster.

"Where did you get that?" Tomai shrugged dropping the feather duster on the floor.

"The driver will be here in 30 minutes, you'd better get ready," And with that Tomi dashed out of Eiji's room. Eiji groaned, sliding out of his bed and groggily trudging to the bathroom. Today was their first day of school, and Eiji was not looking forward to it. Though Tomai seemed to be excited about it, which was a pleasant change from his recent sour mood.

20 minutes later, Eiji was dressed in the blue Ouran uniform and munching on a bagel. He hadn't bothered to put on his tie, he hated the things, he thought they were like nooses. Tomai dressed in the same uniform but with his tie hanging loosely around his neck.

"Your mom called," Tomai said, casually. He never referred to her as his mother, considering she wasn't.

"What'd she say?" Eiji finished off his bagel and checked his watch, it was time to go.

"She said she was in Australia, other than that she was just warning me to not get in trouble, or she wouldn't pay for us to come back," He scoffed, "Like she would do that, Dad would never let her."

Eiji raised his eyebrows at his brother, fully aware that his mother wouldn't hesitate to act on those words, the woman was evil and he knew it.

They headed down to the waiting car, and they were off to Ouran. When they arrived at the school, Eiji patted his brother on his back, "Well, Tomai, good luck."

Tomai stood startled for a second and grabbed his brothers shoulder before he could walk off, "WAIT! This school is huge! You're not just going to leave me are you?"

Eiji looked like he was thinking about it, then turned to Tomai, "Yes, I am," He said and then jerked his arm out of his brothers grasp, heading towards the schools entrance.

"Jerk!" Eiji held up his hand in a silent goodbye and headed to his class, 3A. Once he entered the class room he was bombarded by several people, one who announced herself as the class president, another who was the vice president, and the third who was the teacher. Eiji stood calmly as they asked him questions and, made him fill things out. He glanced around the classroom. Two students caught his attention, one was really tall and silent with the other on his shoulders smiling and laughing with the girls below.

The one on top looked extremely short… he seriously didn't think that he was in this class; He looked like a grade-schooler. The teacher called the class to attention, and Eiji was forced to stand in front of the class and introduce himself. He noticed the curious gazes in his direction, and whispers about a "Host Club". Eiji didn't even know what a "host club" was, nor did he know why the girls were whispering about him being in one.

He dismissed it, figuring it was just gossip about the new kid. He was directed to his desk and class started, though all through class he felt eyes on him, and it made him wonder what he was in for.

Tomai, however, loved the attention he was getting. Once he walked in class all eyes were glued to him. He smiled at the curious eyes and turned to the teacher, filling out forms and answering questions. Then when it was time for him to introduce himself, he smiled at the class and did it.

Though he found class extremely boring, and hardly paid any attention to the lesson. He flirted with the girls in class when the teachers back was turned.

Once class ended, someone slammed their hand on Tomai's desk. He jerked up, looking up at the person.

It was a girl, with tanned skin, long dark hair and bright green, much like his own, but much brighter. Like green apples.

She didn't say a word; she only looked him up and down, with her lips pursed and squinting behind her glasses. Tomai thought that the girl was cute, so he gave her his most dazzling smile. It didn't faze her, she just turned and went to the back of the class room where a taller girl with chestnut brown hair stood. Her bangs went down past her eyes so that you couldn't see them, and a tall blond haired boy, and a guy with glasses stood next to her.

Tomai blinked, stunned by the encounter, but he easily shrugged it off, and gathered his things. He started on his way to the next class. He could get used to this.

Eiji wandered through the school, looking for his brother. The school was too huge for his brother to be getting lost in.

After a while of walking around he spotted his brother standing in front of a room marked "Music room 3".

"Tomai!" Eiji jogged over to his brother, "where have you been?"

Tomai shrugged, which Eiji thought was a really annoying habit of his. "I wonder what's in here," he reached over and opened the door, his eyes getting wide.

"It's a music room," Eiji said, "What do you think would be in-," Eiji looked in and froze.

"This doesn't look like a music room." Tomai was right, it didn't look like a music room at all, with fancy tables and couches scattered around the huge room. Smaller tables with vases holding huge bouquets of red roses were also scattered around, in an orderly fashion.

Tomai whistled, stepping inside the room, and then wandering off to Eiji's left, "This looks…. Expensive…"

"Don't steal anything," Eiji said, wandering off to the right, "We're probably not even supposed be in here."

Tomai scoffed, but Eiji was serious. Tomai hadn't stolen anything…Recently, and it hadn't been anything huge, just a pair of headphones, or a t-shirt, but that didn't mean he could steal something huge.

Eiji stared at the expensive paintings on the wall, 'this must be the 'Host Club everyone was talking about,' he thought. Deciding that he really shouldn't be caught in the room when he wasn't supposed to be, he turned on his heel and started for the exit. He was about to call out to his brother when he heard him yell, which was followed by the sound of something hard hitting the ground and a crash.

Eiji didn't want to look at what his brother had broken. He let out a long string of profanities that he knew his mother would back hand him for if she'd heard him.

"Oops."