Hi everyone! Saemi here! I've always had been a reader here and never published any stories. So this is actually my first uploaded story, I hope that it's good enough. Reviews are really helpful, since I'm a beginner writer, but no flames please. My heart wouldn't be able to take it.
Anyways, please enjoy~
'Dear Mother in heaven, it's been quite some time since I enrolled here in Ouran. I'm doing fine, even though the school is pretty weird, since common sense is not common in here. Those rich bastards have their own way thinking, especially those in the Host Club. Speaking of which, my life had been chaotic ever since I joined that club. But don't worry, things will return to normal once I repay my debt. Though, with how things are going I doubt that I'd be paying that debt soon. I don't know how but it seems that my debt keeps pilling up. Every time I come close to paying it all off, it would somehow multiply again. Hmm…I'll talk to Kyouya-senpai about that.'
"Oi, Haruhi~" the Hitachiin twins chorused, snapping Haruhi in her daily internal conversation with her deceased mother.
"What is it?" said Haruhi, annoyance clearly evident in her tone, but the twins didn't seem to notice.
Hikaru put an arm around Haruhi, "Have you heard? We'll be having a new student in our class!"
"Isn't it exciting?" followed Kaoru and mimicked Hikaru's actions, successfully invading Haruhi's personal space.
"No, not really and get off me, you're too close." Haruhi deadpanned
"Geh! Haruhi is boring~" The twins backed off and stuck their tongues out at Haruhi.
Haruhi crossed her arms "So what if there'll be a new student, it has nothing to do with my debt, therefore it doesn't concern me".
The twins sighed, "Aren't you curious? What if the new student was an alien, or a super hero, or a spy, or-"the twins droned at the new student's possible identity, much to the dismay of Haruhi.
'Alien? Super hero? Spy? These two are speaking nonsense. They must've had too much sugar in their coffee again.'
"or a princess of a remote country, with unparalleled grace and beauty. That would be so sweet, right Kaoru?" Hikaru finished and turned to look at Kaoru.
"I see…So that's it Hikaru, I guess you prefer beautiful princesses than your own brother" Kaoru said, looking hurt.
'Oh boy, here we go again' Haruhi thought, another episode of the twins' "brotherly love" was playing.
"That's not what I meant!" a shocked Hikaru replied.
"I understand Hikaru, I'll be cheering you on, so don't worry about me" Kaoru turned his back at Hikaru, making it look like that he had just made a hard and sorrowful decision.
"No! I won't have that" Hikaru embraced Kaoru and cupped the latter twin's chin. "Kaoru is the most important person to me, and no one could ever replace you."
"Really?"
"Yes, not even beautiful princesses could ever change my love for you brother." Hikaru leaned in closer to Kaoru's face.
"Hikaru"
"Kaoru"
"Kyaaah! There it is, brotherly love!" A wave of "Kyaahs" and girls fainting filled 1-A's classroom, the twin's "Brotherly love" was too much for them to handle. Hikaru and Kaoru broke up from their lovey-dovey pose, and grinned at an exasperated Haruhi.
"Geez, it's too early for that kind of crap, at least wait until lunch time before doing that." Haruhi berated
The twins gasped "Oh no, Haruhi said a bad word! If our lord heard this, his heart would surely break in two".
"Whatever" Haruhi scoffed, making the twins grin even wider.
"That's enough. Everyone settle down and return to your seats, I have something important to tell you" The teacher entered the classroom, and everyone did as he said.
"Starting today, you'll be having a new classmate" the teacher announced. "You may come in and introduce yourself".
Everyone in the class stared at the door, waiting expectantly for the new student. Even Haruhi got curious at this point, it's not every day that someone new turns up. Maybe the new student will be normal for a change.
Footsteps are heard and the new student entered the classroom.
"Good morning, I'm Tsuchiura Madoka. It's a pleasure to meet all of you" the new student curtsied.
"Oh, it's just her, she looks just as plain as before. How boring" Hikaru and Kaoru whispered.
The girl had long ebony hair tied in a loose ponytail, and she was quite tall for her gender, but those were her only outstanding points at the moment. She was the type that looked normal in girl's clothing but looked good in men's clothes. Madoka had been wearing the girl's uniform, therefore she looked plain; just as the twins had suggested.
"Hey, that's not a nice thing to say, and she might hear you" Haruhi whispered back to the twins.
"Don't worry, I doubt that she heard us."
Unfortunately, the subject in question did hear the twins' comment. A vein popped and she subtly glared at their direction. Nobody noticed, except the guilty party and Haruhi.
"Oh dear, I think she heard us. Whatever shall we do?" Hikaru asked in a mocking tone
"You could apologize you know." Haruhi suggested, but somehow she knew that her suggestion would be ignored.
"Nah" the twins answered. "Why should we apologize for telling the truth?"
"Hitachiin brothers, Fujioka! Be quiet, I can hear your mumbling voices "the teacher chastised the trio. "Tsuchiura you can seat beside Fujioka over there. Fujioka please raise your hand, so that she could see you".
Haruhi raised her hand, and Madoka went to seat beside Haruhi, but not before glaring some more at Hikaru and Kaoru, who were seated in front of Haruhi. The normal class routine continued.
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Lunchtime…
Madoka decided to eat her lunch at the classroom. Her favorite beef dish was what their family's personal chef had prepared. She was about to devour the said lunch, but the little devils from before disturbed her.
"Yo! Tsuchiura! We haven't seen you for a long time, so how's life?" Hikaru and Kaoru appeared from nowhere and asked her.
"Hmmp, I see you two haven't changed as well, you're still as obnoxious as before" Madoka told the twins, and took a bite of her lunch. 'Yum! So delicious'
"Why thank you, we work hard in maintaining our craft." The twins grinned and made a peace sign.
Madoka rolled her eyes. "Please leave me alone, I want to enjoy my lunch in peace"
"We were just greeting you, no need to become upset" Hikaru pouted. "Come, Kaoru let's go to the cafeteria instead, the idiot lord is more interesting to annoy." Hikaru left the classroom, and was grinning devilishly; he was planning new ways on how to annoy the host king.
"Are you coming with us, Haruhi?" Kaoru asked the short brunette.
"Ah, no. I've got something that I have to do, you guys go ahead without me" Haruhi answered. She didn't want to become part of Hikaru and Kaoru's evil schemes, and she really had something to do.
"Okay, suit yourself, but if you change your mind you know where to find us." Kaoru gave a soft smile and went after Hikaru.
After Kaoru left, Haruhi sat beside Madoka and apologized.
"I'm really sorry about earlier, Tsuchiura-san. I'm sure they didn't mean what they said." she felt sorry for the newcomer, because those comments were really rude. Her big doe eyes were staring at Madoka.
"It's quite alright, I'm sort of used to getting that kind of comment" Madoka stopped eating, and turned to look at her seat mate. 'Woah, those eyes are huge, they're like a doe's''
"I'm Fujioka Haruhi, by the way, and if you ever need help, don't hesitate to ask me" Haruhi smiled and extended her hand.
"I've heard about you, you're the special scholarship student right? Wow I've never talked to an actual commoner before, so how does it feel to be one?" Madoka accepted the gesture and shook hands with Haruhi. 'His hands are small and he looks too cute to be a guy. He's definitely a girl, there's no mistaking it. But how come she gets to wear the guy's uniform? It's not fair! I hate wearing this stuffy uniform.'
"Uhh…normal I guess?" Haruhi sweat dropped, her new seat mate was another one of those "Rich bastards" So much for finding a normal person in Ouran.
"Normal! I see! You're a commoner, therefore you feel "normal" Why didn't I think of that? " Madoka nodded and completely forgot about Haruhi's strange clothing. "I really want to become friends with a commoner, so I hope Fujioka-san and I could be friends." Madoka beamed and her eyes were twinkling.
"Yeah…sure" Haruhi answered with a bit of uncertainty. 'Well, she doesn't seem like a bad person'
"Oh joy! I can't believe I made a friend in my first day, and a commoner to top it off! I'm really glad that I returned to Ouran!" the tall brunette was overjoyed, and it seemed like sparkles and rainbows were radiating from her.
Haruhi cringed ' What am I, some kind of endangered species? ' Haruhi recalled Madoka's speech and noticed something odd, besides the overly excited tone."Returned? But, aren't you a new student?"
"Well, I studied pre-school up to 6th grade here in Ouran, and transferred at another school on my middle school years. Also, I've been classmates with the Hitachiin brothers during the whole course of my stay here in Ouran." Madoka explained, her composure was returning.
"Oh, that would explain why you know Hikaru and Kaoru so well" Haruhi said and felt somewhat enlightened.
Madoka made a confused face "I know them well? I don't think so, if it was their past selves then maybe. I know I said that they haven't changed but the truth is that they really changed a lot. I was actually surprised when they came over to greet me. Before, they wouldn't talk to anyone but themselves, it was like they had a world of their own. "
Madoka paused then continued "But now they seemed to be opening up to people, and you seem close to them, I don't remember them being that friendly with other people. Kaoru even asked you to join them in their scheming. I think that it's you that knows them well".
Haruhi blinked and pointed at herself, Madoka nodded and the conversation about the twins ended.
"Oh yeah, can I ask you something?"
"You're already asking"
"Are you doing anything after class? Why don't we hmm…how do you commoners say it "hang-out", I really enjoyed talking with you."
"Sorry, I have club activities, so I can't." Haruhi apologized
"Club activities?" Madoka stopped, she forgot something important and recalled it just now. "Ah! I almost forgot! Thanks for reminding me Fujioka"
"You're welcome…I guess?" Haruhi was a bit confused, she was not sure what she did right, but decided not to care much about it.
'She's actually pretty decent to talk to; I just hope she stays like that forever. Her attitude earlier reminded me of a certain annoying individual.'
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Elsewhere…
"ACHOO!"
"Bless you"
Suoh Tamaki, aka host king/idiot lord, sneezed and thanked the shadow king, who was busy planning the host club's activities for the day. "A lovely maiden must be thinking highly of me Kyouya, though I am not worthy of such affection."
"No way! Somebody must be thinking how utterly annoying you are" the twins appeared, ready to infuriate the hell out of Tamaki.
"Take that back!"
"We don't wanna!"
Chaos ensued and Kyouya's quiet lunch break was shattered.
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After class…
'I can't believe that I almost forgot to sign-up for a club, luckily they are still willing to accept new members. I can't wait to meet the captain!' Madoka thought absent-mindedly, while the vice-captain was explaining the do's and don'ts of the club.
"-and those are the general rules and regulations. Any questions?" the vice captain asked, but was annoyed to find out that his companion was not really paying attention. "Oi! Did you even hear what I just told you?"
Madoka broke from her stupor and answered the vice-captain "Of course, I didn't miss a single beat! So where's the captain? He doesn't seem to be present, when can I meet him?"
The vice-captain's vein popped and his annoyance levels increased. "Don't tell me, you're one of those fangirls that only want to join this club, so that they could become closer to the captain!"
"Fangirls? He has fangirls? Heh~ I didn't know that he was popular" Madoka stated with awe. "Though, it is true that the captain is one of the reasons why I joined the club."
"You didn't even deny it! How shameless!" at this point the vice-captain was fuming and was literally spewing out flames from his mouth.
"I said the captain was one of the reasons, I didn't say that he was the only reason. My last school didn't have this kind of club and, and I really enjoy doing this sort of thing" Madoka explained exasperatedly. The vice-captain calmed down a little but still looked unconvinced.
"Say what you want, but I still won't believe you."
"What? So you're kicking me out? But I haven't even done anything!" Madoka cried, she could not believe that her vice-captain was being petty.
"As much as I want to, but I can't do that. The middle school captain vouched for you months before you even enrolled. Plus you're a Tsuchiura, my family would have my neck if they learned that I kicked you out" the vice-captain clearly looked upset, while Madoka was relieved.
'I can't believe that guy did that for me, it's not even certain that I will be enrolling here. I'd better thank him later.'
"You still haven't answered my question."
"You're still going on about that? Fine…I'll tell you" the vice-captain sighed in defeat. "Go to the third music room, he's usually lounging there after club hours, and when the club doesn't have a meeting."
"Eh? Why?"
"You really don't know anything, do you?"
Madoka nodded
"Just go there and see for yourself" the vice-captain rubbed his temples, he was getting tired of their conversation. 'and maybe if I'm lucky, what you see in there would make you quit immediately. I hope you'll become their permanent customer'
"Okay, I'll go there. Thanks for telling me" Madoka bowed politely to show gratitude.
The vice-captain scowled and crossed his arms "Hmmp, whatever. You won't last a week with that kind of reason. The captain is dedicated person and is very strict. Many fangirls who tried to join learned that the hard way."
"I know" Madoka smiled and left.