...And So We Met...
Chapter 1: ...And So I Met Kaoru...
I took a deep breath, and looked down at my shaking hands. I tried not to grimace at the fluffy pink dress, edged with creamy eggshell lace that would be my uniform for the next four years of my life. 'It just had to be pink...' Reading my thoughts, my twin Mirimay (I call her Miri) glanced over and giggled. She loathed pink as much as I did. Blue had always been our color, showing off our eyes that were a light crystal blue, flecked with sapphire and silver. Mom liked to joke that we should've been blonde, instead of having the light brown, curly hair that we did.
"First day, huh?" I turned at the sound of the voice, right into the largest, darkest brown eyes I had ever seen. The girl who asked the question had short brown hair, which was clipped back from her face with two barrettes that matched our uniforms.
"That obvious?" I asked, chagrined.
"Nah. I've just never seen you before."
I extended my hand, "Kirimay Zyong, but you can call me Kiri. That's my twin, Mirimay, but you can just call her Miri if you like."
"Kiri...Miri..." she said, pointing to us each in turn.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Haru-"
"HARUHIIIII!" My head snapped up at the voice, which came from a tall blonde boy with purple-blue eyes.
"Daddy's missed you so much! Yes he has!" The blonde, who I decided now would be, "The Baka-King" said to the girl, who's name seemed to be Haruhi, in annoying baby-talk.
"Um...senpei...can't...can't...breathe!" the girl said, crushed in the Baka-King's embrace.
"Haru-chan!" I looked to see a shorter blonde boy running toward us at full speed. He was followed by a taller boy, with dark eyes and hair, who I thought must be his brother.
"Hello, Haruhi," said a tall boy with glasses and black hair standing behind me.
"Haruhi!" As a pair of identical twins, well, almost identical, except that one had dark ash-color hair, and one had orange, approached, calling out Haruhi's name, I began to wonder just who this girl was.
"Hi...guys..." Haruhi said, struggling out of the Baka-King's vice-like hug.
Miri, in her typical wallflower way, began to inch backward at the approach of so many new people, especially because they were all male. I considered doing the same, when the Baka-King turned to me, kissed my hand, and said, "now who would you two ladies be?"
"I'm Kirimay Zyong, that's my twin Mirimay...and...um...not to be rude...but...who the heck are you?"
I was surprised when the Baka-King looked shocked. "You...don't know who I am?"
I shrugged, "no clue..."
The twins pushed past and said in unison, "geez boss, you're not as popular as you think you are." The Baka-King proceeded to curl up into a ball in the corner of the yard. I guess I looked confused, because the little blonde explained, "Tama-chan is just having a little time-out, he'll be ok in a minute."
"Um...o...k..."
The orange haired twin then told me everyone's name. Mori-senpei was the tall dark one, and the little blonde was Hunni-sempei. The glasses boy was Kyoya-senpei. Tamaki was the name of the Baka-King, as I decided I would keep calling him. The ash-color twin was Hikaru, and the orange hair twin was Kaoru. I would have stayed and asked more, but I felt Miri getting more and more nervous, and besides, the bell rang.
"See you all later I suppose," I said as I looped my arm through Miri's and we walked through the doors. I stopped and let out a low impressed whistle...this place was HUGE!
Kaoru saw my expression and laughed, "come on, looks like we have the same class first." Oh, I didn't even notice I had dropped my schedule until he picked it up for me. Grabbing my hand, he pulled me toward what I assumed was our classroom. I blushed, and it puzzled me. I had held hands with boys before, so why did holding hands with Kaoru make me blush? After all, he was just showing me to class.
"Wait for me, Kaoru!" Hikaru called, turning away from Haruhi and running after us.
Kaoru laughed back, "I can't, I'll make Kiri late!"
I almost opened my mouth to mention Miri would be late too, but closed it. I felt a little guilty, but I was kind of glad he had only thought of me. "Miri too!" Shoot...that thought went out the window. The first day at my new school...and so I had met Kaoru.