What's wrong, what's getting you down?
Was it something I might have said?
You're walking around with your head to the ground
And your eyes are watery red

It was the start of a brand new term in Ouran High. Students flooded into the school, tying to catch up with their friends to flaunt about their vacations. Most tried to outdo each other in terms of whose vacation was in a more exotic location. Others were trying to show the things that they have bought during the vacation, or things of the 'commoners' world' that they have tried.

However, only three didn't bother to participate in such banter. Haruhi Fujioka, the 'special student', as she was called by everyone on the campus, was not interested in such useless chatter, or so she said.

"I would have been glad if I could have gone to Osaka," she put it bluntly, and ignored the rest of the conversation. The only other two were the Hitachiin twins. These two had recently opened up to the rest of the world because of the Host Club and Haruhi, but because Kaoru didn't feel like talking much, Hikaru didn't either. In fact, Kaoru looked pretty lost in his own world. Hikaru just ignored him and played his Nintendo DS. Haruhi looked at them quizzically. For the entire time she knew them, the two were pretty friendly with the others. What caused the sudden change, especially in Kaoru?

"Hey Kaoru-kun," Haruhi called out. Kaoru didn't respond, just sat there and continued to stare into the air. Haruhi tried to catch Kaoru's attention again, but once again, no response was elicited from him. Evidently perturbed, she walked up to him and shook his shoulder, "Kaoru-kun!"

"Huh? What?" Kaoru was pushed out of his reverie. "What's up, Haruhi?" Haruhi sweat-dropped and replied, "You don't seem to be yourself today. Is something wrong?" Kaoru shook his head fervently, "Iie! Nothing's wrong, really!" Haruhi shrugged her shoulders and returned to her seat. Kaoru went back into his 'trance', and resumed staring into the air.

Time seemed to fly for the first day of the term, and the Host Club began its operations. Kyouya, just before opening the Host Club, announced, "All right everyone, this term we will try something new. Because recent surveys on the Host Club website has shown that many of our customers are getting bored with the current pairings, I've decided that we need a new set of pairings. Please choose your new partner."

"Ahh…" Tamaki started. "As otou-san, I'll pick…" Hikaru intervened, "Haruhi, I'll go with you." Haruhi nodded and said, "Hai, that'll do."

"But…but…Haruhi is supposed to be with otou-san!" cried Tamaki. He then proceeded to stone in a corner. Everyone sweat-dropped at the scene, and murmurs started, "I know he's dumb, but THAT dumb?"

"Kyouya-chan! I'll pair with you!" Hunny squealed, and jumped onto Kyouya's back. Kyouya pushed his spectacles up, and said, "No problem senpai, but just to tell you, I don't enjoy sweets so…" Hunny started to tear, "No…Kyouya-chan…please…" Kyouya sighed, "All right then…just a little." Hunny grinned, "Yay!"

All that was left was Tamaki, Kaoru and Mori. Kaoru was stuck. He obviously did not want to be paired with Tamaki…but he did not want Mori either…Mori was his…

Kaoru decided to take a gamble and said, "I'll go with Mori-senpai." Mori looked mildly surprised, but just uttered, "Ah."

"It's decided then. I'll be with Hunny-senpai, Hikaru with Haruhi, Kaoru and Mori-senpai, and Tamaki…well…Tamaki, you'll be alone, so you'll just do what Haruhi was doing last term: serving tea and sweets."

The stoned Tamaki did not respond. Satisfied, Kyouya closed his notebook and said, "All right, let the operations begin!" Kaoru's heart thumped wildly. He was paired with Mori. He thought "I've got to control myself…"

A/N:

Oh…it's my first story after so long! (:

Oh yeah, I know for now you don't really see a link between the song and the fic, but soon you will! (: The song can be found on my profile.

Anyway, I'm sure by the pairings you can already tell why Kaoru's so terrified. Review please! Review! Review! Review! Review! Review! Review! Review! Review! Review! Review! Review! Review! Review! Review! Review! Review! Review! Review! Review! Review! Please…big Hunny-senpai eyes