They never noticed her. She didn't want them to.

She was always there in the background. The one who always came fourth on that oh-so-important ranking list for 3A, who didn't care to go to the Host Club.

Sometimes, she would look for Ayame, and they would study together. She didn't study too hard, of course. She didn't want to be noticed.

She noticed that people who the Host Club took an interest in usually ended up falling in love with one of them.

She didn't want that. All she wanted was to focus on her studies and then go to university and take over her father's company.

She supposes that Kyoya knew who she was. He did keep tabs on everyone, after all. And she was in his class. On the other hand, he was always writing in that book of his that looked like a Death Note. She wondered who was dying.

Yes, she's a geek. Then again, a lot of normal, non-heir-to-business-empire people are.

Of course, she tries to help them in her own small way. She keeps track of the fangirls. She laughs at the fanfiction that they write about the Host Club. She makes sure that they don't do things that would destroy the club dynamic.

She makes sure that someone watches out for them during club time, one for each host. She takes note of each observation, no matter how clouded it is by things like, "Tamaki is such a prince!" and "Honey-sempai is so cute!"

Of course, she knows that Haruhi is a girl; she does keep track of most of the people in the school, especially the scholarship students who don't have standing.

Maybe it's pity for them. For their convoluted love affairs, and for the inferences she pulls from them. She watches them sometimes too. She goes to some of the festivals; her father has always placed emphasis on the traditions of commoners, considering how close the company works with them.

They never noticed her. She didn't want them to.

After all, she noticed that people who the Ouran High School Host Club took interest in always ended up falling in love with them.

And no matter how attractive they were, she certainly didn't want that.

Hey there.

Yeah, I'm kind of still working on Clichébreakers. Just taking a small break.

I've recently developed a fangirlish liking for OHSHC. :) So on to the actual context of this story.

This oneshot is centered around an unspecified character in Tamaki and Kyoya's class. She's just there in the background, and doesn't really want to be noticed much, so she's kind of watching them, but not in a noticeable way.

Yeah, I guess Kyoya kind of knows. But he doesn't make too big a deal about it. Yeah. She's pretty smart, and she's okay-ish friends with Ayame, but she doesn't want to stand out too much and be noticed.

Thanks for reading :)

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~ Faye