You had changed throughout the years. You had begun to realize this when a lump grew in your throat as you hopped off your limousine; entering the grounds of Ouran Academy for the first time in many years. That lump was not there because you were worried about making friends, no; you just had to agree with everything someone says and acquaintances galore.
It was them. Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin. The boys you so long ago desperately tried to become friends with in and out of school. Now that was a real big effort there. Despite your stomach groaning with insecurity about the cold-hearted and malicious twins, you had regarded them as your closet friends ever since you met them. This confused your thoughts very much so up to this point.
You walked up the stairs; your school bag clutched rigidly in your hand. It soon relaxed after some thinking that there was a good likelihood of you not even being in the same classes as the twins and you quickened your pace, almost speed-running as you passed various students, a small relieved smile gracing your lips.
Besides, they were never the popular ones either so you wouldn't get embarrassed by them in front of everyone. . . Right? It's not like you were popular still anyways. No one after grade school appreciated your tolerant and optimistic personality. And the twins didn't even know you were here either, your mother wanted to make it a 'surprise'.
First you were headed towards the office to gather your books; if you knew where it was located. You scratched your [h/c] messy bun and cried out in misery for not remembering.
Fortunately for you a sophomore with an almost daunting aurora saw your distress and directed you to the front office. But before you went your separate ways he said coolly from behind you, "Welcome back to Ouran." And before you could turn around in alarm as to where he got the information that you had attended this school beforehand the door had shut.
"[Name] [Last name]?" You had flipped back around to see an older looking woman behind a mahogany counter. You smiled sheepishly and stepped forward. "Yes, that's me." The woman looked as if she was about to say something but hesitated and instead bent behind the counter and lifted 6 heavy books into your arms.
You let out a 'hoof!' as they dropped into your arms and it took you a couple of seconds to get used to the extra weight. "Yeah I know, they killed my arms too." The lady at the desk smiled at you and then sat to type at her hidden laptop.
"T-Thank you, then." You heaved and exited the room with a shove (your arms were obviously occupied) and proceeded towards your locker, someplace you knew because you had passed by it almost a thousand times when you visited over the weekend (You had first enrolled again in January), making a mental note to remember it.
You marveled at how much more extravagant the corridors were compared to the grade school part you remembered. It had reminded you of the first time you met the Hitachiin twins.
"Remember, Hikaru and Kaoru are the redheads." Your mother said as you departed for your first day of 1st grade. "Okay! . . . But why do I need to know?" Your mother gave an exasperated sigh and bent down to your level, "Because they're Mrs. Hitachiin's children that's why! Do you want mommy to go broke?"
She had always used that line against you. She said if you hadn't become friends with the twins Mrs. Hitachiin wouldn't like her anymore; she'd stop selling your mom her designs, and therefore your mother would not have anything to sell to stores around the world.
"No. . ." You looked down at your feet and pouted, 'She says that all the time.' "Good then, have a nice day, [Name]! Ms. Ostberg'll pick you up when you get out!" She hugged you tightly and kissed your head before walking back to the limousine you and she came out of.
"Bye mommy . . ." You murmured under your breath and turned to look inside the building. The arched ceiling was so tall from where you stood your neck began to hurt from looking at it so much throughout the morning.
After a couple of silly lessons the class was let out for recess. Your grin stretched from ear to ear suiting you well. You almost completely forgot about becoming friends with Hikaru and Kaoru by competing in a race around the recess area (in which you almost won if it wasn't for a bit of cheating that caused you face plant directly into the grass).
You picked yourself up and wiped your face off looking around to see who won. You noticed everyone was at least about 15 yards away from you at this point; they probably thought you were going to tattle on them. What you didn't notice was that everyone was quaking with hushed laughter, too.
Dusting off your knees you twirled in a circle until you found the two redheads your mother was talking about on a bench in the corner. You immediately began to dash towards them and almost lost your footing when you halted right in front of them. "Heyo guys!" You began cheerfully; wanting to make a good first impression.
"Go away." They said in unison before you could actually finish your sentence. "Why, don't you want to be friends?" Your smile faltered a bit and you rubbed your arm . "No, we don't need retards like you." Hikaru and Kaoru scowled again in unity once more.
"Aw no need to be so harsh!" You laughed and trying sitting on the bench only to be pushed to the ground instantly by both of them. You propped yourself up on your elbows and tried to complement them. "You guys are really fast!" You beamed from the ground as they towered over you.
"Faster than you. You didn't even make it to the finish because you tripped on your two left feet." Your eyes widened at this, the smirk vanished upon your face. You did not trip on accident. "Haha, clown feet, right?" As if your face was stuck in time you said the words with such joyful vigor that it was shocking you weren't smiling.
But no, the frown still stuck until the end of the day. "How was your first day of school sweetie pie?" Your mother asked you, ruffling your hair. ". . . Great."
You got pulled out of your thoughts as students began pouring into the halls, some pushing you against your locker and making you spill your books everywhere. "Crud!" You said irritably as you got to your knees to try to pick up your books.
After successfully dodging students to get to your literature book that lay in the middle of the hall (it was a rough task) you put some things you didn't need in your locker and fumbled with your school bag to find your class number written on a piece of paper '1-A'.
"1-A huh? What's this class for, the smarties? Then I'm flattered." A lazy smile and a roll of your [e/c] eyes at this you were off; occasionally bumping into a few students.
You casually walked down the hall and looked at the names of each classroom awaiting the 'intellectual' class of 1-A. Once she found it she peered inside from the door and saw that the teacher was in mid-speech about something.
You tried to see who else was in the classroom but you did not want to squish your face against the glass and look like a birdbrain. After the teacher had finished he looked around at the classroom and then spotted you behind the door.
He came to the door and opened it for you, smiling warmly. "Ah, hello, Ms. [Last Name]." You smiled at him and kept your gaze on him, not wanting to make eye contact with anyone in the class . . . just in case. "Heyo!" You said, grinning widely, but then inside you immediately wanted to backtrack that.
What if they were in that class? You had always greeted the twins with 'Heyo'.
You aimlessly strolled around the Hitachiin mansion, hoping to find the Hitachiin twins but if you didn't that was okay because you had fun just staring at all the paintings lining the walls. "What are you doing in our house?"
It was more authoritative then questioning type of sentence so you knew they had known for awhile that you were here. None the less you turned to them and smiled brightly, "Heyo!" They frowned at your lack of response while Hikaru seethed at her, "Is that the only thing you can say?"
Your smile just grew wider at this. "Well I wouldn't be able to answer that with a real answer if that was the case." Kaoru glared at you and Hikaru's flushed, "Go away useless imbecile." You flinched at the roughness of his words but you sweetly said, "Sure." and proceeded to walk down the hall.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?! Just gonna let us walk all over you?! You're weak!" Hikaru and Kaoru took turns at saying this, but ended up saying the last thing in harmony. You tried to hide your surprised smile. They were the tsundere type anyways. "You told me to leave!"
"Here, you can sit in the front next to Hika—" Your stomach fell from out below you. You must have visibly shown the dread because the teacher abruptly stopped talking.
Thank goodness you were faced away from the class. "Are you feeling okay?" he asked you. "Y-Yeah, I'm fine." You shakily responded. "If you begin to feel sick you can go to the nurse." He told you and you nodded. "Okay, so you can sit next to Hikari."
Your eyes widened exceptionally wide Hikari? Phew! You turned around less anxious then before to see a girl in the front row waving at you. Relief filled you exponentially as you walked over to your seat, grinning a little too happily.
Chatter began to fill the room as the students waited for the bell to ring. "So, [Name], you'll really like this school, it's nice." Hikari had begun a conversation with you; you nodded blissfully paying attention to every word since you did not have a weight over your shoulders for now.
You two came to the topic of classes and you pulled out your time table. "Wow, you have almost all of your classes with . . . Lucky!" Hikari suddenly exclaimed, looking at you with mock envy. "Huh? Who do I have classes with?"
You were completely oblivious as to who she was talking about. She pulled you closer and squealed quietly, "The Hitachiin twins!" You would never dream that a person could go through so many ups in downs in the matter of five minutes.
"W-W-What?" You stuttered horribly, this couldn't be true! It just couldn't! Hikari gave you a strange look, "I m-mean who? Who are they?" You backed away from Hikari in your seat and clutched the bow on your uniform with both hands. You were so anguished about being in their classes you didn't even wonder why she was squealing about the Hikaru and Kaoru.
"They're like the most attractive of the host club of course!" You tilted your head, now purely confused. Attractive? Host club? What the— "And they're so funny—" You just had to stop Hikari right there. Funny? There must be another set of Hitachiin twins around here. You wore the most baffled face on the planet.
"What do . . . they look like?" You questioned her quietly. "Oh, why, they're right behind you! I didn't even mention you were in the same advisory as them?! Well, you should have seen them already!" While Hikari was fan-girling nonsense you grabbed your bow tighter and unhurriedly turned around to see the same Hitachiin twins she had spent her childhood with animatedly talking to a brown haired boy.
"No way. . ." You spun back around and looked at the ground. "Woaw, they're smiling . . ." Before you could ask Hikari what had snapped in their heads to make them become so happy the bell had rung and everyone left. You stayed behind purposely so you could see the backs of the twins at least; you didn't get a good look at them the first time.
What if they had began to feel happy once you left? This thought made you extremely uncomfortable to be at this school again; but you sighed and tried to push that to the back of your mind as you exited the empty classroom.