Disclaimer: I don't own Ouran High School Host Club
Prologue
The girl removed the picture frame from the mantle and took the photo out. Lightly running her fingers across the photo she smiled.
"I'll see them again, Mama!" she said with a sparkle in her eye.
The tall woman smiled at her daughter. "I'll miss you so much! But I'm so happy you'll get to see your auntie and uncle," she said, pulling the child into a hug. "I'm glad you'll get to go to your cousins' school. It's a good school and I'm sure you'll make lots of friends while you're in Japan."
"I wish I could go to the same classes as them," the girl sighed. Her smile faded slightly.
"You're not old enough, dear. You're two years younger, I'm afraid you can't," her mother explained sympathetically. "You'll get to see lots of them in the evenings though. You're staying at their house!"
"Really?" the girl exclaimed. Her face brightened again. She hugged the picture of her aunt, uncle, and two cousins. It had been years since she'd seen them. The last memory she had of her cousins was when she was five. They hadn't been exactly nice to her, but for some reason unexplainable she loved them dearly despite that. She was determined to be accepted into their world. Determined for them to let her in. Determined to be their friend. Like her, they were older now. People often changed as they grew older. It was her hope that they had changed too. She knew she had. "Mama? Will they be happy to see me?" she asked, turning to her mother.
"I don't know," her mother replied with a frown. "I'm not sure they'll remember you. But I'm sure they'll grow to love you once they meet you again!"
The girl smiled. "Its okay if they don't," she said. She closed her eyes to hide the look of sadness she had in her eye at the thought. "I'll try my best to be accepted!"
The woman hugged her daughter. "I hope everything goes well," she told her. "I'll be thinking about you. Come home safely!"
The girl smiled, holding the picture out at arms length. She stepped away from her mother's embrace and smiled warmly at the picture. "Do you hear that?" she said to the picture. "I'm coming to see you, Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin. Won't you take me in?"