A/N: A co-written story by Quilla The Silent and I! Woo! We are on a role today! A few notes about the story: This is kind of a harem. We tried to keep the canon characters as themselves, but there might be a little bit of OOC-ness, and uh, please review and let us know what you thought about this first chapter!

Summary: Renge introduces one of her close friends to the host club with a request for them. Her friend Emme is shy and in need of some good friends at the academy. They agree to this request and befriend the quiet girl. What happens when they get to know this girl more? Who will win her heart?

Disclaimer: The company names and games mentioned in this chapter are purely fictional, FICTIONAL we tell you. Any same company names/games is purely coincidental.

Heartstrings*

Chapter 1

"My request is simple!" Renge smiled, pointing to the hosts. "I want you to become friends with my darling angel, Emme."

"Darling?" "Angel?" Hikaru and Kaoru's eyebrows raised.

"Emme?!" Tamaki's eyes widened. Trying to picture this girl in his head, he imagined she had wavy blond hair and eyes as blue as the sea, with a smile so sweet, light poured down around her. He imagined Haruhi standing next to her in awe, the two girls giggled, and ran together, hand in hand into the sunset...

"If I'm not mistaken, your friend is Emme Hatsuhara. Her family owns the video game company Asobu*, known mostly for their RPGs and fantasy genres." Kyoya said, pushing up his glasses and smiling. He began calculating in his head how beneficial it would be to befriend her.

Renge nodded, "Her eldest brother Levi is a graphic designer for the company, plus he's a voice actor. Luke, the second oldest in the family, beta tests all of the games the company makes." She sipped her cup of tea elegantly before continuing, "Emme has also done some beta work and voice acting for one of their newest games: Springtime Love."

"I want to meet Emme-chan!" Honey exclaimed cheerfully. He looked up at Mori and asked, "Do you want to meet her too, Takashi?"

"Mm," Mori nodded his head.

"Does she go to school with us?" Haruhi asked, setting a tray of cakes on a table.

"She's just enrolled. Her first day is tomorrow." Renge smiled, "Oh I can't wait! You're gonna love her!"

"It's decided then!" Tamaki said, whirling around, striking a pose. "We are all going to become friends with Emme!"

"Right!" The twins, Mori and Honey saluted.

"Let's do our best to give Miss Emme a warm greeting." Kyoya smiled, writing something in his secret book.


The next morning, the twins, Haruhi and Renge were sitting in class, as the teacher announced the new student, Emme Hatsuhara.

Emme stood awkwardly in front of the whole class, staring down at her feet. She was short, barely over five feet tall, and thin. She had long dark brown hair, braided over her shoulder, and dark green eyes. She had a pale complexion too. She didn't wear the school uniform, but rather a pair of black skinny jeans, a dark blue hoodie and black converse with pink laces.

"I'm Emme, I'm new...I-I mean.." she became flustered, and shook her head. "It's nice to meet you.. please take care me of - of me!*"

"She's so flustered, her face is red." Hikaru murmured to Kaoru.

"Ya, and she seems to be struggling to find words to say." Kaoru whispered back.

Haruhi, who was sitting between the two, said thoughtfully, "She seems kind of cute like that though."

Emme began to walk down the aisle of desks, looking at her feet, and twiddling her thumbs. She bumped into her desk, and stumbled a bit backwards into Kaoru. Quickly she turned around, bowing, she said, "I'm so sorry."

"It's ok." Kaoru said, watching as she sat down at her desk, her head bowed, biting her lip.

Really... clumsy.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~End of chapter 1!~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Notes: *! Think of this as a sort of red blinking arrow that you get to discover the meaning of at the end of the chapter.

Heartstrings: one's deepest feelings of love/compassion

Asobu: means "to play" in Japanese

Me of - of me!: Emme got mixed up in Japanese, she said no Watashi, instead of Watashi no, but quickly realized her mistake and corrected her self.