Princess, I mean Prince?
Chapter One: Faithful Meeting
by Kaekoni (name changed from Kaeko-san)
"Don't worry Haru, I'll always be with you, just continue being kind to those who are fragile, always show your kindness, never let anyone or anything get you down .. and stay true to your heart".
"M-mother, please don't leave me.."
"Good bye me dearest Haru.. I love you dearly..."
Geez its been a while since I have had a dream of mother ... maybe its because I'm nervous about changing to a new school, I hope I can make friends easily ... Don't worry mother, I'll be sure to treat the weak and fragile kindly.
Humming gently to herself she grabbed her uniform, she detested the bright yellow dresses they had, she preferred to wear shorts and baggy tops that didn't constrict her movements so much. With a sigh she slipped into her uniform flattening the creases and brushed her hair.
"M-Miss, breakfast is ready now, please come down and eat." a shy maid said through the slightly opened door.
"Ah. Coming~," She opened the door much to the maids surprise she giggled a little and patter the maid on the head "You don't need to be so shy, I don't bite" she flashed the maid a natural smile which made her blush.
The're so cute when they blush
Haruhi mused to herself as she made her way downstairs.
At dinning room was a rather large and spacious room, in the middle of the room was a large dinner table, it was rectangular and could fit 5 chairs each on the two long sides and one chair each at the shorter side, it was covered in an extravagant floral tablecloth lined with white lace on the hem. The table was decorated with Tiger Lilies, Magnolias, Tea Roses, Magenta Zinnia's and other flowers.
The room its self was empty apart from a few pot plants in the corners of the room and a large portrait of a woman with her chocolate hair in an elegant up-do, wearing a red dress just as elegant as the woman.
I miss you mother, its not the same without you here ...
Glancing up at her mother portrait the brunette gracefully ate her egg and toast complimented by a cup of English Tea. She quiet enjoyed her quiet breakfast meals, since her mother passed away and her father being busy with work the brunette has grown accustomed to being alone, but she was never really alone she was always with her house maids and butlers as well as other house staff, there were all very kind to her and treated her like their own child, so she grew up in a very loving environment.
"Miss, its time for you to leave now, will you be taking the car today?" her butler asked.
"No thank-you Henata-san, I'll be walking to school today" she replied smiling kindheartedly.
"Of course Miss, enjoy you day at school today" with that Henata-san bowed as the Mistress left waving to all her house staff as she made her way down the driveway".
The walk to school was calming, she took in every sight she saw, the children playing with their parents in the playground, swinging and laughing on the swings. She smiled at the sight.
Hehe, how happy they all look ..
"LET GO! ... P-PLEASE GIVE THAT BACK" a distressed cry came from around the corner.
Acting on impulse she ran around the corner and saw a girl with a rose pink bow in her hair and wearing the same uniform as she was struggling to get her bag from some boys, she recognized the uniform as the male Ouran uniform.
tsk, picking on a girl are they wimps?!
"Oi, give back that girls bag, pick on someone your own size" There was a hint of malice in her voice, and she gave them a death glare.
"Chet- who is this chick anyway?" one of the boys said dropping the girls bag
"Tsk, were going to be late now. Lets go" the other one said turning his back to both the girls.
They walked off snickering not caring to check up on the girl who was on the ground sobbing. Seeing the girl on the floor sobbing she went to see if she was ok.
"Are you ok, can you stand?" She asked with caution, only to notice the girl break down into tears, she looked at her with sad eyes.
"Now, now, don't cry, a woman's tears are worth more than the most valuable jewel on the Earth" the girl looked up with tears in her eyes and sniffed.
"T-thank-you for helping me," she sniffed again "My name is Houshakuji Renge" she stood up and brushed her dress off, when she was done she held out her hand. Her savior stared at it a bit then gave her a warm smile which made Renge blush slightly.
"I'm Haruhi, Fujioka Haruhi, its nice to meet you," she shook Renge's hand "Ah, we should be going we're going to be late if we don't hurry now.." Still holding Renge's hand she led them to Ouran High School.
Upon stepping onto the grounds she bumped into a figure ..
Omff- "Ah, so sorry about that please excuse me." Haruhi bowed slightly to the figure she had bumped into, the figure only looked at her slightly. The small brunette sensing the awkward situation glanced up at who she had bumped into, he had short raven hair that was neatly combed, he had thin glasses sitting on the bridge of his nose and carried a small black note book.
Upon seeing her face the young man's eyes widened slightly, he moved his glasses slightly to reflect the light causing his glasses to glare leaving Haruhi unable to see his eyes. Tilting her head slightly she looked up in curiousity.
"Ahem- You must be Fujioka Haruhi, am I correct?" he asked looking in his black note book jotting something down, once he was done he looked over to the girl in question.
"Yes that's me, its nice to meet you.." She trailed off realizing she didn't know his name.
"Ootori Kyouya," he said turning from her "Pleased to meet you to .. Haru"
With that the young Ootori left leaving Haruhi and Renge at the gate, suddenly remembering they were almost late for class.
How did he know my nickname .. I'm certain I've never met him before .. so why does it feel like I know him ...
"Are you sure Kyouya?," one voice asked "Are you really sure that its her?"
"Of course Tamaki, have I ever been wrong before?" the Ootori said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Hmm... do you think she remembers ... us?" Tamaki asked his violet eyes peering from under his blonde bangs, he sat on a chair in class room 2-A head perched on this hands while he stared aimlessly out the window.
"I'm not sure, I highly doubt that she would remember," Thinking back to their meeting earlier that morning and the look she gave him .. "She didn't seem to recognize me at all"
"I see then.." The blonde said narrowing his eyes at the raven haired boy who was busy writing in his note book "I guess its back in the open .. again.."
Kyouya stopped writing slightly and looked up at the young man that was giving him piercing glares, the young Ootori only blinked a few times then smirked,
"It seems so, Tamaki," he removed his gaze from the young Suoh and looked to the cherry blossom trees blowing gently out the window "It seems so".
In class 1-A everyone was idly chatting in their own groups, Range was sitting with Haruhi and they were talking about their families, not sitting too far from them were a pair of twins that seemed to be detached from the rest of the class. Haruhi being the observant person she was noticed them not talking to anyone but themselves decided to go and talk to them, she excused her self from their conversation with Renge and the class reps and made her way over to their desks.
"Excuse me," She said kindly walking up to them "You don't seem to be talking with anyone so I assumed you were shy.." the brunette noticed the twins golden brown eyes widen upon setting their gaze on her, she just smiled her natural smile "Its nice to meet you I'm Ha-"
"Haruhi," the left one said smiling at her "I'm Hitachiin Kaoru, and this" motioning over to the other twin
"I'm Hitachiin Hikaru, pleased to meet you .. Haru" he smiled, with a slight smirk.
That feeling again .. what is it?
"Psst, Hikaru don't say that we need to talk to Kyouya-senpai and Tono first" Kaoru hushed his twin while elbowing his rib. He glanced at his twin who was blankly looking out the window and he knitted his brows slightly.
"Sorry about him Fujiok-"
"Haruhi"
"Pardon?" Kaoru asked curiously
"Call me Haruhi, that is if I can call you Kaoru" she said tilting her head and smiling
A little stunned Kaoru could only stare the girl standing before him eyes wide, he went to speak only to be interrupted by the teacher walking into the room, she gave her quick good byes and sat in her designated seat, leaving Kaoru staring at her back for the rest of the class.
"Haruhi-chan," Called Renge after class ended for the morning "Haruhi-chan lets go to the cafeteria for lunch today?" Renge had a sparkle in her eye.
Haruhi smiled and agreed to accompany Renge to the cafeteria, which was rather large to accommodate the many students attending Ouran High School, there were many round tables for students and faculty to sit at; they were decorated with crisp white table cloths and had a small vase holding a few wisteria flowers in them.
Renge had pulled Haruhi over to an empty table where she let go of her wrist. The brunette gaining composure again noticed Renge was about to sit down and kindly pulled out her chair for her, causing Renge and others who were watching to blush. Seeing this from Renge made Haruhi laugh a little and sat in the spot next to Renge.
The two sat there chatting while waiting for their food, they talked about little things like what their houses were like, what they ate in the morning and dinner, the small chat was pleasant. Haruhi noticing their food was on the way notified Renge, who looked over and agreed.
Just then a small boy with blonde hair ran straight into the waiter causing the hot soup to go flying through the air heading straight for Renge, once again Haruhi acting on impulse she pulled Renge out the way sheltering her with her own body.
CRASH!
"Haruhi-chan, Haruhi-chan," shouted Renge as she ran into the infirmary "Haruhi-chan are you ok, oh no this is all my fault" tears welling in her eyes she felt a hand on her shoulder. Her eyes widened and turned to who it was. She remembered him as the boy who had knocked the waiter, and behind him was a tall serious looking man.
"W-who are you?" the teary girl asked
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean any harm.." the small boy looked to his feet "I'm Haninozuka Mitsukuni, and this is Morinozuka Takashi, I'm sorry for all the trouble we've caused.."
"Ah." was his companions input
He glanced over to the figure lying on the bed, "Is your friend ok?" he asked moving over to the bed, his eyes widened as he saw her face and he was speechless. His companion glanced over to the bed and widened his eyes very slightly.
"Mitsukuni.." he said in his deep voice
"I know Takashi ..." he replied eyes still on Haruhi sleeping on the bed "We need to tell Kyou-ch-"
As if on queue Kyouya, walked into the infirmary followed by Tamaki, Hikaru and Kaoru. Mitsukuni's eyes widened as he watched the group walk into the room, he felt a pat on his head and looked up to find Takashi smiling down at him.
the raven haired boy cleared his throat catching Renge's attention, she looked up to him her eyes slightly red.
"I'm sorry Miss Hoshakuji," he said adjusting his glasses slightly "But could we please be left alone for a while?" he waited for a response, only to be given a curious stare, he sighed inwardly.
"We have some business to discuss with Haru- Miss Fujioka" he motioned to the bed where she lay. Renge's eyes followed his motion to where Haruhi was, she looked down and nodded. She silently picked her self off the ground and made her way to the door, bowing slightly before exiting the room.
All the young men left in the room let out a small sigh and redirected their attention back to Haruhi's sleeping figure.
"Isn't it a beautiful day Haru?"
"Of course my dear, only more beautiful with you here"
"Oh, Haru..."
Haruhi shifted in her sleep and let her eyes flutter open, glancing at the blurry figures surrounding the bed, as her eyes adjusted to her environment she could make out some of the figures.
"Kyouya-senpai?" she glanced to him and moved her gaze around the room they landed on a familiar pair of twins.
"Kaoru? and Hikaru?" she sat up slightly as she finished looking at the other boys in the room.
"Are you feeling better?," a little boy propped him self on the side of the bed, his eyes were a milky brown, she stared at him a while before patting his head gently, then suddenly stopped.
Why did I do that? .. it seemed .. familiar..
The little blonde boy smiled at her, "I'm Haninozuka Mitsukuni, but you can call me Huni if you want" he chimed loudly as he sat next to her in the infirmary bed still smiling as he swung his legs over the side of the bed.
The tall silent boy walked up to the bed and sat beside it, "Morinozuka Takashi ... Mori" he said in a monotone voice and patted her on the head gently. She stared at him for a while, just eying his emotionless face.
Why does he remind me of someone ...
"Suoh Tamaki!" Her gaze shifted off the silent one and landed on the bubbly blonde with violet eyes beaming a warm smile at her, she couldn't help but smile as well, she chuckled a bit and the others just stared at her.
"Whats so funny Haruhi?" Kaoru asked curiously as she sat there laughing slightly
"I-its nothing Kaoru," she said between laughs trying to catch her breath, Kaoru just stared at her wide eyed at the mention of his name. She caught her breath and calmed down a little.
"You all just .." she looked out the window watching the sakura blossoms dancing on the wind "you just seem .. familiar, though I can't picture where from .. it sounds silly I know" she chuckled nervously.
The room fell silent, as each of the boys looked between each other exchanging knowing glances, the room felt tense, the young Ootori was the one to break the silence.
"Haruhi, did you know ... that you're a prince?"
To be continued ...
Helpful tips:
Magnolias stand for nobility
Tiger lilies stand for pride and wealth
Tea Roses mean "I'll remember always" - in memory of Haruhi's mother
Magenta Zinnias stand for lasting affection
Wisteria means "Welcome"
Disclaimer: I don't own Ouran HS Host club .. *sob*
Authors Note: Righty-o, here is my new story .. I don't seem to be sticking to one right now *crai* I'm still new at this so please don't rage at me ..
This is a .. very boring taster of whats to come, I guess the second chapter will be more exciting and explain things more .. I always end my stories on cliff hanger type endings .. please forgive me *bows deeply*
Please Read and Review .. I need all the help I can get