Why hello there! I decided I needed to do one of these, cuz I've always wanted to. It'll make a little more sense if you read my other story, but it's not absolutely necessary. I'll try to update regularly, though my school schedule is erratic, so I can't make any promises. Here we goooo!
"Do you have everything you need in your bag? Did you pack a nutritious lunch? Don't forget your calculator, you'll need that! You made sure your bow was tied correctly, right? I mean the one on your uniform, not the one in your hair. Is the one in your hair okay too? Don't forget your—"
The girl in the bright yellow uniform turned around and rolled her brown eyes, her long blond hair whipping behind her. "Dad, please. I thought last year was the last time you'd do this to me. I'm a second year in high school now? I think I've got the hang of it."
The blond man's face instantly turned into a puppy dog's. "But…but…"
"Tamaki, stop fussing over Kotoko, she's fine." Haruhi said, sweeping into the room, dressed for court. Her short hair was combed neatly, and she gave her husband a pointed glare from over her coffee cup.
"Besides, Dad, why are you fussing over me instead of Akhiko? It's his first day of high school, not mine."
"BECAUSE DADDY JUST WANTS TO MAKE SURE HIS LITTLE GIRL HAS EVERYTHING SHE NEEDS!" he grabbed her into a tight hug. He smiled as his son entered the room quietly. "Daddy's little prince can take care of himself!"
"Dad…you're…choking…me!"
"Dad, please don't kill Kotoko." said the smaller son, who looked just like his mother, aside from the violet eyes.
Tamaki released the girl. "Well…alright. I guess you two should get going, then…" he kissed each child on their forehead, then pushed them out the door. "Hurry and get in the car before I get all emotional!"
"You mean that's not emotional?" Kotoko mumbled, at which Akhiko chuckled.
"Have a good day, kids!" Haruhi yelled after them.
"Bye mom!" Kotoko yelled back on her way out the door.
"Good luck in court today!" Akhiko added, shutting the door behind him.
"They're so much more like you than me." Tamaki commented.
"Thank god for that." Haruhi joked back.
Meanwhile…
"Aaaaand here's your lunch money!" Ella handed her daughter a bill, which the girl promptly put into her wallet. "You all good? Got everything you need?"
Ariana nodded, looking down at her cell phone, her short black hair falling around her face, her glasses shielding her blue-gray eyes. "Yes, I have everything on my list."
The blond woman laughed. "You're just like your father. I was never so organized."
She looked up and chuckled. "Yes, Mom, I know."
A man entered the room. "Morning, Dad." Ariana said, without turning around.
"Good morning, Ariana." Kyoya said. "And Ella." He gave his wife a peck on the cheek as he set his coffee on the counter. He looked at his watch. "Where's Miroki? She's going to be late."
"Heeeeere I am!" The first-year burst into the room, her wavy black hair bouncing behind her.
"About time." Ariana quipped, still looking through something on her phone.
"Aww, c'mon Ari, lighten up! It's only school." Her bright blue eyes spotted the tray of bacon on the table, and she hastened to grab a piece.
"I'm sorry some of us take our education a bit more seriously." She said monotonously.
Kyoya smirked. "That's my girl." he said to his wife.
"Well," Miroki stood up, having finished her breakfast. "Better get going, then!"
Ariana put away her phone wordlessly, picked up her bag, and led her sister out the door, waving behind her.
"Bye Mommy! Bye Daddy!" Miroki waved on her way out the door. "BYE, AIKO!" she yelled up the stairs, getting a sleepy groan in response.
"Stop bothering our poor little sister and let's go." Ariana said, rolling her eyes and pulling her giggling sister out the door.
"She got that from you." Kyoya said to his wife, in reference to their middle child.
Ella giggled and kissed her husband on the cheek. "I know."
Meanwhile…
Hikaru sleepily opened the door to the kitchen, still dressed in his pajamas.
Splash!
The now very wet Hikaru looked around the kitchen, trying to hide his laugh.
"Itazura! Taylor! I know you're in here!"
The giggling from behind the curtains to the big bay window alerted him: of course they were there. It was their favorite hiding spot. He walked over and pulled both curtains back, revealing the twin girls in their matching yellow uniforms, one with her strawberry blond hair in a ponytail, the other with it falling around her face and shoulders in layers, each of their bangs sweeping to opposite sides. They grinned up at him with mischief and pride in their golden brown eyes.
"Ha ha, very funny girls, wait until the next time your uncle's over here, we'll get you back good."
Taylor, the twin with her hair down, played innocent. "But daddy, Uncle Ricky would never do anything like that to us!"
Hikaru rolled his eyes. "Yeah. 'Cause I meant Uncle Ricky."
He then heard laughter behind him. "Did somebody go swimming in his clothes?"
Hikaru turned around to his wife, half glaring, half smiling. "Yeah, Emma, that's exactly what happened."
The blond woman smiled, turning around to grab her coffee. "You working today?" she asked.
"Yeah," he replied pressing the button to page one of the maids to come clean the puddle. "There's a fashion show tomorrow, Kaouru and I have to approve the outfits. Are you?"
Emma nodded. "New client. Recovering from a knee replacement." She turned to her children. "You guys made sure you were ready for school before you went pranking your father, right?"
The two nodded simultaneously. "Of course, mommy." Itazura, the ponytailed twin, said.
"Okay, good then, because it's time for you to go." Hikaru said, looking at his watch. "Don't wanna be late, off you go, to the car!"
The two looked at each other and giggled before running out the door, calling out over their shoulders. "Byyyyeeeee!"
Emma looked at her watch. "I've gotta go too." She said.
"Okay, see you later." Hikaru was about to give her a peck on the lips, when—
"Poof!"
A cloud of flour fell from the ceiling, completely covering Hikaru, flecks getting on Emma, who was cracking up.
"They get it from you, hon!" she called, running out the door.
"Nuh-uh! It's you!"
Meanwhile…
"Here's your lunch money, Matsuko!" His brown eyed, black haired, pigtailed mother handed him a few bills, then leaned in close. "I gave you some extra, in case you want extra snacks or sweets or something." The woman, Hanako, whispered, grinning. She tried to pat the top of his spiked hair, but she was very small, and he was very tall.
"Thanks, mom." The skinny, brown eyed boy patted his mother's head instead, making her grin even wider. "Well," she said, sighing. "Your father and uncle are in Spain, helping with military training, and your aunt's still sleeping, so I guess it's just me to see you off!" she sighed wistfully. "Your last first day of school…"
"Until college." He stipulated.
"No, no, no more! Now let mommy kiss you goodbye before you go!" the quiet child bent down, allowing his mother to kiss him on the cheek.
"Bye mom." He said, ruffling her hair one more time before he left. "Keep yourself entertained today."
Hanako sighed. "So reserved and quiet, yet so caring. Just like his father."
Later, at Ouran, before the first bell…
"Ariana!" Ariana turned around to see Kotoko waving at her excitedly. She waved back, which Kotoko took as an invitation to run over and give her a hug.
"Hello to you too." Ariana chuckled. "How was your break?"
"Oh, fantastic!" Kotoko enthused. "We spent it in France, with grandmother and grandfather. C'etait tres magnifique! How about you guys?"
Ariana rolled her eyes. "Mom insisted on Florida. My sisters enjoyed it, dad and I usually stayed in the hotel or read on the beach."
Kotoko shook her head. "I still can't understand why you dislike the beach so much."
"Hiya, Kotoko!" Miroki appeared from behind Ariana, grinning wide.
"Oh, hey Mimi! Kotoko grinned back. "I'll bet you had fun at the beach, right?"
"Oh yeah, it was great! I swam, like, the whole time. Big sis here was just a stick in the mud." She elbowed her sister playfully.
Ariana rolled her eyes.
"Oh," Kotoko said suddenly. "And if you're looking for Akhiko, he was over by the fountain reading."
"Oh, yeah thanks, I was going to ask you where Kiki was!" she walked backwards and waved as she went. "See ya later!"
Kotoko chuckled. "You know, she's the only one he'll let call him that."
Ariana shrugged. "She's been calling him that since they were babies. She couldn't say Akhiko, he couldn't say Miroki. So Mimi and Kiki it was."
"I think he likes her." Kotoko whispered.
"Who likes who?" the two girls turned to find their other friends behind them, having come from nowhere as usual.
"That's more than a little creepy, guys." Ariana said.
"Hmm, that didn't seem like a very friendly greeting, did it Taylor?"
"Indeed it did not, Itazura. What would have sounded friendly was 'Hi Taylor, hi Zura!"
The other two girls rolled their eyes and sighed, smiling nonetheless. "Hi Taylor, hi Zura!" they parroted.
"Much better." The twin second-years said in unison.
Suddenly a strong pair of arms came and lifted each of them up, making them squeal. "No teasing." The young man's deep voice said.
"Matsuko!" squealed Taylor.
"Put us down!" Zura protested.
He chuckled, then obeyed, setting them down gently, then nodded his greeting to the other two.
"You should be doing that to the first years!" Zura said to him.
"Yeah, where are they anyway?" Taylor asked the other two girls.
Ariana shrugged. "I'm not Miroki's babysitter."
Kotoko giggled. "I think they're over by the fountain."
Meanwhile, by the fountain…
"Ohhhhh Kiki!" The boy looked up at the sound of the all-too-familiar singsong and smiled, perhaps blushing a little as his best friend half-skipped over to the place where he sat.
"Hi, Miroki." He said with a smile. "Could you maybe not call me that so loud?"
She pouted. "But that's what I call you!"
Akhiko sighed. He couldn't say no to those big blue eyes. "Alright, alright."
Miroki smiled, then shifted her attention to the book in his lap. "What's this?" she asked, lifting it slightly so she could see the cover. Business Law Basics. "Oh, c'mon, Kiki! Studying already? Tut tut. You're just like my sister. Why so serious, little nerd?" she nudged him playfully.
He chuckled. "I guess I was just bored." He put the book away.
"I was only teasing, you know." Miroki said, still smiling. "I'm proud of my scholar-best-friend-guy!"
He laughed. "No, it's okay. I guess I'm just a little nervous."
As if on cue, the first bell rang, signaling them to go to their homerooms. He gulped.
Miroki giggled, pulling him up by the arm. "C'mon, Kiki. It'll be fine. I'll be right there with you, promise."
He couldn't help but smile at that. "Alright." He said, picking his bag up off the ground. "Let's get going."
Meanwhile…
Matsuko waved goodbye as he headed off towards his building. The girls waved back as they turned to walk away towards their own homeroom.
"So," Zura began. "What are we doing for fun this year?"
"Yeah," Taylor said. "Last year was good and all, but I got really bored.
"We do need something to do." Kotoko agreed. They all turned. "Ariana?"
She raised an eyebrow. "Why am I suddenly the ideas person? Come up with something, then tell me about it, and I'll tell you if it's possible."
"We've been trying for, like, six months!" Taylor whined.
"Yeah, and we've got nothing." Zura added.
Ariana shrugged.
"I know!" Kotoko said suddenly as they entered their homeroom. "We put all our heads together!"
"But we've been—"
"No, no." Kotoko cut Taylor off. "I mean like, ALL of us. Us four, plus Matsuko, Akhiko, and Miroki. We'll have to come up with something!"
"Yeah, you're right, that is a better idea!" Taylor agreed.
"And a lot more fun." Zura nodded.
They all looked at Ariana, who this time raised both eyebrows. "Why are we all looking at me for approval? If you guys think it's a great idea, sure, why not." She pulled out her phone. "I'll text the others and let them know we're meeting after school. By the is fountain good?"
"Sure." Kotoko said.
"Okay. Sent."
Okay, go ahead, tell me what you think! ^^ (I'm a total review junkie. After I post a chapter I check, like, every half hour.) This is gonna be like some kind of series in and of itself, if y'all like it:)