I do not own Ouran High School Host Club. I only own my OC: Akiko Kimura.
Akiko stood before the large building, keeping the bright sun out of her eyes as she watched other students enter Ouran High. She had only been here for a few days, but already, she's bored with everything. These carefree people... sickened her somehow. They all lived in their own little worlds, and she was left out of those worlds.
It made her sad that no one would try to be her friend.
It wasn't that she wanted to be popular, but Akiko just wanted someone to talk to. Even if they were just study partners, Akiko wanted someone to talk tol Honestly, she'd even ask a commoner to be her friend, but her father would never approve. Akiko tried to hang on to the small hope that someone might become her friend today, but she knew that friendship came in time. Talking about time...
Akiko glanced at her watch, jumping when she realized that she'd be late for her class if she waited any longer. Hurriedly, she rushed through the school, trying to remember the route to her classroom that she was supposed to memorize. She looked at the walls for any helpful directories or signs to help her get to her class, but she couldn't find any. Soon enough, she was lost.
Kyoya didn't know why he was wandering around the school when his first class was about to begin. He was about to head back when he saw a petite blonde-haired girl with light blue eyes. He watched her for a few moments as she looked through the open doors of the classrooms, and he realized that she was lost. Deciding to be gentlemanly, he walked up to her.
"Do you need help, miss...?" A polite voice asked her.
Akiko turned around to see a tall, black-haired boy with glasses that hid his grey eyes. She looked around herself to make sure that he was talking to her before responding, "I'm Akiko Kimura. I'm, um, the new transfer student. I'm looking for my class."
The boy pushed up his glasses and asked in a polite voice, "Which class do you attend?"
"Er, class 2-A."
"I have the same class," he smiled, but it seemed fake to Akiko, "Follow me, please."
The boy started walking fast, and Akiko had no choice but to follow him, unless she wanted to be late. She sighed in relief as they entered the classroom. But the moment they entered, a blonde boy bounced up towards the black haired boy.
"Kyoya! You're finall-" the blonde boy noticed Akiko, who was standing next to the black haired boy - or Kyoya, as the blonde had called him, "HOW DARE YOU START DATING A GIRL WITHOUT DADDY'S PERMISSION?!" the boy cried out, holding one hand to his mouth in a gasp as he pointed at Akiko.
Akiko took a step back, disturbed by what she had just heard. What...? she thought to herself, this boy must be crazy.
"Tamaki," said Kyoya in a forced-calm voice, "This is Akiko Kimura. She's a new student. I just met her in the hallway, and I -"
"Oh!" the boy that Akiko assumed was named Tamaki had a dreamy look in his eyes, "It was love at first sight!"
"N-no!" both of the boys stared at Akiko, surprised at her sudden, angry outburst. The blonde girl turned to look at Kyoya, "Thank you, Kyoya-san, for helping me find my way to class. And you, Tamaki-san," she whipped around to glare at him, "Don't assume things! Now please, could you two leave me alone?"
While Tamaki sulked at his gloom corner, Akiko could've sworn there was a hint of a smile on Kyoya's face. She walked to the only empty seat in the class and sat down. Luckily, the seat was next to a window so when the teacher came into the classroom, Akiko looked outside at the beautiful gardens, only glancing away to take a few notes. Soon enough, it was lunch break (the students didn't have to stand up to switch classes - the teachers were the ones who switched). Akiko sighed. Thankfully, she had memorized the way to the cafeteria. Just as she was about to get out of her seat, however, the tall blonde guy from earlier was holding a rose out to her.
"Aki-hime," said Tamaki, putting his hand under Akiko's chin so she was looking up at him, "I am so sorry for upsetting earlier. It would be a pleasure to me if you came to Music Room #3 after school."
Akiko deadpanned, "And why would I want to go somewhere with you?"
She could practically hear Tamaki's confidence shattering as he retreated to his corner. Akiko resisted the urge to laugh. She felt a hand on her shoulder, so she turned to see who it was. Kyoya was looking down at her, smiling.
"I, too, would like to extend an invitation. Please come to the Host Club after school," he said.
Akiko stared confusedly at him, "I thought it was a music room that he," she gestured at Tamaki, "wanted me to go to. What exactly is a host club?"
"I assume that there aren't any host clubs in Germany?"
Akiko nodded, then a startled look entered her expression, "Um, this may sound weird, but how did you know that I was from Germany?"
At this, Tamaki's ears perked up. He suddenly was right next to Akiko - hugging her. "Oh, dear princess, we can be foreigners together!" Pushing Tamaki away for her without a glance, Akiko waited for Kyoya to answer.
"I have my sources," Kyoya replied simply, pushing his glasses up his nose.
That's such a helpful answer, Kyoya-san, Akiko thought bitterly to herself, looking at the ground. Then she looked up and asked, "So, what is the host club?"
Before Kyoya could answer, two red-haired boys slung their arms around Akiko.
"You'll find out when you come later today," they said simultaneously.
"WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING HERE?! GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY AKI-HIME," screamed Tamaki.
The two identical twins shrugged, "You took so long to come to the cafeteria. We got bored." Then a grin grew on their faces, "Your Aki-hime?"
While Tamaki flushed and babbled, Akiko realized it was her chance to escape. The twins had already let go of her, so she slipped out of the room, but she was still within earshot when they noticed that she wasn't there. She started to run - trying to get away from those... very crazy people.
She knew she couldn't go to the cafeteria - they would return there soon anyways, right? Besides, there's probably more crazies there - and she didn't know which way the music rooms were - she wanted to avoid them from here on out - so she decided to go outside. It was most likely safe out there.
Relishing the fresh air, she climbed a nearby tall tree, scraping her palms a bit as she reached a large branch that she could rest on. Sitting on the branch, she leaned back, resting her head on the solid tree trunk. It wasn't long before her eyes closed and she fell asleep.
xXx
Akiko yawned, her eyes fluttering as she realized where she was. Drowsily, she lifted her wrist to clearly see the numbers on her electronic watch. What?! How could it become so late?! she stared unbelievingly at the watch. When she realized that she should probably get out of the tree and maybe try to be in time for her last class, she twisted so that she was facing the tree trunk. But as she started to climb down, she realized that at the last second that she was on the wrong side of the tree. She searched with her foot, trying to find a branch to step onto, but there weren't any.
She then made the mistake of looking down. She gasped. She was at least fifteen feet above the air. There was no way that Akiko was going to jump down. Luckily, there was a single wooden limb five feet under her toes – if she was hanging by her arms, she might be able to stand on it. Akiko took a shaky breath before taking off her propped elbows off the big branch in front of her.
The result was sudden. Her hands burned with the friction, and her sweaty fingers were about to let go. There was hardly anything to hang on to. Gingerly, Akiko stretched her leg out, trying to find the bough with her feet, and she finally found it.
Only her toe could touch it.
Akiko gritted her teeth. It was a gamble – but there was no way she was going to hang onto this branch forever and wait for the embarrassment to come. In fact, she would rather be with the crazies instead of in this situation.
Hoping that her calculations were correct, she let go of the branch above her head.
Silently thanking her parents for making her take yoga and dance classes as a child, Akiko managed to maintain her balance. She lowered herself so that she was sitting down on the branch. There was only a few feet left, and Akiko's confidence grew.
Of course, it was only fate that decided that at that moment that she would fall backwards.
It was already ten minutes past the five-minute break that was in between classes, and once again, Tamaki pestered Kyoya.
"Hey!" Tamaki whispered loudly, elbowing Kyoya who was sitting in the desk next to him, earning him a wary look from the teacher. In a what-he-hoped-to-was-quieter voice (it wasn't), he asked, "Kyoya, do you know where Aki-hime is?"
Tamaki couldn't name it, but he felt something towards the new girl. He felt as if he could relate to her about moving from one country to another – leaving beloved family members, too. Tamaki wanted to see her again to try and figure out what he's feeling.
Kyoya glared at him with demon eyes, and Tamaki cowered into his seat. "Even if I did know where Kimura-san was, it wouldn't be your business. She doesn't even like you."
Tamaki went to his corner, tending to a growing mushroom farm. Losing her temper, the teacher said to Tamaki, "Suoh, would you please return to your seat?"
Tamaki turned to look at the teacher with his puppy dog eyes, and most of the girls – no, all of the girls – in the room swooned. The teacher's expression remained emotionless as she pointed to Tamaki's seat. Sighing, Tamaki stood up and returned to his seat, a fowl look on his face.
As the lesson continued on, Tamaki grew bored and restless. He fidgeted. Kyoya glanced at Tamaki, but then his attention was suddenly captured by something outside. Tamaki looked at Kyoya, suddenly curious as to what interested Kyoya.
In a tree, there was a girl trying to climb down. She was swinging around on a branch, like an insa – wait! That was Aki-hime! She needed saving! Tamaki stood up, his palms on the desk as he shouted, "I will save you, Aki-hime!"
The teacher gave him a death glare. Tamaki stuttered, "I – uh, need to use the bathroom! Excuse me, teacher-sama!"
Tamaki ran out of the classroom and into the hallways. It took him a few minutes to wind through the maze of hallways, but he made it out safely. Running through the courtyard, he could see that Akiko was sitting up on the ground, her feet in front of her. Fearing that she might be hurt, Tamaki ran faster.
As he was just a few feet away from her, he could see that she had been crying. That shocked him, because she seemed to him like someone who took pain and shoved it in their pocket.
"Aki-hime?" he asked gently, "Are you okay?"
Akiko wiped a few tears away. She had started crying because of the pain. Her bottom felt so sore –it was probably bruised. Her tailbone also felt broken. Akiko had watched Tamaki run towards her, and as he wore himself out trying to reach her, Akiko thought about what she would say to him. She could always say that she had simply tripped and fell, but that probably wouldn't be a good enough excuse.
When he slowed down and approached her slowly – maybe he was just afraid of her – he said, "Aki-hime, are you okay?"
Akiko had to resist from yelling at him to stop calling her a princess. She wasn't a princess. After all, princesses wouldn't climb trees and fall down from them in a rush to be in time for a class.
"I'm good," Akiko replied, trying to make her voice disinterested. Then she honestly added, "I might need some help getting up, though."
Tamaki smiled genuinely at her as he offered a hand. Akiko took it, and he helped pull her up. It was painful for her, but she made sure to hide her pain. She took a quick intake of breath when she realized she was only inches away from him. She blushed, unsure of what to say.
He took her hand and started pulling her back to the building, chattering the whole while about how he had saved her from a near-death experience and that he will never let his daughter out of his sight. She followed him, walking steadily even though about every part of her hurt. Her hands – one of which Tamaki was holding – were stinging with scrapes because of the bark of the tree and her back and legs hurt because of her fall. She was sure that she had bruises.
She suddenly tripped over a rock or something – it didn't matter to her, because all she could focus on was when Tamaki caught her. She pushed him away right away, flushing red.
No.
Akiko didn't want to have a crush on this stupid, crazy blonde boy. In fact, she didn't want to have a crush at all. But it seemed impossible to avoid, especially since he was standing right next to her.
"Are you okay? You shouldn't be climbing trees. You had me worried over there."
She looked up at him, studying his face. His eyes seemed to be full of genuine concern, but she couldn't fall for it. Not like she did with…
"I'm good. Do you mind going back to class? I need to take care of something."
"I'm not going to leave you, Aki-hime!" Akiko sighed. His energetic side was coming back, wasn't it? "Princes must protect their princesses until the very end!"
"I am NOT your princess!" Akiko yelled at him. She started to walk quickly – as fast as she could with her injuries – trying to be so far ahead of him. She wished that classes would be over soon, so then she could hide among the crowds of people. But as it was at the moment, he was following her and she wasn't going to lose him anytime soon.
Granting her wish, the classroom doors burst open and students swarmed out, going to whatever clubs or activities they do after school. Akiko passed by a large group of girls, trying to ignore what they were saying. They were talking about the Host Club – giggling and whispering about who their favorite Host is. They were on their way to Music Room #3. Akiko sighed in relief. At least Tamaki wasn't following her anymore – he would be going off to his club, right?
Akiko finally stopped walking and she went into a dark, empty classroom. She smiled when she realized that this room had many instruments in it – a music room. She carefully looked around to make sure it wasn't the Host Club before she walked to the grand piano that was in the middle of the room. Tentatively, she sat down on the long, black bench, hoping she wouldn't get in trouble for playingon the beautiful – and most likely expensive – piano.
She slowly pressed down the keys, and she brought her right foot to the foot pedals. Her confidence grew and she started playing every song she knew.
Around thirty minutes, she stopped playing. Her fingers were rather tired, and the sweat was hurting her scrapes. She was inspected them when she heard clapping behind her. She whipped around to see a blonde boy standing at the door.
A/N: So this is my first OHSHC fanfic! I hope you guys like it. I've been reading a lot of OHSHC fanfics and decided to give back. ^_^ I also have another idea on the way.
I guess I should explain my formatting. The long, grey line is when the point of view changes, but the "xXx" is when time passes. Also, Akiko has a really dark past that will slowly be revealed.
Please review! I really love reading reviews. I'd also really love constructive criticism! Am I rushing things?
Oh, also, I'm pretty sure "-hime" means princess. ;_; I'm not so sure on that, so if anyone knows for sure, please tell me!
