A/N: Just a note before you begin reading, this fanfic contains songs in some of the chapters so I would suggest queuing them up to not disturb reading flow. It is very important to listen to the songs as they contain key parts of the story and foreshadowing. I have changed the lyrics in some of the songs to fit the story better as well, so pay attention to the lyrics please. This chapter has 'Youth' by Daughter. Enjoy! :)
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I looked up to see a massive pink building towering over me. It had the stylings of a castle, with towers and archways, and even a clock tower in the middle of the campus. It looked like it belonged in a fairytale. This is nothing like my old school I thought to myself, overwhelmed by the grandeur. Today is my first day as a scholarship student at the esteemed Ouran Academy. I had taken the entrance exam at the request of my music teacher at my old high school, Ouran High, but I never considered the possibility I would get in with a full scholarship for music. Once my acceptance came in the mail, my mother went full steam ahead in transfering me; I never even had a choice. I really don't know what to make of it all, but I'm ready to try anything. I don't mind the change, I was often bullied at my old school for being an outcast. They could say what they want, but I am who I am and I'm not gonna change for some stuck up snobs. I don't know much about the academy, but I do know that it is the 'playground for the wealthy'. Great, so now instead of stuck up snobs, I get rich stuck up snobs! What an improvement I rolled my eyes to myself. I made my way toward the front doors of the school and I got a closer look at the other students, and more importantly what the girls all seemed to be wearing. Their uniform was the most hideous puffy yellow dresses in the universe. I mean seriously, these dresses made the girls look like oversized cream puffs! No way in the freaking third dimension am I gonna wear that. I'll stick with what I am wearing now; a comfy tee, black distressed jeans, purple converse, and a hoodie. It matches well with my hair, which is a light plum color, the wavy locks flowing unrestrained, half of it covering one of my light brown eyes. I absentmindedly pushed it behind my ear. Welp, time to go in I sighed as I pushed open the front doors. Some of the girls started whispering as I went by, and I could only catch parts of what they were saying, but it went kinda like this, "Who is that girl and what is she wearing?" or " Ugh, a commoner, gross. She is ruining our reputation!" even "Look at her, she's hideous. Why is she here?" I just shrugged my backpack onto my shoulder and ignored them, having already been used to this kind of treatment. When I got in the building, I was amazed at the decor. I mean seriously, what is up with these rich people? Some of the paintings and pottery that were just sitting there in the middle of the hallway looked extremely expensive. But since they are the top of the top they just leave it out to flaunt their wealth. I happened to realize something very important that should have been my first concern: I have no idea where the front desk is. Crud monkeys. So, I took to wandering the halls.
A couple minutes passed (I still had no idea where I was) and I ran into this lightning fast little boy. We were both knocked to the floor and as I sat there in a sort of daze I saw a very tall man walk up and help the little boy up. The tall one had tanned skin, almost black eyes, and dark brown hair, while the short one had blonde hair and brown eyes.
"Are you okay Mitsukuni?" he asked in the lowest voice I have ever heard.
" Yep! Thanks Takashi."
It finally dawned on me what I did and I scrambled up. " I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going, are you sure you're okay?"
"Yep, I'm okay, and I'm sorry too, I was too busy thinking about cake and didn't see you. Ya know, I haven't seen you before, are you new? What's your name?" he said in a overly excited voice. I just stood there, shocked. I was not expecting that reaction, I was expecting yelling and anger, but I couldn't detect a hint of any ill feelings from him.
I finally got over my shock enough to choke out, " I-I'm W-W-Wren."
" Hi Wren, my name is Mitsukuni, but you can just call me Hunny. And this is Takashi, but he goes by Mori." he chirped as he gestured to the tall guy who helped him up.
"Ah." Mori replied. Wow, he is a man of many words I thought sarcastically.
"Hey Wren, are you looking for the front office?" he said sweetly, his big eyes staring up at me unnervingly.
"Umm ya, but I kind of got lost." I replied nervously. Man those eyes are scary.
"Well, you're on the wrong side of the school silly, but don't worry. Takashi and I will help you find your way, right Takashi?"
"Ah." Mori mumbled. Wow, how does he do it? But back to the bigger picture, these guys are actually going to help me? Have they even looked at me? No, they must be blind, that is the only way they would help me. They were way too hot, I'm just going to ruin their reputation. On the other hand, I really needed to find the office and the school is huge. After a big inner-struggle I finally gave up.
" If it isn't too much trouble, I would really appreciate the help." Hunny enthusiastically cheered, that weirdo, while Mori looked at me strangely, though I don't know why. They were the ones who offered to help, he shouldn't be surprised when I accept it. But the day I understand guys is the day Link finally hooks up with Zelda.
"So, Wren, why aren't you wearing the school uniform?" Hunny asked. Well there goes the blind theory.
"Because I don't want someone to mistake me for a cream puff and eat me!" With that Hunny busted out laughing while mister tall, dark and silent's, aka Mori, lips lifted up slightly. Now his face didn't show much emotion, but his eyes were filled with amusement. I smirked, seeing a way to tell what he is feeling. With that accomplishment, I felt satisfied with the way my first day was going, until reality hit me, in the form of rich brats. As soon as we walked into the hallway, the girls started whispering. Hunny didn't notice, or at least he pretended not to notice, as he grabbed my hand and pulled me through the walkway, saying something about cake and snuggling with a stuffed bunny he had. How old was this boy anyway and why was he in the high school? Mori had his same stoic expression on, but his eyes showed anger. Anger? Was he angry at me for walking with them, should I have said no?
I heard snippets of the conversations the girls were having and over all I heard "She is so not worthy enough to be hanging out with the most popular guys in school." Whoa, most popular boys in the school, what have I gotten myself into? No wonder Mori is mad. And also who says worthy anymore? I shot the girls a death glare, and that shut them up real quick, but I knew I overstepped my boundaries. I was about to apologize, but Mori talked before I had the chance.
"Don't worry about them."
He speaks! I thought, but I then realized what he said. Don't worry about them. But I thought he was angry at me. I looked up at him, confused, but he wasn't looking at me. Apparently I was wrong, his anger wasn't directed at me, but if it wasn't directed at me, then who was it for? Ah, it is too early in the morning for me to be so confuzzled. I tuned in to what Hunny was saying, while shooting the occasional death glare towards the little brats that littered the hallway.
"And that is why strawberry is my favorite kind of cake!" he finished. I smiled at him and pretended that I had been listening the whole time.
"Oh no, we are almost at the front office!" Hunny exclaimed sorrowfully.
"Um, why is that a bad thing?" I asked, confused once again.
"Because then I can't walk with you anymore!" he said, with tears in his eyes. " I know, why don't you come to our club after school, it is in the third music room."
" Okay I'll go." Anything to stop the tears.
"Great! Takashi and I will see you then! Bye!" he said as he skipped away with Mori in tow. I looked up only to see a plaque that said main office. I sighed and walked in, hoping that there wouldn't be anymore crazy people. A woman typing on her laptop hardly looked up at me as I walked through the door.
"Name." she asked in a bored tone.
"Wren." I replied, mimicking her. She didn't take notice though.
"Go in." she deadpanned, gesturing at the door to my right. I opened the door, only to quickly find out that I was about to meet another crazy.
"Hello! You must be our new scholarship student!" he enthused, completely the opposite of the boring woman outside. I simply nodded and he went on with his overly-dramatic speech.
"Oh, that is just wonderful, we don't have many scholarship students, you are our second, but I believe you will be the perfect addition to our school. Here is your schedule and if I remember correctly you will not be wearing the uniform due to your financial circumstance, right?" I nodded and he continued. "You have all the same periods as my son, Tamaki Suoh, so I will have him show you around. Tamaki, could you come in here?" I looked at the door as a blonde boy with purple eyes walked in.
"And who might this princess be?" As I grimaced at the word princess Mr. Suoh answered for me.
"This is Wren, she is here on a scholarship. You are to show her around until she gets used to the school."
"It would be my honor to show such a lovely princess around." Tamaki said, producing a rose from nowhere and handing it to me. Even if I found being called a princess offensive, I took the rose from him, only because I love roses. As soon as we walked outside of the office, Tamaki started speaking.
"So princess..." That was as far as he got though, because I rounded on him.
"Call me princess one more time and I will not hesitate to run away. And no more trying to flatter me, it's creepy." Tamaki cringed away, probably scared because I had a very exaggerated smile on my face.
"B-but it is a man's' duty to make a woman feel special and happy!" he valiantly exclaimed as we walked into our first class.
"All you are managing to do right now is annoy me." I stated bluntly. What? I don't have the time to deal with idiots. All I saw after I spoke was a blur and then Tamaki sulking in a corner, cultivating what looked like mushrooms and murmuring something about how "The new girl thinks I am annoying". I don't even want to know. I sighed and sat down, but tensed up again as I noticed a dark aura behind me.
"Yes, he really is an idiot." Spooky, as I decided to call him, said. He had black hair and glasses that glinted ominously. Wait a minute, did he just agree with my thoughts, can he read minds? What is wrong with this school?
"Mommy thinks I'm an idiot?" wailed Tamaki.
"Yes." he deadpanned. Now Tamaki was back in what I dubbed his corner of woe. Meanwhile, everybody else was staring at me, whispering about how I was so delusional, thinking that I can talk to two more of the most popular guys in school. What the hell! Why do I always get the worst luck! I just wanted to slip into the crowd, unnoticed, but no, fate has to screw with me and try to get me the most attention ever. Fml. The teacher walked in and instantly everybody quieted down, Tamaki taking his seat in the desk next to mine. Time passed and soon it was lunchtime. I bolted out the door before anyone, cough-Tamaki-cough could ask me to sit with them. As if I could deal with more craziness from him. And if Tamaki was there, Spooky would be too. Somehow they are best friends, though I have no idea how that happened. They are complete opposites! Well, who am I to judge? I went outside and quickly found a tree, climbing to the very top where I found a nice little spot to sit and people watch. When I looked down I saw twins looking up at me. Since I was not expecting to see anyone there I flinched and started to fall out of the tree. I was able to stop myself enough to where I landed somewhat softly. I still had the wind knocked out of me so I just laid on the ground with my eyes closed for a while. When I opened my eyes I saw two faces very close to my own.
"Ahhhhhhh!" I yelled as I jumped up. The twins smirked at me and said in unison "Did we scare you?" They both had red hair and amber eyes, the only way to differentiate between them being the way their hair was parted.
"No." I spat back, giving them my famous death glare. They took a step back, obviously startled.
"Then why did you fall out of the tree?" they said together, which freaked me out. I mean, how did they know what to say?
"I didn't fall, I was giving the ground a surprise attack" I said, crossing my arms. They both looked at each other and then fell to the ground laughing. I really didn't think it was that funny personally, but that's the thing with crazy people, you never know how they will react, and these two are definitely off their rockers. I just stared at them with a mixture of amusement and weirded outness as they helped each other up.
"I'm Hikaru." one of them said.
"And I'm Kaoru" the other one said.
"And we have decided that you are our new toy, what is your name?" they sang in unison, hugging intimately. Immediately I thought twincest, which disturbed me greatly.
"My name is Wren." I started off calmly, " AND I AM NOT, NOR WILL I EVER BE YOUR TOY!" I screamed at them. I said that, but really, I felt more in my element. I am used to being harassed and I know how to handle that, but with Hunny, Mori and Tamaki I didn't know what to do. Nobody takes the time to try and help me and it felt weird.
"Of course you are our toy." Hikaru started, "you don't get a say in it!" Kaoru finished as they grabbed me from both sides.
"Guys, put her down." a new voice said.
"Awww, but Haruhi!" the twins moaned.
"No buts. Sorry about that, they do it to everyone they find interesting." he/she said to me. I say he/she because while he had a boys uniform on and had short, brown hair, he looked completely feminine, mainly because of his huge brown eyes. I decided to call him a him because even though there is no doubt in my mind that he is a girl, I don't want to offend him by calling him a girl just incase it is more than just cross-dressing. Is it just me, or was that extremely hard to follow?
"It is nothing you should be sorry for, but I will find a way to make the twins pay" I said, glaring at the offending boys. Just then the bell rang, signaling lunch to be over.
"Oh, I have to go, see you later!" Haruhi said as he walked away with the evil twins, who stuck their tongues at me. Darn, another nice person I have no idea how to respond to.
"Bye!" I called weakly. Then I heard it again, the whispering, and guess what I learned by listening to them. THOSE THREE ARE POPULAR TOO! "Why!" I cried out. Everyone looked at me but I just shrugged. Tamaki found me in the hallways and led me to our next class, saying something about a host club, while Spooky wrote in a black notebook that he always carries around, probably noting that I yell at the wind. I made a mental note to steal it one day, it should prove interesting. I also realized that the whispering wasn't going away anytime soon, so I might as well get used to it. The rest of the day went like that, with the occasional sarcastic remark that put Tamaki in his corner of woe. I found out that Spooky's real name was Kyoya Ootori, but I prefered to call him by his nickname. The final bell rang and I sighed in relief, ready to get out of this asylum. I was packing up my bag when I overheard someone talking about the club they were in. Hhmm... a club. I almost facepalmed when I remembered I made that promise to Hunny that I would check out his club. Snitzel. I trudged out of the classroom, pushing through the people who thought that it was perfectly fine to just stand in the middle of the freakin hallway and talk like there was nobody trying to actually get somewhere. Grrr. I didn't know exactly where I was going so I just started wondering again. About ten minutes later and a lot of mumbling about how wastefully huge the school is, I approached my destination. Wow is it just me, or did that sound like one of the things one of those creepy gps systems would say. Hmm, this school is affecting my brain. I opened the grandiose doors recklessly, almost falling in the process. Hey, I never said I was the most coordinated person. As a result I ended up stumbling in, just to find there was nobody in the room. The plaque outside confirmed that I was in the third music room, so I threw my junk to the side and glanced around. I thought it would be a music club because of the name of the room, but it wasn't positioned that way and I couldn't see any instruments. There were tables set up in five different sections, and smaller rooms off the the side. I was going to investigate, but then I saw a beautiful piano peaking out of a thick red curtain. I checked to make sure nobody was around and moved the heavy curtain. I sighed in relief as I sat down on the dusty seat, my fingers spreading out on the ivory keys. A song I wrote called 'Youth' comes to my mind, and I open my mouth and sing in time with the piano.
I started off softly, still conscience that this was a club room where people are more than likely to enter.
Shadows settle on the place, that you left
Our minds are troubled by the emptiness
Destroy the middle, it's a waste of time
From the perfect start to the finish line
And if you're still breathing, you're the lucky ones
'Cause most of us are heaving, through corrupted lungs
Setting fire to our insides for fun
Collecting names of the lovers that went wrong
The lovers that went wrong
My voice and piano grew louder, just a shred of reality restraining me.
We are the reckless,
We are the wild youth
Chasing visions of our futures
One day we'll reveal the truth
That one will die before he gets there
My voice again grew softer, but my mind was completely emerged in the song. If it wasn't, I would have noticed the seven that I met today at the door, listening intently.
And if you're still bleeding, you're the lucky ones
'Cause most of our feelings, they are dead and they are gone
We're setting fire to our insides for fun
Collecting pictures of the flood that wrecked our home
It was a flood that wrecked this home
And you caused it
And you caused it
And you caused it
My voice and the piano crescendoed until I was singing at all my might, almost pounding on the keys.
Well I've lost it all I'm just a silhouette
A lifeless face that you'll soon forget
My eyes are damp from the words you left
Ringing in my head, when you broke my chest
Ringing in my head, when you broke my chest
I was quiet once more, but my body was swaying, my entire body feeling the music.
And if you're in love, then you are the lucky ones
'Cause most of us are bitter over someone
Setting fire to our insides for fun
To distract our hearts from ever missing them
But I'm forever missing him
And you caused it
And you caused it
And you caused it
My eyes had closed sometime during the song. I sat there, panting for a moment. Then I heard clapping. I jumped up so quickly I could have gotten whiplash. There, standing before me were the seven I met today, Spooky, Bipolar Weirdo, Devil Twins, Crossdresser, Excitable Bunny Child, and Mr. Tall Dark and Silent.
A/N Please Read!
Hello wonderful readers! I just wanted to let you all know the background of this story. I wrote this 5 whole ass years ago, but I lived in a household that was very against the internet, and if it was ever found out that I was even reading fanfiction I would have been punished greatly. But now I'm a practice adult (I don't consider myself a real adult yet) and I have decided to fufill young me's wish. Therefore, this fanfic is going to stay mostly as I wrote it originally. That means it is going to be dramatic as hell because I was an angsty child, and it will be filled with dumb jokes and borderline or full on cringe. I am editing it to get rid of the most cringy parts and make it flow better, but I storyboarded this fic a lot when I was writing it so there isn't much to change. So, I really hope you all like it and please leave me a review if you can! Sorry for the long A/N, and thank you for reading!