Prologue

She didn't know how she came to hear the sounds of sobs from outside the bathroom, but Akira still opened the door, curiosity getting the best of her. Like almost every other bathroom in Ouran Academy, it is rather large and a white pristine color with tiled floor and walls. Moving her attention to the last stall, the female student pushes the stall open not even knocking to see if the person inhabiting it is decent.

Sitting- thankfully fully dressed- on top of the closed toilet is a familiar face that Akira recognized as one of her classmates of 2A. Chiharu Gina looks up, sobs quietly to see who had opened the door.

"Akira-san?" She says in a daze before her dark eyes widen and she quickly wipes her clean. "W-what-"

"I-I'm sorry, Gina-chan for barging in, but I couldn't have helped but hear you crying from outside the washroom, so I rushed in to see who it was." Rubbing her hands together in a sheepish manner she had always had, Akira gives the sniffling girl a nervous smile.

"I was that loud?" Gina frowns before a blush inhabits her pale cheeks as she gets to her feet. "Oh no... what if someone else heard me?"

"I don't think they did." Akira gives the girl a worried look. "Are you okay? Do you want to talk about it? It might make you feel better."

"Talk about what?" For a moment, Gina is confused by the auburn haired girl's question until Akira clears it up.

"Whatever has made you cry." Akira watches as realization comes to the dark haired girl's face as she takes a step back into the stall, head shaking vigorously with her cheeks once again becoming flushed.

"N-no, that's alright, Akira-san. I'm fine now. See?" Gina points to her face where a fake smile takes it place on her lips as she begins to sweat furiously. She really didn't want to talk about her issues with Akira, it would be too... weird.

"Are you sure?" Akira asks, her frown deepening as her amber eyes search the girl's expression. Gina nods her head rather quickly, the smile not removing from her face. "Oh... alright then."

She was reluctant to leave the girl by herself in case she began to cry again, but Akira gets the feeling that the girl didn't want her company at the moment. A little hurt, Akira turns around and begins to make her way out of the washroom. Gina bites her lip watching as the clearly upset Akira walks away. She was going to regret this...

"Why do you get along so well with the twins?" The question has Akira pausing in her steps, surprised by the question. Turning around, Akira gives the girl a questioning look urging her to continue as she didn't know what she meant by that. "I mean I know you're related but..."

"You confessed to one of my cousins." Akira realizes and watches a blush once again makes its way to Gina's face as she nods her head slowly.

"To Kaoru." Gina says, eyes finding themselves staring down at her brown shoes.

"Let me guess; they rejected you." Looking up, she sees that Akira's face is resigned which makes the dark haired girl want to flinch from the serious expression that is on the almost always friendly Akira's face. "Typical of them, of course. I am sorry for their improper way of rejecting you, Gina-chan."

"H-how-"

"I've had experience with many girls confessing to my cousins." Akira explains, walking back over to the girl and placing a hand on her shoulder while giving her a smile. "They always have ways of making it embarrassing that leaves each girls in tears."

"How can they be so cruel?!" The auburn haired female is taken aback when Gina throws herself at her after her loud exclamation and begins to cry on her shoulder. "I... I hate them so much..."

Akira is silent and instead soothes the girl by rubbing her back as she pulls the girl down unto the floor where she continues to comfort her. They stay like that for awhile with Akira rubbing soothing circles on Gina's back as the still crying girl stays in the position of crying into the her shoulder.

"Do you want to know something, Gina-chan? I used to hate my cousins too." The words has Gina pulling back in surprise, eyes red from crying wide.

"Really? B-but they're your family." Akira nods with her eyes closed, a small smile on her face.

"Even so, their coldness and tricks didn't just happen to persons of school but to family members. Especially me." Her eyes open and they look above the raven haired Gina's head, lost in thought.

"Why?" She was confused. The Hitachiin brothers adores their older cousin and often were found clinging to her when not in classes or doing club activities. If Gina had word to describe it she would say that they worshiped the ground Akira walked on. So why would they ever act cold or do anything to her?

"I would explain it through a story if you have time?" Seeing the nod, Akira gives the girl a smile while settling down further onto the floor so that her back braced the wall. "Then it all started when I moved into the Hitachiin household..."

I'm alive and I decided to edit out these chapters before continuing... I hope to hear from you guys!