Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran Highschool Host Club. I do however, own my OC's.
Grace's POV:
"I never imagined the sky could be this blue. It's so beautiful. " Grace sighed, gazing out of the plane's window.
Never before had she taken the time to look at the sky - really look at it. After finishing her book a few minutes before, Grace had turned her attention to the scenery outside of the plane. Something about the depth of the blue made her feel at ease - calm and comfortable. The pale, blue sky seemed to stretch and contort itself out to the horizon, as if it had no end and no beginning. Below it, the waters of the Pacific ocean glinted with light from the noontime sun.
Next to her, Rose eagerly flipped through a brochure of their new school. "I can't believe that you're not more excited about moving to Japan. It's so amazing: new culture, new language, new people, new school! Look at this picture," Rose jabbed her finger onto a picture on the page. Grace smiled, shaking her head at Rose's excitement, and turned to listen. "The school is huge, like a castle! An... extremely pink castle. Schools aren't usually pink right? That's so weird!"
A face appeared in front of them.
"It's just going to be just like any other school, Rose. Just with a bunch of entitled rich snobs. And expensive food." Mia was sitting in front of Grace, next to her sister, Izzy. Though all of the girls were adopted by the same couple and therefore related, Izzy and Mia were biological sisters. Twin sisters actually- though nobody would guess just by looking. Both had features with sharp jawlines and muscular frames, but that's where the resemblance stopped. Izzy had chocolate brown eyes, Mia had ice blue ones; Mia's hair was a darker shade of blonde and Izzy's skin was more pale. Grace thought their personalities were the only things hard to tell apart about them, but those had significant differences too.
Izzy's face appeared in between the Rose and Grace's seats as she leaned on the headrests. Obviously, they both had decided to join in the conversation.
"Mia, with advantages like those who wouldn't want to go to Ouran Academy. The only downside is the horrible school uniforms we'll have to wear. It's not fair that Luca gets to wear the guys' version even if he is a guy. If we have to put up with the yellow, marshmallow abominations, he should too. That way, we're all humiliated together, instead of shamed separately."
"It is kinda sad, Iz. They have all this money and yet can't invest in clothes that don't make you cringe," Mia replied, head still protruding from the isle.
A ding resounded throughout the passenger cabin. "Ladies and Gentlemen, we are about to begin our final descent to the airport. We ask that all passengers return to their seats at this time until the seatbelt sign is turned off." The captain's gruff voice crackled over the intercom. "Currently in Tokyo time is 3:00 and the weather is nice and sunny. We have certainly enjoyed having you on board today, we hope to see you again real soon, and thanks again for flying with us today."
As passengers buckled in and stewardesses walked by to check that everyone had listened to the captain, Izzy and Mia's heads both disappeared as they sat down back in their own seats. Rose got out another brochure and scourged over that one for any details it might impart to her. Grace snorted and looked out the window, the illusion of a never-ending blue broken up by the approaching city.
Grace started, having drifted off to sleep, at the exclamation of equal parts victory and relief. Looking over to the seat next to her, she found Rose had successfully mastered the art of removing seat belts and had stood up. It had taken her three tries and a somewhat painful attempt to stand up fully with it still on until finally she had figured it out. Grace smiled, amused as she slid out of her own seat with no difficulty and took their luggage out of the overhead compartment. She grabbed her bag from the overhead compartment and handed another to Rose. She then pulled out the bags of the other two girls while Rose joined the mob of passengers heading for the exit - quite leisurely to Rose's visible disappointment. The twins seemed to be in the middle of a card game, both concentrating too much to notice the plane's lack of movement.
"Ha! A Jack. Good luck beating that," Izzy said, oblivious to Grace standing over her.
Mia cursed. "It's so not fair that you started out with all the Jacks. That's like, quadruple handicaps. Are you sure you shuffled, Iz?"
"It's all in the luck of the draw, my dear sister. Only someone as special as me can be born with this much combination of skill and luck."
"Right. I don't think that special even begins to describe you. Next time, we're playing poker."
Grace sighed loudly and admittedly, a little exaggeratedly, cutting off the girl's conversation and making them both look up at her. "Would I be able to tear you two away from your extremely important card game or should I ask the captain to fly us around for another hour, so you can finish?"
They both looked out the window, surprised to see the airport runway.
Mia grinned at Izzy like a Cheshire Cat. "I guess it's a tie then. I stayed alive to the very end."
"I still like Grace's idea of finishing our little card game," Izzy replied, then as an afterthought, added," And there's no way that was a tie. I would have obliterated you within minutes."
"Let's go,please," Grace pleaded, "before Rose and Luca leave without us."
"Aw, Grace, they wouldn't do that." Mia said, winking.
"Yeah,"Izzy chimed in," Rose would miss us too much. Plus, Luca probably would much rather leave her behind than any of us." Grace nodded impatiently as they swept up their card game and grabbed their bags, exiting the plane. She followed them out, ducking her head in thanks to the pilot and stewardesses. It was going to be a long day.
They found Rose waiting for them in baggage claim, almost bouncing off the walls with energy. The airport was large, with huge windows overlooking the city. Rose ran from one to another, soaking up the scene, but to her disappointment, her enthusiasm evaporated when security officers were asked to come escort a certain pair of twins off of the carousel. Finally, they all found their respective bags and without another incident, walked out to find the last member of their family leaning lazily against a large, green car.
"Took you long enough," Luca said, glaring at his sister in mock irritation when he spotted them.
"What, like it's my fault we're late?" Rose exclaimed, glaring right back. "These two decided it would be fun to ignore the giant sign sitting out in the middle of the walkway and take a joyride on the carousels." She pointed accusingly in Izzy and Mia's direction, who were both laughing like crazy. Grace guessed she was still a little mad that she didn't get to look around more.
"If they didn't want us to ride it, they shouldn't have posted the idea up in the first place,"Izzy giggled. Rose stood horrified, while Luca grinned like the devil; it was comical, seeing the same two completely opposite expressions on their similar faces. Like the twins, Luca and Rose were biological siblings. Born in Spain, they both had matching brown eyes and chestnut hair. Though they quarreled often with each other, if you crossed one, you would have both to contend with. The most interesting thing about them was that they both spoke fluent Spanish. However, Grace's few classes she had taken didn't make her nearly advanced enough to avoid them laughing at her attempts to speak it.
"Alright," Luca laughed," Everyone get in the car. James and Jemma are waiting for us at the house. And luckily for me, my room is on the opposite side of the house from all of yours."
James and Jemma were a working couple, with jobs that had them both travelling for more than was good. In fact, they spent more time in foreign countries than their home. But that didn't detract from the time they spent with the girls. Usually the girls were invited on their overseas trips. This, though, was a unique experience that their jobs made them uproot the whole family to a new country.
It had taken more time than should have been necessary and the efforts of both Grace and Luca to convince Rose that they didn't have time to explore the entire city that day- that they should wait until they all get a day off. They finally all were on the road, heading towards their new house, but not without constant complaint from Rose.
Like Luca had said, the adults were waiting for them in the kitchen of their new house. Sadly, it was probably one room that would go unused throughout their stay in Japan. No one in the family knew how to cook in any form of the world besides cereal and toast. The exception was Grace who knew the basic recipe for spaghetti, but no one wanted to eat a single dish seven days out of the week.
"I trust the plane ride went without a hitch, yes?" Jemma asked. "We were just going to order takeout. I thought it would be nice since you all are probably a little jet lagged still."
"Awesome!" The twins cheered, while Grace nodded appreciatively. Rose just plopped herself onto one of the chairs, letting out a sigh as if the weight of the world had just come off her shoulders. And though unpacking their luggage and preparing for school the next day took most of the night, they all still settled in for a night with the family.
The next morning, the siblings were to start at their new school. As Mia had mentioned on the plane ride, it was a school for the ultra-rich and society's most powerful citizen's children - for royalty really, but that in turn meant that the education was most likely one of the best, which to Jemma and James was the main draw to this school. That, and the discounted price they all got because of a favor the school's admin owed them.
Determination ran through her veins, when Grace decided to make the most of this opportunity. Out of all her siblings, Grace cared the most about school, with Luca a close second. Both saw it as a ticket to a good future. Suffice it to say, they were ecstatic.
Though she definitely was the most excited about it, going to Ouran Academy was thrilling for the rest of her siblings too, and no matter how terrible the uniforms were, nothing was going to quell their excitement. At least, that's what the girls told themselves as they got dressed for the day. When they filed into the car, Luca did a double take, and started laughing. He obviously hadn't realized how awful their uniforms really were.
The siblings stood at the entrance to Ouran Academy and waited for their tour guide to arrive. They had arrived early enough that the school grounds were still empty with no students milling around or parked cars in the parking lot.
Grace could barely process what she was seeing, nor could her siblings. The school was huge. Rose's brochure definitely didn't lie, but the pictures didn't get across just how grand it seemed in person. The school could have been an entire university, if that university architect really, really liked the color pink. There were pink towers, pink turrets, pink bricks. The only things that weren't pink, were the translucent windows.
"Great," Mia mumbled. "First the uniforms, then the buildings. This just keeps getting better and better."
"Seriously," Izzy murmured back, "whoever the color coordinator is for this school should be hit over the head with a chair. Multiple times."
"Hi," a cheerful voice interrupted. Standing in front of them was a sweet looking girl. "You must be the new students, right? I'm Masaka, your tour guide this morning. Welcome to Ouran Academy."
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