Six Years.

Had it really been that long?

It almost felt like it was yesterday since the last time I stood in front of these doors.

I was such a different person back then.

It's not gonna be the same anymore.

No, it's going to be completely different.

Because…

The me from six years ago doesn't exist.

A blur of vermillion flashed through the posh and polished hallways of Ouran academy, the redhead stood out like a sore thumb in the packed hallway of students not only with their red hair but their poor sense of fashion too. While all other students wore their neat and creaseless uniforms the redhead wore an oversized baggy mint green sweater that looked as if it belonged in another century, along with dusty gray jeans and a pair of worn out converse.

They attempted to make their way down the hall where class 1-A should be, the class that they'd be joining soon enough. Whisper and chatter filled the hall as the redhead huffed is annoyance, it became apparent that they had become the main talk in Ouran before class had even started. So what if they weren't as rich and snobby like the other kids in school, the only difference was that the redhead had actually worked to get into this school unlike everyone else in Ouran whose parents paid for their luxurious education.

However the crimson haired commoner really couldn't be bothered with their shit right now. All they cared about was actually getting into class in time before the bell-

Just as the redhead had dreaded, the shrill ring of the school bell echoed the genteel hallways as students began to fill the classrooms. The redhead pushed their way towards what was hopefully the direction of class 1-A.

After getting shoved by several students and turning a few more corners in the large aristocratic hallways, they found their way to class 1-A which happened to be at the end of the hall.

The redhead sighed for the umpteenth time that morning as they took a step inside the classroom, the second they were inside the class they were met by the many pairs of eyes that stared at them like they were some sort of new species, they couldn't help but feel self-conscious as they tugged on their old green sweater as whispers erupted in the classroom.

"How nice of you to show up Mr. Miyasaki, " The teachers voice boomed. The boy bit his lip as he turned to face their teacher. "I don't know what commoner school you have been to before, but in Ouran Academy you are usually supposed to show up on time even if you are Mr. Honor Student."

The redhead heard a few giggles as their face lit up slightly. "Sorry Sensei." He said as he bowed.

"Now if you'd introduce yourself to the class please." The teacher said with a friendlier tone.

"Hello my name is Miyasaki Rei and I am 15 years old."

Rei sighed as he shut the glistening dark double oak doors of the fourth library. There are four Library rooms, you'd think one of them would be quiet. He thought glumly as he walked down a hallway of pristine glass windows.

All Rei needed was a quiet place to study and read his notes that he'd borrowed from Fujioka, he'd been the only one kind enough to do so at least. Rei had also to found out that Fujioka was a commoner like him. Rei felt stunned that there was actually another commoner like himself in a rich kid school like this.

Rei couldn't help but notice that a certain pair of twins seemed to have quite a liking to the other commoner, the Hitatchiin twins. Rei couldn't help but almost gape in awe at how much they had changed since…

He had kind of hoped that they might have remembered him, even though he had tried to make sure that they didn't, still, he couldn't help the disappointment that had filled his chest when neither of the twins spared him a second glance. Maybe it was because he looked too different… Or the fact that he now wore a pair of chunky black glasses that framed his freckled face. Either way the twins had not recognized him at all.

Rei slung his bag over his shoulder as he began to stroll down the elegant wide staircase with a russet wooden polished banister, as he remembered that Fujioka had asked Rei if he would drop by to the Host club, Fujioka had stated that he needed someone sane to keep him company. Rei wasn't exactly sure what he'd meant by that but guessing by the way he said it, Rei didn't think that Fujioka really liked the host club.

But either way, Rei thought maybe he should probably give the supposed host club a visit, partly because he wanted to know why the hell there was a host club in a school and also to help Fujioka keep his sanity.

Let's see… top floor in the south wing… The third music room in the end of the north hallway… Ah! Here it is!

Rei reached out hesitantly for the glossy golden handle of the pink door. He could feel his instincts screaming at him not to go in, but as the idiot he was, he ignored it.

It's a host club, what could go wrong?

Once he opened the doors a flare of white light and rose petals burst through them and a chorus of 'Welcome' was heard from 7 hosts.

~ Only those with excellent social standing and those from filthy rich families are lucky enough to spend their time here in the elite private school, Ouran Academy. The Ouran host club is where the schools handsomest boys with too much time on their hands who entertain ladies who also have way too much time on their hands. Just think of it as Ouran Academy's elegant playground for the super-rich and beautiful. ~

"Oh hey, it's that new kid!" The Hitatchiin twins exclaim in unison.

"Hikaru, Kaoru, Haruhi, isn't he in the same class as you?" A dark haired boy with glasses asked, his smooth velvety voice made a chill run down Rei's spine.

"Yeah, but he's kinda weird, so we don't really talk to him." One of the twins' claimed. Wow rude. Rei couldn't help but think.

"Well that wasn't very polite." Mr. Glasses said with a sly smile. "Welcome to the Ouran host club. Mr. Honor student."

"What? Another honor student? You must be Rei Miyasaki!" An amethyst-eyed blonde exclaimed in surprise, he gave of a very typical 'dumb blonde' vibe, though his looks seemed to make up for his lack of intelligence.

Rei could feel his back hit the door painfully as the blonde leaned a little too close to him, Rei attempted to open the door to escape from these weirdo's, with no such luck as he rattled the door knob hastily.

"U-Uh… How do you know my name…?' He asked slowly. The hell? Does everyone in the school know me or something?

"Well it's not often that a commoner like you can get into Ouran Academy, let alone two. You must have an audacious nerve to try work hard enough to fight your way into this school as an honor student Mr. Miyasaki." Mr. Glasses says with a slight tease in his voice.

"Well, Uh thanks I guess…?" Rei asked, as he felt a little embarrassed.

"Whoa! That's so cool Rei-Chan! You must be super smart!" Proclaimed a little dirty-blonde haired… Child? What the hell is an elementary school kid doing in this corrupted host club?

"E-Er, N-not really you see…Wait, WHO THE HELL ARE YOU CALLING REI-CHAN!" Rei suddenly burst causing the blonde little boy leap back in fear.

"Guys leave him alone," Fujioka interrupts walking beside Rei and places a hand on his shoulder. "I asked Miyasaki-san to come here to accompany me, not get bullied by the other hosts."

"Uh, thanks Fujioka-san…" Rei thanks under his breath.

"Anyway, the host club will be opening up any minute now so we better get things ready alright." Mr. Glasses says as he looked down at his clipboard.

"Haruhi who's that? Is he your friend?"

"Are you guy's friends?"

"Are you two dating?"

"You two would be sooo kawaii together!"

Fujioka's guests kept asking questions about the two boys. And in Rei's opinion, they had obviously watched way too much yaoi. The two would say that they only friends.

"Hey, Fujioka-san." Rei whispered.

"Yeah?" Fujioka asked.

"I'm gonna go to the bathroom I'll be back in a minute."

"Yeah sure, take your time." Fujioka said with warm smile.

I swear, this guy kinda reminds me of a girl…

As Rei walked towards the exit at the corner of his eye, he could see the twins talking to their guests.

"Haha, so he had this nightmare that made him bolt right out of bed." Hikaru chuckled teasingly.

"Hikaru!" Kaoru exclaimed. "Don't tell them that story! I asked you not to tell anyone that, why are you so mean to me?" Kaoru said as tears pooled in his eyes.

"I'm sorry Kaoru," Hikaru apologized as he cupped Kaoru's face tenderly and leaned his face very close to Kaoru's. "I didn't mean to upset you. But you were so adorable when it happened and I had to tell them. I'm sorry."

"I forgive you." Kaoru says breathlessly as their guests cried out. What are they so excited about? I just don't get it. Rei rolled his eyes at the twins as he continued walking past the group.

He walked into the bathroom to find some girls in there. As he was about to enter a cubicle as girl screamed. "THERE'S A BOY IN THE GIRL'S BATHROOM! GET OUT OF HERE NOW!"

Immediately afterwards all the girls in the bathroom where screaming for him to get out. Rei bolted out of the bathroom as fast as he could. What the...? He sighed as he realized his mistake. Only moments afterwards, his ringtone went off and Rei rummaged his pockets for his phone.

"Hello?" he asked a he leaned his back against a wall.

"Nee-san! Where are you! Sei-Nii isn't home yet and Mako-Nii is teasing me!" A young boy cried out on the other end of the line.

Rei sighed as he pushed his chunky black glasses up to the bridge of his nose. "Sorry Yuu, I'll be home in fifteen minutes okay."

"Okay." Yuu sniffled on the other end of the line. "Can you tell Mako-Nii to stop teasing me?"

"Mako Stop teasing Yuu." Rei deadpanned as he walked down the isolated hallways.

"I was just saying that he sucks at math, that's all." Mako grumbled.

"I'll see you guys at home okay? Bye." Rei says.

"Bye."

"Did you hear, a boy broke into the girls' bathroom yesterday?"

"No way! Who was it?!"

"I don't know but they're someone new here apparently."

"I heard it was the new red head guy!"

"Ew, what a pervert!"

Rumors buzzed around the academy about Rei being into the girl's bathroom. Some even say that he'd tried to sexually harass some of the girls. But rumors spread like wild fire, no matter what school you're in, and soon enough Rei was known as 'The red head pervert'.

Rei groaned as he sank down his seat, he wanted everyone to shut up about the stupid rumor already. After all, it's not like he meant to go there, it was only an accident. But he doubted anyone would believe him if he told them so.

"Hey Miyasaki, is it true that you went into the girls bathroom?" Hikaru asked curiously with a devilish grin, as he placed a hand on Rei's left shoulder.

"Yeah, what was it like? We've never been in there." Kaoru joined as he placed a hand on his right shoulder.

"We never expected you to be such a pervert Miyasaki." Hikaru chuckled as he waited for a reply from Rei.

"Would you guys knock it off, can't you see he doesn't want to answer your dumb questions. Just leave him alone." Fujioka shoos the two away, Fujioka was obviously as irked at the twins as Rei was.

"We're just curious." The twins replied in unison. Rei groaned as he slammed his head against the hard wooded desk, hoping it would crack his skull open so it would give him an excuse to go home early.

During most of his classes, all Rei had done was sketch. It had often been a good way of relieving stress or anger for Rei; he even stayed in his class at lunch to just to sketch. When he'd finished his sketch, he couldn't help but feel relieved and quite proud of his drawing. Yet somewhat guilty since he'd worked so hard to get into Ouran Academy and he wasn't even paying attention in class. His main objective for the year was to: Study hard, Not have distractions, And not let anyone know his secret.

Well he'd already failed the first two, in a day and a half of school already. But he was hoping that he wouldn't fail his last objective though. Now that would end horribly.

"Hey Rei, you wanna come to the host club after school?" Fujioka asked Rei.

"Uh…" Rei was trying to make a half assed excuse to say 'no' in the politest way, but he knew that he would realize it and would most likely be very insulted. "S-Sure." Damn.

"Thanks, I felt more comfortable with you there to be honest." Fujioka said with a kind smile. "I really hope we can become good friends Miyasaki-San."

Rei blushed subtly and gave a small smile in return, "Thanks, me too Fujioka-San."

After classes the two headed towards the abandoned music room where the Ouran host club was. Rei couldn't help but feel awkward as he heard rumors drone all around them as they walked into the host club.

"Haruhi, you're late. Your guests have already arrived." Ootori (A.K.A Mr. Glasses) said sturdily as the two entered the host club.

"Hello Haruhi."

"We were waiting for you!"

Fujioka's guests greet him as Fujioka and Rei sit down beside each other; Rei pulled out his sketchbook and began sketching.

Miyasaki decided to get up to get some snacks and tea, he could see a small figure skipping towards him in the distance and turned just in time to see the tiny blonde running towards him.

"Rei-Chan~!" Honey calls out to Rei and practically glomps him; before Rei could react he could feel himself lose his balance. He closes his eyes as he waits for the impact, however it seemed to be a lot softer than he'd expected.

Rei cracks open an eye to find himself leaning against one of the twins.

"A-Ah, s-s-sorry!" Rei stutters frantically, his face a brilliant shade of crimson like his hair; he could feel several pairs of eyes on him as he trembled in embarrassment.

"No biggie, I'm just glad you didn't get hurt and break something." The twin responds. "You commoners sure are big klutz's'."

"I-I'm not a klutz!" Rei snaps back suddenly, only to slap a hand over his mouth before he blurts out more weird shit in front of like everyone in the room.

"Are you okay Rei-Chan?" Honey asks, who had been holding on to Rei's sleeves for support.

"Y-Yeah." Rei mutters, his face still hot as he turns away from the mischievous twins who she could hear chuckling at some distance. Rei didn't really feeling like turning around to meet the twins with a beet red face.

"Do you wanna have some cake?" Honey asks enthusiastically.

"Ah sorry, I already ate." Rei replied sheepishly.

"Then do you wanna play with my bunny Usa-Chan?" He asks holding out a pale roseate fluffy bunny.

"I-I suppose…" Rei began, only to get the bunny shoved into his arms.

"Okay, take good care of him!" He called out skipping back over to his guests; Rei was left holding the bunny.

"Is he really a third year student?" Rei mumbled under his breath as he gazed down at the bunny.

"Honey-Senpai may seem young and childish, but he's a prodigy. And then Mori-Senpai's allure is his strong and silent disposition." Ootori (Mr. Glasses) explained to Rei. There wasn't really a need for that just so you know…

Rei was about to head back towards Fujioka with a tray of snacks like what he'd originally intended with Honey's bunny under his arm, but the twins obviously thought that it would be a good idea to embarrass talk to him.

"Hey Miyasaki, if you keep hanging around the host club like this people are gonna start thinking you're gay." Kaoru states. Rei scoffs, Says the guy that's in a relationship with his own brother!

Kaoru noticed Rei's reaction. "We're just helping you out Miyasaki, or..."

"…Maybe he's bent like that," Hikaru smirks as he leans close behind Rei and breathes against the nape of his neck as a tease. "Aren't you? You little nerd?"

Rei jolts up and bolted away from the mischievous twins panting slightly as a faint blush dusted his cheeks once again. "Please don't do that again."

"Hey, why don't you joint the host club?" Hikaru suggested. Yeah, over my dead body.

"Yeah, but he's gonna need a makeover or no girl would look twice at him." Kaoru deadpans as Rei scowls.

"I don't really care much for looks." He mumbled clutching the tray with shaking hands.

"What? But why?" The twins asked in unison.

"Because I don't think that's all too important." Rei stated flatly. "Now if you'd excuse me, I'm going home." Rei went over to Fujioka to pick up his stuff; he set the elegant sleek silver tray on the table, handing Usa-Chan to Fujioka to give to Honey-Senpai. When he turned around again he found the twins there once again.

"Would you two leave me alone already?" Rei grumbled as he slung his bag over his shoulder.

"Not a chance." The twins chorus as they followed Rei. Rei's eyebrow twitched as he huffed a hot breath of air. The twins were starting tick him off that they were following him, why couldn't they just leave him alone. Finally, Rei snapped as he spun around ready to yell at the twins but instead, Rei lost his balance, for the second time that day as he toppled over a podium that held an extremely expensive glass ornament on it. Rei reached out to grab the ornament, his fingers just about brushed against the handle of it but it was too late. As the glass ornament collided with the bubblegum pink tiled floor, with an ear-piercing clatter the ornament shattered into a million pieces.

Rei gaped down at the now smashed glass ornament in revulsion, unable to take in what had just happened. The host club had gone very quiet and no one dared to breathe a word.

"Awww!" The twins moan in unison.

"We were gonna feature that glass ornament in an upcoming school auction!" Hikaru says.

"Now you've done it commoner, the bidding on that ornament was going to start at ¥500000!" Kaoru groans.

"WHAT ¥500000!" Rei shrieks as he bolts up from over the podium. "How many thousand Yen is that, how many thousands are there in a million?!"

"Uh, I'm gonna have to pay you back…" Rei begins.

"With what money? You can't even afford to buy a school uniform." The twins chuckle at the helpless commoner.

"What's with that grubby outfit you've got on anyway?" Kaoru asked.

"It's my brothers'…" Rei grumbled under his breath. Ootori bent over and picked up a shard of glass. "Well, what do you think we should do Tamaki?"

Suoh places a hand on Rei's shoulder. "When in Rome, you do as the Romans do. Since you have no money, you can pay with your body. That means starting tomorrow you'll be a host."

A host…

A host?

Wait…

A HOST!?

Rei's face paled with shock and horror, he could feel his knees get weak as he fell to the floor.

"Miyasaki? You okay?" Fujioka asked as he pushed his way towards Rei. "I know it may be a huge shock but, soon enough you'll get used to it."

After a moment of silence a ringtone went off, Rei rummaged his pockets for his phone as he picked it up.

"H-Hello?" Rei stutters nervously, since after all, everyone was, still staring at him.

"Nee-San? Where are you? Nii-San's still not here yet and Mako-Nii's at his friend's house. I'm all alone Nee-san." Sobbed his younger brother Yuu.

Rei sighed. "I'm coming, I'll be there soon okay?"

"O-Okay." Sniffed Yuu.

"You don't need to cry I'm coming okay? Bye then." Rei said.

"Okay bye." Yuu said as he hung up the phone.

"Who was that?" The twins ask in unison, Rei frowned as he got up.

"My little brother, I gotta head home." Rei mumbled as he picked up his bag. "Bye."

"Bye." The host club chorused.

"And don't forget to come tomorrow!" Kaoru called out.

"Mr. Nerd-Chan!" Hikaru finished.

Twins, I hate them.

"C'mon I'll show you the tricks to hosting Miyasaki." Suoh said trying to make Rei listen to him, but Rei really couldn't give a damn about hosting. What a pain in the neck…

"Boss, you can teach him all about hosting," Kaoru began.

"But he's not going to get very far with the ladies if he doesn't look the part," Hikaru said reaching towards the thick glasses that framed the redheads face. "He's not exactly host club material, but maybe if we took off his glasses it'd help."

Rei froze for a moment as the two met eyes properly for the first time, even though Rei was as blind as a bat, it still counted.

"H-Hey! I-I can't see without those!" Rei stumbled over his words, as he tried to reach for his chunky black glasses. Hikaru pulled them further away of him, tossing them back to Kaoru who caught them with ease.

Hikaru brought his hands up to brush Rei's choppy bangs out of his eyes, as his breath hitched in shock.

"Boss, you better have a look at this."

Sorry if this is kinda crappy, I originally started writing this Fic around a year ago. I edited this fic a lot since my old writing style was so embarrassing and I had literally copied the whole of the first episode into the first chapter. I'm currently editing the 2nd chap of this fic and hoping it's gonna be done soon. I would continue writing but I have spent the whole of yesterday and half of today doing nothing but editing this fic and I've got to finish my essay for Media and plan for my assessment for english x_x

Stay tuned for more!

-Senupaii