I looked at my reflection in the mirror as I fixed my dark wavy hair once again. "At least I look presentable." I mumbled to myself. I quickly put on a denim jacket over my uniform. Today's the day. I'm going to go to Ouran Academy.
No. Freaking. Way. This enormous, overly, elegant building with an enormous fountain at the front yard is a school? I stared at the building agape. Lord, they even had gargoyles and cherub statues. Then again, these rich people never ceased to amaze me.
I felt like everybody's gaze was on me. That's normal actually, considering that I'm not like any other Japanese; I have bright blue eyes, like the sea, inherited from my American father, and I was not wearing their uniform. If I were a student here I wouldn't want to wear that horrendous puffy yellow dress, anyway. Personally, I thought the dress was fine; it's just those ugly sleeves.
Why was I here in the first place, you asked? Well… Something…. happened. I made a questionable decision that one time, and now I had to face the consequence. Truth was, I thought of running away from home. I was scared of my brother. More like, scared of what he would say and do, actually. We were actually quite close, even more so ever since our parents died. He took care of me since then. He was a nice person, and he was so honest about everything. He was righteous, and at times, stiff, so if anything didn't go according to his moral values, he could be a scary person. Actually, I looked up to him a lot. He's independent, determined, and he was a hard-worker. And maybe due to the fact that our parents died, and he had a triple role as my older brother, my father as well as my mother figure, he couldn't afford to commit petty mistakes. I was afraid that he'd be disappointed in me, in which I could foresee that he would be. I had packed some of my clothes and things in my bag just in case.
Gosh! This building is huge. I don't even remember walking into this corridor-
CRASH!
"Oh my god! I'm so sorry" I uttered my apology as I realized that I just bumped into someone.
"It's okay," the boy smiled. "I'm Haruhi Fujioka. Class 1-A." He said. Whoa. This boy was beautiful. Too beautiful. Too petite. Too cute. What's up with that?
"I'm Jessica Itou. I'm in High School Class 1, too! I don't go here, though, obviously, since I don't wear the uniform. Ahaha. Gosh. Sorry for rambling." I scratched the back of my head out of habit.
"It's alright. You look a little lost, though. I was too the first time I was here. Darn these rich people, right? Can I perhaps help you with anything?"
"Oh, so you're not from around here too?" I asked.
"I'm a scholarship student, actually. I could never get used to all this, I guess. It's nice to see someone normal in this building once in a while." Fujioka smiled.
"That's really nice! You must be pretty darn smart, huh? Ahahah, Um, Actually, I AM lost. Could you tell me the way to the Third Music Room, please?"
"You just go to the second floor and it's two door from your left. I'm heading there actually. You want to come with me?"
"Okay, Thanks. No thank you. I'll just go there by myself" I bowed. Hmm. Something really, really, really bothered me about that Fujioka kid.
"Is there a problem?" Fujioka asked. It must have been written all over my face then.
"Never mind." I flashed a smile. Fujioka raised an eyebrow. "Well, I should probably mind my own business, and forgive me for being so bold. But are you gay?" I asked nervously.
"Well, I haven't really thought of my preference. It doesn't really matter to me, anyway. But for now I think I'm not."
Okay. This Fujioka person was so frank. I was expecting a simple yes-no answer. But this person was giving me a glimpse of their personal view in life. I like this Fujioka person already. Hmm. There was only one other possibility.
"Are you a girl then? Why are you dressed in the boy's uniform?" I realized that I might have come out as rude. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked." I looked at the ground, afraid that I might have offended her.
There was a pause between us, before she answered casually, "How?"
"Well, how to put this, um, when we bumped into each other, I kind of, um, I felt your boobs? Heh-heh" I grinned. "It might not be that, uh, big, but they're still boobs nonetheless." I eyed her chest.
She sighed. "Well, it's a long story. Believe me you don't want to know." She said.
Hmmm, I wonder. "It's alright. Thanks by the way, Fujioka-san. You're too kind" I offered her a smile.
"You're welcome. Just call me Haruhi." she said before I watched her went upstairs.
I watched all the girls coming out of the third music room before taking a deep breath once more. Alright. This is it. I thought, looking at the ground. I've been thinking about whether I should come in the past three hours. I could not afford to lose anymore time. I was already here, for God's sake! Why was it so hard to collect up whatever courage I had left? What was so difficult about seeing some people and say a few words? Step up your game, Jessica. I walked passed a group of girls who were chattering happily.
"Kyaa! Tamaki-sama is so handsome! I'm definitely coming back tomorrow!" squealed a girl.
"Hikaru-kun and Kaoru-kun are, too. Their brotherly love is just kyaa~!" swooned the other.
I turned my head swiftly at the mention of those names. So, they really are here. I stopped walking as I reached for the elegant double-door.
This is it, Jessica. It's now or never. I thought to myself as I slowly started to open the door. A heavy mass of rose petals swarmed me. I almost sneezed when one petal tickled my nose. Seriously? First, fountain, Second, elegant interior, and then, of course, rose petals to welcome guests.
"Welcome to the host club, Princess" said a blonde boy as he pressed his lips to my knuckle.
Host club? Now what kind of extracurricular club was that? I thought this was a music room?
"What is this place?" I said as I pulled away my hand.
"Actually, the host club is closed at this hour but we can make an exception for a beautiful maiden like you. So which is your type?" I widened my eyes as he said that.
"The cool type" he pointed a glasses-wearing boy who kept writing something in his black notebook, "The Strong and Silent type" he continued as he pointed at a tall boy with stoic expression. "The Loli-shota type" he directed his gaze to a small blonde boy who's clutching a stuffed bunny. "The Little Devil type" the twins didn't even look away from their DS. "The Natural type" he pointed at Haruhi, who was cleaning the tables. So, Haruhi was part of this weird club. I took it that this was the long story she said I'd rather not know about.
"Or maybe" he said as he grabbed me by the waist, "you prefer the princely type such as myself?"
I pushed the obnoxious man away and quickly straightened the hem of my skirt. "Actually, I came here to...uh…talk about something, with Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin" I stared at the ground. "My name's Jessica by the way. Jessica Itou. Just so you know." I said idly, staring uneasily at the twins who were still currently busy with their DS.
"And I'm Tamaki Suoh," Tamaki said as he proceeded to take my hand, I slapped his hand away out of reflex. He later sulked in the corner. Good God, obnoxious, flamboyant little thing. I took it that he's not that used to rejection.
"Hello, Sica-chan~! Let's go eat some cakes!" the little boy bounced happily.
"Um, but I…"
"You mean you don't want to have a cake with me?" he pouted as he looked up to me with his big brown eyes.
Damn, how am I supposed to resist those big, adorable brown eyes?
Well, a cake or two wouldn't hurt, right? "Sure" I replied, flashing the little boy a toothy grin.
"So Sica-chan, do you like the strawberry cake?" Honey asked me cheerfully. I learned now that he was called Honey-senpai, short for Haninozuka, I guess, and the tall and stoic guy was his cousin called Mori-senpai . I cannot believe that the petite, oh-so-adorable-boy-I-just-want-to-eat-him was actually a senior. I thought he was in an elementary school. I guess what people said were true; looks can be really deceiving.
"Yeah, I do" I smiled.
"Why do you come here after the hosting hour anyway? We met earlier, right? You could have gone with me." Haruhi ever so politely asked.
"Err…"
"Will you come again tomorrow, Sica-chan?" Honey implored, his grin widened.
"You should, my beautiful maiden." Tamaki said as he poured me some more tea.
"Eh, I'm not sure"
"Kyo-chan!" Honey turned his head to face the glasses-wearing boy. "Can Sica-chan come again tomorrow?"
I could have sworn I heard him grunt, annoyed.
"Jessica Itou, Japanese-American, 17 years old, parents passed away in an accident, currently living with an older brother who runs a small convenient store, go to a public high school with Math, Japanese, Science, English, History, and Design as elective subjects, and also currently working part time as a waitress in a small café," he declared. I swore I heard him clicking his tongue before he muttered almost inaudibly, "another commoner".
Now how the heck did he do that? I looked at Haruhi, and she just shrugged. This is how he normally acts? "I'm sorry, but I think you have no right to go through my personal data like that." I said.
"You said that you want to talk about something. What is it that you want to talk about? You're not a regular customer and you didn't request for anyone. Also, it's obvious that you won't be able to pay for our service. I do not see any profit in that." He said as he pushed his glasses to the bridge of his nose.
"Oh! Yeah…right…" I said nervously, involuntarily looking at the ground again. I actually forgot that I came here to talk about IT!
"Hikaru! Kaoru!" he called for the twins, who were still busy with their DS. "I believe you did mention the twins, didn't you?"
Oh, Crap. "Um, I-I D-did" I stuttered.
"What's the matter, Kyoya-senpai?" they said in unison.
"Will you come over here for a while?"
The twins finally tossed away their DS and started to approach me. Okay, That's it. I'm gonna be dead. My entire life ends here. I'm sorry for running off like this brother…
"You look familiar." they both said in unison after eyeing me from head to toe.
"Have we ever—"
"Met you before?"
Were these guys serious? For God's sake, they didn't even remember me! Well, I couldn't really blame them for not remembering me actually, since we were….
"It was more than just a meeting actually" I said, looking into their eyes respectively. Don't tell me these guys forgot? If they did I would have no one to run to and the thought honestly made me want to cry, but I was trying so hard to compose myself.
"So what's the something you want to talk about?" the glasses-wearing boy spoke up again.
"Erm.." I said as I started fiddling with my fingers. I took a deep breath. Man, where did I even have to start? "Remember that time when you two went to a nightclub?" I said to the twin.
They stiffened.
Significant pause.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL? WHAT IN THE BLAZING WORLD DID YOU DO IN A NIGHTCLUB? YOU'RE NOT EVEN OF AGE YET, YOU DIDN'T TAKE MY PRECIOUS DAUGHTER WITH YOU, DID YOU?" Tamaki shouted as if he was going to explode.
"Senpai! Who are you calling your daughter? For your information, I already have a father and no, they didn't take me with them" Haruhi remarked.
"We were bored." They said in unison.
"And we don't want—"
"The rest of the club to join us—"
"So we went—"
"To the nightclub."
"THAT STILL DIDN'T EXPLAIN WHY YOU BOTHER GOING THERE AT ALL!"
"Tamaki-senpai, shut up!" Haruhi whined.
"Mommy, our daughter is rebelling again." he bawled to Kyoya.
"It was their mother's fashion event a few months back, I believe." Said the boy named Kyoya.
"Yeah. So, you remember that night right?" I asked, clasping my fingers behind my back, not sure whether I should continue or not. "I think-" I said, gulping down my own saliva, "I think I might be pregnant and one of you is the father." I blurted out; ever so quickly I barely heard the words I was saying.
Then, it's as if a realization hit the twins.
"Holy Shit" the twin whose hair parted to the left cussed.
"She's yours, Kaoru." said the other twin.
"BUT HIKARU! YOU DID HER FIRST!"
"Does that mean Sica-chan is going to have Hika-chan's and Kao-chan's baby?" Honey exclaimed.
"HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?" Tamaki screamed as he shook my shoulder in a frantic manner.
"Um, Too much alcohol, I guess?" I answered with a half-hearted grin.
Kyoya remained composed, Mori stayed stoic, Hunny swayed usa-chan as if he heard a good news, and Haruhi gave the twins a death glare.
"You have to do something about it, Hikaru and Kaoru. If our customers ever heard about this, there's no doubt that our profit will drastically go down" said Kyoya.
The twins panicked. They were not their usual ignorant self at that moment.
"Come to think of it, Hikaru. We were both really drunk that night." I heard one of twin whispered calmly to the other.
"How did you find us anyway?" the twin (was it Hikaru?) snapped.
"Well, one of you kinda left your jacket and I saw that it was Yuzuha Hitachiin custom made. So I came over to one of Yuzuha Hitachiin retail stores." I took the jacket off, "I'm sorry I had to wear it. There's no space left in my bag. I hope you don't mind." I said as I folded it and held it in my arms. "And then the retail associate there said that the label "For H" on your jacket meant For Hikaru and not for public sale, and that it's only custom made for Hikaru Hitachiin."
"You stalked us." They stated in unison.
"I'm so sorry. I really don't know what to do. I don't want this to happen either. I ran away from my brother. I didn't know where else to go. The retail associate girl told me that you go to school here." I looked at their eyes solemnly, only to earn frowns from both them.
"I planned to live on my own but I realize that I have no one and I don't have a shelter. I haven't even told my brother or best friend about this. I don't know what will my brother do if he ever knew. I know he will be very disappointed. I'm scared to let him down and that he'll get mad. And I just keep thinking about what will happen to the baby. So I come to you guys." I continued with my voice trembling. I hope they didn't notice.
"Such a sad story you have there my beautiful, new daughter!" Tamaki cried while hugging me. "You need not worry! For we, the host club will help you no matter what! Right, Kyoya?"
"Uh..Personal Space" I pushed him away before wiping a tear that has already fallen.
"It's okay Jessica-chan. You don't have to worry, you can live in my apartment if you don't have anywhere else to go. I'm sure my dad will be very happy to have you." Haruhi smiled. "Although my house is small, you can sleep in my room." she continued.
"Really?" I said in disbelief, "Thank you very much Haruhi! You're an angel! I'll pay the rent with my salary if you want to" I practically threw myself to her and hugged her.
"Let's not be rash about this situation." The boy called Kyoya interrupted as he pushed his glasses to the bridge of his nose. "This is, indeed, an inconvenience for us all. If the public knows, there is no doubt that reputation of the host club will plummet to the ground, and we will have losses to incur. Secondly, The Hitachiin family name could be at stake here, and so do everyone else's in this club. But the name of Ootoris and Suouhs will be tarnished more severely, as Tamaki and I are the President and Vice President of this club respectively.
"More importantly, we need to figure out how to tell Itou-san 's brother about this matter. I figured we do not tell Yuzuha-san yet. And then, we need to do something about the baby." The air in the room was so thick and the mood became so depressing.
"Also, I hate to break it down to you but—" Kyoya said as he scribbled something, "Since Hikaru and Kaoru are twin brothers and have the same exact DNA, a paternity test is impossible, which means that technically they are both the father".
Hello Lovely People~! So I've had this idea for the longest time but haven't had the courage (and time lulz) to put it all together, but now I do! Kind of...
I love the twins so, so, so, so much.. And on a side note, I definitely don't know crap about genetics, and that's why I didn't take pure biology at secondary school for a reason.. So sorry if I got the fact wrong or that Jessica isn't supposed to have blue eyes... But anyway, it's anime, lulz. I mean, Tamaki has purple eyes, and the twins have onyx. So yeah, I don't think stuff in there are meant to be anatomically correct. Yeah, man.. I hope you enjoy the first chapter! I couldn't type *** to indicate time-skip? Hence, the horizontal line... :") Reviews are most welcomed (Constructive Criticisms are highly appreciated. Let's all improve together!), as I'll definitely continue it if the response is good :) Have a good day.