This is a short chapter but I wanted it to serve as an introduction to Lucky and her relationship with Kyoya. Just as a disclaimer, I do not and probably never will own Ouran Highschool Host Club.
Some people called Lucky a freak, others called her an inspiration. She just called herself human.
Lucky had what most would consider a sob story. She was born with a congenital heart defect, and when her parents found out that their little girl wasn't perfect, they dumped her in the streets. She was found covered in mud by the Tanaka family.
The Tanaka family immediately brought the infant to the hospital fearing for the poor thing's life. The hospital contacted the police which labeled the young girl as an orphan. They refused to allow the infant back into her biological parents arms.
The Tanaka family asked if they could adopt the young girl and after a few weeks they officially had custody of her. Yui and Sora Tanaka had been made aware of the girl's heart defect and quickly allowed for a surgery on the girl.
The couple had quickly decided to name the infant Lucky. They had been told that they couldn't conceive a child like they desperately wanted before they found Lucky. The infant was lucky to have found them and they were lucky to find her.
Lucky Tanaka grew up with a loving family. She was always told the truth about how her parents found her, they didn't want to hurt her later in life so they told her the truth. She was loved and cherished like she was their own child, but that's not saying much because to them, Lucky was their child.
Lucky loved her parents. They were extremely supportive of everything she wanted to do. She wasn't told that she couldn't do things like most children are. Her sense of creativity was fostered and when she wasn't allowed to do something her parents would calmly explain the reason why she couldn't do it. They had given Lucky the option to do anything she wanted in life, their only advice for her was that she do something she love and can support herself with. Basically as long as she was doing her best and being kind her parents were always proud of her.
Lucky grew up fairly sick. Her heart defect had weakened her immune system causing her to be sick frequently. She had check ups at the hospital and was taking medication and supplements given to her by the cardiologist. She had frequent hospital stays when she was young, but as she grew up she would get sick less often. Her parents learned not to coddle her as much because Lucky was always the type of girl that needed to accomplish things on her own. Her parents wanted her to learn how to live life without fear of getting sick as well. Her parents would take her out in public as much as they could as recommended by the doctor, that was the only way she could build up her immune system. It also helped that Lucky's mother, Yui, was a doctor at one of the local hospitals, so she knew how to help her daughter.
Little did they know it was taking their daughter to explore while building her immune system that would allow her to meet her best friend. Sora Tanaka, Lucky's father, worked at the local library and would frequently bring Lucky to work with him, so they wouldn't have to pay for a sitter. One day when Lucky was 6 years old and sitting on one of the bean bags at the library she saw an interesting family walk in. There was a Dad and three boys who were all dressed in suits. The youngest boy looked to be around her age. The father looked strict and scary. When the four parted ways Lucky watched the youngest boy go and pick out a book from the nonfiction section and plop down on a chair to read it.
The young girl walked up behind the boy and tried to read the book cover out loud, "Pe-peculiar Persons Disappearances, I've heard that book is scary."
The young boy whipped his head around to look at the dirty blonde haired girl behind him. His eyes looked her up and down taking in her long braided hair with random pastel butterfly clips in it, he also saw her milk chocolate eyes which were extremely bright which held a hint of fear. He smiled slightly at the girl his age, "My father says I should read every non-fiction book," he says as a matter of fact.
"Really?" The young girl asked tilting her head slightly, "I practically live here and I don't think I could ever read them all." She walked over to the nonfiction shelves while every so often glancing back to make sure he was watching her. She exaggeratedly motioned at the shelves, "I mean look at this! There aren't even all the nonfiction books in the world. I think I'd die before reading them all!" With a loud sigh she dramatically falls on the ground positioning her left hand over her eyes. She slowly peers out of one eye after hearing light footsteps walk over to her, she saw the black haired boy looking down at her with amusement in his eyes and a smile on his lips. He offers a hand up to Lucky. "My name is Lucky by the way, Lucky Tanaka."
"Kyoya, Kyoya Ootori," the Raven haired boy responded.
"You don't talk very much do you? That's okay I can do all the talking if you want. You know? I don't know why you're told to read nonfiction books. Fiction books are much more fun!" She told Kyoya while dragging him to the young kids fiction section.
That was the start of a long friendship between the two, as well as Kyoya's secret love of fiction books with mythical creatures.