"Hey Petra, you know that school you go to, Ouran?" Aki Hayashi, or better known as "Mikasa Klein" grinned as she and her assistant Petra sat at a small cafe table outside, enjoying some tea.

"Y-yes! Why?" Petra asked, setting down her tea cup and looking up at her boss.

"I'm transferring there!" Aki cheered, grabbing Petra's hands in hers and smiling. "Isn't that great?"

"Well yes, that's amazing!" Petra smiled as well, a little bit taken aback by the sudden news. Maybe she should have paid more attention when she spotted that Ouran Academy pamphlet at Aki's apartment earlier that morning..

Petra Haley was a Half Russian, Half English girl of 16, a second year at Ouran Academy. She wasn't that short, standing at 5'6 1/2 with long dirty blonde hair and sparkling brown eyes. Why was the girl in front of her called her "boss?" Well Petra accidentally broke a piano (God knows how she managed that) belonging to Aki's family, it was a family heirloom that was "very important" to the Hayashi family. Now in debt, she had decided to work for Aki as an assistant of sorts, and a very good one at that.

Now Aki Hayashi was Japanese, with European mixed somewhere in her blood. She was 5'8, green-eyed and short black hair falling to the nape of her neck. She was a violinist, known as Mikasa Klein in the music world, with bangs dyed purple as well. After Petra had broken that piano, they were almost always together, since they had formed a strong friendship in the short time they had known each other.

"I'm starting tomorrow, Monday!" Aki squealed, quite excited. "But I'm not so sure if I want to wear that yellow uniform for the girls, it's a bit poofy and it looks uncomfortable."

"Well no, it's not that uncomfortable.." Petra admitted, shrugging a bit as she sipped her tea. "I actually happen to like it..."

"Well of course you do Petra, you look cute in it," Aki laughed, leaning back a bit in her chair.

"T-thank you," Petra blushed, feeling a bit embarrassed. Aki was her boss, but she treated Petra as more of a friend rather than an assistant. Petra wouldn't admit it, but she quite liked it. She was being treated as an equal, not some sort of piece of trash like she had expected Aki to treat her before.

"Now c'mon," Aki said as they finally finished up their tea and left the cafe. "You're going to show me around on the first day and I don't want to get lost! Oh and by the way, I had the chairman place me in your class~ "

"You can do that?" Petra gasped, eyes widening just a fraction. "But... Your grades.. I mean, Class 2-A is for the smartest people in second year.."

"Are you calling me stupid Petra?" Aki frowned, faking anger.

"Oh n-no! I mean nothing like that! Haha I was just- just-" Petra stuttered, afraid she had offended Aki.

"I'm just kidding Petra, you know I could never be angry at you~" Aki joked, patting her friend's shoulder.

"Oh good, I thought I had offended you terribly!" Petra sighed in relief. She couldn't help but giggle a bit along with Aki. Ah, now that was true friendship.

"Aki? Aki are you there?" Petra was up bright and early the next morning, already knocking on Aki's apartment door by 7:30 AM, and hour before school would start.

"Hello dear!" Aki's mother, Tsubaki, greeted her warmly, ushering her inside. "I'm afraid my lazy daughter has still not gotten her lazy bum our of bed, would you mind waking her for me!"

"Oh yes, of course!" Petra said politely, quickly finding her way to Aki's bedroom, as she had done plenty of times before. "Aki..?" She peeked inside the room, only to find it a mess and a cocoon on sheets hiding a certain someone from the world. Petra sighed and made her way to the bed, stepping over several articles of clothing.

"Wake up!" Petra yelled, pulling the sheets off and effectively waking Aki up. The violinist screeching and falling out of bed. "Oh no! Are you alright? Are you hurt?" Petra said worriedly, wincing a bit at the loud thump.

"Yeah, peachy keen," Aki replied, yawning. Her hair was disheveled, and her clothes rumpled from sleep. "What time is it..?"

"7:35 AM," she answered, checking her watch. She smoothed down her uniform, fixing the ribbon. "C'mon, you've got to get up. School starts in an hour and you know how long it takes you to get ready."

"Alright, I'm up, I'm up," Aki nodded, pulling herself up. "Do you mind getting my uniform from the closet? I'll go brush my teeth and wash my face in the bathroom." And with a smile, she disappeared into the small bathroom connected to her room.

Petra sighed and rolled her eyes a bit at the mess, pushing aside a couple of things with her feet as she made her way to the closet on the other side of the room. Aki's room was always pretty messy every time she visited, and it always seemed to get even messier right after they cleaned. She laughed quietly at the memory and pulled open the closet doors, pulling out an Ouran Boys' uniform instead of a girls'.

"Aki, what's this?" Petra called, holding the uniform up as Aki finished her freshening up.

"It's a uniform?" Aki said, raising an eyebrow. "What else?"

"No I mean, why is it a boys' uniform?" Petra frowned slightly. "You're a girl aren't you?"

"But the skirt," Aki whined. "It's too poofy."

"Don't whine!" Petra scolded her slightly, giving the uniform to Aki. "You should be proud to wear it! After all, you're now an Ouran student aren't you?"

"Don't be so worried~" Aki patted her face, stripping off her pajamas and getting into the uniform, Petra politely turning to give her some privacy. "Besides, it's not like they'll think I'm a boy!" She laughed, waving it off as she brushed her short hair.

"I, apparently, am wrong," Aki nodded as they reached the school, girls giggling and guys staring in jealousy as Aki wrapped an arm around Petra's waist, grinning.

"What are you doing?" Petra blushed, trying to push her boss away.

"Shhh," Aki laughed. "I want to see how long we can keep this act up. I don't want anyone to recognize me." Yes, the purple bangs were hard to miss. But if Aki pretended to be a boy, and if Petra went along with it, they'd be able to keep a low profile, hopefully.

"F-fine," Petra reluctantly agreed, still a bit uncomfortable as they walked through the halls to get to Class 2-A. "But if this backfires, I'm going to blame you!"

"It won't, promise," Aki grinned, the two of them entering the classroom. "And if it does.. Well, we'll figure that out another day."

"Petra!" Tamaki called as they passed, looking curiously at them. "Who's your boyfriend? New student?"

"B-b-boyfriend?!" Petra laughed nervously. "Haha no we're not dating! We're just friends!" She discreetly sent a small, nervous look at Aki. She was slightly embarrassed and angry all at the same time, it was backfiring already!

"Yeah, just friends," Aki grinned, removing her arm from Petra's waist. "Aki Hayashi, nice to meet you." She held out a hand, which Tamaki responded with an overly-excited handshake.

"Tamaki Suoh!" he responded, smiling brightly.

"Okay, maybe not nice to meet you," Aki murmured under her breath, she and Petra taking a seat towards the back of the classroom.

Aki, luckily only had to state her name and age for an introduction. But she did notice that Petra was staring quite a bit at Tamaki. She grinned to herself and faced the board, she'd have to talk to Petra about that later. Hmm, Ouran Academy seemed very normal so far, hopefully there wouldn't be any surprises later. Hopefully...

Hello lovelies! This here is a story collab between myself and "mishmodia". She's a great writer so check her stories out as well! Remember to review, favorite, and follow! Goodbye dears~