I walked down the halls of my new high school and focused most of my attention towards keeping track of my position. It was my first day going to Ouran Academy. To think that I had to move all of the way from the United States of America to Japan just because I accepted a scholarship application for a high school... the only reason I even accepted was because it would help me get into any collage I wanted to, the fact that it was located in Japan was a plus... or a downside depending on how you look at it. At least there as a cheap apartment nearby... I was having to stay by myself because it would have been too expensive for my parents to move just so that I could go to school, and besides I liked coming home to a quiet silence and not having to worry about my music being loud, or someone seeing my fake mask slip or being caught awake in the middle of the night. In fact I loved being alone, working alone. My favorite things to do are to read, write, and listen to music... usually alone. The only people that I considered to be friends were all still in Georgia. In fact there were only a few of then, most of which were met through church, none of which were met through school. I considered school to be like a job, not a social event. I again looked down at my map, then at my watch.

My next class was just down this hall, and I would get there with around five minutes to spare. In that time I would snag a seat front and center, introduce myself to the teacher, and hopefully get on their good side. All part of my master plan for getting high grades to be able to get into the best possible collage. I arrived at the classroom.I tried the door and found it to be locked. Why would it be locked? My next class was Honors Biology in classroom 'Biology Lab 2' and this was 'Biology Lab 2'. I consulted my schedule for confirmation, correct there. I consulted my map, correct there also... so what was the problem? Well I was early so maby the teacher stepped out and locked the door? I guess I could just wait out here. I again looked at my schedule and realized my mistake, I had skipped over the words 'Lunch Period/Leisure Period' written in the small slot before the class period, I moved my eyes to see the time frame and saw that it took up 2 hours!This school never could cease to amaze me could it? First off having a ten minute transition time! At my old school we had three minutes tops and some teachers started giving out detentions at the two minute mark. Plus you spent most of the day in the same classroom! Other than for Biology I spent my day in one of two classrooms..., then there was this 'Leisure Period' which at my old school was 'Study Hall'. It seemed like everyone here had way too much free time on their hands.

What did they even do with the time anyways? They definitely did not study, I could see that just by watching how most of them acted in class, they did not read, most of them looked at me like I was an alien when I took out a book to read, and they did not write stories, again they looked at my pens and paper like they were foreign objects. The topic of thought intrigued me, but it was not of any use for me to ponder it. I arrived at the mess hall, No 'Café',why did they have to use all of these formal jargons, not that it was any of my business. Inside the 'Cafe' was a wide range of food choices, I looked at the prices, and I'm pretty sure I turned green. Instead of buying something, I sat down at an empty table and started eating my way through my supply of caramel flavored snack bars. After my stomach was filled to a comfortable extent, I took the wrappers and went to throw them away, leaving my stuff at the table. When I got back a group of swooning girls were gathered around the table that I had previously occupied, if it weren't for the fact that the "stuff" I had left behind included my writings and my books, I probably would have left the things behind. I tried to pass through the group, and to go around the group. It turns out hat there were too many to get through and they were gathered around the table on all sides.

I let out a sigh as I tapped one of the girls on her shoulder to get her attention and asked, " I'm sorry, but why are all of you gathered around this table" the girl turned and after she had looked me up and down she smiled and said, "The Host Club, a group of this schools handsome gentlemen, has decided that today they are actually going to eat lunch in the Cafe, and we... are gathered to watch until they go back to the Host club's regular meeting place. Have you ever met the Host club? They are so nice and sweet and..." I tuned her out and quietly said, "I'm sorry but I was sitting here and accidentally forgot my stuff at the table- " she interrupted me, I guess there was nothing wrong with that since I did interrupt her first she said, "Oh this will give me a valid reason to get to the table" she then started shouting "Excuse me, coming through, we need to get something from the table" she had grabbed onto my wrist and was hauling me through the crowd. We stopped in front of the table and everyone was silent, I spoke up saying "Excuse me , but I was previously sitting here and left my stuff" I looked around the table confused and asked, "Was there anything here when you sat down? A shoulder-bag? Paper? Pens? Books?" There were six boys sitting at the table that had perviously sat one girl. There was a petit framed blonde with blue eyes, who sat beside a largely framed dark eyed black haired boy, two light red haired greenish gold eyed twins, a blue eyed rich looking blonde boy, and a black haired boy whose eyes were hidden behind a pair of glasses.

The rich blonde answered saying, "I wasn't the first one here, but I'm sorry Princess there was nothing here when I arrived" The boy with the glasses spoke up, "Yes your stuff was here, but I had Haruhi take your things to 'Music Room 3', I'm Ootori Kyoya by the way, this is-" he was interrupted by the rich looking blonde, "Souh Tamaki-" then he was interrupted by the petit blonde, "You can call me Honey and this is Mori" he gestured towards the silent giant beside him, next to speak up were the twins, the first one said, "I'm Hikaru" and the second said, "I'm Kaoru" then in unison they said, "We're the Hitachiin twins" I noticed that Hikaru's voice was slightly deeper that Kaoru's voice. Just then the crowd parted and the girls were drooling over... another girl? The girl was cross-dressing as a male, but was clearly a female. Oh well, it was her choice to have that kind of life style... and I kind of envied her, she could pull it off really well... NO! I did not envy her, my cross-dressing and cos-playing days were over and done with. I was perfectly content being exactly who and what I was. I looked back at the table and decided that it would be polite to introduce myself and said, "Ok, I guess, nice to meet you I'm-" Ootori interrupted stating, "Dawn, Elise, middle class, raised in Georgia, USA, your parents are still in America, your current residency is an apartment building about five blocks from here, and you are currently working at a department store which provides money for bills and food, your parents are helping to pay for your education, your a writer and love to read books."

I stared as him and simply asked, "Where is 'Music Room 3', I need to get my stuff" Ootori smirked at me and said, "You can follow us once we're done eating, Haruhi can you pull up an extra chair for Elise" he had been looking at the cross-dressing girl, Haruhi, he now turned to me and said, "I hope it's okay if I address you by your given name I have heard that in your culture people commonly address others by their given name" I nodded confused as to why it mattered, he motioned for me to take a seat which just so happened to be positioned beside him, not that I cared. I sat with a sigh and noticed that all of the girls were staring at me, the stares made me slightly uncomfortable, but I brush the feeling off instead I looked around the table at the boys, I decided to classify Haruhi as a boy until I confronted her about it in private. I asked, "Do any of you have a book I could read, or paper I could borrow for now?" Everyone other that Haruhi and Ootori stared at me and gaped, Ootori answered "No, I don';t have any extra paper on me, or any reading material, and I am the only one here that ever carries those supplies, exept for Fujikoa, but I doubt he has any on him" Fujioka or Haruhi, shook his head, and I nodded, I heard Haruhi mutter under his breath "Good for her, he probably would have charged her interest, she got a lucky break that time." I didn't comment, but I speculated that something similar had happened to him previously.

I remained silent until Honey looked over at me and asked, "Did you have anything to eat Eli-chan?" I looked over at him as he jumped into my lap , I looked down at him and he almost looked... cute? "Yes, Honey" well that sounded weird " I ate a couple of snack bars for lunch." Again everyone, other that Haruhi and Ootori stared at me in shock, I looked around and against my better judgement stated "What is something wrong with my eating habits?" It was than that Honey started to cry and through his sobbing said, "Thats all you eat? That must be hard for you." Souh started to shed a few tears saying "You poor thing, having to live off of such distasteful food" Hikaru and Kaoru leaned on each other and started sobbing loudly, Hikaru started "Thats so tragic- Kaoru interjected "that you were raised-" then they finished together in unison "-in such a poor way to think that to be normal." I noticed that Haruhi rolled his eyes at the comments like he had been in this position before, but he didn't add a comment. Ootori smirked and a hint of evil went into his gaze as he said, "You can have the rest of my lunch" he was currently eating a large plate of various seafood varieties which made the offer tempting but instead I replied, "No thank you, I appreciate the offer but my lunch was large enough" I didn't mention the fact that I didn't like being in debt to others, especially rich people, they are the ones who usually take things way to far.

I sat and observed their reactions and behaviors, Ootori didn't push the subject and no one continued on that train of thought or well conversation. I can't tell what others are thinking. Instead, the twins began to cuddle, Mori was looking at honey in a protective way, Tamaki began to flirt with Haruhi, Haruhi was ignoring him and eating a sandwich, Honey was sitting on my lap and was currently eating cake and sweets, and Ootori was... staring at me? No, just looking at me and blinking once every three or four minutes, yeah not very creepy, Sarcasm. I decided to stare back at him and a staring contest commenced. I let him blink once and the contest started, he apparently sensed that I was challenging him because eight minutes later we were still staring, five minutes later he blinked, and I won with my extraordinary honed staring skills. He started laughing and for some strange reason I laughed too. I then asked "Are any of you going back to the music room yet? I kind of need my stuff." Ootori's ''cool' expression for lack of a better word, returned and he said, "Haruhi and I will take you there", Haruhi then nodded and got up, I noticed that he had leftovers that he tucked into his bag. They walked to the door and I went to follow them.