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Also, just as a note, the twins when talking in unison looks like this: "~Haruhi.~" Just a heads up.

Chapter Two

The twenty minute walk from Haruhi's apartment to Ouran Academy went by fast, much too fast for Saeko's like. To her, it seemed like only a few minutes had passed since they had left their room for the Academy, and now they were already in front of Ouran's doors. Which in all honesty, was probably a good thing because getting to the school this early meant that they now would have the time to go and get Saeko her books.

Unfortunately, this also meant that Saeko would now have to deal with the side effects of being a said, "New Student," at the Academy. A new student that was three months late starting into the school year. Which was just fabulous. Saeko was already looking forward to the whispers and snide remarks that she would no doubt soon be hearing about herself from her soon-to-be classmates and other fellow Academy students. Yup, just fabulous.

And good lord, Haruhi was not kidding either when she had told her that Ouran Academy was big. The place could easily fit three or more of her previous schools inside it's main building alone! Just looking at the front of the main academy building had Saeko feeling uneasy. She knew that she was going to get lost, and easily at that. The place was just too big. And Saeko had enough problems as it was with her horrible sense of direction. Getting miserably lost in this place was definitely in her future. It was a good thing that she had Haruhi to show her around and where to even go today. She would have been screwed otherwise.

"Geez Haruhi, you weren't kidding when you said that this place was huge!" Saeko stated, voicing her previous thoughts out loud, as they both made their way into the school.

Haruhi just laughed, nodding her head in agreement as she led her cousin through the halls of the Academy. They were only half way to their class room when they were stopped though. And when I say "they" were stopped, I really only mean Haruhi.

"Ack-What the-!" Haruhi stuttered as she was suddenly yanked backwards by two pairs of hands.

"~Haruhi.~"

"Eh?" Saeko turned around to see where her cousin had suddenly disappeared to only to see Haruhi struggling in the embrace of two tall ginger haired twins. She cocked her head to the side and watched in slight amusement as Haruhi squirmed and fussed, trying to get out from the twins' mess of arms. And all the while failing miserably at it. "Uh...Haruhi? Do you um...do you need my assistance..or something?" Was this like...a normal occurrence for Haruhi or something? Should she step in and..help her? Try to help her? Oh god this was awkward.

Haruhi sighed, slumping into the twins hold as she finally gave up on struggling. "No Saeko, don't worry. They let go...eventually. Oh," she looked up at the twins. "Kaoru, Hikaru, this is my cousin Saeko." She introduced, pointing over at Saeko. "Sae-chan," Haruhi got her cousin's attention before pointing up towards the twin with the hair parted to the right. "this is Hikaru," She then finished by pointing to the other twin with the hair parted to the left. "And this is Kaoru. They're two of the members of the Host Club; and they are also in our class, unfortunately."

"~Hey!~" The twins chorused together, a frown plastered on each of their faces. "~You're mean Haruhi!~"

Haruhi in turn just shrugged. Like she cared. The both of them were too clingy and far too over dramatic for her tastes. Too much like Tamaki-senpai...or maybe it was just a Host Club related...symptom. Whatever the case, it was still too early for this. "Can you two let me go now? I'm taking Saeko to the class room, she needs to go and get her books."

The twins dropped Haruhi to the ground with a thud before waltzing over to inspect Saeko, who in turn eyed both boys wearily. "~Your cousin, huh?~" Hikaru and Kaoru stood on either side of Saeko, earning a flinch from the girl. "~She doesn't look too similar to you Haruhi...~" Hikaru grabbed one of Saeko's hands and spun her around before she had the time to react, giving her a quick once over. "The most you two seem to have in common is height." He then finished twirling her and passed her over to Kaoru.

Kaoru caught Saeko with ease, and grinned when he noticed how dizzy his brother had made her. He wrapped an arm around her waist to steady her before taking her chin in his free hand, then he studied her face. "And face structure," he noted. "But that's about it."

"Do not touch me." Saeko growled out, slapping Kaoru's hand away and shoving his arm off before taking a few steps back. She slowly regained her composure before turning to give each of the twins a death glare. "Seriously, don't touch me. Just because you know Haruhi and you guys are in some sort of club together doesn't mean that you can just be buddy buddy with me. Sorry, but it doesn't work like that."

Hikaru and Kaoru looked at each other, smirking darkly. "~We like your cousin Haruhi, she seems like she'll be...fun.~"

Sae just continued to glare at them as she walked over to Haruhi's side. "Let's just go to class now Haruhi. Your friends are creeping me out. Come on," She laced her arm through Haruhi's and started to walk. "Let's go now."

"~Aw Sae-chan, we can be your friends too.~" The twins once again chorused together.

Saeko snorted, "No thank you; and don't call me Sae-chan. Wait a second," Sae stopped dead in her tracks causing Haruhi to stumble to a stop as well.

"Ah, Saeko what's wrong?" Haruhi asked curiously.

"Please tell me that these two aren't the ones that you were talking about earlier this morning?"

Haruhi gave her older cousin a weak smile. "Yeah, I'm sorry Sae-chan. They're not usually this annoyingly clingy in the morning...wait...never mind, yes they are." She finished with a sigh.

"~Aw Haruhi!~" The twins both rushed over to Haruhi and grabbed her, shoving Saeko away in the process. "~You know you love us!~" They both whined in unison, the two of them each rubbing their cheeks up against poor Haruhi's.

Now it was Haruhi's turn to snort. "Yeah, sure. Now will you please let go of me already? Class is going to start in like..." she glanced up at the clock that hung in the hallway. "Ten minutes. We need to go and see if Saeko's books are in yet. That, and we to find out where she'll be sitting. So if you both don't mind, I'd like to have control over my body again."

The twins grudgingly let go of Haruhi.

"Thanks guys." Haruhi muttered out sarcastically, brushing the sleeves to her blazer off. She then walked over to Saeko and relinked their arms together. "Let's go Saeko. Ms. Ito should be in the room by now."

/About Ten Minutes Later/

"Well Ms. Mizore, it's wonderful to have you join our class." Ms. Ito smiled as she welcomed Saeko to her class. "Unfortunately," she frowned. "Your books have yet to arrive. They should be here within the next week or so. But I'm sure that you can find someone to share books with from the class until then. It will be a temporary fix of course. But you'll just have to manage until your own books do get here, I'm afraid."

Saeko forced a smile, "Ah, I guess I can do that. It's only for a week or so. Um," She picked her bag up from the floor and slung it over her shoulder before glancing back at the teacher. "Where would you like me to sit Ms. Ito?"

Ms. Ito smiled, before turning Saeko around and pointing to the back of the room where Haruhi was sitting and getting her belongings out and ready for the day. "There should be an empty seat back there by Haruhi."

That brought a small, relieved smile to Saeko's face. "Ah, alright. Thank you." And with that said, Sae made her way over to her cousin's desk in the far back of the room. Saeko may have to wait a while for her books to finally arrive but at least she got to sit next to her cousin during class. That definitely made things a lot easier.

After giving Haruhi's desk a few slaps, and unintentionally making the younger girl jump at the action, Saeko grinned down at her cousin. "Guess who I get to sit by, Haruhi?"

Haruhi opened her mouth to ask who, but two ginger haired twins beat her to it.

"~Who do you get to sit by, Sae-chan?~" Both inquired, yet again in perfect sync.

Saeko's jumped a bit at the twin's sudden appearance, and her eyes automatically narrowed as she spun around to face the two of them. "Geez, when did you two even get here?"

Hikaru and Kaoru both grinned down at her. "Oh you know," one of them started...Hikaru maybe? Or was it Kaoru? Saeko didn't know. "About three seconds ago." The second then finished for the first. Saeko just sighed. How did Haruhi tell them apart again? It obviously wasn't by their outfits, Sae reasoned with a snort. Ah well, she'd ask Haruhi about it again later. If she remembered.

"Okay then; Anyways," Saeko rolled her eyes before turning back to Haruhi. "As I was saying, guess where I get to-" she paused mid sentence, watching as Twin One took the seat that was next to Haruhi, the seat that she had originally been planing on sitting at herself. Well, if he sat there then maybe she could sit in the other seat, at least that one was by a window. Wait... She paused, her eyes following Twin Two as he nonchalantly took the other empty seat that was next to Haruhi. Sae's eyes began to twitch. They..had to be kidding her! "Do you..do you both sit in those seats?"

"~Uh, yeah?~"

Saeko just sighed dejectedly before walking over to the only other empty and available seat in the row, which happened to be next to Twin One, much to Saeko's displeasure. "Never mind Haruhi, just never mind." She pulled the chair out and sat down dishearteningly, deliberately avoiding both Hikaru and Kaoru's gaze. "Ms. Ito gave me false hope Haruhi. She told me to take one of the seats that were next you," she frowned, clearly agitated. "Of course, she failed to notify me that both of said seats on either side of you were taken though." She grumbled. She looked over at Twin One, who was sitting to her left. "And I suppose that you rather like your seat, don't you?"

Kaoru; or Twin One as Saeko so fondly dubbed him, just smirked darkly in response.

Yeah, that answered Saeko's question alright. She sighed, her head dropping down on its own accord to land on the desk with a light thud. Today...was going to be a very, very long day. And her first period hadn't even started yet. Today was going to be hell, she could already tell.