Chapter 2 – The Job of a High School Student!

"I'm still confused! Why are you bringing me?" I manage to say in between breaths.

"We're going to show you around the school as we head to the nurse!" Mitsukuni replied. "The school is so pretty! Who wouldn't want to see it?"

I tried to pull away, but the stoic's grip was strong. "I've already had a tour of the school though…"

Takashi stopped walking, "Really?" He seemed surprised at this.

I rubbed the back of my head with my free hand, "Uh yeah. Sorry, I thought everyone knew." I felt embarrassed for some reason. "I don't know why I assumed that though…" I tried to laugh a bit to rid of the awkwardness, but only made it worse.

"That's okie! Then you'll just be with us just to be with us!" Mitsukuni shouted, happily. "It's fun with more people! Isn't that right, Takashi?" The boy looked up at his friend with eyes sparkling.

"Yes," Was the simple reply the man gave. He started walking again, pulling me with them.

"But aren't we just going to the nurse?" I asked, still very confused.

"You ask lots of questions, Alex-chan! I bet that you're super smart."

I looked at the small boy. Is he really a third year in high school? I need to confirm that soon. His comment made me slightly blush. The kid was just adorable. Who wouldn't feel this way if he said something like that? "Ha-ha, no… I mean sure I'm smart because I got into class 3-A, but I'm not some genius."

"Not only are you pretty, but you're modest! I bet you will have guys falling for you very soon! Right, Takashi?"

My face was heating up very quickly. I stared down at the floor for a moment. I noticed that even the school's marbled floors sparkled as we walked down the hallways. I brought my attention to Takashi, curious to see what his answer was. A small change of color occurred to his face but quickly vanished.

"Yeah."

I let out a relieved sigh. Wait what? Why was I relieved? Man, I'm so stupid. I was brought out from my thoughts when Mitsukuni started talking again.

"You can put me down, Takashi."

"No."

"Why not? I wanna walk with Alex-chan," Pouted the boy.

Takashi looked down at me, then back to the boy. "Fine. Don't run, though."

"K, Takashi!"

The boy was carefully placed on the floor. He quickly walked over to my side.

I giggled as I watched the overly excited Mitsukuni wander to my left side. "I'm not that exciting. No need to be right next to me." I said in between laughs.

"Not true!" The boy quickly stated. I saw him glance over to Takashi. His eyes wandered down to the stoic's hands. His eyebrows furrowed. I tilted my head a bit at his actions. He grabbed my free hand and squeezed it.

"Mitsukuni?" I stared down at him.

He smiled at me, "I wanted to hold Alex-chan's hand, too!"

I glanced over to my other hand, noticing that Takashi was still holding my hand. I completely forgot that he was holding my hand. His grip softened so I thought he let go earlier. "Oh yeah…" I lowered my head embarrassed at my forgetfulness. "Sorry, I just forgot that Takashi was holding my hand."

The little boy giggled, "You're so silly, Alex-chan!" He hugged me and then continued walking. Takashi was still holding my hand so the hug was a bit awkward.

It became silent for a moment. I opened my mouth to say something but was interrupted by another pair of voices.

"Hey, Mori! Hey, Honey!"

We all whipped our heads around to see three people walking toward us. Well… Two were running toward us while one was slowly walking behind them. I quickly noticed that the two running were twins.

"Hikaru and Kaoru!" Mitsukuni let go of my hand and ran toward the interesting pair. They started having a whole conversation.

I looked up to Takashi with a confused expression on my face. "Urm… Who-"

"Hikaru Hitachiin and Kaoru Hitachiin." He pointed to the twins. Hitachiin… I've heard that name before. "Haruhi Fujioka."

I tilted my head. "Haruhi… Fujioka?" Takashi lightly grabbed my chin and pointed to the boy still walking slowly behind the twins. "Oh. So they're friends of yours?"

He nodded silently. "Haruhi is a scholarship student, though."

I'm guessing that means he's a commoner. I stare at the four boys. It looked like every time Mitsukuni or the twins tried to talk to the commoner, he'd just simply ignore them.

"Haru-chan! Why didn't you go to the club yesterday?" Mitsukuni looked like he was going to break down crying.

"I had to help my dad. I have a life outside of the club, you know?"

"You could've called us or something," the twins said in unison, "Boss was freaking out." They nodded to each other.

Haruhi flung his head back. "Let him freak out. You guys need to get through your head that my life wasn't made solely for the Host Club."

Host Club? He did say that just now… right? No! Those things can't still be real; especially in a high school. Maybe he said Toast Club? Yeah! Probably… not…

"That's not what Kyoya thinks." One twin stated.

"Mhm. In fact, he said he's adding to your debt." The other twin smirked.

There was complete silence for a moment. I looked around confused. I looked up to Takashi about to ask something until I heard a yell.

"Haru-chan! Your soul is leaving you!" Mitsukuni was freaking out. I looked and saw something floating out of his mouth.

The twins busted out in a symphony of laughter. "You sure are something!" They patted his back.

Takashi let go of my hand and walked up to them. "What are you guys doing here?"

"We were delivering papers to class 2-B," Haruhi replied, back to normal, "until some idiots decided to make paper airplanes and throw them out in the school yard." He glared at the twins who decided to put up an innocent act. "Now we're heading back to our class to apologize for what they did." He pointed to the twins as he said the last sentence.

"We wouldn't need to go back if we just used those papers." The twin with his hair parted to the right said. That was the only difference about them, though, besides the pitch of their voices.

"They were drenched! They landed in the fountain and we even lost some of the papers!" Haruhi shouted back, annoyed.

"So?" Both twins asked.

Haruhi looked down in defeat, "I give up."

I accidentally let out a small laugh. Everybody looked at me. My face heated up and I quickly covered up my mouth. "S-sorry! I didn't mean to laugh, out loud at least." I whispered.

The twins tilted their heads and lifted their hands, "Whose she?"

Mitsukuni jumped up and down, running toward me. "This is Alex-chan! She transferred to our class!" He wrapped his arms around my right arm.

I didn't know what to do so I decided to properly introduce myself. "Uh hello… My name is Alexandria Fawcett. I would greatly appreciate it if you just called me Alex, though. I transferred in here from England." I bowed to the three boys.

"No need to be so polite." Haruhi said smiling while walking to me. I looked back up to him and noticed how beautiful his eyes were. He reminded me of a girl. I guess I shouldn't say that. Wait… No one ever told me if he was actually a boy. Well he's wearing a boy's uniform so he's obviously is a boy. I'm such an idiot. "I'm Haruhi Fujioka!" He put out his hand for me to shake. I accepted and we shook hands. His were so soft… He could easily pass as a girl if needed. "These two idiots are Hikaru," he gestured toward the twin whose hair was parted to the right, "and Kaoru," he pointed to the opposite twin.

"We're the Hitachiin Twins!" They said together with a big smile across their faces.

"It was nice to meet you three." I gave them a soft smile.

"Say, you're from England?" Hikaru asked. I already memorized who was who so hopefully they didn't change their hair every day or that'd be hell for me to remember who's who.

"Yep!" I replied gleefully.

"Then how do you know Japanese so well?" The other asked.

"I don't know…" I put my index finger to my lip.

They both stared at me confused. "How do you not know?"

"I guess I just studied a lot."

"Told you, you were really smart, Alex-chan!" Mitsukuni jumped on my back.

"Woah!" I almost lost my balance and fell until I felt the boy get lifted off from my back. I turn around and saw Takashi holding Mitsukuni up.

"Mitsukuni, don't do that." The stoic said in a stern voice.

"Sorry, Alex-chan." Mitsukuni apologized sadly. "I didn't mean to hurt you!" Tears started to form in his eyes.

I was shocked. Is he crying for me? Now I feel really bad… "No, no, it's alright! Didn't hurt one bit," I say, reassuring him. I place my hands on my hips, trying to show that I felt okay.

His expression changed quickly and he jumped out of Takashi's arms. "Yay! That's extra good! Bun-bun is also happy!" I look down at the boy. He looked like the happiest person in the world. I wanted to melt right then and there. I gave him a genuine smile while my eyes were closed. His eyes opened wide and his face flushed. He covered his mouth and cleared his throat. This made me open my eyes. I was confused. Why was his face red? Maybe he was choking a little so he cleared his throat? I should ask.

"You okay?" I bent down to him.

He jumped back surprised; his face only became redder. "I-I'm fine! Let's go to the nurse, now!" He quickly turned around and ran toward Takashi.

What just happened?

"Well we should get going, too." The commoner said.

We waved goodbye and headed down the halls towards the nurse.

A/N: Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! I know they were kind of OOC so sowwy bout that. Next chapter may be out some time this week. Tomorrow is monday so I have school :( I also have to work on a project so yeah... Oh well. Please review and everything! 3