The sun shining outside was beautiful, and promised that the day would be light and cheerful.

Haruhi basked in the irony for awhile.

'One week ago, I could hardly wait to get out if bed', she thought, 'hard to believe that these days, I just want to sleep forever.'

She twisted around, and sat up. Her male uniform lay, innocuously, on her chair, next to her bed, where she had put it down yesterday. She supposed that it was out of habit. She considered it for a moment before putting her feet on her wooden floor and tiptoeing to her closet, where she took a pale yellow dress off of its hanger.

'Well, now that everyone absolutely KNOWS I'm a girl, might as well start dressing as one.'

Normally, Haruhi would have taken the boys' suit anyway, as it was more comfortable, but in regards of how it seemed to provoke the others into their gossiping she decided to try and see what happened if she wore the Ouran girls' uniform to school.

Hopefully, it would abate some of the rumors.

It was odd. Normally, Haruhi was not disconcerted by rumors that involved her. This time, though, they struck her more deeply than she cared for.

'I don't even know why,' she thought. In retrospect, life hadn't changed that much. 'I suppose that I just not used to such OPEN hostility. Or that it remains so constant.'

After going through her new morning routine: which included taking a shower, getting dressed, and refusing breakfast from her father; she opened the door slowly and stepped out into the glaring sunshine.

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Ranka stared after his daughter. While she didn't tell him WHAT was bothering her, he knew something was very, very wrong. Perhaps even worse than she herself realized.

He decided to call Kyoya immediately after school today.

A/N: Good? No? Because it's summer, I'll be able to write alot (I hope) and maybe even write most of this!! Do I have a set plot? Eheheh, no. But I write what I feel, and maybe sometime in the future the plot will show itself to me. Hope springs eternal, right? I will do my best to keep everyone in-character.

And I really do love reviews. So if you like this story so far, or find something I need to fix, or just want to give me an idea, let me know!