Yuuki sighed nervously. It was her first day at Ouran High School and she wanted to make a good impression. She thought back to her parents. I have to do this for them. I know that they're counting on me. She could remember her mom's cheery voice on the other end of the line. She smiled. She couldn't wait to see them again…They had said that they would come over for the breaks.

Without even thinking about it, she ran ahead, laughing happily. Life is good.

**

Hikaru burst out laughing as he looked out the window. Kaoru noticed this and went over to the window to join him.

"What's so funny?" He questioned, tilting his head to the side.

"There's this girl out there…she's running around like a fool!" He said through laughs. Kaoru peered out the window, seeing a girl with vibrant brown hair skipping down in the courtyard. She was laughing, talking to a girl behind her, who was watching her with amusement in her eyes.

"Looks like harmless fun to me…. maybe we'll meet her! Maybe she'll come to the Host Club!" Tamaki said as the rest of the Host Club appeared behind them to watch her.

"Alright my children, class is starting…get to class now!" Tamaki said, shooing them off.

***In class a couple of hours later***

"Yuuki? Are you in here?" The girl looked up, slightly startled.

"I'm going to need you to come outside with me." He said gravely. Hikaru and Kaoru looked over, seeing her bewildered face and the man's somber one. Something was up.

"You think she's in trouble?" Kaoru asked. Hikaru shrugged his shoulders. As the door closed, they leaned over trying to listen. (Curiosity/ killed the Cheshire cats! :D)

Yuuki's POV

"Yuuki…I have something important to tell you." He said, looking away.

"I hate to say this, but your parents have been killed in a car accident…I understand you don't have anywhere else to stay, so we need to discuss this…are you okay?" He watched as she trembled.

"I…I.." Without a second glance at the man she whirled around and ran. Her whole life, everything she knew was gone. Her mother with her charming smile, and her father with his knowledge and understanding were long didn't even notice where she was going…and found herself running smack into someone.

"I'm sorry…I'm so sorry…" She blubbered, not being able to see the person through the thick film of tears in her eyes.

"Miss, are you alright?" She heard a boyish but slightly feminine voice.

"I-I…" She was to busy trying to stop her crying. To Haruhi's surprise, she put her hand to her mouth and bit her thumb.

"Miss…please, it's okay…What happened? Did someone hurt you?"

"I-" She took a gulp of air, kind of like a large hiccup.

"There now..it's alright. Why don't we go somewhere private and talk about it?" Haruhi said. Quickly, she stood and guided the girl towards the music room. She knew it would be empty at the time, so it would be a good place to talk in private.

***At the Music Room because I'm that lazy…:D***

Haruhi shut the door behind her. Yuuki's crying had slowly let down to a whimper.

"So…what happened miss?"

"C-call me Yuuki."

"Yuuki-chan, what happened?" Haruhi pressed, sitting on the couch cross legged parallel to her.

"My parents are gone. They died in a car accident. I'm all alone.." She muttered, hugging her knees to her chest.

Haruhi felt cold all over. This had happened to her…her mother had died in a car accident as well.

"I'm so sorry…I dealt with something similar a few years ago. My mom died, leaving me to care for my dad." She replied, feeling a little sad herself.

At this point, the host club started to filter in, but stopped at the door when they saw Haruhi and the girl sitting there.

"I'm sorry…I'm so scared…I'm so afraid of being alone…I..I've never been alone!" She cried, tears pouring down her face again.

Hikaru and Kaoru sat in stunned silence. It had been exactly how they'd felt. They'd felt cut off from the outside world. The twins had thought that everyone around them was dumb or airheaded. But when they'd had each other, and now they had the Host Club. It was a same sort of situation, but in the reverse effect. She had had family and people who loved her, but now she was alone.

"I always had my parents…always. I just can't do this by myself…" She blurted out.

Quickly and quietly the twins moved into the room.

"Haruhi, is there anything we can do to help?" They said in unison. Yuuki looked up, tears still in her eyes. She sniffed.

"I'm sorry Haruhi-chan…I didn't know you're friends were coming. I'll leave now." She muttered, standing and trying to leave. Hikaru quickly moved in front of her and firmly pressed her shoulders down, forcing her to sit on the couch.

"Don't even try to move. I'll just make you sit down again." He said quietly. She gasped, then blushed, averting her eyes. She brought her hands to her face and wiped the tears away.

Hikaru moved to the side table and grabbed some tissues. He then handed them to her. She managed a small smile, and took them from his hand.

"I'm sorry to bother you…and totally break down…like this…I'm not usually…like this."

(A/N: The dots in the middle are where she does the sucking in air thing. It's how I cry and it's really hard to talk. :/ I thought it would kind of help as a special characteristic. You could just call it a big hiccup I guess~)

"Listen, you just lost your parents..you have a right to be upset." Kaoru said gently, sitting down on one side while Hikaru sat down on the other.

Haruhi was surprised at the twin's behavior. She had never seen them care so much for someone. She had seen, as they had walked in, a certain passion in their eyes like they had an urge to comfort her. But then again, they had been through something the same. They had gone through middle school their whole lives alone…and now Yuuki was about to experience a life without her parents, without anyone to support her.

"And especially when you've just started school…do you have any idea where you're going to stay?" Hikaru said, fighting the urge to put a hand on her back and calm her down.

"I don't really know. I ran away before that guy could tell me anything." She said, finally calm.

"Maybe you could stay with one of us!" Honey said enthusiastically. Haruhi sweat-dropped, just noticing all of them had crept in without her noticing.

"I hate to be rude, but I don't really know you…" She said bashfully. She quickly rubbed her eyes.

"You know me and Kaoru!" Hikaru interceded.

"Well, I don't know your name now do I?" She said, smiling lightly. She appeared to be taking the grief and shoving it away. Well, at least she wasn't crying anymore…

"My name is Hikaru…it's a pleasure to formally meet you…?" He dropped off, remembering he hadn't learned her name.

"Yuuki." She said, finishing his sentence, gazing into his eyes.

"Well..Yuuki, it's a pleasure." He said.

I've never seen him act so polite beforeKaoru thought, very surprised.

She backed away. "I'll be able to manage if I just don't think about it.." She smiled once again. "Now, I think I'll be okay. Thanks for all of your help!" She said cheerfully.

Suddenly, because of her luck, a banana peel appeared from nowhere. She slipped on it, and ran smack into a statue, which teetered and tottered. She prayed it wouldn't fall…but it did.

"Opps! I'm really sorry! I'm so sorry!" Yuuki stammered.

"Uh oh.." The twins sang together.

"This means…." Kyouya started.

"You owe a dept to the host club…" Haruhi groaned, feeling sorry for the poor girl.

"Welcome to the host club! :D" Tamaki chirped. (Yes that would be his face.)

Notes: Alright, I understand that some of you might feel that I have jumped into the whole her parents died and everything. That's the point. And that's how she and Haruhi meet so yeahAlso, I know that the twins may seem OOC, but I think because they have gone through the same sort of situation(the loneliness) So yeah. ._. ALSO: Yumi is not going to be in this story. I might go back and rewrite this if you guys don't like this chapter.

"Eh?" Yuuki stuttered.

"Oh dear…" Haruhi said, facepalming herself.

"Yuuki-chan here now owes us a dept of 8 million yen. You're gonna have to pay it off somehow, so you can just help us out with the host club! We could always use some more hosts!" Tamaki chirped.

"Tamaki, how exactly are you going to do that?" Kyouya said in a questioning tone.

"Well…we'll just dress her up as a guy of course!" Honey exclaimed.

"Twins…you'll have to help with this one! Go try and make her…boyish I guess!"

"NOOO!" Yuuki wailed in protest. "Haruhi save me!" She called as they were 'frolicking' down the hallway.

Haruhi proceded to burst out laughing, of course, she had been through the same thing.

"Don't worry, you won't be scarred for life I promise!"

**At some secret wardrobe in the school :o**

"Alright, let's get to work Hikaru! You help her with her hair." Kaoru said.

"Hika-chan…w-what're you gonna do to me?" She said, trembling slightly. He looked at her with a mischievous look.

"I'm just gonna fix you up~" He cooed.

"P-please…Hika-chan…don't do this to me?" She whimpered, trying to give him a puppy dog look.

"Now now…don't look at me like that. It won't be that bad I promise. Now…let's see your hair. It's already short so that should help.

(If you would like to know she looks like Yuki from Vampire Knight :D)

He quickly grabbed a few clips and pushed her hair up. He moved fast, and by the time he was done she looked a lot like Haruhi.

"There now, all better!" He said happily, placing his hand on her neck to brush away some stray hairs that had fallen out of the clip. She shuddered, giggling slightly, and skittered away from his touch.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

She blushed. "S-sorry..I just have a ticklish spot there…"

"Oh really…" He said mischeviously. Quickly, he leaned down and placed his head on her neck. She gasped, blushing but laughing at the same time.

"Th-that's…not fair…" She giggled.

"Oh but yes it is…" He said, smirking.

"Heh, looks like Hikaru is enjoying himself." Kaoru said to himself.

"STOP!" Yuuki yelped, shying out of the chair and away from Hikaru.

"Okay okay, enough playing around. We need to get back to work!" Kaoru exclaimed, moving over to help his brother.

"Now..let's see…what else should we do?" Kaoru chirped.

"How about how she dresses…oh wait we really don't have to change much…" He said, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.

Yuuki gave him a wary glare. She was wearing a girls uniform, but it looked slightly ruffled.

"All we need is a guys uniform..." he muttered.

"We can take care of that!" And before she could say anything, the twins were out the door.

In the silence, Yuuki proceded to think about how she was feeling…being so cheerful all of a sudden.

"I don't know…I can't even think about it." She quivered in her place.

"This is so much fun Hikaru! This is just like dressing up Haruhi…except she squirms more!" Kaoru chirped. Hikaru froze in place. The fun was gone.

"Just…like Haruhi?" He muttered.

"Oh come on Hikaru…you've gotta learn to move on." Kaoru said, putting a hand on his slightly older brother's shoulder.

"It's just so damn hard…I see them every day and it just makes me so…" He growled, his fingers tightening into the palm of his hand.

"Hikaru…just try and have fun… please." Kaoru pleaded, grabbing his twin's hand and dragging him back towards the changing room.

They walked in on Yuuki, who was sitting against the wall, hugging her knees again.

"I guess I need to find somewhere to stay…I-I don't know…I just don't wanna be alone..I couldn't stand it." She murmered, blinking rapidly and biting her thumb once in a while.

"You need somewhere to stay?" Kaoru asked, walking in the door.

"Oh! Yes but…I just don't know where." She said, surprised by their presence…er well Kaoru's. Hikaru was being dragged in by him. He looked really upset and distant.

"Hey…Hika-chan, is something wrong?" Yuuki said, tilting her head to the side.

"It's nothing." He muttered, shoving his hands in his pockets.

"That's weird…one minute you're all happy and the next you're really upset…hormonal much?" Yumi said chuckling, trying to lighten the mood.

"I'm just not in a good mood! Okay? Butt out." He snapped.

"Oh, I can understand where you're coming from…" Yuuki said quietly, sighing sadly.

Suddenly, he moved to her side.

"I'm sorry…" He said quietly, suddenly cupping her face. She gasped. "I was being a jerk…will you forgive me?" (Imagine roses and sparkly background? :0)

"Yes." She replied in the same quiet tone. He moved away again, containing a laugh.

"Hey! I've got an idea of where you could stay!" Kaoru chirped.

"Where?" She asked, turning to face him and giving Hikaru some time to control himself.

"Why, with us of course!" He said with a grin, sliding his eyes over to meet Hikaru's.

"WHAT?!"

Kaoru turned to Hikaru.

"Well, she doesn't have anywhere ELSE to go…" He muttered.

"You'd…really let me stay with you?" Yuuki looked up in shock.

"Yeah! We do have a lot of extra rooms!" Hikaru said, a grin on his face.

"Well…I guess it could work out…" Yuuki muttered.

"Great! We'll take you home today and you can pick out a room!" Kaoru seemed especially excited at this. He loved having guests over.

"Oh, just to warn you though…" Hikaru took the hint from his brother and joined him. They gave her a mischeivious grin. (which she sweatdropped at)

"Our parents won't be home…we stay at the smaller estate by ourselves…"

"So we'll have the WHOLE house to ourselves…" Hikaru said cheekily, stepping forward and cupping her face again.

"HOUSE PARTY!!" He and Kaoru cried at the same time, which made Yuuki jump back and yelp in surprise. She landed on the floor, and grumbled. The twins burst out laughing, holding their sides as they replayed the image of her face over and over again.

"You looked so funny Yuuki!" Kaoru cried, falling to the floor laughing. Hikaru joined him.

"On second thought…maybe I won't stay with you." Yuuki said, growing irritated.

"Oh but if you refuse, we'll just have to kidnap you!" Kaoru chirped as he helped her up.

"But I COULD always call the police…"

"Yeah, but we could over rule them with the Ootori private police." Hikaru argued back.

"Fine then. Off we go." She said, getting up and brushing her butt off.

"Hurray!" The twins yelled, and took her by the arm and led her down the hall triumphantly.

"Wait! What about the uniform and stuff?" She said, suddenly remembering.

"Meh, we'll just do it tomorrow." The twins said, shrugging it off