The next day the period before lunch went differently then I would've imagined. I was sitting down at my desk with a notebook out as I rummaged through my school bag for another pencil since mine had just snapped. Footsteps sounded nearby and, when I looked up, Hikaru and Kaoru stood before me, casually leaning against my desk. I gave them a raised eyebrow as they together said, "Eat lunch with us today."

I rolled my eyes and immediately went back to looking in my bag for another pencil. "Why should I? You'll just gonna bother me all period. Besides, I have some homework that I need to finish with Haruhi."

"But we'll bother you even more until you say yes," Kaoru pointed out.

"Plus we'll know the location of where Haruhi hides out during lunch," Hikaru added with a devilish smile.

"Will you just go away? I said no and I mean – Hey!" My eyes snapped up at the two boys before me when my notebook had gotten snatched from my desk. I glared at Hikaru as he lazily flipped through my homework. Kaoru stood behind him with his arms wrapped around his brother's neck and his chin resting on Hikaru's shoulder. "Give that back!" I demanded with a glare. I pulled my hand out of my satchel and tried to grab my notebook back. Hikaru and Kaoru grinned and in unison stepped back away from me.

"No thanks," Hikaru told me.

"We're good," Kaoru chimed in.

"I want my damn notebook!" I growled at them. I jumped to my feet and hardened my glare. Where was Haruhi when I needed her? I get put in a stupid study period with Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum while she's placed in some elective!

Before I could tackle the twins to the ground, the bell rang and a rush of blue and yellow students rose to their seats and towards the door for lunch. Hikaru and Kaoru's grins widened before they too darted out of the room. Just as they ran out, I heard each boy yell back at me in sync, "You'll have to catch us!" followed by laughter. I clenched my jaw and quickly grabbed my bag before sprinting after the two devil boys.

The Hitachiin's laughter echoed around me as I ran down the hall. My legs moved fast but I moved even faster when I saw a flash of red (times two) disappear around the corner. I tightened my grip on my school bag and ran around the corner, bursting through the brown double doors. As soon as I entered the room I spotted the two twin boys who gave me little smirks and finger waves.

A pair of arms wrapped themselves around my middle and hugged me tight. I gasped as we started to spin around in many circles. When we stopped spinning I swayed back and forth in the person's arms. I slowly brought my eyes up into the purplish ones of Tamaki.

He beamed down at me. "Rikku, you came to eat with Daddy!" his voice rang in my ear. I shook my head as I momentarily became deaf.

Eat? And when did Tamaki become my Daddy...?

"I didn't," I muttered to myself. I glared over at the Hitachiin twins as my notebook came sliding to my feet. People that sat at tables around the room eating their lunch glanced over at me for I was still being crushed by Tamaki. Others stood in line patiently waiting to get their food, talking amongst themselves. I groaned and pushed Tamaki away from me. This WAS the cafeteria!

Stupid shady devil twins...

"We knew you'd follow us!" Both twins grinned at me and wrapped an arm around the other's neck. I crossed my own arms and hardened my glare on them. If there weren't so many eye witnesses I WOULD'VE attacked them. I angrily sighed instead and marched over to a table where I spotted one of the Hosts.

I took a seat across from Kyoya, who was typing away on his laptop and occasionally stopping to take a bite from his lunch. I moved my gaze from the twins boys and instead focused on the laptop lid. Kyoya and I didn't say a word to each other and, a few minutes later, the chairs beside me scraped back as the twins took seats on either side of me. Each twin pushed their cheek against my face and placed an arm around my shoulders.

I huffed and tried to shrug them off. "Go bother some other unfortunate soul, you two."

"But we brought you some food," Hikaru whined as his brother placed a tray of food before me.

I didn't even glance at what they gave me. I just kept my eyes on Kyoya's laptop and then on Kyoya himself when he had closed the lid of his computer. "Are there any peanuts in it? Or any peanut products?"

"Does it matter?" they both asked me.

"Well unless you wish for me to die, then yes," I bluntly stated. I inwardly smirked when I felt the two pull away from my face and glance at me confused. They were such morons...

Kyoya leaned back in his chair and gently pushed his tray away from him. He looked into my eyes for a moment before looking up at the ceiling as if he was bored out of his mind. "She's allergic to peanuts."

I nodded. "Exactly, which is why I ask if there are any peanuts of peanut products in this meal." I have no clue as to how Kyoya knew that but at the moment I didn't really care. My allergies wasn't something that I kept a major secret so it doesn't matter to me who knew and who didn't.

"Umm...maybe?"

I sighed and glanced at each twin. Hikaru first and then Kaoru. "This is exactly why I bring my own lunch to school. Thanks to you two though, I can't eat it because my sister has it with her."

"Why don't you go and get your food from Haru-chan then, Ri-chan?" Honey magically appeared beside Kyoya and took a seat on the left side of the Ootori. Mori wasn't far behind him as he too took a seat next to Honey.

I chuckled. "And let these idiots know where my sister tends to eat? Fat chance."

"Hey!" the twins said. I rolled my eyes and slid the tray back over to Kaoru.

Tamaki took a seat on the other side of Kyoya and placed his own tray down on the table in front of him. Before he sat down though, he passed my notebook over to me. I thanked him and opened my notebook. I looked through my satchel for a pencil like I had been doing earlier and, once found, started to work on my homework due tomorrow. The twins sighed in boredom and silently watched me work on my math.

"Are you sure that answer is correct?" I jumped when Tamaki's voice invaded the air. I looked up and blinked at him as everyone stared at my notebook. I blinked again and glanced back down at my notebook where he had one of his fingers placed. I scrunched my eyebrows in confusion as I redid the problem twice in my head. Both times I received the same exact answer.

"I'm pretty positive it is," I murmured. I brought my eyes back up and met Tamaki's. "Why do you ask?"

Tamaki's finger slowly traveled to the question and rested on one of the words. "Because the question asks for the answer in yards, and yet you kept it in feet."

I blinked at Tamaki again and then down at my paper. I reread the problem and gaped at him. Tamaki grinned. He had noticed my mistake. He had been the right. The IDIOT had been right!

"Umm, thanks, senpai," I uncertainly said. My notebook was then taken from the table and a another tray was forced before me. I glared at the twins but stopped when I saw them just as confused. I looked at the boys across from me and now saw Tamaki taking the tray of food that Hikaru and Kaoru had bought me. I cocked my head at him slightly. "Umm, senpai?"

Tamaki smiled again and gestured to the food down in front of me. "No peanut products in that meal whatsoever, my darling daughter. Please, take it."

"How did you...?"

Tamaki wrapped an arm around a disgruntled Kyoya. "Mommy told me all about your allergies last night. Daddy doesn't need his little Rikku dying before him."

"Thanks...I think..."

I looked back at the food and hesitantly picked up the spoon. The others watched me as I placed the spoon in the soup and brought some of it up to my lips. I blew on the soup for a moment before placing it in my mouth. And can I say wow? It tasted wonderful! I have absolutely no clue what it was but it was amazing! I hungrily took another bite when my stomach started to growl ferociously at me.

Hikaru leaned his mouth close to my ear. "Eat with us for the rest of the year and we'll promise to always buy your lunch."

Kaoru moved close to my ear as well. "Say no and we'll come eat with you and Haruhi instead."

Both boys pulled back and grinned at me. "What's there to lose?"

"Well," I said and started to count off my fingers. "My alone time, peace and quiet, studying with Haruhi, getting my homework done, my sanity..."

The Hitachiin brothers crossed their arms. "It was a rhetorical question."

I chuckled. "I know."

"Then why'd you answer it?"

"To annoy the two of you. And it looks as if my plan is working. So, if you don't mind, I would like to finish my lunch so I can finish my homework."

Their chairs scraped back and both of them said, "We're going to go and get our own lunches.".

"Take your time!" I called out to them. The two boys didn't even give me a second glance as they casually strolled to the lunch line. "Don't get lost or anything." I turned to the others Hosts and grinned. "If they were to get lost though that's fine too because that's just two less idiots in my new life here at Ouran Academy."

Tamaki frowned with a loud huff. He pulled his fork out of his mouth and angrily pointed it at me, splattering food all over my shirt. I frowned myself and stole a napkin from Kyoya's tray to clean my shirt with. "Be nice to your brothers, Rikku. Don't make me ground you!" he threatened.

I looked up from my shirt at him and lazily raised an eyebrow. "Since when have Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum been my brothers?" I think I would rather shoot myself then be brothers with them. Who knows what goes on at their house….

Tamaki's eyes widened and the fork slipped from his grasp. It landed on his tray with a loud clank. "Your whole life!"

"That's not weird whatsoever," I told him. "But, just to make sure I have my facts straight, our family is made up of a mommy, who is actually a boy, a daddy, and two sets of identical twins?"

Tamaki nodded and tried to wrap an arm around Kyoya. Kyoya just shrugged him off with a frown. "That's right!"

I snickered and jokingly gagged. "That's disgusting, senpai! Just the thought of Kyoya-senpai giving birth twice is just wrong. What a horrible image! Must. Get. It. Out. Of. My. Head!" I wiggled my eyebrows at Kyoya as he brought his gaze down from the ceiling and glared at me. His glasses flashed causing me to grin. Kyoya was just too fun to mess with.

Tamaki gasped. "Apologize at once to Mommy!"

"No thanks, senpai," I said. Tamaki ran off to a corner so I turned to Honey and Mori. "And what about you two? How were you pulled into this ridiculous, crazy family?"

"We're the next door neighbors!" Honey happily exclaimed. Mori didn't say a word except nod his head.

I playfully rolled my eyes to where Tamaki sat in the darkest part of the cafeteria. Others stared at him as they walked by with their friends and food. I chuckled. "Of course you are, senpai," I murmured.

After lunch I had gym with the twins…and I was ecstatic! I walked with the Hitachiin brothers towards the locker rooms and happily waved to the confused boys before entering the locker room with a smile on my face. Another common fact about me was that I was a lover of sports. I was athletic. The sad thing was though that neither my sister nor my dad were sporty people, so whenever I wanted to play like soccer or something, I always had to drag my sister with me to be the goalie. Let's just say she didn't like this very much since I was VERY competitive and could really kick the ball.

Upon entering the locker room I ran straight into someone, forcing their books right out of their hands. My eyes widened slightly and I quickly apologized as I dropped to the floor and picked up their belongings. The girl before me just laughed and waved everything off. She gave me a small smile as I handed her all of her stuff.

Once everything was back in her hands and off the ground, the girl stuck out a hand for me to shake. I tightly grasped it and shook it. "My name's Monica Louis," she told me in a slight British accent. She had bleach blonde hair that just reached her shoulders, pale skin, and sparkling hazel eyes. She was about the same height as my sister. It wasn't too hard to figure out that she wasn't Japanese.

"A pleasure, Louis-chan. I am Rikku Fujioka," I said and released her hand.

Monica laughed. "Please, Rikku. We're in the same class. I've sat in front of you all day. Just call me Monica."

"Really?" Whoops. "I'm sorry, Monica. I hope I didn't offend you." I quickly bowed to her.

Monica chuckled and just shrugged. "Don't worry about it, Rikku. It's not like anyone really notices me anyway. I'm just a nobody here at Ouran Private Academy." She sounded disgusted when she said Ouran.

I quickly straightened back up and gave her a puzzled look. I dropped my stuff to the floor and looked back at her. "Why do you say that?"

Monica chuckled again. She too placed her stuff down the floor right next to mine. "Because before you and your brother Haruhi came here, I was the "poorest" person here." Monica used air quotes around the word poorest. "Nobody's friends with me because they know that they would get no gain from me. To them there's no point in trying to befriend the girl that won't be able to help them in future business deals."

I frowned slightly. "I'm sorry to hear that, Monica. Truly I am."

Monica waved it off. "Like I said, Rikku, don't worry about it. I've grown used to all the mistreatment from the rest of the snobby upper class rich kids that I'm just used to it. None of it bothers me anymore."

I gave Monica a small nod but didn't say anything. I mean, what could I say? How do you even respond to something like that? The two of us grew quiet as we quickly changed into our P.E. uniforms and walked out into the gymnasium with the rest of the girls. Not a word was said until Hikaru and Kaoru came bounding over to us. They both wrapped their arms around my shoulders causing Monica to turn away and stare off into space.

Both boys poked my cheeks and said in unison, "Why were you so happy earlier?"

I pushed them away and stepped closer to Monica. "Not that it's any of your business but I love gym class. Sports are my passion!"

They grinned at me. "I bet the two of us could stop any goal you try and make."

I smirked right back. "I'd like to see you try."

Both boys snickered and walked away from us. I glanced over at Monica who was silently looking out of a nearby window. I then looked back over at the twin Hitachiin brothers and sighed. Monica had been right. Hikaru and Kaoru hadn't even given her a second glance. Was she really that invisible just because her family's company wasn't a big deal?

"Hey, Monica." I wrapped an arm around her shoulders, causing her to peek at me through her hair. "I'll be your friend. It doesn't matter to me what your status is or what your family name is. All that matters is what's on the inside That's all that counts."

Monica stared at me shocked for a few moments. Finally a smile came to her face. "Thank you," she whispered.

I grinned back and tightened my grip around her. "You are welcome! And to start off our new friendship, how would you like to come by my place after school and spend the night?" Well, actually after Host Club hours but she didn't need to know exact details.

She nodded her head. "I'd like that very much, Rikku. Thank you! Just let me ask my parents first."

"I can't believe she scored," Hikaru whined.

"With both of us in the goal," Kaoru finished.

I snickered at them and wrapped my arms around their shoulders. I squeezed them tightly to my body as Monica looked at us in amusement. "Next time boys, if I say I'm great at sports, try and believe me." I chuckled at their frowning faces and released them. I then walked up to Monica and linked arms with her as we made our way back inside with the rest of the class to head to the locker rooms. "Come, Monica. Let us leave these two boys to wallow in their shame."

Monica laughed. "Yes, Rikku. Let's!"

Author's Note:

As you can obviously tell, this chapter is mostly a filler. It shows the relationships that is slowly blooming between Rikku and the others when not around her sister plus some little stuff on Rikku herself, like her allergy and love of sports. Also, Monica is a character that I hope will have a big plot along with Rikku. The main reason she was added though was so Rikku can have an actual normal friend, besides her sister. I might also add another character as well soonish. I want this story to be based off the manga and anime, but I will definitely be adding my own little twists and such so it can be as original as possible. I've got plans for this story. Big plans.