"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Claire hissed at her friend as they walked into the school. "Why must you be so soft! Why?!"

Katherine sighed loudly through her nose, sending the other a quick glare. "Don't start with me. We said we'd do it, and we will. End of discussion." She pushed her glasses up and found the testing room. With another sigh, she pulled her blonde friend in the room along with her.

They were quickly seated far from one another, being given their tests, pencils, and so forth.

Regret and doubt ran through both girls' minds, and they dealt with it differently. Claire thought; 'Screw it, if I fail, I fail. I can just blame Steve. And I'm probably going to fail.'

Katherine's thoughts, were much more doubtful. 'Why the hell would I agree? What's wrong with me?! I'm so stupid; there is no way in hell I could actually pass this! Ugh, I'm going to fail, utterly... Dammit, next time I'm keeping my mouth shut!' And so forth.

Even so, both girls put all their effort in their tests. They were going to fail, and going to do so trying. Well, at least they thought they were going to fail.

But it wasn't as if they were wrong.

Claire was reasonably confused on the mathematics and science, but she was surprised to find that even though she took a long time, she was pretty sure on most of her answers. History she did better on, but she wasn't completely sure on all of it. Thankfully, a lot if it was world history, and she had already gone through that. As for Literature, she felt sure on all of her answers, except for maybe one or two.

Katherine was pretty lost on the mathematics and science, and barely felt sure on any of her answers. After awhile of frustration, she'd at least get an answer that was one of her multiple choices, so she felt safe on that. History she was pretty positive on most of her answers, but some she didn't know, and cursed at herself for zoning out in her Social Studies classes. As for Literature, like Claire, there were probably only one or two answers she wasn't sure on.

Even so, both held so much doubt in their own abilities that by the time they left the room, they were sure they had failed.

Outside, waiting for them was the Host Club. Haruhi was the first to notice them and the cross-dresser walked up to her friends. "So how'd you do?"

"Yeah," Hikaru started, "do you think you failed..."

"...or do you think you passed?" Kaoru finished. At that, everyone was looking at them curiously.

"I'm positive I failed." Katherine replied casually, stuffing her hands in her pockets. "No big deal."

"Yeah, I probably did too." Claire said with an equal amount of casualness. The two girls traded glances before smiling and high fiving. They were treated it as if they were certain they would pass.

That annoyed the others, who were so use to people at least hoping they did well. No, these two girls were certain they were going to fail.

"How can you be so casual about that?" The twins asked, cocking their heads, "doesn't it bother you? That you failed?"

Claire shrugged again. "Not really- I was expecting it."

"So you're saying your stupid?" Hikaru asked.

"Pretty much."

"You don't seem stupid to me." Kaoru said as well.

Both of the twins' eyes met the icy blue eyes of Claire, and they seemed to convey a conversation just with the contact. Again, Claire shrugged.

"You don't know me well enough." She nodded her head towards Katherine, who had been watching with amusement. "She's the smart one here."

The brunette gave a breathless and humorless laugh. "Uh, no. Darling, I think you're wrong on that notion." She giggled, patting her dearie's head.

"No, I'm right."

"And who was the one who passed with D's and C's?" The younger asked with her eyebrows raised.

Claire waved it off, "pfft, you were just being lazy."

"Heh," Katherine did not deny it, "Yeah, I was. I'll put effort into this year... But still, you got recommended for Algebra 2; I didn't."

"I'm sure you're still a very smart girl." Kyoya suddenly started, "if you're just lazy, that doesn't mean that you're stupid. You seem like a very bright person, Katherine."

Despite her surprise, and blush, the brunette bit her lower lip. "Even so, I am stupid when it comes to math and science. I've never felt sure with that, even with my parents saying I should do well in those subjects- math especially."

"Maybe you just need some help then." The Shadow King looked up at the brunette, meeting her eyes, "I would gladly tutor you... For a small fee."

The Host Club's and the two girls' jaws dropped. Tamaki whirled up to his friend in spinning theatrics. "Why are you going to make her pay?!"

"Yeah," the twins said in unison, "isn't that a little much?"

Much to everyone's surprise, Katherine started giggling. Claire stared at her with shock and took a few small steps back. "Uh.. Steve? You okay?"

The brunette stifled her giggling and shook her head, waving it off. "I'll explain later, dearie." She then met the dark grey eyes of Kyoya, a smirk slowly growing on her lips. "I'll take that offer, and I'll pay the fee. Only because I'm a stubborn ass, and you'll deserve it if you last dealing with moi."

Claire sighed, "of course Steve, of course."

"You know it's true." The taller girl, by a good few inches, linked her arm through the blonde's.

"Yeah, you can be pretty bitchy, Steve."

The two laughed, turning on their heels. When the Host Club members thought that was the last of them seeing the two for the day, the two girls turned at the last minute.

Smirking, they asked; "so, you going to join us on our celebration of taking the test? We're eating out."

The twins jumped at the idea. "It'd be cool to eat at a commoner's restaurant."

"Will they have cake?" Honey asked happily, his big eyes going between the two girls and Mori.

"Well," Claire traded a glance with Katherine, who gave a helpless shrug, "they tend to for desert."

"Yeah, they do. We haven't had dessert there before, but I remember the menu. They had several different cakes, pies, icecreams, and a few other things." The brunette filled in, pushing her glasses up.

"Oh!" Haruhi walked up to them, "Is it the 'Golden Fruit' restaurant?"

Katherine grinned and nodded enthusiastically. "I work there Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at night. The pay is cool, I get a discount for dinner, and the food is amazing."

"It is," the older brunette agreed, "My dad took me there when I made it into Ouran."

"Well then, let's go." Tamaki appeared, beginning the walk. Kaoru and Hikaru walked by Claire, hammering her with questions, both of them resting their elbows on her shoulders. Honey rode Mori's shoulders and also asked questions to both Claire and Haruhi.

Katherine hung back for a bit, biting her lip as if she didn't want to, as if she was scared or worried. Kyoya noticed this and furrowed his brows for a few seconds.

There was more to Katherine then he had expected, and it seemed she would keep showing more sides.

He walked up beside her and gave her a tap, which brought her out if a daze she had been in. She looked startled before smiling shyly at him.

He sent her a charming smile, "well then, shall we go?" He asked, his hand resting on her arm.

"Sure. Let's go then." He noted the red blush rising, making her cheeks a very bright red.

He let his hand fall from her arm as they both walked to catch up with the others. Kyoya glanced at Katherine and wondered briefly how long it would be until he had her figured out.

She seemed like a person that was easily predictable. So he was thinking in maybe a few days he'd have her figured out.

How wrong he would find out he was.

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A/N: I should have updated this sooner, but I didn't know for sure how I'd go about this chapter. I have a few different copies that have all started the same and ended the same, but how they got there was different.

Actually, as I write this, I'm at a hotel in Yellowstone. I'm lying on the floor as my brother has one bed and my mom the other. I'm suppose to share with my mom, but I find that uncomfortable. XD so I've been sleeping on the floor. And last night when I did sleep on the bed, I had a really scary nightmare. XD go figure.

So um yeah... See, Katherine, much like her reality self, has a tendency to like guys as she meets them. And also has a blushing problem. It sucks. A lot. Especially when her boyfriend and friends- Claire included- tend to tease her horribly about it.

...I hate those guys... XD

Sorry for any mistakes and whatnot, I'm terrible at noticing them.