Tamaki: eh? Where's Nana?

Haruhi: I don't know sempai- Oh, look. *points to the corner*

Me: *wallowing in self depression in the corner* Second time...typing it all...*mumbling*

Tamaki:...Nana-chan? You alright?

Me: *more mumbling*

Haruhi: well, we need to start the chapter. So, enjoy while we try and get her out of the corner. ^^" *smiles at the audience*

Tamaki:*hugs her* oh you're so cute!

She could already hear her loud trucking down the hallway to her locker. It was like a stampeding elephant, and it was unmistakable. Ayumi looked up from digging through her back-pack which she put on the ground in front of her open locker.

"Morning Katsu." she greeted her best friend.

"Yoo!~ How's your morning?" Katsu asked interested. She plopped her back-pack on the ground and began to switch her books quickly. Ayumi continued to do the same, but in a more mannerly fashion.

"I have to attend my normal classes today. No art class or culinary class. It will be pretty boring." Ayumi said with a hint of disappointment. She loved her normal courses, and now she had to go back to the regular classes for today. It was because there was a teacher convention for that section of the teacher staff so art students have to revert back to the typical schedule. Katsu patted her on the back hard.

"Hehe, good luck buddy! Though, you may need it, you may not." she said indecisively. Ayumi gently pulled her bag onto her back and shut her locker.

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"Well you're a sophomore...You're gonna be with Tamaki and Kyoya." Ayumi's face went white at that realization.

'Both of them? Really? Just. My. LUCK!'

Color returned to her face, and then she remembered.

"I'm a jumper in mathematics and science. So, I'll at least get a break." she said, kind of relieved. Katsu chucked. They began walking down the hallway side by side. They continued to talk.

"Right..a break." She commented.

"Someone's up with the smarky comments early today." Ayumi pointed out.

"Smarky? Please tell me you didn't just mast together smart and snarky." Katsu asked. Ayumi smiled.

"That a problem? Mrs. Smarky?" she taunted.

"Pfft, Ahahaha." Katsu cracked a smile. "You're humor is showinggg~." she poked her.

"My humor dresses moderately thank you. Nothing is 'showing'." Ayumi said with a fake seriousness. Katsu just laughed again.

"So by how wacky you acted, I'm guessing us hanging out with Akira and Jiroki yesterday was a good relief?" Ayumi asked her.

"YESSS! I didn't realize how much I missed them until I saw them. Kira kept eating all of Jiji's food though. Did you notice? He got a little upset. He's sucha shota, Hahaha. That movie was totally strange too."(1).

"Yeah, it was. Who has luck that bad?" Katsu shook her head, not being able to think of anyone who did. They then stopped at Katsu's homeroom. Katsu opened the door.

"See-ya later Ay-" she got cut off.

"Kaa-"

"-tss-"

"-uuu~" The twins immediately sprang up and grabbed her by the arms and sang her name.

"How pleasant of you to join us three in homeroom!" Hikaru said happily.

"Haruhi won't entertain us, since she keeps reading and shutting us out." Kaoru said with a fake pout.

"So, good thing you're here, toy!" they sang.

"You two are the creepiest friends I have ever had..."

The twins looked at each other and blinked. Then they smiled like they understood something.

"We aim to please! Now c'mon! We won't bother Ayumi with our games. She has somewhere to be, right?" they looked at her. She nodded.

"Don't play too rough you guys." she warned them. They just grinned and dragged a flailing Katsu further into the classroom. Ayumi laughed a little and waved goodbye.

She shut the classroom door and then proceeded to the stairs and get to her own homeroom. She felt it kind of odd to actually be going to her homeroom early. She usually showed up right when the bell rang and stayed there as little as possible. She didn't care to be around the people in her homeroom. She barely even remembered who was in her homeroom. She had friends in homeroom(though only like one or two), but they weren't very close. She just rather be in her art classes.

She opened the door and stepped inside. The only other people who was there was Kyoya, Tamaki and two other students in the back. Ayumi glanced around the room, located her sort-of-usual desk in the front corner against the wall, and placed her bag down on the side of the desk. She took out a sketchbook and began to draw a scene from a movie on TV. she saw over the weekend. It was of a woman walking down the streets of France with an umbrella and she was in a dress. She sunk out of her rich father's party to go see the base of Eiffel Tower.

Ayumi had just finished the arch making the top of the woman's umbrella, when a shadow casted over her. She looked up from her work.

"Ayumi! What are you doing here?" Tamaki smiled. He had noticed her sitting there and came over. Ayumi smiled. She was used to being a wall flower so it was nice someone noticed her.

"I have regular sophomore classes today instead of my art curriculum. I'll be in junior science and math though." She told him. He sat in the desk across from her.

"Oh, so you usually aren't here in homeroom?" he asked.

"No, I am. I just try to spend as little time in here as needed." she explained, going back to her drawing.

"Oh? Why is that?"

"There is no point." she said, as she continued to draw. She was listening to him though.

"Oh, yeah I guess it is a bit useless. In practical uses anyway. But it's fun to talk in homeroom though. That's a purpose right?" he proposed.

"True, but I don't have many close friends in homeroom. Or in any of these classes for that matter." she said like it was just an accepted fact. Tamaki jumped out of his seat.

"Well we'll just have to fix that!" he declared. Ayumi looked up with a confused look on her face.

"What? No, that isn't necessary Tamaki." she told him. Tamaki sank back into the seat he was in.

"Ah...Well, I'm still going to bug you during these classes today whether you like it or not." he said smiling. She blinked with her usual bored face on.

"Oh? You'll bug me? That's not very nice." she chided. Tamaki blinked. 'She's actually talking, not just a word or sentence here and there.'

"Hm? You alright?" she asked, flicking his forehead. He laughed.

"Oh yes, yes I am. Today looks like it'll be a good day." he told her.

She nodded in agreement as she finished her picture.

"Hey, why don't you come and sit with Kyoya and I?" he offered.

"Ok." She got up and grabbed her bag. The two headed over to Kyoya and they sat down. Ayumi sat next to Tamaki, while Kyoya sat behind them. Kyoya looked up from his notebook.

"Hello Ayumi." he said to her.

"Hello." She said shortly.

"It's a great day Kyoya! We have another friend with us in class for the day!"

"Yes, that's great." Kyoya said as he went back to his notebook.

"Well, someone sounds enthusiastic." Ayumi commented quietly. Kyoya looked up at her.

"..Did you just use sarcasm with me?"

"Is that a problem?" she asked innocently. Tamaki hugged her.

"My daughter, you're so cute!"

Ayumi and Kyoya sweat-dropped. While the three moderately spoke amongst themselves, the other students had piled in and the teacher was currently taking attendance.

The bell rang signaling that French class was now in session. Students quieted down as the teacher stood at the front of the class and told them to open their books to page 140. The sound of pages turning shuffled through the air of the room as light strokes of a piece of chalk gently brushed against the chalk board. The teacher was writing a warm up conversation assignment while they looked over the page.

Ayumi quickly read over the page and then stared at the front board. She was quite bored. She stretched her arms a little as she read the warm up assignment.

'"Converse with a partner in class about what you did last weekend. Be specific in you're answers. You don't have to ask to many questions, just maintain a conversation." Well who do I talk to? I don't really know anyone. Maybe I can get away with just sitting here.' Ayumi though.

"Neh, Ayumi. Comment s'est passé votre week-end?" Ayumi heard the fluently sounded French question come from her right. She turned to face Tamaki. She blinked.
("Neh, Ayumi. How was your weekend?")

She didn't expect Tamaki to talk to her. She though he would talk to Kyoya. It threw her off. She replied none-the-less.

"A-Ah...C'était amusant. Que je fréquentais avec mes deux cousins et Katsu chez moi. C'était après nous avons tous couru dans l'autre à la patinoire. Qu'avez-vous fait?"
("A-Ah...It was fun. I hung out with my two cousins and Katsu at my house. This was after we all ran into each other at the rink. What did you do?) She replied fluently. Tamaki was a bit surprised. She even had a bit of an accent when she spoke in French. Apparently someone else could speak well in French besides himself. He always wanted to be able to talk to a friend in French, like when he was little back in France.

"Votre discours est très bon! Parlez-vous couramment?" Tamaki asked interested. Ayumi blinked.
("Your speech is very good! Are you fluent?")

'Why is he so happy? It's just a language.'

"Ouais, je suis à l'aise. Mon père est de la France et il a toujours parlé français quand j'étais plus jeune. Il m'a appris à parler aussi."
("Yeah, I am fluent. My father is from France and he always spoke French when I was younger. He taught me to speak it too.") She said with a smile. She remembered her father always thinking out loud to himself in the language. Though she can't remember what he would usually think about, she always liked to hear him.

"Yaaayy!~" Tamaki shouted and threw his arms up in glee.

"Enfin quelqu'un qui peut soutenir une conversation!"
("Finally someone who can carry a conversation!") He hugged Ayumi and began nearly suffocating her in a daddy-bear-hug. Ayumi started turning purple.

"Tamaki! C-can't, breath!" she told him, hitting his arm. Tamaki finally noticed and let go.

"Sorry. Hehehe." he said with an apologetic expression on his face. She just laughed it off after a second.

"Oh, ça va Tamaki." She said
("Oh, it's okay Tamaki.")

They continued to talk until they realized the teacher was listening in on their conversation.

"Il semble que nous ayons une autre parle couramment le français dans la classe en plus de Tamaki. Même si vous savez comment parler s'il vous plaît ne prendre au sérieux cette classe, Miss Ayumi?"
("It seems we have another fluent French speaker in the class besides Tamaki. Even though you know how to speak it please do take this class seriously, Miss Ayumi?") The teacher told her. Ayumi suddenly grew very quiet and reserved. She nodded timidly, a bit embarrassed.

"E-Eh...Oui madame."
("E-Eh...Yes Ma'am.") Ayumi slumped back in her seat with her hair in her face. She was blushing out of embarrassment. Tamaki poked her.

"You okay?" he asked her. She simply gave him a curt nod. The rest of the class she was very quiet and only spoke when needed.

"Ayuuumii" Katsu tackled her to the ground in a hug. "How yo day with the prissy prince and busy-boy going?" she asked with a grin.

They were in the cafeteria now, and were right near the table where they would sit for lunch when they came there. The Hosts insisted they join them in the cafeteria for lunch today, so they agreed after a little convincing, or to be more accurate, annoying.

"Get...off me." Ayumi told Katsu with a huff. Katsu got off and helped her up. The two sat at the table as the others just got into the cafeteria.

"EHH! OVER HERE YOU NUMBSKULLS!" Katsu shouted as she waved her arms above her head.

"We see you; you know! No need to do that!" Hikaru and Kaoru shouted.

"Kats-chann! Ayu-chan!" Honey called to them as he ran over. They both smiled at him.

"Hey Honey-sempai! wassup?" Katsu asked.

"Cake, Kats-chan!" he said, getting out his food. Katsu laughed.

"Right, of course." she said. The rest of them sat down as well. Honey suddenly turned to the twins.

"Hika-chan, Kao-chan, did you want some cake?" Honey asked as he kept eating his own.

"Sur-"

WOAH WOAH WOAH, HOLD YOSELVES!" Katsu shouted raising her arms in the air."Why do you call him that?"

"Call who that, Kats-chan?"

"Kaoru! What'd you call him?"

"...Kao-chan?"

"PFF-AHAHA!" Katsu burst into hysterical laughter at the little nickname. She started rolling around on the floor. Kaoru just watched her laugh at his expense. Ayumi thought she was laughing for nothing. It really wasn't that funny. 'Why does she have to be such an idiot?'

"What's so funny about it?"

"C-Cow-chan! Ahahaha! MOOOO!~" she continued to laugh even more and make mooing sounds at him. Hikaru looked annoyed.

"You're an idiot Katsu." he insulted.

"My thoughts exactly." Ayumi put in.

She just ignored the insult. She continued to laugh then after a while started to calm down. Honey stood over her and offered her a hand. Katsu took it and got up, but then something hit her. She burst out laughing again and fell on Honey and Usa-chan. She was chuckling and giggling uncontrollably in his lap. All of them were staring at her.

"What's so funny now?" the twins asked.

"Y-Your names! Oh My Guush! What's the Light fragrance, Cow butt?" She held her sides, laughing. The others didn't seem to get it, but soon Ayumi and Haruhi caught on and they began to giggle. Tamaki soon figured it out as well and started right out laughing.

"M-My little girl is a comedic genius! Ahaha!"

"What was-"

"-the joke?"

"The meanings of your names, in English it translates to Light(Hikaru) Fragrance(Kaoru), and Kao sounds like English for cow.." Katsu explained, over her fit of laughter. She remained sprawled out on Honey's lap. Honey looked a little flustered.

"Well, How were we supposed to know that?" the twins shrugged.

"You weren't." she said then giggled at their annoyed expression as she finally sat up. "Oh cheer up you two!" she chirped. They eased up, but then a light bulb went off above them. They smiled.

They got in her face. "You know...-" Kaoru started.

"We don't smell like cow butt." Hikaru finished.

"Oh yeah? Prove it!"

"Alright!" Hikaru shouted, then took off his blue school jacket, and shoved it in Katsu's nose.

"NOOOO! Clorophorm! He's trying to kidnap mee! Nuuu!~ Tama-chann!"

Tamaki came to her rescue and made the twins fly across the room. "No drugging my little girl so she becomes addicted then needs an accidental interventioonnn!~"

'These are really the people I associate myself with?' Ayumi thought, clearly questioning any of their sanities, including her own.

Ayumi roamed the halls trying to get to her math class. She was busy wondering how she had managed to keep from being a crazy nut like the rest of them. She finally found the room and managed to arrive at a desk before the bell rang.

"Phew...made it." she whispered to herself.

"Ayumi?"

Her head shot up and looked at the person standing in front of her.

"Oh, Hello Takashi." she smiled. "You're in this class as well?"

He nodded. A small silence set in. Before Mori was about to go to the back of the room to his regular seat Ayumi spoke up.

"Did you want to sit with me?"

He looked back at her. 'Sit with her?' He looked her over. Her eyes were extra bright today. Though, he always thought they were bright anyway.

"Sure." he said, for some reason not making eye contact with her as he sat down. He stared at the chalk board in front of the room. He could feel her steady gaze in his direction. Eventually after a few minutes passed he turned to look back at her. She smiled.

"What?"

"Nothing." she said.

"No really, what?"

"Nothing!" she said with a smile. "I just like looking at you."

'...W-What?' He gave her a questioning look. She just laughed a little. Then it seemed to fade and she began to think.

"...A-Ah..I didn't mean it like that." She told him, while she blushed a little out of embarrassment. He fought the urge to laugh. Instead he just gave her a relaxed smile.

"I understand." Mori looked back to the board where the teacher stood now writing vocabulary and Theorem notes on the board. Ayumi started to take out her notebook, so did Mori.

'I kind of wish you did though.' These little comments seemed to come up in his head a lot. Mainly when it concerned Ayumi. He didn't know why he found himself making these comments at the most random of times, but it didn't concern him a lot. He was starting to figure it out why he was making them. He was worried of what would happen if he was to act on them, so he decided against it for now.

The class copied down the theorem notes and they began the lesson. It was quite quiet and boring in class and not many people talked. The only real sounds were the rubbing of chalk on the board, the teacher talking, pages flipping and pencils writing on paper. At the end of class they began to correct homework from the night before together. Half way through checking a section of the homework the teacher realized he needed to go get extra copies of the night's homework from the copying machine downstairs.

"While I go get the assignment; finish correcting and comparing answers with your neighbors. I'll be back in a minute." with that he left and people immediately began to chatter instead of doing the work.

"Hey, can I see your notebook Takashi?" Ayumi asked. He nodded and handed her his notebook. She checked a problem on the homework she didn't really understand and nodded her head when she understood. She then took her pencil and drew a little doodle next to the problem and gave it back to him. He looked at the drawing. It was of a little silly picture of her sticking her tounge out with a little text bubble saying "Thanks :)" in it. He laughed a little.

"You're more like Katsu then you let on Ayumi." he told her. Ayumi snapped her head back to look at him again.

"W-wha? N-no I don't."

"Yes you do."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"..." she just crossed her arms and turned away from him quietly. He laughed at her being slightly childish. Again the teacher returned and class ended 5 minutes later. Mori stood up and got his things. Ayumi did as well, and they decided to walk together to the science lab. On the way they met up with Honey, who was delighted to hear they were going to have Ayumi in class with them.

They entered and started class right away. They were supposed to do an experiment on the effects of certain acidity levels in rain showers on the land. Ayumi didn't have a lab partner so the teacher allowed her to join Mori and Honey. Honey had tried to show them both how smart he was and start the first part all on his own but he ended up spilling some of the acid on the stool next to him and it burned through the top of Ayumi's lab bench. Mori immediately took the flasks from Honey, while Ayumi cleaned up the mess. Mori tried doing the first part of the step afterward, and kind of over did the amount of acid. Ayumi told him he should be more precise and took it upon herself to do it right. After the failed attempts the class went along smoothly.

School let out 10 minutes after they were done and everyone scurried to their lockers to go home. It was Monday so they had a lot of work to do. Mori and Honey already had all their things they needed so they walked with Ayumi back to her locker. They didn't have Host Club today for some reason, so afterward they were just going to go home.

"That was great Ayu-chan! I wish you were in Chemistry with us all the time!" Honey said. He was on Mori's shoulders.

"Actually. I think one of my classes is being canceled so I'll be able to be in science every day." Ayumi said.

"Really?" Honey said brimming with happiness. Ayumi smiled at him a little.

"I'm not sure yet. Possibly." she told him.

"I sure hope so! its fun when you're in class with us, right Takashi?" he turned to Mori for his input.

"Yeah." he said.

(1)- Tadaa! Call at the end of chapter 9 was it? Was pointless. It was Akira. Akira and Jiroki are old time skating friends who had to quit due to injury, they are also Ayumi's cousins. They aren't important as far as I've developed the story, and I doubt that will change. :)

A note, I used Google translator for the French part, so if it isn't right don't blame me.

If you haven't noticed by now. I like confusing you readers o' mine.

But don't worry,

I LOVE YOU :0

Keep reviewing! Next chapter uh...I forget what I scheduled for next chapter. Hm.. *flipping through a notebook*