Chapter 11

~Monday, Aiko's POV~

'Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, where do I go? Do I go left or do I go right? I should've asked for a map! But that would've made me look stupid! But walking with a map is so much better than actually getting lost! I guess I'll go left.' I sweatdropped and shakily made my way towards the left hallway and continued my search for first period. Let me explain to you what happened, from the beginning, and how I got myself in this mess.

~Earlier that Day~

I woke up to banging on my door and heard my mom's voice.

"Aiko, wake up! You're going to be late on your first day to school if you don't right this instant!" I grumbled loud enough for her to hear, "Yes, sweetie, I understand you're tired, but I told you not to watch all those horror movies yesterday. It's not my fault that you barely got any sleep, I told you plenty of times." I sighed and dragged myself out of bed and walked towards my bathroom. I turned on the shower and waited for the water to become warm. "Good girl!"

After I got out of the shower, I got dressed in the uniform, but instead of the yellow dress, I had on a girl's version of the male uniform. It's basically just a black knee-high pleated skirt, a plain white button-up long-sleeve, the necktie, the light blue blazer, white ankle socks, and black Mary Janes. I looked at myself in the mirror one last time before leaving.

The whole drive to the academy was spent trying to calm my nerves, seeing as how it was my first day of school. As I made my way to the office, I tried to make the quaking of my knees to stop, but to no avail.

"Hello, good morning. I'm here to pick up my schedule. My name is Aiko Kazuki," I stated politely.

"Ah, yes. Well here it is, good luck on your first day, young lady," she replied.

"Thank you very much, ma'am."

"Oh! Before I forget, would you like a map of the school?"

"No, thank you," I felt my cheeks flush as I smiled and left. 'It's like she can read my mind. Did she know that I was prone to getting lost?'

~Current Time~

And that's how it all began. I walked towards the left hallway and saw that it led to a grand staircase. At the top of the stairs were two pathways, right and left. I heard the bell ring and hurriedly climbed the stairs. I turned to make a sudden left turn only to collide with a wall of flesh, a copper-red haired wall of flesh, to be exact. I felt myself hit the cold floor, my things scattering around me.

"Oh God, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to!" I apologized and quickly tried to pick up my things. Suddenly, a hand grasping my schedule came into view.

"Here," he said, he didn't sound arrogant at all, which surprised me, "I take it you're new here."

"Ah, ha. It's that obvious?" I asked, looking up, nervous all of a sudden.

"Yeah, well you don't exactly see people carrying this much supplies on a daily basis," he said, smirking slightly. I flushed, I didn't think about how obvious it was that I was the new girl until now.

"Oh," I muttered.

"My name's Kaoru Hitachiin," he stated.

"Um, Aiko Kazuki," I replied.

"So, seeing as how you're the new girl, I take it you don't know your way around, or do you?" I shook my head no, "I figured. Let me see your schedule. Oh! Funny, you have almost every class with me and my brother."

"You have a brother?" I asked.

"Well, technically, we're twins. He's only a few minutes older than me though," he told me, shrugged, and started walking the direction he came from, "Come on, first period is this way." He motioned his head towards the hall. I followed suit. While we were walking, I found out that his brother's name was Hikaru Hitachiin and that they were both 16, like me.

"Well, here we are," he announced as we stopped in front of a door, "Sensei! We have a new student!" he yelled out as we walked into class, instantly having all eyes turned my direction. I felt myself blush and felt a shiver go up my spine.

"Hi," I waved awkwardly to the class. Right away, I felt as if the whole class was already judging me. I saw some eyes travel up and down my person, as if checking me out.

"Is that where you went, Kaoru? To find yourself a new partner to play with?" I heard a voice slightly deeper than Kaoru's declare this and before I knew it, they were entangled in each other's arms. One hand on the other's mid-back and the other on their hip. I was sure this was Hikaru, Kaoru's twin. As soon as the two embraced, almost every girl in the class had either squealed to their heart's content or sighed and muttered, "Brotherly love," whatever that had meant.

"If you two don't mind, we have a discussion to finish. Not to mention a new student, so if you two would oh so kindly take your seats," the teacher said. I heard a few disappointed sighs as he said this. I questioned this, in my mind, not entirely sure of what had just taken place nor was I sure that I had wanted to know.

"Now, young lady, would you please introduce yourself?" he asked.

"Oh! Um, sure. My name's Aiko Kazuki, I'm 16 year's old, obviously I'm a freshman, and um I just moved here about a week or so ago and that's it," I introduced myself.

"It's nice of you to join our class, Miss Kazuki. I apologize in advance; it seems that all our empty seats are towards the back of the class, but please, feel free to sit anywhere," I nod in response and make my towards the seat near Kaoru, who was gesturing for me to sit next to him and Hikaru.

After first period, I had Math. Fortunately, Kaoru pointed out where to go. When I walked in, I saw Haruhi with her head in a textbook. I smiled and sat down next to her.

"Is anyone sitting here?" I asked, but still, she didn't look up.

"No, go ahead," she replied.

"Ok, thanks," I said and she had finally looked up.

"Oh! Hey, Aiko. What's up?" she asked with a smile.

Despite getting the feeling that the other girls in the class were staring daggers at me, I answered, "Oh, you know, the usual first day problems: getting lost, making friends, fell on my ass, need I go on?" I asked, jokingly.

"You got lost, too? Isn't this school humongous?" she said.

"Yes! No kidding! I ran into this guy on my way to first period, but it turns out, he was in my class. He was pretty nice, too, although, I can't say the same about his brother, er, twin, I should say," I ranted. I noticed that Haruhi had gotten paler.

"Could it be that you met Kaoru and Hikaru?" she hesitantly asked.

"Yeah, that's them!" I grinned at her.

"Oh God," she muttered.

"What? What's wrong? They weren't that bad!" I exclaimed.

"Really?" she asked, surprised.

"Yeah," I smiled and turned my attention to the teacher. She took attendance and noticed that I was new. I introduced myself and the class was soon started.

~Lunch~

Lunch came quicker than I thought. I snapped out of my daydream when Haruhi asked me if I wanted to join her for lunch. I found out that she spends her lunch in her third period classroom. I was more than happy to know that she and the twins were in that class with me.

"Ok, so all day, I've been hearing non-stop about this notorious Host Club. What is it? What do they do there and why are they so popular?" I asked completely baffled.

She blushed, looked down and said, "It's this club where the most supposedly 'beautiful boys of the school entertain the girls' in a non-sexual way, of course. It's basically a playground for the rich where all these rich bastards spend their time and money in. It's useless and stupid, really," she stated bluntly.

"And now I'm interested to see what this Host Club is like," I said.

"No, trust me, you're really not," she deadpanned. I laughed.

She sighed and said, "I can take you there after school, if you want." I thought about it and decided to take her up on her offer.

~After School~

"Wait, so your mother actually used to dress you guys up as girls? Just for the hell of it?" I asked.

"Yeah, she really did," Hikaru replied.

I laughed, trying to imagine them as two little girls, "I'm sorry for laughing, but it's just, it's kind of funny!"

"Hey! We didn't know any better, we were just mere children!" cried Kaoru.

"I told you we shouldn't have told her!" yelled Hikaru.

"Guys! Shut it!" Haruhi said, "Some people do appreciate silence."

"Sorry, Haruhi," Hikaru, Kaoru, and I chorused.

"I swear, the more you hang out with Hikaru and Kaoru, the more you're starting to act like them. This is exactly why I was hoping you guys wouldn't meet and become friends! I knew this would happen!" Haruhi complained. Hikaru, Kaoru and I just pouted.

"That wasn't very nice, pet," said Hikaru.

"Pet? Where'd that come from?" I questioned, confused.

"I'm not your pet," Haruhi stated. This was what our conversation on the way to the Host Club consisted of; Kaoru and Hikaru telling jokes, me laughing loudly, Haruhi telling us to shut up and quite a lot of teasing.

"Alright, here we are, Aiko, "Kaoru started, "the Ouran High School Host Club," Hikaru finished. As they spoke, they both grabbed one door handle, twisting it thus opening the elegant looking door. The next thing I knew, there was a blinding white light and rose petals swirled in the air. The sweet scent of different pastries, teas, and the sound of a violin and a piano harmonizing filled the air. I wasn't sure why, but for a moment, I thought I had died and gone to heaven.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hi guys, I know it's been a while since I posted a chapter or two, so here's one to make up for it. I have a favor to ask you guys though, what do you guys think of my take on the character's personalities so far? Are they spot on or do you think they're way off? I'm asking this because I want to be somewhat accurate. When I write their actions and lines, I want to get as close as I can to how they are in the manga/anime.

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Thank you much!