Kyoya left my hotel with his copy of the contract. I sighed and decided to get to bed as soon as possible. I got out of my outfit and hopped into the shower. I needed to calm my anxiety and my nerves for tomorrow and the warm shower did me wonders. Before heading to bed Sara and I prepared one of the new sample dresses that we made to wear the next day.
Yusuru had requested to keep the colors of the dresses within yellow and white hues. Knowing that we had opted for our best sample: a pale yellow linen damask dress. We changed the original collar so that now it had a square neckline.
We added a few white details to the dress and also made the sleeves allot shorter. This was supposed to be a spring/summer version of their school wear and thus had to be fresh and cool. To complement the dress we made a dark mustard colored blazer with the school initials on it, in case it would end up being chilly. The white stockings would be optional in the spring or summer and mandatory in the autumn/winter. Because of the cut, the dress would make the wearer look like: either a cute adorable girl or a mature dignified lady, depending on their body shape. In my case it looked the later of the two, I don't think I've ever looked anything closely resembling cute in an outfit. Not that I haven't tried mind you.. but my pronounced curves just really don't allow it to happen.
We laid them all out so they would be ready for tomorrow as we went to bed.
The next day I put on the dress. I originally wanted to let my hair down but I needed to show off the dress today so I ended up going for a polished ponytail with a little bit of a twist by leaving my bangs. It would take away some of the sharpness in my face and give me a more gentle look. Putting up some light natural makeup, Sara and I headed out towards the school. I wouldn't want to be late, now would I?
Sara dropped me off and went back to the hotel. She had to see that my belongings got delivered at the Hitachiin's estate by the end of the day. I first went to the principles office where Yusuru greeted me. He was cheerful and charming as always. "Welcome Toguhi Noguchi to the Ouran Academy, I see you're wearing one of your samples. I must say you look beautiful in it. " I gently smiled "Well I hope your female students will be as raving about it as you are, sir." He returned my smile and motioned me to sit in a chair placed in front of his desk while he went back and sat on his own behind his desk.
I sat down and waited for him to talk "Seeing how you're new here you'll need someone to show you around." as he said that someone knocked on the door and entered. "This here is Haruhi Fujioka, your classmate and Ouran's honor student".. I grinned slightly; this couldn't have turned out better. "Oh yes, we met yesterday at the party. It's a pleasure to see you again and I'm sorry to trouble you with guiding me around the school." Haruhi looked a bit perplexed. "It's not a problem at all." We then left the office and Haruhi showed me around the school. "How's the jet lag treating ya?" Haruhi asked, "Pardon?" then I remembered my little white lie from the night before and rectified my slip up "Oh yes, I'm sorry I'm a little bit of an airhead. I'm just taking it all in right now. Also, I got a good night of sleep so I feel much better now. Thank you for asking Haruhi."
She smiled "Yeah, it can be a lot to take in. But aren't you used to stuff like this? I mean you are rich aren't you?" I couldn't help but let out a small chuckle "I am but, I never really went to a school, I've always had private teachers who would hold private lessons with 2 or 3 students at their house and so I've never truly experienced normal school life." The conversation quieted down a bit after that but I still heard the little rumble coming from Haruhi "There's nothing normal about the school life in this school." The tour continued and we would have a little chat here and there while she showed me around. By the end of the tour I had taken quite a liking to Haruhi, I could understand why Tamaki liked her so much.
We ended in front of a door I assumed was a classroom door when Haruhi knocked on it and entered. The teacher welcomed us and ordered Haruhi to go back to her seat. He then presented me to the class as a new student and allowed them to ask questions.
The questions were nothing out of the ordinary until one asked me "Pardon me for being rude but, why aren't you wearing the same uniform as us?" I smile gently and mentally thanked the girl for asking that question I could use that to my advantage "Well, you see our family has been put in charge to recreate the design of the female uniforms for this school. We thought it would be best to put our sample to the test by seeing your reactions. What do you think of it?" I asked her as I slightly swayed my body so the skirt would show a nice flow. The girl responded with a slight blush "you look. I mean, it looks pretty." I showed the girl my most happy facial expression "Thank you! If you have anything you would like to add to it or have any suggestions don't hesitate to tell me okay? That way we'll deliver a school uniform that everyone will treasure." She silently nodded and blushed a bright red. Man, all the girls in this school are too cute, naive and innocent it is almost sickening.
The questioning resumed for a few more minutes until the teacher decided to end it and told me where my spot in the classroom would be this year. As my (terrible) luck would have it, I would have to be seated in front of the oldest one of those wretched twins. From that point on the lesson continued. I felt a pair of eyes burning into my back. Ironically they were not those of the older brother but those of his younger one who was seated next to Haruhi.
I grew increasingly annoyed and nervous, I didn't like that I was seated in front of them. They would be able to see my every move while I couldn't see theirs without making myself obvious. After a while, I shook my head and came to the conclusion that I would have to get used to it, at least for the remainder of this year.
The lesson ended and the students all started to leave the room. Haruhi told me she'd show me where the next class was but I saw a group of girls in the corner of my eye who were clearly waiting for an opportunity to speak to me. Taking my chances I thanked Haruhi and told her I'd find it by myself and that she shouldn't keep the twins waiting on her just my sake. Asif on queue Hikaru's voice came out from near the door "Are you coming, Haruhi?".Haruhi took her leave and the group of girls walked towards me, I recognized some of them from the party yesterday. One of the girls spoke up "Hey Noguchi, could I ask you a question?"
I gently smiled "Sure." .. "Oh well it's about Tamaki Suoh, you were at the party yesterday and we couldn't help but wonder how you knew him? It seemed like you knew each other rather well". I was slightly surprised by the question, were they jealous? "Owh Tamaki is a distant relative of mine so that might explain that," I said with a gentle smile. The girls seemed relieved with my answer. I still had to find a way to the next class I tried to seize the opportunity and ask the girls "Would you mind if I walked with you, I'm still unsure of where the next class is." They agreed and on the way to class, we continued with some small talk. I wanted to pick their brains about the dresses and asked what they did after the classes.
They looked at each other as if trying to find a way to let me down gently.
"I'm sorry, I didn't want to intrude." I got cut off by one of the girls; she had a slight blush gracing her face "That's not it at all! We just can't because we'll be visiting the Host club so we won't really be able to hang out." The answer was like heaven sent. "Really, well that's perfect! I start working with them today." The girl's faces looked perplexed "Noguchi, are you interested in women?" Although I didn't have a preference for either sex, I didn't feel at ease enough to tell them that. "No, no no. I'll be working there as a consultant. If you have any questions about love, relationships or just want to talk you can meet up with me and I'll try to help you to the best of my abilities." The girls' interests were piqued "Oh, but If you see Tamaki don't ask him or any of the other members anything about it. It's supposed to be a surprise that Kyoya and I have set up from them." The girls seemed ecstatic; they were 'in' on it and thus probably felt special. The remainder of the school day was quite boring and uneventful.
The bell rang indicating the end of the lesson and the girls got ready to go to the Host club I decided to join them.
When we arrived I greeted the club members with a smile and I tried to keep that smile when I greeted the twins. After I did that Kyoya gave me a look and pointed at one of sitting areas in the music room. "That one is yours, do with it what you'd like." I bowed and thanked him as I went to sit on the sofa. This interaction didn't escape Tamaki's observation when he walked up to Kyoya to ask him what he meant by that. I decided to beat Kyoya to the punch and answer him myself "Well isn't it obvious Tamaki? Say hello to the newest member of the Host club." I grinned as the whole of the Host club's (apart of Kyoya's) jaw hit the ground. This might end up being fun.