~With Rose~

Lifting my head off the table, I turned to Umehito slowly, who gave me a tiny smile that almost went unnoticed. "Well, kind of, I guess. I only met him briefly," thinking back to the event of yesterday twitching from Haruhi's comment towards me.

Taking a breath, "Hey Umehito, I don't want to sound rude, but can I ask why you are wearing a cloak and wig?" looking curiously at the boy beside me. "Not at all. I have Photo-phobia. I can't be in direct sunlight, so I wear this to protect myself from the light" Umehito's face held anticipation and anxiety.

Tilting my head, "Well, I have a phobia of sharks. Which sucks cause I love the ocean, but I can't make myself go into the deep, or else I start to have a panic attack," smiling at the blue-eyed boy. "Also, the sun is nice and all, but I always enjoyed the night to view the moon and stars above!" grinning as Umehito's face relaxed into a smile.

We continued to talk and fill out the assignment when a pair of hands stopped me from writing by holding a bright red envelope in the way of my paper. *What the hell?!* following the hands, I found the owners. "My beautiful Princess, we meet again! It must be fate that they placed us in the same class and group too for this year. This envelope is for your beauty to grace us at the Host Club today after school…." Tamaki continued. I looked to Umehito, signaling with my eyes for some help.

Umehito nodded, then pulled out a cat puppet and started to laugh evilly, making Tamaki turn white as a ghost and hide behind me. Slapping a hand on my forehead *Oh, this will be such an interesting class…* as Tamaki went into a freaked-out rant. "Thank you, Umehito," sending a smile his way, then turned to Tamaki. "Alright, it does seem like we both got put here, but I am not sure if it is good or bad yet," to the dramatic boy who went to speak. I held up my hand.

"Let's work on getting the paper done. Plus, I consider Umehito already a friend of mine, Blondie!" pointing at him. "So do not continue whatever you were ranting about," refocusing on my work. "B…b…but Princess! He puts a curse on people!" Tamaki's bolstered voice caught the attention of our classmates.

I started twitching as a dark aura came over me, with my hair blocking my eyes. "Personal, I don't care if that is what he likes to do that is fine by me. I have had many friends of different backgrounds, and I have never judged them for it…" then I looked up with a smile, "Now what is your favorite color?" ignoring the stares and glares as I read the question.

"Black," Umehito's soft voice caught my ears. "Mines red" Tamaki's voice was back to a normal calm tone for once. Nodding happily, "See, that wasn't too bad, right? Well, mine is purple" as we continued until the end of class.

~After English~

After saying goodbye to the boys, I exited the room to find a place to eat in peace *Don't want to step foot into the cafeteria because of Blondie and those psycho girls* walking down the hall. I felt daggers on my back. "I hate being the new kid…" grumbling as I reached the large doors, pulling them open. Once outside, my sight was attracted to the maze once more.

"Well, I wanted to explore it what better time to do it than the present. It seems like a nice quiet place to eat along with relaxing" I quickly walked down the stairs. "Rooooose!" a voice called from the left of me as I took my final step. "Uh…what" going to turn, only to tumble to the ground with some extra weight on me. Opening my eyes, I caught the sight of light brown eyes looking at me *What the hell was I hit by?* blinking in confusion. "Hi, Rose-Chan! I am Mitsukuni Haniozuka, but you can call me Hunny…Oh, this is Usa-Chan!" Hunny lifted a stuffed rabbit in my view.

*Alright, I was hit by a person, not a thing* as we both got up and fixed ourselves. Glimpsing over to Hunny, I see he was getting an envelope out of his pocket *So do they even talk to one another about whether I have acquired one already…Well, if Blondie is President, then it's not that surprising* as he handed me a pink envelope with a big smile.

"Thanks, Hunny!" stuffing the envelope with the others. "I better go before Takashi comes looking for me…Bye Rose-Chan!" Hunny hugged me then took off running to the cafeteria, leaving me behind. *Alright then* as I returned to my mission as I strolled to the entrance of the giant maze, "Time to explore!" pumping my fist in the air as I entered.

~30 minutes later~

"I think I went left, right, right, and left…or was it right, left, right, and right. Ah, Fuck I am lost! Damn it all!" throwing my hands up in the air, resting them on my head and pulling on my hair. "Why do I have such a horrible sense of direction…" looking both ways to see hedges all-around. "If everything didn't look the same, I could probably figure this out," placing my hands on my hips.

Starting to walk again in a direction "Speaking to yourself is a sign of insanity, isn't it" hoping to find a person or the way out. After wandering some more, I came across a building resembling a greenhouse. Glancing around to see if anyone was around, I moved to the door about to go in when it swung open, revealing a mean-looking guy.

"Ahhhhhhhh!" we both screamed, backing away from one another. The guy tripped backward and fell over a flower pot "Ow!" retracting his left hand. Regaining balance, I rushed over and kneeled beside him, "Hey, are you alright? Sorry if I scared you," taking his cut hand into mine to examine it. He tried to pull his hand away. "I… It's alright, and my hand is not that bad," but I held it firmly.

Helping the boy up, "No, it's not. If you don't clean this and cover it now, then it can become infected" he just pushed me away. "It's fine. I don't need your help," giving me a pissed-off look. Ignoring the glare, "I know you don't need my help, but I want to because it is partly my fault you got hurt. Now, is there a first aid kit in here?" as I head off to hunt for the kit among the plants.

The boy's face looked confused by me. "To your left in the cabinet below," as he mumbles loud enough to hear him. Following the instructions, I found the kit and made my back to him. Making him sit on an upside-down plant pot, I began to pull out what I need "By the way, my name is Rose Night, once again sorry about your hand…" as I cleaned it.

He winced. "Stop saying sorry!" turning his head away from me with a blush forming on his face. We both went silent as I finished wrapping up the injured hand and placed the kit back where I grabbed it. Once I came back, he looked at me, "I'm Ritsu Kasanoda and uhmm…Th..thank you," then looked away once more. "Well, it's nice to meet you, Ritsu! With it could have been under better circumstances…beggars can't be choosers, right?" grinning at him.

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