I woke up with a start and I groaned. I closed my eyes again and tried to fall back asleep. I'm so tired! I felt a tingling in my nose and I suddenly sneezed. I sighed and sat up. I look around and saw that I was in my room. Was my meeting of Mitsu-senpai just a dream? I felt another tingle and I quickly grabbed a tissue before I had sneezed. That's weird. It felt so real. I stood up and walked over to my door. I opened the door and creeped out in the dark hallway. "Kaya!" I called as I made my way to her room. "Kaya?" I reached her door and knocked on it. "Kaya."

I heard rustling on the other side and something fall. "Shi-" I heard something else fall and then the door opened revealing a disheveled Kaya. She saw me and glared at me. "What do you want, Emi?"

I sneezed again and groaned. "I think I'm sick."

She rolled her eyes and opened the door to let me inside. I walked in and sat on her bed as she went to her bedside table. "Maybe if you weren't out so late, you wouldn't be sick." She opened the drawer and pulled out a mask. "What were you doing out so late?" She sat next to me and put the mask on for me. "With a boy too. He was really cute, you know." She paused and looked at me with a look of horror on her face. "Don't tell me you two…" She stood up and pointed at me. "Is your hymen broken?! Emiya you are too young for that!"

My face immediately burned up. So it wasn't a dream. "No! I just met him!"

"That doesn't mean that you two didn't just suddenly fall in love and decided to do it like Romeo and Juliet did! How was it like? Was it rough? Is that why you have a cut on your cheek?"

I felt my blush worsen and I touched my cheek. "No! I fell and cut my cheek. He just-"

Kaya laughed and ruffled my hair. "I know. I'm just teasing you, Emi." She hugged me. "He told me that he saw you crying and went to help you. Did it really hurt that bad?"

I paused. I was too emotionally hurt to realize that I had gotten a cut. "Yeah." I lied. "And it really hurt when I fell into the fountain."

"Aww~" Kaya wrapped an arm around me and pulled me closer to where I ended up leaning on her shoulder. "My poor baby~"

I coughed and snuggled into Kaya's shoulder. "I hate being sick."

I felt Kaya place her hand on my forehead. "You're burning up! Do you think you can still go to school?"

I nodded. "Yeah, it's probably just going to be a cough and a runny nose."

"If you didn't think it was going to be that bad, then why did you wake me up?" She asked and I clearly heard the irritation in her voice. She looked at the clock that hung up the wall of her room. "It's almost five in the morning!"

I looked at her and smiled, though the mask covered it. "I did it because I love you~"

She scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Might as well get ready for school." She stood up and stretched. "Go into your bath. I'll get your uniform and bag ready for you."

I nodded and got up myself before stretching. I made my way out of her room and back to my own. I walked in and headed to my bathroom before undressing myself. I turned on the bath then poured a bit of soap in so I can have bubbles and waited until it was filled up a bit over halfway to take my mask off and turn off the water. I made my way into the bathtub and sat in the warm water. I sighed in satisfaction as I was warmed up by the heat of the water.

~*~*~ Mini time skip brought to you by Usa-chan! ~*~*~

I stepped out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around my body and the mask back on to cover my mouth and made my way to my bed as I brushed my hair. Like Kaya had said that she would do, my uniform was laid out on my bed. I let the towel drop to the floor and grabbed my underwear, putting them on. I pulled on my white stockings and the banana-colored dress.

After I got dressed and replaced the bandage on my cheek, I grabbed the new bag that was placed on my bedside table, which had all my school work that had been dried up and placed in the bag, then I exited my room and made my way back to Kaya's room. I knocked softly and heard no reply. "I'm coming in." I opened the door and heard the shower still running. I tiptoed inside and gently closed the door. I jumped onto her bed and immediately noticed a cream-colored doll next to her pillow. Kaya has a doll? I thought she didn't like them. I picked it up and immediately recognized it as one of Nekozawa-senpai's Beelzenef dolls. Nekozawa-senpai is the president of the Black Magic Club. I remember when I first met him. He was really nice. He even gave me a Beelzenef key chain that he had "good luck" bestowed upon it just because I was a close friend of Kimi. I smiled at the memory, but then it disappeared. I wish I could hang out with Kimi again.

I heard the shower turn off and I put the doll back on Kaya's pillow where I had found it. I crawled off her bed and tried to stay as quiet as possible so Kaya wouldn't be mad... but then I sneezed. So much for keeping quiet.

"What are you doing in my room?" I heard Kaya's voice say from the bathroom.

I sighed and leaned against her bed. "I was waiting for my lovely, wonderful sister to come out and take care of me." I tried to muster a fake cough, but I ended up having a real coughing fit. "'Cause I'm sick."

"Stop being ridiculous, Emiya." She walked out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her body. "Get out."

I groaned. "Fine." I started to walk towards her door. "I guess I won't ask why you have a Beelzenef doll." I opened the door and looked back at her.

She had a shocked look on her face. "Y-you found it?" She squeaked out.

I smiled. "It's not that hard to find when it was just lying on your bed." I slipped out of her room. I heard a string of curses and things falling on the floor, clearly from her throwing them on the floor from anger.

I made my way down the stairs and noticed that nothing was lit up. Is it really that early? I reached the bottom of the steps and noticed a small red light flickering in the darkness. I squinted to try to make out the object that was making that light. I made my way across the room to the other side saw that it was our main phone. I scanned the room to find the light switch and when I did, I turned on the light, immediately brightening up the room. I went back over to the phone and pressed the button that had "VM" labeled on it.

"Hello?" It was my father's voice. "Well... Whoever receives this, whether it's one of the staff, or Nikko, or Kaya, my wife and I are planning to come back home for a bit in about... one or two weeks due to our little upcoming conversation and event dealing with my youngest daughter, Emiya. I must go now, I have a meeting to attend to at the current moment. Tell my children that I love them. Goodbye." I felt happiness bubble up inside me until curiosity suddenly made its way into my thoughts. I'm happy that they're coming back, but... what was he talking about when he said conversation and event that includes me? I coughed and walked into the kitchen, the question still lingering in my head.

I pulled myself onto the counter to sit on it and waited until my sister came downstairs. I started to swing my feet as I stared at the floor. What could my father be talking about? Could it be a secret that they're hiding from me? I sighed. What could it be?

"Miya-chan?" I looked up to see my brother, a drowsy look on his face. "Why are you up so early?" He asked with a yawn.

"Um... I, uh…" Crap, I can't show him that I'm sick! He'll freak out! "I... couldn't sleep."

He hummed in response and started to dig through the cabinets. "The maids are having a day off today, so I'll make us something for…" A yawn interrupted his sentence. "Breakfast."

I tried to suppress a cough that was coming up, but I failed and ended up having a small coughing fit. I immediately felt Nikko's eyes on me and I quickly tried to think of something to say. "Um... What are you going to make?"

"Soup."

I looked up at him, surprised. "Soup?" I jumped, a bit startled to see Nikko's forest green eyes. "Um... Hi."

I felt his cool hand press against my forehead. "You're sick." He pulled me into a bone-crushing hug, which completely pulled me off the counter. "My poor baby is sick! You have to stay home! Kaya!? KAYA!"

"WHAT?" I heard Kaya yell from the main hall.

"My poor little Emiya is sick!"

I flinched from both of them yelling and tried to escape Nikko's iron grip. I sneezed and groaned when I felt him squeeze me tighter. "Just leave me alone Nikko. You're gonna make me feel worse like you usually do when I'm sick." I mumbled.

Nikko tensed up and I was immediately let go when he went off to his infamous emo corner. "So mean…"

Kaya entered the kitchen with an annoyed expression. "Where is he?" I pointed at the corner and she threw her heel at him. "You're starting to piss me off."

Nikko rubbed his head where he was hit and looked at us, giving us puppy-dog eyes. "So mean…"

Kaya rolled her eyes and grabbed my hand. "C'mon. I gotta get to school early. I'll pick up something for us to eat." She let go of my hand and gave an exasperated sigh before going back to the kitchen, possibly to get her heel back.

"Why do you need to go early?" I asked when Kaya returned. I looked at the grandfather clock we had. 6:26. "Isn't it too early to go to school."

Kaya made her way towards the back of the house where all the limos and where her and Nikko's own personal cars were located. "I was assigned to one of the teachers as an aid." She opened the back door, revealing all of our family limos. "If I'm able to complete the small program that the headmaster gave to me, then I can move up to class 2-A." She explained as we made our way to her car.

I sneezed as Kaya unlocked the car. "That's cool." I got into the passenger side of the car and buckled myself in. "Are you trying to raise our family name in Ouran?"

Kaya got into her side of the car and buckled herself in. "To be honest, I wasn't exactly thinking that because I thought you would, but sure, yeah, what I'm doing can help too."

I looked at her. What? "What does that mean?"

She turned on the car and checked her mirrors. "Hmm? Oh, nothing."

I crossed my arms and looked out the window as she started to drive out of our property. Of course, she wouldn't tell me anything about what she really means. She never does. I sighed and decided to change the subject. "Dad left a voicemail."

"Oh really?" She paused. "What did he say?"

I turned my head to look at her. "He said that he and mom were coming home in a week or two."

She nodded. "That's good." And she wouldn't give a big reaction like Nikko would.

I continued to watch her attentively for a reaction. "He said that it was because of a conversation and an event…" I carefully said.

I saw Kaya's eyes avert in thought then quickly go back on the road. "Okay…"

"He said that they were about me." Kaya swerved the car in surprise, which made me shoot up and grab the car in alarm. "Jeez, Kaya! What was that!"

Kaya breathed in and let out a shaky breath. "S-sorry, I was just a bit surprised."

"Surprised!?"

Kaya glared at the road, clearly because she couldn't look at me. "Yes, surprised." She took a left turn. "I didn't think it would come up so soon." She whispered, more to herself than to me.

I felt myself become a bit mad. "Didn't think what wouldn't come up so soon!?"

Kaya's eyebrow twitched in annoyance. "Nothing, Emiya. It doesn't concern you right now."

"What's that supposed to mean!?" I yelled, getting a bit angrier. "If Dad said that both things were about me, I think I have the right to know!" Kaya slammed on the breaks, making me jerk forward and hit my head. "Ow…" I whimpered slightly as I felt my eyes become watery.

Kaya angrily parked the car and unbuckled herself. "I'll be right back." She got out and slammed the door closed.

I crossed my arms and huffed. I gingerly touched the part of my head that had gotten hit and winced. Why won't she tell me anything? I felt something vibrate against my leg, making me look down at the source. It was my bag. I picked up my bag and opened it. I saw my phone and pulled it out, looking at the caller ID. Unknown number? Who has my number? I cautiously pressed the green button. "H-hello?"

"Hi, Emi-chan!" I was startled at the loud voice. "I didn't think you would pick up because it is early, but Kaya-chan said that you usually wake up around six forty-five." Wait... Could it be…? How did he get my number? "I wanted to call to check up on you, but I just couldn't wait until later!"

"Mitsu-senpai?" I asked.

"Yeah!?"

I sighed in relief. "Mitsu-senpai... How did you get my number?" I paused for a second. "I mean, I am fine, but…" I trailed off.

"Kaya-chan gave it to me when I told her that I wanted to check up on you. I'm really happy that you're okay, Emi-chan!"

Kaya's side of the door opened and she placed two bentos in the middle before climbing in. "Who are you talking to?" She looked at me and smirked. "Is it your boyfriend?"

My face bloomed a crimson red. "NO!"

"I wouldn't mind that… Emi-chan is just too cute~," I heard Mitsu-senpai mumble on the other end, which made my blush worsen.

I huffed. "I-I have to go now, Mitsu-senpai!" I said, pretending I didn't hear what he had said.

"Okay! Bye, Emi-chan!"

"Bye!" I quickly said before I hung up. I looked at Kaya and glared at her. "I hate you so much right now!"

She laughed. "You're so cute when you're flustered." I pouted, though she couldn't see it, and crossed my arms. "Awww~ Don't be mad." I felt her pat my head. "I'm sorry, but you're too cute to resist teasing."

I pushed her hand away. "You're mean." I grabbed my phone and added Mitsu-senpai's number on my phone.

Kaya started to drive again. "Are you trying to text your boyfriend again?"

I glared at her. "No."

She smiled. "I'm just asking." She glanced at the two bento boxes that she brought to the car. She pointed at the black one with light green designs. "This one is yours."

I picked it up and placed it in my lap. "How were you able to get food so quickly?"

"Remember Korra?"

Of course I do, how could I forget her? Korra is Kaya's best friend. She doesn't come over to our house often, but when she does, she either hangs out with Kaya and I or just practice cooking us meals. "Yeah, what about her?"

"Her mom wanted her to take over her restaurant businesses so she's been cooking different recipes. I called her this morning and asked if she can make an extra bento for you."

I nodded. "Does she always make you one?"

"Yeah." She paused and smirked. As soon as she did, I knew she was going to say something that would either make me mad, embarrassed, or both. "Maybe…"

"Don't you dare."

"Maybe…"

"Shut... up…"

"Listen, Emiya. Just listen. I think it's a really good idea."

"If you say something about my boyfriend, I will run away and you'll have to explain to mom and dad how their precious, little flower isn't with you and Nikko." I threatened, knowing how that would definitely freak her out and get her in trouble.

Kaya stayed silent. "So you admit it?"

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. "Admit what?"

"That you have a boyfriend." Before I could snap at her she spoke again. "You can't get mad at me. You're the one who said something about your boyfriend."

"I don't have a boyfriend!"

"What am I supposed to believe!? First, you say that you don't have a boyfriend, next you say that you do, now you're saying that you don't. It's so confusing!"

I groaned and covered my face with my hands. "I hate you…"

"I love you too." I heard the smile in her voice and I chose to ignore her for the rest of the ride.

After a bit, I felt the car come to a stop and I peeked through my hands to see the school's parking lot that was about a block and a half away from the school. I sighed in relief and quickly grabbed my things. "Okay, bye."

"No, no, no." I heard Kaya's door open just as I opened my door. "I'm not letting you go alone."

I groaned in annoyance as I got out the car. "Why not?"

"Because my poor baby is sick and I need to take care of her." She said as she climbed out herself. She locked the car doors before closing the driver side door. "Plus, what are you going to do in school at this time? You never come to school early." She says as she walks around the car to reach me.

"I never come to school early because I need my sleep." Kaya gently grabbed my hand and started to lead me to the school. "I take a shower, change into my uniform, eat breakfast, then I take a nap until Nikko wakes me up to leave. It's my daily schedule." I mumble. Kaya scoffed slightly and shook her head.

We both walked to our school, hand in hand, in a comfortable silence. Birds flew over us, singing their tune as they made their way from tree to tree.

We walked past the entry gates of the school and made our way to the entrance of the actual building. Kaya led me through the deserted halls to her classroom, which was 2-B. We walked in and saw her teacher, Namaiki-Sensei looking through paperwork that was littered across her desk. Namaiki-Sensei was a middle-aged woman with the darkest black hair that clashed wonderfully with her bright eyes. From the times that I had met her, she was as sweet as honey. She was a kind woman compared to all the other teachers in the school. She looked towards us and gave us a smile. "Hello, girls. How may I help you?"

Kaya and I bowed and Kaya led me to one of the desks in the front. "I just came to work on my Algebra today, Namaiki-Sensei," Kaya answered as I sat down in the desk beside her. "You know my sister, right?"

Namaiki-Sensei nodded and smiled. "Emiya, correct? I have met her a few times during the family meets. How are you, Emiya?"

I opened my bento, revealing Onigiri Rice Balls, each one differently decorated than the next. "I'm good, but I'm a bit under the weather." I pulled down my mask and I heard her hum in response before going back to the paperwork that she held in her hand. I picked up one of the three rice balls and started to nibble on it.

Silence slowly engulfed us and, soon enough, the only noises were the slight rustling of papers and pens or pencils trailing across the said papers. I stared out of the window blankly, watching as the sun slowly arose from behind the many different buildings and trees while I continued to nibble on the rice balls that were given to me for breakfast. Soon enough, a few other students in Kaya's class shuffled inside the class to work on a certain assignment or just to study in general.

"Emiya?" I glanced at my sister to see that she was still staring down at algebraic equations, but she slowly twirled her pencil around in her hand. "I'm sorry."

I swallowed the bit of rice that I had been chewing on. "For what?"

"You do deserve to know what dad was talking about... but…" She moved her gaze to me. "I don't like the idea. I also don't think you're ready for it yet. I keep asking mom and dad to postpone it until next year, but that isn't my decision."

"What is the idea?"

She shook her head and started to work on her paper once again. "It's not my right to say," She stood up and walked over to Namaiki-Sensei with her worksheet in hand. "but if it was, I would have told you long before now." She turned to Namaiki-Sensei and asked her a question. I picked up the last rice ball and ate it. What could it be? Is it really so bad that Kaya doesn't even like it?

My phone vibrated once in my bag and I pulled it out, unlocking it. I had a text from Kimi. I opened it and read the text.

Kimi: The class president is wondering if you can come early. She wants to discuss something with you.

My phone vibrated again as two more text blocks came up.

Kimi: Please.

Kimi: Unless you can't. •^• I know how you are with sleep.

I smiled and finished the last bit of my rice ball before replying.

You: I'll be there, don't worry. I came to school early with Kaya.

I closed my bento and placed it in my bag. I placed my mask back into its place on my face before grabbing my things. I walked over to Kaya and gently tapped her shoulder to get her attention.

She looked at me in alarm. "What's wrong?"

I shook my head and smiled, though she couldn't see it. "Nashio-san wants to discuss something with me. It's probably something about the school event I heard about."

"School event?" She tapped her pencil against her cheek. "I need to start reading the school papers." She mumbled to herself.

"The Headmaster agreed to have a school event. That's all I got from the papers, anyway."

She gave me a skeptical look. "Okay, but can you get me the school paper when you can? I want to read it to find out more about the event."

I nodded and gave her a quick hug before lightly jogging out of her classroom. I quickly made my way to class 1-B, which was my class. I made my way inside and saw the president of our class, Azami Nashio, the vice president, Chizu Kamenashi, and Kimi. I quietly greeted them and placed my belongings on my assigned desk.

"I'm glad that you made it, Anzai-chan." I heard Nashio-san say from the front of the classroom.

"So am I," I responded as I made my way back to the front. "What was it that you needed to speak to me for?"

"I'm sure that you heard about the school event, am I correct?"

I hummed in approval. "Yes, but I'm not exactly sure what the school event is."

"Well…" Nashio-san started, she averted her gaze to her right and hummed in thought. "How should I put it?" She looked at Chizu, gently moving some strands of her black hair behind her ear. "Do you know what it is, Kamenashi-chan?"

Chizu pushed up her glasses that hung on the edge of her nose. "Ah, um... I'm sorry, Nashio-san. I just know the two clubs that are mainly competing in it."

"Excuse me?" All of our gazes moved to Kimi, who awkwardly stood beside Nashio-san. "I know what it is." She twirled one of her pigtails that were held up by bright red bows. "I believe the two groups agreed on a sporting event."

Nashio-san leaned back on the teacher's desk. "A sporting event?" She shook her head. "Why a sporting event?" She asked Kimi.

"I think it's because one of the groups competing is the American Football Club."

She nodded, understanding. She looked at me and gave a small smile. "How do you feel about joining the event?"

I felt excited. I hadn't done a sporting event since Elementary school. I nodded. "Of course!"

I heard Chizu give a relieved sigh. "We're glad you accepted the position. They wanted one of the student leaders to participate."

Nashio-san nodded. "I'm not exactly a school event person. I personally think they're hard." She moved to go grab her bag that was on the teacher's desk. She pulled out a paper and handed it to me. "Just fill this out and either give it to me or give it to the captain of the white team."

"White team?" I asked as I looked over the form.

"The sporting event was split into two teams. The white team and the red team." Chizu explained. "The captains of the team were given specific classes to have representatives from. Our class was chosen to be on the white team."

I nodded. "Who's the captain of the white team?"

"His name is Kyoya Ootori," Kimi said. "He's in class 2-A."

My eyes widened in surprise. "Why would they need a B-Class student if the captain of the team is an A-Class student?"

Kimi gave a light shrug. "I guess they're going by the concept of "the more, the merrier.""

"I'm not sure about that," Nashio-san said. "The red team asked for any student from the chosen classes, but the white team asked for one of the student leaders, like the president or, what you are, Emiya, the secretary."

"They probably wanted "people of power" to join them," Chizu added. "It's understandable, though. I would want to win if I was on the team."

"Oh." I simply said.

The classroom door opened drawing all of our attention to it. Our teacher, Kurusu-Sensei, walked through the door, struggling with his bag that overflowed with papers. He flashed us a smile and rushed over to his desk as Nashio-san moved away from it. He placed his bag on the desk and gave us a smile. "Good morning, girls." He sat down in his desk chair.

Kurusu-Sensei is new to our class. Our old teacher had gotten sick of us and quit. I was glad, our old teacher was mean to us and hated that Nashio-san was the class president because she was a girl. Kurusu-Sensei was young compared to our old teacher. We all could tell that he was new to the teaching industry by how he would get nervous around us, unsure of certain actions he should do. Besides that, he would try to get us involved in the lessons and actually try to teach us something.

"Um, excuse me, Kurusu-Sensei?" Kimi said meekly.

He looked at Kimi and shone a friendly smile. "Yes, Koshikawa-chan?"

Kimi looked at me and held out one of her hands. I looked at it confused before understanding what she had wanted. The registration form. I handed it to her and she simply placed it on Kurusu-Sensei's desk.

He looked at it then looked back up at us. "What's this?"

I spoke up this time. "It's a registration form. We decided that I should be the one to enter the sporting event."

A look of surprise was shown on his face. "Really?" He looked at the form again, scanning it. "Sporting event? I didn't know that they did those at this school."

"They usually don't," Chizu said. "This is Ouran's first sporting event."

"Cool." He grabbed the pen on his desk and signed the bottom of the paper before handing it over to me. "I hope you have fun, Anzai-chan."

I bowed. "Thank you, Kurusu-Sensei."

We all dispersed away from his desk and to our seats while we waited for our other classmates to come in and join us. I decided to pull out a piece of paper and started to doodle on it. After a bit, the school bell rung for us to head to our homeroom and the rest of our class started to pile inside the classroom. Everyone started to speak to their friends and the voices started to make my head pound. I pressed on my temples gently, trying to get rid of an upcoming headache that I had. I closed my eyes and breathed in and out. I repeated this process to try to get rid of my headache.

"Emiya-chan?" I opened my eyes at the call of my name and looked up at the owner of the voice, Kurusu-Sensei, who was standing right next to my desk. "Are you alright? Do you need to go to the nurse?"

I shook my head. "I'm fine, Kurusu-Sensei." I smiled, but it faded away when I remembered that he couldn't see it.

"Okay... If you don't feel good, just tell me."

I nodded as he showed me a worried smile. He made his way back to his desk and looked across the classroom to check for attendance. I placed my head on my arms and stared at the white wall.

"Good morning, class." I heard Kurusu-Sensei say. We all mumbled a "good morning."

The second school bell ring and that was my cue to stand up to lead our greeting process. I slowly stood up and placed my hands on my desk to keep my balance. "Attention." The classroom quieted down and everyone's attention was on me. "Stand." Everyone stood and faced Kurusu-Sensei. "Bow." Everyone bowed. "Si-" I gagged and I slapped one of my hands over my mouth which was still covered by my mask. I tried again. "Si-" I gagged again and I felt tears sting my eyes. My cheeks burned and I felt my mouth water. Oh no. I ran to the front of the classroom and grabbed the small trash bin. I turned around and looked at the rest of my class who had a confused look on all their faces. "Okay, please sit down!" I ran out of the classroom, ignoring the calls of my name. I slammed the door closed and I collapsed to my knees. I pulled off my mask and pulled the bin closer to me. I gagged a few more times before I actually vomited into the bin.

The door behind me opened and I felt someone pull my shoulder-length hair from my face as I threw up my breakfast. I felt tears roll down my cheeks as the person beside me was gently rubbing my back.

"Do you think you can bring her to the nurse?" I heard Kurusu-Sensei asked.

I heard the person beside me hum in approval.

Time passed since I ran out of the classroom. I was just sitting on the floor, sniffling as tears kept on streaming from my eyes. I sighed and pulled my face away from the trash bin. I wiped my eyes and stared at the trash bin.

"Are you okay now?" I heard a very familiar female voice say.

I nodded. "Yeah. C-can we go to the nurse, please."

"Yeah." The girl moved to get up and she carefully moved the bin away from me. "I'll help you get there."

"Thank you…" I looked up at the girl and I froze. No way.

It was Uki.