I open my eyes and look at my phone. 5:00. Ugh. Really? I woke up this early? My alarm is set for 5:45. And I've been lying in bed for at least half and hour. Ugh. Fuck it. Imma get up and do homework.

I get up, grab my backpack, and walk over to the desk in the room. I sit down and pull out math, Russian, Greek, Spanish, and Japanese History. I start with the easiest and work towards the hardest.

When I finish my homework I check the time. 6:30. I have another hour before breakfast. I decide I can start unpacking and do so.

I've gotten through all but 2 boxes when I hear a knock on the door. I get up and walk over. I open the door to see Tamaki.

"Good morning Kairi. It's 7:25, so breakfast is almost served. I figured you'd prefer I walked with you until you know the layout of the place."

"Thanks. Let me change into my uniform. You can come in and wait if you want."

"Ok." He walks in and I grab my uniform and head to the bathroom. I had avoided going in there so far, but I figured I'd better go in sooner or later. When I walk in, I stop for a second in awe. Wow. This is a really nice bathroom. And it's all mine. Wow. Never mind that. I need to change.

After I change I walk back out to see Tamaki looking at the photos on my desk.

"If I may, who are all of these?" Tamaki asks.

"Huh? Oh. Well, those are all my foster families."

"All of these?"

"Yea."

"Wow. I had no idea you were in so many. And are these in different countries?"

"Yea. I was put into the international foster system, so every time I got relocated it was in a different country. I've been in... 6 ountries including this one? Let's see. France, Germany, the US, England, Ireland, and Japan. Yea, 6."

"Wow. You must know all the languages well?"

"I'm fluent in English, French, and Japanese. I didn't spend very long in Germany, so I'm not completely fluent in German."

"That's amazing Kairi. I'm only fluent in Japanese and French, so that's amazing that you are fluent in 3 languages and mostly fluent in another."

"Thanks? I just did what I needed to do to survive. Anyway, shouldn't we be headed to breakfast?"

"Oh right. Let's go."

After breakfast, we go back upstairs, grab out stuff, and head to the limo. In the limo, we talk about our project in Musical Instruments. Everyone is required to take music classes at Ouran, so I had chosen Musical Instruments. Thankfully Tamaki is in the class too. Our project assignment is to make a song with at least 2 instruments and then perform it for the class. Tamaki and I had paired up to make it easier to discuss the project.

After a little while, we pull up to the school and we head to class. Classes are as boring as ever. After school we head to the club room. I guess today we don't have the club open so we can have a meeting.

When we get there, we are the last to arrive. We sit down and the meeting starts. I guess Halloween is in a couple days and they are trying to decide what to do for it. They suggest vampires, werewolves, and a couple other stereotypical "monsters". Hearing enough I finally pipe up.

"Why don't we do something the customers want? We could just take a poll on what they want us to do this year and then we do that."

"That's a great idea! We've never thought about asking the girls before. Good idea Kairi," Tamaki enthusiastically exclaims.

"Thanks."

"Well, are we in agreement?" Kyoya asks. Everyone nods. "Very well."

We discuss a couple more things and then we are done. As we're all packing up I suddenly remember something.

"Hey Tamaki?"

"What's up?"

"I realized I don't have your number. Or anyone's in the Host Club except for Haruhi."

"Oh, here. Just add them all from my phone."

"Thanks."

I quickly add Mori, Honey, Tamaki, Kaoru, Hikaru, and begrudgingly Kyoya. I hand Tamaki his phone.

"Thanks again."

"No problem. Ready to go?"

"Yea."

"Miss Kairi."

"Ugh. Yes Kyoya? What can I do for you?"

"May we talk?"

"Isn't that what we're doing right now?"

"Privately."

"Fine. Tamaki, head on to the limo without me. I'll text you when I'm headed out."

"Ok. Bye Kairi. Bye Kyoya." Tamaki leaves.

"Ok Kyoya. What do you want to talk about?"

"I believe we need to discuss what you said yesterday.:

"About? I said a lot of things yesterday."

"You know what I'm talking about?"

"Do I? Hmm. Oh. Is this about how you treat me like shit?"

"No, although I believe we also need to discuss that. I'm referring to the other thing you said while you were ranting."

"I don't believe I know what you are talking about."

"Do I need to spell it out for you?"

"Yea."

"I'm referring to your statement about marrying me."

"Oh. That. What about it?"

"What did you mean?"

"What do you mean, 'what do I mean?'"

"I mean what did you mean by marrying me?"

"I meant marrying you. You know, white dress, nice tux, wedding vows, cake. What else does that mean?"

"So, are you saying you are somehow under the impression we are getting married?"

"No, I mean we are getting married. It's all set in stone. Your father has already agreed to it."

"Are you sating that it is an arranged marriage?"

"I believe that is the technical term."

"Why, may I ask, are you and I in an arranged marriage? Also, how long has this been arranged and how long have you known? Also, how did I not know?"

"My dad and your dad have their reasons for arranging a marriage. I suspect they've been planning it for a while now. I've known about the proposal since Friday last week and have known about it being definitive since Saturday, technically. You didn't know because I requested that I be the one to tell you. That was what I had to tell you yesterday, and if you weren't such an asshole you would have gotten this info much sooner."

"About that. You say I am acting like a 'jerk and an 'asshole' towards you. Does my trying to force you into the Host Club make me so?"

"Are you serious. The fact that you tried to blackmail me, yes. Also, the fact that every time you spoke to me you had a tone of smugness, as if you are better than me. Oh, and also there was the time you accused me of doing something to Tamaki."

"I believe I understand now. You do not appreciate being looked down on nor being accused. I will try to refrain from acting so in the future. Is that ok?"

"No."

"Pardon?"

"I said no. That is not ok. Yea, you're a jerk, but the thing that irritates me the most is that you keep trying. All I want is for you to stop trying. If Tamaki thinks you are a good person then I believe him. However, we both know that a good person is not someone who behaves the way you have been towards me. So, if you are a good person then you must have been putting up a facade whenever you were around me. Which then makes me wonder why you would so when you don't have anything to gain from it. But, as I've discovered, that is not something you would like to discuss with me. So for now at least, I'd be satisfied if you'd stop trying and stop putting on a facade. Just act like yourself."

With that I grab my stuff and leave the room. I text Tamaki to let him know I'm on my way out and I head to the limo. When I get in the limo Tamaki asks what happened.

"He just wanted to talk about the whole marriage thing. And his behavior."

"Oh?"

I tell Tamaki everything that was said.

"Wow. That was very mature of you Kairi. I saw how angry you were with him. That was very mature."

"Really? I wasn't too harsh?"

"No. Actually, I think you said the perfect thing."

"Thanks. You know, you're a lot wiser and more mature than everyone thinks. Why don't you show it to people?"

"That's a long story and we've arrived. How about I tell you during dinner? For now, we should work on our project."

"Ok. Let's meet in 5 minutes?"

"Sounds good."

We head inside and walk to our rooms. I go in and change into something more comfortable. I grab my sheet music and head to the hallway. Just as I leave my room Tamaki's door opens.

"Ready?" Tamaki asks.

"Sure." We head to one of the music rooms. I quickly discovered that Tamaki is a musical genius when it comes to the piano. My best instrument is the saxophone. Since we can pair piano and saxophone really nicely, we decide to go with these instruments. When we get to the room we set our stuff down and start working.

"What kind of a tone do we want?" Tamaki asks.

"I think it should be upbeat and allow both of us to show off our skills."

"I agree. I think it'd be cool to have a chance for both of us to shine individually and together."

I start to write out some sax music. After a couple minutes I show it to him.

"What do you think? Do you wanna hear it?"

"Can I?"

"Sure." I walk over and pick up a sax. I test it out and see it's tuned already. I set the music on a music stand and start playing. When i finish Tamaki claps.

"That was awesome."

"Thanks. Do you think you can work with that?"

"Yeah. Give me a sec."

"No problem."

He writes some things down and then goes to the piano.

"Ok. Go ahead and play again and I'll try this out."

"Ok. Ready?"

"Go for it." I start playing and Tamaki comes in. When we finish we look at each other for a second.

"That sounded awesome. You piano instincts were right on the timing."

"Thanks. I like that we made it a little jazzy without having to say anything."

"Yea."

We go on writing and playing out our song until a maid comes in to let us know dinner is ready. We thank her and clean our stuff up. We head to the dining room and Tamaki asks a maid to take our papers to our rooms.

We sit down and dinner is served.

"Ok Tamaki. I believe a story is in order?"

"Oh right. Well, where do I begin?"

"Whenever it feels right."

"Ok. Hmm." He thinks for a couple minutes.

"Well, how about I start from the beginning. How much do you know about our mother and my situation?"

"Very little. All I know is that you were allowed to stay and I was sent to the foster system."

"Ok. Well, when I was little I was allowed to live with out mom in France. She has poor health so she was constantly bedridden. I stayed home and took care of her. She hated that I didn't go to school so she made me learn from home. She'd help teach when she could. Because of that I learned a lot. My education mixed with her health made me wiser, I suppose. I've known since I was little that one day I may wake up and she might be gone, so I guess something like that matures you. I think the only thing keeping her going was me and my piano playing. She loved it when I played. Even when I made mistakes she still adored me. I practiced all the time to get better for her. One day, when I was a teenager, our grandma decided that I was the only heir she was going to get so she made me choose. I could stay with my mom and she would lose the medical benefits she was receiving from grandma or I could go to Japan and become the heir and mom would keep the benefits. As hard as it was for me, I came to Japan. Then, one day mom disappeared. We don't know if she's still alive or if she's passed on. I suspect grandma might know but I don't dare ask. Anyway, when I got here I learned quickly that people didn't like it when I acted mature and wise. So, I grew a new personality. One where I'm very childish and brainless. I pretend the Host Club is my family and pass it off as me being childish now since I didn't get to when I was an actual child. Everyone accepted me like that and I guess I've forgotten how I was before, for the most part."

"Wow. That's awful. You've had to hide your real self this long? All these years and you've been putting up a facade. Does anyone else know the real you?"

"Kyoya's had a glimpse. Some of the servants here might have seen me act myself, but for the most part no. You're the only one to see the real me."

"That's so sad. Well, you don't have to pretend around me. You can be as mature and wise as you want. And if you're sad, then be sad. Come cry on my shoulder if you want to. You aren't alone anymore."

"Thanks Kairi. And right back at you. If you need to rant or cry don't hesitate. And if you need to come crash in my room because you can't sleep, feel free."

"Wait. How'd you-"

"I figured you wouldn't sleep well, so I asked a servant to check on you every couple hours. Their reports were detailed."

"Thanks."

"I also know that you've been up since 4:30 this morning and are desperately tired. So how about you crash in my room and we can watch movies until you pass out? How does that sound?"

"Thank you. You know, for someone who's been a brother for only a couple days, you're doing a damn good job."

"Thanks."

We smile and get up. We go to our rooms and I change into pajamas. I grab my phone, charger, and kitty and head to Tamaki's room. I knock and enter upon hearing him yell come in.

"So what are we gonna watch?"

"I was thinking this movie called Lord of The Rings. I haven't seen it before but I've heard it's good."

"Are you kidding me? I love LOTR. Such a great series. Not to mention The Hobbit. Oh my god. Awesome series. And it's something I've seen a million times so I won't have any troubles falling asleep to it."

"Awesome. Then let's get started."

We watch the movie and at some point I fall asleep.

Hey guys. So I have a couple questions.

1. Would you guys like me to title the chapters or keep numbering them? I've been thinking about it lately and I'm not the best at titles but if ya'lls want titles I can make them.

2. So, I'm having a dilemma with the ending. I won't be ending the story for a while. I have a ways to go. But I was wondering if you guys want this to end with Kairi and Kyoya's marriage? Do you want it to end sooner than that? Would you like me to go further than that? Do you want a sequel that goes after they get married? It would still include the Host Club. I'm just trying to figure out what elements that I have ideas for should I use. Depending on what you guys decide on, there may be some more interesting developments in the story.

Thanks everyone! As always I appreciate you all and I hope you enjoy my story. Please feel free to leave a comment.