Restrainted by the two things that was given to her from birth, Akane dragged her feet up the red capeted stairs of her new high school. Her chocolate coloured eyes staring idly at the bloodshot carpet .
Breathing out a long and disappointed sigh, she continued on with her rigorous search.
Hoping that maybe, just maybe, no one had taken or even plan on
keeping her precious item she had lost. And if they did, then all hell
would break lose if that was the only way she would acquired her
treasure.
But then again, who would want it?
It wasn't made out of diamonds or silver; heck even if someone had
obtained the 'treasure' of hers, they wouldn't even be able to make a
decent profit.
But to Akane, this so called 'treasure' that belonged to her, was worth far more than anyone could see.
Her
lonely footsteps were only being escorted by her dark and weary shadow
that seem to have a mind of it's own. Shifting along with the amount of
light that came through the clear glossy windows that she now stood
facing.
Stopping for a moment, Akane stared out the window; catching the scene
of various birds flying freely into the azure sky. A sense of hope
dropped within her wounded heart while a thought ran across her mind
freely as it whispered the many melancholy things.
Closing
her eyes and drowning out the outside world sounds, Akane didn't
noticed how much time she had wasted standing there; lost in her own
train of pessimistic thoughts.
By the time she had come to her senses, her feet had already started
moving by themselves; almost as if eerily, they knew that their master
wanted to find her treasure as soon as possible.
Coming to a halt, Akane stared up at the sign that hung about the
wooden door. She arched one of her eyebrow trying to conjure up any
memory of being in the room yesterday. But then again, she couldn't
remember anything that occur yesterday except for the part where she
wondered away from the principle's office and was looking for a place
to take her nap.
"The Third Music Room...?"
With
that she took a step forward; not caring what would be inside or even
if someone -- if like the other room she had already checked -- had
been inside.
But to her surprise, when the door opened, rose petals seem to fly out and slam themselves against her.
The blinding lights were only magnified through her thick black rimmed glasses that she had perch on her nose.
A chorus of voices greeted her with a welcome, but she remained
apathetic as she stepped into the room. With the hope of finding her
precious item in her mind; she began searching without the knowledge
that the people who had just greeted her were none other than the boys
she had bumped into two days ago.
"What's he looking for?"
One of the many girls that were in the room whispered silently to her
friend that sat next to her on the red leather couch. Her friend simply
replied back with a shrug; depicting that she had no idea what was
going on as well.
"hmm..I thought I would have been able to find it here.."
Casually Akane got up and began dusting off anything that might
have stuck to her while she was on the ground. Her black pants move
freely as she continued on; still not acknowledging the numerous people
that was in the same room with her.
"He's kind of cute though..ne?"
"Shh! Tamaki-kun might hear you!"
For the first time since she had entered the room, Akane turned around to see that there actually was people in there with her.
Many girls had their hands up covering their smiles and blushes as
they continued to stare at her patting off the dirt on her uniform.
"He kind of looks like a girl though...kawaii.."
Catching the last phrase that she could hear, Akane arched one of her eyebrow; confused at what they just said.
Still confused, she looked around for any signs that would help her figure out her situtation. Quietly observing her surrounding as many more whispers were being said. She paid no mind to them though; absent-minded to the fact that she was focused on why they were calling her a guy.
Finally understanding what was going on, she shrugged. Of course... she was in the BOYS' uniform instead of the GIRLS.
She wondered why they were being so easily fooled by her changed of
clothing; would they still think she was a boy if she was in a girl's
uniform?
She promptly discarded the thought when another one injected itself
into her mind. Why not ask the people here if they had found it?
"Anou...if you don't mind me asking, did any of you happen to find a bracelet with the name 'Akane' engraved in it? I seem to have lost it..."
"Ah! He's already taken!"
"That's probably his girlfriend's name that he engraved in it to give it to her today!"
A huge sweatdrop formed behind her head when she heard the comments. Noticing a blonde haired boy walking toward her, she began to reconsider if asking the question was such as good idea after all.
Suddenly the memory arose from the dead of her mind and soon she became flustered. Her face turning a light red easy enough to say she was blushing.
As the boy walked up to her, Akane began taking steps back only to bump into another person.
Turning around with fear in her eyes, she hoped that they weren't going to do anything drastic to her.
A boy about her height with brown hair and brown eyes stared back at
her. Through her thick rimmed glasses, Akane took a closer look.
Something about this person looked familiar, but what?
At that moment she could feel arms wrapped around her; turning her to face identical twins with reddish -- maybe even orange -- hair. Both with a nervous look on their face.
"Is this what you're looking for?"
She turned around again to face a lanky boy with glasses and a clipboard in one of his hand; on the other, her bracelet.
Twisting her way out of the two boy's strong grip, Akane pleasingly walked over to where he was.
"Kyouya! You had it all this time?"
The blondie looked angrily at his friend. The lanky boy only pushed up
his glasses in return of the glare while he replied back uninteresting.
"Eh, I found it yesterday on the couch when he left with his friend."
"Arigato gozaimasu."
With a quick and polite bow, Akane happily walked out of the room; not realizing that someone was shouting something out to her as she closed the mahogany wooden door behind her.
When all their guest were gone, the blonde boy glared over to his friend with the glasses. Not forgetting what had occured that day in their club.
"Kyouya! If you had it you should have just given it to him! He was looking at Haruhi like he knew she was a girl!"
His friend paid no attention to his complaints as he began to write note on his trusty clipboard.
"That person's the new student here at Ouran High School."
He replied back; completely off the subject and stopping the blonde haired boy in the middle of his endless list of complaints.
"He's the new student, Kyouya senpai?"
Haruhi gazed over to her senpai; a look of calmness swirled in her hazel eyes.
"Haruhi! Don't worry, Papa won't let anyone discover your secret!"
Instantly, the blonde haired boy rushed over to her and began hugging her; smushing her cheek against his cheek as the twins joined in with the group hug. A huge sweat drop formed on her head as they continued on.
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"Heh...you're actually in the girl's uniform today"
Akane glared over to her guy friend that sat in the desk next to her. Just like her, Maaka Yuudai was also a transfer student from Ouran High School to here; Ouran Academy. Not to confuse anyone, their old school was a public high school, unlike this one; Akane loved it. The uniform was cuter and easier to put on. Plus, she had her friends there.
"I still can't believe you wore the boy's uniform yesterday. That was hilarious."
Yuudai began laughing uncontrollably until Akane pushed him over and he fell onto the cold floor of their new school. Glaring at her, he picked himself up off the ground and began dusting his spoiled uniform.
"And you say you're not violent.."
"I said I wasn't THAT violent. Beside, you deserved it."
She replied bluntly at her friend as she glared back at him.
Ah yes. Maaka Yuudai, a childhood friend to Asahina Akane. The jade
coloured hair and sapphire eyes boy had been friends with the auburn
coloured hair girl; which seem to change colour on its own from time to
time, since they were in third grade.
Though their family compaines were now business partners, Akane and
Yuudai were friends way before that. Not much to their surprise though,
people had always thought that they were a couple since Yuudai and
Akane were around each other most of the time. In truth, they were just
best friends.
"Now now Yuu-kun. You know I only did it out of Love."
"More like revenge"
He whispered slightly under his breath. Unfortunately, Akane heard
it and soon pushed her friend off his chair again, this time however,
he landed harder on the ground.
Before long, the school bell cried out bloody hell as a signal to all students of the high school that class and school was now offically over. A smile graced Akane's delicate face as she and Yuudai stood up to begin their way home.
"I wonder if anyone has noticed that you're a girl now and yesterday you looked like a guy"
"Maybe.."
She answered back with her right index finger resting on her pale
rosy lips. She looked over to Yuudai only to see him look down at the
white box that was in her hands.
"What's that?"
"Hm..I baked it last night for some people...now if I remember it correctly..It was the Third Music Room...I wonder if they're even in there right now.."
Yet again lost in her thoughts, Akane didn't notice Yuudai had stood back in one place after she said she had baked something. Her feet dragging their owner to her destination.
"You bake?"
He asked; apprehensive if the 'thing' she had bake last night came
out right. But Akane was too busy lost in her own thoughts to realize
that her companion was even talking, much less to her.
Upon opening the door, rose petals soon flooded out at her while the bright light hit her again; this time was different. Akane didn't have her glasses on that day and so, no harm came to her poor eyes. Yuudai however flinched as the bright lights poured into his eyes and the petals hitting him.
"Welcome! Host Club is closed for today, please come back tomorrow fair lady"
Yuudai held in his laughter while she looked over to the blonde boy who had just welcomed her.
When she figured out what he meant by the Host Club was closed today, Akane shook her head.
"Iie, I'm not here for the Host Club, I came here to give you this as a token of my thanks. It's for finding my bracelet."
Smiling, she put the small white box into his arm. But he only looked at her with a confused look as a young boy with light brown hair took the box and set it down on the table next to him.
"You were here yesterday?"
The same boy she had bumped into by accident yesterday while trying to get away from the blonde boy.
"B-but thats impossible! The person who came in here yesterday was a boy!"
Akane looked over to the blondie; blinking a few times recalling that she was in a boy's uniform yesterday. But couldn't he tell by her long hair?
"And he had short hair!"
Realizing the blonde boy was still confused and trying to reason out logic, she decided to explain everything.
"I was in here yesterday. I was only in a boy's uniform."
"Naze?"
The twins behind him chimed in unison. While everyone looked confused.
"I missed the orientation and my maid took someone else's uniform by mistake. So that's basically it..."
"But you had glasses yesterday!"
"I broke my contact lens yesterday morning, so I was stuck with wearing my old pair of glasses."
"B-but you had short hair!"
Pointing an accusing finger at Akane, she looked back at the blondie as if he had gone off the deep end-- the very deep end.
"Ai-san thought that the short wig would make me seem more boy-ish. So I wouldn't get caught..."
A sweat drop appeared on her head as the thought popped up. Yuudai burst out laughing at this point.
At once, Akane glared at him. But he didn't seem to care or noticed it due to his hysterical laughter.
"Asahina Akane"
She looked over to the lanky boy who said that. Sublimely, he pushed up his glasses at the moment her eyes met his.
"Hai?"
Akane answered back, wondering how he knew her last name too. A smirk crossed his face causing Akane to twitch a bit.
"Age: 16
Family: Asahina Jin, Kei, and Yumihiro Rei. Youngest sibling: unknown
Mother: Nui Sen
Father: Asahina Toi
Former schools: Keiko elementary, Seigaku Middle school, and Ouran High School."
Staring at him a moment Akane couldn't understand how he knew this information about her. But he didn't stop there.
"Maaka Yuudai"
At this point, Yuudai's head shot up; alarmed by the fact that someone had his information in their hands.
"Age: 16
Family: Maaka Hina and Maaka Linh
Mother: Sakari Yume
Father: Maaka Ren
Former schools: Keiko elementary, Seigaku Middle school, and Ouran High School."
He said in a droning voice.
"O...k.."
"It's fine, he did that to me too"
Her brown eyes traveled to where the voice was. Stopping in front of the same boy she had bumped into the other day.
At once something snapped in her head.
"Haruhi?"
The 'boy' looked back at her utterly baffled by the fact that she knew 'his' name.
"Fujioka Haruhi?"
'He' nodded 'his' head in agreement that yes, that was 'his' name.
"Wah..when I last saw you, you had long hair...wait..why are you in a boy's uniform?"
"You know Haru-chan?"
Feeling a tugging feeling at her skirt, Akane looked down to see a little boy with a stuffed bunny tightly clung in his arm.
"E-eh...we went to elementary school."
She was still confused on why a little kid like him was here.
"Ah! Asahina Akane right?"
The group of boys plus Yuudai sweat dropped at her comment after someone had already told Akane's name out.
"I remember you now. Eh..why are you here?"
"Transfer student"
"Naze?"
"Otou-sama and Okaa-sama just transferred me here without telling me about it. I just got the news of this situation 3 days ago from Albert; my butler."
She nodded in understandment. While Yuudai and the others stood behind them, not understanding a thing happening at the moment.
At the moment, a tune called out from Akane's bookbag she had been
carrying. Reaching inside the bag and around the contents that it held,
Akane carefully clicked the 'Talk' button and brought it to her ear.
"Moshi Moshi?"
A couple of pauses and a lot of 'hai's and 'I understand', Akane
closed her silver cell phone and without hesitating she bid them a
goodbye and dragged Yuudai with her.
"Haruhi..who was that?"
The blonde boy stared down at Haruhi; his eyes instantly transforming themselves into a pair of blue puppy dogs eyes.
"Asahina
Akane, she went to school with me a long time ago. Although I don't
really know Yuudai that much. But she transferred when we began Middle
school..
I didn't recognized her without her sister..."
"You mean Rei-chan?"
The little brown haired boy asked while stuffing his face with the strawberry cake Akane had baked for them.
Turning to them, Haruhi shook her head.
"Iie..Karin. I couldn't really tell them apart back then, maybe she's here now too..."
"Karin?"
"Who Karin?"
The Twins yet again, chimed together. Their arms around each other's shoulder.
"Akane and Karin were sisters. I think Akane was the older one and Karin was the younger one...they were pretty popular in elementary school..."
"So which one was liked more?"
She looked up at the blonde haired senpai.
"Depends on what you liked. Akane was really good in music and arts. Karin was good in sports; so she was in all the sport teams."
"Which one did you like better Haruhi?"
"Hm..I liked Akane better. She was basically nice to everyone...Karin...she was more like the older sister than Akane.."
"Sou ka.."
The group responded together behind her afterward.
"Tama-chan..we forgot to thank her for the cake. We didn't tell her our name either.."
The little light haired boy whinned to the blonde haired one. His mouth still covered with cake frosting.
"Well do that tomorrow, ne Honey senpai.."
He replied back in a soft tone to his upperclassman.
Staring at where Akane had been standing, thoughts ran through
Haruhi's head; one after the other, leaving her feel lost and daze at
her old childhood friend.