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Chapter 3: First Day

In which the twins both experience their first day where one is mistaken for a boy and the other is blackmailed?

Dawn looked at the classroom door just before her. She knew that she should knock, or at least somehow alert the teacher that she was there. It turns out she didn't need to, as the door quickly opened before she could even touch it. A rather hassled looking teacher came out, and quickly closed the door behind herself. She saw Dawn immediately.

"You're one of the new students?" she asked her politely. Dawn nodded, and the teacher smiled at her. "Welcome to Ouran then. Where is the other? I thought that we were getting two of you."

"I'm not sure where Abby is at the moment. We came separately, and Abby is easily lost, so is probably running late." the Teacher nodded again, and replied,

"Well, I suppose that you can either wait, and introduce yourselves together, or just go first, and Abby will do it afterwards."

"I'll go first." Dawn immediately said. The teacher nodded, (She seemed to so a lot of that), and ushered Dawn into the classroom, which immediately fell silent, and everyone in the room stared at the new girl at the front of the class.

"Everyone, this is Dawn Miller, and exchange student from America, here on a scholarship." the teacher told the class. She then turned it over to Dawn.

"As the teacher said, my name is Dawn, and I'm from America. I do speak and write Japanese fluently, so that isn't a problem. I am not very good with honorific's, so please do not use them with me. Please take care of me." she finished, smiling at the classroom, who still looked blankly at her. "Oh," she added, "My uniform has not arrived yet. So please excuse my informal attire." they all immediately smiled at her then. She repressed the urge to roll her eyes. Spoiled rich kids….

"Well, then will you please take a seat towards the back. There is a free seat next to one of the twins. Please raise your hand Mr. Hitachiin." immediately, a boy with orangish hair and bright amber coloured eyes raised his hand. Next to him was another boy with brown hair and brown eyes. Next to him was…an identical boy to the first one. In almost every sense, except she noticed a different hair part. The one she was going to sit next to had his bangs parted to his right, her left. The other one's was in reverse.

She made her way to the empty seat next to the boy. She supposed that his last name was Hitachiin. The teacher probably hadn't been able to tell them apart, which was why she had used the last name. She wondered what the two's names were. As she sat, he gave her a small nod, but then ignored her, and turned to talk to the brunette on his right. She pulled out her notebook and a pen, and proceeded to doodle in it distractedly. By her count, (she had no idea how she could even do this), Abby would be here in five…four…three…two…one…Knock, knock.

The teacher quickly went to the door, and shut it behind her. Dawn was still able to catch a glimpse of a blue hoodie however. She actually wore that to the first day of school, Dawn remarked to herself. Oh well. At least now they truly looked nothing alike.

Abby stood outside the door to the classroom with her new teacher. After finally deciding to enter to stupid pink building. She had had to locate the room. That in itself hadn't taken as long as she thought it would have. It had only been perhaps five to seven minutes since she started her search, and now here she was.

"You would be Abby Miller then?" the teacher questioned her, obviously trying very hard to ignore her attire.

"Yupp, that's me. Is Dawn already here?"

"She yes already introduced herself to the class, and now its your turn." with that, she stood aside, and gestured for Abby to enter the classroom. Abby took a deep breath, and opened the door, strolling through. Immediately, many gazes were drawn to her.

She could only guess what they were thinking of her at the moment. She wore her faded jeans and sweater, and with her short hair, now messy from running and being knocked over, she didn't present a very good picture.

"Class, this is our other exchange student here on scholarship. Abby Miller."

Abby located Dawn close to the back. Sitting beside a ginger kid with yellow eyes. She felt most of the class gape at her when he name was said, and saw many also look over towards Dawn. Abby knew that they were shocked that the two had the same last name, but also saw many conclude that it was a coincidence. She couldn't blame them. Dawn was wearing a pair of glasses that she didn't need, and her hair had been died…black? When had she done that? Last night she supposed. She decided to just address the class, and hopefully she could sit down, and get out of the limelight.

"My name is Abby Miller, and I'm from America. I tend to get lost easily, so if you notice me looking confused in the hallways, please help me out. In case you're wondering, my uniform isn't here yet, so I won't be dressed like this all the time. Please take care of me." no one said a word, and everyone stared at her. Absently, she ran a hand through her short messy hair, making it even worse in parts. She smoothed it down, and turned to look at the teacher.

The teacher snapped out of it first, and quickly said, "well, now that that's out of the way, please go and sit in front of Mr. Fujioka.. Please raise you hand." Abby looked surprised at the name. she saw the person with the raised hand and wanted to laugh. So it was Haruhi. But why the Mr.? Haruhi smiled at her, and she went over to sit. On her way she looked over at Dawn. She really didn't look like her twin anymore.

Abby also looked over at the person sitting next to Haruhi. On one side was the ginger boy next to Dawn. On the other side was an identical boy to the first one. Same colour of hair and eyes, and same uninterested look. She doubted they even noticed that she had entered the classroom. She sat down in front of Haruhi, but not before turning to face the girl, and whispering,

"Hey Haruhi. The teacher is blind." Haruhi looked surprised for a moment, but Abby turned away before the girl could say anything. What Abby didn't realize was that more than the teacher seemed to be blind, because Haruhi wasn't the only one being mistaken for a boy at that moment by the entire class.

Dawn, however, was aware that both the class and the teacher thought Abby was a boy. She couldn't blame them, what with her sisters attire, and hair cut. She supposed the features were a little too feminine to be male, but looking at Fujioka, she could see why they believed that Abby might also be a boy. But, then again, Fujioka seemed much to feminine to be a male. And those eyes…they were even larger than Hunny's. Was the boy really a girl?

Abby felt eyes on her back, and turned to see a pair of identical blue eyes looking at her from her sisters seat. She had lowered her glasses enough to see from over top of them. She swear she could hear her sisters voice from in her head. You're going to have a fun time in class when your uniform comes in. huh? She wondered what that meant. Instead of pondering it, however, she decided to ignore her sister, and returned her attention to the front of the classroom, where the teacher had finally decided that it was time to begin the lesson for the day.

The morning passed by fairly quickly for both girls who went their own ways as soon as they were able. To Abby's surprise and delight, she even had a class with Haruhi. The downside was that the twins were also in the class, and monopolized Haruhi's time. Abby wondered if they knew that Haruhi wasn't a boy. Somehow, Abby managed to get a note to the other girl though. It read in a quick but tidy scrawl, Want to eat lunch together today? Haruhi had written a quick reply, and gave it to her just before class had ended. It read, Sure. I usually eat in the classroom at lunch. I'll see you there. Abby grinned and smiled at Haruhi, who nodded and left the classroom in tow with the gingers.

Dawn didn't pay attention to who she had classes with, but if she had, she would have noticed that she too had a class with the twins, although without Haruhi. She did find herself wondering if the boy really was a girl though. She would have to inspect her closely when she next got the chance.

Lunch finally came, and Abby went to the classroom, carrying her bag, which had her lunch in it. Haruhi was already there, and sitting quietly at her desk, reading a book.

"Hey Haruhi!" Abby said happily, sitting at her own desk ahead of Haruhi's, but swiveled the chair so she was facing Haruhi, who now was setting the book back in her bag.

"Hey. Are you enjoying school so far?" Haruhi asked politely, eating her lunch. Abby thought it was called a 'bentou' or something like that but couldn't remember. It was different from her lunch, which was cheese, crackers, carrot slices and a ham sandwich. Feeling bored, Abby decided to ask Haruhi something.

"Haruhi, why are you wearing a boys uniform when you're a girl?"

Haruhi's reaction was almost comical. The poor girl actually froze in place, with her food less than an inch away from her open mouth. Haruhi looked at her with questioning eyes.

"How did you know that I was a girl?" she asked her after a pregnant pause.

"Well, I'd say its kind of obvious, you know? I mean, there is no way a guy is going to have that face, so matter how girly he is. And not to mention, you did fall on top of me earlier. I think I can tell the difference between a guys body and a girls one." Abby reasoned to Haruhi. Haruhi actually smiled after that.

"Then do you mind if I ask you something?" Haruhi asked her. She shook her head and shrugged her shoulders. "Don't you care that everyone thinks that you're a boy as well?" it was Abby's turn to pause. Well, that explained a lot. She wondered how she hadn't caught onto that one sooner. No wonder people had been looking at her funnily all morning.

"No, not really. In fact, I didn't even realize that until now. But now that you mention it, it does makes sense." suddenly her sisters words (or were they her thoughts?) made a lot of sense. Her class was going to be very shocked when she showed up wearing a dress. Actually, that might be kind of fun. She wondered how long she could keep up the charade. "How did you know I was a girl if everyone else didn't clue into that fact?" she asked Haruhi curiously.

"Well, I did fall on top of you, so that gave a lot away, and you just don't seem like a boy to me." Haruhi said, with a shrug. Abby liked the girl. She seemed a little naive and overly honest, but still pretty nice. And she didn't seem the type to get swept away with drama. Abby realized that Haruhi hadn't answered her original question.

"Hey Haruhi?" Haruhi looked at her again. "You never said why you dress like a guy." Haruhi sighed, and a sweat drop appeared on her head.

"That's a long story." she said.

"well, we have time if you want to tell it to me." Abby said easily. Haruhi gave a small grimace, but proceeded.

Meanwhile. Dawn sat outside, picking at her lunch, the same as Abby's, and was reading a book. It was quiet outside, as opposed to the loud student cafeteria. She couldn't believe the prices that she had heard. Who spent that much on a school lunch? It must've been damn good food. Oh well, she thought to herself, at least its quiet out here by the trees. She spoke to soon, as suddenly she heard a very energetic voice talking animatedly about some thing. She thought she caught the word 'commoner' but she wasn't to sure.

She looked behind the tree she was sitting under, and saw two boys walking side by side. One was blonde, and he was the loud one. He was also taller, by maybe two inches than the other one. The blonde one had exuberant hand gestures as he went on and on. The other boy was very different. He had dark black hair, and wore a pair of glasses that the sun glinted off of, making it difficult to see his eyes. He seemed much cooler than the first one, and simply nodded as he wrote continuously in a small black notebook he carried with him.

Dawn couldn't picture a least likely pair. They seemed to opposite in almost every way, and it became more and more pronounced as they drew closer to where she was. She finally was able to distinguish some words.

"…and my lovely daughter Haruhi will finally get in touch with her feminine side! Its perfect!" she couldn't help but feel sorry for Haruhi, whoever that was. But she doubted the unknown girl was the boys real daughter, since he could only be seventeen or so. The second boy next to him finally spoke up.

"Tamaki, have you considered the possibility that Haruhi is going to say no to your plan? Its actually more likely she will disagree than agree." wow, the guy was blunt and straightforward. Actually, he kind of gave her the creeps. Immediately the blonde boy looked devastated, and clutched the dark boys uniform.

"NNOOOOOO! Mother, Haruhi wouldn't really not listen to her own father, would she! It must be those evil doppelgangers influences!" now she had to forcefully keep her laughter in. this guy must not be all there. First he referred to a girl as his daughter, then called the other guy mother, then mentioned evil doppelgangers?

Looking back at the by with the glasses, she saw that he was now looking exasperatingly at the blonde. "Tamaki, you're not Haruhi's father."

The reaction was immediate, and by far the funniest thing she had ever seen, if mildly disturbing. The blonde boy, Tamaki, seemed to turn to stone with shock, before dissolving in mid air, and appearing to squat at the tree she was behind, engulfing the space in a dark aura. He proceeded to trace his finger in the grass and dirt on the ground. She immediately backed away from the dark thing hovering around him, and tripped over a root, falling out from behind the tree.

Both boys immediately took notice of her, and Tamaki perked up, the darkness disappearing to be replaced with roses as he swooped down on her, pulling her to her feet, and holding her hand in his.

"My dear princess, are you okay?" his eyes were a brilliant violet colour, and bore into hers. Faintly, she didn't like the contact very much. It honestly unsettled her. And before she could stop herself, she stomped on the boys foot, hard. His face twisted in pain, and he fell to the ground clutching his foot. Over dramatic much. She stepped over him, and walked to the other boy.

"I'm sorry about eavesdropping, and I'm sorry about your friends foot." he waved his hand in a clear dismissal of the blonde.

"It probably wasn't that hard so don't worry; he tends to over react." this was confirmed when the blonde gave an outraged cry, and stomped over to stand beside the other boy, giving many protests which were silenced with a look. "If you don't mind me asking, what's your name?" he then asked her politely with a clearly very fake smile.

"Dawn Miller." she answered.

"Then you would be one of the two new exchange students in the first year I presume?"

"Yes," she answered him, unsurprised that he had known that. He seemed like the type who knew a lot. "I am one of the two new students. Pleased to make your acquaintance…" she trailed off, obviously waiting for his name. he didn't disappoint her.

"Kyouya Ootori. And this," he indicated the other one, "is Tamaki Souh." something about the last name struck her as familiar. Wasn't it…but it couldn't be.

"Souh? As in…"

"The Chairman? Yes, actually. Tamaki is the chairman's son."

Now Dawn really felt stupid. She had stomped on the foot of the chairman's son. Oh well, he had deserved it. Actually, thinking back to her brief meeting with the chairman, she could see the similarities of the too. Not the looks, as Tamaki must've taken after his mother, but the behaviour was eerily similar. As she recalled, the chairman had grasped both hers and Abby's hands when they had been introduced. Yes, like father like son.

"Well, I'm pleased to meet you both, but I have to go." she said, and made to leave when a hand on her shoulder stopped her. She turned to face Tamaki, who looked determined.

"First, promise that you'll come and visit the host club today!"

She drew a blank. That was the second time the host club was mentioned to her today. First from Hunny, the miniature third year. And now from Tamaki, the idiot.

"What exactly is a host club?" she asked curiously. Tamaki just smiled, and answered,

"You'll have to come and find out for yourself my princess." she was annoyed instantly. She was curious yes, but enough to waste her time to find out? No way in hell.

"Thanks, but no thanks. I'll see you around." she meant to leave it at that and walk away, but she didn't get very far before a chilling voice said out loud,

"I don't suppose that the chairman would appreciate it if he found out that you displayed violence towards his own son, on school grounds I might add."

She stopped dead in her tracks, and slowly faced Kyouya. His glasses reflected the sun, and she was unable to see his eyes. She imagines they were as cold as the rest of him at that moment. She didn't bother to ask if he was serious when she knew he was. Instead she looked over at Tamaki, and asked, "Where is it?"

He beamed brightly and said happily, "Music Room 3."

She nodded and sent a glare at Kyouya who ignored it. Instead he inclined his head at her, and said, "See you there then."

Oh she wanted to hit him.

A/N: Hi again. Okay, I know I said it is a twin story, and it is, even though it doesn't really seem that way so far. Believe me, in the next chapter you see more of them. I just wanted to introduce the other hosts a bit first. And here are the review replies!

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