So I hope you're enjoying the story so far, I know it's slow in its progression but I plan on it being more than just eight chapters. :3

I'm going to try and keep the character's personalities as best that I can so please if I'm not doing it right then let me know! I do not own OHSHC.

Also, bold indicates inner thoughts of any character but usually Yokana while italic is an emphasis.

What the hell?

Before her eyes had a chance to adjust themselves a looming figure stuck a perfect red rose up to her face, nearly causing her to inhale it's perfumy scent. Automatically she clapped her hands over her mouth and nose, backing away quickly.

"N-no get it away from me!" She cried in horror at the beautiful flower, causing the bearer to blink and drop it to his side.

"But princess, surely one as lovely as you deserves a rose that is as utterly perfect in form as yourself? Why look at it's velvety petals trying in vain to mimic your beautiful skin, it's color straining to match the lovely pink hues in your cheeks." He swept an arm out, offering his hand to her. "With these words I welcome you princess to our humble Host Club. Might I know your name?" He gave a half-smile that literally had a gleam bounce off of his impossibly white teeth.

"No! I'm highly allergic to roses of any species!" She cried, her voice muffled through her hands as she backed further until she was against the doors that had somehow closed on their own.

It was true too, her allergies that is. As lovely as the rose was it would send her into a fit of sneezing until her nose was red and her eyes puffed. Sometimes it would even cause her throat to close up until she couldn't swallow or breathe properly and had to be put on an oxygen tank. She recoiled from his hand as if it were a snake about to strike, horror deeply carved into the features of her face. Having an allergic reaction was certainly the worst way to start off her first year of high school. Thankfully though Takashi placed a hand on the blonde boy's shoulder and pulled him back a bit, allowing Yokana to relax considerably now that the threat was distanced. After heaving a sigh of relief she brushed off her skirt and lifted her chin up.

"My name is Yokana Mizuri, now that you know my name may I request yours in return? Obviously you cannot be that horrid of company if my cousins know you. Then again Mitskuni is rather impulsive." She said this with a fond smile to her small blonde cousin, giving his shoulder a squeeze as he gave her puppy dog eyes.

"You think I'm...impulsive?" He said with his eyes tearing up, clutching Usa-chan to his chest and sniffling. This only caused her to frown lightly and place a hand on his head.

"Mitskuni you know I'm only teasing you, we tease all the time why should school make any difference?" She reasoned with him, immediately causing him to cease in his act and nod.

"Right! Come on Takashi! Let's go eat some cake!"

"Mmm" Came her stoic cousin's reply as he followed Mitskuni towards a gaggle of girls with all sorts of candy and cake. Girls that called out in unison to the unusual pair.

Yokana tilted her head lightly, staring after them when the tall blonde with the rose began to wrap his arms around his torso.

"I can't blame you my dear for not realizing who I am, after all I try to not flaunt. It's sad that one as beautiful as I must hide himself as to not discourage others where they feel hopeless of achieving beauty that I possess." He sighed, a breeze coming from somewhere to let his hair flutter in the wind as a group of girls clasped their hands together and cooed at him.

"Oh Tamaki you're so kind to think of others."

"Tamaki you truly are a prince!"

"Tamaki I love you!"

The last one sent the group of girls into a frenzy as they tugged at his arms and legs, causing a ruckus. Naturally Yokana quirked a brow, wondering what happened to some of the girls she had gone to school with. They hadn't paid much attention to boys last year yet she spotted some of the girls she knew hanging all over the boys in this, wait did he say host club? What on earth was that? Her lips tilted downwards as she lifted a hand to finger the locket around her throat.

"Host club? Wait, discourage whom?" She glanced around, spotting a brown haired boy about her height passing by with a tea tray. "Is he serious?" This prompted the boy to glance at her with an expression that just read 'I-Hate-My-Life'.

"Oh he's serious alright, he's an obnoxious person." Under his breath Yokana swore she heard him say. "Damn rich bastards"

"Haaaruuuhiiii!" Came a loud cry, the blonde named Tamaki apparently wrapping his arms around the brunettes torso. "You don't really think daddy is obnoxious do you?" Haruhi sent him a blank stare and said shortly. "Yes." Which only sent Tamaki huddling in a corner as a dark gloom overtook him to the point he began to trace circles on the floor.

By this point Yokana had been fumbling for the door, having had enough of this nutso place. However when she reached behind her she was met with something that was quite a bit softer than a door handle, yet it quickly twitched and began to stiffen. She paled and slowly turned her head around, having a good idea of what just happened and the horror that would ensue. Sure enough standing behind her was a tall raven haired boy with glasses that were gleaming in the light so that she couldn't see his eyes, in her palm was his crotch. Well, that explained the squish followed by the tightening in her hand. Horrified, she released him and jumped backwards with both hands up at chest level.

"Oh! I'm so sorry! I didn't know you were there I swear! I was reaching for the doorknob!" She flustered as she took another step back, the boy simply scribbled something down in a black notebook before he replied after a moment or two.

"There's no need to apologize Miss Mizuri, accidents happen from time to time but they are costly. However as this is obviously your first time here and Tamaki was an idiot by shoving a rose in your face and risking a potential lawsuit I'll overlook it." He shut the book with a snap and tilted his head down to gaze into her sea-green eyes with his sharp grey ones that shifted into a flint tone. Suddenly her chest felt tight as she gazed into his eyes silently, fingers tightening into fists as she fought her urge to drag him to that perfectly lit table over by the window and command him to stay still while she drew his portrait. Unconsciously her tongue snaked out to moisten her lower lip before she swallowed and opened her mouth to speak, silenced quickly as he bent over at the waist to murmur into her ear.

"Though perhaps it was a Freudian slip of the hand? Perhaps you can repay this and have your free pass for something else?" He said in a sultry tone, causing her to feel a flush creep up the back of her neck as her jaw nearly dropped.

She struggled to maintain composure and lifted her chin a bit higher as she said in just as smoky of a tone to him.

"If indeed you intended to hold a slight mishap against a person who had simply been recoiling due to fear of an allergic reaction and being carried to your club against her will, then you open yourself up for a lawsuit Mister..?" She paused obviously, waiting for him to catch the not-so-subtle hint of her requesting his name.

In the background she heard several people at once, Tamaki cooing at his guests, Mitskuni and Takashi entertaining theirs with cake while Takashi simply sat there quietly and Haruhi talking to his guests about great deals he learned about at the supermarket. However she didn't pick up on the twins at all, if she had looked around then perhaps she'd notice the pair sitting at a table by themselves with Hikaru and Kaoru staring bodly at her. Kaoru was narrowing his eyes a bit while Hikaru looked bored. Instead of the boy who she just accidentally violated turning away from her like boys had in the past, he simply smiled and lifted her hand to his lips where he hovered his mouth over the back of her hand for a moment. Just long enough to give his name and then pressed a kiss to the back of her hand that sent chills up her spine.

"My name is Kyoya Ootori, it is a pleasure to meet one so resilient as you Miss Mizuri. Please, call me Kyoya." He said silkily, giving her the impression that he was a boy used to getting what he wanted.

"And you may call me Miss Mizuri, pleasure to meet you as well..." She paused for a beat before giving a sly grin and murmuring the last word in a smoky tone. "Kyoya."

Surprise creased his face before he smoothed it out into a sly grin. "You're a woman that is a rather independent individual, I can respect that." He said as he straightened back up and opened his notebook again, looking to her to give a smile and speak once more before he went over to a couple girls for his appointment with them.

"I will see you around Miss Mizuri."

She gave a grin that would do the cheshire cat proud before suddenly two arms looped around her shoulders, voices lazily drawling from the owners.

"So Kaoru, think Kyoya-sempai has a little crush on our new toy?"

"Yes Hikaru I think he does, he would have never let anyone else get away with what she did unless he thought she was cute."

"Come to think of it I think she's pretty cute too don't you Kaoru?"

"She sure is Hikaru, we picked a good toy this time around not like last time."

The twins swivel their heads to stare boldly at Haruhi who simply ignored them. However Yokana frowned lightly and simply pushed their arms off of her shoulders before turning and re-puffing up her sleeves, addressing them in an almost bored tone.

"I'm no one's play toy, especially not you two's. Not after the hell you put me through." She doesn't glare at them, instead fixing a bored stare to them both that made them blink.

"What are you talking about?"
"Yea what did we do to you?"

She blinks in surprise this time, staring at them in astonishment. Either they were incredibly good liars or they really didn't remember their torture of her in middle school.

"Wow, you don't even remember what you did. Well until you figure it out on your own I'm not speaking to you, in fact I'm going to tell Mitskuni and Takashi to make sure you leave me alone until you two realize what you did and apologize for it. And the apology doesn't count unless you mean it."

Without another word she turns on her heel and marches over to her cousins to relay the message before bidding farewell to Kyoya and walking out without even looking at the twins. Kyoya stared after her out of the corner of his eyes, marking her down for an appointment the next day and flipping the pages to his personal schedule and marking her down to actually have an 'appointment' for the upcoming Wednesday. The twins frowned and looked at each other, lifting their hands up and shrugging before sticking their hands in their pockets. They approached Kyoya after all the guests were gone and everyone was talking about what they were going to do later.

"Hey Kyoya-sempai what's that girls deal with us?"

"Yea what did she mean about what we did to her? You've got information about everyone in school so what's it about?"

Kyoya's mouth corners twitched a little as his fingers paused on his keyboard before resuming their typing.

"Yokana Mizuri, youngest child and only daughter of the Mizuri family. Well known for their prowess in art and fashion it seems that her older brother wooed and married Sakura Morinozuka thus making the Morinozukas and Haninozukas a part of the family tree. It seems that her brother also is the only child with a talent for fashion as she apparently can't sew a single stitch right. However she has a fantastic eye for art and is an incredible prowess with any art tool though inside sources tell that she favors paint, oil pastels and sketching. Is allergic to roses of any genus, prefers tulips and stargazer lilies, adores seafood and sushi as well as soba noodles. Hates mushrooms, asparagus and refuses to eat internal organ meats due to a slightly weak stomach. Adores animals however, ferrets and cats her favorites. Had braces and glasses until this past summer and went to middle school with you two. Was taunted and called the ugliest girl in all of Ouran." At this point Kyoyas mouth tightened visibly. "Apparently you two were the ones who loudly proclaimed her 'a criminal for having such horrible genetics'."

Silently everyone turned to stare at the twins who paled a bit, Kaoru drooping his head in shame while Hikaru burst out to defend themselves.

"She was ugly! How were we supposed to know she'd turn out like that? Besides that was last year she should get over herself."

"How could you say that?"

This burst out from Haruhi, shaking in rage as she approached the twins. She slapped Hikaru across the face and yelled at them both.

"Just because she wasn't a snobby rich girl doesn't mean she doesn't have feelings! You guys made fun of her and gave her a horrible time, no wonder she hates you two! You need to apologize for being selfish and insensitive!"

Haruhi turned and strode out of the room, Tamaki hot on her heels before he paused and glanced backwards with his serious tone.

"Haruhi's right, it's our job to make every woman happy and you now have to fix what you two did to that poor girl."

As Tamaki disappeared around the corner Mori and Honey left too, Honey giving the twins a disappointed look.

"Tama-chan and Haru-chan are right, you should say you're sorry to Kana-chan. Right Takashi?"
"Mmm she's family."

They left as well, leaving the twins alone in the room since Kyoya had left some time ago during Haruhi's outburst. There was a period of silence as Kaoru walked over to the window and stared out of it, Hikaru fiddling with a game out of boredom. The room remained quiet and eventually they left as their limo arrived, climbing in and silently staring out the windows as they rode home. In fact they didn't even say anything until they got to their room after stopping off at their kitchen for a snack of onigiri.

"Hey Hikaru?"

"Yea?"

"Do you think.."

"Yea.."

"You know she won't believe us right?"
"Yea, I know. We fucked up."
"So, what do we do?"

"I don't know, I really don't care. So a girl doesn't like us who cares? We just need each other."

"Hikaru, I don't feel right about this. Her family could eventually overtake ours if they keep up their current trend, I don't think she'd hesitate to urge her family to buy out the Hitachiin line when they get the chance."

"So you're looking at this like a business adventure?"

"Exactly, so we gotta seem sincere."
"Oh I see, we have to woo her. Wait what about Kyoya?"
"What about him?"
"Well he doesn't hate her like he hates most girls, and then there's Mori and Honey who are protecting her too. We have to be careful about her, I think she's going to be serious trouble to deal with."

"Well there's that. Hikaru, do you even feel guilty about how we treated her? I mean we called her ugly and she's not anymore. She's..."
"Kaoru do you like her?"
"What? No! Why would I like her? Just because I noticed she smells nice and her eyes are really pretty to look at doesn't mean I like her. She's just attractive is all."

"If you say so. Lets go to bed."
"Yea, goodnight Hikaru."

"Goodnight Kaoru."

The next day

Yokana sighed softly as she ran her pencil along the notebook, doodling along the edges while the teacher droned on about world histories that she had no interest in due in part to her having already written all the notes down the day before. The teachers here had a habit of repeating their lessons if the class was particularly rambunctious, which was most of the time. When she reached into her desk for her snack she pulled out an envelope instead that was addressed to her, causing her to stare for a few long moments. Blinking in surprise she opened it, earning her a small papercut which gave her cause to squeak and stick her finger into her mouth to soothe the sting. Powering through the slight irritation she opened the note and read it quickly, eyes widening and then narrowing before a suspicious gleam of doubt settled in her gaze as she lifted her eyes up to glance at the Hitachiins who had already left the room. With a heavy feeling in her chest she rose up from her desk and took her mellon bread out into the hallway so that she could sit outside on a bench to enjoy the sunlight. With a soft sigh she sunk onto a stone bench, the skirt of her uniform billowing out as she tugged open the cellophane that surrounded her snack. She had barely bit off the first chunk when suddenly a figure settled beside her, after a beat or two a second figured joined on the other side. A single blink came from her before she lowered her bread down to her lap and chewed slowly, not daring to speak to either twin until they said something worth replying to. Much to her surprise they turned towards her and spoke in turn, finishing each others sentences annoyingly.

"Hey Yokana?"
"We just wanted to.."

"Apologize for the way we treated you in middle school."

"Yea we didn't know how much it upset you..."

"And we didn't mean to make you feel that you were hated."

"It wasn't right for us to call you ugly or make fun of you in front of the entire class."

"Can you forgive us? We'll make it up to you.."

"We swear."

After a period of time they began to squirm uncomfortably when she just took another bite of her bread, chewing and glancing back and forth between the two until she swallowed and gazed down at her lap. She considered their proposal and weighed her decision carefully before she took a slow breath, giving her reply as she stood up.

"I don't trust you two, if you want to make it up to me then I'll figure out a way for you to pay for three whole years of personal hell." She twisted her head to give them a glare, one that was nearly as terrifying as Kyoya's was.

"Excuse me if you please. I have an appointment and I refuse to be late because of you."

With that she turned on her heel, gliding back towards the school entrance and disappearing inside to leave two redheaded boys who were sweating slightly in fear and anticipation.

"Kaoru?"
"Yea Hikaru?"
"We're screwed aren't we?"
"Yes."

So that's it for this chapter, stay tuned for further development!

~Riiko Nakamura