"Class, we have two new students. Transfer students from our Cross Kaien-San's Cross Academy." The teacher introduced, gesturing for the two girls to enter the classroom. Like the models they were, they entered with grace, their Night Class uniform accenting their features beautifully. "Class, meet the Shiki Twins, Rin-San and Rei-San." The girls stopped walking and paused in front of the teacher, staring at the students as they started to whisper. "Shiki Rin-San, Shiki Rei-San, would either of you like to say something about the other?"
"We're twins." They stated bluntly and their was a collective sweatdrop around the room. Anyone could have noticed that small detail. There was a silence, which was only broken by Rin's small gasp of surprise, when Rei jumped up and tackled her from behind, grinning and laughing, wrapping her arms around Rin's neck and exclaiming,
"And I'm the younger by two minutes! I'm Rei and this is my big sister, Rin! She doesn't get along with people very well, as she happens to be very blunt and quiet! But please try to befriend her anyway!" Lots of boys had hearts in their eyes while even a few girls whispered with jealousy at the attention the two were receiving. Rin exclaimed in a hushed tone,
"Rei! What do you think you are doing!?" Rei blinked and looked at her sister's slight angered face and replied with a smile,
"I'm being friendly, Rinny! You should try it!" It may have seemed rude to the people listening to the conversation, but Rin and Rei were actually very close and would not insult one another intentionally. Rin frowned at Rei and said,
"I prefer not too...It gets me no where."
"Rin~! C'mon! Smile! Please!?"
"..." Rei gave Rin her best puppy dog pout-which was pretty amazing, by the way, and it took a few more moments in which Rin gave in. "Fine...There, happy?" She felt her cheeks heat up slightly as she turned her head, bangs covering her eyes after she gave Rei a small smile.
Rei smiled at her before nuzzling her cheek with nose lovingly, before pulling back and saying, "You always make me happy, Rinny."
There was an outbreak of "Awwww"s at that.
Rin diverted her gaze to the ground and muttered a quiet, "I love you," To Rei. Needless to say, she wasn't a big fan of all the attention. ",You make me happy too..."
"R-Right..." The teacher stuttered, surprised and muttered a quiet, "Not another pair..." The sisters gave the teacher a questioning glance and looked around the classroom at its students. Rin was the first to notice the pair of identical male twins sitting at the front. Their heads were inverted triangles with a mop of orange hair that spiked up in the back, in a similar style to Rin and Rei, and had sidebangs that were parted oppositely to the other. They also had ideal noses with oval lips, elegant cheekbones, and surprisingly long eye lashes that bordered along golden/brown eyes, that looked almost amber. They had a rather nice tan and slight muscles, which were hard to notice because of the rather thick uniform, especially if you were a human. The Shiki twins almost thought they were Vampires, but the aura and scents radiating off of them told them otherwise.
They look quite a bit like Mrs. Hitachiin. Rin observed, her mind already reeling, Those two must be the sons that Headmaster Cross was talking about. They obviously take after her.
"Please, Shiki Rin-San, take a seat behind Fujioka-San. Fujioka-San, please raise your hand." Rin blinked and watched as a young boy, no, girl raised there hand. Rin took in her features quickly, heart-shape head, sharp, upturned nose and full lips, childishly wide chocolate brown eyes, and dark brown hair parted to the left that was cut to look similar to a boy's. She also wore the light blue and black uniform for the males. A crossdresser, huh? But that uniform is better than the hideous monstrosity of that female uniform. There was an empty seat behind the girl and Rin headed towards it, back straight and chin up proudly, she had the impression of royalty. She ignored the eyes of the students as she sat down, calmly pulling out the chair and sitting down, crossing her legs and resting her arms on the desk. "Shiki Rei-San, there's an empty seat next to Hitachiin-San. Hitachiin-San, please raise your hand."
Two hands rose up in the air, smirking, and the teacher gained a stress mark, face-palming. "Shiki Rei-San...please sit next to the twin with an empty seat next to him?" The teacher was already getting a headache. Rei nodded with a smile and walked towards her seat, a small bounce in her step. She moved towards the twin with the hair parted to the right and sat down, crossing her ankles and resting her hands on her lap. "Thank you...Now class, as I was saying..." She drilled onto a lecture about the English language and Rin frowned, bored and slightly annoyed. She heard the crumpling sound of paper landing on her desk and she looked down, surprised slightly.
She wrapped her long, slender fingers around the paper and opened it slowly, careful not to alarm the teacher. She opened it and in Rei's writing, read,
Headmaster Cross that we'd have to talk to Suoh-San in a music room...What number was it, again? Rin resisted the urge to roll her eyes as she scribbled down quickly,
Music Room 3. Not that hard to remember. She tossed it back to Rei, who caught it easily with her vampire reflexes. She read it and pouted, giving Rin a sad, kicked puppy look. Rin quickly adverted her gaze and turned her head, not wanting to fall for the look. She could feel Rei staring at her and turned her head slightly, frowning deeply. Rei stuck out her bottom lip and her eyes were watering in their childish pout. Rin looked at her for a few moments before letting out a small and quiet-enough-so-that-humans-could-not-hear, "Sorry..." Rei smiled instantly, grinning at her sister. Rei gave her a thumbs up, making Rin blink and actually roll her eyes this time. So childish... But in her mind, she could hear something say, But you want to be... Rin frowned and bit her lip, one of her fangs digging into her lip and causing it to bleed ever-so slightly. Someone has to be the responsible one... The voice shut up after that and Rin sighed in relief and quickly licked the blood away, the wound closing quickly.
Rin blinked when she felt something hit against her arm and looked down, seeing a piece of crumpled up paper. She blinked, looking around to find the owner, and saw one of the Hitachiin twins grinning at her, eyes glimmering with curiosity and mischief. His bangs were parted to the left, Rin noticed. She then raised an eyebrow at the boy, who continued grinning at her and gestured to the paper, waiting for her to read it. She blinked and looked back down to the paper, lifting it up and opening it. In rather nice handwriting, was a note that read,
Twins, huh? Nice act earlier. Btw, my name is Kaoru. Rin's eyebrow rose even higher, surprised and slightly confused.
Act? What act? She quickly scribbled that down and added after a moment's hesitation, My name is Rin. Shiki Rin. She crumpled the paper back up and tossed it back over to him, who clumsily caught it. She felt a smirk tugging at the ends of her lips and quickly forced it down, frowning. She watched as Kaoru read it and blinked in surprise, looking at her with slightly wide eyes, and wrote something down before tossing it back over to her, who caught it and read,
So, what? You're really into incest? If so, then you should come to the third music room. I think you'll find something that you and your sister will like. ;) She blinked at the smiley at the end. It was winking and had a tongue sticking out at her suggestively. Her eyebrow twitched slightly as she looked up at the smirking twin before quickly writing down,
We're not together. My sister and I just have a really close bond. She tossed that to him and ignored the ginger for the rest of the period, ignoring the envious and jealous looks she was receiving from the other classmates. She could already tell that today was going to be a long day.
It seemed to be forever before the bell rang, signalling lunch, and Rin quickly packed up her books, her sister already heading towards her desk. Rin stood up and looked at her sister, asking in a bored tone, "Ready?" Rei nodded excitedly and looked up in surprise. Rin blinked, the smell of spices forming behind her, and barely had time to turn her head before an arm wrapped around her shoulders. She blinked, emotionless, and looked up, her lilac eyes meeting a pair of amber ones.
"You still coming?" Kaoru asked her, grinning. She quickly noted his height, which seemed to be that of 5'9, a few inches taller than her 5'4 stature. His scent, the spices, reminded her that of Italian food. She opened her mouth to answer, but he cut her off, saying, "Music Room Three after school. You can bring your sister along if you want, my brother and I'll be waiting." He quickly removed his arm from her and walked away, heading over to his brother, who was standing by the door. The girl, Fujioka, walked up to them and apologized,
"I apologize for their behavior. They're not exactly the most normal of people." Rin and Rei blinked at her, Rei asking curiously with a tilted head,
"Why are you dressed like that?" Fujioka blinked at them surprised and Rin saw that Fujioka was only 5'1, a few inches shorter than her and her sister.
"It's the school uniform. Why wouldn't I be wearing it;no offense to you two, though." She quickly raised her hands in front of her, catching sight of their Cross Academy uniform. Rei shook her head with a small smile, saying,
"None taken."
"You're a girl." Rin cut in, bluntly. In times, she could be just like her father. Blunt and distant, appearing cold. "Why are you dressed like a boy?" Fujioka laughed and scratched the back of her head, saying with a small sweatdrop,
"It's a long story...But, let's just say that I broke something and have a debt to repay. It'd be nice if you didn't tell anyone about me being a girl, though." She looked up at them and Rin and Rei shrugged, Rin stating as she looked down at the girl,
"What you do in your spare time is none of our business." Fujioka blinked in surprise and Rei stuttered, trying to correct her sister's statement,
"Wh-What she means is-What she means is that, we um, well, it's not up to us to tell anyone. That's your job," She then muttered, "Something like that anyway..." Fujioka stared at them for a moment, contemplating, before letting out a small smile and saying,
"Thanks. I appreciate, you two. I'm Fujioka Haruhi, by the way." Rei smiled widely at the girl and said,
"I'm Shiki Rei! Can I call you Haru-Chan? Or Haruhi? Can I? We're friends right?"
"Rei!" Rin scolded quietly, but sharp, sending her sister a look. Her lips moved in a thin line and her eyes have narrowed slightly, the slightest hint of red glowing in her purple-silver orbs. Her eyes looked almost like a light pink, "What have I told you about using honorifics properly?"
"But, Rin~!" Rei whined. Her bottom lip stuck out in a pout and she balled her small hands into fists, "It's fine! Right!?" She glanced at Haruhi expectantly, who shrugged after a few moments,
"I guess you can." Rin resisted the urge to face-palm and bowed slightly to Haruhi, apologizing in a formal tone,
"I apologize deeply for my younger twin's behavior. She tends to be rather immature at times." To Haruhi, she could tell that Rin had to give the same speech, multiple times before. Rin cast her sister another glance and said, "She's rather childish and the only one who can actually control her childish tendencies isn't here with us now. Headmaster Cross found it...unbefitting for Daichi-Kun to transfer along with us. He said it was..." She tried to remember his words as she stood up straight again, "-not the right time."
"Ne,ne, Haru-Chan," Rei began again, clinging to her older sister's arm. Haruhi blinked her eyes a few times before turning to look at Rei, "Wanna eat lunch with us?" The edges of Rin's mouth tilted down slightly and she gazed intently at her sister, trying to find the meaning behind her sentence.
Eat lunch as in let us drink your blood or EAT lunch with us, as in actual food? I can never figure out her mindset. She changes moods too rapidly. Much like mother, I suppose.
"Thanks, but no thanks," Haruhi declined politely, waving her hands in front of her, before holding up a boxed lunch. "I prefer to eat in the classroom; I always pack my own lunch. But, if you guys want to hang out, I guess you can head to the third music room after school. You'll have to ask for me specifically though." Rin blinked at the statement and questioned bluntly,
"Why?" Haruhi sighed, almost as if in depression and/or the fact that she was dreading heading there later.
"You'll find out...Just don't freak out, please. It's not my idea of fun."
"Rin...I'm starting to get thirsty," Rei told her sister, frowning slightly. Rin looked at her sister and nodded, "We should hurry."
"Yes. Bye, Fujioka-San."
"Call me Haruhi." Haruhi told her, waving at her dismissively. Rin nodded hesitantly,
"Yes...Bye, Haruhi-San." She let Rei drag her off to the lunchroom, in the process, shoving some Blood tablets into her mouth and munching on them, before eating some Pocky along with her sister. The favor of Pocky seems to run in their family, as they were all addicted to it. Even Takumi, their older brother, was. Speaking of Takumi...
Rei glanced at her sister and questioned curiously, "Ne, Rin, is Takumi gonna be transferring here too?"
"He transferred two days ago. He's with the other," She dropped her voice to a whisper, "Vampire, Suoh Tamaki-Sama." Rei gasped and stood up in surprise, causing a lot of people to turn their heads from their lunches and look at the lonesome pair, who were sitting a empty lunch table near the back of the room,
"Ehhh!? Takumi transferred two days ago!?" Her voice echoed throughout the cafeteria, creating an awkward silence. "Why didn't you or the Headmaster-even Daichi-Kun tell me!?"
"Rei!" Rin hissed quietly, sensing everyone's eyes on them. "Quiet down! You're attracting too much attention!" I don't want this to be Cross Academy all over again!
"B-But Takumi transferred and you never told me!?" Tears started to prick her eyes and people tensed, anticipating and waiting to see how the argument would turn out, "He's our brother, Rin! How come neither you or he told me!?"
"We thought you knew." Rin replied calmly, eyes shifting nervously around as she observed the background, looking at everyone and everything that was surrounding and looking at them. Listening to them. Watching them. Anticipating their every move. Emotionless doll...Come on, do as Grandmother taught you... Rin took a deep breathe and forced herself to relax, opening her eyes and forcing her face to turn bored, dull, emotionless. Her eyes narrowed even more and her lips went into a thin line. Her breathing calmed and said in a blank voice, "I'm sorry, Rei, but I thought you knew. That's why we, nor the Headmaster or Daichi-Kun, mentioned it."
"Will we at least see him after school-?" Rin interrupted her calmly, answering her unfinished question,
"No, he already spoke and greeted Suoh-San."
"I-I see..."
"But I was told that Daichi will be transferring in a few weeks." Her mood brightened instantly,
"Really!?"
"Yes...Now sit down, please, you're attracting to much attention." As if we don't get enough just for being...Vampires...I want to be normal. Unnoticed. But that's going to be almost impossible when you're a model, isn't it? Rin held back a sigh and closed her eyes, biting a piece of pocky. Rei pouted and sat back down, before leaning over and biting half of the pocky of the stick that Rin was eating from. She pulled back and let her half dangle out of her mouth, smiling happily at the chocolate treat.
A few more classes after lunch and it was then time for them to do the inevitable...
"Third Music Room." Rin stated as she read the sign. Kaoru's, Haruhi's, and even the Headmaster's words echoed into her head, causing her to think, Is it a club? Why would so many people be insistent on us meeting us here? Curious and curiouser... She looked at her sister and asked calmly, "Ready?" Rei blinked confusedly at her sister and nodded,
"Yeah...Why wouldn't I be?" The corners of Rin's lips tilted downwards slightly. She didn't know why, call it intuition or dread-anything you want, she had this feeling that once she entered those doors, nothing would be the same. Their whole life, as if it was weird enough, would change and they would be facing choices they'd never thought they would have to make. Something big would happen to them someday if they walked into those doors...
"Superstition?" Rin asked her, finally finding the right word. Rin's lips tilted upwards in an attempt to smirk, but she quickly forced it back down.
"Be a good girl like your daddy and be my little doll?" Her Grandmother's, who too was a Vampire with extreme beauty, despite her mentality, words echoed through her head, "Don't cause problems and let me a drink a little of your blood?" Rin could almost feel the warm, wet, muscle of her tongue run across the hollow of her neck and the sudden pain of two fangs entering her neck, "You're so very sweet..."
Rin frowned deeply and placed her palms against the smooth, solid wood of the doors, and pushed them open.
What they found was completely unexpected.
"Welcome~!" Men, all with amazing beauty, were wearing tropical island costumes, standing in the middle of what appeared to be a tropical paradise.
"Ne, Rin?" Rei asked her sister hesitantly, staring at the handsome group of boys in front of them.
"...Yes, Rei?" Rin questioned her sister, unsure of what she was seeing.
"I don't think we're at Cross Academy anymore."
"..." Rin wasn't quite sure how to respond to that. She finally came up with a statement and said, "Rei, now is not the time to be making obscure references." Rei didn't look at her sister, but still replied,
"It wasn't that obscure...But..." She trailed off, unsure of how to take this.
"Welcome, mademoiselles," A blonde greeted, smiling at them. "to the Host Club." The blonde had a nicely toned body, which was obvious as he was shirtless, and quite a bit of muscle. He had a diamond shaped head, high cheekbones, a thin upperlip with a bigger lowerlip, and an ideal nose. He had wavy, golden-blonde hair that fell into his face in waves and framed it perfectly. His eyes, which seemed full of child-like innocence, yet the shadows of reality and loneliness, were a bright blue and were framed by dark lashes. He too, like many other Vampires, possessed an unnatural beauty. He was sitting down in a chair and holding a fan, but on sight of the girls' uniforms, his eyes widened, brightening slightly, and he declared in cheeriness, "Ah, I know! You're the two new transfer students, the Shiki sisters', correct!?" He stood and strode magnificently towards the two stunned Vampires. He bowed, a hand pressed elegantly to his chest, as he looked them in the eyes, "My name is Suoh Tamaki-San. It is a pleasure to be in the presence of such lovely ladies as yourselves. Please, enjoy yourselves, and welcome to Ouran Academy's, one and only, Host Club."
"Tamaki-Sama," Rin began, drawing a flinch from Tamaki. "We were told by Headmaster Cross and," Her intense gaze trailed over to a grinning ginger, who was smiling at the girl, standing next to his brother. She looked back at Tamaki, never once moving her head, "a few others, to come here. The Headmaster told us you'd need to speak to us about some things of importance?" She stressed the word, basically trying to tell him to hurry up and tell them who else were Vampires and basics of their importance of being in this school in the first place, so they could leave.
"I am merely a level B, Shiki-San." Tamaki told her, smiling at her slightly. It seemed a bit more forced than usual though, "We are of equal rank." If the rest of the Host Club was confused they didn't show it. The little honey blonde thought, and the glasses character, seemed to be paying rapt attention though.
Rin dropped her voice to a whisper, arguing, "You are of higher status. Your blood is more pure than ours, due to our mother, so you should be talked to with the proper respect."
"Only if I ask for it, Shiki-San, and I wish to not be called -Sama." He replied, his smile more true now. "Now, please, darling ladies, tell me, what is your names? We can speak later, after club hours."
So I was right, Rin thought. It is a club. She spoke, "Shiki Rin and this is my younger twin sister, Rei Shiki."
"I'm so sorry about her!" Rei apologized, bowing repeatedly, "She's not really good with people!" She quickly broke out of the facade and hugged her sister, smiling widely and giggling, "But she's really loyal and she loves to eat sweets!"
"Rei!" Rin hissed again, giving her younger sister a look. "Stop telling people things about me that aren't true." But they are and you know it, Miss. Doll. Rin almost flinched at her own thoughts. Rei pouted at her sister and replied,
"But I'm not...You love sweets. Specifically chocolate." She grinned goofily and nuzzled her sister's neck lovingly, "You know I love you..." Rin sighed and closed her eyes,
"I know." Her voice was soft and quiet, "I know...I love you too." Rei quickly kissed her sister's cheek and released, looking at Tamaki in question and asked brightly,
"Where's Haru-Chan?" Tamaki tensed and asked in a stutter,
"Ch-Chan? R-Rei-San, surely you mean Haru-Kun?" Rei shook her head with a smile, already knowing that Tamaki knew Haruhi was a girl, and replied,
"Nope! I mean Haru-Chan! We already know. Plain as day, really." And just as if the poor girl was summoned by Kuran Kaname and Yuuki themselves for an errand, the doors opened and Haruhi stared for quite a few seconds, only to fall to the ground and mope in depression.