A/N First up is Rin! I'm really excited to be starting this chapter. There's so much about Rin that nobody knows and now is my time to show her off!
Enjoy!
Let's go!
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Rin woke up to a silent house. It wasn't unusual to her anymore. As a maid, she shared a room with four other women, and it was never silent. But now that she was rich, she woke to the sounds of either a maid's voice or to the soft songs of birds from her window.
She sat up in her bed and pushed the covers off. She walked to the closet and pulled out a light blue dress. Everyone said she looked pretty in light blue, and she intended to look her best whenever possible. It was hard to find something that she didn't look nice in. Being foreign, she attracted a lot of attention, and being exceptionally beautiful she got even more.
Tamaki didn't mind being stared at, but Rin did. Tamaki didn't have to worry about boobs.
Rin was foreign and had bigger breasts than the Japanese girls, and that was where 90 percent of the males' attention was directed. So, usually she wrapped her chest up with gauze to make then appear flatter. Since today she wasn't going anywhere, she decided not to worry about the gauze and just slipped the dress on.
It went to her knees and had spaghetti straps. There was a white sash under her chest and a white rose pinned to the left side of her chest. She wore a pair of short white socks. She never had to worry about getting her feet dirty from walking around barefoot, but she just felt like wearing them today.
She ate breakfast alone; Tamaki and her father were at the school. Yuzuru was teaching Tamaki about the business since he was the heir. Anne-Sophie was… who knew how that woman spent her time? She would disappear for days at a time inside that room of hers.
Rin knew how sick her mother was. It was no surprise. She had stopped taking her medicine for a while when she first moved in, but her father said 'Take your medicine or go back to France alone' and she started taking it again. It would take a while for her to be healthy again, but she was on her way to recovery.
Rin stood from the table and wondered if she still needed to excuse herself if no one was even there. She figured it wouldn't matter, and she left the room. Down the hall was the room she spent most of her time in on weekends.
The music room.
It was an all white room with wooden floors. There was a piano in the center of the floor, and that was all white as well. There were wooden bookshelves around the room- they matched the floor- that were lined with scores of music. Rin didn't need a score; she had plenty memorized.
She sat on the white bench and placed her fingers on the keys. A slow lull-a-bye began forming in her head. Her fingers danced across the keys, making beautiful sounds. Rin was so absorbed in her music that she didn't notice someone enter the room. She jumped when she realized that the person sat next to her. Her fingers stopped.
She looked over at the other person.
It was her mother.
"Don't stop," she said.
Rin smiled and continued playing. She didn't know how she knew the music she was playing; she just did. It seemed only natural to play it. She stopped again.
"What's wrong?" Her mother asked.
"I-I forget the rest."
"Do you know what that song is?" Anne-Sophie asked. Rin shook her head and her mother smiled.
"It's your song."
"What?"
"When you were born," her mother began, "I wrote it for you. I played it every night before you went to sleep. I sent the score over with you when I sent you here." She stood and began searching the bookshelves. "I made your father promise that he would keep it," She said.
Rin stood and walked up next to her. "What is it labeled?"
"It's labeled 'Rin's song'."
Rin gasped.
-/-/- OMG it's a flashback!-/-/-
Rin was still just a little girl. She wore a maid's outfit and was dusting shelves in Kyoko's house. She was just about done when she saw a bound score that interested her. 'Rin's Lull-a-bye' was written in neat script on the front.
Kyoko walked into the room just then. She walked over to her blonde friend. Her short red hair barely reached her neck. "Rin-chan, what are you looking at?" She asked.
"Huh? Oh, there's a piece of piano music here… it has my name on it…"
"Really? Well, let's play it!"
Kyoko's small hand reached for it and pulled it down. Rin followed her to the piano room and Kyoko began playing the song on the piano. Rin hadn't known how to play then. She fell asleep in a chair towards the middle of the song.
-/-/- End! -/-/-
"It's not here…" Rin said.
"What?" Anne-Sophie asked. "Kyoko-chan has it… I'll ask her to bring it to school." Rin answered. Her mother looked somewhat sad as Rin returned to the piano. She only sat on the bench. Her mother walked over and stood behind her. The woman's hands began playing with her hair.
Rin sighed. It felt nice having someone else do her hair. There was an older maid at Kyoko's house that would do her hair until she turned ten. Usually it was braids or pony tails, but sometimes she would get fancy buns. Her mom was braiding her hair now.
Rin leaned back to her mother's arms.
"I was a wreck after I sent you away."
"Huh?"
"I thought I had made a mistake, but my family was losing their money and I knew Yuzuru would take care of you. I should have known that meddling mother of his would send you away, too. How old were you when she sent you away?"
"I was five. But I can't remember too much about how I was treated back then."
"Oh. I guess she sent you away when she learned about Tamaki. She said she would prefer him to be with her since he was a boy and would be a more acceptable heir. You're probably just going to end up married to someone you don't even love…"
"What?! Not love?! MARRIED?!" Rin yelled, jumping up.
Anne-Sophie jumped in surprise.
"Y-yes. I wouldn't be surprised if you married someone from the Ootori family. Yuzuru has been trying to build a solid alliance with them since I met him. I hear that there's a son that's just a little older than you… Akito is his name, I believe. In fact, I think you've met his younger brother. Kyouya-kun? He's Tamaki's best friend."
"Y-yeah, I know Kyouya-kun. He's the one that Kyoko-chan--"
"What about Kyoko-chan?"
"Kyoko-chan likes him. She's not too sure that she does, but it's obvious. The twins told her, and Hunny-kun tried before, I think. Maybe not. Maybe I should help her realize…" Rin was just thinking out loud now. The only name Anne-Sophie recognized was Kyoko. How could she have forgotten the name of the angel that reunited her with her children? Her own lover wouldn't risk it.
Kyoko was too kind for her own good. They had never met before, yet Kyoko risked a lot when she got Anne-Sophie to come to Japan.
She often referred to the girl as Tenshi-chan when she was thinking. (Tenshi means 'Angel')
Rin walked out of the room and to a phone that was kept in the hallway. She dialed Kyoko's number.
Anne-Sophie was standing a little way away, listening.
"Hello! Is Kyoko-chan there? This is Rin Suou. Yes, I'll wait.
"Ah! Kyoko-chan! It's me! Do you remember that music we found when we were younger? Yeah, the one with my name on it. Well, my mom was the one who wrote it, I was wondering if you could bring it with you when we go back to school. No, you don't have to drop it off. It can wait.
"Okay, bye."
She hung up the phone. Just then, the front door opened and Tamaki walked through. Anne-Sophie greeted him with a kind hug. Rin said 'Hi' and left. She didn't know where exactly she wanted to go, but her feet carried her to her room.
Later on, Tamaki walked in in the middle of a coughing fit of Rin's. She seemed to be coughing a lot more lately. He noticed. She didn't seem sick, she certainly didn't act it. Maybe it was just a small bug working its way out of her system.
"What is it?" Rin asked her younger brother.
"Huh? Oh, nothing, really. I was just bored."
"Oh. Well, I don't have much to do either. I'm not used to having so much free time. Back then, I spent most of my day cleaning or cooking."
"You know how to cook?" Tamaki asked.
"Yeah, when Kyoko was sick, she never ate anything except what I would make her. She was a weird kid."
"Weird how?"
"Well, that food thing… when she was tired, she always asked for coffee but no one ever allowed her to have any. Ahhh… She was always kind to the other maids and me. She was the one who taught me piano. She wasn't too good at it, though. She was good at the violin. She likes playing that."
"Wait-wait-wait-wait… She plays the violin?" Tamaki said, eyes sparkling.
"Yeah, she loves to. In fact, she wanted to play professionally before she discovered her voice and acting skills."
"Hmmmm… I'll keep that in mind…" Tamaki said.
A/N Rin is done! Next up is Kai and Elaina! Not Kyoko, I'm saving her for later. Plus, Kai plays an important role in the next few chapters. So, anyway, Thanks to GBAgentOtaku for doing… everything. I'm glad you think it's cute!
Well, for now I bid you adieu.