Warning: This chapter is EXTREMELY cheesy. Overly dramatic. I think it's funny, though, and I'm just going to assume that anyone who likes OHSHC enough to read a fanfiction about it finds cheesiness humorous :)

"This is our homeroom!" Tamaki announced, gesturing to the door dramatically.

"It's so wonderful that we can all be together!" Megan beamed. "Isn't it delightful, Rory? Kirin?"

"It's quite nice," Arora smiled her soft smile. Kirin nodded, smiling as well.

"However, Arora added, "it won't do us much good if all we do is stand outside in the hallway."

"Yes, of course!" Tamaki yanked the door open. "After you, princesses," he bowed deeply, making Kirin grin and Megan giggle. Arora simply rolled her eyes, but the amusement was evident in them despite the sarcastic gesture.

Everyone looked up as the three girls entered the room, with Tamaki following behind.

"You must be the Chevaliers," the teacher smiled, rising from his seat behind his desk.

"Yes, that's correct," Megan said cheerfully.

"Why don't you introduce yourself."

Megan bowed slightly, straightening quickly. She smiled at the class as she introduced herself. "My name is Megan Adele Kharis Chevalier. I'm almost 17, I'm from California, and I like a lot of things so you'll just have to ask me about that! Or you could always find out from Tamaki, he knows me as well as my own family- I've known him since I was four, you know, so he really is like family. Oh! And I have 6 sisters and a brother. My brother and two of my sisters are triplets in class 1A. Two of my sisters are twins in class 3A, and then there's me, Arora, and Kirin. We're triplets, too. Oh, but I'm rambling. I apologize. I'll let Arora introduce herself," she turned to her sister, still smiling cheerfully.

"You're just a chatterbox, Meg," Arora teased softly, then turned to the class with a polite smile. "I'm Arora Dawn Callidora Chevalier," she bowed slightly. "Everything Megan said goes for me as well."

"And this is Kirin Kisa Akeldama! Chevalier, of course," Megan introduced Kirin brightly, then added, "She doesn't talk, but she's very sweet, so please be kind to her."

Kirin bowed and smiled sweetly at the class.

"Glad you could join us, ladies. If there are no questions, please take a seat."

Kirin immediately started toward the back of the class, but froze in mid-step halfway there when she heard the question.

"Why doesn't she speak?"

One of the students had shouted the question. The sudden exclamation startled Kirin, and she felt a familiar feeling of overwhelming sadness swelling up inside of her. It wasn't that she was upset that she couldn't speak, but she knew how much it bothered Xander and her sisters- especially Megan. Of course they didn't treat her differently; they loved her- they were her siblings. But the cause of her silence saddened them, both because of the cause itself and because it affected their sister so much as to take her speech.

Kirin turned around slowly to see a shaking Megan standing in front of the class. Her head was down; Tamaki's hand was placed consolingly on her back, while Arora's was on her shoulder. Both Arora and Tamaki had forelorned expressions on their faces and tears in their eyes, but neither of them looked nearly as miserable and pitiful as Megan.

"O-our m-mom," Megan stuttered, letting out a choked sob. "Sh-she... And... K-Kirin... S-she..." she broke off and turned to Tamaki, throwing herself at his chest. He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close. Tamaki always had been one of the best at consoling her.

"Their mother has been in a coma since they were fourteen. She had been hospitalized for a while, which they all were handling fine, but when that happened, Kirin just stopped talking," Tamaki explained.

THUD.

Kirin dropped her bag on the floor and ran at Megan, throwing her arms around her from behind. Megan turned around, teary-eyed. Kirin smiled brightly, sweetly up at her, and a smile slowly broke out on Megan's face as well. Sometimes she just needed a reminder that Kirin was happy despite her silence. She kissed Kirin on the forehead and wiped the tears from her eyes.

"And drama continues to follow us wherever we go," Arora murmured, evoking a playful punch and grin from Kirin. "Yeah, yeah. You know it's true."

"As you can see, Kirin communicates quite well, even though she doesn't speak- especially once she becomes closer to someone," Tamaki added. He ruffled Kirin's hair affectionately. "She uses sign language when she needs to, but with those of us who've known her for a long time it's only really necessary when she wishes to communicate specifics."

Kirin signed something, and a pout appeared on Tamaki's face. Arora and Megan laughed.

"What did she say?" one of the girls in the class asked.

"She said, 'you sound like a documentary, Tamaki,'" Megan giggled, patting the dejected Tamaki on the head as the class erupted with laughter.

BRRRRRIIIINNGG!

The dismissal bell sounded, and the students greeted the girls as they filed out the door. Tamaki waited with them until every other student was gone, having expressed their welcomes- every student but one. He shrunk back as he caught sight of the cloaked figure lurking in the shadows. The figure obviously had no wish to warmly welcome the girls to the school. He hardly seemed to have any specific desire at the moment, yet his presence unnerved Tamaki greatly- of course, he always made Tamaki uncomfortable, but there seemed to be something particularly... Intense about him today. It made Tamaki worry for his girls. He didn't like it. Not one bit. He kept a wary eye on the figure as he followed the girls into the hall; unfortunately, it appeared he wasn't the only one who had taken notice of the eery student. His dear one... Not the little precious one... No... Please no... Oh, no... Yes.

Yeah, way overly-dramatic... Well, it IS Ouran! Can't be true Ouran without being a little over-dramatic... Ha :) Thanks for reading! R&R please! I love you all!