Sapphire walked into her new homeroom. For a moment she expected one of the Zuka Club members to attack her again. To ask her to join the 'best club ever'. Then she sighed with relief as she remembered she wasn't in that damned Lobelia's school. She closed her eyes for a few seconds and opened them again to find a ginger-haired boy standing a few inches away from her face. She jumped back and cried out, seeing double. Eventually she realized that what she was seeing were twins. One of them looked over their shoulder and called to some unknown person. "Hey! Is this the girl you were taking about?" Haruhi's face popped into view and smiled at her.
"Yep. Hey, Sapphy. So you're in our homeroom then?"
"Seems like it. Um, not to be rude or anything, but who are you two?" Sapphy directed this question at the twins who were now grinning. They seemed to making up some kind of plan.
"I'm Hikaru and this one is Kaoru." The one called Hikaru had his parting on the left while the one name Kaoru had his parting on the right. They both grinned and put their arms around Sapphy's shoulders, leading her to the middle of the room and then sitting down either side of Haruhi and started firing questions at her.
Kaoru noticed the girl named Sapphire flinch a little when he and his brother put his arms around her. He looked to Hikaru to see if he had noticed and Hikaru had done the same. Sapphire seemed a little closed up. A lot like the twins had been before Tamaki. Before the Host club. And especially before Haruhi. Kaoru wanted to help this girl open up because he knew how being closed off ruined a life. He and his brother had missed so much, growing up because of this. When Hikaru and Kaoru were asking questions about Sapphy's life, Kaoru noticed that, although she answered, she didn't actually answer the questions given, like she was uncomfortable. Hikaru asked a question about her family and she immediately clammed up. Haruhi seemed to notice this and was about to speak when the bell rang for homeroom. Everyone quickly went to their seats and Sapphire stood awkwardly at the front of the classroom while the teacher introduced her and gave her a place to sit. Sapphy was placed in the seat behind Haruhi. Kaoru looked behind him at Sapphy and was astonished to see tears rolling down her cheeks. She wiped them away quickly and Kaoru looked forward before she could see that he had been watching her. Kaoru wondered what had brought those tears out. Could it have been the question about her family? I suppose it could have, he thought, but what was so wrong about her family that made he clam up like that?
Kyouya looked up from his laptop as the twins dragged a girl into music room 3. Haruhi was towing along behind them looking annoyed at the twins' behaviour. He sighed and shut his laptop's lid down and forced his most charming smile. The girl looked around the room and notice Kyouya smiling at her. She nervously smiled back and was pushed down onto one of the many sofas in the room by one of the twins. This had to be the new transfer. Kyouya sighed and pushed his glasses up his nose and looked around at Tamaki who was being his usual useless self, doting on Haruhi. When Tamaki finally looked up and noticed the transfer, he instantly darted across the room and was talking to her. Everyone crowded around her and was talking to her after a minute of Tamaki going up to her. She looked rather uncomfortable talking to all these people, but Kyouya went up to her anyway and faked another smile.
"Hi, you must be the new transfer, Sapphire. I'm Kyouya Ootori, but you may call me Kyouya." He held out his hand and noticed a slight flinch as he did. There was a moment's hesitation before Sapphy reached out and shook his hand.
"Just call me Sapphy." She said. They let go of hands and the conversation started again.
"What school did you transfer from, Sapphy-chan?" Honey looked up at Sapphy and you could almost see the flowers floating round his head.
"St. Lobelia's Academy. The Zuka Club was just too much for me to handle." Everyone laughed at this and Kyouya looked at his watch. There was still an hour until the Host Club was open.
Hikaru watched as Sapphire absently played with a strand of hair, answering questions and he occasionally asked some questions himself. He opened his mouth to ask another when Tamaki asked the same question Hikaru had asked before homeroom.
"What about your family?" Hikaru watched as Sapphy clammed up again, but this time she answered.
"They died a few years back." She replied in a monotonous voice.
"Oh. How did they die?" Haruhi asked in the gentlest voice she had. Sapphire hesitated for a moment then told them.
"They died in a car accident. The roads were icy and the car behind us nudged ours. Our car went out of control and fell off the road into a gorge. I don't know how, but my mum was...decapitated and something stuck itself in my dad's chest. I've lived on my own ever since, but that's how I got this scar." She pulled up her top so that they could see her stomach and Hikaru hissed involuntary. There was a red mark, which looked like something and dug itself into her stomach. Something big. "Doctors say I'm lucky to be alive and walking, but..." She trailed off and Hikaru saw that she was trying not to cry. There was a minutes silence as everyone tried thinking of something to say. At last Tamaki spoke up, though quietly.
"I'm sorry." Tamaki said. Sapphire wiped her eyes and smiled.
"No. It's not your fault. I should be the one who's sorry. Sorry for telling you all that when we're practically strangers. Anyway, don't you have some hosting to do? I can hear all the girls waiting outside for you already."Sapphy said this as if she really had something to be sorry for. Hikaru watched as Sapphy walked out of the music room and realized that she was still hiding something. He shook his head and sighed as he walked to his table with Kaoru and put on his most devilish grin for their customers.