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The school year finally started rolling and that means, tests and quizzes. Oh and study galore.

Yay.

I let out a sigh and leaned back in my seat. "Why am I even in class A?" I asked more to myself than anyone else.

"Because your smart." Rin said in an encouraging tone. I stared at her unconvinced.

The teacher had just handed back our first serious grades of the semester. I never expect anything to be grand or out standing. But I was at least looking for one of to be above a C. Seriously, these were barely scraping a half-way decent grade.

I leaned my head into my hand. "Sure I am."

"You are." She stated firmly. "Come on now everyone has their bad days." Sure she says that, but I'm not the one with one-hundred percent on almost every paper I get back. Truthfully, I don't think I've ever seen Rin get a bad grade since I've known her. She picked up a sheet off of my desk. "See Kris you got a ninety-eight on this one."

"It's English, it doesn't count." I said.

"Oh cheer up Kris." Tamaki said with a bright smile. "I know you'll be able to get it. You just have to believe that you can."

He sounded like an inspirational speaker. I would have smiled with him if it weren't the fact that Tamaki was actually a genius in disguise. Yes, Tamaki. I'm surprised too. I remember the first exam we had taken together. I went to go check the board like everyone else. And where do I see his name?

Freaking third place.

I'm not even going to mention what number I was. Compared to everyone else in this class I'm below average.

"What you have to offer for this school isn't base on your intelligence." Kyoya said. "So you don't need to make a fuss about it."

My expression dropped into a deadpan. 'That makes me feel better, how?' All this talk about testing and intelligence was getting to me. I sighed. Can this class just be over? I want to get out of here.

I think the universe was on my side today because as soon as the thought crossed my mind the bell for our lunch break rang. I stood up and sighed. We all walked out of the classroom and Tamaki put an arm around my shoulder. "Come now Kris, raise your head." I didn't say anything. He tilted his head so that he could see my face as he gave me puppy dog eyes. I tried my best not to look at him. It wasn't really working.

I blinked before giving me a smile. "Oh! I know. How about I treat you to a nice meal?"

I raised my brow. "Tamaki you don't have to-"

"Oh come on. Big brother wants you to feel better, please?"

"You really don't..." He was staring me down again. I sighed. "Maybe something-"

"Marvelous." He said as he took hold of my arm and pulling me forward. "Let's go." I glanced back to Rin for help knowing that Kyoya probably doesn't care. She smiled and wiggled her fingers at me.

I deadpanned and mouthed. 'I hate you'

Her smiled widened. 'Love you too.'

I knew there was no point in trying to struggle so I let him drag me down the hall.

*Break*

"Alright everyone. After I hand back your work you may go." The teacher said.

Stephanie waited patiently at her desk as the man passed back everyone's work. He was walking down her row as he passed them back. She held out a hand for hers, but he only glanced at her. She blinked as he walked back to Satoshi.

"Satoshi keep up the good work." He said.

"Thank you, sir." The boy said, though he was a bit confused. He saw that the teacher didn't pass back Stephanie's papers. Which didn't seem like a good sign.

"Satoshi." The man said. The boy blinked out of thought. "You may go. I need to speak with Ms. Carson."

Stephanie stiffened and there was a wry feeling in her body. The raven haired boy saw her disposition change. He stood quietly and picked up his bag. "I'll wait for you outside. Ok?"

She shook her head. "Not it's alright."

"But-"

"I said that it was fine Satoshi, you do not need to wait for me. Please go on ahead." She said firmly. He gave her one last look before walking toward the door and closing it behind him.

Her gaze went back on the man in front of her with a nervous twinge in her stomach. "What would you like to speak to me about, sir?"

The man sighed. "Well, I understand that you are an American exchange student on a scholarship."

"That would be correct." She said, trying to keep an even tone.

"That being so you must be having trouble with the language, am I correct?"

She paused before shaking her head slowly. "No sir...why do you ask?"

He stared at her for a moment. "Here." He said as he set her work down on her desk.

Stephanie's eyes went wide as she looked at her papers. This must be a mistake. She studied, she studied for so long the information was practically spilling from her ears. Her hands tightened around her assignment. Trying her best not to crumple it between her hands.

Every paper she either had failed or very close to it.

She knew it was coming, but she didn't want to admit it. She bit down on her lip to keep it from trembling.

"Now I know this is very upsetting. Are you not understanding the material? Am I not explaining it in a way you can understand?"

In a way she can understand?

That made her feel inferior, stupid. As if she was less than everyone else. She picked up her work and calmly placed it into her bag. She took a deep breath and looked up at him. "Sir, I can assure you that this won't happen again. You don't need to worry about your teaching style."

"Well I don't know-"

"I'm going now." She said, standing abruptly and walking toward the door. When she opened it she was surprised to see Satoshi standing there.

"Hey-"

Stephanie looked away from him quickly. "I told you to leave without me."

"Yeah, but it wouldn't have been right."

"I'm fine." She said as her eyes started to burn. He tried to look at her face, but she kept her gaze to the floor.

Satoshi frowned and came up beside her, but she started moving faster. "Stephanie what happened?" He went to match her pace. She then went in an all out sprint. "Wait Stephanie, hey!"

He ran after her.

*Kris POV*

"You know Tamaki I'm actually not that hungry. I'll just drink my strawberry milk."

"Come now, that's not healthy at all." He said.

I shrugged. "It's fine. That's what I usually do." I jumped when he was suddenly in my face.

"Are you telling me that you've had this harmful diet behind my back!" He yelled dramatically.

I gave a straight-faced expression. "It wasn't behind your back. I've literally done this in front of your face everyday. And it's not unhealthy if I'm not hungry."

"Your trying to make me believe that you're not hungry everyday?!" He yelled incredulously.

"...yes." I said slowly.

"That's impossible!"

I sighed. Where was Haruhi when you need her? If she was here none of this attention I was getting would be happening right now. Then again, Tamaki is still been very stand offish when she's around. I blinked when I saw a familiar blond running down the hall-way.

"Would you cease your chase?!" Stephanie yelled.

"I would if you stopped!" Satoshi shouted back. I blinked as she ran past me and bumped into Kyoya.

Satoshi stopped in front of us with his hands on his knees trying to catch his breath. "How...is..she still running so fast?"

I turned to the boy. "Satoshi what's going on? Why were you chasing Stephanie down the hall?" They all gave him a strange accusing look.

He raised his arms in his defense. "Wow wow! It's not what you think!" He sighed. "I was just trying to get her to tell me what's wrong."

"So you chase her down?" Kyoya asked

He sweat-dropped. "It was more of a in the moment sort of thing..."

"Satoshi can you tell me why Stephanie was so upset?" I urged. She only ever gets like this either when Ana makes her mad or...

He rubbed the back of his head. "Well, our teacher was passing back our graded papers and he asked her to stay. I waited outside the classroom until she came out. She wouldn't even look at me when we left. One thing led to another and I kind of ended up chasing her..."

"Could it have been something the teacher said?" Rin asked.

Tamaki smiled. "Well I know we can-"

"No." I said before looking at him. "I want you to leave it alone."

"But Kris this is your sister." He said.

I sighed. "I know. I'll see you guys later." I turned to walk down the hall before looking back at them. "Can you all keep this between yourselves?" They nodded, though looked curious as to where I was headed. "Oh and don't even bring this up to Ana, alright?" They nodded even slower this time. "Thank you."

"Ah!" Tamaki yelled. "What about your meal? You can't just drink milk you know!"

"I'll eat later." I said, waving over my shoulder. I continued down the hall and turned to the corner my sister went.

Tamaki sighed and turned to Kyoya. "Hey are you alright? She hit you pretty hard when she bumped you."

He lifted up his glasses. "I'm fine." Is all he said. For a split second he saw her expression when she looked up at him. 'She was crying.' He concluded. This was an interesting turn of events.

*Break*

Ana held a pout on her face as she walked down the hall. Chika never wanted to hang out with her. She asks him everyday if he wants to eat lunch together, but he always declines. She's not even sure where he scurries off too. You'd think that the smart thing to do would just be leave him alone and find someone else to bother. She was probably going to soon.

'Well whatever,' She thought, starting to become depressed. 'I'm just going to go to lunch alone.' The moment the thought crossed her mind she saw a familiar ginger twin. She took a wild guess on which one it was.

"Koala bear!" She shouted. He turned around to her and sighed. He stood still waiting for her to catch up. She grinned. "Hey."

"Hi." He said. "Are you going to keep calling me that?"

"Yep."

They stood there not saying much of anything until Ana asked. "Why are you here alone?"

"I could ask you the same thing." He countered, not missing a beat.

"I don't need anybody." Ana said in a dramatic manner. "I go about by myself, like the lone wolf."

He rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Sure." He started walking.

She trotted up beside him. "So where are you headed?"

"The dining hall. You?"

"Same." She said smiling. "You know, maybe you should be my new Ouran buddy."

He raised his brow in amusement. "Ouran what?"

"Ouran buddy. You know the one that you hang out with on a regular basis. Mine was Chika, but I think I'm going to fire him. He's failing." She joked, though there was some hurt behind it.

"I thought you were a lone wolf." He said, playing along.

She shrugged. "They need company every once in a while too." They were both quiet before she turned to him. "So is Hikaru with Haruhi?"

He glanced over her before facing forward again. "Yeah."

"Are they going to the dining hall too?" She asked. He nodded. She peered over at the ginger and sighed with a smile. 'I see so it's like that, huh?'

"So how has school been for you?" Kaoru asked, changing the subject.

She saw what he was doing, but decided to go along with it. "Why do the Japanese have to be ahead of us in like everything?"

He chuckled. "That bad, huh?"

She flipped her hair over her shoulder. "Well not really I got an A in English." She gave him the peace sign. He shook his head. "I know, I know. I'm a genius, right?"

"Are you always this obnoxious?" He asked.

She shrugged. "It's gift."

They reached the dining hall. "Hey guys." She grinned.

Excluding Haruhi and Hikaru they all gave an uneasy. "Hey." One that made Ana raise her brow. She looked around the table. "Hey you guys where is Kris and Stephanie." She sighed. "She's probably studying or something. She was always an over-achiever." Her statement made everyone glance at each other.

"Guys what is your problem?" She asked.

"Yeah, why is everyone so shifty?" Hikaru asked.

"There's nothing to be concerned about." Kyoya said.

"Maybe if you were there." Rin mumbled into her hand.

The ginger turned to her. "What did you say?"

"Nothing." She said flatly. Hikaru looked put off by her tone. It looked as though she was going to cut off the conversation there. That wasn't their usual banter.

He paused before he spoke again. "No, I think you said something. What was it?" He persisted.

"If I wanted to say something to you then I would have said it to your face." She said.

"Then why are you mumbling under your breath?"

"Are you trying to start an argument with me?"

"You started it when you-"

"Hey guys just chill alright." Ana said.

"Do you really have any right to say that?" Kyoya asked. Ana opened her mouth to come back with a witty retort, but couldn't think of anything. She crossed her arms and sat back in her seat.

When lunch was over everyone was moving on their way back toward class. Ana noticed the feuded between Rin and Hikaru. She walked up beside Kaoru once again.

"So when do you think this," She pointed to the two. "Will happen?"

He blinked at her. "You see it too, huh?"

She grinned. "You would have to be blind not too."

"I guess their both blind then." Kaoru said bluntly.

Apparently they were. Hikaru started an argument with Rin just so she would talk to him. Definitely an elementary school tactic. It's clear that he was slow, but there was something else that was making Rin snap. That something being the brunette walking beside the dramatic blond. They were all hiding feelings whether they knew it or not.

Including the ginger walking next to her.

She decided to test it. "I wonder where Kris is she didn't come to lunch." She glanced up to him. His demeanor changed ever so slightly.

"I don't know. I haven't talked to her at all today." He said.

His feelings for her sister, she could tell. They haven't changed since the ball last year.

*Kris POV*

This wasn't my smartest idea. I mean this school is huge. Why did I think that I was going to find her? I leaned against the window as other students walked by. I was lucky that I had study hall next. Other wise the teacher was going to kill me for being so late. The bell had already rung and I still couldn't find her.

I took a deep breath before I looked out the window when I saw someone familiar walking into the rose-bush labyrinth

"Finally."I muttered. I walked outside and into the maze. "Stephanie I know you're in here. Please come out." I turned the corner and found her in the same place the host had found Haruhi and Tamaki last year. She had her knees up to her chest and her head buried into her arms. Now most would think that this type of behavior was dramatic and not normal.

But this was Stephanie.

I went under the table with her and sat down. I knew that there was a million half-hearted things that I could say to comfort her. But I know that's not what she wanted.

So I didn't say anything.

I could hear the bird chirping and flying over our heads. Everything besides this situation was rather peaceful. It seemed like we had been sitting here forever. I closed my eyes and laid my head on the back. Just waiting for her.

I heard her sniff and opened my eyes. "You know you will get punished for being out here with me." She mumbled into her dress.

I kept my gaze up at the sky. "It would be the same vise versa." I didn't say anything more. I would wait for her to talk to me.

She kept her head down. "Kristal, it happened again." I glanced over to her. "I thought that I had moved past this predicament. I studied so hard and I have nothing to show for it. I'm a failure" Her voice cracked.

I frowned. "Stephanie, you're not a failure. Nowhere near it."

She lifted her head and tears were running down her face. "Then you tell me why I have failed so many major assignments!" She put her head down again. "I know why. It is because I am an idiot."

I stared at her and pursed my lips. "Stephanie do you remember when you first found out about your 'problem'. It wasn't you just something in your head. You worked hard and look what happened? You never failed anything ever again. It might not have been the best grades, but you over came it. I think that's all this is a new test that's all."

"But you forgetting one thing." She muttered.

I raised my brow. "What is it?"

"Mother made all the teacher aware of my 'problem'. After that they all treated me like an imbecile. They would only ask me question that even a two year old would know how to answer. It was humiliating and I'm not going through it again."

"But Stephanie-"

"After my teacher gave me back my work he looked at me like a drowning puppy. I hate when people assume that I can't do anything for myself just because I have an issue that will never go away." She started to cry again.

I gave her a sympathetic expression. "Come here." I put out my arm for her. She slowly crawled over and curled into my side.

"Do not tell anyone that I cried."

"Alright."

"Let me figure out how to pass."

"I can help." I said. She didn't respond. "Believe me Stephanie I know what it feels like not to do well."

"Alright." She was silent after this and leaned her head on my shoulder. "Kristy?"

"Hm?"I gently brushed her bangs out of her face.

"Please do not tell Ana about this."

"Alright." I said with a sigh. It's been this way ever since Stephanie found out. Anytime there was even a chance that Stephanie would look weak to Ana. She would always try and find a way to cover it up. She had even asked mom and dad not to bring up it up when she was around. I had only found out by accident when I heard Stephanie actually talking about it with mom. I promised not to tell her.

Ana had no idea that Stephanie had dyslexia.

*After school*

Stephanie decided not to go to karate today. She had asked Kristy to inform Chika that she would be absent. She didn't want anyone asking questions or causing a scene. Though she probably did that all on her own. She didn't usually just lose her composure so easily, but when it came to doubting her intelligence there was none.

She had made her sister promise not to tell anyone about her condition. She knew that she had a lot of pride and wouldn't allow help from anyone else. But Kristal was the only one that seemed to understand. Her mother actually made it harder for her. Her father was always a comforter much like Kristal, but tell him would always somehow get back to mother. So she kept it to herself.

She studied hard and she usually got a B or higher on everything. She didn't need anyone to help her. But writing in another language was very difficult. Being that she was learning to speak it wasn't as hard because Kristal would practice it all the time. And the fact that they were very much into anime.

She would never dare to read anything aloud it would be to embarrassing and failing even more so. Which is why she wasn't going to give up. She was just going to have to study harder.

Stephanie walked into the one of many school libraries Ouran had. To her annoyance other students were talking. She frowned and brought her bag over her shoulder as she sat down at a table. She took out her work that the teacher had passed back to her and scowled. It was hard to differentiate the characters from one another. She didn't want to admit defeat but...

"I see your having trouble." She looked up to see Kyoya standing there.

She quickly put a hand over her grade and looked up at him. "I do not know what you are talking about."

She narrowed her eyes at him as he opened his black notebook. "Difficulty with learning to read fluently and with accurate comprehension despite normal intelligence." He looked up to her. "Dyslexia."

He watched as she glared up at him. "I do not need a definition of what I already know, Ootori." He only blinked at her scowl. She sighed when she realized he wasn't going to budge. Besides she was tired of being upset for the day. It was obvious he had already researched long before this moment. "Why are you not with the host club?"

"I could ask you why you're not at karate club." He stated.

She frowned. "What is it that you want?" She didn't like people going through her personal problems.

"I'm aware of your circumstances." Kyoya said.

She resisted the urge to roll her eyes. "Obviously. That is no concern of yours."

He lifted his glass. "Actually it is. You see I am the one who recommended you along with your sister to the chairman. He thought you both were suitable because of your academic and athletic activity. If you fail to meet certain standards that will make both you and I look bad."

She frowned up at him. So that was it? She turned away from him. "Well I would not want you to look bad. So I'll be going then." She picked up her bag to leave.

"I can fix this for the both of us." He said. She glanced up to him surprise. "As you know my family is in the medical industry. We are experienced in physical and mental health."

Stephanie furrowed her brow. "Dyslexia is not a disease that you can cure."

"No, but we can help with your comprehension. Exercises that will improve your learning ability in our language."

She stood there quietly only looking at her feet. "Why are you doing this for me?"

"Like I said we both gain from you doing well. Besides the chairman is actually intrigued by your family."

She peered up at him. "Really?"

He nodded. "So will you co-operate?"

She bit down on her lip. It was clear that he was using her for his own personal gain. If she agreed she would be doing the same. But he was still trying to help her wasn't he?

She took one of her hands off her bag straps and put it out for him. "Alright"

He blinked down at her hand before giving her a smile and talking it into his. "We have a deal."

Sorry there wasn't any kris x honey action in this chapter. I just wanted you to get to know Kris' sisters. So please review what you think.