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When Lorena caught sight of Haruhi's and the twins' friends, she knew she had made a grave mistake. They were all sitting in the center of the cafeteria, flocks of girls had their eyes glued to the people sitting at that table. The boys sitting at said table did not seem affected by the obvious staring, they just laughed and talked and played.

Lorena started backing up, no one had noticed her yet, if she could just slip by she could save herself yet.

No such luck.

Two pairs of arms wrapped around her own and began dragging her to the table. By now, the boys had seen the four approaching. Lorena could now see their faces. One of them was a tall black-haired boy with glasses and a notebook beside him. Seated next to him was a blonde boy with lavender eyes and an obvious excitement at seeing them. Next to him was a much smaller blonde boy who strangely had pink flowers floating around him as he devoured-A WHOLE CAKE?! Next to him was another black-haired boy who was taller than the first and had a stoic expression. The four seats across from them were seemingly reserved for the twins and Haruhi.

And herself... God save her...

She was then dropped into the seat across from the blonde with lavender eyes and Haruhi sat across from the one with glasses. The twins went to get their lunches arm in arm.

"Why hello there my beautiful flower. What might your name be?" The lavender eyed one pulled a red rose seemingly out of nowhere, leaning across the table and practically shoving the rose in her face.

She put her right hand in the little space between their faces and pushed him back a good foot or two. I just simply said, "Lorena. You?"

After recovering from the shock of being pushed back, he smiled at me and said, "My my, Lorena.. Such a beautiful name to match an equally beautiful young woman. My name is Tamaki!" He then gestured to the one with glasses, "This is Kyoya! And these two are Honey-sempai and Mori-sempai" gesturing wildly to each in turn.

She simply nodded at each person she was introduced to. Kyoya's glasses flashed as he began writing in his notebook. Honey-rather loudly-said hello and went back to shoveling his cake into his face. Mori just nodded back in a silent greeting.

By now, Hikaru and Kaoru had returned with their lunches and sat down. She glanced at the one next to her, it was Hikaru. Hikaru saw her glance and took it as a sign to start a conversation.

"So Lorena.. You are from America?" Hikaru inquired. She just nodded, staring at her lunch box. She began unpacking her food. When she brought out what could be considered a typical American lunch, that just confirmed it.

Her lunch consisted of a simple PB&J (peanut butter and jelly) sandwich, some apple slices, baby carrots, and a bottle of water. She didn't feel like making something elaborate or fancy, she still had some jet-lag after all and didn't want to put in the effort. All she wanted to do was hibernate.

It was only then that she noticed the curious stares and looked back up to meet their stares. The look on her face practically screamed, "Say something, I dare you."

Haruhi however just opened her lunch. Only then did she look at Lorena's, comparing the two. Lorena knew that she wasn't judging her lunch, she was just curious. She noticed her eyes lingered over the apple slices, before moving on. In return, Lorena also looked at her lunch, noticing she had rice balls with her food. She had heard that they were good.

She picked up the bag of apple slices and pointed to one of the rice balls in her lunch, "Trade you."

She looked at her, as if seeing if she was serious or making fun of her. She saw the seriousness in Lorena's eyes and replied with a smile, "Sure!"

So they traded. And it tasted just as she thought, delicious.

A gasp of surprise came from at least three of the other people at the table. They had apparently been watching and waiting for a refusal from Haruhi, as she had done with almost all of them.

Tamaki was crying crocodile tears. "Haruhi! How could you?! I offer my food for yours almost everyday and you refuse me harshly! Yet Lorena-chan asks once and you give it! Why are you so mean?!" Tamaki wailed.

"Because I know she will most likely not ask every day, and she had something I actually wanted." Haruhi replied matter-of-factly.

Lorena snickered at their antics. Haruhi sent a small, almost undetectable, smile in her direction, but she caught it. Lorena felt that they'll become good friends in no time.

Tamaki then went into a "corner of woe" as the twins called it. Hikaru made several attempts to start a conversation with her again, but she just stuck to short answers and moving her head. After a while he just huffed and gave up. Finally.

Kyoya looked up from his notebook, "So Lorena-chan, why did you move away from your family in America?" The question came out of the blue and she was not ready for it.

She was mid-bite of her PB&J when he asked it. She stopped and looked him straight in the eye. "None of your business." He merely smirked and went back to scribbling in his notebook as the air became thick with tension. Apparently, no body expected such bluntness from her.

Lorena was about to question them when Honey-sempai cut in. "Rena-chan! Do you want a piece of my cake?" He said cheerily, successfully diffusing the tension.

"'Rena-chan?'" She tilted her head to the side in confusion.

"That's a brilliant nickname Honey-sempai! It's very cute! Absolutely cute! It is perfect for Rena-chan!" Tamaki interjected. Hikaru and Kaoru voiced their agreement, Mori nodded, Kyoya pushed up his glasses, and Haruhi also agreed it was indeed cute. There's no getting rid of that one I guess.

In response to Honey's earlier question Lorena smiled a small smile and said, "Sure Honey, I would love a piece of cake." His face lit up as he pushed over a big piece of chocolate cake to her.

Hikaru whipped his head around to her and exclaimed, "Hey, that's the most we've heard from you at once all day!" She looked up at him, more specifically his forehead, and nodded her head. He showed a face that clearly said he was annoyed at her continuing to not look him or his brother in the eyes.

By now, she was finished with her lunch, so she got up and threw away her trash. When she came back, she could feel dozens of death glares from almost every female in the room. Apparently they thought she was spending too much time with the Host Club members. She just glared back.

When she got back to the table, she saw that everyone else was also finished. They each got up and put away their trash and trays. They said their "'See you later'"s and went on to their classes. Honey asked if she would come to the Host Club after school, and she told him that maybe she would.

She noticed that Tamaki and Kyoya left together and Mori and Honey went in another direction. That left her, Haruhi, and the twins. They went back to class as well.