A/N: Hey everyone~ NightShadow here (sharing account with a friend so yeah) this is just something I came up with but if a lot of people like it I'll do a whole story *shrug* we'll see. I'm already working on a fanfic so I don't know if I want to add another one. Anyways moving on~ enjoy. No romance in this unless I decide to continue and make a story out of it. R&R.

I don't own anything.

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I was just another girl in the crowd, always blending in and never doing anything that would cause too much attention. Now that may sound like I'm an anti-social girl but I must say…. That's only part of the problem. I will not bore you with the details of the shark tank people call the business world but let me sum it up, other people=shark. Me=fish that shark will eat as soon as they notice me. Isn't my life wonderful? Moving on to the problem at hand, why did they choose to notice me? I acted like all the others, fan girling shamelessly when they passed and said anything to me, though on the inside I was pretty scared. I mean we paid to have people talk to us…. What a rip off.

It was a normal day at Ouran for me until someone decided to play a prank on me… or should I say two people. Of course you have probably already guessed who…. The Hitachiin twins. Well not necessarily on me but on Suoh-sempai. I merely had the misfortune of 'being in the way' as they so kindly put it. I was merely delivering papers to Suoh-san for my literature teacher after school when Suoh-sempai suddenly rammed into me.

I sighed with boredom at the tedious task I was forced to do but was walking quickly through the halls while organizing the papers. I turned a corner and glanced up to see if anyone was around. Suoh-sempai was chasing after the Hitachiin brothers, who were laughing with an evil glint in their eyes. They ran past me, dropping something along the way and a wind blew my light brown hair softly. I stood there startled as Suoh-sempai kept running, stepping on whatever they dropped and suddenly slipping. He slid slightly and was suddenly heading straight towards me and I could do nothing but cover my head as he collided with me. I fell off of my feet and we ended up in a mess of sliding limbs. My head cracked painfully into the floor and black quickly clouded my vision. Shit, I'm going to have to explain about those papers later.

That explains why I suddenly woke up in the host club room and all of its members staring at me. My head throbs painfully as I sit up and look around blearily. I finally see a clock in the corner that read 5:00 p.m. my eyes widen; I'm supposed to be going home now. My parents are going to kill me. Or take away my internet connections. I would rather have the first one happen. My eyebrows twitch as I see the three people who caused this whole fiasco. Suoh-sempai pulls a rose out of nowhere and holds it out to me. "I'm sincerely sorry my princess for what happened! I hope that you can forgive me for this incident. You need not worry about those papers that you had with you, Haruhi took care of it," he says dramatically. He leans in close to me and I resist the urge to throttle him.

I force a polite smile and say sweetly, "It is okay as long as I get home soon."

Ootori-sempai answers me, "We called your family and informed them of what happened earlier. Hikaru and Kaoru will be giving you a ride home Miss Oita."

"She is the one that got in the way, why should we give her a ride home?" I heard them both mutter and my already small amount of self-control snapped.

"I didn't ask to get ran into now did I? You know, I don't even want a ride from you two, a waste of all of our time honestly. Now if you excuse me, I must take my leave and head home in time to see my family." I get up and ignore whatever they say to me. As I open the door I pause and add, "Oh and that prank was pretty shabby if you ask me, I expected more from the devil type." As soon as I slam the door shut I grab out my phone and call my chauffeur, Oikanawa. I wait outside of the school for my ride and happily get in once he arrives. I slump against the seat as we drive away, I'm going to pay for that probably tomorrow….. shit.

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I walk into the classroom with my friends, babbling away about nonsense like any other day. I sit at my seat in the middle row and towards the window. Most of the girls chatter turns to the host club once the three younger members walk into class and take notice of me. They begin to walk towards me and I pretend not to notice them. Please just walk away. Please just walk away. No luck for me of course. "I would like to apologize for their behavior yesterday," Fujioka-san says politely and nudges both of the twins sharply.

"Sorry," they both mutter and then go into one of their twincest acts, with tears in their eyes and clinging to each other. Wow I got the package apparently. They turn to look at me at the same time and ask, "Can you forgive us?" I can feel the girls eyes on me, staring daggers at the special treatment I'm receiving.

I force a shy and dumbstruck smile on my face as I stutter, "Y-yes Hikaru-san and Kaoru-san." Boredom is obvious in their eyes as they smile at me and then waltz away to their seat. My friends, Aya-chan, Yui-chan, and Nana-chan, hurry over to my seat and begin blabbing away about the twins.

Yui-chan leaves the discussion and leans down next to me. "What was all of that for?" she asks.

"I'll tell you about it later Yui-chan," I whisper back and she nods before going back to her seat. Aya-chan and Nana-chan follow once Hara-sensei walks into the room and begins the lecture. Once lunch arrives Yui-chan latches on my arm and pulls me out of the classroom. We never ate with Aya-chan or Nana-chan since their friends don't like us. She drags me out into the courtyard and sits me down next to that old pond with that weird fountain.

We pull out our bentos and she asks, "So why were the twins apologizing to you?"

I let out a sigh and put down my chopsticks. "Yesterday I was running an errand for Sato-sensei and they were pulling a prank on Suoh-sempai. I ended up in the way and hit my head on the floor. I fell unconscious and woke up in the host club. They said a comment about how I was in the way and my small amount of self-control snapped. I ended up calling Oikanawa for a ride. Oototi-sempai probably made them apologize to me, well him or Fuijioka-san," I explain and she tuts loudly.

"Why couldn't it have been any other club Ri-chan?" she asks rhetorically and sighs loudly. "Now all the girls are going after you, gossip spreads like flames here." I begin to eat again, not wanting to deal with the possibility of being torn apart by fan girls.

"Things should die down in a week or two since I acted like everyone else would in my place. The twins seemed to grow bored of me so maybe they will leave me alone now," I think out loud and nod to myself. I didn't act any differently than those fan girls.

"During class you looked annoyed, maybe Fujioka-san saw that... I hope not for your sake," Yui-chan says sympathetically.

"Hey Ri-chan~!" I hear a cute voice yell behind me and turn to see Haninozuka-sempai waving at me from his perch on Morinosuka-sempai's shoulders. "Are you okay after what happened yesterday?"

"Hi Haninozuka-sempai, I'm okay... just a little irritated," I answer and Yui-chan gives me a panicked looked. "Don't worry Yui-chan, Morinozuka-sempai and Haninozuka-sempai know how I really feel about things. They have known for a couple of weeks now and have promised to keep our secret."

"Ah," Morinozuka-sempai agrees and Haninozuka-semapi nods his head furiously.

"Why are you upset Ri-chan?" Haninozuka-sempai asks sweetly. I motion for the motion for them to sit next to us and Morinozuka-sempai settles down on the bench next to us while Haninozuka-sempai jumps off of his shoulder and sits on the grass next to Yui-chan.

"Hikaru-san and Karou-san apologized to me in front of the class and now all the girls are cross with me," I say with a frown.

"No offense sempais but Ri-chan shouldn't be hanging out with anyone in the host club if she wants to stay safe," Yui-chan adds.

"Why wouldn't she be?" Morinozuka-sempai asks calmly and I smile brightly at him since his protective side came out.

"The girls will be attacking me as soon as they find out," I give for Yui-chan and then shrug. "I think I will be okay though. I will just lay low until the gossip dies down. Hikaru-san and Kaoru-san seemed bored as they talked to me so I'm sure they will not bother to talk to me anymore. I can always avoid Fujioka-san," I add with a smile but no one else smiles with me.

"Why do you hide so much Ri-chan? Haninozuka-sempai asks quietly and my eyes widen into saucers. I freeze as they all look at me with curiosity and confusion.

"I just don't like being the center of attention," I finally lie poorly and I can tell no one believes me. "Why did Hikaru-san and Kaoru-san make fun of me in front of everybody?" I ask, successfully changing the subject.

Yui-chan snorts and says, "I'm surprised it isn't obvious to you Ri-chan with how much you watch everybody. They think of everyone but themselves as toys and you are no exception." I slow down my eating pace as I take in what she had said. I don't want to be their toy, not again. I shake my head furiously to rid myself of my train of thoughts and focus on the conversation.

"Hika-chan and Kao-chan just don't really trust anyone else but each other," Haninozuka-sempai says simply and I looked at him in admiration. He may look cute but he is really smart. Morinozuka-sempai hums in agreement. I wrinkle my nose at the thought but I guess that does explain a lot.

The bell rings and we clean up our lunches before parting ways and heading to class. I sit in my usual seat and relax since I still have a few minutes until class begins. "Hi Oita-san," I hear Fujioka-san say next to me and I turn to look at him.

I smile politely up at him and ask, "Is there anything you need Fujioka-san?"

He shakes his and head and says, "I was just wondering if you are feeling okay, you looked irritated during class." Shit, Yui-chan was right.

My expression doesn't I say in what I hope is a convincing voice, "Yes Fujioka-san, I'm just fine." I put on a flustered smile and add, "I was just surprised that they went through all the trouble to apologize to me." Crap, this better end fast since people are starting to show up. The boys give me curious glances and the girls vicious ones as they each take their seats.

He eyes me doubtfully and opens his mouth to say something but Hikaru-san comes up next to him to sling an arm over his shoulder, Kaoru following suit on the other side. No i wasn't able to tell the difference right away. I observe people when I grow bored and they were no exception. I think I finally got it down after getting used to their mannerisms. "What are you doing Haruhi?" Hikaru-san asks slyly but I can hear an undertone of irritation.

I look around, no one seems to be listening. I smile at the three of them and say, "Don't worry about me Fujioka-san. You have plenty more to do besides bother yourself with my well being. Honestly, it would be better if you didn't bother with me at all."

He looks at me in confusion but I don't provide an explanation, instead waiting for Yoru-sensei to come to class. "Hey, are you-" Kaoru-san begins.

"insulting Haruhi?" Hikaru-san finished with a frown.

I raise my eyebrow at them and say, "Of course not. I just don't like the attention I get because of you three. I did not mean any offense." I bow my head at them to show that I am serious.

"But aren't you a customer of the host club?" Fujioka-san asks.

I nod in reply and merely say, "It is different outside of the club." They all give me curious glances but they walk away back to their desks. Yoru-sensei walks in the room and begins lecturing us on history. I mentally bang my head in frustration as I feel Fujioka-san's gaze on my back. Why won't they just leave me alone? I just want to be another girl, just someone in the halls. I'm not supposed to stand out. A few girls glance at me occasionally and I clench my fist under my desk. So much for blending in.