Me? Starting another multi-chaptered story when having so many unfinished ones? It's more likely than you'd think. Yeah, I'm sorry... I do ask that you sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!

Ren Kamiya sighed. First day, and at least this was a romcom anime where she didn't end up someplace like Tokyo Ghoul or Attack on Titan. Still, Ouran? The plot seemed fine. Nothing real tragic happened, and they were probably happy without someone like her meddling.

"You know, that is the entrance you're blocking. Other people have to get in too." The voices were in sync, but one was more higher pitched than the other.

"Right. Sorry." She didn't look up.

"Well clearly you aren't, with that tone of voice."

"Oh, my sincerest apologies." The natural deadpan mixed with sarcasm was not helping her case in the slightest, but it was just an entitled rich kid. Why should she care?

She heard more footsteps. New person? "Now I could be wrong, but I do believe your family wouldn't be able to handle the effects of a scandal."

Ren swiftly turned around, eyes set in a glare. "Is that a threat?"

Kyoya Ootori's smile didn't even try to reach his eyes. "That all depends on you."

It didn't take much for Ren to hide her shock, considering she was pissed. Though she did mentally facepalm at the fact that she could even forget their voices. Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin, and of course Kyoya fucking Ootori would be the first people she meets at this school.

"What my family can and can't handle doesn't depend on you, sir." She bit out, before storming inside. And yeah, maybe that wasn't the best way to handle it, but she couldn't care less at the moment. Though she did send a text to her dad saying hey, i might've screwed up by pissing off a fellow rich lad, can i transfer?

The answer was no.

Fuck.

"Well that was useless," Ren grumbled, readjusting the tie on the male uniform she was wearing because that bright yellow just hurt to look at, much less wear.

The hallways were gorgeous, as were the views. Stunning, she thought. It was definitely a place well-taken care of. The only complaint was the stairs, but that was just the laziness kicking in.

"Let's see… Class 1-A, that's… Oh you've got to be kidding me." She walked in and easily spotted Haruhi Fujioka, the 'man' of the hour. Haruhi still wore the thick lenses and ratty outfit, so she assumed it was still a no-host period of time. Which made sense cause it was the first day, but whatever.

She slung her bag over a chair near the back of the room, and waited for class to start.

Look, it's her.

Are you sure it's a girl? I mean, it has the guy's uniform.

I heard her family just barely scraped enough to afford tuition!

Really? But it's so cheap! If you're not a commoner, that is...

The whispers were nothing new, it was just irritating. "Sooooooo, what was the deal with you earlier?" Two bright orange heads entered her field of vision. It was quiet now, even the gossip had stopped.

"Surprised you'd want to know, what with how you did nothing when your friend threatened me."

They smiled, somewhat eerily. As if their interest had been piqued. Which was… worrying, but it probably wouldn't matter in the long run. After all, they had Haruhi. Would have Haruhi. Taking seats on either side of her, she was effectively trapped. At least class was starting soon…

The fact that they had class did not deter the twins from trying to talk to her, and from the looks of it the teacher was too poor to even think about lecturing the Hitachiins.

She kept twitching in an attempt to refrain from strangling one of them. Finally, they stopped talking at the same time. "I guess you're boring after all."

"Are you finally shutting up? Kaoru did, why can't you?" The bell rang, and she hurried out of the room, not noticing the shocked expressions on their faces.

"She could… tell us apart?"

The Kamiya family wasn't the richest, but their wealth was still miles above her past life. No mom, but her dad was probably the sweetest man she knew. They needed an heir, she needed a home, it all worked out. Granted, that was before Ren realized what universe this was exactly.

She wouldn't have traded it for the world though.

Even if her family was far richer, it didn't mean they were quite as well-off as other notable names. Ren had to grudgingly admit there was some truth in the rumors. Tuition for this rich people school was stupidly high, but her father insisted once he saw her reaction that it actually existed.

"You're… kidding me, right? That's the school from…" She trailed off, blushing from embarrassment at how impolite she was acting. They had drilled proper etiquette into her when she was adopted, but her old habits tended to shine through at inopportune times. "My apologies father, I was simply surprised." She bowed awkwardly, finding the plush carpet very interesting at the moment.

"Lift your head up! There's no need to be so formal dear, but I will say that makes the decision easy then." He chuckled joyfully, ignoring Ren's torn expression of wanting to hit herself in the head with a dictionary but not wanting to be rude to the person who took her in.

"Wait… what decision?"

"For what school you'll be going to of course!"

"WHAT?!"

Ren sighed at the memory, already feeling drained once more.

"How did you know." All that alerted her to their presence was the sound of shoes walking the halls and warm hands on her shoulders stopping her in her tracks.

Shrugging them off, she started walking again. "You know, it's not polite to grab people out of nowhere. Consent is key y'all."

"Y'all? What are you, American?" Hikaru paused in confusion, then started ranting again. "Wait, that's not the point! What we mean is, how did you know Kaoru stopped annoying you first?"

"Oh, so you admit you were annoying me? Didn't expect that."

"Answer the question!"

"Fine, will you leave me alone if I tell you?" They nodded, which Ren didn't trust in the slightest, but she told them anyways. "It's your voices. Hikaru, yours is more… forceful sounding, if that makes sense. Kaoru's is softer."

"...Is that all?"

"No, but you never said I had to tell you everything."

"Then I guess it's a good thing we had our fingers crossed!"

Cheeky bastards.

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed, and let me know what you think!

~ TheAngelicPyro