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Let's Play a Game

"Okay, so I'm lost."

I was inside one of the buildings on campus, but had no idea which one or where it was. My sense of direction in buildings was terrible too, so I couldn't rely on that to get me out.

Outside it was starting to get dark, and once it was that meant I'd have to be at work. "Damn, this sucks! I don't want to be late!" I grumbled as I stormed through one of the halls. I had noticed earlier that the students were leaving, so I didn't feel weird talking to myself.

"Even though I'm glad everyone's gone, I really need to get to my car. I don't even know where the parking lot is! Ugh!" I yelled in frustration, knowing it was pointless. "Hello?! Can somebody help me out please? I need to get out of here! Hello?!"

I flung myself onto one of the many plush benches. Nice campus, too easy to get lost though. I knew my parents wouldn't be worried; they'd told me to make friends, so they probably assumed that's what I was doing. Great, I thought, trapped here forever and my parents don't even know. Not that I'd tell them or want them to know though.

Then down one of the halls I heard a door shut softly. "Hello?!" I perked up, hoping someone could show me out. When I didn't hear an answer I plodded down the hallway. I didn't see anyone.

"Maybe they went in this door," I said aloud; I didn't want to stay in the quiet.

Through the door was a large library, the second one as the plaque on the doors said.

I scanned to see if anybody was in the room. When I saw nothing and decided to go out and look in another room, a flash of movement kept me rooted to the spot. Behind one of the bookshelves, I saw a hand dart behind the wood.

"Hello? I know someone's in here. Can you tell me how to get out of here please?"

There was a soft, harmonic laugh through the room, sounding like it came from the books themselves.

"You'll have to find me first, or I won't tell you anything," the double-edged voice said.

I considered leaving, but this was my best and only bet it seemed. "Fine." I went over to where the hand had disappeared, but of course no one was there. Without a second thought I bounded up the stairs to get a better view. The voice laughed again.

"It'll be harder than that to win this game," it said.

But this time the harmony was off, one edge sounding louder than the other. I let my ears guide me, and when I turned around one shelf, I heard soft footsteps running away, and caught a glimpse of a lean, orange-haired boy. I chased him, only his hand showing before he ducked behind another obstacle.

"Hey get back here, I really do need help!" I yelled as I ran after him. All I got was an uneven harmonic laugh. I was coming up closer. I could almost grab his school jacket and the smell of whatever cologne he was wearing was picked up by my nose, but as we passed some desks he whipped out his arm and pulled a chair behind him. I ran into it and fell. I groaned, knowing I wouldn't bruise but that it'd hurt for a bit. "That wasn't fair," I grumbled.

"Who said it was? This is my game, so I make the rules."

I glanced over the railing, looking down at the first floor when I saw the boy crouched next to a bookshelf, smiling before disappearing from view again. What?!, I thought. There's no way he could've gotten down there so fast! It's impossible!

Then it clicked; the off-key harmonics, the double-edged voice, moving so fast.

I took my time and set the chair up, then leaned against it.

"There're two of you," I said to the room. "One on the first floor, the other on the second. To confuse me."

I knew I was right by the silence after my words.

"Maybe yes, maybe no," the voices said after too long. "Either way, you still haven't caught me, so I can't tell you the way out."

"Whatever, I don't have time for this!" I yelled. "I'm going to be late to work, and what you rich kids don't understand is that I actually need the job for money. Now find someone else to play your game!"

I stormed down the stairs but when I reached the door it wouldn't budge. "Really?!"

"Finish the game and I'll let you out."

I glared at the door. If I was late I knew my boss wouldn't be happy, and that wasn't good. Grabbing hold of the stiff handle, I slammed my shoulder into the door, bouncing off like a plastic ball. I hit the door again and again, my shoulder slowly starting to ache.

"What're you doing?" the voices asked, practically bored. "You won't get out by doing that; it needs a key and we have it"

I ignored them but stopped hitting the door. I just closed my eyes and accepted that I might be fired because of these two rich assholes. I sighed.

Suddenly, I saw a huge shadow coming from behind me on the door. I was sure they were going to try to trap me somehow, but I wasn't going to let them. When I could feel the person standing right behind me, I lashed back with my leg.

I was sure I would connect with something solid, but instead something grabbed my ankle tightly and twisted, turning my whole leg and body around. He let go and I fell to the floor with a cry.

When I looked up I froze. This wasn't one of the infuriating orange-haired boys I'd been chasing earlier. This man was tall and strongly built, a beautiful passive face with silver-gray eyes and spiky black hair.

"Hey, are you alright?" he asked, crouching down and offering me his hand. "Are you hurt?"

I shook my head, but was still frozen to the spot. "Don't worry, Takashi won't hurt you!" said a very bright and cheery voice from behind the man. A child's face popped into view from behind the man's back, honey-golden hair in waves around his face and large brown eyes. "It's the twins you want to watch out for!" the kid said with a laugh.

"Honey!" said the higher part of the harmony.

"Argh, way to ruin our game guys," the lower half said, sounding a little angry.

Two boys came out from behind bookshelves, and they were mirror images of one another. Their heads were topped with auburn orange hair, spiky in the back but long enough in the front to have bangs. After a second I realized they were parted different ways, but that's where the differences ended with them.

I made a small cough. "Uhm, who are all of you?" I asked in a small voice. They all looked at me like they were surprised I didn't know. I stared back.

"I'm Mitsukuni Haninozuka, but everyone calls me Honey!" said the child gleefully, patting a proud hand on his chest. "This is my bunny Usa!" he said, holding a big plush pink bunny out in front of him. He motioned to the man sitting in front of him. "And this is Takashi Morinozuka, but everyone calls him Mori." Mori gave me a shy smile and my neck heated as I stared up at him, wide-eyed. "And they're-."

"We'll introduce ourselves, Honey," the boy with the lower voice said as he and his twin walked over. They looked at me and smiled twin smiles. "I'm Hikaru," the one with the low voice said.

"And I'm Kaoru," the one with the high voice said.

"And we're the Hitachiin twins! Thanks for playing with us!" they said in perfect harmonic unison.

Okay, low voice is Hikaru, high is Kaoru, I thought, dedicating it to memory. I doubted it would help since even their voices were practically identical.

"So you need a way out, right?" the kid, Honey, asked.

"Uhm, yeah, that'd be nice." Just get me the hell out of here.

Mori gestured with his hand and this time I took it. I underestimated how hard he'd pull up and ended up smacking my head into his stomach. I stepped back quickly with a, "Sorry," and diverted my eyes. He patted me on the head softly and I felt more heat in my cheeks.

I heard the door click and open, and I burst into the hallway. "Could you show me to the parking lot? Please?" I kept my back to them until I felt most of the heat leave my face.

"Yeah, just follow us! Let's go, Takashi!" Honey said, jumping onto Mori's back for a ride and playing with his bunny. I followed behind them and the twins fell into step on either side of me. I stiffened a little, wary that they'd want to start playing another 'game' when I didn't have time for it.

"So how come you're at the school so late? We haven't seen you before, so you can't be a student," said –low- Hikaru, to the right of me.

"Yeah, why are you here? I mean we don't know anything about you, not even your name," said the other, Kaoru.

"Oh well, I was just recently accepted as a student here so I was just walking around the campus, but I ended up getting lost."

"Haha, really?! What, no one wanted to show you around?" they both laughed.

"Well, this guy Tamaki Suoh did, but I didn't want to bother him," I said, wishing I'd taken him up on the offer and not be lost.

"What?! Tamaki's already gotten to you?!" they said.

"Yeah, why?" I was a little worried about their reactions.

"That means you were the one he was talking about!" said Hikaru.

"He was trying to find you," added Kaoru.

"What?! Why?!" That Tamaki had been persistent, but really?!

The twins both shrugged nonchalantly. "To make sure you didn't get lost."

Oh, lovely, I grumbled in my head as I released the tension that had started to build in my body. The twins made me feel a twinge of irritation.

"So then if you're who he was talking about-," started Hikaru.

"-Then you must be the scholarship student, Shayde Foxx," finished Kaoru. Their voices were so musical and attractive it was hard to believe how devious they were.

It hadn't been posed as a question, but I felt like I had to say something. "Yeah, that's me. I'm Shayde Foxx and I'm here on a scholarship."

"We love your name," the twins said, grinning wildly and giving me a thumbs up. I noticed that their eyes were a golden topaz, and for some reason they reminded me of a cat's eyes. Like the rest of them, high cheekbones, wide eyes, curved nose, their eyes were beautiful beyond belief. "So what's the scholarship for?"

"How did Tamaki know I was a scholarship student?" I asked, very curious.

The twins shrugged and answered in unison. "Everyone here has their ways of getting information. Besides, no commoners get in unless they do something really impressive. So, what's the scholarship for?"

"Well, it's actually two. One's for academics and the other's for soccer," I said, praying they wouldn't badger me about the latter of the two. It was a little hard to explain sometimes.

"That's awesome!" they exclaimed.

I smiled and took a turn to look at them both. "Thanks." The irritated feeling seeped away for a second, then came back when the next voice rang out.

"Ah, there she is! Ms. Foxx! Are you alright?!" yelled a voice from across the courtyard. A blonde figure was jogging over, while a slender, black-haired boy with glasses was walking over.

As Tamaki got closer I expected him to slow down, but he kept coming with arms outstretched ready for a hug. Oh god not again, I thought, bracing myself.

But suddenly the twins pushed me behind them, and I heard the dull thwack as Tamaki hit them. I thought of thanking the two, but then again I still didn't really know them.

"Ow! Get out of my way you devils, there's a distressed maiden and she needs the comfort of a prince!" he said, gesturing to me.

"Yeah right, boss. If she declined you before-," Hikaru said, nose up.

"-Why would she want your company now?" asked Kaoru.

"That's not true! Is that really how you feel?!" Tamaki shouted over the twins to me.

I kept quiet, and when Tamaki kept staring at me I turned away. The twins laughed.

"All right, now, I think it's best if we get the lady home, don't you think?" The boy in glasses had just stepped up, and smiled politely. He was handsome, yet I got the feeling that I really, really didn't want to mess with him. "Where is it you need to go miss?"

I opened my mouth to speak, but was cut-off by Honey. "She wants to get to the parking lot!"

"Yeah, and we should probably hurry," Hikaru said.

"We don't want you to be late to work," Kaoru said to me with a cute wink. I looked away, a little embarrassed for some reason.

"By the way, this is Kyoya Ootori," said Tamaki, waving to the boy in glasses. "So who's picking you up? Oh, and where do you work at?" he asked, he and Kyoya joining the boys escorting me.

I decided to not answer the second part of that question. "What're you talking about?" I asked, confused. "No one's picking me up, I drove myself here."

They looked at me like I had spoken gibberish. I pushed down the urge to groan out loud. Rich people. I closed my eyes for a second then opened them, saying solidly, "I drove myself here, in my car. Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You'll have to excuse us. You see, we usually have chauffeurs for our families that drive us around. Very few people at this school actually drive themselves around," Kyoya explained, adjusting his glasses on his face. The way he had spoken made it seem like he was putting down my driving. I threw him a shrewd look as he continued. "Anyway, the parking lot is over this way, it shouldn't take long. I hope we don't make you late."

"Yeah, hopefully not," I mumbled. I wasn't sure how I felt about Kyoya.

Finally, we broke through all the buildings and I saw the parking lot laid out in front of me, my silver car in sight. I felt my heart flutter in my chest. Oh thank god, I can get out of here now.

"So which one is yours?" the twins asked, looking around the lot.

"That one, over there in the back. The silver one with a bike rack on it."

"Huh. That's not a very nice car," they said.

"Take it back you devil twins! Her family works very hard and that's all they can afford! It's probably worth more than what our families make in a week, so be careful about how you talk," Tamaki ridiculed the twins, who gave him uncaring stares.

"If anyone should be careful, it should be you boss. Watch your mouth or you'll offend her," they said.

"Oh no, I didn't mean it! Are you hurt at all, Miss Foxx? Oh I'm so sorry," Tamaki cried to me, clinging to my shirt.

"Ah, get off! No I'm not offended," I said, flustered. "Much. Besides, I know my car's not fancy. It's an older model, but it's been broken in. I love it," I said, laying eyes on my car as I got closer. The car was my dad's before, but I had driven it so much when I got my license that he just let me have it while he got a new car.

"So you actually know how to drive this?" Tamaki asked, laying a hand on the car and examining it.

"Well yeah, it's not like its rocket science or anything," I grumbled, unlocking the car.

"Maybe we could take a ride sometime!" he said excitedly.

"You idiot, there's only four other seats in the car, we can't all fit in there!" Hikaru spat at Tamaki.

I could feel a headache starting. Lovely, I'll have to go to work with this. I had to get them to stop bickering. "Maybe later in the year, if I ever meet up with you again. You'll have to give me gas money though, it's not like gas is free. And Hikaru's right, I can only take four of you at a time. Unless some want to go in the trunk," I mumbled. I saw the look on Tamaki's face. "It was a joke, that's illegal!"

"Okay, then, some other time Miss Foxx. It was a pleasure to meet you," Tamaki said, bowing to me. "I hope to see you again soon." Yeah, I'll get back to you on that.

"Sure, can't wait," I said as I sat in my car and started it. I put the car in first gear, pushing in the clutch. I saw the boys looking in. "It's a manual," I explained, rolling my eyes.

"Alright, well, then I guess I'll see you all sometime later," I said, look out my window at all of them.

It hit me like a lightning bolt then, an electric shock all the way down to my core.

They were all so beautiful. It was stunning, amazing. I found myself staring at all of them for a few seconds, wondering why such beautiful people had kept my company, a commoner and not a very pretty one at that, when I was sure there would be plenty of rich, pretty girls begging for their attention.

"Yeah, well, bye guys," I said, offering a shy smile, now fully aware of how outranked I was. "See you around."

They stepped back and waved as I pulled out, driving a little faster than I should've, and made my way home to get ready for work.

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Let's Play a Game

"Okay, so I'm lost."

I was inside one of the buildings on campus, but had no idea which one or where it was. My sense of direction in buildings was terrible too, so I couldn't rely on that to get me out.

Outside it was starting to get dark, and once it was that meant I'd have to be at work. "Damn, this sucks! I don't want to be late!" I grumbled as I stormed through one of the halls. I had noticed earlier that the students were leaving, so I didn't feel weird talking to myself.

"Even though I'm glad everyone's gone, I really need to get to my car. I don't even know where the parking lot is! Ugh!" I yelled in frustration, knowing it was pointless. "Hello?! Can somebody help me out please? I need to get out of here! Hello?!"

I flung myself onto one of the many plush benches. Nice campus, too easy to get lost though. I knew my parents wouldn't be worried; they'd told me to make friends, so they probably assumed that's what I was doing. Great, I thought, trapped here forever and my parents don't even know. Not that I'd tell them or want them to know though.

Then down one of the halls I heard a door shut softly. "Hello?!" I perked up, hoping someone could show me out. When I didn't hear an answer I plodded down the hallway. I didn't see anyone.

"Maybe they went in this door," I said aloud; I didn't want to stay in the quiet.

Through the door was a large library, the second one as the plaque on the doors said.

I scanned to see if anybody was in the room. When I saw nothing and decided to go out and look in another room, a flash of movement kept me rooted to the spot. Behind one of the bookshelves, I saw a hand dart behind the wood.

"Hello? I know someone's in here. Can you tell me how to get out of here please?"

There was a soft, harmonic laugh through the room, sounding like it came from the books themselves.

"You'll have to find me first, or I won't tell you anything," the double-edged voice said.

I considered leaving, but this was my best and only bet it seemed. "Fine." I went over to where the hand had disappeared, but of course no one was there. Without a second thought I bounded up the stairs to get a better view. The voice laughed again.

"It'll be harder than that to win this game," it said.

But this time the harmony was off, one edge sounding louder than the other. I let my ears guide me, and when I turned around one shelf, I heard soft footsteps running away, and caught a glimpse of a lean, orange-haired boy. I chased him, only his hand showing before he ducked behind another obstacle.

"Hey get back here, I really do need help!" I yelled as I ran after him. All I got was an uneven harmonic laugh. I was coming up closer. I could almost grab his school jacket and the smell of whatever cologne he was wearing was picked up by my nose, but as we passed some desks he whipped out his arm and pulled a chair behind him. I ran into it and fell. I groaned, knowing I wouldn't bruise but that it'd hurt for a bit. "That wasn't fair," I grumbled.

"Who said it was? This is my game, so I make the rules."

I glanced over the railing, looking down at the first floor when I saw the boy crouched next to a bookshelf, smiling before disappearing from view again. What?!, I thought. There's no way he could've gotten down there so fast! It's impossible!

Then it clicked; the off-key harmonics, the double-edged voice, moving so fast.

I took my time and set the chair up, then leaned against it.

"There're two of you," I said to the room. "One on the first floor, the other on the second. To confuse me."

I knew I was right by the silence after my words.

"Maybe yes, maybe no," the voices said after too long. "Either way, you still haven't caught me, so I can't tell you the way out."

"Whatever, I don't have time for this!" I yelled. "I'm going to be late to work, and what you rich kids don't understand is that I actually need the job for money. Now find someone else to play your game!"

I stormed down the stairs but when I reached the door it wouldn't budge. "Really?!"

"Finish the game and I'll let you out."

I glared at the door. If I was late I knew my boss wouldn't be happy, and that wasn't good. Grabbing hold of the stiff handle, I slammed my shoulder into the door, bouncing off like a plastic ball. I hit the door again and again, my shoulder slowly starting to ache.

"What're you doing?" the voices asked, practically bored. "You won't get out by doing that; it needs a key and we have it"

I ignored them but stopped hitting the door. I just closed my eyes and accepted that I might be fired because of these two rich assholes. I sighed.

Suddenly, I saw a huge shadow coming from behind me on the door. I was sure they were going to try to trap me somehow, but I wasn't going to let them. When I could feel the person standing right behind me, I lashed back with my leg.

I was sure I would connect with something solid, but instead something grabbed my ankle tightly and twisted, turning my whole leg and body around. He let go and I fell to the floor with a cry.

When I looked up I froze. This wasn't one of the infuriating orange-haired boys I'd been chasing earlier. This man was tall and strongly built, a beautiful passive face with silver-gray eyes and spiky black hair.

"Hey, are you alright?" he asked, crouching down and offering me his hand. "Are you hurt?"

I shook my head, but was still frozen to the spot. "Don't worry, Takashi won't hurt you!" said a very bright and cheery voice from behind the man. A child's face popped into view from behind the man's back, honey-golden hair in waves around his face and large brown eyes. "It's the twins you want to watch out for!" the kid said with a laugh.

"Honey!" said the higher part of the harmony.

"Argh, way to ruin our game guys," the lower half said, sounding a little angry.

Two boys came out from behind bookshelves, and they were mirror images of one another. Their heads were topped with auburn orange hair, spiky in the back but long enough in the front to have bangs. After a second I realized they were parted different ways, but that's where the differences ended with them.

I made a small cough. "Uhm, who are all of you?" I asked in a small voice. They all looked at me like they were surprised I didn't know. I stared back.

"I'm Mitsukuni Haninozuka, but everyone calls me Honey!" said the child gleefully, patting a proud hand on his chest. "This is my bunny Usa!" he said, holding a big plush pink bunny out in front of him. He motioned to the man sitting in front of him. "And this is Takashi Morinozuka, but everyone calls him Mori." Mori gave me a shy smile and my neck heated as I stared up at him, wide-eyed. "And they're-."

"We'll introduce ourselves, Honey," the boy with the lower voice said as he and his twin walked over. They looked at me and smiled twin smiles. "I'm Hikaru," the one with the low voice said.

"And I'm Kaoru," the one with the high voice said.

"And we're the Hitachiin twins! Thanks for playing with us!" they said in perfect harmonic unison.

Okay, low voice is Hikaru, high is Kaoru, I thought, dedicating it to memory. I doubted it would help since even their voices were practically identical.

"So you need a way out, right?" the kid, Honey, asked.

"Uhm, yeah, that'd be nice." Just get me the hell out of here.

Mori gestured with his hand and this time I took it. I underestimated how hard he'd pull up and ended up smacking my head into his stomach. I stepped back quickly with a, "Sorry," and diverted my eyes. He patted me on the head softly and I felt more heat in my cheeks.

I heard the door click and open, and I burst into the hallway. "Could you show me to the parking lot? Please?" I kept my back to them until I felt most of the heat leave my face.

"Yeah, just follow us! Let's go, Takashi!" Honey said, jumping onto Mori's back for a ride and playing with his bunny. I followed behind them and the twins fell into step on either side of me. I stiffened a little, wary that they'd want to start playing another 'game' when I didn't have time for it.

"So how come you're at the school so late? We haven't seen you before, so you can't be a student," said –low- Hikaru, to the right of me.

"Yeah, why are you here? I mean we don't know anything about you, not even your name," said the other, Kaoru.

"Oh well, I was just recently accepted as a student here so I was just walking around the campus, but I ended up getting lost."

"Haha, really?! What, no one wanted to show you around?" they both laughed.

"Well, this guy Tamaki Suoh did, but I didn't want to bother him," I said, wishing I'd taken him up on the offer and not be lost.

"What?! Tamaki's already gotten to you?!" they said.

"Yeah, why?" I was a little worried about their reactions.

"That means you were the one he was talking about!" said Hikaru.

"He was trying to find you," added Kaoru.

"What?! Why?!" That Tamaki had been persistent, but really?!

The twins both shrugged nonchalantly. "To make sure you didn't get lost."

Oh, lovely, I grumbled in my head as I released the tension that had started to build in my body. The twins made me feel a twinge of irritation.

"So then if you're who he was talking about-," started Hikaru.

"-Then you must be the scholarship student, Shayde Foxx," finished Kaoru. Their voices were so musical and attractive it was hard to believe how devious they were.

It hadn't been posed as a question, but I felt like I had to say something. "Yeah, that's me. I'm Shayde Foxx and I'm here on a scholarship."

"We love your name," the twins said, grinning wildly and giving me a thumbs up. I noticed that their eyes were a golden topaz, and for some reason they reminded me of a cat's eyes. Like the rest of them, high cheekbones, wide eyes, curved nose, their eyes were beautiful beyond belief. "So what's the scholarship for?"

"How did Tamaki know I was a scholarship student?" I asked, very curious.

The twins shrugged and answered in unison. "Everyone here has their ways of getting information. Besides, no commoners get in unless they do something really impressive. So, what's the scholarship for?"

"Well, it's actually two. One's for academics and the other's for soccer," I said, praying they wouldn't badger me about the latter of the two. It was a little hard to explain sometimes.

"That's awesome!" they exclaimed.

I smiled and took a turn to look at them both. "Thanks." The irritated feeling seeped away for a second, then came back when the next voice rang out.

"Ah, there she is! Ms. Foxx! Are you alright?!" yelled a voice from across the courtyard. A blonde figure was jogging over, while a slender, black-haired boy with glasses was walking over.

As Tamaki got closer I expected him to slow down, but he kept coming with arms outstretched ready for a hug. Oh god not again, I thought, bracing myself.

But suddenly the twins pushed me behind them, and I heard the dull thwack as Tamaki hit them. I thought of thanking the two, but then again I still didn't really know them.

"Ow! Get out of my way you devils, there's a distressed maiden and she needs the comfort of a prince!" he said, gesturing to me.

"Yeah right, boss. If she declined you before-," Hikaru said, nose up.

"-Why would she want your company now?" asked Kaoru.

"That's not true! Is that really how you feel?!" Tamaki shouted over the twins to me.

I kept quiet, and when Tamaki kept staring at me I turned away. The twins laughed.

"All right, now, I think it's best if we get the lady home, don't you think?" The boy in glasses had just stepped up, and smiled politely. He was handsome, yet I got the feeling that I really, really didn't want to mess with him. "Where is it you need to go miss?"

I opened my mouth to speak, but was cut-off by Honey. "She wants to get to the parking lot!"

"Yeah, and we should probably hurry," Hikaru said.

"We don't want you to be late to work," Kaoru said to me with a cute wink. I looked away, a little embarrassed for some reason.

"By the way, this is Kyoya Ootori," said Tamaki, waving to the boy in glasses. "So who's picking you up? Oh, and where do you work at?" he asked, he and Kyoya joining the boys escorting me.

I decided to not answer the second part of that question. "What're you talking about?" I asked, confused. "No one's picking me up, I drove myself here."

They looked at me like I had spoken gibberish. I pushed down the urge to groan out loud. Rich people. I closed my eyes for a second then opened them, saying solidly, "I drove myself here, in my car. Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You'll have to excuse us. You see, we usually have chauffeurs for our families that drive us around. Very few people at this school actually drive themselves around," Kyoya explained, adjusting his glasses on his face. The way he had spoken made it seem like he was putting down my driving. I threw him a shrewd look as he continued. "Anyway, the parking lot is over this way, it shouldn't take long. I hope we don't make you late."

"Yeah, hopefully not," I mumbled. I wasn't sure how I felt about Kyoya.

Finally, we broke through all the buildings and I saw the parking lot laid out in front of me, my silver car in sight. I felt my heart flutter in my chest. Oh thank god, I can get out of here now.

"So which one is yours?" the twins asked, looking around the lot.

"That one, over there in the back. The silver one with a bike rack on it."

"Huh. That's not a very nice car," they said.

"Take it back you devil twins! Her family works very hard and that's all they can afford! It's probably worth more than what our families make in a week, so be careful about how you talk," Tamaki ridiculed the twins, who gave him uncaring stares.

"If anyone should be careful, it should be you boss. Watch your mouth or you'll offend her," they said.

"Oh no, I didn't mean it! Are you hurt at all, Miss Foxx? Oh I'm so sorry," Tamaki cried to me, clinging to my shirt.

"Ah, get off! No I'm not offended," I said, flustered. "Much. Besides, I know my car's not fancy. It's an older model, but it's been broken in. I love it," I said, laying eyes on my car as I got closer. The car was my dad's before, but I had driven it so much when I got my license that he just let me have it while he got a new car.

"So you actually know how to drive this?" Tamaki asked, laying a hand on the car and examining it.

"Well yeah, it's not like its rocket science or anything," I grumbled, unlocking the car.

"Maybe we could take a ride sometime!" he said excitedly.

"You idiot, there's only four other seats in the car, we can't all fit in there!" Hikaru spat at Tamaki.

I could feel a headache starting. Lovely, I'll have to go to work with this. I had to get them to stop bickering. "Maybe later in the year, if I ever meet up with you again. You'll have to give me gas money though, it's not like gas is free. And Hikaru's right, I can only take four of you at a time. Unless some want to go in the trunk," I mumbled. I saw the look on Tamaki's face. "It was a joke, that's illegal!"

"Okay, then, some other time Miss Foxx. It was a pleasure to meet you," Tamaki said, bowing to me. "I hope to see you again soon." Yeah, I'll get back to you on that.

"Sure, can't wait," I said as I sat in my car and started it. I put the car in first gear, pushing in the clutch. I saw the boys looking in. "It's a manual," I explained, rolling my eyes.

"Alright, well, then I guess I'll see you all sometime later," I said, look out my window at all of them.

It hit me like a lightning bolt then, an electric shock all the way down to my core.

They were all so beautiful. It was stunning, amazing. I found myself staring at all of them for a few seconds, wondering why such beautiful people had kept my company, a commoner and not a very pretty one at that, when I was sure there would be plenty of rich, pretty girls begging for their attention.

"Yeah, well, bye guys," I said, offering a shy smile, now fully aware of how outranked I was. "See you around."

They stepped back and waved as I pulled out, driving a little faster than I should've, and made my way home to get ready for work.