I stood outside library 1 as I waited for Haruhi, it had been a boring day after I talked to her, but I had avoided catching people's attention, which is always a good thing for me. My brain was trying to convince me to make a break for it before she came so I could avoid any awkward situations. 'No, I can't do that, I promised, and I don't want to go home, so suck it up buttercup, it's not like you're being tortured.'

"Hey Risa-san, thanks for waiting for me!" The brunette appeared next to me and I jumped, not expecting anyone to actually show up. "Oh sorry, I didn't mean to startle you. You ready to study?"

"Yeah, and your just fine Haruhi-san, don't worry about me." I turned towards the doors, "I'm warning you now, I have yet to be in the library when it's quiet, so if you like to study in peace, we might have to do some hunting for a good place." And with that the door opened.

Haruhi blinked as the noise of students talking and laughing loudly washed over us, "Wow, you weren't kidding. Would you mind if we looked for somewhere else? You don't have to come with me, but I don't think I can concentrate here." I nodded and we turned together and walked away heading for the next stop on the hunt.

*** (***=time skip)

"This place has four library rooms, you would think one of them would be quiet." Haruhi grumbled obviously getting rather irritated as we searched for a place to study. I could only nod my head in agreement, then as I looked over at her, you could see that she had zoned out. She was a strange girl; I mean, first of all she talked to me and actually wanted to study with me!

'Is that a common thing?  Do people normally just hang out casually?'  The concept just blew mind and I was stuck on that fact. I know I was never a very social girl, but I used to have some form of a social life, but then, well... it happened. After that I was pretty much alone, all I had left to fall on was my books, my piano, and my singing, but none of those give you very great social skills.

Because I was so lost in my own head, I didn't realize where Haruhi had led us, and by the time I did, she was already opening the door. "Wait Haruhi, don-"

"Welcome" Out came a swirl of voices and rose petals, and in that moment, I wished I could just abandon Haruhi to whatever horrible fate awaited her, and make my escape. Sadly, I was just a little too late, Haruhi had already walked in and because I'm an idiot I followed.

"Crap," I muttered, "Haruhi, we just wandered into the Host club, let's just go."

"This is a Host club?" Haruhi asked, obviously very shocked.

"Oh wow, it's a boy and a mouse." the twin who I personally referred to as "double trouble" said. I just glared at the floor at my nickname, I couldn't protest of anything, because it's pretty accurate.

The Shadow King suddenly looked up from writing in his note book, "Hikaru, Kaoru, I believe this young man is in the same class as you, isn't he? And you Miss Soretzu are in class with Tamaki and me, is that correct?" I just nodded as the twins answered Kyoya.

"Yeah, but he's shy."  Twin one said, "He doesn't act very sociably" twin two threw in, "so we don't know much about him." they finished together.

Kyoya looked reprovingly at the twins and said"Oh, that wasn't very polite. Welcome to the Ouran Host Club, Mr. Honor Student and Miss Mouse." I groaned as I saw my already small escape window shrinking even further as Tamaki now approached us.

"What? You must be Haruhi Fujioka. You're the exceptional honor student we've heard about." I knew that the hosts were fully fixated on Haruhi now, so I retreated until my back was against the wall and zoned out. I knew that I was already going to be in a fair amount of trouble when I got home, but right now I could still say that this was a good excuse so I was going to take it. I couldn't stay for too much longer though, I would have to bow out soon.

All of a sudden, a crash pulled me back into the room with the hosts where an expensive looking vase lay shattered on the floor. "Oh Haruhi-san," I sighed to myself, 'What have you gotten yourself into, this could be bad. Wait... Will I be pulled in too?'

The Twins were talking now, "With what money? You can't even afford a school uniform." Kaoru looked Haruhi up and down with slight disgust, "What's with that grubby outfit anyways?

I looked at Haruhi apologetically as I slunk towards the door, but someone was suddenly standing between me and freedom, "Don't think you're getting away so easily Miss Soretzu, you do share some of the responsibility." Kyoya murmured quietly then raised his voice, "Well then, what do you think we should do, Tamaki?"

I glared at Kyoya in outrage, "I have no idea what you are talking about Mister Ootori, but the only thing I did wrong was in coming here, you have nothing you can accuse me of." I hissed in outrage.

"So, the little mouse has a tongue after all does she? Fascinating." Kyoya opened his black book and began writing something in it. I just glared as Tamaki's voice came bursting in.

"There's a famous saying you may have heard, Fujioka. When in Rome, you should do as the Romans do. Since you have no money, you can pay with your body. That means, starting today, you're the host club's dog." He sounded far too excited about all of this to me. Then the hyperactive blond turned to me, "And you, we can't just leave you out Soretzu, seeing as how you were here when the crime occurred we will simply have to make you into the Host club's new maid!" I gasped in shock, then stumbled back as a small body flung itself into me, hugging me tightly.

"You're going to be our maid Ri-chan? This will be so fun!" What he didn't notice was that the instant his arms wrapped around me, my face turned white, and I began to shake like a leaf.

"P-P-please Haninozuka-senpai, l-l-let me g-go." I tried to pull myself free, but he didn't seem to notice my distress quite yet, he just kept going on about the cake we could eat and what not. Meanwhile my vision was graying, and I knew that I would soon lose the ability to stand, "S-senpai, l-l-let me go."

"Are you alright Miss Soretzu? You seem to have gone quite pale." Kyoya now looked at me with concern. I was saved a little too late by a tall, imposing figure pulling me out of the short boy's arms.

"Mitsukuni, release." was all I heard before the world went dark.

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A/N Cliffhanger! I know it's a minor one, but still, next chapter will be out soon, and thing are going to heat up a little bit! Good luck!

~ klypso01