René Richard de Grantaine (Tamaki Suoh) is a young Father. He was thirteen when he adopted his three-year-old maternal cousin, Celine Adeline de Grantaine (Akari Suoh), who lost her parents in a horrific car accident. A year later, Tamaki's paternal Grandmother, Shizue Suoh, takes custody of fourteen-year-old Tamaki Suoh after his mother, Anne-Sophie de Grantaine, falls ill. Not wanting to leave his daughter behind, he manipulated his Grandmother into thinking Akari was biologically her Great-Granddaughter. Having two heirs in the Suoh line, Shizue put her Grandson and Great-Granddaughter in the most prestigious school in Japan, Ouran Elite Private Academy.