Hello. This is my first Ouran High School Host Club fanfiction. I hope the characters aren't too Ooc ^^; And please don't be too hard with me about the spelling. I prefer British English, but in school we learn American English and I haven't found a betareader for British English yet ^^; (I do use a spell checking program but it doesn't find all errors .)

Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the story plot. The characters belong to Bisco Hatori.

Chapter Summary: The Host Club, Satoshi and Yasuchika are staying at Nekozawa's again. Takashi tells Haruhi to learn martial arts after the beach incident and she agrees under the condition that he trains her.

Please enjoy the story ^^

Chapter One – Becoming Aware

The Host Club was making holidays on the beach. They were staying at Nekozawa's again. Haruhi had thought that Tamaki would be against it because of what had happened last time. After the incident she had started with Kendo and Karate, but not because of Tamaki.

~Flashback~

It had been a week since the beach incident. The female host was cleaning the Third Music Room. All the others hosts had left an hour ago. Or at least Haruhi thought so. Unknown to her the tallest one of the hosts was still there and waited for her to finish the cleaning. Takashi stepped up behind her and laid a hand onto her shoulder as she wanted to get her bag.

Haruhi turned around with a surprised look on her face. "She really doesn't fear most things a normal female would", thought the tall host smiling. "Haruhi", whispered Takashi softly. This surprised look vanished and was replaced by a smile. A smile meant only for the silent host. But that was unknown to Takashi as well as the other hosts. "What is it, Mori-sempai?", Haruhi asked the smile which made Takashi's heart beat faster. There was a comfortable silence until Mori spoke again.
"Haruhi. I want you to learn martial arts." "Why?", asked Haruhi. He didn't answer but just looked into her eyes. She looked back and understood. She could see the worries in his eyes while his face remained stoic. She closed her eyes and smiled. "Fine. I'll start with martial arts but only if you will teach me Kendo and Karate." The statement surprised that tall host but after a moment he smiled and nodded.

~ Flashback end~

No one knew about it, not even Kyoya. At the moment they were entertaining the ladies. Haruhi was talking to a group of girls, Kyoya was working at his notebook, Mitsukuni was eating cake, while his cousin was sitting next to him silently, the twins were playing water ball with a few girls and Tamaki was charming his customers. It really seemed to be a peaceful afternoon.
No one was aware of the trouble waiting for them. Time passed and the ladies went to their hotels. The seven hosts remained at the beach.

"Haruhi. Are you going to wear a dress again?", asked the twins with evil grins on their faces. "No", was her blunt answer. That sent Tamaki into his corner. Haruhi ignored him and asked, "Aren't Satoshi-kun and Yasuchika-kun coming today?" "They should be here in two hours", chirped Mitsukuni.
Yasuchika had promised not to attack his older brother as long as they were staying here. That meant they wouldn't have to worry too much. The two of them were staying with the hosts. They just hoped they wouldn't find out the truth about Haruhi.

Two hours later the hosts were waiting at the entrance for the two boys. Haruhi stood at the street and looked into the direction Satoshi and Yasuchika were supposed to come from. After a short time she could make out the two boys walking towards her.
The female host waved. Satoshi noticed her almost immediately and started to run towards her. Yasuchika followed shortly. "Haruhi-sempai, how are you?", asked the black haired boy. "I'm fine. The others are waiting. We thought we would wait with dinner until the two of you are here", smiled Haruhi.

After the two cousins had brought their stuff to their rooms they went to the dining room. Haruhi was seated between Takashi and Mitsukuni. Tamaki had the seat opposite to her, while Hikaru and Kaoru seated themselves next to the King. Yasuchika chose the chair next to Takashi, while Satoshi took the chair next to Mitsukuni. Kyoya occupied the chair next to Kaoru.
There were many conversations during dinner. The only ones, who didn't say anything the whole time, were Takashi and Haruhi. "Haruhi, are you ok? You haven't talked since dinner started", asked Kaoru. "I'm fine", she answered and got up. She took her dishes and walked towards the kitchen.

The boys were left stunned and worried. "I wonder what's wrong with Haru-chan", said Mitsukuni. Takashi was the only one, who had an answer to this. She was stressed. He had come to know the female host since he had started to train her. He knew her behaviour well enough to tell how she felt. The same went for Haruhi when it came to the silent host.
Meanwhile she arrived in her room. Takashi's room was next to hers. The rooms of the other boys, including Nekozawa's, were at the other end of the estate. Since they had known that the two middle school boys would visit Nekozawa had told them to do the room arrangements in a way they didn't need to change anymore.

Haruhi collapsed on her bed. She was thinking about her training with the stoic third year. Lately she had begun to feel differently about Takashi. When he was near she felt safe and comfortable. No matter what she was thinking about her thoughts always went back to Takashi.
She knew that these feelings had been there since she joined the Host Club. Why else had she called for Takashi's help when Tamaki had embraced her too hard? She just hadn't been aware of the feelings until she had started to spend more time alone with the tallest host.

Later that night a storm started. Everyone was sleeping peacefully. They had such a deep sleep that the storm couldn't wake them up. Except for Haruhi. She had started to toss around in her sleep when the storm had started. A really loud thunder woke her up.
She tried to calm down, but couldn't do it. Suddenly she remembered that one of the hosts had his room next to hers. She got up carefully and walked to her door. Each time there was thunder or lightening she jumped in fear.

She opened the door to Takashi's room and stepped a little bit into the room. "Mori-sempai?", she almost shouted because of the storm. The black haired man cracked his eyes open and searched for the intruder. At first he was confused when he saw Haruhi standing at the doo with panic written all over her face. Then he noticed the storm raging outside and understood. He could see that Haruhi had to pull herself together in order not to hide under a table.

Takashi got up and walked towards the female host. As soon as he was next to her he lifted her into his arms closing the door with his leg. Haruhi was surprised by his actions but didn't protest. She could feel warmth spreading through her body as Takashi carried her to his bed. He laid her onto the bed and placed himself next to her. Then Takashi covered them both.

Now Haruhi noticed that the stoic host wore only a pair of trunks. His upper body was uncovered. She herself wore a shirt and trunks. The female host buried her head into Takashi's bare chest. In return the stoic host put his arms around the small woman. Haruhi felt comfortable. "I could get used to this", she thought. Takashi stroked her head until she fell asleep, the storm forgotten. Not long after her he fell asleep, somewhat glad about the storm.

That would be the first chapter. Please tell me what you liked and what not ^^

Love Tatsuyana