Tamaki dropped the china cup he was holding, letting it hit the ground and shatter to pieces. Haruhi's face went into one of sheer disbelief. The twins – ever the same – wore identical masks of shock and horror. Honey let his cake fall with a clatter of his plate, getting icing in the fabrics of the rug. Mori remained motionless, although it seemed as though he had stiffened a little. Everyone was silent.

Ironically, it was Mori who broke the silence.

"So...when is the wedding?" he asked in a monotone voice, only speaking for something to say and not really wanting to know. Everyone turned their heads to look at him, surprised that he was the first to speak but also surprised that that was the question he asked.

Kyoya smiled.

He knew why his friends were so shocked at his announcement. It wasn't that that cold hearted, emotionless, power hungry Shadow King has fallen in love and gotten engaged that has shocked them. It was who he had gotten engaged to that has them at a loss for words. Because she wasn't a genius, she wasn't rich or hailed from a wealthy family, she wasn't powerful or famous or even extravagantly beautiful.

She was normal, average, mediocre – plain. She didn't have a lot of money (in fact, she barely had enough to get by). She was short and by no means pretty. And even though she excelled at her job, she was by no means influential because she was only a lowly accountant in a tiny firm on the outskirts of the city.

But Kyoya loved her anyway.

And he knew she loved him. When he first met her, she had no idea who he was and when she had finally found out a month later she had been so embarrassed and so afraid that he might have thought she was only with him for his money that she cut all ties with him. But he fought for her and convinced her to stay with him. She still denied all the gifts he tried to give her and insisted that he spend no more on her than was necessary. But the only flaw in her seemingly modest request was that he thought it was necessary to spend every penny he had on her.

"Kyoya?" a soft voice called, bringing his focus back to the room.

"Yes, Haruhi?" Kyoya answered. She bit her lip, wary as to whether or not she should actually go on.

"I don't mean to sound rude," she said cautiously, evidently making her mind up. "But...where's the merit? Why are you marrying her?"

She didn't sound upset or disgusted at Kyoya's decision but merely curious and confused, but despite that, her question caught him off guard. He had expected questions but just not one like that.

He looked down at his hands, clenching dangerously to the back of the chair he was standing behind. The others were all sitting around a large table in one of the meeting rooms in the Ootori Mansion.

Finally, Kyoya took a deep breath and raised his head to look at Haruhi directly in the eyes, almost afraid to look at anyone else though he knew they were all looking at him.

"I guess I'm doing it," he began in a hoarse, weak and quiet voice, "because I love her."

Haruhi held his gaze for a moment before she gave him a soft gentle, approving smile. Kyoya let out a shaky breath of relief surprised about how much Haruhi's opinion meant to him. But he also knew it was partly because once she approved of the match, the others would fall like a line of dominos after her.

And sure enough, the faces of all of Kyoya's former club mates were smiling along with Haruhi, and Kyoya found himself smiling too.

That is, until the twins asked in perfect unison, "So when do we get to meet her?"


A/N: I was bored and wanted to distract myself. Mainly from Accounting Homework and other things. Me and Club Accounts do not go well together. I hate accounting despite me giving it a Cameo in this story. I envy Kyoya's accounting abilities at this moment. :/

But I do hope you like it! It's a little short but I think it gets the message across. It's set a little in the future so none of they've all left school.

I suppose if you really wanted to, you could get on my good side and review! ;) Or, you could just be nice and review! :) Or you could just review. :D
Good and bad reviews welcome

~Turtle
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