A/N: I obviously don't own anything.

Ch. 1 For the Love of Who?

Haruhi was heading home from University, glad that her first year was finally over. She was looking forward to having an uneventful summer with the occasional visits from the former members of the Host Club. It had been almost a year since she had last seen most of the members of the Host Club. Everyone decided to do their own thing once they graduated. Hunny and Mori stayed in Japan and ran their family's dojos; Tamaki also stayed in Japan and was preparing to take over the Souh company; Kyoya surprised everyone and went to America to continue his education; Lastly, Hikaru and Kaoru went to Paris to study fashion and begin their own line.

And Haruhi? Well, Haruhi took the scholarship offered to her and went to Ouran University. Her heart was set on going to America to obtain her law degree. She had even researched many of their schools, but she realized very soon she would not be able to afford it even with some scholarships available.

Hunny and Mori visited her occasionally, but they were both very busy. Tamaki had taken her out to lunch a handful of times, but she could only handle so much. The twins emailed her often, and reminded her that once they visit she would have to model all of the clothes they designed for her. Kyoya didn't keep in touch much, sending the occasional email during holidays or her birthday. Haruhi figured Kyoya was probably busier than most. What surprised her was the occasional emails from Nekozawa-san and Casanova-kun. She had even met up with Nekozawa-sempai for coffee; although it was dark out, it was still nice.

When Haruhi entered her home she went straight for her laptop. It was the last day of finals and she was more than sure she would getting an email or two informing her of someone's impending arrival. Sure enough, she had six new emails. Looking at the list of senders she rolled her eyes knowing that all those emails probably held the exact same information, all except for one. When she opened the sixth email she was immediately put on guard. She had first thought it must be some mistake, why would MTV be emailing her? The more she read the more she thought it had to be some mistake.

JTV was recruiting for a new reality show, based off some of the popular ones in America. They wanted her to be the "lead", and already had the rest of the cast figured out. The executives of the show were requesting a meeting for the day after tomorrow. Haruhi wasn't exactly thrilled by the idea of being on a reality show, so she decided she would show up at the meeting tomorrow with every intention to turn down the offer. She really didn't even know why they would consider her anyways.

Haruhi had to take the train to the business district and proceeded to walk to the JTV Japan offices. She informed the receptionist on the first floor who she was, and the women immediately gave her a visitors badge. She was to go the 10th floor and the receptionist there would show her to the conference room. Haruhi was led to the 3rd conference room and she suddenly got a sense of déjà vu, but she quickly shook it off. She stopped dead in her tracks when she walked in, this was something she definitely was not expecting.

Sitting amongst the JTV executives were the former Host Club, Nekozawa-sempai, Casanova-kun and Renge. Eyes wide she thought, 'Was this the rest of the cast? Oh God I hope not!'

"Ah, Fujioka-san, thank you for joining us. Please have a seat." One of the executives politely brought her out of her sudden shock.

"Fujioka-san, I'm Takahara Yuki, this is Yoshida Kaito and Tanaka Kimiko. We are in charge of casting for the show." They all stood and bowed slightly to their guest. Takahara-san and Yoshida-san were both dressed more casually than Haruhi had expected. They both wore slacks but their button up shirts were worn casually with no tie. Their sleeves were rolled up to their elbows and the top buttons of their shirts were undone. The woman, Tanaka-san, was dressed in a tight pencil skirt, with a short sleeved striped button up. They all looked liked idols, and it made Haruhi instantly uncomfortable. "As you can see, this is the cast that we decided on." Takahara-san continued gesturing to the Host Club, Renge, Nekozawa-san, and Casanova-kun.

Haruhi was about to ask a question, but before she could get the words out a familiar voice to the right of her spoke.

"May I ask why you decided on us? It seems as if you know enough about all of us to bring us together for the show." Kyoya interjected, wanting to get straight to business.

"Well Tanaka-san's little sister went to Ouran with you. I also believe she visited the Host Club. While discussing ideas for the show, she shared a story about a girl who dressed as a boy in her sister's school and acted as a male host. This girl was loved greatly by her friends, and many of the girls thought that all the guys, as well as some others, were secretly in love with her." Yoshida-san paused for a reaction from the group of people before him. He didn't receive much of a reaction except a bright red blush from both Haruhi and Casanova-kun and Renge smiling excitedly as her eyes transformed into hearts. It seems Renge could see where this was going.

"What does any of that have to do with why we're here?" Kyoya questioned hastily. He was annoyed, he wanted to get this over with. Kyoya had more important things to tend to besides listening to some girl's fantasy story.

"Well, I thought it would be obvious Ootori-san. This is a love show," Tanaka-san said with a knowing smirk that rivaled Kyoya's.

"What?" Tamaki, Hikaru and Kaoru all but yelled.

'Oh God, this is the cast? Wait! They want me to be the lead? That means….Oh No!' Haruhi screamed in her head. Why couldn't she just have a normal life?

"You said in the email that you wanted me to be the lead?" Haruhi questioned hesitantly to no one in particular.

"Yes Fujioka-san. As Tanaka-san said, this is going to be a love show with you as the lead." He motioned to everyone else in the room, "They will be trying to win your heart through a series of competitions. The winner or winners of said competitions will be rewarded with a date."

Haruhi visibly paled at the thought of going on dates with everyone in the room. She was destined to never have peace in her life.

"I get to go on a date with my precious daughter! I agree to the show! Where's the contract?" Tamaki squealed excitedly as he squirmed in his chair.

"Yay, we want to go on dates with Haru-chan too. Right Takashi?" Honey clapped happily. He was now taller than Haruhi, but not by much. He still hadn't lost his Lolita-shota type personality.

Although Mori didn't verbally respond, he nodded and blushed slightly at the thought of a date with Haruhi. Hikaru and Kaoru grinned evilly at Haruhi which caused her to pale even more, if that was possible. As usual, there was no response from Kyoya. His face gave no indication of his thoughts on the matter. Casanova-kun and Nekozawa-san both smiled shyly at the girl. Haruhi then noticed that there was someone else in the room, Renge.

"Er…I don't know how to say this but, I'm not, well…um." Haurhi was blushing hard now, she didn't know how to say it. "I don't like girls! I know I dressed as a boy, but I don't like girls," she blurted.

The executives all looked amused at Haruhi's outburst; the hosts and Renge looked surprised as well. Realization set on some of their faces, they were trying to understand why Renge was there.

Takahara-san chuckled lightly, "I'm sorry if you misunderstood, Fujioka-san. Renge is part of the cast, but we want her to serve as the Host of the show. It became apparent after researching the Host Club that she had a flare for things like this."

If it was possible Haruhi's face turned even more red with embarrassment. She simply nodded her head meekly. Haruhi tuned out most of the meeting, she had already decided to turn down the offer. She had absolutely no interest in being the object of affection for eight guys. Unsurprisingly the only ones who had yet to agree were Haruhi, Kyoya, and Nekozawa; so when the negotiations finally reached them the executives were prepared to offer whatever they could for the show.

"Nekozawa-san, I know your main concern is the light, but most of the time you will be in the house. The only time you will be out of the house is during some competitions and dates. You are also more than welcome to keep your cloak on. So what do you say?" Yoshida-san questioned. They were really banking on the fact that he could keep the cloak on.

When Nekozawa nodded under his cloak the executives let out a sigh of relief. Now on to the two most difficult targets. There was no question that these two people had to be on the show; the executive producer had specifically told them that these two were required. If there were no Haruhi or Kyoya the show would be cancelled.

"Ootori-san, I know your main concerns are whether or not this would interfere with school and if it would upset Ootori-sama. I can assure you that Ootori-sama is well aware of what is going on and approves of you participating. As far as school goes, the shooting will take place during your break so there won't be any inconvenience in your studies." Tanaka-san spoke sweetly to Kyoya, although her eyes still held a calculating glint that Kyoya could recognize well.

Before Kyoya could answer, Takahara-san began speaking to Haruhi. "Fujioka-san, the only reason I can see for you declining is because of school. As you heard Tanaka-san explain to Ootori-san, the show will not in any way disturb your studies." Haruhi was about to open her mouth to refuse them, but Takahara-san held up his hand and began again, "Before you refuse, we also want to offer you a full scholarship to the university of your choice. This will of course include living expenses and air fare, should you choose to study abroad."

"I'm not sure," Haruhi finally spoke. "The idea of doing this type of show isn't at all appealing to me." She was trying to process all this information. On one hand, the opportunity to be able to go to any university was very appealing, and she would only have to do the show for a short while. On the other hand, the thought of having these eight males compete for her love was a little daunting. Of course she found them attractive in their own way, but she had never once thought of them as anything beyond friends. Well, if she was honest with herself, the thought had crossed her mind on a couple of occasions.

"Fujioka-san, this is a wonderful opportunity for you. Not only would you be getting paid for the show, but you would also receive a scholarship. We are not asking you to marry anyone, just simply go on dates. Although there will be an elimination ceremony. It will eventually come down to two potential love interest who you would have to choose between. There are no expectations for you to continue dating after the show; most of the couples produced by these kind of shows don't usually last. However, we do hope that you find love as that is, of course, the pretense of the show." Takahara-san continued his luring of Haruhi.

"Who says I'm interested in finding love? What I want right now is to finish school and become a lawyer. I have no interest in finding love on a reality show, let alone have millions of people watch it happening." Haruhi was becoming annoyed. Couldn't they see this was the last thing she wanted?

"Come on Haru-chan, it will be fun. We haven't all been together in a long time. Don't you want to hang out with us like before?" Hunny looked across the table at Haruhi, using his big, puppy-dog pleading eyes to rope her in.

"Yeah Haruhi, it's not like you have anything better to do." That's Hikaru for you. Unknowingly insulting you was his way of persuasion.

"Plus, don't you want to see Nekozawa-sempai scaring Tono every chance he gets?" Now Kaoru was trying.

"Wait! I don't want that evil man coming near my precious daughter or me!" Tamaki screamed. He just now seemed to notice that Nekozawa-sempai would be involved too.

"Shut up Tono, you already signed the contract," Hikaru and Kaoru said together as they bonked him on the head.

"If Kyoya-sempai thinks its a good idea then I'll agree. He is the most sensible out of everyone here." Haruhi decided this was the safest way to do things. She didn't want to hurt anyone by outright saying no, and she figured Kyoya would say no anyways.

Kyoya smirked as he looked at Haruhi; she was silently pleading with him to say no so she wouldn't have to. To Haruhi's utter disbelief he said, "I can see no reason to not participate in this show."

"Wonderful, just sign these contracts." Yoshida-san said while passing two contracts to both Haruhi and Kyoya. "Now, once you are done please head home and pack your belongings. There is a car waiting in the front of the building for each of you. The cars will take you home and then to the location for the show. All of you, of course, will be sharing a house."

And just like that, the reality show 'For the Love of Haruhi' was born.


A/N: I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of my story. Reviews are greatly appreciated and might even speed up the updating process.