An Intriguing Notion
Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club. Bisco Hatori does.
Pairing: Haruhi/Kyoya
Plot: Haruhi thinks she has Kyoya figured out and he goes and proves her wrong in the most surprising of ways. The Shadow King has a devil of a time telling Haruhi that he loves her so he goes about showing her instead.
Ch. 1 Sweltering Problems
Obviously everybody knows that they met the day she accidently wandered into Music Room 3, but does anybody want to know the real story of how they fell in love? Well, here you guys go. This is the story of the slowly blossoming romance of one Kyoya Ootori and one Haruhi Fujioka.
It had been a dreadful day for the only female host of the host club. She was hot and stuffy and didn't know what she could do to cool off. Everything else she tried did not work. It also did not help the she was being annoyed by Tamaki and the twins either. Hikaru, being his usual self, was whispering tormenting things in their beloved leader's ear and making Tamaki go into super annoying mode.
Most days he is not this annoying, but today he is even worse. It got so bad that Kyoya had to step in and give Tamaki the famous Shadow King glare. Kyoya said, "Tamaki, if you do not knock it off I will hurt you." Tamaki, being his usual self, hid in a corner with a depressed aura and started growing mushrooms around himself. Haruhi said, "Tamaki-Sempai knock it off! If you don't stop growing mushrooms everywhere I will tell the customers that you have been a bad boy."
This made Tamaki snap out of it and walk over to his usual table to wait for his next group of customers. When they finally showed up it looked like they had been heckled into doing something they did not want to do, so Tamaki pulled his usually princely act to get them to spill the beans.
One of them said, "The class rep wants us to convince Kyoya to have a party here at school and we told him Kyoya would only do it if it was in his interests. The class rep had to bribe us to even ask him. We were angry that he would do that." Tamaki turned around to see Kyoya over his shoulder listening to the conversation. Tamaki asked, "Mon Ami, what do you think? Is it a good idea?"
Kyoya looked at Tamaki like he was an idiot but internally was smirking at the thought that ran through his head. 'What would he do when he found out I was planning the party behind his back anyways. I mean it's not like I didn't already know the class rep's plans anyway.' Externally he told Tamaki, "Let me think about it. I have to finish the budget because of last week's cosplay. That took a major chunk out of the budget. If we have enough we will do it."
Tamaki jumped up and down in joy and exclaimed, "Mon Ami! Mon Ami! Have I ever told you that you are the best? If not then you are the best!" Kyoya rolled his eyes at the Host Club King and walked back over to his table to finish his budget planning. If all went right he could have the party planned without Tamaki ever knowing about it.
Haruhi walked up to his table after the host club was done for the day. She asked, "What got Tamaki-Sempai in a good mood today? He is bouncing off the walls and it is worse than usual." Kyoya told her that he would tell her later when no one could eavesdrop because he had to keep his plans secret. She nodded her head and walked off.
Kyoya internally thought, 'Damn! Not only do I have to answer her but I also have to try and do it without seeming too nervous.' On the outside his face was as calm and collected as ever as he was packing to head home. Maybe if he had it his way things would look up during the party.
Time Jump: Later that night
Haruhi was getting ready to hop in her shower when someone started knocking on her door. She walked over to open the door and noticed Kyoya, Hunny, and Mori standing at her door. She said, "Come in guys. Don't mind the mess. I was going to get around to cleaning tomorrow." Hunny said, "That's ok Haru-chan. We don't mind." Mori nodded his agreement. Kyoya sat down and Haruhi asked if anyone wanted something to drink. They all said that tea would be appreciated and so she went to her task. A few minutes later she brought them glasses with tea.
She said, "You might as well tell me why it is only you three and not the other idiots." Kyoya said, "I told Tamaki that we 'might' have a party and he is now giddy as hell." Haruhi said, "Gee, I hadn't noticed Sempai." Hunny said, "We are here because Tama-chan doesn't know we are actually planning it and if we told the twins he would. They can't keep their mouths shut with secrets to save their life." Haruhi responded, "Gee, thanks. I didn't realize the whole school knew I was a girl." Kyoya said, "Your secret is the only exception. Hunny didn't know how to exclude that secret. Isn't that right Hunny-Sempai?" Hunny nodded his head.