A/N- Hey! Sorry for all those who were reading OFAD- I know I dropped it kinda suddenly, and I promise I'll work on that in the near future. But in the meantime, I hope this tides you over for a bit. Please no, flames, and if you have any suggestions or comments concerning what you want to see happen, let me know! Ideas are always welcome. Please, Read&Review!!! And now, without further ado…

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It's Futile to Resist

Chapter One

Haruhi was returning from grocery shopping. She climbed up the stairs to her apartment, her arms straining under the weight of the bags she carried. She grinned, silently congratulating her prowess as a skillful buyer. She'd made the huge sale at the supermarket and successfully haggled down prices in the shopping district earlier. Tonight, she decided, she would prepare a celebratory feast.

Haruhi smiled eagerly, and fumbled for the key to her door. She turned it in the lock and pushed the door open.

"Welcome home, Har--!"

Haruhi immediately slammed the door shut and waited a few moments before creaking it opening again, hesitantly this time.

No good. The vision before her still hadn't changed. There they all were- the entire host club seated around her table in the living room. How the hell had they gotten inside her house?

"That's so mean, Haru-chan!!!" she heard Tamaki-sempai complain, his big blue eyes filled with shock. "Your poor father only wished to greet his beloved daughter!" He rushed towards her; arms outstretched, but she easily dodged him- something she was becoming quite good at these days.

"How did you get in here?" Haruhi asked suspiciously, dumping her grocery bags on the floor as she pulled off her shoes. "You know breaking and entering is illegal, right?"

"We have a key" Hunni supplied cheerfully, "So it's not breaking and entering then, right? Not if we have a key."

That was definitely debatable, but Haruhi was more worried about how they'd gotten it. Had Kaoru or Hikaru taken her house key and made a spare copy while she wasn't looking? Perhaps Hunni was lying and they'd picked the lock. Or maybe Kyouya had manipulated Tamaki into seducing the landlady to gain entrance. She couldn't see Kyouya doing the deed himself, he was much more prone to using others for his dirty work. How in the world had gotten inside? Maybe?…No, he couldn't he? She turned to Kyouya and shot him a look of doubt.

He smirked and pushed his glasses back up on his face, as if to say, 'What did you expect?'

Damnitt! Her old man must have…

"You're father was most obliging" Kyouya said, as if to answer her thoughts, "When we told him that we needed to fetch you for an important club trip."

"What club trip?! No-one told me about it!" Haruhi protested.

"But Haruhi, we're telling you now!" Hunni said, as if that were warning enough.

"I…I can't go, my father won't let me…It's too soon…" It was a blatant lie; she doubted her father would care, but she was running out of options here.

Kaoru grinned, coming over to place his hand on her shoulder, and said in a high, falsetto voice, "'Taking Haruhi on a school trip? My, that sounds wonderful! Of course she can go. Here, take my key; Haruhi is out shopping so she won't be back until later. You can just wait for her there! Oh, I remember my school trip…listen to me getting carried away, will you? I hope you make wonderful memories together-'"

"-Was what he said," Hikaru finished nonchalantly from the other side of the room.

Figures that he would say something completely irresponsible like that, Haruhi thought to herself. But something didn't make sense here. "How did you find my father? And when did you get here, and wh-" Haruhi trailed off and slumped down on the floor, utterly defeated. "Never-mind. I don't even want to know the extent to which my privacy has already been violated."

"I hope you don't mind," Kyouya stated offhandedly, "I've already taken the liberty of having your things packed for you. To save time."

As he said this, a large man wearing a black suit emerged from her room carrying a suitcase. "Sir?" he looked to Kyouya.

"Put it in the trunk," Kyouya answered.

The man nodded and walked past Haruhi, and out the front door.

Haruhi watched the whole scene before her, absolutely horrified. She couldn't believe this! Haruhi sighed and rubbed her temples. Great, now I can cross 'have personal space invaded' and 'let strange men rummage through my things while I'm not home' off my to-do list, she thought bitterly.

"If that's all, then let's go!" Tamaki said, suddenly taking her hand, and leading her out the door.

"B-b-but-" Haruhi stammered as she was dragged away, "Wait! At least tell me where we are going!"

Tamaki turned and winked at her. "It's a surprise."

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A/N: Short? Yes. I know, but I'll post again tomorrow to make up for it. Please Review!!!! -Jos