I do not own Ouran High School Host Club or any of the characters. All credit goes to Bisco Hatori.
Cerulean light flooded the large windows that filled the walls of Ouran Academy. The sun was starting to dip lower into the horizon, signaling the start of club hours, and in particular, the start of a busy session of the Host Club.
"Can I get you ladies any more tea?" Haruhi asked, a natural smile gracing her lips, as the girls at her table cooed and nodded enthusiastically.
Hikaru smiled, his chin resting in his hands as he watched his tomboy classmate perform her club duties, and in the process ignored his and his twin's clients.
"Hikaru!" whined Kaoru, "why don't you ever pay attention to me anymore? I'm starting to feel lonely..is there someone else that's precious to you..?" he trailed off.
With that comment from his twin, Hikaru snapped out of his daze and quickly cupped Kaoru's face in his hands and wiped the single, forced tear from his brother's cheek. "I'm sorry Kaoru.. I must have just spaced out. You know I would never ignore my beloved brother on purpose. You're my one and only, Kao...".
"Oh Hika…" his brother breathed as he buried his face in Hikaru's chest.
The girls, now being completely ignored, didn't seem to mind as they clutched each other and squealed their approval.
The afternoon passed quickly, as the club was especially busy due to the recent release of a new issue of "Ouran uncut", a marketing scheme that Kyoya had come up with after watching the twins sneak pictures of Haruhi on her way home from school.
As the blue light began to turn into a deep violet, club activities came to an end, and Haruhi bid goodbye to her fellow classmates.
"Haruhi darling", Tamaki sang, "let daddy walk you home, you never know what sort of nerdowells may be lurking at this time of night".
Haruhi sulked, "you mean like you, Senpai?"
"Why not at a-wait a minute! Haruhi!" he shouted as she quickly ducked out of the room and dashed down the stairs in an effort to avoid having to entertain Tamaki the entire way home. She was particularly exhausted today, and didn't feel up to the task. She wanted to hurry home and cook her father dinner before he had to leave for work. She sighed, "I have a literature essay due soon, too, and I haven't had time to work on it with the increase in business at the club. Why don't these rich snobs do something more constructive with their time than coo over other rich bastards?"
"Should I tell Kyoya that you need a break?" said a deep, monotone voice.
Haruhi jumped. She hadn't noticed her senpai standing next to her as she stood at the school's entrance.
"Mori-senpai!" she yelped, "I'm sorry, I was just thinking out loud! I'm fine, really!" She let out a sharp gasp as he placed a large, strong hand on her forehead.
"Mori...senpai- what are you…?"
"You feel warm" he said softly, without any change in expression, "you should go home and rest. I'll let Kyoya know that you need to work on your health"
"N-no, I can't!" she protested, and he lowered his hand from her forehead,"besides...if I did he'd just make some excuse as to why the missed time would greatly increase by debt.." Haruhi grumbled.
Mori let out a single breath in amusement and the corner of his mouth turned up in a smile, "of course".
"I'm fine, really senpai. Thank you for being concerned for me, though"
"Hn." He nodded.
"Well, goodbye! I'll see you tomorrow Mori-senpai!"
He grunted again, in agreement, and raised his hand, still warm from her soft skin, to bid her farewell.
Haruhi turned away and started towards the train station, "Mori-senpai was… worried about me" she puzzled to herself. A light dusting of color graced her cheeks and she quickly put the event out of her mind so she could focus on the work ahead of her.
Hunny, who had been trailing slightly behind his larger cousin smiled to himself after their encounter. He had noticed the way his cousin eyed Haruhi, though he doubted very much that Mori was fully aware of his feelings. Quickly changing his character so that Mori wouldn't ask why he was smiling, Hunny tugged on his cousin's jacket, "Is Haru-chan going to be okay? She seemed really tired during club today".
"Haruhi is a strong woman" Mori said, a bit surprised with the amount of confidence in his own voice.
Hunny grinned in secret once more. He wouldn't push Mori, because he knew that his cousin wouldn't respond well to a forced relationship. No, if he wanted Mori and Haruhi to end up together into something lasting, it would have progress naturally, though perhaps he could speed things up if he was careful about it.