Edited by the wonderful... TheLingeringWolf... Who was kind enough to save you dear readers from my horrid spelling!
Authors Note: *Stands up* Hi my name is csidle, and I'm the author of Of Road Trips and Romance Novels...
WOW... that sounded like the beginning of a bad AA meeting... O.o... anywho... Welcome to my first (posted) fanfic. I promise to keep this short so may I just say...
1) I don't own OHSHC... if I did I wouldn't have as many college loans to pay off...
2) All reviews are welcomed and appreciated
3) Please feel free to correct and criticizes to your little hearts content... I only want to get better...
4) ENJOY THE STORY!
NOTE : Rating may Change in future chapters
OF ROAD TRIPS AND ROMANCE NOVELS
CHAPTER 1: Of Road Trips and Office Assistants
He was restless.
Linn Katsuo, owner of one of the largest law firms in Tokyo, was, in general, a very calm, collect, and patient man. Today, however, it seemed like with each second that passed, his patients frayed just that much more. He checked the time on his computer again.
She's late…
Giving up on his vigilant watch for his new office assistant, that should have been there an hour ago; he decided to partake in some of the offices less than delightful coffee in the staff room.
The first steps on his quest for coffee, as steady as they were, had neither prepared him for the projectile flying through the door strait at him, nor had it prepared him for the less then graceful crash that happened seconds later.
From his new found residence on the floor, he found himself looking down at slightly frazzled chestnut brown hair.
This must be her…
Once she regained her bearings, she looked up at him and his mouth went dry. He stood quickly and offered his hand to her. Katsuo chose to ignore the rather pleasant tingling that traveled up his arm in reaction to her petite hand.
When she withdrew her hand from his, she extended it again, flustered, but still determined to salvage her fist impression on her new boss.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Linn-Sama." She shook his hand with steadfast determination, "My name is Oshiro Mariko…"
Knock… knock… knock…
Ignore them and maybe they will leave…
Wishful thinking she knew, but it was worth a shot. Fujioka Haruhi had just settled down for a quiet afternoon of reading her latest romance novel when she was rudely disturbed.
Knock… knock…knock…
Okay, her only romance novel. She had found it a while back while cleaning her eccentric father's room and between chores, school, homework, Host Club, and being dragged around by said hosts, she had only read a little.
Knock… knock… knock…
It wasn't that she even liked this kind of thing. It was merely curiosity that drove her to picking up the small cream-colored paperback and definitely NOT the fact that the half-naked man pictured on the front cover reminded her of a certain host… *cough*… Mori… *cough*… At least, that is what she had been telling herself.
Knock… knock… knock…
Damn rich bastards…
Slamming down her book, she stomped over to the door and yanked it open.
"WHAT THE HE―AHHH"
"HARU-CHAN!"
Haruhi threw her arms open just in time to catch the small blonde senior hurtling toward her. With the speed and momentum he came flying at her with, he slammed her into a soft warm object that had magically appeared behind her; catching her before she could fall backwards onto the floor.
"Mitsukuni… be careful," said the previously mentioned soft warm object, which turned out to be Mori when Haruhi got her bearings enough to look. Honey looked down cutely, smiling at Haruhi and sliding out of her arms to pick up Usa-chan who was totally discarded and forgotten upon seeing the small apartment door open.
Haruhi smiled up at Mori, "Thanks Mori-sempai."
Everyone (minus Kyoya who was, of course, completing a financial report), had their eyes trained on Haruhi, checking to make sure she was not in the least bit hurt by the impact, missed the light blush that was blooming on Mori's cheeks as he held the slightly still in shock Haruhi.
"Are you sure you're alright?" Karou asked while throwing an arm over her shoulders.
"If you're not, we can kiss it better," Hikaru purred as he threw his arm around her waist, effectively taking her away from Mori and into the clutches of their mischievous ways.
Mori clenched his fists. He, for a reason unknown to him, liked the way she had felt in his arms, and did not like her being snatched away from him so easily.
"YOU TWO DEVILS! UNHAND MY LITTLE GIRL!" Tamaki yelled, yanking her into his arms and spinning her around gracefully outside her door way and nearly swinging her into Kyoya's laptop.
"I... CAN'T... BREATH... SENPAI!"
Mori unconsciously fisted his hands tighter still, proceeding to turn them white from the pressure he was exerting. His protective instincts were being stretched thin in the need to lash out and protect her.
"What took my darling daughter so long to answer the door for her daddy?"
I knew you were out there…
"Tamaki, put Haruhi down."
Wow the Shadow King is actually going to help me out here?
Tamaki quit spinning her but did not set Haruhi down. He looked at Kyoya expectedly. Closing his laptop, Kyoya stood from where he was leaning against the railing.
"You nearly swung her into my laptop… we would not want to have that added to her debt as well, would we?"
Of course not…
Tamaki reluctantly put Haruhi back on her own two feet.
"Speaking of which, what took you so long to get to the door Haruhi?" The evil glare on his glasses from a passing car made Haruhi flinch.
Again, you all were out there…
"I was reading," Haruhi stated, looking longingly over to her mangled book that was discarded on the floor where she had slung it just minutes earlier.
"Reading on summer break? Don't you do enough of that during school?" Hikaru asked while trying to look over her shoulder to see what could possibly be worth reading without having to be forced to.
"You do know some people do read for fun?" Haruhi replied with snark. She had managed to bar the door so no one could enter… as if she could stop them… as well as preventing them from seeing the book. That was the last thing she needed, a crazy group of hosts tormenting her about her reading material… or the cover…
"They only read because they have nothing else to do," Karou said with a grin, even though he too enjoyed reading just for fun.
"Plus, you won't need it where we're going!" chimed in Hikaru.
Oh Lord… I'm scared to ask…
"And that would be where, exactly?" Haruhi asked with great trepidation.
"ROAD TRIP!" Tamaki, the twins, and Honey yelled all at once. She felt a headache coming on at the noise.
"NO WAY IN HELL AM I GOING ON A ROAD TRIP WITH YOU MORONS!"
"But… but… we got a bus and everything…" Tamaki, close to tears now, whimpered mournfully.
Haruhi ventured over to the rail and, sure enough, saw a big tour bus in Ouran Academy purple and black with OHSHC in big fancy letters down the side. The door was just icing on the cake with bright red roses elegantly painted along its rim.
"We had it custom made just for our summer road trip…" wailed Tamaki from the corner where the railing met with the wall.
Damn rich bastards…
"Senpai, quit growing mushrooms in my building please," Haruhi, getting very frustrated with the whole situation, just looked in horror at the bus and the mass of people who were congregating around it. Turning to Kyoya, she stated with the utmost direct and authoritative posture she could manage and said very simply, "I'm not going."
"IF MY DAUGHTER ISN'T GOING THEN I'M NOT GOING!" Tamaki screamed, jumping out of his mushroom infested corner.
"If boss isn't going, then …" Hikaru started.
"…we're not going," Karou finished. After all, who were they going to mess with if Tono wasn't with them?
"Takashi… I don't really want to go if Haruhi and the others aren't going."
Honey looked up at Mori with tearful eyes while hugging Usa-chan close. Even without a word from Mori, everyone knew that if Honey didn't go, then Mori wouldn't go.
"Well then, we wasted all that money on the custom van," Kyoya started. "I'm afraid I'll have to add the cost to your quickly growing tab."
Haruhi shuddered; she didn't even want to think about what else was going to be added. "B-But dad…"
Kyoya cut her off, "He already knows and said to tell you to have a good time," he almost seemed bored having to report this bit of information.
"B-But clothes…"
"He packed you a bag and dropped it off this morning. It's on the bus."
Kyoya was getting really agitated by this whole affair, and his temper was starting to show as his voice got tighter and tighter.
Haruhi, by this point, knew she had no choice.
"Fine…" she uttered in complete and agonizing defeat, and was dragged against her will down to the bus by the twins with Tamaki running after them yelling and Honey bouncing with Usa-chan in tow behind him. Kyoya, walking dignified as always followed, clutching his laptop in one hand and rubbing away a headache with the other.
While everyone made their way down do the bus, Mori stepped into the small apartment and scooped up Haruhi's book, paying no attention to the cover or content. He locked the door and pulled it closed behind him, then jogged to catch up to the others who were now being directed into the bus by a very exasperated Kyoya.
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OK... Character names... In case you weren't one of my lovely readers that have come back to reread the new edition...
Linn Katsuo- Names means victorious, heroic man
Oshiro Mariko- Name means true village child