Tamaki likes to think of the club as a family with Haruhi as his daughter, but I have yet to find any fics featuring a paternal Tamaki and a young Haruhi. So I made one -3-

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"What is it?"

"Is it a alive?"

The bundle moved. The twins jumped back in shock.

"Is it a pet?"

"No, Hikaru, it's not a pet." Kyoya returned to their living room with Tamaki. Mori and Hunny were currently out.

"I'm Kaoru."

The bundle shifted again and this time they could see what it was.

"Is that a kid?" Tamaki hurried over and knelt in front of the couch.

"Everyone, meet Haruhi. She will be staying with us for the night until I can get in touch with child services."

Two large brown eyes gazed nervously up at the blonde and the twins from under the blanket.

"She's cute."

"Can we keep her?"

"No, Kaoru. She's going to be placed in a foster home." Kyoya pulled out his cell phone and began typing on it, trying to find the number to a local facility.

"I'm Hikaru."

"Regardless. We can't keep her." Kyoya responded, not even looking at the twin. He'd stopped trying to tell them apart over a year ago.

"Haruhi." Kyoya looked up then. Tamaki was still knelt down by the couch; eye level to the stray child Kyoya had brought in. "How old are you?"

"Daddy says not to talk to stan-, uh, strangers." She took care to enunciate each word.

"I'm Tamaki. Tamaki Suoh. It's a pleasure to meet you, Princess Haruhi." He smiled and held out his hand to shake. Haruhi blushed and withdrew a hand from the blanket to grab his.

"It's nice to meet you, too. Tam-, Taki, Tamama." She scowled in frustration while Tamaki chuckled.

"You can just call him Tama."

"Or Maki."

"Or she doesn't give him nicknames because he's going to get attached." Kyoya wiped the smiles off the twins' faces, all while still typing on his phone.

"So Haruhi," Tamaki was ignoring his roommates' conversation. Haruhi sat up on the couch and he could see she had on thin footie pajamas that had begun to fray around the edges. "What brings you here?"

"Her father works next to my office. He's a pleasant man, but, due to a recent death in the family, is no longer able to care for her." Kyoya found the number and grabbed a pen and paper to write it down. "He asked me to make the arrangements for her, as he could not bear to do it himself."

"Haruhi's going to an orphanage?" Tamaki stared at the resident accountant in horror. "Someone died and her father can't take care of her… doesn't she have any other family?"

"None that are financially able to take on the responsibility of raising a child."

The twins had lost interest in the conversation and had begun taking turns tickling Haruhi with a feather they had found.

"Why can't we keep-,"

"Tamaki, don't you dare finish that thought. There are six of us living here already and at that we're still only scraping by." Kyoya shot the blonde his signature demon's glare, but all that accomplished was sending the twins ducking behind the couch.

"You're exaggerating. Besides, we have room, and the way our schedules work out, there will always be someone here."

"We are not taking in a child, Tamaki." Kyoya leveled a stare at him, but the blonde refused to back down. "This is a major financial and emotional investment. Plus, you have to factor in space. Kids need toys, books, games, medical supplies, food that suits their diet, a bed-,"

"Hunny usually sleeps in Mori's room, anyway. Those two can bunk together, and she can have his room. I bet when I explain the situation, I can get tons of free toys and clothes from work, you can find out if she has any allergies from her dad, and I bet Hunny, Hikaru and Kaoru would love to play with her." Tamaki countered smugly, as though he had already figured it all out.

"There is also the issue of her age. As soon as the summer is over, Haruhi is going to start school for the first time. Are we going to be able to afford school supplies? And entering such an environment suddenly almost guarantees that her immune system is going to get a jump-start in fighting viruses and illnesses. Are we going to be able to take off of work to pick her up from school and care for her?"

"There are six of us here with rotating schedules. Finding one person to pick her up won't be a problem." Tamaki smiled cockily. Contrary to popular belief, he was the only one in the house able to hold his own against Kyoya.

"I don't need much room. And I have a pack-back." Haruhi tugged on Kyoya's shirt, big eyes watering. "Please?"

"Yeah, Kyoya. We can take care of her."

"We're going to be great big brothers."

The phone turned off and was placed harshly on the coffee table. "Hunny and Mori will have to give their consent. This is a major decision. If the it's is not unanimous, we're going to leave it at that. Alright? She goes to a foster home and the subject is not brought up again."

"Alright."

"Deal."

"Got it."

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It was three days before Kyoya saw Haruhi's father again. He had taken time off work to deal with arrangements for the funeral and the stress of losing not only his wife, but Haruhi as well.

"It's good to see you back to work, Ranka." Kyoya smiled politely. "How are you doing?"

"As good as I can be, considering. How is she? Do you know if she got placed with a good family yet?" Ranka averted his eyes. He hadn't wanted to give her up, but as it was, there was no way he would have been able to do anything close to caring for her. As it was, he was sleeping on a friend's couch because he couldn't afford to keep his apartment.

"She found a good place, don't worry. My roommates and I will be able to take care of her." Kyoya saw him raise his head in confusion and continued before he had a chance to interrupt. "We're able to care for her, and you'll always be nearby. This way, she will have as little in her life changed as possible and as soon as you're emotionally and financially stable again, we will hand custody back over to you."

"Are you sure about this? Haruhi's young, so she can be a bit of a handful at times."

"No worries. The majority of us have siblings so we know how to handle children, and we've already cleared out a room for her. She's fit right into the household."

"In that case, thank you."

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Haruhi and our boys, as is usual with them, are not going to have a quiet go of things. Especially when you include a favorite stuffed bunny, Mori's self defense lessons, or the creepy recluse living next door. I hope you enjoy! Please review! :3