Pairing: Haninozuka Mitsukuni x Fujioka Haruhi
I know Haruhi is always paired off with the twins or Kyoya or Tamaki but why not give the Loli-shota type a shot, right? =) He's the cutest of them all!
I hope you guys enjoy this one! =)
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Today was just not her day.
She woke up with a stain on her blanket. Since it was a Monday, she can't be bothered to wash it since she had school. With a heavy sigh, she left her blanket in a pail with soapy water so as to slowly wash away the stain.
When she arrived at school, the twins glomped on her which made her cramps feel much more painful. She glared at the twins and stomped her way to her classroom, leaving stupefied twins.
As classes progressed, so did her headache. She wanted to leave the room and take some painkillers from the infirmary but the nurse might force her to get some sleep ergo, she might miss classes and she didn't want that. She was a scholar student after all. She could not risk dropping her grades.
As she heard the bell for lunch break, she couldn't escape the relief that escaped her lips. She plopped her head on her desk and resigned to sleep, totally ignoring the red-head twins.
Kaoru placed a hand on Haruhi's head, softly caressing it. "I hope you're okay Haruhi. Get some rest, okay?"
"Don't forget to eat lunch." Hikaru said, placing Haruhi's bento at the side of her table. "We'll be back as soon as we're done."
Receiving no reply, the twins left the classroom and headed straight to the cafeteria, ready to report Haruhi's odd behavior today.
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"Hikaru! Kaoru!"
Their blonde King was waving with so much excitement that they can literally see sparkles around him. But today, they're gonna ignore that. It's not about their idiot King today.
"Oi Tono!"
"Eh?" Another blonde character showed, but this time he was carrying a pink bunny with buttons as his eyes. Plus, this blonde's height didn't even reach the twins' shoulders. He was that short. "Where's Haru-chan?"
"About that…" Hikaru started.
"You shady twins!" Tamaki, the Host Club's number one prince, lifted an accusing finger. "Where is my darling daughter?!"
The number one prince received a glare from Hikaru. "Shut it for a second, Tono. I'm about to get to that point."
This resulted in Tamaki crouching and hiding behind the Host Club's Vice-President, Ootori Kyoya, who was ignoring the entire scene and was simply enjoying his rich lunch.
"Haruhi seems… tired." Hikaru started.
"And irritated, if you included that thing this morning." Kaoru added. "Anyway, he's just not his usual self today. So we left him in the classroom."
Curious gazes turned into worried ones. "Did he say anything?" Honey inquired.
The twins shook their heads. "He was asleep when we left."
At this point, Tamaki was already standing, worry etched on his handsome features. "Did he look sick or anything?"
The twins rolled their eyes. Wasn't he listening? "We said he looked tired and irritated." The twins said.
"Kyoya."
The Shadow King simply nodded, knowing Tamaki's intention. "Let's all finish our lunch then we'll head to 1-A."
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Bright lights invaded her brown eyes which increased her headache. The usual chatter of the rich students was absent, so she deduced that it was still lunch break. How long was I out? What time is it? Slowly, she lifted her head, feeling a dull ache on her neck and on her lower back. She sighed again, slowly massaging her temples to somehow relieve her headache.
Yep, today was just not her day.
"Haruhi?"
She diverted her tired gaze to the classroom's door. The entire Host Club was looking at her. "Tamaki-senpai?" She said weakly.
"Haru-chan? Are you okay?" Honey hopped his way towards Haruhi's desk. The rest of the members followed.
Haruhi nodded, trying to force a natural smile, but then felt a sore muscle on her neck which made her wince. Everyone saw that.
"Haruhi." Tamaki closed in, placing a hand on her cheek. "Your eyes are a bit red. Do you have a fever?"
Haruhi, not actually caring anymore about personal space, shook her head. "Just a little headache, that's all."
"Since this morning?" Kaoru asked.
"You've been irritable since you got in here." Hikaru added.
"Infirmary." Mori said.
Tamaki nodded. "Haruhi, let's –"
Haruhi hastily gripped one of Tamaki's sleeves. Tamaki looked at Haruhi, more worried this time. "What is it, Haruhi?"
"It'll be pointless to take pain killers because my head ache will just come back." She said, her voice gaining a bit of her usual tone. "I'll be okay. This'll be gone in a few days."
Kyoya, who was silent all this time, found this a bit intriguing. "Do you have some sort of medical condition that we don't know about, Haruhi?"
Of course he'd deduce to that. "No, Kyoya-senpai, I don't. It's just…"
"Just what, Haruhi?" He probed.
She could feel the heat on her neck slowly rising to her cheeks. This is normal. A woman's body goes through this period every month. But still, she couldn't help but feel embarrassed. Women usually don't go about announcing it that she's on that time. Most definitely not, especially in her case when she's pretending to be a boy!
"Look guys, thanks for worrying but I'm sure it'll be okay." She insisted, not wanting to move.
"What sort of headache is that Haruhi?" Hikaru asked, a frown on his face.
"If it's just a normal one, pain killers could make it go away." Kaoru said. "Let's just go Haruhi." He probed.
"Don't worry about any needles my darling daughter!"
A tick appeared on Haruhi's tired face. That's not what I'm worried about… "My body is aching, okay? I really don't wanna move at all. Trust me, this'll go away in a few days."
"Haruhi."
Haruhi flinched, not wanting to look at her senior's face. Not Mori-senpai, please… "…Hai, Mori-senpai?" She asked meekly.
"You should go to the restroom and change."
"Eh?" Haruhi said dumbly, not exactly knowing what Mori meant.
"Go and change." He repeated, his face looking impassive. "It'll be bad if you get any stains."
Haruhi's cheeks flushed. "Ha – Hai!" In a haste, she carried her bag and went to the nearest restroom without looking back at any of the members.
A moment of silence passed through the 6 gentlemen.
"So that's what it was, ne Takashi?" Honey grinned.
"Ah."
Kyoya sighed, finally putting the pieces together. "So that's what it was…" He mumbled.
Kaoru looked at the Kendo champion. "Mori-senpai?"
"It's nothing to be concerned about." Mori said. "It's… their nature."
A lightbulb appeared in Kaoru's head. "Oh. Heh heh…"
"Kaoru? What's Mori-senpai talking about?"
"Mom! I don't like being out of the loop! What's happening to our darling daughter!?"
Kyoya dragged Tamaki out of the room with his collar. "Let's go. We're wasting our time here."
"But our daughter!"
Honey hopped on Mori's back. "See you later at the club Hika-chan, Kao-chan!"
"Eh?" Hikaru scratched his neck, totally not getting anything at all. He turned to his twin who had a goofy smile on his face. "Kaoru, what's going on?"
Kaoru simply chuckled and dragged his twin to his desk. "I'll tell you the wonderful secrets later, dear brother."
Hikaru pouted, feeling absolutely left out of the situation.
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The door to the Third Music Room opened and revealed the Hitachiin Twins… with a zombie-looking Haruhi.
"Haruhi."
The natural host flinched, somehow knowing what the almighty Shadow King was about to ask. "Yes, Senpai?" I'm pretty sure he's gonna add more to my -
"I'll allow you to skip hosting hours today."
"Huh?" The sentence caught the natural host off-guard. "Huh?" She repeated dumbly. "I don't think… I heard you right, Kyoya-senpai."
Tamaki, out of nowhere, popped right in front of Haruhi. "Is your illness that bad that you can't hear your own mother, Haruhi?!"
The twins pulled Haruhi from Tamaki's rather aggressive hold. "Oi Tono, stop shaking Haruhi." They said, unceremoniously dumping Haruhi beside the Loli-shota who was enjoying his cake.
"Ow…" Haruhi grumbled, massaging her lower back. "Stupid twins…" Her head was still pounding, her entire body was aching – today was just not her day.
"Haru-chan?"
She covered her eyes with her arms, her position totally unladylike but hey, who's to judge? She was posing as a boy anyway. "Yes, Honey-senpai?"
"You can go ahead and use my nap time if you want."
I'd rather not.
She never knew when it started. It started with irregular heartbeats whenever he was near her or when she delivers his treats to his table. One school morning, she asked Hikaru to bring his laptop to school and connect it to the school's incredibly fast internet. The twins badgered her for days about what she did on Hikaru's laptop since they couldn't find any trace of the things that she did. Just because she was a commoner doesn't mean she's not in-tune with technology. She's just poor, that's all.
According to what she found on Google, she probably had Arrhythmia – irregular heartbeats. That night, she asked her dad if her mom had any medical conditions aside from the illness that took her life away. Her father instantly panicked thinking that his own daughter might be showing symptoms. In an attempt to ease her father, she blurted everything out about her irregular heartbeats whenever she's near her short senior. What she got in reply was a hearty laugh which irritated her immensely. She left the table and slammed her door… and could still hear her cross-dressing father laughing. She couldn't remember when her father stopped laughing or when her father opened her door, but she could clearly remember what her father said next: 'My lovely daughter, you're growing up so fast. Maybe you should try looking up the significance of irregular heartbeats to love.'
The next morning, she bothered Kaoru to bring his laptop. It took a whole lot of bribing so that she'd be left alone with his laptop during lunch break. After accepting a deal on modeling one of their mother's new clothing line, she was finally left in peace. She really didn't wanna believe her father. Fujioka Haruhi having an attraction to Haninozuka Mitsukuni? That doesn't sound right at all, right? So again, she looked up 'Arrhythmia'. She went through a number of pages on Google until that one article caught her eye – 'Arrhythmia or Love?'. She clicked on the article and what greeted her were the so-called symptoms when you're in love. She scoffed at the idea at first. There was no way that she could be in-love with her senior. Then she started reading… reading… and reading… Yep. No way at all. She shut Kaoru's laptop and proceeded with her hand-made lunch box.
But the following weeks made her realize that she actually was in love with the small-statured senior.
Thinking about him made her heart race.
She could feel some sort of heat on her face when she's on her way to deliver his treats.
She finds herself stuttering when she tries to talk to him. Where did my brain go when I needed it the most?!
Her senses were somehow heightened whenever he was near. She could smell his sweetness. Please don't let my mind warp into something like Tamaki-senpai.
And that one time…
She literally fell on top of him when she stepped on some fabric that was left after one of their cosplays. Is this what they call 'falling' in love?!
As soon as she acknowledged her 'symptom', she knew she had to gain control of herself. Appearances can be deceiving. Yes, Haninozuka Mitsukuni may be a shorty but he's one hell of a good fighter. Not only that, he's probably on par with Kyoya's perceptiveness. That was not good. Not good news.
Right now, she knew that she was sitting right beside him. She could – again – smell his sweetness waft through her nostrils. Her pounding brain and body aches seemed to have subsided just a tad bit making her feel drowsy. She could feel herself falling asleep despite the wild antics of their King and the mischievous twins. Just being right beside him just made her feel… content.
What happened next was something that was totally out of her control and she could possibly blame it on fatigue or her period or her splitting headache.
As soon as consciousness left, she fell sideways… bumping straight onto Haninozuka Mitsukuni. Her head fell straight onto Honey's lap. She breathed in the sweet smell and mumbled sleepily –
"Sweet, sweet Honey…"
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And that, my dear reader, is chapter 1 =) I hope you enjoyed the first chapter! I'll be posting an update soon!
Ciao!
Nana xxx