Mon Ami

(Chapter has been edited!)

A/N: Hi! Well it's my first Ouran fanfic and I've good big expectations for this one. The fanfic is based off the Anime, not the manga. But still they're pretty similar so it's not much of a difference. Note that the story includes Japanese words. You can check their meaning at the bottom of the chapter. Thanks for reading and please review! Enjoy!

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Flashback

Chapter 1: Now you've done it!

"Kyouyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~!"

Ootori Kyouya bit his lip in an attempt to control himself. He was just about ready to burst a vein. This was it. This was as much as he could take. He was just THISclose to losing his cool. And for the ever-so-cool vice-president of the Ouran host club to lose his temper, it would call for nothing less than the biggest annoyance the world had ever heard of. Unfortunately the biggest annoyance in the world happened to be his so called best friend Suoh Tamaki. The self-proclaimed 'king' of host was infamous for planning grand schemes that more often than not lead them into trouble. Creating total chaos was nothing new for Tamaki. But this time, at least in Kyouya's opinion, he'd taken it a little too far.

Kyouya irritably snapped his notebook shut and looked up at the approaching blonde with an expression that would make any normal person cower in fear. However, for the most part, Tamaki wasn't normal.

"Kyouya! Kyouya!" The unusually hyperactive for his age Suoh chanted, rushing up to him. "What do you think? Isn't this great?!"

'Great?!' Kyouya thought in utter disbelief. 'There is nothing great about looking like a complete fool you moron!'

Tamaki seemed blissfully unaware of the emotional stress he was causing his best friend as he pranced around joyfully, rejoicing in the success of his 'wonderful' idea.

The idea started as usual with Tamaki saying, "Hey Kyouya I've got an idea! Lets-"

This time the sentence ended with "-dress up as bunny girls for charity"

The host club had exploded into fits of laughter, apart from always unsurprised Kyouya, a not-so-amused Haruhi and the ever silent Mori-senpai. But no one objected to the proposal.

"Sugoi idea tono!" The Hittachin twins had yelled enthusiastically, hugely inflating their lord's already over inflated ego.

Tamaki had been driven by his pity for what he called 'the commoners'.

"Poor neglected and scorned! Oh the pitiful beings!" Tamaki was nearly reduced to tears when he said it. "If we, those who were born into privileged families, do not help them then they will be doomed to live with their pitiful existence for the rest of their lives!"

Not to mention he and the twins were already imagining Haruhi in a bunny suit.

Needless to say that Haruhi was very, very annoyed.

It had sounded innocent enough. Compared to some of their other more dangerous adventures they'd ended up in, it didn't seem like a very big thing. Kyouya knew that once Tamaki decided something there was absolutely no way to stop him. Besides, it was for charity. Nothing could go wrong if they were doing something good right?

Wrong…so terribly horribly wrong. What the shadow king hadn't counted on was being made to parade their costumes in public.

In front of his father.

Yes that's right. Tamaki had chosen to hold the event in the exact spot where his father liked to go occasionally for lunch. And call it fate or just plain bad luck, but when Kyouya appeared at the designated location after being forced into his giant pink bunny suit (Not a bunny girl outfit. He would have murdered every last one if them if they even tried to put him into such a monstrosity.) the very first person he saw was his father sitting in a small café directly in front of him.

The other club members hadn't said anything much about their costumes. Haruhi had gone along with it as usual, even if a little unwillingly. She wore a waiter's outfit and a top hat instead of the obviously too revealing bunny outfit, a necessary precaution taken to prevent the truth of her gender from being revealed (much to the dismay of some). The twins on the other hand had instantly agreed with their chosen outfits, pleased that their lord had come up with another interesting way of killing time. They were dressed up in identical black dresses with mini top hats and veils across their faces. Both and bunny ears on their hats, Hikaru's white and Kaoru's pink. They were having the time of their lives parading around shamelessly in their inappropriate costumes. Honey was dressed like Kyouya, in a little pink bunny suit, because it suited him. However unlike Kyouya, he had actually agreed to wear it, out of his fondness for cute things. Even now girls were crooning over him, whispering how adorable he looked. The ever faithful Mori stood by his side, wearing a tuxedo and a top hat with a pair of bunny ears stuck to it. He was the only male member of the host club who had been allowed to wear something…normal.

Okay so Tamaki had gone a little off topic from just 'bunny girls' But the bunny theme was still there so…

Tamaki himself was dressed elegantly in a frilly pink dress, covered with puffy bows and laces and a hair band with rabbit ears in his hair. As their king, he had to set an example for his subjects.

Why had the ever eccentric Suoh originally decided to dress them up as rabbits? That was because Tamaki had chosen the benefactor of their charity even to be Kawaii rabbit children's home, a home for orphans and children from troubled families. So dressing up as rabbits was justified. But still it looked a little stupid.

"It'll reel in the crowds!" the blonde had stated confidently.

And surprisingly he was right. An amazingly large number of people had gathered around them and they were making a hell of a lot of profit from this. But somehow all of that seemed just a teeny tiny teensy weensy bit insignificant to Kyouya considering the fact that…

His father could have possibly just seen him in a bunny suit.

Kyouya could have sworn at that moment that he would have liked nothing better than to rip the kawaii-ly dressed Tamaki into micro-organic pieces using nothing but his insanely overgrown bunny teeth. But somehow he didn't think that would be well received by the crowd.

Kyouya caught Haruhi's eye from the corner where she was standing. She flashed him a tiny sympathetic smile.

At least someone has a regular reaction to this.

The day was almost done. Kyouya was desperate for time to run out. Only a few more minutes before he could escape from this hell with his dignity and pride intact. There was the smallest possibility that His father hadn't seen him yet. The bunny suit was quite big; in fact he was drowning in it. And the fake teeth and whiskers covered his face well. He was beginning to feel safe when he heard the sound that sealed his impending doom.

"May I have your attention please?"

It was the sound of Tamaki speaking into a microphone.

"We of the Ouran Host club would like to thank you all very much for supporting of event for a good cause." Tamaki said graciously bowing to his audience, causing the entire audience to swoon. "So please give it up for the people who made this event possible!" With a dramatic flourish, he gestured towards the host club, now gathered on the right hand side of the stage.

There was a round of wild applause and whooping as the hosts made their way up to the temporary stage that had been erected for the event.

"Announce our names Tono!" The Hittachin brothers said in unison, racing up to the stage, dragging a reluctant Haruhi behind them. "Nani?!" Haruhi protested. "Wait! Don't-" she was cut off by the pair of hands that were suddenly slapped over her mouth.

Kyouya felt as if his inner self were falling into a bottomless pit…

"Oh yes I almost forgot." Tamki exclaimed, slapping his forehead. Then in his usual elegant manner he continued, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the members of the Ouran host club. Hittachin Hikaru and Kaoru, Fujioka Haruhi, Hanizuka Mitsukuni, Morinozuka Takashi and finally last but not least our vice-president…

…falling deeper and deeper….

"Ootori Kyouya!"

…he was nearing the bottom…

The crowd cheered wildly. Hikaru and Kaoru entertained themselves by blowing kisses to random girls in the audience and watching them faint with delight. Kyouya refused to be a part of this spectacle any longer. Just as he walked off the stage…

"Kyouya."

Kyouya looked up. Yep. He was now officially embarrassed. He swallowed the huge lump that was forming in his throat.

"Oto-san…"

The elder Ootori looked down at his youngest son, his expression unreadable.

"We'll have to have a talk about this when you get home."

….Kyouya's soul hit the bottom of the depths of darkness with a resounding thud.

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"Kyouya…what's wrong?!" Tamaki asked with concern after the group was back in the clubroom. Kyouya had angrily ripped off his costume; completely ignoring Honey's pained cries of "Usa-chan!!!"

Kyouya was beyond outraged by the time they'd returned to the third music room. His initial embarrassment had easily become irritation when Tamaki, who was still blissfully unaware of the situation, happily ranted on and on about what an amazing job they'd done during the entire trip back to school. Irritation turned into frustration. Why wouldn't the idiot shut up! Couldn't he see that Kyouya wasn't in the mood to talk, much less celebrate? Frustration became anger. And anger became…

Anger became the reason why there were now pieces of ripped up fur all over the music room.

"Kyouya-Senpai!" the twins gasped in shock as Mori attended to a traumatized Honey. Everyone was pretty much in shock. For Kyouya to have lost his never, something very big must have happened.

Tamaki (Poor, poor, foolish Tamaki) was the first to regain his speech. "Kyouya? What's wrong?"

There's only so much a human can handle before they can't take it and explode. And for Ootori Kyouya, it was explosion time.

"WHAT'S WRONG?!"

The entire host club jumped back. Kyouya was seething with anger. The very person who was causing him so much distress didn't even know what he had done. That irritated Kyouya to no end.

"Kyouya…Senpai…" Haruhi muttered in disbelief, "Did you just…shout?"

There was a stunned Silence. Total and complete silence.

It was the calm before the storm.

Kyouya crossed the distance between him and Tamaki with two quick strides. Thoughtlessly, he grabbed him violently by the shirt.

"What were you thinking?" He demanded.

"Kyouya I don't understand." Tamaki said looking up in confusion at his friend. "Why are you so angry?"

Kyouya blinked. He willed himself to be calm.

'That's right. There's no point in getting angry. The stupid fool didn't know any better. He couldn't have known that my father would be there. It's not his fault.'

Kyouya released Tamaki. "Sorry. It's nothing." He said, once again slipping easily into his cool and calm outlook.

"Oh by the way Kyouya did you know your father was there?"

'……WHAT?!'

*Tamaki's flashback*

Tamaki was attending to some customers when he noticed a familiar looking man in a suit sitting at a small table in a café eating lunch. Tamaki immediately recognized the man as Mr. Ootori, Kyouyas' father.

"Oji-san!"

Mr. Ootori looked up. If he was surprised to see the Suoh in a dress he hid it well.

"Tamaki-kun…what a surprise." He said, calmly eyeing the strange costume. "What brings you here?"

"The host club is raising money for charity Oji-san" Tami said cheerily.

"Ah...so you're the cause of this unnatural crowd. I should have known. A club activity you say? I expect Kyouya is with you then."

"He's the one in the pink bunny costume!"

Once again there was extreme lack of emotion from Mr. Ootori.

"Is that so? I think I might go visit him later. You should return to your work."

"Ah yes. See you later Oji-san."

*End Flashback*

"Let me get this straight." Kyouya said, his voice shaking. His back was facing Tamaki. "You saw my father…went up and talked to him…and told him that I was wearing a bunny costume?"

"That's right. Did you meet him? He said he would come and see you la-"

Tamaki's sentence was cut off as Kyouya turned around, grabbed him by the collar and rammed him into the nearest wall.

"Why the hell did you tell him I was wearing a bunny costume you idiot!"

"Wha..? I-"

"How could anyone be so stupid? Did it even occur to you that I might not want my father to see me dressed as a giant pink rabbit?! Are you completely brainless? How someone as idiotic as you could be called the 'king'…You're not fit to lead anyone you moron! You call your self a king! Don't make me laugh."

"Kyouya-senpai!" Haruhi protested, taking a step forward. Hikaru pulled her back, shaking his head. It wasn't safe to intervene in this fight.

"You and your stupid ideas!" Kyouya continued, enraged. "This idiotic club, you're brainless schemes! I've had it! I've had it with you and all you're crazy ideas! I'm sick of you pretending that this stupid club is your family just because your own family is so screwed up. Who do you think you're fooling! Who-"

Kyouya stopped venting his anger as Tamaki pushed him back suddenly and glared at him fiercely. There was a collective gasp form all the host club members. Kyouya ignored them, staring furiously at Tamaki while still gripping his collar. The pair stared at each other directly in the eye. It was clear that neither one of them would back down.

"Are you unhappy with the way I'm running this club Kyouya?"

There was something in Tamaki's tone that startled Kyouya. But there was not turning back now. He had gone too far.

"You?! Run this club?! Do you really run this club Suoh Tamaki? You haven't done a single thing for the benefit of this club. In fact the only thing you've done is cause trouble for me to clean up! You've dumped all your responsibilities onto me! I'm the only one who ever does anything!"

"Well then if you're so unhappy then feel free to leave!" Tamaki retorted unexpectedly, looking The Ootori straight in the eye.

They stared at each other, Purple eyes boring into cool brown ones. Finally, Kyouya released Tamaki and stepped back. Their eyes never left each others. Kyouya reached into his school uniform. He pulled out the black notebook he used to record all the club affairs and threw it onto the floor.

"I'll take it you're relinquishing your position at Vice-president?" Tamaki asked.

"Indeed. Lets how long this club survives without me, 'your majesty'"

With those final words, Kyouya turned and walked out of the room. The shadow king of the Ouran host club had left.

Forever.

Tamaki continued to watch as his now ex-best friend left the club they'd set up together. He watched Kyouya's retreating back until he disappeared from view.

Kaoru was the first to try to speak. "Tono…?" He started hesitantly. "Are you-"

Tamaki, to everyone's surprise, turned around and gave them his usual wide smile.

"Well now that's over. I'm sorry but I'll have to leave. I have something to attend to and I'm already late. Hikaru, Kaoru, could you handle things here?"

"Hai…tono…." The twins said blinking in surprise.

"Thanks. I'll be going now. See all of you tomorrow,"

Tamaki rushed off. No one was fooled by his carefree act.

"Tama-Chan…." Honey said sadly.

"Will he be alright?" Haruhi said worriedly, wondering if she should go after him and make sure he was fine.

"It'll be fine." Hikaru said nonchalantly with his hands behind his head. "Trust me, knowing Tono he'll feel so guilty that he'll call Kyouya up in the middle of the night and beg him to come back."

"And Kyouya will be so sleepy that he'll agree just to get Tono to shut up so he can go back to sleep." Kaoru said with a reassuring smile. "And then he'll have no choice but to stick to his promise and it'll all be back to normal by tomoorow."

Haruhi wasn't so convinced. She'd never seen Tamaki act like that, or Kyouya for that matter. They'd both looked pretty serious. Haruhi looked down and caught Honey's eye. She knew by his worried look that they shared the same thoughts.

"Kyou-chan really said some mean things about Tama-Chan…" Honey said. "Will they be able to forgive each other after that?" He looked up at Mori for reassurance.

"Relax! Just wait until tomorrow." Hikaru said confidently "You'll see. Kyouya will be here with his little black book as usual-" He cut himself off, glancing at the notebook that still lay on the floor where Kyouya had thrown it. Haruhi bent down to pick it up.

"It's getting late. Let's just lock up and go home." She said, moving to put the book on a nearby table.

"Ah." Mori said, speaking for the first time thought the entire incident. He gathered the hosts discarded costumes, including the pieces of the bunny costume that Kyouya had ripped up.

Haruhi took a deep breath as she stared out the window at the water fountain in the school garden.

'It'll be fine. It'll all be back to normal tomorrow.'

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A/N: I apologize for making Kyouya and Tamaki a little OOC (at least in my opinion) Kyouya especially with that sudden outburst. Reviews are much appreciated.

Japanese to English translation:

Sugoi- Great/wonderful

Nani- What

Usa- rabbit

Chan- A suffix used to indicate closeness

Hai- yes