Alright, I'm going to see how many reviews I get from this within one week. 5 or more gets to continue, and I'm NOT going to continue it unless you actually like it. Well, actually, I couldn't care less what YOU like, I'm just writing this for me. P
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Oh, hey, I don't own Ouran High School Host Club. Wish I did, though, cause then I could make a season 2! D
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Haruhi sighed. This is going to be a long day...
Having just arrived at the Host Club, Haruhi predicted that the day would be a long one. Obviously. Well, yeah, I just said that. So, yeah. It's gonna be a long day, if Haruhi says it will be.
Little did she know, the day would hold much more than her predictions could allow...
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"So, Haruhi-kun, what is your favorite sport?" a fangirl asked. She took a delicate sip of her tea and then set the cup down again, batting her thick eyelashes.
"Well," Haruhi began. "I'm not really into sports. But, I'll play just about anything if someone asks me to. Unless I'm in a bad mood, of course."
The fangirl laughed. "I don't believe you can ever be in a bad mood, Haruhi-kun. You're way too perfect!" Haruhi was about to point out a few of her own flaws, but the girl gasped and said, "Oh my gosh! Is it really that time? I'm so sorry, Haruhi-kun, I have to be with my parents at an important meeting. I'll see you tomorrow,though!" The girl gave a cheerful wave before sprinting gracefully out the double doors.
Haruhi blinked. That was fast, I was barely with her for 10 minutes. Oh well, more time to wander around and listen in on other people's conversaions.
Harhui got up off of the plush couch she had been sitting on and wandered over to a small group centered around Mori and Honey. Honey was, of course, eating cake. Mori was sitting in a chair, silent and ever watchful.
"...strawberry is good too, but I like chocolate better." Honey was just saying. Haruhi mentally rolled her eyes; did he ever actually talk about anything else? Like, grades or something? At least she got herself into a wide variety of conversations.
Mori seemed to finally notice Haruhi, and gave her a brief smile before looking back at the small group. Haruhi thought about giving him a smile back, but her mood turned sour when a certain blonde haired nuisnace glomped her.
"Haruhi-chan, what are you doing over here? Oh, I see, your guest left early. What a lucky day, my little princess left earlier also!" The certain nuisance was hugging Haruhi, and it took all her strength just to stand up, he was leaning heavily on her.
"Tamaki-senpai, please get off of me. And why must you call me Haruhi-chan?" Haruhi was obviously hinting at the club's secret: Haruhi's a girl, but nobody 'cept the club members knows it. And '-chan' is a term of endearment used mainly with younger children, aiming itself at girls. Girls. That's why Haruhi always suggested they call her Haruhi-kun during club hours, or just plain Haruhi.
Tamaki covered his mouth with his hand, acting as though he had just let out a huge secret. "Oh! I'm sorry, Haruhi. It won't happen again, I promise!" Haruhi just gave her senpai a glare and shook him off the rest of the way. Before he could reattach himself, Haruhi disappeared, popping up next to Kyouya.
Kyouya, who was busy staring at his laptop screen, gave a blunt, "Hello, Haruhi," before ignoring her completely. Haruhi wondered what he was doing, but when she tried to get a look at the laptop screen, he gave her a light smack upside her head and muttered something about, "Minding your own business."
"Kyouya, that wasn't very nice," a peppy voice came from behind Haruhi. It was Kaoru, and Hikaru was right behind him. "You shouldn't let Tamaki see you abuse his poor little 'child', or it could turn into hell. For you, that is."
Kyouya, again, not caring, just muttered something incoherently and gave Kaoru a death glare.
Kaoru shook his hands in innocence, and then walked over to Haruhi, guiding her by the shoulders over to the group the twins had just been talking with. Hikaru was in tow again, and Haruhi was beginning to wonder if he was feeling alright. He was being so quiet...
"Here he is, Haruhi-kun! These girls wanted to talk with you privately, so we'll just go stand by our Lord." Kaoru winked at Haruhi before grabbing Hikaru by the hand and jogging off a ways.
Haruhi shrugged and turned to the girls. "Good evening, ladies," she said, bowing to the other girls before taking a seat offered to her. Leaning in so that she could keep her voice low, the host whispered, "Is it just me, or are Kaoru and Hikaru acting oddly today?"
All of the girls nodded, and one, obviuosly the designated spokeswoman, cleared her throat and whispered back, "Actually, that's what we wanted to talk with you about. We all figured it out; Kaoru's much happier than usual, not that that's a bad thing. But Hikaru seems...distant. He hardly even spoke when we were all chatting, and Kaoru didn't even seem to notice. It's almost scaring us, so we wanted to ask you. You're the only person who's ever told them apart, so we figured you must know them well."
Haruhi nodded. "Well, I only just noticed it now, but when I think back...they were acting odd this morning, too." Some of the girls nodded, they had noticed it earlier, and had asked around to see if they were the only ones.
Haruhi noticed just how tense this made the girls, so she laughed loudly and said, "Oh, but don't worry, it just means they have something up their sleeves, and Hikaru got the worse end. It's probably another of their little pranks, or something, anything, that they could do to cause trouble." A few of the girls nodded and giggled.
Haruhi stood up and bowed to the girls, and they waved to her as she walked away.
"Alright, guys, you can go back to your fans now," Haruhi told the twins, who had been chatting with Tamaki and the more-irritated-than-usual Kyouya. Before they left, though, Haruhi took a closer look at Hikaru. His eyes were glazed over, as though he were daydreaming.
Maybe I'll ask them later, after club hours...
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Haruhi was resting her head on the table. She was trying not to fall asleep, the day's earlier events had completely passed out of her mind. Mori sympathetically rested a large hand on her shoulder. Haruhi smiled, and even though he couldn't see it, Mori knew.
"Alright! That's all I have to say! Kyouya? Anyone?" Tamaki had just rounded up his summary of that month's activities, which no one had been listening too.
"Actually, Hikaru and I have somethig to announce," Kaoru said, standing up from his seat across from Haruhi. Hikaru also stood, the glazed look in his eyes replaced by a distinct emotion: fear.
Holding Hikaru's hand in his own, Kaoru took a deep breathe and blurted out, "Hikaru and I are in love!"