The Best Gifts are from the Heart

This is a secret santa challenge and is dedicated to ILUVNCIS123. Merry Christmas and have a happy new year. I have not written a fanfic in a while after I lost all inspiration for my other stories which I had deleted but I will try my best on this present.

Haruhi, host and now girlfriend of Tamaki, was in a rut as Christmas was coming soon and she had no idea what to get him at all. After all he is wealthy like the others in Ouran Academy and could afford lavish gifts that would be pocket change to them and insanely expensive to a person such as Haruhi.

She had gotten things for the other hosts and her father already and was now in this situation. She had spent some of the money that she had earned during the summer working at the hotel on the gifts and had only about $5 left to spend. She was worrying in her mind as she knew that she would be unable to find a good gift for her boyfriend. She had procrastinated and had considered options that would bring even more debt.

One of the options was asking Kyoya-sempai for some money but she could imagine him saying "This will add to your debt you know?" with the glint of the shadow king in his eyes. That thought alone scared her as she knew that she was in the debt from breaking the 8 million yen vase when she had first encountered the host club. Another was asking her father and friends from around the neighborhood for money but would feel guilty about it as her father worked very hard to pay for everything he could.

This had led to her looking in her neighborhood shops and saw a few things that she thought would be nice but was unable to afford. She had some things that could be worth if she sold but would feel bad as they were from her mother. She saw a tiger's eye necklace that she knew that he would like and went inside the store to talk to the owner.

She went in there and said "How much for the tiger's eye necklace that is in the window?" the store owner looked at her and said "$10". Haruhi's face fell as she knew that she had $5 and smiled sadly. "Could we haggle the price maybe $5?" she said and the owner looked a little annoyed. "Sadly no I can't so $10 is the price. Take it or leave." He said and Haruhi felt sad and mad.

She kept it inside though and turned to leave the store. She hid the tears that had formed and then store owner asked her "I normally don't ask reasons for buying from potential customers but why do you want to buy that necklace? That thing was brought here by a lawyer who lived in the neighborhood so she could afford a gift for her husband and baby girl."

Haruhi stiffened and turned around. She knew that woman was her mother and remembered getting a beautiful gift from her. "That woman was my mother and I was going to get that necklace for my boyfriend for Christmas." She said and the owner smiled for the first time. "If you are that lawyer's daughter, I will gladly sell that necklace to you for $5. That lawyer helped out my wife who passed away 5 years ago with some legal matters and I would be insulting my wife and the kindness that your mother showed us if I didn't." He went over and grabbed the necklace and placed it on the counter. She paid for it and wished him Merry Christmas. She went out with tears in her eyes and felt that her mother had shown that the best gifts come from the heart.

Well that is it. I hope Haruhi was not too OOC but I tried my best. Merry Chrsitmas and remember to honor the gifts that you get this year as they can come from the heart.