"Hey! Isn't that Haruhi?" A red haired man asked.
"What? Where?" Came the frantic reply from a blonde hair man next to the first.
"Over there." An ash-black haired man stated pointing towards a brown haired girl.
"It is! Wait… Who is she with?" the blonde muttered more to himself then the people he was with.
"She looks familiar…" the ash-black murmured. "Lets get closer!"
The three men moved closer to their targets in the outdoor mall. Their targets were a pair of girls. One with short brown hair and the other with long strawberry-blonde hair. Both girls were dressed in designs that no one had ever seen before.
"Come on Kasumi! We haven't seen each other since middle school. And you love shopping. Why are you so down?" The brown haired girl stated. The guys in hiding grew interested in the conversation.
"What would you do, Haruhi? If your grandfather on your mother's side suddenly came into your life and took over saying that you were the only heir to his family's company when you have an older brother that he has already married off? And on top of that try to marry you off to just about every first born jackass out there?" Kasumi asked point blank. The girls stopped walking and sat on a bench.
"Wow.. There is more to this isn't there?" Haruhi asked. Kasumi nodded.
"I was paraded around like a piece of meat to so many men… But that's not what has me so down. I think I may have doomed the most recent guy I was introduced to." Kasumi let out a heavy sigh at that. The ash-black haired man frowned.
"What do you mean? Haruhi asked.
"I was introduced to a man named Hitachiin Hikaru. For me it was love at first sight without knowing his name. Once I learned it however… It was all over. My grandfather saw the tiny spark of attention I showed him and now Grandfather is pushing us into an arranged marriage." Kasumi grumbled. "What's worse is the powder blue monstrosity that he had me wear to meet him! What is with men and frills?"
"I don't know. What did Hikaru think of you?" Haruhi laughed.
"I think he was too distracted by the butt ugly dress that I had on to form an actual opinion on me. And in that I don't blame him. He could probably design something a thousand times better. Hell.. -I- could design something better then that horrid thing. The only good part about it was the color. It was a pretty color… But that dress did not bring the color out at all. If anything I could tell he wanted to verbally rip it apart." Kasumi stated.
"Wow. I am surprised he held his tongue." Haruhi giggled.
"What do you mean?" Kasumi asked, confused.
"Well I know Hikaru. He is very outspoken. He'd never hold back like that." Haruhi frowned. "I wondered why he held back."
"It might have been because my grandfather played chaperone the entire time we were together." Kasumi stated. She sounded depressed about it.
"That dress was hideous on you." the ash-black haired man said suddenly, having appeared next to Kasumi, leaning on the back of the bench. The girls jumped and looked at him in shock.
"Hikaru!" The girls said at the same time. He smiled, moved around the bench and sat next to Kasumi, where the other two came and sat on either side of Haruhi.
"Tamaki, Kaoru… You guys are here too?" Haruhi growled. "Am I not aloud to have a day to myself?"
"We weren't following you, Haruhi." Kaoru stated.
"We kind of just spotted you." Tamaki hugged the brown haired girl. Haruhi returned the hug.
"I am glad you agree with me about the dress. I burned it when I got home. There was no way I could have even saved the fabric." Kasumi stated. Hikaru blinked.
"Why would you save fabric?" He asked.
"Because I like to make my own clothing. Not that it will mater once my grandfather marries me off." She grumbled.
"Well right now, unless that old coot changes his mind, I'm your fiancé. And I want you to be yourself. Show me the you that you couldn't that day." Hikaru grinned. The smile she gave him made his heart race. It wasn't the false smile he had seen before.
"Kasumi? Didn't you want to stop at that exotic pet store?" Haruhi asked.
"OH! Your right! Come on!" Kasumi smiled once more at Hikaru, reached across Kaoru, grabbed Haruhi's hand, and dragged her away from the boys. The two of them ran towards said pet store, the guys were hot on their heals.
"Ah! Kasumi. Welcome back. How is your sling?" The owner smiled. The guys whom had taken off after the girls looked confused.
"Growing. It molted twice last month. I need to buy a new container to re-house it." Kasumi smiled. The man laughed.
"Re-house what?" Hikaru asked.
Kasumi turned to him with a wicked gleam in her eyes and grin on her lips. "A tarantula."
~~~~~`~~~~~~~~~~~~AN: Hi! This story has nothing to do with Snowfall. I just wanted to share this random storyline I had in my head. I might continue this I might not. Please tell me what you think. :3
Disclaimer: I don't own Ouran. Kasumi is like Umeko. Part canon ,part OC.
