Haruhi looked at the ticket before her at the six numbers. She looked at the TV and double checked that the numbers were the same. Matching, was this a lie? Or some kind of sick joke? She had won the lottery. 10 million yen, she had never had that much money in her life. She stared at the ticket.

"Are you okay, Haruhi." Her dad asked as he came through the front door.

Haruhi stuffed the ticket in her pocket. "Yeah dad I'm fine." She said.

She hugged her dad. "You can tell me anything, you know that right?" he said.

"I know." Haruhi said smiling.

She made a drink for her dad, knowing that he was tried from his shift. While she did, she thought of what she would do with the money. Her bill with the host club had been paid off, so she didn't need to worry about that anymore. Money had never mattered to her and she was hardly a material person. A thought came to her, she may not want or need it, but she knew who would.

She gave her dad his drink and sat opposite him.

"Erm." Haruhi began "Dad . . ."

"Yes, what is it?" he asked kindly

"There's a prom at school in about two months and I was wondering if we could go dress shopping this weekend?" she asked.

Her dad's face lit up. He pulled his daughter into a hug and spun her round, suddenly stopping.

"Are you sure that you don't want a suit?" he asked, knowing that his daughter preferred traditional 'male' clothing.

"No I think that a dress might be nice, I'll have a look at suits but I want to try on dresses too." Haruhi said. She beamed up at her dad, who smiled back.

"Ok." He said happily

"But I want to go somewhere nice." She said

"I would want nothing less for my Haruhi." Her dad said

That Saturday, Haruhi and her dad traveled to the nice part of town and walked into a dress shop. Haruhi looked at the gowns with disinterest. She wasn't here to by herself a dress; she was going to buy her dad the nicest dress that she could afford.

Her dad was looking as the dress with awe; he had never been able to afford much and only had about three outfits for work and every day wear. He was drawn to the slim velvet numbers.

She picked up a pale pink slimming dress with lace flowers on the bust, she thought that it looked alright, but was only going to try it if her dad tried something on.

"I'm going to try this one dad." She said.

He smiled. "That will look gorgeous on your figure." He said. "You have a great eye."

"You should try something on." She said enthusiastically.

Her dad looked uncertain. "Haruhi." He said seriously "I can't afford to." He looked so sad; Haruhi could tell how much he wanted to.

"Please, for me?" She asked

He looked down at his adorable daughter's face, every day she grew more and more like her mother.

"Okay." He said, smiling

"Pick as many as you want to try on." Haruhi said

Ten minutes later Haruhi stood in the pink dress that she had chosen. It looked okay, but Haruhi knew that she wasn't going to walk out with it. She came out of the changing room and her dad stood before her. He wore a floor length, figure hugging, velvet dress, in dark blue with small silver straps. He had never looked more beautiful. Haruhi stared at him, she was speechless.

"You look amazing!" Haruhi said breaking the silence

He looked down "I feel amazing." He said. "You look really good."

"Thanks," Haruhi said. She shrugged

Her dad sighed "I'll go take this off then." He said sadly. He began to walk back into the changing room but Haruhi grabbed his hand.

"Dad, there is something I should tell you." She said

"What?" He asked

"I won the lottery . . . and I didn't really know what to do with the money. So . . . I thought I could buy you a dress." She explained. Haruhi felt bad for keeping secrets and was finally glad to have the pressure of the lie off her chest.

"Wait . . . you won the lottery?" He asked, trying to get the fact clear in his mind. Haruhi nodded. "And you want to buy me a dress?"

"Yes, you have to sacrifice so much so that I can go to a nice school. I have never been happier then at the Ouran Academy and I am so thankful of that. I want to do this." Haruhi said

"But it's so expensive . . ." Her dad said

She hugged her dad "It's my money. I'm buying you this dress dad, and you can't stop me." She said. Her dad smiled, there was no stopping Haruhi once she had made up her mind.

"Okay, as long as you're sure?" he asked. Haruhi nodded and beamed at her dad. He smiled back and they hugged again.

"After this I want to go and buy myself a nice suit. Then the rest of the money can go on school or into my savings." Haruhi said.

Haruhi bought her dad the dress. They then went and found Haruhi a smart multi-purpose black suit that was in the perfect size. Then her and her dad went out to a restaurant and they both ate fancy tuna.

"I don't tell you enough how much I appreciate you." Her dad said. Haruhi looked at her dad confused.

"Yes you do. You tell me all the time." She said

"Your amazing Haruhi." He said

"Dad you don't have to . . ." She said. Haruhi had never been able to take complements. "Thanks Dad." She said smiling

"That's okay, how's the tuna?" he asked

"Amazing!" she exclaimed "well worth it as a treat." She said.

They both laughed and enjoyed the rest of their meal together.