Hey all! Going to a new anime, Ouran! Bet none of you saw that coming! Muahahah!!!!
Anywho, I've noticed a lot of the Haruhi romantic fics are REALLY sped up, like they're only there for the lemons, and I need a good story, damnit!!
So I'm making one myself!
This will EASILY go with the rest of my fics, an attempted good pace, a few good lemons since phollie is taking so REALLY TOTALLY DAMN LONG in writing Through glass!
So, on with the story!
Disclaimer, I don't own anything here. Not even the computer. It's my hubby's. He sucks like that.
This is an after fic, what happened after the series ended. (Based entirely upon the anime)
Chapter 1- Not just another day
Haruhi sat in the room, the flowers that surrounded her as well as the women swooning over her were nothing new. She was now hopelessly entwined in the Host club, even after her debts were paid. There was nothing she wanted more than this family to continue. She knew it wouldn't last forever, as in only a few months quite a few of the members, pretty much everyone besides herself, were graduating. She looked over at Tamaki, who pretty much was totally being swooned over by half of the girls in the room and smiled over, a slight wave in her hand. "You really like him, don't you?" The woman across from her asked, a look of longing and knowing on her face. "Tamaki-sempai holds us all together. We're a family here." She smiled at the woman, and she smiled back, taking a sip from her tea cup. "But you never have that look on your face unless you're looking at him or the twins." Haruhi looked up, eyes wide. "Really? I've never noticed." The woman across from her nodded. "I think it's really brave of you being in a club like this, pretending to be straight." Haruhi looked up, mortified. "I've known for a while, but you're so much fun to talk to! It's as if you're just... one of the girls. I don't feel pressured into things with you." Haruhi smiled. That's what she felt as well with this group.
An odd feeling of acceptance from a group of women who thought she was a man... The thought was ironic, but she smiled at it anyway as Honey came by with a tray of cakes. She took a strawberry cheesecake from the cart, which was unusual for her, but she didn't care at that moment.
She cared later, when she realized she'd eaten four over the course of the evening. "Haruhi, is it... that time of the-"
"no..." She sighed as she turned from Tamaki, almost hating herself for not being more angry with him over that comment. "It just looked good today. That's all." She ruffled through her bag, pulling out a notebook that she'd started carrying with her since her debts were paid. She kept track of how many customers she had, if for no other reason than to boost her own ego.
"That's impressive." She looked over to see Hikaru looking over her shoulder at her numbers and she smiled. "Tamaki-sempai, she had more customers than Honey today." Honey smiled up at her and nodded. "You're doing great." She smiled down at him as she snapped the book closed, replacing it in her bag. "I better get home before father leaves for work. She smiled and turned to walk away, surprised when Tamaki took her arm. "I'll take you home then."
"I can walk." She fumed, though she didn't know why. She walked out and took a moment in one of the halls to look down on the school. It used to seem so much... larger. More intimidating. Now is was almost like home to her. She sighed, not wanting things to end yet. It was only the day after the festival, and in a week they'd all go on summer break. She was surprised to find she wasn't looking forward to it.
She walked down to the entryway of the school and found the twins waiting for their car. "Haruhi-san," Kaoru started, "Would you like us to-"
"Take you home?" The two smiled at her and she smiled back, nodding. "If it's on the way." They nodded and she stepped over to them just as the car pulled up.
It was a limo, as she'd expected. The back had a bar full of soda and Ci-Ci and she accepted a lychee one with a smile. "In a month they'll graduate." Kaoru smiled sadly, looking out the window.
"Yes, we'll miss the host club." Hikaru smiled as well, but looked down at the floor, drawing attention from Haruhi. They were usually so symmetrical is was odd to see them looking in different directions like this. "That's life. I'd like to think that we could all still get together after, but I guess the others will all be too busy with their companies..." Haruhi accidentally depressed herself. She didn't want to think of going on for the rest of time, never seeing anyone who turned her into who she would be then.
The ride was faster than she thought and she unexpectedly gave them hugs before getting out of the car. She just stood there after she'd gotten out and stared at her feet, eyes wide, surprised at herself for the show before she looked up at her apartment. They were from different worlds than herself. She knew this. She knew that everything ended. She knew that she wouldn't be in the host club forever.
She didn't want to be alone anymore. She wasn't now. She smiled at the thought, at least for the next month they'd all be there with her.
She'd also forgotten her bag in the twins' car.
She made her way up the stairs, happy that she'd done her shopping the previous day walked in to see her father talking with Kyouya's. She frowned, suddenly worried and hurried to start making dinner. She knew that whatever they were discussing came to an abrupt halt when she came in and she looked in with a smile. "Hello, Ootori-san! Should I make extra?" He looked up at her and smiled, then unexpectedly nodded. "Yes, Thank you."
She could hear them chatting quietly in the next room as she went and changed into her daily cloths and sighed, relieved to be out of the uniform. She'd noticed it, she'd started 'blooming'. Soon she'd have to bandage up her chest before putting the uniform on. Probably about the end of the year. She smiled, shaking her head. Who was she joking? After this year the host club would be gone. It would be her and the twins, and there was really no alternatives in the school that she knew of. No one could replace those that would be leaving. She smiled sadly before going back to making dinner.
She served the men in the other room and smiled as she got herself a plate of rice, tempura and a bowl of soba. She smiled as she took in the aroma before headed into the other room to eat.
It was oddly silent as they ate. She looked between her father and their visitor and finally finished, clearing the table as she was the last to finish and washed the dishes. "I'm going to go study!" She called and she heard her father nearly whisper. "Alright, sweetie."
She wasn't used to that. It was all too odd for her and she looked in to see the look on his face was a mix of joy and terror. She frowned before turning and heading to her room.
It was about ten minutes later that she heard him leave, and about ten minutes after that there was another knock at the door. She went to answer it, but her father beat her to the door and she noticed now that it was Souo-san. "Hello, Superintendent Souo." She bowed respectfully as her father invited him in. They went onto the same room as the other conversation had gone into and she frowned, wondering what was going on.
Back to studying. About ten minutes later there was another knock at the door and an older gentleman she'd never seen before looked down at her, eyes narrowing in curiosity. "Are you... Haruhi?" She nodded and frowned, his hair looked too familiar and she backed away, allowing him in. "You're Kaoru and Hikaru's father, aren't you?" He nodded, an odd smile on his face. "Yes. How did you know?"
"It's the hair. It's color and fullness is just like theirs. Are you also here to see my father?" He looked at her and up into the next room seeing Souo and shook his head. "Actually, I'll talk to him later, when he's not busy. Please, can you give him my card?" She nodded, taking the small paper from him as he turned to leave. "It was a pleasure meeting you." He smiled again before walking away.
She was now completely confused. She went back to her room and continued studying before she heard Souo leave. She jumped up and ran to the other room, seeing her father's head snap to her, eyes wide, still filled with both terror and joy. "Father, you had another visitor, he asked me to give you his card." She handed the paper over and saw the look on his face turn from joyous to downright fear.
"Haruhi, do you know why any of these men were here today?" She shook her head as he smiled at her innocence. "They're all asking for your hand."
"NOO! They're all WAY too old!! PLEASE tell me you-" He started laughing and Haruhi suddenly realized what was happening. "For their sons?" He nodded, his laughter ending. "I'm not going to answer for you. Apparently, though, Ootori and Souo have an agreement not to be angry if not chosen. It's purely up to you." She nodded.
Her father was terrified of her getting engaged so young, but was thrilled at the thought that she could marry into so much money. Haruhi just stood there, thinking. She'd never actually thought of this. She never really thought of them as available men, just... the guys. The twins, Tamaki, Kyouya. She just stared, shock and sudden fear setting in.
It was then that there was a knock at the door again and she turned, absent as she opened the door to the twins standing there. "Haruhi! You forgot-"
"What's wrong?" Hikaru asked, eyes widening and Kaoru looked on, dropping her bag at the look on her face. "You don't know?" They shook their heads, looking suddenly afraid. "Should we?" Kaoru asked and she smiled, brushing it off. "Don't worry about it. It's.... odd." She shuddered the rest of it out of her system and turned back to them, both still looking worried. "It's fine!"
"We're not worried about 'it'"
"We're worried about you." She smiled looking up at them. "We just had some interesting news, it's... family... I guess..." Her father crept up behind her and whispered into her ear. "It's all on you, none of them know." She turned to him and nodded. "You could have told me that earlier."
She sighed looking back over. "That's it." Kaoru looked over at Hikaru with a smile. "We're kidnapping you." the other finished, a smile growing steadily on him. She shook her head, backing away as they stepped in, each taking an arm in theirs and turned to her father. "Is there a time-"
"We need to have her home?" They asked and Ranka smiled at them, waving away the question. "She's a big girl! Today's Friday, have her home by Sunday night!" The twins turned to him, a little surprised before smiling and nodding. "Thank you!"
"We'll return her safely!" They smiled and waved as they got her into the limo.
"It's evening and I have no cloths!" Hikaru smiled at her looking over at Kaoru. "We'll get you some!"
"It'll be fun!" He smiled and they both seemed to have some inner ideas. She frowned and looked between them. "Hey, can I ask you a favor?" She had her own idea, and this seemed the perfect time to spend time with all of the guys that she currently knew about. She prayed that Honey's father wasn't getting ideas. "Yeah, sure."
"What is it you want?" She smiled over and sighed. "Can we have Tamaki and Kyouya with us?" They looked between each other, then back to her. They looked a little down at the question, but smiled none the less "That would be fine." They said in unison this time. She smiled and nodded.
It was odd, but she looked at them on either side of her, Kaoru on the phone and Hikaru seemed to be eying her oddly, as if he were wondering what was going on in her head. "You know, if something has happened, you can talk to us. You're our best friend." His eyes were still worried and Haruhi noticed the oddly quiet in his tone. She smiled up at him and nodded. "I've just become aware of a situation. I'm a little shaken up right now, but maybe spending time with you all will help me out." She looked down at the floor instead of at his face like he was used to. He knew there was truth to her words, but he knew that there was something she wasn't saying. After all, Why would she invite Kyouya and not Honey? "Should we invite Honey-sempai as well?" She shook her head. "No, that's not... I... yes, could you?" She looked up, making an odd decision. She needed someone to confide in, and maybe Mori and Honey were just what she needed. She smiled at herself thinking that maybe she was, for once in her life, thinking too much into this.
She was surprised when they pulled up into the lot of a huge mansion, not that far in size from the school. "Where are we?"
"Hitachiin manor! It's a weekend sleepover! It'll be fun!" Kaoru grinned as he jumped from the limo and ran forwards like an excited child. Haruhi watched amazed as he darted towards the door. "It's the first time we've done something like this. Our father won't mind, he should just be happy that we have friends to invite over." Hikaru smiled, looking at the excitement in his brother. Haruhi looked up at him, eyes wide. She knew that they didn't have many friends in their younger days, but to be seventeen and never have friends over? It seemed a little off.
"You've never invited friends over?" Hikaru looked down at her and smiled. "When we were younger there was something we were waiting for. We gave up, eventually. We decided that our expectations were too high. Since then our only friends have been the host club. Before that, we didn't really see anyone as friends." He sighed, looking down, almost ashamed. "It's not important anymore." His eyes darted to her and she just looked at him as he started walking towards the house.
Haruhi stopped and looked around. "Hey, I thought you said that my house would be on the way to yours! It's in the opposite direction!" It was more of a tease than anything and Hikaru looked up at her, grinning before reaching out his hand to escort her in. She took his hand with a smile.
The house was huge. Haruhi looked down at her outfit and felt suddenly out of place. Hikaru glanced to her, seeming to know what she was thinking. "Come on, let us show you around." He looked around, expecting to see Kaoru somewhere and was surprised to not see him anywhere. "Alright, let ME show you around." He started towards the stairs, her hand still in his.
Fortunately, the two had their own section of the house. Their bedroom, the game room, a television room as well as their own little kitchen. She tried to remember which room was which as they made their way around. "This is the bathroom." He opened the door and looked around, suddenly unhappy. "If there's anything special you'll need, please just let us know." He looked over, missing his brother and turned back to her with a smile. Haruhi nodded and looked around. There was a clear glass shower stall, a giant black marble bath, obviously built for two but would EASILY fit four and a matching black marble toilet. She looked around the room, the size was about half of the size of her whole apartment! "It's so big!"
"Really?" He looked around, obviously used to the size. She turned to him and watched his expression. He looked around at the ceiling corners, shrugged the comment off then turned back to her. "I think that's it. Dinner's always at six in the main house. We'll accompany you to that."
"Everyone else will be here at seven. We'll be immediately headed out after that. You need pajamas and we need to make an appearance tonight, if you remember." Kaoru grinned, the look on his face more innocent than Haruhi had ever seen on either of the twins. Hikaru frowned, looking over at the toilet and nodded. "Oh, yeah, I forgot about that. We need to be there at nine, right?" Kaoru nodded and Hikaru flipped out his phone.
Kaoru grinned, taking her hand and ran off back to the bedroom. There were twin girls in the room, coordinating the removal of the beds and the massive bringing in of futons. "Father asked me something. He asked me if you'd asked about Tamaki-sempai and Kyouya-sempai, and if we'd asked about honey-sempai. How did he know that?" Haruhi just stared at him for a moment. Their father was smart. He already knew what was happening. "I don't know." She looked down, lying and was instantly covered in guilt. "Haruhi, this is the first time you've ever lied to me. What's happening?"
"I don't know if you're allowed to know. I don't have a clue as to what's happening right now..." All of the pressure she'd started to shed suddenly returned, hitting her hard and caused her to wrap her arms around herself, shivering. "Haruhi!" He jumped forwards, his hands on her shoulders. "What's happening with you? Now I'm really worried..."
"Kaoru, what do you and Hikaru think about me?"
I know, a mean place to leave off, but this ought to be interesting! Muahaha!
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