Disclaimer: Not mine, never mine, and will never be mine.
"No, I do not want to go, have never wanted to go, and will not ever want to!" Haruhi Fujioka said, crossing her arms.
"But why, Haru-chan?" Mitsukuni "Hunny" Haninozuka asked, his big soulful brown eyes wider than ever as he asked her that question. He cradled Usa-chan, his stuffed rabbit, and smiled winningly, adding, "It'd be the greatest holiday if you would come!"
"Yeah, Haruhi, don't spoil our fun," Hikaru Hitachiin said, leaning against his twin brother, Kaoru.
"Fun?" Haruhi asked suspiciously. "Define your idea of fun."
"For starters, milord will surely go crazy if you came…" Kaoru began.
"…And teasing him would make up three quarters of the fun already," Hikaru ended, and the twins grinned at each other. Evilly.
Haruhi had on a look which plainly said, "this does not convince me at all."
"Oh please," Hunny senpai begged, pouting for the cute effect.
"I'm fine with a short holiday, you know," Haruhi said, "but three weeks! In France! Really, wouldn't that be too much?"
"Well, you were fine with it in Karuizawa," Kyouya Ootori said, scribbling something in his notebook as always. He looked up, snapping the notebook shut. "You stayed there… let's see... about a month, I think."
"But that was because it was a part-time job!" Haruhi protested. And then adding under her breath, "And it was because I thought you guys wouldn't be around. Having a holiday with you guys… it wouldn't be called a holiday."
"Hm?" Kaoru asked. "What was that?"
"Er… nothing!" Haruhi laughed airily. "Well, I was just saying it was because of a part-time job, that's why I stayed there for a month."
"Well, maybe you should just pretend that having fun is a job," Tamaki Suou suggested, smiling. "If you want, my daughter, I could pay you by the hour too."
"Th-that's not what I mean-" Haruhi started to say, but she was cut off by the rest (well, by Hunny, Tamaki and the twins, anyway) celebrating.
"Yay! Haru-chan's coming to France!" Hunny cheered, bouncing all about the room happily, and then discarding Usa-chan on the sofa and grabbing Haruhi's hands, making her bounce about the room with him. The twins were slapping hi-fives and turning to look at Tamaki with sly looks in their eyes that Haruhi didn't like at all.
"Waaaiiiiiiit!" Haruhi shouted. Everyone froze in their actions. "I didn't agree."
At once, Hunny had whipped on a "PLEASE GO PLEASE" look and the twins pouted. Very cutely.
However, that wasn't what that got to Haruhi.
It was, of course, Tamaki Suou's puppy eyes.
Just one look at those eyes was all it would take to melt Haruhi's heart. And just about everyone else's, too, actually.
"All right, I'll go," she relented, and Hunny continued making her bounce around the room with him.
"But my father won't really be pleased," Haruhi added, as an afterthought.
"I'll send for him to visit you at least once a week," Kyouya said automatically, opening his notebook to scribble in it again.
"Ah- no, it's okay. Won't it be better if I didn't go?" Haruhi stated, trying to get Hunny to stop bouncing her around the room.
"It's okay," Kyouya said, turning to look her in the eye. "I'm sure an air ticket a week wouldn't matter to my family." He gave her a dazzling smile.
Damn rich bastards, Haruhi thought wryly, but there was nothing she could do about it. Come to think about it, there wasn't much that she really wanted to do about it.
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It's excellent that Haruhi's going to France with us, Tamaki thought, his happy, pleasant thoughts bubbling in his head. Now she'll get to meet my mum. I'm sure my mum would like her.
Ever since Éclair Tonnere and Tamaki's failed trip to France (thanks to Haruhi, and this was meant absolutely sincerely with no hint of sarcasm whatsoever), the arranged engagement was broken off, and Éclair had somewhat reformed her previously cold and calculative character. She had persuaded Tamaki's grandmother into letting him visit his mother every holiday.
Yes, I can see it all now, Tamaki thought contentedly. Maman will see Haruhi as a brilliant daughter of mine.
-Tamaki's Inner Mind Theatre-
Tamaki and everyone in the host club ran towards a cosy little cottage tucked away in a small street. They rang the doorbell, and a woman looked out.
"Maman!" Tamaki cried in joy. He ran towards his mother.
"Tamaki!" Aurore Doucet squealed in surprise, giving him a hug and a kiss. "How are you? And who are all these people."
"We're the Host Club, mademoiselle," Kyouya said politely, introducing everyone.
"You're a very pretty girl," Aurore observed, speaking to Haruhi.
It was then Tamaki looked at Haruhi with more attention. She was wearing a light blue dress in Oriental style with some blue flowers in her hair. Tamaki's breath caught in his throat. She'd never looked more beautiful to him.
"It would do well if you and Tamaki were going to marry to each other," Aurore continued, pulling Haruhi into a hug. "I can see that you both care for each other."
"I do care for him," Haruhi said in a whisper, turning to smile the most gorgeous smile at Tamaki.
-End of show in Tamaki's Inner Mind Theatre-
"Milord, are you feeling okay?" Hikaru said, passing his hand over Tamaki's dreamy stare at the ceiling.
"He sure looks contented," Hunny said cheerfully.
"I do!" Tamaki suddenly yelled. His yell brought him back to earth.
"You do what?" asked Kyouya unconcernedly.
"I do… er… I do exercises!" Tamaki came up with an excuse, and immediately felt like sinking through the floor. It was so lame!
"Just like I do mine!" Hunny agreed innocently.
Tamaki thanked his lucky stars for his senior's awareness, or rather the lack of it.
"Anyway, milord, we were just deciding on the various places to visit while in France," Haruhi told the slightly disorientated Host Club president.
"Seeing as you were born in France, perhaps you could give us an idea on where to go," Kyouya said, fountain pen in hand poised over a notebook.
"Oh, sure," Tamaki said cheerfully, and sat at the head of the table. He thought back to his little daydream and gave a little smile. Was this trip going to be great or great!
