This is my first fic... I hope you guys like it
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Disclaimer: I don't own OHSHC.
CHAPTER 1- A STORMY DAY
Haruhi was in a dark and tight place. She was suffocating. She felt very anxious and she just felt the need to push herself up. She couldn't move. She felt her feet stucked somewhere in the floor. She needed some space to breath. She pushed with all the strength her small legs had and finally a very sweet scent reached her. She could breathe clearly now… She felt a really weird feeling… Images began to snap into her head… Then everything became blurry……..
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Haruhi opened her eyes widely. She was sweating. Everything was just a dream. The sheets were all wrapped around her delicate body. Last night's storm was terrible. She had wrapped herself in the sheets and stayed in the last corner of the small apartment, over her bed, with her arms wrapped around her knees tightly, and her hands covering her ears. This should have been the first time she was so scared. The storm should have ended and she was so tired of trembling, that she fell asleep. Her father wasn't home and she wondered why none of the Club's hosts came yesterday to her rescue.
'That would have been worse' she thought. But, deep inside her, she knew that wasn't true. She was so used to take care of herself that her mind was just playing her a trick.
'What a weird dream… That scent...' she thought.
It was Friday, the last day of school before spring break. For her free week, she had planned on reading some books she purchased from the school's library at the park, visit some old friends, and last, but not least, rest from those idiots… She decided to take a quick shower before eating breakfast. She got dressed in her male uniform, quickly ate a bowl of fruits with yogurt and gave a quick look to her watch. 8:05a.m. She was late!
'Haruhi Fujioka is never late!' she said out loud. Kyouya will get advantage of her situation somehow.
'Rich bastard...' she muttered. She took her briefcase, putted her shoes on, opened and closed the door in one second, and ran to school.
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Kyouya sneezed suddenly. All the hosts, except for Haruhi, were in the Third Music Room. Everyone had a worried expression, except for Kyouya. Mori and Hunny were sitting on a table next to a large window, Hunny obviously in front of a plate with a large piece of cake, holding Bun-Bun with both hands, and Mori, always by his side. The dark King, Kyouya, was sitting on another table, not very far from the one of the cousins, typing something on his laptop, adjusting his glasses from every now and then. Kaoru was sitting on a large couch, looking straight into the Third Music Room's doors. His twin, Hikaru, was standing up, by his side, looking down through another window, rarely blinking. And the Host Club's King was in the middle of the triangle, walking in circles. His expression was maybe the most exaggerated but his eyes were the most truthful.
'May you please stop walking in circles, or you are going to dig a hole in the floor' Kyouya said with a very calmed voiced.
Yes, Tamaki was worried, but deep inside, he was scared.
'What if she was so scared that she made something out of her mind?… What if anything happened to her?... What if...' He wasn't listening. His mind flew to a scared Haruhi crying for help in the middle of the street.
Hunny wasn't eating cake. Mori seemed a statue. The twins seemed statues.
Suddenly, a cell phone rang. It was Kyouya's. Everyone stopped breathing.
'Please, let it be Haruhi saying she's alright!' Tamaki thought.
'Moshi Moshi. Hai. Hai. I understand. Arigatou.' That was all Kyouya said before closing his cell phone. 'The mess was cleaned up. Haruhi is not at her apartment. The door was unlocked.' he said, leading his attention to his laptop again. Everyone recovered their worried states.
It turns out that they couldn't reach Haruhi's apartment because there was a terrible car accident in the main street that they needed to take so they could get to Haruhi's place. The subway always had technical problems in the worst situations… especially when it rained like it did last night. They decided that the best thing they could do was go to school. If Haruhi was alright, she will surely assist school today.
'I can't take it anymore!' yelled and almost cried Tamaki. He sprinted to the Room's main doors, breathing sharply. Hikaru, who was also just about to burst, followed his lord, followed instinctively by his twin, followed by Hunny and finally followed by Mori. Kyouya stayed in his sit, knowing that everything was alright.
'Tama-chan! Tama-chan! Tam-' Hunny couldn't end his phrase.
The next thing they all knew was that Tamaki tripped with someone the second after he opened the doors, and obviously the line of handsome men tripped with him.
'HARUHI!' The group of handsome men said in unison, hugging maybe their most treasured lady, friend, sister, love. Glomps.
'I… can't…BREATH!' said their dear Haruhi, who was somewhere between the pile of hosts.
Tamaki helped her up. His expression softened.
'Oh my precious daughter! I was so worried! I thought-' Tamaki was moved aside by the twins.
'WE were extremely worried Haruhi' said Hikaru, giving her a small smile.
'Are you alright?' asked Kaoru.
'Haru-chan! Haru-chan! Are you hurt?' asked Hunny, moving in circles around Haruhi, looking for injuries.
There was one twin standing on each side of Haruhi, rubbing their cheeks with hers.
'I am just late!' she said, moving each of the twins aside. 'The streets were messed up and it was hard to reach school. That's all.' she said. It was hard for her to admit she stayed up late, trembling, and scared to death, thanks to the worst storm of her life.
'And senpai, may you please give me my hand back?' Haruhi said exasperatedly.
Tamaki didn't notice. Her small and warm hand was inside his. He hadn't let her go since the moment he helped her standing up. He blushed, opened his hand letting Haruhi's hand free, and went to his famous, dark corner. She sighed.
The hosts decided not to ask her more questions. They knew she was hiding the fact of being afraid. They were now happy and relieved she was safe and by their side.
'Haruhi' said the dark haired host. She was expecting this. She tilted her head to a side so she could see Kyouya scribbling something into his notebook.
'Rich bastard…' she muttered to herself.
'Your delay caused us, rich bastards, the delay of the Host Club's opening today. This will be added up to your debt.' Kyouya said, fixing his glasses.
Haruhi froze. He read her mind. Again. And now she had to work harder today thanks to that stupid storm. She sighed deeply.
'Hai Kyouya-senpai.' she said. 'At least it's the last day before some vacations…' she thought
This was the beginning of a normal day at the Host Club.
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Today's lesson was pretty hard for Haruhi. It may be the fact that she was quite tired, stressed and distracted.
'That dream…' she thought. Many blurry and unrecognizable images came into her mind, but the scent was one of the things that most called her attention.
'I wonder if that scent…' It was a sweet and soft scent, and she couldn't think of anything that matched with it. It horribly caught her attention.
But it was hard to think with all those scents in the air. Today, the Host Club's decoration was based on flowers. There were many colors in the room and Haruhi calculated more than 15 different species of flowers, which meant, more than 15 different scents. Each host had a different and colorful kimono.
Hunny's was pink with light purple, Mori's orange and blue. Kaoru wear a green one with black flowers and Hikaru a black one with green flowers. Kyouya's kimono was dark blue with some orange flowers and Tamaki's was yellow with very light pink flowers. Finally, Haruhi's kimono was the most colorful, yet, the most beautiful. It was a light blue kimono with pink, yellow, green, purple, and orange tiny flowers spread through all the costume.
All of them designed by the twins and some help from their mother. It was hard for Haruhi to work with the large kimono, but she was delighted with the entire theme and all the flowers, although she was getting dizzy.
The Host Club was full today. Every host fan was there. Every girl wanted to spend the last hours of school with their favorite host before spring break. The tea and the cake were already served. Today's cake was delicious. Strawberries actually. The tea was warm and tasted very good. Everything fitted perfectly with the occasion. Haruhi finished serving the last cup of tea, left the tray in a lonely table and sited down. She was tired and just wanted to go home.
Someone was observing her from the distance.
Haruhi was filling… suffocated. She stood up and walked to the nearest window. When she opened it, she started breathing clearly again.
'Déjà Vu?' she thought. All that sequence of sensations was similar to the one of her dream.
'Dear daughter…are you alright?' said a worried Tamaki. He was the one who was observing her since some time ago…
'Hai, it's just all these scents and wha-' Haruhi suddenly froze.
'That scent! Sweet and soft!' she said, calling more attention.
'What scent? Are you talking about this beautiful and delicate sakura flower? The tree over my garden blossomed yesterday! Isn't it lovely?' said Tamaki, showing her the flower he had inside his hand.
Some costumers were getting nearer.
Haruhi grabbed the flower. She approached it to her face and smelled its scent deeply. This was the scent she was looking for. And what a beautiful cherry blossom it was! White with many light pink details.
'Oh, Haruhi-kun, what's wrong with its scent?' asked a shy customer, flushing lightly.
Haruhi woke up from her absorption. She realized were she was and what she was doing.
'Ehh, nothing, it's just that this is my favorite flower!' Haruhi lied. She didn't have any favorite flower but this scent; these colors gave her a weird feeling.
'Oh Haruhi in that case you may have that one and much more!' Tamaki said reaching for more flowers somewhere inside his costume.
'No, thank you' she said, giving him back the beautiful cherry blossom.
Tamaki shocked and went to his dark corner… again…
The bell rang. All the costumers sighed and wished each host a happy vacation. Haruhi was saved by the bell.
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The Third Music Room looked impeccable. The hosts finally finished cleaning everything. Haruhi wondered why everyone stayed to help her. Normally, each host left after dressing into their normal clothes. Normally, someone stayed helping her clean, not everyone. This couldn't be good.
'Why did everyone stayed today to help me cleaning?' she asked to everyone, while she finally grabbed her briefcase to go home.
'Because' said Kaoru 'we want' said Hikaru 'to ask you something' ended both twins in unison, appearing suddenly on each of Haruhi's sides, a huge smirk on their faces.
'Crap' Haruhi thought.
'Haru-chan, what are you planning to do on spring break?' asked Hunny, innocently, approaching to her. In fact, everyone was approaching to her, with a dark expression.
'Uhm… I have some plans… I want to read and visit some friends' she said, knowing this COULDN'T be good.
'We are your friends!' said Tamaki, cheerfully.
'I mean OLD friends. I see you guys almost everyday!' she said in her defense.
'But Haru-chan we are going to a beautiful place and we want you to come with us!' said Hunny.
'Ah' said Mori as an affirmative gesture.
'No, I told them I was going to meet them next week.' she said.
'But… Haruhi! We are staying at my place! Mountain Sakura is so beautiful! Especially, during this season of the year, when all the cherry blossom trees bloom! They are m-' Tamaki was interrupted by Haruhi.
'No, and that's my final-' Haruhi stopped talking and started thinking. 'Did you just say we are going to Mountain Sakura? I have heard about that place…' she said.
'But where?' she thought.
'We'll pick you up tomorrow at 12:00a.m. The trip will be 3 hours long. And don't bother; your father should be preparing your baggage by now. Mata ashita, Haruhi' Kyouya said, being the first one to leave the room.
'But…What… Huh?' Haruhi mumbled.
'Awesome! Haru-chan is coming with us! I can't wait! It'll be a wonderful week! Hunny said, sitting on Mori's shoulders.
'Ah' Mori said, leaving the room with his small cousin.
'Mata' said Hikaru 'ashita' said Kaoru 'Haruhi' they both said into each of Haruhi's ears, disappearing, leaving Tamaki and Haruhi alone.
Actually, Haruhi wasn't in a state of shock. She wanted to go to that place. The reason: curiosity. She was a little bit angry. She hated when the hosts made plans and told her in the last minute; no matter if the end was meant to be a good one.
Tamaki was having an inner mind theatre moment. Haruhi sighed and left the room unnoticed.
'Call to cancel everything… Make my own baggage… Buy some shampoo…' Haruhi was thinking about all the things she had to do before her well planned trip, while she walked downstairs.
'Hmm I wonder if…' she said, finally getting outside the huge building, leading her attention to a large rainbow, high up in the sky.
'I think this will be an unforgettable week, Okaa-san' she said to herself,
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Meanwhile, an idiot was waking up from his inner mind theatre in the middle of an empty Third Music Room.
'Kyouya? Haruhi?' he called.
So.. what do you think? Review! D
There will be a second chapter coming up, for the ones who were just wodering..
HSS-.
