Haruhi smiled at the group around her. Six men, very handsome men at that. Two red heads, two brunettes and two blondes. Their voices mingled in harmony as they discussed seriously stocks, law, politics, their personal lives, and everything in between. She lifted the glass of water to her lips and downed quite a bit of it. They were celebrating her graduation from law school, the twins had graduated a couple years before. They sat in a booth, sectioned off from the rest of the restaurant by a sliding screen, a privacy room. She felt a cloth brush against her cheek and the conversation faltered. She glanced up at Takashi and raised her eyebrow slightly.
"You had crumbs," he explained with a soft smile. Haruhi returned the smile and thanked him.
"Ne, Takashi, why'd you do that?" Mitsukuni asked quietly, glancing at Kyouya, whom sat to the left of Haruhi.
"Crumbs," Takashi explained, lifting his alcoholic drink up, looking slightly confused towards his cousin. The twins leaned on their palms in identical motions.
"I think it would be best if we gave you our graduation gifts before dinner," Kyouya pulled something from his jacket and handed it to Haruhi with a warm smile. She accepted it, along with a kiss on the corner of her mouth before she opened the small package. A grin stretched over her lips at seeing the strawberry tea package, it was one of her favourite teas. She didn't buy it very often because her father preferred green or black tea.
"Thank you," she murmured, kissing his cheek and placed it beside her. Tamaki handed her a package as well, with a smile. It wasn't a typical Tamaki gift, they had expected it to be over the top and ostentatious. It was a wooden box with a delicately painted dragon on the lid. Inside was a bag of white sand, a few rocks, a small wooden rake and a candle. A boxed Zen garden. Haruhi smiled at him and thanked him placing it beside the tea. The twins handed her a rather large box, one that they placed on the table and forced everyone to remove their drinks for a moment.
She shook her head and lifted lid. Instead was cream kimono with white, pink and red sakura blossoms. The edges of the kimono faded into a deep purple, as if they were dipped in the ink. She knew they would be using every chance they could to shove her into it, not that she minded. She loved the silky feeling of Kimonos.
Haruhi thanked them, and Takashi helped her tuck the box behind them before Mitsukuni shoved a small package into her hands. It was a small pink cloth that was silky and soft to the touch, she reached in and pulled out a charm attached to a silver necklace. "A protection charm, so Haru-chan will always be safe!" he piped up as Kyouya helped her put it on.
"Hani! You aren't supposed to give a taken woman jewellery!" Tamaki retorted, looking exasperated. She shook her head with a sigh and thanked Mitsukuni genuinely. Takashi pressed an envelope into her hands and she opened it up. Without showing the others, she smiled and closed it. Thanking him as well with a kiss on the cheek. The others eyes snapped towards Kyouya but before they could say anything the food came.
Kyouya launched into a debate with Tamaki about business, the twins started to bicker about where she would wear her kimono first and Haruhi started talking to Mitsukuni about his business ventures. The conversation went on, occasionally changing conversation partners until we were finished. Soon we were relaxing with tea and our chatting had returned to a group conversation.
"Haruhi, are you moving out of your apartment soon?" Hikaru asked up, she was surprised he remembered her mentioning that. She nodded in reply, with a smile.
"We're going looking for an apartment soon," Haruhi replied, lifting the teacup up. Leaving it open for them to infer who she was talking about. Tamaki looked excited, slapping his palms against the table with a grin.
"We can all help you look for one!" he suggested, nearly bouncing in his spot. She slid a look towards the two boys beside her, they both shrugged. She released a sigh and shook her head.
"I'd rather not, knowing you guys you'd want to see things that are way out of my price range," she watched as they all shook their heads.
"No! With you graduating you'll be able to get into a firm and make a lot of money!" Tamaki returned brushing his bangs from his face with a flourish, he looked as if he was about to go on a rant about how Haruhi would become wealthy and be able to compare bank accounts with the best of them but she let out a sigh.
"I have to apply for firms before I can get the job," she pointed out and looked at them, the twins were already discussing about what kind of apartment to get her. Mitsukuni tossing in his two bits as Tamaki continued on his spiel as if she had never spoken. It had been a while since they had gotten together as a group like this and there had been some major chances in their lives.
Tamaki had taken control of Ouran High School, working as the headmaster. Hikaru was working as a fashion designer and was one of the top designers in his mothers company, as well as training to take over in a couple years. Kaoru, as the younger twin, was not the heir and instead of following the path that his brother went on, he had tried out for a small television role. That escalated into a bigger part and he had been in at least two big titles. Mitsukuni had started a toy company, and was balancing that with his family business, which he was debating giving to his younger brother. He and Reiko had gotten married just a few years into university. Takashi had become head of the family business, as well as got his Juris Doctor for law. He was currently setting up a law firm under the Morinozuka name. Kyouya was still in school to become a doctor, and at the same time he was trying to wiggle his way into become the heir of his father's company.
"So! It's decided, we'll meet up on Sunday at nine to go apartment shopping!" Tamaki spoke up loudly.
"We were already going tomorrow," Kyouya sighed, pushing his glasses up his nose. The group whispered before Tamaki stood up.
"We'll meet up tomorrow at nine then!" Tamaki spoke loudly before the twins yanked him back to the ground, she shook her head and looked at her watch.
"Ah, I should be getting home," she spoke up suddenly, "I need to finish cleaning the apartment."
Kyouya paid half the cheque and ordered Tamaki to pay the rest, since it was his idea to go to this expensive restaurant. A soft smile spread over her lips as the group stood up. Haruhi lifted up the smaller presents and Takashi lifted the box with the kimono up and carried it for her. She thanked him with a smile as they exited the restaurant. The two of them placed the boxes into the back of Kyouya's car before saying goodbye to the twins, who climbed into their awaiting car and drove off quickly afterwards. Tamaki gave Haruhi a huge hug that lasted too long in everyone's opinion, but he flitted off to his car and was driven off. Mitsukuni gave Haruhi a large hug, as well as his cousin, before kissing her cheek and promising to bring some cake. She waved as he got into his car. Once he was gone, Haruhi gave Takashi a hug.
"We should tell them soon," she murmured as Kyouya leaned on the side of the car and nodded. When Haruhi pulled away, Takashi's fingers caressed her cheek before he pressed his lips to hers. She kissed him back, and then pulled away. "Tomorrow?"
"If you're comfortable with that," Kyouya spoke up, standing up and patting Takashi on the back. Looking around before giving the elder man a kiss as well. Haruhi smiled before placing her hand into Kyouya's.
"We'll see you tomorrow, Taka," Haruhi murmured as the man climbed into his car. He gave them a lopsided smile before pulling out and away. Kyouya gave Haruhi's fingers a squeeze before pulling her over to the awaiting car. Tachibana gave the two of them a nod as he opened the door. Kyouya's bodyguards knew about his polygamous relationship and wasn't about to tell his father. Their duty was to the third son rather than his father. Haruhi respected them for that.
-X
Haruhi scribbled 'Bathroom' on a box before she began to shove items into it. She had woken up early to continue cleaning and packing up her things. For such a small apartment, and two people, they had accumulated a lot of junk. It was an irritating fact as she threw out a bunch of Ranka's dried up or depleted makeup. Placing her own scarce makeup into a small zip lock and tossing it unceremoniously into the box.
Shampoos. She tossed her own shampoos into zip lock bags to avoid from them spilling before tossing out one or two that were empty. Toothbrushes. She decided she would buy a new one when she moved into the apartment. Brushes. She grabbed her only comb and tossed it into the box. Nail polishes. Her fathers. Blow drier. She would buy one and leave that one for her father. Tampons. Obviously Haruhi's.
"Stop looking at them like that, she's a girl obviously she has them," a familiar voice scolded. She jumped turning around to see Takashi and Kyouya standing outside the bathroom door. Her hand went to clutch the front of her shirt and took a few calming breaths, shaking her head. She gathered the spilt tampons before shoving them into the box.
"What are you guys doing here this early?" Haruhi questioned as she put some face cleansers and other bathroom items into the box.
"To help," Takashi spoke, seeming to unfreeze once the tampons were hidden under some bottles. Haruhi's eyebrows rose, and she looked at him through the mirror. She knew what he was talking about, but the three of them spoke about Takashi's lack of speech and wanted him to communicate with them more often. Mostly because keeping one other person in a relationship was fairly easy, but trying to keeping two people happy in a relationship was twice as hard. Miscommunication could happen extremely easily if they didn't talk.
"With?"
"Packing."
"Okay," Haruhi dusted her hands off on her sweats and turned towards them. "Takashi, I need you to pack my blankets, the ones on the middle shelf in the bedroom, and my pillows in a box. Label it bedroom-"
"We'll purchase new blankets. We can donate yours or throw them out," Kyouya waved his hand, "We will be sharing a bed. I don't think that your blankets could fit our bed."
"We can use my blankets in case we have guests who need to stay the night," Haruhi retorted, not wanting to throw out her blankets. It seemed like a waste of money to her, they were still whole and not faded. Kyouya knew that Takashi would listen to Haruhi and sighed. "Alright, Takashi you can do that, please. Kyouya, can you please go through my books and separate them into keep and throw out piles?"
Kyouya nodded, and when she turned to see if Takashi was okay with it, she noticed him already starting on his task. She smiled warmly before turning back to the task at hand. An hour went by quickly, and the rest of her and her father's apartment was clean. The three of them sat at the table, looking at the apartment buildings they would be visiting that day. Haruhi and Takashi made comments on what they wanted the apartment to be like.
Haruhi wanted a nice kitchen, easy access, close to a train station and at least two bedrooms. Takashi wanted a nice calming view, close to a park, and pet friendly. Of course, that started Kyouya and him on a debate about pets. Haruhi finally threw her two cents in, saying that as long as Takashi kept them quiet during the night and took care of them, they couldn't really say no. It would be as much his apartment as it would be theirs, and Takashi was naturally good at taming animals.
Soon their conversation became relaxed, Takashi was talking about Kendo practice, at the insistence of Haruhi. She noted the tea was depleting and excused herself to make some more. She put the kettle on and leaned against the counter, staring out the window as she heard Takashi's deep voice and Kyouya's velvety smooth voice quietly mingling as they talked to each other. She lifted the kettle up and poured the hot water into the teapot. Silence fell from behind her and then her apartment door burst open. She let out a yelp and then the boiling water splashed onto her hand.
"Haru-chan!"
Arms swept her up before she felt the pain. There were shouts of distress from the small older man as Haruhi started to feel the pain. She bit her lip but her hands were thrust under cool rushing water, and another hand was gently smoothing over her skin to rinse the hotter water off. She heard the smooth voice of her boyfriend growling at the group of men now standing in the kitchen-living room section.
She saw the worry in Takashi's steel eyes as he loosely wrapped her hand in a gauze. The others were occupied by Kyouya scolding them that they didn't notice his fingers brushing her cheek, and then replaced his fingers by his lips as he stood up. She gave him a light kiss, telling him that she was fine.
Then she turned on the others after he stepped out. Kyouya lifted her hand and inspected the burn.
"You guys should know better than to barge into my house! How old are you? Knock and wait to be invited in," she scolded, glaring at them. Mitsukuni stepped forwards, giving her his cutesy routine and hugged her. Genuinely upset.
"I'm sorry, Haru-chan."
She sighed, rolling her eyes and patted his head lightly. "I should be extra harsh on you guys so I can just go and look for apartments in peace..." she grumbled shaking her head and sighed. "We're only going to a few. The three of us already narrowed it down."
"Speaking of," Kyouya slithered his arm around Haruhi's waist, "We need to go now."
She raised her wrist and nodded. "I'll just grab my bag," she replied with a smile before heading from the room into the bedroom. Kyouya waved everyone out.
-X
Her jaw was set as she stood in the centre of an apartment, Kyouya's hand in hers and Takashi stand, his fingers brushing her arm. The twins were complaining loudly, Tamaki was shouting at them, and Mitsukuni was running throughout the rooms shouting about how small it all was. That was the fifth apartment they shot down. She lifted her hands and messaged her temples. She felt bad for the realtor who had to put up with them.
"Don't worry, I'll force them to wait and let you two get a first impression of the next ones," Kyouya rubbed her back at her visible distress.
"Maybe we can leave them here if we sneak out," she grumbled, glaring at her best friends who were currently bickering loudly. Takashi nodded, and hooked a finger in her bag and tugged it slightly. Indicating he wanted to leave now. They turned and headed to the door, but no sooner did they get there did the boys notice and hurried after them. Haruhi deflated a bit as they piled in the car and drove to the next destination.
True to his word, Kyouya talked to the others saying that they were going to check out the place first. When Takashi started to get out of the car, the others began complaining loudly. Haruhi turned around, glaring at them. "Takashi needs to come because he is more competent at finding things wrong with the apartment because architect and construction is an interest of his," she said evenly, but her body language was screaming that she was not pleased with them.
She turned around and followed the realtor with a smile, ignoring the shocked silence behind them. Takashi turned towards them and shrugged his shoulders before closing the door and patting Kyouya's shoulder. The two of them hurried after their girlfriend. In the car, the calm broke suddenly.
"Since when does Haruhi call Mori, Takashi!" Tamaki shouted, trying to grab the door handle to get out. Mitsukuni restrained him, glaring at him.
"Haru-chan, Kyo-chan and Takashi are really good friends! They hang out all the time, I am not surprised that she is calling him Takashi! Are you saying that Haruhi is cheating on Kyouya with Takashi?" his voice darkened at the last sentence, all the cutesy attitude stripped from him as he glared at the man. He swallowed thickly, releasing the grip on the door and cowering away.
"N-No! I would never!" Tamaki said, placing a hand on his chest.
Inside the apartment, Haruhi was smiling, her irritated mood vanishing. The apartment was on the larger side. It did in fact have to actual bedrooms, since it was more westernized, but there was a tatami room, as Takashi had wanted. The kitchen and living room/tea room had a great view out over the city, a park could be seen close by. Kyouya, they could tell, would've much rather had a bigger place to live. More like a house actually instead of an apartment. However, Haruhi wanted to contribute money to where they lived, and at the moment, all she could afford was an apartment, split three ways of course.
Kyouya could tell the two of them really liked the apartment, as Takashi was moving around the apartment more than the other ones. Checking sizes mentally. Haruhi was inspected the space, and sizing things up as well. He turned to the realtor and they stepped outside to discuss it after getting the two approvals.
Haruhi turned to Takashi and grinned. "It's perfect isn't it?" he nodded and gave her a smile in return. "We'll have to go shopping for some furniture," she hummed idly looking around. Already thinking about what they should get. He stepped forwards and bent down, pressing his lips against hers.
"Takashi!" a voice hissed in a whispered, the two jumped slightly. More surprised by the voice than anything else. They saw Mitsukuni glaring at them, he walked over, arms crossed. "Do not kiss someone who is dating someone else! Where is your respect?"
"She's not dating someone else...she's dating me," Takashi spoke, not looking guilty. Mitsukuni's eyes narrowed, turning to look at Haruhi.
"Haruhi, why are you dating two men? Does Kyouya know?"
"Yes, I do," Kyouya replied, walking into the room, smiling at them. "I'll get the contract from the landlord, and then you two can go over it. Takashi, have you checked for anything that can be written off and fixed up by the landlord?"
"Wait! I am confused here! How can Haru-chan be dating Kyo-chan and Takashi?" Mitsukuni asked, pointing at Haruhi defiantly. Not willing to drop the subject quite yet. Haruhi sighed.
"Kyouya and Takashi are dating as well," she spoke, rubbing her neck and smiling. "We're in a polygamous relationship."
A/N: Woo! KyoHaruTaka! My OT3.
Just to clear something up: In my head canon for these three, Haruhi and Takashi are the two more touchy-feely people, so they will be more open to kissing each other, and kissing Kyouya than he would be to them. He's more content to knowing that they are dating him and loving him, and recuperating those affections. Kyouya can be just as affectionate as both of them, but never in public. He won't even act as if he's dating Takashi in public. Takashi pretends he's not dating Haruhi or Kyouya in public. Haruhi pretends she's not dating Takashi in public, even though she doesn't see a real reason why she can't. She doesn't care about gossip like that.
I don't know how long this will go on for. It could last five chapters, or it could last like forty. *shrugs* I've been wanting a good KyoHaruTaka story that has regular postings and/or is completed. I just can't. No one appreciates my ot3, and if it is, it's just KyoHaru and HaruTaka stories. Oh well~!
