This is my first time writing which probably means ill get the characters OOC so bear with me.

So I based the setting around chapter 36x of the manga (can't remember exactly I think its 367 but somewhere around there) and i plan on going off from there.

Anyway any comments, concerns, suggestions, etc are welcomed.

Disclaimer: I do not own Hayate no Gotoku and if I did, I'd probably screw it up =P

"Do you like Hayate-kun?" Hinagiku asked.

"Yes, I love him." Ruka replied with a smile and a slight blush.

The bluntness of the response caught Hinagiku off guard as a small sweat drop came down from her head. "I see… and this is completely different from Salisbury steak right?" Hina said instinctively as she was remembering her previous thoughts.

"Um… Salisbury steak?" Ruka said with a completely dumbfounded look. "What are you talking about Hina?"

"Eh? No… Nothing n-nevermind!" Completely shocked at what she just heard Hina desperately tried to change the subject. "A-Anyway what about the name you wanted to show me?"

"Ah, its right here." Ruka hands her the new doujinshi she's been working on. "Let's see…" Hina said as she sat down reading each page of the manuscript thoroughly. Heeeh… she's getting really good, I'm amazed how easy it is to read compared to before she thought as she took a sip of her barley tea.

"So, do YOU like Hayate-kun?" Ruka asked as she leaned over Hina's shoulder while she was reading.

*PFFFFFFT* the sound echoed through the room as Hina's tea made its way all over her desk. "Wh-Wh-What are you asking all of a sudden!?" She said completely flustered as she looked away from Ruka, hoping she wouldn't notice her flushed and bright red face. "O-of course not! Why would I like him!?" she said stubbornly. This girl is REALLY straightforward; I guess it comes naturally for her.

"Heeeh… is that so? Then you won't mind if I make a move for him then?" Ruka asked.

"Wh-why would I mind?" Hina responded with a shocked expression.

"Well, it's just that you two seemed really close is all. I mean most of the times I've seen you two you were always together so I just assumed you two had something going on. Plus... it feels like he treats you differently from everyone else" Ruka said leaning on the wall while staring at the ceiling as if deep in thought.

"It-it's not like that…" Hina responded with a slightly sad tone. "We're just…"

*KNOCK KNOCK* the door sounded as a familiar voice echoed inside the room.

"Hinagiku-san dinner's ready!" yelled the voice behind the door. "Okay thanks!" she responded. "By the way have you seen…" the voice was asking as Ruka slid the door open, revealing Hayate behind it. "Ah there you are Ruka-san! You weren't in your room so I was looking for you. Anyway dinner's ready!" he said with his usual bright smile.

"Thanks... by the way did you hear anything we were talking about just now?" Ruka asked. "No, not a word, a butler must respect everyone's privacy after all! Just come down when both of you are ready" Hayate said smiling as he headed back towards the dining room.

"Ah you go on ahead, I have to clean up the tea before it gets sticky" Hina said to Ruka trying to regain her composure. "Sure, then I'll see you down there" she replied as she left the room"

Hina sighed deeply, it looks like Ayumu was right after all, I guess I really can't trust my intuition when it comes to these things. Still, why wasn't I honest with her? I guess it's still really hard to show my feminine side to people. She headed off towards the dining room.

Two Days Earlier

Ayumu was on her way to the violet mansion to visit everyone, especially Hayate wondering what they were going to do over the summer break. Well since I'm going over to visit I should bring some cakes!

She made her way into the pastry shop and started browsing around. As she was looking at the selection she noticed the prices of all the desserts she was eyeing and a sudden silence fell over.

Uwah... cakes are EXPENSIVE. She was about to give up until she noticed at the very end of the counter was her saving grace.

"Excuse me! I'll take 10 of these 80 yen cream puffs!" she said to the clerk.

"Sure let me wrap them up for you, thank you for your business!" the clerk said as Ayumu left the store.

Well in this case it's the thought that matters most right!? Ayumu said to herself as if she was trying to cheer herself up.

Continuing on toward the violet mansion, she saw an advertisement featuring Ruka holding one of the cakes that had eluded her. Hayate-kun is friends with her isnt he... but maybe someday will come when they're more than friends! Ayumu thought to herself, shaking her head NO NO NO that won't happen I mean it's not like they're together all day! she reassured herself and started dashing towards the mansion.

*DING DONG* rang the doorbell as Ayumu pushed it. The door slid open showing Nagi behind the door.

"How you doing Nagi-chan I'm here to play! I brought some cream puffs to eat with every-"

*SHUT* the door slid closed before Ayumu could finish her sentence.

"Hey! Why did you close the door!? I brought these for everyone can you at least let me in and get some tea ready?" she yelled while slamming on the door.

Ugh why is the hamster here... Nagi thought to herself behind the closed door.

"I'm ba- huh? Ayumu?" said a voice behind Ayumu as she turned around.

"Hina-san! Look at this Nagi-chan is bullying me!" she pleaded to Hinagiku.

"I was not! FINE come in!" yelled Nagi as the door slid open again. The two of them walked in.

"Heeeh this apartment is pretty nice!" Ayumu said as she walked in. "And even you're living here Hina-san!"

"W-well yeah it just kind of ended up that way" she replied. Even though I was blackmailed into it… reminding herself how she was blackmailed by a little girl. "But you don't seem too surprised Ayumu."

"Is that so? Well to be completely honest I'm really jealous but knowing you Hina-san nothing will happen with you if you're just living with him!" Ayumu said teasingly.

Hinagiku was shocked by her comment. "Wh-what are you talking about!? W-were living in the same house you know!" she yelled frantically.

"Then did anything happen?" Ayumu asked bluntly.

"Well... no." Hina said sounding disappointed.

"See? Nothing to worry about!" she said laughingly. "But it sure would be nice to live here…" she said with envy.

"Oh? We do have one room available if you do want to live here" Nagi claimed. "It's only 45 thousand yen a month."

Uwahh 45 thousand… I couldn't even buy cakes for 4500! But to live here with Hayate-kun would be nice… "By the way where is Hayate-kun?" she asked in the middle of thought.

"He's getting a room ready for a new resident" answered Nagi. "New resident?" Hinagiku and Ayumu asked at the same time.

Both of them headed towards the hallway as they found Hayate talking with someone else. "Well this is your room now." Hayate proclaimed.

"Thanks a lot Hayate-kun" said Ruka as she walked out of the room, noticing Hinagiku and Ayumu.

"Hello, my name is Ruka Suirenji and I'll be living here from today on!" she said with a smile toward them.

Ayumu's expression was beyond shocked Living here!? Today!? She thought frantically to herself.

"Really you're moving in Ruka? This should be fun!" Hinagiku said as she walked towards Ruka.

As Hina was about to shake Ruka's hand she felt a sudden force pulling her away and found herself being dragged across the hallway. By the time she realized what was going on Ayumu was already in her face yelling "Hina-san! We can't have that idol living here!"

"Eh? Why not?" asked Hinagiku.

"Because she likes Hayate-kun!" Ayumu said pleadingly to her.

There was a brief silence between them before Hina finally replied "Eh? She does? Really?" she asked completely dumbfounded.

"How dense are you Hina-san!?" Ayumu yelled. This is terrible! Hina-san is hopeless I have to do something! She thought to herself as she dashed towards the entrance.

"Nagi-chan! I'm renting the last room!" she shouted.

"That's fine as long as you can pay the rent…" Nagi responded with a worried look while staring at the receipt left in the bag of the cream puffs Ayumu had brought. 80 yen each… she thought to herself.

"I know what you're thinking Nagi-chan! You don't think I can afford the rent, but I'll show you! Challenge accepted! I'll be back with the rent!" Ayumu proclaimed as she left.

Back to Present

As Hinagiku entered the dining room she only saw 4 other people there, Chiharu, Alice, Maria, and Hayate. "Eh where's everyone else?" She asked the group.

"Nagi is in her room working on her manga with Kayura" replied Chiharu. "When Ruka heard that she yelled 'I won't lose!' and headed back to her room as well. I guess both of them are really motivated, though I wonder if Nagi is actually getting anything done…" she said with a sigh.

"Haha, well knowing Ojou-sama she's probably playing Monster Hunter or watching some anime" Hayate replied while setting the food down for Hinagiku. "Here you go, your favorite curry!" he said with a smile.

"Thanks" she said while sitting down. This curry… it's the same one as… as she was thinking that she heard footsteps coming from the hallway.

"Thanks for the food!" yelled Ruka as she was bringing her dishes back to the kitchen "It was really good!" "Wow you're done eating already? I just got to the table!" said a surprised Hinagiku.

"Yeah I wanted to get more work done and plus it was really delicious! I've never had curry that good before!" Ruka said while looking at Hina's plate. "Eh? Why does Hina's curry look different from everyone else's?" she asked with a puzzled look.

She's right… Hinagiku thought to herself as she looked at Chiharu's and Alice's plates they're not the same…

"Ah that's because I used a different base for it. Hinagiku-san's tastes are unexpectedly boyish so I made hers separate" He said laughingly.

"So what if I have boyish tastes!" yelled Hinagiku as a slight blush started to appear on her face.

"Heeeh… you're pretty knowledgeable about her tastes Hayate-kun" Ruka said.

"Of course! It's my duty as a butler to learn the tastes of the tenants in this house. Also, I found out what kind of curry she liked a while ago when I was st-"

*AHEM* Hinagiku coughed loudly as she interrupted Hayate knowing what he was about to say.

"Thanks for the food Hayate-kun!" she said with a frightening grin as she looked straight at Hayate.

"Yo-you're welcome Hinagiku-san" as a sweatdrop went down his head. That was close… and very dangerous. I forgot that it was still a secret that I stayed at Hinagiku-san's house a while ago Hayate thought to himself.

"Anyway Hayate-kun, I heard from Nagi that that Nishizawa girl is moving in tomorrow can you get the last room ready whenever you're free?" Maria asked. "Sure, I'll get on that later" replied Hayate.

So Ayumu is moving in too huh… Hina thought to herself. "Well I'm headed back to my room" Hina said to the group. As she started turning around Hayate said "before you go can you take A-tan to bed?"

"Alice-chan?" she said as she looked over to where Alice was sitting, only to find her laying down fast asleep.

"When did she fall asleep?" Hina asked as she picked her up carefully as to not wake her.

"Well it's the mother's duty to put her daughter to bed!" Chiharu said jokingly with a smile on her face. "Sheesh, I can't believe you're still going on about that. That joke is 60 chapters old" Hina sighed as she walked away.

"Um Hinagiku-san I think Ojou-sama and Chiharu-san are rubbing off on you…" Hayate said to her as she walked away.

After Hinagiku put Alice in her bed, she went back to her own futon and laid down, thinking about what happened tonight. She sighed deeply thinking about what Ruka had said to her. 'I thought for sure you two had something going on', "Ayumu said that to me too when I told her I was in love with Hayate-kun. But I'm sure it's only because he's so nice to everyone that it causes misunderstandings. There's no way he actually has feelings for me…" she said to herself.

'So you don't mind if I make a move for him then?' she sighed remembering Ruka's words. Well, it's not like I have a right to stop her from doing anything… but I feel kind of… She gripped her pillow tightly as she fell asleep.