Hunny yawned and rubbed his eyes, trying to stay awake. Mori was almost off work and he didn't want the security officer coming out to the car to find his driver and roommate asleep. It was nearly ten o'clock, but he had been up most of the night before trying to study for an exam and all he wanted to do now was curl up with Usa-chan and go to sleep.
He jerked up suddenly when the car horn sounded, only realizing a moment later that he had dozed off. As he sighed, trying to calm his heartbeat, he saw Mori approaching the car. He hit the button to unlock the door, but the tall man walked over to the driver's side instead.
"I'm driving." He spoke casually, but Hunny had known him long enough to recognize his 'don't-argue-with-me' tone.
"Are you sure? You just got off work." Hunny didn't want to drive while this tired, but he also knew Mori tended to push his limits.
"I saw you fall asleep on the horn. I'm driving." Mori worked as a security officer at the local mall. The pay was good, and he got decent (if late) hours, but the danger was high and his roommates were constantly worried. Though he had been intensively trained in martial arts, shoplifters tended to have knives, and robbers usually brought guns. Mori was good, but all it would take was a crook with a stroke of luck or a high-powered weapon and they would lose him forever. Thus, one of them, most often Hunny, would pick him up from work.
Hunny unbuckled and crawled over to the passenger seat while Mori moved the seat back and got in. in the amount of time it took for the car to make it out of the parking lot, Hunny fell asleep.
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Tamaki saw the lights of the car pulling into the driveway and looked out the window. Mori, still in his uniform, got out and walked around to the other side of the car, lifting out their resident culinary artist-in-training. Quickly marking his page, he got up and held the door open for them.
"Welcome home." He whispered. Mori nodded as he walked by. Without a word, he headed down the hall for the room he and Hunny shared. He was about to lay him down when the blonde's eyes opened.
"Usa?" Mori's eyes widened in realization that the bunny was not in its usual spot by the pillow while Hunny rolled over in search of it. "Mori? Where's Usa-chan?"
"You probably just left her out in the living room. I'll go see." He pulled the blankets up over the small body and hurried out of the room. The stuffed toy was not on the vouch, nor was it in the kitchen or Kyoya's office. By the end of his search (as was evidenced by his invasion of the accountant's personal space) he was just desperately looking anywhere possible, regardless of how unlikely it may be to find Usa there. The porch? The bathroom? The garage? He even tore the cushions off the couch... while Tamaki was seated on them.
"Mori, what the hell? You're going to wake Haruhi." The blonde picked himself up off the floor and began fixing the furniture. "What are you looking for?"
"Usa-chan."
Tamaki froze, eyes widening in terror. Everyone living under their roof knew how much Hunny loved that bunny, and the consequences of Hunny suddenly not having it.
"If we haven't found her in ten minutes, I'm taking Haruhi to the nearest bomb shelter. That should slow him down."
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As tired as he was, a combination of Usa-chan's absence and the ruckus Mori was making prevented Hunny from falling asleep. With a tired sigh, he got out of bed and decided to try and find his bunny on his own. He had just exited his room and turned in the direction of the living room when he heard tiny footsteps behind him.
"H'nny? Wa's going on?" Haruhi stood in the entrance to her room, sleepily rubbing her eyes. Clutched in her small arms, much to Hunny's surprise, was a very familiar bunny.
"Usa-chan." He knelt in front of her. "That's mine." He said, reaching for it.
As soon as Haruhi realized he was going to take giant, soft bunny she had found, all trace of tiredness vanished. She yanked Usa-chan out of his reach. "No!"
"Usa-chan's my bunny. You can't take her-," Hunny tried to reason, but Haruhi cut him off with tear-filled eyes.
"Bunny! Mine!"
"Her name is Usa-chan. And she's mine." Hunny grabbed the bunny, but Haruhi refused to let go.
"He's Bunny! I finders-keepers found him!" She sniffed and held Usa close, staring at Hunny through huge, brown, watery eyes. "Mine." She whimpered desperately.
Hunny sighed but didn't let go of Usa. They really needed to get Haruhi some toys of her own, but right now they still had a problem. Shaking his head and yawning large enough for his jaw to crack he released his hold on the bunny to pick up Haruhi. He was too tired for this, and it was too late for her to still be up, anyway. Silently, he walked off as she hugged Usa tighter, still not convinced he wasn't going to just take it from her.
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It was another hour before Mori gave up. Tamaki and he were the only ones home at the time and they both had classes the next morning. As much as he didn't want, he had to face the facts that Usa was missing. He grasped the doorknob, paused to let out a tired sigh and give Tamaki the time requested to find a hiding spot, and opened the door.
Hunny lay on the bottom bunk of their bed (Mori had brought it with him when he'd moved in, but used the bottom bunk for storage until Hunny moved in.) Clutched in his arms was the bunny Mori and Tamaki had just destroyed the house trying to find. But what really surprised him was what was on the other side of Usa. Haruhi, also sound asleep, had her arms wrapped around Usa as well.
Smiling and shaking his head, Mori pulled the blanket up over them and was about to go to bed himself when he realized their ladder tended to creak rather loudly under his weight. Slipping off his shoes, he kicked them in the direction of the closet, turned off the light, and eased himself over on the bed so that he was between Hunny and the wall. Finally able to relax after a long day, he draped a long arm over the three other occupants in the bed and silently drifted off himself.
The next morning, Tamaki went to wake Mori for class. He decided to skip knocking in case it woke Hunny, and opened the door. When he saw the bottom bunk, though, he ran to grab Kyoya.
"I feel like a proud father. She's fitting in. Don't you agree, Mommy?" The blonde beamed.
Kyoya ran a hand over his face. Tamaki was somewhat immune to his demon look of death, and was also the only one in the house with the gall (or bravery. Or stupidity.) to wake him up just to look at something. "You are not their father. However, I will concede that not a day goes by that I don't feel like the den mother of this little circus." Kyoya grumbled as he walked back to his room. He refused to admit it out loud, but the sight of Mori, Hunny, Haruhi, and Usa-chan cuddling was one he was going to make sure he remembered for a long time.
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I finished writing this three minutes before midnight. I hope you enjoy! Please review and let me know what you thought! Also, in response to a review, I will not be mean to Nekozawa! I promise! He is one of my favorite characters and I have a good chapter in store for him. Goodnight/morning/whenever! :3
