"Welcome home Haru...hi?" Ranka stopped when he noticed Nekozawa and he saw the amulet shine a little through his cloak.

"What's wrong dad? Oh you're probably wondering who this is. This is Nekozawa - Senpai." She noticed a small smile on her father's face. "Dad is something wrong."

"No...it's nothing Haruhi." He smiled a little bigger. "N-Neko - Chan please do come in and have dinner with us."

Nekozawa jumped a bit. "Neko - Chan!?"

Ranka smiled. "Cute isn't it? Hey Haruhi I would like to talk to him for a bit could you go to your room?"

"Dad he's not my boyfriend." Haruhi and Nekozawa blushed.

"I know honey I just want to talk to him."

"Okay." She went to her room where she couldn't hear their conversation even if she wanted to and she really wanted to.

"Hello Umehito Nekozawa."

"H-How do you know my first name?"

"That amulet that you are wearing. Did a kind woman named Kotoko give it to you?" Nekozawa took off his hood and wig and looked Ranka in the eyes.

"Y-Yeah...I also wanted to ask you that. Haruhi said that the name Kotoko was the name of her..."

"Mother." Ranka finished the sentence. He walked closer to him and sighed. "It's a shame she wasn't here to see you."

"What do you mean?" Nekozawa was utterly confused.

"Well My darling Kotoko was...magical...it's difficult to explain but she could see and do all kinds of things."

"Wait what do you mean!? You mean that she could..."

"See the future use magic yeah she was a very unique person. When she explained it to me I didn't believe a word of it but then she showed me by lighting a candle without even getting up from her seat. It scared me a bit and I wondered how Haruhi would turn out but then she told me that it was a gift passed down from all the woman in her family. They would give a newborn baby a beautiful amulet and he would grow up to be magical as well and be very important to the next girl in the line. They always gave birth to at least one girl."

"Wait so the woman who gave me this amulet...this magic was..."

"Haruhi's mother...wow you really aren't that bright. I keep trying to tell you." Nekozawa was dumbfounded.

"How can I be important to Haruhi!? I feel nothing for her and she feels nothing for me. We're just friends."

Ranka sighed. "I said the same thing to her father. Then I started noticing I was far more protective of her the more things progressed. Then I started to fall for her."

"Just like that?"

"Yup just like that." Ranka smiled.

"Well does Haruhi have an amulet too?"

"Yeah but she doesn't like to wear it."

"Why not?"

"Because she thinks that a necklace is too girly." Ranka and Nekozawa laughed and Haruhi slammed open her door.

"I would really like to come out of my room now. What are you guys talking about!?"

"Oh just bragging about how your mother was a very unique woman." Haruhi smiled.

"Well I didn't need to leave for that." She looked at the kitchen and noticed the smoke coming from the pot. "Dad! You left the food on the stove!"

"Oh sorry Haruhi...You see she mostly does the cooking so I'm not used to it." Nekozawa laughed and Haruhi turned around.

"This is the first time I've heard you really laugh...and are you seriously not wearing your cloak and wig. How weird...well you look better like this." She smiled and Nekozawa swallowed on nothing while his blush reddened his face. "Are you okay? I knew it was a bad idea to ride the motorcycle in the storm! I'm just glad there hasn't been any..." Before she could finish her sentence a huge thunder clap sounded and she clung to Nekozawa's uniform. Almost instinctively Nekozawa held her. "Uh...sorry..."

"It's no problem. We all have our fears." He smiled and went to go sit at the table.

"Right! I forgot to turn off the stove. Here dad apparently made ramen. This isn't box or cup version right?"

"No Princess it isn't. Wait now that I think about it...Neko - Chan knew you were a girl...How is that Haruhi!?" He said as he was glaring at Nekozawa.

"He saw my school ID."

"Why?" Ranka now looked at his daughter.

"Well I tripped in the hallway and I was really late to class and apparently he was too because he bent down to help me."

"You're a clumsy one aren't you?" Nekozawa looked at her.

"Yeah well I would be a lot more graceful if I weren't late!" She said while trying to pick up her books.

"Hey here's your...You...You're a...Why are you...Dressed like a..."

"I got indebted to the host club because of a vase that broke. They all thought I was a boy at first and recruited me to make up for the vase. They are the only ones in the school that know...well them and I guess to chairman...well no I take that back you know now too." She smiled and he handed her the ID and helped her up."

"Well then Princess you should get to class." She smiled.

"You too. Wait what's your name?"

"Umehito Nekozawa. I'm a 3rd year."

"Oh so you're Nekozawa - Senpai. Well thank you for the help. See ya." She ran off to class and he was left with an odd smile.

"And that's how that happened." Haruhi smiled.

"Ah that makes sense." Ranka calmed down.

"This is really good dad." Ranka's eyes lit up.

"Really!?"

"Yeah...so what did you guys really talk about!?"

"I told you the truth didn't I Neko - Chan?"

"Yes he was really talking about your mother and he also had a man to man talk with me." He smiled at Haruhi.

Haruhi blushed slightly because she had never seen such a beautiful smile on a boy. She also thought that he was much more attractive without the wig and cloak.

After dinner Haruhi went straight to bed being completely stuffed and Nekozawa was about to leave to go home when he turned around. "Thank you for letting me in your home. Haruhi has no idea about any of this does she?" Ranka frowned.

"She probably did once. She has dreams sometimes that are more like memories of her mother using magic to sooth her during thunderstorms. I could never use it but I guess her parents knew that I would be a good husband to her. I never thought of anyone else and other woman...I don't know they bothered me when they would try and hit on me. But I think that she probably forgot she was very young when she lost her mother."

"So what do I do?"

"You shouldn't have to worry about it unless she starts wearing the amulet but I will tell you this. Even if you think that you can't be an important person because of all her club mates or because your strange or simply because there is no attraction right now. The moment she is in danger you will feel it. I don't how to describe it but I'm sure you'll figure out someday. She always gets into trouble."

Nekozawa nodded his head and smiled while he picked up his cloak and wig that he almost forgot. "Yeah. I'll...try my best."

Ranka was shocked but he smiled. "Thank you. Well good night Neko - Chan."

"Good night Ranka...Mr. Fujioka."

"Ranka is fine." He smiled and closed the door behind Nekozawa.

Hey there sorry I haven't been on in a while. X3 Don't worry the next chapter will be up soon I'm already almost finished with the next chapter. Thanks for reading so far and please review and let me know what you thought of this chapter. See ya in the next chapter! X3