Chapter 2: Let Me Help You

"K-Kyouya Senpai!" Haruhi shrieked as she became fully aware of whose lap she had gracefully landed on.

"Haruhi." His voice was incredibly calm, even for him. Haruhi blushed furiously and scrambled off of the Shadow King, slightly wary of what he might do next. She quickly connected the dots of how exactly she'd fallen into his lap, the only conclusion, he'd been kneeling beside her. She recalled how calm, handsome he'd looked at that split second her eyes opened to see him right next to her.

"Why are you here?" She asked, then blushed slightly hoping he wouldn't take that in the wrong way. She in fact wanted to ask, why were you kneeling beside me while I was sleeping? But she held her tongue knowing she probably wouldn't get the truth. Watching the Shadow King, she saw his jaw tighten ever so slightly as he worked the words around his mouth.

"It was quiet simple; I was trying to wake a sleeping student from the couch." He pushed up his glasses instantly hiding the emotion in his eyes. Outwardly he was calm and cold as an iceberg. Inside his stomach had flipped over, crunched up, and then dropped to his feet, while his heart went racing at unthinkable speeds. He was furious at himself more over for being so affected by Haruhi, even more so for even putting himself in such a compromising position. What had possessed him to even do such a thing. But secretly a whisper raced through the corners of his mind, she's so beautiful.

"Oh, I'm sorry Senpai, I was only resting my eyes." She rubbed at them now feeling them burn suddenly from her sudden awake.

CRASH! Haruhi let out a startled gasp as lightening filled the room illumination Kyouya in a startling way. Heart hammering she twirled around to look at the window and then backed away from and right into Kyouya's chest. Damn, more contact, Haruhi thought but she was too scared of the storm to really linger on her worries about Kyouya and his strange behavior. He placed his hands on her shoulders not allowing her to turn away from the window. He silently cursed himself for even touching her again, something strange was moving around inside him. They both looked out into the drenched Earth seeing the dark clouds rolling over the school miserably.

"I-I need to g-get home!" Haruhi twisted out of Kyouay's hands and raced to grab her bag on a nearby table. Just as she reached it another crash of lightening sent her falling to her knees half way skidding under the table. Kyouya followed on her heels, his mind working quickly with strange thoughts he tried to deny, but could not, not when the timing was so perfect for him.

"I think it's best for you to remain here, with me," Kyouya saw her surprised expression, "until the storm passes. Tamaki would be crazy if he knew you tried to brave the storm alone." He added smoothly brushing off lingering questions in her eyes. She moved her large eyes to the floor and thought about it for a moment. Staying with human contact seemed appealing, but with Kyouya? She could see herself scrutinized by his glazed over eyes as she whimpered in pure fear. She hated being afraid of storms.

"I think I'll be o-" Another clap of thunder drowned out her words. She clasped her hands over her ears and squeezed her eyes shut, trying to hide the hideous storm just outside. Kyouya looked down at her coolly, something in him warned him against what he was thinking, but he did it anyway.

"Let me help you, Haruhi." A touch of concern and tenderness shocked the girl into opening her eyes and looking up at Kyouya. He'd removed his glasses, rubbing the spot between his nose where they had indented his flesh. This action made his words that much less touching to her. She started to protest but Kyouya lifted her up easily and moved towards the back of the room.

"I'm f-fine Senpai, really." She squeaked a little surprised by his stregthn. She could feel how tense he was, thinking it was annoyance she choose not to speak anymore. She just prayed the storm would pass quickly.

A/N: Sorry I feel pretty rusty on my writing but hopefully you'll stick around to watch it get better Please review, my first review did a good job of motivating ; )