Author Note: As promised, Chapter 02 in three days. But don't expect me to be nice all the time. 8D

Japanese translations are at the bottom.
"Talking"
'Thoughts.'

Characters belong to Bisco Hatori.
Story and plot belong to me.

Chapter 02

What Father Wants

- Previously -

Takashi was meditating for a couple of hours while accidentally skipping dinner with his family. Piyo-chan and Tanuki-san were scurrying around the room playing around quietly so they wouldn't disturb him. Realizing that he was meditating too much, he stood up and the two followed him about as he went to his little brother.

"Iie, I'm fine." Takashi patted his head.
"Ano… Yasuchika called and told my Mitsukuni was looking for something for the girl in the Host Club, …ano, Haruhi-senpai, ne?" Satoshi looked at him.
"Ah, it's nothing to worry about." He started to walk away.
"I'll swing by with Yasuchika before clubs start, okay?"
"…?" Takashi looked at he curiously, though hard to notice.

"What? You're worried about your friend right? So I'll stop by to say hi! Never really got to talk to her myself, I just know she's impersonating a boy!" Satoshi grinned.

With that said, Satoshi walked off to his room happily, having new determination to talk to Takashi's lady friends. Takashi smiled lightly at his young brother's spirit and followed his idea to finally go to bed. All the lights were turned off in the estate, and everyone went into their own separate dream worlds.

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"Tamaki… your up pretty late, is something wrong?" A voice called out.
"O-otousan…" Tamaki spoke surprisedly, petting Antoinette's head.
"What seems to be the problem?" Yuzuru asked curiously.
"Kyouya and Sayuri-san know something about Haruhi that I don't." He replied.
"Ah, it must have to do with Friday," already he knew, "she'll be absent that day, and I don't mind if you and the others join her as well."
"But I don't even know what's going on! She won't tell us till tomorrow!"

Yuzuru tried to think about it, wondering what he could say, but ended up giving him a small hint. "Let's just say that it's a family matter, alright?"
"…family matter?" Tamaki asked confusedly.
"Oh by the way, the freshman class decided on going to the Caribbean's for their field trip, it starts next week, I thought I would let you know." He stated.
"Un… Hikaru and Kaoru told me, but they don't want to go."

"Naze?" Yuzuru pondered.

Tamaki shrugged, "I don't know, they won't tell me, and Hikaru keeps scowling at me," he thought about it, "I think it's because Haruhi can't go," then remembered, "demo… their going anyways because Haruhi told them to enjoy themselves."

"Hmm, I see," he waved to his son, "oyasumi."
"…un…" Tamaki sighed and laid down to sleep.

- Now -

Haruhi stared at the window boredly with her hands behind her back, classes just ended, and it was time for the Host Club. Hikaru opened his mouth to tell her that they should be going, but Sayuri came out of nowhere and clung to her. Sayuri said it was time to tell the Host Club so that they would all stop worrying, so she agreed.

"Hai, hai," Haruhi stated and was dragged away.
"Wonder what's so important to have this much company." Kaoru laughed.
"…" Hikaru didn't know, but he wanted to.

The four arrived at the Third Music Room and saw both juniors and seniors there, and the two siblings from the middle school section. Satoshi immediately greeted them with a wave while Yasuchika tried to pretend not to notice, only to receive a smack on the head. Haruhi blink at the two younger ones curiously, wondering why they were even there, especially Yasuchika who doesn't like being around Mitsukuni.

"Ano… what are you two doing here?" Haruhi asked curiously.
"Taka-nii was worried about you, so I was worried too, so I made Yasuchika come along too because he told me who was told by Mitsukuni!" Satoshi cheered.
"Worried?" She looked a little confused and laughed, "it's nothing to worry about."

"The fact that you wouldn't tell them gives them a right to worry." Kyouya stated.

"Oh," Haruhi scratched her head, "gomen nasi," she looked at the rather large group, "it's just that okasan's anniversary is tomorrow, so, Sayuri, otousan, and I are going to visit tomorrow." Her lips curved into a smile, "so see? It's nothing to worry about."

Mitsukuni began to tear up and lunged at her, "wah!!! Haru-chan gomen!" Haruhi hugged him back a little confusedly, "I want to meet Haru-chan's okasan!"
'Ara, ara, she's been gone for ten years, no wonder why she thinks it's nothing.' The twins thought in unison, the spoke, "Haruhi! We want to come too!"
"Oh! It's settled! The Host Club will go-!" Tamaki was interrupted.
"I-iya, k-kichigai." Haruhi stated bluntly with a blush while she was still hugging Mitsukuni as he sobbed into her chest sadly.
"…" Everyone looked at her in surprise that she declined.

"I'm grateful you all want to meet okasan, demo… classes are important, I don't want you all to trouble yourselves over me." Haruhi laughed lightly and then gave them a warming smile, "after all, I'm just a commoner, ne?"

"Otousan said we can go with you though," Tamaki frowned, about to cry.
"D-don't take it too personally," she looked away, 'but all you guys might wake the dead with how noisy you all are. We might even get kicked out…'
Sayuri frowned at her decision, "Haru-chan…"
Sighing, she spoke to her childhood friend, "I just don't want to cause trouble."
"Everyone appears that they want to come along, I see no real reason why anyone would trouble you. Unless the noise level will be very affective." Kyouya spoke.
Haruhi looked at them, all of them frowning at her, even Takashi and Yasuchika were frowning in disappointment when hearing this, "you're making me feel guilty."

"Haru-chan, let's all go to see okasan, ne? After that, we can have a picnic together!" Sayuri cheered, trying to lighten up the mood a bit in the room. "I'll help cook!"

"That's a lot of planning, and they eat a lot." Haruhi stated bluntly.
"It's okay, I want them to come with us, kay?" She smiled.
Her head lowered in defeat, "just behave, …ne…?"
"Hai!" The twins, Mitsukuni, Satoshi, and Tamaki all cheered.
"Wakarimasu…" Yasuchika spoke in annoyance, "she doesn't want anyone to come, yet here all you are trying to force yourselves in her life, how selfish."
"Chika-chan," Mitsukuni frowned at his younger brother, and then looked at Haruhi.
Tamaki frowned as everyone else looked at her, 'are we that selfish?'

Haruhi smiled and came over to Yasuchika who sat on the couch and replied to him, "what's a life without friends that can't care or worry about you?" He turned away to blush lightly as she walked away, and she spoke in her demon tone, "though it really is selfish on their part, but I'm used to it."

"AH!!!" Everyone ducked behind the same sofa except Kyouya and Sayuri who wondered what they were so afraid of. It was just Haruhi, …right?

Customers were allowed in and Tamaki allowed Haruhi to take the day off from hosting and said she could do chores. Sayuri decided to help around just to be with Haruhi and the Host Club didn't really seem to mind the company. Haruhi finished passing out tea and coffee for the moment as did Sayuri who came up to her.

"Haru-chan," she held her hands with both of her own, "want to go shopping with me after school, I want you to help me pick out a bathing suit for when we go to the beach." Sayuri smiled cheerfully; gaining all the customers attention in the process.

The natural sighed and scratched her head, "I don't see why not."
"Yay! What color should I have? Blue? Purple?" She was excited.
"Pink." Haruhi laughed as she began to make more tea and coffee.
"Kay, how about you? Want to go shopping for yourself?"
"Iie, arigato gozaimas." She replied.
"Aww…" Sayuri frowned.

"Don't worry yourself," Kyouya stated and looked to Haruhi, "by the way, what should we do with this picture?" He showed her the picture he took when she was in a sailor outfit waiting for Mei at the all-girls high school. "Shall we sell copies?"

"Eh?!" Haruhi looked at it then scowled. "Why are you taking pictures of me in skirts!
What about that time all you guys wore dresses except Mori-senpai!" She fumed.
He blinked as he replied, "I take the pictures, so I can't take a picture of myself."
Her arms crossed over her chest in annoyance as she huffed, "I can think better ideas of profit other than harassing me all the time."
"Shall you tell your better ideas to me then." Kyouya questioned.
"Iie, you're harassing me. I don't want to." She said stubbornly.

"Ano…" There was a girl at the entrance.
"Oh! She's in our class!" The twins stated.
"Are you here as a customer?" Kyouya asked.
"Come in hime!" Tamaki cheered.

"Oi, oi," Haruhi sighed at them, "she's here for me, I'll be back later."

"Ara? Haruhi is her friend?" Hikaru asked curiously.
"I never seen them talk though," Kaoru stated.
"I'm pretty sure they don't." Kyouya announced.

"It's not like that, she's gave a confession letter to Haru-chan and wanted to meet sometime during hosting hours." Sayuri smiled happily, "I think it's kind of cute."

"CONFESSION?!" Everyone yelled in surprise other than Takashi and Kyouya.

An hour later, Haruhi returned with her hands in her pocket with her head down a little bit. If they didn't know that Haruhi was the one who received the love letter, they would assume 'he' was dumped. But now they looked a little curious, and all eyes were on her as she went back to doing the Host Club chores.

"Haru-chan?" Sayuri called out quietly, startling Haruhi who looked up at her, she gasped and covered her mouth in shock, "Haru-chan what happened?"

The natural hosts' right cheek was bright red and looked like it wanted to bruise a little bit in the center. Kyouya came over to investigate and said he would get her an ice pack from the other room. Tamaki ran over to the heroine who sat down at a table with Sayuri, he gazed at her cheek as was horrified.

"Daijobu?!" Tamaki panicked.
Haruhi jumped, yet she nodded, "u-un."
"What happened?!" He demanded.
"I'm okay, go do your hosting Tamaki-senpai."
"I'll take care of it." Kyouya stated, handing her an ice pack.
"Arigato gozaimas," she mumbled and placed it on her cheek.
"Haru-chan what happened." Sayuri frowned.

"She was confessing to me, telling me her feelings," Haruhi paused lightly, causing tenseness in the room as everyone listened, "I said that I had no intention of being in a relationship at the Academy and she started to cry, but I said that we could be friends," she hissed as she shifted the ice pack a little on her cheek, "I offered my hand so we could shake on it, and… she just slapped me and ran off."

"That doesn't sound like an hour long." Kyouya commented.
"She wanted to talk in the courtyard, before I knew it after she left, that Newspaper Club was there taking a picture of me." She explained quietly.
"I thought they learned their lesson," he shrugged, "we'll handle the mishap."
"Iie, I don't care, and it's not like you would get anything out of it." Haruhi replied.

"No one harasses the Host Club members." Kyouya stated sternly.
She looked at him surprisedly, then smiled, "hai, arigato."
"I'm going to go look for that girl!" Sayuri fumed and left.
"C-chotto matte Sayuri- itte!" Haruhi cringed and held the ice pack firmly.

"Let her do what she wants," Kyouya stated and removed the ice pack to glance at her cheek to see it bruising a little bit, "do you want to go to the nurse?"
"No one was in there when I went in the infirmary." Haruhi stated quietly.
"Well then, I suppose I'll have to call for assistance-" he was interrupted.
"I said I'm fine, I'll deal with it when I get home." The natural stated.

"Well, then go to the superintendent and show him what happened, he'll more or less do something about the entire case." Kyouya added, "it's not an option."
Haruhi sighed and got up in annoyance, "fine." She began to leave the room.
"A-ah! Haruhi! Do you want me to come-" Tamaki was interrupted.
"Iie." She left the room quietly.

Renge went to Tamaki, "I'll go follow him."
"Ah, arigato Renge-kun." Tamaki replied.
"Un," she left to follow Haruhi.

'That idiot…' Kyouya shook his head.

"Haruhi-kun!" Renge called out, waving.
She turned to look at her, "Renge-chan…"
"That looks bad," her lips frowned.
On reflex, she touched her cheek, "itte."

"Can I come with you to superintendents office?" She asked worriedly.
"…hai," Haruhi replied and continued forth, nearly ignoring her.
"…" The Host Club manager followed at her side.

"I never been slapped before," Haruhi stated.
Renge looked at him, "eh? Why should you?"
She shrugged, "now I know how Hikaru felt."
"Someone slapped Hikaru-kun?"
"It's nothing to worry about." Haruhi replied.

"Ano… yesterday when Kyouya-sama said you went on a date with two otokonokos before, was it true?" Renge somewhat wanted to change the subject.
"Un, technically three if you include my time with Kyouya-senpai, but it was more unexpected than anything, seeing as I had to pay for everything." She stated.
"Who were the two you went on an official date with?" Her curiosity grew.
"Hikaru and Kaoru, demo… I would rather you not spread a rumor." Haruhi frowned lightly, "I've been pretty much worried about those two recently."
"So they really were fighting about you?" Renge frowned.

"They were fighting, but I don't know if it was about me though." Haruhi replied.

The two entered the room and the assistant told Yuzuru the Fujioka Haruhi was here to see him, so he allowed them in. Haruhi sighed and walked in to see the happy superintendent look at her before noticing her cheek. Yuzuru immediately frowned and went to her worriedly and inspected her bruising cheek.

"Who did this to you? It's unlike you to fight." He stated.
"Haruhi-kun got slapped by a girl who confessed to him." Renge stated.
"I'm fine, Kyouya-senpai said to tell you though." Haruhi sighed.
"Who did this to you?" Yuzuru asked again.
"It's nothing to worry about." She replied.
"I'm sure it was someone from 1-A." Renge stated.
"I'll look into it, no violence should be at our Academy." Yuzuru announced.

"Look, I'm fine, I'm sure if I ice it long enough, I'll be okay." Haruhi smiled.
He would ignore it for the moment and asked, "are they coming with you?"
"Un, Honey-senpai and Mori-senpai's gokyodai too." The natural replied.
"Hontou? What a big group that will be, I wish I could go." Yuzuru frowned.

"It's alright superintendent," she smiled sweetly, "I have to go now, I need to ask someone about something that's been bothering me."

Haruhi and Renge were walking down the hall while the natural host was on the phone. It took a while before the person answered the phone and she greeted them, only to make them suspicious. The person that Haruhi called was the vice president of the Host Club, Kyouya, and this surprised Renge.

"Why is it you want to do something that you gain any merits from?" Haruhi asked softly, he said that it's nothing to worry about and she frowned visibly, "I want to understand what you think you can gain by coming, it's not like you." He laughed and asked how her cheek was; having the subject changed. "It's bruising a little more, but I'll be find. Don't think that changes the subject Kyouya-senpai."

"We'll talk about it another time." Kyouya's voice was a little stern.

"Oh, …hai, sure." Haruhi replied and he said that he would see her in a few minutes, so she sighed and agreed before saying quietly saying, "ja ne," after hearing him saying goodbye, and they hung up at the same time. "What are you up to…?"

"Haruhi-kun," Renge called out a little curiously.
She looked at her, forgetting that she was there. "Hmm?"
"How well do you know Kyouya-sama?"
Blinking, her attention went elsewhere, "I don't know."

"Ano, are you doing something after club?" She blushed lightly.
"Mm… ah, hai, Sayuri wants me to help choose her swimsuit."
"O-oh, okay, never mind then," The manager smiled sheepishly.
"Naze? Did you need something?" Haruhi looked at her curiously.

"Huh? Oh, iie!" She blushed a little. "I was… going to ask the same thing."
"Would you like to join us, Renge-chan?" The natural host asked as they walked in.
"I'd love to!" Immediately she clung to Haruhi happily at the offer.
"Haru-chan!" Sayuri called out happily, coming over to hug her so Renge moved.
Haruhi laughed and hugged back lightly, "un. You don't mind if Renge-chan joins us after the Host Club is over with do you? She wants me to help her choose one too."
"Sure, the more the merrier." The childhood friend smiled happily.

"Ano… can I come too? I would like Haruhi-kun to help me pick a new one." Momoka asked a little shyly with two of her friends with her as support, but also to ask.
Haruhi smiled at them, "I don't mind, but we might need a limousine to take us."
"I'll take care of it!" Sayuri cheered. "We'll all go home, get dressed, and go to a commoners' mall, the clothing is cheap and have good quality there."

"Now that I think about it… Yuzuha-sama might get a bit a little annoyed…" Haruhi reminded herself, then shrugged it off, "ah well, it's not like I'm getting anything."
She smiled to the girls, "this should be an interesting event then, how exciting."

All of the girls squealed and all rushed to Haruhi, asking if they all could come along with 'him' to the mall. Tamaki looked at this scenery and gawked at it in a horrifying manner while Mitsukuni pondered on if they were going to make a Haruhi Fan Club. It was an interesting thought, but no one in the Host Club wanted that to happen since they wanted to keep their precious princess to their selves.

Haruhi managed to slip out of the whoring fans and went to Kyouya, "when?"
The vice president looked at her for the moment, then looked away, "Saturday."
"Why so long, are you trying to make me purposely forget?" She frowned.
"Iie," his attention quietly went to her as he closed his notebook calmly and replied in a bored tone, "even if you forget, there is something we that we need to discuss."
'I don't like that suspicious tone, demo…' the natural sighed, "hai." She turned away.

"H-Haruhi! Where are you going?!" Tamaki panicked.
Haruhi replied as she rushed away. "I-I have to go or else I'll miss the train!"
"We'll take you home!" Hikaru and Kaoru stated.
"Iie, I'll be fine alone!" She waved to them and left.

"WAH!!! HARUHI IS IGNORING OTOUSAN!!!" Tamaki cried. "KYOUYA, WHY DID YOU ALLOW HARUHI TO LEAVE?! WE STILL HAVE THIRTY MINUTES LEFT!!!"
"If you want to stop Haruhi from leaving, then do so." Kyouya shrugged.
"Haru-chan should go home and ice that bruised cheek!" Mitsukuni stated.

Translations:

Gomen nasi: "I'm sorry."
Iya: "Don't."
Kichigai: "You're crazy."
"…, ne?": "…, right?"
Wakarimasu: "I don't understand."
Daijobu: "Are you okay?:
Arigato gozaimas: "Thank you very much."
Itte: "Ow/Ouch."
Sama: Respectful.
Gokyodai: Brother
Hontou: "Really?"

Author Note: Yes, I understand that it doesn't really catch on quite yet, but give it till Chapter 04 to Chapter 05, things get interesting around that time I suppose.

Next Update: In four days or ten reviews.