Authoress: So this isn't really a continuation of the same story...well it could be. I had this idea to have chapters based on certain words. Like the first was "high heels". And this one is "grass". Anyway, tell me if this is a good idea, or if you want me to make it more "story like."
I'm taking requests for words. I'll even dedicate the chapter to you if its a good one. :)
"Tamaki, I don't think that this is a good idea."
As usual, her words fell on deaf ears as Tamaki continued to wave the flyer in her face and exclaim loudly. As far as Haruhi could tell, Tamaki wanted to bring the members of the host club to a commoners picnic in a small public park. Haruhi figured that the Twins and Tamaki would just complain loudly about everything, somehow manege to break something, and finish up the day with insulting everyone within ears reach. It had happened other times in better places, after all.
"Seriously, Tamaki, listen to me!"
Tamaki finally stopped talking and looked at her with shining eyes.
"Its a great idea, right Haruhi? A family bonding!"
Haruhi looked at him coldly, starting to feel fed up.
"No. Its not a good idea."
Tamaki pouted and his lower lip trembled.
"B-but we can experience a commoners picnic! Think of all the fun and-"
"No thanks." Haruhi said bluntly, turning away from the sputtering boy.
"Actually I think its a good idea."
Haruhi and Tamaki turned to see a strait faced Kyouya with a clipboard in hand. The rest of the club hadn't arrived quite yet, and he had been going to stop the commotion the two were causing so he could start assigning costumes. However, hearing Tamaki, he figured it would be best to just go with his plan, at least with this one he could ignore the blonde boy and relax. And by relax he ment get some work done in relative peace for once. Haruhi's noise of disbelief was drowned out by Tamaki's cry of joy as he flung himself at Kyouya.
"I knew you would like the idea! Way to go 'Mom'!"
Kyouya glared daggers at Tamaki and said slowly and dangerously. "Tamaki, get off...NOW."
Tamaki whimpered and scuttled to hide behind Haruhi. Kyouya straitened his glasses and tie, calming down. Tamaki peeked over Haruhi's shoulder and seeing that Kyouya's mood had changed back to coldly pleasant, he smiled leaped out again happily.
"Lets tell the rest of the club and get ready for it tomorrow!"
The next day the group took a limo to the park, but got out about a block away to walk at Tamaki's insistence. He claimed that they should arrive like all the commoners do. Haruhi decided not to point out the fact that some people did have cars and that it wasn't that much of a rarity, figuring she might as well try to be as inconspicuous as possible. Looking at the other members, however, she realized that they would easily be picked out from the rest of the crowd anyway. Tamaki had told everyone to dress casual, but even the jeans the boys were wearing could only be seen as designers. Haruhi sighed and slipped from the twins grasp as they arrived at the picnic. Hunni saw the food line and immediately ran over, followed by a silent Mori. The twins got out a frisbee from who knows where, (Haruhi wasn't about to ask about the twins strange fetishes) and challenged Tamaki to a game, which he eagerly accepted. Kyouya found a bench under a tree to sit on and began to type away at his laptop, ignoring the others.
Haruhi idly wondered what to do and settled for trying to find a nice shady spot on the grass. She found one away from the rest of the group (excluding Kyouya who had his back to her a few feet away) and sat, putting her hands on the ground behind her to look up at the sky. However the grass was quite dry and pricked her finger, causing her to jump and say a loud "Ow!" The twins had been running past, chased by an angry king who was accusing them of cheating when they heard her exclamation. Hikaru leaned down on her left and looked at her curiously, Kaoru mirroring him on the other side.
"Whats wrong, Haruhi?"
They chorused in union. Haruhi shrugged, declaring it was nothing and that she had just been pricked by a blade of grass.
Tamaki had caught up with the twins by then, followed by Mori, a cake eating Hunni perched happily on his shoulders.
"What happened?"
Tamaki questioned curiously.
"Nothing."
Said Haruhi quickly, cutting off the twins.
"The grass is just a bit dry. Needs some water."
Tamaki thought for a moment and then snapped his fingers.
"Kyouya! Call the nearest floral shop and have a team ready to rip up the grass and replant it with new, soft grass!"
Kyouya whipped out his cell phone and started dialing, but Haruhi jumped up, protesting and saying that it was completely unnecessary and that it didn't matter what the grass was like. Kyouya would have ignored her, but Haruhi added that all grass was like this, and only rich people kept perfect lawns anyway. Tamaki immediately went into dream mode and went on a rant about "Commoner grass" and how "Great an experience it will be to sit on it" and "feel what they feel". Kyouya stopped listening after the first 5 seconds and closed his phone with a sigh, while Tamaki rambled on with no sign of stopping anytime soon.
"Its your choice, but dont blame me if you regret it."
He stated calmly, turning away and returning to his laptop. Haruhi, who had tuned out Tamaki as soon as he started talking, found a place next to Hunni and Mori to sit down, much to the twins disappointment. Mori's intimidating presence kept them away, and she sighed in relief as they choose to torment Tamaki instead. She shifted uncomfortably as the rough grass poked into her thigh, thinking that maybe Kyouya had been right, not that she would ever admit it out loud. Biting her lip, she shifted again, then jumped a bit in surprise when she felt two hands grip her waist and lift her up, setting her down on a large lap. She looked up with curious eyes to see the impassive Mori, who noticed her expression and grunted.
"So you wont have to be uncomfortable."
Haruhi blinked, then smiled at him gratefully, leaning back on his chest slightly.
"Thank you very much."
She turned her head, missing Mori's cheeks turn red. Hunni smiled and curled up sleepily in front of them, providing a very good defense when Tamaki saw where Haruhi was sitting. The twins had to stifle his cries, reminding him the wrath of a woken up Hunni. Haruhi just smiled, feeling warm and content. Soon she also fell asleep, Mori watching over her and his cousin with a small and unusually tender smile on his face.
Later that night as the main caretaker of the park walked into his office, he noticed a package with a note tacked to it on his desk. Curiously he lifted the note to read -
"Thank you for the grass."
Now even more perplexed than before, he put the note down and opened the package. His eyes widened and he fainted seeing the priceless pure gold gardening tools inside.
Authoress: It was longer than I expected, but I'm happy with how it turned out. Hope you liked it! R & R!