Thanks to those who have reviewed/favorited/followed this story. It makes me really happy to learn that I am keeping them all in character along with keeping all of my lovely readers entertained. Without further adieu, part two!

Author: Nat

Fandom: OHSHC

Summary: The Host Club takes it upon themselves to follow Haruhi when she says she is going to Okinawa, despite her serious threat. The secret they learn there is far greater than what they expected – Haruhi has a twin brother.

Pairing: HaruhixMori

Part 2/8

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Spring Day, Autumn Night

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Mori's eyes opened, and he sat up quickly, looking around the room. All of the other boys were passed out in odd positions. Tamaki was half off the chair, half on it. He appeared to be comfy, though Mori wasn't sure how that was possible. Kyoya had accidentally fallen asleep with his glasses on, so they were practically in his mouth as he slept. The twins ended up pushing the two couches together and sleeping together as they were used to. Mori cast his eyes over to his cousin to see that Mitsukuni was awake.

I felt eyes on me.

And that was why he had awoken. They both rose quietly, leaving the room in a near silent manner. It was to be expected of the Kendo and Judo masters, after all. They quickly changed into some different clothes before leaving the house. When they were far away from Kyoya's summer home, Honey sighed.

"What kind of cake should we get, Takashi? There's so many to choose from I'm sure."

"Strawberry."

"Well I don't know. What does Akiyo like?"

"Dunno."

"So let's get one strawberry and one white. How does that sound?"

"Okay."

"Yay! You remember where Haru-chan is staying right?"

"Hm."

"Good because I kinda forgot. I was too busy thinking about cake and seeing Haru-chan for real. Though I'm afraid she won't talk to us because she'll hate us for coming. Even if we tell her the others are here, it won't do anything for us. She'll still be so angry..."

"I hope not."

"You heard her at the Club, Takashi," Honey said, whimpering as he clutched Usa-chan tighter. "Maybe we shouldn't go there?"

"We have to apologize for going along with Tamaki's plan, Mitsukuni."

"Yeah you're right," Honey said with a smile. "Now let's go get some of that cake!"

"Hm!"

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Akiyo smiled to himself as he flipped through the scrapbook that Haruhi had brought. He knew this was the work of his father since Haruhi herself wasn't known to be girly. His sister had grown up drastically since he saw her the summer before she went to Ouran Academy. Granted, she had longer hair then and they didn't look identical as they did now. He placed his finger on Takashi Morinozuka's face.

"I entrust you with taking care of my sister," he murmured, leaning back into the couch and rubbing at his chest again. "If anything happens to me, I'll make sure you take care of her. Or I'll haunt your ass."

He looked up as he heard a knock on the door. Haruhi was in the shower, and his Aunt was still sleeping. Her stood up gingerly and walked over to the door before opening it up. "Can I help-"

"Haru-chan!" And then Akiyo had himself two armfuls of small senior. "Takashi and I are so sorry! It was allll Tama-chan's idea."

This kid had a grip of steel, and Akiyo's face was turned bluer by the minute.

"Mitsukuni," The taller boy said, grabbing his cousin and removing him from Akiyo who took ragged breaths to regain his composure.

"Sorry," Akiyo said, smiling at them both weakly. "But were you looking for my sister? She's a bit busy right now."

Takashi's stoic mask almost physically fell from his face as his jaw dropped in surprise. Even Honey-senpai was shocked into speechlessness. "Sister? Haru-chan has a brother?"

Akiyo straightened and smiled at both of them, giving the peace sign with his fingers. "My name is Fujioka Akiyo, and I'm Haruhi's elder brother by two minutes. You both are Haninozuka Mitsukuni and Morinozuka Takashi aren't you?"

They nodded, and Akiyo tilted his head over to the living room table. "Haruhi spent most of the night telling us of all the troubles you guys have gotten into over the course of the school year. I would like to thank the whole Host Club for all you've done for my sister, if I get the chance."

"Aki-chan, why aren't you with Haru-chan at home?"

He gave Honey-senpai a sad smile. "It's difficult," he finally said.

"Akiyo, who are you talking...to..." Haruhi slowed her speech and eventually stopped talking when she saw the two elder boys in the doorway. Honey-senpai waved while Mori-senpai grunted and held up the boxes with cake inside them.

"Haru-chan! Haru-chan!"

Haruhi's expression grew fierce as she scowled at the elder Host club members. Stomping over to them, she pulled her brother back, tossed Honey out of the door, and slammed it in their faces with a "STAY THE HELL OUT OF HERE!"

Mori blinked and looked over at Honey, who was dusting himself off with a smile. "Haru-chan was pissed," he finally said with a laugh.

"Ah."

"But I think Aki-chan will be able to convince her to let us back in."

"Do you think so, Mitsukuni?"

"Well, I hope so at least."

"I just want to warn her about the others."

"I know what you mean Takashi. It's going to be bad news when the others get here, especially since Aki-chan is here for a reason. I wonder what's wrong with him."

"Bad," Mori said, knocking lightly on his chest with a fist. "Very bad."

"Oh is that what it is?" Honey's face dropped and his voice grew solemn. "I see. We definitely should keep the others away then. Especially Tama-chan and Hika-chan."

"Ah."

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"Don't encourage them, Akiyo," Haruhi hissed, leading her brother (gently) to the couch so he could sit down and rest.

Plopping down on the couch with a deep sigh, Akiyo smiled. "Haruhi, you do realize that slamming the door in the face of a guest is rude right? Besides, you wanted nothing more than to invite Morinozuka in here correct?"

Haruhi's face flushed as she waved her hands at Akiyo. "It's not like that at all and you know it," she said, hiding her face behind her bangs. "I don't want to share you this week, Akiyo. It took me a while to save up that money just so I could be here for a week."

"Then I suggest you let them back in," he said gently. "After all, aren't they the best defense against stopping the others from letting themselves in here? I seem to remember all the adventures being attributed to one Tamaki-senpai correct?"

Haruhi sighed to herself, but rose from the couch and went over to the door. It couldn't hurt to have some of her friends with her, especially the two she liked the most. She opened the door and smiled slightly at Mori-senpai and Honey-senpai. "I'm sorry about that guys. I was angry, but please, come in. I didn't expect to see you, so I hope you forgive me."

Honey-senpai was on Mori's shoulders so he had to climb down and skip ahead of Mori, leaving the taller senior with Haruhi. Mori placed a hand on Haruhi's head and smiled softly at her. "Sorry. We brought cake."

Haruhi blinked and smiled at Mori. "I'm sure you guys have a little story to tell, don't you? Uhm. Is one of those cakes strawberry?" She heard Mori's deep rumbling chuckle, and she was surprised. What happened to the stoic and quiet Mori-senpai she had gotten used to?

"Yes. Mitsukuni made sure to get a strawberry one for you. We weren't sure what Akiyo liked, so we got white as well. I really hope you don't mind."

Haruhi blinked and tried to register the fact that Mori-senpai had said like three sentences to her. "Oh uh no I don't mind at all. Akiyo probably needs some company other than myself and my aunt. Here let me take those."

Before Mori could protest, Haruhi had taken the cakes from him and whisked them into the kitchen. Both Akiyo and Honey were watching the exchange, a mischievous look in their eyes.

"She's easily flustered by him you know," Akiyo said, placing the backs of his fingers against his chin before resting his arm on the couch. "I've never seen her act that way around any other guy when we used to hang out more often."

"Takashi is confused, and I wish I could make it easier on him. His base instinct is to protect me, but Haruhi has somehow wormed her way into his system. So if we're both in trouble, I'm not sure he'd know what to do." Honey explained. "You know, you look exactly like Haru-chan."

Akiyo looked over at Honey with a surprised look before smiling, exactly like Haruhi would. "We are twins after all, but she used to have such pretty long hair. Here, let me show you. She came to visit the summer before she had to go to Ouran Academy. We got so many pictures taken." Akiyo rose from his spot on the couch just as Mori sat down next to Honey.

The Fujioka boy dug through some drawers and pulled out a book labeled 'Summer'. It wasn't feminine looking, but it was still a scrapbook. "I have tons of free time, as you can imagine. Here's how our summer went..."

Haruhi leaned against the kitchen doorway as she watched Akiyo show the two seniors pictures from their summer vacation. The carnival had been in town the weekend that Haruhi showed up, so the twins along with their aunt and her beau decided to have an all out party. Haruhi's clearly remembered their moment atop the Ferris Wheel.

"Haruhi."

She brushed some hair out of her face and smiled at her brother. "What is it Akiyo? Aren't you having a good time?"

"You know I am but..." He clenched his fists. "You're here with me when you could be spending summer with your friends. Why are you here when you can live your life out there?"

"I'm here because you're my brother. I can make new friends if they don't like me hanging out with them. There's only one you."

"They say I've got two, maybe three years."

Haruhi reached out and took her brother's hand within hers. "No luck at finding a donor?"

"Not yet. And the doctor's say that if I don't find one soon, it'll be too late to do anything." She squeezed her brother's hand, smiling softly at him.

"No matter what, Akiyo, I'm here. Never forget that."

"I know. I know."

She shook her head and focused back on the present. It was a refreshing change to see that Akiyo was getting along with her own friends. "Haruhi, stop lurking in the doorway and come look at the summer pictures."

She laughed and headed over to the couch, sitting next to Mori-senpai when he scooted over to make room for her. "I was there, Akiyo. I don't need to see all the pictures again."

"Haru-chan, you look so cute with your long hair!"

"Hm."

Haruhi and Akiyo shared a smile and proceeded to tell them about how the summer fun and festivites went. She also revealed that she had been saving up since last summer just to visit Akiyo in the spring, and how she wouldn't be able to save up enough to visit him in the summer that was almost upon them. Honey and Mori shared a look and a nod.

Haruhi stood and held her hand out for her brother to take. He took it and she smiled, leading him into the kitchen. "Here. Mori-senpai and Honey-senpai brought cakes for us. So go ahead and choose which flavor and I'll cut you a piece. You both get in here as well. I know how much you like cake Honey-senpai."

"Yay cake!" Honey said, jumping into the kitchen with a grin on his face. Mori followed at a slower pace, his hands in his pockets as he barely smiled at Mitsukuni's behavior.

Honey had chosen a large white piece while Akiyo went for a smaller strawberry piece. Finally, Haruhi turned to Mori with a grin. "And what flavor would you like, Mori-senpai?"

Akiyo reached over and placed some strawberry frosting on Haruhi's face. "You look silly, Haruhi!"

"Hey!" She said, reaching up to wipe it off. Mori grabbed her wrist and wiped the dollop of frosting off her cheek with his finger before putting it in his mouth.

"I'll take strawberry," he rumbled to a flustered and stuttering Haruhi.

Haruhi cut his piece quickly and handed it to him before scuttling to her seat beside Akiyo and finding interest in her own cake. Mori grinned, oddly happy that Haruhi had such a reaction to him. The look in Mitsukuni's eyes said 'told you so' while Akiyo gave Mori-senpai a thumbs up. Things were going well in Akiyo's eyes and nothing could-

"HARUHI! DADDY'S HERE!"

Akiyo's face screwed up in confusion as he looked at his sister. "Dad isn't here. So who is that yelling outside?"

"Tamaki-senpai."

"Tamaki."

"Tama-chan!"

"We forgot to mention that Tamaki dragged us all here to Kyoya's vacation home. We came over with cake to apologize for going along with his plan when we knew you didn't want us to." Mori said, setting his fork down. "I'll go tell them to leave."

"I think I would like to meet this Host Club of yours. The rest of it anyway." Akiyo said, also setting down his fork. "But first, go change into some of my clothes Haruhi. We're going to play the Guess Which One is Haruhi Game."

"Aki-chan you're so smart!"

"Hm."

Haruhi laughed and headed up the stairs. She thought it was a grand idea, and it'd give the Hitachiin twins some of their much deserved medicine. Though, her steps slowed when she thought about Mori-senpai. He seemed to be talking a lot more in hers and Akiyo's presence. She half-wondered why before shaking her head. She'd dwell on it later. Time to get some pay back!

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Mori stood in front of Haruhi and Akiyo while Honey opened the door. Tamaki flew into the house, and Mori caught him before tossing him back toward the door. Standing up, Tamaki dusted himself off and looked around.

"Where is Haruhi?" He asked.

Kaoru and Hikaru came in after their boss, followed by Kyoya. "And that Akiyo kid."

"It's gonna be a game!" Honey said, shutting the door behind them and standing beside Mori. "We're going to play the: Guess Which One is Haruhi Game!"

Mori stepped to the side so the boys could see both Haruhi and Akiyo. Both were wearing boy's clothing and they had their arms around the others shoulders. Looking at the other members of the Host Club, they grinned. "Well?" They asked together.

Tamaki's jaw dropped, and the Hitachiin twins started laughing. "Priceless! No wonder we felt a strong bond with you Haruhi." Kaoru said, grinning.

"You have a twin, like we do." Hikaru finished.

"So now we need to figure out which is which!"

Kyoya pushed his glasses up and tilted his head. "This is an interesting development. Perhaps he could come back with us-"

"No." Mori said, crossing his arms, already protective of the brother of the girl he was certain he liked. "Akiyo stays here. Guess. Now."

"The one on the left is my daughter!" Tamaki said, pointing to Akiyo.

"Sorry, Tamaki-senpai, but you were wrong," Haruhi said from the right. "I guess you don't know your 'daughter' after all."

Tamaki-senpai flew to his sad and rainy corner. "If you grow mushrooms in my aunt's house, she'll never let you in here again," Akiyo pointed out.

"So this is your little secret, eh Haruhi?" Kaoru asked, smiling at Akiyo. "I'm Hikaru. Nice to meet you."

"Actually you're Kaoru and the other one is Hikaru," Akiyo said, crossing his arms. "It's nice that I've seen pictures of you both, and Haruhi has explained your mannerisms. I'm a twin too, you know. You won't be fooling me."

"Is that how you were able to tell the twins apart so easily, Haruhi?" Kyoya asked.

She nodded. "It's part of the reason. It's just...there's something about having a twin that makes you seem special. I love Akiyo, and the fact that we are twins just makes it even better. Because we are different genders, we are vastly different from Kaoru and Hikaru since they are of the same gender. It's easier to differentiate between myself and Akiyo than it is between Kaoru and Hikaru."

"We brought cake!" Honey exclaimed, jumping onto Mori-senpai's shoulders. "Come and have some guys!"

Akiyo was left in the living room with Haruhi, Mori, and Honey while the boys scrambled to get cake. Normally they wouldn't bother, but Tamaki had made them leave the house without eating first. Haruhi looked over at Akiyo, and they seemed to be having a silent conversation. Honey and Mori could follow along somewhat, but not to the point where they understood everything. There was such a thing as silent conversation, but then there was silent twin conversation.

Placing a hand on her chest, Haruhi tilted her head. It is your story to tell.

A shrug from Akiyo. I don't mind.

Haruhi's eyebrows drew together. But you are...you know. She held out her hands. I don't want you to be great friends with them and then go away.

Akiyo crossed his arms. I'll be fine. Worry about yourself.

Haruhi scowled at her brother. You know I'll always worry about you! I'd give you my own heart if you'd let me.

Akiyo's expression softened, and he placed a hand on his sister's head. Don't think that way, little Spring. I'll be around for a long time yet. Trust me.

Haruhi sighed. All right. We'll tell them together then I suppose. I just wish dad were here. It'd definitely make it easier, especially if they have any questions for us.

Akiyo nodded and threw an arm around his sister's shoulder. We've always done things on our own. This is no different, so don't worry so much. We'll be fine I'm sure.. I approve of Takashi Morinozuka too.

Haruhi lightly punched her brother's shoulder. It's not like that so shut up.

Akiyo preened happily. Denial means you like himmm~

"What in the hell are they doing?" Hikaru asked, munching on cake as he watched the two siblings.

"Having a silent conversation," Honey said, staring intently at the Fujioka twins. "Takashi and I do it all the time, but this one is harder to follow. Have you gotten anything Takashi?"

"I think my name came up. And something about a story." Mori grunted. "That's all I got from it."

"You still got more than I did," Honey said, shrugging and hugging Usa-chan to his chest. "I wonder when they're gonna be done. After all, they haven't seen each other in almost a year."

"I'd never be able to go without seeing Hikaru," Kaoru said, stepping up beside his twin. "Haruhi is really strong to have her brother stay here while she goes to Ouran. I'm still curious as to why he's here."

Akiyo looked over at the twins and smiled at them. "The air is cleaner here of course. If I were to have stayed at home with Haruhi and my father, I would have died."

Almost immediately, a hush fell around the occupants of the house. All of them stared at Haruhi and Akiyo with something akin to sadness, understanding, and pain. Finally, Haruhi gestured to the couches with a tight smile.

"Come," she murmured, sitting next to her brother who took a seat on one of the smaller couches. "Akiyo and I have a story to tell you. Hopefully it will explain why I wanted you all the hell away this week."

Mori sat by Haruhi while Honey was still on his shoulders. Him and Mitsukuni had to be there to support the second set of twins since they both were harboring secrets and hurt. Mori could practically feel the anguish rolling off Haruhi in waves as the others took seats on couches and floor alike. Finally, she drew in a breath.

Mori placed a hand on her shoulder and smiled softly when she looked up at him. He nodded, telling her that he was with her no matter what, and she launched into the Fujioka Twins Story with a more calm mind.

"It started when we were about four years old..."

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Ahh gotta love those cliffhangers, ne? Once again, let me know what you thought about this chapter. If you have anything you think I need to improve on, just let me know yeah? MorixHaru forever! And I'm out!

Nat