Disclaimer: I have never owned nor shall I ever own OHSHC... same thing goes for Cinderella. Sigh.
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Haruhi blinked as she entered the room. It was sort of dark, but she could make out where all of the furniture was thanks to the many brightly-lit candles around the room. She saw a bed in the middle of the room, but she didn't see mother. Confused, she looked to her right and noticed a desk in the corner. Someone was sitting at the desk. Haruhi assumed that it was mother. To Haruhi, mother's long hair looked darker than the darkest black and her skin, from what Haruhi could see, was practically translucent it was so pale. Haruhi noticed that mother's posture was perfect as she sat in her dark, mahogany-looking desk chair. Suddenly, mother turned and Haruhi couldn't believe who she saw before her. It was Kyouya in all of his high-class glory, glasses and all. Haruhi's face fell as she stared at this cross-dressing upperclassman. "No way…" she mumbled.
Mother rose a brow. "What was that, Cinderella?"
Haruhi shook her head and sighed. "Nothing."
"Good. You know you are not to speak unless spoken to. Now, here is your list of chores. You better do them all before the sun sets," the Kyouya-mother stated, snapping her fingers. Suddenly, someone dressed as a cat came walking into the room holding what Haruhi assumed to be her list of chores. Haruhi sighed when she realized that this person in a cat costume was Renge. She shook her head as she took the list of chores.
Renge's eyes narrowed. "What's that for?" she hissed.
Haruhi shrugged and untied the ribbon that held the list of chores together. "Nothing…" she said. After the ribbon came off, Haruhi watched, amazed, as the list of chores unraveled and pooled about her feet. Her eyes wide, she looked up at Kyouya… er, mother. "What is this? This is such a huge list!" she said, holding the list out.
Mother just continued her- uh, his work, lazily patting the Renge-kitty's head. "You'd better get started, then, hm?" he said. Haruhi's eyes narrowed as she rolled the list up and stomped out of the room.
Haruhi was almost done with half of her chores by midday. She grumbled as she scrubbed the base of the staircase. "Stupid Kyouya… mother. Whatever. This dream or whatever it is sucks…" Haruhi sighed and tossed her dirty rag into an even dirtier bucket beside her. The water inside the bucket sloshed over the rim and the rag sank to the bottom of the bucket. Haruhi just watched all of this happen with dull eyes. All of a sudden, she heard footsteps behind her. "Hey, don't slip on this wet floor…" she said, standing up to face whoever was coming her way. She took the opportunity to stretch her back which had started to ache again. She glanced to her left and saw that the footsteps she heard belonged to her cross-dressing friends. She sighed. Their expressions were mischievous and slightly smug. "Hey, Cinderella," they sand with haughty voices.
"Hey, what's up?" Haruhi wondered, stretching her arm high in the air.
"Are you almost finished with your chores, Cinderella?" Hikaru asked, leaning against his bro- sister. Haruhi didn't know what to call them anymore.
Haruhi nodded. "Sort of… I'm halfway done," she mumbled, looking at the wet floor.
Haruhi heard the twins hum. "May we see your list?" Kaoru asked. Haruhi nodded and handed it to them. She watched them look it over with amused eyes. She wondered what this mischievous duo was up to. "Oh, Cinderella, are you sure you've done all of these things?" the twins wondered, glanced up at her from above the list.
Haruhi nodded, brow raised. "Yes… I know I've done all of the things that have checkmarks by them," she said confidently.
The twins smirked and pointed at the list. "You sound so sure of yourself… it's so cute," they said evilly.
"What are you two up to?" Haruhi asked, leaning down to resume her work on the floors.
The twins examined the list once more. "Well, take this one for example. Clean the stables," Kaoru started. "We were just walking by the stables and noticed that the place was a wreck! There was hay all over the place!" Hikaru finished.
Haruhi blinked.
"And this one," Hikaru began. "Clean up the twins' room."
"We were just in there, as well. It looks like a tornado went through there!" Kaoru finished, dropping the list on the floor.
Haruhi's eyes widened. She stared at the twins. "Did you two-" Just as Haruhi was about to unleash her fury upon the devious twins before her, she heard the doorbell ring. The three stood there for a moment, staring at each other. Some knocks were heard coming from the front door.
The twins smirked. "Aren't you going to get that?" they asked.
Haruhi sighed angrily and stomped towards the door. She flung open the door and glared at the poor messenger standing there. "What do you want?" she snarled.
The messenger fumbled with his mail and stumbled with his words. You don't want to mess with an angry Haruhi and this man knew it just by the tone in her voice. "I-I, well, I have a message for the m-madam of this h-household," he stammered.
Haruhi rolled her eyes and turned into the house. "Mother! There's a man here that says he has a message for you!" she said, going back to her work by the stairs.
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a/n: Alright~ yay. I decided to upload this chapter. As is evident. It's a little longer than the last chapter... sort of. Anyway. Like how the story's going so far? Hate it with a passion? Tell me what you think! I love reviews. Good or bad, long or short~ :) Except... bad reviews do make me a little sad in the face...
Oh, yeah. Thanks for the reviews I've already gotten. :) It's only three, but I appreciate those three. Thank you nightwolfed, FlyFly, and Marozard. I hope I don't disappoint you three.
Okay, I'm done. I talk too much.
