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Chapter Two: Homework, Snacks and Plots of Revenge

Kyoya had officially closed the club for the day an hour ago but everyone still loitered. It had taken a few minutes for Haruhi to extract herself from the elaborate costume Tamaki had insisted she wear; and now having promised she would remain their own 'secret princess', if only for Honey and Mori senpai's sake, she busied herself with cleaning up as she half listened to Tamaki and the twins arguing over ideas.

"I wonder what kind of idiotic idea they'll come up with now. Maybe I can ask Takashi if I could borrow his shinai to knock Tamaki over the head." Haruhi thought as the corners of her mouth twitched, and allowed herself a brief smile at that. Looking up, she watched Honey making silly faces when Tamaki wasn't looking; apparently she wasn't the only one frustrated with his dramatic behavior. After wiping down tables and putting tea trays way, she moved up next to Kyoya. "Um... Kyoya-senpai? The club closed an hour ago and I still have homework to get done. Do you think we can go now?" Haruhi asked deadpanning as Tamaki wailed that no one cared to protect his precious daughter's secret.

Kyoya spoke over their drama king as he closed his laptop with a click, "Yes, I do think it's been long enough. I have work of my own that needs to be done. We'll continue this discussion after club hours tomorrow."

There was an audible sigh from everyone in the room followed by a unified, "FINALLY!"

The next sound that could be heard was a thud as Tamaki hit the floor, arrows sticking out of his chest. Ignoring the prone figure on the floor Hikaru and Kaoru walked over Tamaki to get to the door.

"I can't believe he fainted. Wait, scratch that... I can believe it. I just didn't think it would take that long," Hikaru snickered.

"Yeah, I thought for sure Tono would notice Honey senpai making faces behind his back," Kaoru chimed in causing Tamaki to fall to pieces.

Glancing at his idiotic best friend, Kyoya sighed as he grabbed his bag, "Tamaki, must you always do this? I said we will reconvene tomorrow after club. It's late and I do not want to deal with your childish antics right now."

Haruhi watched the interaction with a mixture of fear and interest. Kyoya somehow managed to console Tamaki and give him the kick in the butt that he needed at the same time. It was truly amazing. Tamaki bounced back to life all smiles and eagerly chattering away with his friend as they left together. The last words Haruhi heard him say struck fear into her heart, "Ah of course Mon Ami! I shall go home and write down all my brilliant ideas! Charts! I think we should have charts with diagrams as well!"

Groaning out loud, Haruhi rolled her eyes and flopped down on the nearest couch. "Guys... They're gone," she called out to her senpai who had hidden themselves away, helping Haruhi straighten up the back prep room. Peeking out around the door way, Honey checked to see that the coast was indeed clear before running out, followed closely by Mori.

Honey plopped down next to Haruhi. Leaning back, he sighed out. "Homosexual supporting cast... The baka! I can't believe Tama-Chan just called us gay!"

Mori, having gathered their bags, stood over his two friends and said, "I can't believe he thinks that he and Haruhi belong together. I mean, can't he see you can barely stand him as a friend when he acts like this?"

Haruhi looked at her two best friends, reaching out to squeeze their hands, "Thank you guys. At least you notice me."

Pulling Haruhi up from the couch, Honey smiled, "Come on Haru-Chan, let's go to your house!"

Grinning, Haruhi allowed herself to be pulled along and reached out to grasp Mori's hand as well, "Sure Mitsukuni, as long as you both don't mind helping me with my homework."

Closing the door behind them and throwing their bags over his shoulder, Mori easily kept up with his two companions. Hardly anyone was left at the school at this hour so they never worried who might see them walking down the hallway hand in hand.

As they made their way to a waiting car, Haruhi looked up at Mori and asked, "Takashi, do you think I could borrow your shinai?"

Having made it to the car, Honey waited till they were all seated comfortably and on their way before turning to the girl at his side, "Ne... Haru-Chan, why do you want to borrow Takashi's kendo sword?"

Haruhi looked at each boy in turn smirking, "I actually wanted to borrow it so I could hit Tamaki with it."

Honey and Mori exchanged a look before they both turned to Haruhi causing all three of them to break out into peals of laughter. Giggling, Haruhi gasped out, "Oh like we haven't all thought of it before? Why not take a page out of Satoshi's book?"

Chuckling, Mori reached over and ruffled her hair, "Yes Haruhi, we've all thought about it, but until he does something really stupid, let's not. I promise you though that if it comes down to it, I will do it myself."

They were still laughing ten minutes later when they pulled up in front of Haruhi's apartment building. Climbing out of the car, Haruhi looked around smiling to herself and thinking, "I can honestly say I love having Mitsukuni and Takashi over. They never draw attention with a big flashy car, and they always take notice of me and what I may need."

Moving up the stairs ahead of Honey and Mori, Haruhi unlocked the door and upon entering, she found a note from her father; she called out as she entered the kitchen to make tea and get snacks, "Guys, Dad left a note! He says he won't be back until late tonight. So it's just the three of us."

Honey poked his head into the kitchen, "Do you need Takashi and me to help with anything, and do you have cake?"

Haruhi was just pulling a small cake out of the fridge to set on the tray with the tea. Chuckling, she turned to her senpai with the tray in hand, "No, that's alright Mitsukuni. I have everything done already and yes, of course I have cake. I make a point to always have a cake made for you."

Following Honey out into the living room, Haruhi set the tray on the table. Mori was already seated on a cushion at the table; he looked up as she set a cup of tea down in front of him causing him to smile at her, "Arigato Haruhi."

Sitting down on a cushion herself, the female host cut and passed out pieces of strawberry cream cake making sure she topped Takashi and Mitsukuni's pieces with extra strawberries. She giggled at Honey's happy exclamation and the gentle hum from Mori, "You two act as if I wouldn't remember how much you like strawberries!"

The shortest host bit into his slice of cake and hummed with happiness. He always liked her homemade cakes and meals; and he and his cousin were the only lucky two in the host club that were able to sample them on a regular basis. Thinking about this as they sat around the table talking and working on homework, brought his thoughts back to what happened earlier and what Tamaki said about them causing his irritation to flare anew. They needed to do something to get the blonde president back. Honey knew he would need to bring his two partners into his schemes. Smiling sweetly, a hint of mischief in his eyes, he looked up at the girl sitting next to him, "Ano... Haru-Chan, can Takashi and I talk to you about something?"

Putting her pencil down, Haruhi gazed at her two friends, "Sure Mitsukuni, what is it?"

Mori, having just finished his work, sipped as his tea and proceeded to ask her what his cousin had running through his mind, "Did you hear any of Tamaki's ranting before you came in? I know how loud he can be."

Haruhi was in the middle of eating a bit of her cake, fork to her lips, when she stopped. Setting her fork down she replied, "I only heard him blathering on about protecting my secret. Though I was going to ask, what did you mean Mitsukuni? About Tamaki calling you all gay?"

Honey and Mori shared a look before turning to their best friend, knowing that she would not like this one bit. Pushing his empty plate aside, Honey placed Usa-Chan in Haruhi's lap to hold while Mori, being the calmest, explained, "Haruhi, Tamaki has this ridiculous idea that you and he are the main characters in a Manga and there for you are fated to be together."

Honey feeling his anger flaring once more reached over to hold Haruhi's hand, taking over where his cousin left off, "When we, being the rest of us, asked Tamaki what that made us… he drew a line on the floor and proceeded to call us the 'Homosexual Supporting Cast'. Haru-Chan, he called us all gay." Honey was pouting when he finished his tirade.

Seeing that Haruhi seemed to be in shock, Mori leaned forward to press a fresh cup of tea into her hand and made her drink, "Sip this slowly."

Honey spoke up once more, "I have an idea of how we can get revenge on Tamaki, but I think it would work better if the three of us worked together on this." Turning to the girl at his side, he knew he'd have to convince her more than his cousin, and asked inquired, "Haru-Chan, will you help us?"

Looking from Mori, who nodded, and then to Honey, she made up her mind, "Where do we start?" She was definitely in on helping her friends get paybacks for what the blonde idiot said and to prove that they were not gay.

Honey smiled exclaiming happily as he hugged the girl, "Arigato Haru-Chan! With your help we can get that baka Tamaki back, and the twins won't know what hit them either!"

Having almost topped over at the force of her small friends hug, Haruhi turned to Mori who was getting out a pad of paper, "Takashi, I am rather surprised you are ok with this."

The tall senior had already written down a few ideas of his own down before passing the pad to her and saying, "I don't care much what people call me. What upsets me is he has the audacity to believe you belong with him when you are your own person. Don't get me wrong though, I don't appreciate being called gay either."

Glancing over the list the guys had made, Haruhi felt herself flush as she thought, "Well… that's not unpleasant." When she looked up, she met the curious gaze of her friends, "I think it would be even better if we waited until after the physical exams. I have a feeling Kyoya-senpai will have something to say if we caused a big scene in front of the whole student body, even if it is only the first years."

The next morning Haruhi found herself with both Honey and Mori in the back of Kyoya's limousine on the way to school. Haruhi, it turns out, was right. Somehow the Shadow King had found out about their need for revenge in the small amount of time they had separated.

Kyoya sat watching his three friends before pushing his glasses up his nose, and he looked directly into Honey's eyes as he spoke calmly and with ease, "I understand you three have come up with a plan to exact revenge on Tamaki?"

Haruhi spoke up," See... I just knew somehow, Kyoya-senpai would know."

Flashing a cool smile, Kyoya told her, "Ah Haruhi, you know me so well. Yes, I do have my sources." He paused and studied the other three hosts in the car.

Haruhi had a strange notion that her father was involved somehow, and it made her narrow her eyes and plot pay back on her own father… albeit only briefly.

Kyoya picked up where he left off, "As I was saying, I understand you have an idea, and while I won't stop you in the slightest, I only ask, and I'm sure you already know this, but please hold off until after the physical exams are over. I have my own plan for that baka."

The three hosts agreed willingly, not wanting to get in the way of the feared Shadow King of The Ouran Host Club. As the limousine pulled smoothly up to the school, Kyoya stopped them before they could get out, "One more thing… I want in. I think my resources could prove very valuable. It will of course be profitable with all of the attention on the Host club, and I can get even more vengeance on that idiot." Seizing his bag, Kyoya slipped through the open door that he driver was holding and his three friends followed him. Tamaki wouldn't know what hit him when everything was said and done.