"Kyoya, you're it!" declared a very excited Tamaki.
After a long line of rainy ones, a sunny day had finally graced Ouran's hosts. To make the most of it, the club had gathered some of their guests for a rousing game of kick the can.
"Fine…" sighed Kyoya, letting the phrase run off as he jogged slowly off to find the can.
They romped through the school's gardens, laughing and tripping in their sprints. Hunny, Mori, and the rest of the club members, minus Kyoya, were making their way through the rose bush maze with girls in tow when it happened.
Hunny tripped. Hard. His hands and feet were torn up by the graveled path. His brown doe eyes glittered with tears from the pain. He let out a sob, and stood up. He sniffled and raised his bun-bun to nuzzle against his face, when he noticed something white. And fluffy.
Bun-bun's side had snagged on a branch of the aligning bushes and opened down the seam.
The host club turned around, smiles fading as their eyes laid upon the ever-calm Mori and the darkening Hunny. Tear tracks lined Hunny's face, but he wasn't crying anymore. His expression was unreadable, his eyes hidden behind his blond bangs.
Nothing could ever have been so terrifying.
Tamaki, Hikaru, and Kaoru stepped back slowly. The girls, noticing their fidgety behavior, ducked behind bends in the maze. Haruhi didn't move. She knew where this was going.
All of a sudden, the eerie silence Hunny made broke. He wailed at the sky, startling a flock of birds nesting among the roses. His cute little face turned beet red as he sobbed into his deflated bun-bun. He wore himself out quickly and sat on the ground, dejected and squeezing Bun-bun, forcing more stuffing out. This resulted in more sniveling, cut short by Mori picking the depressed toddler-like boy up from the ground.
He rested Hunny on his hip and looked him straight in the eye. "I can fix it."
The smaller boy started crying again, but now out of joy. "Oh, Takashi!"
"Hm," was the response.
Tamaki and the twins stood flabbergasted. It was the longest sentence Mori had quite possibly ever said.
Haruhi merely shook her head. "That kid is too easy."
With Hunny on his shoulders, Mori walked away, pondering how on earth he was going to mend the broken toy.