Author's Note 1: So, I realized I never pput an Author's note in my first chapter. Oops. Oh well. But basically, this is my first Ouran fanfic to be posted here, second to be done , if you don't count random little drabbels, and if you follow my Haruhi blog. Yeah, I got this idea, liked it, and so it happened. Not much else to say about it, but thank you for reading! Lusaun/Mr. /Leon/Haruhi
New Girl Next Door
Chapter 2
Mother, Did You Hear?
Tamaki had decided to go inside after seeing the new neighbors. Well, at least greeting the girl who appeared around his age. She was pretty cute, he had to admit. And even though they got off on a bad start... At least she waved back, right? Well, yeah she shooed him off afterwards, which he thought was hilarious, but she did acknowledge him. That was a good sign! Maybe he didn't screw up that bad? She seemed more annoyed that he had first tried to help her, then not realized who he thought was her mother, was really her father. Whoops. Maybe she just got that kind of reaction a lot, and was getting annoyed with that? Yeah, that had to be it! He would just try again tomorrow, and pray to not make her upset! After all, a gentleman shouldn't make a lady upset! Talk about rude! The more he thought about it, maybe he had strayed a bit off the gentleman path with how he reacted to the news about her father... He wasn't trying to be mean! Just... a bit surprised, was all. Or a lot. Somewhere along those lines. Oh well, like he decided before, he would try again tomorrow. For now, he should tell his mother about the new girl, Haruhi! He was sure she would love to hear the news! Maybe she could come with him to see the neighbors tomorrow? He ran around the smaller house, having grown a bit more used to it now.
"Mother! Mother! I went to see the neighbors like you suggested!" he called excitedly, trying to figure out where she was. "Mother?" He then heard some dishes clinging a bit, followed by a call of 'In here!' and realized she was in the kitchen in the back of the house. He grins and runs there, now seeing his mother was doing the dishes. The blonde woman turned around, before smiling, laughing a bit.
"Oh, did you? What a nice boy~. Who did you talk to then?" she asks him, as he goes over and gives her a hug. She hugs him back, holding him close, the way he liked, since he was very close to her. He then looks up at her with his violet eyes glimmering with enthusiasm, laughing some.
"Well, there's a girl around my age, Mother! She seems nice, but she's very, very independent! I tried to give her some help, but she didn't want it. She's a strong girl!" he explains to her. The older woman nodded in understanding, kissing the top of his head, before letting him go, so she could return to filling the dishwasher once more.
"Is that so? Well, it was polite of you to go and try to help her. What was her name?" she then asks, glancing over, eyes twinkling with amusement. "Please tell me you didn't just leave without giving names~" Her son gives a laugh, before he shakes his head.
"No, of course not, Mother! What kind of gentleman would do such a thing? Her name is Haruhi Fujioka!" he replies to her in excitement, watching as she did the dishes. He frowns a bit though. "Mother, I can do that for you, you know. I even said I would, when I would come back!" It appeared it finally clicked what all his parent was doing, and now he was a bit upset. He did tell her he could do it! That only gave him another small, cheerful laugh from the woman, as she shakes her head, looking to him once more.
"You're so sweet, mon cher~. But no, no, your mother can handle it this one time. Now, what I'd like you to do is get washed up. I'll make us both lunch, and you may go about your day, alright?" she then tells him with a smile. The blond boy smiles at that, before nodding in agreement. She reaches over and playfully ruffles his hair. "Good boy. Go on then." With that, Tamaki went off to go wash his hands as instructed, eager to tell her more about what happened, after they had lunch.
Haruhi breathed a sigh of relief as everything had finally got pulled into the house, placed, and now the movers were out. At least that much was done, finally. But now there was just the problem of opening a lot of boxes now and putting things up from in those as well. How fun. She had at least gotten a good bit of her room done, having put up clothes once her dresser was in the room, and she had gotten hangers, set up her shelf with what she would need, her desk and laptop was there, though their wireless network wouldn't be ready for some time. She would have to help her Dad with setting it up in his room later. Wasn't mandatory right about now.
She was half way through her clothes, when she heard her father call out to her.
"Haruhi~! I ordered pizza from my cell phone, ready to come eat?" he calls out, which made her laugh a bit. Yup, they would have to go grocery shopping tomorrow. Well, she did, at least. Good thing everything around here seemed to be set up pretty well. Their neighborhood was within decent walking distance, so she could do the shopping while he was at work, at least. That wouldn't be a problem.
"Yeah, I'm coming!" she calls back, before putting in one more shirt to at least put up what she had in her hands. She then looks around and sighs. Yup. Still so much to do before it felt like home... The brunette girl pushes that thought aside, looking up at the sky a moment, up into Heaven. She tended to do that a lot when she was by herself, thinking about her mother.
"...Do you see the house were in now, Mom? I wish you were here with us..." she comments softly. "You would have loved it here, I'm sure. It's really nice. Wish you were here." She then smiles, to herself, feeling like she could still connect with her, even if others didn't feel that way about people they've lost. She could still feel her mother in her heart. And she knew that in Heaven, she must be happy. She would see her again... It would just be a long time.
Translation: In case you are not aware, mon cher is french for 'my dear'. Just throwing that out there.
Author's Note 2: Yes, as you can see, his mother looks all happy and well, right? Well, that's how I'm starting it. I'll possibly pull a D move and have her get really sick later... unless you guys just want me to have her be fine. I mean, this is an AU story, basically. So, you guys can tell me what you want, this is as much for me as it is for you guys, after all! So, tell me what you want in the reviews. Ok? Awesome. XD Lusaun/Mr. L/ /Leon/Haruhi