Title: The Choice

Rating: T

Summary: Haruhi is in college, and is in touch with the host club. What happens when some of her friends declare their love and others want her to get married to there sons? Disaster strikes, that's what! And along the way, someone finds himself utterly in love with the one person he feared to hurt the most.

Pairing: Haruhi X Kyoya

Last time's poll: who will confess first:

Answer: Hikaru

Winners: Kuramasredredrose,

Quota is met!

So, I have also started this story. As you guys know, I am a fan of KyoHaru fics. So enjoy! Tell me what you think! I hope the characters aren't OOC!

Me: Okay, so, last time Honey threw a fit, so this time, Hikaru, you do it!

Hikaru: No!

Haruhi: Please Hikaru, don't annoy Heraa-chan. See? She's already burning with anger. *points to a very big ball of fire*

Me: Ohohoho….if you don't do it…you will …PAY! *pulls out a knife*

Hikaru: Never! *runs away*

Kaoru: Ahh! Hikaru, wait up!

Hikaru: oh Kaoru, I could never leave you, you're too precious!

Kaoru: H-hikaru…*hugs him and cries*

Kyoya: *adds sparkles and roses for effect*

Me: What…are you doing?

Kyoya: *pushes his glasses up* this way, we'll get more customers.

Tamaki: I will save you Heraa hime! I will do it!

Disclaimer: Heraa-chan does not own Ouran much to her disappointment.

Previous chapter:

"Fine, then. If that's what you think is best. Now all you have to do is see how things play out with Hikaru, Kaoru, Honey-senpai and Mori-senpai. You're not the only one." With that, Kyoya stepped into his limo.

"No…way…" Tamaki couldn't believe it. His senpai's had feelings too for Haruhi? And so did the twins? How could he not notice it? And his father? What was he thinking by trying to make Haruhi a pawn in this game?

He had to save her, quick before anyone else could.

Chapter 2: Orders and First Confession

Baka Tamaki. Kyoya thought to himself as the images of the world outside whirred past him. First, he wakes me up at NINE am when I went to sleep at SIX, and then he drags me to this commoner's amusement park, as they call it. He will certainly experience a worse punishment than death….

Kyoya began planning the 'legal' but torturous punishments for Tamaki.

But then again, due to this unplanned 'trip', he could think over things, trying to find a solution to this problem.

FLASHBACK- the day before

Kyoya's phone rang. He picks it up and spoke. "Ootori Kyoya speaking."

"Kyoya, this is your Outo-san."

He froze. He cleared his throat and spoke in his best business like voice. "Yes, what do you need Outo-san?"

"Come to my office in exactly one hour." With that, he hung up.

Kyoya's mind went into hysterics. Well, not exactly hysterics since that doesn't happen to the shadow king, but yes, he went nuts. What did his father want? And to just suddenly call him and tell him to come to his office was just out of line.

After a bit of thinking, an hour passed (it seemed like a minute to Kyoya), and he knew better than to be late, especially when dealing with Yoshio Ootori.

"Come in." Yoshio said firmly. His voice was smooth, but had a business-like tone, and it was full of fierceness, most would cower in fear.

His son slowly pushed the door open careful to not create any noise and stepped inside. He closed the door with equal force and faced his father who was at his desk shuffling some papers around.

"Take a seat." His father said, without looking up.

"Hai" Kyoya said uncomfortably. Where was his father getting at? But he obeyed, and took a seat on one of those comfy but expensive (worth more than Haruhi's apartment) chairs.

"I'm sure that you're aware that you are already in a marriageable age" Yoshio told him straightforwardly. He was never a man to make his way around with small talk, but rather, cut straight to the point.

Kyoya nodded. He probably knew where this conversation was going: His father found another eligible candidate for marriage, wants him to meet her and see if he likes him yata yata yata.

It's not like he hated doing this, it's just the fact that he'd have to go and be unbearably nice to a brainless girl who would immediately swoon and agree. Then he'd have to live his life pretending that he loved her and say these cheesy Tamaki lines to make her happy. Kyoya never thought much about marriage, but he knew that as long as he respected the woman and vice versa, it'd work.

Yoshio continued, and Kyoya's prediction was correct. "I have found another girl the Ootori family would be proud of as an addition to our family." For some unusual reason, his composed face softened. Kyoya was about to fall off his chair. "She reminds me so much of your mother, never caring about material gain and could stand up to any business man regardless of his status."

Where is this going? Kyoya started sweating. He had an idea of who this girl was, but even with that knowledge, it didn't prepare him for what his father had said next.

"In order to be the heir to the company, I want you to marry that scholarship student, Fujioka Haruhi."

"Hello?" Kyoya spoke over the phone. He then pulled it away from his ear as a girly squeal came over from the other end.

"Mon ami! This is the first time you ever called me!" Tamaki yelled some more before Kyoya brought the phone back to his ear. "What brings you to call me, your best friend in the whole wide world?"

"May I come over this afternoon?"

Tamaki sputtered with surprise. "Yes! Of course! Anything for my best friend, the best-"

"I'll be there at 4 o'clock sharp" Kyoya said in between his long speech.

"-friend in the world! Oh, the beauty of friendship! When one person fully depends-"

"Your friendship images are delusional Tamaki, and as if I would ever depend on you."

Tamaki kept going, not taking notice of Kyoya's insult. "-on the other, and how the friendship blossoms, like me and my lovely daughter Haruhi-"

"Haruhi is not your daughter, Tamaki." Kyoya was getting more irritated by the second. Why wasn't he hanging up on Tamaki? Because he had one more thing to say. He couldn't hang up just yet.

"-and our friendship is beautiful, unlike those devil twins, who are selfish and want nothing more than to bring terror into our world-"

"You can go on about our 'friendship' at host club hours. This is not the time. And do not let the others know about our meeting, and do not tell them to come." Usually, when Tamaki came over to Kyoya's the others dragged along. But this meeting was to be alone.

Tamaki shut up. "Oh. Okay."

Kyoya hung up. Today was not going to be a good day. He woke up thinking that he would get a bunch of work done, and instead was stuck in a problem.

His father had just ordered him to marry…Haruhi. That's right, Fujioka Haruhi. Out of all the people in the world, Haruhi was the only one Yoshio fully approved of. Seriously? Yeah, seriously. Haruhi was just a commoner who got a scholarship to Ouran. Couldn't his father choose one of the others girls like Ayano? Sakura? Or possible even Renge? But nooooo, his father HAD to choose Haruhi. When Kyoya refused, Yoshio said that he didn't see any problem with the arrangement so neither should his son. And Kyoya couldn't go and tell him that he saw a big problem that involved love, since Yoshio didn't believe that love was important. He saw it as just a mere annoying emotion.

(a/n- okay, from here, it's just reasons why Kyoya doesn't want to marry Haruhi, it's kind of boring so skip ahead if you want)

So what stopped Kyoya from deciding to agree and get Haruhi to marry him?

Because Haruhi believed marriages should be based on love and she didn't love him.

Why not marry her?

Because Tamaki loved her, but was too dense to realize and covered it as 'fatherly love'.

Why?

Because the twins loved her, since she was the first person who could tell them apart and entered their world, accepting them as individuals. Hikaru loved her, but didn't know until Kaoru told him and gave up his own love for Haruhi because his brother was more important.

Why?

Because Honey loved her too, but hid behind his childish act and pretended to like her as his big sister.

Why?

Because she was the first person other than Honey that Mori had a soft spot for. He felt the need to protect her.

Why?

Because if Kyoya DID marry her, it would break the host club apart.

Tamaki and Kyoya were alike, though even both had their own reasons for wanting to marry Haruhi (Kyoya marrying because his father said so, Tamaki for love), they didn't want the host club to break apart. He just couldn't do it. But even on the verge of death Kyoya wouldn't admit that he loved the host club (fromer) and would do everything in his power to keep it together.

But it seems like fate has it's own twists and turns.

(a/n-boring part over, the story continues from here)

Kyoya decided he would need to talk to Tamaki about his feelings to see what he could do in this situation. Yoshio wasn't going to take no for an answer. He also threatened Kyoya saying that if he refused his orders, he would cut all ties with the host club.

Ouch.

His father had also said that he had to get engaged to her by March (6 months from now), where a party would take place to announce his engagement. Kyoya still didn't know why his father wanted Haruhi, and what merits he would gain from marrying her. He remembered his father's words.

"She is a girl who has the wits to stand up to even the highest men, and her knowledge is incomparable. She also seems like she can see through others, such as yourself, and would make the perfect bride."

Kyoya didn't want to hurt Haruhi, but he had no choice. But…if Haruhi fell in love with him, then it wouldn't be a problem, would it? The others loved her, but if she rejected them then that would be out of the way, and if Tamaki still didn't admit his feelings, then Haruhi was open for Kyoya. He just needed to make sure everything would go according to plan.

First, get the others to confess.

Second, make her fall for him.

Now Haruhi wasn't the romantic type-actually, she was barely even a girl. The host club techniques didn't work on her. Not one bit. She was like, 5% girl. Unlike any other girl, money or looks wouldn't work on her. So Kyoya would have to find another way.

First things first. He had to talk to Tamaki.

FLASH BACK END

Well, things went downhill after he had talked to Tamaki. Tamaki refused to admit he liked Haruhi, causing Kyoya to go nuts, even though he did kind of want Tamaki to say no. But then he would be denying his own feelings, and if Kyoya married Haruhi, Tamaki would blame it on himself. So everything was kind of a mess.

Little did he know it'd become a bigger mess.

Haruhi sat quietly in the limo, between Hikaru and Kaoru. She was thinking about how she could've spent her day studying when the host club turned her happiness upside down. Well, I should've expected it. A whole day of studying without any interruptions is too good to be true! Damnit. She gritted her teeth.

"Oiy, Haruhi!" Kaoru poked Haruhi. "What are you thinking about?"

"Possibly something…naughty? Do you want to have some…fun?"

Haruhi punched the twins heads. "Baka. You two are even worse than Tamaki!"

Kaoru looked like he had been run over by a bull dozer. "You're comparing us to that useless idiotic king lord? Ouch, it hurts doesn't it Hikaru?"

Hikaru faked his tears and nodded. Haruhi grunted. This is going to be a long day…

"Today is going to be a fun day, ne, Takashi?" Honey nudged his cousin. He nodded in reply.

"The best part is, we get to go with haru-chan!" he exclaimed. A small hint of pink spread across his cheeks. "Haru-chan is so nice, and we in return are always annoying her." he said in an uncharacteristically solemn voice. "we should do something to make it up to her."

Ah, Honey was so thoughtful. "Yes." That was enough to let Honey know he agreed.

The boy Lolita had grown up over the years. He was thoughtful of others (not like he wasn't before) but he always thought about their feelings before his. Especially Haruhi's.

"You know," Honey started. His cheeks were still pink, and Mori struggled to not smile at the sight of it. It was always like that when he talked about Haruhi, and his cheeks would actually become red when talking to her. Yet, Haruhi didn't notice. How dense could a girl be? "I still wonder when Tama-chan and Hika-chan will confess. Haruhi will never know unless they directly tell her. The signs they give aren't enough. Even Ranka-san knows about it."

"Ah." Mori nodded, remembering the times when Haruhi would accidentally brush her arm against Hikaru's, and he would become bright red and Haruhi would think he has a fever or something. Or when Haruhi would wear a dress and Tamaki would faint, and she would think it was due to heat or lightheadedness. The tall man turned to his cousin. "When will you tell her?"

It was obvious Honey likes her since high school, but he pretended he didn't know since Honey didn't want him to know. It was the first time Honey ever kept a secret from Taskashi, but he also knew why he didn't want him to know. Honey knew Takashi also had a soft spot for her.

At this, Honey turned deathly pale and started stuttering. "I-I…d-don't…uh…" he cleared his throat. "You knew?"

"It was obvious."

"What about you?"

Mori froze for a moment thinking of an answer and then spoke. "You come first."

"No I don't. Haruhi matters most to you. I can tell, I'm not that young anymore."

"No, you aren't." he agreed. "But if I confess, it will hurt the others, including you."

Honey turned towards the window and looked at the outside world for a while before turning back to Mori. "No matter who Haruhi chooses, it will not get in the way of our friendship. I am sure of that. So though I also…love her…I want to" Honey closed his eyes and gulped. "I want to support the others and help them confess to her." Though those words were exactly what Honey wanted to say, he felt a stab of pain in his heart. Mori could also feel it. The idea of her with someone else would just as a shock to them no matter how prepared.

And that's exactly what would happen.

Honey brightened up after a minute of silence. "I know! We should do something to make Hika-chan confess today! It's the perfect place and time too!"

Mori nodded, and both planned out there plan 'Help Hika-chan confess to Haru-chan'…

A few minutes later, four limo's pulled up into a parking lot on front of an amusement park. Roller coasters and rides were in view. Chattering and laughing filled the air, and happiness surrounded them. However, a certain shadow king's evil air ruined the atmosphere.

Hikaru shivered and his teeth clattered. "K-Kaoru, d-do you feel cold?" he felt eyes piercing his back. Kyoya had just stepped out of his limo and was leaning against the limo, with his eyes glaring with anger.

"Y-yeah.." Kaoru wrapped his arms around himself. "And I thought it was supposed to be sunny today…"

Tamaki ignored the icicles froming on his eyebrows and spoke. "Here we are, the commoner's amusement park!" he pointed towards the entrance. "It seems like that's the entrance. Let's go!" he zoomed across the sidewalk.

"Wait! We first have to buy tickets!" Haruhi ran up to Tamaki who was currently jumping up and down at the sight of the rides. She panted heavily as she came to a stop.

"Next time *pant* don't run ahead *pant* of us *pant*" Haruhi was never athletic.

"Anyway, is this where we but the tickets?" he pointed towards the building off to the side with a sign 'buy tickets here'.

"Yes…" Haruhi answered. "But, I forgot purse, so I can't buy a ticket."

"OH NO!" Tamaki shrieked. "My daughter is so poor that she can't buy a ticket! Oh, I must buy a ticket for her…!" he pulled out his credit card.

On the other hand, Kyoya smirked. This was the perfect chance to show Haruhi that he wasn't a heartless cruel man. He stepped up from behind Tamaki and the twins and spoke.

"I'll buy a ticket for her." he pulled out his wallet, ignoring the shocked expressions around him.

Kaoru looked at Hikaru. "Is it just me, or is the-"

"-shadow king being nice?" Hikaru finished.

Haruhi could only say one thing. "It's okay senpai, I'll be indebted to you if you buy it for me."

Ah, so Haruhi still thinks along those lines. "No, you won't be." Five pairs of eyes turned to him. the host club shouldn't suspect anything, so I'll use a cover up.

Haruhi was about to thank him when he said something to change her mind. "I'm only doing this so we can get this trip over with. And of course, Haruhi, you'll have to make it up to me back somehow."

She scowled. "Rich Bastard." She muttered under her breath.

The others were relieved that Kyoya was normal, and wasn't planning to do anything to their precious Haruhi.

After buying there tickets and entering, the others jumped with joy while Haruhi sighed. The twins wanted go on every ride, Honey wanted to go buy some cake, and Tamaki wanted to spend quality time with his 'daughter'. Kyoya was busy writing in his notebook.

"No way Tono, Haruhi is coming with us!" the twins said in unison as they dragged her away.

"No No NO!" Tamaki ran after the twins and reluctant Haruhi. Mori and Honey followed behind.

"Well, I think it's time," Honey said quietly to Mori as they followed the twins and Tamaki. Mori nodded.

"Haruhiiiiiiii!" Tamaki wailed as ran faster after the twins who were snickering. He tripped over a rock, and fell flat on his face leaving the twins bursting with laughter. Kyoya came up and just stepped over Tamaki, leaving him crying.

Honey caught up to the twins. "Why don't we go on the Ferris wheel?" he pointed over to a big circle spinning. At least, that's what it looked like to the twins.

"Cool!" the twins yelled. There was no line, since it was still early and not many people were here, so the immediately dragged Haruhi there, along with Mori and Honey.

"Haruhi, we're going on together!" the twins proclaimed. Haruhi groaned.

Honey went up to Kaoru and motioned him to bend down, since he was still taller than Honey.

Honey looked around to make sure Haruhi and Hikaru weren't listening, and then whispered into Kaoru's ear.

"Come with us Kaoru, leave Hikaru alone with Haruhi. This has gone on long enough." And with that, a spark lit up in Kaoru's head. He knew what Honey meant.

About ten seconds later, they were in the front of the line and the first gondola came down.

A man motioned for them to get on.

Hikaru climbed in, with Haruhi following him. he sat across from Haruhi. "Kaoru, come on!" he patted a seat next to him.

Kaoru instead waved at him heartily as the man closed the door and the gondola went up.

Hikaru freaked out. "Kaoru!" he yelled as he looked out the window. Kaoru smiled.

Hikaru slumped back in his seat when he realized he was alone with Haruhi.

"EH?"

"Do you think they'll be okay?" Kaoru asked as he climbed into the next gondola. Mori and Honey followed.

"They'll be fine. I think Hikaru might confess considering the circumstances, but it kind of depends on him" Honey smiled. "But I think it was very noble of you to give her up for your brother."

"Yeah…but I'm over it. I decided that my brother was more important to me years ago…" Kaoru seemed to be remembering and then he raised an eyebrow. "Eh? How'd you know that I did that? And how did you know that both of us liked her?"

Kaoru looked a bit surprised as he sat down across from Honey a Mori. A click sounded from the door, ensuring them that they would start going up any second.

Honey shrugged. "We knew since the time when we stayed in Misuzu-san's pension in Karizuwa (reference to episode 15 and 16)." He started. "But we were suspecting something long before that."

"Ah." Mori nodded in agreement.

"Hm. I guess your right. It was obvious. But Haruhi is completely off on this subject." Kaoru stated. "Even if Hikaru says, 'I love you' to her, she'll think he means as a friend. That girl is so naïve and unromantic! She needs more feminine hormones!"

Honey and Mori nodded, when Honey added. "She needs something more than that to know what he means. But I still wonder about Tama-chan…he still insists he loves her as a daughter…" he shook his head in despair.

"Yeah…" Kaoru thought for a moment and then looked up at Mori. "Hey, Mori-senpai…"

"Yes?"

"Do you like Haruhi?"

Mori unexpectedly froze, a blush creeping up his cheeks. "Um…"

Kaoru stared wide-eyes at him. "No way!" he was surprised at the sudden show of emotion. That was very un mori-senpai like. "You too?" his eyes left the flabbergasted and embarrassed Mori (yes, he has feelings too) and trained his eyes on Honey. "What about you, Honey-senpai?"

"I-I…well," Honey stammered. there's no point hiding it now, he cleared his throat. "Well, yeah…" he looked out the window to avoid Kaoru's piercing eyes.

Kaoru's head would've exploded if it was possible, but unfortunately, it wasn't.

"EH? ALMOST THE WHOLE HOST CLUB LIKES HARUHI?"

"Ummm…" Hikaru didn't know what to say. If Kaoru was there, he had no problem conversing with Haruhi…but alone…that was a different story. He cleared his throat. "The weather is nice today isn't it?" well, once he said that he mentally slapped himself. The weather? Wow, nice way to start a conversation Hikaru.

Haruhi raised an eyebrow. "I guess…"

Hikaru focused his gaze on Haruhi, who was wearing a purple t-shirt and denim jeans.

She had grown over the years, and she hadn't just grown taller, her chest and hips had expanded. She had a nice graceful womanly curve, leaving the host club to wonder how the heck she had pulled off being a boy for three years. There was no way she could pose as a boy now.

Hikaru blushed a bit and cleared his throat once more. What should I do? I'm all alone with Haruhi, and I won't be able to get off for another five minutes! Ah, help me Kami-sama...but maybe I should look at the bright side of things. I'm rarely alone with Haruhi, and now might be the chance to…He shook that thought out of his head.

Haruhi on the other hand was unaware of Hikaru's inner turmoil's and spent her time looked out the window hoping for the day to end quicker. She was also quite hungry, not having eaten breakfast. Ootoro…at the though of fancy tuna, she licked her lips.

Hikaru gasped. Haruhi wasn't making this any easier for him, and when she licked her lips his gaze was transferred to her lips. I wonder how it would be like to kiss her…

With out thinking, his inner mind took over. "Haruhi,"

"Hmm?"

Hikaru tried to stop himself from saying it, but in the next five seconds, the world would come crashing down, and no one could stop it. "I-I love you…"

Haruhi wasn't as dense as before, but still dense. "Eh?"

"I love you."

Now, Haruhi looked more confused than ever. "What do you mea-"

She was interrupted as Hikaru's lips came crashing down on hers.

So, there's chapter 2! It was longer than usual, since I don't know when I'll update again, since I'm in California! Don't know how long I'll be here. My aunt is pregnant and has complications, so my family had to come here on an emergency. Wish us well!

And Sorry for leaving you at a cliff hanger, but…Hikaru confessed! And kissed her!

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