Disclaimer: I acquired all of my knowledge on Akihabara from Wikipedia. And Sunny Pages Japan.
"Haruhi, can we go now?" Tamaki asked, wanting to leave the host club to spend time with Haruhi alone. "I have so much work to do." He lied, only having a couple of sheets to do.
"Do I have to?" Haruhi replied.
"If you don't want your debt to increase, I highly recommend it…," Kyoya stated.
Haruhi sighed and walked to Tamaki, who was standing by the doors to leave the 3rd music room. As they walked through the building, Haruhi asked, "What work do you have today?"
"Nothing much, just a couple of sheets," Tamaki replied.
"I thought, earlier, you said you had so much work to do," Haruhi said.
"Hehe! I lied so we could get going sooner!" Tamaki said as they left the building and got into the limo.
"Why? We could have helped clean up…," Haruhi sighed as she sat down and the limo began to move.
"This way I get you longer than those devilish twins," Tamaki retorted.
"I guess we will have lots of time on our hands after tutoring. Do you have anything to do this time? You know, other than walk around in the gardens and say I have virility?" Haruhi asked as they drove down a busy road.
"I didn't mean it! Are you gonna be mad at me forever?" Tamaki asked, an inch away from Haruhi's face.
"B—Uh… No…," Haruhi stuttered a reply. Everything was quiet after this, until they reached the Suoh 2nd mansion. Tamaki opened the front door for Haruhi after getting out of the limo, and they stepped inside. Haruhi was still a bit lost on where to go, and headed in the wrong direction, which made Tamaki laugh.
"It's not my fault your house is bigger than five of my apartment complexes put together. It's easy to get confused," Haruhi said sarcastically as Tamaki softly took Haruhi's small hand and walked with her in the right direction.
Once in the library, they sat down at a table and Haruhi began to talk about the homework.
"What work do you have to do?" Haruhi asked, leaning across the table to look at the small stack of papers Tamaki had laid out.
"Not much for English, I am good at one sheet I was assigned," Tamaki replied.
"What is it?" Haruhi asked. Probably something easy… Haruhi thought sarcastically.
"Oh, just some poetry homework! I have to write a haiku, a limerick, and any type of poem about how I feel at the exact moment of writing it," Tamaki said, pulling out three pieces of paper to write on.
"Poetry, hmm," Haruhi pondered.
"I want to do the haiku first!" Tamaki cheered enthusiastically, taking out a blue mechanical pencil and began to write.
I guess he is good at poetry, he's writing the haiku pretty fast…
"Done!" Tamaki exclaimed, holding up the paper in the air.
"Can I see it?" Haruhi asked, reaching for the paper.
Tamaki handed it over, and Haruhi began to read it.
(AN: Please excuse my terrible poetry, I never was good at it, even though I understand it.)
The rain attacks me
Its invading forces sting
But also calm me
Haruhi handed the paper back with a smile.
"What's next? The limerick? That should be interesting to see what you come up with…," Haruhi mumbled.
"Okay!" Tamaki proclaimed, writing down on another, clean sheet of paper.
Once finished, he handed the paper to Haruhi to read. (AN: I cannot write a limerick without involving the words "Hot" and "Guys" so…uhh…)
Once Haruhi finished reading, she giggled a little bit, and handed the paper back to Tamaki.
"Are you going to do the third poem?" Haruhi asked.
"I have no choice," Tamaki sighed.
Tamaki wrote down on the third sheet, awfully fast, as if he already had the poem thought out.
"Finished!" Tamaki gasped as if the poem had caused him to run a lap.
"I want to see," Haruhi said as she reached for the paper.
Tamaki gasped dramatically and pulled the paper to his heart. "You can't! You'll think I am weird!"
"I already think that," Haruhi stated as she grabbed the paper from Tamaki's hands.
Tamaki put his head on the table, embarrassed.
How I Feel Right Now. Suoh Tamaki.
Right now, I feel so great
There is nothing I could hate
Could this be love?
She was perfected from above
My heart beats fast
Because she is here now
My heart may explode
So I'm going to go
Before I get too cheesy
But just so you know
My heart belongs to her
PS: Sorry sensei! My writing is bad, I know, have pity on me!
Haruhi handed the paper back to Tamaki and looked at the ground. "Uh, you're a good poet…," she said as she blushed.
"T—Thanks, Haruhi…," Tamaki replied, also blushing and looking at the ground.
Tamaki and Haruhi were stuck in an awkward silence. They were both fretting that somebody would save them, and their wish came true. Shima walked into the room.
"Master Tamaki, , your dinner is ready," Shima said, turning around and leaving.
Tamaki awkwardly chuckled. "Eh-heh-heh, we should get going then! We wouldn't want your fancy tuna getting cold! I had the chefs prepare some for you," Tamaki said as he got up and began to walk out of the room, still blushing.
Haruhi stood up and followed, running a bit to catch up with Tamaki. Once in the kitchen, they sat down next to each other and began to eat. Haruhi was most definitely taking advantage of this tuna. She stuffed it down her throat.
"Haruhi, I don't want you to get sick! Your father's at work, isn't he? And I know you wouldn't want to stay here," Tamaki said, worrying for Haruhi.
"I'm not going to get si—Bleh!" Haruhi put her hands to her stomach and began to gag.
"Ah! Haruhi! Bathroom! Bathroom!" Tamaki fretted. He picked up Haruhi, bridal style, and ran into a bathroom. He made it just in time, as he set Haruhi down she spat up tuna colored barf.
"Haruhi," Tamaki began as he softly put a hand on her back, "are you okay?"
Haruhi shook her head in reply, clutching to her stomach. Tamaki felt so bad. It was my fault for scaring her with that poem, which made her eat really fast! And it doesn't help that she loves fancy tuna… Tamaki thought as he rubbed Haruhi's back cautiously, afraid she would break away. But she didn't, and this made Tamaki happy. After Haruhi finished her gag session, Tamaki wiped her face with a warm cloth.
"I'll sleep in the guest room tonight, since my bed is more comfortable. You can sleep in my bed, and I'll have a nurse see to you, okay?" Tamaki asked as Haruhi began to struggle to stand up, still clutching her stomach. She was hunched over, and Tamaki decided to pick her up to ease the pain.
"Okay…," Haruhi managed to say as she was lifted into the air by Tamaki's strong arms. She closed her eyes and rested her head against his chest, completely warn out of energy.
Once Tamaki opened the door to his room, he carefully placed Haruhi onto his bed. She climbed inside and Tamaki tucked her in. He kissed her forehead, making her already red face darken to dark red. "Goodnight, I will call my nurse to see to you, Oh, and I'll make sure to call Ranka-San," Tamaki said as he placed a bucket by the bed incase Haruhi needed to throw up.
"Sorry about the tuna and scaring you with my poem!" Tamaki said as he walked out of the room.
"Senpa—"Haruhi managed to say as she reached out her hand, attempting to stop Tamaki. But he had already gone, the door closing softly behind him.
You didn't scare me. Haruhi thought as she snuggled up in Tamaki's bed and drifted into sleep.
"Haruhi?"
"Haruhi?"
"Haru-Chan?"
Voices… Is this still a dream? Sounds like Hikaru, Kaoru, and Hani-Senpai…
Haruhi slowly opened her eyes to see three faces inches from hers.
"Ah!" She screamed, startled at the close presence of Hikaru, Kaoru, and Hani. Kyoya and Mori were standing to the side of the bed, watching the others.
"What are you all doing here? Where did Senpai go?" Haruhi asked as the three hosts backed away to give her room.
"No school, it's a Saturday. And Milord is currently getting driven to your house to get you clothing, so he asked us to keep an eye on you!" Hikaru said with a smile.
"He didn't need to get me clothing," Haruhi said.
"Uh, he kind of did need to get you clothing," Kaoru began.
"Yeah, you smell like barf and fancy tuna," Hikaru finished.
Haruhi sat up in the bed, feeling much better than she did yesterday. Luckily, for her, the food poisoning only lasted the night. She had gotten up a couple of times to go to the bathroom, but nothing came out.
"Are you all better now, Haru-Chan?" Hani asked.
"Yes. I think my sickness only lasted the night. I only threw up once the whole night. I probably should watch how much fancy tuna I eat in the future," Haruhi said.
Haruhi heard a knock on the door, and Tamaki entered with a jacket, shirt, pants and other necessary needs.
"Are you feeling better, Haruhi?" Tamaki asked as he walked up to her and felt her forehead. Haruhi blushed, which was bad since her previous redness due to the food poisoning had gone.
"Yes," Haruhi said as she looked through what Tamaki had brought her. Shampoo, conditioner, a jacket, a shirt, pants, underwear, a bra, and socks.
"Why shampoo and conditioner? And did you look through my bras and underwear?" Haruhi asked, a little mad.
"No! Your father gave them to me. It took a while to get on his good side, though. Shampoo and conditioner are for a shower, since you threw up it's probably best you had one. You can use my bathroom, you obviously know where it is since you used it last night (I heard!) and that it's right in front of you," Tamaki replied.
"Okay then, but can you guys go downstairs or something?" Haruhi asked as she lazily climbed out of the bed and walked toward the bathroom.
"Hai! Let's go downstairs," Tamaki said as he and the others walked out of the room, leaving Haruhi to herself. She climbed into the shower and washed her hair, put on new clothing, and gave the dirty clothes to Shima. Haruhi told Shima it would be fine, and not to take them, but she had insisted on washing the clothes for an honored guest.
Haruhi made her way downstairs where the boys were talking by the doorway.
"I'm finished and Shima has my clothing," Haruhi said as she came up to the boys who had stopped talking. Her hair was still partially wet.
"Oh, okay. We were discussing what we should do today!" Tamaki smiled.
Oh god… Haruhi thought.
"And what did you come up with?" Haruhi asked sarcastically.
"Eh, well, we weren't really sure," Hikaru said. "We were hoping you would have an idea."
"Please tell me we're staying in Tokyo…," Haruhi said.
"Oh, well, yeah, we'll stay in Japaaan," Kaoru said slyly.
"How about Akihabara?" Kyoya suggested.
"Akiba, electric town? I have never been there," All of the hosts said together.
"Then we should go there," Kyoya said.
"What is there to do there?" Tamaki asked.
"Well, Akihabara is a major shopping area for electronic, computer, anime, and otaku goods. I just hope we don't run into Renge there," Kyoya explained.
"Sounds awesome!" Hikaru and Kaoru said in synch.
"I wouldn't mind going," Haruhi agreed.
"Yay! Akiba!" Hani chanted.
"Yeah," Mori said.
"I'll call a limo to take us there! We are only about twenty minutes away anyway!" Tamaki cheered.
The limo pulled up about ten seconds after Tamaki called to pick the seven hosts up. As they got into the limo, Kaoru asked Kyoya for more information of Akiba. (Akiba is what the Japanese informally call Akihabara.)
"Something Haruhi will enjoy is that there are new and used goods, and very low prices in some parts of town. But we will not be going to those places, unless Haruhi says so because everyone will most likely take her side," Kyoya smirked. "Anyway, information on Akiba? Alright. New items are mostly to be found on the main street, Chūōdōri, with many kinds of used items found in the back streets of Soto Kanda 3-chome. First-hand parts for PC-building are readily available from a variety of stores. Tools, electrical parts, wires, micro sized cameras and similar items are found in the cramped passageways of Soto Kanda 1-chōme (near the station). Foreign tourists tend to visit the big name shops like Laox or other specialty shops near the station, though there is more variety and lower prices at locales a little further away. We will probably be seeing quite a few tourists," Kyoya explained to the intrigued hosts. Even Tamaki stayed quiet to listen.
"Sounds interesting, but do you have to partially make fun of me whilst explaining?" Haruhi asked.
"Ah, it is fun to make fun of you, though. Tamaki and Hikaru get angry at me, it brings me entertainment," Kyoya smirked. After Kyoya's comment, everyone stayed quiet and began to look out of the limousine windows at Akiba's stores and other attractions as they passed them.
They arrived at Tokyo station, five minutes from Akiba. The limo driver could not find any other parking spaces that were closer, since Akiba is always busy.
"Where would you like to go first?" Kyoya asked as they stood outside of Tokyo station.
"How about the west side of Akiba? The west of JR Akihabara," Hani suggested.
"That's the side with expensive stores and electronics way out of my price range…," Haruhi mumbled.
"What is your price range?" Kyoya asked.
"I only have 4705 yen on me," Haruhi said, pulling out a purse. (4705¥ is $50.)
"I'm sure that Tamaki would like to pay for lunch," Kyoya said, actually trying to save Haruhi money…for once.
"Yes! It's only fair since she got food poisoning at my house," Tamaki said as they began to walk to the west side of Akiba.
Haruhi shrugged and followed everyone else. They walked to JR Akiba.
"So, what stores are in the west?" Kaoru asked Kyoya, since he seemed to be so informed.
"The area on the west side of JR Akihabara Station is called the Akihabara Electric Town. There are hundreds of stalls and stores which, as a whole, sell a remarkable selection that includes every kind of personal electronic device imaginable. Akihabara is one of largest electronics markets in the world. Many larger chains like Ishumaru Denki, Loas, and SofMap have multiple stores that focus on different types of goods. The only bad part about being in Electric Town, is that the increase of otakus has increased, and now the west is attracting more otakus. And the attraction of otakus, means the attraction of Renge. I don't particularly have any negative feelings towards her, but she can become quite troublesome. I'm glad that Tamaki was given tom boyish clothing for Haruhi," Kyoya explained as they arrived into the west.
"What part of the west?" Hani questioned, Kyoya's vein popped.
Kyoya gritted his teeth at all of these questions. Why does Akihabara have to have so many sections in the west? He thought angrily.
Teeth still gritted, Kyoya said, "Let's go to the Laox… And since I know you will ask what is in the Laox, I will say that Laox operates eight stores in Akihabara and has the largest duty free store in Akihabara's Electric Town. We will go to the main part of Laox, since it is more specialized then Duty Free store, which is popular to the tourists."
"Will we get to see tourists, though?!?" Tamaki asked excitedly.
"I never said that tourists only stay in the Duty Free store…," Kyoya said.
"Can you tell us anything else about Laox?" Hikaru asked as they entered the main entrance to Laox.
"It is bigger than the Duty Free store, obviously. The design is fairly manageable to navigate around, due to square shop designs. This home electronics store is a 7 story building that has all the different electronics you could need for your home or personal use. They have everything from TVs and IPods to Air Conditioning units and massage chairs. Each floor has its own theme and has a sign displaying everything it has in both English and Japanese," Kyoya once again explained to everyone.
"Does that mean tourists?!?" Tamaki shouted at Kyoya.
"Yes! Why are you so into the fact of tourists being here?" Kyoya asked in an angered manor.
"I want to put a wonderful impression on them of Japan!" Tamaki shouted.
Hikaru looked at Haruhi, whom was watching Tamaki with a smile. Tamaki didn't notice, but Hikaru got angered. He walked up to Tamaki and whispered in his ear (whispered pretty loud since there was so much noise already. "Are you seriously that idiotic, boss?"
Tamaki stopped to look at Hikaru with a confused face. "What are you talking about?"
"I'm not telling you! I was just saying!" Hikaru shouted, still obviously at Haruhi's affection towards Tamaki.
"Eh?" Tamaki spat out as he stumbled back with the others.
They walked around Laox some more, stopping to go into stores or for Tamaki to impress tourists. They stopped for lunch, Haruhi not eating fast. Then after buying random objects, they walked back to the limo and drove back to Tamaki's house. Or rather, Tamaki's mansion.
"That was eventful," Kyoya said as they walked inside.
"I actually, for once, partially enjoyed myself with all of you," Haruhi lied. She usually enjoys the host club's antics, but that is a little secret of hers.
"Haruhi! I just realized something!" Tamaki shouted.
Haruhi blushed. "Umm…what?" she asked.
"That I have not hugged you all day! I bet you were so lost without my warmth pressing up against you," Tamaki recited, pulling Haruhi towards him. At first the hug was soft and calming, Haruhi was actually enjoying this. Well, she was until Tamaki squeezed her so tight that she coughed.
"Hehe! You didn't break away! Not even with everyone staring at us!" Tamaki proclaimed.
"Only because I thought that were not going to go insane and try and kill me at first, but then you did," Haruhi said sarcastically.
It was only 6pm once they had arrived at the mansion, and Haruhi was prepared to go home until a call came for her on one of the mansion's phones.
"Hello?" she said into the phone. "What? Again?" she continued. "Fine, okay then." And with that, she hung up the phone and looked at Tamaki with an unpleased expression on her face.
"What? Why are you looking at me like that? I didn't really want to kill you!" Tamaki said defensively.
"My dad is working until tomorrow, so I have to stay here until then, as much as it pains me," Haruhi said.
"Yay! I get Haruhi again! Two nights in a row! You secretly love it here, don't you? Huh? Huh? HUH?" Tamaki asked excitedly. (No, he didn't drink any alcohol.)
"No…," Haruhi lied.
Once the other hosts left, Tamaki left Haruhi in his room again, giving her the more comfortable bed.
"Haruhi, you know there's supposed to be an extremely ferocious thunderstorm tonight?" He had said before leaving the room.
"I'm fine, Senpai," Haruhi replied.
Tamaki had uncomfortably left the room with a worried look on his face, but continued to leave.
Tamaki climbed into the guest room's bed. It wasn't exactly uncomfortable, but it wasn't comfortable. Well, it was as comfortable as Tamaki's bed, but he was willing to give the bed up for Haruhi. Once he settled down and closed his eyes, he couldn't stop thinking of what Hikaru had previously said in Akiba.
"Are you seriously that idiotic, boss?"
What did he mean? Was it about the tourists? But why wouldn't he tell me! Maybe it was about Haruhi…?
Tamaki sat up in his bed, hearing the powerful screech of thunder outside. A flash of lightning lit up the silhouette of Haruhi in the doorway, tears rolling down her blushing face.
"Haruhi," Tamaki said softly, walking over to Haruhi and pulling her into a calming hug. This is probably the only time his hugs are not killer. Tamaki walked her over to his bed, well, his temporary bed. He tucked her inside and kissed her forehead. "I'll stay here until the storm is gone," Tamaki said, stroking hair from Haruhi's eyes so she could look at him. She simply nodded. Tamaki lay next to her to make sure she slept, which she did.
Haruhi awoke the next morning to a snoring Tamaki.
"Ehhh~" Haruhi whined as she got up from the bed. Luckily Tamaki wasn't in the covers with her; at least he had the brains to do this.
"Senpai," Haruhi shook Tamaki. "Senpai."
"Huh? Eh? Haruhi?" he asked as he sat up.
"Oh! You're still here! I thought you would have run away," Tamaki said jokingly.
"Eh, okay, but I think my dad is coming to pick me up soon."
"Oh, right! Yes, he said he would be here at ten, what's the time?"
"Ten…," Haruhi said.
"Oh. Okay! Well, you should be going then. I will see you Monday. You're still tutoring me, right?"
"Of course, I have no choice."
"Yaay!" Tamaki cheered as they walked down the stairs of the Suoh 2nd mansion and outside. "Your dad is walking up the drive way. Oh, hi Ryoji! Why is his face darkening? Why is he walking faster? Ack! Why is he attacking me?!?" Tamaki screamed.
"Haruhi, did this thing d anything to you?" Ryoji screamed as he sniffed out Tamaki like a drug dog.
"No," she replied.
"Well, if you're safe and not infected, we should get going."
"Eh—alright," Haruhi said.
"Bye, Haruhiii! Bye Rankaaa!" Tamaki shouted as Haruhi and Ryoji walked away.
"Eh, bye Senpai," Haruhi said, waving to Tamaki cautiously.
Nya~ I sorry for not much tutoring, but I know that I get in trouble if there are not many moments with the entire host club! So I made them all come together in a little trip :3 Next time there shall be tutoring and such.
~Mhiaaaa.