A Proposal from the Shadow King

Author's Note: Another chapter updated so quickly! Yes I'm proud of myself, anyway, it's because I still haven't had any writer's block… Lucky! XD

Disclaimer: Ouran isn't mine, and it will never be.

Chapter 2: When Trouble Starts

After that faithful day, well, the day that Kyoya and Haruhi's life were entwined together accidentally, things were going back to normal, well, except for the first few days, were Haruhi's colleagues congratulated her on her "engagement".

She was getting annoyed by all of it. Her colleagues were congratulating her, but the person that she was supposed to marry… Told her that they should get a divorce if things wouldn't work out between them.. That's just so… annoying. She sighed and entered Kyoya's office, holding stacks of manuscripts that she would be reading and then approving and/or rejecting, so that Kyoya would look at it and see if it would be published or not.

She sat on her desk, Kyoya was busy, typing away on his laptop, and she started reading the first manuscript, she was on the tenth page, when Kyoya cleared his throat, she cringed, that surprised her, since the room was still before he did that.

He abruptly stood up and went to Haruhi's side, he smiled at her, she couldn't distinguish if it was real or not, but she didn't really care. She had so much manuscripts to read that she ignored him and went back to reading.

Kyoya frowned, he wasn't expecting such a reaction from Haruhi, well… Maybe it was to be expected, since, well, with everything weird that had happened to Haruhi, and he was the cause.. Who could blame her? Kyoya remembered the conversation that they had a day or two ago, and Haruhi seemed to be a bit upset after it, or maybe it was just Kyoya being too sensitive.

He looked at Haruhi, she was stacking a pile of "accept" and "reject" on her table, she looked peaceful, serene to be exact. Kyoya thought that she had the skills to be an editor, though he kept that to himself, since… well, he was too prideful to admit that.

"So about the marriage thing, we can always have a divorce, after a year or two, you know. If it doesn't jibe between the two of us, I mean" He spoke calmly, though inside he was nervous, he could feel butterflies inside his stomach, fluttering their wings and making him feel uncomfortable, this was making him annoyed, seriously, he had only felt this when he was around Haruhi which was weird, well for him anyway.

Haruhi looked up at Kyoya and frowned, she didn't expect such a thing, I mean, she was already being forced into a marriage that she didn't want to have, and now, the person that she was supposed to marry, that supposedly proposed to her, would want a divorce, and they hadn't even spend a day as a married couple.. This is ridiculous! And it slightly hurts Haruhi's sense of feminine pride.

Haruhi didn't show her annoyance though, of course she wouldn't. If she did, well Kyoya would be satisfied, and that isn't what Haruhi wanted..

"Sure.. Well, if it doesn't work out, let's just have that divorce," she said, Kyoya noted that in her voice, she was upset, or maybe it was just his imagination, but still.. Haruhi was.. hurt? Maybe talking about such a thing, a divorce, while they aren't still even married even for a day, was bad. He sighed, he was helpless with these sort of things.

Haruhi looked at him for a bit, should she add something to her statement? Well, why not? "Though… I seriously hope that it works though.. Because…. Well, I only want to be married once…"

"Well.. Yeah, it's decided then.." He said, almost to himself, Haruhi nodded, she wasn't really listening to him anymore, much less, she was purposely ignoring him. And she was doing such a good job of ignoring him as well,, he was beginning to get pissed.

The day went off uneventfully, except for a bunch of small talk about the upcoming wedding…

That conversation kept on bothering him, he wanted to say sorry to Haruhi somehow… but his pride keeps him from doing that. But… he had to do something about this, his conscience can't keep up with this… stuff.

He exasperatedly sighed, "Okay… How can I make up to you? For what I said the other day, about the divorce and stuff…" He said, almost ending his sentence as a small whisper, he wasn't like this, hell, why was he even feeling guilty? He thought about it…

Oh right… It's because I hurt Haruhi's feelings…

He was almost dying out of anxiety, waiting for Haruhi's answer, Haruhi didn't even flinch when she heard the part about the divorce, though, Kyoya swore that he had heard a sigh escape from her lips.

Haruhi looked up from her papers, and looked at Kyoya, she seemed to be studying him, Kyoya felt oddly nervous, well, that's how he feels whenever she looks at him.

Her mouth curved up into a small smile, and she began to speak, "Well.. Firstly, I want you to make me an editor and publish my manuscript after this… ordeal. And, no, this isn't the favor that I'm asking from you. And… I want another favor, just in case…" She didn't really want another favor but… The first part seemed to be easy, and.. not seeing Kyoya flinch, or have any reaction regarding her first request.. Well, now she was quite satisfied, for the look on Kyoya's face was priceless. He was scowling and looked truly annoyed.

Kyoya looked at her, is she for real? The first part was easy to do… but her second request…

Just give her another damn favor, what can you lose? She wouldn't ask for anything stupid anyway. Said his consciousness, he followed the impulse.

"That's a good deal, Haruhi.. I was expecting you to say that, but may I say, that I'm actually caught off-guard by your second request, but never mind, nonetheless, I'll give you two favors.. Happy?" He said, he spoke the last word.. "Happy," with sarcasm, though you wouldn't really notice it if you don't pay enough attention.

Unfortunately, Haruhi heard that bit of sarcasm, she was about to say something, but Kyoya quickly cut her off, "Anyway, let's go…" Kyoya looked at his watch, and then got his briefcase and other belongings and went over the door. Haruhi looked at him, mouth slightly agape, though she quickly closed it, so as not to look like an idiot.

Haruhi stood up and followed him, "Where are we going off to…?"

"To this government agency.. I have to notify them that I'm going to get married to an American citizen, so that they would know, and that they wouldn't deport me after a few days, my visa is about to expire this week, and I can't take any chances," He said coolly.

Haruhi nodded, and then followed him, they were quickly whisked away by Kyoya's limousine.

Author's Note: And that's the end! Lol XD Nah, just kiddin' 8D

And to continue.. (lol sorry for doing that XD)

Government Office

There were many people in the government office, most are, probably foreigners, who's working visa's are about to expired, the line was long, but seeing as Kyoya can charm his way out of a prison cell, he used this to his advantage, and they reached the counter at once, though the person there was expecting them, and they were immediately redirected to a small and dingy office.

Once inside, they waited… And finally a tall man entered the room, followed by a shorter one, who was shorter, but rather much more energetic than the taller man.

He showed his I.D. "Takashi Morinozuka, and this is my cousin… My partner in this job actually…" The shorter man, who in closer inspection actually looked like a small kid, "Yo! I'm Mitsukuni Haninozuka, but you can call me Honey~" He said, and winked, he was eating a lollipop.

Mori and Honey sat down on the opposite side of the "couple" who was amazed by them… No, actually the only one who was amazed was Haruhi, but…

Mori cleared his throat, and Honey took this as a sign to speak up.

"Yosh! As our job, we went to your neighborhoods' and uh.. they say that they haven't had heard any such proposal or engagement of any sort from the two of you, nor did they see any of you leaving the house, except for this one time in Kyoya's house, where they saw Haruhi come and go, but… she was only inside for five minutes though," Honey stopped for a bit, and caught his breath, while Mori gave a "ah," and nodded.

Kyoya frowned and spoke, "Well.. We wanted the engagement to be a surprise to everyone," Mori just looked blankly at him, but he didn't say anything.

"And, so we have a plan to test you both, know your favorite color, dessert, childhood friend, and dessert, and whatever we can think of next week, Thursday! Yosh~" Honey stood up and smiled at them.

Kyoya's eyes widened and Haruhi was frozen on her seat, what? They were going to take some couple test thingy since they were suspicious of them? Damn it, they didn't even know the other's favorite color…. Well, Haruhi knows some of Kyoya's favorite stuff, the problem is… Does Kyoya know enough things about her to make this plan work?

Kyoya regained his composure, and smiled back at Honey and Mori, "We.. We'll be going to drop by here next Thursday then.. Right.. Honey?" Honey looked at Kyoya, and Kyoya wanted to hit himself, of course he should have had called Haruhi dear, since.. oh damn. Though Haruhi seemed to have had gotten the message, so she nodded, "Of course, dear…" Haruhi said half-heartedly.

They went out and Kyoya stopped, he was looking at Haruhi, Haruhi in turn looked at him, "So.. What now? We have to get to know each other.." Kyoya said, this was going to be a big problem, with only a few days.. With today as Thrusday.. they only have a week to get to know each other.

"I don't know about you, Kyoya, but I know so many things about you, and one of them is you love spicy things, and that your favorite color is blue, and that you don't leave the house without checking for messages in your e-mail.." Haruhi said, she knew that she sounded stalkerish but who cares?

There was silence for a few minutes, and Kyoya burst out laughing, which made Haruhi think that this was such a big mistake, and she blushed.

"I'm going to use that first favor of mine now," Haruhi said, bluntly as usual.

"What is it?" Kyoya asked, he was rubbing away tears from his eyes, he hadn't laughed like this since.. well, such a long time.

"Propose to me… Now, ask me to marry you," Haruhi said, she felt stupid saying that out loud, idiotic even, but this would make her even with him. She couldn't really imagine him proposing to her in a busy New York Street, where people where busy going around.

Kyoya froze, this was going to be embarrassing… But it is Haruhi's wish… He has no choice but to obey… He knelt down in front of her, and frowned, he coughed out, "Willyoumarryme?"

Kyoya looked up, Haruhi was smiling, and a blush was spreading on her face, "Kyoya, make it more sincere! I can't even feel any feelings with that proposal, and hell, I don't think anyone would say yes to you if you do that." Haruhi said, laughing her heart out.

Kyoya blushed, okay this was awkward. Really awkward, people were beginning to look at them, a glance here and there, and he finally calmed himself down, he looked at Haruhi, he hoped that he looked sincere, well.. Haruhi is pretty with her big chocolate-brown eyes and.. oh he had to stop thinking like this.. "Ms. Haruhi Fujioka, will you.. will you say yes to me? Please.. Marry me?"

Haruhi stopped laughing, it was her turn to be silenced. Kyoya sounded sincere, though she knows that that can't be true. This was a ordeal, that they both have had agreed on. "I will, Kyoya, thank you, you can stand up now," she said.

Kyoya smiled, finally the humiliation, was over, though his heart was still beating ever so loudly.

Haruhi grinned, which was quite unlike her, she felt light-headed, as if she was walking on air. It wasn't really everyday that your boss would propose to you like that, so yeah, she was happy.

"You seriously have to buy us rings though.. To make this thing look more real and stuff," Haruhi said with a cheerful tone.

Kyoya almost forgot about the ring part, seriously, this thing was happening oh so fast… Even for him.

The ride to the office was quiet, Kyoya immediately went to his office, and locked himself in there, outside his office, the cubicles were almost empty, though there were still some people, the ones who are doing overtime work and stuff, that was to be expected since it was nearly past seven o'clock in the evening.

Her phone rang.

"Hello, this is Haruhi speaking."

"Ah, darling! You just have to come home this weekend, it's your grandmother's 78th birthday, and you know how much she would want to see you~!" said her father, Ranka, who was almost shouting at the phone.

Haruhi cringed, she isn't even sure if she can go back to her hometown. Los Angeles, California, though if she could then she would.

"Dad.. I don't think that I can come… Work and all, it's very demanding and tiring, you know.." She sighed.

Her father didn't flinch, and continued on pestering her, she didn't know that Kyoya was listening to her, and when he tapped her on the shoulder, she was surprised, he mouthed, "Say yes, and I'm coming with you," Haruhi wasn't sure if she should follow his order, though now, she doesn't seem to have a choice, so she did.

"Oh yeah dad.. I'm going to go then.. Anyway, I'm going to take my fiancé with me.. I want you to meet him, he's really nice."

At this, Ranka became more excited, he spoke to Haruhi on the phone for a few minutes before Haruhi's battery died, which she thought must have had been heaven sent for her ears was already hurting from Ranka's excited squeals and shouts.

"So.. Your from Los Angeles, eh…" Kyoya said conversationally.

"Yeah.. And your going with me.. for a weekend over there… You.. You don't know what you have gotten yourself into, Kyoya," and with that she left a amused Kyoya thinking about what she had just said.

We're both Japanese right….? How can her family be that different from mine? He thought to himself, before shrugging the thought away, he had calls to make… He had to tell his father about the wedding… He wouldn't be pleased about this.. Probably, though.. at least he'd be happy that he was marrying a fellow Japanese right?

Unbeknownst to the both of them.. Someone was actually listening to their conversation… Renge let out a high-pitched giggled, oh, she was going with her best friend and her best friend's fiancé, the shadow king, on their trip alright, if that's the last thing that she would do.

Author's Note: Another chapter finished! XD I hope you enjoyed this one, and this one is kinda rushed so sorry if it isn't really that good " I might not update tomorrow or the other day or the next.. Periodic exams! ;A; Anyway, please, please, please read and review!

Edit: As you all know by now, I'm following Scherherazade's advice, so yeah.. Minor changes and whatnot, so… happy reading and sorry for the confusion! ."