Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club

A/N: Thank you Subaru for pointing out my horrible mistake! (that's 2 years of Japanese down the toilet lol). Funny I was memorizing the kanji for love yesterday and it didn't dawn on me to check my title. Oh well thank you for correcting me! It was greatly appreciated.

Also I would like to thank everyone for reviewing! I'm happy you all like my story

Chapter 2: The "first" of many things

"Haruhi, what is the English word for mizugameza?

Haruhi looked over at Kaoru calmly, "it's Aquarius."

"Okay and as I recall Aquarius are born around this time right?"

Haruhi looked at him not really understanding what he was getting at.

"Haruhi, what are you doing next Saturday?" Hikaru cut in.

Haruhi frowned as she realized finally what was going on. Next Saturday was her birthday but she had no idea what she was going to do. She never celebrated her birthdays and this one was no exception.

"I'm not doing anything."

"Figured that much," they both said with a sigh.

"Haruhi," Kaoru began.

"You're going out with us next Saturday," Hikaru finished his brother's sentence.

"I don't want to," she said defiantly.

"Okay then we'll make you," Hikaru said as he took a bite of his lunch.

Haruhi groaned as she stared at the two. She had been at Ouran for a week now and her relationship had improved with both of the twins. People now knew she was Hikaru's fiancée and it seemed that the girls didn't bother her even though she got some pretty nasty glances at times.

"You can't make me do anything," she retorted.

Kaoru moved closer as he leaned his face close to Haruhi's, "Ryouji already gave us his blessing."

Haruhi stiffened; her father always interfered in her life without permission.

Her eyes wondered over to Hikaru as she wondered what he could possibly be thinking right now. Tomorrow they were going to officially be announced as an engaged couple and she was finally going to meet the woman who conspired with her father to make this happen.

"Haruhi," Hikaru said without looking at her. "We have to go ring shopping today."

Haruhi's bit into her lunch, "why?"

"Because we'll be officially engaged tomorrow, my mom thinks it's "fashionable" and "modern" for us to have engagement rings."

Haruhi rolled her eyes, the more she heard about the twins' mother, the more she began to realize how she could get along with her father.

"Okay then we can go after school."

"Kaoru, tell Milord I won't be able to make it to the club today."

"Sure…" Kaoru said as he moved away from Haruhi a bit.

Haruhi noticed a change in Hikaru's actions and Kaoru's voice; they weren't use to doing things without each other. "Kaoru, if you want to come along you can. Just because this arrangement has been made doesn't mean that things have to change between you two."

Hikaru and Kaoru both looked at her in surprise. They knew part of the reason of this early engagement was to get the two use to doing things on their own, but to have someone come along and try to keep them together…They both nodded, their moods suddenly picking up once again.

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Haruhi never thought that going ring shopping would be so difficult. While she didn't care one way or the other what ring they decided on, Hikaru and Kaoru couldn't make up their minds. And all because of Haruhi, shopping for rings had gotten more difficult.

An hour before

They had finally left school and now were heading towards downtown Tokyo to the jewelry store. Haruhi could still feel Kaoru's wavering spirit and that's when she thought of it.

"Kaoru if you want, you can get the same ring that Hikaru and I decide on."

Kaoru looked over at her, his emotions were unreadable. She wondered if she had overstepped her boundary. Besides why would she tell him to do something like that? It wasn't logical, however every since she had met Hikaru and Kaoru, her actions had been anything but the usual.

She was about to take back the suggestion when Kaoru gave her a slight grin before wrapping his arm around her neck. His mood had shifted tremendously, but it was better than him sulking.

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"Haruhi what do you think about this one?" Kaoru asked as he lifted the ring up for her to see.

It was a twenty-three carat diamond with a twenty-four carat gold band.

Haruhi liked it, and it was obvious to her that the twins had noticed that.

"We'll take three of these," they both said to the sales woman.

The woman looked at the two with surprise, "but these are wed.."

"We know that," they both responded.

"Haruhi is our fiancée," Hikaru responded calmly.

The sales woman's eyes widen as she looked at the three. Haruhi was shocked, who had decided on this?

"Look Hika…"

"I'll go and prepare the rings," the woman cut in.

"Hikaru, Kaoru when did this turn into a three person engagement?" She felt that the idea was irrational to say the least; she couldn't believe they had just said that.

"It's obvious you care about Kaoru as much as you care about me so why not?" Hikaru said.

"But that's because…"

"We've always been together, did everything together and shared everything," Kaoru added.

"You can tell both of us apart and yet you know that we have qualities that make up for what the other lacks," Hikaru said.

"But I can only be with one."

"Why is that?" they both asked.

"Because…" Haruhi couldn't believe she was in this situation. Of course she liked them both, they were fun to be around and they could deal with her blunt personality. She would admit to herself and no one else that if these two were one person, that would be her ideal boyfriend.

"Why not have your first boyfriend and fiancée at the same time."

Haruhi looked at Kaoru as he said those words, that was crazy but why did it seem so…right? However she knew it wouldn't work, no one would accept it, and then there would be jealousy. Wait was she really considering going along with this?

Before she could respond the sales woman came back with all three rings and handed them to Hikaru, "thank you for your business, you all have a nice day."

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Haruhi arrived home a few hours later with her ring and a new cell phone. The twins had agreed that it was hard keeping in contact with her when she didn't have one so they had took it upon themselves to buy her one on their plan.

Cell phones, rings, just a week ago Haruhi had no intentions of getting this involved with Hikaru, or even Kaoru. But the two had managed to creep under her skin and now she felt a bit trapped but a bit content. She had never surrounded herself with friends before, and although the twins were a bit eccentric, she had to admit she liked being around them.

Her mind wondered back to the twins, she had to admit Hikaru made a valid point about the two of them.

Kaoru was sincere and more considerate of Haruhi's feelings. He analyzed situations with more of a "mature" and "rational" approach than Hikaru. Although at times it was obvious Hikaru's habits rubbed off on the younger twin.

Hikaru on the other hand was immature and selfish, but it's only because he was only use to getting his way. Anyone would think of him as being the younger twin with that attitude but then there were some sides he refused to show to others but Kaoru. Haruhi had noticed these things throughout the week and she felt she shouldn't speak on them. She felt that she should let them be, they had lived in their own world for so long and now she was invading it.

Tomorrow her engagement would become official with Hikaru, and tomorrow the three of them would start wearing their rings. She dug into the bag and pulled out the ring box. However, this was complicated-only one of them could be her first kiss and the first person, if ever, she would make love to.

They had already taken her first on other things, Kaoru was her first boyfriend and Hikaru was her first ever fiancée. Although she never agreed to the situation, she had never disagreed.

"How did things get so…"

Her phone rang interrupting her thoughts. Knowing that it could be only two people, she picked up the phone without looking at the caller ID.

"Hello."

"Haruhi, are you busy right now?"

"Not really, what's wrong Kaoru?"

The younger twin paused on the other end as if surprised that she knew which one it was without hesitation. Haruhi wasn't sure if other people were around them as much as she was, but if a person paid enough attention it was very easy to tell them apart, especially by their voices. Hikaru's voice was a more high pitched than Kaoru's.

Haruhi put her comparisons aside as she waited for him to continue. But when the silence continued she decided that he needed a little push.

"Was there something you wanted?" she asked.

"Ye-yea," Kaoru responded as he finally emerged from his stupor. "I know where you live so can I come over…I have some…English homework I want to go over with you."

Haruhi sat down as she stared at the wall, it wasn't every day that someone as good in English would want help from her.

"Can you ask me over the phone?"

She felt Kaoru exhale on the other end and she knew that he wasn't about to give up without a fight. So before he could object she gave in. "You can come over, but you can't stay for long."

They said their good-byes and Haruhi prepared some tea. After almost an hour, Kaoru arrived with his school books just as he said.

Haruhi let him in, as he looked at his surroundings, "it's cramped in here." He said out loud.

Haruhi rolled her eyes as she looked at Kaoru, she would have expected that for Hikaru not him. But she had only known him for a short amount of time so she couldn't pass complete judgment on their personalities just yet.

"Well what did you need help on?" Haruhi asked as she watched him take off his shoes and step onto the main floor. She was half expecting Hikaru to show up with him and was a bit surprised when he came alone.

"Mom and Dad are with Hikaru right now getting him prepared for tomorrow."

"Oh okay…" So he was lonely and decided to come here. She thought to herself. She followed him to the living room table and watched him as he unpacked his things. He was unusually quiet and she wanted to break the silence when suddenly she heard it. It was a faint rumble but there was no denying the sound she heard.

"Kaoru, was there suppose to be a rainstorm tonight?" She asked.

The boy nodded as he finally took out his last book. "Yea why?"

Haruhi's skin turned white as she looked at the clock.

"Haruhi are you…" Kaoru smiled sincerely as he patted the seat beside him. "You're afraid of lightening aren't you?"

Haruhi frowned; was he making fun of her? "Everyone has fears," she countered.

"Yes, but your fear just happens to make you even more adorable," he said smiling genuinely at him.

Haruhi felt her face growing hot as she looked over at the younger twin; he sure had a way with words. Putting aside her pride she moved her things closer to Kaoru. As she moved closer she could smell a faint hint of vanilla.

Hikaru loved the scent of orange spice while Kaoru preferred vanilla. They were so alike but yet so different. Their personalities complimented each other but also made them stand apart.

To be honest…her thoughts trailed off as she felt Kaoru's hand touch her hand slightly. She wanted to pull away and she was about to pull away when a loud clash of thunder suddenly pierced the air. She squealed loudly as she grabbed a hold of Kaoru instinctively.

She could hear him chuckling as he wrapped his arm around her. "It's just thunder it can't reach us in here," he assured her.

Haruhi nodded as she kept her face buried in his shirt. She was too embarrassed to show her face because she knew…

"Uhhh Haruhi?" Kaoru said.

"Yes?"

"The lights have gone out," he responded.

Haruhi pulled away quickly as she realized this to be true. The apartment was completely black and she was too panicked to remember where she had put the candles.

She went to stand up when suddenly Kaoru grabbed her wrist. "Haruhi, just relax before you run off in the darkness," he whispered.

Haruhi stopped; she had never heard him like this. She sat back down beside him and let him pull her close to where her head was resting on his chest. She could hear his heartbeat in his chest pounding rapidly. Was he as nervous as she was right now?

Another flash of lighting and a loud clap of thunder invaded the room and Haruhi clung onto him tightly. No one had seen her like this other than her dad, but she didn't feel the least bit embarrassed at the moment. Or maybe it was just easy for her to show her vulnerability around him.

Kaoru began to stroke her hair as they sat in the darkness listening to the rain and each other's heart beats. He was sure she had fallen asleep when suddenly she shifted.

"Hey Kaoru, do you have any firsts?" she asked curiously.

"Any firsts?" he asked out loud.

"Yea like a first kiss, first date, that sort of thing."

Kaoru thought about it before giving an answer, "You're the first girl I've ever held like this."

He heard Haruhi chuckle as she shook her head, "you're a liar, I'm sure when you're at the host club you do this often.

Kaoru shook his head, "no that's milord's job, usually I'm just entertaining them with one of the 'brotherly love' acts."

Haruhi was silent as if she considered believing it. She had stopped by the host club twice this week and the only touching she had seen the twins do with customers were flirtatious ones, nothing as extreme as what she had seen Tamaki do.

"What about girlfriends, kissing, even…that."

"That?"

"You know…THAT."

Kaoru laughed at the fact that she couldn't say it.

"Never had a girlfriend-never kissed anyone and I definitely haven't done THAT."

Haruhi became silent.

"And if you're wondering the same about Hikaru, the same applies," he answered.

"Sorry," she apologized.

"For what? he is your fiancée."

"But you're my…" she trailed off.

Kaoru knew what she was trying to say, and as twisted as the three of their relationship had became he didn't care.

"I'm your?" he coaxed her.

Haruhi remained silent and he knew she was too embarrassed to say.

Kaoru wanted to kiss her at that moment, but he didn't know where to start or what to do. It was rare to see her so vulnerable and for some reason he wanted to take full advantage of it right now.

Her small frame remained in his arms, not moving a single inch. Did she want the same thing as well?

The rain was still beating the window and the lightening was still flashing. His heart was beating even faster as he realized what he wanted to do. She was here in his arms, in the dark, in such a vulnerable state.

He sat up a bit more and watched as Haruhi pulled back a bit and look up at him. She leaned back in and buried her face in his neck. Her breath was now on his skin and it made him feel ways that he never thought possible. He made the first move and kissed her cheek softly. Her body became more relaxed in his arms as if telling him to continue. He cuffed her face in his hands as he brought his lips down to her nose, and then her chin. He then kissed both of her eyes softly as he tried to come do a decision on whether he should stop or not. He was stalling, because he wanted to make up his mind or at least try and change it. But things were already set in motion.

He leaned in one last time and captured her lips in a soft but yet hesitant kiss. He was unsure if he had permission, but she wasn't pulling away so he knew that what was done was done and that he had all the access he wanted.

His hands roamed to the back of her head and into her hair. He parted his lips slightly as he took in her bottom lip and sucked on it tenderly. Feeling her lips part a bit and the scent of sweet peppermint escaping its domain, Kaoru moved his lips on top of hers as he slipped his tongue inside. He could hear her let out a quiet moan as she wrapped her arms around his waist and pulled him closer. Her tongued danced with his as the lightening flash as if trying to show the world the line that they had just crossed.

It was no more playing, this was real.

Kaoru continued to kiss her before hearing his phone rang loudly, dissipating the mood faster than any words could. He pulled away a bit slowly as he took in Haruhi's expression. It was hard to tell anything in the dark so he let it be before picking up the phone.

"Hello."

"Kaoru where are you?"

"At Haruhi's," he responded honestly.

"Really…well get home mom and dad are wondering where you are."

"Okay I'll leave in a few minutes," Kaoru said before hanging up.

"My parents are done and they're worried about where I am so…"

"It's okay," Haruhi reassured.

"But after what just happened…" Kaoru cut in.

"Do you regret it?" she asked.

"Not one bit," he answered.

"Well there's no problem, if you have to get home then go ahead."

Kaoru stood up and puller her with him. He pulled her into am embrace and kissed her once more. Would he be able to actually share her with his brother? Either way she was his future wife, so if anything got too out of hand he would have to be the one to step down.

"I'll see you tomorrow at dinner," he whispered.

Haruhi and Kaoru said their goodbyes before he finally left. Haruhi was left in a dark apartment more confused about anything that she'd been perplexed about in her life.

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Kaoru arrived home almost an hour later to find his brother Hikaru lying on his bed as usual. He felt guilty but in a way he had every reason not to be, everyone had agreed on his arrangement but maybe he should have let Hikaru have her first kiss.

"Kaoru look at this," Hikaru said holding up his manga.

Kaoru walked over and sat down on the bed. He could never understand why Hikaru like reading manga but that was something that made him who he was.

"Homework?"

"What?" Kaoru asked caught off guard.

"With Haruhi," Hikaru added.

"Oh yea…homework."

"Whatever happened between you two stays between you two. Like whatever happens between her and I alone stays between us. And if something happens while we're all together then we have to learn how to keep our jealousy at bay."

Kaoru nodded, but could they do it? It was already apparent that they both had grown to like her rather quickly and that alone could cause some jealousy to arise.

The two went to bed that night, together as always, but awoke as two men who were falling for the same woman.

Who said that twins could share everything?

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A/N:

I have to say honestly I wanted to put her with just Hikaru but it turned into her being with both. It's bizarre because I told myself I would not put her with the both of them. But when I went to write her and Hikaru getting close, all I pictured was poor Kaoru being left out!!! So…I put her with both of them lol. Now what am I going to do…my plot has gone out of the window.