Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club

Two weeks later...

There was a change.

A change that surrounded the aura of the Haninozuka heir.

Two weeks he tried his best to not let this get to him. But he found himself weak after days and days of trying to hide what was bothering him. Nothing seem to suppress it. Not even sweets could get rid of it. The taste of the stranger on his tongue. The smell of her lavender perfume. Those soft curls. The gray eyes that reminded him of the sea. He had trouble sleeping nowadays. The ghost of her floating around him, teasing him as if she was a demon sent to torment his last days on Earth.

Takashi could do nothing for his cousin. He only had a inkling of who she was. All he knew was her name was Arana and she had left, according to some sources, with Kurafuji Kire, the heiress of the Kurafuji fashion dynasty. The girl had to be a friend of Kire. But unluckily, Takashi could not have the time to contact her.

It wouldn't be long until the rest of the Host Club would noticed the changed in Mitsukuni's attitude. So far, he had did his best to hide his half uneaten cake. He passed it off like it was one of their customers.

Takashi paused at the door to his cousin's room. He knew Mitsukuni would be lying in bed, restless. He could imagine the brown eyed boy staring at the ceiling, counting the waves of the markings of the wood. He was just about to knock when he is interrupted.

"Takashi?"

He quickly moved. His body went into a swift but elegant bow before the woman. Her beautiful honey brown hair was piled into a curly bun. Her large eyes stared at the tall young man.

"Good morning, Lady Haninozuka."

"Takashi, you can call me Aunt Mitsuko." The woman looked at the door then back to her nephew, "were you just about to wake him?"

"He's up."

"You always know," She chuckled, "speaking of that. I wish to speak with you. I know you usually go in to make sure Mitsukuni is up and about but..." The worried mother looked at him. Takashi didn't have to ask her what it was. Other then himself, Mitsuko was the only other person to know if something was bothering her oldest boy. Mitsukuni was avoiding on to let his mother know what exactly it was that was bothering him. What would his own mother think if he was tormented by the very fact he got his first kiss stolen by a complete stranger only known to him as Arana?

"It's not entirely serious, Aunt Mitsuko."

"Oh?" Her eyes widen, "what is it? What is it that has my son so troubled? He hasn't been this way since before he joined the Host Club."

"Well," Mori was unsure as to state the truth.

"Please. I only ask because I worry for his well being."

"He has been troubled...by a girl."

Mori saw the look upon Mitsuko's face. The face of a mother that realized her boy would be troubled by girls. But it was Mitsukuni. He rarely did talk about him. Usually it was a friend or two.

"Did she do something?"

"She did."

"What did she do to have my son so...unusual?"

"He will punished me if I told anyone but since you are his mother," Takashi sighed.

"Spit it out, Takashi! What did this girl do to my son?"

"She stole his first kiss."

"She...what?" The last part came out in surprised. Mitsuko blinked, looking very much like her sons for a second before giving a giggle. She held her hand to her mouth, chuckling. Takashi sighed. He had been very unsure about Mitsuko's reaction. Mitsuko let her giggles pass before giving a smile.

"Aw, my son finally had his first kiss and it was stolen. So cute! I can't wait to share the news with my husband unless you or Mitsukuni would rather share. He~he. Well well, my boy is finally becoming a man."

"I only told you so a worried mother would be at ease." Takashi sighed.

"I know you did," She made him moved so that he was kneeling in front of her. She planted a kiss on his temple before he stood up again. "Thank you Takashi. That ease my mind. Tell me, what is Mitsukuni going to do about this? If he is a troubled, then that means he might have a attraction to this girl."

"I believe it too. He show signs that he was attracted to her. He rarely spoke about how he felt but I know he felt something that night."

"Well you two better find her or else some other prince will swept her off her feet." Mitsuko made a cute face, "Ooo, please let me share the news with your mother. I have to spit it out to someone or else I will burst!"

Takashi sighed, knowing he was not going to win with the Haninozuka woman. He nodded. Mitsuko gave a very girlish squeal before running off to find Morinozuka mother to gossip. Takashi knew those two would not let it go for years to come, especially if Mitsukuni got into a relationship with Arana. Takashi knocked on the door. He found his cousin had gotten up. Mitsukuni was busy, staring outside the window. The sounds of the birds fluttering from the trees could be heard.

"I was just about to come get you."

"I dreamt about her last night," Mitsukuni's voice dropped, "It was strange."

All those curls, shades of gray, and the fresh scent of lavender.

He had dreamt about her in many ways.

Last night, it seem too surreal. Like a goddess visiting a proud warrior in the night. She would remind him of the moon. Like that one anime his female cousin watched. The one about the princess of the moon. Mitsukuni sighed.

"You should hurry. We'll be late for school."

"Takashi."

"Yes, Mitsukuni?"

"Don't tell the others." That was the one request he made every morning since that night. Takashi kept his word, not letting in on the secret of the stolen kiss and girl that was bothering Mitsukuni. The day went without any hesitations or unnecessary drama. But one person seem to noticed a change in Mitsukuni's behavior. Kasanoda greeted the two cousins as Mitsukuni left for his first morning class.

"Say, Morinozuka," Kasanoda began, "what is wrong with Haninozuka?"

"Hmm?" Takashi looked down at the younger boy.

"He looks like something's bothering him. Is he feeling alright?"

"You have noticed the change?"

"Yeah, I guess. I only notice about a week ago. Is he coming down with something?"

Takashi opened his mouth then closed it, "He's not ill. Just has a lot on his mind."

"Someone given him a hard time," Takashi felt his mouth move into a small smile. Since the Kasanoda's adventures with the Host Club, Takashi found a friend in him. Despite being younger and the son of a yakusa, he gave his loyalty well to his friends.

"Not really a hard time."

Kasanoda got the hint. He nodded before bowing.

"Alright, I'll trust you on this."

Takashi wondered, thinking slowly. What if Kasanoda had figured out what was bothering Mitsukuni. The thought of Kasanoda's expression would be humorous. Soon classes were over. It was time for the annual club activities that occurred every time after school. One such was the Host Club. Today's theme was simple. Flowers was what Tamaki wanted for this theme. Usually they would be out in the garden if they wanted to. But no, Tamaki insisted on making it beautiful and relaxing. The windows were all open, letting in the warm spring breeze. It would soon be close to summer vacation.

"Hello my darling blossoms~!" Tamaki greeted the guests the moment they arrived.

The guests were simply adoring the inside garden. Everything was simply divine today. No worries. No drama. Just a simple day. Not even Nekozawa was going to bother the Hosts. Every customer was assigned to her Host for the afternoon.

"Aw, beautiful!"

"So cute!"

Mitsukuni pushed aside his thoughts of the girl to the darling girls wanting his attention. The seating which he and Takashi had was surround by peonies, baby's breath, pink carnations and roses.

"Aren't they just sweet?" Mitsukuni gave a chuckle as the girls cooed over his shota-moves.

He was laughing along with them when another girl joins the group. He paused a second, smelling something very familiar.

"I'm so sorry I'm late! I hate to get caught on my homework!"

"What is that smell? Your perfume smells like spring!"

"Thanks! It's a new perfume I just got over the weekend. It's lavender base with a hit of roses."

Lavender.

He whirled around to see who it was. It was just one of his regulars. Not the girl from the party. No, he wasn't going to lose his cool. Especially now. But already the girls were looking at him curiously.

"Is there anything wrong, Hunny-sempai?"

"Does my perfume make you uncomfortable?"

"Are the flowers wanting to make you sneeze?"

"I'm okay!" He plastered on the smile, "your perfume just reminded me how much I love spring. How about some cake?"

A nice size cake is presented to the girls on a trolley. Haruhi looked over for a moment. She had caught a glimpse of something in Mitsukuni's eye. Was something bothering Hunny-sempai? He usually wasn't bothered unless it was a stomach ache or a tooth ache. It was a rare sight to see Hunny-sempai to be bother over much of anything else. Mori and him seem to be on good terms though Mori-sempai was looking at Mitsukuni with worry, asking if he needed anything.

Did something happened at home?

Was he in another fight with his younger brother, Yasuchika?

"Is something on your mind, Haruhi?" One of the girls looked up from her tea cup.

"Huh? Oh nothing, just wondering about Hunny-sempai. I could be wrong but he looks like he's down about something." Haruhi answered her.

"Down?"

"Hunny-sempai?"

"What's this?" Haruhi gave a sigh when Tamaki overheard the conversation. Why was it so hard to hold a private conversation when either he or the twins could poke their noses into it?

"What is this about Hunny-sempai?" Tamaki asked, "He's down about something? But he doesn't seem like it!"

Takashi overheard Tamaki. He quietly excused himself from his guests. He place a hand on the younger boy's shoulder.

"Please don't speak of it. Wait until the guests have left."

Tamaki closed his mouth, nodding. Once the guests said their goodbyes, Tamaki, the twins, and Haruhi all waited. Haruhi didn't really want to be there but if something was bothering the upper classman, she hope it wasn't serious. Takashi had left Mitsukuni to excuse himself from the room for a moment. That's when Kaoru walked over to the table. He gave a gasp.

"He...he didn't finished his cake!"

"WHAT?"

Hikaru, Tamaki, and Haruhi all crowded around the plate which held the strawberry cream flavor cake. It was half eaten.

"But...but...he always finished his cake! What is going on, Mori-sempai? Is Hunny-sempai sick? Is he grief-stricken? What tragedy has befallen our dear Hunny-sempai?"

"Calm down, boss." The twins sweatdropped.

"If it's anything, I seems that it might be something that is very unusual." Kyoya spoke up from his seat. He had been quiet since Tamaki noticed. Actually, he began to question what was wrong with Hunny sempai since two weeks ago. He confronted Takashi about it, asking if it was serious. Mori-sempai had let Kyoya know, asking not to speak of it. Kyoya was quite surprise over who it was that was at the party. After all, he knew the girl that Hunny-sempai's mystery girl left with.

"What's going on?" Mitsukuni returned to the room, having overheard his friends talking about him the moment he walked into the room. Now they were silent, staring at him oddly.

"Hunny-sempai, is something the matter? We think something is bothering you. We hope it isn't serious but we're getting worried."

Mitsukuni had a moment, forgetting that Takashi never would tell. He glared at his taller cousin, giving him the evil eye. Takashi barely batted an eyelash.

"You told them? How could you? I wasn't even aware that it was serious! Why-"

"I didn't tell them."

"Then how do they know?"

"They don't. They just know that something is wrong."

"How do they know that?'

"You didn't finished your cake."

Mitsukuni turned bright red in his face. The tiniest moment in his life where he didn't finished off one piece of cake could make his friends see that something was wrong. He muttered an apology to Takashi. He forgave his cousin before falling silent again. Mitsukuni looked at the rest of the Hosts. They were wondering, worried.

"There is but I don't think its as serious as a death in the family or-"

"Heartbreak?" Hikaru spoke up.

Mitsukuni turned red.

"Did some fair maiden break your heart? It would make sense-"

"She didn't, Tama-chan." Mitsukuni continued to look embarrassed, "but it does involved a girl."

"A girl?" Everyone was surprised at that. Their Hunny-sempai was troubled over a girl? This was new to their little group. True, there was that one girl name Rei something from the one club that Nekozawa runs. But to actually have a girl that would make Hunny-sempai not eat his cake? She had to be important!

"What happened? Who is she? How did you meet? Is she nice?"

Tamaki and the twins continue to pestered him with questions.

Haruhi sighed, smacking each of them lightly with a newspaper Kyoya handed to her. The three complained about non-existed bumps. Haruhi sighed before looking into Hunny-sempai's eyes.

"You don't have to tell us."

"I want to. You guys care about me. I did meet a girl. We met at a party a couple of weeks ago. She's really pretty. Big, curly hair. Big grey blue eyes. Soft skin reminds me of peaches. She smells like lavender and..."

"And what else?"

"She stole my first kiss."

"She what?" Haruhi was the only one not impressed by that answer. She didn't really see the relevance to that except it was Hunny-sempai and she just assumed he had been kissed before. Tamaki went on a rant about how such a darling girl could perform such a hideous crime. Hikaru was chuckling, laughing at Mitsukuni's 'mishap' to which Kaoru told him to knock it off.

"That's not bad. I'm sure she didn't do it on purpose." Haruhi told him.

Tamaki and Hikaru stop, falling silent.

"But-"

"I'm sure she didn't know you never been kiss before. I'm sure she did it on a whim, perhaps thinking she wasn't going to see you again. Did you ever see her after that? Call her? Text her? I mean, it's not like you didn't get her name or anything right?"

"I did get her name but-"

"But what?"

"I have no idea who she is! Or where she comes from or even if she goes to this school! I doubt she does! I haven't seen her!"

Haruhi felt herself bring her palm to her face. The first kiss that her sempai has ever gotten from a girl and he has no idea who she is. Yes, he got her name. Her first name as he explained the situation to her and the others. The only thing he knew was she left with a girl named Kire Kurafuji. Haruhi had seen her before. She was in the same class as Kyoya and Tamaki. He rarely got a chance to speak with her due to how different their schedules were.

Kyoya quietly left them. He was good at that. He was good at slipping away unnoticed. He knew exactly who Kurafuji Kire was. A lovely girl. The kids at school had dubbed her 'the Firebird' as account to the ballet and the lovely amber hair she had. She also love to wear a lot of red and fire-ish tones. He found her exactly where she told him to meet her. Kire had her hair pulled up by a red ribbon, quietly watching the lovely birds outside the window.

"Kire?"

"Ah, Shadow King, you have arrived. Tell me," She turned around in her seat, "did I have the pleasure of excusing the Shadow King himself from the Host Club?"

"I'm actually on Host business."

"Oh? I haven't been back to the club in a few days. I've been busy."

"So I've noticed. I'm usually one of your favorites to pick," He didn't seat himself, having to only enough time to speak with Kire and get back to the music room.

"Well if it's not my money you want, what is it then?" Kire tilted her head to the side, wondering what it is that Ootori wanted from her.

"I'm here because one of my friends is befuddled about something."

"Something?" She raised an eyebrow.

"Actually, it's someone," Kyoya smirked, "a certain friend of yours that you are close to and had attended a party about two weeks ago?"

"What about it? I'm free to attend parties, Kyoya. You're not my husband yet. Just my fiancé."

"That's not why and true, you are." Kyoya smirked, "do you recall that name of the friend whom you attended the party of?"

"You mean Hino Arana? Yes, she is the friend who went with me. She's a dear, old friend. Her father and my mother are childhood friends. Why do you want to know about Arana?" Kire felt a moment of worry. Did she have to protect Arana from Kyoya?"

"Hino Arana?"

"Yes."

"She doesn't go to Ouran?"

"No, she attends Higashi High School. It's close to here. Has my friend done something to offend the Host Club? I doubt she has ever met any of you-"

"Actually, she has met two of our members."

It took Kire a moment to put it all together. Arana having met the boy Mitsukuni and Takashi to whom share the first names of the boys in the Host Club. Kire gasped, realizing what had happened that night. Her friend had kissed one of the members of the Host Club. Her friend had kissed Mitsukuni Haninozuka.

"Oh dear," Kire sighed, "it's Mitsukuni, isn't it? Is he angry? Upset?"

"He's more...bothered then anything. I think the whole kiss incident is what has been troubling. You see, she stole his first kiss and it's-"

"What? He's never been kiss?" Kire couldn't believe that the senior Mitsukuni had never been kiss. He was one of the most loved members ever.

"Do you think its possible to track her down? I'm sure it would ease his mind if he saw her again? Don't you think?" Kyoya's glasses gave a glint.

Kire sighed before thinking it over. Arana had been on pins and needles since she kiss Mitsukuni. Her sweet friend had stated it was the best night of her life. She said she did it solely for the fact she had enjoy his company and wanted to get to know him. But due to their class status, she probably never would. It was like a sign! She and Kyoya were the fairy godmothers, sent to bless the happy two to become a couple. Kire gave a smirk, hurriedly handing over the address, phone number, and other information on Arana to Kyoya.

Despite Kyoya blackmailed her into coming back to the Host Club as a customer, Kire had a good feeling that Kyoya would make sure Mitsukuni got the information. Kire crossed her fingers.

She hope what she did was the good of love!