Chapter 2

The rain

"How the hell do you seduce someone?" Haruhi thought annoyed, "especially someone like Kyoya Ootori. That old man is completely out of his mind!"

She quickened her pace as soon as she got out of the Ootori group main building. She looked around to make sure that no one was following her and then started to run. The far she gets from the crazy man the better for her. What was she supposed to do now? It was raining outside. Her hasty steps were forcing the water on the ground to jump up and splash around more enthusiastically. Haruhi bent down and caught her knees and started to breathe restlessly as soon as she got to the bus station. What a horrible day! And she forgot her damn umbrella. Now when she gets home she will be soaked in water. As if the older Ootori's threats were not enough to make her day brilliant now she also needed assistance from the weather department to complete her happiness with one old fashioned rain look.

Fortunately the bus arrived sooner than it was supposed to. Or perhaps it was actually way late previous bus that was slow because of the rain. Who knows!

Her clothing was wet, her hair was dripping streams of raindrops down her face. She sighed. This is not good at all. When she gets home, she will probably get sick or something of that sort. It was warm inside the bus but not warm enough for a girl who just took a rain shower. She started to squeeze the water out from her greenish dress, clenching the hem of it together. But then she had to stop, when an older lady sitting next to her glanced at her non-approvingly and shook her head in annoyance.

"What an old hag!" Haruhi thought, shifting in her seat uncomfortably.

She looked out of the bus window. It was still raining heavily. She just hoped it will stop by the time she gets home. There was a fair amount of distance between the bus stop and her apartment and if the rain kept its current pace Haruhi would need a boat to get home. Suddenly her phone buzzed, and she taking it out of her bag, sighed in frustration. It was a reminder-message from the central library. She forgot about it almost. Today was the last day of return to a book she took for reading. All that stupid chat with the Yoshio Ootori made her completely forget about everything. The next stop was near the library. Haruhi gathered her belongings and got out of the bus when it stopped.

The rain formed small ponds near the sidewalks so when she tired to cross the street she had to jump over one, but her calculations were not exactly correct and she jumped right into the dirty water and spattered her shoes with mud.

Great!

She was sure she looked perfect. She slowly walked towards the library building, not caring about the heavily pouring rain anymore. At least she had the chance to enjoy the magnificent, weird glances people threw at her. They perhaps thought the girl is out of sanity. She quietly entered the building and had to admit that the warmth inside was so enchanting she almost forgot about the 'perfect' day she had. The librarian was a young, pleasant woman and when she received the book back from the messy girl, she offered her a cup of hot tea and suggested to stay inside until her clothes will dry up. Haruhi happily agreed making a mental note to later bring the lovely lady flowers.

"Flowers? Now I am thinking like a crazy host," she thought, sitting in the chair and sipping from the cup of the hot sweet tea. "Man, this is so tasty."

Haruhi did couple of sips and looked at the bookshelves in front of her. The section was labeled "self help". She decided that it was, perhaps, stocked with culinary and household management advisory books. She loved cooking and it wouldn't hurt if she paid a visit to the shelves. When she approached the shelves and looked at the content, she found out that she was not exactly right. There were bunch of books on how to feel certain ways and get friends and be happy and...

Haruhi's eyes widened. Her attention caught a book with pink cover; "How to seduce the man of your dreams!". She quickly looked around and making sure she was alone she grabbed it out of the shelf.

Good gods, maybe she was lucky!

Haruhi's brows jumped up when she read the brilliant tips written in a book.

"What the hell!" she mumbled turning the page, "who the heck does that? Nonsense!"

And then a mental image appeared in her head where she goes and asks Kyoya Ootori to give her a massage. He sure will be seduced by that. He might even decide to raise her debt a little bit higher. Who even thought of that nonsense? The next tip didn't really make Haruhi happy either. Change of hairstyle, unless she wanted to go full-mode bold, was not an option and that no way would seduce anyone. Revealing clothing? Duh! These book writers have no sense of reality.

Haruhi sighed in frustration. What the hell did she get herself into?! Seduce Kyoya Ootori is not something you want to do as a past time activity. She foolishly agreed to that nonsense and now if she fails to seduce the rich bastard his father will send her father to prison. Some family of pricks!

She really didn't have a chance and why did she even came up with those stupid foolish conditions. What if the older Ootori gets angry with her and just decides to take out Kyoya's name out of his will. That was too much for her to think about and not fail mentally. She realized she was reading without comprehending when she flipped the page. Then a familiar voice called her. She closed the book in rush and looked back.

It was hard to believe that out of all places and all times she would see him there and now.

"Kyoya-senpai," she called, "what are you doing here?"

"You look not really good," he ignored her question and looked at her messy hair, wet clothing and muddy shoes.

"Got caught in the rain," Haruhi awkwardly smiled.

Damn and how do you seduce this?

Kyoya was clean, neat and was looking very calm and graceful. Kyoya Ootori was a handsome man with looks and brains that could impress a lot of people. Perhaps if his father so much wanted to play a seducing game it would have been wiser on his side to ask Kyoya to seduce someone instead.

"And who do you want to seduce, Haruhi?" He chuckled and smirked, looking at the pink book she pressed against her chest very protectively.

The question rung in her ears and she felt how her brain packed all of its wit and fled for another country without any goodbyes.

"You," she blurted out.

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A/N- Many thanks to everyone who reads, reviews, favorites and follows this story. :) What do you think, what will be Kyoya's reactions?