I do not own Ouran High School Host Club or any of the characters.
Haruhi had arrived at class the next day later then usual. There was two reasons for that, and both of them could be traced back to Kyoya Ootori.
First, she'd slept in. They'd had to wait until her father came home to ask if Kyoya could stay, as to prevent any confusions as to why he was sleeping in their house. Ranka hadn't arrived until nearly midnight, which was far later then Haruhi was used to staying up. Usually she was out by nine-thirty at the latest. She had been right, though. Ranka was more then thrilled to have Kyoya as a house guest. Sleeping arrangements had been made by pulling out the spare futon and placing it in the living area. They hadn't used the futon in many years, so it had gathered quite a lot of dust. They'd had to clean it before Kyoya could sleep on it. By the time this was done, it was about one-o'-clock in the morning.
And Ranka had to go to work early, because the guy who usually got the first shift called in sick, so he hadn't been able to wake her up when she slept past her alarm. And Kyoya had slept in as well, apparently used to having a maid wake him up.
After that, the two (unfortunately) had to skip breakfast so they could catch the train. Then once they arrived at the train station, Kyoya seemed to have forgotten to mention in his tired state that he didn't have a train pass. And so, they were forced to walk.
It was a three mile walk.
Finally she arrived in class, an hour late, hungry, tired, and all around in an awful mood.
"I'm so sorry I'm late," she apologized to the teacher as she walked in, hurrying to her seat. She hadn't payed attention to what he said afterward, and ignored the looks that the twins were giving her, instead opting to pull out her text book. She buried her face in her book, feeling the burning stares from the rest of her classmates. A few moments later, after the teacher had continued talking, she noticed a folded sheet of paper land on her desk. She opened it and instantly recognized Kaoru's messy handwriting.
Is everything alright?
Haruhi glanced over at the twins, who were both looking at her with concern written on her faces. She could understand why- Haruhi Fujioka didn't show up late looking like she'd just woken up, then forced to walk three miles every day. Haruhi wrote her note underneath his.
Yes. I just slept in. Forgot to set my alarm.
She passed it to Hikaru, who read it with Kaoru. Though she could see the bit of doubt on their faces, they didn't seem to question it more. Haruhi sighed, and turned her attention to her text book once more. She'd have to ask them for notes on what she missed later.
She may have dozed off a couple of times throughout the day.
Then, finally, it was time for the Host Club. The only reason she was looking forward to it was because there would be snacks. In a rush to get ready and get to the train on time, she hadn't been able to make a lunch, either. So she hadn't eaten all day. Pushing open the door to music room three, Haruhi and the twins seemed to be the first to get there. But it was only a moment later when Honey and Mori announced their arrival by a "Haru-Chan!" from Honey, and a grunt of hello from Mori.
"Honey-Senpai, Mori-Senpai." She greeted with a nod and a smile.
"Haru-Chan, are you alright? You look tired." Honey asked from on top of Mori's shoulders.
Luckily, she was spared from answering with the arrival of Tamaki and Kyoya.
"Haruhi!" At seeing her, Tamaki gave her a hug which was, quite honestly, more of an attack. "Daddy was so worried about you, my darling! How have you been?"
"Tamaki-Senpai I just saw you yesterday, now get off me!" She was in such a foul mood that she didn't bother telling him off for calling her his daughter. She managed to pry herself out of his grasp, which caused Tamaki to go into his corner of woe, as she liked to call it. He was muttering something about daughter not loving daddy anymore. Haruhi sighed, and glanced over at Kyoya.
He seemed to be doing well, considering. Or rather, at least better then she was. At least he didn't seem to be falling asleep on spot, which was what she felt like doing. Maybe he was just a good actor. But then again, going by the dirty looks he was shooting Hikaru and Kaoru's way while they pestered Tamaki in his corner, and at Honey-Senpai, who was doing nothing more then being his usual sing-song, cutesy self, maybe he was in just a bad of mood as she.
"Will you three knock it off? The guests will be here any moment." He scolded in Hikaru, Kaoru, and Tamaki's direction. "Do you want them to see you acting like a bunch of idiots?"
They stopped.
"Jeez, what's got him in a mood?" Hikaru asked his brother and Tamaki, who had come out of his corner of woe. Haruhi wasn't sure if he had meant to say that quietly or not, but either way it was loud enough for the whole room to hear it. They shrugged.
"He's been like that all day, ever since he showed up late for class." Said Tamaki.
"Hey, Kyoya-Senpai showed up late? So did Haruhi." Kaoru said after a moment.
"Maybe they were together."
"You know. On a date."
"No! I couldn't bare the thought! Kyoya-Senpai with my sweet little Haruhi? He would never do that to daddy!"
"Yeah, you're right. Besides, Haruhi would never go for someone like Kyoya."
"We're still in the room, you know." Haruhi and Kyoya said in unison, irritation clear in their voices. They went silent. Then;
"Oh, Kyoya! Say it isn't so! Tell me you weren't with my precious Haruhi!" Haruhi glanced at Kyoya, who pushed his glasses up with a sigh.
"Haruhi and I were not together, Tamaki. It is purely coincidence that we were both late."
Thank god for his ability to lie.
"I don't see how it is any of your business if we were together or not, anyway." Haruhi piped up, crossing her arms. Tamaki pulled her into another one of those attack-hugs.
"Daddy just wants to protect you, little Haruhi! Who knows what kind of men are out there?"
"You're not my dad."
"They're both in fowl moods." Hikaru and Kaoru said, both of whom were safely hidden behind Mori, who agreed with a nod of his head. Honey was silent as he watched things play out, apparently trying to work out what was going on.
"Let go of me, Senpai!"
Haruhi's annoyed cry was drowned out by loud sighs. They all went silent and turned around, Tamaki let go of Haruhi.
"Ah, it seems our guests have arrived." Kyoya said. The girls sighed again.
And the second chapter is up.
And I still haven't updated my other story.
This was my first time writing them all together. How did I do?
Thank you for reading, and please review!