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Haruhi's POV:
Before I was able to get safely out of the house for school, Kyoya called and started talking to my dad. My dad grabbed my shoulder as he talked to him. I used my basic knowledge of my dad to know his mood. If he acted serious, he was going to say no. If he flirted, he was going to say yes.
"It sounds just wonderful! It's a shame my leg is broken. I wouldn't mind spending a whole weekend with a handsome young man myself. Promise me you'll protect my Haruhi."
At the end of the call, my dad smiled and told me all about the trip. I acted like it was a suprise and helped him out of bed and into his wheelchair. "I want you to be very careful and promise to get daddy a silk robe while you're there."
"I'm not sure if I can afford it but I'll do my best."
"Oh don't worry. Kyoya already promised me one. You know what colors I like so you can pick it out. Now hurry on to school and get home right after the club meeting to pack."
I gave him a hug and thanked him before heading to school. When I entered the school, Tamaki was waiting by the door for me. "Haruhi. How are you this morning?" He smiled his usual brilliant smile and I couldn't help but smile back. Sometimes Tamaki's mood could be downright contageous.
"I'm doing good. You didn't tell anyone about what I told you and Kyoya, right?"
"Of course not. It's your business. I swear to keep it a secret from everyone. Exspecially those shady twins."
"Thanks." As if on cue, the before mentioned twins came running down the hall. They slinked up on both sides of me, Kaoru had one arm around my shoulders and Hikaru had an arm around my waist.
"Hey Haruhi." Hikaru whispered mischeviously.
"We've got a new game in mind for you." Kaoru said almost seductively.
I gulped. "What kind of game?"
"It's our little secret. All you need to know is you're part of it." Hikaru said before both twins let go of me and stood in front of me.
"I don't get it. What kind of game?" I asked, cocking my head to the side.
"Yeah! What do you two think you're doing by including my Haruhi in a game she doesn't even know the details of?" Tamaki shouted and I could practically feel the nerve on my head pulsing.
"Senpai, I am not yours. I belong to no one."
Tamaki looked startled so I must've looked much angrier than I had intended to look. "Please don't be mad at daddy Haruhi!"
He pounced on me and hugged the living daylights out of me.
"Get off me!"
"Pervert! The boss is a pervert!" The twins yelled at the same time while circling around us.
I was finally able to push him off and as I did so, I knocked him directly into an approaching Kyoya. The impact was enough to cause Kyoya's glasses to fly off his face and fall to the ground with an audible crack. A chill went through me from my head to my toes as the lense that hadn't cracked popped out and rolled to my feet. Everyone there froze as we waited for Kyoya's reaction. I could even see a startled Honey and Mori standing in my peripheral vision.
"K-k-k-yoya...?" Tamaki was the first to speak. He spun around and took two careful steps away from the man who's eyes looked absolutely livid. Not even the usually carefree twins dared to say a word to further anger the hypotensive evil lord. They backed away from my sight, leaving Tamaki and I in the scariest staring match ever.
He took a deep breath. "Both of you are going to go to the eye doctor's three blocks from here before class. You are going to pick up another pair for me. Give them my name and they will give you a pair of the ones I wear already fitted to my vision. I'll be billing you both later. I'll be waiting in the downstairs lobby. If you are not back in exactly thirty minutes when school starts...well, let's just say you won't want to be coming back." His cool air and scary smile made his threat all the more ominous.
We both turned towards the door and and wobbled out like paper dolls, afraid that any swift movements would result in death by the shadow king's hand. I turned only once when we were safely out the door to see Kyoya walk towards the downstairs lobby. As he was walking through the door, he ran right into someone. I giggled. He was litterally blind without his glasses, I'll bet. Or maybe his anger is clouding his vision.
Tamaki and I relaxed some when we made it to the Ouran gate. "Man, I thought he was gonna kill us all." I said, smiling awkwardly. "Sorry for pushing you senpai."
"No apologies needed. I was the one hanging onto you for dear life." His nervous laugh made me feel unsettled.
We didn't say anything else and when we arrived at the eye doctor, we told them the news and were told to wait while another pair was found. We had been waiting for a couple minutes when I felt my phone buzz. I pulled my phone out to see that I had a text message from Hikaru's phone.
FROM: Hikaru
U 2 alright? I've never seen Kyoya look so mad.
I typed a quick reply.
TO: Hikaru
Yes we're alright. And I know. I've never seen him that mad either. See you when we get back.
"Who was that?" Tamaki asked me, fiddling with some kind of game on his cellphone.
"Hikaru was checking up on us. No doubt Kaoru was with him."
"I don't really like those twins. They have no right to call you their toy all the time and pull you into their sick games."
"They're just a couple of childish teens who want to have fun and they're both really good friends so I always try to be level headed about their games unless the situation calls for me to get angry."
"You and the twins are the same age but you act so much more mature than they do." Tamaki said in an appreciative tone.
"I'm not sure why that is myself...I guess...maybe I've just seen more of the world than they have?"
He shrugged and turned his attention to the counter. "I think his glasses are ready."
Someone came over to us and handed us two cases. "This is his main pair and this is a spare pair. Tell him that he should keep the spare pair somewhere safe and try his best to make the main pair last."
We nodded and thanked them before heading towards the school. When we got back, we handed both pairs to Kyoya and conveyed the worker from the eye doctor's message before attempting an exit. Tamaki's legs were much longer than mine so he was gone in a flash. I was about to make my escape when a firm hand gripped my shoulder. My breath hitched and I peaked over my shoulder to see Kyoya standing, adjusting his glasses with the hand that wasn't holding on to me.
"Before you go, I've already calculated how you'll pay me back for breaking my glasses." He stated.
I gulped. "H-how?"
"This afternoon, you and Tamaki will clean the entire music room after the guests leave. You'll recieve no help from anyone. All dishes are to be sent to the cafeteria to be cleaned, all trash picked up, all tables wiped off and the floor sweeped."
I frowned but didn't say anything. There were worse things he could've done and cleaning doesn't bother me much. The only thing that made me dread it was listening to Tamaki's complaining the entire time. I nodded and gripped Kyoya's wrist. Pulling his hand off my shoulder, I exited the room. When I was out of sight, I leaned against a pilar, trying to catch my breath. I couldn't explain why but my heart was hammering. A small, unsure part of me told me, for whatever reason, that it was Kyoya himself that caused this reaction in me. He really could be scary if he wanted to be but I don't think that's exactly why I'm reacting this way.
Before I could dwell on it anymore, I caught sight of Tamaki heading for me. I told him the punishment Kyoya decided and listened to him gripe and whine about it for a good ten minutes before heading off to class. As I sat in my desk during our homeroom teacher's lecture, I absentmindedly doodled on my notebook.
When I snapped back to attention, I realized that I had drawn a pair of dark eyes covered my a pair of thin rimmed glasses. Blushing, I shut my notebook and sunk down into my desk. I was so lost in my tiredness that I jumped right out of my seat when the bell rang.
"Woah, Haruhi. You ok?" Kaoru asked while his brother eyed me carefully.
"I'm fine guys. Come on, it's lunchtime." We all walked down to Ouran's massive cafeteria. Normally, I'd eat my lunch in the classroom but since the roof caved in at my apartment, I've had no way to make box lunches at the hotel. So my dad arranged for me to recieve free lunches from the school through a financial aid program. I went to the counter and ordered the free lunch tray. It was a bowl of their daily special soup, a piece of fancy french bread with butter on it, a bowl of some kind of yogarty stuff, a few pieces of fancy tuna and a bottle of sparkling water.
I sat down with the twins, Honey and Mori before digging in. A few minutes later, Kyoya and Tamaki entered. I was looking in their direction lazily but I suddenly snapped to attention. Their eyes. Both of them were scanning the cafeteria in some kind of determination. When their eyes landed on the table we were sitting at, Tamaki rushed over to me while Kyoya adjusted his glasses and went to order lunch.
"Haruhiiiiii! How is daddy's little girl?" Tamaki shouted before taking a seat next to me.
I rolled my eyes, not really in the mood to argue with him. "I'm fine senpai."
"Lunch." Kyoya stated, sitting a tray in front of Tamaki and a tray on the table where he was going to sit. He took a seat and gave me a loaded look from over the frames that were sliding slightly down his nose. The look confused me even further and I instantly dropped my eyes. When I looked back up, he had fixed his glasses and was taking a drink of some kind of tea.
"Tama chan! Kyo chan! Haru chan! You're not going to believe this!" Honey said excitedly. I looked at him to see that he had a cellphone out. Both of the twins were leaning over his shoulder while Mori senpai looked into the distance.
"What is it Honey?" Tamaki asked.
"I just got a message sent to me by one of my customers. You know those rumors circulating about there being some students from less wealthy families being sent to another school so that the school won't lose its reputation for being a top school?"
"Those rumors are actually true." Kyoya stated, beating Honey to the chase. I felt a quiver of panic begin to form but I tried to force it back down.
Honey nodded solomnly and everyone's eyes zeroed in on me. Tamaki's eyes began to well up. "But who would do such a thing? Who would take Haruhi away from us?"
"Tamaki. The answer to that should be obvious. Especially to you."Kyoya said casually. "Your father is the chairman after all. It's his edict."
Tamaki's eyes widened for a brief moment, then narrowed to slits. He stood up slowly and walked quickly from the room.
"Do you think Tama chan is going to confront his father?" Honey asked worriedly while hugging his stuffed rabbit.
"I think so. I've never seen him so determined." Hikaru commented before going back into a conversation about a beach trip with Kaoru.
Lunch passed and so did the rest of the school. When club time came around, Tamaki was nowhere to be found. We all did our bests to handle all the guests but it was a challenge. Just as the last guest left, Tamaki came running in. "I'm so sorry I'm late!"
"That's the understatement of the century." I muttered. "The guests are already gone Tamaki. What took you this long?"
Instead of looking sheepish like he normally would when I was cross, he smiled trumphantly and held out a piece of gold colored paper. "Read!"
-To whom this may concern,
I, Chairman Suoh, assure that Ouran Academy's honor student, Haruhi Fugioka, will continue to attend our fine institution and no question of money will ever be brought up again on the condition that the honor student keeps his grades at an A average and continues to participate in club activities at Ouran.
-CHAIRMAN SUOH
At the bottom of the paper, there was a fancy and official looking seal. "Wow..." I said softly, reading over the paper one more time.
"This will assure that you can stay Haruhi. Just keep your good grades up and keep doing Host Club activities." Tamaki said excitedly.
"Thank you senpai." I said with underscored sincerity. I looked around and everyone seemed to be happy with the outcome. Everyone left a few minutes later, leaving Tamaki and I to clean. Inspite of his constant nagging, I was in a pretty good mood. I'll hide the paper in my book bag later. That way no one can ever kick me out for money reasons.
Once the room was completely clean, Tamaki collapsed in a chair. "That was EXAUSTING!"
I rolled my eyes. It wasn't hard at all senpai. You just whine too much. I gotta get back to my dad and see if he's alright." And pack. But I didn't add that last part since I was pretty sure the trip to Kyoto with Kyoya was supposed to be a secret. I had just walked in the hotel room door when I nearly fainted. My dad had... "You dyed your hair? Again?"
"Do you like it Haruhi? Plain old red hair was getting to be a drag. So now I'm a platinum blonde!" He had even cut his bangs and put on a bright pink dress. "Do I look like a million bucks or what?"
"You look like Elle Woods." I said, still in shock.
My dad frowned. "Does it look bad?"
"No, it's not that. It's just...different."
He smirked, satisfied with my answer. "I'll have even more customers once I go back to work." He fluffed his hair and began applying a bright pink lipstick.
I shook my head and pulled my suitcase from underneath my hotel room bed. Putting all the clothes into the drawers of a dresser the room had, I put in only what I would need for a weekend. A few changes of clothes, a pair of pajamas, bathroom items, a couple pairs of shoes, my contact sollution, a spare pair of contacts and a light blue one piece bathing suit just in case. As soon as I ate dinner, I told my dad about the money in my bank account from Tamaki and Kyoya.
"Really? That's wonderful! I'll have to thank them both! There's an ATM in the downstairs lobby sweetie. Pull out money for cab fair and we'll go apartment hunting right now!"
I was kinda tired but I didn't want to disappoint my dad so I did as he said before calling a cab. First thing we did was stop by an apartment complex my dad had always wanted to live at but they never had any vacent apartments. Unfortunately, they still didn't have any. We next drove to an apartment complex a little further from the school than our old one. It wasn't the nicest place but they had good prices. But my dad, being his diva self, instantly turned down the possibility after seeing the small closet space.
We then drove to an apartment complex only a block from the school called the Jade Garden Apartments. They were nicer apartments and suprisingly affordable. Aparently, we get a discount since I go to school at Ouran Academy. This complex had a swimming pool outside, a jacuzzi next to it and a garden area to walk in. I was even told they had a coy pond.
We went to look at their two bedroom apartment. It was large and spacious with pretty wooden floors. It already had some living room furniture so we wouldn't have to buy that ourselves. While I looked around the front room, deciding how I'd arrange furniture, my dad signed the papers for the apartment and wrote a check.
As soon as we were handed the keys, my dad dragged me back to the waiting cab. "Come on. We'll go pick out bedroom sets from the furniture store and have them delivered. Maybe we can have most of our stuff moved in here by this evening."
"Dad...please don't overwork yourself." I coaxed, trying to reason with him.
"Haruhi, I've never been this full of energy. Living in a stupid old hotel is no life for a growing young woman. You need space. By this evening, you'll have your own room again."
And he was right. By the time the sun went down, we had moved everything from the hotel to the apartment and the delivery van came right away with our bedrooms sets. I nearly fainted when I saw what my dad had bought me. I had originally just ordered a simple bed but he obviously went far beyond that. I'm suprised there was money left in the budget. Although, my dad really is the best at saving money.
It was ten o'clock before we finished organizing and got around to eating. I had ran up to the grocery store and bought some food for the place. We ate homemade dumplings and miso soup instead of the generic, prepackaged stuff the hotel makes. By the time I was ready for bed, I felt exhausted enough to fall asleep where I stood. I crawled into the brand news comforter and was fast asleep within a minute.