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3

The Incident

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Tamaki was at her doorstep early in the morning. "HARUHI! DADDY IS TAKING YOU TO THE MALL!" Oh joy. "Uh, Tamaki, I've still got some laundry to do" Haruhi turned around and sprinted back to the house, however, it was not her fault that she was physically challenged and the twins caught up to her easily. They dragged her into their limo. "You're not going to get away that easily you know"

During the limo ride, Haruhi spent most of the time gazing out of the window. She was feeling oddly uncomfortable with Kyoya. It was common knowledge that the guy would always be in a foul mood when waking up earlier than eleven during a non-school day. Why Tamaki woke him up when he knew of this, she had no idea. Kyoya was shooting death glares at everyone while Tamaki was happily jabbering about the simple joys of the commoner world.

Once at the mall, things never changed, the host club was awed as usual. Tamaki was standing there sparkling with excitement, the twins were going around yelling 'MASS PRODUCTION!! MASS PRODUCTION!!", Hunny and Mori were going to the bakery and Kyoya was standing several feet away looking as if he didn't know them. Haruhi wanted to die of embarrassment.

Kyoya and Haruhi stood outside a clothing store while the rest of the club members were making a racket inside.

"So Haruhi, do you come here often?" He was talking to her, she realized.

"Uh, not really. I normally to a different mall but I've been here before" She replied carefully.

"I see" was his reply.

This ritual continued for the next few shops, they would both wait outside for the club and while waiting, make light conversations.

It was finally lunchtime but none of the host club members seemed hungry at all. Haruhi tried to hide the fact that she was starving but her stomach gave it away making a soft grumble. Kyoya looked over at her and chuckled softly.

"Are you hungry Haruhi?" Isn't it obvious thought Haruhi.

"Yeah, kinda" Haruhi admitted.

"We'll go to the food court then. We'll meet up with the rest of the group later." He was already walking away when he told her and Haruhi had to run to catch up.

They walked over to the sushi shop. When the sushi was bought, they looked around for seats. As Kyoya was looking around, he noticed a boy of around ten, running towards Haruhi at top speed, Right behind him was another boy chasing him. When the boy finally looked forward, His face turned to horror realizing he was about to crash into someone but he didn't have enough time to stop. Through instinct, Kyoya wrapped an arm around haruhi and pulled her towards him. The boys whizzed past them turning around to yell "SORRY DUDE". Commoners, such disrespectful manners some of them had thought Kyoya.

"Ano, Kyoya-sempai. Can you please, uh, free me" Kyoya looked down at Haruhi and their awkward position. His arm was around her waist holding her close to his chest.

"Sorry" He said politely. He let go.

"Thank you sempai as well" Haruhi smiled gratefully at Kyoya but he was already heading for an empty table.

As they were eating, Haruhi was reminded of the other time they met at the mall and smiled as she remembered Kyoya's eating manner.

"What is so amusing?" Damn, why was he so observant.

"Remember the last time we met at the mall?" Kyoya smiled, he had made an excellent client. The lady in the kimono. However, Kyoya's smile slowly faded when he remembered the question Haruhi had asked him What is your definition of benefit Kyoya sempai?

He still hadn't thought of an answer for that.

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A/N: Yes! Another chapter is doneee. yeahh!!!! Thank you catslove17 and cherriesontop for the reviews. It was mentioned that this story needed more action. I'll get to that so we'll just have to wait for awhile. XD. reviewww. Now Onwards!! ---