Chapter Three

Tappity tap. Tappity tap. Click. Pause. Scritch. Scritch.

That could be the alternating sounds that could be heard from Kyoya that day at the club. On his computer, he would be looking at the various stocks his father owned. Or else the other thing that he would do is to type away at his ledgers. Meanwhile, he would be writing something down in his notebook that he always carried around.

Today, he thought that he would add a tiny bit more to Haruhi's debt since the profits were not good for the club. Sure she had told him that morning that she would not be there that day for club activities due to the fact that she had to go to a function with her father. She was actually going to be leaving at lunch time.

He knew what was really going on though. He would not be the Shadow King for nothing. He had talked to Ranka two days ago, and was told that in a couple days was his wife's death day anniversary. He would be requiring Haruhi to come with him that afternoon. He wondered when Haruhi would approach him to ask about taking time off from the club.

Tamaki, on the other hand was being even more annoying than ever.

"Mommy! Where is our beloved daughter? What if something horrible happens to her this afternoon and her daddy is not there to protect his little girl?" cried Tamaki.

"Our daughter will be fine, Tamaki. Besides, she is with Ranka-san. Now, if you would not mind, we do need to get ready for our guests."

Tamaki pouted for a few minutes longer, but eventually he gave up and proceeded on with the rest of the club time.

The next day…

Haruhi was in a bit better mood today than she had been all week. After all, today was Friday. She would get to spend a whole weekend away from the annoying host club. Since Haruhi knew that summer vacation was two weeks away, she really did need to talk to the chairman today about having a job working at the pension. Her middle school did not mind her having that summer employment, since she told them that it would help her earn money to persue her dreams a bit more.

They did not need to know that she was actually just depositing all that money into her bank account to help out the fact that one day she was going to get into Ouran. However, when she got that scholarship, she knew that the money could be spent on something else, and later in her life.

Snapping herself back to the present time and to what her teacher was talking about, Haruhi tried to keep herself focused. However, focusing proved to be difficult. Especially when the end of the day bell rang just as soon as she got the chance to focus in that class.

Oh well. Guess this work will have to wait until I get home tonight. Haruhi thought to herself.

The rest of her classes seemed to blur together quite quickly. Too soon, though, Haruhi knew that she would be needed at the club. Hosting was a part of her duties after all. And, she probably could not afford to miss another day of hosting anyways due to her debt always on the rise. So, Haruhi rushed to get to the club room as quickly as she could for a change. She did not even have time to stop at the library on the way there.

Perhaps she could push off her chat with the chairman about her summer job until after club hours or even on Monday. Although, Haruhi did not like the idea in which she would have to wait until Monday. Perhaps she would talk to Tamaki-senpai to see if his father was going to be staying later tonight.