A/N: I hope that everyone had a wonderful New Years. Mine has already started out really well. I found out that my story Wedding Day Jitters (it is in the Twilight universe) was nominated for top 10 stories finished in Dec 2013. If you follow my other stories outside of Ouran, or would just like to vote for me, the link can be found on my profile page. Well, we have come to an end of this story. I am glad you enjoyed it and liked a saucy Haruhi. It wasn't that I was trying to change her personality; I just needed to her act like she had for her plans. Enjoy the last chapter!

Chapter 3 – Winning

That New Year's Eve/morning Mori never made it back to his house until well after breakfast and by then the other hosts had long since gone home; actually everyone but Hunny had left. The eldest host was waiting for his cousin to return because he wanted to know what happened. Giddy with excitement, he tried to wait patiently for his best friend, and the moment he saw Mori, he flew through the door and pounced, "How is Haru-Chan? Is she still mad? What happened? Did you confess?"

Suppressing a chuckle, Mori continued his journey into the house with his cousin hanging on his back, "She is fine. I did confess and she returns my feelings."

"That's wonderful Takashi!" Hunny exclaimed now even more excited for his companion.

Mori walked into the house and asked, "How late did the others stay?"

"They only stayed another couple of hours and when they realized you might not be coming back, Hika-Chan and Kao-Chan dragged Tama-Chan away. Kyo-Chan went with them, but that doesn't mean that he helped," the shorter man giggled. If he knew Kyoya, and he liked to think that he did, the vice president would have either tortured his own best friend or he would have ignored him; either way, the situation didn't look good for Tamaki.

The kendo champion rubbed his face, "They called Haruhi several times last night and then again this morning. She finally turned off her phone and ignored it."

"Did Ranka-Chan let you stay over last night?"

"Haruhi called him when she got home and he was out with some friends and already sounded drunk, so I decided to stay with her. She did tell him I would stay though and he begged me to protect her from Tamaki. I was going to tell him about us and ask his permission to date her, but I didn't think he would remember it today," Mori answered a slight smile appearing on his face.

Hunny could easily picture the whole conversation and that set him off laughing once again, "Yah, it might have been best to wait, but I don't think he will have a problem with it… since you're not Tama-Chan. We have a few more days before we have to go back to school, you should take Haru-Chan away so that the others don't bother her."

"I suggested that and she didn't want to. We are supposed to have dinner together later. She had some things to do first, and Satoshi and I were going to spar today, so I came home and will pick her up later."

Jumping off of Mori's shoulders, Hunny announced, "We need to celebrate with some cake!"

Across town, Tamaki started to feel anxious when the number he was calling went to voicemail again. Instead of throwing his phone down in frustration like he wanted to do, he did the next best thing… called Kyoya, "Mommy! Our daughter is missing and she won't pick up the phone. What is Mori-senpai kidnapped her?"

Kyoya shook his head and pinched the bridge of his nose. This was not what he wanted to deal with when he had only been awake for abut fifteen minutes, "Listen to me Tamaki. He has not kidnapped her, she is perfectly safe, and I am sure she is just a little irritated with the whole bet." Of course, he didn't let his best friend know that she had known about the bet the whole time. Knowing how Tamaki could be, the bespectacled teen figured Haruhi was probably ignoring the blond because Tamaki suffered from a classic case of daddyitis and overzealousness was one of the many symptoms. Unfortunately there was no cure as of yet, and at times it was best to quarantine one's self from the infected party, which was what he believed she was doing at this very moment. Plus if he was right, Mori and Haruhi were now an item and the last thing they wanted was to be hounded by an enthusiastic Host Club president.

"But Mon Ami…"

"No buts. She is fine Tamaki and is probably doing something with Ranka right now since she was with the Host Club last night. Do you really want to come between her and Ranka? In fact, I believe they had something planned for the remainder of her winter vacation. So you need to leave her alone or else. She will call you when she is ready," the Shadow King threatened. He really hoped that Mori and Haruhi appreciated what he was doing right now, and they owed him for this.

"She what?"

"Yes, she and Ranka have plans for the next few days, so you need to leave her alone. You wouldn't want to get further on his bad side, would you?"

"NO! I will leave them alone! I promise!" Tamaki yelled, very afraid of the man that was the Fujioka patriarch.

Simpering, Kyoya stated, "That's what I thought. If I hear you bothered their time together… well, we'll just leave it at that. I will tell you if I hear from her though."

"Can I come over and hang out at your house today?"

He knew he would regret this, but there were times when Tamaki used a certain tone of voice that made it hard for Kyoya to reject him, "Fine." Hanging up, he went to tell a maid to prepare tea and snacks for his guest, who based on past estimates, would be over in about five minutes, even if it should take around ten. Sometimes Tamaki defied the laws of physics.

Haruhi and Mori both received a text from Kyoya stating that they owed him one, but neither one of them really understood why until they moved through the remainder of their winter break. There were no calls or texts from Tamaki, and only an occasional one from the twins. If the Shadow King was behind the absence, then they really did owe him one.

Over the course of the next few days, the new couple spent as much time together as possible. There were times they stayed in and enjoyed the quiet and solitude of being solely with each other, and there were times when they would go to the park or out to eat, but they did what they could to fill in as much time together as possible before they returned to school and their bubble of solitude was once again popped. Kyoya couldn't keep Tamaki away forever and they knew they would have to eventually return to the real world.

On the Sunday before they were to return to school, Mori showed up at Haruhi's apartment with every intention of taking her out to lunch because that was the plan (even if he was a little early), but when you are a member of the Host Club, plans have a way of changing. He arrived just as he was supposed to and Haruhi let him into the apartment. He talked to Ranka while Haruhi finished getting ready until the patriarch had to go to work… and then it happened. Mori opened the door for his new girlfriend and there were the other members of the Host Club, including his shorter cousin, "Mitsukuni?"

"I tried to text you Takashi," Hunny shook his head.

Feeling his pockets for his phone, Mori realized he had left it at him in his eagerness to see Haruhi, "Ah, it's on my dresser."

"Mori-senpai, what are you doing here?" Tamaki asked. He turned to his best friend and inquired, "Mommy, do you know?"

Kyoya adjusted his glasses and sighed, "Sorry Mori-senpai, Haruhi, I kept them at bay as long as I could."

Tamaki scowled and bellowed, "Just what does that mean Mon Ami?" Glancing at the two people in the doorway once again, he noticed that Mori's arm was wrapped around Haruhi wrist and he started to sputter, but he wasn't able to get out any words… at least none that were coherent, "Waist… arm… Mori-senpai…"

This whole attempt at speech caused Hunny and the twins to start laughing. Hikaru and Kaoru didn't even have the opportunity to tease their friend because he was already doing a bang up job getting worked up on his own. They didn't need to do anything.

Blinking, Haruhi looked up at her boyfriend before staring at her friends and smiling, "Oh that's right. Mori-senpai won the bet. I kissed him first."

It was too much for Tamaki to take and he started to feel dizzy and wound up stumbling over the railing. Luckily there was a moving van right there, so he didn't fall far. Unfortunately, the van took off and he fell off the roof moments later.

The hosts rushed to their friend's side, laughing as they did so since he didn't appear to be hurt since he was standing up and looking around like nothing ever happened. Kyoya chalked it up to yet another example of Tamaki defying physics yet again.

When his friends arrived, Tamaki looked at the six of them, "I think I hit my head against something and was dreaming. When did we get here? I dreamt that Haruhi said that Mori-senpai won the bet."

"He did," the twins announced happily together.

"WAH?!" Tamaki screeched.

"You know what else Tama-Chan? Takashi doesn't need the prize that Kyo-Chan offered because he won Haru-Chan!" Hunny yelled enthusiastically.

Tamaki's eyes snapped to that of the natural and wild host. They were holding hands and standing very close together. Was Hunny right? But wasn't he supposed to win the bet and the girl? He was the princely type.

"Yes, apparently, Mori-senpai won the ultimate prize. Aren't you happy for them Tamaki," Kyoya smiled. Of course it wasn't a normal smile and his best friend knew that; it was a smile that was full of promise if the blond did something untoward.

Allowing his eyes to rove over Mori and Haruhi once more, he saw the female host step closer to her protector as Mori wrapped his arm around her once again. Yes, it was more than apparent that the stoic host had won the ultimate prize and it was written all over the couple's face. He also didn't want to know what Kyoya had in store for him should he do anything stupid. Sighing with defeat, Tamaki finally said, "Then I must congratulate you two on your new relationship. She is a wonderful girl Mori-senpai." However, everything inside him was screaming to go into daddy mode, and he still might.

"I know," Mori glanced down at his girlfriend and grinned.

Unable to hold it back any further, Tamaki shouted, "But if you hurt my little girl, you will have to answer to me. Don't think that I completely approve of this match. I will be watching you like a hawk…" He kept going and the others just tuned him out and started walking towards the cars leaving him behind.

"Do you guys want to come with us to get something to eat?" Haruhi asked her friends. Tamaki was still in the same spot carrying on with his rant. It had become a low buzz and background noise to her.

"If you don't come along, we will leave you behind. We're all going to lunch," Kyoya yelled as the door to the car was opened. Before he could get in the car, Tamaki had raced over and rushed into the vehicle causing the bespectacled teen to chuckle. One thing was for sure, it was never boring around the Host Club and each day was full of surprises. Getting into the car, he shook his head and smiled to himself. Mori and Haruhi were now together and they truly did belong together, Tamaki had accepted the relationship without as much fuss as he had anticipated, and so far the twins were behaving themselves; however, the day was still young and he wasn't relaxing his guard around two mischievous troublemakers.

Leaning over, Mori kissed Haruhi on the top of her head as they headed to lunch. When he agreed to the bet on New Year's Eve, he hadn't expected her to act the way she did or that she would find out about their gambling addiction when it came to her; although he really hoped that the bets would stop now that he was dating her. However, the two kisses he received that night pushed wide the door that had been opened a crack, and now he had the girl of his dreams. Haruhi had been right; he had won the ultimate prize and it beat winning a kendo trophy any day.