A/N: Hello, I thought it would be nice if I put a little blurb like thing here, to tell you where this is going. Okay what's happening is Kyoya and Haruhi realizes their feelings for each other however there are complications for Kyoya eg. He is from a high-classed family whereas she is only a commoner. He then tries to shield himself away from Haruhi to stop those feelings. Haruhi gets deeply hurt by this and Kyoya is also hurt to see Haruhi hurt. And I haven't figured out how it would go on from there so we'll have to wait and see. Right now, they're in the 'realizing their feelings' bit. Yes, I have decided that this fanfic is going to be a fairly long one.

Okay, enjoy!

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4

A little gesture

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Haruhi was looking at him through those big eyes of hers. Damn. He quickly averted his gaze somewhere else. Kyoya was beginning to realise that he was feeling oddly uncomfortable sitting there with her. He stared hard ahead at nothing in particular trying to ignore those perceptive eyes that were looking into his soul.

"Ano, Kyoya sempai?" Haruhi asked tentatively.

"Yes Haruhi?"

"What are you looking at?"

She was right, what was he looking at. Kyoya's eyes quickly focused in. A statue of Santa Clause. Shaking his head commoners, they tell their children such lies about an imaginary christmas character.

"I wasn't really looking at anything in particular. I was merely thinking deeply about something" about you Kyoya added silently in his mind.

At this time a loud cry was heard from across the food court. "KYOYA-KUN!! HARUHIIIII!!! DADDY WAS WORRIED!! WHERE DID YOU RUN OFF TO?" Upon hearing that, Haruhi sank lower into her chair. Kyoya looked around and saw Tamaki, the twins, Hunny and Mori running towards them.

"I was hungry but I didn't want to interupt you guys because you seemed to be having so much fun looking at um, ordinary stuff" Replied Haruhi innocently.

Kyoya smirked. He had picked up on Haruhi's light sarcasm. Clearly Tamaki had not picked up on it. "BUT WE'RE A FAMILY! FAMILY MUST STICK TOGETHER" Okay, this is starting to get a tad ridiculous thought Haruhi, tables around them were all staring, Haruhi could almost hear their thoughts what a .. young family, are they for real?

"You guys hungry or not? If not, we'll just keep shopping, I've finished my food" The crew cheered at more shopping (translation: looking around at perfectly normal everyday items).

As they were walking through a cardiology shop, Haruhi spotted a cute little bear sitting on a shelf. She smiled at it fondly. She remembered that her mother had always liked to surprise her with stuffed toys when she was young. Haruhi picked up the bear from the shelf, she decided that she would visit her mother's grave tomorrow morning and leave the little bear there as a gift for her. At the counter, she reached for her pocket, then did she remember that she didn't bring enough money in her wallet. Damn

Before she could turn around, a slender hand held the bear forward, Haruhi could feel the gentle heat coming from the body behind hers and with the other hand, Kyoya handed over the money. It felt like Kyoya was embracing her. Haruhi felt a tinkly feeling somewhere but couldn't quite place where she had felt it. Haruhi breathed in deeply, inhaling his scent.

She never really had such an intimate contact before. Something about Kyoya makes her want to know more. He was such a dark and composed person on the outside, but for some strange feeling, Haruhi enjoyed his company. He was not a loud person, generally not annoying nor could one say he was 'evil'. However what bothered her about him was that he never kept his guard down, it was like he built a wall to protect him from other people and almost as if, to protect other people from him. Haruhi had heard many rumors that he was cold and cared little about others however, she knew they were wrong. She still hadn't forgotten the time when she met him at the mall. He had been protective and managed to cause the shopkeeper much trouble much to her pleasure, yet at that time, no financial profit was available to him.

She smiled but soon noticed that his fragrance was no longer there. He was waiting outside for everyone again. She frowned, why did he have to be so confusing. "You have a very good-looking boyfriend" smiled the shopkeeper.

"Uh, h-he's not my boyfriend" Stuttered Haruhi.

"Oh" the now confused shopkeeper was saying. "Well, he certainly cares for you"

Haruhi could feel a deep blush creeping onto her cheeks. As she walked outside to join Kyoya, she looked down so that he could not see her pink face

"Thank you Kyoya-sempai. I will give you back the money tomorrow" The words rushed out of her mouth.

"No, its fine" Was his flat reply.

She frowned again. Perhaps the whole incident was imagined? No it can't be, his reply proves that it happened. She continued to analyze the situation until Kyoya's voice broke through her train of thoughts.

"Haruhi, would you like it if I take you out for a coffee tomorrow before noon?"

"Eh?" was Haruhi's surprised answer as she felt a warm feeling spread over her body.

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A/N: FINALLY!!! Haruhi and Kyoya are showing some more feelings. I was wondering if I rushed things. Hmmm. I was also wondering how long should I make a chapter? This chapter had been rather long compared to my other ones but I've noticed that in other fanfics, the authors had made their chapters three pages long, so I was wondering should I keep it at its current length or lengthen it?

I am writing another fanfic, this time, its Prince of Tennis and I'm co-writing it. If anyone is interested, you can find it at my profile page. It's called 'The young professors' genre: humor and light romance.

Once again, thank you to all the people who have reviewed this story, it has made my day!! Everytime I get a review, I spend the rest of the day grinning like an idiot but that's okay, I'll be a happy idiot. XD

Okay, I just realized that this author note is ridiculously long so I'm going to end it.

Now, shall we continue? ----