Circumstance
"Thank you for coming with me." Haruhi and Kyouya walked onto the beach with Tamaki, the twins, Mori and Hunny.
"Thank you for inviting me." He smiled.
Hikaru and Kaoru ran up and pulled Haruhi away from Kyouya and toward the water. "Aaa!" She had a small towel wrapped around her waist, but it fell off as they did.
"Haruhi, come with us!" Soon after, they were all in the water.
Hunny and Mori were sitting on the beach, playing with sand. Or, rather. Hunny was, and Mori was slightly playing with him.
Tamaki walked up to Kyouya. "Hello!"
"Hello." Kyouya looked to him.
"I'm happy you came." Tamaki smiled. "You usually don't come when I ask you, though. What's the deal?"
Kyouya smiled. "I just felt like it today."
Tamaki smiled. "Liar." He started walking away. "I saw it. Haruhi asked you."
Kyouya's eyes widened. He looked around and then walked over to Hunny and Mori. "Hello, Mori."
"Hello." Mori looked up to him.
Kyouya sat down next to them on a chair.
The twins and Haruhi were still in the water swimming around.
"Hikaru!" Kaoru was chasing him, but Haruhi jumped on him, wrapping her arms around his waist to save Hikaru.
"Ha!" Hikaru smiled and swam away.
Kaoru frowned, but then turned around and looked at Haruhi who was laughing. He smiled, and shook his head, softly. She was so cute. Then, she realized she was still holding onto him. She let go.
"Sorry." She laughed, but then nearly blushed.
Kyouya sat up.
Tamaki growled from his sitting position and thought about going into the water as well…but wasn't sure what he'd do once he was there.
Mori watched both Kyouya and Tamaki. Hunny played in the sand and ate candy.
Then, Hikaru came up and grabbed Haruhi by the waist, pulling her away from Kaoru. "Bah!" She laughed, surprised.
Kaoru's eyes widened, then narrowed. "Hey!" He went after Hikaru, who was tickling Haruhi.
"Hahaha!" She was trying to get away, but he kept a firm grip. "Hikaruuuu!" She put her hand out on his stomach, to try to push herself away, laughing.
Kyouya and Tamaki stood up.
Kaoru came up and pulled Haruhi away, making her laugh even harder. "Wait!" He pulled her under the water.
Kyouya, Tamaki, Hikaru, and Mori were still as they waited for them to surface: laughing and splashing in the water. (Hunny continued to eat candy)
But they were under the water for a while, making everyone nervous.
However, when they surfaced, both of them were quiet, and Haruhi just looked at Kaoru. He was still holding her very close to him, and she wasn't pulling away.
Everyone watched.
Kaoru looked down. Haruhi put her hand on his stomach, and looked out towards the sea.
Everyone watched.
Finally, Haruhi leaned her head against his, and then slowly walked away from him and up onto the beach.
Everyone watched.
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When they got back to the Academy, they all changed into their uniforms and walked into the music room as customers began walking in.
Haruhi was surprised how crowded it was. Kyouya and Tamaki kept looking from where they were over to her, and then to Kaoru.
Haruhi tried her best not to look at Kaoru.
"Haruhi!" The girls sat around her and giggled. "How are you?"
"Oh." She smiled. "Good. How are you doing?"
"Good!" They all laughed.
Kaoru and Hikaru sat next to their customers who smiled, waiting for them to hold each other. So they did. Hikaru looked into Kaoru's eyes. "What did you do to her, my brother?"
"Huh?" One of the girls said.
"I mean." He cleared his voice. "Kaoru, I love you."
He couldn't come up with anything better.
The girls swooned. They were easy to please.
Hunny had seen more than everyone had thought he did, and was watching what was going on in the music room as well. "Takashi?" He looked up at Mori. "Did Kaoru kiss Haruhi?"
"NO!" Tamaki said from a few feet away.
"Kiss who?" A girl said who was next to him. "Did he say Kaoru kissed Haruhi?"
"No," Tamaki turned to her and said, longingly, as he nearly brushed his lips against hers. "Hunny said the name… 'Maruhi.'"
"Ooohhhh." She almost fainted.
Kyouya looked to Kaoru with contempt and distrust as girls sat around himself.
"Kyouya, how has your day been?" He turned to them, his glasses flashing. "Ohhhh, they sat back in their chairs, fanning themselves."
Haruhi was surprised that she was having a hard time thinking. What was going on? She shook her head.
"Haruhi?" One of the girls put her hand out on hers. "Is there something the matter?" She batted her eyes.
As Haruhi looked up, Kaoru happened to get eye contact with her from across the room. She felt flushed. Then, she smiled. "No." She looked away and put her hand up to her chest. "No. I'm sorry. I'm fine."
Both Tamaki and Kyouya weren't good at just stating what they felt when it came to love. But obviously someone had done something of the sort before them. Dammit. What would they do? The looked to Kaoru. He looked to Tamaki and then to Kyouya. He gulped. They both looked down.
Looking back up, they smiled.
War, then.
