And With One Kiss

Chapter Four

The Suoh-Fujioka house was dressed from top to bottom in different shades of blue and white to go along with Tamaki's theme of winter wonderland. All throughout the house the smell of gingerbread drifted and on the table in the dining room was a platter full of blue tinted wine glasses with a bottle of champagne adorning it.

Haruhi had been working over time trying to bake enough cookies to feed all the guests that were coming, which even though it was only five former hosts, three girlfriends, one wife and a little girl, it was still a lot of people, especially since Hunny and his daughter shared the same sweet tooth.

"Haru-honey!" Tamaki's shrill voice rang through the kitchen as he made his way to his adorable wife and put his arms around her waist from behind.

"I see you're not going to stop on the whole nickname thing, are you?" Haruhi stated flatly, a tad bit annoyed that he wasn't giving up on his little venture.

"Of course not, Haruhi! For me to stop trying to find the perfect nickname for you wouldn't make me a very good boyfriend!" Tamaki exclaimed, resting his chin on the top of Haruhi's little head.

"No, but it would sure make you a bearable one." Haruhi muttered under her breath, much to Tamaki's disgrace.

"But Haruhi~! I thought you loved me!" He whined, tightening his grip around the small brunette.

"Tamaki! I'm trying to bake cookies here and you're distracting me!" She yelled, pushing her way out of his iron embrace before finally getting back to rolling out the dough for the next batch of sweets.

"Awww, Haruhi! Let me make it up to you! I can help!" Tamaki pleaded, taking the powdered sugar cup and turning it directly over the already finished cookies.

"Tamaki! Wait-!" Haruhi started, but it was too late as powdered sugar got all over the counter and Haruhi's shirt, leaving the blonde to have wide, teary eyes.

"Oh Haruhi! I'm so sorry!" Tamaki started, taking a step towards his angry girlfriend before immediately feeling something kinda of cold hit his cheek. When he put his hand to his face to touch it, he felt that it was in fact something quite sticky, and when he tasted it, it turned out to be... gingerbread dough?

"Did you... just throw gingerbread at me?" Tamaki pronounced slowly and carefully, looking over at his giggling Haruhi with a spoonful of dough in her hands.

"Perhaps I did Tamaki." Haruhi giggled, dabbing her finger in powdered sugar before walking up to her tall boyfriend and smearing it on his nose.

"Hm, that's not very nice of you Haruhi." Tamaki attempted to say seriously, but deep down inside he was laughing, which was shown physically through the slight smile that was peeking. Within a moment, Tamaki had drenched all five of the fingers on his left hand in sugar and bopped Haruhi's lips, one at a time before caressing her chin and leaning down, carefully placing his lips on hers before tapping his nose against her cheek, leaving another trail of powder on Haruhi's face.

"Tamaki, we really should clean up though, shouldn't we?" Haruhi laughed, taking a wet towel and wiping the sugar and dough off of Tamaki's face. He then seized her hand and took the towel back, wiping the counter tops with it.

"You can go ahead and take your shower and get changed. I'll stay here, clean up, and let everyone in when they come, alright?" He assured Haruhi, kissing her one last time on the forehead before watching her walk off and up the stairs to their bedroom.

A few minutes had passed by when there was a knock on the door, followed by the sounds of people entering the house.

"Oh Tama-chan! Where are you?" Hunny yelled through the home, followed by his wife Minami and his daughter Risuka.

"I'm here!" Tamaki announced, prancing into the foyer to see his old friend and his family standing there in matching pink coats.

"Uncle Tama!" Risuka cheered, running over to the blonde as fast as her little legs could carry her and squeezing his legs.

"It's my little Risuka!" Tamaki greeted happily, picking the small child up and hugging her. "How are you doing?"

"I'm doing good, Tama!" The brown eyed girl replied, "But you know what would make me really happy?"

Tamaki laughed a little bit. "What would make you really happy? Just tell me and you'll have it."

"If I had a slice of wedding cake!" Risuka answered sweetly, "That's why I can't wait for you and auntie Haruhi to get married!"

Tamaki looked at the little girl astounded for a second before letting a wide smile spread across his face.

"Don't worry, something tells me you won't have to wait too much longer," Tamaki confessed, winking at the girl before setting her back down on the ground. "So, would little Risuka like to have some cookies? Auntie Haruhi made them herself!"

The blonde girl screamed a high pitched 'yay' before running from the adults and into the kitchen, followed by another knocking on the door. Tamaki walked over and pulled on the handle, fully ready to hug whoever was out there.

"Boss, don't even think about trying to hug us right now." The twins chorused in unison as they too trotted in with their girlfriends behind them, followed by Mori, Yuri, and a very much single Kyoya; the girls and Mori all made an effort to wish Tamaki a Merry Christmas or a simple hello before walking in.

"How's everyone doing on this crisp December day?" Haruhi chirped, coming down the stairs in a dark blue sweater that had white stripes running horizontally against it.

"Great, and how are you?" Yuri replied, hanging her coat up on the coat hanger.

"Cold, but relatively fine." Haruhi answered, giving a hug to her friend.

"So Kyoya, how are you doing considering the fact that it seems you are still by all means single?" Kaoru pestered the raven haired man, poking at his shoulder while Hikaru mimicked his actions on his opposite side.

"I'm doing fine thank you very much." He growled at them, obviously not in the mood for it.

"Aww, why is wittle Kyoya so gwouchy?" Hikaru mocked, rubbing Kyoya's hair until it was all messy.

"Is it because you don't have anyone to spend Chwistmas with this year?" Kaoru joined, pushing at Kyoya's lips in a weak attempt to pull the corners up in a smile.

"I swear if you do not take your hands off of me I will take you two down to hell with me." Kyoya hissed, standing up from his spot and moving to a different couch next to Minami and Risuka.

"You're no fun, Kyoya!" The twins whined, standing up and walking back over to where their own girlfriends were sitting.

"But I do believe you two bring up a good point," Haruhi started, looking over at Kyoya who didn't look like he was very much into the whole Christmas spirit thing. "you always seem happier when you have a girlfriend, Kyoya-sempai."

"Oh please; not you too, Haruhi." Kyoya rolled his eyes, checking out the not very spectacular light fixture in the living room that was hovering far over their heads on the ceiling. Kyoya would have given anything to have it just break from the ceiling and hit him straight on the head, putting him out of his misery for another Christmas.

"All we're saying is that perhaps you should go out and try to find someone." Haruhi finished.

"There are plenty of nurses who work in the same building as me Kyoya, I could give you some suggestions on who would be the best match for you." Yuri chirped, smiling politely at her boss.

"Thank you Yuri, but I believe I'll be just fine." He mumbled, though threw a grin her way. Kyoya always believed in the philosophy that it was important for employers to have a relationship with their workers so he never quite admitted it, but he tried hard most of the time to make them happy or at least give them some satisfaction.

"Well anyway," Tamaki interrupted, "I think that since everyone is finally here, it's time to finally pass out presents and start drinking some wine."

"Good, we really need some lately." The twins added in a monotone voice as they walked over to the oak dining room table and Hikaru picked up the green bottle filled with champagne while Kaoru brought the trays of glasses.

"Why do you say that?" Minami asked, trading looks with her friends around the room though was met with desperate shakes of the head from both Emori and Kathleen. Confused at the notion, Minami craned her neck back to the twins and soon realized why she shouldn't have mentioned it.

"Well Minami," Hikaru started bitterly, his face scrunching up in an annoyed manner.

"it is an unfortunate fact of life that you will meet a certain type of person who just makes you want to consider committing first degree murder." Kaoru continued, trying his hardest to keep his shaky voice under control while setting down the glasses on the living room table.

"Who's pissing you off?" Tamaki questioned innocently, though once he saw the continually growing red faces of Hikaru and Kaoru, he too understood that the matter shouldn't have been pushed anymore than necessary.

"It's-"

"Okay! Hikaru, Kaoru, calm down please." Emori exclaimed over her boyfriend and his brother, taking a the bottle from Hikaru, pouring two glasses and handing them to the twins who each took a sip quickly before releasing a deep breathe.

"Yes, we're sorry." Hikaru replied calmly, taking another delicate sip.

"That's good to hear." Emori mumbled, getting on her tippy toes and connecting her lips to Hikaru's cheek lightly, feeling his face pull up into a smile and his skin start to warm.

"So, are you two just going to hog the wine all for yourself or...?" Haruhi asked, standing up and moving to where the glasses had been standing before picking up the bottle and pouring some into each of them. Hikaru and Kaoru then proceeded to pass them out to everyone but Hikaru received quite a shock when he reached his girlfriend.

"No thank you." Emori replied politely.

"What? But you love wine!"

"I'm just not in the mood for it tonight."

"Perhaps I didn't hear you right, did you just say you're-"

"Not going to accept the wine? Yes, yes I did. You can go ahead and drink my share yourself."

Poor Hikaru stood there dumbfounded by his girlfriends actions; was she okay? Through their year of dating she had never refused an offer for alcohol; it was like her weakness. He didn't get to look too far into it before he felt someone grab him from behind.

"She said she doesn't want any wine, now stop pressuring her!" Kathleen commanded, taking Hikaru's other arm and twisting it behind his back.

"Alright, alright! Kaoru! Get her out of this trance thing again!" Hikaru exclaimed, feeling a pain go through his arm.

"Kathleen! It's alright, I promise!" Kaoru assured his girlfriend, who after a few more moments of keeping Hikaru locked in his stance, finally let go and backed off.

"What happened?" She started saying before she looked at Kaoru, who had a sympathetic look on his face. "Oh no! I did it again, didn't I?"

"Just a little bit." Kaoru confessed, taking her hand and leading her back to the couch they were sitting on, comforting her.

"I just hate it when my justice mode turns on, you know?" Kathleen disclosed, shaking her head and resting her chin in her palm.

"Well don't, it's a good quality to have and I'm glad you have it." Kaoru replied sweetly, gracefully kissing her on the lips, happy that he was feeling her smile into it.

Back at the couch opposite from them, Hikaru just released a heavy sigh before setting Emori's wine glass down on the table and placing himself on the leather couch next to her.

"Emori, are you feeling alright?" Hikaru whispered to her, not wanting to bring too much attention to himself or Emori.

"Of course I am, why do you ask?"

"It's just that I know you fairly well and this just doesn't seem like you. You're refusing wine, being uncharacteristically nice, I saw you eat three cartons full of boiled eggs earlier, you just don't seem to be acting like yourself lately." Hikaru pouted, placing his hand on her cheek while moving a stray brown hair out of the way of her perfect face.

"Hikaru, I'm fine, no need to worry so much." Emori answered, slightly biting her lip to try and hide her inner panic. How does someone as oblivious to life as Hikaru actually catch on to her habits and such? She was just hoping that he wasn't smart enough to piece the puzzle together because right now was not the right time to explain how she had been hiding his unborn child from him for two weeks.

"If you say so." Hikaru finally spoke up again, leaning back into his seat, but not wavering his suspicious look at Emori.

Almost simultaneously there was a deep sigh of relief from Haruhi, Yuri, and Kathleen, who were each close enough to hear the conversation and relieved that Hikaru was dumb enough to not continue the subject anymore.

"That was close." Yuri mumbled to herself, attracting the attention of Mori.

"Hmm?"

"Oh, nothing, don't worry about it, Mori." Yuri assured her boyfriend, smiling brightly at him until he returned the gesture back, turning back to his cousin as they reengaged into conversation.

Kyoya in the meantime sat there in between Minami and Risuka and looked around the room at his friends. All of them were happy and merry having found their soul mates and where was he? Successful of course, but what was there to do? His last relationship fell through quite easily after he realized that she was only dating him because her father wanted to be connected to the company, and all of the ones before that had been basically the same, leaving Kyoya secretly heartbroken and not very eager to date again, not that he'd ever tell his friends that.

On that winter day, the youngest Otori sat there, uncomfortable with all of his joyful friends and unhappy; lost in the thought that perhaps he may just find himself alone for the rest of his life.


A:N: Heylo world! I'm happy to announce that I'm back with a new chapter of this story. (Though that did take quite an unexpected turn at the end there. I didn't even have that part planned out in the story line, but it just kinda happened. Oopsie.)

I'm actually quite surprised at how well this story is doing considering that when it had only three chapters and had already 11 favorites and 22 follows so to all of you people who are reading this, thank you so much! You are definitely making my day a lot brighter. (Lord knows that we all need some of that, huh?)

I'm sorry for the relatively slow updates, you see, the story line for this story isn't exactly all the way thought out, I have it planned to maybe chapter 30 but past that I'm still finding new things to put in and eventually trying to find the perfect end. (It's practically the complete opposite from my other story What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger, where I have everything planned out perfectly.)

Another thing, I've started another new story since I last updated called Rose White Piano Keys, so if you're into seeing the host club as waiters, I highly recommend that that is the story for you.

Anywhosie, thank you to everyone who reviewed, added to their favorites, or followed; it means the world and I absolutely can't thank you anymore! (To that one anon, Michaelshairdye, if that is a 5 Seconds Of Summer reference I just want to hug you through the screen.)