Hey guys,

Sorry again about the last chapter. I wanted to do SO MUCH MORE with the blind date with Kurtis, but my ipod was on the verge of death and I really wanted to get the story out to you guys. So i wrapped it up pretty quick. Sorry! Hey, again thanks for all the great reviews I'm getting on this story. Those reviews are what are keeping this story ALIVE! :) haha so anyway, I appreciate all the awesome reviews I'm getting. You guys ROCK!

~NumberSixteen

Hikaru wasn't the only one who noticed that there was something different about Haruhi. All of them were glancing at eachother behind Haruhi's back.

She seemed so peppy today, but nobody could put their finger on why...

Hikaru wondered to himself if it had something to do with the date.

No. He thought to himself and quickly dismissed the thought.

Suddenly, Haruhi reached over to the coffee table that was in front of the couch she sat on and grabbed a CUPCAKE.

Tamaki nearly passed out behind her. Haruhi ONLY ate sweets when she HAD to. Now, she just... GRABS ONE?

What's going on in that head of yours Haruhi? Hikaru thought to himself.

She ate the cupcake unconsciously as she talked with one of her guests.

Hunny and Mori sat and stared at her in shock.

Kyoya didn't seem to care.

Tamaki was in despair.

Kaoru was staring right at his brother.

And Hikaru? Well, his reaction was different, He wasn't surprised nor confused. He was curious.

He glanced up at the clock on the wall. The host club closed up for cleanup in an hour. He could wait an hour.

All his guests were calling his name from a small table. He walked over to join his brother that stood with them.

He couldn't concentrate on pleasing the girls though.

He's thoughts were filled with curiousity about Haruhi. Why was she acting so weird?

The hour seemed to DRAG by.

The whole time, Tamaki was trying to drag her away to ask her what was going on, but her guests seemed to not want to let her walk away.

Finally, Tamaki called out the familiar closing call.

"Alright everyone, Time to head on out. We have to clean up the host club and set up for tomorrow! Goodbye all you LOVELY ladies!"

Haruhi walked her guests to the door. When they had left, she turned from the door around.

The Ouran Host Club stood in front of her. All of them were staring at her intently, trying to figure her out.

"What?" Haruhi asked. "You guys have been acting weird all day!" She crossed her arms.

Tamaki creeped forward and spoke up first. "We aren't the ones acting weird, now are we Haruhi?"

"What is that supposed to mean?" Haruhi hollered.

Hikaru stepped forward and looked Haruhi seriously in the eye. "It means you're acting weird and we want to know why."

Haruhi lifted her eyebrows and looked at all of the serious faces in front of her. Then, she started laughing.

Yes, LAUGHING. She was lauging at them!

All of them turned and looked at eachother in complete, and total shock.

Haruhi stopped laughing after a second or so. "What?"

They all looked at her with still-serious faces. Kyoya was the one to speak up. "We weren't joking, Haruhi. We were serious."

Haruhi looked surprised. "What do you mean by weird? I'm not acting weird. I'm just Haruhi." She shrugged. "What am I doing that is so weird?"

Tamaki spoke up, "You are in a GOOD mood."

Then Hikaru spoke up, "Eating sweets casually."

Then Kaoru followed up on his brother, "Laughing."

Hikaru spoke again, "It's all too good to be true."

Hunny looked at her from Mori's shoulders. "Yeah, You never do stuff like that, Haru!" His face was confused in a childish way.

"Oh come on!" Haruhi swung her head back.

She turned and looked back at the host club.

"I'm going home!" She muttered and left.

"She's not going to help clean up?" Hunny asked quietly as Mori set him down.

"No." Mori said bluntly.

"Aw!" Hunny sighed.

Haruhi arrived at her apartment. She went to her room and sat on her bed. Sunlight filtered in through an open window. A light breeze felt good on her face.

She wondered what had the Host club all worked up.

She wasn't acting weird.

Was she?

No.

She couldn't.

Why would she?

She thought about this for a while.

Then her mind moved on to other things.

Kurtis.

She began to daydream about him.

She fell back onto her pillow and allowed herself to shut her eyes for a brief second.

She loved thinking about him.

He was so facinating.

So similar to her.

She loved that.

When her eyes finally fluttered open, It had been an hour and a half.

It felt like it had been five minutes, She muttered to herself.

Then she saw the necklace Hikaru gave her by the clock on the bedside table.

She lifted it up.

On the back was the same engraving she had found the night before.

It was greek alright.

Her fingers traced the edges of the markings.

What could they mean?

Why were they on this key?

Why was Hikaru at a commoners shop?

All these questions she asks herself. Each one has an answer. Each answer has a meaning.

She wondered all these things to herself.

The front door of her apartment opened.

"Haruhi! I'm home early!" Ranka's voice echoed down the hall to her room.

"I'm in here, Dad!" Haruhi called to him.

Moments later, Ranka had dashed into her room.

"So... How was the date...?" He sat down beside her on her bed.

She sat up.

"Well." She began, "I was actually kind of fun..."

"Really? Where did he take you?" Ranka asked urgently.

"To this little restraunt on the other side of town. It was delicious."

"Ooo!" Ranka clapped his hands gleefully. "What do you think of Kurtis?"

"Umm..." Haruhi tapped her chin. "Where do I start? He was amazing!"

Ranka beamed. "Really?"

"Yeah!" Haruhi started to get excited. "He and I have SO MUCH in common that we could be the same person!"

"That's awesome!" Ranka took her hand in his.

"Yeah, we are going out again on Friday." Haruhi blushed.

"Really? A second date, Haruhi? That's amazing! This guys must be really great!"

"Yup. He was pretty great." Haruhi smiled shyly.

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~NumberSixteen

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CHAPTER 5 PREVIEW CALLED: THE CLOUDS

Haruhi wasn't sure what to wear on the second date. A skirt? The only dress she owns? Or should she dress casual since they are simply just going to the park for a few hours.

She had friday off of school. She looked in the mirror.

She had talked to Kurtis on the phone last night. He originally came up with the idea of going to the park.

What do you wear to the park? She wondered to herself.

She had only been to the park a handful of times.

"Hmmm..." She looked in her closet for a skirt.

She had found several, but couldn't decide on one.

She took out the same sandels she wore last time she was out with Kurtis.

She was determined to match the skirt and top with the shoes.

She looked back at the closet. She had chosen a skirt. Now, a shirt was to be found.

She found the perfect one to match the skirt and sandels. She looked back in the full body mirror.

She thought she looked really cute.

She put on Hikaru's necklace.

She wore...

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