Chapter Four: New

Tamaki grumbled as he was shaken to conciousness. He opened his eyes to find that the culprit (or should I say culprits) were none other than the twins, already dressed in their uniforms, an evil glint in their eyes.

"Wake up milord, you're going to be late," Hikaru said poking Tamaki in the chest.

"Get off me you foul devils! I will sleep if I want to!" Tamaki rolled over ignoring the twins who merely shrugged and began to exit the room.

"Too bad milord is still sleeping." Kaoru muttered.

"He won't be able to see Haru-chan until the Host Club if he doesn't go to school." Hikaru continued in a very loud whisper. Tamaki immediatly jumped up and rushed into the bathroom to get ready. The twins snickered.

"What?" Haruhi's eyes had expanded to nearly twice their size. Kyoya again chuckled.

"Don't tell me you had no idea." Haruhi fidgeted.

"Well I figured Tamaki probably did but," a sudden thought came to her and she blushed looking up worried, "D-do you like me Kyoya-senpai?" Kyoya instantly froze. While it was true he didn't feel like Tamaki did for her, he had grown fond of Haruhi...

"Not that way Haruhi. Although I do find myself caring for you, I have no wish to date you." Haruhi exhaled, relieved and continued to stare at the table. Kyoya glanced at the clock again, noting that time had passed quickly and he had only a few more minutes with her.

"Haruhi, it's almost time to go so I'll just wrap this up. I'll be thinking up exactly how we will reveal your gender, and in turn, please don't get too freaked out about what I told you. Don't feel pressured into doing anything, it might even be best you still pretended you don't know. Anyway, I've got to be off, I have a Chem final that I should brush up for. See you this afternoon Haruhi." Kyoya stood and with as much grace as he could he left. He felt weird. He had just shown Haruhi so much of his secret nature he felt almost...violated. As long as it was Haruhi though, he didn't think he minded all that much...

Haruhi remained at her seat thinking over all she and Kyoya had talked about. With a sigh she stood up and headed towards the dressing rooms. She was going to have to bind herself before class started and she was not looking forward to it. Her skin was still hurting, and even the lotion she had applied last night had not helped much.

The music room was quiet, which made sense since she was the only person there, but still...Haruhi shivered slightly at the cool air coming into contact with her bare skin. She double checked the lock on the door and pulled out the ACE bandage. 'Here we go again. Hopefully this is the last time...' Haruhi thought as she taped the cloth to her skin and began to wrap.

It was very hard to bind herself without any help, it didn't flatten much but it was better than wearing a bra she supposed. After experimentally moving around and wincing, Haruhi was satisfied and she pulled her shirt back on. She heard the door open and she was pretty sure she heard Tamaki yelling at the twins. She sighed, pulled on her blazer and went out to face the terrible trio.

She seemed to have walked in on an argument already in progress as she caught only the end of Tamaki's rant. "-plan will be ruined because of you devils!" Haruhi cleared her throat and three pairs of eye snapped around to see her. Haruhi restrained a blush as her and Kyoya's conversation popped into her head. She couldn't help it, all she could do was look at them now, really look.

She noticed Tamaki first, obviously since he was bolting towards her to glomp her no doubt, and was surprised almost. She had known he was handsome but it was really only then that she noticed just how golden his hair was, how violet those exotic half French eyes were...and when he finally reached her and tackled her to the ground, she couldn't help but notice the outline of his abs against her stomach, or how soft his skin was wear he brushed his cheek against hers...

"Haurhi!" He yelled, "I missed you! did you miss me? How was your night? What are your plans for the weekend? Haruhi!" Haruhi growled and pushed Tamaki off her, righting herself before sending a deathglare to the twins.

"Thank's for the help guys." She muttered. The twins grinned simultaniously, suddenly appearing on either side of her. Haruhi tried to ignore it when Hikaru wrapped his arms around her waist, but she had some trouble when he leaned close to whisper in her ear, "You're looking good today Haruhi." Haruhi rolled her eyes but froze when Kaoru mirrored his brother's actions and whispered, "Yes she is, isn't she?"

Together the twins chorused, "Don't you agree Tono?" Tamaki, who was currently in his corner of woe from being pushed away by his lovely daughter, darted towards the twins outraged by their scandalous behavior.

"DEVIL TWINS!" He shouted, once again glomping Haruhi, and the twins as well. The four tumbled to ground , a pile of limbs. Haruhi was blushing trying desperately not to focus on Hikaru's accidental hand on her thigh, or Kaoru's face millimeters away from hers, and she definately wasn't thinking about Tamaki laying on top of her, his hands on the floor on either side of her head.

And since God was in a particularly spiteful mood that morning, that is when Mori happened to open the clubroom doors. Mori froze, an expression of shock clear on his face. Haruhi tried to get up, but it seems that Tamaki and the twins had decided to hold a debate in their positions. Harhui struggled more but she got no where. Finally she turned to Mori with an exasperated expression and called out, "Senpai? A little help?"

Mori strode over to the group and effortlessly lifted Haruhi out of the tangle. Haruhi blushed trying not to notice his large, warm hands holding her up from under her arms. Gently he set her down beside him and patted her hair affectionately. Haruhi sighed and smiled to her savior.

"Thank's Mori-senpai."

"Haruhi." She looked over to find Mori smiling and watching her. Tamaki and the "devil spawns" as Tamaki was calling them, had migrated over to a table, leaving the two standing together near the entrance.

"Yes?" Mori continued looking at her, seeming to consider something, but then his expression changed and he simply monotoned, "How's your chest?"

"WHAT?" Tamaki had apparently decided to start paying attention right at that moment. Immediatly he was hovering over Haruhi screeching, "WHAT IS HIS TALKING ABOUT? WHY IS MORI-SENPAI ASKING ABOUT MY DAUGHTERS CHEST? I don't understand, where did I go wrong raising my beautiful daughter! She had been defiled by that evil evil man!"

Haruhi sighed, and realizing that Tamaki had dissappeared to his inner mind theater she tapped Mori's arm and nodded her head towards the door. The bell was going to ring soon anyways. Together they grabbed their bags and exited to music room, a companionable silence surrounding them. As they walked down, the now crowded halls, Haruhi began noticing odd looks coming her way. She turned to Mori and found him already staring her way.

"Senpai why are people looking at us?"

"Your bandage..."

"huh?" Haruhi looked down and noticed a small piece of her ACE bandage sticking out from her coat. All the roughing around with Tamaki and the twins had apparently loosened it.

"Crap." Haruhi muttered. Mori sighed, placed an arm around Haruhi's shoulders and swerved them off in the direction of the school's dojo.

"Um senpai?" Haruhi asked nervously, trying to ignore the gasps of fangirls.

Mori didn't respond, rather he opened the dojo door for her and led her towards the locker rooms. The room was empty as Kendo practice was after school. Haruhi sat down on the bench near the lockers, Mori sitting beside her.

"Mori-senpai, I should probably fix the-"

"You talked with Kyoya this morning?" Haruhi paused. 'How did he know that?'

"Yes."

"About announcing your gender?"

"Yes."

"..." Mori sat there thinking. Finally he turned to Haruhi, liking the way those warm brown eyes were staring at him, and replied, "You don't have to put the bandage back on."

Haruhi sighed. "I think people would notice...something...and I don't think that's how Kyoya wanted to announce it. Besides, I don't know if I'm ready to...it's kind of been nice to have the guys off my back for a while, you know?"

"Haruhi, who cares what they think? It doesn't make a difference if you're a girl or not, you're still Haruhi. And if you're worried about guys, then you've obviously forgotten about the Host Club. No guy will approach when you're so close to us all." Silence ensued the two. Haruhi jumped at the first bell. She had ten minutes to decide and get to class. She sighed.

"Mori, wait outside."

"Hn." He got up and closed the door behind him.

Without stopping to think about it any longer Haruhi pulled a bra out of her bag and quickly changed, letting the ACE bandage be put away. She opened the door to find Mori waiting with a small smile. She smiled back and as they began to leave she asked, "Mori-senpai, will you walk with me to class? I don't want to have to deal with people yet."

"Hn." Even if he didn't show it, Mori was touched that Haruhi had asked. Perhaps she was starting to consider him her friend after all.

Well, hope the characters aren't too OOC, I'm trying to do my best to keep them firmly in their place but sometimes, for sake of the plot I have to adjust. I will try to avoid this in the future since I know it's irritating as hell.