Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club; the rights go to Bisco Hatori-sama. I do, however, own the plot of this story. This work is purely fictional and does not happen in the real plot of OHSHC, except maybe for a few flashback scenes.

Chapter 4 – Hani's Declaration

"Since yesterday's meeting was cancelled," Kyouya started, gaining each of the member's attention, "I propose we should get on with it today, before anymore interruption ensues." His last note was definitely laced with sarcasm.

Haruhi and Mori suppressed a blush, but they acted as if what Kyouya said didn't mean anything.

Kyouya was typing endless data into his trustworthy Pineapple laptop when he made the announcement. He was sitting at their meeting table. Tamaki swiftly stood up from the huddled group earlier and strode off to the table, when Kyouya made the announcement. Hikaru and Kaoru joined them a minute later, linking their arms and walking together in perfect unison. Mori and Haruhi waited for Hani to finish his last strawberry cheesecake, before making their way to the meeting table.

Tamaki took the head position, because he claimed that he was the King of the Host Club and so, it should be more than appropriate for him to sit there. Kyouya sat on his right side, followed by the twins. Haruhi sat on his left side, as Tamaki persistently requested that she should sit there, followed by the third year seniors.

"Shall we ge-" Kyouya began.

"Are all my subordinates present?" Tamaki asked, with a (huge) hint of superiority in his voice, and interrupted Kyouya's speech, accidentally.

Kyouya's mouth twitched just slightly though it was still noticeable. His glasses glinted as he pushed it up the bridge of his nose, before giving Tamaki a death lightning glare that only lasted for two seconds. Tamaki was horrified at his absurdity for interrupting Kyouya and his face was immediately drained of color. He shrank into his chair, trying his best to stay away from his best friend, but with no luck.

"K-Kyouya, I-I'm s-" Tamaki stuttered, before he was silenced by another one of Kyouya's death lightning glare. He retreated to his dark corner of woe.

The twins snickered lowly; hands covered their mouths as they tried to hold in their laughter. The other three watched on with no interest. Haruhi sighed heavily. "Can we get on with this?" she stated.

Kyouya cleared his throat before pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose again. "As I was saying earlier, before I was interrupted," another glare shot to Tamaki, "I want to discuss with all of you regarding this weekend's special event. Tamaki, since this is your idea, if you please," Kyouya said and continued to type in more data in his laptop.

Tamaki appeared suddenly at the head of the table, as if the early ordeal didn't happen at all, and began to propose his idea for the special event.

"Ah, yes," Tamaki started with an air of arrogance in his voice, "I was thinking that, for this special event, we should do a two-day occasion." He was now sitting like one of those spoiled Kings, with his left leg on the chair, the other sprawled on the floor. He rested his elbow on the armrest and placed his chin on his hand, his pinky finger lifted slightly. His other hand was placed on the other armrest.

He continued, "These two occasions will be held during the weekend. I suggested to Kyouya yesterday, that we should do a concert on Saturday, while on Sunday, a summer beach party." Tamaki was beaming now; he thought that his current ideas were far better than the ones before, he was (too) proud of himself at his current, ahem, achievements.

"But Tono," Kaoru said, suddenly interrupting his Tono's imaginations.

"What kind of concert," Hikaru continued.

"Will that be?" they finished in perfect unison, while they looked at each other, shoulders raised up in a shrugging gesture.

"A-ah, I haven't t-thought of the theme yet," Tamaki was flustered, his face slowly turning red. The twins snickered evilly; they had a chance to tease Tamaki now.

"Ne, ne Hikaru," Kaoru whispered loudly to his twin's ear, "Did you hear? Somebody forgot to pick out a theme for a concert he suggested (stab!)," his eyes glinting mischievously.

"Ah, I heard, Kaoru," Hikaru whispered loudly back to his twin, "How could somebody have forgotten an important thing like that (stab!)?" His eyes matching that of his twin's.

"I mean, what's a concert without a theme (stab!)?" Kaoru pointed out.

"Yeah, yeah, you're right Kaoru," Hikaru continued, "he should have thought about it first (stab!)"

They continued to tease Tamaki, and then Kyouya smirked and decided to join in the fun as well.

"Clearly, whoever suggested these events is highly inefficient (stab!) and incompetent (stab!). Not to mention, without even preparing beforehand for this meeting (stab!), it is clearly a waste of time (stab!) and as an Ootori, I believed that time is a precious thing (stab!). I could've been doing other important matters (stab!), rather than wasting my time (stab!) on poorly prepared meetings (stab!)."

Tamaki was lying unconscious in his chair. His legs were twitching every now and then. His spirit had already flown out of his body earlier, and now, he had become an empty human shell.

"Tama-chan," Hani called out and went to Tamaki's chair. He began to poke his left arm, repeatedly. Finding no response from Tamaki, Hani jumped onto Haruhi's lap and took his nap. Haruhi stared at the little boy sleeping on her lap, and couldn't help but smile a little as she recalled last night's event. Mori watched his little cousin, napping on the lap of the girl he liked, and then averted his eyes to gaze at Haruhi's expression. He smiled when Haruhi met his eyes.

"Back to the meeting," Kyouya spoke quietly, gaining everyone's (except Hani and Tamaki) attention. "Any of you have suggestions for the theme for the concert?" Kyouya continued, without looking up from his laptop as he typed in data.

"Kyouya-senpai, how about… a rock concert?" Kaoru suggested. "We could play as a band, and then decide which of us should sing during the concert."

"That's a great idea Kaoru," Hikaru agreed, "since we haven't done a rock theme before. How about it, Kyouya-senpai?"

"It's true we haven't done a rock theme yet," Kyouya pondered. I bet there would be plenty of profit if we did a rock theme, not to mention the sales of merchandise would sky-rocket off of the roof, he thought silently while a smirk formed slowly on his lips.

I bet he's thinking of gaining more profits, the others thought at the same time and grimaced when the Shadow King smirked evilly.

"Alright, it's decided," Kyouya suddenly announced, "We would do a rock theme for the concert, do any of you disagree?" he referred to Haruhi and Mori.

"I think that's fine," Haruhi answered.

"Hn," Mori grunted in reply.

"Okay then, I shall divide the work between all of you," Kyouya said, talking in his business-like voice, "Hikaru, Kaoru," he looked at the twins, "You shall be responsible for the rock's theme attire. Haruhi and Mori-senpai," he directed his eyes to the other two, "You shall be responsible for the decorations for concert."

The twins nodded in agreement, and they were grinning to each other. They were really happy with the work they were given; fashion is their specialty after all. Haruhi and Mori nodded silently, and smiled to each other. Both felt thankful to be able to work together, glad to have peace without the presence of Tamaki and the twins, who could have been more than talkative and annoying.

"Mori-senpai," Kyouya called out, "Would you let Hani-senpai know, once he woke up from his nap, that he'll be responsible for the food for the concert?" Mori nodded once in reply.

"We'll discuss about the summer beach party tomorrow," Kyouya announced.

"The meeting shall end now," he stated, "Oh, one more thing," They looked up to the Shadow King, "Since this meeting took too long to finish, as I expected, I have already informed your teachers that you wouldn't be in class for half the day. You may stay here until lunch time or do whatever it is that you please." With that, they were all dismissed.

The twins, with their arms linked together, walked out to the hallway. They much prefer to be somewhere else than sit and do nothing. Kyouya dragged Tamaki's empty human shell out of the Third Music Room; apparently they have a meeting with their sensei before lunchtime. Haruhi and Mori were left alone with a sleeping Hani.

Haruhi slowly got up from her chair, being very careful not to wake the loli-shota from his sleep. She knew it wouldn't be wise to wake Hani from his nap, because the Low Blood Pressure Beast would resurface. She gently cradled Hani in her arms, being very aware of any movements from the loli-shota. Mori offered his hands to take his cousin from her arms.

"Nn, that's okay. I got it," she whispered, and walked her way to the farthest red velvet sofa, near the window. Yes, it was the same sofa where she and Mori slept on last night. Mori watched her from behind, tagging along, and noted how her hips swayed a little when she walked. Mori's face flushed just a tiny bit, but he cleverly hid it with his stoic mask. Only his eyes gave out the emotion he conveyed.

She sat down on the sofa and Mori sat next to her, a few inches apart from each other. She leaned back and adjusted Hani's position, so his head would be on her lap. Just like Mori-senpai, she thought silently, a smile began to form on her lips. She stroked Hani's golden hair gently and watched his sleeping expression. His thumb was in his mouth and he was breathing evenly. Then, Mori covered Hani with his bunny blanket, which appeared out of thin air.

"Where's Usa-chan?" Haruhi asked out of the blue.

Mori pulled out Usa-chan; Hani's precious stuffed rabbit, out of thin air and handed it to Haruhi. She blinked once, and stared at the pink rabbit in Mori's extended hand, wondering where the hell it had appeared from. "Ah, thank you senpai," she said one minute later, and took the stuffed rabbit. She lifted Hani's left arm gently and placed the pink bunny under his arm. Hani stirred in his sleep. Just like Mori-senpai, she said thoughtfully and smiled at the similarity.

Mori wondered what went on Haruhi's mind at that exact moment. She's smiling again, he noted for the second time after they sat down, she really should smile more. She looks really beautiful when she smiles like that, not that she's not beautiful if she didn't smile. She's always beautiful. What am I saying? Mori's thoughts were jumbled; he seemed to be arguing with himself in the inside.

Haruhi noticed his self-conflict argument, even though he didn't say anything. She noticed the way his eyes were distraught and wondered to herself if he was alright.

"Mori-senpai, daijoubu?" Haruhi asked, still whispering, and tilted her head to one side.

Mori was startled and blush a little because Haruhi noticed him so easily.

"Hn, daijoubu." He nodded, before looking away at the other direction.

Haruhi was still staring at Mori, and knowing Mori for a long time already, she knew he wasn't okay. She wondered silently, what's wrong with Mori-senpai lately? He always seemed so flustered…

They sat like that for a very long time, Mori facing the other direction while Haruhi gazed at the sleeping senpai on her lap, stroking his golden hair gently. Mori adjusted himself on the sofa, unaware that the distance between him and the girl sitting next to him was only an inch apart. Haruhi suddenly felt warm body heat emanating from the boy sitting next to her. She closed the gap between them by moving closer to him, careful not to wake the golden-haired sleeping boy.

Somehow, Haruhi felt really comfortable to be around or with Mori. She didn't mind his quietness, but rather enjoyed it. Even though he didn't talk much, they could always talk through their eyes. Haruhi's getting better at communicating with him silently. She's able to learn each and every one of his expressions. But there was one thing that was really bothering her. Why did her heart beat so fast whenever they were together?

She knew her heart didn't even beat this fast when she was around Tamaki or the twins, let alone Kyouya. This feeling was really strange for her, almost bizarre and out of the ordinary. She couldn't put it to words or even explained the cause of these quick heartbeats. Did it have anything to do with Mori-senpai? Why only with him though? Why not the others? Probably because Tamaki was an idiot, the twins were treating her as their 'toy' and Kyouya only thought of raising her debts whenever she made a mistake, be it tiny or huge.

She seriously couldn't understand the feelings she had right now.

For Mori, he knew from the time she called to him to save her from Tamaki's death-gripped hug and eventually found out that she was actually a girl in the process, that he liked her. It wasn't really complicated to him. When he became a host, he learned to know this feeling of liking someone, of loving someone even. He supposed that the feeling he had for Haruhi came naturally. And he was really glad that she broke that 800 million yen vase, otherwise he wouldn't have met her.

Hani slept until lunchtime and woke to find that his two friends who were staring down at him. "Ne, where's everybody?" Hani asked as he rubbed his left eye with his fist.

"They went somewhere else while you were asleep, Hani-senpai," Haruhi explained.

"Hn," Mori agreed with Haruhi.

"Come on, you should be hungry now right? It's nearly lunchtime," Haruhi got up from the sofa and started to the door, waiting for her two seniors to follow her. Hani gave out a small yawn before climbing onto his cousin's back. Mori held Hani's legs to prevent him from toppling over and walked towards Haruhi. Mori smiled at her and she replied with a smile. "Let's go, Haru-chan, Takashi," Hani said.

"Ah." Both Haruhi and Mori said together. They looked at each other again and suppressed a smile. Both had a faint pink tinge on their cheeks. Hani stared from Mori to Haruhi then back again. He grinned this time, feeling rather happy that something was going to happen soon.

I have to help them realize that they love each other, Hani thought silently, his grin plastered on his face while he began to make plans to bring the two together.

And I will stop anyone from interfering, he thought again, determined with his decision, especially Tama-chan, Hika-chan and Kao-chan.

Author's Note

I hope you enjoyed this chapter ^^ Review? :3

[Edited: 16th June 2014]

[Final Edit: 1st January 2015]