She couldn't remember how the argument started. It was something about Hikaru always pushing Kaoru out from the bed at night. For that little statement, it had blown to a discussion way out of proportion. And the weird part was that neither she nor Tamaki were involved.

"Just because you were born first doesn't give you any right!"

"It's always the little brothers who are the whiny ones!"

"That's right! Chika and Satoshi used to cry a lot when they were little, right Takashi?"

"Mm,"

"We didn't cry!"

"Oh please, older brothers are always in the way! Just ask Kyoya-sempai!"

The quiet, yet sneaky Shadow King of the Host Club didn't comment on that, but Haruhi well knew what Kaoru was referring to.

It was the older brothers against the little brothers. It was Hikaru, Mori-sempai and Hunny-sempai against Kaoru, Kyoya, Satoshi and Yasuchika (who had been visiting for the afternoon). It was like watching a tennis match, and her neck was already hurting.

If this was how siblings fought all the time, then she was kind of glad she was an only child. Which brought to her mind the other "only child" in the group, who had been long since gone to his mushroom corner after a failed attempt to stop the argument. Tamaki brooded far away, mumbling incoherencies about his family breaking.

On an unusual display of sympathy, Haruhi sat beside him. Tamaki stared at her wide eyed, and she couldn't help blush.

"What?" She asked mildly affronted. "You're the only one who's bearable right now, might as well join you."

His smile was radiant as the sun. "Want me to show you how to grow an indoor mushroom garden?"

"No, thanks." She replied, making a face. For some reason, this made the blonde male laugh, and she felt a bit smug for making him feel better.

The rest of the club members were still fighting and Haruhi heaved a tired sigh.

"At least they have brothers," She whispered. "Unlike us,"

"I know, right?" Tamaki chuckled. "It was always so boring without anyone to play with. Maman was always sick and Father visited once every month or two."

"Dad would always sleep during the day, and work during the night. And almost always he was too tired to play anything." She told him in return.

"Didn't you have any friends?"

"Yeah, but I only saw them during school hours."

"Same," He sighed. "I guess we're like, the "Only Child" team here."

"Yeah," She grinned. "I guess we are,"

She was taken aback a bit though, at the sudden frown marring his face. "What's wrong?"

"I'm still your father, right?"

"Ugh,"

"Haruhi, wait! Come back! Don't be angry at Daddy!"

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Word Count: 451

For the Drabble Prompts Challenge, #05 – Brother

AN: This chapter makes a reference to a chapter in the manga where they divide themselves in the Older Brother team and the Younger Brother team, and Haruhi and Tamaki were left in the Only Child team. I included Chika and Satoshi for fairness's sake.

Just some funny interaction between the two lovebirds :)

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