Before I Loved You

Chapter Four

Haruhi's POV

I sat at my desk and covered my ears as I tried to drown out the whispers that included my name. Not to mention the stares that I had gotten since yesterday. Honestly, I didn't care what these rich, snobby, bratty, gossipy kids said about me, but when I couldn't even study for the quiz that I was having next period it started to get a little annoying. Looking out of the corner of my eye I saw Kaoru holding his hand over his mouth trying not to laugh. Turning my head I gave him the death glare. I saw his shoulders stop shaking from laughter. Smiling a little I turned my head back down to my review sheet.

Lots of things were different at this school. For example, the speed at which gossip traveled was surprising. Especially since there were so many kids, but I guess that could help gossip. In fact every kid in the middle school section of Ouran knew about us "being together." Us being me and Hikaru. It had even started to spread to the high school section. When Tamaki had heard he grabbed Honey, Mori, and Kyoya and had dragged them to our classroom to try and do an intervention and to stop his innocent daughter from being with that devil.

Oh, not to mention the uniforms. Sure, I had uniforms at my old school, but they were simple. White and blue. Cotton. That wasn't exactly the case at this school. The girls wore brown long sleeved shirts outlined with white over a short brown skirt. It definitely wasn't made out of the type of cotton that I was used to wearing. The tag said it was cotton but...well…it was probably some of the best cotton in the world or something. Oh yeah, and it cost $125 for one uniform. I had two. The cost of both uniforms combined was the cost of the groceries I bought for about a month. Of course, I hadn't bought them. Like I could afford that. The twins had insisted that I wore them, apparently they were cuter. When I told them I didn't have the money they brought home two new uniforms from school the next day. They fit me perfectly. I had no idea how they found out what size I was, but I decided it was better not to ask.

Suddenly, the chatter quieted down. Ah, it must be the culprit. The cause of my lack of studying. I swear, if he didn't get me into this school I think that I would have already killed him. I kept my head down as I tried to keep on studying. Apparently that liar had some other plans, but didn't he always?

"Hey, Haruhi! You know you don't have to study for that quiz! It'll be easy. It's not as if you ever fail anything." Hikaru said, as he yanked on one side of my hair.

Getting up I grabbed my bag and started to walk out of the room as I heard Hikaru and Kaoru quickly get up from their chairs and run to catch up with me. If someone didn't know what was going on they would probably think that they were a pair of creepers. But who am I kidding this is a rich school. I don't even see anyone study. If anything they probably just study gossip of some sort.

Picking up the pace I padded along the tile floor as I made my way to the library. Ugh. Like that would be any better. Well, at least people wouldn't stare at me openly; they would stare at me behind bookshelves. Yay.

"Haru-chan! Wait up!" Kaoru shouted.

"Come on Haruhi. You know that was just some stupid thing that I said to those girls to make them go away! I didn't really mean for it to spread….but honestly would it be so bad being known as the girlfriend of me? Seriously, I have a mirror at home and I know for a fact that I'm not as ugly as some other people at this school!" reasoned Hikaru.

I stopped. Grinning I turned back towards them and started to laugh.

"Are all of the kids at this school this cocky?" I questioned through my laughs.

"Actually, most are." smirked Kaoru as he and Hikaru placed themselves on either side of me.

"You know, you don't have to follow me everywhere. I doubt someone would pick on me again after they knew that I was your "girlfriend." Besides, I was just going to the library."

I couldn't possibly stay mad at them for very long. It was impossible. Truly, it was. They would pull my hair, steal my lunch (although that wasn't that bad, I mean I got free lunch that was really high quality), try and get me to wear weird clothes, and I would end up laughing.

Shaking my head I pulled open the door to the library and walked over to a table in the corner of the huge room. Looking around I saw groups of kids chatting and just hanging around the library. Not to mention the eight foot tall shelves that had ladder attached to them so that you could peruse the top shelves at your own leisure. Not that anyone would at this school. There were plush sofas that were spread out across this huge room along with dark, chestnut desks that sat beside them. Tables for kids to do their homework were placed in one corner of the library. "How could anyone get any work done it they're sitting right by other kids?" I thought. "Oh, wait, they didn't use the library." What was I thinking? The kids here could probably pay someone to do their homework for them every night. Sighing I dropped my bag on the table and pulled out my review again.

I felt the twins staring at me. I ignored them. Then, I saw them start to squirm. They couldn't stay still for more than a second.

"If you don't have anything to do go find a book." I whispered. "This is a library."

Frowning Kaoru got up and sighed, "Haruhi doesn't love me. I'll just have to go find some romance novel to make myself feel better." With that he wandered off into some other corner of the library. Rolling my eyes I smiled to myself as I looked over to Hikaru.

"Well…aren't you going to get a book, or are you just going to sit there and stare at me?"

"Huh, I prefer the latter choice." Hikaru said as he smirked. "Come on! It's break period. Let's go do something fun!"

"No thanks, besides, your fun isn't really my idea of fun." I said.

He walked over to my seat and grabbed my hand and was trying to get me out of my seat when the lights shut off. It was dark. Pitch black to be exact. This library had no windows, and everything was electricity powered.

Letting go of my hand I heard Hikaru's sharp intake of a breath. "Kaoru! He could be gone, hurt! A bookshelf could topple over on him! Someone could accidently punch him in the dark!"

I heard him start to move and I reached out and snatched his arm. Gripping him tightly so that he wouldn't pull away from me I started to feel around my bag for the light that I kept on my key chain.

As my hand found it I clicked the light on and pointed it towards Hikaru.

"It wouldn't do us any good to get separated, Hikaru. Plus, it's just dark, the lights went out. No one would start a fight just because the lights went out." I thought out reasonably.

That was until I heard the scream. Great, some kid that has probably never had this happen to them before. That was all the other kids in this library needed to start panicking. I heard shrieks, running, kids knocking chairs and tables over.

Hikaru tried to yank free of my arm. "Hikaru, stop trying to get free you'll only-" then he tripped. Bringing me down with him. I landed on something…err someone that I assumed was Hikaru. I felt something stir beneath my lips…wait, WHAT!

"Owww." I heard Hikaru moan and felt his lips move...under mine. Wonderful.

Sitting up I grabbed my keychain and tried to remove myself from sitting on Hikaru's stomach. Then, the lights flashed back on. Hikaru looked up, and I looked down. Another shriek sounded, but it was oh so recognizable.

"Taking advantage of my daughter when the lights were out, Hikaru! This is not how gentleman act!" screamed Tamaki. "It was a good thing that I happened to wander over here when the lights were out or else poor Haruhi might have been scarred for life!" he continued.

Smirking Hikaru sat up and wrapped his arms around me. Then, he moved my cheek towards him where he planted a light kiss there. His lips felt like feathers brushing across my cheek.

Running over to us Tamaki took my arm and dragged me up towards him. He then continued to hug me and tell me that it was all right and that he would have Hikaru arresting for his wrongdoings.

Prying Tamaki's arms away from me I rolled my eyes and glanced at my watch. Five minutes till the next class started. So much for trying to study. Grabbing my bag I started to walk towards the entrance of the library when I saw a confused Kaoru stumble into my path.

"Ah, Haruhi, I found you! Ugh when the lights went out I got totally lost and I couldn't find anyone. Then I think someone grabbed on to my leg…it was not pleasant." he said as he frowned at the memory.

He looked over my shoulder with a questioning glance as he saw Hikaru laughing on the floor with Tamaki shouting at him from above him.

"Don't ask." I said as I turned around and watched this scene that had become so normal take place.

"Awww, Tono, it was just a kiss. Not even on the lips! After all, we are boyfriend and girlfriend!" Hikaru shouted, and with that he made a mad dash over to us as Tamaki ran after him.

Snickering Kaoru ran over to start to tease Tamaki along with Hikaru. Glancing around for me Hikaru smiled and beckoned me to come over to him. Smiling, I placed a hand on my cheek and walked over to my "boyfriend."