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P.S. *By the way, just putting this out there. Cakes don't usually explode, not that i'm aware of? But, for my intents and purposes let's overlook that in this story.*

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Chapter 6

A Cake for Senpai: Tamaki's Birthday Part 1

April 8

The entire Host Club, minus Tamaki, was gathered in Haruhi's house to make the King a cake. It was his birthday after all. Kyouya was going to just buy him a cake from some fancy place downtown. But, Haruhi flat out refused. She insisted that it would mean so much more if they made it themselves.

However, it seems she hadn't thought the idea all the way through. No one in the club had very much experience with cakes. Unless, you counted their experience eating cake. In that regard they were quite talented, especially Honey. So, Haruhi was quite surprised when Mori-senpai offered to make the cake.

"Mori-senpai!" Haruhi exclaimed. "I didn't know you could bake!"

"Yeah."

Haruhi grinned and sat down at the table with Honey. They were both transfixed on Mori's baking. It was just a little bit amusing. She watched as Mori carefully poured ingredients into a bowl. She had never seen him concentrate this hard. The guy was even wearing an apron for god sakes.

The rest of the club was sitting in front room talking about who knows what.

After about a minute, Honey began to lose interest in watching his cousin bake. Instead he skipped outside holding his Usa-chan to play a game with the twins. Haruhi, however, couldn't stop staring as her Senpai stood in complete concentration pouring over a cookbook.

When he had completed mixing the ingredients and had put the pans in the oven he sat down next to Haruhi. They sat like that for a while until Mori caught Haruhi staring. She grinned widely and he smiled back.

Mori wasn't one for words. It was enough for Haruhi just to sit at the table with him and enjoy his company.

Approximately 45 minutes later Mori stood to get the cake out of the oven. Haruhi had to admit the cake smelled quite good. Mori sat it on the counter then stared for a while not sure what to do next.

Laughing Haruhi took a fork out of one of the drawers.

"We have to make sure it's cooked all the way through," Haruhi said putting the tip of the fork into the cake.

Then something completely unexpected happened. Before Haruhi even had a chance to respond Mori had her on the ground.

"What? Mori? What's the matter?"

BOOM!

With that the sheets of cake exploded. The entire room was showered with fresh baked goods. Haruhi was pinned under Mori and shielded from the explosive cake. She wasn't quite sure whether or not it would be appropriate to laugh… Who was she kidding? It was the perfect time to laugh. Haruhi assumed Mori knew what he was doing! He looked so serious when he was baking!

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BOOM!

"What the hell was that?" Hikaru yelled looking frantically towards the kitchen.

"Takeshi! Haru-chan!" Honey cried.

Within seconds the small blond boy was running towards the kitchen. The twins were right behind him. Sighing, Kyouya took his time before following the others into the kitchen. Yes, he may be slightly concerned, but he couldn't let anyone else know that. Ootori men weren't famous for letting their emotions get the best of them.

When he reached the kitchen he fumbled for his glasses. He rubbed them against his jeans. Where his glasses dirty or something? No, he wasn't imagining things the entire room was covered in cake. His eyes scanned the room. Haruhi and Mori were in the corner.

Mori pulled Haruhi to his chest in attempts to shield her from the debris. She clutched his jacket for dear life. Strange choking like sounds were emitting from the small girl. No, it couldn't be! Was she crying? The tall senior patted her on the head absentmindedly.

"Haru-chan! Are you ok?" asked Honey kneeling down next to the girl.

Haruhi looked at the boy then burst into another fresh fit of giggles.

"Haruhi! You worried us!" Kaoru berated. "We thought you were injured!"

"Haruhi," Kyouya, "Please be more careful when baking. You nearly gave the twins a heart attack."

"Me?" Haruhi questioned, looking slightly confused.

Kyouya raised his eyebrows.

"Of course you! Who else would I be referring to?"

Haruhi laughed again, this time a lot louder.

"Senpai, it wasn't me who was baking. Mori made the cake…"

The room went silent. Mori? Was she kidding? Mori didn't know how to bake! Everyone reevaluated the room and took in the mess. The mess Mori had made. For the sake of the quiet senior everyone tried not to laugh.

"Well, there's no use letting this cake go to waste!" Honey said good naturedly.

Picking up a fork Honey hacked away at the cake on the floor. Kyouya watched as Haruhi too picked up a fork to try Mori's creation. Her face turned green.

"Oh my god," she whispered to Mori. "This is terrible."

Mori looked at her a second longer then smiled.

"Well, I guess we should get going on making another cake," Haruhi sighed.

Haruhi stood up and flicked through the cookbook. Mori stood up to help, but Haruhi motioned him to the seat in the corner.

"Umm… I'm sorry Mori-senpai, but why don't you sit over there. I'll make the cake this time."

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