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Chapter Seven: Home Sweet Home
After a few more days of adventuring with the gorgeous boys in the Host Club, it was finally the day where Haruhi was able to return home. Home sweet home, one would say! Of course, after what Haruhi's father had done to her, one would wonder if it was still a home sweet home. Haruhi, who was still at school couldn't wait to go home though. In every class, even as she paid attention, there was a part of her mind that thought, 'How much longer is school going to last...' To make the day even longer, she still had club activities. With that, she hurried to the music room on the third floor. When she opened the doors, she found her classmates, Hikaru and Kaoru already with their first customer. When she entered though, they looked up at her and greeted her with a grin. Tamaki, the one who showed his feelings more openly than the rest sort of skipped and walked up to her and winked. "Hello, Haruhi!! Such a wonderful thing it is to see you this lovely afternoon!" he exclaimed with much enthusiasm. Haruhi simply smiled and proceeded to her customers. She flashed a charming smile and said, "Sorry I'm late." Her three customers instantly blushed beet red as their eyes turned into anime-styled hearts. "Oh... no, no. It's okay!" they whispered as the continued to swoon.
Finally, after a few hours, club activities ended. The host club members walked up to Haruhi and sighed. Hikaru and Kaoru each grabbed a side of her shoulders and pouted. "Guess you won't be staying with any one of us today, huh?" The started moving closer to her, as they hugged her. As they became closer to her though, perverted thoughts crossed their minds. They grinned while they moved their heads to her neck, taking in her scent. "Haruhi..." They mumbled. Haruhi stood there, not knowing what to do, but the others sure did. Mori grabbed Hikaru and yanked him off as Tamaki went sobbing in a corner, mumbling, "Oh.. My poor, poor Haruhi has been contaminated!" Kyouya frowned and pushed his glasses up, a little bit irritated. Then, Tamaki gathered himself up again and stomped towards Kaoru and yanked him off as he slightly roared, "Kaoru!! Don't hog her for yourself!"
Haruhi shrugged and told the crew, "Sorry guys, I kind of want to get home earlier today. I have a lot to discuss with my father." The boys nodded knowingly. "Alright." they replied.
With that said, Haruhi left the music room and rushed home. As soon as she reached the front door of her apartment, she slammed the door open and waited patiently for her father to return as she did her homework. About an hour or two later, she found her father bursting through the door in drag. "HARUHI-CHAN!!" He cried happily, throwing himself at his daughter as he brought her into a tight hug. "Papa missed you so much!!" He exclaimed, rubbing his cheek against her.
"Ugh." Haruhi sighed. "Get off of me." She shrugged him off and said with a hint of annoyance, "Besides, if you were just going to miss me like this, you shouldn't have made to go with senpai and the others."
Haruhi's father, Ranka, noticed the annoyed tint in her voice and put on a serious but a bit saddened face. "I'm sorry, Haruhi. I just thought that I might have let those boys have a chance with you." He sighed as he apologized to his precious daughter.
Haruhi looked at her father and sighed. "Well it's alright I guess. It was kind of fun." she told him, a small smile playing on her lips.
Ranka smirked. "So who do you like best so far?" he asked, curiously as he walked to the couch. He motioned for his daughter to come join him, ready for a long chat about the boys and who Haruhi liked best. Haruhi flushed as she joined him. "Otou-san! Are you okay? I just stayed with each of them for one day!!" she exclaimed. This made her father laugh as he said to her with a weird smile, "Oh but even one glance is enough to make someone fall in love. What makes you think one day can't?"
Haruhi frowned. He had a point there, so she mumbled, "Well I don't know. I guess it was fun at Hikaru and Kaoru's house, since there were two people to keep me company. But you know? It was kind of creepy at Hunny-senpai's house because he was eating large cakes all by himself at night!"
"Hm... So the twins is it? Yes, they did give me an impression when we first met." Ranka nodded to himself. "But I think Kyouya-chan is very good as well!!" he chirped cheerfully, clapping his hands together.
"Hah? But it was rather... quiet at Kyouya-senpai's house." Haruhi told him. "Isn't that kind of boring, though?" Her father looked at her seriously. "Is it really? Haruhi, don't you think it'd be nice to have some quiet time to yourself so that you can study? I thought you wanted to become a lawyer like your mom?" he asked. This time, it was Haruhi's turn to think about it. "I guess you're right." she said. "Even so, I don't like any of them just yet!"
Ranka sighed. "Well thank god. I'm not handing my daughter over to anyone until she's thought about it clearly!" he exclaimed holding a fist up. Haruhi gave her father a dull look and sighed as well. "Otou-san. I'm going to go buy the groceries for dinner then."
With that, she went to her room and changed into some casual wear and went to the supermarket. When she got there though, she found all of the Host Club members looking through some items. She frowned as they were making a scene. Women that passed by stopped to gaze at them with heart shaped eyes. Young ladies were blushing and squealing at the same time. Men were glaring at them, jealous of their looks and attention. Haruhi walked up to them and tapped Tamaki on his shoulder. "Senpai..." she growled. "What are you doing here?" Tamaki turned around to face her and instantly, his face brightened when he saw her. "Haruhi!!" He cried out joyfully. "So wonderful it is to bump into you!"
When the other members heard Haruhi's name, they turned around and saw her. The Hitachiin twins grinned as they went over to her. "Haruhi!!" they exclaimed hugging her joyfully. "We were hoping to bump into you." Haruhi managed a small smile and said, "Hi, guys. Mind getting off of me?"
After that, they chatted happily and shopped together. Even though Haruhi seemed angry at first, she had a lot of fun with her friends. But as they were shopping, Haruhi noticed that Kyouya hadn't said much at all. She went over to him and asked him, "What's wrong? You don't seem like you're having much fun." Kyouya looked at her and smiled. "What makes you think that?" he asked in return.
Haruhi thought about it and told him, "Hm? Well I don't know. You're just so quiet like you're just standing there."
Kyouya pushed up his glasses and said to her, "Well you needn't worry about such things." Haruhi nodded and told everyone that she would be going to pay for the groceries and heading home since she had found everything she needed. The others wished she could stay but she laughed and said to them with a genuine smile, "I'm going to see you all tomorrow anyway. Bye!"
The next day though, as Haruhi headed to the boy's bathroom, she accidentally overheard a girl confessing her love to Kyouya. She waited patiently behind a pole as to not interrupt the girl, but she was rejected politely shortly after her confession. Kyouya had told the young lady, "I am sorry, but there is already someone I like."
The girl's head tilted down sadly. "Ah... I-I understand. I'm sorry. But I'll always be a fan of yours!!" She declared as she ran away, wiping the drops of tears from her cheeks and eyes. That was when Haruhi came out from behind the pole. "Wow. I feel kind of bad for her..." she sighed. Kyouya smiled a mysterious smile at her and said, "Yes. I believe you would. After all, it's because of you that I rejected her." With that, he turned and left, leaving Haruhi slightly flushed.
"Senpai is quite weird at times..." She told herself as she walked towards the bathroom with a small blush. When she got to the bathroom, she did her business, washed her hands and looked at herself in the mirror. "Oh my god. Why am I still blushing?" She asked herself. "Something must be wrong with me."
As she was about to leave, another male student who was about to enter the bathroom looked at her and said with a joking tone, "What's wrong, Fujioka? You feeling the heat?" He laughed as he tapped her on the shoulder and entered the bathroom.
"No." Haruhi replied although the boy was already too far to hear her.
Suddenly, the bell rang. Haruhi instantly bolted from the hallway and headed towards her next class. As she sat down in her seat next to Hikaru and Kaoru, they stared at her and said, "What's wrong, Haruhi? We've never seen you nearly late for class before."
Haruhi laughed nervously as she replied, "I had to use the bathroom and lost track of time." This made Kaoru and Hikaru laugh as they snickered. "Haruhi, you stayed in the bathroom for that long?? What were you doing??" They laughed.
What they said then, made Haruhi throw a glare at them. "Well excuse me. It's not like I can't think about things when I'm leaving the bathroom. And what else is there to do but use the toilet and wash your hands in the bathroom exactly?" She asked slightly annoyed.
"Aw... Haruhi! We're sorry!" They exclaimed, though not really meaning it as they launched themselves on her and squeezed the living daylights out of her.
The teacher, who had just entered gave an "Ah-hem" and said sternly, "May I please start class now?" The twins let go of Haruhi and grunted, "Blegh." They stuck their tongue out at the teacher and said, "Well go ahead."
Haruhi shook her head and sighed as she watched the two of them. She pinched them on the arm and scolded them. "Behave yourselves, idiot! That's the teacher!" Hikaru raised an eyebrow. "So what?" Kaoru agreed and exclaimed, "It's just a teacher!"
Haruhi shook her head once more and began listening to the teacher speak.
End of Chapter
A/N: Okay! I am very sorry I haven't updated in two months but the thing is, I just can't bring myself to write these days. I am very grateful that you guys are even still reading my story so, I just wanted to say thank you very much and I'm sorry for the extreme late update. I'm also sorry that the chapter isn't long and is just short. I had originally wanted to make it longer, but no ideas are coming. Well anyway, thank you for reading and please review!
