Mori tugged his work jacket over his shoulders, making sure it was straight before beginning to button it up. He was usually meticulous about his appearance, but today he was training a new hire. Every wrinkle was smoothed out, not a speck of lint was anywhere on his outfit, and his badge was as straight as possible. He had just sat down on Hunny's bunk to tie his shoes when the door slowly opened a crack. Haruhi peeked in tentatively, tiny hand clutching something.

"Do you have to go to work today?" She asked quietly.

"Yes. We have someone just starting today and my boss wants me to show him around."

Looking down at her shoes in disappointment, Haruhi opened the door a little wider and stepped through it. "Here." She held out her hand to him and dropped what had been inside it into his much larger hand.

"What is this?" Mori turned it over and examined it. It just looked like an ordinary stone, but it was coated in a fine layer of pocket lint and cracker crumbs.

"It's my lucky rock. I thought you need it today."

"What makes you say that?" Mori brushed off the rock, watching as Haruhi didn't respond right away. She just fiddled with her fingers.

"Tama-Papa said I can play with Kirimi today. You need it more than me." She looked worried, so he knelt down in front of her.

"Thank you. I'll be fine." He tried to hand the rock back to her, but she firmly pushed his hand back.

"No. You need it today. Please?" Her pleading eyes finally won him over. He could see that she was worried (probably something she picked up on from his roommates), so he stood and slipped it into his shirt pocket.

"You be good today, alright?" She nodded and he patted her head in farewell.

Yyyyy

Kasanoda was young, eager, and ready to start. The only potential problem Mori saw about him was his thug-like appearance. His long, red hair hung long but had been tied back as per dress code, and his eyes were narrow, almost like he was constantly glaring. One look from him and Mori knew most shoplifters would hurry to put back whatever they had on them.

"Thank you for showing me the ropes." Kasanoda bowed, picking up their plates from lunch and depositing them in the food court trashcan. Mori smiled when he saw the young man also took a moment to tidy up the area where customers had spilled or just missed the can. Cleanliness was strived for by all employees, regardless of whether they were in their department or not.

"Look, asshole! You sold me a piece of junk, now give me my money back!"

Mori snapped to attention, instantly locating the source of the disturbance. He may have been on break, but other security officers were nowhere near. His only hesitation was bringing someone as new as Kasanoda as his backup. A man was in the hunting and camping store, waving a sheathed knife while the clearly scared cashier tried explaining their return policy.

"Who the hell keeps receipts these days? I bought this last week and it snapped like a twig! See?!" Mori didn't look to see if Kasanoda was behind him. As soon as the man put his hand on the cover and began to remove it, he was bolting past patrons carrying their food and purchases and barreling into the store. In one swift motion, he grabbed the man's hand and wrenched him a relatively safe distance from the cashier.

The sudden attack had apparently sent the already enraged man over the edge. He spun and twisted himself out of Mori's grasp, brandishing the snapped blade as he did so. Before Mori could recover his grip, he felt the blow to his chest. Something snapped and he felt a stinging pain. He was mildly aware that he had knocked over a display of something that scattered all over the floor.

"Mori-San!" A flash of wild, red hair focused his vision. Kasanoda's worried face was right in front of him. "The paramedics are on their way. D-don't try to move." He ripped off his jacket and pressed it against his superior's chest.

"Th-the man-,"

"I got him. Don't worry. He's cuffed to the canoe display." Kasanoda only moved away from him once the ambulance arrived and the paramedics ordered him too. As they were removing his shirt to examine his wound, Mori caught sight of two, small objects falling out of the pocket. Jostling himself as little as possible, he reached out his arm and picked them up.

Yyyyy

"Takashi!" Mori didn't have much time to brace himself for the massive (if somewhat shaky) hug he received from Hunny. The pastry chef hadn't even changed out of his apron before rushing over to the hospital, and Mori now found his hospital gown smeared with flour, bits of dough, and what appeared to be lemon pudding.

"Are you alright, Mori?" Kyoya (thankfully) didn't go in for a hug, but still looked concerned. Behind him, Tamaki and Haruhi hung back by the door.

"I'll be fine. The doctors said the knife was small enough that it didn't cause as much damage as it could have." His eyes turned to Haruhi, who looked like she was desperately trying to put on a brave face for him. The way she was clutching Tamaki's neck, though, told them all just how scared she was. "The knife was also stopped from going farther by something." He gestured to Haruhi to walk over to him, and Tamaki set her down. "I'm sorry I broke it, Haruhi. But you were right. I did need it today." Holding out his hand, he showed her the two halves of the rock.

Rubbing her eyes, Haruhi took the smaller of the two pieces before folding his fingers around the larger. "You need that. Mommy said that as long as I had this, she'd know where I was and look after me. She can look out for you, too." Sniffling, Haruhi let go of his hand to rub her eyes.

Silently, Tamaki picked her up and placed her on Mori's bed so he didn't hurt himself trying to comfort her. Hunny moved over to make room for her and Tamaki settled down with them as well. Kyoya considered getting a jumpstart on calculating the costs that were going to come of this little hospital visit, but ultimately decided against it. He walked around the bed to the other side and placed a hand on Mori's shoulder, letting him know in his own way that he, too, had been terrified to receive a call that their friend was in the hospital. The twins would be along shortly, but for now they all were able to breathe a sigh of relief.

Yyyyy

This was requested by a Guest. What did you all think? Please let me know! I planned to have Tetsuya show up as well, but I think I'm going to have to save him for the next Mori chapter. :3