Haruhi had seen the whole thing. The girls falling at Kaoru's feet. Hikaru's face contorting with jealousy. And she had certainly seen the hand-kissing. To be perfectly honest, even if she had missed it, the screaming girls would of alerted her of something important.

But now, she had to step things up to the next level. She would of have to do something drastic.

The next day, Haruhi was ready to commence 'Operation Clueless Love of Hitachiin Twins'. All she needed to do was have a conversation with the Shadow King...

She spotted him in the cafeteria at lunch, eating a small salad which contained vegetables Haruhi had never even seen before. She slowly approached him, and took a seat at the table. He turned in surprise to take in his new guest.

'Ah, Haruhi!' Kyouya commented. 'I rarely see you at lunch.' He paused. 'You look like you need something from me...'

Haruhi shuffled in her chair so that she was facing the boy next to her. 'Kyouya...' she asked gingerly. 'I need to ask for a huge favour...'

The two boys were alone in the Music Room.

School had just finished, but the twins were let out of class early for being 'disruptive'.

'I mean, come one!' Hikaru announced angrily. 'Disruptive? How is singing during a lesson disruptive? We were just spreading joy to our classmates! After all, some of them started laughing! And everyone knows that laughing can help you live longer. We were performing a service

by making them laugh!'

'Yeah..' Kaoru followed. 'But maybe it was a bit tasteless to be singing while we were reading the last Act of Romeo and Juliet. After all, it's the scene were everyone dies...'

Hikaru smiled to himself. 'Hmm, I didn't think of that...' he sighed. 'Okay, maybe we were in the wrong after all...' He paused and turned round to face Kaoru. 'But it was still nice to get out of class early!'

Kaoru smiled back. 'Yeah...you're right...' he murmured softly. Hikaru was so close to him right now. Nobody else was around. If only Kaoru had the courage to do something about his feelings...

Kaoru leaned back in the sofa so that his head was tilted back, and all he could see was the grand ceiling, and the impressive chandeliers. When he got bored of that sight, he moved his head back to where it had been. Kaoru wasn't the only one who had changed his position on the sofa.

Hikaru had moved much closer. When Kaoru's head returned to where it had once been, Hikaru's was now just a few centimetres away. Their breathing suddenly copied the others, and Kaoru could feel his cheeks growing hot. The two boys held each other's gaze for what felt like a lifetime. Neither of them could do what they most wanted to do. Finally, Kaoru had enough. He needed to say how he felt. He swallowed, inhaled a big breath and-

BOOM

The two jumped at the sound of the door slamming open. Their eyes met again just for a second, but soon moved to see who had interrupted them. A tall, slim figure appeared in the doorway.

'Kyouya?' they both announced in unison.

'Oh, hello gentlemen,' the dark man replied. He strode into the middle of the room, and collapsed into a chair. 'I am definitely not in a good mood right now.'

'Neither am I, you big idiot', thought Kaoru. 'Dammit, Kyouya. This is the second time you've managed to ruin something...'

Kyouya Ootori sighed as he rubbed the side of his head. 'Silly migraine..' he hissed.

Hikaru, still shaken by the sound of the door slamming and the events that had preceded it, hesitantly moved to the opposite end of the sofa, closer to where the Shadow King was sitting. 'What's wrong, Kyouya? You look seriously upset about something.' Hikaru pointed out. 'Come on, tell us.'

Kyouya adjusted his glasses and leant back in his chair. 'No, it's perfectly fine. I mean...something did happen, but I don't want to go into it-'

Kaoru, who was now genuinely interested at this point, asked him to continue. 'Please Kyouya! You can tell us!'

Kyouya sighed and turned to them. 'Okay', he droned. 'You really want to know?'

The brothers nodded in unison.

'Well..' Kyouya began. 'There is currently a young lady in our school, called Ayami Okuma, who has very powerful parents. In fact, their power and wealth exceeds every one of our club members families.' Kyouya paused, trying to remember the script that Haruhi had given him. 'Anyhow, the girl in question proposed something to me today on my way here. She said that she would be able to offer the Host Club a vast array of presents, which would mean that we would not need to use our budget to buy certain things anymore. For example, she offered to buy all of Honey's cakes for two entire years.'

The twins gasped. 'Who would offer to do something so kind?' asked Hikaru.

'Or so reckless...' Kaoru added.

'Indeed', Kyouya continued. 'She offered many other gifts, services, and even places to spend our Host Club vacations.' Kyouya's smiling face suddenly turned darker than usual. 'And then she told me what she wanted in return for all these treasures...'

Hikaru and Kaoru looked bewildered as they waited for Kyouya to finish.

'Go on...' Kaoru prompted. 'What did she want?'

Kyouya adjusted his glasses once more, and leaned forward in his chair.

'She wanted a picture of you two.'

The twins were expressionless.

Kyouya inhaled before saying the last word.

'Kissing.'

Chapter 8's gonna be up soon! It MIGHT be the last chapter... I'm not sure yet. I'l see how much I write for Chapter 8, which I think is going to be the most fun to write ^^ lol Thanks for reading :) And please review if you can :)