Chapter 6.. hunny, haruhi, a bit of mori and renge
Disclaimer: Ouran is definitely not mine ;p and the title of this chapter was copied too
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The next morning, Haruhi woke up with the sound of her alarm clock. As she climbed down the bed, she noticed her roommate glaring at her, as if she committed a crime. Haruhi gave Kyouya a puzzled look.
She was about to speak when,"What was that noise about?" Kyouya groggily said with an obvious danger in his voice. Before Haruhi can even reply, Kyouya continued, "If I EVER hear that again, I swear, you'll regret the moment you stepped at this room..."
Haruhi was stunned with Kyouya's words. Kyouya scared the hell out of her. How can the sound of an alarm clock turn a guy into a devil? Haruhi didn't know what to do. Is she gonna scream for help? Is she going to apologize to her roommate? Haruhi could literally feel the adrenaline rush in her body.
The next thing she realized was that Kyouya was, again, back to his slumber as if nothing happened. This caused Haruhi to think if what happened was real or she was just dreaming.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a soft knock on the door. She went over to check who it was. Upon opening the door, a kid with a blonde hair pulled her outside the room. Haruhi was about to scream when the blonde kid raised his hand up to cover Haruhi's mouth, "shhh.. You'll wake everyone up! Or worse, you'll wake Kyou-chan up if you shout.."
Haruhi nodded. The blonde kid released her and spoke again with an obvious excitement, "Hi haru-chan! I'm the head of dorm one.. My name is Haninuzoka Mitsukuni, but people call me Hani.. I hope you enjoy your stay here at Ouran!"
"Eh?", was all that Haruhi said. She cannot believe that this blonde kid, or should she say 'guy', is actually the head of the dorm she was in...'if he is the 'head', then that means that he is my senpai!?' haruhi thought as she stared at Hani.
"Haru-chan! Haru-chan! Are you okay?" Hani asked with a concerned look.
"Hai! Gomen... I was just... thinking.." She replied to her cutesy senior.
"Okay! Now, come on! Usa-chan and I will give you a tour around so you will be familiar with the place", said Hani as he dragged her upstairs, towards his room.
"Usa-chan?"
"Hai! Uhm, wait here okay? I'll get him" said Hani as he rushed inside the room, leaving Haruhi standing in front of the door.
Haruhi sighed. 'Weird... are there any normal people in here? I actually thought that Hani-senpai is around 12 years old..'
Haruhi was brought back in reality as someone spoke behind her. "uhm, please excuse me..", a tall man, with a short raven hair and a deep voice said.
"Hai! Gomen.." said Haruhi as she moved to the side to let the man pass.
"Ah" replied the man.
As the man was about to walk, the door in front of them opened, revealing Hani who was now holding a stuffed toy in his right hand."Ne, takashi! Are you finished with your training?", the cute senior said.
"Ah"
"Okay! I'm just going to tour Haru-chan around... by the way Haru-chan, this is Morinuzuka Takashi, he's my cousin.. Takashi, this is Haruhi, he's the one the twins were talking about."
"It's nice to meet you Morinuzuka-san!" Haruhi said with a warm smile.
"Ah"
'Can he say something other than 'ah'?' haruhi thought.
Then, the tall senior, as if he had read her mind, gave her a smile before saying, "people call me Mori."
This caused Haruhi's heart to leap. She returned thesmile and said, "hai! Mori-senpai!"
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Haruhi and Hani have talked about random stuffs as they walked around the campus...
"Oh.. So that's the club that hikaru and kaoru have mentioned..."
"Hai!" the senior enthusiastically replied. "Haru-chan, are you okay with kyou-chan?"
"Kyouya-senpai?"
"Hai.. Is he treating you well?"
"Hmm.. I'm not really sure...", she hesitated for a moment; then she continued, "he's actually... scary"
"Ohh..", the senior said thoughtfully.
"He doesn't like me at all, right?" she asked. "I tried to be friends with him... but I guess he doesn't want to...", haruhi sadly told her senior.
Sensing the pain in haruhi's voice, hani took the liberty to comfort and help her, "it's not like that haru-chan... well.. Kyou-chan is not really mean you know.. It's just that, he behaves that way because..."
Haruhi patiently waited for Hani to continue his statement. When none came, "what is it Hani-senpai?"
"Well.. It might be because of Kyou-chan's... phobia..."
"Ph-pphobia?.. I don't get it hani-senpai..."
"I don't really know what happened to him.. In fact, no one knows the true story.. But he... well he seems to be annoyed with the..."
"With the what…?"
With that, the cute senior hugged haruhi very tight, while crying out loud... "waaaaah!! Haru-chan! Haru-chan!! I didn't mean to offend you... waaaah...!!"
"Eeeh!! Hani-senpai! Why are you crying??"
"I'm so mean haru-chan!! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!! Waaaah! I'm not judging you or anything..."
"Hani-senpai!! Calm down!!"
"Waaaah! I'm so mean! Waaahhh..."
"Hani-sen..."
"Mitsukuni..."
Upon hearing his cousin's voice, Hani released haruhi and hurried towards Mori.
"Takashi! Takashi! I'm so mean!! Waaah..!"
Mori seemed puzzled, but he didn't show any surprise with his cousin's actions at all. He gave haruhi an inquiring look.
"Mori-senpai.. He just started crying while we were talking. I didn't know what made him upset.."explained haruhi.
"Ah", mori said as he nodded to haruhi. He then turned to hani and spoke, "mitsukuni, do you know that you're making usa-chan sad when you cry?"
Hani tried to cover up his sobs, "Oh... I'm... I'm sorry..."
When he finally wiped his tears away, he spoke, "haru-chan, forgive me.. I didn't mean to judge you as a person.. I mean, I respect what and who you are.."
"Eh?"
"I hope you'll forgive me haru-chan..", Hani sheepishly said.
"I don't understand...", she told hani, then she looked at mori.
"He just wanted to say that he didn't want to judge you for being a...'homo'...", mori simply explained.
"A 'homo'?! But I'm not a...", haruhi sighed. 'Oh mother..', she rolled her eyes.
"Iye. It's okay hani senpai...", she continued.
"I'll make it up to you haru-chan..", hani said, "I'm really sorry.."
"Sure", she said with a giggle. "I guess I'll be going now senpai.. My class is about to start in 20 minutes.."
"Okay.. See you then haru-chan!", the cute senior obviously got back to his old self.
"Goodbye to you too mori-senpai"
"Ah. Bye haruhi"
Just then, haruhi felt so glad when she realized that Mori, for the first time, had called her by her first name. She gave the two seniors a sweet smile before turning away.
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HARUHI's POV
I can't believe that hani-senpai had cried out loud just now. But then, he seemed really childish. Not to mention that he actually has a stuffed toy.
..Sigh..
Thank goodness that mori-senpai had explained why hani-senpai had cried...
So.. he thought that he had offended me for thinking that I am a 'homo'?
Am I being obvious? Even the twins had thought that I am a...
Wait... That's it! I got it! Why didn't I see it before?!
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NORMAL POV
After the incident with Hani, Haruhi had attended her classes that morning. The twins, of course, have tried to 'kidnap' her, and have her spend some time them. However, haruhi did her best to get rid of them for she has a 'very important' thing to do.
She took her cellphone from her dorm room and went outside Ouran. She went to a nearby coffee shop and ordered some snacks and a drink.
Upon sitting comfortably, she took out her phone and dialled a familiar number..
"Hello.."
"HAAaaa-RRruuuu-Hiiiiiiiii!!"
"Renge.. Please keep it low.."
"Haaruuuhhii!! Oh my! How are you?? I missed you!"
"Well, im okay.. I guess.."
"Eh?! Haru-chan! Is there something wrong? Tell me!!"
"Uhm.. Well, it's a long story.."
"I don't care how long! Haru-chan!! Are you pregnant?! Did someone treat you badly?! Are you sick??"
"Anou.. Renge.. Your imagination is too much...", haruhi said bluntly.
"Well how would I know what happened to you if you're not gonna tell me?"
"Okay.. It's really complicated.. I don't have much time now to talk about everything.. But I promise that I will explain it to you sometime.." she paused. "For now, I need your help with something renge..."
"Sure! Anything haru-chan!! Just tell me!"
"Uhmm.. I need some reference.."
"Reference?"
"Hai! Like books or maybe magazines..."
"Ohh! Sure! That's easy haru-chan! So, what books and magazines do you need? Do you need encyclopedias as well? Or you know what, I'll just send you a laptop..."
"No, no, no renge... listen first... listen..", she continued, trying to sound normal, "I need references about... boys"
"WHHHHHAAAATTT??" renge's scream practically broke haruhi's eardrum.
"HARU-CHAN!! I never thought that you would be a 'wild' one! YOU GO GIRL!! You're finally a woman!"
"Wild? What wild are you talking about? I don't think you understand what I'm trying to say renge.."
"Of course I understand! god Haruhi! I thought that you would die a virgin! Good thing that you are n..."
Upon realizing what her friend was saying, Haruhi interrupted her, "Renge! Stop saying those words!".
Then she sighed. "okay.. I don't think we'll get somewhere.. Uhm.. Thanks anyway renge... but, I think I'll just talk to you later.."
"No! No! Haru! I'm sorry.. I was just carried away..", renge said apologetically. "I'll have the books and magazines sent there to you by tonight.. What books in particular do you need?"
"Thank you very much.. Well.. Any reference materials.. As long as it talks about how the 'normal' boys act, dress, think.. Things like that.."
"Alright! Is there anything else haru-chan?"
"Nope.. That's it.. Arigato renge! I'll call you back again. Take care of yourself! And say hi to uncle mito for me.."
"Sure! Bye haruhi! Take care as well!"
With that, haruhi finished her food and went back to Ouran. She decided that starting tomorrow, she would do her very best to be 'manly'. She knew that it would do her no good if more and more people will begin to suspect her as a homo.. Who knows? That suspiscion of the others might lead them to find out Haruhi's identity. She also wanted to work things out with her homo-freak roommate, so she gave this plan of hers a shot. All she needed were the reference materials that Renge would send her. Those reference materials would, hopefully, contain everything she needed to know on how to be a perfect man.
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A/N: oh yesss.. we're getting there.. finally.. just a bit more push and the romance will begin.. hopefully!! thanks for those who reviewed... I hope that more people will appreciate my crappy story when kyouya and haruhi finally get together!! ;p there would also be a bit of tama-haru i guess.. i love tamaki too ... i dunno, probably hika-haru hints as well... let's just see what my hands would type..
love u all! i would appreciate any reviews... xD