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Chapter 7: An Almost Perfect Date

"Kaoru I don't think you can do the same thing you did last time and act sick so Hikaru will go in your place on the date. Besides don't you think it'd be better if we got one of them to ask the other out?"

"Yeah I guess it'd be even more obvious if I did the same thing twice. What could we do then?"

"Well from what you tell me and from what I've seen Hikaru won't have the guts to ask out Haruhi without practically being forced to. As for Haruhi well I'm not too sure what her preferences are or if she is even interested in anyone in the romantic kind of way. So we need to figure out a way to get them on a date with each other without a bunch of pressure."

"Whatever we do we have to make sure the boss doesn't find out I don't want him to ruin anything. I want Hikaru to be happy and if being with Haruhi makes him happy then I want to do what I can to help make that happen. But if we need them alone together we could take them to an amusement park and ditch them so they're forced to have fun together."

"That could work but we need to make sure they understand that it's a date. Besides if we just ditch them Hikaru would go crazy trying to find you and Haruhi would be dragged around looking for you too so you would need a reason to leave."

"Hah! I've got it!"

"What? What's your idea?"

"A double date! It will start out as me, you, Hikaru, and Haruhi then after a little while you and I will leave them so they can finish their date alone. Also this way you can go to Haruhi's house and make sure she wears something extra cute!"

"I'm pretty sure she is capable of dressing herself but that's not a bad idea it will give me a chance to talk to her about some things. So, when should we do this?"

"Talk about what things and how about this weekend?"

"This weekend sounds good Akira's mom promised me the weekend off since I did good filling in during the party. Also we need to talk about girl things so you aren't allowed to know!" I said teasing him with a slight smirk of my own on my face.

"So now all we have to do is set it up with them too. I think that you should talk to Hikaru then have the both of you go to invite Haruhi."

"Operation: Hikaru and Haruhi's second date is a go!" Beamed Kaoru.

We gave each other a high five then left the room. I felt excited this was going to be so much fun. The rest of my day was a breeze doing homework and talking with Akira about the cupcakes we were going to make. The only thing that made my day less than perfect was the fact that I had to change all the lights in the chandelier again. That took me forever! After I was finished Kaoru called and told me that phase one was complete so I just assumed that meant that he told Hikaru and that they were going to invite Haruhi tomorrow. It took me longer than usual to fall asleep because of how excited I was. Morning classes came and went but when I saw the twins stay behind during lunch I knew that this was the big moment hopefully Haruhi agreed. I saw Kaoru whisper something to Hikaru before they walked over.

"Hey Haruhi!" Hikaru said with a nervous smile on his face.

"What are your plans for this weekend?" Asked Kaoru not the least bit curious.

"Well I have some grocery shopping to do but that's about it."

"Sounds boring," Kaoru commented.

"Well it's more fun than studying."

"Why don't you hang out with us this Saturday then? Be my date?" Asked Hikaru looking even shyer than before.

"Yeah Momo is coming, so if you go the Hikaru can have a date too."

"Haruhi you should definitely come! I heard that double dates are lots of fun." I chimed in hoping that I was helping the matter. In the end she agreed to go and that was enough for us. I gave Kaoru a thumbs up when no one was looking and he smiled from ear to ear at our success.

I was grinning from ear to ear this was going to be an amazing weekend. The rest of the week couldn't go by fast enough. Finally it was Friday and I had asked Haruhi if I could spend the night at her house again so we could get ready for our dates together. Akira kept asking me a million questions since I told her that I was busy and wouldn't be able to bake cupcakes with her until Sunday. I couldn't tell her that I was spending the night at Haruhi's because she still thought Haruhi was a boy and I didn't want to tell her and risk everyone knowing whatever information Kyoya has on me. I settled on telling her that I was spending the night with a friend of mine then we'd be going out doing stuff all day Saturday. So technically I wasn't lying I was just leaving out some key details.

"Haruhi I think you should wear this one it would look so cute on you!" The excitement about the day to come was making me almost as giddy as Akira was on a daily basis.

"I don't really like wearing dresses. I feel more comfortable in pants."

"Then you should wear...this! It's not a dress and perfect!"

I held up a blue tank top made of scrunched up ruffles with white bows connecting the straps to the shirt. In my other hand I held up a pair of Capri's with a small blue butterfly at the hip. She put it on and added a white jacket just in case it got cold. She let me put some mascara, eyeliner, and lip gloss on her even if she was reluctant about it. I looked around and found some white sandals for her to wear and she was done. As if on cue we heard someone knocking at the door. We answered the door to find Hikaru and Kaoru waiting. Hikaru had on pants with a thick black tank top and a slightly smaller red tank top over it. Kaoru was wearing similar pants and a black tank top with a sleeveless light green hoodie over it. They smiled as we walked out the door. Hikaru walked in front with Haruhi at his side while Kaoru walked with me behind them.

"You look great." He said in a little above a whisper tone with a small smile.

"Then that makes both of us."

I spent longer than I'd like to admit deciding what I was going to wear and how I was going to do my hair. I picked a pink shirt with a big flower in the corner and some of my favorite jeans. I paired that with black sandals and a pink sparkly headband to hold back my golden brown almost blonde hair that fell halfway down my back in waves. I put on eyeliner and mascara to make my chocolate brown eyes pop. After a short ride we were at the entrance of a huge carnival. It surprised me it didn't seem like somewhere the twins would enjoy being then with a second thought I thought that it was totally their style. All the silly clowns, magicians, con artists, and opportunities to get lost and scare people made it seem like they would have a lot of fun here. The four of us stuck together for a while watching people juggle and clowns make balloon animals. One of them gave me a balloon hat that looked like a giant turtle. Hikaru and Kaoru laughed endlessly at my ridiculous new look and I couldn't help but laugh with them. A gust of wind blew it off my head and into the distance but I didn't mind it would just pop eventually anyway.

"Hey guys why don't we ride the Ferris wheel? I lot of people like it so it should be fun." Stated Haruhi looking up at the 250 ft well lit metal wheel. I gave Kaoru a bit of a worried glance which he saw.

"Why don't you and Hikaru ride that? I kinda wanna do something else."

"Being trapped in a little gondola that high in the air doesn't really sit well with me but I'm sure you two will have fun!" Hikaru looked like he was about to protest but Kaoru and I didn't stick around long enough to hear it. We hid behind a small stand and watched as they did indeed walk towards it while they laughed and talked.

"Are you sure we should've just ran like that?"

"Probably not but they look fine with it and besides they've been alone with each other before and everything went well."

"Until he got jealous and a thunderstorm hit. Although I don't think it'll rain or anything it's been clear all day and it seems like it's going to stay that way too."

"So, Haruhi told you about it?"

"I told you we needed to talk and besides she didn't seem to mind answering all the questions I had. What are we going to do now? I don't think they need to be watched anymore."

"Yeah. Hey what's that?" I followed where his finger pointed to see a house of mirrors.

"It's what it says it is a house well really a building of mirrors. They're supposed to have all sorts of mirrors that make your head big or make you look super tall. It'd be fun wanna go?" He agreed and we walked into the building.

Coincidentally the first mirror did make our heads look big and we burst out in laughter. I stood the tips of my toes and smiled which in the mirror put a huge goofy grin on my face and only made us laugh harder. It seemed like the mirrors would never end. There were mirrors that made us look like giraffes, one that made us look super short and squished, another that made our buttes look like the size of Jupiter, and one that even made look like we were hippos! I couldn't breathe I was laughing so hard especially since we always made funny faces or struck a funny pose to see how the mirror would distort our bodies. Finally we wandered into a huge room where mirrors lined the walls but didn't do anything funny. The lights began to flicker and was turning off and on again to the point where it the flash of light seemed to last only a second before it was replaced by darkness. I stood in the middle of the room paralyzed when finally the flashing stopped and the light remained on.

"Kaoru?" I looked around but only saw myself no matter where I looked.

"Kaoru! Crap! Where's the freaking door?" I looked around and only saw mirrors reflecting my own panicked expression back to me.

"Momo?" It sounded distant but it was definitely him. I walked toward the mirrors hoping to find the door if I walked along the wall.

"Yes! How did I not see this before?" As if out of thin air the door appeared before me. The hallway was dark so I ran through it feeling like the dumb girl in horror movies that the audience is always yelling at.

"Ow! You should watch-"

"I'm sorry! Hey! Why'd you just leave me?" Apparently the dark hall was the exit and I had ran right into Kaoru.

"I didn't leave you! We walked past the hippo mirror then you just disappeared!"

"What? You didn't end up in that circular room with nothing but mirrors on the walls?" He looked at me like I was stupid.

"Momo the whole place was like that."

"No! I mean it was, but this was different! The mirrors were just normal ones then the lights started flashing like crazy then stopped and I looked around but you weren't there. I was all by myself and I couldn't find my way out and I called your name but I didn't get any response."

"Yeah I thought I heard you so I called your name then a minute later you almost knocked me down!"

"I'm sorry! I was running and I...I-" I couldn't talk anymore because I had busted into a fit of laughter. I felt so stupid and for some reason I found it funny. He looked down at me confused but couldn't help but laugh too after a while.

"Looks like I broke my promise huh?"

"What?"

"You made me promise not to disappear again and well I just did even though it wasn't really on purpose."

"Then it's time for a penalty game."

"What? Oh no!" I didn't like the glint he got in his eye so I ran away from him.

"Hey! You don't even know what it is yet!" He yelled as he chased me with half of a smile on his face and a look of determination in his eyes.

"I don't want to play a penalty game!" I yelled back as I ran and laughed.

"You have to! You broke your promise!" He was getting closer to me slowly but surely.

"I didn't mean to!" At that moment I felt a pair of arms wrap around me holding me tightly.

"Now which game should I make you play?" I never really noticed how much taller he was than me until now. The top of my head fit right under his chin.

"How about none?" He had a mischievous but playful glint in his eye.

"Well since it wasn't your fault I'll let you off easy." I looked up and smiled at him then returned the hug.

After a minute we let go of each other and continued walking. It was late and you could see stars in the sky. It had been my first date and it wasn't perfect but it was great. We played some games and won a few prizes before we ran into Hikaru and Haruhi and decided it was time we all went home.

Author's Note: Well there you go! There's Chapter seven in all of its words and stuff. Lol. I had a hard time writing this because I wanted to keep them all in character but it never really shows them being all lovey dovey in the anime and I haven't finished the manga yet. So I just kind of winged it. I hope you enjoyed it! You must be tired of hearing me say this but please REVIEW they make Fluffy and I happy. Lastly for those of you who want to know what happened on Hikaru and Haruhi's date I am going to write a one shot all about it! I don't know when I will finish it so you will just have to be patient. Thanks for reading!