A/N: Oh my god, it's been forever since I updated this. I am soo soo sorry. And it's a short update at that, gah I'm terrible. Here, next chapter'll be three thousand words... Or two and a half. It'll be long, I promise. And it'll come soon. I just... I've been stuck and :P
Sorry :''(
Edit: I'm going through my chapters and repairing any Haruhi OOC-ness I see so there may be teeny little changes if you're re-reading this.
Kaoru hung up the phone and chuckled. She was just too much fun to mess with!
Hikaru came out of the restroom where he'd been taking a bath and was in only his boxers with a towel on his head. He glared at his brother half-heartedly. "Who were you talking to, Kao?"
"No one." Kaoru grinned humorously.
"Why are you lying to me?"
Kaoru shrugged. "It's funny when your face gets as red as your hair."
Hikaru huffed and collapsed on the bed, snatching the phone from his brother. He looked at the calls and his eyebrows rose. "You called Haruhi?"
Kaoru shook his head and smiled even more. "Even better, she called us."
Hikaru smiled. "Really? Why'd she call?"
"Actually, it was because I called her dad and told him Haruhi's been overworking herself and getting sick." Kaoru admitted. "Her dad went a little nuts with that information when I told him."
Hikaru burst out laughing only managing to gasp out a few words. "And... What... Happened?"
Kaoru shrugged. "She said something about history questions. Her dad is way too much like the boss."
Hikaru shuddered. "Thank god Haruhi didn't adopt that behavior."
They both took a moment to imagine that situation, then shuddered in unison. It just didn't fit her.
Kaoru snapped out of it and leaned towards his brother to get his attention again. "But get this, Hikaru. She invited us over to her house."
Hikaru raised his brows. "You're kidding."
"Nope." Kaoru said victoriously, popping the 'p'.
"Today?"
"Nah, tomorrow."
Hikaru stiffened. "One problem, Kao. Don't you remember that mom set up a meeting with the Yoshida family?"
Kaoru groaned and shook his head. "No, I forgot. I got excited, it totally slipped my mind."
Hikaru looked up at his brother hopefully. "You think we could back out of it?"
"The meeting? No, mom would be pissed. She planned it weeks ago." Kaoru said, as the memory of their mother explaining it to them finally cleared up in his mind.
"Could we bring Haruhi?" Hikaru asked, deciding he just wanted to spend time with her.
"I don't think she'd appreciate it. She'd have to.. get... all... dressed up." Kaoru and Hikaru grinned. Kaoru began to walk away. "I'll go ask mom."
"I'll call Haruhi." Hikaru said mischievously while dialing her number.
Haruhi sighed as she fell back on her bed. "I thought I had more homework."
Alas, no. She'd finished all her assignments during lunch in the classroom. Why did she have to be such a good student?
Now she's stuck with nothing to do.
She bit her lip in anticipation of tomorrow. What would they do? She didn't have the faintest idea of where to take them or what they'd want to do. Or what they'd be expecting. What if they thought she was boring? What if they ditched her?
Oh god, what if they thought it was a date and she flaked on it?
Wait. What is she thinking?!
She groaned at herself and rubbed her eyes in exasperation. "I'm acting stupid. Why do I care if they think it's a date? I know it's not, so what does it matter?"
She heard a buzz and shot up from her relaxed position. She spun her head around trying to fine the source, then finally noticed that her phone was on and moving slightly on her desk. Weird. She stood up and walked over to the desk, picking up the phone to see who was calling her. It said 'Kaoru'.
She clicked the answer button and smiled as she brought the phone to her ear. "I thought you just hung up on me."
She heard snickering on the other side and her brow raised. "Oh, sorry Hikaru, I thought you were Kaoru. It was his name on the screen."
Hikaru gasped on the other side. "Seriously, you are amazing Haruhi. You could really tell me apart from my twin by my laugh."
"Technically it wasn't a laugh, it was a snicker. And why are you so surprised?" Haruhi said, glad that he couldn't see the pleased smile that'd appeared on her face when he called her amazing. She was too used to their mocking. "Why are you calling?"
"Well I didn't find it fair that my brother got to talk to you and I didn't."
"I don't buy it. What's going on?"
"Fine, you know how you made plans, without me, so Kaoru and I would come over tomorrow?" Hikaru paused waiting for an answer. She chuckled and hummed an affirmative at him. "That's not what I was looking for Haruhi. I was looking for, 'Oh, I'm so sorry Hikaru, I hope you'll forgive me for-'"
"What do I have to apologize for? You were acting like a jerk earlier and I didn't expect you to get over it like your brother." Haruhi answered honestly.
Hikaru stuttered for awhile before mumbling out a feeble, "Sorry about that.", and moving on to his business. "Anyways, Kaoru forgot that he and I actually have plans tomorrow."
Haruhi's shoulders slumped in disappointment. She didn't quite know why, the whole point of the get-together was to know they were all cool again. They both had already confirmed that by speaking to her like they normally did, with their mocking and jokes and casual tone of voice. "Oh, okay. I guess it's okay, you guys are rich, it makes sense that you'd have plans."
Hikaru chuckled. "Yeah, it's cause we're rich. It has nothing to do with our mom wanting to show us off to her old lady friends."
Haruhi smiled slightly. "Yeah, okay. You two aren't accountable. Next time make sure you guys are available before making plans. It's rude otherwise."
"Hey, it was Kaoru, not me."
"Yeah, okay."
"Besides, we came up with a compromise." Hikaru said. She could hear the grin in his voice and was not at all comforted by it.
"Wow, look at you. Being all thoughtful and coming up with solutions." Haruhi smiled at Hikaru when he huffed.
"I can be thoughtful when I want to!" Came the indignant reply.
"Sure you can. So what's this compromise? I'm intrigued to hear what you two came up with."
"You come with us. To our meeting. I mean, Kaoru's asking mom right now if you can go, and it'd be so much more fun with you there. With you there, it'd be more bearable." Hikaru said.
Haruhi furrowed her eyebrows. "What kind of meeting?"
"Like I said, mom's just showing us off to her lady friend. And her husband. And possibly their kids. I don't remember, do they have kids?"
Haruhi was suspicious. "Why do you want me to go?"
"Like I said, again, it'll be better with you there. These meetings tend to get really boring really fast. You'd be doing us a favor."
"What's the catch?"
"What catch? Really Haruhi, don't you trust us?" She stayed silent. He shifted uncomfortably. "Really, there's no catch."
"Why don't I believe you?"
"That's on you, I'm just putting the offer out there. You don't have to come."
She stayed silent, yet again, thinking things over. She didn't know what finally made her say it, but say it she did. "Sure, I'd love to go."
