DISCLAIMER: Never going to own them, so why do I bother… Yeah, Fruits Baskets and Ouran belong to someone else. Disappointing, no?

Author's Note: …wow. I made it up to 7 chapters. I've never done that. Yay for inspiration!

Here's To Tomorrow:

Rain, Rain, Go Away, Come Again Another Day

Part One


"Get us the hell out of here!"

"Preferably today…"


Several Hours Earlier…

When the Host Club had planned their second trip to the beach, they had planned it for the whole weekend. So, it was their second day of their lovely vacation. Unfortunately, they were all stuck inside. Fortunately, their host was away on business, so the Host Club and one Kyo Sohma had free reign of the Nekozawa beach house.

"Beach house, right," snorted Kyo. The place could not be considered a house; it was a freaking MANSION! He was currently laying on the floor, not caring what the others thought of his 'commoner' position. Actually, Haruhi was down on the floor with him. The two were playing Go Fish out of boredom. Hikaru, an opportunist, was using Kyo's back as a seat. The Sohma did not mind, being used to the strange notions of the Hitachiin twins. He was a little perturbed about Kaoru sitting all alone at the window seat, watching the rain however.

Yes, the rain.

Kyo was feeling drained on energy. Luckily, the club's customers did not wish to tempt taking a bus on the slick roads. So it really was a free day for the seven boys and one girl.

Sighing in frustration, Hikaru flopped back onto Kyo, his head knocking into the other's. "Kyooo! I'm bored. Play with me!"

"Play with Kaoru," replied Kyo absently. "Have any sevens?"

"Go Fish," Haruhi answered. She thought about her hand for a bit.

"But Kaoru's in a bad mood," whined Hikaru, turning over onto his side so he could look over the older boy's shoulder. Hikaru stared at the cards. "Nya, Kyo? Are aces good?"

"Any aces?" Haruhi had a little smile on her face. She gave a small laugh at the boy's blank look. "Well?"

"Hi-ka-ru…" growled Kyo, as he gave his ace to Haruhi. He sighed when he felt the younger redhead shrug his shoulders in response. "Jeez you idiot… Keep your mouth shut. NOW,why is Kaoru in a bad mood today?" Kyo stared at Haruhi. "Right, you again."

"I don't know," Hikaru replied, frowning. "He just is. Has been since last night." He wondered if he should tell his friend about how upset his brother had been about the girl thing. A moments thought, and Hikaru decided against it. "Now, Kyozilla, stop trying to distract me. Plaaaay with me!"

Kyo sighed. "I'm already playing with Haruhi, you idiot." Grumbling, he pulled his backpack over that he had laying next to him. Haruhi and Hikaru both perked up with interest, having both wondered what was in the bag. Kyo pulled out a cube that had nine stickers on each side, ranging from six different colors. The older boy handed it the younger one, still waiting on the lone girl. "You going or not?"

"Eh? Oh, you have any nines?"

"Heh, Go Fish Haru-chan."

Haruhi glared at Kyo, only to stick her tongue out childishly. She giggled a little, feeling like a little girl again. Kyo was like the older brother she always wanted, and the two could often be found acting like little kids more so then the Host Club members combined.

Snorting, Kyo made a face in return, pulling his lower eye-lid down while giving the girl a raspberry.

While the two commoners were not acting their age in the least bit, Hikaru had been looking at the strange cube curiously. Scratching his head, he shrugged his shoulders when he failed to realize what it was. Time to bug Kyo again. "Nya, Kyoooo. What is this?"

Rolling his eyes, Kyo answered. "A Rubik cube. Match the colors up on all the sides. You know, a brain teaser." Scratching his chin, Kyo eyed Haruhi suspiciously. "How about fours?"

"Go Fish."

"Damn."

"Ah, that's easy," commented Hikaru.

When Haruhi was looking over Kyo with a blank look on her face, he sighed. Kyo pulled a card from the deck on the floor, smirked when he found a pair, then glanced over his shoulder. He glared at Hikaru. "Without taking the stickers off, dummy."

"…oh."

"Each row and column moves. Just twist and turn it until you get a match, okay? Get one side at least," Kyo groaned. He gave Haruhi an exasperated look. "Your turn again."

"Oh." Hikaru pushed back the sticker he had began peeling. Playing around, he started randomly twisting the cube. "Still easy," he sighed. "All I have to do is… no that isn't it. Maybe if I…? Nope." Pause. "What if I did…? Damn, no."

Haruhi gave Kyo a curious look. She pointedly looked at his bag, then at Hikaru who was still sitting on Kyo's back. She blinked when her classmate muttered a creative curse, almost sure he got it from his 'seat.' She plain out stared when Kyo smirked at her.

"Diabolical genius Hikaru may be," Kyo whispered, grinning. "Smart, however, he is not."

"How mean," Haruhi whispered back, laughing a little. "Is that why you have that bag? To prove his intelligence with brain teasers?"

Kyo chuckled. "Sort of. Since the day I met them, I've known it's a bad idea to let a Hitachiin get bored. So I always make sure to carry some things to distract them until they can find a victim."

Smiling, Haruhi shook her head. "You're so bad Kyo-senpai."

"Senpai? I'm older then you, yes, but I'm not your senpai." Kyo scratched his cheek absently as he thought. "I don't even go to the same school as you Haruhi. How am I your senpai?"

"You're the leading authority when it comes to dealing with the twins," she stated with a smirk on her face.

Kyo blinked, then laughed. "I suppose I am. Promise me you won't call me that all the time."

"I won't."

Hikaru growled. "That's not it either!"

Haruhi and Kyo looked at each other, only to laugh out loud. Hikaru ignored them, too involved with the Rubik cube to even notice. The two calmed down, and Kyo smirked at the girl. "Your turn still."

A smile on her face, Haruhi looked at her hand of cards again. "Any twos?"

"…damn."

From his place at the window, Kaoru watched his brother fail tragically at the Rubik cube, and his best friend and the love of his life laugh and play together. His heart clenching in pain, he turned back to the view out the window. Kyo, he thought. Would you still smile like that… if you knew how I felt?

A tear trailing down his face, the youngest Hitachiin wiped it away before anyone else would notice. Love could be such a painful thing. How was Kaoru supposed to survive with a broken heart?

At a small table, his faithful companions Takashi and Bun-Bun at his side, Mitsukuni, or as he preferred, Hunny, pushed his empty desert plate to the side. Even Hunny had his limits, and 5 large 3-layered cakes were certainly the limit for between breakfast and brunch. Still some time till brunch, the small senior turned towards his cousin. "Mm, Takashi I'm bored."

"Hm," replied Takashi, or as he was popularly known as, Mori. His eyes turning towards his fellow Host Club members, Mori wondered what he could find to do. He blinked curiously at the sight of Hikaru still messing with the Rubik cube, still no closer to solving. Mori turned back to Hunny. "Hn."

Hunny sighed. "You can't think of anything? But I'm bored Takashi!"

Sitting on one of the couches, Tamaki turned to look at his two seniors. The blond had been looking at a 'commoner' magazine on fishing. Unknown to him, Kyoya, who had been sitting next to his friend reading, had been cringing at the thought of the Host Club president thinking of a fishing themed day for the club. Not only would it cost a lot… but it would smell.

"Ah, Hunny-senpai," started Tamaki, practically leaning over the back of the couch. "Hunny-senpai, how about a commoner's game?"

At the words 'commoners game' the two 'commoners' of the group stopped their game and turned to glare at the blond. Hikaru paused in his quest to solve the Rubik cube to look over at his upperclassman curiously, knowing perfectly well that Kyo and Haruhi were not happy. At the window seat, Kaoru looked blankly at Tamaki, wondering what he could do now to piss off their friends on accident this time. Kyoya simply hit his forehead in annoyance, while Mori wondered about everyone's safety.

"Mhmm, that sounds fun," cheered Hunny. "Ne, doesn't it Takashi?!"

"Mm."

"Ah, then it's settled," Tamaki exclaimed in enthusiasm. "We'll play the commoners game known as 'Truth and Dare'! Daughter and adopted son! Show us how to play this delightful commoners game, yes?!"

"NO," replied the 'daughter' and 'adopted son' in unison.

Tamaki quickly found his corner of woe.

"B-but I'm bored," commented Hunny, his eyes tearing up. "What will I do now?"

Haruhi turned to Kyo, an exasperated look on her face. The redhead grinned at the brunette, knowing exactly what she meant. Glancing first at Tamaki still in his corner, then at Hunny who was pouting, Kyo winked at Haruhi.

"How about… 'Scavenger Hunt'," Kyo suggested.

Blinking, Haruhi nodded in agreement. "That could work. We get in teams of two, and try to find certain items throughout the house."

Kyo grinned. "Commoner items, of course."

Tamaki pulled himself out of his corner. "Would Nekozawa have commoner items in his house?"

"Yes," wondered Kyoya, pushing his glasses up. "Would we even be able to find these things?"

Haruhi glared at her upperclassmen. "It's common, isn't it?"

While Tamaki ran back to his corner, Kyoya smirked. "Most interesting logic… Yes, I suppose it is."

Sitting up, thereby knocking Hikaru off his back, Kyo turned to the seniors. "So Hunny, will that work out for you? It's a fun game to play. All we need is to make up a list for everyone, which Haruhi and me can easily do. And figure out the teams of course."

Hunny thought about it for a long time; 3 seconds that is. "That sounds like it's really fun! Takashi, you want to do a Scavenger Hunt?"

"Mm."

"Then Takashi and I will play Scavenger Hunt," squealed Hunny in excitement. "When do we start huh?"

"Soon," placated Haruhi. She grabbed Kyo's bag of 'tricks'; figuring if its purpose was to entertain the twins, there was bound to be some paper and a pencil. Ignoring Kyo's huff of annoyance, she smiled when she found what she was looking for. "Kyo, help me make up the list. Everyone else, decide on teams."

Pulling himself off the floor, after being dropped on his head, Hikaru glared at his older friend, only to start perking up when he realized they would be playing a game. Finally, something entertaining to do. Hikaru made his way to his twin, Kaoru still sitting at the window. Leaning on his twin in a familiar manner, the older Hitachiin smirked at the younger. "Nya, Kaoru, you and me on a team, right?"

"Right," grinned Kaoru, looking up at his brother. Just for a moment, his eyes moved over to the other redhead sitting on the floor, next to his best friend, only to return to Hikaru's face instantly. He was safe as long as he was around his brother, less chance of him doing something foolish around Kyo. "We'll win for sure."

Hikaru laughed. "Yep!"

Having heard the twins, Hunny turned to Mori. "We're a team, right Takashi?"

"Mm," smiled Mori in agreement.

Returning from his corner, Tamaki gave his guaranteed-to-fluster-a-girl smile. "Then I shall team up with my lovely daughter! Mother, you'll team up with our adopted son, of course. While you're out with him, I shall be bonding with our precious Haruhi, strengthening our father/daughter connection even more so!"

As one, the other Host Club members were suddenly surrounding Tamaki. The blond jumped back in surprise. The other males had varying expressions upon their faces as they started to debate with their president.

"Kaoru and I want to team up with Haruhi. Right Kaoru?" Hikaru smirked at their 'king'.

Leaning on his brother, the same devilish grin on his face, Kaoru nodded. "Right Hikaru. We'll team up with Haruhi ourselves, Tono."

"B-but… father/daughter bonding…" stuttered Tamaki, visibly drooping.

"Bun-bun wants to play with Haruhi too! So Takashi and I will play with Haruhi," Hunny determined.

Blank look on his face, Mori nodded.

"H-Haruhi… team… with m-me…" continued the blond.

Pushing his glasses up his nose, light reflecting off the lenses, Kyoya smiled. "How about we make this into a competition, hm? Who ever wins will get to partner with Haruhi. I'll even provide a side prize: pictures of Haruhi, age 4."

Behold! The Make-Tamaki-Miserable-Today Committee.

While the Host Club male members tried to figure out how they would win the chance to partner up with Haruhi, said girl was currently grinding her teeth. She was used to this kind of thing by now, but it was still annoying. She clenched the scavenger hunt lists in her hand, her other making a nice fist; a fist she wished she could hit her fellow members over the head with them.

Kyo stood next to Haruhi, shaking his head. Really, how pathetic could they get? The lone currently only sane male turned to the red-faced girl, smirking. "Now, now. While they're trying to figure out who gets to team with you, let's ditch them."

Haruhi blinked, only to snort as she tried to not laugh out loud. "You really are the master, aren't you senpai?"

Sneaking to the only exit, making sure to leave the lists somewhere for the others to find them, Kyo turned to the girl following behind him. He grinned. "Professional to all, but master of none I'm afraid."

Haruhi smiled, following the older male. The girl glanced back at her friends who were still arguing. Sighing, she continued to follow Kyo out into the hall as they began their own version of Hide and Seek. After all, no reason to come back from the Scavenger Hunt too easily.

Little did Kyo and Haruhi know that trouble was coming their way.

To Be Continued…


Finite! Done! …wait. Only part one? …what am I thinking? Well, review people, and I'll try to get the next part out as soon as possible. In the mean time, enjoy my newest Kyo/Kaoru story, and be prepared for some other new stuff of other fandoms as well. Oh, and following this chapter will, of course, be another side story. REMEMBER! REVIEW!