After observing this routine play out, Mori, after hoisting Mitsukuni onto his shoulders to keep him from the fray between Tamaki and Kaoru, went over and stood beside Haruhi. Looking her once over himself, he wondered if this bathing suit was one of the Twins gifts for her. Glancing towards the window, Hikaru's distracted figure could be seen sitting and staring by the ocean. Mori knew Mitsukuni was thinking the same thing he was. Then, returning his eyes to Haruhi and that ugly life vest, he wondered if she even planned to swim. Mori wasn't sure Haruhi even knew how to swim. Every time the hosts got close to the water, Haruhi would always sit out. Looking around the Hitachiin resort, Mori wondered where he could get something to drink... maybe a Popsicle for Mitsukuni. At a loss for what else to do at the moment, Mori knelt in front of Haruhi and began removing the flotation device, throwing it at Kaoru and Tamaki's feet. The loud sound it made distracted them from squabbling. Once their attention returned to Haruhi and her exposed form, Mori placed his hand on her back and guided her towards the beach, knowing Kaoru, Tamaki and Kyouya would end up following eventually.
Haruhi looked up at Mori as he took the big floaty off of her and guided her to the beach. She smiled up to him as if saying thank you. Once she was there she walked over to the water and sat in the sand as the waves came in and touched her feet. She smiled at how it felt. She was glad that they brought her here for her birthday because then she didn't have to spend it by herself again. Her dad is always gone on her birthday but he tries to make it up once he comes home, but it's not the same. She watched as the others came and started playing volleyball or play in the sand/water.
"Oro?" Locked in mid-strangle by the, supposedly, nicer Hitachiin brother, Tamaki stood still after the loud 'smack' of the floaty startled him and his attacker. Staring after Haruhi and Mori as they turned their backs on him, Tamaki felt tears rush down his face in melancholy abandonment and reached out for them instantly
"Noo! Haruhi! Wait for daddy!"
Working free from Kaoru's loosened grasp, the Idiot King ran after them towards the lapping waves, unwilling to be left behind. Tapping his fingers together, Tama stood beside Mori-sempai and childishly complained, "You took the floaty off~" not brave enough to actually reprimand his senior.
Haruhi looked up at Mori and Tamaki. As she did she pushed some of her hair behind her ear, smiling at them. "Tamaki-senpai, let's build a sand castle together!!" she said excitedly. Normally, Haruhi would never act like this, but today was a special day and she wanted everyone to be happy. "I'll gather the sea shells and a bucket of water while you start to build it, okay?" she stood up and looked Tamaki in his violet eyes while she was talking. Then she walked over to the water, grabbing a small bucket, she put it into the water and filled it. After dropping it off next to Tamaki, she started to gather sea shells.
