Haruhi knew that she didn't know as much about the world as Tamaki and the others, but she knew a bully when she saw one. She just never thought Kyoya would ever be a target for one. He was a grown-up. Grown-ups didn't get bullied. And Kyoya was the smartest person she had ever met (even if he did nearly set the kitchen on fire the last time he tried to follow one of Hunny's recipes.) And even if someone did pick on him, Kyoya lived with Mori, a master of fighting and security guarding.
That's why it came as so much of a shock to her when she found him in his office with a phone pressed against his ear, talking in broken sentences as if the other person kept interrupting. One of the first things she had learned upon moving in was that Kyoya was in charge, so nobody crossed him on purpose.
He also looked upset, like he was trying to explain himself. He was walking back and forth across the floor alternating between running a hand through his hair and crossing his free arm over his chest.
"No… you know me-… I said no. She's not mine… no, Tamaki didn't knock up one of his customer-," he saw her and his eyes grew wide behind his glasses. Hurrying over to her, he quickly ushered her out the door and shut it, but not before she heard some of what the other person was saying to Kyoya.
"-used to think you were too smart to do something as stupid as this. School is what you need to be focusing on, not a kid who-,"
The door shut but Haruhi could still hear Kyoya on the other side, though he was talking quieter now. Glaring, she decided that she didn't like the person on the other end on the line. He was being really rude to Kyoya, and she was now pretty sure that this argument was about her. Clenching her fists, she put on her scariest face and hoped that the person could tell how angry she was.
Haruhi heard the desk chair squeak and, before she could think about how much trouble she would be in, she threw the door open and yanked the phone out of Kyoya's hand.
"Stop being mean to Kyoya! Bullies are bad and don't never get friends!"
"Haruhi!" Kyoya grabbed the phone from her and put it back up to his ear. "I'm sorry about that, Dad. I've got to go. Goodbye."
Haruhi sniffled, rubbing tears out of her eyes. She knew Kyoya was upset with her, but she had only been trying to stand up for him.
Kyoya saw this and sighed, patting her head. "Haruhi, you can't interrupt a grown-up's phone call. That was my dad and you were really rude to him."
"He-he was rude t-to you! He called you the S-word!" She sobbed.
Not knowing what else to do, and knowing that actual punishment was out of the question, he picked her up and just held her. "That's not something you should have heard. I'm sorry."
Sniffling, she buried her face in his shoulder, squeezing him tight. "S'okay." She dried her eyes as much as she could and leaned back to look at him, face serious. "You're not the S-word, okay? Bullies are wrong when they say stuff like that."
Kyoya smiled and pulled her back for another hug. "I know that, but thank you, Haruhi."
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