A/N: After reading reviews and my last chapter, I decided I needed to update for the holidays. My laptop is completely busted now and I just haven't felt any inspiration. Trust me, I have this entire story played out in my head but I just haven't applied it. Hope you guys enjoy this chapter. Oh, and BTW the cameo was Shiro, the little bratty kid. I believe I made him a mouse...or a puppy. XD And also did anyone else notice I typed Chapter Right last time instead of Eight? XD I did, too lazy to change it though.

Summary: Mori is finally beginning to understand what the deal is with these humanoid pets, and it's all thanks to an adorable little stray who weasels into his heart.

Pairings: MoriHon, HikaKao, KyoTama

Warnings: Contains some Language, OOC-Ness and Shounen-Ai/Yaoi. Which means this story contains MALEXMALE Don't like it? Then go away. o-o

Disclaimer: Honestly, if I owned Ouran High School Host Club, there'd be great YAOI fun. But I don't, Hatori Bisco does. Darn it.

Project: Fluffbutt

Chapter Nine

What Kyoya had revealed to Mori had been surprising to say the least. He had known them all since High school? It was difficult to imagine but every time he focused on those years he remembered something a little different. He could remember cosplay, odd adventures, Haruhi's father, an Olympic competition. It was all rather strange, really.

Mori also remembered constantly catering to someone. That same person he had always been with and never wanted to leave. Every time he tried to remember who that was though...The world suddenly began to spin out of control and desperately he tried to hold on while a panicked voice was yelling beside him. Then silence...white...red...black...

The male had begun hitting his temple to try and get the images out before a small hand gripped his wrist gently.

"Takashi, why are you hitting yourself?" Honey asked gently, tilting his head as he looked up at him with one ear folding slightly while the other was alert to the environment around him.

"Sorry Honey I was just...having a strange dream," Mori muttered, glancing off to the side.

"Does Takashi need a nap?" Honey asked as he blinked a bit in confusion.

"No. Go play Honey."

"Okay!" Honey said, more than happy to oblige him as he bounded off to where the twins were and tackling Hikaru.

Mori smiled a bit as he watch Kaoru tackle Honey off and playfully gnaw on one of the rabbit's ears. Haruhi hadn't wanted to tax Kyoya for too long and so she had called to the twin's father and received permission to bring them home. Mori felt obliged to accompany them to make sure they settled in and were healing properly.

Kyoya's house was modern, but the twin's family home seemed a bit more renaissance, at least on the outside. The home was beautiful and had a large garden that Honey loved running around in. He was always bounding through the bushes and rolling in the dirt and sometimes even tried digging. Mori figured it was his rabbit instincts, but then again Honey was so energetic it could just be him.

Haruhi's sigh announced her presence as she sagged into the patio chair beside him, closing her eyes.

"Talk to your dad?"

"You can tell?" Haruhi asked as she looked up at him then to their pets.

"I sometimes wonder if he still sees me as a six year old daughter that he needs to protect."

"He only acts like that because he loves you," Mori stated, his eyes trailing to see Honey bounding away from the twins with Kaoru quickly bounding after him.

"Yeah, I know." A smile cracked over her lips and he could only wonder what was going on in her mind.

"If it's really such a big deal, I could look for a new apartment and have us out before their mother gets home," Mori said, drinking from a bottle of water he had been allowing to condensate on the table.

"No. I've been thinking lately that their mother needs to accept her children back finally. Besides, I don't want us to have to bother you anymore."

"You don't bother me," Mori stated, watching the girl before their eyes met. There was a long moment of silence before they both looked away.

"Thanks for the offer anyway, Mori-senpai, but I think everything will be fine."

There was a long silence between them, the breeze rustling the trees around them.

"Haruhi, could you tell me what happened to the twins?"

Another long silence passed and he felt the need to look over to her. Her hair hid her eyes from him but he knew what was going on.

"You can probably tell that the twin's are closer than they should be. They've been like that since High school. They always played off that their love was just a ruse, but right after you an- you graduated, they came out to me and told me the whole truth. They really did love each other and I felt bad for them. They could never be together, not really anyway. So Hikaru asked me to pretend and be his girlfriend so people wouldn't suspect anything. I told him it was a silly idea considering I was dressed up like a boy to finish paying off my debt. So I pretended to be his boyfriend instead."

She paused for a moment, rubbing her temples.

"We held hands, hugged, and even pecked each other in public, but Hikaru decided to take it a step further. He let fly one little rumor and everything exploded in our faces. Everyone began to talk about us and eventually Kaoru got wind of the rumor. Kaoru knew of our charade and had even suggested that we act like a couple in public but he reacted to the rumor. He confronted me and Hikaru and I don't know what possessed him, but Hikaru egged Kaoru on. He told him that we had done things while Kaoru was sleeping in the other room. Then everything went out of control. Suddenly Kaoru was on top of Hikaru, beating him senseless before I finally managed to pull him off. There was so much yelling and pushing and fighting."

"And then I pushed him right off that balcony," Hikaru suddenly piped up, making both Haruhi and Mori's attention snap to the end of the table. The older twin was standing there, looking up at the balcony in question.

"It was an accident. I just...pushed him to hard and over the railing he went."

There was another long silence as Mori resisted the urge to look in the direction of the balcony and instead to see what Kaoru and Honey were doing, only to find that they had disappeared into the bushes.

"There was a lot of legal trouble and my parent's somehow got me out of it...but Kaoru..."

"Hikaru couldn't watch his brother go through that kind of life changing operation alone and so he said he would do it too. They almost didn't let him, but he threatened to kill himself if they didn't," Haruhi muttered softly, watching Hikaru zone out on the balcony.

"And now my mom can't stand either of us. Her cat-like son and the son who murdered him."

The silence was deafening and it made Mori panic a little. He saw white...red...black.

"We're happier now though...we can stay together...no matter what."