Chapter 10: What's Up With Iori?
Kenji Tonpuson
Cautiously, I brought Haruhi over to the table while she eyed my strange behavior. I forced a smile to show her it's alright, but I may have made things worse. "Guys, this is Haruhi, Haruhi these are my friends Tomi, Jakku, and Daiki. Oh and that's just Jeshika, she's not a friend of mine," I said casually, ignoring the anger reeling off of her.
Haruhi puts on her host smile and says kindly, "it's nice to meet you." Daiki, Jakku, and Tomi all blushed instantly at her cuteness, and I suddenly felt… jealous. I know it wasn't her real smile that she gives me but her host smile was cute too. I suddenly felt like a pouting kid.
"Anyways, we should be going-"I started to say before Jeshika interrupted me.
"No! You just got here," she whined.
"Jeshika, they're on a date, don't be rude," Daiki said harshly, which is weird to say since Daiki is very gentlemanly and doesn't ever say mean things to girls no matter how annoying they are. Tomi, and Jakku turn to Daiki with shock on their faces and Daiki merely shrugs in response.
3rd POV
Tamaki went to surprise visit Haruhi only to be met by an empty apartment. He called Kyoya, and Kyoya answered with slight anger in his voice that Haruhi went on a date… with a boy… but more importantly, with the Kenji boy. Tamaki thought that was the last he'd see of that leather jacket after Haruhi brushed him off on something that was clearly important, but apparently, Honey thought they'd be good together so he went to talk to Kenji and after that Haruhi and Kenji must've worked things out. Tamaki then arranged a meeting at his house ASAP.
"Why are we here," Kyoya grumbled, still in a bad mood from hearing about Haruhi and Kenji.
"We have to do something about Kenji and Haruhi," Tamaki said.
"But what can we exactly do boss?" Kaoru asked, "If we tried to intervene Haruhi will just get mad at us."
"That doesn't matter because she'll soon get over it and thank us for saving her," Tamaki exclaimed, overly confident.
"Everyone, I think you're missing the big idea," Honey said loudly, with a small darkness in his eyes. "Haruhi is happy, and falling for Kenji and Kenji is falling for Haru-chan too, if not already in love with her. I think you all believe Kenji to be a bad guy because he's helping Haruhi crawl out of her shell baby steps at a time and you don't want her to change. Look, I know how much you want to protect the Host Club princess, I do too, but Kenji is a very good guy, and if you try to mess things up he will still keep fighting for her. And if Haruhi ever found out you tried to ruin her happiness I can promise you she will never forgive you, this time it isn't something you can sorry to and instantly make up."
Kaoru, Hikaru, Tamaki, and Kyoya's head all drops in realization.
"You're right," Hikaru said in such a small voice that no one else heard him.
Kenji Tonpuson
The worst thing happened, a fight erupted. Jeshika stood up and pointed an accusing finger at Haruhi while Haruhi stared back emotionlessly. Because of the anger, Jeshika opened her mouth to speak only to move her lips while nothing came out. Jeshika raised her hand as if she wanted to slap Haruhi, but before I knew what I was doing, I grabbed her hand and slapped her myself. Everyone, including Jeshika, opened their eyes wide in shock. "I don't care if you're a girl, if anyone ever tries to hit Haruhi I won't hesitate to hit them back," I growled in a loud rumbling voice as my eyes, emotions, and aura darkened.
I drop Jeshika's hand and grip Haruhi's hand. "We're leaving," I said with the same shadowy voice as I went out the door strolling Haruhi along.
Once we were outside I sighed in frustration, then Haruhi's voice snapped me out of it. "Kenji, my hand is starting to hurt," she says softly. That's when I noticed I was gripping her hand so tightly both mine and Haruhi's knuckles were turning slightly white. I loosened my grip and whispered an apology to her. We shift our hands so that our fingers are laced together.
"It's alright," she said, quietly walking ahead. "Let's get home alright," Haruhi continued, giving me her real smile.
"Wait, let's go to my house now, I guess it's not fair I've been to your house lot, but you haven't been to mine at all," I said smiling back at her. Haruhi just nods as I start leading the way. Neither of us talks, but it's actually so comfortable that we don't need too. We finally reach my house and I invite her inside. Neither of my parents is home which is a relief because it will just give my dad an excuse to give me a hard time.
"Do you want any tea, or anything," I ask, closing the bedroom door behind her. Haruhi just shakes her head, staring at the last family photo we had, or at least with the whole family.
"If you don't mind me asking, who is this older boy in this photo that looks like you," she asked pointing to Iori.
"I guess it's finally time you know about him," I said with a sad sigh. "That boy is Iori… and he's my older brother. Him and I grew up together, both as child prodigies… -"Hey, Kenji," fourteen-year old Iori said strolling up to me when I was at the time only ten. "What is it brother," I asked, putting down my book. "I read your assignment paper, and I just wanted to go over some things you made mistakes on," Iori said, sitting down next to me with my assignment papers in his hands. "We can take all the time you need," Iori continued. "But don't you have a paper due?" I asked confused. "Yeah but it's about torque, and you and I both already know anything about engineering physics is a piece of cake," Iori said giving me a huge grin. "They're talking about moving me to higher class," Iori says. "Me too, the sixth grade social studies they have me in is too easy," I finished. Iori laughs knowingly and puts an arm around my shoulders. - Iori was a great big brother, he was really kind, had a lot of friends, and was even popular with the ladies for his gentleman ways. –"G-good day, Iori-sempai, its valentine's day, so I made these chocolates for you," the maroon haired girl says blushing deeply and dropping her head. Iori looked down on the fancy chocolate and smiled back. "Thank you, Yuki-chan, it feel quite honored that you were the one who got me these," Iori said back smiling.- Iori, and I were really close, in fact, it was a rare sight to see the two of use fight but we did have our differences, -"Look Kenji, just because you're a child prodigy doesn't mean you should get the world handed to you by a silver platter, there are some things you actually have to try and work for," Iori yelled angrily. "Who said I thought that, what does that have to do with anything, I know you have to work in the world or you'll never succeed, don't preach me things that I already know," I yelled in response.- One day though, when I was only fifteen years old, a terrible accident happened…" I said trailing off.
Haruhi looks deeply into my eyes, and grabs my hand and squeezes it reassuringly.
3rd POV
"I thought you all loved her," Honey yelled.
"We do," Tamaki, Kyoya, Hikaru, and Kaoru says altogether.
"Then leave it alone, don't take away her happiness for your own selfish reasons," Mori suddenly replied loudly. The words sunken in and the three boys, except Kyoya, dropped their heads in shame.
Kyoya knew the whole time he was doing this for selfish reasons, he was a selfish man himself, so what Mori said didn't affect him whatsoever. However, what did affect him was Haruhi's happiness. Haruhi wasn't the person made for the rich, glamorous, yet sad life; she needed the kind of life where everything is just normal. A normal family, with a normal class level, not the rich family life where things go crazy, and emotions run wild. But that of course didn't mean he wouldn't check on her now and again, every kind family no matter what the class, or what the situation can have something happen to them. Even though I know Haruhi isn't made for the rich, glamorous, yet sad life, I could make her happy on my own. I'm the only one suited for her.
To be continued…
Ahh, so Kyoya is planning something, he isn't the kind of guy who likes to lose, especially to a commoner like Kenji. So sorry it took so long to update! I also apologize for leaving yet another cliff hanger about what happened to Kenji's older brother Iori, but you'll find out soon enough (with more flashbacks).
To aaa17: Thank you so much! I'll keep going at this pace!
To AnimeBestie: I'm so sorry about all the complications! They will end up together, I promise! For NARNIA!
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