Pairing: Haninozuka Mitsukuni x Fujioka Haruhi

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"Did you find her?" Kyoya's smooth voice rang through the air. "Okay, thank you."

"So?" The twins prodded. "Where is she?"

"She's at the gardens with Honey-senpai."

Tamaki sighed in relief. "Well then, what are we waiting for?" He beamed at the prospect of seeing Haruhi. "Let's go!"

"No."

The negative response by their silent giant was so loud and clear that they had to backtrack (except for Kyoya, of course) and double-check whether it was really Morinozuka Takashi that was right beside them.

"Why?" The idiotic trio answered in unison.

"The Haninozuka Garden is a sacred place where the fighters meditate before a fight." The wild host sent a look to the idiotic trio of the Host Club. "People who can't keep their mouths shut aren't allowed to be on the garden."

Hikaru bristled at that remark but stayed silent. Who knows what would happen to him if he dares to defy a Kendo master. "Haruhi isn't a fighter. Why is she there?"

Mori simply raised an eyebrow at the question.

Hikaru tilted his head.

Kaoru sighed. He knew what Mori was trying to say. "Hikaru. Haruhi is sick. She probably wanted a quiet place to stay."

Tamaki frowned at that statement. "Then shouldn't our daughter be staying indoors instead of outdoors?" He turned to Kyoya for an approval.

Kyoya simply shrugged, looking impassive as ever. "Maybe Haruhi just wanted to get some fresh air. Being in bed all day can be a little stuffy."

The shrill sound of a phone ringing interrupted their discussion. Kyoya pulled out his sleek phone and without checking who the caller is, pressed it into his ear. "Yes?"

"Ah, Honey-senpai."

Just that name brought the idiotic trio inside Kyoya's personal space which made him extremely pissed. "Back off, idiots." He said icily. In an instant, the three boys lined up beside their wild host. Kyoya sighed. "I'm sorry Honey-senpai, what was that?"

A few nods and a few words of confirmation… Kyoya finally flipped his phone close.

"What did Honey-senpai say?" The three boys asked, curiosity shining in their eyes.

Kyoya sighed. Whatever he was about to say, he knows that they won't like it. "Honey-senpai wants me to pull out all the guards surrounding them and he wants us to stay away."

"WHAT?!"

"And if you don't follow his orders, Honey-senpai won't hesitate to break your bones the moment he sees your shadows near the garden."

"…okay."

In a Kyoya-like fashion, pushing back his glasses, he ushered the idiotic trio back inside the house. "Let's wait for them in here. I'll let Honey-senpai know."

"Yes Mommy…" The trio replied dejectedly.

So the waiting game starts.

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"I think I like this part of your house so much better."

Honey looked at the girl beside him. Her face looked so serene. "Are you feeling better now, Haru-chan~?" He asked softly.

She chuckled at that question which earned her a questioning glance from her small senior. "Dizzy, weak, and hungry."

Honey's eyes widened at her answer. "Haru-chan, we should get back insi –"

She shook her head. "Senpai, I like it – "

In a flash, the small Haninozuka was right in front of her, his honey-colored eyes boring into hers with seriousness. "Haru-chan."

Haruhi gulped. There goes her heart again, beating irregularly. Arrhythmia… "Ye-yes, Senpai?"

Just as he was about to give her some lecture, she bursted out in laughter. For the second time on that afternoon, he was shocked. He was starting to think that the fever was getting in to Haruhi's big brain and damaging it. "Haru-chan," He took both of her shoulders that were still shaking from laughter. A small smile appeared on his face. At least she's laughing now… "We should really get back inside. I don't know what's funny but I think the fever is damaging your amazing brain cells Haru-chan."

"Sure Honey-senpai but…"

Seeing her apprehensive expression, he started to worry again. "What's wrong, Haru-chan?"

She smiled sheepishly. "I do feel dizzy Honey-senpai." She admitted. "My legs feel weak after all that running…" She trailed off.

"Oh~?" Honey said in a teasing tone. "And whose fault is that, Haru-chan~?"

Haruhi pouted and rolled her eyes. "I get it, I get it…"

That pout on her should be illegal. She absolutely has no idea how cute she looked at that moment. His own lips were tingling, wanting to feel how those pouty lips would feel on his… but that's not the appropriate thought for the current circumstance. "I'll go call Takashi so that he can carry you, okay~?"

Now I'm being a burden again. The brunette sighed. The man in front of her was trying to help her get better but in return, she pushed her irrelevant frustrations on him. Now that she was feeling extremely weak, he did nothing but offer help again. She was truly pathetic. "Honey-senpai…"

"Yes, Haru-chan~?" He answered, his eyes on his phone looking for his cousin's name.

It's now or never, Haruhi. Make things right.

"I…" She gulped, feeling her head getting light-headed. "I'm…" She trailed off again. His face was getting blurry. What's going on?

Finally hitting that 'Send' button, he pocketed his phone and looked at the girl beside him… who was looking disoriented and about to topple over. "Haru-chan!" He immediately sat beside her and placed a hand on her forehead. He winced. Her fever was getting worst. For the first time in his life, he cursed his short height. If he were taller, he would've been able to carry Haruhi back inside the house but with his height right now, Haruhi's bottom would just hit the ground and that would be very uncomfortable for her. "Haru-chan?" The response he got from the girl was her hot head on his shoulders and the sound of her breathing. She fell asleep.

Placing both of his arms around the small girl, he held her and waited for his tall cousin to arrive.

Dear God, what I would give just to have her beside me…

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Flipping his phone close, he looked at the Shadow King right beside him who was leisurely sipping tea. "Kyoya."

Kyoya turned his attention to the silent host. "Yes, Mori-senpai?"

Mori sidled closer to Kyoya. "I need to go to the gardens."

The fact that Mori was being secretive meant something was up. "Did something happen?" Kyoya asked softly, keeping his eyes on the trio who were immersed in playing card games.

"Hn."

Kyoya was actually waiting for Mori to explain but a few seconds had already passed and still no explanation was given. Maybe it wasn't as important as it seems? "Okay then." Kyoya approved.

Mori stood up and looked at the three hosts. "Cover for me." He stated before silently leaving the room.

Mori knew the Haninozuka Estate very well considering that he and Honey grew up together. He knew all the shortcuts hence he could reach the vast garden where Honey and Haruhi were. With just a few turns, he was outside the house. At a distance, he could see the expanse of both Honey and Haruhi's back. He could see that Haruhi was leaning against his cousin's shoulder and based on her hunched posture, it looked like she was asleep. Honey's right arm was around the brunette, supporting her. Just as he was nearing their location, his cousin did something that made him stop in his trek…

He turned and kissed the top of Haruhi's head.

His lips lingered on her brown locks.

He gripped her tighter.

He pressed his nose and inhaled her scent.

And finally looked at her with such fervor.

His cousin was in love with the Host Club's Secret Princess, Fujioka Haruhi.

He had to snap out of it and fetch them. Honey did need his help in carrying Haruhi back to the guest room since her fever was kicking up again. Why did his cousin even allow Haruhi to be outside when she was clearly sick and needed bed rest?

"Mitsukuni."

"Ah, Takashi."

Mori observed the brunette who was leaning on his cousin's shoulder. Her face looked flushed, especially her cheeks and neck. He could see beads of sweat on her forehead. The good thing was she was breathing evenly. His calculating gaze shifted to his cousin who was stroking the brunette's short locks. He raised an eyebrow at that. Was he finally admitting it to him?

"Ano, she seemed fine when she woke up earlier so I allowed her to roam around the house." Honey started to explain.

"Nana-san said that someone saw her running." Mori replied.

Honey's brown eyes shifted to the left, which Mori knew since childhood that he was about to tell a lie… and an extremely awful lie at that. "Uh," Honey started hesitant. "We were playing commoner games~?" His tone taking on his usual cutesy voice.

Mori snorted. It sounded a lot like Tamaki's reasoning. "Try again." He said.

"Mou…" At this point, Honey pouted. He honestly didn't know what to say but he also knew that now was the time to tell his cousin everything. "Is everyone else inside?" Honey asked.

Mori simply nodded.

"You pick up Haru-chan first, Takashi. I'll explain everything later when the rest are off to their homes." Honey said while shifting Haruhi a bit so that his cousin won't have a hard time picking up the brunette.

In response, Mori effortlessly carried the brunette in his arms. He frowned as he could feel the heat seeping through her white polo shirt. Was she really okay?

"We'll ask Kyo-chan to check on her, Takashi." Honey stated, seeing the worry on Mori's face. "If he says that she needs to go to the hospital, then we'll take her."

"Ah."

Mori sent a short prayer to the heavens, praying that Haruhi was okay.

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"You evil twin! You cheated!"

"Sorry Boss," The King of Hearts flew over the table. "A loss is a loss."

"It's not a loss if you cheated!"

"Oh? Where's the proof?"

"Where's Mori-senpai?"

That question sent both the arguing players off their gaming mode and brought them back to reality. They looked at the spot where their wild host was supposed to be seated, right beside the Host Club's Shadow King.

"Mori-senpai just went out to call and inform his parents that he's here in Honey-senpai's house and will be coming home later." The Shadow King answered smoothly.

Hikaru stretched and threw the rest of his cards back at the table. "Oi Kyoya-senpai, where's Haruhi and Honey-senpai? It's been like an hour already."

Kyoya sighed. Truly an idiot… "It's been 7 minutes since we came in here. You guys have been playing for 5 minutes." He stated.

"Are you serious?" Kaoru asked in disbelief. They say that time flies when you're having fun but this time, it seemed like the time stopped for a minute or two.

"Since when was I not serious?"

If it were possible, Kaoru's eyebrows went up to his hairline. "You mean, you actually did raise Haruhi's debt that one time where she accidentally –"

SLAM!

"HELLO EVERYONE~!"

Kyoya merely stood up and greeted his two seniors while the other three were huddled in one corner, their spirits flying out of their mouths from severe shock.

"How's Haruhi, Honey-senpai?" Kyoya started. They did come to the Haninozuka Estate to check on Haruhi after all.

"Actually Kyo-chan, we want you to check on her." Honey replied. Seeing the question in Kyoya's eyes, he continued to explain. "She seemed fine to me but just to be sure, I'd rather have her checked if it's okay for her to continue resting at home or be admitted in the hospital."

Finally, the three hosts who were shell-shocked a few seconds ago, were revived after hearing about Haruhi's condition. "Did something happen to her, Honey-senpai?" Hikaru asked, his face looking all serious.

The short blonde shook his head. "No, but it did seem like her fever was getting worse."

Tamaki frowned at that information. "Honey-senpai, you knew she was sick. Why did you even allow her to be moving out and about?"

Honey hung his head, his blonde bangs shielding his guilt-stricken eyes. "Gomen… it's just that she really wanted to go out, you know? I can't really resist it when she asks for something." Honey finally looked up with a sheepish smile on his face. "Haru-chan never really asks for anything from us so when she said that she wanted to see what's outside our house, I simply didn't think and just let her do what she wanted."

Tamaki chuckled. Honey was right. Their secret princess never asked for anything except for time to let her study because she had grades to maintain. If he were in Honey's position, not only would he let her see their mansion's garden, he'd take her to the most beautiful garden in all of Japan.

"Where is she right now, Honey-senpai?" Kyoya inquired, not really liking how they're all wasting their time in this useless talk.

"The guest room beside my room, Kyo-chan." Honey informed.

Kyoya nodded. "You guys stay here while I –"

Hikaru stepped forward, a clear frown on his face. "Oh no you aren't. We've been wanting to see Haruhi ever since this afternoon."

"Yeah, Kyoya-senpai." Kaoru joined his brother. "We just wanna see Haruhi."

A dark mist started appearing around their Shadow King. "And then what? Create a ruckus when she looks like a wreck?"

Not to be deterred over Kyoya's growing evil presence, the elder Hitachiin stood his ground. "No we won't." He replied defiantly.

Kyoya gritted his teeth. "Yes, you will."

"We'll allow you to ship us to the Caribbean Sea or anywhere in the world if we make the smallest sound inside the room." Kaoru knew that it was risky to make a deal with the Host Club's Shadow King. What if his brother or especially their idiot King accidentally did something that will incur the wrath of both demons currently present in the house? But… they're friends. Friends don't ship their friends to the farthest place in the planet… right?

"I will put that in writing and everyone present in this room will have to sign it." Without waiting for any reply from the group, Kyoya left.

"You!" Tamaki took the younger twin by his collar and started shaking him. "Are you out of your mind?!"

Kaoru rolled his eyes. "If you don't wanna be shipped off to the deepest ends of the earth then you better sew your mouth shut." He swatted Tamaki's hands off of his collar. "Let's go. We're supposed to visit our friend, not argue."

"No more wasting time." Mori stepped aside, signaling the three hosts to start moving.

"Hai!"

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"Is she okay, Kyo-chan?"

Kyoya nodded, placing the blanket back on Haruhi's sleeping form and wiping the bangs off her forehead. "She still has a fever but her temperature isn't exactly alarming. Usually, when the fever is still there after three days, that's when she needs to get admitted."

Relief flooded Honey's body. He was really worried of what his friend might say. "So we just have to pray that Haru-chan's fever goes away tomorrow, ne Takashi~?" Honey said while hugging his Usa-chan really close.

Mori nodded. "Ah."

"Well," Kyoya finally straightened up and fixed his glasses. "I should be going now. I still have that Chemistry homework to finish."

"Arigato, Kyo-chan." Honey spoke softly, not wanting to disturb the sick brunette in the room.

"Call me when something comes up."

Honey simply nodded. "I will, Kyo-chan."

The Shadow King leveled a gaze at the silent trio behind him. A smirk appeared on his handsome features, he was impressed that they were behaving for once. It probably wouldn't hurt to indulge them a little. "Whatever you want to say to Haruhi, say it now – as softly as possible."

Tamaki's feet were quick. In an instant, he was at the edge of the bed leaning forward to whisper in Haruhi's ear. "Haruhi, get better soon okay? I'll miss you terribly if you're not at the club." Slowly, he patted Haruhi's brown locks and bowed at Honey and Mori before leaving the room.

Hikaru followed Tamaki. "How in the world will Kaoru and I answer the quiz if you're not there? Haruhi, hurry up and get better. Stop getting sick." With the same gesture as Tamaki, Hikaru bowed and silently left the room.

Lastly, it was Kaoru's turn. Kaoru simply watched the sleeping brunette, not offering any words. After a few seconds, he leaned further down and softly kissed Haruhi's temple. "Get well, Haruhi." With the same as the other two, he bowed at his two seniors and left the room.

Kyoya, who has been watching the three interact with the sleeping Haruhi, snuck a glance at their short senior. There was no hint of any emotion that indicated that Honey was jealous of Kaoru's little show. He made a quick look over at Honey's body, maybe there was something there… but there was none. Honey seemed relaxed, happy even.

Sensing that someone was watching him, he turned at the source. "Is there something wrong, Kyo-chan?"

"You will take good care of her right, Honey-senpai?"

Honey knew what that question actually meant… and he wasn't at all surprised. He had long figured out that somewhere in the cold heart of the third Ootori was a place where it cared about Fujioka Haruhi who had unknowingly ingrained herself in every heart of the host. Honey smiled and turned back to look at the sleeping brunette. "I will, Kyo-chan."

Kyoya merely nodded, satisfied with his answer. "I'll leave her to you then." With that, Ootori Kyoya left the room with a firm resolution in his mind.

You better, Honey-senpai…

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