Valentine's Day was tomorrow. So far, Kyouya hadn't behaved any differently towards her; it was almost as if their conversation had never happened. He may be able to act cool and calm about it, but now any time that she had to interact with him she remembered. She was embarrassed about him finding out, but more than that she felt guilty for lying to him. Why had she decided to lie to him anyway? Would it have been so bad for her to just admit it in the first place? She knew why she had done it. It was that strange dream that she'd had; it didn't excuse her actions though.
"Dad, can I ask you something?" Ryoji looked over at his little girl and it took him a second before nodding. He'd noticed that something was on her mind lately, but Haruhi seemed to always solve her own problems. For her to ask him was unexpected, and he would try his best to help her with whatever it was that was bothering her. "What is it Haruhi?"
"I don't know what to do. I lied to one of my friends about something stupid and he found out about it. He hasn't been acting differently, but every time I see him I'm nervous and I feel guilty. We don't speak about it, it's just sort of floating between us; unresolved. I don't want to feel agitated every time he's around me. What do I do?" She hung her head and didn't look her father in the eyes. It was even harder to do since he wasn't dressed up as "Ranka" today.
"Haruhi, is this one of the boys from the host club?" He waited until she nodded her head. He'd have to call Kyouya later and see what was going on. He could always rely on Kyouya to give her all the details, whereas his daughter only gave small tidbits. It didn't really matter who she was fighting with, his solution would be the same no matter who it was, but he wanted to know which member of the group his daughter was having problems with.
"Haruhi, would you mind going to the grocery store and picking some stuff up?" Haruhi looked over at her father and wondered if he was changing the subject on purpose. "It seems to me that chocolate is always a good way to say you're sorry. Plus, since it's Valentine's Day tomorrow, you should probably give some to all of your friends anyway. He smiled as his daughter seemed to think it over. She could see where it sort of made sense in a way. There was only one problem; Kyouya didn't like sweets.
She was making chocolate truffles for everyone. She had a package set out for each of the members of the host club and she was giving each person six truffles each. She had enough for Mori, Honey, Kaoru, Hikaru, Tamaki and her father. In fact, she already had them all chilling in the refrigerator to harden. Now, she was going to work on Kyouya's truffles.
She had thought about what her father had said earlier, but it just didn't seem to work with Kyouya not liking sweets. So, she looked into it and found some recipes for some spicy truffles and thought that she'd give it a try. The recipe made a dozen of them, so she'd have a few that she could taste to ensure that they weren't nasty.
They had all hardened and she was looking forward to tasting them. She liked spicy food herself, so she was looking forward to trying the spicy truffles. She brought some of them out and sat them on a saucer before turning around and getting a drink. She was so used to spicy food that she was pretty sure she wouldn't need one, but she grabbed some water out of the fridge just in case.
"Ranka" saw his daughter getting ready for a taste test and decided to snatch one off of the plate. Awww, he loved chocolate; it was always so sweet and yummy. He bit into the truffle and started to chew. This was not chocolate! "Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" He grabbed the water from his daughter's hand and started to drink quickly. "I thought you were trying to apologize to Kyouya, not kill him!" Haruhi only laughed and tried one. He waited for her mouth to catch fire, but she only smiled and nodded her head. Poor Kyouya, he was going to have to give him a call later and warn him.