Tamaki and Kyoya hadn't talked to each other since Kyoya admitted to Tamaki that he was in love with Haruhi-about a week and a half ago. He's being childish, Kyoya thought as he watched Tamaki ignoring his presence out of the corner of his eye. I don't know what he thinks this will accomplish.

"Hi Kyoya. Hello senpai." Haruhi greeted them as she walked into the music room with Hikaru and Kaoru trailing after her. "I'm so glad today is Friday," she continued to converse with them as she gingerly sat down on one of the sofas, allowing Hikaru and Kaoru sitting on either side of her. "Oh Kyoya before I forget, you don't need to drive me home today."

"I'm not letting you walk home," Kyoya said deciding to cut this old argument off short. Since he had started driving her to and from school Haruhi had tried every argument, every ploy to get him to allow her to walk to and from school instead.

Haruhi narrowed her eyes at the shadow king as the rest of the Host's watched their interaction amused- for they had witnessed this particular argument between the two of them many times.

"That's not what I was going to say; but since you brought it up. There is no reason why I can't walk to and from school as I used too. My ribs feel fine, they're just tender to the touch, and my bruises just look bad they don't hurt anymore," Haruhi said trying to sway Kyoya.

"My reply remains the same. Now what were you going to say originally," Kyoya asked turning his attention to write in his black book.

Haruhi huffed and looked sullenly down at her feet. "Since my ribs are feeling better I'm going to Hikaru's and Kaoru's house today to try on those clothes from their mom."

"Okay I'll drive you there when we finish today."

"You can't come Kyoya," the twins interjected. "Don't worry we'll make sure to drive her back home." The twins opened the music room's doors to allow their members in before Kyoya could respond.

Kyoya was rather amused with how the twins were trying to help Haruhi in their own way. However he wasn't known as the shadow king for nothing. He wrote one last thing in his notebook before closing it with a snap.

Halfway through the club Kyoya had enough-Haruhi had been actively avoiding him since the guests arrived. He walked up to where Haruhi was entertaining some of the girls. "Excuse me ladies, but may I borrow Miss. Fujioka?" He asked the group with a small bow and a smile. The girls giggled and agreed.

Haruhi sighed inwardly as she stood up, smiling at her guests. "I'll be back shortly," she said before following Kyoya out of earshot.

Immediately Kyoya apologized, "sorry I didn't mean to upset you."

Haruhi was surprised that Kyoya had apologized…again-she thought that she had misheard or imagined that first time Kyoya had apologized to her.

"I just want to make sure you're safe at all times," he continued quietly.

Haruhi, taken aback by his statement took the time to observe Kyoya. He no longer pushed his glasses to catch the glare to hide his eyes when he was around her. So he had taken to either looking away from her or looking at the ground when he wanted to hide his facial expressions from her-as he was currently doing. "Kyoya…what is this," she questioned. "Why are you being so nice to me?"

Kyoya glanced at Haruhi in surprise. She's not stupid, she's an honor student for god's sake, he thought. She should be able to figure out why I'm being "nice" to her-and I thought I always treated her nicely. Is she really that oblivious?

"I mean," Haruhi continued explaining herself-not noticing that Kyoya was wrestling with his thoughts. "Are you just being nice to me so I'll agree to marry you as your dad wishes you to do?"

Stunned Kyoya started to talk. What he was going to say he had no idea; all he knew was that he needed her to see that how he was acting had nothing to do with his father. He didn't notice Hikaru announcing that the club was done for the day, and he certainly didn't catch what Kaoru said after. Suddenly all of the girls in the music room circled around Kyoya, blocking Haruhi from his view.

"Are we really going to the beach again, last time was a lot of fun. It was too bad it was cut short!" Someone in the crowd said.

"How many spots are available on the trip?" Kyoya heard another voice yell out.

"Excuse me ladies, but can ONE of you tell me what you are all talking about?" Kyoya asked.

The girls looked at one another-as if deciding who would be the one to answer Kyoya. "Kaoru said that the Host Club would be taking another trip to the beach, but there were a limited amount of guests you would take with you there," someone finally answered. "He said if we were interested in attending we'd need to talk to you about the details," another voice chimed in helpfully.

Damn those twins to hell!

When the girls rushed Kyoya, Hikaru and Kaoru grabbed Haruhi and pulled her out of the way. "You ready to go?" Hikaru asked, grinning widely.

"What?"

"The club is done for today," explained Kaoru. "So are you ready to go to our house or do you need to stick around till Kyoya's done? It looks like it might take a while."

Haruhi looked at the sea of girls surrounding Kyoya. "No, I'm good; lets go," Haruhi answered.

The twins grinned mischievously as they left with Haruhi. Have fun working Kyoya, they thought. Later they would swear that they heard Kyoya cursing at them in their heads.