DISCLAIMER: I don't own OHSHC. Too bad ;_;
Just wanna point out,Sailorminimoon1 sent me a cute email, about how she enjoyed that I always put something that I did own after the ever-so-classic disclaimer. Thanks!
This time, I own a purple tank top, PJ pants, and a box of maraschino cherries :)
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"Milord…Milord…" called the twins as Tamaki was nodding off to sleep on the large mahogany table. They poked his head to try and wake him up, but he was too tired to argue.
"Tamaki," Haruhi said. "Wake up, the customers will be here soon."
"Gomen-nasai, everyone," Tamaki mumbled with his eyes half open. "I've been up working on something, lately."
With work and school, it was hard to find time to work on his music. He would only have the time at night, if he managed to finish everything during the day. This resulted in only 3-4 hours of sleep per night, which was absolute hell. On the other hand, Tamaki was determined to finish the music and give it a name. He wanted to play it for Haruhi as soon as possible.
"Tamaki…" Haruhi said with concern. "I think you're too tired to work today. Go get some rest in the back room." She glanced over at Kyouya.
Kyouya shot Tamaki a dark look and gave his nod of approval. Then added, "That means that everyone will have to work extra hard though, to make up for his loss of customers."
"It's no problem," Haruhi muttered. She helped Tamaki up and with his arm around her shoulder; she led him to the back room. She lay him down on the beige couch, and tucked a pillow under his head. Wrapping a blanket around him, she kneeled on the ground and looked at him.
"Tamaki…" Haruhi asked. "What have you been doing to get you so tired?"
Tamaki rolled over lazily with a tired, yet playful grin on his face. He looked her in the eyes and comforted her. "It's a surprise."
"Can you please stop staying up? It's not like you to be so tired." Haruhi said sadly. "I like the theatrical blonde fool I fell in love with better."
"I will." Tamaki reassured. Haruhi gave him a soft kiss on the lips and stood up. She got ready for hosting and let Tamaki sleep.
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After hosting ended, Haruhi opened the large door to the back room and went to go wake up Tamaki. She tiptoed in and kissed him on his forehead. "It's time to wake up," Haruhi whispered.
Tamaki yawned and sat up, with his blonde hair sticking in a million different directions. He felt a lot better. He ran his long fingers through his hair and started to clean up.
"Haruhi, we should get going," He said as he folded the blanket and put it back into the storage closet. "Haruhi?"
"Can you please tell me what you've been doing lately?" Haruhi asked quietly.
'She's convincing,' Tamaki thought. She was gently grabbing onto his sleeve and putting on the most adorable face imaginable.
"Haruhi," Tamaki said calmly. "It's nothing important."
"Even so…" Haruhi looked down.
"Haruhi," Tamaki said once more. "Do you trust me?"
She bit her lip and nodded. "I do. A lot."
"Then just believe me and go along with it. I promise that you'll find out tomorrow." Tamaki grinned proudly. "It's something worth waiting for."
Haruhi blushed. "Now that you put it that way…" She could feel herself giving into Tamaki's charm. "Okay." She gave him an embarrassed smile.
Tamaki wrapped his arms around her pulled her into a lingering, moist kiss, with his lips slightly open. He gave her a trail of butterfly kisses from the corner of her mouth to her neck, which made Haruhi shiver with this tingly sensation. He then pulled her in for a deeper, more intense kiss. Haruhi ran her hands through Tamaki's hair and whispered his name. He gently ran his tongue across Haruhi's upper lip, hoping she would get the hint, but before she had time to respond, they were interrupted by the chime of the bell, and the footsteps of the twins approaching.
The twins burst into the room yelling, "Really, Tamaki, how long does it take you to get up?!"
"Calm down. We're just packing up." Tamaki was folding up the blanket once more, and Haruhi was standing in front of the storage closet straightening things up. They both had a rather red faces, especially Haruhi.
"Hmm…" The twins stood with their thinking pose. "Tono, what've you been doing to Haruhi?"
"He's done nothing," Haruhi replied. "I just couldn't wake him up because he was sleeping deeply."
"Well then fine," the Twins huffed. They linked arms with Haruhi and pulled her out of the back room as Haruhi turned around and gave Tamaki a sheepish look. Tamaki smiled in return and sighed. He had to get the song done as soon as possible.
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He arrived home and exploded through the front door of Suoh Mansion #2, speeding to his room. He threw his bags and coat onto the enormously large bed and grabbed a stack of papers. He ran to his piano room and began arranging the music. He caught his breath and began the melody. He wanted to play it many times so that he could not only memorize it, but smooth out all the kinks and get rid of the mistakes.
It started out slowly, but worked its way towards a more exciting feeling. It reminded Tamaki of the sun. His sun. Haruhi. Gentle. Charming. Bright. Just like the sun. Tamaki played with emotion, and which altogether, made this one of the loveliest pieces he'd ever heard, even if he did say so himself.
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The next afternoon, Haruhi was fidgety. She normally wasn't one to squirm, but she was eager to see what he wanted to show her. However, she tried not to let it look noticeable. Walking down the hallway, she felt something brush behind her, and whisper into her ear, "I'll call you around four this afternoon."
She spun around and saw Tamaki with a large grin on his face. She tried not to let her excitement leak through as she calmly kept walking down the large hallway.
Inside her head however, she thought, '4 o'clock it is then.'
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Haruhi ran home quickly. She flew into the small apartment and began furiously writing her homework. By 3:50, she was finished. She lay on her bed and balanced her phone on her forehead, awaiting Tamaki's call. Every minute seemed like ages, and it felt as it time was passing by slowly.
She found her eyelids slowly shutting as she waited for his call, but then was rudely awakened when her phone started vibrating.
Fumbling with the phone, she hurriedly opened it and said, "Hello?"
"It's me." Came a smooth voice that could only be recognized as Tamaki's.
"Hi," Haruhi breathed.
"Hey," Tamaki replied. Even though they were both quiet and collected, there seemed to be a bit of tension building up. "Can I come over to pick you up?"
"Now?" Haruhi asked. "Sure."
"Great. See you in 10." Haruhi shut her phone and scrambled to go change out of her school uniform into something more comfortable. She hated to admit it, but she was really excited and was definitely eager to see what Tamaki had gotten her.
She slipped on a pair of canvas sneakers and locked the apartment. She leaned against the wall outside the complex, clutching her phone tightly waiting for Tamaki's car.
A couple minute later, she heard light rumbling and saw his car pull up. Even though the windows were tinted, she could see Tamaki's broad grin. She opened the car door and climbed into the backseat.
The whole car ride to Tamaki's house, they sat close to each other, holding hands, not saying a word. But they could already tell each other's feelings- both of them were ecstatic.
Tamaki gently led Haruhi into his piano room and had her sit down next to him.
"Just listen." Tamaki told her. Then the music started.
Many emotions ran through Haruhi's head, but most of them were good. She was shocked. This song… why did it render so many emotions that other songs weren't able to do?
It was unlike anything she'd heard before. It was better than any classical piece, more expressive, and above all, it was special. She didn't know why, but it touched her. She felt warm inside, like little flowers bloomed inside her.
Tamaki's fingers danced along the ivory keys, in a graceful way. Haruhi just couldn't understand how one could make something sound this good. She smiled and closed her eyes, wishing that this song would last forever.
A little while after, she didn't hear anything else. She opened her eyes and looked at him with pleading expression, wanting more.
"Why are you stopping?" Haruhi asked. "Keep going!"
He chuckled. "I'll take that it was so good you didn't want it to end." Haruhi nodded hurriedly in reply. "Well, that's all of it."
"Tamaki…" Haruhi said. "That was spectacular." She looked at him, and he could tell she was more sincere about this than before.
"Thanks," He replied. He gave her a little kiss on the cheek, then whispered, "It's for you."
Haruhi stiffened. She looked him in the eye once more and gave his a confused look. "For me?"
Tamaki nodded.
"I don't understand." Haruhi shook her head.
His gentle laughter filled the room. "I mean, I composed this song for you."
For you.
For you.
These words echoed in Haruhi's head, repeatedly.
For her?
Tamaki reached over the piano and picked up a small stack of music sheets, then held it out to her. "These, I believe, are for you."
Haruhi picked up the music with shaking hands, then looked at the title of the song.
Ballade Pour Haruhi.
Well then, I'm just going to put this out there. Due to the stress of finals (thank god on skates, they're DONE), I haven' been doing well. Up at 5:30 every morning, going to bed at around 11 every night. On Friday, I had math homework due later that day that I couldn't understand, and I cracked under pressure. I hate to have these moments, but they're inevitable.
However, I'm all okay again. I received my report card and got very good grade (my parents are quite pleased), and managed to rank highest out of the entire grade for the social studies final. It makes me happy that I did well and it was worth it.
Anyway, the story was back up from it's little spontaneous hiatus. I hope that this times chappie is at least satisfactory, because I thought it was rather nice. Please enjoy, and keep eating chocolate ( I love chocolate SO much).
Lots of love,
Neon