Chapter 10

Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran, only Minato

A/N: Sorry that I haven't updated in a while. I was distracted by the internet, it's an amazing thing you know.

A few days had passed since Minato's confrontation with Mori, but Mori still had a hard time trying to be alone with Haruhi, because everyone kept getting in his way. What with Tamaki always snuggling her and the twins always drag her away with them after the club was over. This was really frustrating for him, but he'll keep his calm and cool demeanor. Another day came by and during the Host club hours, Minato came in and said that he wanted to talk with Hunny. Hunny was confused about this since he usually talks with Haruhi and no one else. Mori watched Minato take the small blonde teen to a corner in the room and heard them whispering to each other about something. The two were with their discussion and Hunny ran back to the group and announced something to everyone. "Hey guys! Let's play hide-and-seek again!"

Surprisingly everyone agreed, except for Haruhi and Kyoya. Once the club was over, they went outside and were ready to play. After a couple rounds of rock-paper-scissors, Minato ended up as being it and just right after he started counting. Hunny grabbed both Mori and Haruhi and dragged the both of them with him.

"Come on guys, we have to find a good hiding spot!" Hunny said.

Much to Haruhi's protest she just wanted hide by herself and get some sleep. She was just so busy with her household chores and schoolwork, she barely anytime to rest. She planned on going home right after the club until Hunny came and ruined her plans. However, she just couldn't defy those adorable puppy eyes that Hunny makes. Hunny ended up taking them to the far outer corner of the maze garden.

"Why don't you two wait here? I'll keep a look out in case Minato comes here!" Hunny said and with that he left and all but two were alone.

On the outside Mori looked completely calm, but what's going in his head is another story. 'I-I-I'm alone with Haruhi! What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to say?' He's in a difficult situation and since he's not that much of a social person, he couldn't find the right words to say. His train of came to a halt and snapped back into reality when he heard a familiar voice.

"Uh, Mori-senpai? Are you okay?" Haruhi asked.

"Ah." Mori replied, after making a full recovery from the dilemma in his mind.

*Sigh* "I'm so tired; I wish I could have just gone home today and got some sleep." Haruhi complained.

Mori looked around the area to see if there's anything that Haruhi could rest on. He saw on his right a large gray bench. He placed his hand on Haruhi's shoulder, to get her attention, and used his other hand to point at the bench.

"Oh wow we're lucky. Let's go senpai." And with that she walked to the bench. "Come on Mori-senpai, let's take a seat."

Mori just followed her and sat next to her, "Mori-senpai, do you mind if I could get some sleep here?" Haruhi asked. Mori just nodded his head in reply. With that, she lay back on the bench and closed her eyes. In a matter of seconds, she had fallen asleep. Mori didn't bother going to sleep; he would rather watch Haruhi's face. That cute face she makes when she's sleeping always made Mori smile. At first he always had doubts of being with her, but he had people who would help him accomplish this.

What Haruhi did next completely caught him off guard; she slid her head from the top of the bench and on to Mori's lap. Mori's face turned into blazing red color, which made him look like a tomato with black leaves on top.

After getting over his shock, he calmed down and looked at her face once again. He couldn't help, but smile at her and stroke her hair with his fingers. Surprisingly this didn't wake Haruhi up, instead she moved closer to his fingers and it looked that she was enjoying it.

A cool breeze flew by dragging the leaves along with it. A stray leaf happens to land on top of Haruhi's nose; the tickling sensation from the leaf caused the Host club's princess to wake up. She slowly opened her chocolate colored eyes and saw that the first thing was Mori's face.

"Huh? Ah, M-Mori-senpai? What are you-" She immediately stopped looking and realized the position she was in. She was sleeping on top of his lap. She sat straight up, nearly hitting Mori in the process. "I'm so sorry Mori-senpai I didn't mean to fall asleep on you." Mori only smiled at her as a response. He raised his hand and rested it on top of her head.

"You still look tired, why don't you close your eyes and go back to sleep." Mori said.

Haruhi couldn't understand why, but she complied and fell asleep again. However, this time she fell asleep on Mori's shoulder. Mori looked at her face again and saw a smile on her face. He felt something spurring within himself, he felt warm and comfortable. He never felt this way before, but he knew that he was never going leave Haruhi and that he would protect her no matter what. Letting this warm and fuzzy feeling take over him, he lolled his head onto Haruhi's and let himself fall into blissful oblivion.

Meanwhile elsewhere, but still close by.

Minato and Hunny were hiding behind a bush, while spying on the soon-to-be couple.

"Ahh~. They look so cute together, right Mina-chan?" Hunny asked

"Yeah, they do." Minato said with a small smile. "But Hunny-senpai, what are we going to do about the others when they find about this?"

"Don't worry Mina-chan, we'll think of something. But for now let's just watch this" Hunny said with a grin on his face.

'Yeah that didn't sound creepy at all Hunny-senpai.' Minato thought sarcastically.

Meanwhile… again

The rest of the Host club were still waiting at hiding spot, the same place Haruhi and Tamaki were hiding during the whole Newspaper club incident. No one has said word during the entire time; they had a feeling that they were ditched by the others.

"They're not coming to find us, are they?" Tamaki asked with his spirits broken.

"I believe so; now then I'll take my leave." Kyoya said. With that he left the group to go home.

A/N: And so ends another chapter, please leave reviews. I want to know what you guys think.