Author Note: Sorry, sorry, I didn't know it was that long since I've updated. But don't worry! It'll come faster sometime at the end of June!

"Talking"
'Thoughts.'

Characters belong to Bisco Hatori.
Story and plot belong to me.

Chapter 10

Silent Attraction

- Previously -

Tamaki looked at her confusedly, "you're…not coming back to Japan."
"I will, I promise," she laughed, "my family is there after all."
"You want a year to adjust to the fact you have a little one running around." Kyouya explained for her. "You really know how to decrease our Club's ratings."
"Actually, I'm tired of hiding everything," she looked at him, "I realized that what I'm really doing is hurting the others by keeping everything… a secret."
"Does Mori-senpai not knowing about his own child fall into that category?"

Haruhi sighed. "I don't expect you to understand, you're a rich guy, you're not in love with a girl, so you can't even place yourself on an equal level to me or Takashi."
Kyouya bowed at her, and spoke, "I think I'll take my leave and wait outside."
Tamaki watched him leave and pondered, "what's with him."

Sighing Haruhi picked up her baby along with a heated blanket and began to breast feed her, "I didn't mean to snap at him, I'm sore from the long labor and the stupid postpartum hemorrhage," she looked at him, "can you tell him I'm sorry?"

He kept his attention elsewhere with a deep blush on his cheeks, "y-yes, I-I can tell him for you." His entire face was red with embarrassment, "should I leave?"
Haruhi understood why he was so nervous and laughed, "I'm sorry, I'm used to Leo-san helping me that I didn't notice you were terrified of breast feeding."
The Host King looked at her—only at her face, "what do you mean he helped you?!"
She laughed at his expression and answered, "he's been helping me with all of this."

"So… he's like… the godfather?" Tamaki asked. "Him and Hunny-senpai?"

"Mhmm." Haruhi looked at Choko, "you look just like Takashi."
"Really?" He wanted to see, but was scared to look.
Her eyes rolled softly, "just look senpai, it's okay."

Ever so slowly, Tamaki turned his eyes downward to her chest, looking at the little one who was feeding. Choko was just as tanned as Takashi along with the black hair, so it made him wonder if she had the gray eyes to match. There was a knock on the door and Leo walked in quietly, then came over to the two to make sure everything was okay. Tamaki lost nerve and looked away with a blushing face, saying that he should probably go back to Japan. After he left, Haruhi laughed at his nervousness and looked to Leo who was saying that Anne-Sophie was going to be here soon.

"For the first few months of pregnancy, I knew I didn't want a child because I wasn't ready." Haruhi smiled lightly. "But here I able, loving this little girl."

Leo rustled her head softly, "you're a mother now. Deal with it."

- Now -

"Stay with grandpa and I'll be home later, okay?" Haruhi smiled at her one year old.
Choko looked at her and nodded her head softly as her reply. "…"
"Oh! She is just so adorable!!" Ryouji squealed with excitement.
"You remember the list I gave you right?" Her mother asked.
"Yes Haruhi, don't worry!" He cheered, hugging his granddaughter.

"Bane." Choko called happily.

Bane barked deeply at Ryouji and he was forced to let go, allowing him to come over and Choko got up on his back. Lightly, she steered the large canine for her to look around the apartment to explore safely. Haruhi was more than grateful when Bane to extra liking to Choko after the first six months she was at the estate. In fact, when Choko was able to crawl and wonder off, Bane would retrieve the little sneaky one and bring her back to Haruhi which caused Choko to giggle. Choko was such a quiet little girl, and was exceptionally shy with everyone other that some family members, Leo, Anne-Sophie, and Bane; everyone else she would shy away from.

"Okay, be good you three." Haruhi picked up her suitcase.
"Do you really want to go in a boys' uniform still?" Ryouji frowned.
She looked at her chest, then shrugged, "it doesn't matter, I'm going to pay Kyouya-senpai the rest of the money I owed him. I had a job in France after three months."
"You must've worked a lot then." Her father said surprisedly.

Her shoulders shrugged, "I had two jobs that paid well. Though, one I didn't like as much as the other one." She waved, "I have to go or I'll be late, bye."

Ryouji hummed with amusement that she could leave her adorable child at home so soon, but she was used to it. She had baby-sitters in France most of the times who would force her to leave the estate to do something. They wanted her to learn to leave her daughter instead of being so firmly attached to her. Bane was always with the baby when Haruhi had to find something else to entertain herself with. It did not take her long to go to school because she actually got on the train at the right time.

Even if she had missed it, she would not have cared.


Haruhi went straight to the superintendents office and was greeted warmly by Yuzuru who said that it was great to see her again. Who knew they could talk for seven entire hours to the point that classes were finally done for the day. They talked for ten minutes longer and she gave him a picture of Choko before saying something about Anne-Sophie. Yuzuru could only smile and keep quiet about the subject for good reasons, so she shrugged and started to leave. A thought then occurred to her and turned around to look at him curiously before speaking out her mind.

"Does this academy hold school rallies?" Haruhi's head tilted softly.
"School rallies?" He looked at her confusedly. "What are those?"
Her lips tugged upwards in a gentle smiled, "never mind, bye."

Yuzuru just stared blankly, "rallies?"

He then surfed the internet.

'Some sort of… competition, hmm…' visiting some more links he decided to call a public school and ask about them, and they delivered some DVDs of the years of all the rallies they have done. 'Students and challenge one another and dance around?'

It was obvious that he was getting interested in this… School Rally.

He asked for the pros and cons of the school rallies, and there was no real downfall to them because their students liked it. Some of the schools he called even offered to help plan out a rally for the academy as a commoner experience. It was greatly accepted and he asked if he could give them a volunteer student who might be a little interested. There was no turndown to the suggestion, so everything was being planned out nicely in everyone's favor. It turned it that it would even be an all day rally, school after school visit at the academy to show off what they had.

But there was one problem.

"You're gonna have to find a good enough auditorium for all your students."
Yuzuru swayed this off, "it'll be finished by next month. That should give you time."
"Uh… yeah…" The principal on the phone retorted.
"Great, I'll tell out student to come by!" He hung up.

"Here's the money to pay off the debt." Haruhi gave him a check.
Kyouya mused at this, "I'm surprised you had the time."
"Are you trying to say I couldn't manage?" She scowled.
"No, I didn't," he lied, but it was an obvious one.

"Yay! Haru-chan! You're staying now, right?!" Mitsukuni cheered.
She laughed, "of course I am, how about we go to the competition in Vietnam?"
His head shook with a smile, "no more fighting for you! I forbid it!" He grinned.
"Oh yeah? Fine, so I trained for nothing." Haruhi shrugged without a care.
"You were fighting?!" Tamaki panicked. "Before or after?!" He meant the labor.
"After of course, do you think I'm that irresponsible?" Haruhi laughed.

Hikaru whispered to Kaoru, "for some reason, she seems to be more happier."
Kaoru whispered to Hikaru, "I know, but when has she been… well, happy?"
"If you two are going to complain, I can always go back to France." Haruhi stated.
The twins looked at her with gaping mouths, "you could hear what we were saying?!"
She smirked softly, "yeah, I have sharp listening ears, so you better watch out."
"…" Their mouths opened even wider—surprised that she was being so, …not Haruhi.

"Haruhi, can I come over please!" Tamaki begged.
Haruhi looked at him, then at Takashi, "not if Takashi wants to go on a date to talk."
"WHAT?!" The twins beamed out in confusion, wondering what was going on.
The Host King sighed and dipped his head down, "okay, I'll just come tomorrow."
Haruhi laughed and turned to look Takashi, then softened, "do you, Takashi?"
"…" the tall giant didn't want to, he still felt hurt for not seeing her for so long.
Her head nodded softly to this, "I understand." She looked to the others, "well, I-"

Takashi grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her against his chest because he was sitting on the windowsill. He caressed her cheek with the back of his hand; she was still the same on the outside for the most part. The tall giant knew that something was different about her, but he did not know what it was. His eyes stared into hers to see the familiar sight in her eyes, and so he gave her a gentle kiss on the lips.

"I'll take that as a yes." Kyouya stated rather smugly.
Mitsukuni smiled, "Takashi and Haru-chan are back together!"
"I'm not going to get used to this." Tamaki's head slumped.
"You mean these two have been going out?!" The twins panicked.
"I ran away for a while though," Haruhi stated as she pulled away.
Takashi held her around her waist to keep her close, "…"

Kyouya spoke out, "now that you've finished your debt, will you be staying?"
"I'm tired of playing the role of a guy." Haruhi stated. "But I don't mind helping."
"Wait, wait, wait, what's going on?" Hikaru demanded while looking at everyone.
Kaoru sighed, "Haruhi just paid Kyouya-senpai for the vase she broke."
Tamaki smiled, "I don't know… dresses don't seem to suit our princess anymore."
"I'll still wear a guys uniform, but I'll have to change bras." Haruhi stated.

The twins snorted in laughter at what she said, and she rolled her eyes at them.

"Haruhi-kun!" Yuzuru called out.
Her attention went to him, "eh?"
"Your suggestion is granted!!"
"My… suggestion…?" She asked.
"For a school rally." He replied.

"A school rally?" Haruhi left Takashi's arms. "I didn't suggest anything, I was just asking out of curiosity. This academy is too serious and… and fabile." (… and weak.)

Yuzuru raised an eyebrow to her French, but decided to explain a little more for her and spoke happily, "I know that, which is why other schools will be coming."
"What?" She looked at him confusedly. "What is that supposed to mean?"
"Schools will come here to perform, and you get to have your piece in it!"
Haruhi looked at him, a little seriously now, "what."

So much for cheery.

Yuzuru looked at her, "is something wrong with that?"
"Who said that I would want to participate in some ridiculous manner of getting some sort of attention?" Haruhi rubbed her face, "oh mon dieu." (Oh my god.)
Tamaki covered his mouth to laugh lightly as she began cursing to herself in French in a grumbling tone, so he spoke to her, "calm down mom, it's okay."
She sighed and took the advice. "I know that it should be considered as a great-"
Mitsukuni grabbed her hands and smiled, "no ones going to force you."
Kyouya shrugged, "you might have fun some trying something new."

Haruhi heard the hidden tone behind his voice, "you want a new customer rate."

Yuzuru smiled sheepishly at the scene, 'she still has those random outbursts of emotions, I might as well change the subject for everyone's safety,' he then asked Haruhi, "so how have you been doing since the surgery last year?"

Haruhi looked at him, "I had to visit doctors constantly, it was tiring."
He smiled softly because she calmed down, "so will you consider performing for the all day rally next month? I'll do whatever is necessary for your part I assure you."
The young woman sighed and gave up, "fine, but how am I going to have time?"
"Practice during Host Club hours, that should be good enough." He smiled.

Haruhi flung her arms in the air in annoyance. "Done."


"Well, it was a great dinner." Haruhi smiled, holding Takashi's hand.
"Un," he replied quietly; trying to remember how they did this once or twice.
"So, do you want to know why I left?" They headed up the apartment stairs.
"Yes." The giant answered softly, and looked at her eye to eye, wanting to know now.

Haruhi sighed and had him lean against the railing, and she spoke, "I know that this won't be easy for you to hear." But she tried, "I… I was pregnant from that night."

Takashi's eyes flinched at this.

"After I found out three or four weeks after though, and the doctor said that I was too fragile to fight the 'emotional package' of an abortion." Haruhi stated. "I was scared, so I knew I had to leave to save you from the guilt that you would force on yourself." She sighed. "A little over a year ago, I gave birth to our daughter—she looks just like you, well, with a little more hair." She joked softly.

"…" He looked to the ground speechlessly.
"Come on," Haruhi took his hand, "I'll introduce-"
The giant pulled his hand away from her, "no."
Her attention was surprised, "why," she asked.

Haruhi was gone for almost two years because she was having a baby—his child, and he was supposed to be happy? His head mentally shook in belief to what she told him, but it made more sense than anything. He heard a little girls' voice in Haruhi's apartment and he looked over towards the door in fear. Gray eyes turned down to soft brown worried ones, and he visibly shook his head; he could not do this. Takashi turned away and began to walk off, but Haruhi gently grabbed his sleeve to explain.

But by accident from all his fear, he jerked his arm away from her grasp; smacking her face and thrusting her entire body seven feet away from him.

Ryouji immediately the door when hearing the ruckus, and panicked, "Haruhi!"
"…" Takashi's heart rose into his throat now, terrified that he had harmed her.
"Mommy," Choko called out in a light whisper and her shadow approached the door.
"Stay inside Choko," Ryouji called out. "Bane, inside!" He commanded.

Bane nudged the little girl and brought her deeper into their apartment.

"Haruhi, are you okay?" Ryouji shook her, then looked over to see who could have done this to her, then saw Takashi right there, and his eyes widened, "you did this?"

Takashi just stood there, feet unmoving, heart pounding in his throat—was this fear; absolute dreaded fear? He heard sniffling from Haruhi's fallen form, and this gave him the motivation to turn and just run for his life. The gentle giant was not gentle anymore for attacking someone that he knew stole his body and soul two years ago. His eyes burned with pain as salt water descended down his face while playing the entire scene over and over in his mine; he intentionally harmed Haruhi.

He was just a high school student, a kid.

How in the world was he supposed to accept the fact that he received a daughter, a child at all, at age of 18? He was still running, sprinting as fast as he could to get away from there to go somewhere, anywhere; anywhere but there. What was going to happen now that he had turned away from Haruhi after she told him that they had a little girl in that apartment that was a year old. Finally he was running too fast that his feet tripped over the other and he tumbled to the ground like a lowlife. Yeah, that was exactly how he felt like right now, a lowlife, how could he have done this?

"Mori-senpai." Two boys said in unison.

The Hitachiin twins brought the senior up to their room, but he shunned himself away from them the entire time. He sat on the ground with his fingernails digging into his scalp as he thought of how stupid he was being. When he was worrying all about himself, he did not even think of the pain that he had caused Haruhi. She had to deal with everything herself; being pregnant, having the baby, raising that baby even? Why was it that when it came down to something so important, he actually thought of himself and ran away in terror—he was the worst man ever.

"Hunny-senpai is here." Kaoru called out quietly and sat with his brother on the bed.

Mitsukuni frowned and walked over to his tall cousin, "Haru-chan finally told you?"
"…" Takashi punished himself by keeping quiet and not answer his question.
"She told you about Cho-chan and you got scared, then hit her and ran away?" He spoke softly. "Haru-chan called, hoping that you were okay Takashi. She's worried."
The giant looked at him, wondering how he knew about Choko. "…"
His frown turned to a light smile, "I found out when she visited, Tama-chan too."

Takashi then gripped his hair to rip it out—why did everyone but him know?

Mitsukuni put a hand on his and spoke, "Haru-chan didn't want you to be upset for what happened. Haru-chan was upset too, but after Cho-chan was born, she was happy." He removed his hand and hugged his Bun-Bun. "Are you angry at her?"

"I'm angry at myself." Takashi finally spoke. "I hurt Haruhi."
He smiled softly at him, "she'll forgive you, if you apologize."
His head shook slowly, "no, I hurt her too much… I can't go near her."
Mitsukuni frowned at this. "You have to meet your daughter some time Takashi!"

Hikaru looked at Kaoru, "I got lost at the 'Cho-chan' person."
Kaoru looked at Hikaru, "Haruhi left because she was pregnant…"
His eyes widened at this, "H-Haruhi was p-pregnant?"
His head nodded to him, "this 'Cho-chan' is their daughter."

Mitsukuni looked at Takashi, "is you don't see Cho-chan, I'll never forgive you!" The little senior began to cry. "Cho-chan is family, Haru-chan is family! So go see them!"

Takashi knew that he should, even after everything that happened. "Un…"

Haruhi did not return to school since that day with a week that has gone by now.

Author Note: Dun Dun Duuuun.

Next Update: I have no idea when I'll update, seeing how I forgot to earlier.