Haruhi sighed and looked down at the dress she had dawned. It was the least of her frilly worries in this huge closet. She turned to look through the rack of clothes one last time, just checking to make sure there wasn't a simpler dress that wasn't too strange. This was probably the outfit that'd work best. And who knows, maybe she could have fun with it.

There was a long row of wigs and accessories, more than she'd ever seen before in her entire life. There were Cleopatra wigs, Marie Antoinette, you name it, Hunny's dress up closet had it. She skimmed over the wigs before finding one that was perfect for her disguise. It was a simple brown, curly ponytail attachment. Turning the row of accessories, she found roller blades (perfect!) and some strange looking glasses. I think they're called… cat rimmed? Maybe… they were black with little gems on the corners of the lenses. The kind that was popular in the 1960's in America.

She applied all the chosen accessories, and looked in the mirror one last time. Perfect, I don't even look the same. Well, I do… just different. She took a deep breath and turned to open the door leading back out into Hunny's room. As Haruhi stepped out of the closet, she thought she caught a glimpse of surprise on Hunny's face, but as soon as it was there it was gone.

"Do you like it?" she said quietly.

Hunny stood up slowly, "Like it?" Hunny said disbelievingly. "I love it! It's SOOOOO cute!" he squealed, running up to hug her around the waist. Haruhi laughed and hugged him back. "You're the cutest poodle skirt girl I've ever seen!"

"Thanks Mitskuni."

He stepped back and looked up at her. "Soooo…. Whatcha wanna do now Haru-chan?"

She thought about it for a moment, and then smiled. "How about we bake a cake?"

Hunny turned for what seemed the thousandth time, around another corner.

"Where exactly are we going?" Haruhi asked. "We've passed like, 8 kitchens."

"We're going to my kitchen Haru!"

"Your kitchen?"

"Yeah! I asked for it last year when I first met Tama-chan. I thought I could make my own cakes for once. They just finished building it last month, and I've never really gotten the chance to use it so… yeah. I though you could be the first one to use my kitchen with me."

"Oh. That explains it."

They turned another corner, into a big yellow kitchen, with a huge skylight. It had everything any chef could ever need, in the history of ever.

Haruhi looked down at him, "Mitskuni, this is so cool!"

He laughed, "Thanks Haru! What kinda cake did you want to make?"

"Hmm… I don't know… What is your favorite kind of cake?"

"Well… I like all cakes really, but I do love Red Velvet cake!"

"Lucky you, I have a recipe that I had to use for Home Ec the other day. I put it in my wallet; let me grab it really fast." Haruhi reached into her pocket and pulled out her little wallet. Inside was the recipe for 'The Best Red Velvet Cake You've Ever Eaten'

"What's it say Haru, what's it say?" Hunny said bouncing up and down.

"Here, I'll read the ingredients you grab them out of cupboards and stuff okay?"

"Oh-kay!" he said giving her a mock salute, happy to have a job other than eat cakefor once.

"1 lb box of confectioners' sugar," she said slowly, "Do you have that?"

"I think so… Yep, here it is!"

"3 teaspoons cocoa powder?"

"Check!"

"1 teaspoon baking soda and 1 teaspoon baking powder."

"Check, check!"

It went on like this for a while until they had all the ingredients except for the '2 1/2 cups of sifted cake flour' the very last item on the list.

"Haru, I can't find it anywhere! Will you help me?"

"Sure." She replied easily. She turned around and began looking in a row of cupboards behind her. After searching through three of the cupboards, she finally finds a big bag full of cake flour. She turns around to show Hunny, and slams right into him, pouring flour all over him and the floor. She stands up and looks down at him.

"Oh. My. Gosh. I am soooo sorry Mitskuni! I didn't know you were behind me!" She reaches her hand down to help him up, and he grabs it willingly. He stands up looking down at his flour covered clothes.

"No Problem Haru!" he says cheerfully, "As long as I can do… this!" he yells and jumps on her (lightly, don't worry!) getting the flour all over her clothes. (A/N she changed out of the poodle skirt costume)

"Ugh! You crazy little… !" She says laughing, she turns and grabs one of the eggs and smashes it over his head laughing. She got him square in the side of the head with an egg.

"Hey! Haru!" Hunny turns around and grabs the other egg, smashing it on her cheek. It cracked and the contents dribbled down her neck, Haruhi shuddered at the cold sliminess, then grabbed the nearest object, grinning when she saw what it was.

She sprayed whipped cream in her opponents face, this time his eyes weren't spared and he stumbled blindly around the kitchen. He then wiped of the offending cream, leant over and smeared it over Haruhi's face, pinning her to the nearby wall so she couldn't do anything.

"This game isn't fair Haru! You're taller than me!"

"You're the one who's got me pinned to the wall Mitskuni! I think you're winning!"

He laughs and reaches up and pecks her on the cheek, tasting the whipped cream on her face. "Mmm… creamy… Now it's fair!"

"Ooooh no! No, it's not!" Haruhi said grinning evilly. She leaned forward and slowly licked the whipped cream off of his check.

"Hey!" He said laughing.

"Maybe…. Maybe we should make the cake now." Haruhi said giggling at the look on his face

HARUHI'S POV

I have no idea, why I just did that!

I am so weird.

I feel like the twins.

And the twins are creepers.

It's not like I like him!

Things have just been different since he kissed me!

I was probably blushing like an idiot right then…

Oh, the horror…

3rd POV

"Right…. I knew that." He said letting go of her wrists and turning to walk around to the large island in the center of the kitchen. He sat down on one of the barstools and watched as Haruhi cleaned her workspace.

"Hey Haru!"

"Yes Mitskuni?"

"Wanna play 20 questions? Pleeeeease?"

"Umm… sure?"

"Oh! No, even better!"

"What?" Haruhi said cautiously.

"Truth! Like from truth or Dare, that commoners game you taught everybody, but without the dare!"

"Oh, okay, I guess."

"We'll start out really easy!"

Does this mean their going to end up being really hard? Haruhi thought.

"What's you favorite color?

"Hmm… probably light blue… but NOT because it's the color of our uniforms. It's because it's the color of the sky, which is where my mother is."

"That's so sweet Haru!"

"What's yours Mitskuni?"

"Well, it's no pink, like most people think. It's yellow! Like sponge cake, or the sun, or cute little chickies, or sunflowers, or my hair!"

Haruhi laughed, "It fits you." She cracked an egg into the bowl and waited for him to ask a question.

"What's your favorite food?"

"Hmm… I like… well, don't tell any one this but I tried fancy tuna the other day. Not nearly as yummy as I had hoped. I'd have to say my favorite food is… this American food called Tater tots. Have you ever had 'em?"

"Nooooo! I want some now! So wait… You don't like fatty tuna?"

"Nah…Too… fatty."

"When did you try it? It's not cheap."

Haruhi bristled the tiniest bit at the comment, but said, "One of my clients gave it to me for Valentine's day."

"Ooh!" Hunny said, his eyes going wide.

"My turn. I don't really think I have to ask what your favorite food is." She giggled.

"Nope! You should already know that!" he said giggling.

"Soo… If you could have any animal for a pet (which you probably can…) what would you choose?"

"Actually, I've never had a pet!"

"Never?" Haruhi said, as she mock-gasped, "Even I had a pet once Mitskuni!"

"Really!" he said excitedly, "What was it?"

"She was a hamster named Trix. She turned out to be pregnant right after we bought her, and she had 4 baby hamsters, that I named: Missy, Suzy, Cindy Lou, and Betty Jean. (A/N Anyone who catches that reference, which most of you won't, is my new favorite person!) Eventually we had to sell them when we got a new land lady.

"Aww… poor hamsters! If I had a pet, I'd want a little yellow birdie!"

Haruhi laughed and finished pouring the cake batter into a pan. "Your turn." She said as she slipped the pan into the oven.

"Do you hate me?"

Haruhi whipped around to face him.

"Hate you? How on earth could I hate you? Why on earth would I hate you?"

"I don't know…" he said quietly, tracing an invisible design on the counter top. "You just seem to like everybody else in the Host club more than me."

"What do you mean?" Haruhi asked, confused.

"Well, ever since we had you join the club, you've become better friends with everybody else and you don't yell at Tama-chan as much, or the twins either. But you treat me the same as before."

"Oh, no no no no no! You've got it all wrong! When I first came to the Host Club, you and Mori-sempai were the only ones who weren't totally insane! In fact, if anything, I've always liked you best. I didn't mean to worry you Mitskuni."

She walked around to the other side of the island and gave him a hug from behind. She let go and he turned around to look up at her with teary eyes. He blinked and smiled just the tiniest bit, the reached his arms up towards her. She laughs and nods. "Only one last time, kay?"

A/N

Just in case you care, this is the recipe they used.

1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
2 large eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1-2 ounces red food coloring

1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the frosting:

1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter or margarine, softened
1 pound box confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the Cake:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Grease and flour 2 (9-inch) cake pans. In a medium bowl or on a piece of waxed paper, sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, cream together sugar and butter. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time. Alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk. Beat in food coloring and vinegar, then add vanilla. Spread the batter evenly in the pans.

Bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Turn out onto a rack to cool.

For the Frosting:

In a large bowl, combine the cream cheese and butter. Beat in confectioners' sugar until fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Stir in pecans, if using. Use frosting to fill and ice cake.