A/N: Sorry everyone for the very slow updates! I have been super busy. However, due to a foot injury, I am off for a week. I am going to try to clear my cache full of stories in that week. It should be interesting. Anyways, I just want to wish all fathers a happy father's day! You will notice that there are a few fathers in this chapter, just so that I could dedicate it. Enjoy!
I had set my alarm to go off at exactly 6AM. That was to ensure that I had ample time to get myself ready to greet the guest that I had invited over. Though, I did quicken my pace over everything that I normally would do. The only exception to my routine that I would have to ignore today would be to do my customary glance over of my notes. They could wait until after the quick tour with Atobe-sama.
As if my thoughts had any connection, a maid had just finished knocking on my door after I had stepped out of the shower. The time was only 6:30AM.
"Mistress Fujioka-Grenier, there is an Atobe-sama here to see you." The maid bowed.
"Very well, Angelique. Would you mind taking my breakfast of toast and tea to wherever he is? Also, extend the invitation of breakfast to him as well please." I replied politely.
"As you wish. He's in the sitting room now." After that, the maid bowed again before she left. Angelique was roughly ten years older than myself, yet was also around my height. She had long golden blond hair, which often fell in waves to the middle of her back. Today, however, she had styled it into a wavy bun. Her eyes were a bright blue, which reminded me of the ocean.
As soon as I was into the Ouran female uniform (with me covertly wearing the majority of the male's uniform underneath), I headed down to the sitting room. I arrived just as the maid brought in two breakfasts.
"Ohayo, Haruhi-san." Atobe-sama greeted me.
"Ohayo, Atobe-sama. Sorry if this inconvenienced you at all." I gave him my natural host club smile.
"Not at all inconvenient. You know, I was just thinking that perhaps I have neglected to take some holiday time from work for the last three years and it has worn me out without me even realizing it! So, I was going to say that I'll be around for the next month here in the area. It would be great to catch up with some of my colleagues who work and live in this area." The patriarch replied.
"Vacations are nice and refreshing. Too bad that whenever I want to take a vacation, the host club boys always show up and make it chaotic." I muttered a bit.
"Chaos is the best vacation away from sanity, dear. It would be wise to remember that." He chuckled.
"I'm surrounded by insanity on a daily basis, so I wish that I could have just a day to myself to chill out. You know? But then again, if there wasn't chaos in my life now as compared to before, then I don't know what I would do. The boys have come to mean so much to me, but not the same way as how Keigo makes me feel." I clarified. We had finally finished our breakfast. Not to mention that we were walking out the door as well within ten minutes after that.
The ride, for the most part, was sat in relative silence. It was a comfortable silence as well. Neither one of us wanted to break it. So, after the twenty minute long drive, we arrived at the school. The driver was the one who stated that we had arrived.
"Ah, not much has changed it would appear." Atobe-sama stated.
"How can you tell?" I asked.
"The building is still pink. And is still huge. I guess I can skip the tour then, but I want to see your club room, if you don't mind?" He asked.
"Not at all sir. I'll take you there. And, perhaps we can have some more coffee." I gave him a smile in which he returned.
He started to point out various things about the paintings as we headed up to the Third Music Room. I dug into my bag to pull out my key to the room. When I opened it, I got a face full of flowers. Or rather, rose petals.
"How many times I wonder am I going to get a face full of rose petals?! And, it is rare for you guys to even be here at this hour!" I sputtered out.
"Oh, it's just Haruhi." The twins said together.
"We always do a rose petal test at 7AM, Haruhi." Kyoya-senpai stated.
"No one gave me the memo to be here at the club room at 7AM every school day. I always thought that you guys came to school close to the start of classes. So, I always headed into the classroom to study on a daily basis. Today was an exception day." I spewed.
"We're sorry Haru-chan! As an apology, want to share some strawberry cake?" Honey-senpai asked.
"I'll let you have your cake today, senpai. But, I should introduce my guest who has come with me. This is Keigo's father. Apparently he came to school here at Ouran with my mother and some of your parents." I replied yet introduced at the same time.
"Haruhi-chan is right, since I told her last night. I did attend school with all of your parents. I'm going to take a stab at each of you. The short blond with the bunny must be Mitsukuni Haninozuka while the tall short black haired one is Takashi Morinozuka. I can see the resemblances of each of your parents there. The Hitachiin twins, Hikaru and Kaoru. Hikaru's on the left and Kaoru's on the right. Feisty like Yuzuha too. The raven haired one with glasses is definitely Kyoya Ootori. All the men in that family have glasses and a classic smirk. Finally, the tall blond with violet eyes is Tamaki Suoh. I can see why you keep calling him an idiot, Haruhi. He acts similar to the way his father acted around Kotoko." Atobe-sama chuckled.
"What was that about Kotoko?" I heard a voice sound from behind us. It was the chairman.
"Ah, Oji-san! It's great to see you again!" I stated as I bowed. At the same time, Tamaki-senpai had called out for his father.
"Ah! Yuzuru! It's great to see you again! It's been twenty years though! I was just telling our sweet Haruhi here a bit about how we could all tell how much you loved Kotoko. It was almost moronic." Atobe-sama replied.
"Oh please! That was all protection based! And perhaps a bit of a crush before my mother got involved." The chairman chuckled.
I had been reading a couple of pages of the first book in the series. "Based on these records, oji-san and Tamaki-senpai really do have the same behaviors. Oji-san tried claiming that my mother was his daughter too. Interesting." I muttered. A few heads snapped to my direction.
"Atobe you gave her one of our record books? Why?" The chairman whined as he had found a corner to mope in. Yeah, definitely like father like son on that one.
"Haruhi! Father?" Keigo had come in behind us.
"Keigo! What are you doing here?" I was utterly shocked that he would be here early.
"Well, I went to your estate first to see if you were there. I was told that my father had stopped by and that the two of you had come to school early. I wanted to give my lovely girlfriend her daily bouquet of flowers! And a kiss perhaps?" Keigo stated.
"I haven't been receiving a daily bouquet of flowers." I replied before tilting it upwards to give Keigo a quick kiss. Of course, there were a few strangled cries too that I guessed to be from Tamaki. Keigo was pouting a bit.
"What are tonight's plans?" I sighed.
"I will be back after to join you in club time for a bit. But, I do have a late night practice to attend to tonight." This time, Keigo sighed.
"Why don't I join you tonight for practice for a bit? I know some of the basics, yet I am a bit rusty at playing. Considering my normal playing partner has been missing for some time." I stated. "Atobe-sama, guys, classes are going to start soon. I'm going to walk with Keigo to the gates before I go to class." I reminded the others.
"If you want to, Atobe, you can join me in my office. I cleaned up most of my work that I had to do already." Oji-san stated. To that, the elder Atobe and Suoh both left.
"I don't think you'd be able to join me to be honest. It starts at 5pm tonight. You're usually still in your club at that time. How about you come the next time we have one of those late night practices? We'll be holding them often soon, as the Kanto tournament is coming up." Keigo stated.