A nice chapter now for all you HikaruxHaruhi fans ;p (for Valentines Day, I know it's late… my internet wouldn't work for a few days it was ridiculous)
Chapter 10
"Ok, now put your first finger on the A string second fret, and your second finger on the string below it, now that's an E minor" Amaya smiled as Kaoru did as instructed "strum all the six strings four times for me, keep your fingers on those strings," she continued as he smiled and strummed as instructed, creating the 'sad' chord. (Seriously, the minor chords sound depressing!) Amaya had officially continued Kaoru's guitar lessons after Kyouya's talk, not wanting to be anywhere near the Shadow king.
"When did you learn this?" he asked curiously
"Ben taught me," she smiled and wrote some notes on a piece of paper and put it on the sheet-music stand in front of him "now play that, as you know the bottom numbers mean the top and deepest-sounding strings." She smiled
"So he's better than you then?" he asked teasingly as she stuck her tongue out
"Don't make me stop these lessons," she grinned playfully as he pouted
"So what am I playing next?" he asked curiously
"Trryyyyy… this," she smiled and wrote down the notes as he blinked at it "don't worry if you can't play it fast, slow and steady first and you'll get quicker the more you play," she smiled softly as he nodded and played the nodes as instructed. "The Simpsons!" she laughed as he smiled
"So I noticed," he winked as she wrote the name of the tune at the top of the page.
"Now are you going to practice this?" she asked curiously
"Will you give me a reward if I do?" he asked slyly as she leaned on the sheet music stand, giving him a rather nice view of her cleavage thanks to her low cut shirt.
"Mmm, I'll have to think about that… what type of reward?" she asked provocatively, a sly smirk etched across her red lips.
"Depends on what you're willing to do," he purred, leaning closer to her, their breaths mingled as he moved the stand out of the way, pressing her against his body.
"Ehem." A cough alerted the two as the groaned in annoyance and pulled apart, Amaya ran a hand through her hair and glared at the intruder who bared hot-chocolate and cookies. "Not that watching you two flirting isn't fun, but I have better things to do, so take your hot-chocolates and cookies and let me leave!" Ben pleaded as Kaoru grabbed the hot-chocolates; Amaya took the cookies and placed them on the table. Ben turned on his heel and retreated quickly after.
"Wonder how Hikaru's faring," Kaoru smirked as Amaya grinned and took a sip of her hot-chocolate.
"Well, with mine and your advice…. He can't go wrong," she winked.
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"Where's Kaoru?" Haruhi asked, looking around as if she expected he'd pop out the woodwork
"He's with Amaya," Hikaru smiled "can I come in?" he asked as she blinked and looked into the small house
"… My dads not home," she frowned as Hikaru shrugged
"Sooo?" he asked "I can't come in?" he asked, a puppy dog pout firmly etched on his face as she sighed and opened the door
"Yes but take off your shoes," she replied as he grinned and did so. Hikaru happily plopped himself down in the small room and looked up at Haruhi
"Hi" he grinned as Haruhi blinked
"Hello," she replied unsurely and sat down "so what are you doing here?" she asked
"Wanted to visit… plus Kaoru's with Amaya… so I was bored," he shrugged and smiled "Ha-ru-hi?" he asked slowly as she sighed and gave him a dry look, expecting this.
"What?" she asked irritably as he slowly moved from his position and crawled over to her "H-Hikaru," she blinked as he moved so close that she was led down, him grinning down at her like a Cheshire cat.
"Yee-ee-sss?" he asked slyly
"What are you doing?" she asked cautiously as he leaned down and brushed his nose against her neck
"Satisfying my ever growing boredom," he purred as she shuddered, and put her hands on his chest
"W-why me?" she asked, as he continued to brush his nose against her neck
"You smell nice," he grinned and lifted his head up, a goofy grin on his face.
"What?" she asked blinking, a small tinge of pink on her cheeks
"You smell nice…" he shrugged and smiled as a small smile tugged at the corners of her lips.
"Arigato," she smiled, looking up at him. "So you came round here to smell my neck and tell me I smell nice?" she asked curiously "… and pin me to the floor?" she added as he grinned and rocked on his knees, nodding. "Because you were bored?" she asked getting another nod "… anything else?" she asked
"Actually… there WAS one more thing," he frowned "but you gotta promise me that you won't do anything bad," he grinned
"Do I wanna know?" she asked curiously
"Depends" he winked "is that a 'do it' or a 'don't'?" he asked as she sighed and ran a hand down her face
"Do it," she sighed as he smiled and stood up, helped her up "what're you doing?" she asked suspiciously
"I came here… to ask you to come on a date with me," he smiled as her eyes widened "that'll be a real date too," he winked "just me and you," he added as an afterthought as she thought about it.
"You're serious?" she asked as he smiled and nodded
"So serious that someone should document it," he winked as she blushed slightly
"… Ok" she nodded
"Yes?" he asked, his golden eyes widening
"Yes," she smiled, in response he pulled her into a hug and handed her a phone
"I'll be back later on to pick you up, in that time two people are going to come round m'kay?" he asked as she blinked "they'll show you a range of outfits and the one you pick you can keep, plus two others as presents… now, where we're going is a surprise so sorry but that's confidential until we get there," he winked as she smiled and nodded.
"Ok," she replied with a soft laugh as he smiled and planted a kiss on her cheek then grabbed his shoes.
"I'll be back later," he smiled and walked out… leaving her blushing and staring at the now closed door, then she did a very un-like Haruhi thing, she sighed dreamily and fell back onto a soft cushion and… giggled!
Meanwhile, Hikaru smiled at the soft giggle he heard through the door and walked down the stairs to his limo, which was crowded with people.
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"Haruhi!" Ranka Fujioka called as he/she walked through the door carrying bags of some sort.
"I'm through here father!" Haruhi called, poking her hand out the room and waving "just getting cha-mmff" her voice was cut off as Ranka blinked and walked towards the room only to be stopped by a tall-ish black haired female that slipped out of the room and stood in front of it.
"Gomenasai Fujioka-san, the young mistress is getting changed" she spoke seriously as Ranka backed up slightly
"Who are you?" he asked with narrowed eyes
"Hitachiin-sama's personal helpers, my sister and I are the twins' maids." She explained "Fujioka Haruhi is to be going on a date with Hitachiin Hikaru later on tonight." She bowed her head as Ranka twitched
"…Eh?!" he yelped as the maid stared at him emotionlessly
"He came round and asked me while you were out!" Haruhi called as Ranka went to speak but stopped as Haruhi continued "I had to say yes, I couldn't say no," she finished as he sighed and ran a hand over his face.
"If he hurts you…" Ranka started
"I get it I get it…" she responded and walked out the room, Ranka stared eyes wide and slack-jawed. Haruhi was wearing a pair of light brown boots with fur surrounding the foot-hole. Those had a pair of dark blue denim jeans tucked into them. Her top half consisted of a knee thigh length white cotton dress and a long ankle length cream coloured coat with fur around the hood and along the inside. Her hair was in a long braid with two thick strands of hair framing her face, Ranka guessed extensions had to of been added to her hair to make the braid work.
"…Wow…" Ranka blinked as a twin of the maid walked out the room and stood beside her sister.
"Hitachiin Hikaru has told us that you are to keep this outfit and two others of your choice-
-take your pick, he shall be arriving in approximately one hour." The second twin finished for the first.
"T-thanks," Haruhi smiled as both nodded in unison and stood to the side to await Hikaru's arrival.
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"A DATE-date?!" Yuzuha squealed as she ran around the house after her son
"Yes a date now heeelllppp," Hikaru pleaded as she grinned and grabbed the closet handles and pried them open revealing tons of clothes
"Where to?" she asked excitedly as she rummaged through the hangers.
"The restaurant up-town, the really fancy one that takes forever just to get a reservation," he grinned as she stopped and looked at him curiously
"… When did you get that?" she bemused
"Last week, it's great being filthy rich," he sighed happily then put a serious face back on "now clothing, help!" he pleaded as she nodded and carried on searching
"You want smart right?" she asked, digging deeper into the closet
"Yes!" Hikaru panicked
"Here!" she grinned and threw a black suit at him "put it on and make sure you keep the top button un-done" she instructed as he nodded and sped off to his and Kaoru's room. "AND DON'T FORGET FLOWERS!" she yelled up the stairs.
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"This is ENDLESS!" Ranka groaned as he banged his head against the chair, Haruhi and the twin females just stared at him, concerned.
"Are you ok?" one of the twins asked curiously and then… a knock at the door caused all four to freeze
"Think it's him?" one twin whispered
"Most likely," the other answered in the same hushed tone. Both twins walked over to the door and opened it together
"Hitachiin Hikaru," both spoke in unison and bowed
"Hi," he smiled "where's Haruhi?" he asked as they smirked and moved out the way to show a nervous looking hazel eyed girl… "…wow," he breathed as she smiled and blushed, her eyes breaking contact with his to look at the floor. "And these, are for you," he smiled and handed her a bouquet of roses.
"T-thanks," she spoke softly, Ranka smiled and grabbed a vase and placed the beautiful flowers in the pastel-blue coloured vase then positioned them on the table.
"Shall we go?" he asked, smiling as she looked at her dad, who nodded his approval. Haruhi immediately walked forward and linked arms with the taller boy and walked out the house.
"So where are we going?" she asked curiously as he smirked
"Classified information my dear," he purred as she blushed and let him lead her to the limo which was parked outside the building. The driver proceeded to open the door as Hikaru moved to the side, allowing Haruhi to step in first, then following as the driver bowed his head and closed the door.
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"Why can't you tell me?" Haruhi asked curiously as Hikaru grinned, the limo was on its way through the upper-UPPER-class portion of Bunkyō.
"Becaaauuse it's a surprise," he grinned as she poked the tinted windows "windows are tinted to keep the surprise a surprise," he grinned cheekily as she sighed "don't worry… we're almost there," he winked as she smiled.
When the limo came to a stop Haruhi's head perked up as she looked at the grinning Hikaru.
"This is your first date isn't it?" he asked with a sly smirk as she smiled
"No… the first one was during the holidays remember?" she smiled "but I'm not classing that as a date," she sweat-dropped.
"Good, that didn't really go as originally planned so it's best to make this one the best one," he winked as the doors opened to show a beautiful large building.
"…Wow," Haruhi breathed as Hikaru got out first and took her hand, helping her out of the limo.
"Like I said, the first should be the best," he winked as she blushed and smiled. "c'mon, we have reservations." He grinned and led her inside the posh building.
"Do you have a reservation sir?" a smartly dressed man asked
"Hitachiin." Hikaru smirked as the man choked slightly and nodded quickly
"Y-yes Hitachiin-san, this way please," he stuttered and led them to their table,
"Arigato," Hikaru nodded as the man pulled the chair out for Haruhi first, she smiled in response and sat down, and the same thing was repeated for Hikaru.
"Your menus will be along shortly," he smiled then placed a cup of garlic butter and a basket of bread down on the table then walked off to get the menus.
"Go ahead," Hikaru smirked as she stared at the bread, in response she took a bit and spread a small amount of the butter over it, then proceeded to bite into it. "Aaaand?" he asked as she finished it
"It's nice," she smiled licking her lips (omg it really is… I had it in Ibiza and I crave it all the time now :-()
"Your menus," the man from before announced as he placed two menus down on the table in front of Haruhi and Hikaru. "Just motion to me when you have made your decision," he bowed his head then walked off.
"It all looks so expensive," Haruhi gulped
"Haruhi, do I need to remind you that I'm very-very rich… just the mere mention of my last name the guy sped up, I'm paying for this, not you." He chuckled as she smiled and decided on her order. Hikaru motioned the guy to come back to which he did quickly with a pen and pad.
"Your order sir?" he asked as both gave their orders the man nodded and walked off.
"So… why did you ask me?" Haruhi asked curiously as Hikaru blushed slightly
"Well… I wanted to make it up to you… I mean, the last date didn't really go very well did it?" he smiled sheepishly as she mouthed an oh and took to staring at the cutlery "plus… I was wondering if I even had a chance," he shrugged
"At what?" she asked inquisitively
"You." Was his simple answer that just left her staring at him.
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After the meal Haruhi was already having the time of her life, the food was absolutely amazing, and apparently it wasn't over yet.
"C'mon," Hikaru smiled as he stood up after putting the money onto the bill and walked around the table, she blinked at him and did the same.
"Where are we going?" she asked curiously as he grinned "surprise?" she asked as he nodded "should have guessed," she laughed softly and followed him out the building, but not to the limo as she suspected, he continued past it.
"Hikaru…" she started
"We're walking, it's only round the corner," he smiled as she nodded and followed, she blinked in surprise when Hikaru's hand curled around hers, she smiled and let him. "quick question," Hikaru started as they rounded the corner to see a huge lit up outdoor ice rink. "Can you skate?" he asked smiling as she stared.
"Y-yeah…" she answered after a moment the frowned "waaaait… Amaya asked me that question this morning on the phone!" she frowned as Hikaru grinned sheepishly
"Just making sure," he blushed and led her inside.
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When the two made it back to Haruhi's house, Haruhi was fast asleep, resting her head on Hikaru's chest. Hikaru really didn't want to wake her so he waited for the driver to open the door, then carefully picked the sleeping girl up and carried her up the stairs to her home.
"Hika~" she mumbled in her sleep before snuggling closer, Hikaru smiled softly before knocking on the door… albeit with difficulty but he got there. The door opened seconds after as Ranka opened the door and blinked
"She's sleeping, shhh," Hikaru grinned as he placed Haruhi in her fathers' arms.
"Did she have fun?" he asked as Hikaru shrugged
"I don't know… ask her tomorrow when she wakes up," he smiled as Ranka nodded
"I'll see you some other time then, eh?" Ranka asked with a smile as Hikaru grinned and nodded
"Sure, seya," he waved and walked off back to the car.
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When Hikaru got home, Kaoru was in the front room with a hot-chocolate and watching a movie which Amaya had yelled at him for not watching.
"You're actually watching Transformers?" Hikaru asked, leaning on the back of the sofa
"Amaya yelled at me for not watching it so I thought I better had," he sweat-dropped "how'd it go?" Kaoru asked grinning as he pressed pause in the middle of the Barricade and Bumblebee fight.
"It went great, the restaurant was brilliant and the ice-skating was fun," he smiled and jumped over the back of the sofa to sit with his brother.
"You went skating?" Kaoru asked in shock as Hikaru smiled sheepishly
"Turns out I still can't stay up-right," he sweat-dropped with a nervous grin.
"She helped you then?" Kaoru asked teasingly
"Yep, we ended up on the ice a few times but we got there… it was fun," he smiled softly as Kaoru grinned and hugged his brother
"Glad you're happy bro," Kaoru smiled as Hikaru hugged back
"You too, bro," Hikaru replied as Kaoru let go and leaned against his brother with his legs up on the couch. "Now let's put this movie back on and watch it together," he grinned as Kaoru nodded and did so, happy to have some brother time with his twin.