Chapter 11: Dinner for Two

KPOV:

We had fifteens minutes to get to dinner and Haruhi had still not appeared form her room in our suit. I was sitting on the couch impatiently tapping my foot and checking my watch every few seconds. I hated being late for things and Haruhi was making us late. When we had five minutes to get there I stood up about to go knock on her door when her door opened and I was stocked silent.

"How do I look Kyouya?" Haruhi asked spinning in a circle so I could see the whole dress and for the first time in my life the looks of a lady wiped my mind clean. She looked absolutely stunning. The dressed was the perfect shade of dark blue and it hugged her in just the right places but was still modest and elegant. There was a shallow v-cut in the front and the straps wrapped over her shoulders and into a crisscross design on her back. She had done her hair and make up to look natural and feminine instead of her plane Jane look. Everything about her was so simple and yet so elegant. I had always known she was beautiful but she looked absolutely perfect. There was nothing about her at that moment in time that looked anything but amazing. "Kyouya," she giggled at me. "Are you going to tell me what you think or are you just going to stare all night?"

I shook my head and realized I had been smiling with my mouth slightly open in awe. I walked over to her and took her hand in mine bringing it up to my mouth I kissed the back of her hand and said, "You look stunning my dear Haruhi." She blushed and looked away with a small smile on her face. I stood up straight and gestured to the door. "Ladies first."

She smiled and walked towards the door with me admiring from behind. All of my worries about being late and my father showing up had left my mind. My focus tonight was going to be on Haruhi and only Haruhi. I wanted to prove to her that I am a good man, I am not weak and I am not a selfish Shadow King. I want to make her feel loved and know she never has to be alone ever again. I want to make her feel happy and beautiful and know that she will always be safe. I want to make her know that nothing will ever harm her. I smiled to myself as I slide into the limo next to her and put my arm around her. I was determined to make this a magical night, one she'll never forget.

HPOV:

When Kyouya slide into the limo and put his arm around me my mind went crazy, I was thinking so much that I couldn't think at all. Why was he being to open with his words and actions? Does he like me? There is no way he can like me, I'm just a poor commoner and he's so rich and wealthy, he must think of me as gum on the bottom of his shoe at worst and a servant at best. Why on earth would he be treating me like a princess?

"Would you like a drink Haruhi?" Kyouya asked me as he leaned forward to pour himself a glass of water. "Dinner is actually about a half hour drive but it'll be worth it."

"Sure that would be nice," he poured a second glass and handed it to me. I smiled and took a sip. When I realized there was lipstick on the glass I leaned down to get my purse and pull out a tissue, Kyouya took this movement to his advantage and wrapped his arm behind my back and around my waist. I stiffed when I felt his arm at my waist and then turned to look at him. What was he thinking? He had this all-knowing confident smirk on his face and his glasses covered his eyes. I sat up in my seat forgetting about the tissue and he pulled me slightly closer to him by the waist. I breathed in sharply and stared at him.

"Is there something wrong Haruhi?" he asked looked down at me making his face come even closer to mine. I could feel the tension the awkward 'is he going to kiss me' feeling and in that moment time froze. I couldn't move, I could barely breath, I was waiting for him to do something anything and then I realized he had asked me a question and I was suppose to answer.

"Nothings wrong," I said still looking at him. I adjusted slightly in his grip and as I did I watched his eyes flicker down and back up. He just looked down my dress! I should be upset, aren't girls upset when guys do that? In all honest I was thrilled, he just checked me out, I don't remember anyone ever checking me out before. I smiled to myself and looked away from him and to my glass of water I had almost forgot I had been holding.

"So Haruhi, what's your favorite thing about London so far?" He asked me as if we were back at the host club and he was asking a guest about their trips.

YOU! My mind screamed at me to tell him but instead I said, "The city and history is amazing but I really enjoy the lack of responsibilities I have here, it's nice to relax."

"Yeah.." he smiled and trailed off but soon came back to reality and said, "I always like being away from home for a while. But tomorrow we do have work to do. Not much really we just have to be present at the courthouse, the lawyer will take care of most of it."

"Are you sure your father wont be here for a few days?" I asked him realizing that things would change when he got to London.

"He hasn't called me so my guess is that it might be a few days," his face saddened when he started to talk about his father. "Lets not think of that, I want to worry about other things tonight." He smiled down at me and squeezed me slightly closer.

I let myself relax into him and close my eyes. "Yeah," I said. "We can worry about that later." I was so confortable in his arms, his very strong arms. I had never really noticed how strong he was until that moment when he held me tight like he didn't want to lose me and loose enough not to brake me. The entire car ride he touched me as if he were afraid to break me and like he was just testing the water. He acted all knowing and like he knew nothing. He was gentle and the perfect Host, Tamaki would have been proud, even if it was his best friend. I smiled thinking about Tamaki's reaction he saw us cuddling in the back of a limo having light conversation. Who would have thought that the Shadow King and the cross dressing host would be in London together on their way to a fancy dinner, alone.

"Haruhi?" Kyouya said trying to get my attention. I must have drifted off into my own thought forgetting about reality. "We're here, you seemed to have drifted off."

"Oh, sorry Kyouya." I smiled at him as he moved his arm and got out of the car. He held out his hand for me to take, when I grabbed it he lean down and kissed the top of my hand. I felt myself blush and tried to pull my hand away but he grabbed on tighter.

"Tonight, Haruhi, you are the princess and I am your prince. I wont let anything hurt you and I promise to treat you like a Queen but only if you let me." He smiled a real smile and pulled me out of the limo. I stumbled into him and he held me like he had planned this. He took me by the hip and then spun me out like we were dancing at a ball.

I smiled and let myself relax into his grip. He held me like I was important, to important to let anything happen to. He looked at me as if he didn't see a single thing around him. He smiled down at me truer than he has ever smiled at anything before. He looked at me the same way my father was looked at my mother when she was alive, like there was nothing that was more important to him. And I realized, when we stopped our silent dance, that I had been looking at him the same was he was looking me at. I had not realized where we were or who was around us and it was absolutely amazing.

"Lady and Sir, we have your table ready if you follow me," A well dressed British man said to us in almost perfect Japanese. He had come out wearing a suit and led us back to a back room that was private with a single table set for two. Kyouya pulled out my seat for me and I took a seat.
I looked down at the menu and saw it was all in English. "Kyouya, do you recommend something? I don't think I've seen many of these words before," I knew basic English, enough to get me around, but I didn't recognizes these meals, I didn't know what they were or what was on them.

"I'll would recommend the Roast Beef, it's delicious." He smirked after saying this, I'm not sure why.
"…Alright, I'll trust you," I looked at him questionally but he didn't say anything. "So how do you think the club is running without you?" I laughed thinking about Tamaki trying to run things.

"It's probably a mess that I'll have to deal with later. One trip I went on they caused 100,000,00 yen in damage. It was an awful pain to clean up after them..." he paused for a moment. "You know it's been pretty quiet without them and I haven't heard from Tamaki yet today, hopefully everything is running smoothly."

I laughed lightly at this, "What did they do to cause that much damage?" I asked confused.

Kyouya smiled and laughed, "it's a funny story now but back then I was furious! I had gone on a trip with my father and middle brother, we were in Korea for two days and all hell broke lose at the club." He continued to tell his story and laugh and smile like he hadn't planned how to kill them all one by one and not get caught. He seemed happy and there was a glow to him when he laughed. I laughed with him and the night went on. He told me old stories about the club or when he was a kid, I told him stories about my life but they weren't near as exciting. The night was fun and exciting wonderful. I learned how Kyouya wouldn't let his mother rest until he tucked her in and how much he cared about Tamaki. He loved to read and learn, he was very strict about thing but that's because of his family. He loved his sister the most in his family because she reminded him of his mother. He felt like he had to be perfect and his way to relax was to paint and draw. The black notebook he carried around was 50% notes on the club and finances and the other half was drawing and sketches of the club. He loved the color navy blue because it was so close to black but it wasn't. I could go on and on about what he told me, he is truly amazing. He's so strong and different than I thought he would be. It was so nice to see him so happy, and smiling so easily, I wanted to freeze this moment and keep him this happy.

At the end of dinner he helped me up and brought me out to the limo where we got in. One the ride home we continued to talk and talk about everything and anything. It was a wonderful night full of laughter and smiles, a night that wasn't over just yet.