I forgot to mention that I was about to end the last Ch. with a cliffy but Nicole told me not to do it. (Another thing to thank Nicole about). The funny part, I told you guys my friend's name but not mine!
Some translations from the last Ch. are needed since I don't think some people understood the last scene.
When Kyouya gave Haruhi the bracelet, her emotions towards him developed dramatically. So she sort of, kind of answered Kyouya when they have a tight hug. I was thinking of them to kiss to make it more clear but I don't think the stubborn and self respecting people that they are would start a relationship with a kiss…
Previously: Haruhi, now a second year, just answered Kyouya to be his girlfriend when he gave her back the charm bracelet she lost.
OC reviews:
Suichi: a first year, bad boy type of the club. Has a crush on Sakura for a long time now.
Sakura: another first year, the shy and innocent type of the club
P.S. My BETA made all the words in past tense, so just pretend it's in present tense.
The Feeling of Betrayal
By innocent school girl
The two were still holding hands when they arrived at Haruhi's apartment. They let go of their hands when they arrived then Kyouya looked around if there is somebody around.
He sees no one, so he pins down Haruhi towards the wall. Haruhi is mildly shocked by Kyouya's actions so she looked at Kyouya. She watches as Kyouya leans over to kiss her forehead.
Haruhi closes her eyes and inhales the sweet scent of Kyouya. 'I always knew he was warm deep inside ever since that night at Nekozawa's mansion, but I never really thought of actually seeing it in person.' She thought.
Then suddenly the door of Haruhi's apartment burst open. "Haruhiiiiiiiii!" Tamaki jumped to see Haruhi but halted when he saw Kyouya pinning down Haruhi towards the wall.
"Kyouya! What are you doing with Haruhi?!!!" Tamaki yelped. (A.N. I was going to stop right here for Ch. 10. But thanks to Nicole, I didn't)
"Tono, what are you screaming about?" Kaoru asked as he walked outside of the apartment. He sees Haruhi and Kyouya and he stood there dumfounded. He is followed by the rest of the host club, including Sakura and Suichi.
"What are you guys doing?!" Hikaru exclaims.
"Shh! You guys might disturb the neighbors. Get inside." Haruhi ordered as she motioned them to get inside her house.
The male members of the club sat around the kotatsu table while Haruhi and Sakura made some tea in the kitchen.
After setting the tea down on the table, they looked around; Tamaki and Hikaru are looking at Kyouya with unusually serious looks on their faces. Kaoru is looking at Kyouya and Hikaru with a serious look on his face. Suichi was just quietly sipping his tea in his bad boy position of his. And Sakura had just a gentle smile on her face.
Haruhi finally sits down next to Kyouya and Sakura where it is safe.
Everyone is silent, they all know this is an awkward moment, especially Tamaki. 'I should have seen this coming, all the time they spent together would eventually end up to this.' he thought bitterly.
"How long are you two been…?" He barely even let out.
He saw that Haruhi gave a dumbfounded look. "Did this all begin during that time at the cabin?!" he said angrily. "Or is it even earlier, during that time at Nekozawa's beach house?!" He almost exploded as he said it but he tried to hold it back.
"Tamaki calm down, the neighbors might hear you." Haruhi pleaded.
Tamaki settled down but the serious look on his face is still there. "But does he makes you happy, Haruhi?" he asked.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Haruhi asked
"You know what I mean! I saw you two just now! And don't even deny it! Since when have you guys been together anyway? How long were you planning to keep it a secret?" he said only mildly raising his voice.
Kyouya sighs, "Tamaki, all I ever done to her is kiss her on the forehead and if you must know we've been - sort of -together for 30 minutes." Tamaki calms down a little bit as he listens to Kyouya.
'At least they didn't keep it a secret.' He thought. He took a deep breathe. "Haruhi, does he make you happy?"
"Huh? Senpai, we told you, we only been together for 30 minutes."
"I know, but so far does he make you happy?"
"Why would I tell you that? My business is my business."
"Because, - tsk- I love you!" Tamaki yells.
Haruhi gasps. "I need to know. If you just tell me I would… I would get out of the business of your relationship with my 'best friend'." He emphasizes 'best friend'.
"Senpai, I'm sorry to hurt your feelings but Kyouya… Kyouya does make me happy." She admits while playing around with one of her charms. She is holding a soccer ball charm; it was given to him by Arai while she was in middle school after he won the regional soccer tournament. She was there to support him and because Arai asked him to.
"That's it! I've had enough of this!" Hikaru exclaimed as he got up and left the apartment. He was followed by his brother.
Once outside, Hikaru punched the wall of the apartment. 'What is this feeling growing inside of me?' he asks himself. "Hikaru, control yourself." Kaoru orders calmly.
"Kaoru, why...why do I feel this way when I found out that Haruhi and that demon are together?" he asks. He clutched unto his brother since his whole body feels weak.
There was a long pause. "Hikaru, I think you should accept the fact that they are happy together. I know it's hard but try to."
There is a few seconds of silence. "No. I won't accept it; I refuse to accept that they are together." Hikaru let go of his brother.
"Hikaru, you don't mean that…" Kaoru asks with pleading eyes.
"I'll find a way to break them up." Hikaru finishes for his brother.
The next day, Kyouya picked up Haruhi along the way to go to school. Haruhi is still wearing the girl's uniform, even after he repaid Kyouya.
When Haruhi got inside the limo, Kyouya noticed that they both have troubled look on their faces. "Kyouya, how do you think that others are taking our relationship?" she asks him.
"Tamaki would get over it sooner or later, he may have a large ego but he bounces back quickly. But Hikaru… Hikaru doesn't seem to handle it well." He said.
Haruhi looks down. "I noticed when I admitted that you… you…"
"I make you happy." He finished. She blushes a little. "Yes…because of that, he ran out of the house. Why would he do that? I don't understand." Kyouya looked at her intently. And after a long pause he said; "Hikaru likes you." He let out shortly.
"What did you say?" Haruhi asked curiously.
"Nothing." He said.
"Kyouya, are we going to tell everyone at school?" she asks.
"Well, they're going to know sooner or later." He leaned over and kissed her cheek while she smiled.
They arrived at school a few minutes later; they stepped out of the limo and walks towards the school together. Everybody looked as they passed by.
"Hey! Why is Fujioka with Ohtori? I noticed that Kyouya no longer has a cast anymore so that means she's no longer in his clutches. So why is she with him?" asked one guy.
"Yeah, wait, I noticed Fujioka is smiling!" yelled another.
"Huh? Could it be that? No, it can't be." said another.
"What is it? Say it!" yelled the second person.
"They must be together now!" cried the third person.
Then whoever heard his observation gathered around towards him. "What? Haruhi and Kyouya are together?!" cried a girl.
"No… there is no way I would allow it!" cried a guy from class D.
"Hey! Watch what you're saying! It's Kyouya Ohtori here we're talking about. He would ruin you if he heard you say that." said his friend.
For the whole day, people kept asking Kyouya and Haruhi if the rumor was true. When the students found out that it was, girls squeal and some even claimed their payments from bets. Some girls sobbed since Kyouya is no longer available. Guys just started punching walls and trees.
But the only thing Kyouya thought most important out of all the fuss was that more people went to the host club.
People had random emotions plastered on their faces as more knew. There was joy, delight, excitement, satisfaction (for those who bet that they would be together), confusion, anger and regret.
And for Hikaru Hitachiin, it was hate. He hated that Kyouya and Haruhi were together. He hated everything that would affect his life because of this relationship. He closed his eyes in hopes of a way to remove his hatred.
He pictured that he was walking down the road of Karuizawa once more with Haruhi by his side. This time they were holding hands and had content smiles on their faces.
He opened his eyes. 'Why did I picture that just now?' he thought.
'Why am I feeling this much anger and hatred towards Kyouya? I should be happy that my best friend is happy. Why do I want to kiss her every time I see her?' he kept asking himself.
'Simple. You love her.' his conscience spoke up. His eyes widened. 'Who's there?' he thought.
'Your conscience, duh.'
'Huh? I have a conscience?' he asked himself.
'Well, of course. Now, the reason you feel all these emotions is because you love her.' His conscience said bluntly.
'No, it can't be. I am not in love with her.'
'Yes, you are.'
'No I'm not. Since when do you care about what I do anyway? This is the first time I heard from you.'
'My business is my business.'
'Well your business is my actions.'
'Right, and that's why I'm here right now. Now back to business. You are in love with her.'
'No I'm not.'
'Yes you are.'
'I-I'm not!'
'Prove it.' His conscience finally said.
'I… I…I don't know!'
'Admit it. You love her. Why else would you feel this way towards her relationship with Kyouya?'
'You're right…'. He saw that a few girls were pushing the blushing Haruhi towards Kyouya.
"Come on Haruhi, you know you want to see him right now!" One girl said while pushing Haruhi towards Kyouya.
"No! I have designators waiting for me and Kyouya-senpai is working right now." Haruhi protests but it was clear she's blushing. This causes a scene and now even guys who don't usually go to the host club entered to see the commotion.
"Come on Haruhi, he's now your boyfriend after all. We're sure he wouldn't mind."
Then all of a sudden Hikaru appeared in front of them.
"Good afternoon ladies." He said.
Girls started to blush as they say; "Hi, Hikaru."
"What seems to be the matter here?" he asked.
"Hikaru, Haruhi…" one girl starts.
"Is there something the matter with Haruhi?" replied Hikaru.
"Well, not really…" the other girl said.
"Then let me handle this from here." he said as he ushered Haruhi away from Kyouya.
He sits Haruhi on a seat across him on a table near the window. "Hikaru, why did you take me away?" Haruhi ask.
"Why? Because I want to, that's why. We never seem to have enough time together ever since the avalanche." He retorted.
"Well, you should just tell it me about it. So, what do you want to talk about?" Haruhi asks.
"Well… this and that." He replied. For the rest of the day, Hikaru manipulated Haruhi's time as much as possible. He made sure that he got her attention as much as he could. When the club was over, he has no other choice but to let Haruhi go for the day since Kyouya is taking her home.
"Haruhi, my sister asked me to give you this." Kyouya said as he gave Haruhi a pink iPod nano.
Haruhi looked at the item with confusion. "Well this is an odd gift for no reason," she said as she entered the limo.
"I don't think it was for no reason, it's more like a welcome gift." He said as he sat himself on the luxurious leather seats.
"Welcome gift?" she asks curiously.
"Welcome to the Ohtori family." He says sighing.
"Ehh?!!! But Kyouya, I am your girlfriend but we're not getting engaged." She protests as she handed back the iPod to Kyouya, but he refused.
"I know, but take the iPod anyway. She clearly stated that she wants you to have it."
Haruhi browsed around the iPod. There were some songs downloaded so she looked for a good song. Then she came across the song "At the Beginning" sung by Donna Lewis and Richard Marx(1). Haruhi recognized the song and played it. She waited for a few seconds and then she start to sing.
"We were strangers, starting out on a journey…" she began with an angelic voice.
Kyouya sits there dumbfounded. 'Who is this girl and what has she done to my Haruhi?' he thought. "Haruhi, I thought that you couldn't sing." He said.
Haruhi blushes a little. "Ah… well, I used to hear this song and liked it." She admits shyly. "Then I started singing it for a whole month. I was told that I was pretty good so I tried another song." She explained as Kyouya listened with amusement.
"But I failed to sing all the other songs. I guess this is the only song that I could sing." She finishes. Then Kyouya just smirks and starts singing as well. "No one told me I was going to find you." He sings the song not as nearly as well as Haruhi but it has passion in his voice.
Now it's Haruhi's turn to look at him dumbfounded. But she just smiled after a few seconds and listened to him.
"…You were there to remind me…"
"This is the start." They sang in unison. They found themselves gazing deeply into each other's eyes. Then all of a sudden, Haruhi leaned forward to kiss him on the cheek. She broke it and they looked at each other's eyes once again and finally kissed.
The kiss broke off when the chauffer opened the door. Haruhi blushed bright red as Kyouya just cleared his throat. "I would see you tomorrow then, Haruhi." Kyouya said as Haruhi get out of the car.
"Sure." She replied. She watched as the car drive until she couldn't see it anymore.
She entered her apartment, still red and sighed as she closed the door.
"So who is it?" a voice from behind called. Haruhi turned around and found her cross-dressing father.
"Dad!" she yelped in surprise.
"What?! Is there something wrong with asking my daughter who is on her mind?" Ranka asked.
"No, there is nothing wrong with that, but why are you here so early, dad?" she asked
"I got to leave a few hours early since I'm worried about you." He explained.
"You were worried about me?" she asked as she drop her bags and sat down on the kotatsu table across Ranka.
"Yes, you've been thinking about somebody since yesterday. So I was guessing that there was somebody that you liked. I was worried that you would end up crushing on someone like Tamaki." He said Tamaki's name angrily.
"Well, Dad, there is someone who's in my mind lately…" she said shyly.
"Who is it? Who took my Haruhi away from me?" he asked angrily and stand up.
"It's Kyouya." She replied quickly.
"Oh. If it's Kyouya, then it's great." He said joyfully as he sat down once more.
Haruhi sighed. 'I was worried for Kyouya for a second there. I wonder what is he doing right now.'
-Meanwhile at the Ohtori residence…-
Kyouya is eating dinner with his father and brothers. "I heard an interesting rumor about you, Kyouya." His father started.
"Hmm. What is it, Father?" Kyouya responded.
"I heard that you are currently dating that commoner in your club." Yoshio watched his third son intently while his other sons stopped eating to wait for their brother's response.
"Yes, it's true Father." He responded and resumed eating his meal. Smirks formed on his brothers' faces.
"Well done Kyouya." His father said before he resumed eating his meal. Frowns formed in the two older brother's faces. And Akito, the second son started to tighten his grip of his utensils.
"Now, all we need is the engagement. I assume that Miss Fujioka would not approve of an engagement nor would her father without taking this relationship further. I would be waiting for the engagement day and I trust that day would come soon, Kyouya." His father raised his glass of wine and looked again at his third son.
"Yes Father."
The day after that, Hikaru again manipulated most of Haruhi's time. Kaoru helped him too, much to his dismay. And soon another rumor spread around school:
"Hey, did you notice that Hikaru's been around Haruhi more than usual lately?" one girl asked.
"Hey you're right. Could it be that Hikaru also likes Haruhi and he was jealous that Haruhi now has a man in her life?" Another girl said.
And then a few guys heard the two talking and one of them said; "Wait, so Hitachiin also likes Fujioka?! It's bad enough that Ohtori is a competitor for Fujioka's heart but also Hitachiin?! Dammit! I'm having less chance to get Fujioka more and more each day." The same guy from class D said.
"Hey, don't worry about it. She already rejected you so what's the point?" one of his friends said.
"Yeah, and by judging her admirers, even the very few who hated her wouldn't even get to touch her because of all the attention she's getting…" one of his friends said.
The day passed by with Haruhi irritated that she couldn't see Kyouya much due to the fact that the twins were taking up most of her time. She couldn't see him in between classes since the twins were going to drag her to their next class, or worse, somewhere where they could skip class.
Lunch didn't help much either, the twins kept on giving her rare dishes that Haruhi just couldn't refuse.
So the only time Haruhi got the chance to even see Kyouya was during the host club.
Haruhi finally got the chance to talk to Kyouya when the club started. Haruhi was slowly approaching Kyouya when suddenly Hikaru appeared right in front of her.
"Hey Haruhi!" he said
"Oh hi Hikaru. Sorry, but I want to talk to Kyouya right now." She said as she tried to dodge Hikaru.
"But Haruhi, there are some customers who designated the two of us." He whines as she blocked Haruhi..
Haruhi looked at him badly. "No, there aren't any. You just want to dress me up like last time." She protested.
"Aww. Come on Haruhi, don't you like spending quality time with your best friend?" he asked.
"Yes, I do like it- in a way- but I already spent more than enough time with you for today." She said.
"But you've spent more time with Kyouya before." Hikaru whined. Haruhi looks at the door as Satoshi and Chika entered the club. She saw that Chika is carrying Sakura's bag once again.
"Those times were different. He needs my help and it's a way to repay him. And if you would allow me, I would like to take this tea to Kyouya." She said as she carried a tea set towards her boyfriend.
Hikaru grabbed Haruhi's arm and spun her around, almost making her drop the tea set. "Would you stop with your 'Kyouya this, Kyouya that'?! Ever since the avalanche all you care about is Kyouya!" he exclaimed.
"Hikaru…" she slowly approached Hikaru and gently touched his arm. "You should have just told me that you want to spend more time together. It's not like my relationship with Kyouya would affect my friendship with you."
"Yes it would!" he exclaimed
"No it won't, Hikaru. You're just too immature to accept that I've already found somebody and that I would spend less time with you." Haruhi said. She looked around and saw that there weren't any customers around and that Chika and Satoshi are guarding the door while watching the two of them. 'They must have escorted the customers out.' She thought.
"You have no idea don't you?" Hikaru asked.
"No idea about what?"
"I… I love you!" He exclaimed.
Haruhi's eyes widened. "Hikaru…I'm sorry, but I...I can't return your feelings for me." she said looking ashamed.
"Why? Are you rejecting me so that you could be with that cold hearted snake that doesn't show any emotions whatsoever? You know, he doesn't really care about you as much as he cares about his stupid merits!" he exclaimed.
Then suddenly Haruhi slapped him on the face, hard. "Don't you dare call Kyouya a cold hearted snake! If you think that Kyouya has no emotions whatsoever, then you don't know him at all! I like Kyouya for his admirable qualities." She retorted.
"And what are these 'admirable qualities' that he has that I don't?! What exactly makes him better than me?" he yelled as he ran towards the other room. Kaoru went after him and the rest of the host club just watched.
"Kaoru, what should I do?" Hikaru asked Kaoru as he entered the room.
Hikaru was sitting quietly on the couch in the next room. Kaoru walked slowly towards him.
"Hikaru, I think you should just let it go." He said as he sat himself next to his brother.
"How could I let it go just like that, Kaoru? She's the only person outside the family who can really see me as me, not as one of the twins." He said.
"I know, I felt the same way about her too…" Kaoru admitted. Hikaru stood up.
"Kaoru, you loved her too?" Hikaru asked.
"Yes, I do. But I let her go." He said sadly.
"How did you do it Kaoru? How did you manage to let her go?" he asked eagerly. Kaoru sighed.
"For the past days that Haruhi had been together with Kyouya, did you ever admit that Kyouya made her feel depressed or angry?" he asked his brother.
Hikaru thought about it. "No, she's always smiling when she's with him."
"Exactly. Like the old saying goes, 'if you love someone, you let her go.' In other words, if Haruhi is happy with Kyouya, why would you want to take that happiness away from her?" Kaoru said sadly.
"I wouldn't want to take it away from her…" Hikaru mumbled as he sat down right beside his brother once more.
"So, are you going to let Haruhi continue her relationship with Kyouya?" Kaoru asked.
The host club, Satoshi and Chika waited patiently as they watch the other room the twins were in. Then finally the door opened and out comes Hikaru. Hikaru walked directly towards Haruhi. "I'm sorry for all the things I said earlier. I shouldn't have come between you and your relationship with Kyouya."
"Thank you, Hikaru." Haruhi gave a pleasant smile that could make any guy who sees it go crazy. Then Hikaru walked towards Kyouya. "If you ever hurt Haruhi, you're dead." he threatened.
"There is no need of your threats Hikaru, I will take good care of her." Kyouya replied coolly.
-Later that night at the Morinozuka mansion:-
Satoshi Morinozuka is studying quietly at his room to make up for the lost time during the host club. A soft knock was heard from the door. "Come in!" Satoshi yelled.
The door opened as Takashi Morinozuka (a.k.a. Mori) entered the room.
"Taka!" Satoshi yelps. Mori walks towards his brother as Satoshi stands up. "Did you just come from school Taka?" Satoshi ask
Mori nodded. "So how was school?" Satoshi asks once more.
"Fine." Mori replied.
"I was late today because there was something that happened in the host club." Mori looked up.
"One of the twins is arguing whether or not that girl in your club should date Kyouya-senpai." Satoshi said. Mori's eyes widened.
"Oh, you haven't heard Taka? Haruhi and Kyouya-sempai are dating since a few days ago." Satoshi explained.
Mori just turned around and walks towards the door with a somewhat depressed look on his face…
Finally!!! It's finished. This is no doubt the longest Ch. I would write for this fanfic. And since I worked really hard on this chappie, I expect it to have the most reviews.
One question, is there any grammar check needed? If there is then blame it on my new Beta, Nicole!!! Yes, I decided to have a BETA and in exchange, Nicole gets to have a spot in the A.N.
And before I let Nicole do her thing, I must tell you that I don't waste my time writing unimportant details. So every detail has a purpose.
Oh yeah, one more thing, just to make sure that this chappie does have the most reviews, I let you guys in a little spoiler. No not a spoiler from the manga but something cool.
I looked at and it says that there was an adaptation of the OHSHC to the PS2!! Check it if you want. But it's also said that there is little known about the game… so don't get your hopes up.
Lastly:
1. I will post the URL for the song in my profile.
-What's up? Nicole here. I'm the new BETA! I'm so excited. Anyway, I hope I did a good job fixing this up. If there's anything I did wrong, feel free to review. No flames please?-
