When the two arrived back home, Haruhi went in and noticed that her father was asleep at the table and smiled. "He looks so harmless when he's asleep."

"He's still pretty threatening though." Tamaki hid behind Haruhi.

"Don't worry, you're safe." she laughed.

"Okay good" he smiled.

She went to her room and sighed as she lay down on her bed. "I never expected all that to happen in one day."

"I know" he smiled. "It's been quite the day."

She moved so she could face him, "That's an understatement."

"I suppose so" he laughed, smiling at her.

"I don't like you living in the bathroom but we really don't have any spare rooms." she frowned, "Sorry."

"I understand" he replied "Don't worry about it."

"You sure?" she asked and sat up.

"Yeah I am" he smiled.

"Ok then... if you insist." she shrugged, "Want me to get you a blanket?"

He blinked "A blanket?"

"Yeah, something to keep you warm with." she picked her blanket up to show him, "Like this."

"Oh" he blinked "Okay" He looked over "Haruhi, what's that thing you sleep on?"

"It's called a bed, most people sleep on one." she smiled and went to get him a blanket.

"Thank you" he smiled taking the blanket. "You're so nice."

"Thanks and you're welcome." she smiled and kissed him. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight" he smiled moving to the bathroom.

She laid back down on her bed and sighed contently. After some time, she finally fell asleep.

Tamaki slept in the tub. It seemed weird that he hadn't transformed even though he knew he wouldn't. A force of habit he supposed

Haruhi slept until about 6:00 AM the next morning and blushed a bit when last night's memories came back. 'Did I really kiss him or has it all been a dream?' she sat up and frowned, trying to decipher it.

Tamaki's night of sleep was needless to say; very uncomfortable. He sat up and cracked his back. "Ow. That's weird."

She got dressed in casual wear since there was no school today and went in the bathroom to check on Tamaki. "Morning." she smiled.

"Morning" he stretched "Wow, my neck and back kind of hurt. That's odd."

"Well, you did sleep in a bathtub." she sweat-dropped.

"Yeah" he stood up "Not as comfortable as before." he stretched

"Maybe because you were still half merman and you could move around more... agilely than now." she shrugged.

"Yeah probably" he got out of the tub. "But anyway. Good morning" he kissed her

She blushed and then, realizing that none of it was a dream, smiled and kissed him back. "Other than being uncomfortable, did you sleep well?" she smiled and wrapped her arms around him.

"I slept alright" he smiled "Not great, but it was fine."

"We really need to get you your own bed." she sighed, "Even an air mattress would suffice."

"An air mattress?" he blinked

"Yeah, it's a bed that you fill up with air and you can sleep on it." she explained, "And it's easy to put away."

"Well where would I find one of those?" he blinked in an adorable confused manner.

She blushed a little and laughed nervously. "You can buy them at a store, they're actually really cheap."

He blinked "A store?"

"Yeah, a large building where you can buy items you need, like food or clothes... speaking of which you need some." she smiled.

"Of that's true." He blinked "So do you just go to this building and they give you things?"

"No, you have to buy them. Some items may be free but most aren't." she explained as best she could.

"So then? What do you 'buy' things with? Do you trade?" he asked.

"With money we earn. We pay for what we want. We take jobs and earn money that way we can take care of ourselves and our families." she tried to explain.

"Oh, I think I understand." he smiled.

"That's good." she snuggled a bit closer to him and blushed. "I still haven't shown you around town or anything... do you want to go to a store?" she suggested.

"Yes!" He smiled "Yes of course! I'd love to see it!"

She laughed and took his hand and started leading the way out. "Then let's go."

"Okay" He smiled brightly.

She led the way to the town and stopped when she saw a familiar face. "Hey Arai!" she smiled brightly.

Tamaki blinked. "Who's this Haruhi?"

"This is my friend Arai" she smiled, "We've been friends for a long time." "Hey Fujioka, is this a new friend of yours?" he smiled. "Well... he's actually my boyfriend." she explained. Hurt and sadness flashed in his eyes but Haruhi didn't notice and he smiled. "That's good news! I never took you as the type to settle down so early."

Tamaki blushed slightly "Settle down?" he thought. "Well I suppose eventually..."

"Arai, it's not like I'm marrying him." she sweat-dropped. "I know but you do understand what I meant right? All those boys at school kept flirting with you back when your hair was longer." he pointed out. "Oh?" she blinked and tilted her head a bit. 'She's so oblivious.' he sighed.

"Did you really have a lot of guys asking you out?" he blinked.

"I don't know." she shrugged. "Most every guy at our old school did." Arai blushed; he was no different than the rest.

"Wow, you must have been pretty popular then huh?" he smiled.

"Yes, she was." he nodded, "You should have seen her with long hair." "I can't help not wanting to spend ours getting gum out of it so I just cut it off." she shrugged.

"Well, you look really pretty now anyway Haruhi." he smiled. "But I'm sure you looked beautiful with your hair long too."

"I have to agree." Arai smiled. "I don't really care either way but it's easier to manage now." she shrugged.

Tamaki smiled "Don't worry about it. You can do what you want."

"Thanks." She then looked at Aria, "We'll be going, bye Arai." "Bye Fujioka! Bye sir!" he smiled.

"Uh, Tamaki" he smiled extending his hand "It was nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too." he shook his hand. "Have a nice day." Haruhi smiled then started heading for a mall, she knew Tamaki would be so excited to go there.

Tamaki smiled holding her hand as they walked "Where are we going?"

"You'll see." she smiled and led the way into a very large building.

"Is this the store you were talking about?" He looked up amazed.

"No, this is a mall, it has lots of smaller stores in it." she smiled kindly and squeezed his hand a little. "Do you like it?"

"What's it look like inside!" He asked her excitedly.

"Come in and see." she smiled and led the way it. It was a rather large mall, with a first and second floor but wide in the middle with a lot of people going around and stores every few feet.

His eyes widened "Wow! This place is huge." He smiled. "Where do we go first Haruhi!" he asked excitedly as he try to move every which way, being held in place by Haruhi not moving.

She knew she was happy about this but it was kind of embarrassing. "Um... want to go to the pet store?" She figured he'd want to see as many of the 'land creatures' as he possibly could.

"Pet store?" he blinked "I'm not exactly sure what that is, but alright!" he smiled.

She brought him to the pet store and smiled as they walked in. The dogs wagged their tails and watched them eagerly. "This is a pet store Tamaki, where you can buy dogs, cats, rodents, whatever you want." She really didn't want to mention that you could buy fish here as well.

"Wow!" he smiled at the puppies. "They are so cute" he put his hands to the glass. "What are they Haruhi?"

"They're dogs. Domesticated animals that we people buy and take care of as if they were family." she replied. "Most of these if not all are pure-breeds."

He looked back at the dogs "Why don't they sell half-breeds?" he asked softly.

"Mixed breeds are usually at shelters," she replied sadly, "They aren't worth as much as pure-breeds... I like mixed-breeds more though; it gives them more individuality if you ask me."

He smiled at her taking her hand "It's so like you to say something like that."

She squeezed his hand a bit and smiled. "Really?"

"You always know what to say to make me feel better." he smiled

"Well, I'm glad I could help." she smiled and leaned on him, just a little bit.

He smiled down at her before he heard chirping. He turned around and noticed the parakeets. "Oh birds!"

"Yes, they're beautiful aren't they?" she smiled. She then looked back at the dogs and up at him, "You can pet the dogs you know."

"Hm?" he blinked "Really? They'd let me do that?"

"Yeah, keeps the dog's spirits up." she smiled and took his hand, "Just pick a dog and ask a person who works here if you can play with it in a different room."

Tamaki looked over the dogs before he noticed a golden retriever. "What about her?" he smiled.

She nodded and went to get permission from a worker. She led the two in a room then let the retriever in. It immediately jumped on Tamaki and started giving him a frenzy of licks. Haruhi couldn't help but laugh.

Tamaki laughed. "Wow, she's sure friendly huh?"

"She sure is." she laughed. The dog wagged her tail a mile a minute and continued to lick him.

"I think she likes me" he smiled as the puppy continued to lick him.

"But we can't buy her Tamaki." Haruhi frowned. The dogs ears lowered sadly and so did her tail.

Tamaki frowned "I understand." He looked at the puppy petting her "I know you'll get adopted soon." he smiled. "No one could pass up that face for long."

She wagged her tail and licked his arm, as if understanding. She watched them and sighed.

"Something wrong Haruhi?" Tamaki asked.

"Hmm?" she blinked, "Oh, no." she shook her head.

"You sure?" he continued petting the puppy.

"I'm sure Tamaki." she smiled.

"Alright" he smiled.

"Come on, we better go." she got up. The puppy looked up at Tamaki sadly.

"I'll come visit again." Tamaki smiled at the puppy.

She wagged her tail excitedly and ran in a small circle. Haruhi smiled, "You're really attached to her huh?"

"She's cute" he smiled giving her back. "But I'm more attached to you."

She blushed a bit and smiled. "T-thank you Tamaki."

"No problem" he laughed before he noticed the fish "Hm?" he went over to them "I've never seen these fish before."

"Yeah... their domesticated not wild like the ones you know." she sighed and looked at some koi. "I like these the most. They're really pretty."

"Hm?" he blinked at the orange and white fish "You really are something Haruhi" he laughed

"Is there a problem with that?" she frowned.

"Not at all" he laughed "I just can't help thinking you like the koi because of me."

"No, I liked koi before I met you." she blushed and walked out of the pet store.

"Hey wait!" He ran after her, grabbing her hand. "It's alright ya know? If you like koi that's fine." he smiled. "I just thought that since my tail was so much like a koi's maybe you liked them cause of me." he blushed.

"No... but I grew to appreciate their beauty more." she blushed deeply and looked down at the floor in embarrassment.

He laughed "I could tell" he smiled "You also mentioned back there... that you liked mix breeds." He blushed shyly. "Kind of silly to think you were talking about me in a way."

"I wasn't, I just like mix-breeds." she shook her head.

"Kay" he smiled kindly at her. "So what else is there here?" He asked changing the subject.

"Well... we still need to buy you some new clothes." she pointed out.

"Oh, yeah" he smiled.

She led him to one of the clothing stores and stayed by the door. "I'll wait here, you go ahead." she shrugged.

"Go ahead where? What should I be doing?" he asked.

She sighed and took his hand, "I guess I'll be helping you through this. We're going to pick out some clothes for you so you don't have to keep wearing those all the time. It's unhealthy."

"Oh, alright." he followed her, looking around.

"See anything you like?" she asked.

He blinked looking around "Is there anything like what I'm wearing now?" he asked looking at his white t-shirt and light orange pants.

"Of course there is." she laughed and went to get multiple sized white shirts. She pulled one up to inspect whether it was the right size or not. "Almost..." she mumbled and went to get a bigger one.

Tamaki blinked, watching her pick out the shirts, he looked over and noticed a light blue hoodie with a dark blue hood and sleeves. It caught his attention so he went to look at it.

"Oh yeah" he smiled. "I remember seeing you wearing something like this before. It's really cool. Could I wear one too Haruhi?"

She checked to see if it was his size and smiled. "I'll get this for you, don't worry."

"Really?" He smiled "Thank you Haruhi"

"You're welcome. Now let's go look for some shorts." she went off.

"Oh, sure" he followed her, looking around at the different clothes.

She found some his size then went over to him and blinked. "Do you like that?" she asked.

"Yeah, that's really nice." he smiled.

She got a few more then headed to the clerk. "Anything else you want?" she asked.

"N-No that's fine" he smiled hugging her from behind.

She blushed then squirmed away and went to pay for the clothes.

He frowned a bit when she pulled away but shrugged it off and followed after her.

She exited the store when she paid and looked back at him. "Where to next?"

"I'm not sure." He looked around before grabbing her bags. "I'll carry these." he smiled.

"Oh, thank you." she smiled then looked over to the food court. "Let's eat first."

"That's probably a good idea" he laughed as his stomach rumbled a bit.

She got them something to eat and sat down at one of the tables. "Would we call this a date?" she blinked.

"I will if you want too" he smiled

"Then it's a really nice date huh?" she smiled.

"Of course" he smiled "Any amount of time I spend with you is nice." he blushed slightly picking at his food.

She blushed and started eating. "Uh... My thoughts exactly."

He couldn't help laughing "Haruhi, you're so cute."

This made her blush more and she smiled a bit. "Uh... t-thank you Tamaki."

"No problem" he smiled taking her hand.

She blushed more and looked down embarrassedly. "You really are a hopeless romantic Tamaki."

"I know" he smiled "I hope you don't mind."

"Not at all." she shook her head and smiled.

"I'm glad" he smiled kissing her cheek

She blushed but smiled and kissed him. "Same here."

"I think I'm happier now than I ever was in the ocean." He smiled.

"Tamaki... stop it with the flattery." she blushed deeply.

"I'm not trying to flatter you, I really mean it." he smiled lifting her chin. "I was never this happy out there."

He couldn't help laughing "Alright"

She smiled and sighed happily, "I was never this happy either until I met you."

They had a peaceful lunch. Tamaki smiled "It's really good."

"Quit stealing my words." she laughed and poked his forehead.

"I'd love to visit a park if that's okay." he smiled

"Thank you." she smiled then went back to eating.

"Really? Oh thank you" he smiled

"There is a park on the way back, we can there." she smiled

"But you're taking me there." he smiled

"Yes but you don't need to thank me." she smiled and led the way outside.

"okay" he smiled taking her hand as they walked

She smiled and gently squeezed his hand. "You have the bags right?"

"Yeah I got em'" he smiled

"Thanks." she leaned on his shoulder a little.

He smiled "You're too sweet."

"And you compliment too much." she rolled her eyes a bit in mock annoyance.

"I can't help that there's so much to compliment" he laughed.

She sped up and laughed, "Come on Tamaki!"

He laughed "Y-Yeah" He ran after her.