She felt angry and confused. Angry because of the way he treated her and confused because of the kiss. The kiss froze all the blood cells in her brain and the thinking became difficult. She touched her lips. They were burning and electrical tickles were rushing through the surface of her soft skin. Haruhi sighed frustrated. A deep groan escaped her throat, as she grabbed the nightdress that her hands were clutching tightly earlier before Kyoya yanked her up so gracelessly. It was a tender rose coloured, cotton, floor sweeping night gown that had trilling frills surrounding the deeply cut, sweetheart neckline. She shook her head at the sight of it but slipped it in reluctantly anyways.
She decided to go to bed and ignore him. It was the best policy while dealing with someone like Ootori Kyoya. As she tucked herself underneath the blanket a loud ringtone buzzed all the way from the dressing table in front of the bed. Haruhi grumpily got up, wondering who it could be, and walked to grab her phone.
It was Elke. She pondered whether to answer or not. But decided it would be impolite to ignore the girl who has been nothing but pleasant and nice to her.
"Elke? Yes.. I am home already" she said walking back to the bed.
"Is everything alright?" Elke's worried voice surprised Haruhi.
First, she wanted to tell her that it was, but then, she decided to tell the girl the truth, just in case she had to meet with her again and needed to avoid her creepy brother.
"Well, yes.. only Alex..." she couldn't finish her sentence.
"What about Alex? Did he do anything?" Elke frantically asked and then mumbled to herself, "I checked the weather and it was fine. I don't understand."
It was a mere whisper but Haruhi heard it and found Elke's words confusing.
"He just drove me to a different place, even though I asked him specifically I don't want," she explained quickly.
"Oh my god," Elke screamed, "that idiot. You can't imagine what I am going to do with him as soon as he gets home. I am so sorry Haruhi. He's such a moron."
"It's alright Elke," Haruhi mumbled.
"It didn't cause you any problems, right?" the girl asked, "I mean your husband didn't get upset about it, right?"
"Well..." Haruhi paused, "he kind of fumed about it."
"I am so sorry," Elke muttered another apology, "it's all my fault. I shouldn't have trusted my idiot brother."
"It's fine Elke," Haruhi tried to calm the nervous girl, "don't worry! I guess he just didn't think what he was doing."
"Can we meet tomorrow?" she asked, "I want to make up for Alex's offense."
"No, need, Elke," now she felt regretful about telling this girl anything at all.
"No, I insist," the girl started cheerfully, "besides I think you would need some advice from me on how to get in good terms with your husband."
She was never in good terms with Kyoya, so it was beyond her on how she could do that, but escaping the hotel and spending time with Elke didn't sound like a bad idea.
"Alright," she agreed, "We can meet in the afternoon.
Agreeing upon their meeting's time and place, they wished each other good night. Haruhi closed her eyes and tried to forget everything that happened with her on that day and soon enough she drifted to sleep.
When she woke up it was already a lovely morning. She yawned still sleepy and stumbled out of her bed, walking to the bathroom. The quick shower made her alert and she felt as if she was asleep for an eternity and an army of drunk elephants ran over her body the whole night. She remembered her promise to Elke, grimacing gravely and frowning at herself for the stupid decision, went to get dressed. She snorted at the amount of gowns arranged in her suitcase and the fact that she did have nothing really to wear. Eventually settling for a shot black dress with round white collar that had tiny gemstones embellished on it.
When she came out of the bedroom already dressed and combed, she expected to find Kyoya sleeping on the sofa like the previous day, as he didn't sleep next to her. But he wasn't there. In fact there was no sign of Kyoya. He was gone somewhere. She fretted and decided he had some important business to take care of. There was no reason for her to worry about a man who was gone absolutely crazy yesterday on her.
As she sat to have the warm chocolate and fruit salad that the maid brought, Kyoya walked in. He looked strange. Haruhi carefully scanned his face and realized that there was something different about Kyoya's appearance even though she couldn't point out what physical change she noticed, but he was different. Seeing the fully dressed girl having a breakfast, Kyoya froze for a second in his place. But then ignoring her completely he went to the other side of the room and grabbed his computer.
Haruhi found it bizarre that she could smell him in that distance, but she did and God, he smelled good. She rubbed her cheeks and sighed frustrated. She was getting crazy. She dared a glance in his direction and found that he was completely engulfed in his work. After what happened, yesterday in the evening, she didn't know if she was supposed to talk to him after all. First, she behaved like a kid, for what she was embarrassed and then he kissed her angrily. All her senses were clouded by that kiss.
She quickly finished her breakfast and started to read a book. From time to time glancing at Kyoya, who seemed completely forgotten about her. That was the most awkward honeymoon in the history of honeymoons. She decided to have a talk with him after her meeting with Elke and tell him everything she thinks, feels and wants. He sulks and throws tantrums anyways. So, she will just be honest about her feelings and hope she will survive whatever he would do.
It was afternoon when, Elke called her and told her she parked in front of the hotel. Haruhi quickly grabbed the sunglasses and her small purse and walked out. She thought Kyoya would stop her or question her. But he didn't do anything. He just glanced at her and went back to his work. She felt weirdly upset about it and it puzzled her. Maybe he was too busy to care or changed his mind about her being his wife and all.
As she walked out of the building a very cheerful girl threw her hands around her neck.
"You look great!" Elke noted with a smile.
It was the longest possible shopping Haruhi ever had in her life. They just went from one mall to the other and Elke insisted on getting her presents joking that she was bribing her as a compensation for his idiot brother's unacceptable behavior. Thankfully, Elke's taste was far more practical. After buying bunch of stuff, they sat in a cafe and ordered a cup of coffee with ice-cream cookies. It was the first time Haruhi was having a ice-cream cookie and she was happily surprised. They tasted really good.
"So, your husband got upset with you about the incident with Alex?" Elke asked carefully searching Haruhi's face for an answer.
"He is just difficult to understand," Haruhi responded with a frown,"I don't know if he got upset about it, but he was angry that I was with Alex."
"What's difficult to understand?" Elke snorted in amusement, "he was just jealous and worried."
"Jealous?" Haruhi stammered, raising her head and hesitatingly looking at the grinning girl in front of her.
"What?" Elke almost screamed,"you didn't realize he was? you must be really oblivious to not notice how he was staring at you in the ball at home when he came and caught you dancing with Al."
Elke's loud chuckle made Haruhi jump up in her sit. She never thought Kyoya could be jealous or anything silly like that. He was just mad that she didn't go along his commands, that's all. But she couldn't voice these thoughts and Elke didn't need to know that. So she nodded politely and did another sip from her mug. The hot chocolate was delicious.
Suddenly Haruhi felt sick. She felt her body was covered with cold sweat and she started to gasp for air. Elke looked at her surprised.
"Are you alright?" she asked raising her eyebrows, looking at her with concern, "you lost all your colour."
Haruhi wanted to throw up. She shook her head and run to the bathroom. Elke grabbed her purse and her own and run after her. When she entered the bathroom of the cafe, she could hear the girl gagging and retching inside one of the cabinets. She knocked the door tentatively.
"Are you alright, Haruhi?" she asked quietly, "do you want me to call for a doctor?"
"No," the girl said with gruff voice and Elke heard how she was throwing up. Mechanically she wrinkled her nose but kept gently knocking on the door.
Haruhi opened the door. Her eyes were red and there were tears on her cheek. She was panting and was sickly pale. Elke looked at her surprised and went forward to wrap her hands around her back.
"Come here," she said gently walking her towards the sinks, "Are you alright?"
"I am fine," Haruhi said washing her mouth.
"Do you think you ate something bad?" Elke pressed, "or maybe..."
She stared at Haruhi's stomach and Haruhi knew what she was thinking. Why everyone automatically assumes that a gagging person must be pregnant? It bothered her, but she only smiled and shook her head.
"I don't know. Might be something I ate didn't sit well with my stomach," she said trying to sound casual.
"We should get you a pregnancy test just in case," Elke said thoughtfully and gently rubbed her back.
Haruhi didn't respond. She didn't want to argue nor deny anything she said. She and Kyoya agreed on secrecy and regardless of he situation she needed to keep it secret. She sighed and turning to the worried girl took the purse from her.
"I am alright now," she said with a tight smile, "I will see a doctor, as I get back to hotel. I don't want anyone to make conclusions, just in case... you know."
Elke nodded. She understood that Haruhi didn't want the journalists to catch her with any pregnancy tests. It could be bothersome. And in case she wasn't pregnant it would turn into a real disaster. They walked out of the bathroom. Elke quickly paid their bill and grabbing their bags they walked out. Haruhi wanted to take her own bags, but Elke insisted to carry them in case she was pregnant. Haruhi laughed at this knowing very well that she wasn't but she couldn't state her reasons of such beliefs, so she just complied and walked with her out of the cafe.
As they walked out, Haruhi froze in place, her eyes falling on a tall guy in front of them. It was Elke's brother Alex. Elke was puzzled why Haruhi stopped and turned to ask her when she noticed that her eyes were glued into a certain direction. She followed her gaze and nearly fell down when she saw her brother standing in front of them.
"What are you doing here, Alex?" she groaned angrily and grabbed Haruhi's hand, "do you understand that your horrible attitude creates problems for others and your irresponsibility specifically embarrassed me in front of a friend."
She motioned towards Haruhi when she spoke of a friend and saw how Alex's grin grew wider. He casually walked towards them. Elke defensively stood in front of him and raised her palms forcing him to stop.
"I will tell that if you keep pestering her," she threatened.
"I don't threaten anyone," Alex said lazily scratching his head, "you love to exaggerate. I agree I was out of line yesterday and I want to apologize for it."
Haruhi didn't dare to look at him. This guy no matter what he said was creepy as hell.
"I am so sorry, Haruhi," Alex said approaching closer to her, "I wasn't thinking. I thought it would fun if I showed you around and wanted to surprise you. I never thought you would be upset about it."
Haruhi nodded but still refused to look at him. He smiled friendly at her and sighed.
"What should I do to to redeem myself?" she asked with a laugh.
Elke knitted her brows and narrowed her eyes looking at her brother carefully. She cleared her throat when Haruhi remained silent and glared at Alex.
"One apology won't redeem you," she said, "I am also angry with you."
"Miss, would you please come in for a moment," a waiter from cafe approached them, "there was a mistake in your bill. If you come in for a moment so we can solve the problem."
"Of course," Elke said stammering and then she turned to Haruhi, "I will be in a minute."
She walked away with a waiter, leaving Haruhi and Alex standing in front of the cafe. He stood closer and Haruhi stiffened. She didn't want to be close to this guy even for a second. She turned to look at the cafe's entrance door, hoping that Elke would come out sooner and she won't have to stand with this guy. He put his hand on her shoulder and lowering his head whispered into her ear. Haruhi froze in place.
"I would love to know you better," he murmured and tucked a small curl behind her ear.
She wanted to push him away but a low masculine voice interrupted her.
"Take you hands off of my wife," it was Kyoya and he looked furious.
Haruhi didn't recognize the one thing present in him. There was something else in his eyes that she couldn't point out. Suddenly he strode forward and grabbing the guy's hand yanked him away. Alex narrowed his eyes and moved forward.
"What's going on here?" it was Elke. She looked at them confused and then moved to shield Haruhi. "May I know what you are doing, Alex!"
"We need to go," Kyoya said firmy grabbing Haruhi's arm. She looked at him desperate but his eyes were vacant.
She tried to free her arm, but Kyoya pulled her with him and forced her into the car.
If you have time and want to read another KyoHaru story, please, check my other story Breaking the rules. Thank you for reading and I hope one wish you had in the morning would come true :)