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A Day in the life of the Fujioka Family
"And so Emiri came running out and the look on her face was absolutely priceless!" Koharu laughed heartily as she, Haruhi, and Kaydence walked down the street together. Each of the three girls had at least one grocery bag slung on their arms as they headed towards Haruhi's apartment.
"Oh shut up Koharu, I was really worried about you," Kaydence pouted as her face turned red at her friends' laughter. "That swing was really high and you had fallen straight back at like six feet in the air."
"What do you think Haruhi? Was it funny or serious?" Koharu asked her best friend, the younger brunette stopping in her tracks as she thought.
"It would have been funny to see Kaydence-san's face," she said slowly, receiving a grin from Koharu. "But she was justified to be worried if you fell from that height."
"Way to be a lawyer, Haruhi," Kay said as she rolled her eyes. "Let's just get back to your place so we can help you finish your chores before your dad gets home from work."
The three headed off again. Koharu and Kaydence had decided to stay with Haruhi that weekend since her father had been switched to early morning shifts at the bar that he works at. The three girls continued to laugh and joke with each other as they turned the corner that lead to the street Haruhi lived on. They paused when they saw a huge crowd grouped out front of Haruhi's apartment. As they neared slowly, they could see that it was two long black limos that looked foreign and expensive.
"A Veddette model," Koharu murmured softly as Emiri whistled quietly, both cousins recognizing their uncles' design of the vehicles.
"What are they doing here?" Haruhi wondered before the doors opened and people began to step out. First came a tall blonde with clearly expensive designer clothing on, then came a dark haired teen with just as expensive clothing on, though they were wearing contrasting colors of white and black respectively. After them came a pair of red haired twins in clothes that matched exactly, except they had reversing colors. Finally out came an extremely tall teen that had a partially undone vest on and a small blonde that had a cute sailor uniform on. All of them had either very serious or overly joyous expressions on their faces.
"Listen men!" Tamaki said grandly to the gather Host Club as Haruhi slowly grew madder at the sight of them. "We mustn't do anything that will cause Haruhi to kick us out!"
"Too late," Kay chuckled as Haruhi stormed up to the boys.
"Leave, now," was all she said as she pushed past Tamaki to get to the stairs that led up to the second level of apartments.
"Ah, there you are Koharu," Kyouya said with a small smile as he noticed his girlfriend and her cousin near them. "Good morning Maldrona."
"You're awfully nice for this early in the morning, Ohtori," Kaydence commented cooly to the Shadow King.
"Haru-chan!" Hunny called after Haruhi as he bounded up to her. Haruhi turned at the bottom of the stairs and eyed each of the boys.
"No matter what you say, I'm not letting any on you in," she said sternly to them.
"B-But I brought a cake," Hunny whimpered, tears coming to his eyes as he held up the large white box with a pink ribbon tied into a bow around it. Haruhi paused as she looked at the cake box before she sighed.
"You can come in for tea, but that's it," she muttered as she turned to head up the steps again.
"Haruhi," an elderly woman said in concern as she came to meet Haruhi at the top of the stairs. "Is everything alright?"
"Madame Landlady," Tamaki said, immediately entering 'host mode' at the sight of the distressed lady. "I am Souh Tamaki, Haruhi's senpai. It is an honor to meet you."
"O-Oh my," the landlady blushed furiously as Tamaki kissed her hand. She smiled at Haruhi as she turned to walk away. "I'll stop by later with some snacks."
Haruhi sighed as she led the group to the end of the balcony.
"Ah, Kay," Koharu said, suddenly realizing something. "Today is the 24th, isn't it?"
"Yeah, why?" Kaydence said, looking at her cousin strangely as the rest of the Host Club turned on her. Koharu grinned sheepishly at her cousin before Kaydence rolled her eyes. "You forgot to call Amato didn't you?"
Koharu nodded and Kaydence sighed.
"You better call him soon or it'll be too late," she said to her cousin as she squeezed past the Host Club members to enter Haruhi's apartment. Koharu pulled out her cell phone and motioned for the others to go on inside.
"I'll be right in after I make this call," she said as she headed back down the stairs.
"Wah! Everything is so small!" Hunny said as he stepped through the door before he nearly tripped on the raised flooring.
"Mitsukuni," Mori said quietly as he caught his cousin with one hand. "Dojo."
"Ah! You're right Takashi! It's just like a dojo!" Hunny said excitedly as he and Mori removed their shoes. The rest of the club entered after them, repeating the process of taking off their shoes before stepping up into the living room.
"I'm sorry I don't have enough matching glasses," Haruhi said quickly as she and Emiri passed out cups of hot tea to the hosts as they all sat around Haruhi's small table. "We normally only have one or two guests over at a time."
"Haru-chan! Which cake would you like?" Hunny asked as Mori opened the box of cakes so everyone could see.
"Maldrona, who is that Amato person you and Koharu were talking about?" Kyouya asked Kaydence quietly as the rest of the hosts discussed which cake they each wanted.
"Why Ohtori? Jealous?" Kaydence chuckled as she took a sip of tea, glancing up to see if her words had any effect on Kyouya. Seeing no change, she placed her cup down on the table. "He's an old friend of mine and Koharu's. His father used to bring him to our grandfather's vineyard all the time, so we got to play. Those two got really close though. I think they even shared a kiss the last time we visited."
If Kyouya felt anything about what she had just said, he didn't show it as Koharu entered the apartment and joined them around the small table. Soon, the Host Club was chatting over their cake.
"I feel peckish," Hunny said as he sat back. Mori picked up his dish to take it to the kitchen before Koharu stopped him and took it for him.
"When's lunch?" Hikaru and Kaoru asked, turning to Haruhi. Haruhi frowned, her eye twitching slightly.
"We didn't prepare anything yet," Koharu answered for her best friend as she came back into the room. "We would have to go shopping if you guys want anything."
"We are the ones who stopped in on you unannounced," Kyouya said as he stood. He brought a jet black credit card from his pocket and held it out to Haruhi. "So we'll foot the money. Instead of cooking, why not order some of your favorite sushi or something?"
"Kyouya, she doesn't need to take Host Club funds for food," Koharu scolded him as she recognized the card from the many times he had ordered props and things for the club in front of her.
"All right," Haruhi said testily, drawing everyone's attention. "I have a friend who runs a sushi shop nearby, so I'll just give them a call. They have some pretty high quality stuff so it should be fine with all of you."
"I want something made by you Haru-chan," Hunny said quietly, his eyes sparkling slightly as he smiled up at her.
"That's okay, but, even if I start now, it will take some time," Haruhi replied with a small smile towards the little blonde. Behind them, the twins and Tamaki seemed to be quietly weeping with their arms stretched out pathetically towards Hunny.
"We can wait!" the three said excitedly as they jumped up from their sad pose.
"I guess I have to go shopping again then," Haruhi mumbled, looking tiredly at Koharu.
"I'll help you," Koharu said with a small smile, knowing her friend was having a hard time having the whole Host Club in her home. She moved to grab her small bag as silence fell across the room.
"I want to go to a commoners' market!" Tamaki said suddenly as he stood from the table.
"Us too!" the twins agreed as they too stood from the table.
"Me too! Me too!" Hunny called to them as he jumped up as well.
"This might be a good experience," Kyouya said as he also stood, Mori standing up right after. The twins then ran out of the apartment chanting about being able to go to a commoners' market.
"Kay, please make sure they don't kill anyone," Koharu sighed as she pinched the bridge of her nose. Kaydence chuckled softly as she stood to follow the twins out of the apartment with Hunny and Mori leaving right after her. Koharu looked up at Kyouya and smiled slightly. "Please make sure they don't make a fool of Haruhi."
"I can't promise anything," Kyouya replied as they left the apartment together. Haruhi was about to follow them as she did a head count. She paused half way to the door when she realized that Tamaki hadn't left yet. She turned, scanning the room for him, only to find him kneeling in front of her mother's small shrine. "Senpai? Aren't you coming?"
Tamaki glanced up at her before smiling at her mother's picture.
"Yeah, I'm coming," he said quietly as he continued to smile at the picture of the beautiful brunette woman. "Before I do, though, I wanted to pay my respects to your mother."
"Thank you for doing so," Haruhi murmured as she sat next to him. Tamaki reched out slowly and delicately picked up the picture so he could take a closer look at it.
"You take after your mother, don't you Haruhi?" he asked as he smiled warmly at the picture of the smiling woman.
"Yeah, my dad says so too," Haruhi said with a small smile. She had always been happy to hear that she took after her mother, that was, after all, her biggest dream.
"She was pretty. And she looked smart too," Tamaki said as he placed the picture down again.
"I don't know about if she was pretty or not, but she was a lawyer," Haruhi told him as she pulled her knees up to her chest.
"Oh! I bet she was a pretty capable one too," Tamaki said eagerly, still refusing to look away from the picture. "You can't fool these eyes."
"I don't know about your eyes, senpai, but she tried her best every day," Haruhi replied with a warm smile towards her mother's picture. There was a small pause before Tamaki clapped his hands awkwardly as he stood. He teetered for a moment before completely falling over on top of Haruhi, who caught him with a startled cry.
"Ah! Haruhi! Are you okay? I didn't hurt you did I?" Tamaki said frantically as he pushed himself slightly off of her, but was still hovering over her on the floor.
"No, you were just a bit heavy, senpai," Haruhi answered calmly, a small smile playing at the corner of her lips. Before either could move any further, the door to Haruhi's apartment opened to reveal a magenta haired woman standing there. She paused at the sight of Haruhi and Tamaki on the ground before a smile broke across her face.
"Oh Haruhi, you should know better than to sleep on the floor like that," she said as she strode into the room. Without skipping a beat, she picked up Tamaki and threw him into the wall on the opposite side of the room as she scooped up Haruhi in her other arm. Haruhi looked dumbfoundedly at the woman before at Tamaki.
"D-Dad?" Haruhi murmured, causing Tamaki's stunned expression to break out in worry. "W-Welcome home."
"I'm sorry for leaving you home all alone last night," Ranka Fujioka said with a smile at his daughter. "You must have been lonesome."
"D-Dad," Haruhi muttered, a horrified look on her face as she glanced around him to see Tamaki laying on the ground like he was playing posseum.
"Oh, dear, my left arm aches like I just knocked down the biggest beast of the century," Ranka said, slightly ignoring his daughter as he began to nurse the arm that he had thrown Tamaki with. "Maybe I'm working too hard."
"Um, Father," Tamaki tried to murmur as he sat up and looked at Ranka.
"I would sure like some hot tea," Ranka said as if Tamaki wasn't even there.
"Right!" Tamaki said as he jumped up to grab the Fujiokas' tea kettle before he looked around in confusion. "T-Tea? Haruhi, do you boil your water with firewood? Where should I put the firewood?"
Haruhi looked up at him with a confused look as he began to run around frantically in her small kitchen. Ranka suddenly stood and kicked Tamaki to the ground before he began to try to squish Tamaki into the ground like a bug.
"Oh, dear, I seem to have found a huge pest," he said as a dark aura of hatred began to spark around him. Tamaki began to cry and flail under Ranka's powerful foot as the grown man tried to squish him into the ground. "And why exactly have you been dropping the honorifics when addressing my daughter?"
"Sir, you were taking so long that we," Hikaru said as he and Kaoru came up to Haruhi's door, both peaking inside as Hikaru trailed off.
"Oh, so that guy that passed us downstairs is Haruhi's papa afterall," Kaoru commented calmly as they saw the sight that greeted them.
"Hikaru! Kaoru! It's divine intervention!" Tamaki cried out as Ranka straightened and stepped off of him. Tamaki almost let out a sigh of relief before both of the Hitachiin brothers began to walk across him to go greet Ranka.
"Ah, hello," they said as they stuck out their hands for Ranka to shake. "We're Haruhi-san's good friends, the Hitachiin brothers."
"Papa-san, you're a tranny?" Hikaru asked with a cheerful smile as Haruhi looked on in shock as they purposefully stepped on their king.
"You're the first genuine tranny we've ever seen," Kaoru continued on for his brother as their steps began to get harder and harder across Tamaki's back.
"Sir, did you finally put the moves on Haruhi?" they asked together, both of them glancing down at Tamaki as they continued to walk on him. Haruhi's stunned expression at what they had been doing was nothing compared to what it had turned into at their words.
"Sorry about that. This guy is a dyed-in-the-wool ladies' man," Hikaru apologized sincerely.
"He's a pheromone machine, who's fooled around with more girls than he's got capillaries," Kaoru continued on, both of the twins joyfully seeing that Ranka's expression was slowly darkening at their words.
"Fooled around?" Ranka repeated in distaste, anger pusling in his cheek.
"No! Who are you saying is fooling around?" Tamaki yelled at the twins as he finally was able to sit up after they got off of him. "I sincerely..."
Both of the twins turned around in surprise, both thinking in wonder that their boss may just be confessing his love for Haruhi right in front of her father.
"Sincerely think of your girl as though she were my own daughter!" Tamaki finished as he bowed deeply to Ranka as everyone looked at him dumbfoundedly. Everyone else came up and peaked into the apartment to see this scene and were utterly surprised before they too were welcomed in and made to sit around the little table for tea.
"I see. You're the Host Club I've been hearing about," Ranka gushed as he looked around at the variety of males sitting around his table with Kaydence, Haruhi, and Koharu. Tamaki, unlike everyone else's smiling faces, was off in a corner with a dark, sullen aura surrounding him. "You really are a fine set of boys. I don't know which one of you I would take. Huh, Haruhi? Oh, you can just call me Ranka-san. 'Ranka' is the professional name I use at the tranny bar where I work."
"Professional name? Like a stage name?" Hunny asked curiously.
"That's right, Mitsukuni-kun," Ranka said with a smile towards the smallest host.
"Huh? How do you know my name?" Hunny asked as the other hosts looked at Ranka in confusion because they had not introduced themselves yet. Ranka smiled knowingly at the Host Club before he started to point on manacured finger at each of them.
"Third years Haninozuka-kun and Morinozuka Takashi-kun," he listed off before turning to the twins. "And you would be the first years, in the same class as Haruhi, Hitachiin Hikaru-kun and Kaoru-kun, right? I wonder which one of you is which. I'm always hearing stories about you."
"Huh? Haruhi talk about us?" Kaoru asked in surprise.
"Nope, it's always from Kyouya-kun on the phone," Ranka replied cheerfully.
"Ranka-san, you really are beautiful," Kyouya said with a smile as he and Ranka clapped their hands together and turned toward each other.
"What?" the rest of the Host Club yelled, just now hearing about Kyouya keeping in contact with any member of their families.
"Kyouya," Tamaki said from his dark corner, placing a hand on Kyouya's shoulder.
"We're looking after his precious daughter," Kyouya said calmly to his best friend. "It's only natural that I'd say hello and give periodic reports on her, right? Ordinarily, that should be your job, right?"
Tamaki shot back into his corner of depression at Kyouya's calm, but striking words.
"You really are a fine club president," Ranka complemented Kyouya as he took a sip of his tea. "Oh, that's right Kyouya-kun, you're the vice-president aren't you? So the president isn't good for much, huh?"
"Hold on there Dad!" Haruhi said in a startled and angry manner, drawing everyone's attention to her. "I never heard that you were keeping contact with Kyouya-senpai!"
"And I never heard that you were keeping in contact with our families," Koharu muttered to her boyfriend, shooting him a glare as she calmly sipped at her tea from next to her cousin.
"Huh? But Haruhi, you never tell me about anything at school!" Ranka whined to his daughter.
"I would keep in contact with yours if you had filled out the Ouran registration papers with your actual address and number," Kyouya shot back at Koharu, causing her to put her cup down with a loud clink.
"So then, without telling me, you!" Haruhi was so angry at her father that she couldn't even continue with her accusation.
"That is my real address and number, just not the one that my father uses," Koharu informed him in a cold voice.
"Haruhi, the thing about you is," Ranka said, causing Haruhi to calm down a bit. Ranka looked up at his daughter for a moment before he jumped up to hug her. "You're even cute when you're angry!"
"There's something about this guy that reminds me an awful lot of someone," Hikaru muttered as they watched Ranka lovingly hug a bored looking Haruhi.
"I am supposed to keep in contact with your parents to inform them on how you are doing in our club," Kyouya said to her sternly as he also put down his cup and pretended to watch Ranka hug Haruhi.
"It explains why Haruhi is so good at handling his highness," Kaoru muttered back to his twin as Ranka continued to hug Haruhi.
"You are to never speak to my father," Koharu spat at him angrilly, causing him to raise his eyebrows at her.
She stood up as Haruhi managed to break free of Ranka.
"Oh no, where are you going?" Ranka asked as Haruhi walked away from him and to her door with Koharu.
"Just drop it Ohtori," Kaydence said a bit sadly to the boy she despised next to her. "Koharu knows what she is doing and would never intentionally steer people wrong."
"The supermarket," Haruhi replied as the two girls started to put on their shoes. "We are going shopping, without any of you. We will be right back, so everyone, please behave yourselves."
"Ah! Haruhi! We want to go to the commoners' supermarket too!" Hikaru called after the two upset girls as the door closed behind them.
Kyouya glanced down at Kaydence before hardening his features to not reveal what he was really feeling towards Koharu in that moment.
"That's okay, that's okay," Ranka said to the red head with a wave of his hand. "Once she's spoken, she won't listen to you. That girl made up her mind to go to Ouran and did all the enrollment paperwork by herself."
"So did Koharu," Kaydence sighed as she leaned back on her hands and remembered the day that Koharu had informed her she was going to attend Ouran no matter what.
"I'd like to respect her spirit of independence, but sometimes, I wish she'd depend on me more," Ranka said sadly to the hosts. He sighed and smiled sadly at the Host Club. "I'm grateful to you guys. She seems to be happy and enjoying herself at school now, in her own way. Right, Souh Tamaki-kun?"
Tamaki jumped up joyously from his corner at the mention of his name from Ranka.
"I knew who you were at first glance," Ranka said with a small smile. "You're the idiot club president that often comes up in Haruhi's stories."
Tamaki seemed stunned at the news that Haruhi talks about him in such a way.
"Anyone would know who Tamaki was by the way Haruhi and Koharu talked about him," Kaydence laughed cheerfully. "It's basically the same description no matter what they talk about. Come to think of it, you were the one who mistook them for a boy right up until they revealed themselves, weren't you Tama-baka?"
"Now then, nevermind all that," Ranka said with a cheerful laugh as he put down his cup. "Why don't we all have ourselves some fun?"
The Host Club shared a nervous look for a moment before hesitantly agreeing.
Down the street, Haruhi and Koharu were tiredly walking together towards the supermarket they had just been at that morning.
"I never knew. Who would have thought that Dad and Kyouya-senpai were in touch with each other?" Haruhi said to Koharu.
"I don't know," Koharu sighed honestly as she looked around. Mere meters behind them stalked the entire male portion of the Host Club, Ranka, and Kaydence.
"Is this what you meant by fun, Ranka-san?" Hikaru asked as his brother nodded in agreement.
"Haruhi has always been independent, so I took up the habbit of following her," Ranka said with a sigh as the two girls turned around a corner, allowing them to relax and straighten up. "Besides, I wanted to be seen walking down the street with a group of handsome boys behind me."
The Host Club sighed in acceptance as they they finally reached the supermarket behind Koharu and Haruhi. Ranka and Tamaki continued to watch Haruhi and Koharu shop silently together as the rest of the Host Club explored the various sections of the small store. Koharu suddenly turned to catch a peak of Kyouya only an aisle away from them examining something on a shelf.
"I'll go get some more tea for you," she said to Haruhi as an excuse to head over to Kyouya. He glanced down at her as she approached, grabbing his arm to pull him further along the aisle so Haruhi wouldn't see them. "What are you doing here? Are the others here too?"
"They are. Ranka-san brought us," Kyouya replied calmly as his girlfriend glared up at him. "I have something to ask you about."
"Okay. What is it?" Koharu asked, pinching the bridge of her nose as she tried to calm down.
"Why do you not want me in contact with your parents?" Kyouya asked quietly, drawing Koharu's attention to him. She sighed softly and turned away from him, running a hand through her hair.
"My father, no, my family would not approve of me dating someone like you," Koharu answered sadly, tears coming to her eyes. She remembered the argument she had had with her siblings when she told them about Kyouya. Emily and Kay had stuck together on her not dating Kyouya no matter what while Yuigo had led the way for them to approve of her dating him. Even now, after several months of being together, Koharu was still unsure of where her siblings stood on her dating Kyouya.
"Someone like me?" Kyouya repeated in wonder. Koharu only nodded before she grabbed a random container of tea from the shelf. She paused a moment like she was going to say something to Kyouya, but thought better of it as she walked away to join Haruhi again. When she joined Haruhi again, she found that Tamaki had joined the petite brunette in their shopping and was making suggestions on what they should make.
Finally, everyone returned to Haruhi's apartment to have a hot pot.
"Koharu," Kaydence said thoughtfully, her chopsticks hanging from her mouth as she looked up towards the ceiling.
"Yes Kay?" Koharu replied, looking away from Ranka piling vegetables in Tamaki's bowl.
"Are you coming to the studio next weekend?" Kaydence asked her cousin.
"Studio? What studio?" the twins asked in unison as they looked at the cousins. Koharu shot a quick glare at her cousin before addressing the Host Club.
"My father owns a music studio," Koharu informed them.
"May we visit?" Hunny wondered cheerfully, smiling happily at Koharu.
"No," Koharu replied sternly, looking away from the little blonde.
"Oh come on, Ko," Kaydence grumbled. "It's not like Pressy is going to be there and there's plenty of room."
Koharu glared at her cousin, but finally agreed.
"So, it's settled that we will go to Koharu's studio next weekend!" Tamaki announced with the others host cheering. Koharu sighed unhappily while Haruhi patted her sympathetically on the back.