Hi! Again I have to appologize at the lateness. This time my grandma gave me her cold so nicely and I've not been feeling well at all. Couple that with starting full time at my job and I've been crawling into bed basically as soon as I was done. I'm still feeling under the weather but I couldn't leave you all hanging forever. I promise to try to write another chapter for tomorrow but I am working all day and I don't know how I'll be feeling. Reguardless I have big plans for the next chapter so I will get it out really soon. I'm going to start answering some reviews on here. I was going to reply to all of yours separately in pm's but I thought it would be better and faster just to do it here. Thanks for all of the reviews!!
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Anyways on with the story, Disclaimer: I don't own Ouran or it's characters!
Haruhi's POV
Kyouya called that evening but he just talked about what Akio and I did that day and asking if I needed anything. He didn't mention Honey getting out of the hospital, nor did he say anything about the party. He did ask if I needed a ride to work but I declined, telling him that I was going to walk and the twins were going to watch Akio. I didn't understand why, but he didn't seem to happy about the twins babysitting. When I asked him about it, he said it was fine but I knew something was off.
After we got off the phone, I put Akio to bed and started doing laundry. After finishing that and cleaning up the kitchen from dinner, I decided it was time to go to bed. I had to get up early tomorrow to get Akio ready and get myself ready for my first day at the hospital.
My alarm went off at 6:30 and I got up, reluctantly. I was never a morning person so this was going to be difficult for me, getting up early in the morning and working all day. I went into Akio's room to get him up because I found it was always safer to get him ready before I got ready. If I didn't, he usually found a way to stain whatever I was wearing, causing me to have to get ready twice.
Akio bounced out of bed, happily going on about how he was going to spend the day with Hikaru and Kaoru. He was always so easy to get up in the mornings. I decided a long time ago it must come from dad because it obviously didn't come from me or Kyouya. After he was ready to go and had been warned not to get his clothes dirty before the twins got there, I got ready. The twins knocked on the door at 7:30 exactly and Akio ran to answer the door, tackling Hikaru. He could tell them apart as easily as I could and I could tell that made the twins very happy.
"Do you want a ride to work?" Kaoru asked, as I put my shoes on.
"No thanks, I like walking." I replied and then held my arms out for Akio. He ran into them, kissing my cheek. "Bye mommy. Have fun at work""Be good for them today. Don't terrorize them to much" I warned, as I smiled at my little one.
"Psh, Let him do his worst, Haruhi." Hikaru said
"There's nothing he can do that we haven't already done to someone. " Kaoru finished.
I shook my head, thinking the twins might be getting in over their head, telling him to do his worst. I said nothing however, thinking it may just be amusing to hear about them getting a dose of their own medicine for once. I kissed Akio's cheek and with a wave, was out the door and on my way to work.
End of Haruhi's POV
The twins had just got Akio into their car when Akio started in. "Where are we going?""Where do you want to go?" Kaoru asked.
Akio thought about that for a minute and then smiled brightly "I want to go to the zoo"Hikaru and Kaoru looked at each other and then shrugged "Alright, let's go to the zoo then." Hikaru said and then told the driver where to go, as Akio cheered.The drive was about an hour long and the little boy was getting bored within 10 minutes. "Are we there yet?" Akio asked and the twins shook their heads.
"How about now?" He asked 2 minutes later, again they shook their heads
"Now?" He asked less than five minutes later. This time Kaoru sighed loudly then smiled. "We're not there yet. What do you want to do while we wait?""Eat Cake!" Akio yelled
Hikaru chuckled, then reached into the small refrigerator and got out a slice of strawberry cake, handing it to Akio "I told you it would be a good idea to keep this on hand. The kid is as bad as Honey.""Maybe worse" Kaoru agreed.
"Mommy says eating to much cake ruins my dinner" Akio said through a mouthful of cake.
"She's right" Kaoru agreed, "But whoever cared about that?" Hikaru asked with a smirk looking at Kaoru with a grin, Kaoru grinned back at his brother before they turned their attention back to Akio.
After that, Akio got a little smirk on his face. Kaoru called it the "Kyouya smirk" in his head, because it made Akio look like he was plotting something evil.
"Whatcha thinking, kid?" Kaoru asked curiously
"Just that you should try this cake. It's really good" Akio answered, getting a fork full and offering it to Kaoru.
Kaoru took the fork and ate the bite. He soundly spit it out coughing. Akio was doubled over with laughed as Kaoru coughed and Hikaru just looked between the two confused. "What was on that cake?" Kaoru demanded
Hikaru seemed to figure out what happened then and started laughing himself. "I didn't mean to use it on Kaoru" He told Akio as he chuckled."You said it was for my future babysitters. He was one of them." Akio answered with a grin, finally getting a hold of himself.
"What was it?" Kaoru, again demanded, looking put out that his brother was in on whatever had just been done to him."You don't recognize it, Kaoru?" Hikaru asked "We used to use it all of the time""You gave him some of that to use on me?" Kaoru asked, furious."Not for you, brother, just for his babysitters"
"He just fed me a piece of cake with lemon juice and cayenne pepper and you never thought to warn me he had some on him?"Akio's giggles, stopped this fight. Kaoru looked over at the smiling boy and realized he looked a lot like Haruhi when she laughed, which wasn't often. "Hikaru didn't know I had it on me, he gave it to me when he saw me at the hospital a couple days ago.""It looks like we need to keep our eyes open." Hikaru said with a smile."Just because we pulled these pranks before, doesn't mean we won't fall for them ourselves" Kaoru agreed, finally smiling. They had told Akio to do his worst, they should have expected him to try something.
After that, they talked a bit about pranks they had played; Akio on his old babysitters and the twins on, well, everyone. It didn't seem to take long for them to get to the zoo.
At the Hospital
Haruhi walked into the hospital, and for the first time wasn't there to see her friends. She realized she wasn't sure where she was supposed to go. Then she saw Kyouya standing at the front desk, smirking.
"Good morning, Haruhi""Good morning, Kyouya. What are you doing up so early?""As your boss, I figured you would need some training." So that was why he was smirking. "I see" was all she answered and then walked past him to see the nurses "Good morning everyone" She said as cheerily as possible."Good morning" a few said back while the others just looked at her confused. Kyouya turned and introduced Haruhi, informing them she was their new boss and they were to listen to whatever she said.
After that speech, Kyouya introduced all of those that were present and then asked Haruhi to follow him."I'll give you a quick tour and then show you your office." He told her as he started walking away from the front desk at a brisk pace.
She practically had to run to keep up with him. "Kyouya, what are my duties? All you've told me so far was that it was mostly paperwork."He kept walking but did answer "You'll be in charge of scheduling, interviewing possible employees, ordering supplies, things like that" "That sounds like it'll be difficult. How will I know what to order, or who will be qualified to work?"Haruhi asked, doubtful, already, in her judgment on any of this."There will be a list of what to order and I'll help you with qualifications for a little while. You know my number, you are one of the few people who will always be able to get through to me."
"Unless you're sleeping" Haruhi teased
"You're one of two people who can get to me, even if I'm sleeping." Kyouya answered seriously. Then as if it were an after thought "At least without me having them killed." Haruhi smiled at that and then asked "Who's the second person, Tamaki?""Akio" he answered simply and then led her into a room.
Haruhi was still smiling as she followed him into a room almost as big as Honey's hospital room. "This is your office" Kyouya told her and then laughed as her mouth fell open."Not big enough?" He teased
"Who else is in here with me?" She asked pointing at the second desk in the room."Me sometimes. This is technically my office but since I'm almost never here, I figured it would be put to better use by you.""We're sharing an office?""Technically, yes""What impression will that leave on everyone who works under me?" Haruhi asked, seriously.
"What do you mean?" Kyouya frowned.
"How will I get them to respect me as a boss if they think the only reason I'm their boss is because I'm sleeping with the head of the hospital?" Haruhi asked bluntly.
Kyouya sputtered a little at that "We're not sleeping together though" Not that I don't want to. He thought to himself.
"No, but they will assume we are if we're sharing an office and you are always with me. There is no way to earn their respect if they think I will be gone as soon as you find someone else" Haruhi claimed, stubbornly.
Kyouya sighed in defeat, she was right and he knew it. "Fine, have it your way. I'll show you to the last head's office." And with that he lead her up a flight of stairs and into a room about half the size of his office but still quite roomy. "Better?" he asked sulkily
"Much" was her only reply as she started looking over the papers on her desk, ignoring his pouting. She had been around him enough to know he always sulked when he lost. Not as obviously as Tamaki, of course, but it was still there and she had learned to ignore it just like she ignored Tamaki's.
"Hmm"
"What?" Kyouya asked, still sounding a little sulky."It seems like the last head was spending more money than the supplies she was getting were worth.""What do you mean" Kyouya asked, instantly interested and at her side."Well according to the receipt of this transaction that came in two days ago, the hospital got 25 million yen worth of supplies but according to the book, here, she wrote that she spent 30 million."
Kyouya was looking over her shoulder and seething at the thought of petty theft from one of his higher ups."You've just gotten two firsts" He said
Haruhi looked up at him confused "What?""You've just gotten your first assignment from me and your first raise." He answered and would have smiled at her if he hadn't been so pissed that one of his employees had been seemingly stealing from him. Sure 5 million yen wasn't anything to him really but he did not stand for stealing, no matter how small the amount."What job? And how can I get a raise when I don't' even know how much I'm getting in the first place."Haruhi asked, still staring at the book and papers to make sure she was reading it all right.
"Go through all of the receipts and the books, matching the transactions and figure out if she has "misplaced" any other money. As for the raise, well I am not telling you how much you were making, nor how much it was raised because I don't feel like arguing with you right now. Just know you have already proved you're qualified and worth the money and that you and Akio will be well off."Haruhi rolled her eyes but nodded, not really feeling like arguing herself.
Kyouya, shocked by her lack of argument but grateful, took his leave, saying he'd meet her for lunch but he had some errands to run before that. She just waved him off, already immersed in the papers in front of her.
Kyouya smirked, knowing he had the right person for the job and left to go call his father. He needed a meeting.
Well there you have it. I know a lot of you were hoping for the full day with the twins and Akio but I wanted to dedicate more time to that chapter then I have tonight so I will write that tomorrow. I hope you liked the little bit you have seen so far. Akio has a lot more up his sleeves. In upcoming chapters we find out: Why Kyouya needs a meeting with his father? How the party goes? Who is after Haruhi's heart besides Kyouya? Where the others stand in who should be with Haruhi and who should leave her be? If Honey can walk again? And of course who Haruhi chooses? Keep reading to find all of that out and more! See you hopefully tomorrow! :D
