As Thursday grew closer, Haruhi noticed that Kyouya grew more nervous and anxious as the minutes went by. She tried to get Kyouya to tell her what was wrong, but he always smiled, reassured her it was nothing, then distracted her in some way.
Eventually, Haruhi gave up asking him aloud what the issue was, but didnt stop thinking about it. Kyouya, thinking he had taken her mind off hat was worrying him, continued to mentally plan what was going to happen thursday. So far...he was at a loss how he would ask her, forgetting momentarrily about the note he had written at the ball a few nights ago.
"Kyouya? Hellooo? Kyouyaaaa~" Haruhi said loudly, waving her hand in front of Kyouya's face and looking at him with a slight frown.
"Huh?" Kyouya blinked a few times and looked at Haruhi through his glasses, slightly confused. "Why are you hovering so close to me Haruhi?" He asked slowly, blinking twice more.
Haruhi sighed and shook her head, sitting back. "Ive been calling your name for the past ten minutes! What in the world were you thinking about?" She asked frowning still and looking at him with her head tilted in confusion and concern.
"You were? Im sorry love...i was just thinking" He said giving her an appologetic smile and sweeping his bangs back in one motion befor epushing his glasses up. "Shall we leave now?" He asked, going to stand up, then realizing he was already standing. He blinked a few more times. 'wow...she was right. i really was distracted...zoning out like that not moving...maybe the plans for tomorrow need a break for the moment...' He thought silently to himself, while wrapping an arm around Haruhi's waist and bringing her into the little town to get ice cream.
"Your always thinking" Haruhi said with a small smile after she ordered what flavour icecream she wanted. "Give your brain a break for once, will you?" She teased lightly smiling up at the raven haired teen.
Said teen chuckled lightly and nodded. "yes, yes. i will..."He said smiling. "Did i tell you how cute you look today?" He asked diverting her attention as his gaze roamed over her features slowly.
Haruhi looked down at her clothes quietly. She was wearing a black flowing skirt that fell above the knee, and a white knit halter top, with pink sakura flowers scattered along the botton hem. The top clung to her small figure tightly, yet not enough to give away anything...just suggest things, where-as her skirt seemed to make her legs seem longer, and her taller. On her head, she wore a black silk ribbon tied around the top of it, like a headband. She met his gaze then blushed a little.
"Stop looking at me like that..." Haruhi said slowly, and bit her lip looking away as she blushed.
"Looking at you like what?" Kyouya asked innocently, but continued to look at her, smirking slightly.
"Like that! You know...that look" Haruhi said blushing more.
Kyouya chuckled again and smirked at her. He asked in a innocent voice, "Now...whats wrong with looking at my beautiful girlfriend like that? And dont you deny you dont like it" His smirked widened when she blushed a dark red.
"Kyouyaaaaa"Haruhi whined pouting a little and crossing her arms. Kyouya looked bluntly down at her chest after she crossed her arms, and took note of the way her-relativly small- breasts swelled up over her tightly crossed arms.
He looked up at Haruhi's face when he heard her soft gasp, then smiled a little when he saw her flushed face, and how her eyes took on a sort of heated, glazed look. "And your implying i have a dirty mind..."He murmured leaning towards her. His face was inches away from hers, and his breath ghosting over her lips lightly.
"Kyouya..."Haruhi murmured quietly, going to close the gap between them. She sighed in dissapointment when he pulled away from her and straightened up. She did smirk however she she saw him untuck his shirt from his pants and pull it down to hide the bulge that had started to form. He sent a half hearted glare in her direction, then payed for her icecream and handed it to her.
"come on...lets head to my house for a little while"He said quietly, taking her hand gently and leading her out of the town then back to his car.
A few Hours Later
"Goodbye my love.."He murmured softly, leaning down to kiss her lightly. "Dont forget about the date tomorrow..okay? dress nice, okay?" He told her softly, smiling gently.
Haruhi smiled and nodded. "I will...I love you Kyouya"She said softly smiling, then backed up slowly then turned to let herself into her apartment.
Kyouya watched her the whole time, and murmured quietly to himself, "I love you too Haruhi...so much" He sighed slightly then walked back to his car, getting in. "Take him home Tachibana" He said quietly, leaning back into his seat as he pulled out his phone and texted Fuyumi.
'Help me with the rings please?-K'
He got a reply almost seconds later. He chuckled a little as he read the text and could practically hear his sisters excited squeeling. He almost felt bad for Fuyumi's husband, but didnt, because he was just as excited...although he didnt outwardly show it.
Half Hour Later...
"Fuyumi...cant you just decide which place is good? This is the third store you've brought me in to look at rings..."Kyouya sighed a little tiredly, looking at the jewlry displays.
"You didnt seem to see anything that screamed Haruhi...and you can never know what other places have if you dont look at others before you decide" Fuyumi said lightly, before dragging him over to rings to look. "Oh! What about this gold band with this swirl design etched in it?" She asked pointing to a ring at the bottom of the display case.
"Too...not Haruhi"Kyouya said shaking her head. "I dont think shes really a gold type of girl" He murmured then looked away from the gold rings and over at silver. He glanced over the display then paused when he saw something.
"Uh-oh...you found what screams Haruhi" Fuyumi teased lightly and touched her brothers arm gently. "Which one?" She asked looking over the rings quietly.
"The plain silver band...with the small diamond in the center..."He murmured pointing to the ring. "Its simple...yet beautiful..."He paused a little and looked closer. "Sort of has...something silver next to the diamond...is...is that...a...what? A rose?" He asked, bending down to try to get a better look at the ring. He stood up and asked the jewler, "May i take a look at that ring, sir?"
When the jawler took it out and carefully handed it over to Kyouya to look at, Kyouya grinned a little. "Its a rose...this is the ring...One of a kind...like her.."He murmured softly smiling. "Ill take this one"He told the man, then pulled his wallet out and took some cash out.
"Yes sir" The man said nodding, and taking the ring back and getting a black box out, and a dark lavender ribbon out. He wrapped it around the box and tied it in a bow then set it on the counter while he rung up the ring and took the cash Kyouya had given him. "Is that all today, sir?"
"Thats all, thank you" Kyouya said nodding and carefully picking the box up and putting it in the inside pocket of his jacket.
"Haruhi will love the ring Kyouya" Fuyumi said softly smiling at her brother, then led him outside of the store and back towards the car.
"I just hope she says yes and everything goes as planned" Kyouya commented quietly, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
"Dont be silly Kyouya...of course Haruhi would say yes...shes absolutely crazy about you" She said smiling brightly. "And give your plans a break and go with the flow of things Kyouya. Nothing ever goes as planned...and you cant plan something like this. Its just...well...you'll see tomorrow when you ask her"
Kyouya sighed but nodded. "Yes, yes...ill try" He said smiling slightly. He hugged his sister lightly and thanked her again, before opening the door for Fuyumi, then getting in himself.
He smiled silently to himself as he reached a hand up to cover the pocket the ring was in. If he was this happy now...he could only imagine how happy he would be tomorrow if she agreed. When he got home he went straight to him room and to bed, smililng a true, genuine smile. His last thoughts before he succumbed to sleep were about Haruhi Fujioka becoming Mrs Kyouya Ootori...Haruhi Ootori.