Over Breakfast

Chapter 14

Doors opening; Girls gasping and chattering, each host is in position around the room or at the door to the kitchen, and the smell of food wafts over them all.

"Welcome to the host club, please line up so I may check your reservations at the door." Kyouya said with a professional smile on his face and a waving indication of his hand. He was surprised to see that there were both men and women lining up for their plate. This would mean a large jump in their profits, he knew that their regular Princesses would be joining the mornings festivities but he had not calculated that some of those women would bring their intended with them; he only hoped that Haruhi had prepared enough food to feed everyone. His smile grew wider and he found his inner nine year old doing a dance on his shoulder singing "money, money, money! MONEY!" this had been a very good idea indeed, if they can keep it together and keep up with everything.

Haruhi had placed her self in a section of the kitchen she had set up to put each plate together assembly line style, so that as she filled one dish she could fill them all. Satoshi and Mori would maintain the food that she had going on the stove, and keep refilling the pitchers with cider, coffee, and juice, keeping tea and coffee constantly brewing. The twins would pick up each plate as she finished filling them and wipe the edges with the tape wrapped cloth as she had shown them to do, and would then place them on their carts to take to the dining area. Honey would help to hand out the plates and keep the guests occupied along with Tamaki while they were waiting for the next course or for drinks to be refilled. Kyouya kept everyone happy, and was offering the suggested cooking class taught by Haruhi for one guest per day in the mornings for an additional fee of course.

After each serving wave the dirty dishes would be gathered up and brought to the kitchen and Satoshi and Mori would load them in the washer while Haruhi went to greet guests and make sure that the food was to their liking. All in all everyone was working and operating like a well oiled machine, and things were going far better then she thought they possibly could have. Even Tamaki and Honey were behaving them selves and the twins were keeping the twinsest to a minimum.

All too soon the meal was winding to a close, with everyone having breached their food capacity trying to get a taste of everything served. Even the hosts had managed a helping or two while taking care of the guests. And almost too soon it was over. Once Haruhi, Mori, and Satoshi had put all of the dishes away and none were left in the stack, Kyouya took the opportunity to step in and ask them all to step out of the kitchen for a moment. Mori and Satoshi went out while Haruhi put her apron on the hook and followed behind them into the dining area. As she exited the kitchen she realized the everyone was still there. Suddenly all of the guests stood up and started clapping and cheering, shouting complements, even Kyouya let out an exclamation that sounded a lot like "So much money Haruhi!"

"We just wanted to let you know how much we appreciate your hard work today the food was amazing and things could not have gone better. Our lovely Princes and Princesses would not settle until you knew just how much they loved the meal Haruhi, so well done!" Tamaki told her as they started to quiet. Haruhi turned and odd shade of red and gave a small smile, placing her hands on her thighs she bowed to the large crowd of people.

"Thank you very much for all of your praise! But I was truly a group effort, and I much thank everyone involved today for everything you did to help make this morning a huge success!" she told them all honestly, causing many nods of agreement or thanks. Slowly each guest was ushered out of the Music room to go to their classes for the day. Haruhi went to the kitchen to make sure that everything was in order for the next morning and for this afternoon's host club meeting, and gathering. She gathered all of the laundry and started to haul them to the hamper to be collected by the school staff and washed for the next day. The twins had offered to be in charge of putting wardrobe away and everyone else except for Kyouya was making sure that the outer room was cleaned up and ready for that afternoon.

When they were done they had 20 minuets till their classes started and everything was in its place the hosts gathered in the sitting area in the corner of the room for an ending pow wow before they went to class.

" Well you will be happy to know that there was defiantly a very substantial raise in our profits today thanks for Haruhi's smart shopping and careful planning and everyone's hard work. It looks like at this rate all the damage that Tamaki did last month on the Renaissance era week will be completely covered as well as the little Spanish armada fiasco the month prior. I have to say I am impressed." Kyouya said looking at his little black book, with a satisfied grin on his face. This was it he just knew it. This little experiment of theirs was going to give him back some of his sanity! He knew there was no way that Haruhi would allow Tamaki to interfere in her little project and as long as that happens they were practically assured that there were no spending binges on their part making every penny made after today and most of what was made today, complete profit for the club. This made Kyouya Ootori an extremely happy man.

Two arms snaked around Haruhi's middle as two red heads leaned in to nuzzle her cheeks; "Wow Haruhi you've impressed the shadow king;" Hikaru said.

"that's unheard of here an Ouran! Congratulations, Kyouya will be seeing dollar signs for weeks thanks to you." Kaoru finished with a large smile waiting for Kyouya's eye brow to twitch, when nothing happened they were confused.

"GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY DAUGHTER! I WANT TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION FOR HER HARD WORK TOO!" Tamaki screeched, again they waited; nothing.

"Nope you can't rile me today, say what you want but your not getting through." Kyouya said with a grin as he snapped his little black book closed and walked to grab his bag.

"Oh by the way, Haruhi the guests have requested for your cider to be served tomorrow morning as well if you need more ingredients just give me the list and I'll have it filled and delivered to the school before we get here tomorrow. Your grocery store seems to have a liking for you, and has kindly offered to make small deliveries to the school for you when you need it." Kyouya told her, he latched on to Tamaki's ear and dragged him out of the room before he could end up in his corner completely useless. No matter how good a mood he was in it can always be soured by the blond moron.

The twins went to gather their things, when they stepped away Honey launched himself at her giving her a huge hug. "Wow Haru-chan, you should do this more often. Your a great cook!" he told her giving her a peck on the cheek before settling on his feet back on the floor.

"Thank you Sempai, but you guys helped me a lot too you know." She told him blushing lightly at all the praise. Mori placed his hand on her shoulder from behind making her crane her neck to look at him.

"You did well today Haruhi. We would not have known what to do with out you leading us all." He told her honestly.

"That's right! With out you I wouldn't know how to make lots of different things, and that's just from watching you for the one day! The food was amazing!" Satoshi told her enthusiastically.

"Yes I agree, though I did have my doubts, you preformed amiably today, you should be proud of yourself." Chicka said to her slinging his own bag over his shoulder and heading to the door, with Satoshi not far behind. Haruhi did her best to thank them and accept their praise, and they all headed in opposite directions to their classes, making it through the door with only seconds to spare.

Once she sat down in her chair and pulled out her books and note book, she took a deep breath and released it with a whoosh. She had made it through this morning, no worse for the wear, and found that she was more excited then she would admit or anyone would understand for the next day to come, this was turning out to be beneficial for everyone.