Chapter Fourteen

Haruhi slowly awoke, though she also wanted to shut her eyes again. The sun was just too bright. Wait! Bright? Sun? What happened to last night? Also, where am I and what time is it? Haruhi started to wonder about the events of the previous day. She remembered the late time at the Ootori's, the severely early morning wake up call, and even the trip to her hotel/restaurant.

She remembered that she had also went to the Suoh's mansion for their event. She had saw Charles and her aunt there, yet she refused to be in their company so she was consistently moving around. At some point, she was heading to the powder room to fix her make up and her hair. Though, something gave her the feeling that she had not made it there.

Things were slowly starting to click in Haruhi's head when she heard a knock at the door. A knock? I really don't think I am at home now. Haruhi thought.

"Ms. Tsuji-sama? Are you awake now? If so, breakfast is ready and Mr. Suoh would like to speak with you. Also, your school uniform is in the bathroom and your bag is by the door." A maid called softly through the door.

Haruhi got up out of the bed. She noticed it was a down filled mattress. No wonder she had slept so soundly. Next, she looked down to what she was wearing. She was still in her dress. Haruhi did not have time for a shower, but she did at least wash her hair in the bathroom sink. Then she washed off other parts of her body with a cloth, just so that she did not have the odour of a female on her when she went to school.

She quickly changed into her male's uniform and hustled down the stairs to the kitchen. The chairman and Tamaki were both sitting at the table. Tamaki was having toast, while the chairman was just drinking coffee and reading the newspaper.

"Good morning Chairman, Tamaki-senpai." Haruhi tried to speak in her cheery voice, but she also felt a bit guilty for this sudden intrusion to their home.

A maid came up to ask what Haruhi wanted for breakfast, in which Haruhi replied that she had just wanted toast and tea.

"Good morning Haruhi. Are you feeling better? You gave everyone quite the scare. Lucky that Mr. Ootori was here last night as well." The chairman started to say. Haruhi quickly got up and bowed.

"I am terribly sorry for worrying everyone. And, I must apologize for this intrusion." Haruhi said, sincerely. She was not expecting forgiveness though.

"The intrusion is no problem. Mr. Ootori just diagnosed you as having severe lack of fatigue and that all you would need was rest. But, are you really sure you are alright?" The chairman asked again.

"Yeah, I am fine. It was just that I stayed really late at Ootori-sama's the night before on my Obaa-san's orders. I think she forgot that she gave them since she had me out of bed after four hours of sleep, just to ensure that I knew the inheritances of businesses I was getting. The dresses that my grandmother had ordered me to get done the previous weekend were done, since I had our Hitachiin friends make them for me. They came over with them. Then, the rest of the day was spent at the restaurant until we came here. I guess you can say that at some point during the night, the lack of sleep caught up with me. Though, I should have been a bit more responsible, and slightly disobeyed my obaa-san's orders in order to go home slightly earlier to get some rest." Haruhi explained.

"The lack of sleep is never a good thing Haruhi. Though, I am sure your obaa-san would appreciate it to know you listened to her orders to the end instead of quitting the task earlier, even if it meant your health." The chairman responded after a moment of thinking. "But, we should all get going now otherwise we will be late for class!"

"Thank you, Chairman. For allowing me to spend the night here." Haruhi said quietly. The chairman heard it, gave an appreciative smile and nod before he went to the school in a different vehicle.

The ride was mostly done in silence, though Haruhi did speak once the whole way. "Tamaki-senpai, how did all my school stuff get to your place today?"

"Well, my father called your obaa-san at your place and asked if she could go get your uniform and bags. He explained the situation that you had not been feeling well, and therefore you were just going to spend the night at our place. At least, that is what he told me that he had told her at least." Tamaki replied back. Soon after, the ride lapsed back into silence until the driver announced that they were at the school already.

Tamaki got out of the vehicle first, then turned around to help Haruhi out. The fangirls were shouting MOE!, while the other hosts looked relieved to see Haruhi looking so well compared to that previous night.

Haruhi thought that it would be wise to just apologize now. "I am terribly sorry for making everyone worry last night. Though before you ask if I am feeling much better, I am. Honestly." Haruhi said, apologetically to her friends.

Of course, everyone forgave her for scaring them. They all then proceeded to go to their classes. The day seemed to go by quite quickly though. From classes to lunch, to classes again. Soon, it was time to go to the Host Club. Tamaki had closed the club today. Kyoya did not know the reason why, though it did make him irritated since they would be losing money.

"Mon ami, you will have to ignore your irritation at the closure of the club today. We are having a club meeting. However, for a change, I am not the one that is going to be talking. This is a request that Haruhi had gave me last night at dinner."

Kyoya looked from Tamaki to Haruhi, curiously. Haruhi did not like the look in either's eyes. She sighed, but then decided that it was time for the rest of her friends to know most of the truth. She drew a quick breath, then began.

"Before I truly begin, can I ask that everyone please refrain from interrupting me? Kyoya-senpai, Tamaki-senpai is correct. I just thought that I would tell you all that I did not tell you everything yesterday at the restaurant. Yes, it is my restaurant. However, I am the heir to not just one company, but at least four more. Your parents only know of three more, since I told them at Tamaki-senpai's last night. I left the fact that there is one more company I am inheriting.

I am inheriting a law firm that my mother left me. My grandmother said I could be studying law as I still attend high school. The next company I am inheriting is the publishing company my deceased father left me. Ranka-san was never really my father, but he was a hired hand by my obaa-san to act as a fatherly figure to me after my father had been in an accident trying to rush up to see my mother and I while I had been just a baby.

The third and fourth companies are more or less related. One is a public story company while the other is the true natured company. The true natured company is that my grandmother is one who passes out the grants for people to start up a profession in any field of expertise. Whether it is the Ootori hospitals to this very school, my grandmother was the one who gave that grant. I am going to be inheriting that company. The public story company is that the company is just an advisorship company. I am going to be inheriting that as well.

Now, I know there is a different topic I need to explain as well. The people who you met at the hotel. Or, in other words, the people I was always running away from all night long last night until I ended up collapsing.

The boy was Charles Deion. He is the son of a wealthy businessman is as much as I can remember. He is my ex-fiancee. Though, we were never really engaged either since he wanted to marry me at the age of four. When he decided to be "engaged" to me, I did say yes at first. Though, at least three months later, I broke it off. Though, I think my grandmother also had something to do with it.

The woman that I called my aunt is not really my aunt. Again, just another person in my life assigned to by my obaa-san to ensure that I had some sort of reliable people I could go to aside from my obaa-san or the maids.

That is basically the story of what happened."

Haruhi took some time to breathe, since that had been a long speech. Everyone looked at her. Finally, it was Kyoya who spoke up.

"If he was the son of a wealthy businessman, why would you break off your engagement to him? Even if you were young."

"There were three reasons. One, there was no merits. Yes, Kyoya-senpai. I was able to calculate whether or not there were merits at that young age. Two, I did not love him. I wanted to marry for love and not for money. Three, it was around the time of my mother's passing that I chose to break it off. I don't think my grandmother also approved of him at that time. From there, everything else just snowballed." Haruhi explained.

"I have also been thinking about coming out in my true gender for the host club. Is there anything I could do about that? I know that my debt is paid off, but I would miss everyone terribly if I had to leave. Ack! Is it really 4:30pm?! I am not even changed yet. Kyoya-senpai, could I borrow a dress from here for tonight? I have the feeling that my so called aunt is not going to be happy to see me in a suit if I were to go out like this." Haruhi had looked at the time. Had she really talked that much? Oh brother. She just hoped that her senpai would let her borrow a dress.

"Of course, my beautiful daughter! You can borrow any of the dresses we have here on hand! In some ways, I forgot to have my dad ask about a dress for you as well when you spent the night. Hikaru, Kaoru, I expect you two shady twins to help my daughter get ready for tonight quickly. GO!" Tamaki ordered.

"Yes, sir!" The two twins responded. At least Tono was giving them permission to help Haruhi this time.

While the twins were getting the equipment needed to do Haruhi's hair, Haruhi herself was looking over the dresses. In the end, she changed into a Lilac colored dress. It hugged every one of her curves. The twins quickly did some braiding of her hair, or at least she thought they did.

Soon, however, it was time for Haruhi to leave. She had a bad feeling about tonight.