A/N: Another chapter here for all you lovely people! Enjoy~

Kyoya POV

Thankfully Renge had calmed down in her pursuit of my affections but I wasn't necessarily happy still. I hoped she was just another host hopper and that she'd move onto someone else, but she seemed pretty set on making Haruhi her own now. She came in during every hosting session to sit with the girl and I couldn't deny that I was becoming envious of how much time the female host spent with her, rather than sitting at my table as she would from time to time.

But I couldn't make a fuss over it. I wasn't like Tamaki or the twins and kick up a huge scene over the girl not wanting to spend time with me anymore, almost to the point where it seemed as if she were avoiding me. I hated myself enough for just allowing this petty weakness to creep up on me. There was little to gain from the relationship, so logically I shouldn't feel so irritated over it.

"Mommy! The children won't listen to meee!" Tamaki cried out from his crumpled position on the ground beside Hikaru and Haruhi. The red heads arm was tightly wrapped around her waist, holding her close to him and he was nuzzling his nose into her hair. Kaoru was sitting on top of Tamaki, keeping him from breaking up the little scene.

"Mmm, you smell like strawberries, Haruhi. Are they your favourite?" Both twins sported wicked grins stretching from ear to ear.

"Stop it! You shouldn't be treating your sister in such a manner! You shady twins! Get. Off. Of. ME!" He began thrashing and flopping on the ground like a fish out of water before slowly running out of steam and resolving to just sob on the marble floor and sending me his potent puppy dog eyes.

I dragged myself over to them, and a glare was more than enough to send Kaoru scurrying away from Tamaki. The younger twin wasn't so foolish to argue with me, unlike his mirror image sibling. It took three seconds and a raise of an eyebrow before he relinquished his hold on the girl who simply straightened out her blazer before wandering back to her table next to Honey and Mori's cake laden banquet.

Perhaps I could take matters into my own hands and lay out subtle hints towards Haruhi's true gender in hope that Renge would figure it out and move on. But the chances of the loud mouthed manager keeping it a secret at least until her debt was paid off fully were incredibly slim. I didn't want to compromise Haruhi's position but I wasn't sure what else to do.

"Tamaki-sempai, would you like to join us?" She was smiling up at the blonde bombshell sweetly. That was another thing. She had gotten closer to Tamaki in the past couple of weeks. There were less incidents including sobbing, eroding, growing mushrooms and moping. And I wasn't the only one who had noticed. Honey had picked up on it, I could tell by the way he studiously watched over the pair's interactions during hosting and shot knowing glances towards his younger cousin. The twins had as well sadly, and had kicked it up a notch in their attempts to wind up Tamaki, getting more and more risqué with their little scenes including Haruhi. The situation had increased profits due to the girls thinking there was a homosexual love triangle developing between the trio. Girls were truly strange creatures.

"Of course! My darling daughter wants to spend time with me. You're so sweet!" He held her hands between his whilst announcing this, confusing the girls somewhat but they went along with Tamaki's odd imagination. Perhaps I wouldn't have to do anything in order to reveal Haruhi's gender to her; Tamaki would probably slip up given enough time.

Haruhi POV

I don't know what was worse: having a girl pretty much announcing that she wants to fall in love with me or knowing that the person I do like seems to be avoiding me. I kept myself busy entertaining Renge and the small selection of girls that had taken quite a liking to me, but it was as if I could feel everyone's eyes on me at all times and it was tiring trying to act as if it wasn't the case.

The twins had been trying to terrorise Tamaki even more than usual and in turn I thought I should be nicer to him, so he doesn't end up having some kind of nervous breakdown. In fact, I had been thinking of suggesting Renge to go spend time with the blonde boy. They had slightly more compatible personalities than either had with me. For all I know, they might hit it off. If Renge didn't keep up calling him a phony prince that is.

Honey's eyes were on me again. He had been doing that quite a lot lately. Just checking up on me regularly. It didn't bother me as such coming from him, it was hard to be angry with a face as cute as his. However, for the first time in the past couple of weeks, he stood up from his table and bounced over to me cheerfully.

"Haru-chan! I wanted to ask you something."

"What is it, sempai?" I smile down brightly at the blonde senior, who I couldn't help but compare to a younger brother figure. He was the closest I was going to ever get to a sibling.

"Would you come over to my house this weekend?" His eyes were wide and hopeful. I was surprised by the invitation, as I'd never been to the Haninozuka home, but I didn't see why not.

"Sure sempai, I'd love to. Any reason why?"

"Takashi's going to be out of town all weekend for a kendo tournament. So I'll have nobody to play with and my brother's not very fond of cake and stuffed animals, so I wanted to ask you!"

"Alright, Honey-sempai. What would you like to do?"

"You could come stay over on the Friday night, ne?"

I tapped my chin in thought. I don't think my dad would mind very much, he seemed to favour the Haninozuka boy after all, much like he did with Kyoya. "That should be okay. I could bake you some home-made cakes if you'd like."

He was literally bouncing on the spot after I'd suggested that, face alight with pure happiness. "Yeah, Haru-chan! Strawberry cakes, 'kay? Mother would like those as well. Yay!"

I patted the small senior on the head, ruffling his blonde locks slightly, before he bounded back to his table with a cheerful bounce in his step. I think spending the weekend with Honey would be quite nice, refreshing even. He wasn't troublesome and I knew I wouldn't end up being sexually harassed like I would with Hikaru, Kaoru or Tamaki. And I got to brush up on my baking skills. Win – win situation!

Hikaru POV

I gripped my brother by the wrist, dragging him behind me into the kitchen. What Honey had just done wasn't sitting well with me and I just couldn't explain why. My chest was hurting as if I was being squeezed by Tamaki way too hard. Maybe I was coming down with something.

"What the hell is sempai thinking? Asking her to stay over at his for the weekend?"

"I didn't even know Mori-sempai had kendo this weekend. Doesn't he usually go with him for good luck?"

"It's suspicious if you ask me."

"Honey's totally harmless though. Well, not really… you know what I mean."

"That he won't put the moves on her like Tono would?"

"Precisely."

"I still don't like it, Kaoru."

"It's not your decision to make, Hikaru!"

"What if we just go over there for a little visit to keep them company, huh?"

"No, leave them be. I've stayed over at Honey-sempai's before and you've not minded, so why can't Haruhi?"

"It's not the same…"

"We can't keep her on a short leash you know? She'd hate us if we did that."

"Fine. You win. I won't say anything."

Kyoya POV

Tamaki bolted over to me after having listened to Honey's invitation to Haruhi. I could see the gears grinding inside his head, schemes and plots churning around in that near empty head of his.

"We've got to do something about this, Kyoya! I cannot have my daughter staying at another boy's house. It's just wrong! I have to preserve my precious daughter!"

"What are you on about, Tamaki? You're speaking nonsense again, you big dope."

"I am not! That cutesy little Lolita boy is going to make a move on my innocent little girl, I just know it. You have to do something to stop it from happening. You're the evil plotting one after all!"

I raised an eyebrow at his accusation. "Calculating perhaps. But I'm not all that evil. Thank you very much."

"C'mon, Kyoya! I need that brilliant brain of yours." The puppy dog eyes were on full blast.

"Actually, Honey and Haruhi have a more little brother – older sister bond if you haven't noticed yet. There's nothing to worry about. In fact, some of Honey's more feminine attributes may rub off on Haruhi if they end up spending more time together."

His eyes widened in understanding. "You're right! The plan with Renge didn't work. Why didn't I think of this before? We have the perfect cute appliance to influence our little girl. You're a genius, Mon Ami!"

Tamaki danced away to return to entertaining his ladies. Although what I told Tamaki was completely true, it didn't mean I felt comfortable with the situation. I promised myself that I wouldn't interfere however. Honey wasn't my competition here. The pair of them getting closer was totally safe. At least I hoped.