Honey skipped happily down the halls, Usa-chan held securely in his arms, and humming happily to himself. Mori followed him closely, but his eyes were ever-so watchful, as always; but he just couldn't ignore the happiness that Honey radiated. Something was up. Honey's been in a great mood ever since this morning after he talked to Kyoya, which made Mori begin to question what was said.

The sound of shoelaces slapping on the ground yanked Mori out of his thoughts.

"Hold on."

Honey stopped in his tracks and looked down at his shoes with a frown. He looked back up to his tall cousin with a pout, who immediately bent over and tied his shoe for him. There were gasps, squeals and awes behind the cousins as Mori put effort into tying the shoe.

"Be careful." He warned.

"Thanks Mori-chan!" The boy chirped happily before he continued his skip to Music Room 3.

Mori let out a short sigh as he watched Honey with his carefree and laidback attitude.

'They're plotting something.'

It was a surprise to Mori though, when he opened the door and found the room without any guests. Honey continued his happy gait to the couches and plopped himself down on one of them. Kyoya and Tamaki stopped their talking and looked up to see Mori making his way to the group.

"Where's Haru-chan and the twins?" Honey asked.

"They are out doing some favors for us. They'll be back shortly."

Mori silently took his seat next to Honey and glanced around the room, still surprised there weren't any customers at all. He couldn't recall any memo or mention that they wouldn't be serving anyone; not that he minded. The double doors were forced open with loud bang, catching everyone's attention. Mori didn't even have to look to know that it was the twins, dragging Haruhi in between them.

"Sorry we're so late!" The twins spoke at once.

Haruhi looked actually relaxed between them and she tried to hide a smile.

"Mission is a success!" Hikaru spoke happily as he released his hold on the girl.

"But we had to make a stop along the way." Kaoru added on.

Now Mori was confused.

'What is going on?'

"You guys just left me! I still can't maneuver around this big place!"

Evelyn pushed past the underclassmen and tried to hold a mischievous orange tabby. The male purred relentlessly as he gave up on fighting the iron grip of his human; he resorted to laying limp in her arms, dangling his upper half over her arm and looking at the world upside down, surveying his new surroundings.

"Ah! Wait!"

The flap of her messenger bag moved and three feline heads poked out. The host club's attention was immediately fixated on the cats Evelyn had snuck into the school. The calico and two of the kittens leapt out of bag, much to Evelyn's dismay.

"Way to go guys. Don't listen to me. That's okay. Just frolic around this place like you own it." She muttered as she walked over to the lounge area and sat down in one of the chairs. She gingerly picked her bag up and reached in only to hiss in pain and scowl. "Okay little one, don't be feisty."

She pulled out the small tabby out of her bag and set it in her lap.

"Why did you bring all these cats here?" Kyoya almost sounded disgusted as he watched the smoky black kitten twirl around his long legs.

"Pick him up Kyoya." Evelyn's voice almost sounded challenging, something Kyoya wouldn't ignore.

Kyoya sighed and bent over to retrieve the kitten. Instead of letting Kyoya pick him up, the black one flopped on his back and reached up to pat at his fingers. Little slivers of claws were exposed, but the kitten never caught his target. Amused, Kyoya crouched down and proceeded to play with his new-found friend.

"I brought them here because they need a home. My brother said I could keep the parents, but I'd have to find the kittens a home. I was hoping I could ask you guys to help me."

The twins found themselves drawn to the orange and white kitten. They both held onto a piece of string they had found and watched with amusement as the kitten couldn't decide which one to follow and chase.

Tamaki's eyes got instantly wide and lit up with excitement as he reached out to touch the tabby on Evelyn's lap. She could feel the kitten tense on her lap; fur stood on its end and the kitten's ears fell down as she growled and took a swipe at the reaching fingers and made contact with her target. Tears filled his violet eyes as he drew his hand back and stuck fingers in his mouth.

"Ouch!"

As he whined about the scratch on his finger, Evelyn frowned at the King and shook her head.

"I have a Band-Aid in my bag." She offered. "Here Takashi, she might like you long enough."

Mori didn't have a choice as the kitten was dumped into his care. He blinked as he studied the tabby, who in turn watched him with her green eyes. Mori was careful, and offered her to smell his fingers. The tabby was careful as she sniffed his fingers and even rubbed her face against him.

Evelyn took the chance to look up from her work with Tamaki's finger and grinned.

"That's a good sign. She wouldn't do that to me."

Haruhi crouched down next to Evelyn and examined Tamaki's hand. Haruhi pulled out ointment from her pocket and held it up, offering it to Evelyn and curious about the kitten's damage.

"What do you mean?" Haruhi asked.

"Oh," Evelyn leaned away and let Haruhi tend to him. "Well, you know how dogs mark their territory?" Haruhi nodded. "Okay, when cats rub their faces up against a human, they are marking you as their human."

"I didn't know that."

"Not many do." Evelyn smiled at the twins' comment. "So, can you guys help me? They're ready to go on without their parents now, and I want to give them to someone I know. They've already had a check up, baths and their shots."

"Yeah!" Hikaru was quick to answer. "Well take this one!" The orange and white kitten took the opportunity to pounce on Kaoru's string. Her tail swished back and forth playfully.

"You gonna name her?" Honey asked, now enthralled with the cats.

The twins shared a look and grinned at each other. "Yumi-chan!"

Evelyn turned in her seat and focused her watchful gaze on Kyoya, who let the kitten sit in his lap.

"I'm sure my parents would not mind bringing him home for a little bit." Kyoya started. "But we didn't bring you here to just get rid of kittens, Evelyn."

"Yes, I know, but it always helps regardless." The two adult cats returned from venturing around the room and jumped into Evelyn's lap. The girl smiled happily and began to pet both of the cats. "What's going on?"

The room fell silent as all eyes turned on Kyoya and Tamaki, waiting on the answer. Kyoya cleared his throat and leaned back, petting his kitten. Evelyn was instantly reminded of a bad guy with his pet cat and had to stifle a giggle. Tamaki took the chance to push the issue on with his bandaged hand.

"We want to discuss the conservation with you." He stood up and gestured wildly with his hand. "Because of the sacrifice and all of the effort you have been put through, we decided to help you."

Kyoya glared at his friend through his glasses and set the kitten down on the coffee table and stood up. There were thin packages in his hand, but he kept whatever it was hidden.

"Sit down idiot; you don't even understand what's going on." Tamaki whimpered, but he listened to his friend anyways. "As a Host Club, it is part of our duty to satisfy our fans. One of the ways we do that is with selling calendars or photos online. However, because of the various photo opportunities we had while we worked with you, I was able to piece together a calendar featuring us working." As if to prove his point, Kyoya's slender fingers reached into the package and pulled out a calendar. He showed the cover to the group. "We decided that sixty percent of the sales will be directly donated to your conservation. Based on our recent sales, we can only assume you'll be getting nearly thirty-thousand dollars."

Evelyn's heart felt like it completely stopped. Her eyes flashed between all the familiar faces in the room as her vision grew a little bit blurry.

"No way."

Kyoya smiled back in return, but he was taken by surprise when Evelyn threw her arms around his neck and hugged him. The two cats that had resided in her lap, jumped to the ground in order to avoid getting trampled over by the excited girl.

"Thank you so much!"

Without wasting another second, she turned and gave Tamaki a hug too. She couldn't help but laugh with excitement.

"Thank you guys!"

Chatter filled the room after Evelyn shared hugs with everyone. She quickly glanced at the clock that was hanging on the wall and gasped a little.

"Ah shit. I need to go. Lady Lessons are again today."

"Do you need us to take you back?" Hikaru asked. "We left your butler behind at the house."

Evelyn smiled sheepishly and bit her lip.

"I do need a ride if one of you guys doesn't mind."

"I'll take you back." Mori's baritone voice broke through the chatter.

"Thanks. Let me gather the cats."

The car ride was silent for the most part. The two sat in the back seat of Mori's limo, both occupied with the kitten.

"You never said if you were gonna keep her, Takashi."

"I will." He didn't even waist a second answering her. "When do you get to go back to Africa?"

"That's the million dollar question." She chuckled lightly. "I don't know when I get to go back."

"Why?"

The question shouldn't have surprised Evelyn, but it did. She couldn't recall a time when Mori wanted to speak so much for the last four months that she had known him.

"The future is so unclear right now. Everything that happened during the summer- I'm still trying to make sense of it all. I feel like I've left things undone, and I hate that the most. If I could just go back and finish what I left, then I wouldn't mind living in Japan. I like it here; I just don't wanna live under the conditions that I'm living in."

"So what do you plan on doing after you graduate?"

Evelyn shook her head and focused her gaze on the passing city.

"I still plan on going back to Africa. If the conservation isn't there, I'll start back over. If it is, I'll make sure to finish what I've started."

"What does your Uncle want you to do?"

"Marry to some rich guy and not work a day in my life. I'd be a damn Trophy Wife."

Mori watched her reflection as her smile fell. Her shoulders fell as she leaned against the window, but Mori knew she was avoiding his gaze.

"You don't have to live like that."

"I know."

She fell silent again as she watched the city. Dark grey clouds were moving in on the crowded town and even thunder rumbled across the sky.

"Are you trying to get the place set up for public viewing still?"

Evelyn nodded; her black pony tail was bobbing up and down.

"Set it up and launch it for public viewing. All the animals will be used for behavior researching and there will be education presentations for each of the different animals."

"Will you be doing that?"

"No. I'm just the animal behaviorist. I make sure all the animals will be ready to face public viewing. After I feel that everything is set, I'll figure out what to do from there. Who knows, maybe I'll come back and go to vet school here." She looked back out the window and instantly recognized the neighborhood she was in. The middle sized houses looked high dollar, so when they stopped in front of Evelyn's home, it wasn't a surprise that it looked a little bit more modest than the ones that surrounded it.

"Here's my house." Evelyn turned back and smiled gently at Mori. "I can't even begin to thank you enough for everything that you have done for me. It means a lot to the animals as well and-"

Evelyn frowned as she realized that she was rambling, but she stopped short when she realized that they were still parked out in front of her house.

"Well, I should go. Thanks for taking the kitten. She'll love living with you."

Evelyn didn't even wait for the driver to come around and open the door for her. The two adult cats stuck their heads out and watched Mori as Evelyn walked away. He wasn't even thinking when he got out of the car and followed her to the door. Evelyn turned around, surprised that he had followed her, but what really shocked her was when he wrapped a strong arm around her back and the other cupped the back of her head. Her eyes went wide with shock as he leaned in closer and closed the distance between their lips.

Evelyn never thought that something would feel so right. Her eyes closed to take in the moment and her head was overloaded with happy emotions that she didn't even know the door behind her had opened.

A/N: Yay! A kiss! :D And yes, two chapters on the same day! House sitting gets kinda boring when the internet is down and all you can do is read a book, type or watch a TV. I am also happy to say that we're almost done, I promise. Give me another five or ten chapters. Leaning towards five though. :P Anything can happen between now and the end.