DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN OURAN IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM
Aneko stormed over to Haruhi carrying with her at least five different bags, all from a different store.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing here?" Aneko snapped at Haruhi as she stood in front of her, throwing her bags down in anger.
"I was trying to have a nice relaxing day with my daughter," said Haruhi.
"Oh a nice relaxing day with your daughter huh? Meanwhile your husband is lying in a hospital wrapped in so many bandages he almost looks like a mummy! They say he'll have to be in there for almost a month or two and it's all because of you!" said Aneko.
"Wait, when did you see him?" asked Haruhi.
"Just this morning, I got so upset at seeing him like that I had to come here and do some shopping to calm my nerves!" said Aneko.
"I see," said Haruhi taking a glance at some of the bags and saw a bunch of fancy new clothes and accessories in them. Plus it also looked like Aneko was wearing a bran new outfit and carrying a bran new purse. Haruhi was bit curious where Aneko had gotten the money to buy all this stuff. "And all this time you're trying to pick up a new boyfriend out that group of hot men that keep beating Rai up for no reason!"
"Hey I am doing nothing of the sort!" retorted Haruhi.
"Hey Haruhi, here you are," said Kaoru suddenly standing next to her with Kotoko.
"Oh I see you've all ready made your choice. You two timing worthless slut!" said Aneko.
"What did you just call her!" snapped Kaoru taking a step closer to Aneko.
"Kaoru calm down!" said Haruhi throwing her hands up to try and push him back.
"Who is she, and what makes her think she has the right to say something like that to you!" said Kaoru.
"I happen to be the sister of the man you and your so called friends keep feeling the need to torture!" said Aneko.
"Wait, this stupid woman is Rai's sister?" asked Kaoru. He could feel Kotoko move behind him and clenching his pant leg. He reached around and patted her head.
"Who are you calling stupid? At least I know not to mess around with a person who's married!" said Aneko.
"Okay first of all, Haruhi and I aren't "messing around!" said Kaoru. "And second of all, your so call dear brother has been messing around with other women behind Haruhi's back! She even caught him in bed with one!"
"Whatever, I'm sure there was more to it then there seemed to be," said Aneko. Haruhi heard Kaoru give off an angry groan.
"Kaoru," she said trying to keep him away from Aneko. "Why don't you take Kotoko and go look at another store?"
"Kotoko, where's she at?" asked Aneko looking around. "I didn't realize Kotoko was with you."
"She's Been Standing Here the Whole Time!" shouted Kaoru causing several people to look over at them. "Geeze What Kind Of Aunt Are You!"
"Kaoru calm down!" said Haruhi. "Just take Kotoko to one of the other stores, I'll be right there!" Kaoru groaned again before taking Kotoko's hand and walking with her down the hall. They looked quite natural together.
"Humph, so that's it. You're just trying to find someone that'll help Kotoko forget about her real father while he's rotting away in a hospital, how selfish of you!" said Aneko. Kotoko could feel Kaoru's grip on her hand tighten.
"And I hope you realize how big a hospital bill he now has to worry about," said Aneko. "I don't know how he's going to pay for it!"
"Yeah that does sound like a problem," said Haruhi. She knew what Aneko was trying to do; she was trying to guilt trip Haruhi into covering the bill. Haruhi also knew she had to stay strong and not give in. If Aneko could con her into paying the bill then Aneko might also be able to convince Haruhi to return Rai! And Haruhi just couldn't let that happen, especially for Kotoko's sake!
"Don't you care?" asked Aneko.
"Why should I?" asked Haruhi.
"Uh because he's your husband and it's your fault!" said Aneko, "You owe him!"
Kaoru stood near by listening and thinking, 'She's a girl, she's a girl, shouldn't punch her!'
"I don't owe him anything, not after what he did to Kotoko! I'm going to be getting a divorce from him!" said Haruhi.
"A divorce, are you serious? You'd seriously abandon him in his time of need you bitch!" said Aneko.
Kaoru thoughts turned to 'You're in a public place, you're in a public place, and you shouldn't punch her!'
"I mean who's going to take care of him after he's finally released or help with the hospital bill? I can't because I don't have a new job yet! Hell I might be losing my apartment because you never bothered to give me the other $300.00 I needed!" said Aneko.
"Well what did you do with the first 300 I gave you?" asked Haruhi.
"Uh duh, I told you I wanted to take a vacation after getting fired from my last job remember? I've all ready went and booked it and everything!" said Aneko. "Honestly Haruhi don't you ever think, or are you a dumb bitch instead of just a regular bitch?"
'Okay, that's it!' thought Kaoru as he stormed back over to the two women with Kotoko.
"Stop calling Haruhi a bitch!" he shouted at Aneko.
"Well how would you describe someone that would up and abandon their loving husband after five years of marriage with a huge hospital bill?" asked Aneko.
"I wouldn't necessarily call your brother loving husband," said Kaoru. "And if you're so worried about this bill, why don't you return some of this stuff in your bags!"
"Do not even joke about that!" said Aneko.
"I wasn't joking," said Kaoru.
"Good because it wasn't funny!" said Aneko. "And neither was your comment about my brother not being a good husband! You're the one that's stealing another man's family!"
"I wouldn't say steal, more like rescuing a woman and child from a monster!" said Kaoru.
"You'd dare call my brother a monster? He's the one that's been a husband and father all this time while you were off on some sort of excursion or something! So don't you dare say my brother's not a good man!" said Aneko.
"A good man huh?" asked Kaoru as he knelt down and rolled up one of Kotoko's sleeves.
"Would a good man do something like this to a child!" he asked letting Aneko get a good look at Kotoko's bruises. Aneko was quite for a moment.
"H, H, How do you know that Rai did that to her? How did you know it wasn't someone else like say Haruhi?" she finally managed to sputtered. Everything around them suddenly became very still and quiet.
"You actually think I would ever do something like that to my daughter!" Haruhi finally shouted.
"Do you actually think my brother would do something like that to your daughter!" said Aneko.
"Mommy didn't do this, it was Daddy," said Kotoko.
"Kotoko you're too little and dump to know any thing," said Aneko.
"You know," said Kaoru as he rolled Kotoko's sleeve down and stood up. "I went through high school and some of college having to listen to an idiot, and believe me he said some pretty dumb things. But what you just said is probably one of the most asinine things I've ever heard!"
"Uh well, um, still her bruises aren't as bad as what Rai's going through. I mean he's in the hospital and he's the one that's going to have to some how, some way pay the bill with no way of knowing how he's going to do that!" said Aneko.
"Oh he really needs help paying that bill huh?" asked Kaoru. "Then why don't you do what I suggested before, return all this stuff!" Aneko looked shocked.
"E, Even if I did, it'd probably still wouldn't be enough! Besides I still have to worry about my rent!" she said.
"Then why don't you go out and get a new job and get a refund on that stupid vacation you're planning on taking! This is none of Haruhi's business or concern anymore!" said Kaoru. He grabbed Haruhi's hand and Kotoko's and marched with them down the hall before Aneko could say another thing. Haruhi couldn't help but look over her shoulder to get another glance at Aneko who stood where they left her looking completely dazed and confused. She had to turn back around so Aneko didn't see her laughing. For as long as Haruhi had known Aneko, she had never known anyone to be able to talk like that to Aneko. She was usually the one that seem to put people in their place. It was nice to see Aneko get told off for once and she knew only one of the Hitachiin brothers could have pulled it off like that.
"What are you laughing at?" asked Kaoru.
"What you just did, I've never seen any one do that to Aneko before. It was quite refreshing!" said Haruhi. Kaoru smiled.
"Oh it was nothing," he said. Kaoru suddenly felt Haruhi's grip grow a bit tighter. He looked at her and squeezed her hand back.
Haruhi, Kaoru and Kotoko spent the next few days together, doing various things from seeing a movie together to having a picnic park, just the three on them, and all three really enjoyed it. Kotoko liked it because she usually never really got to do stuff like that in general, since her mother was usually too busy. Haruhi enjoyed getting to spend some real quality time with her daughter for once, with out the pressure of having to cut things short for the sake of Rai. Plus she liked seeing Kotoko enjoy her time with Kaoru who each day acted more and more like a real father to her. Kaoru just liked having the chance to get closer to Kotoko and to Haruhi as well.
Then about a week later one of Haruhi's lawyer friends, Sada Hitomi came by to see her.
"It's not that I mind or anything but what is she doing here?" asked Kaoru when she arrived.
"Sada's going to help me with my divorce, that's all," said Haruhi as she and Sada disappeared into her office.
"Okay then," said Kaoru as he walked off, a little bit disappointed that the two of them and Kotoko wouldn't be able to spend the day together like they had been.
"I'm so glad you ask me to help you with this," said Sada. "I'm going to do my best to make sure that this goes as painless as possible for you. You just leave everything to me."
"Hmm thanks Sada," said Haruhi, knowing full well Sada would keep her promise. She was a great lawyer and Haruhi would hate to ever have to go up against her in a court room. Of course Sada had told her the same thing. A few hours later, Sada finally emerge from the office.
"Okay Haruhi, you just remember, leave everything to me," she called out as walked out, accidentally bumping into Hikaru who was walking by.
"Oh sorry about," said Hikaru.
"It's okay, it was my fault," said Sada. "You must be Hikaru right?"
"Uh yeah, and who are you?" asked Hikaru.
"Oh I'm Sada Hitomi; I'm a lawyer friend of Haruhi's. I'm helping her with her divorce," said Sada.
"Oh that's nice of you," said Hikaru, "The sooner that bastard's out of her life the better!"
"Oh I agree fully," said Sada, "I'm going to make sure to hit him hard!"
"Well that'll be nice," said Hikaru giving her a smile. Sada smiled back before walking away.
"Hey Hikaru did Ms. Hitomi leave yet?" asked Kaoru.
"Uh yeah she just left," said Hikaru.
"Is Haruhi still in her office then?" asked Kaoru.
"I think so," said Hikaru as he Kaoru slowly opened the doors and peeked in. Haruhi was sitting at her desk seriously studying some sort of paper work.
"Hey Haruhi, what are you looking at?" asked Kaoru as he and Hikaru came and stood next to her desk.
"School information, I'm trying to find the right school for Kotoko," said Haruhi.
"Do you have any idea where you want to send her?" asked Hikaru.
"Hmm well no, I mean it's not like I can afford to send her to Ouran. But since I'm doing a lot better financially then I was a growing up, I'm trying to see if there's a nice school that would be worth sending her to," said Haruhi. "Kyoya helped me get some of this information."
"Wow, he sure is thorough," said Hikaru looking over some of the notes Kyoya had sent.
"Yeah, but I bet it'll be hard for Kotoko to have to say good-by to all her friends at the day care," said Kaoru.
"Yeah I know. But even if she wasn't about to start elementary school, I don't think I want to send her back there, not after what happen," said Haruhi. Hikaru and Kaoru both looked down at her. "I mean, I know it was mistake, but it was a very careless mistake on their part and I just don't feel safe sending Kotoko back there ever again!"
"Is that why we've been spending all this time with her?" asked Kaoru.
"Partly yes, and partly as a way to make up for not being able to really spend time with her before like she deserved," said Haruhi.
"Hey what are these? These aren't school information," said Hikaru, pulling out some brochures from under the pile of papers.
"Oh those I found at the book store a couple of days ago," said Haruhi.
"But these are housing brochures!" said Hikaru.
"Why would you need those?" asked Kaoru.
"Because I need to find a new home for me and Kotoko; I mean don't get me wrong, I'm beyond grateful for all you've done for me and her, but it's not like the two of us were going to be staying here forever," said Haruhi. Both Hikaru and Kaoru were shocked.
"You mean, you want to, leave?" said Kaoru.