Kuro Neko to Kuro Bara: Yeah, children are amazingly perceptive. Don't ever say anything in front of a child that you don't mind other people knowing because they will tell anyone and everyone your business. I know things about parents that I didn't want to know and I don't think they wanted me to know either…

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"Tsuku, eat your waffles." Haruhi sighed impatiently as the twins sat down and began ordering their breakfast.

Tsuku pouted and poked at her waffles with her little fork. "No."

Haruhi frowned. "Fine. Then, I'm leaving."

"No, Mommy Haruhi!" Tsuku cried out in alarm as Haruhi turned to walk away. "I eat! I eat." She quickly began shoveling her breakfast into her mouth.

"Slow down, Tsuku." Haruhi said patiently, doing her best to ignore Tamaki whom had showed up far too early that morning and woken not only her, but Tsuku as well. She blamed him for Tsuku's sulking and pouting mood. She blinked as a large book was shoved in her face. "What's this?"

Tamaki beamed proudly. "This is our Host Club Vacation Guide! I made it so we wouldn't waste our precious vacation time. Look at all the fun things we're going to do, Tsuku-chan!"

Tsuku looked at the pages shoved in her face. She frowned as she had no clue what was written on the paper. Feeling frustrated and tired, Tsuku smacked the guide out of Tamaki's hand. "No."

Haruhi rolled her eyes as Tamaki began wailing. "Come on, Tsuku." She hoisted the little toddler out of her high chair and smiled at her. "Look at you. You only made a little mess this morning. What a good girl you are."

"I'm a good girl!" Tsuku said proudly. As soon as Haruhi had put her on the ground, Tsuku latched onto Haruhi's hand and followed her into the kitchen where Misuzu was talking to the grocery delivery boy. "Num nums!"

"Haruhi, be a dear and put the produce in the fridge, please." Misuzu said with a bright smile.

"Haruhi?" The grocery boy stumbled as he spun around too quickly, a few tomatoes spilling out of the box.

Tsuku winced as one of the tomatoes bonked her on the head. She glared at the offending vegetable before kicking it away. "Bad tomato." She blinked as Haruhi suddenly gasped. She looked up to see that the grocery boy had sat the box down and taken his hat off.

"Long time no see, Arai." Haruhi said with a bright smile. "It's been since middle school graduation, hasn't it?"

Arai opened and closed his mouth a few times. "Why are you here? And what happened to your hair? Did you cut it? You shouldn't have! It was so nice and long."

Haruhi smiled as Tsuku began tugging insistently at her apron. She picked Tsuku up and handed her the tomato she had caught. "It's easier to take care of this way."

"Mommy Haruhi, who's that?" Tsuku asked, glaring suspiciously at Arai.

Arai smiled nervously as he wasn't only receiving strange looks from the toddler, but Hikaru, Kaoru, and Tamaki as well. "Are these friends of yours? Um, what's with the toddler? She's not…yours, is she?"

"Well, yes…oh, but not mine exactly." Haruhi said when Arai's widened. "She's my cousin that my father and I are taking care of. Hikaru and Kaoru are friends. They're classmates of mine. And Tamaki is my sen…" She cut herself off from saying 'senpai', remembering how Tamaki had adamantly insisted she not call him that. "he's an acquaintance."

It wasn't long after that the rest of the Host Club showed up and they sat down to have tea. Haruhi and Arai sat at one table with Tsuku in Haruhi's lap, happily tossing her tomato up into the air. Kyoya, Mori, Hunny, and the twins all sat at one table while Tamaki sat in the corner, pouting at being called and acquaintance.

Arai smiled as he watched Tsuku tossing the tomato up in the air. "She's really cute. She looks a lot like you." He reached across the table and ruffled Tsuku's hair.

Hikaru frowned darkly as Tsuku squealed happily and actually grabbed Arai's hand to hug it to her chest. "What's so great about such a plain guy anyways?"

Tsuku blinked as she watched Tamaki continue ripping up the Host Club's Vacation Guide that he had created. "Mommy Haruhi, Tamaki litter bug."

"Would you quit making so much trash." Haruhi sighed in annoyance.

"It's not trash." Tamaki muttered. "It's a hamster house."

"Mommy Haruhi, I want hamster!" Tsuku said excitedly.

"Tamaki, you don't have a hamster. No, Tsuku, you are not getting a hamster." Haruhi said patiently. She blinked as Arai began laughing.

"These Ouran guys are pretty funny. I thought since they were from such an elite school, they'd be otherworldly."

Haruhi rolled her eyes. "Well, they sure act like it sometimes."

"Actually, I'm really glad to see you're doing okay." Arai said brightly. "I was worried you would have a hard time at Ouran. It makes me feel better knowing you're doing so well." Realizing his words, Arai blushed and began backpedaling. "I mean, I wasn't the only one that was worried. Everyone else was worried too!"

Hikaru was slowly growing more and more annoyed. "What's with the pure and refreshing attitude? Doesn't he know the Refreshing Tournament is over?"

Kaoru sighed as he sipped at his drink. "Bright, but shy. Average and probably on a basketball or soccer team. In real life, he's a hit with girls, but in manga, he's just the sidekick. That's the kind of guy he is."

Arai looked over at them before smiling brightly. "You're right. I am on a soccer team."

"Soccer?" Tsuku asked curiously. She blinked as Arai stood up and picked her up from Haruhi's lap before placing her on the ground.

Arai knelt down and held his hand out for Tsuku to give him the tomato. "It's where you kick a ball around and you try and get it into the other teams goal. You can't use your hands, though. Here, I'll show you."

Tsuku clapped excitedly as Arai began gently kicking the tomato around. "Me! Me! Me!"

Arai laughed and kicked the tomato over to Tsuku. He sat back down by Haruhi and watched in amusement as Tsuku kicked the tomato around. When it rolled under one of the tables, he raised his arms up in the air. "Goal!"

"Goal!" Tsuku repeated, waving her arms in the air. She ran over to Haruhi and climbed back in her lap. "Mommy Haruhi, goal!" She shouted again, throwing her arms up in the air.

Hikaru glared coldly over at Arai. "He's clearly attracted to Haruhi. It's so obvious that it's annoying."

Tsuku was surprised at the harsh tone Hikaru was using. She'd never heard him so angry before.

"You're the one that's being annoying, Hikaru." Haruhi snapped.

Arai laughed good-naturedly. "It's all right, Haruhi. I mean, it is true. I was attracted to you, but then you rejected me. Remember?"

Everyone looked over to Haruhi who looked equally dumbfounded. While Arai told everyone what had happened, Tsuku climbed out of Haruhi's lap and went to go find her tomato. When she crawled back out from under the table, she was surprised to find everyone sitting at one table, listening to Arai tell stories about middle school Haruhi while the twins sat at another table further away. Tsuku hesitated for only a moment before she ran over to Haruhi and climbed into her lap. She handed the tomato to Arai. "Soccer."

Arai smiled and took the tomato from her. "Maybe once I'm done working, I can come back and we'll play soccer with a real ball. Would you like that, Tsuku?"

Hikaru had had enough when Tsuku squealed excitedly. "I don't get why you guys are so interested in that guy's stories about Haruhi in middle school. Surely you can tell we don't care about you. Besides, there's no more room in Haruhi's heart…"

Tsuku blinked as she was shoved into Mori's arms. Her eyes widened as Haruhi rushed over and slapped Hikaru in the face. "No be mean, Hikaru." She said.

Hikaru glared furiously between Haruhi and Tsuku. "Why do you even like him so much, Tsuku? He's not your family!"

"Don't yell at her!" Haruhi snapped. "You don't get to decide who I'm friends with or Tsuku. I won't let you insult Arai any further."

Hikaru was taken aback for a moment. "Who cares about other people? We're the ones that are your friends!"

Tsuku sniffled as Hikaru angrily ran up the stairs. She began crying when she heard his door slam.

Mori sighed and held Tsuku close, patting the little girl's back. He glanced up as Kaoru came over. The two nodded to each other before Mori gave Tsuku to Kaoru.

"Aw, don't cry, Tsuku-chan." Kaoru cooed. "Hikaru's just throwing a temper tantrum right now. It's okay."

It wasn't long after that, that Arai decided it was time to leave. "Well, I guess I'll see all of you later." He blinked as Tsuku latched onto his leg and hugged him. "Don't worry, we'll play soccer soon, okay?"

Haruhi smiled apologetically as she pried Tsuku off of Arai's leg. "I'm really sorry about Hikaru."

Arai laughed. "It's all right. I must have done something wrong, though I'm not sure what it was exactly. Will you apologize to Hikaru for me?"

"There's no need."

Tsuku turned in Haruhi's arms and frowned. That was most certainly not Hikaru that was apologizing to Arai. As soon as Arai had left, Tsuku looked over at the twin. "Bad Kaoru. Lying is bad."

"Where'd the cut on your cheek go?" Haruhi sighed impatiently.

Kaoru grinned. "Oh, I just used some quick makeup. Hikaru hasn't recovered his spirits yet. By the way, Haruhi, I want to ask you a favor."