DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN OURAN IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM
As Kaoru lead his girls towards his car, he happened to notice someone poking their head around one of the walls to the school.
"Girls stay here," he said to the twins cautiously as he walked over to the wall. As came around he felt his heart skip a beat.
"Haruhi?" he said. Haruhi looked truly embarrassed.
"Uh hi," she said sheepishly.
"What are you doing here?" asked Kaoru.
"Well uh, I um," Haruhi sputtered.
"Don't tell me you're here to make sure I picked up the girls," said Kaoru.
"Well," said Haruhi.
"I don't know whether to feel angry or feel amused over the notion you're doing something like this," said Kaoru with his hands on his hips.
"Well, sorry," Haruhi apologized.
"Haru?" said Xing Xing from behind Kaoru. Kaoru turned his neck to see the two girls had come up behind him.
"Didn't I tell you to wait for me?" he asked.
"Didn't want to wait," said Xing Xing.
"Of course you didn't," said Kaoru, "and I can't say I blame you either. Well let's get going to the toy store."
"Toy store?" said Haruhi fallowing after the three.
"I promised them am 'I'm sorry' toy for what happened yesterday," said Kaoru, "I suppose I owe you too though for yesterday."
"Kaoru, you don't owe me anything. Besides you gave me those tickets to your club for my date," said Haruhi.
"Right that thing," muttered Kaoru.
"Kaoru, come on, it's not like you haven't had your fair share of "dates" over the past three years," Haruhi pointed out, "and I use the term date loosely."
"Right right," said Kaoru, "Well I hope you have fun on it. I'll see you later."
"See you later," said Haruhi.
"Haruhi?" said Alezae as she, Tsubame and Miwa all came up behind her with their children, "what are you doing here?"
"Well given what happened yesterday and the way Kaoru's been acting over the past three years I just thought I should come and make sure he got the girls," Haruhi explained.
"That's sweet of you Haruhi. You must really care about the girls huh?" said Alezae.
"I do," Haruhi agreed, "I also wanted to try and see if Kaoru was still mad at me with about going on a date."
"You have a date?" asked Tsubame, "Did you finally let Kairi set you up?"
"Yeah and my dad had to sort of blab it out front of Kaoru. He at least gave me tickets to his club for my date," said Haruhi.
"Hmm, well maybe it's for the best," said Alezae, "I mean you don't want Kaoru to think you're ever going to get back with him do you?"
"Yeah don't want that," said Haruhi.
"So do you girls like your toys?" Kaoru asked when he got the girls back to the apartment.
"Pony!" said Li Ming happily holding up her new pink toy pony. Xing Xing was holding a new pony that was white and had silver stars on its back. Both really seemed to like their toys.
"You really like ponies huh?" said Kaoru. He started thinking about the idea of maybe at least singing up Li Ming for riding lessons in the future if she was enjoying being around ponies so much.
"You girls go have now, go and play," he encouraged the two girls as she ushered them off.
"Daddy," said Xing Xing before fallowing after her sister, "Haru bad?"
"No honey Haru's not bad, Daddy's just not sure if he'll like the new friend she's meeting on Thursday," Kaoru tried to explain to her as best he could.
"Haru come back?" asked Xing Xing.
"Oh I'm sure she'll come back," said Kaoru.
"Momma no come back," said Xing Xing. Kaoru could see the pain in her eyes. Maybe he should try calling the woman again. He headed to his office and tired the number Kyoya had given him. However like before all he got was voice mail. He left a message similar to the one he had left before and left it like that. He was starting to wonder if maybe he should be worried or suspicious that the woman hadn't bothered to call in to check in on her girls in all this time.
The next day came and went without incident with Kaoru making sure to remember to drop up and pick up the girls from school on time.
However the next day was Thursday and Kaoru was obvious upset. The girls could tell as he got them ready for school.
"Daddy mad?" Li Ming asked finally as they got ready to leave.
"Daddy's just lost in thought about Haruhi meeting her new friend today is all," Kaoru told her, "Don't worry about Daddy now okay?"
"Okay," said the twins.
"Maybe Daddy meet friend and be friends with him?" asked Li Ming.
"You know I may just do that," said Kaoru.
'Who am I going to get to watch the girls though while I'm 'meeting' this so called new friend?' he thought.
"Hi Kaoru," greeted his friends' wives when he got to school.
"Hi ladies," said Kaoru.
"We're hoping for an exciting evening tonight," said Alezae.
"What's that?" asked Kaoru.
"We're all going to be at the club tonight to see about Haruhi's date," Tsubame explained.
"All you're all going to be there?" asked Kaoru.
"Yep," said the ladies.
"I see," said Kaoru, "Hey uh Alezae, your older girls, they're the right age to be baby-sitting now right?"
"Now I want you girls to be nice to Ayume okay while Daddy's downstairs alright?" Kaoru told the twins sitting on the couch together. Ayume Suoh stood off to the side being observant.
"Okay Daddy," the twins promised.
"Good girls," said Kaoru before walking over to Ayume, "Don't hesitate to come down if anything bad happens and that includes if they misbehave."
"No problem Kaoru," said Ayume.
"Thanks for doing this for me by the way," Kaoru thanked her. He handed her some money, "I'll give you the rest after I'm done.
"Sure thanks Kaoru. You know I would have done this for free," said Ayume.
"Yeah well I think you should be paid for your services," said Kaoru, "Good luck." He quickly headed out and down to the club.
'I hope she hasn't arrived yet,' he thought as he came down.
"Hey Junpie," said Kaoru walking over to the bar the minute he got to the club.
"Hey Boss," said Junpie, "Can I get you a drink?"
"Yes please," said Kaoru, "I'm going to need a lot after Haruhi shows up with her date."
"Your other friends are all here by the way," said Junpie nodding to the table Kaoru always had one reserve for them.
"Thanks," said Kaoru walking over to the table, "So how's everything?"
"Great as always Kaoru!" said Tamaki.
"Good to hear," said Kaoru, "Thanks for letting your daughter baby-sit for me by the way."
"Of course, I think Ayume can start showing that's she responsible," said Alezae.
"What are you talking about? She's very responsible," said Tamaki.
"Oh!" Kairi suddenly shouted, "Haruhi and Takuma are here!"
Everyone looked to the door as Haruhi walked in with a tall man who had long flowing hair and a nice looking face.
"Damn, he's actually good looking!' Kaoru thought as he watched the two get led towards a private table.
"He looks nice," said Hunny trying to break the ice.
"Yeah," Mori agreed.
"Well I should hope so," said Kairi, "He's the top best in our advertising department. He's practically the face of our company.
'Damn it!' Kaoru thought, 'and his job doesn't sound too boring either!'
He watched as the man took Haruhi's hand and kissed it. Kaoru immediately headed over to the table.
"Hi!" he all but shouted at them, "Welcome to my club!"
"Kaoru, what are you doing?" asked Haruhi.
"Just welcoming you to my club!" Kaoru insisted.
"Should we stop him?" Hunny asked.
"No, let's see how this goes. It should provide some rather interesting entertainment," said Kyoya.
"You own this club?" asked Takuma, "Weren't you the one that went and shoved two cows into that revolving door?"
"Yes that was me, and they got them out unharmed," Kaoru insisted.
"Yes I know," said Haruhi.
"How about some drinks?" asked Kaoru snapping his fingers. Junpie somehow managed to hear him and quickly prepared the drinks which he gave to a waitress who took them to Haruhi's table. "Please enjoy," Kaoru insisted.
"Kaoru, stop making a fool of yourself!" Haruhi hissed as she stood up, "I'm going to go freshen up and when I come back, you better not be here!"
Kaoru waited until Haruhi was gone before walking back over to his friends' table.
"So, are you satisfied enough with yourself?" Kyoya asked.
"You really should give Takuma a chance Kaoru," Kairi insisted, "He's a real good guy."
"Yeah I bet," said Kaoru looking back over at the guy. As he did he noticed the man pull something out of his pocket. It looked like a packet of something which he dumped the contents of into Haruhi's drink.
"What was that?" he asked out loud.
"What was what?" asked Tamaki.
"He just put something into Haruhi's drink," said Kaoru.
"Really Kaoru, you're going to be that petty?" asked Kairi.
"No I'm serious!" said Kaoru, "He really put something into Haruhi's drink!"
"Kaoru enough's enough," said Kyoya.
"I'm telling the truth!" Kaoru insisted as he stormed back to the table. He slammed his hands down on the table startling the man. "What did you put into that drink?!" he demanded to know.
"What, what are you talking about?" asked Takuma.
"You put something into that drink! What was it?!" Kaoru kept persisting.
"Kaoru what are you doing now?!" asked Haruhi coming up behind him.
"He put something into your drink!" Kaoru told her.
"What?" asked Haruhi.
"He put something into your drink! I saw it!" Kaoru said pointing at it.
"I don't know what he's talking about," said Takuma, "He's probably trying to pull some sort of prank."
"Kaoru, will you please just go?" asked Haruhi.
"No, he put something into your drink! I don't want to see anything bad happen to you!" Kaoru kept insisting.
"I will not be insulted like this!" Takuma snapped back.
"You drink this then!" Kaoru shouted trying to shove the drink into the man's face.
"Kaoru!" said Haruhi.
"I beg your pardon?" asked Takuma.
"Drink it!" Kaoru kept trying to force the man, "If there's nothing wrong with it, there should be no problem right?!"
"Okay Kaoru, I think you've done enough damage as it is," said Kyoya as he, Hunny, Mori and Tamaki all came up behind him to try and pull him away. Kaoru fought against them.
"I'm telling you, this man put something into this drink and if I have to drink it myself to prove it then I will!" he declared as gulped down the drink.
"Kaoru!" Haruhi shouted.
"There see, he's fine," said Takuma. Kaoru however started holding his head.
"Kao-Chan, are you okay?" asked Hunny.
"Why do I feel so dizzy all of sudden?" asked Kaoru. He was starting to sink to his knees.
"Kaoru!" said Tamaki as he and Mori tried to help support their friend.
"Oh my god!" said Haruhi.
"Oh he's probably just faking it!" said Takuma standing up from the table.
"Oh I don't know about that," said Hunny reaching into the man pocket and pulling out a few more packets, "What are these?" Kyoya snatched them and looked them over.
"Care to explain these, sir?" he asked.
"Uh," said Takuma, looking caught.
"So you were trying to drug Haruhi!" said Alezae as she and the other wives joined their husbands.
"Takuma how could you?!" asked Kairi.
"We should get Kaoru to a hospital!" Haruhi insisted.
"No wait I have to do something real fast," Kaoru said as he managed to stand up slowly and managed to walk over to the man. He raised his fist and punched him across the face.
"Don't you ever do that to my Haruhi or any other girl again! Got it?!"
"Kaoru?" said Haruhi. Kaoru gave her a weak smile.
"No one messes with my girl and gets away with it!" he said before sinking to his knees again.
