A/N: Burnt . Biscuit: we have a ways to go before I can even start to wrap up this story. :D It makes me ecstatic that you like it so much. Everyone: I am glad you liked the last chapter. I figured that we needed to see how the twins were dealing with everything and you know Hikaru and Kaoru have to have fun too. Poor Kyoya. LOL. Well at least Haruhi and Hunny will be subject to the dress return also (will happen next chapter). I think the twins needed that talk and to look back to put things into perspective for them. I am warning you now that this chapter will be a little heavy because I am going to show things from Yasu's POV. We have seen Haruhi's, but we haven't seen his side of the story. Oh, he is still crazy, but even crazy sometimes needs a turn. Enjoy and tell me what you think.
Chapter 36 – Yasu's Past
Yasu danced around his small domicile ecstatic and still high from what had happened earlier in the day. "They thought they could keep me from her, but I think I have proven that no one will be able to keep us apart!"Yasu laughed out loud to himself.
When he finally was able to calm himself enough, he lay down on the bed and turned on the TV. Flipping through channels, he finally decided to watch a random show. It was just noise to him since he wasn't really paying attention; he was too busy thinking about a certain brunette and planning for their future. She was going to be a part of it whether she liked it or not, and if she fought him too much, he knew how to take care of her. If she didn't want him, no one would have her.
Sleep soon overtook Yasu and as the TV continued with its dream world, Yasu slipped into his own. Darkness was ever present at first, and then the first rays of light started shining through. Memories rushed in and hijacked his dream.
It had been a warm sunny Saturday when he and his parents moved into the same apartment complex as Haruhi. The first time he had seen her, he was moving boxes into the apartment and she was walking towards the building carrying a couple of bags of groceries. Haruhi had taken his breath away from day one and he was determined to find out who she was and make her his. She kept walking closer and closer to his building and paused a moment when she saw him staring at her. She smiled and made her way to where he was.
Haruhi had felt someone staring at her and although she was used to it, she realized that it was a Saturday and the hosts should be nowhere in sight. That didn't mean that they wouldn't surprise her though. Looking around, she didn't see anything strange until her eyes looked straight and she saw a handsome stranger looking at her, studying her. Plastering on her host smile, she walked up to what appeared to be a new neighbor, "Hi, I'm Haruhi Fujioka. Are you just moving in?"
"Yes," Yasu answered and wiping his hands on his shirt, he stuck his hand out waiting for her to take it. He saw her look at the hand and then placed her smaller one in his to shake, "I am Yasu Sato. My parents and I just moved here."
"Well, I am just upstairs if you need anything. Hopefully we will see each other around. I have to get these upstairs," Haruhi said indicating her groceries as she turned to ascend the stairs.
Watching her go, Yasu noticed the small sway in her hips. He could remember the feel of her dainty hand in his when they shook hands. The way her lips curled into a cute smile and how big her eyes were; he felt he could lose himself in them. He was hooked after one look and for the first time, he believed in love at first sight.
A couple of hours later, everything had been unloaded and the Sato apartment was one big pile of boxes and haphazard furniture. They had a lot of work to do, but a knock at the door stopped their progress. Yasu went to answer it since he was the one that was closest to the door. Upon opening it, he found the angel he met earlier, "Hi Haruhi."
"Yasu, who is it?" His mother called from the other room.
Hearing footsteps approach, Yasu knew his mother was coming towards the door and he cringed inwardly. Haruhi was supposed to be his; he didn't want his mother meddling. "It is our neighbor from upstairs, Haruhi," Yasu said smiling at the girl before him.
Yasu's mother approached and said, "Oh hello. I am Yuki Sato."
Haruhi bowed and said, "Hello Sato-san. It is nice to meet you. I just wanted to welcome you and bring you this cake I made."
"That was very sweet of you, but you didn't have to go through the trouble," Yuki smiled. She thought the girl was lovely and could tell that her son had a crush.
"Believe me when I say it was no trouble. I had to make one anyway, so it was easy to make a second," Haruhi giggled.
Yasu frowned a little and wondered if she had to make a cake for her boyfriend. Clearing his throat, he asked, "Had to make one?"
Laughing some more, Haruhi said, "Yes, one of my friends called and he will be here shortly. He is a cakeaholic and if I don't have one, then he insists on going to get one. So I have learned to keep ingredients for cakes or cakes on hand at all times."
"Oh, so he isn't your boyfriend?" Yasu asked curiously. He really hoped that it didn't come out harsher than he intended.
Haruhi narrowed her eyes for a split second before she said, "Hunny-senpai is definitely not my boyfriend. He is one of my best friends though."
Before anything else could be said, everyone was attracted to a loud voice coming from the parking lot. "Haru-Chan! Takashi and I brought you a cake and some strawberries," a blonde young man ran up to the girl and immediately hugged her. He had grown since high school and was now the same height as Haruhi, maybe a little taller.
Smiling, Haruhi said, "Hi Hunny-senpai, Mori-senpai. I would like you to meet Yasu Sato and his mother Yuki Sato. They just moved in today. Sato-san, Yasu, this is Mitsukuni Haninozuka and Takashi Morinozuka; also known as Hunny-senpai and Mori-senpai."
With a straight face and a hard look in his eyes, Yasu said, "Hello." He turned to Haruhi and plastering on a small grin said, "I guess you made the cake for nothing."
"Nope, I can guarantee both will be eaten before we can finish our visit," Haruhi laughed.
"You baked a cake Haru-Chan? Yay! Did you hear that Takashi, Haru-Chan made us one of her cakes," Hunny was excited. He loved Haruhi's homemade cakes. However, he wasn't so sure about the man standing in front of him. Something was wrong, something made his senses tingle and not in a good way. He would have to keep an eye on Yasu Sato going forward. Remembering his manners he turned to Yuki and said, "It is a pleasure to meet you Sato-san, Sato-Chan."
"Pleased to meet both of you," Mori said quietly and bowed. He had the same feelings about Yasu that Hunny had and knew something was not quite right. He would watch and wait for now though.
"Well, I don't want to keep you from your tasks. It was good to meet you," Haruhi said bowing once more and then turned towards her friends, "Come on you two. Since you are here anyway, I could use help with some of my math homework."
Yasu watched as the trio made their way upstairs and to Haruhi's apartment. Glaring at their retreating backs, he was fuming. It wasn't fair that they got to spend time with Haruhi right now or that the smaller one was allowed to touch her without permission. That would have to stop as soon as he made her his. He just hoped that he could woo her. With that, he closed the door and started to unpack more boxes.
As Yasu lay in his bed that night, he thought of the names of Haruhi's friends. He sat up quickly; he knew who those two were. They were two of the most powerful martial arts families in Japan. How did Haruhi align herself with them? He wasn't sure, but he would find out.
The next day, Yasu helped his mother in the morning, and in the afternoon he ran up to Haruhi's apartment in the hopes that he could convince her to give him a neighborhood tour. He really wanted to spend some time with her, and he had questions about Hunny and Mori. Knocking on her door, he was surprised to see a man with long red hair and a five o'clock shadow answer the door. He looked like he was in a bad mood and Yasu gulped before he said, "Sorry to disturb you sir, but I thought this was the apartment for Haruhi Fujioka."
"It is. Who are you?" Ranka asked forcefully. Haruhi was his one and only and he did not appreciate it when strange boys came over unexpectedly. He had enough of that with Tamaki.
"I am Yasu Sato. My family and I just moved in downstairs," he stated confidently. Yasu had a feeling that if he showed fear, this man would eat him alive.
"Dad, get out of the way," Haruhi suddenly appeared and pushed the older man out of the way, "He is our new neighbor. Shouldn't you be nicer than that?"
"Oh Haruhi you are just so precious and so cute when you are irritated," Ranka embraced Haruhi tightly.
Yasu watched as Haruhi's father held her tight in his arms and Yasu could feel a tingling feeling forming in his stomach. He knew that it was jealously.
"Dad, stop it right now! Go back in the living room and watch TV or something. I just put the tea out," Haruhi glared at her father. When he was finally gone, she turned to Yasu and said, "Sorry about that. My dad is a little weird sometimes."
"That is ok, I completely understand," Yasu smiled trying to push down the jealously that threatened to overtake him. "I was wondering if you would like to go on a walk with me. I wanted to get to know the neighborhood a little bit and it is a nice day. You could be my tour guide."
Haruhi chuckled and said, "Ok, I can do that." She called to her father and told him that she would be taking a walk, and within minutes they were starting their stroll through the area.
Yasu had found out a lot about his companion that day. She had passed a special entrance exam and was accepted into the prestigious Ouran Academy on scholarship, and now she was a scholarship student of law at Todai. He also found out how she met and became very good friends with five of the most influential families in Japan. She was impressive to say the least and the more they talked, the more he liked her, the more he fell for her.
As they walked back to the apartment, Yasu paused and asked, "Would you like to go out on a date with me?"
Haruhi was hesitant at first. She was still trying to forget the aftermath of her last boyfriend. She and Tamaki had moved beyond it, but with everything that happened at the end of the relationship, she was a little tentative. Finally deciding that if she didn't take a chance, she would never find someone, she said, "Sure, I think it could be fun."
They went out the following weekend and had a good time, but Haruhi could tell that Yasu didn't like it when other guys touched her or looked at her. The first time he met all of the hosts, it had caused a little disagreement between them, but she had explained to him that it was just the way they were and they were just friends. To her it appeared that he had calmed down, but he was just biding his time. The more time they spent together the more he would make sure that his claim was staked. When she tried to argue with him, he knew how to smooth things over with her and in the end, she was completely his.
Haruhi had tried to leave him after her precious hosts were out of her life, but he wouldn't let her go and she learned quickly why she couldn't leave. When she called her friends to come and help her, she paid the price for that also.
The day he went to jail, he had walked into her apartment to find her packing. She couldn't leave him. He would not allow it. Yasu snapped and decided to teach her a lesson about leaving, and to prove to her that she was his and his alone. Deciding not to listen to her lies about how she was going on summer vacation like she always did to Karuizawa, he advanced and hit her. He started to rip her clothes off of her, and when he paused to take care of himself, she fought back. The next thing he knew, he was waking up in a hospital handcuffed to a bed.
Yasu's lawyer was a joke and before he knew it, Yasu was being sent to jail for something that he didn't believe he deserved. Haruhi loved him and she wanted it just as much as he did. She may have fought, but in the end she would have given in. He knew she would have. Promising her at the trial that he would be back and she would belong to him again, he was taken away in chains and put into his home for the next several months; biding his time until he got out so that he could be with her once again.
Sitting up suddenly in his bed, Yasu looked around the room. He was back in his one room apartment and the TV was now on another show. The dream had been so real. It was almost like he had lived it all over again and it strengthened his resolve to get her back one and for all.
Across town a cell phone was ringing, "Moshi, moshi."
"Hey Hunny! We were wondering if we can come over for a visit. We have a couple of things that we found that we want to return to you and Haruhi," Kaoru smiled trying to suppress his mirth.
"Sure Kao-Chan. When do you want to come over?" Hunny asked. He could tell that the twins were up to something, but he and Haruhi had talked earlier and she said it would be nice to see her friends at some point.
"Is tomorrow ok?" Kaoru asked swatting Hikaru so that he would stop laughing.
Hunny could hear the laughter in the background and now he was curious about what the twins had for him and Haruhi. After a brief pause, he said, "Ok. Why don't you two come over for lunch, but tell Hika-Chan that one wrong move and he will be dealing with me. I will not have her hurt or scared any more than what she is. Do you understand me?"
"We understand Hunny. I will let him know," Kaoru said very seriously. He didn't want Haruhi hurt any more either and would make sure that his brother did nothing to her.
"We will see you tomorrow. Good bye," Hunny said before he disconnected the call.
"Lunch tomorrow and Hunny wanted to be sure that we did nothing to upset Haruhi. Promise me that you will behave," Kaoru leered at his brother. Hunny's words had sobered him up and an air of ugency hung around him.
Hikaru knew that was coming and was prepared. Although it was irritating, he could understand why Hunny and his brother were warning him, "I promise. I will behave."
"Good, now let's go get everything ready for tomorrow," Kaoru exclaimed and immediately took off down the hall with his brother following closely behind him.