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A New Family
Previously in chapter fifty one: Haruhi laughed whole heartedly. "Well, let's get past the first date, shall we? But if I spend all my time here between the two of you, it wont be much a date will it? Shall we go break up the male huddle over there and get this party started?"
Chapter Fifty Two
As Haruhi snuck out of the middle of what had turned into what the ladies were referring to as a male huddle, Kyoya peeled Tamaki's arms from around his neck. The over exuberant Tamaki loosened the hug but did not release Kyoya. Contrary to what he was telling Haruhi on the phone when she was being invited to the party, Tamaki was actually happy to hear that his two best friends were now dating. Before he met his wife, Tamaki would have preferred her date him, but he was happy with his wife. He would not tell Kyoya that he was happy for him though. He didn't want to make it easy on him. As far as Tamaki was concerned, Kyoya would be the only person he considered 'good enough' for their mutual friend. Haruhi deserved only the best, and Kyoya was just that.
"Tamaki, you can let go of my neck now. And could we possibly make our way into the room a little better? Standing right in front of the door is getting a little crowded."
"Kyoya what did you do to my precious daughter? How did you start dating Haruhi? I thought for sure that she would never date another one from out group ever again. Not after that Winter Ball the last year you and I were at the school."
"No such luck, Tamaki, or if she did say what you accused her of saying, she seems to have forgotten it. Besides, I thought that comment was only about you, not the rest of us." Kyoya's smirked as he finally peeled Tamaki off of him once and for all.
"Kyo-chan, I heard her tell us the week after that ball that she would never date anyone from the host club. Tama-chan made her that mad that she still got upset over it a whole week later. You always did have good luck though. I'm glad that you and Haru-chan are together now. But, Kyo-chan, don't you dare hurt her. I won't let you get away with it just because you are my friend too. OK?"
"Kyoya, Mitsukuni is right. You may be our friend, but Haruhi is too. Don't make us choose sides, because you probably won't like it."
"Trust me when I say that I have no intention of hurting her. I would never ask you to take sides either. It's taken me a lifetime to figure out what she means to me, I have no intention of ever letting her get hurt, not by me or by anyone else for that matter." Kyoya looked around for the twins. They were the only ones who had not spoken to him yet about Haruhi.
Oddly enough, both twins stood, unmoving, where they had initially attacked Haruhi with one of their double hugs. They remained stock still, staring at Kyoya. When the other guys realized that Kyoya had turned to look at the twins, they too turned to look at them. "Why?"
"Why what?" Kyoya was confused. It wasn't like the twins to keep silent.
"Why are you taking away our toy?" Sometimes, hearing things in stereo from a pair of identical twins was a bit creepy. Especially when it was whiney as well as in stereo.
"What do you mean? I'm not taking her away from you. In fact, if you remember, you hadn't had the opportunity to make her any new clothes in a few years, yet she allowed you to make her clothes for our business trip to the United States. If anything, I gave you an opportunity to get your hands on her rather than took it away. And besides, in case you haven't figured it out, you two are getting married next week. You will have wives. That eliminates you from the 'Haruhi is our play toy' club by default."
"But senpai, they understand that Haruhi is and always has been our toy. They even asked her to help with the wedding because they liked how the bridesmaid's dresses that we designed looked on her," Kaoru spoke up. But truthfully, the look on his face was not as bad as the one on his brother's.
"She declined though, stating that she would rather be a guest. She said something about it being time for us to quit playing with toys. I think she was referring to us calling her our toy. But… but our girlfri… our fiancés understand. They understand that Haruhi is important to us." Hikaru looked like he was about to cry. But for once, it wasn't a brotherly love act. Kaoru wrapped an arm around his brother and they began to walk towards the where the ladies were seated.
One by one, all of the men present except the twins gave Kyoya a congratulatory pat on the back as they started to make their way towards the ladies. As they walked up, they found Haruhi holding the princess and they heard her laughing heartily. "So, I understand that despite what everyone has been talking about since we walked into this place, there is actually some real news to be celebrated tonight, right? Although some people," he glared at Haruhi, "found out about two months ago at Mitsumi's funeral. So, Tamaki, if I am supposed to be your best friend, then how come I didn't get told until last week?"
"Ah yes, the primary reason for our party. First, however, Champagne for everyone. Well, Sparkling Cider for you my dear." Tamaki handed his blushing wife a special glass of sparkling cider as everyone else lifted a glass of champagne for the toast.
"Tamaki, if I may?" Kyoya waited for the nod then continued, "Here's to a long line of Suou heirs, may your children be born with their mother's beauty and wisdom and their father's abilities in lifelong friendships." With a hearty round of "here, here" by one and all, they drank to the expecting parents and unborn child's wellbeing.
For the rest of the evening fun was had by all. And, while the champagne flowed freely for everyone except the expecting mother, Kyoya made sure that other than during the toasts, he stuck to drinking the sparkling cider. Haruhi, however, was not as prudent. By the time the evening's festivities ended, Haruhi was well on her way to feeling no pain.
As the evening came to a close, the couples all drifted off to their respective limos, headed home. Kyoya helped Haruhi into the limo and buckled the princess into her car seat then sat back next to Haruhi. She settled back and rested her head on his shoulder. "Kyoya, how did we become the center of attention at the beginning of the evening? Have you told anyone but Tamaki?"
"I told Tamaki. I can only imagine that he has told the rest of the host club. I mean, the seven of us have been through thick and thin together since high school, haven't we? The all want us to be happy. Or is that not what you got from it all?"
"Tamaki … hell I don't know about that man. Seriously. He has a party to announce that his wife is pregnant, yet he still tells me that I can't date who I want to. Then his wife tells me that you and I are moving too fast, but everyone else there… well all the other wives and fiancés there all said that we shouldn't listen to that. But the twins hardly even talked to me all night long, but their fiancés have already started talking about having them design my wedding dress. And Tamaki's wife said that we're moving too fast, but then she said it was four years too slow. I don't know what to think anymore. Kyoya…"
Kyoya reached up and pulled her face to his, kissing her lips roughly to silence her. "How about this. We don't think anything about it for now. As long the two people I care the most about are healthy and happy, I don't care what the world says. Fast, slow, it's all relative. But I do have a question for you. Do you consider the first date a success?"
"Hmm yes, I would say that it was a success. We both lived through it. I guess that is success enough for now." Kyoya chuckled as he pulled her into another, although much more gentle kiss. As they pulled up to his house, he unbuckled the princess and then helped Haruhi out of the limo. Together they went to put the baby to bed. While Kyoya changed the princess, Haruhi began to feel dizzy so she sat down in the rocker. After putting the princess in the crib, Kyoya looked over at Haruhi who was sound asleep in the rocking chair. With a heavy sigh, he picked her up and carried her to the spare room.
As much as I would love to put her into my bed, I know she's not ready. Even though I would sleep much more soundly with her curled up next to me, I don't want her mad at me. I guess I need to have one of the maids come change her. I don't want to give her any excuse to pull away from me. But Haruhi if you only knew…he laid her in the bed and kissed her cheek. Then, against his own wishes, but because he knew that they would be her wishes, he had a maid come in and dress Haruhi for bed.
