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A New Family

Previously in chapter fifty four: Kyoya's thoughts… No Kyoya! Just wait until she gets here tomorrow and ask her then. Or will she be here tomorrow? I mean, she won the case that I had her working on; will she even bother coming here tomorrow? Oh to hell with it all. I have to get some sleep. If I don't see her tomorrow, I will call her. I am still paying both her and her firm to keep her in my employ for about two more weeks. I had a long day, I need my rest. I will deal with it tomorrow.

Chapter Fifty Five

Kyoya finally rolled over and drifted off to sleep, but across town, in her apartment, Haruhi was doing her own mental calisthenics. I still can't believe that he was like that. I mean I know that the baby is his whole world right now, but I didn't realize how close he was to losing it until that point. I feel like I have let him down. I should have been better able to be there for him. All I could do for him was promise to help in the future. To be there for his… wait… did he say child or children? Does he have more children that I don't know about or was he talking about future children? No Haruhi, don't jump to conclusions. Just ask him in the morning. Oh wait, will he be there tomorrow? He's missed so much work by being in court for two days. For that matter, what will I be doing tomorrow? I've completed the only task left for me, which was the court case. Now what? He's paid the firm and my salary for at least another two weeks worth. I wonder if he will send me back to the firm already. Finally, Haruhi drifted to sleep.

The next morning, Haruhi got up and went about her normal morning routine. Ranka noted that she seemed to have a slightly brighter smile than normal, but figured to let it go. He did, however, ask about the court case. He wasn't surprised to hear that she had won, after all, she had never lost a case yet. But what he was surprised to hear about was how Kyoya nearly broke down. Haruhi neglected to tell her father about what she perceived to be an admission that they would raise their children together to be happy people. She shook her head clear of such thoughts and then prepared to leave for work.

"But Haruhi, what work?"

"He's still paying my salary, Dad. I guess I will go in and see if he has some list made up for me like he did before he got served with the papers for court." She headed out the door and was greeted cheerfully by her normal morning companion, Kenji, who complimented her for wining her case and protecting their boss's little family.

"Now if he could get his girlfriend to agree to marry him, he would be one happy man." Haruhi had forgotten that Kenji was the one with her when she picked out the wedding set that Kyoya later bought without her knowledge.

"What? What girlfriend?" She was in a panic. She hadn't considered that he would get a girlfriend.

"You! Who did you think I was talking about? He is so totally head over heels in love with you. Don't tell me that you thought I was talking about someone else. Seriously? Fujioka-san, I've worked for the man for five years, and I have never seen him happy except when he's with you… well you and the baby. Remember, he already has a wedding set for you. He's wanted you to marry him since the trip. I thought he was going to kiss me when I told him that you had looked at wedding sets. He immediately made me take him down to the same shop and show him which one. He was so excited about getting a set that you wanted that he even paid for the charm bracelet that I wanted to get for Hana. Besides that little girl that he named after you, there is only one person that will make him happy, and she's sitting here in the limo with me having a crisis moment because she doesn't realize that I am talking about her when I say that she can make him happy."

"Ok, I get it. Thank you." They chatted during the rest of the drive to the house. But as they drew closer, Haruhi could feel butterflies in her stomach. She wasn't sure why, though. The only thing different than the last time she pulled up like that is that she won the court case. Four days shouldn't have made that big of a difference. She shouldn't have any reason to be nervous. She began to wonder if Kyoya would be there to greet her.

As the car pulled up to the house, Haruhi got out, followed by Kenji. He bid her farewell, telling her to call the security office if she needed anything. He was on his way to verify that he was to continue to guard her before getting the day going. It was nothing unusual, as Kenji didn't usually follow her into the office. But she still felt like he was leaving her to her own devices. She shook it off and went into the office. Kyoya was not at his desk, and there was no list of instructions for her. She flagged down one of the maids who told her she would have to ask the master, he had not given them instructions for her. When Haruhi inquired if he was still there, the maid couldn't answer.

With a heavy sigh, Haruhi made her way to the princess's room first. She figured she would stop by and check on the little one first. She found the princess wide awake and playing contently in her crib. Haruhi pulled her from the crib and sat in the rocking chair. The baby cooed at her happily. "You know, little one, your daddy just won a major battle for you. I hope you appreciate it. He fought hard to keep you with him. But I doubt that you will ever really know that. He's worried though. He's afraid that he's going to pass on the mistakes his father made with him. I'm not worried though. Your daddy's a good guy. He won't make the same mistakes. He loves you too much."

"True and your Auntie Haruhi agreed to help me make sure that I don't. Didn't you? Plus, if I remember correctly, you were the lawyer that did the winning; I was just the client who needed to be defended." Kyoya stood in the doorway watching the two.

"Good morning. I hope we didn't wake you up."

"Good morning, and no you didn't wake me up. I was already up, but I hadn't rolled out of bed yet because I looked at the clock wrong. I thought it was still only 7 am. How are you doing this morning?"

"Good, thank you. You?"

"Didn't sleep well last night." He walked over to stand next to the rocking chair.

"Really? I'm sorry. Anything I can do to help?"

"Not really, I just had some things on my mind."

"Oh ok. I guess I should put her back and get to work. Do you have a list of tasks you want me to work on?"

"Yes, but none of them are work. Do you think that you could keep me company for breakfast? I know that you usually make sure to feed your dad before you leave for work, but if you would just keep my company, I would appreciate it."

"OK." Haruhi took the baby to the crib, and as she laid the princess in, she could feel Kyoya's presence moving in. After putting the baby in the crib, she turned to find herself face to face with Kyoya. "What is it? Is something wrong?"

"No, I just wanted to do this." He bent in to kiss her cheek, but before he could make contact, she turned her head and captured his lips.

"That's good, because I wanted to do that," she whispered breathlessly when he pulled back, but she wrapped her hands in his hair before he could move too far. That was all the urging he needed to begin kissing her again as he wrapped his arms around her torso. Unfortunately, however, after a few moments, the maid came in to check on the baby. "Maybe not the best place to do this. We should go let you eat breakfast." As she pulled away and took his hand to lead him out of the room.

"Hmm, there's something else I'd rather have."

"You have to eat your breakfast. We can't have you lose your stamina because you're hungry, can we?" Haruhi winked at Kyoya and then lead him to the dinning room for breakfast. Haruhi kept him company as he ate. As he was nearing the end of his meal, she asked what work he had for her to do.