Harry closed the door behind him and crumpled the letter in his hand. Haru moved to his side.
"What is it? What's wrong?"
"I got word from our twins that three of their unsavory relatives and an in-law may...will show up tonight." Haru and Haruhi stiffened. Haru hugged her mate and Remus came out of the corner of "adults" and wrapped them in a hug. Low growling startled them. They looked to Haruhi.
"Kyouya," Haruhi bit out.
"Yes, it was him," Came the resigned and slightly bitter reply.
"...Now can I kill him?' Haruhi asked, still growling. Harry shook his head as he put an arm around Haruhi.
"No, but we can have a friend of mine drop in on him." Four evil grins manifested on the previously grey faces. Soon the "adult supervisors" joined the plotting. Hani and Taka exchanged knowing looks and smirked.
"Which one," Taka asked. "Will the friend be the one who supposedly flattened New York or the one Haru threatened Tamaki with...Harry's other best frienemy."
Harry looked startled, "You know...I don't know. Would it be overkill to do both?"
The twins, Kyouya, Taka, and Hani, as well as the "adults," shared a glance. "Nah," they said.
"Harry," Haruhi started innocently. "Why don't we keep our favorite Frost Giant around and invite the Weasley twins so we have three sets of pranking identical twins, two of which are magical, and the god of Mischief himself!" Harry stared at his brother.
"You are a genius!" he proclaimed, glomping the boy. "No wonder you have the Marauder title! I'm so proud of you," Haruhi blushed and shoved Harry off of him. "Stop feeling me up! Go grope someone else!"
Harry fell on his butt and blinked up at Haruhi. "Ok." Harry leaped on Kyouya, glomping him as well. He was once again shoved to the floor. He started toward Bruce when two voices rang out.
"HADRIAN JAMES SAGE BARTHOLOMEW DRACONIUS POTTER BLACK, DON'T YOU DARE!"
"Kyo was bad enough," exclaimed Haru.
"Don't touch my mate with your teenage cooties and immatureness!" Remus defended. The boy crossed his legs criss-cross and folded his arms. He well and truly pouted but nodded in agreement. He suddenly brightened and glomped his mate while she was busy glaring at the wall.
"Oof! MM," she moaned as Harry felt her up.
"Eeeewwwwww! Take it to the bedroom! You two may be mates and my siblings, but I don't want to see or hear any of that shit!" Harry and Haru ran for her bedroom.
Taka wrapped her arms around Haruhi's chest and waist, resting her chin on the top of his head. Haruhi glanced up at her and quirked a grin at her unfocused gaze and the blush staining the bridge of her nose.
"You're imagining me in that dress aren't you," he whispered to her. Her blush darkened.
"Aa. You always look good to me, but I like special occasions and when you dress up." Haruhi smiled gently up at her and nodded in agreement.
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"Harry!" said boy's head shot up.
They had all shown up to the "show-and-tell" as Tony had called it, to cover escape plans and who would do what to serve people for the evening. Everyone had dressed in their best. By now Harry had dropped his French female alias so he and the others wore their tuxedos...or would wear them soon. As of right now, they were in a type of waiters costume serving their guests.
When the twins arrived one of them was a waiter and the other a waitress. Once they were done serving was over they changed into their formal outfits. Haru loved her tuxedo and Haruhi dressed into an evening gown-including tights, heels, makeup, and earrings. It definitely drove Taka to distraction.
Haruhi was equally distracted by Taka's tux and her bearings...it drove him crazy! A familiar and unwanted voice called out to a member of his pack. There, running at Harry was a redhead bitch. Taka swiftly stepped in between the unknown girl and her mate's brother. Honestly, Harry was her brother too. Haruhi stepped up next to Taka.
"What do you want?" Taka asked, not willing to give his girl any courtesy to speak to her in English.
"Harry, why won't you come home? You promised we would be ok. You promised we would be married, Harry!"
"Actually Ginerva, I never promised you anything. Your delusional little mind came up with it on your own. This obsession has gone far enough. Not only are you disturbing the party, but you are also disturbing my pa-family."
"You know, Ginerva, I never liked you," Haru stated flatly from behind the girl. "Not only are you trying to steal my mate-illegally- and I doubt you will live much longer."
"Excuse me," one of the guests inquired. "I am an Auror. Would you like me to help take out the trash?"
Haruhi grinned. "If it wouldn't be too much trouble. Ginerva brought a few friends with her. I am not sure where or even who they all are. Though Ginerva may not know this, most people here speak and understand English. With the way she spouts off, the Statute of Secrecy is in jeopardy."
The Auror nodded and signaled to his fellow Aurors. Soon Ginny, Ron, Molly, and Percy were gone while Hermione lurked around.
Taka took Haruhi's hand and lead him to her family.
"Haruhi, this is my mother-Shizune, father-Akira, and my brother Satoshi. This is my boyfriend, Haruhi.
Akira raised a brow and Haruhi smirked at his reaction.
"Taka is not the only one who dresses differently. My father is an okama. My sister and I spent most of our lives swapping clothes all the time. Money was tight and clothes were clothes. Once we were accepted into an exclusive boarding school we were told of an inheritance that hadn't been touched in two hundred years. We continue swapping because we can...and to screw with the minds of those who can't tell me and my sister apart. We like to keep people guessing."
Taka's arm had come around Haruhi's waist while he spoke and Haruhi leaned into her.
"Hee!" came a small voice. The boy's features were between the Haru's and Harry's. Teddy clung to his leg.
"What's wrong Teddy-bear?" Haruhi asked, kneeling down to look at him.
"The red lady tried to take me with her. Daddy wasn't there."
The Morinozuka clan stared at Haruhi. Taka picked up the boy and held him close as he clung to her.
"Teddy, what did she look like?" Haruhi asked.
"She had hair like the story Daddy tol' me 'bout when you were in school. The one with all the flaming dunderheads." Haruhi froze and looked Teddy in the eyes.
"Did she say anything to you? Did she hurt you?" Haruhi growled out. The boy shook his head.
"No. I ran like Daddy told me to. Hee, she stole my dunderhead!" Teddy cried out. Haruhi burst into action.
"Taka, take care of Teddy, I'm going to tell Thor, Tony, Harry, and Haru. Please stay safe." Taka nodded and accepted a kiss on the cheek.
"Tell Mitskuni too," Taka asked. Haruhi nodded and weaved into the crowd. Taka worked to calm the trembling boy in her arms while keeping as calm as she could. Finally, Thor and Haru came toward them. Haru breathed a sigh of relief and took Teddy as he reached for her.
"Thank you, Taka," Haru sighed, kissing the other girl's cheek. Taka nodded and wordlessly reached for Thor's tankard.
"No drinking on guard duty," Taka told him, a smile tickling her lips. Thor's laugh rumbled through the air. Satoshi and his parents watched as Taka interacted with strangers, how at ease she was with them while being alert and guarded.
"Haruhi," Satoshi asked perplexed.
"No."
"What?"
"I'm not Haruhi. I'm his twin. And this is my son Teddy. Pleasure to finally meet our Taka's family. Honestly Love," she turned to Taka. "You met our parents and weird relations two months ago."
Taka stuck her tongue out at Haru while scanning the room again. "You never asked. Besides, between Mitskuni and Chika, you two knew everything about them," Taka smiled softly.
"That, my dear Taka, is so not the point! If there wasn't a psycho witch running around Tony would've whined your ears off." Red and blue sparks shot into the sky. Haru, Taka, and Thor tensed. After a few minutes, Harry suddenly arrived in front of them. When Haru saw him, she tilted her head and sniffed the air cautiously. "Who is the one person we have in common when we were in school?" she demanded.
"Lupin. Remus J. Lupin, DADA teacher, your father, a friend of my parents, mate of Bruce," he replied. Haru gave a smile and kissed him.
"Is she gone?"
"Yeah, Haruhi was mad enough he gave her a couple of new scars. Deserves it after what she did to us. I may or may not have given her a face to match what she is."
"A lying bitch?"
"A squealing..."
"A squealing-what," Taka prompted eagerly.
"Well, I couldn't decide between a pig or a rat so I gave her a bit of both."
"I still say we should have fought to the pain," Tony said walking with Haruhi toward the group. Haruhi glided up to his mate, kissed her cheek, and took the tankard and a huge gulp for himself.
"I told you, Tony," he said. "It's illegal to go to the pain in four different countries including Japan. If it weren't, I would have done it to that stuck up veela-boy."
"Too bad," Harry sighed. "It's illegal in the U.S. and Britain too."
"In Asgard, we take their eyes and tongues."
"Poor Loki," Haruhi sympathized.
A throat cleared from behind Haruhi who jumped and roundhouse kicked the person behind him. Luckily for Kyouya, he expected it and caught his foot. Kyouya glared at the group in front of him with two sets of redheaded twins behind him.
"Discuss torture tactics later. We have guests and I doubt Mori-sempai's family appreciate this type of discussion. Anyways, everyone knows psychological warfare is far more damaging. If the four redheads behind me don't get back to work, I'll add them to my trophy and accomplishments room." Kyouya, Harry and the twins grinned evilly while Taka, Tony, and the redheads shuddered and Thor watched on in amusement. So the gathering dispersed until it was just Taka, Harry, the twins, and the Morinozukas standing.
"I call the twerp," Haruhi exclaimed.
"Not twerp!" the little boy shouted. "I'm squirt!" he pronounced proudly. The four of them laughed.
"Well then squirt, climb on the Uncle Hee Express." Teddy literally leaped from Haru's arms and landed in Haruhi's arms before climbing around him to get on his back. The twins kissed Harry's cheek, then Taka's, then-just because they could-they kissed each other's cheeks.
"Say goodbye squirt. You're mine for the next three hours. After that, we can see if Papa Ranka, Grandpa Bruce and Gramps (Remus) want to have a sleepover with you."
"Bye!"
The four went back to hosting their usual guests and their families, ignoring the meeting of someone else's relatives.
