A month has passed since the club members returned from their trip from France, but since the day they got back, Haruhi has been feeling tension among the group. Mostly from Hikaru and Kyoya. There was some tension before they left, but now if they were alone in a room together they would most likely have a full-blown fight.
Haruhi asked Hikaru what was going on and he just answered that he had no idea. He was only fighting back because Kyoya was, by his own words "starting shit."
So, Haruhi took it upon herself and asked Kyoya, which he just answered with that he didn't trust Hikaru around her. But when she asked what he meant by that he remained silent. She had an idea what he might've meant, saying Hikaru was still in love with her and wanted to ruin Tamaki's and her relationship, but since Tamaki was sitting with them he decided not to answer. Just saying he was being sneaky and he was keeping a close eye on him, which made Haruhi's stomach drop. Knowing Kyoya, he would have people keeping a close eye on her and Hikaru whenever they were alone at school. So, even though they were careful already, they had to lay low at school, but in private, they could let all their pent up emotions for each other out.
Haruhi let out a soft moan as Hikaru trailed kisses down her neck as she straddled his lap on her couch. He's been far more flirtatious and lustful since they got back from France as well. She had no idea where this all came from, but she also didn't really mind most of the time.
"I thought…" She breathed out. "I thought we were going to study for the upcoming test this week."
"We can do that later." Hikaru placed a kiss on her jawline before looking up at her with dark, lustful eyes. "But now, all I want right now is you."
He encased her lips in a passionate kiss as he ran his hands through her hair. Haruhi wrapped her arms around her neck and pulled his bare chest up to hers, which was only covered by her bra. She began involuntary grinding her hips against his, making min let out a groan that made her want him even more. His lips went back to her neck as one of his hands went behind her back and began fiddling with the hook of her bra to unclip it, but just as he was finally able to get the clip to unhook there was a knock at the door, causing them to freeze.
"Who the fu-"
"Who is it?" Haruhi asked, covering Hikaru's mouth with her hand. He wasn't loud enough for whoever was at the door to hear him, but if it was one of her neighbors she didn't want gossip going around about her having a guy in her apartment alone with her.
"Haruhi, it's the landlady. Do you have this month's rent? I don't believe I received it."
"Oh shit." Haruhi whipped as she jumped to her feet. "Yes, I do. Give me one second."
She threw her shirt back on before rushing over towards the kitchen and began rummaging through cabinets until she found an envelope and rushed to the door. She opened it a crack, to make sure the landlady wouldn't see Hikaru as she gave the landlady an apologetic smile.
"Sorry," Haruhi apologized as she handed the landlady the envelope with the rent money. "We've just been so busy this month that it slipped our mind."
"It's quite alright." The landlady smiled. "You two are usually good on your rent. So, I'll let it slide."
"Thank you so much Mrs. LandLady."
The landlady said her goodbyes before Haruhi closed the door, letting out a sigh. Thanking God the landlady didn't suspect anything. She then felt a familiar pair of arms wrap around her waist and placed their head on her shoulder.
"Come back to me," Hikaru whispered as he began kissing her neck.
Haruhi let herself enjoy it for a few moments before shifting away a bit from him to stop. "I would love to finish what we started but Mei is supposed to be here in less than an hour and I don't want her to come then we're in the middle of...you know."
"Then we'll be quick."
Haruhi rolled her eyes and twisted around so she could face him. "You always say that and then it always lasts way longer than expected."
He smirked and leaned in close to her ear. "It's not my fault I'm so good you beg for more."
Haruhi couldn't help but laugh and wrap her arms around his neck. "Sure you are."
"You never seemed to complain before."
Then both chuckled and he leaned down to kiss her, but she only let it linger for a few seconds before she separated from him.
"What are you and Mei doing that is so important that it can't wait until later?" Hikaru pouted.
"I have to buy some new clothes."
"I can give you new clothes. My mom has your measurements and I could give you tons of clothes by tomorrow morning, or you can borrow some of my clothes if you want."
"Well, the items I need you can't give me." He furrowed his eyebrows, not understanding what she meant and Haruhi rolled her eyes. "I need to buy more bras, Hikaru. So, unless you're a C-cup, I don't think you can give me what I need."
"Ohh…" A seductive smirk reappeared on his face. "A C-cup huh? I knew I was noticing some changes around that region."
He motioned his hands over her breasts and Haruhi glared as her face heated up and she slapped his hand away.
"God, you're such a pervert." She grabbed Hikaru's shirt off the floor and threw it at him. "Now leave, I don't want Mei suspecting anything between us."
"Fine, I'll go." He tilted her head up and gave her his old signature host smile. "If you give me one last kiss. A real one no peck."
Haruhi groaned but did as he asked and got on her toes as she could reach up to kiss him. When they separated he leaned over next to her ear.
"Call me when you get home."
Haruhi just nodded, unable to respond verbally as a shiver went down her spine. God, he was annoying, but oh so irresistible.
"Love you."
"Love you too."
…
"Ooh, I'm starving" Mei groaned as she plopped down at a booth with her tray of food across Haruhi. "Who knew you were so picky about choosing underwear."
"Well, I don't want to get something that is uncomfortable," Haruhi said as she took a sip of her drink.
"Yeah, but I thought you would be the type of girl who would just pick the first bra that you see at the store. But we actually went to a bra store and you got really nice bras." Slowly, a smirk spread across her face as she leaned forward. "Did you buy some of those bras to impress a certain someone?"
Haruhi almost spit out her drink at Mei's comment. "Wh-What do you mean?"
"For Tamaki, who else." Mei snorted.
"Oh...no...not really…" Haruhi mumbled as she hid her mouth behind her drink.
"Oh come on. You bought some lacey bras. You don't just buy lacey underwear just for yourself."
"Well, you got lacey bras!" Haruhi retorted.
Mei almost laughed. "Yeah, and I have a boyfriend."
Haruhi's jaw almost dropped at Mei's response. Wait, what does she mean by that? Have her and Kasanoda already…
"Wait, but didn't you two just start going out two months ago?"
"So, that doesn't mean I can't look good for him. You should've seen the look on his face when he accidentally walked in on me changing. It was priceless." Mei laughed.
The girls ate their lunches as they chatted, well Mei did most of the chatting as Haruhi listened and ate. Finishing her meal almost in record time.
"Wow, Haruhi. I knew you were hungry but you're eating as if you haven't eaten in days."
"I don't know why, but I've been hungry a lot more lately than usual," Haruhi confessed. "To be honest, I'm still kind of hungry and might order something else."
Mei just sipped her drink as she watched Haruhi as if she was trying to examine her until she spoke up again.
"Have you been feeling sick quite a bit lately? Like nauseous?"
"Ummm...I guess. I wouldn't say a lot, but I have been feeling a bit nauseous lately."
"Hmm…" Mei drummed her finger on the table in thought. Remaining quiet for a moment or two which confused Haruhi.
Usually, Mei was so talkative that Haruhi could barely get a word into this conversation. So, it was weird why she was being so quiet. Did she say something to upset her? She didn't think she did, but people have told her she doesn't intend to hurt people with what she says. So maybe that happened.
"Haruhi, I want you to be completely honest with me, ok?"
"Uh...ok." Haruhi answered, a bit confused about where this was going.
"Have you and Tamaki slept together yet?"
Haruhi almost spits out her drink at Mei's question and her face turned completely red.
"Mei," Haruhi hissed. "You can't just ask that!"
"You didn't answer my question."
"Why do you need to know?"
"Just answer the question Haruhi, please."
Haruhi let out a huff, not knowing why it was so important for that to know about her sex life. "No, we haven't."
"I don't believe you."
"What?! Why not?!"
"It's nothing to be ashamed of Haru-"
"Look, I know Tamaki and I have been together for two years, but he wants to wait till marriage and I'm perfectly fine with that."
Mei held up her hands in defeat. "Alright, alright, I'm sorry for asking."
"Why are you so interested in my sex life? Is yours not interesting enough?"
Mei snorted as she took a bite of her burger. "What sex life? I can't even give him a peck on the cheek without him turning beat red. I can't imagine how he would react going that far." Mei's laughter went down and she grew a little more serious. "I was only asking because of how your body is changing and how you're feeling. It sounds a lot like you're pregnant."
Haruhi immediately stopped drinking and her eyes went wide. Could she really actually be pregnant? She and Hikaru always made sure that they were safe, and she wasn't lying about Tamaki wanting to wait until they were married. But even though they were always protected, there is always a slight chance the contraception doesn't work. That's what happened with her parents.
"But there's no way that you could be pregnant if you and Tamaki haven't done it, right?" Mei chuckled, but soon stopped when she saw Haruhi's expression. "Right?"
…
Haruhi stared at the plastic rectangle in her hand in horror. This had to be a mistake. There was no way that this was happening right now. But as she stared down at the bright blue + on the test told her otherwise.
"Haruhi?" Mei knocked on the door. "Are you done? Can I come in yet?"
What was she going to tell Mei? She obviously couldn't tell her the truth about her and Hikaru, but if she lied saying it was Tamaki's she might blab to him and since they've never slept together was an obvious red flag.
She suddenly gasped when she realized something.
'France.'
She and Hikaru had drunkenly slept together and must've not used anything. She could tell Mei that story but switched Hikaru with Tamaki...Hikaru, how is she going to tell him about this, or Tamaki? Either way, one of their relationships with her was going to crumble.
"Haruhi?"
"Ye-Yeah," Haruhi finally choked out. "You can come in."
Mei opened the door and slowly entered. Haruhi didn't even have to see her face to see that she was worried about her. "Is it..?" She looked over Haruhi's shoulder to see the test. "Haruhi…"
"I don't know what to do." Haruhi cried as she finally couldn't hold all the emotions in anymore.
"I know this is a big step back Haruhi, but it's not the end of the world." Mei tried to reassure. "Also, even though it's sudden, Tamaki's bound to be excited that you two are expecting."
'But it's not Tamaki's…'
"But why did you lie to me?" Mei asked. "I get that your sex life is personal and all, but we're best friends. You don't have to lie to me."
"I didn't lie." Haruhi whipped the tears away.
"But Haru-"
"In France," Haruhi cut her off before taking in a shaky breath, "Tamaki accidentally ordered us all alcoholic drinks and we got drunk."
"So you and Tamaki drunkenly slept together?"
Haruhi just gave a shrug, refusing to look at Mei as she spoke. "Can I tell you something? But you have to promise not to tell anyone, alright?"
"Yeah, sure."
Haruhi took a deep breath before gathering the courage to look at Mei. "I don't know if the baby is Tamaki's."
She couldn't tell Mei the full truth, but when the baby did arrive she knew it wasn't going to look anything close to Tamaki and she didn't want to have questions and accusations going around. Especially if the baby looks exactly like Hikaru. If they have hazel eyes it'll be a dead giveaway.
"What do you mean by that?" Mei asked before it clicked in her mind. "Wait, were you having an affair?"
'Yes.'
"No," Haruhi lied. She really wished she could tell Mei everything. Finally, get this huge weight off her chest, but she knew that if she did tell Mei she was too good of a person to keep it to herself and would tell Tamaki about it. Knowing about the affair would devastate him and even might ruin his life because he already pictured the rest of his life with Haruhi.
"When I woke up the next day, I was nude. But there was no one in bed beside me. I didn't even realize that I slept with someone until right now…"
"So, the baby could be anyone's in the group...or any stranger that you met in France.." Mei leaned on the counter next to Haruhi and was quiet for a minute or so before looking back over at her. "What are you going to tell Tamaki?"
Tears began welling up in Haruhi's eyes. "I don't know…"
"Do you want me to be there?"
"No, I want to tell him by myself. I think that would be better."
Mei nodded before standing back up. "I would tell him today Haruhi. So you can get it over with." She gave her a reassuring hug, "and if I know Tamaki, he is not the type of person to be mad at you for a situation like this. Just promise me, if you don't tell him today, you'll tell him soon."
Haruhi nodded as her arms tightened around Mei. "I will."
…
Haruhi stared at the positive test that was on the coffee table. She had texted Hikaru that come over as quickly as he could. He seemed confused but agreed to come over.
How was she going to react? She knew Hikaru wasn't the type of guy to just leave her to have to raise their baby alone, but there were many instances of good guys running away after finding out they got their partner pregnant and since they're technically not officially together, that might scare him even more.
"God," Haruhi buried her head in her hands. "Why is this happening to me?"
A knock on the door caused Haruhi to look up and her heart began racing. This was it. She was going to tell him. She stood up and on shaking legs she made her way over to the door and opened it to see a curious Hikaru.
"Hey, what's up? Weren't you and Mei supposed to have a girls' day or something?" He then noticed Haruhi's face and grew concerned. "What's wrong, is everything alright? Did you and Mei get into a fight?"
Haruhi shook her head, taking a deep breath to try and calm her nerves. "No, it's not that." She took a hold of his hand and gently squeezed it. "Come in, I really need to talk to you."
"Alright…"
Once Hikaru entered the house she led him over to the couch and sat down with him, keeping his hand in hers.
"You're kinda scaring me Haruhi. Is everything alright?" Hikaru asked, now getting a little anxious.
'You have to tell him now Haruhi. You already got him to come over so there is no time to be a coward now.'
"Haruhi?"
"Hikaru," Haruhi finally was able to get out. "Remember last month in France when we had a little too much to drink and we ended up sleeping together?" Hikaru nodded and Haruhi continued. "Well, today while hanging out with Mei I found out-"
"Wait, did the guys find out about us?" Hikaru asked, beginning to panic.
"What? No-"
"They haven't been acting differently towards us in any way, so I wouldn't suspect they knew, but it always a possibility."
"Hika-"
"Oh shit. What if one of them saw us leaving the bar together?!"
"Hi-"
"Or what if-"
"Hikaru!" Haruhi yelled, getting him to finally quiet down. "Will you please let me speak?"
Hikaru nodded and Haruhi let out another deep breath to keep her nerves calm as she took a hold of his hands again.
'You need to tell him Haruhi. He needs to know.'
"Hikaru, I might be pregnant."
