Long time no see, sorry for the delay, that's been caused by writer's block and the idiocy of having five stories going at once and I've had two weeks of exams. They're over now and I'll be free almost all of Saturday and Sunday afternoon, plus I have a week off school so I might get another chapter of two up ^^

I am also currently mourning the loss of my iPod, it's like my child and I left it on a bus... or my friend did, to be honest I don't know what happened but it's on a random bus somewhere, WHAT KIND OF MOTHER LEAVES THEIR CHILD ON A BUS? *cries all over again* I know it's stupid but my sister swears I love that thing more than her sometimes XD

I'll stop annoying you now and start the chapter :)

'Hey Kyo-chan, why do you look so angry,' Huni cocked his head to one side, looking up at Kyouya's very annoyed expression.

'Don't tell me Mommy and Daughter had an argument!' Tamaki flung himself at Haruhi and Kyouya the both sidestepped to let Tamaki flop onto the cold snow.

'Nope,' Haruhi deadpanned.

'Quite the opposite actually,' Kyouya added, Huni wondered to himself what that could mean then Kyouya changed the subject, 'let's get going, I don't find it very appealing to stand here in a blizzard, especially if it looks like it could get worse,' Haruhi nodded, Hikaru and Kaoru just whined.

'Does this mean we have to go back early?' they pouted, not like anybody could see them through the snow though, 'it's more fun if you can't see where you're going.'

'You'll break your necks if you ski in this,' Haruhi told them, her teeth were starting to chatter, 'and it's getting cold. I don't know about you but I'd rather be sitting in the warmth right about now.'

'I agree with Haru-chan, I want hot chocolate and strawberry cake!'

'Well, whoever wants to join us I think it's best if I go back with Haruhi, she could get ill again if she gets cold,' Kyouya cleaned the snow from his boots in preparation of placing his skis back on.

'Kyouya's right, it's so sweet Mommy is so caring about our daughter,' Tamaki nuzzled his cold, snow covered cheek against Haruhi's, she just rolled her eyes at the usual affection. Kyouya, on the other hand, took advantage of the poor visibility to glare daggers at his best friend's back.

Hikaru huffed, he was angry that Haruhi had been treating the person he only saw as evil kinder that she usually treated him, 'I've said before, he has his own selfish reasons and you know it, Haruhi don't you see he's not just trying to be nice?'

'That's enough Hikaru, you've been like this all week,' Tamaki backed away; surprised that Haruhi had raised her voice, 'you're calling Kyouya selfish after all of the times you've used me? That's pretty rich. It's not fair considering Kyouya is actually trying to be nice and I'm fed up of you treating him like he's evil,' she turned her back to the stunned twin and nearly slammed her boots into her skis, 'let's go.'

There was silence for a few moments until Kyouya, Huni and Mori started to move, Tamaki followed when he had recovered from terror and then eventually Kaoru followed, tugging a stroppy and shocked Hikaru behind him.

Within an hour Haruhi was by herself in her room, silently fuming. She thought a hot shower would have calmed her down but it frustrated her that only she seemed to see that Kyouya's 'Shadow King' persona was all an act, Huni seemed to understand but Hikaru... Hikaru was being an ass. Haruhi didn't understand why it bothered the older twin so much, his anger seemed to be generally directed at her and it confused and frustrated her more than she already was.

Haruhi let out a huff of frustration and flopped down onto the soft pillows, the scent of fresh linen filling her nose. Haruhi closed her eyes and tried to think rationally.

'I think you've terrified Hikaru and Tamaki senseless,' Kyouya leant in the doorway.

'Ever heard of knocking?' Haruhi sighed, 'how did I scare them? Especially Tamaki, I wasn't even yelling at him.'

'It would help if you closed the door,' Kyouya answered her first question, receiving a glare, 'I think Tamaki's shocked that there's a darker side to you, what caused you to get so worked up? You usually take more than one comment to make you even bat an eyelid.'

'Thank god for that,' Haruhi muttered, 'maybe he'll lay off the daughter thing. But... yeah, I guess I usually tolerate them because I know it's harmful playing and teasing, it's directed at me and I really don't care but it really bugs me that Hikaru keeps being so mean about you when you've shown nothing but kindness. Why are they all so oblivious?' Kyouya watched as she took her annoyance out on the poor pillow and tried to fight back a smile. Haruhi caught his expression.

'What?' Kyouya looked at her confused face and couldn't take it anymore and started to laughed, leaning on the bottom bed post for support.

'I apologise, it's just entertaining how you can talk about people being oblivious,' Kyouya put an hand over his mouth the stifle the laughter, although I am flattered that you care enough that Hikaru's comment frustrated you,' he leant over the bead post, smiling, almost smirking at her.

Haruhi swung herself up from her position lying down so she was kneeling, her face inches from his.

'I may be oblivious but I know one thing,' Haruhi smiled.

'And what might that be,' Kyouya could just feel the tickle of her warm breath.

'We haven't finished what we started before that baka rudely interrupted us,' brown eyes met steely grey ones, 'have we?'

Kyouya wondered where this flirty Haruhi had come from, or where the flirty Kyouya had come from for a matter of fact, not that he was bothered; it was kind of entertaining as if they had their own secret game.

'Not for long,'

Then finally their lips touched, gently at first, sending light flutters through Haruhi's stomach. She couldn't remember how or when she had fallen for Kyouya but she knew for sure at that moment that she most definitely had fallen for him and by the way he was responding he had fallen for her.

Kyouya marvelled at how soft and sweet her lips were, and how they fitted perfectly with his. He slipped his hands either side of her face, her short hair sliding silkily over his finger tips, and he pulled her gently closer. He wondered how he had gotten here because he certainly hadn't planned it. Maybe Haruhi was right, maybe some surprises were good.

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Huni listened intently on the other side of the door, satisfied when all he received was silence.

He skipped happily down the hall, humming to himself, bumping into Hikaru on the way to the living room.

'Hi Hika-chan, is Takashi in the living room?'

'Hi Huni-senpai, yeah, I think I saw Mori-senpai,' he shuffled his feet, 'I was going to apologise to Haruhi, is she still mad at me?'

Huni blinked, Haruhi and Kyouya... Hikaru, certain doom, 'ano... Haru-chan is sleeping right now, but I think you should be apologising to Kyo-chan, he's the one you were being mean to,' he smiled brightly and just hoped Hikaru would give up for now and go downstairs.

'Oh... I guess I should go apologise to Kyouya then,' maybe then Haruhi will talk to me, he felt upset at the thought of Haruhi ignoring him though he would prefer it if the wasn't suddenly so overly friendly with the Shadow King. She didn't seem to care that he was the one who kept piling money onto her debt, if anything she should hate him.

'NO!' Huni practically yelled.

'...Huni-senpai?' Hikaru looked down at the pint-sized host, stunned.

'I mean... Kyo-chan is sleeping too; you wouldn't want to wake him, ne?' Huni grinned harder, Hikaru gave him a weird look but shrugged, put his hands in his pockets and trudged sulkily back to the living room. Huni let his smile drop and let out an exaggerated sigh of relief before following Hikaru, letting a small smirk play on his lips, he hoped Haruhi and Kyouya had finished what they were doing before somebody else went looking for them, Huni didn't know how long he could cover for them.

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Haruhi and Kyouya sat side by side on the edge of her bed; Haruhi had to resist the urge to touch her lips, to see if they felt different. She herself didn't feel different apart from the slight giddy feeling in her head and her heart which refused to beat slower. She had kissed someone before, there was Kanako at the Host Club ball and she had kissed Kyouya before but this was probably the time that would remain in her memories, her first, true kiss. It was the first one with feeling and Haruhi hoped it wasn't going to be the only time.

Kyouya wondered what Haruhi was thinking; he gave her a quick glance and saw the distant look of thought on her face.

'When we get back to Tokyo,' Kyouya started, snapping Haruhi put of her trance-like state. She turned her head to face him, 'would you like to go on a date?'

Haruhi felt a tiny weight lift from her heart, she had to admit there had been a small worry inside her mind that they would get back home and everything would go on as normal, she smiled brightly, 'yes... so long as it involves nothing abnormally expensive.'

'That should be fine,'

'By my standards,'

'...I'll try,'

Haruhi laughed then grabbed his hand and stood up, 'we should go downstairs before the others, probably Hikaru or Tamaki, come looking for us,' and then she paused, 'are we going to tell the others or will we just let them find out?'

Kyouya sighed and stood up, silently marvelling at the fact any girl other than his sister would hold his hand and not be squealing or terrified, 'either way we'll need earplugs to protect our hearing from Tamaki.'

Wow... shockingly short, I apologise but I felt I needed to get something up at least. I might edit this chapter and make it longer, meh, if I do I will say so at the beginning of the next chapter, if I'm alive to write it, I am going to an... interesting... party on Thursday which will either end shocking awfully or possibly be pleasant *sigh* at least me and my friend have an escape route planned.

I have to study for three VERY important exams plus a project and a spanish speaking exam which will help shape my future for the next five years or more so gomen if there are either short updates/long intervals between. I LOVE YOU ALL!