So...chapter six! And replies to guest review (I'm so sorry it took so long):

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Haruhi woke up and rolled over in her bed. Sunlight landed on her eyes and she covered her face with a pillow, wishing for the day to go away. As her thoughts cleared, for a terrifying moment, she thought that she slept in and should be at school and she shot up in the bed. With a wave of relief, she realized that it was Saturday.

Haruhi breathed slowly in an effort to calm her heart rate. "Oh thank goodness," she murmured to herself. She couldn't miss a day of school; she'd fall too far behind in just a day.

Haruhi laid back down on the bed and sighed. She rolled over onto her side and after a moment, she decided she would not go back to sleep. She sat back up and checked the bedside digital clock. "10:37?" Haruhi asked in shock. She thought, I never sleep in that late…

Haruhi stood and walked to the mirror. After smoothing out her wild bed-hair, she thought back to last night. What happened? Haruhi remembered that Honey had left to a heir meeting and she had started to watch a movie but after that, it was a blur. For the life of her, she couldn't remember what happened and it annoyed her to no end.

I know! Haruhi thought. I'll ask Mori! I bet he's still in his room.

Haruhi pulled her hair back into a bun and opened her door. Quickly, she walked to Mori's door and knocked twice briskly.

Almost immediately, Mori answered, "Just a second."

Haruhi stepped back from the door and smoothed her hair down. Relax, she thought. This is just a friend looking for an explanation as to what happened last night and how I ended up in my bed. Not an excuse to see Mori… She couldn't even convince herself in her head.

After a moment, the door opened and Haruhi was speechless.

Mori stood in the doorway, his hair wet and glistening like he had just gotten a shower. He was wearing loose pajama bottoms and his chest was bare, showing off his lean, wiry muscles. "Haruhi!" he said, surprised.

"Um," Haruhi managed, finally tearing her eyes off his chest. "Hi."

Mori raised an eyebrow and hoped he wasn't blushing. "I was expecting Mitsukuni, I'm sorry."

"No!" Haruhi answered. Realizing how enthusiastic she was, she quickly corrected, "I mean, it's no problem. Just, um…yeah…" Haruhi couldn't find any words to say. Stupid Mori-senpai…stupid shirtlessness…stupid nervousness…stupid sexy Mori-senpai…

Mori scratched the back of his neck. "So, anything you need?" he asked awkwardly.

Haruhi nodded and kept her eyes trained on Mori's. "Um, what happened last night? I don't remember falling asleep."

"Oh, that…" Mori started. "You fell asleep during the movie and afterwards, I carried you to your bed."

Haruhi blushed. Oh no… She asked anxiously, "I didn't fall asleep on you, did I?"

Mori's hesitant smile and eyebrow raise was answer enough.

Haruhi groaned and rubbed her face with both hands, hoping to hide her reddening face. "I'm so, so sorry. I didn't sleep well the night before last and I guess the lack of sleep caught up with me." She paused before continuing, "I'm so sorry." She peeked a look at Mori through her hands to find he had a small smile on his face.

"It's fine," he said simply.

Haruhi nodded numbly. She took a step back and said, "Okay, bye now."

Mori nodded and shut the door.

Once Haruhi was sure Mori was gone, she hit her head and muttered, "Baka! You can't even compose yourself while he's shirtless!"

…~….

Mori sighed and walked back to his shirt lying on the bed. He pulled it on over his head and brushed his wet hair. So stupid, he thought. Shirtless? In front of the girl you like? Really, Takashi?

….~…..

Honey looked up and saw Haruhi enter the kitchen, her eyes staring off into space. "Haru-chan?" he asked. "Are you okay?"

Haruhi's eyes snapped to Honey and she nodded, looking embarrassed to be caught daydreaming. "Yeah, I'm fine, Honey-senpai."

Honey took another bite of cake. "You sure? You slept in."

Haruhi blushed and immediately Honey's suspicions went up. Haruhi nodded mutely and exited the kitchen, heading towards the back door.

Honey watched her go with suspicions high. What's going on? Why was she blushing? When Honey couldn't answer his own question, he went back to his cake.

Within a minute and two slices of cake later, Mori entered the kitchen. "Hello, Mitsukuni," he greeted.

Honey looked after where Haruhi had left. "What happened with Haruhi?"

Mori looked away and Honey thought he could detect a hint of a blush on his cheeks. "She wanted to know what happened last night and came to my room to ask me," he said sheepishly.

Honey thought this over and decided that didn't explain Haruhi's or Mori's odd behavior. "Huh," he said back and took another bite of cake. At the third bite, he had an epiphany. "Were you shirtless?" he said through a mouthful of cake. But since it was through a mouthful of cake, it came out more as gibberish and dripping crumbs.

"What?" Mori asked, his expression confused.

Honey chewed and swallowed. Excitedly he said, "Were you shirtless when Haruhi came to the door?"

A blush spread across Mori's cheeks. "Umm…"

"You're blushing!" Honey cheered.

Mori's expression turned to horror. "No, I'm not!" he insisted defensively.

Honey nodded with a large grin on his face. "Yes you are, Takashi!"

"Mitsukuni," Mori said.

Honey grinned broader and said, "Was Haruhi blushing and nervous?"

Mori's shocked look was an affirmative answer, Honey knew.

"Yes!" he cheered, jumping up from his chair and dancing around the kitchen.

Mori sighed and the rest of the blush faded from his cheeks. "Mitsukuni," he tried again.

Honey ignored him and continued skipping around the kitchen. Haruhi seeing Mori shirtless and Mori blushing, he thought excitedly. My plan is going better than expected!

….~….

Haruhi sat on a bench in the garden and opened her book. That was so embarrassing! she thought.

She flipped to page one and started the first chapter. Within a few minutes, her mind drifted to Mori. He was so hot, she thought despite herself.

A sudden noise in the bushes attracted Haruhi's attention. "Hello?" she asked, seemingly calm.

Haruhi marked the page and set the book down before standing up. She cautiously approached the bushes, every fiber in her being screaming at her to run. "Hello?" she asked again.

The bushes rustled and the leaves shook. Haruhi felt adrenaline fill her body and cloud her judgment. Each step was getting harder but somehow she didn't stop herself. She couldn't bring herself to run away; it wasn't in her nature. "Anyone there?" she asked nervously though she tried to sound brave.

Quickly, acting on pure instinct, Haruhi reached out and pulled back a branch. Inside the bush showed a pure white kitten. It looked up to her with wide, blue eyes and meowed. Being a girl, a tomboy but still a girl, Haruhi had to coo at him. "Aww..aren't you adorable?"

The kitten meowed at her again.

"What are you doing here?" Haruhi continued.

A loud meow came from behind her, making her jump. Haruhi spun around to find an adult large pure white cat. The cat was hissing at her. Haruhi immediately backed up, remembering what she had read about overprotective moms and their children. "Sorry, momma-cat," she apologized.

The adult cat leaped over to her kitten and picked him up by the scruff of his neck. The two disappeared behind the bush and left.

Once they were gone, Haruhi laughed at herself for being so worried over a kitten. She sat back down on the bench and picked up her book. Before she returned to its pages, she saw a shadow move on the ground in front of her. Immediately, she turned around to the trees behind her and demanded, "Come out!"

After a moment and nothing happened, Haruhi stood and walked briskly back inside the Haninozuka mansion. Better safe than sorry, she reasoned, not willing to admitted she was slightly scared.

Please review and tell me what you think so far. And please tell me your guesses for where this story will go. I'm very interested to see if this plot is predictable so please help me out and review your idea where this plot will go!