Pairing:
KyouyaxHaruhi
Rating: eto...PG. Nothing serious in this
chapter.
Written for: myself as therapy. I need to relieve
some depression.
Dedicated to: 'katkin's diet' this
time. (Wow, for once I'm dedicating my fanfic to someone I actually
know in person!) Thank you for always listening to me complain
about my pathetic, useless problems when I'm in my 'emo' stage,
kat! I love you lots and lots!
Warning: Beware of
OOCness and just general suckage. And again, not BETA'd...sorry for
little mistakes here and there.
Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran or any of its characters. They belong only to the great Bisco Hatori-sama (and BONES)...and...I WANT TO BELONG TO HATORI-SENSEI! TT She's brilliant! Screw owning Ouran. xD
Kimi no Koe
By, Yue Guang Kuroneko
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Chapter Nine:
Haruhi sweatdropped, not quite sure what to make of their current situation.
She and Kyouya had been eating dinner in comfortable silence at one of Kyouya's preferred restaurants (after a rather heated debate about trying something new and eat someplace where the food didn't cost as much as a rare black pearl that could cost millions of yen) when, suddenly, out of absolutely no where, Hitachiin Hikaru and Kaoru showed up with their usual mischievous looks on their faces.
"Why, look, Kaoru," Hikaru had spoken with a sinister smirk. "Our Shadow King and the princess are having dinner together. Shall we join them?"
At first, Haruhi didn't see what was so horrible about having the twins join them since she hadn't really talked to them since they all graduated aside from a couple of e-mails once or twice a week. But as the night wore on, she noticed that something seemed rather strained in Hikaru's behavior. Kaoru was as sweet as he had always been, asking her about her classes at Tokyo University and talking about the Hitachiin winter line of beautiful and eccentric clothing whereas Hikaru, however, sat slightly brooding at her left side and Kyouya's right.
And here they were now, a strange tension rising between Kyouya and Hikaru. She couldn't say that she quite understood that feeling since Kyouya continued to eat with that impassive look on his face, his aura of familiar indifference. As she focused her eyes on Hikaru, she realized that he was shaking lightly, looking rather pale.
"Hikaru," Haruhi spoke, unable to ignore the poor man's condition. She placed a hand on his arm. "Is everything all right?"
"Oh, Haruhi!" Kaoru exclaimed with a nervous laugh, drawing her attention away from his twin. "Do you think you could help Hikaru and I find a wedding present for tono and Akiko-san? We don't understand much about commoner wedding gifts."
"Yes," Haruhi gazed at him suspiciously before returning to her meal. "Of course, Kaoru."
They were all silent once more, the tension between two of the men sitting with her becoming even more stifling as time went on. She and Kaoru continued to make light conversation but after a while, they could no longer continue.
"What is wrong with you two?" Haruhi felt compelled to ask since she could hardly taste the delicious food in her mouth at this point.
Silence answered her question and she moved her gaze to Kyouya who was taking a sip of his wine. Their eyes met and she could see that he had placed up that barrier that he possessed such a long time ago.
"There is nothing wrong, Haruhi," He spoke, his words seemingly cutting the tension between himself and Hikaru. "Perhaps you are imagining things?"
Haruhi raised an eyebrow at him but accepted his answer as everything seemed slightly more relaxed.
Dinner continued without a problem, although she could have sworn she saw Hikaru shoot angry glares in Kyouya's direction, but she was probably imagining it. Hikaru had absolutely no reason to be angry at Kyouya, wasn't that right?
"Why don't we give you a ride home tonight, Haruhi?" This time, Kaoru was the one to ask her.
She gazed at Kyouya who only returned her gaze with an emotionless look. She sighed and decided that since she had turned down the twins' offer twice before for Kyouya, she might as well agree this once.
"That'll be nice," Haruhi smiled at the twins brightly. "Thank you."
"It's our pleasure," Hikaru said.
Haruhi caught the smirk that Hikaru threw in Kyouya's direction and glanced over at Kyouya who had turned to leave.
"I'll be back," Haruhi promised them before walking fast-paced in Kyouya's direction and calling out his name. "Kyouya!"
At the sound of her voice, he stopped and turned, looking a bit tired which meant that his defenses and his walls were down. The moment he saw her, however, those walls returned and the collected and cool Kyouya returned.
"Kyouya?" Haruhi placed a hand at his sleeve. "Are you feeling all right?"
Kyouya only glanced at her and sighed before gently placing a kiss on her forehead.
"Good night, Haruhi," He said, turning to walk away.
"I'm sorry," Haruhi blurted.
When he stopped and turned to her inquisitively, she felt compelled to lower her eyes. She had no idea why she would apologize to him. Was it because she chose the twins over him? Is that why she felt slightly guilty? Or was it because of something else?
Kyouya only gave a small sigh and offered her a slight smile, lowering one of his ice walls. He placed a hand on her cheek like he had a few nights before when he had driven back to find her still standing at her apartment complex, silently hoping that he would turn back. Chocolate eyes met stormy eyes for a lingering second before…
"Go," He said, pulling away from her.
Haruhi gave him a smile, feeling a small orb of happiness materializing in her chest.
She and Kyouya were comfortable with each other. He was not stifling or very demanding; he was, as she had thought of him at Ouran, a kind person and strangely gentle. As she spent more and more time with him, she discovered that under his cool, emotionless mask, he was a passionate and warm person.
Waving good-bye to him, she headed back to the twins, smiling unconsciously to herself.
"Where did you go?" Kaoru asked her curiously as the Hitachiin car pulled up next to them.
"Nowhere," She answered.
As she chatter with Kaoru (or rather, listened to Kaoru speak about current events,) she realized that Hikaru had returned to his sulking in his seat.
"How have you been, Hikaru?" Haruhi asked when Kaoru had finished talking.
"Good," He mumbled, gazing back out of the window.
Haruhi shrugged and settled down in her seat, her mind on the materials that were covered in class. However, as she thought about her law class, her mind slowly dozing off between sleep and consciousness. It was nice in the limo, almost as nice as Kyouya's car, and she had stayed up the night before, finishing her thesis paper and completing the court project that had been issued the week before.
"She must be tired," She heard Kaoru's sweet voice say quietly.
"Why would she go for Kyouya-senpai?" Hikaru exclaimed angrily, punching the bullet-proof window, shocking her out of her slight doze.
"Calm down, Hikaru," Kaoru shushed him before Haruhi felt something warm covering her body. "Haruhi's sleeping."
"He's a bastard," Hikaru muttered through what it seemed like clenched teeth. Haruhi clutched Kaoru's jacket tightly. "He probably tricked Haruhi into—,"
"Let's not talk about it in front of her," Kaoru interrupted him with a sigh. "You'll make her feel insecure."
Haruhi heard only silence after Kaoru's request and let out a silent sigh. She understood their situation now—the tension between Kyouya and Hikaru was suddenly extremely clear to her.
She opened her eyes and found herself staring into Hikaru's jealousy-filled eyes.
"You're awake," Kaoru smiled warmly at her. "We're almost at your home too."
Only able to respond by nodding, she gazed into Hikaru's eyes for a moment, analyzing the emotions swirling in his amber orbs before sighing and said, "Hikaru…"
"Do you love him?" Hikaru blurted out, interrupting her train of thought.
"Hikaru!" Kaoru protested.
Haruhi was silent as she contemplated his question and her feelings. She wasn't quite sure what to answer him. She enjoyed Kyouya's company a significant amount and felt…well, she felt safe near him. They were both independent and mature adults, who could neither live with or without each other but Haruhi found their relationship (if one could call it that) to her liking.
"Do you?" Hikaru asked her, his voice lowered to almost a whisper.
When the limo suddenly slowed and stopped, Haruhi tore her eyes away from Hikaru and Kaoru to glance out the window.
"Kaoru-sama and Hikaru-sama," The driver spoke. "We've arrived."
"Thank you," Kaoru replied.
Haruhi opened the door and stepped out, grateful of the cool autumn air that greeted her. It was refreshing and it carried away the stifling feeling that nearly suffocated her in the limousine.
"Thank you both for the ride," Haruhi gave them a grateful smile.
Kaoru gave her a smile and a wave and she shut the door behind her and headed up the steps to the doors of her apartment complex.
"Haruhi!" Hikaru called out as she reached out to push the doors open.
She turned on her heels quizzically, "What is it?"
Her eyes widened as he reached out for her and embraced her tightly.
"Why do you have feelings for him?" Hikaru cried out, burying his face into her hair. "WHY?"
Haruhi gave a small sigh of understanding and embraced him lightly. It was clear that the embrace was not intimate but rather for comfort. She patted his head as he held her closer to his shivering body.
"Hikaru," Haruhi whispered, pulling away slightly from the older twin. "I'm sorry."
Hikaru's eyes closed tightly and pulled himself away from her. He didn't say a word but instead turned and headed back to the limo before shutting himself inside without looking back at her.
She glanced over at Kaoru—who had followed the foolishly desperate Hikaru in order to try to stop him—and he only offered her a small smile.
"I'm sorry, Haruhi," Kaoru murmured, placing a hand at her shoulder. "He still needs some more time."
"He has you, Kaoru," Haruhi answered him in comfort. "I have no doubt that he'll be okay soon."
Kaoru gave her a rather lonesome curve of his lips before patting her on the head.
"You haven't changed much, Haruhi," He spoke before he entered the limo before it started up and disappeared into the darkness.
Haruhi sighed and turned to proceed up to her room before she stopped, seeing a very familiar figure sitting in the lobby of her apartment complex. As if the figure sensed her gaze, he glanced up and stood, his graceful figure heading in her direction. She wasn't quite sure what he was doing there, or why, but at that moment, she was more than happy to see Ootori Kyouya.
"Haruhi,"
Just a simple utter of her name made her feel like sobbing into her hands. He peeled away her defense, the walls that made her different from any other woman, only to reveal a weak, pathetic, distressed woman who needed nothing more than a pair of arms to embrace her.
"Kyouya," Haruhi muttered, clutching her keys tightly. "What are you doing here?"
The dark-haired man didn't answer, but instead, wrapped his arms gently around her, and held her close to his own body.
"He'll understand," Kyouya said, pushing her bangs from her face.
"Yes," Haruhi buried her face into his chest. "I hope so."
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Author's Note: I know I haven't been replying to anybody's review as of late and I really, really apologize for that! I haven't had the time to reply due to Invisible and those piles of homework and projects building up in my room. TT. But I read every single of your reviews and I greatly appreciate all of the comments (and suggestions) that you've given me and it makes me really happy to see that people enjoy reading Kimi no Koe as much as I enjoyed writing it! So thank you all for reading and reviewing! You're all so awesome! (Pocky for all of you!)
And I wholeheartedly apologize to all HikaruxHaruhi fans out there who are reading this (if there are any, anyway . ) but I really don't mean to offend any of you by picking on Hikaru! I support HikaxHaru as much as I support MorixHaru and TamaxHaru…they just don't happen to be my OTP (and I support HikaxKao…if you couldn't tell from this chapter.) I'm sorry…please don't kill me until after this fic is over! -hides-
I'M SO SORRY, BUT I THINK THIS WAS REALLY OOC! I'M SORRY! -sniff-
- "tono"
is translated roughly into "lord" or "milord" and
that's what the twins call Tamaki- "Akiko-san" The
suffix -san is used for those who are not close to you and is
unisex.
- "Kyouya-senpai" The suffix -senpai is used for
those higher than you. For example, an 8th grader would call an 11th
grader "-senpai"
- "Kaoru-sama and Hikaru-sama"
The suffix -sama is used as either "master" or "king"
by servants, or those of lower lineage/positions in society
Feedback is really appreciated. Constructive criticism is also appreciated. Mean flames are retaliated with my evil dust kitties and their water furballs...so don't try them. You'll regret it. Really.
Thank you for reading!
