Day Twenty one - Sleigh Ride

Characters: Host Club

Genre: Friendship

Triggers: None

Kaoru pulled back the reins as they approached the front gates, his arms straining with the horses' strength.

"Wooooaah there," Kaoru yelled, leaning back into the wooden bench. After a few rocking seconds the horses finally stilled and stood patiently by the iron gate.

"Very nice Kaoru," Takashi praised with a smile, reaching over to pet a horse on the behind. The mare neighed and snorted its appreciation.

"I didn't know horse driving would be so difficult." Kaoru complained, wiping the sweat from his brow. He could feel his shirt beginning to stick to his back as sweat rolled down his neck.

Takashi nodded, gently patting the other horse, "They know they're stronger than us but they respect our commands."

"They weren't really respecting me back there at the bend." Kaoru sneered.

"That's because you didn't see the bend until the last minute dimwit." Hikaru chimed in from the carriage. He turned around and crossed his arms on the beach beside Kaoru, joining their conversation.

Kaoru rolled his eyes, "I would have seen it if Hunny-senpai wasn't trying to get Mori-senpai's attention."

"I really needed to show him the bunny prints in the snow Kao-chan! He would have missed it!" Mitsukuni cried from the backseat, clutching Usa-chan close to his chest.

"Why did we go on a carriage ride anyway?" Haruhi grumbled, resting her chin on her fist against the far seat.

Kyoya adjusted his glasses, "We need to test drive both the carriage and the route so our guests can have the best experience. We've explained this before we took off."

"You mean before the twins dragged me in here." Haruhi snarled.

Hikaru shrugged, "You wouldn't have gone otherwise. We needed everyone."

Tamaki wrapped his arms around Haruhi's shoulders and pulled her into a tight enthusiastic hug. She humpfed a sigh of annoyance as he crushed her into him.

"Come on Haruhi, don't you want to be with us?" Tamaki cooed. "We enjoyed a wonderful sleigh ride together."

Haruhi sighed, knowing she should give up her bad mood for the sake of the others. They wouldn't stop bugging her until she at least gave them a smile. Besides, the horse ride was very pretty and scenic. She had to agree to some point, it was fun.

She gave them a small smile and shrugged Tamaki off, "Fine, alright, it was fun, but I want to go home now. I'm cold and I want to get dinner started."

"Fair enough," Kyoya conceded, beginning to stand up, "Let's all call it a day. Mori-senpai, I trust you know where the horses will spend the night?"

Takashi nodded and climbed off the front bench to release the horses from the carriage. Mitsukuni hopped off to help his cousin, although everyone already knew he'd rather rise the horse back to the stable.

"Care for a ride home Haruhi?" Kyoya asked as he fixed his wool gloves.

Haruhi looked across the blanket of snow reaching into the sidewalk and reluctantly nodded, "I suppose so, it might be too cold to walk home in this snow."

Tamaki shot his hand in the air and yelled, "I want to take Haruhi home!"

Haruhi groaned, "I accepted Kyoya-senpai's offer, not yours."

Kyoya smirked and gently put his hand on her back, gently guiding her towards the waiting famly car by the block corner. As they began to walk away Tamaki's whines grew louder.