"She is so cute!"

"Emi looks so much like Yuka"

"They both are so adorable"

Yuka customers gushed at the scene in front of them. Yuka sat on a chair as Emi poured pretend tea into his cup.

But that wasn't the only reason the girls were gushing. Emi had decided that the tea party today was princess themed. She wore a pink dress that was over her regular outfit, a princess crown, high heels that were his aunt's old hand-me-downs, and random bracelets and necklaces to complete the look. Emi also decided that Yuka needed to dress up as well. He didn't wear a dress or high heels, but he did wear a few necklaces, bracelets, his own crown, and even had clip-on earrings on.

"More tea, daddy?" asked the little girl as she poured more tea into his cup before turning to Yuka's three customers that sat on either side of him and across from him. "You want tea?" she questioned which got a few yes's and head nods.

Emi wasn't a very talkative child, so when she did, it always got attention. The oh's and aw's from pretty much anyone who was watching. Which of course included other club members.

"I am glad that everyone is enjoying the tea party," said Yuka as he grinned at the girls. He was glad he remembered to ask the twins for accessories for his customers. They wore jewelry just like him and Emi. It made his little girl happy and got smiles and giggles from the girls when Emi brought out their own jewelry to wear.

"Of course we are Yuka!"

"This is the most fun we had in a long time!"

"I speak for everyone here that we would love to come back for another Emi tea party!"

It wasn't that bad of a tea party in Yuka's opinion either. The teenagers were still able to talk about school and host events, while Emi serviced them tea and sweets. Yuka poured the real tea, while Emi gave pretend refills. He did allow her to hand out the sweets, but he watched her carefully. The little girl could be a sneak when it came to her sweet tooth. He knew if he didn't watch her, she would try to sneak bites and licks from the sweets she was handing out. Even if he didn't mind, his customers may have other thoughts. He simply stopped her before she could do anything, or he took the sweet from her and ate it himself. He would get a glare for that action, which only got worse when he laughed and the giggles from his customers.

The girls even listened to Emi talk about her day, or pretty much anything she said whenever Emi felt the need to talk. Yuka knew that as Emi started to get more comfortable around the group, she would become more talkative. He knew then that it would be more fun. Akari could be snarky and sassy when she wanted to, and he knew Emi would inherit that from her. He didn't know if that was going to be a blessing or a curse.

Yuka's attention turned to the door. He noticed a girl standing in the doorway, hiding just out of view. She was watching the club members as they went about their routines. He was about to go over when the twins bet him to it. Of course, that meant soon after they greeted her, Tamaki made an appearance.

"Don't touch me, you phony! How did you get to be king of this club? The king does not spread his love around like cheap margarine! A girl's heart responds to the enigmatic smile, the indecipherable glance!" screeched the girl as she pushed Tamaki away "You're just a mushy oaf! An airhead pretty boy! A cut-rate Romeo! In short a lousy lover!"

"That's a new move," muttered Yuka as he watched Tamaki fall to the ground.

"Personal slo-mo. Impressive!" the twins added with a nod of agreement.

"Kyoya! How I've ached to see you! My one, my only prince!" proclaimed the girl, throwing her arms around the teen.

After that commotion, they sent the girls home to talk to this stranger, who introduced herself as Renge Hoshakuji.

"Who knew Kyoya had a fiancé?" queried Yuka.

"Looks like Tamaki didn't," whispered Haruhi. The group was currently watching Tamaki in his mood corner as Renge was in her own little world.

"He's mad cause mom kept a secret from dad," the twins remarked with a shrug.

"Not that I care, but how long do you intend to keep referring to us as mom and dad?" asked an annoyed Kyoya.

"I don't think it's going away, mom," Yuka answered with a smirk. The group watched as Emi made her way over to Tamaki.

"Tama, why sad?" asked the little girl. She held out her teddy bear to Tamaki, "Want hold Teddy? You can't have, but you can hug."

That seemed to break Tamaki out of his mood. He swept Emi up into his arms, tears in his eyes. Hugging the toddler, he twirled in a circle, causing laughter to fill the room.

"Thank you, Princess Emi. That made me feel so much better," burst Tamaki as he came to a halt and walked back over to the group. Everyone tuned back in to hear Renge describe Kyoya, which didn't sound like Kyoya at all.

"Kyoya talks to plants and nurses injured kittens?" questioned Yuka. It seemed so familiar. His mind was trying to remember why that he was sure it would bite him in the foot if it was a snake.

"Really? that's rather hard to picture…" muttered the twins.

"You sure you mean Kyoya?" asked Haruhi.

"Haruhi! Don't be so unfeeling! He's standing right there!" yelled Tamaki and the twins.

"I mean him exactly!" screeched Renge before going on a longwinded speech that sounded nothing like Kyoya. It turned out that Renge was obsessed with a love simulation game and fell in love with Kyoya cause he looked like a character in the game.

Yuka tapped Tamaki's shoulder and silently asked for his daughter back. Yuka held the little girl in his arms, choking back tears. Tears that no one, but a few noticed in the room. Everyone else was freaking out that Renge was an Otaku and too relieved to find out Kyoya wasn't her fiancé to notice him.

He had to get his emotions under control. Mentioning the game reminded him of her. She loved that game and he had to bury his feelings and memories for the time being. He couldn't break down right now.

Before Yuka knew it, Haruhi was in charge of teaching her how to bake. Of course, he got dragged into it when Emi heard they were going to bake cookies. Now he was in the kitchen, baking cookies with his little girl.

Emi was munching on a cookie Yuka had baked and watched the group silently. Renge was currently chasing Honey around the room, who made the mistake of being too honest and saying Renge's cookies weren't yummy. Haruhi was eating a cookie from her batch. Tamaki was in his corner again because of Renge. The twins looked over at Tamaki and share an evil look, before making their way over to Haruhi.

"Mmm…Tasty," whispered Hikaru as he bit the cookie Haruhi had been in the process of eating in half. The other half was already in her mouth when Hikaru took his bite, coming extremely close to her lips with his lips.

"Oh, my… A bit of cream… right there," whispered Kaoru as he licked the cream off Haruhi's cheek.

"Hikaru, next time just ask for a cookie. And Kaoru, I can wipe it off myself," was Haruhi reply much to the enjoyment of the twins and anger of Tamaki. Tamaki went on a rant as Yuka turned his attention to the twins.

"Guys, not in front of the baby!" yelped Yuka, covering Emi's eyes up the best he could. He mentally slapped him for that slip-up. He should have been paying more attention to the twins and not Renge and Honey.

"Daddy. Can't see," protested the toddler as she tried pushing his hand away.

"Yuka, she is one and a half. We don't think she will be copying anything she sees us do," smirked Hikaru.

"She hasn't before now and I doubt she will anytime soon," Kaoru mirrored Hikaru as they leaned on either side of the teen.

"You better hope not," muttered Yuka. He tried wiggling free and controlling his blush. He was getting better, but not much at controlling his reactions to the guys. He also knew the twins were the worst on getting him to blush. He knew they enjoyed it and he was really sure they made a game out of it.

"Tepid…All of these characters are tepid! Except for Kyoya!" declared Renge as she pointed at every club member "There's no depth. No shading. No angst! Women love to swoon over tragic, handsome men. Without that, men are just silly and stupid and boring! And that won't do!"

"This calls for major character revision! Honey, you're cute outside, but inside a ravening monster. Mori, you will hover over Mitsukuni, consumed by concern for him! Your every rare utterance will be profound!"

"The twins will agonize over how their similarity constrains their individuality! Especially in the basketball club. Haruhi…Poor in wealth and family. Yet a student at this school. That will work!"

"Tamaki! Praised and idolized because of his appearance, he doesn't know who he really is. The lonely king! Kyoya, you are perfect. Don't change,"

Renge paused as he looked over at the father/daughter duo. "For Yuka, you lost your love in childbirth. You deeply miss her and it hurts so bad since it feels like you lost your better half. You have to hide behind her little girl for fear of breaking your heart more. You have guilt over her death and such sadness, you can't even look at her child, let alone bond with her. Even though you love her..."

"Ok, Renge. That's enough. I don't know what your plan is. I really don't care. I am not going to go along with it. Neither is Emiko. We are leaving. Just tell me when you are done with whatever this is and we will be back," exploded Yuka as he picked up Emi and stormed out of the room, leaving everyone behind to wonder what just happened.