Disclaimer: I have no rights over any Ouran characters.

Haruhi left work on Monday smiling. Working with Mamoru was a real treat. He was very smart and clear-headed, despite his bad habit of talking uncontrollably when excited or nervous. Actually looking forward to work was such a novelty to her. She'd dreaded Monday so much over the past two years, it was nice not to wake up with a heavy heart that she had to carefully hide from her father.

The smile disappeared off of her face as soon as she walked out of the revolving door.

Leaning against one of the columns outside were the Hitachiin Twins. Haruhi barely had time to wonder what they were doing here before they were right in front of her.

"Yes?" she asked.

Hikaru smiled, "Well, lovely lady, we're here to court you and unravel your mysteries."

Haruhi's brows rose, she looked over at Kaoru, who she judged to be the saner of the two from her limited experience with them, "And you agree with this ridiculous plan?"

Kaoru grinned and nodded.

She sighed, "You two do realize that I have no mysteries, right?"

The two of them snickered. "Of course you have mysteries, everyone has mysteries," Kaoru said.

Haruhi shook her head, "You're wrong. Anyways, what's this nonsense about courting me? There are two of you and only one of me."

Hikaru gave her a sly grin, "Oh, sweet Haruhi, don't you realize that we share everything?"

"Besides," said Kaoru, tears coming to his eyes, "I could never live without Hikaru."

"That doesn't mean you two need to share one girl," Haruhi said flatly. She had the feeling they were about to try the brotherly love act that she'd witnessed ten years previously.

"Oh, but it does!" said Hikaru. "You see," he reached over and pulled Kaoru close to him, "I could never let anyone touch my beloved brother without me there."

"Do-do you mean that Hikaru," Kaoru said in a stage whisper.

"Of course I do! You know how jealous I am!"

"How-how could I forget?" said Kaoru breathlessly.

The two of them were so busy staring into each other's eyes that they didn't notice her roll her own before walking away.

By the time they realized she wasn't watching their show she was already in her tae kwon do studio, warming up.

That didn't stop them from trying to corner her again the next day. Luckily this was the day she was supposed to try Haninozuka style, so Hunny appeared mere seconds after the twins cornered her. He got her out of there mere seconds after that.

The twins were not happy.

On Wednesday she went out through one of the service entrances, making her way to the subway unmolested.

On Thursday she took the service entrance again, only to find Hikaru already there, scowling at her.

"You, Haruhi Fujioka, are one slippery fish," he said as he pushed something on his phone.

"Oh, put a sock in it, Hikaru. Can't you tell I'm not interested?"

He just scowled harder, "How do you DO that?!"

"Do what?"

"Tell us apart!" he practically shouted, making several people turn to look at them.

Haruhi turned red, she quickly grabbed Hikaru's arm and dragged him away from her place of work.

Once they stopped walking she turned to him and hissed, "What's so special about me telling you apart? You two are different people. That's easy enough to see."

"It's special, because no one, and we mean NO ONE, has been able to tell us apart before," said Kaoru as he walked up behind them.

Haruhi could only assume that he'd been waiting at the front entrance. She should've known that a side entrance would only work once.

Haruhi frowned, "Really? But it's not hard. You're both very different people."

"Oh? How so?" asked Kaoru.

Haruhi rolled her eyes, "I'm not going to tell you what you already know. You both know that you're not the same. Why do you need me to tell you?"

She turned to walk away, but found her path blocked by Hikaru.

She almost groaned.

"Fine. Hikaru, you're impulsive and you carry your emotions for all to see. While, you, Kaoru, like to think before you act. You prefer to hide your emotions, letting Hikaru take the lead. Even though you both know that all you have to do is cry a real tear and Hikaru will do whatever you want."

Their stunned silence allowed Haruhi to get away and disappear into the crowd. As she entered her tae kwon do studio she wondered just what she was getting into with these two.

They didn't appear on Friday, but that might've been because Mamoru helped her sneak out early for a meeting with Alianore.

"Well, how's this week been?" Haruhi asked as she took the seat across from Alianore.

Alianore grinned at her, "Well, I've felt like a new person all week. It's so strange not having this gloomy cloud hanging around, waiting to attack."

Haruhi smiled back at her, "I'm glad you're doing well. I was pretty sure you still had feelings for Tamaki, but," she shrugged, "I could've been wrong."

Alianore laughed at that, "Really, Haruhi, you, wrong? I think the only time you got close to being wrong was when you tried to get Mei and I to leave you alone. After all, we're amazing. So not being our friend would be incredibly stupid of you."

Haruhi laughed at that, "Alianore, you're so full of yourself!"

"Of course I am! After all, if I wasn't, who would be?"

Haruhi laughed at that. Truly, how did she get so lucky to get such amazing friends? They were the best, even if they were a little odd.

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On Sunday Haruhi grabbed her purse and headed out the door to the grocery store. Upon reaching the street she froze.

Two very, very familiar red-heads were getting out of an extremely expensive looking car. Haruhi frowned at them.

"How did you find out where I live?" she demanded.

Hikaru flashed her a grin, while Kaoru just looked sheepish.

"We have connections," Hikaru said.

Haruhi rolled her eyes at that, of course they had connections.

She took a deep breath and turned away from them to head down the street to the grocery store.

Within seconds they were on either side of her.

"So, Haruhi, where are you going?" Kaoru asked conversationally.

"Shopping."

"Oh, what are you shopping for?" he asked.

"Food."

"Are you going to cook for us?" Hikaru asked.

"No."

"Why not?" he asked.

"I cook for guests, not talking balls of slime," she said, bringing back her words from France. Maybe the shock would hit them so hard she could get away.

It didn't work.

"Balls of slime…where have I heard that before?" Hikaru asked.

"I do believe someone called us that once in Paris," Kaoru said.

Hikaru frowned, "That's right. Now, when was it...oh! I remember! It was when Tamaki got that drink thrown at him!"

"You're right!" Kaoru said, "You see, Haruhi, we don't often get called balls of slime. What made you pick that lovely term?"

Haruhi rolled her eyes at them, she'd miscalculated. Oh well, in for a penny, in for a pound.

"Because, it suited you then and it still suits you now."

"Suited us…" Kaoru said, confused.

"Wait a minute!" Hikaru exclaimed as he grabbed her arm and yanked her to a stop.

Haruhi did not like getting dragged around.

She quickly broke his hold and landed a nice kick on his thigh, sending him stumbling backwards.

"Hikaru Hitachiin, don't you DARE touch me again."

His eyes narrowed at her, "You're the one from Paris! How did you know about our friends? Kyoya was trying to figure that out for months. You had no connection at all to Ouran!"

"I'm psychic," she said, turning and resuming her walk to the store.

Kaoru joined her, leaving Hikaru standing in the middle of the sidewalk.

"You know," he said, "you didn't have to kick him."

"Yes, I did."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because, from what I can tell, Hikaru needs something memorable to think about when learning a lesson."

"And what lesson was he learning?"

"Not to touch people without their permission."

"Ahhh…."

They continued their walk to the grocery story, eventually Hikaru caught up to them, but he said nothing. Although, he did keep side-eyeing her.

Hikaru and Kaoru looked around in mild curiosity as they followed Haruhi around the grocery store.

"Kaoru, remember that time Tamaki dragged us to one of these places?"

Kaoru chuckled, "Yeah, do you remember the girl that gave us the slip? One second we were courting her, the next we were staring at a wall of coff–"

Haruhi glanced at Kaoru to see him staring at shock. She then looked down at the packet of instant coffee in her hand and her eyes widened.

Hikaru frowned, "Kaoru, what's wrong?"

"Hikaru…look at Haruhi."

Hikaru frowned, "What about her?"

"Picture her in casual athletic clothes and glasses, with messy short hair."

Hikaru stared at her for a moment and then his eyes widened, too.

"Haruhi! That was you?!"

She wanted to walk away, but decided to stand her ground. They'd already proven that she couldn't get away from them.

"Maybe."

"What're the odds?" Kaoru whispered.

Haruhi didn't know, but she figured they were pretty low.

Author's Note: It's been a crazy week. I'm late getting this out to ya'll and I apologize, but here's some much needed Haruhixtwins fun! This was a fun chapter to write.

Enjoy! :)