A/N Alright! Here's chapter 4! Also, word of warning, some of language used in this isn't exactly for children. There's no swearing, but some pretty foul language came out of Kaoru and Hikaru in this chapter. I'll do my best to make sure it doesn't happen again. Sorry! So please, if it offends you, just skip it. It's not really plot sensitive.

Chapter 4-

Hana was walking Sakura to school when it happened.

"Aw, sis, look, it's a kitten!" Sakura yelped, running over to a box near a popular cafe, "Can we keep her?"

A tiny, fluffy kitten with wide, jade green eyes and grey silken fur stared at them hopefully from its cardboard cage. The box was too high for the kitten to scramble out of, and it had long since abandoned trying.

"It says that the owner can't take care of it anymore. On the sign" Sakura added helpfully, pointing to a piece of paper taped to the box. It read, 'Please take good care of him, for I can no longer do so'

"Sakura..." Hana sighed, "We've been over this. Our apartment doesn't allow pets"

At the reminder, Sakura's face fell, "But... But we can't just leave her here!"

"I'm pretty sure it's a boy Sakura. And we can leave it here, because someone else will take it. C'mon, we've gotta get to school"

"Fine, but can we wait a few minutes? Just to make sure it finds a new owner?"

Hana flipped open her phone, checking the time. They still had a few minutes.

"Sure, for a little while" Hana agreed, "Let's go and wait somewhere else. People will think we're the kittens owners if we wait here"

"Kay!"

They waited ten minutes, ignorant to Hana's complaints. During this, some people came and read the note, but left the kitten there. Hana knew that they were having the same thoughts that she had. 'Too much trouble to deal with right now'

And oddly... Hana felt something. Angry? Protective? Hana frowned slightly, focusing... Then realized she felt sympathetic. She too had been abandoned. By her and Sakura's father.

Hana forced the thoughts away with a vengeance. Thinking about her father would put her in a foul mood, and she wouldn't let him have control over her life anymore.

"You know what Sakura? I think we'll keep him after all" Hana announced, "He needs a name, right? What should we call him?"

Sakura beamed, and began chattering excitedly, "I like Silk, because his fur's so smooth! Or Milk, or maybe Cream..."

She rattled off names, each as ridiculous as the next, leaving Hana to privately asses her latest action.

'Why did I do that?' She wondered as she dragged Sakura to school, box in hand, 'I mean, it's just an abandoned kitten. These things are pretty common, especially if the owner can't take care of all their cats litter'

'But then again, it's not like I could just leave it there to die... I'll think of something. For now, what the heck do kittens eat?'

"You know, if you're going to be my future girlfriend, you probably shouldn't study books on... Cat well being?" Kyoya suggested as he pulled out a chair and sat beside her on the library table at the back of the room, secluded from other students view.

She sighed, "Don't ask"

"And yet I will"

She sighed again, "Sakura found an abandoned kitten this morning. And even though our apartment doesn't allow pets, I still said yes"

Ever since her and Kyoya's... Arrangement, he'd made an effort to get to know her- in the public eye of course, so word would reach his father- which was why on Thursday, three days after Hana's meeting of the Host Club, it surprised her that Kyoya had chosen then to start a conversation, since she was in the most deserted part of the most deserted library of Ouran Academy.

Things between her and Kyoya were... Tense, but better than when they'd first met. Yes, he was arrogant, yes, he was self serving, but then he could be sarcastically witty, and sometimes it felt as though they could bicker and banter for hours. But then there were those small acts of kindness he did, which made Hana think that maybe Kyoya Ootori wasn't as bad as she'd first thought.

Not that she'd ever admit it.

"So where's the kitten now?" He asked, absent-mindedly leaving through one of the books.

"With Sakura. I told her to take it to class with her and see if she could find another owner for it"

"So you're not keeping it"

"No... It's just... too much trouble, and as you can see I don't know the first thing about taking care of a kitten"

He nodded, "Is there any reason you're not using the internet?"

She gave him a wry smile, "All the computers are taken, and I don't have a phone that can connect to the internet"

He sighed, "What am I going to do with you?"

She ignored him, and his rhetorical question, and after a few seconds a phone was placed in front of her. Glancing up in shock, she met his dark eyes.

"Here, use this. Return it to me after school, at the music room. There's something I need you to do, anyway"

He walked off, leaving Hana in complete shock. Had Kyoya just lent her his phone? Had Kyoya just been nice? Had he and Hana just had a whole conversation without arguing or insulting each other?

"No" she murmured, "Maybe Kyoya isn't that bad at all"

After school, Hana wandered over to Music Room Three, wondering what Kyoya needed her help with. Pushing open the double doors, she squinted as she tried to accustom herself to the bright light.

"Hana-chan!" Honey sang, running over to her and wrapping his arms around her waist, "Do you wanna come eat cake with me? We have two kinds; the strawberry and the chocolate! I ate all the other ones... But they were really good!"

"No thanks, Honey" Hana said, giving Honey an affectionate pat on the head, "I'm looking for Kyoya. Is he around?"

"Kyoya's in there" The twins, appearing from nowhere, pointed to a room, "Also, why do you wear your hair like that? You'd look so much better with it down"

Hana knew by now that the twins didn't mean her offense- not really. Since their mother was a world famous-famous fashion designer, they were accustomed to saying what they thought of others appearance with no regard to said others feelings. To be honest, Hana never wanted to ask them the question 'Do I look fat in this?' because the twins would give her a long detailed response as to why she did. Not that Hana would be so vain as to ask that question, of course.

"I only wear it down when I'm working"

"So what are you then, a prostitute?"

"Dearest Hana!" Tamaki gasped, rushing over to her and grabbing her shoulders, "You must not allow yourself to fall into such a treacherous trap! I understand that you are poor, but becoming a prostitute is-"

"Who's become a prostitute?" Kyoya asked, mildly interested.

"I'm not a prostitute!" Hana said exasperatedly, "I just work at a cafe"

"A brothel" Hikaru and Kaoru nodded to each-other, as though this made perfect sense. Hana gave up then, not even bothering to explain.

"Takashi, what's a prostitute and a brothel?" Honey asked, innocence written all over his face.

"Not now, Mitsukini" Mori said quietly, then shot them all a fierce a glare. Everyone immediately shut up.

"Right. No foul language around Honey. Got it" The twins said, hands raised in surrender, hesitant smiles on their faces, "Oh look, time to go. Bye!"

And with that, they ran off somewhere, most likely to find Haruhi. A heartbeat later, Honey climbed on Mori's shoulders and they wandered off as well, most likely to go eat cake.

Looking at Tamaki's concerned face, Hana gave him an easy smile, "I'm not a prostitute, I promise"

"I would hope not" Kyoya said dryly, "Anyway, Hana, come with me"

They walked over to the large dining table and sat down. Hana passed Kyoya his phone and Kyoya nodded his thanks.

"So what did you need me for?"

"Your opinion. If there's one thing that I can rely on, Hana, it's your honesty. Tamaki has decided that because it's summer, we need to run the Host Club at the beach. But because Haruhi doesn't have a passport, we can't leave the country"

He tapped a few locations on the map in front of him, "These are all private beaches owned either by my family or my family's friends. This one here" he indicated it, "is known for its wildlife, and this one..."

He continued to explain the four beaches, giving a brief and concise explanation of each one. They listed all the possible pro's and cons, and eventually decided on a beach that starred friendly wildlife, so that Tamaki would get his animal fix and be safe whilst he did it.

"Thank you, Hana" Kyoya said, and Hana hid her wariness. Was he being sincere, or fooling her? "Also" he continued, "Would you like to accompany us? Of course, since Saturday was our assigned first date we could kill two birds with one stone and make it our date as well"

It was a no-brainer. At the beach with the Host Club, Kyoya would have his hands full, which meant that she wouldn't have to spend much time with them. After all whilst he may have grown on her slightly, Hana would still rather chop off her own arm than be with Kyoya alone.

"Sure" Hana said, packing her things up as she got ready to leave, "Anyway, I've still got to figure out what to do with the kitten"

"Would you like for it to stay at my place?" Kyoya offered, and Hana met his dark eyes in shock. Today, he seemed to be full of surprises, "Of course, the maids would raise it, and only until it would be old enough to attend a cat cafe"

Cat cafés were very popular in Japan. Usually at an hourly fee patrons would be able to play with some cats. It is so widely appreciated because most apartments, like Hana's, don't allow pets, and so the patrons could enjoy the feel of having pet without actually having a pet. And sometimes, in these cafés, they accepted stray cats, usually to give to the nearest shelter or to raise as one of the cafés cats. Hana was sure someone like Kyoya could pull some strings and get it into one of the cafés.

Hana felt her eyes widen. After a moment of shocked silence, she stuttered, "Please. Th-thanks!... I don't know what else I'd do..."

"Don't worry about it" Kyoya smiled, and Hana felt her heart race and her breath catch, "Well, see you on Saturday"

"See you" Hana agreed, still in shock, and left the Music Room feeling as though she'd just seen a miracle. And in a way, she had.

'Kyoya must be in a good mood today' she reflected, 'Still... Wow. Maybe I judged Kyoya a little too harshly. I mean, he must've been raised like a prince his entire life, of course he's going to be a little arrogant... But maybe, just maybe, there's a nice guy hidden under all that coldness'

Smiling to herself, she left the school, to pick up Sakura and to tell her the good news.

A/N For those of you who are about to start telling me that Kyoya is out of character, he isn't. It's all part of my master plan... Oh, just you wait!

Once again, sorry about Kaoru and Hikaru. Hopefully it won't happen again. I'll certainly try my best to not let it happen again, but to me it felt like something they'd say 'shrugs' anyway, hope you enjoyed regardless! Next chapter should be soon. A day at the beach with the Host Club! I wonder what will happen?