The look in her eyes as she closed those few inches, touched her lips shyly to mine… My heart nearly stopped. I had seen that look in hundreds of other girls' eyes, at the host club it was hard to avoid them, but every time I had stared back with cold calculation masked in a well practiced smile. All those girls had been to me were nothing but the size of their fathers bank accounts. Sure, I had expressed my generosity to them in multiple ways, courting them, flaunting them, even sleeping with them if they offered me enough… It all just seems so silly now. The first kiss in the ballroom sealed the deal. I do believe I will never look at a woman the same way ever again.
I led her back inside, my hand pressed firmly against the small of her back. The warmth under the bunched satin made me press a little harder, wanting more, needing the feel of bare skin against my own. She shot me a questioning glance as we passed the main party, eyes finally understanding once we topped the massive staircase and I picked her up in my arms in a swift moment, her weight nothing in the brute force rushing through me in my very blood. The very strength of my need stunned me further. I'd never felt so powerful and been so aware of the need to control myself without the presence of such a delicate creature in my arms, her thin legs dangling elegantly off of my arm and her small hands locked on the back of my neck. I felt truly whole.
When we reached the suite, I unlocked the door with one hand and swiftly deposited her on the bed.
"Where are you going?" She asked, eyes wide. I nearly ran to her and kissed her, she was so perfect.
"It's a secret." I winked at her and she smiled back. "Wait for me."
After her nod, I ran back down the stairs in search of champagne and flowers. Tonight was the night for sure.
"There he is. NOW!" Tamaki shouted, and they sprinted full at him, pushing into a flying leap as Kyouya's head swiveled in their direction.
"What the HELL?" he yelled as they all toppled to the floor an inch in front of his toes.
"Minor miscalculation…" Hikaru moaned, getting a face full of polished marble.
"Shut up, get the traitor!!!" Tamaki grabbed at his legs and Kaoru toppled down on them all, managing to get a few elbows in on his way down.
"Stop, you imbeciles! Let me go!" Kyouya yelled, pushing against their arms.
"No way in hell! She's mine!" Kaoru shouted.
"Objection!" Hikaru retorted, infuriated.
"Shut up! Tie him up quickly!"
Kyouya hardly had time to yelp before he was tied and shoved into a spare closet and the boys were racing upstairs.
They all halted to a stop quite quickly once they found the suites door already ajar. Panicked, they rushed in, opening every door and even the refrigerator before they slumped to the floor. No Haruhi.
"This is too much... What is going on?" I yelled, dizzy with everything that had happened over the last few days.
"Shhh!" He pressed his finger cutely to his lips and held up a dress to me, a sleek deep blue number instead of the lacy purple and black contraption Kyouya had stuffed me into. "Put this on! You have a date." Honey smiled hugely, golden eyes sparkling with excitement. It had always been hard to refuse him...
We were in a private plane headed to some other unknown destination, and I still had no freaking clue who I was even supposed to be "dating". Ridiculous.
I sighed deeply. "If I put it on will you at least tell me something?"
"Sure!" He piped up with apparent earnestness.
God, I can't believe I'm putting up with this. It was supposed to be a relaxing summer at home… I should have known better! "Fine, fine." I walked into the surprisingly roomy bathroom and changed. The dress was very elegant, the deep blue making my features darker against my pallid complexion. I looked sickly, I was so tired from everything that had been happening.
"Okay, spill."
"Well… My family has this summer house off a beach, and you and him are gonna spend some time there…"
"Who's 'him'?"
"You'll see, you'll see. We'll give you the night to rest, okay?" And with that he hopped into the adjoining room, locking the door with a cheerful 'click'. I grit my teeth and settled in for the wait, my inner monologue a constant rant.
"Shut up, I'm trying!" Kyouya growled. "I shouldn't even be helping you! You ruined everything!"
"You're the one that stole her from me! I swear to god, if you touched my daughter…" Tamaki's eyes blazed.
"Damnit, Kyouya, just track the freaking plane and Tamaki, I swear to god, we just freaking went over this! Stop calling her that! You've lost the right!" Hikaru yelled.
"Go to hell! She's mine!" Tamaki snarled.
"Pshh, I bet you guys didn't even have sex." Kaoru smirked, eyeing the way Tamaki's face flushed.
Kyouya's head snapped up from his laptop, the sheer reflection off his glasses and the grim line of his lips menacing as Kaoru gasped a broken sound. "I don't want to hear it" They both whispered.
"You're wrong." Tamaki's eyes flashed and he stared each of them levelly in the eye from under his lashes. A slow smile quirked his lips. "It was good. She made the cutest sounds…"
A chair clattered to the ground and in an instant they were all standing, the tension enough to kill. The moments passed cautiously, each boy tense, muscles locked, and a second later, it was safe to say they truly snapped.
Kaoru's fist connected with a solid slap against Tamaki's cheekbone, tears standing in his eyes. In a fraction of a second Kyouya wrenched Kaoru away and pushed Hikaru into one of the remaining chairs, launching himself with a resounding growl square into Tamaki's chest, fist raised as they toppled to the ground. They tussled and the twins recovered and pounced into the snarling pair, fists raised as well. Many hits landed and soon the boys didn't know who was fighting who. All they knew was Haruhi had already given her love and wasn't even around to solve the fight. But they weren't near giving up. If anything this had given them the true edge to give the fight for her everything they could.
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