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"Mori? You're my client?" Haruhi said incredulously.
Mori merely smiled slightly and shrugged at her as he took a seat in front of her desk. Haruhi couldn't believe it. Mori was being accused of sexual harassment? Mori? Tamaki maybe, possibly even Kyoya, definitely the twins, but not Mori.
"Um, want to tell me what happened? I just was told about this case ten minutes ago, so I haven't had a chance to read the file yet." Haruhi explained.
"Just read it. I'll wait." Mori said simply.
Haruhi smiled in thanks and began reading the case file. Apparently Mori and his friend Chelsea had opened and organized an animal rescue center. One night Mori was working late with some rescued squirrels. An employee was also working late, a Maaya Sakamoto. Ms. Sakamoto said that she was filing reports in the office when Mori came in and began making lewd suggestions before groping her. She ended up fighting him off and ran home.
This all happened months ago, she's only pressing charges now because she saw him corner his friend Chelsea one day and kiss her. Chelsea had managed to slip away before helping him to a couch. When Ms. Sakamoto discussed this with Chelsea she was told to just ignore it, that things like this just happened.
Haruhi looked up from the file. She automatically knew what had brought up this incident. "Mori, you were sleepy weren't you? That's why you kissed Chelsea?"
Mori nodded and quietly said, "I don't love her that way."
Haruhi smiled kindly before going on, "What about with Ms. Sakamoto? Were you sleepy then also or was she making it up?"
Mori shrugged, "I'm not sure."
Haruhi let out a soft sigh, "Ok, have you ever made lewd comments or groped before? I know you kiss when you're tired."
Mori thought for a moment. "Not that I know of. Ask Chelsea though."
"Alright, I'll do that. How about the three of us meet for a business lunch tomorrow? Just let me know a time and place. I'll have some more research done by then and we can continue this discussion."
"Sure, I'll email you." Mori then stood up and shook Haruhi's hand before letting himself out.
Haruhi slumped back into her chair as she thought this over. So, she had a client that loved small animals and only made passes at women when he was sleepy and an accuser who's story didn't add up. She knew now what Mr. Tachiki meant about being cut and dry. Ms. Sakamoto's story had one huge hole in it. How did she fight off Mori? A very tall and strong man who is also a very accomplished martial artist?
Haruhi was going to get to the bottom of this. Mori was too sweet of a guy to be hurt by false accusations like this. Haruhi smiled to herself as she thought this. Ya, Mori was a sweet guy. She'd realized that when he had saved her from Tamaki her very first day with the Host Club. In fact, some part of her had always wondered what would have happened if they'd gotten lost while wandering through the indoor jungle. Haruhi knew what she would do now if that happened, preferably with Mori awake.
Author's Note: Yes! It's Mori! Kudos to cjnicole and MayContainRandomness for guessing this. Even though they did not exclusively chose him. Also Kudos to Ember Nevermore for choosing the only other actually single guy in my first chapter. He was my Red Herring. :D More to come! I promise! I've been seriously working on an original story, so I'm only doing one fanfic chapter a day at the moment.
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