oh dear, this did not turn out the way I planned AT ALL. =(
It was most likely a good thing that the two hardly saw each other for most of the duration of the trip. Haruhi was in a murderously bad mood for most of it and Akane was at a loss at to how a mere packet of condoms could have such an adverse affect on her roommate's mood. Of course Haruhi had neglected to actually tell her anything about the incident and Akane only figured it had something to do with condoms because of the sudden violence Haruhi had shown towards it.
Despite her initial puzzlement however, Akane, being a person with a naturally sunny disposition, had taken it upon herself to cheer her colleague up.
"Hey Haruhi," she called, practically dancing into the room. Haruhi was laid out across the bed, eyes closed feigning sleep, "Guess what," Akane sat on the bed beside her and jabbed her pointedly in the ribs. Haruhi opened one eye.
"What?" she asked in a flat tone.
Akane's grin stretched from ear to ear, "I got us pool duty!"
The way Kyoya reclined in the deck chair reminded Haruhi vaguely of a very self satisfied tom cat. And Kyoya was the tom cat the other young men frolicking childishly in the pool were kittens.
"I don't have much experience in the matter but isn't this a bit strange for a business trip?" Haruhi asked pulling at the collar of her stifling uniform. Akane grinned broadly at her, apparently unfazed by the heat.
"It is and it isn't," she shrugged, "those other young men used to be in a club with Ohtori-sama when they were at school. So this is their chance to catch up as well as for them the finalise some business deals,"
"Uh huh…" Haruhi figured even if she was interested in puzzling out the bizarre habits of the rich she would never be able to fully understand it.
Shouting drew her attention in the direction of the swimming pool to where two of the guest were obviously twins were launching some sort of dramatic water based attack upon the overly boisterous blonde. He leapt out of range and was streaking towards her and Akane before either of the maids had a chance to grasp what was happening.
Suddenly finding themselves dripping wet both maids turned slowly to face the blonde man who had thought it a good idea to seek shelter behind the table in front of which they had been standing. He looked up at them sheepishly before making an extraordinarily speedy recovery.
"Hikaru! Kaoru!" he cried dramatically, "Look what you did to these poor innocent princesses!"
Oh God Haruhi thought to herself, she had only known this man for a few seconds but he was already proving himself to be a nuisance. Now the others of the group were gathering around. The blonde was blabbering loudly while Akane blushed furiously at his compliments.
"Tamaki," Kyoya's voice cut coldly through the atmosphere, "Stop harassing my staff."
Tamaki, whose mood swings seemed to worse than those of a woman going through menopause, seemed to shrink and scampered over to a corner where he miraculously began sprouting mushrooms. Haruhi watched with mild curiosity; she hadn't known that was possible.
Sanity seemed to have followed in Kyoya's wake; the crowd that had gathered quickly dispersing. Kyoya apologised with what Haruhi suspected was well rehearsed fake sincerity and gave them the rest of the afternoon off in compensation.
Haruhi had been briefly pleased by this development, until she caught the amused look on Kyoya's face as he regarded her. He didn't even have to anything; she coolly thanked him and stalked off, hoping to find somewhere peaceful.
She didn't see the heavy grey clouds gathering on the horizon.
Thank you; Scherherazade, Yuuki-Kuran of the Knight, SasoLOVE111, reader, Katarina H. and queen34 for reviewing!!! Sorry if this chap was a bit of a let down, I'm not all that happy with it.