mostly filler, i s'pose. I actually have a plot line for this fic now (gotta love my sister and her brilliant moments) so I have direction and hopefully will update soon. R&R if you like it, but like I said, it's mostly filler stuff to get the story rolling. by the way, I don't plan on this fic being any more than 10 chapters long, so hopefully it will be finished soon.
On a side note, I've been working on a few ideas for another fic that should be up in a few days, check it out sometime if you have nothing to do.
Morning dawned bright and early upon the Fujioka residence. Light shone lazily through the kitchen window and onto the hard working hands of one Ms. Haruhi Fujioka.
Having woken up hours before the sun, Haruhi had started immediately on her Sunday chores. Wanting to finish early so she could get a start on her thus far neglected weekend homework, Haruhi was just finishing the dishes when her cell phone rang.
"Hello?" a pause. "Slow down, Tamaki, I can't understand you." A pause. "No." Yet another pause. "Because it would be a waste of time. Besides, I have homework to finish and I need to go shopping." An exasperated silence as Haruhi turned off the sink and listened to the earnest voice of the Host Club's president.
"Tamaki, I have no interest in going grocery shopping in Hawaii. I have no interest in going to Hawaii at all." A shorter pause as Haruhi walked from the kitchen into her room to start her homework. "Goodbye Tamaki." The phone was tossed lazily onto the bed and thus ignored.
"She said no…" A despondent Tamaki looked questioningly at his cell phone before turning his gaze to the other host members. "She doesn't wanna go to Hawaii. She'd rather finish her school work."
Tamaki was on the receiving end of many looks in response to that statement: confusion, anger, uncaring, sad, and excruciatingly tired. Upon noticing Hikaru's glare as it intensified, Tamaki was virtually thrown into the corner to sulk while holding the phone as far away as possible.
The exasperated silence was cut off when Hunny, moments from tears, turned to the tall statue behind him and looked down. "Does Haru-chan not want to come with us because she doesn't like us anymore?" He showed no surprise as he was picked up to sit softly on Mori's strong shoulder or at the firm 'no' spoken by said statue.
The chibi senior did look up, however, when Kyouya flung aside his comforter and pushed himself out of bed. The occupants of the room watched with unveiled curiosity as the Host Club's VP moved around the room, preparing for his day long before 10:00 am.
Slowly coming out of their shock, the young men managed to process the words flowing from Kyouya's mouth. "…She understands that if her grades fall she will lose her scholarship and be forced from the school. Unlike any one of us, Haruhi has a lot to lose if she does not finish her schoolwork on time. She probably will not go to Hawaii with us until at least summer break, however, we could go visit her and help with the grocery shopping and then we could all go to Okinawa this afternoon. Would that make you all happy?"
The Ootori mansion echoed briefly with the sounds of joy from four teenage boys, Kyouya and Mori choosing instead to remain silent and brace themselves for the chaos to come.
"Get Out." It was as simple as that. No please, no thank you, no other words were spoken from Haruhi as six young men strode confidently into her front room. Placing the shopping list into her bag, Haruhi walked towards her fellow Host's and all but pushed them out the door.
"I need to go shopping, you are not coming with me and you are not staying here either."
"But Haruhi!" The twins flanked her on either side as she tried to walk down the steps of the apartment building. "Where will we go? What will we do? Nothing is fun unless you're around!"
"That, you two, is why you have huge mansions and vast fortunes. Go find something to entertain yourselves with."
They froze on the steps, and within moments she was gone.
"Tama-chan?" Tamaki looked up from his scrutinizing of the twins bewildered faces to look at Hunny, perched high on Mori's shoulders.
"Yes, Hunny-chan?"
"Now what should we do?" the senior looked curiously at the President.
"We wait for her, of course!" Tamaki smiled, leaning on the railing of the apartment building.
"But Haru-chan said we couldn't stay here."
At this he considered the facts, he didn't want to incur Haruhi's wrath if he could help it, lest she refuse to go to Okinawa, but he didn't want to leave. The day was saved by Kyouya.
"There's a park down the street, we could wait there if you'd like."
"We're in!" the twins yelled as they ran from the steps and down the street, Tamaki close behind as always.
Looking at Mori, Hunny spoke again, "Think they know they're going the wrong direction?" Mori and Kyouya both chuckled and Kyouya pulled his cell phone from his pocket.
Hitting speed dial, he watched the forms of Tamaki, Kaoru, and Hikaru freeze as Tamaki answered his phone.
"What's up, Mom? Why aren't you guys coming?" Leisurely moving towards the direction of the park, the opposite way from the man on the phone, Kyouya answered.
"You are going the wrong way, Dad. Better turn around and catch up before you get lost." Within milliseconds of hanging up his phone, Kyouya was met with the voices of the three lagers behind him, yelling for them to wait.
As they came to the park, the group of separated in different directions. Hunny enticed Tamaki, Kaoru, and Hikaru into playing on the jungle gym with him, Mori took a seat at a nearby bench to keep an eye on the three, and Kyouya walked towards a grove of trees in the center of the park.
After walking a few feet into the tree line, when he was no longer visible to his companions, Kyouya made a sharp right and headed in what he knew to be the direction of the street.
Coming out on the sidewalk, Kyouya could see his friends far to his right, playing happily on the swings. With a sigh he turned and made his way in the direction Haruhi had left her apartment.
"Hmm…" Haruhi mused, walking aimlessly through the grocery store, looking intently at her list. "I still need Brussels sprouts, tomatoes, carrots, milk, salmon, and green tea."
Looking around her for any of the items on her list, Haruhi started when a bag of carrots and a bag of tomatoes made there way into her basket. Looking up, her eyes fell on the silent form of Kyouya as he leaned in to place a jug of milk was placed into her basket alongside the carrots and tomatoes.
"Sempai?" he glanced at her before turning to walk down the isle, beckoning her to fallow.
"I thought you could use help, the quicker you finish, the quicker Tamaki can ask you to come to Okinawa with us and we can leave." He picked up some Brussels sprouts from a nearby refrigerator.
"We're going to Okinawa? Why?" she pushed the basket behind him curiously. "Because you didn't want to go to Hawaii."
"Oh." Smiling now she looked into her basket. "Looks like I have everything now, might as well check out." The man nodded and they made there way to the front of the store.
"What did you buy, Kyouya?" Haruhi asked as the Vice President came out of the store with a small paper bag. The man smiled before pulling out his purchase.
Haruhi blushed as a single red rose was pushed into her hand. "Wha…"
"Legend says that no woman should go to Okinawa with out a rose as beautiful as she." Haruhi froze at those words and Kyouya removed her bags from her possession and made his way down the street towards the already visible apartment building.
"Hey, Kyouya, where have you been?" Kyouya was greeted by the accusing question as he walked up the stairs to the apartment building, Haruhi walking a little ways behind him carrying a single red rose wrapped in plastic.
"I thought that the sooner Haruhi came home the sooner we could leave, so I went to help her go faster." The majority of the Host Club looked satisfied, though Hikaru still looked suspiciously at Kyouya's response to his questioning.
However, the jealous twin turned his attention to Haruhi as he noticed the rose in her hand. "Where'd you get the rose, Haruhi?" he asked, leaning casually on her shoulder, keeping anger out of his voice as much as he could.
"Hm? Oh," she saw Kyouya look at her from the corner of her eye, "A woman was giving them away outside the store, so I took one, I'd better get it in water before it dies."
Seeing Kyouya's nod, she moved forward to unlock the door, stepping in and switching on the light before making her way towards the kitchen. Kyouya fallowed to put groceries away.
"So, shall we leave?" Haruhi asked, stepping into the front room with Kyouya inches behind her.
"Haru-chan? You're coming?" the small senior stepped up to Haruhi. "Of course, I love Okinawa. Why wouldn't I go. I just need to grab some things and we're already to go.
And so, five minutes later, the group of seven stepped from the small apartment, Haruhi carrying a small backpack filled with small necessities, a hair brush, a bathing suit, a change of clothes, etc.
The waiting limo driver opened the doors as they came near, and Haruhi only smiled as Kyouya took her bag as she slid into the large expanse inside.
I have no idea about any legend, I made it up about the rose, live with it, pretend it's real.
P.S. constructive critisizm if you must, I have yet to find a muse/editor so right now all my updates are pretty much un-edited.
P.P.S. if any one is interested in being my editor/muse, e-mail me.