Disclaimer: I own nothing except the ideas in these one-shots.

Pairing: Haruhi x Everyone

Greedy

Kyoya was many things but not greedy: everyone agreed on that fact. It was something he took pride in. It was rare to find a rich person who wasn't greedy. Maybe that was the reason why Kyoya rarely suffered bad business; with him not being greedy, he didn't worry about making bad deals to increase his own wealth.

Was he calculating? Yes. Did he manipulate people for his own gain? Yes. Kyoya had no problem manipulating his classmates or his few friends for his own personal gain; that was how he worked. Kyoya, without a doubt, earned his nickname-the Shadow King.

Because he was the Shadow King, the host club was able to function without the worry of bankrupting hanging over their heads. Each host was aware of this fact, and did their best not to make Kyoya too angry towards them and leave, which would be then become the downfall of the host club.

No one really understood why Kyoya placed the vase out. The auction wasn't for another week, and there wasn't enough reason for it to be placed outside. Acting either incredibly brave or extremely stupid, Tamaki asked him why he did that. The answer was simple.

"I felt like it."

And that was the end of that. No one else questioned the shadow's king motives.

Later, everyone wondered if he planned for it to break, since the vase was a fake. Once again, nobody voiced their question.

Kyoya couldn't help but smirk at Haruhi who was still shell-shocked from the debt of 80,000 million yen. It wasn't everyday somebody so interesting showed up. The black-haired boy could just see the profit that he was going to earn; yes, investing into the commoner would benefit him in the long run.

-money- money- money-

It was kind of disturbing how Tamaki acted around Haruhi. One would think he knew her real gender but knowing the idiot, he hadn't figured it out yet. Oh well. His loss and Kyoya's gain.

There was something about the girl that kept attracting his attention. It was odd how the hosting of girls didn't bother her too much. What was really caught Kyoya's attention was the way Haruhi handled all the members: she didn't fall for their gimmicks which was a plus in his books.

Maybe he should've told her the truth about her non-existing debt. He should've, but he didn't.

Kyoya was greedy--not for money, but for her time.

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