Author Note: I've been a little tired and bored today, so here's a chapter. I don't know if I'll have time tomorrow, so meh.

Japanese translations are at the bottom.
"Talking"
'Thoughts.'

Characters belong to Bisco Hatori.
Story and plot belong to me.

Chapter 04

What Father Wants

- Previously -

The Host Club members looked at each other confusedly and Sayuri waved to them lightly before heading to the limousine. Hikaru and Kaoru yelled at them, saying that they were going to leave them there if they wouldn't hurry up. They listened to the twins and hurriedly made their way to the limousine that was ready to leave.

Tamaki's limousine dropped everyone at their estate, last but not least was the Fujioka residence. He stepped out with them and asked Haruhi to wait a moment as her dad continued forth to the apartment. His hand went up and scratched the back of his head nervously which was making Haruhi nervous too.

"I… wanted to ask something…" the Host Club president stated quietly.
"Nani?" she looked at him curiously, forgetting the nervousness.
"Were you really okay? When we went to the graves?" Tamaki asked.
Her head titled, "was that what you all were so worried about?"
"Eh?" He didn't know exactly how to take in that question.

"Okasan's been gone since I was seven, senpai," Haruhi stated, "of course I think about her, but crying about it every time I think about her won't bring her back."

"So," he started slowly, "…you wanted to cry?"
"Iie," the natural host smiled, "it's hard to cry with you guys around."
Tamaki looked at her, and laughed, "I see, that's good!"
She laughed as well as she gave a small reply, "hai."

"Haru-chan! Get inside! It's cold!" Ryouji called from the upstairs rail.

"Hai!" Haruhi called out to him, then looked at Tamaki, "I have to go inside now."
"Wakaru," the king host kissed her on the forehead, "see you tomorrow."
"Eh?" She wondered why she would see them on a Saturday.
"Ara? You forgot already? We're going to the beach for the three day weekend."

"Ah! I forgot!" Haruhi nearly panicked.
He couldn't help but laugh, "we'll be here to pick you up in the morning."
"Don't think I'll cook breakfast." She stated with a pout.
Tamaki frowned, "I like your home cooked meals."
"Feeding ate mouths is too much, and you all have different tastes."

He smiled lightly and waved, "oyasumi, Haruhi."
"Un, ja ne Tamaki-senpai." Haruhi replied.

Getting into the limousine, Tamaki told the driver that it was alright to leave now after he closed the door. It began to drive off, so Haruhi decided to wave goodbye as it went into the distance and made a turn. Haruhi sighed in relief and wiped her eyes before the urge to cry appeared, and she went to the apartment and took a shower.

- Now -

All of the girls were having fun with the Host Club members as Haruhi watched idly with her childhood friend. Sayuri told her that after the weekend, she wouldn't be participating at Ouran Academy. Haruhi frowned and asked why she was going to leave, but she replied that she only came when finding out Haruhi was okay.

"How am I okay with six crazy ahous?" Haruhi laughed.
She smiled and hugged her, "their not that bad."
"Yeah… Mori-senpai and Kyouya-senpai that is."

"Haruhi-kun, you're not going to swim again?" Momoka frowned.
The natural host smiled, "no thank you, I just like to watch, remember?"
"Can we sit with you this time?" She asked a little hopefully.
"Un, go ahead," Haruhi patted the rather large blanket.
"Arigato gozaimas Haruhi-kun." Her and two others sat with them.

Kyouya took a picture of the natural host with four girls and then set the camera down and called her over to him boredly, "Haruhi."

Haruhi apologized for leaving them and went over to see what it was that Kyouya wanted her for. Her hopes was for him to tell her why he decided to go somewhere where there wasn't an ounce of anything to gain. Then again, he didn't gain anything in Karuizawa, yet, he enjoyed watching the others suffer with labor work.

"Nani-yo?" Haruhi spoke like a guy in case girls came over.
He looked at her, "do you think you can make something in the Host Club worth interesting enough to take a picture of?" An opinion of another member is needed.
"Mm…" she tried to think about it, glancing around at the other members, "un."
"Which host?" Kyouya was a little surprised at the her fast reply.
"Depends, can it be revenge on Tamaki-senpai?" She asked curiously.
A smile curved onto his place, "of course, so long at it isn't nudity."

"As if," Haruhi tried to think, "he would need to be asleep, …or passed out."
"Is that all you need to happen for an interesting shot?" He asked.
"Well, I'll need Hikaru and Kaoru to do the rest." She replied.

Kyouya motioned her closer, "than do this." He began to whisper, and she sighed.

Haruhi walked over to the host king who was just talking to the other girls for friend; making them laugh and feel special. She would've rolled her eyes if she wasn't already used to this odd type of behavior. Her body stopped in place, thinking about his reason as to why his behavior was like that, but she it off and continued forth.

"Tamaki-senpai," Haruhi clung to his arm lightly, tilting her head for more affect on him and asked, "would you like to go on a walk with me tonight? …alone?"

Tamaki blushed furiously before his eyes rolled to the back of his head and suddenly collapsed onto the ground. The girls giggled at how that happened, but couldn't help but feel a little sorry for him at the same time. Haruhi gazed around the area to find the two little devils, and spotted them playing volleyball with the customers.

"Hikaru, Kaoru, can you come here?" Haruhi called out to them.
They stopped and looked at her, "hai!" Then came running.
She came to the two, "want some fun?"
"Un!" The two grinned mischievously.

After whispering what they could do, the Hitachiin twins had that maniacal look on their face and began covering Tamaki in sand. Everyone was getting curious as to what they were doing, so they all began to come a little closer. Kyouya eventually got up and saw the masterpiece that the freshman had made with teamwork.

"Tamaki the Mermaid," he commented, and took a well needed picture.
"Was it what you wanted?" Haruhi asked curiously.
"It's going to be selling a lot for copies." The shadow king stated.

Haruhi sighed and walked back to the now empty blanket and laid down with her hands behind her head. Her eyes closed tiredly, but was wide awake to hear any nearby talking due to suspicion against the Host Club. She actually turned out to be a little disappointed that Kyouya wanted her to create a scene instead of telling her.

'I wonder if he forgot…' Haruhi thought to herself curiously, but then shook that unbelievable though out of her head, 'this is Kyouya-senpai we're talking about.'

A very loud yell was heard in the distance, and she couldn't help but smile at the reaction Tamaki was giving. He probably thought he turned into either a sand monster or an actual little mermaid, it didn't matter, it was pretty funny. It was a little revenge on her behalf because he was causing her to be so flustered.

An hour later Mitsukuni came over and poked lightly at Haruhi who turned out to be sound asleep under the umbrella. Her arms laid upwards over her head and her that strands of her hair cascaded over her face lightly. He wasn't too surprised that she was so tired with all the 'fun' the Host Club had that morning with her.

Kyouya came over and took a picture of it and spoke to Mitsukuni, "Haruhi might as well go to a room and sleep in there instead of being out here."
"Un." Mitsukuni looked over and called out, "Takashi!"
"Nh…" Haruhi began to stir from the yell.
"Oops," he realized he woke her up.

"Hn?" Takashi came over as he cousin asked.
"Take Haru-chan to the room." Mitsukuni requested.
"Un." He carefully picked her up in his arms.
"Nani…?" Haruhi stirred more awake.
"Takashi's going to take you to your room." Mitsukuni smiled.

She was too tired for anything else to say or hear, and ended up starting to falling asleep in Takashi's arms. Her eyes opened dazedly when she felt something placed on her, but closed her eyes again from the tiredness. Haruhi was placed in her given room ten minutes later and Takashi tucked her in which made her stir awake again.

"Arigato gozaimas, Mori-senpai." Haruhi mumbled to him.
"Dou-itashimashite." He replied quietly.
"…" Again, she fell asleep, so Takashi left.

The twins barged in and jumped on her, telling her that dinner was ready and that they were all waiting on her. Haruhi groaned tiredly and sat up, grumbling about how she wouldn't be able to sleep in peace if this kept up. They looked at her curiously, realizing that she was really tired for some reason, so they asked.

"Daijobu?" Hikaru and Kaoru asked in unison.
"I'm just tired," she yawned, "Tamaki-senpai kept calling me last night."
"Tono's a hentai!" They grinned playfully.
Haruhi rubbed her face to wake up more, "get out, I'll get ready."
"Aww, you don't want us to help?" Hikaru questioned.
Kaoru noticed something and touched her forehead, "you're warm."

Haruhi shrugged and stretched, "why are all of you so worried?"
"…" The two quieted down, not wanting to talk about it.
"Aw, I thought we were friends, get out." She shooed them away.
"N-nani? We are friends!" They replied, "we're just concerned!"
"I know that, but why?" Haruhi questioned.

"Haruhi didn't want to eat yesterday or talk that much yesterday." Hikaru stated.
"We think you're stressed because we all came with you yesterday." Kaoru added.
"Stressed? That wouldn't be the word I'm looking for." Haruhi blinked confusedly.
"Eh?" The two looked at her with interesting, wanting to know what she meant.
"You all were quiet yesterday, I think I was worried about you guys more than I was about visiting okasan." She laughed, "it doesn't matter though."
"But you never tell us what's on your mind." They stated with a huff.

Haruhi looked at them rather sternly, "mind waiting outside?"
"AHH!!!" The two ran out the door and waited out in the hall.
"It's amazing how that works." She mumbled to herself.

Haruhi placed on a pair of jeans and a tank top because she was to lazy to dress in anything else. She left the room after putting on the house slippers and saw the twins waiting for her nervously. Her smile appeared sweetly, so they calmed down a little to see that the demon was subsided for now.

"Ne, let's all hold hands," Hikaru and Kaoru offered.
She sighed and took their hands, "un."
They smiled and walked with her to the dining room, "konbanwa."
"Haru-chan!" Mitsukuni cheered, running over to hug her happily.
"Ara?" Haruhi looked at him, realizing how constant he was doing this.
"You've been asleep for a long time!" He chimed.
"I was tired." The princess of the Host Club smiled.

"Well, sit down so we can eat." Kyouya stated patiently.
She nearly scowled, "hai, hai," then spoke to herself 'baka.'
"Wah! Haruhi!!! Don't show so much skin!" Tamaki whined.
Blinking, she looked at her clothes, "I don't see anything wrong."
"Otousan wants you to cover up!" He complained.
"I like tank tops, their comfortable." Haruhi stated plainly.

"Tono doesn't want Haruhi revealing her virgin skin to anyone else since Bossa Nova-cchi saw her in her underwear." The twins stated.
She blushed lightly and looked away, "stop reminding me."
"Gomen, gomen," they laughed and everyone sat down.

Maids came in and placed their plates in front of them and they all somehow decided to eat in silence. Haruhi wasn't used to it being so quiet with them, so she looked up, only the find them all looking at her. The Host Club members looked at her quietly until she looked at them, so they returned to eating, and she sighed.

"I just lost my appetite, please excuse me." Haruhi wiped her mouth and got up.
"Shall I escort you?" Kyouya asked in amusement, already getting up too.
"…sure," she replied quietly and they left together.

"Wah!!! This is your fault!" Tamaki pointed at the twins.
"Haruhi said that she's worried about us." Hikaru stated.
"She knows that we're worried about her." Kaoru added.
"I think… we should stop worrying…" Mitsukuni spoke.
"Hmm?" Both twins and Tamaki looked at him.

"If Haru-chan was really bothered about something, I'm sure she would tell us, ne?" He looked at them, hoping they understood, so he got up, "I'll be back!"

"When are you going to tell me?" Haruhi asked quietly.
"About what?" The shadow king asked back.
"Why you went yesterday, you said you would tell me."
"Shitteru." He stopped in place at her door.
Her attention went to him, "naze Kyouya-senpai?"

Kyouya placed his arm up against the door and looked at her in silence as she leaned back on the door curiously. They looked at one another for a while, neither one of the were talking to each other, so it was a little awkward. Haruhi saw that he wanted to talk about it, but it seemed that he didn't know how to start, then he spoke.

"You had once accused me of having some sort of an emotional benefit from your company, do you remember?" Kyouya asked lightly in a stern tone.
"Hai, I apologized though for accusing you of that-" she was interrupted.
"It's not that," the shadow king tensed a little, then moved away.

Haruhi looked at him in confusion until she saw him look in a direction, so she joined him and looked as well. Mitsukuni was standing in the distance in curiosity, hugging his stuffed rabbit with both of his arms. Kyouya said that they would talk another time before he turned away and went to his own room.

"Did I interrupt something?" Mitsukuni frowned.
"Iie," Haruhi replied, "did you need something?"
He came over held out Usa-chan to her, "you can borrow Usa-chan tonight!"
"A-arigato gozaimas," the freshman took the stuffed animal and looked at him.
"We're sorry for worrying you Haru-chan." Mitsukuni smiled.
She smiled back, "it's alright."

"You sure?" Tamaki's voice called out.

Her attention went over to the four other Host Club members, she was almost surprised that they were this concerned about her. She smiled without knowing it was one of her cutest smiles, telling them that it really was alright. Haruhi then looked at them, noticing each of their faint blushes as they looked away.

So she laughed.

"I'm going to take a shower and go to bed," Haruhi announced and waved to them once, "oyasumi." She opened the door and started to walk in.

"Want us to help you undress?" The twins asked curiously.

WHACK!

"Hentai no bakas!" Tamaki roared.
"Weren't they calling you that earlier?" Mitsukuni asked.
"Wah! We just want to help!" The twins stated.
"Sure." Haruhi smiled.
They looked at her, "…hontou?"
"Iie." She closed the door.

Haruhi finished her hot shower just moments ago and placed on some random shorts on and a short sleeved shirt. It's not like she would trust the Host Club members to leave her alone in peace, though she wasn't sure. Last time she was at the beach for the weekend, she was with Kyouya for the moment to talk, then was with Tamaki.

Talking…

'Kyouya was trying to remind me of the day we were at the store.' Haruhi couldn't forget that day. 'He was extremely grumpy, had no money, and no cell phone.'

Sighing tiredly, she dried her hair with a towel so that it wouldn't soak the pillow or give her uncontrollable hair in the morning. It's actually the reason why she preferred to have showers in the morning, but know them, they'd jump in. Most of that thought was an exaggeration, but with the Host Club, it was always hard to tell.

Knock, knock.

She turned her attention to the door for the moment, then sighed before saying that she would be right there. Her educated guess told her that it was Tamaki who wanted to give her a kiss on the head. Haruhi wished that he would leave her alone everyone once in a while, even one entire day without his attention would be great.

Sighing one last time, she placed the dry towel around her neck in case her hair was still a little wet. Buying her time to see Tamaki's face, she unlocked the door quietly and placed her hand on the door knob and opened it slowly. Haruhi peeked her head out to see who it was, and surprisingly, she couldn't have been more wrong.

"K-Kyouya-senpai?"

Translations:

Nani-yo: "What do you want?"
Shitteru: "I know."
Author Note: I enjoy doing cliffhangers for some reason, anyways, it's finally getting better at least.

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