Author Note: Damn, that was a quick five reviews... um... good job, I guess.

Christinamazing: I don't mind, I have a lot of regular reviewers for other series that I do stories of.
Inu Girl For Life: My ideas tend to be a little unique, such as my SessKag story, Melt My Ice Away.
RandomFun & Loretta537: There's a lot of types to play Truth or Dare. I researched Wikipedia to see what options they would give. So truthfully, the penalties weren't my idea except for the "sleep with me" part.
JenSoma: Renge was actually just a bit of a filler, it added some interest to it.

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

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

Chapter 07

What Father Wants

- Previously -

"Haru-chan is taking charge without Tama-chan noticing, ne?" Mitsukuni smiled.
"Ah," Takashi agreed, also noticing this a while back.
"Achi itte-yo," Haruhi shooed them into the family room, "or else I won't cook."
"Kay!" They went to the family room and sat around the table quietly.

After a while Kyouya passed through the family room and into the kitchen, talking quietly to Haruhi to where they couldn't hear. Tamaki, being as nosy as he was, began peeping at the two to found out they were both cooking. Kyouya was stirring the pot while Haruhi cut up some food, and they looked at him curiously.

"Do you need something Tamaki-senpai?" Haruhi asked curiously.
There was a long pause until Tamaki thought of something, "thirsty?"
"Alright, I'll make some hot chocolate." She smiled.
"Hai!" He happily went back to the room.
"You shouldn't spoil them." Kyouya stated.

"Their not here all the time, and besides, giving them a big meal will keep them quiet. Who knows how long they'll be here." Haruhi sighed.

Ring, ring.

"Haruhi! Your phones ringing!" Hikaru called out.
"Can one of you answer it? I'm busy." Haruhi sighed.
"Uh… what do we say?" The twins asked.
Takashi picked up the phone, "Fujioka residence."

Yelling and screaming was heard, calling Takashi a burglar and to call the police to go to the apartment. Haruhi sighed and came in to take the phone away from him, somehow it turned out to be Renge. How she got her number, she'll never know, but nonetheless, she talked to the girl while passing out the hot chocolate.

"Ano… truth and dare is a game," Haruhi told Renge, "you ask another person truth or dare, and if they say dare, you have to dare them to do something, but if they don't, then there's a penalty, but if they pick truth, then you get to ask them a question and they have to answer truthfully."

Renge asked what type of penalty was there for not doing the dare. "There's a lot of ways to play though… penalties can be like… truth, dare, double dare, promise to repeat, hot chili peppers, licorice, electric chair-," she whined, saying she didn't know what that meant. "it's truth or dare still, double dare means to choose another dare, hot chili peppers means French kissing, licorice means you have to lick something or someone, electric chair is after three dares." Renge squealed with delight, and Haruhi sighed, "chicken cards is another way, it means you can skip dares three times."

She stated that she still avoided the penalty of not doing the dare, or electric chair, or after three chicken cards. "Oh, the penalty is sleeping with the person daring."

The Host Club members that were in the family room gazed at her as she talking about chickens and cards, then sleeping with others. Had their natural rookie hostess become such a pervert as to say such things to another person. Soon enough, the phone was hung up and placed away and Haruhi served dinner with Kyouya.

- Now -

Everyone was finished with dinner and desserts, so they watched the news for a while until they found something to entertain their selves with. Surprisingly, Haruhi brought out a game of shoji, so Tamaki played against Kyouya and kept losing. Hikaru and Kaoru continuously played with some cards that were next to the television on the stand while Mitsukuni and Takashi flipped through channels.

Haruhi was so tired that she wished they would leave, but they called their parents, telling them that they were staying the night with a friend. It was unbelievable how they could get away with it, even it was already declared that schools were closed tomorrow morning. Every one of them jumped and ran away from the television when they heard a woman screaming, giving birth to her kid on a channel.

Talk about the pure and innocent.

She walked into the living room to see five guys cower in one corner while Kyouya was at the table trying to ignore the grunts on the television. Grabbing the remote, she changed the channel without care and placed it back on the news station. Haruhi noticed that they all looked mentally scarred when they witnessed the birth delivery.

"W-what was that?!" Tamaki panicked.
"I don't know… it looked like a head!" Hikaru shivered.
"M-maybe there's a rationale explanation!" Kaoru hoped.
"You can't be serious…" Haruhi looked amazed.
"Family education is given to freshman." Kyouya stated.
"Then why doesn't Tamaki-senpai know-" then it hit her.

He's an idiot.

Coming to you live. As you can see, the snow doesn't seem to be letting off any time soon in the area. So bundle up and stay inside folks; the streets are dangerous.

'They have to stay…?' Haruhi's head slumped, then looked at the time. "There's only two hours till you guys usually pass out… I'll bring the futons out here for you guys."
"Ah! Takashi! Go help Haru-chan!" Mitsukuni smiled happily.
"Un." The tallest Host Club member followed Haruhi.

"Are you going to help?" She looked at him, he nodded, so she gave him four of the guest futons and he took them into the family room. She tried reaching for the last-
"Haruhi!" Beamed a happy Tamaki, of course wanting to help too.
"Ah!"

WHACK!

She fell over by surprise when reaching for the last futon, and ended up being clobbered by the last four. The poor girl was buried beneath the futons and groaned with an unpleasant headache appearing soon. Haruhi could hear Tamaki panicking, and someone moving aside the futons before feeling someone pull her out.

Groaning and rubbing her head, she looked to see her helper, "arigato Mori-senpai."
"Un, gomen," he didn't think that she'd get hurt with him absent.
"Haruhi daijobu!!!" Tamaki cried out.
"I'm fine-" Haruhi stopped mid-sentence.

Black out.

"WAH!!! I'M SCARED!!! TAKASHI!!! HARU-CHAN!!! DAREKA!!!" Mitsukuni cried out.
"H-Honey-senpai!" Practically everyone tried to find the senior.
Hikaru smacked his head into the wall, "itte!"
Kaoru tripped over the table, "wah! That hurt!"
"Ochitsuite!" Haruhi yelled in annoyance.

Slowly, everything began to quiet down except the crying and sniffling of the scared little senior. Takashi started to move to find him, but Haruhi held him back quietly so she could look for him; they didn't need anymore accidents. She followed the cries and it lead her to Mitsukuni who immediately hugged her, sobbing like a child.

"Come on, get up." Haruhi said softly.
"K-kay," he got up clung to her waist.
"Let's go to the kitchen." She suggested.

Haruhi walked to the kitchen with the older student clinging to her as they went into the kitchen. It was pitch black, and it was a bit scary for him, but he would let her guide him around, he at least felt safe. She grabbed a flashlight from the drawer and turned it on, then put another into her pocket and looked at the others.

"Hikaru, your bleeding…" Haruhi frowned and looked at Kaoru to see him wincing at his knee, "Kaoru, you too…" Kyouya was sitting quietly, so she went to the next room, "Mori-senpai, Tamaki-senpai, come to the family room, onegai."

"Takashi," Mitsukuni sniffled when the flashlight beamed on his taller cousin.

The two followed Haruhi with the clinging Mitsukuni, if anyone didn't know them, they could be mistaken as a mother and child. At school though, the only thing that they could be considered as best friends, but no one knew how that went with Takashi. After the two sat down, Mitsukuni was told to cling to Takashi, and Haruhi began dealing with the two wounded twins.

"Is there a spare flashlight?" Kyouya asked boredly.
"In my right pocket." Haruhi mumbled; the flashlight in her mouth.
He took it from her pocket because she was sitting on the table and used it to read his note as he asked, "shouldn't you have a back up generator?"
"It won't work if the entire city's on a black out," she sighed.

After she finished cleaning up and bandaging Hikaru's forehead, he whispered quietly in a flustered tone, "a-arigato gozaimas…"
"Dou-itashimashite," Haruhi ruffled his hair, "Kaoru, let me take a look at your knee."
"Eh?" Kaoru flushed, "d-demo, my pants won't lift up to my knee."
"Then take them off, I don't want to be blamed if your bleeding and it gets infected." Haruhi stated sternly, causing everyone to take those words into consideration.
"Ano…" Kaoru was a bit uncomfortable having a girl see him in his boxers.
"Just let her see Kaoru, it's just Haruhi." Hikaru said comfortingly.

Kaoru's his reddened and stood up painfully to lower his pants, and was thankful that both Haruhi and Kyouya turned off the flashlights for the moment. When he said that he was ready, he sat down on the table and Haruhi took a look at his knee and it was pretty bad. Haruhi cleaned it up and placed a gauze over it before wrapping his knee up in a ace bandage before telling him that he could put his pants on again.

His face was still flushed, "a-arigato gozaimas."
"Dou-itashimashite," Haruhi replied and went to the kitchen to wash her hands.
Tamaki yawned, "…it must be ten already…"
"I'll fix your futons and you all can go to sleep." She stated.
"Aw, we wanna stay up longer." The twins frowned.

"I'm not having a sleep over intentionally, especially with you guys," Haruhi stated with annoyance in her tone, and added to prove another point, "for all I care, you could have gone to the Hitachiin estate since it's the closest one near here."

"Sleep over?" They asked curiously.
"When guest spend the night at their friends house, mostly children." Kyouya stated, adding to his own pleasure, "surely you wouldn't kick us out, remember the plans?"
She twitched; remembered she had to talk to Yuzuha, "I don't need to hear it."
"Yuzuha-san would be sad to hear that," he smirked, knowing he was annoying her.
"Well sorry for being booked for two entire weeks, do you want me to continue with the plans or dispatch Friday, it's up to you, I'm not complaining." Haruhi hissed.
"Dispatching Friday would cause a lot of issues, I don't recommend doing so."

"Kyou-chan and Haru-chan are fighting a lot." Mitsukuni noticed.
"I don't know if it's a playful fight or a real fight." Kaoru added.
"Since when does Kyouya do playful fights?" Hikaru asked.
"OKASAN IS CHEATING ON ME WITH MUSUME!!!" Tamaki wailed.
"…" Everyone looked at him blankly.

Haruhi sputtered a laugh from her lips and left the chaotic little group and went to the kitchen to observe the snow. Tamaki was still whining, Kyouya complaining about his imagination, and the others laughing at them. Kyouya was amazing at playing the innocent man, especially when he was completely guilty about the issue.

He called to her, "Haruhi, let's play that commoners' game to calm Tamaki down."
Haruhi walked in and flashed the light at him. "What game?"
"Truth or dare, it should pass time." The shadow king replied.
"I don't care for the game, but Honey-senpai's still scared."
They looked to the little senior, still sniffling. "…"

"I'll go get some candles," Haruhi returned to the kitchen, lit a few with a match, and placed two on the table. "So who wants to start then? We'll play for a little while."
"What are the rules?" Kyouya asked calmly, knowing the others should know.
"There is no rules really, except answer truthfully if you choose truth." She replied.

They all sat in around the table and the order went: Haruhi, Hikaru, Kaoru, Takashi, Mitsukuni, Tamaki, and Kyouya. No one really wanted to start in case they would do something wrong, even if it was just a game. Kaoru grinned when he thought of something and then looked at Haruhi, his first opponent.

"Haruhi, truth or dare?" He smiled pleasingly.
"Dare," Haruhi couldn't care less.
"I dare you to kiss Hikaru." The twin stated.
"NANI?!" Tamaki panicked.
"K-Kaoru!" Hikaru flushed.

Haruhi leaned toward the older twin, giving him a kiss on the cheek because Kaoru didn't tell her where. Hikaru turned five shades redder, being kissed by the girl he had recently understood that he had a crush on. Kaoru grinned at this and hoped that it would trigger something between them one way or another.

"So now it's my turn," Haruhi sighed and thought about it, "Tamaki, truth or dare?"
"D-dare." The host king answered nervously.
"I dare you to act like Mori-senpai for an entire week of hosting." She smiled.
"That would bring the customer count to a decrease." Kyouya stated.
"Wouldn't that make an interesting challenge for you?"

Tamaki looked at Mitsukuni, "truth or dare?"
"Dare…" he sniffled,
"I dare you to act like Haruhi for an entire week of hosting."
"WAH!!! She doesn't like sweets that much!"

Kyouya looked at Haruhi, "see what it is you started?"
"You're the one who suggested to play," Haruhi retorted.
"This is going beyond playing." He replied.
"Not really," Haruhi stated, "usually it's worse and embarrassing."

"Haru-chan, truth or dare?" Mitsukuni called out.
"Truth." She answered.
"Have you slept with a guy before?" He asked.
"Un, otousan and I share the same room."

'T-that's not what he meant…' The twins thought.

"Kaoru, truth or dare?" Haruhi smiled.
"Uh… dare?" Kaoru looked puzzled.
"Then I dare you to be the seme for a week when hosting."
"EH?!" The twins were shocked.
"I think it would be an interesting twist." She explained.
"I-I'll pass." Kaoru smiled weakly. "Mori-senpai, truth or dare."
"Truth," Takashi replied.
"Aww… I didn't think of that," Kaoru pondered a bit, "do you think Haruhi's kawaii?"
"…she's always cute." He answered, almost plainly.
"…" Haruhi blushed lightly.
"Haruhi, truth of dare?" Takashi questioned.
"Is this pick on Haruhi night?" She sighed, "dare."
"I dare you to act like Kyouya for a week of hosting"
"That's a head killer." Haruhi laughed.

They played for an hour and everything was messed up, Tamaki has to act like Takashi, Takashi has to act like Mitsukuni, Mitsukuni has to act like Haruhi, Haruhi has to act like Kyouya, Kyouya has to act like Tamaki, and Kaoru has to act like Hikaru while Hikaru has to act like Kaoru. Haruhi and Takashi had one pass left while everyone else had two, except Kyouya and Mitsukuni who still had all three. Tamaki was shaking in his boxers because of a dare that Kyouya had made from getting annoyed at him, Takashi was still a little paranoid from kissing Mitsukuni.

It was Kyouya's turn once again, and he wasn't going to show mercy.

"Haruhi, truth or dare?" Kyouya asked coolly, prepared for either.
"Truth." She said tried, getting grumpy after offering to sleep six times.
"Are you a virgin?" The shadow king asked, amusement rolling off his tongue.

Haruhi felt everyone's gaze on her for such a serious question, and she didn't know if it was a good thing or bad thing. She didn't know if the others were virgins or not; what if she was the only one in the group who wasn't? Though they were a hosting group, it was probably possible that they've had their alone time with another girl.

She stood up in annoyance, "I pass."
"Then you have to sleep with me." Kyouya stated.
"I don't care, otousan will hear of it though." The rookie hissed.
"Haruhi's mad," Kaoru whispered as she went to the kitchen.
"I think girls' are sensitive on the subject." Hikaru stated.

Kyouya sighed at the threat and got up to enter the kitchen to see her staring outside the window. He came and placed his hands on the rim of the sink, leaning against her whether he wanted to or not. His body shared warmth to her back as it would when he did this; but it was always so rare.

"We all are," Kyouya said quietly, "I was seeing if I could stir you up."
"You did a lousy job at it," the natural declared.
"Just answer the question and the penalty will be wavered."
"Hai," she whispered angrily and he removed himself.
"That wasn't so hard now, was it?" Kyouya asked.

Haruhi left the kitchen and looked to the others through the dim lights of the candles, "go to sleep everyone, it's late."
"Haru-chan," Mitsukuni sniffled, "can I be in your room?"
"I don't care, I'll go set up a futon." She replied.
The scared one got up and clung to her immediately, "arigato."
"Mhmm," they left and went to her room.

"Kyouya made Haruhi upset." Kaoru announced.
"Kyouya made Haruhi sleep with him." Hikaru stated.
"KYOUYA YOU'RE SO CRUEL!!!" Tamaki sobbed.

The shadow king ignored him and went into a futon next to the wall and closed his eyes to get some sleep. Everyone else decided that it was time for them to get some sleep as well, and so they all fell asleep in five minutes. After an hour to make sure they were asleep, Kyouya got up and went to the room that Haruhi occupied.

"Is he asleep?" He asked quietly.
"Instantly after I said oyasumi." Haruhi replied in annoyance.
Kyouya sighed and tried to remember what a internet site said when two people got into a fight that were in a relationship, "gomen, I wasn't thinking."
"Save it," she mumbled and sat up to look at him, "what do you want?"
"Let me sleep in here, the others are snoring loudly." He answered.
"I'm too tired to grab another futon," Haruhi grumbled.
"Then it looks like you'll sleep with me after all."

Kyouya got down and shifted the covers so that he could sleep in the futon with her, it was a perfect excuse to get close to her thanks to the game. Carelessly, he placed his arm around her waist, having her tense at his touch that she wasn't used to. For their relationship within five months hasn't been that productive, one hug, no kisses, but a lot of socializing dates, and now he was trying to hold her?

They didn't even notice that Mitsukuni was awake.

"What merit are you trying to gain." Haruhi hissed.
"I'm not, take it as an apology." The shadow king replied.
"Not after you tried to embarrass me like that."
"We'll go somewhere that you enjoy on Saturday." He stated.
"I'm not falling for it." Haruhi retorted angrily.

He always felt like killing someone when she would get stubborn like this; it was bad enough that he didn't know how to be in a relationship still. When it came to talking about a baseball field with love, they weren't even at first base. It was like they were still in the dugout, waiting to be called on to smack the ball to go to first base.

He didn't want to kiss.

Every time he thought about kissing, it would league to consequences of him getting attached to her, a commoner. His father wanted Haruhi to be his future wife, but Kyouya just couldn't see any resemblance between them. He didn't want to have his father disappointed at him though, so he had to stay with her until said otherwise.

"You don't have to push yourself just to please him." Haruhi spoke.

Kyouya looked at the darkness silently as he was snapped out of his thoughts when she spoke out to him. He smirked lightly and placed his glasses aside and wrapped his arms around her lightly then placed his head between her shoulder blades. This side of her- concerned, worried, and knowing- he didn't mind this side of her much.

"Fuyumi-neesan told you too much." Kyouya huffed.
"She gave me a picture of you when you were three," she taunted.
"You benefit from our relationship more than I do."
"I know, but it's not in the way that you're thinking." Haruhi stated.
He pondered in mild curiosity, "how do you benefit from it then?"

Reluctantly, she turned around and his head turned into the curve between her neck and shoulders. He lifted his head away to look at her, only able to see those big brown eyes reflecting from the moonlight outside the window. Mitsukuni felt like there was suspense in the air, he too wanted to know, but he didn't understand.

Haruhi leaned into his chest, "I'm not treated like a warabe by you."

Translations:

Dareka: Somebody.
Warabe: Child.

Author Notes: I think it gets a little chaotic in the next chapter... something about Kyouya and Tamaki's naked pictures... I don't remember, sorry! So, since Mitsukuni was away, does anyone want to take a guess as to what's going to happen when they wake up the next morning? It might actually surprise you really, I truthfully never expected it, and yet I typed it!

Next Update: Well, you guys immediately filled up the five reviews. (Startled me really.) So, it'll be random again; let's jump up to only seven comments needed to this chapter, and then I'll post again, after that I think I might sort out when I'll post by date. All chapters up to Chapter 14 are prepped and translated.