Author Note: Yeah... that was a LOT faster than I predicted xx;

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

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

Chapter 10

What Father Wants

- Previously -

"Eh? Haruhi beaten? No way." The twins came in since they've been waiting outside the room for her to change. "Who in the world would pick on Haruhi?"
Kaoru saw her neck as they got closer, "eh?! Haruhi! Who beat you up?!"
Hikaru saw it next. "Tell us who did it! We'll avenge you!!!"
Haruhi's face flushed, 'the twins got their enthusiasm from her, but… still…'

"Who hurt you?!" Kaoru roared.
"Was it that boyfriend of yours?!" Hikaru yelled.
Haruhi's face went redder, "…it's nothing…"
"You're bruised!" They retorted.

"I'll tell tono!" Kaoru grabbed his cell phone.
"I'll tell Kyouya-senpai." Hikaru stated.
"I-iie!" Haruhi grabbed both their hands.
"No one should hurt you!" They stated.

"I'm not hurt!" She yelled at them.
"…" The two looked at her.
"Then why is that there?" Hikaru huffed.
"Ano…" her cheeks turned another shade.

Kaoru looked at her, "did your boyfriend do it?"
She spared him a glance, "…un."
"Is that why you've been distant?" He asked.
"Sort of," the natural rookie replied.

"Oh!" Yuzuha finally remembered, "she has a boyfriend?"
"Hai, but she won't tell us his name." The twins stated.
"Then she's not abused… that's just a love bite!" She smiled.
'…arigato… Yuzuha-sama…' Haruhi couldn't get anymore embarrassed.
"Love bite?" They asked, then looked at Haruhi who ignored them.
"It's when you kiss or suck on someone skin a lot in the same place." Yuzuha then explained, "I used to do that to your otousan when we were a bit younger."

The twins looked at Haruhi, "someone's sucking on Haruhi's skin? Vampire!"
Kaoru frowned though, 'how come she's in a relationship and we didn't know.'
Yuzuha spoke up, "okay otokonokos, shoo, shoo, I have to add strap on her dress!"

After they were shut out, Kaoru was still thinking about it some, 'Haruhi said that the only reason why Honey-senpai knows is because he slept in her room. Kyouya-senpai though… it's quite possible he did his usual snooping… but why pick up dirt on Haruhi?' He sat on the floor trying to think about it. 'Haruhi rarely hosts now that I think about it, but he doesn't seem to mind. Did she get a thousand customers?'

"Hmm?" Hikaru looked at his younger twin curiously, "Kaoru, daijobu?"
'Who's Haruhi's boyfriend though,' then thought out loud, "he's my main suspect."
"Ara? What are you talking about? Who's your main suspect?" He asked.
Kaoru looked at him then waved it off, "iie, nothing, nothing."

- Now -

Haruhi had a good time serving the customers snacks and beverages to the tables that they asked for. Quite a few girls asked to dance with her, even a couple of the mothers thought it would be nice to dance with a nice looking gentlemen. After all of them, she offered a dance to Momoka because she was sad about not dancing with her last time, and so she wanted to make it up to her.

Even Renge was able to dance with her, asking when it would be that she would be in a dress. Quite a few of the Host Club usual customers that have danced with her decided to ask that question. Just then, Yoshio came in with his second son and Haruhi smiled, after the song ended, she bowed to Renge.

"After my talk, I'll go change." Haruhi smiled and left to talk to Kyouya's father with her hands behind her back appropriately. "Would you like snacks or a drink?"
"I would like to try the instant coffee I've heard about." Yoshio stated gruffly.
"Sure," she looked to his son, "what about you Akito-san?"
"I would like some too, I have a long shift after this." Akito answered.
"I'll be right back with the coffee," the natural rookie bowed and left.

"It's a surprise to see you here Ohtori-san." A voice called out. "Here on business?"
"Not quite, Suoh-san," Yoshio stated in a harsh tone and explained his reason for being there, "it's rather an investigation on Kyouya's with his girlfriend."
"Kyouya-kun has a girlfriend?" Yuzuru asked in surprise.
"He seems to have beaten the talented Tamaki-kun to her."
"You don't mean…" he paused in surprise.

Haruhi returned to the two Ohtori family members, "here you go," she placed the cups of coffee on the table in front of them, "is there anything else you would like?"

"Haruhi-kun, …you're Kyouya-kun's girlfriend?" Yuzuru asked in surprise.
She looked at him, "konbanwa Superintendent."
"They've been going out for five months." Yoshio stated, then took a sip of coffee.
"It this true?" Yuzuru looked at her curiously.
"Un," Haruhi replied, "but we've kept it rather quiet so that it wouldn't ruin any relationship the club has with one another. Tamaki-senpai would complain a lot."
"But you didn't bother to tell me?" He frowned, obviously hurt.
"I don't believe our relationship has anything to do with you though." She retorted.

Yoshio chuckled a bit at the reply and looked at her, "we're fine, go dance."
"Arigato gozaimas." Haruhi bowed and left them, then went to Kyouya to talk.
"So, do they really enjoy the relationship their in?" Yuzuru asked.
"Not at all." Yoshio stated in annoyance. "He took her to Nagasaki over the weekend though, surprisedly, he didn't want any bodyguards to attend to them."
"He's been acting a little different since then," Akito stated, "my eldest brother checked out their reservation and turned out to be one hotel room."
"How many beds?" Yuzuru asked curiously.
"Two, but what would that prove?" Yoshio stated. "Demo…"

They glanced at the two talking to each other until Haruhi went up the stairs with the twins following happily. Kyouya returned to the business at hand, but the others noticed his second glance to her after she left. After the three had vanished up the stairs, girls immediately crowded around the stairway, waiting intensely.

"Whatever happened during that one night, seemed to have changed them."

"Haruhi, weren't you scared when you were talking to Kyouya-senpai's papa-san?" They twins asked curiously as they did her makeup lightly.
"Iie, I've talked to him before. The first time was a while back." Haruhi stated.
"Why did you talk to him?" Kaoru asked curiously.
"I was angry, so I defended Kyouya when he made a rude statement."
"You stood up to papa-san?" Hikaru asked surprisedly.
"Un." Haruhi replied. "Are you two done?"

"Hai, we've been done." The twins grinned.

Haruhi sighed and got up to look at herself, feeling that she should laugh for some reason. It was amazing at how these two could be so troublesome, and yet, do such a fabulous job at the same time. She spun once just to feel the flow of it as she was once told before, then turned to the twins with a smile.

"Arigato." Haruhi said quietly.
"Masterpiece!" The twins stated.
"Yay, let's go!" Hikaru walked off.

As Haruhi started to follow him, Kaoru lightly grabbed her arm, happy that she didn't jerk at his touch, "Haruhi," she looked at him quietly, "…is Kyouya-senpai-?"

"Oi! There's a huge crowd waiting for Haruhi! Let's go!" Hikaru called out.
"Okay, we're coming," Haruhi called out, then looked Kaoru again.
Kaoru sighed, his nerve was lost, "coming, coming!" He dragged her with him.

"All the customers are crowding the staircase." Hikaru stated. "Not to mention that it looks like a lot of them have cameras." He grinned, "talk about fan-girls, some of them have banners saying 'Haruhi ganbatte' in their hands!" The older twin laughed.

"Oi Hikaru," Haruhi called out and he looked at her. Her right hand was taken by Kaoru, and so she extended her left hand to him, "I thought us three hold hands?"
He looked at her rather surprisedly, then smiled, "of course!"
Kaoru laughed, "let's go before the onnanokos goes on a rampage."
"Un." Haruhi smiled.

Like gentlemen, Hikaru and Kaoru escorted the Host Club princess down the stairs properly in a slow manner. The girls gasped in surprise the 'he' looked gorgeous as a girl and wished 'he' would do it more often for the Host Club. Tamaki's jaw dropped in surprise to see her in that type of formal dress, it was truly amazing.

Kyouya was surprised at her appearance as well, she looked just like every other rich girl in the room. He smiled in thought though, perhaps his father would be able to brag about his girlfriend? His mind waved that off as the twins brought her down to the floor, and so he came over and bowed humbly.

"May I have the honor first?" He asked coolly.
"Me next! Me next!" Mitsukuni cheered.
"Un." Takashi smiled.
"I call fourth." Kaoru grinned.
"Me fifth!" Hikaru grinned as well.
"You guys are going to get me dizzy." Haruhi laughed.

She took Kyouya's hand gently and he took her to the center of the dance floor as the music started once again. The Host Club grabbed some new girl partners to dance with them which they couldn't resist. Half way into the song, Kyouya noticed his father sitting at the table with his older brother, and his enthusiasm lightened.

"Daijobu?" Haruhi asked, noticing this.
"I didn't know otousan was here yet." Kyouya stated.
"Why does that matter?" She asked curiously.
"I can't seem that I'm better than Tamaki."

"Naze?" The natural rookie never wanted to get into that business, but it seemed like it was where the problem started for the most point. "You know your better…"
"You don't understand," Kyouya pulled her away, and rolled her back into his chest.
Her attention went up to when, stopping their dancing, "you don't let me."
"…" He looked at her calmly, yet a little bit hurt that she would talk about this here.

"Otousan wants you to surpass your niisans, he knows you can do better, so I don't understand why you don't grasp that knowledge, and do something about it." Haruhi stated, looked at him straight in the eye. "To yourself, your third place in the Ohtori family. To school, your second place because of Tamaki. But you can be in first place if you wouldn't restrain yourself so much." She then added her own opinion, seeing that she still had his attention, "just because your better than someone else, doesn't mean you can't still be their friend, wouldn't Tamaki-senpai say the same thing?"

"I wasn't lying when I said you were very admirable, Kyouya." Haruhi stated.

Kyouya was always surprised by her point of view, it was always different from what he would expect from her. He gave a small smile and placed his hands on her cheeks, finally feeling that he should do this, even with everyone there. His lips went to hers softly, for the first time in five months of their relationship, he kissed her.

"It seems that Kyouya-kun likes her?" Yuzuru asked curiously.
"…" Yoshio quietly stood up and walked over to them.

Kyouya pulled away and looked at her, "that's an interesting speech."
"Hmm." Haruhi smiled at him, feeling as if she stepped over another wall.

Girls beyond girls squealed in delight and took many photographs of the two kissing so passionately or so it seemed to them. The Host Club, other than Mitsukuni who cheered in delight, was gawking stupidly as the scene that just played. Everything grew quiet as Yoshio stepped forth to the couple, and they looked at him curiously.

Yoshio bowed to Haruhi, "may I cut in now?"
She looked to Kyouya, "…?"
Kyouya nodded and bowed, "go ahead."
Haruhi smiled and looked to Yoshio, "un."
Yoshio gave her his hand, "good."
'Heh,' Kyouya watched them dance.

"Wah!!! It was my turn to dance with Haru-chan!!!" Mitsukuni sobbed.

Haruhi danced much more than she did when she was dressed as a Host Club member, so she went to the Third Music Room to change back into her tuxedo. She really needed to take a break though after being the main event, especially after the kiss with Kyouya. Her mind was completely flustered about it, after all, it was the first time a guy had kissed her on the lips, and it was in front of everyone.

A thought hit her, "what if it was just to get on otousans good side?" She frowned.

Knock, knock.

Someone was in the Third Music Room and entered the changing area slowly and she saw who it was. He saw that she finished dressing and smiled brightly at her, but then couldn't help but laugh. Haruhi may have been in her tuxedo, but she still had makeup on her face, and it was funny to witness.

"K-Kaoru, w-what are you doing in here?" She stuttered surprisedly.

"Yo," the young twin replied, "want help taking your makeup off?"
"Eh?!" Haruhi had completely forgotten about the makeup.
He laughed lightly, "ikimas, let's go to the bathroom to wash it off."
"Un," her hand was taken and they went to the Music Rooms' bathroom.
"I'll help you up," Kaoru lifted her on the counter to make it easier to clean her face.

Kaoru grabbed a washcloth and began to clean her face from the light make up that the placed on her. Neither of them noticed that Haruhi had her legs spread out so he could lean against the counter for better access to her face. Haruhi sighed to the side in annoyance, still flustered about earlier events with Kyouya, she didn't understand.

"Daijobu?" Kaoru asked quietly.
She looked at him, "eh?"
"You sigh when your annoyed."
Her eyes averted, "oh…"
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"Nothing, just confused."

"That's unlike you," the twin stated and finally removed the makeup from her face, and looked at her, "I've been wanting to ask you something about your boyfriend," he paused for the minute, then looked at her, "…is it… is it Kyouya-senpai?"

Haruhi looked at him. "…"

"I noticed that you two have been a little different for a while, it's like you'll tend to argue with him more." Kaoru bit his lip, accidentally puncturing it, and looked at her, "I hope I'm not being rude by asking though…?"

"Kaoru, you're bleeding," Haruhi wiped his lips with her thumb.
"Haruhi," he noticed she avoided the question, "is he?"
"I don't want to lie to you," she said quietly.
"So… he is?" Kaoru asked, his eyes boring into hers.

Haruhi frowned and sighed, "I can't tell you Kaoru." His head fell, feeling a little angry that she wouldn't tell him. Her hand lifted his chin to have him look at her, "gomen, I'm not trying to block you or Hikaru out, okay?"

"Un…" Kaoru gave her a light smile, "wakaru."

Kyouya casually clapped his hands, "a very touching scene."
Haruhi jumped in surprised, never noticing him there, "K-Kyouya…"
Kaoru looked at his twin who looked away, "…Hikaru…"
She frowned, "he was just helping me get the makeup off."
"In a rather interesting position." Kyouya remarked.

Both Haruhi and Kaoru looked at their positions toward one another and he sprung away and fell on the floor, blushing insanely. Haruhi placed her legs together with a deep shade of red on her cheeks, embarrassed that she didn't notice. The four that interrupted them had either chuckled, laughed, or smiled at their violent reaction.

"Kyouya- ano…" Haruhi didn't know what to say, and it made her more flustered.
"Well, we heard everything, and I think it's time to come clean." Kyouya stated.
"Eh? You're going to tell them and Takashi?" Mitsukuni asked curiously.

"It can't be helped, Haruhi's close to the twins, and by keeping it from them, it's pushing them away." Kyouya stated. "Kaoru, you're right, so it should ease your mind." Then he explained, "The reason why she's been so jumpy is because we had slept together in Nagasaki over the weekend."

"Kyouya!" Haruhi flushed.
"EH?!" The twins, and even Takashi freaked out.
"H-Haruhi slept with Kyouya-senpai?!" Hikaru freaked out.
"Stop telling them things!" Haruhi demanded.
"We kissed in the Central Salon, I think it should be obvious." Kyouya stated.
"You seem cool about it, what? Was it for otousan too?" She looked away.

The vice president scowled at her suggestion and walked over to her, and held her chin to have her look up at him in the eyes, "that wasn't my intention."
"You didn't even answer me from earlier!" Haruhi felt tears come to her eyes.
"We'll talk about it later, but for now, get cleaned up, there's still a few hours left."

"Oi! What are you all doing in the bathroom?! I can't host all by my-!" Tamaki froze.

On the sink counter sat a crying Haruhi who was trying to wipe her tears away before he could see them. It was too late, and he rushed over to her, cupping her cheeks in to his hands, asking if she was okay. For a moment, Kyouya was angry, but waved that emotion away and told everyone else to go downstairs to leave them alone.

They listened to him and wondered if it was really okay that Tamaki was comforting Kyouya's girlfriend. Since the shadow king was the first to leave, the others decided to follow him out of the Third Music Room. It turned out that Haruhi's eyes had turned red and her cheeks a little puffy from crying, so she didn't have to host.

The Ohtori family took Haruhi home, and as he was supposed to, Kyouya got out and escorted her to the apartment. On his own accord though, he placed his arm around her, hoping to have her feel at least a little secure with him. She unlocked the door and walked in before turning around to look at Kyouya with a gloomy face.

"I'm glad that I'm admirable to you, and perhaps to some others," he chose now to answer her, "after new years, I'll put more efforts in my goals."

Haruhi smiled weakly and nodded her head, "un."
His lips kissed her cheek, "just bear with the relationship until then."
She laughed, "Thursday, you said you wanted to be serious… so eleven days later, we break up. That's funny, in it own way…"
"I didn't mean to make you cry." Kyouya stated.
"I was just embarrass that you told them everything all at once."
"Did you tell Tamaki?" He questioned.

"…iie."

Translations:

Ikimas: "Go."

Author Note: If I remember right, the next chapter is something about relationship issues or something, hah, you'll find out later. I wonder if that's New Years chapter as well, hmm... looks like I'll have to go read it.

Next Update: Well... you guys were a little too fast for me today, surprisingly scared me too. So, I'll go back to 7 reviews.

Question: Do you guys even like the "Previously" part? So that you don't get lost on what story you're reading?