Chapter 3

"You're going shopping? To buy baby accessories? Why?" Ranka stared in amazement at his daughter, who was bustling about getting breakfast for herself and her father. Haruhi turned slightly, flipping egg's on the stove.

"Well, if it's ok with you, Dad. It will be with that girl, Kaiya, I told you about."

"The pregnant, married one?"

"Yes. The Host Club and Tamaki will be there too," Haruhi said. Ranka scowled at the thought of the extravagant blond male who was president of the Host Club.

"Anyway, I do like babies, and helping buy baby thing's will also be pretty fun. Actually, I'm sure Tamaki or Hikaru and Kaoru, or both, will make a fool of themselves and be overly embarassing, and then we will just have to go home, and Kyouya will act all weird, and it will just be bad. But hey, I think Kaiya is nice." Haruhi laughed.

"Well, have fun. Don't let them convince you to do anything you don't want to do, and make good choices!" Ranka frowned and waved a finger.

"Don't I always?" Haruhi laughed.

Later, on the way to the mall, Haruhi looked to the twin's.

"So, is Otakne Mall a good place to shop?" The twin's nodded happily.

` "Yeah, Otakne Mall is amazing! It has everything, from groceries, clothes, and it even has a golf course!"

"And they have a cake shop! And a food court with cake!" Honey proudly stated. By the time they got there, every one was eagerly awaiting the sights of Otakne Mall.

"Wow." Haruhi stared at the mall, which more closely resembled a castle then the mall's she was used to. All of a sudden they heard a voice calling,

"Oh look, they came!" The Host Club then made their way over to Kaiya who stood smiling with Kakumyo, and two older women who were looking none to pleased to be there.

"Kaiya-san! It is an honour to be here!" Tamaki bowed, kissing her hand.

"Rude. You barely even know her. That familiarity is unfiitting, and she is a married women! Shame on you, Suoh!" That women scowled and began walking away, yelling over her shoulder,

"Kakumyo! Call a limousine! I wish to go home!" Kakumyo and Kaiya were blushing by now, and Kakumyo turned to Kaiya, with an apologetic look on his face.

"It's alright. Go home with your mother, I'll get along fine. I do have the Host Club and my mother with me!" Kaiya laughed. Kakumyo kissed her quickly and ran to catch up with his mother.

"What was that?" Hikaru and Kaoru gaped at Kaiya. She bowed, nervously.

"My mother-in-law disapproves of me going to school, and making friends with men is out of the question! I apologize on her behalf." The other older women blew a raspberry.

"Kai-chan, that woman is spoiled. Do not trouble yourself over her!" The woman then smiled a smile that closely resembled Kaiya's smile.

"I am Kamiko Abe, Kai-chan's mother. You may call me Mistress are the Host Club, I presume? You have my thanks for helping my daughter at your school."

"It was our pleasure, Abe-san." Kyouya bowed deeply to the older women.

"Now, Kai-chan we have to go to a meeting at 2 30, and its 1 30 now. Let's shop shall we?" A couple of minutes later, every one was in a baby shop, surrounded by bright pink and blue baby acessories. Kaiya descended upon the shelves like a dying woman, but the Host Club went slower. Tamaki held up a shirt that said, Spoiled Princess, and Hikaru and Kaoru poked a stuffed hippo, which made a loud squeaking noise. Haruhi walked over to Mistress Abe, who was sorting through tiny yellow shoes.

"Those are very cute." Mistress Abe turned, and laughed.

"Yes. It wasn't to long ago that I was buying Kaiya little baby shoes." Mistress Abe looked sad for a moment, and then smiled again.

"Now I'm going to be a grandmother! I feel old!" Haruhi stared inquisitively at this women, who barely looked older then her daughter.

"Mistress Abe, I don't want be rude, but why was Kaiya engaged so young?" The older women seemed to focus now on Haruhi, and bit her lip.

"Before I tell you, Haruhi, you must understand something. My family's business is in a plane company, and we also own a shipping company. And, my husband, has always been ambitious, but, you must understand, he loves his daughter. When Kaiya was two, you see, my husband and I brought her to a ball, being held by aquaintances of ours, the Yamazaki's. They had a son who was close in age to Kaiya, so we thought that they might become friends. What they became was slightly more. They became best friend's, in a night!"

"When we had to go home, Kaiya bawled her eye's out! She was never that girl. When she made friends with other little children, she played with them, and said goodbye when it was time to go. She cried so hard that the Yamazaki's made us stay the night just to stop her crying. Since then, Kaiya and Kakumyo have seen each other everyday. Our families knew that they would end up together, so we decided to arrange the marriage. Madame Yamazaki is very, old fashioned. I think that she's a little stuffy, but Kakumyo is one of the most polite boys you will ever meet. An arranged marriage pleased all of us. I feel bad that she couldn't be married after college, and pregnancy?!" Madame Abe shook her head angrily.

"Mistress Yamazaki pushed for Kaiya not even to go to school! And she assumed that when Kaiya became pregnant she wouldn't go, but Kaiya pushed. She's stubborn."

"Haruhi! Look! You can see what your baby will look like!" Tamaki squealed. Kyouya walked over and read the side of the machine.

"Impressive. You scan in pictures of a woman and a man, and you can find out what the baby might look like." Kaiya skipped over to the machine.

"Ooh! I want to try!" Kaiya dug around in her purse and pulled out pictures of herself and Kakumyo. She handed them to Kyouya with a grin, who raised an eyebrow, but scanned them in nevertheless. The two pictures appeared on the screen, and Kyouya pushed some buttons, and the two pictures slid together and a small picture of an adorable toddler appeared.

"She's adorable!" Hikaru and Kaoru poked Kaiya, who smiled.

"Do you think that the machine could tell if it was going to be a girl? Kakumyo and I decided to wait to find out. I might die of curiousity before then, though!" Kaiya teased, and Kyouya printed the picture for her and they left the store.

"Where shall we go next?" asked Mistress Abe.

"Food court! I'm hungry for some cake!" Honey laughed, jumping up and down.

"As a matter of fact, I'm starving. Grapes, today, I think." Kaiya pondered, tapping her bottom lip. Everyone laughed and made their way down three floors, to a gigantic food court.

After every one ate their lunch, Kaiya sat back, and patted her stomach.

"I'd say I think that I ate too much and now I'm fat, but, sadly I have to blame that on the baby." She giggled and then pulled out a small blue and yellow phone from her purse. Kaiya seems very happy today. Haruhi noted. Kaiya raised a finger and put the phone to her ear.

"Pardon me. Hello? Yes, hello Kakumyo. Was your mother terribly angry? Oh, well, that's good right? It's only, um, two o' clock. Oh! Yes, we will leave in just a minute. I'll be home around..?" Mistress Abe raised a hand.

"Five o' clock. Is that all right? Yes, I love you too. Yes, I'm sure the baby loves you too! All right. Goodbye!" Kaiya laughed and hung up.

"Mummy? We have to go if the appointment is at 2 30. We should hurry." Mistress Abe smiled, and grabbed her purse.

"It was nice meeting you all. Have a good day!" Everyone said their farewells, so Kaiya waved as well and the mother-daughter duo left.

"I have to go home as well. Grandmother is coming for dinner at the second house!" Tamaki said, joyfully.

"So do we." Hikaru and Kaoru

"We should all get going. Come on, my driver will bring everyone home." Kyouya said, standing up and stretching.

When Haruhi got home, Ranka smiled, and asked,

"Did you have fun?" Haruhi paused.

"Yeah. I did."