I lay still on the expensive couch mopping about my unpleasant future. 'I don't want to do this… and I don't want to bother Haruhi either…' slowly I open my eyes and see Haruhi sitting beside me with a troubled look upon her face, 'Haruhi… just go, you don't need to be here.'

"Harou! You're awake." Haruhi says happily.

"Yeah…" I mutter avoiding Haruhi's gaze.

"Oh your finally awake!" I hear a chipper voice call, catching the attention of the other hosts. I look up and saw the blonde that I punched smiling at me. "I'm so glad you're awake! Now you can start your work as our Dog!"

I give the blonde a dead expression, vacant of any emotions. "fine." I sigh under my breath.

Out of nowhere the blonde burst into tears, "MOMMY!" he cried clinging to glasses.

"What is it Tamaki?" glasses asked in an annoyed tone.

"He made a scary face!" the boy named Tamaki cried pointing his wavering finger towards my face.

"Milord! He didn't do anything!" the twins said in unison leaning into my face, which was still blank. So my brown eyes met the twins golden orbs.

"Hey," the twin with the softer voice said, "Your eyes, they're so pretty."

The twin's comment made my eyes snap wide, shock visible on my face.

"Hey what's wrong with you?" the other twin asked.

I try to push away my shock and mutter breaking eye contact with the twins, "Sorry, just no one's ever said that they liked my eyes before."

"Really?" both twins asked in confusion.

"Yeah…"

"Hey, Harou." Haruhi cut in, "Are you okay with this? Being the host clubs 'dog' I mean."

I send Haruhi a bland look before sighing, and ignoring the fact that the hosts could hear my every word, "Haruhi, there NO way I'll enjoy this, but I'll learn to deal with it." 'Just like with everything else' I add silently.

Haruhi sighed and clasped one of her small hands on my shoulder and smiled, "At least you won't be alone! I'll help you."

I shake my head and red clashed with brown, "No Haruhi, I don't want to get you mixed up in this. You came to this school because you wanted to study and become a lawyer, just like mom. So I'm not going to keep you from reaching your dream because I got mixed up with this club. I mean you can visit if you want but you're not staying here." I place my hands on Haruhi's shoulders, "Please Haruhi…"

Haruhi gave me a look which I didn't understand. It wasn't hurt, or sorrow, yet it wasn't happy either. "Harou… what about you? You and your dream? You came to this school for its Arts programs."

I just gave Haruhi a pained look. "That doesn't matter; I just want the best for you."

"No," she said stubbornly, "I won't leave you here, you always do this. You push me away when I want to help you. This time I'm not leaving."

"Fine." I said thru clenched teeth. I turn towards the host who gave me strange looks. I huff and cross my arms giving them a bored stare, "So what do you want me to do?"

Glasses smiled, "Well Harou, we should introduce ourselves first. My name is Kyoya; the blonde you punched earlier is Tamaki. The twins are Hikaru and Kaoru. Hikaru's hair is parted to the right, while Karou's is towards the left. Then we have Hunny-sempai, and Mori-sempai."

"Right…" I muttered scratching the back of my head, "So do you want me to introduce myself?"

"Sure." Tamaki said with a smile.

I sigh at his energy, "My name is Harou Fujioka. Haruhi is my younger twin. Is that alright?" I asked the hosts, who all nodded their head. "Now what do we do?" I asked the hosts referring to 'We' as Haruhi and I.

"Well," Tamaki says waltzing over to me slinging his arm over my shoulder, "first we need to wait for my precious kittens to enter our domain, then you can give us more refreshments when called for. Simple isn't it?"

I simply glare at Tamaki's arm and say, "You know what Tamaki? You sounded like a total creep when you said that." Instantaneously Tamaki disappeared and wound up in one of the corners of the room, a cloud of doom and gloom floating above his head.

Haruhi gave me a look that said, 'Harou, say you're sorry.' I sigh pursing my lips, and walked over to Tamaki.

"Tamaki?" I asked

*Tamaki*

I'm sitting in my corner of woe, Harou's voice echoing thru my head. You sounded like a total creep when you said that.

"I'm not a creep…" I mutter under my breath.

"Tamaki?" I hear a soft almost tired voice say behind me. I turn and saw Harou standing there. I look at him and saw that the twins were right. His eyes are beautiful, they were brown, yet they had a red sheen to them, that in certain lightings they'd look like crimson pools.

"Yes Harou?" I asked still sitting on the floor in the fetal position. To tell the truth I was kinda frightened by the boy. When I first looked at him, he looked like a dead man walking. A light set of bags hung under his eyes, and his expression remained blank, that was until his little outburst when he punched me.

But for some reason Harou intrigued me. He held a cold and indifferent feeling around him, yet when I look in his eyes I can see… many different emotions swimming in them. I can see that Harou went through hell and back. And his dead gaze made me feel like he was ready to give up at any moment. I felt a pain hit my chest; I looked down for a moment and stared in confusion. What was that? What was that feeling? I felt like I was stabbed by a thousand knifes.

Is this was he feels? Harou, is this what you feel on a daily basis? Neglect, pain and loneliness?

I look up at Harou as he spoke, "Look Tamaki, I'm sorry for calling you a creep. I didn't mean it… I'm just not used to this atmosphere, with rich people and all. So can you forgive me?" Harou had a powdery blush on his face, and cheeks where puffed out slightly as he avoided my eye contact. In short he looked adorable.

"AHH!" I squeal in delight flinging my arms around Harou's small frame knocking him over slightly

"GAHHH! Someone help me!" Harou cried his face turning rose red.

"You're SO CUTE!" I shout shoving Harou's face into my chest, spinning him around.

"HELP!" Harou cried once again.

*Harou*

Tamaki is spinning me around like crazy, while I'm just dying. I never liked getting dizzy, not that I got sick, but I hated the feeling of the world spinning like crazy all around me.

"HELP ME GOD DAMN IT!" I shouted, irritated that no one was coming to my aid. But then again that's nothing new, even though I wish it wasn't

Suddenly I was lifted swiftly into the air. I felt arms around my middle and my back again someone's chest. I could feel the heat radiating off of my face as I buried it into my hands.

"Mori, I think that was a little much…" Tamaki said giving him blank look

"HM" Mori said putting me back on the ground.

Once on the ground, I turn around and see Mori the silent giant. "Thanks…" I mutter looking down at the ground, lips pursed slightly.

"AHHH!" Tamaki squealed again, tackling me. Making me fall forward slamming my face on the ground with Tamaki on my back squeezing the life out of me,

"GET OFF ME!" I shout my voice cracking slightly as I slammed my arms on the ground. The rest of the hosts just stood there chuckling. Even Haruhi, she had a happy smile on her face. I look at Haruhi for a moment and see her wave at me before walking out the door. And just then, it was like I could hear her voice inside my head,

'Harou, I think I'll leave you here. I'll come and visit every once in a while. But I've seen you smile today, and express yourself. So I want you to stay there, with the host club. I wish you good luck. I'll see you later… Big brother.'

I stare at the door as it closes silently and smile.

Haruhi… thank you…