A/N: Alright. This was my second entry for the first challenge of ouran-flashfic, Memories. I wasn't going to post this so soon but... well seeing as I just watched episode 10, I really felt like posting it.

Disclaimer: Like I've said before, it's not mine.

Date originally posted: 6/7/06
Title: Alike
Series: Ouran High School Host Club
Rating: G
Characters: Ryoji, Kotoko, Haruhi
Pairings: Ryoji/Kotoko
Spoilers: Just some stuff about Haruhi's parents.
Word Count: 664
BETA: Well, I had artemisgirl and my friend, Fotu (hagane-no-tofu on LJ) look over it. They helped me out a lot.

Alike

Ryoji Fujioka was dressing up to head out to work at the tranny bar. He set down the brush he was using and stared at it. It used to be his wife's before she died. Many of Kotoko's old possessions were sporadically placed around the household.

He truly loved Kotoko. After realizing that his preferences were also for the male variety, Ryoji vowed that he would never love another woman. So to say he was bisexual was both true and misleading.

Kotoko was the light of his life. Before she came, Ryoji felt like there was a part of him missing. He had first seen her walking down the street with a carefree smile. Two passings later, Ryoji finally worked up the nerve to speak to her. Kotoko smiled at him as she pushed her long dark hair out of her eyes. He loved how she looked right into his eyes while she spoke to him. It made him feel as though they were the only two people in the world.

Kotoko was one of a kind. She was pretty, elegant, practical, and smart. She was kind and yet firm in her decisions. She understood and accepted all of Ryoji's personality quirks.

But when she got upset, Kotoko could be scary. Ryoji cringed as he recalled her giving birth to Haruhi. He never knew such dirty words could come out of such sweet lips. She screamed, swore, threw anything she could get her hands on, and managed to knock a nurse out.

As Kotoko cuddled her baby, the two adults discussed names for their new daughter. Ryoji liked the name Amaya, while Kotoko was adamant on the name Haruhi. After a couple minutes of arguing, Kotoko put on her "I'm a lawyer, dammit!" face and declared that since she was the one who gave birth to the girl, she would choose the name. And that name would be Haruhi. Ryoji took one look at his wife and opted to remain silent.

To say that Kotoko was special to Ryoji would be underestimating his thoughts of her. She was more than just special. She was his everything.

And when she died, Ryoji felt as though there was a great hole in his heart. He clung to his daughter whenever she was near. He was afraid that he would lose her too. At times it was hard to be near Haruhi since she was so much like her mother; but by having her close, Ryoji knew that he wasn't alone. There was someone there who helped filled the void.

Whenever Ryoji watched Haruhi, he had to smile. She was so much like her mother but he didn't think she even realized it. Like Kotoko, Haruhi had ambitions and dreams that she strived for. Whenever something difficult would come up, Haruhi would unconsciously put on her mother's "I'm a lawyer, dammit!" face and meet the problem head on.

Ryoji loved being a father to Haruhi. She was like a living reminder of Kotoko. When thinking about Haruhi's future, Ryoji decided that she would not get married as there was no one good enough for his baby girl. And because of that, he would always have Haruhi to himself.

However, there seemed to a major problem in this plan. Ryoji knew there was a young man at Haruhi's school who wanted to be in her life. He claimed he wanted to be a father like figure to Haruhi. Was that boy trying to say that he, Ryoji, wasn't a good enough father? That was unacceptable. He was not about to let some boy push him out of his daughter's life.

Ryoji shook himself out of his thoughts and back into the present. He picked up his favorite shade of lipstick before carefully applying it. Smiling softly, he grabbed his purse and skipped over to Haruhi. After hugging her tightly and placing a soft kiss on her forehead, he danced out of the apartment and off to work.

A/N: I can't believe I'm saying this. But... well I suppose if you guys have requests, I'll see what I can do. And don't say things like, "TAMAKI AND HARUHI!" Because... well that's kinda a given with some pairings. I'm talking about if you want a drabble with a certain phrase or things in it, ask. Or if you want a certain thing to happen. I mean, you can ask for a certain pairing but ask for other things.

I tell you this now. I'm very inexperienced to writing slash of any form. So if you ask for some slash, it might take me longer and it might not be so good. Also, please refrain from asking for overly mature things. Thanks.