I'm sorry about the late update so here's a really long chapter and some revelations to Suzu's engagement! Oh, and here's something to look forward to: HANI IS BEING SERIOUS!!! And SUZU IS IN A BIKINI!!! And PLAN Zz1!!!!(sorry if it's a let-down)
I give my thanks to emorocks91 and Yours by Moonlight for being able to notice a variable I've wanted to point out in the story. Good job!
Oh and sorry for these errors:
Fiancé is the man. Fiancée is the lady.
The links are all in my profile ^^ sorry about that. (You HAVE to see Mori checking out the swimsuit Suzu is wearing. It's really from the anime!!! I just took a snapshot.)
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"And why did we choose Okinawa?" Hikaru and Kaouru hollered.
"Kyouya's family has a private beach here." Tamaki declared triumphantly.
"What a beautiful place!" Hani said amazed.
"Yeah." Mori agreed.
"But we could've gone to…"
"…the Caribbean…"
"…or Fiji…"
The twins whined.
"And do you suppose Haruhi has a passport?" You mused.
"uhhmm…"
"Why, thank you for being so considerate of me…" (with no sign of gratitude whatsoever in Haruhi's voice)
"Welcome, everyone."
"Ha? Suzu-sempai? What are you doing here?"
"And speaking of which, where have you been?"
Hikaru and Kaouru finished the other's statement.
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(a pic of Suzu in the beach) (sorry if it isn't that good) (take a look at the other pictures for more details if you want. They're in my profile.)
"Yea, Suzu-chan. Me and Takashi were really worried when you just disappeared like that." Hani sniffled.
'Good acting, Hani-sempai. You obviously came prepared…' You praised you partner as you held back a smirk.
"Ahh. Sorry Mitskuni-kun. Takashi-kun. I wanted to tell you where I was going, but the driver seemed to be in a hurry so I went in the limo without telling you. Gomen."
'But I have some tricks up my sleeves as well…'
"I was brought here earlier today by one of Kyouya-kun's limos, you see. He asked me to prepare the place and entertain the guests that might come early today."
"Huh? Guests?"
'Let the games begin.'
Your POV
"hmm…hmm…hmm…" You hummed a quiet tone as you strolled along the shoreline serving and watching your clients as they pass by.
'I think I'm feeling much better than a week ago. That's good. I don't want anything to happen while I'm here…'
You brushed off any troublesome thoughts thinking that it would be better that you tried having a good time.
'It's not everyday I get to visit the beach, after all.'
You spotted Haruhi sitting on a mat under a beach umbrella.
"Hey, Haruhi-chan. Is this seat taken?"
"Huh? Oh, hi, Suzu-sempai. No, that seat's not taken."
You did an Indian squat beside her as you both took in the scenery (mostly you did the taking-in. Haruhi just sulked)
"Suzu-sempai, can I ask you something?"
"Hmm?"
"How are you doing? You've been acting differently for the past few days. You've been a lot quieter then. And you were acting the same way when we did the Ouran Spring Festival. Are you alright?"
"Don't worry, Haruhi-chan. I'm fine. I was just a little tired."
"OK. If you say so."
"Say, Haruhi-chan, it was a shame you cut your hair. It was really long and pretty."
"It was getting in the way. So I don't miss it that much. But thanks for the compliment, Suzu-sempai. What about yours? Don't traditional Japanese women have really long hair?" (Haruhi knows that Suzu's family is very traditional. Just like Mori's and Hani's)
"Well that's because-"
Don't come after me, Hikaru! The ball will roll too far!
"They seem to be having a good time." You watched Hikaru and Kaouru chase each other.
"Yea…But why… why do we have to be hosts in the beach, too? – huh?"
You followed Haruhi's gaze and saw Hani and Mori doing strange exercises with their clients in the distance.
"ehehehehehehe"
"Haruhi-kun. Suzu-kun."
"Hmm?" You and Haruhi said in unison as both of you turned around to see three of your clients.
"Aren't you both going to swim?" One of them asked.
"Ahh. I enjoy watching the ocean more than swimming in it." Haruhi answered first.
"Same here. I spend most of my time in the beach reading rather than swimming." You answered next.
"Then is it alright if we join you?" Another one asked.
"Why? Go take a dip!"
"Yea. Your all wearing cute swimsuits, too!"
You made your way around a huge boulder (after leaving Haruhi to explore a bit) seeing Kyouya's private police.
"I see you're all here, Captain."
They were at the resort when you arrived and they explained their story to you about what happened in the pool with Hani. You check on them every now and then serving them refreshments and whatnot.
"Sasazuka-sama!" All of them saluted you.
"Calm down everyone. You don't have to do that every time I visit." You gave them a soft smile making them all blush.
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"Ah, Suzu-sempai. I see you're keeping them company while they're here."
"Yea. They're working hard, Kyouya-kun."
"Otori-sama!" The police saluted him again.
"I guess they do that every time no matter how hard I tell them not to."
"They were trained to do so after all." Kyouya approached one of them and started signing some papers as you watched the lot hauling in different kinds of shells and crabs into pink bunny-patterned buckets.
"Mori-sempai." You heard Kyouya say. "Our family's private police wanted to apologize about the earlier misunderstandings done to Hani-sempai. So I'm letting them do as they wish."
"Takashi-kun." You smiled up at him as he jumped down from the pile of rocks.
"Ah." He said as his eyes softened a bit.
"Mori-sempai, why don't you take Suzu-sempai to the others? I'm sure she has nothing else to do and she's already helped out here." Kyouya said not looking up from his clipboard.
"Ah." Mori nodded as he scooped you up from the ground leaping from one rock to another making his way to the other side.
You landed soundlessly as Mori set you down on the sand.
"Thank you, Takashi-kun." You said giving him a hearty smile.
Mori's POV
'She's so damn cute when she smiles!'
'Yeah…'
'Aha! I caught you!'
'Caught me about what?'
'You agreed with me for once! Keep that up and you'll be with Suzu in the Luuuuuv Train soon enough!'
'Ugh…'
You wanted to smack your forehead knowing your conscience could feel it but held yourself back from doing so for Suzu was smiling up at you.
"Ah." Was all you could say as you gave her a faint reply (with a tiny blush without you noticing of course)
"Well, those two look happy," Tamaki said as he stood beside you "So all's well, right?"
Sempai! Tonight's dinner is going to be huge!
"I see! I see! My precious girl!"
Haruhi seemed to get a lot of attention after she said the last sentence.
"Takashi-kun, I'm going over to Haruhi-chan and Mitskuni-kun, ok?"
You nodded as she ran towards the pair picking up random shells that she thought looked pretty.
Your POV
He nodded as you ran towards the pair picking up random shells that you thought looked pretty.
"What do you think, Haruhi?" Tamaki said behind Haruhi holding up a giant crab. "Do you like giant crabs?"
"I do!" She replied with a smile.
'Haruhi-chan is so cute! ...cuter…Snap out of it! Facts are facts! Live with it! But…' The feeling you got when you saw Haruhi with Mori came back … but you did your best to shrug it off. She is your friend after all.
Aside from that, you noticed something crawl out of the crab.
Group #1 of clients: cent-
Group #2 of clients: ti-
Group #3 of clients: pede?!
Everyone (except you, Haruhi, Tamaki, Mori and Kyouya): AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
You noticed Haruhi take the centipede and was about to throw it.
"Wait, Haruhi-ch- I mean, -kun!"
"What is it, sempai?"
You took the centipede and set it on a rock nearby.
"There, that should do it. Ne, Haruhi-kun?"
"Mmm-hmm."
"Hey, Haruhi!" The twins leaned on each of Haruhi's shoulders "We though you were the bug-loving kind of girl, but here you are almost throwing it over a rock!"
"Don't worry about it. Even if she did throw it, the bug won't die. It takes more than that to kill it." You replied for Haruhi as you pat both the twin's shoulders.
"Haruhi-kn is so manly!"
"And Suzu-kun is so gentle!" (He/She is the Gentle Type after all)
"They're so wonderful!"
You heard the clients surround you one-by-one.
Mori's POV
You ended up joining a game the twins called: "what's Haruhi's weak point?" game with Hani and the other male hosts.
Kyouya's POV
"Hey, Kyou-chan. Where did you get those photos of Haru-chan, anyway?"
This time Hani wasn't acting. Although you agreed to help him with his plans, you were busy with some different appointments yourself.
"You could say I got them from a certain source." You replied humbly.
"Ne, dono. Lets make another game while we're at it." Hikaru suggested.
"And what might that be?"
"The "What's Suzu-sempai's weak point?" game! Same rules!"
'Perfect. Although this isn't in the plan, I guess we can make things more interesting. Leave it to the twins to think of something devious.'
You mentally smirked as you thought of different ways for Suzu to go running to Mori.
"Ha? What is it, Mori-sempai?"
You looked up to see Hikaru's shoulder being held firmly by Mori.
"Don't." He said.
"Don't what?" Hikaru repeated.
Hani stepped up translating Mori's sentence "Takashi means "You shouldn't play the "what's Suzu-sempai's weak point?" game." Hika-chan! "
'Hmm. Seems that's out of the list. Oh well, the plan won't go to pieces. It was just a side step. But this is interesting data.'
"Hani-sempai."
"What is it Kyou-chan?"
"Are they ready?"
"Oh! Yep! Plan Zz1 is ready to commence!"
'Perfect.'
Flashback
"So what's Plan Zz1, Kyou-chan?"
You met Hani in the rendezvous point (the club's changing room) the day before you got to the beach.
"Alright, Hani-sempai. Here's what we should do:
Phase #1: Get Suzu-sempai and Mori-sempai in a conversation alone.
And lately (obviously), Tamaki has (unintentionally) plundered, massacred, mortified, disgraced … *ahem* my previous 53 plans, so I decided to give him an activity averting his attention from us.
Phase #2: You, Hani-sempai, will swim to the deeper portion of the sea and "drown".
"Ne, Kyou-chan. I know it's to help Takashi but I don't want to die yet!"
"Of course not. That's why I'll have one of my men act as your underwater support."
"Oh, okay then."
"And back to the plan…"
Phase #3: Naturally, Mori-sempai and Suzu-sempai will be worried about you so either one or even both of them would try and save you. If the latter happens, I'll stop Suzu-sempai from jumping in.
Phase #4: Suzu-sempai will naturally be at your side after Mori-sempai brings you to shore so just before you fall "unconscious" you'll say the following lines.
You handed Hani some flash cards with the dialogue.
"Wow! That's great plan, Kyou-chan! But it's different from your previous ones, though."
"Unfortunately, I cannot guarantee a kiss from this but I hope it will lead to one since my previous plans were repeatedly disgraced by a certain someone. So I figured changing our motives might give a higher chance of success."
End Flashback
'Like I said, this plan isn't full proof but it should stir some emotions into those two. As long as Hani-sempai will be able to say the lines I made for him, this will be a success.'
You were crouching behind a bush observing the plancome into place while Hani worked on phase 1 and 2.
"Kyou-chan! I'm in position." Hani said through a water-proof walkey-talkie(sp?).
'And now, the plan unfolds.' You thought as your glasses reflected the sunlight.
"TAKASHI!! SUZU-CHAN!!! HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!!!!"
"Mitskuni!" Mori and Suzu ran towards the sound.
'I guess it's my turn.'
You ran from your hiding spot and caught Suzu just as she was about to follow Mori into the water.
"Let me go, Kyouya-kun!" She tried wriggling out your grip.
"Suzu-sempai, be rational! If you get wet, the clothes on you will stick! The clients will notice!"
"But-"
"And think about it: What will Mori-sempai say about you jumping in like that! Something might happen to you!"
She stopped wriggling but her knees gave in.
"Suzu-sempai!"
She lay limp in your arms as she watched Mori "rescue" Hani.
'Excellent, everything is going as planned… And I must say, me and Hani-sempai are getting the hang of this acting business…'
Mori emerged from the water and lay Hani down on the soft sand.
"Mitskuni!" you let her out from your tight embrace as she made her way towards the pair.
"Suzu-chan…… Takashi….." Hani "quivered".
'And now, the lines…'
Kyouya!!!! Look!!!! I finished the Haruhi Puzzle you gav--- Whhhhoooaaa!!!
Apparently, Tamaki slipped on a random banana peel and hurled towards the sempais and yourself.
CRASH!
Tamaki: =3
You: *twitch* *twitch* *twitch*
Suzu: _
Mori: -_-
Hani: O.O
"If anyone needs me, I'll be getting some coffee… lots and lots of coffee… whoopdee-friggin'-doo…coffee…coffee…"
You pushed Tamaki off, rubbed your temples as you made your way towards the villa with an exhausted expression on your face.
Mori's POV
"Hey Takashi-kun, look! The sun is setting."
Suzu stood beside you as you stared at the setting sun.
It had been an eventful day so far but spending some time alone with Suzu makes it worthwhile.
'Don't just stand there! Do SOMETHING!'
'What are you talking about?'
'If you don't wanna kiss her, at least hold her hand or something!'
'Oh, so are you saying you've accepted defeat?'
'Ha! Not in a million years! I'm just trying not to waste this golden opportunity!'
You sighed. But he did have a point. (Oh, and just so you readers know, Mori hasn't realized the fact that he loves Suzu and vice versa. Dense, huh?) If Suzu is going to be my future wife, I should at least try and get to know her more...
You took in a deep breath and slowly made your fingers intertwine with Suzu's.
You felt her tense up a bit as she turned to face you.
Both of you: *blush*
'I knew I shouldn't have do-'
You felt your arm being held closer to something warm. Suzu buried her face into your upper arm (obviously blushing) and wrapped her arms around yours.
"Suzu?"
"I hope you don't mind me doing this, Takashi-kun." She said in a whisper.
"No…" Translation: No, I don't mind.
You tightened your grip on her small and fragile hand as you continued walking along the beach. (The customers are at the hotel and Hani is with the twins so you don't have to worry your pretty little heads ^_^)
Kyouya's POV
"Interesting…" you stood behind a coconut tree in the distance as you watch Mori and Suzu hand in hand.
"Hey, Kyou-chan. How's plan Zz2 do-"
"Shh! Hani-sempai!"
"What's going on, Kyou-chan?" He continued looking up at you.
"See for yourself."
"Ne, Takashi and Suzu-chan are walking together! Holding hands, too!"
"Yes… Finally, progress… But Hani-sempai?"
"Yea?"
"The purpose for Mori-sempai and Suzu-sempai's marriage, is for the official union of the Morinozuka, Haninozuka and Sasazuka clans, am I correct? If that is so, isn't Suzu-sempai supposed to be marrying you since the Haninozuka clan is superior? And why now when they could have done it before? (remember, the Haninozuka and Morinozuka clan are bound by a marriage 200 years(or 2 generations) ago and the Haninozuka clan was the master clan of the Morinozuka clan before the marriage) "
"Yea. That's all true. Suzu-chan really was supposed to marry me instead of Takashi."
"What happened, then?"
"The reason for the marriage to happen in this generation is because of the friendship between our fathers and their fathers before them and so on. My father, Takashi's father and Suzu-chan's father are very close friends and they all decided to make the Sasazuka clan an official part of the joint clans through marriage just like how our ancestors planned. But unfortunately in their time, all the heirs were male and although there had been several members of the three clans who were at age, none of them were qualified enough to become the lords, or ladies, of the dojos. That is, until our generation came."
"You, Suzu-sempai and Mori-sempai. Two males and a female from the Sasazuka clan. Just perfect for a marriage. But what's the story with you, sempai?"
"Mine and Suzu-chan's marriage was a null void. An incident occurred resulting to the present situation."
"Oh, I see…"
Tamaki-sama!!!! Haruhi-kun is…
Your POV
"Is Haruhi-chan alright, Hikaru-kun?"
Haruhi just fell off a small cliff and hurled towards the water. Tamaki managed to save her but resulted to a heated argument. Now, you're in the dining room setting up the table while Mori and Hani are in the kitchen cooking the crabs that you caught.
"Yea. She's fine. She's in her room right now, washing up."
"Oh, that's good." You sighed with relief.
"Ta-da!" Hani and Mori exited the kitchen "The crabs are cooked and ready!"
"My apologies to you, Sempai" Kyouya entered just as Hani and Mori set the crabs down on the table "We don't have any maids here right now."
"We're making the sudden visit here so please don't worry too much." Hani replied with a smile.
"Takashi, can you call Haru-chan?"
"Okay."
"Its really dark isn't it? It looks like its going to rain." Hani was leaning on the table talking to Kyouya.
"If you want to talk about dark,"
"There's an even darker presence here than the one outside."
The twins motioned to Tamaki.
"If he was going to be that depressed,"
"He shouldn't have started that argument with her."
"*sigh* hang in there Tamaki-kun…" You were kneeling (Japanese style) beside Tamaki trying to comfort him.
The door swung open revealing a very cute Haruhi in a pink frilly summer dress.
"Ohh! Haru-chan is so kawaii!"
"Haruhi, are those your own clothes?"
"It seems my father repacked my suitcase. He always wants me to dress in these kinds of things!"
"Good job Haruhi-papa!"
You stood up from your spot giving Tamaki a pat in the head before going over to where the others were.
"You should wear those things all the time, Haruhi. It suits you." You complimented giving her a soft smile.
"Really? But you look way better in your yukata, Sempai."
"Yea! Yea! It makes you look very mature and womanly, Suzu-chan!"
"It makes you look-"
"very seductive, Sempai. Especially for a certain someone…"
You blushed looking at Takashi who was unaffected by it all (or so you thought).
"*still blushing* Why don't we all have a nice dinner, alright?"
"The mood is kind of dead here."
"And kind of tense, too."
The host club members are seated in the dining room with you next to Kyouya and opposite of Mori.
"Let's eat, Haru-chan" Hani tried to break the tension "The crabs we got today should be delicious."
Snap
Haruhi cracked open a crab's leg.
Snap
And another
Snap
And another
…
"Wow. I never knew Haruhi-chan was that strong…" you said to yourself.
"You seem to be having a hard time, Sempai." Kyouya spoke from beside you.
"Oh, well I never ate crabs this way before so…"
"Do you want me to help you with that?"
"Yes, please."
Kyouya started breaking open the crabs and divided its innards (sp?).
"Thanks a lot, Kyouya-kun."
"My pleasure."
As you and Kyouya continued your hearty conversation, a pair of dark onyx eyes were staring daggers at your male companion.
"Kyouya, take me to my room." Tamaki ordered.
"All right, Please excuse me, everyone. Suzu-sempai." Kyouya stood from his seat and exited the room following Tamaki.
"Hold on, Tama-" you tried to call Tamaki but he had already shut the door. "*sigh* I guess I can't talk to him at the moment."
"I'm sorry…" you heard Haruhi say under her breath.
"Awww, you cute littler animal!" Everyone glomped her excluding you and Mori "We'll forgive you because you're so cute! *rub**rub**rub*".
"Next time, try to think about things okay, Haruhi-chan?" You walked over to the group "I want to talk to you whenever you're free, okay?"
"Yea. Thanks a lot, Sempai…ugh…"
"What's wrong?"
"My stomach feels bad…"
"That's' because of all the crabs you ate!"
"Come on! Go to the bathroom already!"
Haruhi rushed out of the room shutting the door with a slam.
"Haruhi is… a very nice person…" You commented to yourself as you folded your arms below your chest.
"Hey, Sempai!" the twins chimed.
"hmm?"
You felt yourself being dragged away by two skinny, but surprisingly strong, arms.
"Wait! Hikaru! Kaouru!"
Mori's POV
"Wait! Hikaru! Kaouru!"
You heard Suzu yelp as the twins dragged her away to who knows where.
"Aren't you ever going to tell her, Takashi?" Hani spoke rather seriously.
"Hmm?" Translation: What are you talking about? What should I tell her?
"About how you feel. You know you love her. "
"Mitskuni…" Translation: I told you before; I'm doing this for the family… And I'm doing this for you. Don't think that I forgot about the promise I made to you.
"I'm saying this now: I want you to forget about me and the promise. I want you to focus on what you want for once."
You were shocked. You haven't heard Hani talk to you, or to anybody else, like this in a long time.
"I'm gonna have a look around the villa. Ne, Takashi?"
He gave you a wide smile as he skipped out of the dining room leaving you to your thoughts.
You decided to leave and retire for the day after having a short fit with conscience.
As you closed in on your door, you heard voices from the inside…
"C'mon Suzu-sempai! Take the towel off!"
"Its just us anyway! We're practically like your brothers!" '
"A-alright…"
'They're making Suzu do WHAT?!'
Your heart raced as you thought of different possibilities regarding what your fellow hosts and fiancé were doing in the room alone…
'I can't take it! I'm coming in!'
You pushed the door open (unlocked) and froze.
"Ne, Mori-sempai-"
"What do you think?"
From where you were standing, you saw a perfect view of Suzu in a VERY revealing bikini. Her arms were crossed trying to cover up her chest and her legs were bent slightly trying to cover her lower parts. A towel was draped around the floor obviously the thing that was used to cover her.
"We saw you looking at this bikini in the club room-"
"And we thought we'd let Suzu-sempai try it on for you."
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You were speechless… motionless… shocked… pissed…
"Out." You said with venom in the word.
"Ooook, Mori-sempai."
"Tell us your opinion later!"
And the twins exited the room.
"Umm, Takashi-kun…" Suzu now stood a foot away from you as you wrapped the towel around her.
"Change." You said as you looked away with a tad shade of pink on your face.
Suzu nodded and headed for the bathroom.
You plopped down on the edge of the bed facing the bathroom with both your elbows in your knees and your hands covering your face.
'*sigh* Idiots…'
'You should be thanking them y'know… 'COZ SUZU LOOKED H.O.T!!! And why the heck did you let her change?! I mean, c'mon! She could have been strad-'
'I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT!'
'But you LIKED what you saw, ne?'
You were heart beat RED by now since tuning out your "conscience's" perverted thoughts were utterly impossible to achieve.
"Takashi?"
You looked up meeting a pair of pure chocolate brown eyes that will only and always belong to your fiancée.
"Suzu…"
She gave you a smile and sat down next to you; leaning in on one of your shoulders.
"Takashi-kun, I was really worried… about Mitskuni-kun a while ago; and with Haruhi-chan, too. They can really be reckless sometimes."
"Ah…"
'Go on, tiger! At least I'm not asking you to pin her down! Of course, that option would be ten times better…'
You sighed and listened to your conscience (twice in 24 hours) and draped your arm around her shoulder and rested your chin on her head taking in her sweet luscious scent.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
"Who could that be?" She lifted her head from your chest and made her way to the door.
'Way to ruin quality time.'
'Get over it.'
Suzu opened the door revealing the twins, Kyouya and Hani.
"I see you've already changed, Suzu-sempai."
"So what did you think, Mori-sempai?"
The twins neared in on both of your faces. Hikaru with Suzu and Kaouru with yourself.
"Think about what, sempai?" Kyouya asked.
"Nothing, Kyouya-kun." Suzu quickly replied.
Kyouya and Hani: 'Something is definitely up.'
"Was it really okay?"
"… To let them be alone?"
Kyouya just filled you and the others in on the details about Tamaki and Haruhi.
"This is Tamaki we're talking about. What kind of mistake do you expect him to make?" Kyouya replied.
You arrived in from of Kyouya's room with the twins stepping in first.
"Dono, We're coming in!"
"See? If you put a blindfold on, you won't see it! And if you put on ear plugs for the noise-"
"Ah, it's true!"
Haruhi blindfolded in from of Tamaki…
"This guy is the worst!"
"What kind of play is this?"
"No! IT'S NOT LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Be careful Haruhi, Suzu-sempai."
"Apparently our lord has SM fetishness."
"I said it's not like that!"
Tamaki and the twins continuously argued until the morning and by then, you, Suzu, Hani and Kyouya made your way into the limo.
"This was a fun day at the beach, right, Takashi-kun?" Suzu said with a smile.
"Yea."
In the background:
Tamaki: Hey! Don't leave me behind! WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!