CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

"Ta-da!" Mitsukuni and I shouted in unison. Mitsukuni, Takashi, and I were all holding plates filled with crabs, which I had managed to make.

"The crabs are all boiled!" I giggled, setting the plates I was holding on the table. Kyouya then spoke,

"I'm sorry, Senpais' that there aren't any maids here now."

"We're the ones that barged in on your villa, Kyo-chan." Well… that wasn't entirely true, Kyouya was the one that had planned this trip, I knew that.

"And I was the one who mainly cooked, and I love to cook. I cook for Kin and I all the time!" I giggled happily after I spoke, it was true most of the time it was Kin and I at my house, and I made dinner for the two of us.

"Hey Takashi, will you go get Haru-chan and Kin in." Takashi didn't verbally respond, but he started to walk to the door.

"It's awfully gloomy out there, huh? It looks like it might rain." I glanced out the window, he was right. It was very dark out there, if I did rain Kin might have to make a trip outside.

"Speaking of gloomy…" Hikaru started saying.

"There's someone even more gloomy in here than the darkness outside." As Kaoru spoke, I glanced over at Tamaki. Personally I thought that he was being a big baby about this, he was the one to say he wasn't going to speak to Haruhi, not the other way around.

"If you're going to mope like that…" Hikaru spoke once more.

"…then you shouldn't have picked a fight with her." I agreed with the twins, he was being stupid about it. Then the doors opened, and Haruhi and Kin stood there, while Takashi was behind them. It was really weird though; Haruhi had on a pink frilly nightgown. Kin was even worse though; she had a really short pink nightgown. I stood there, frozen for a moment. I knew that Kin didn't own anything like that…but Haku definitely did. I think I know what happened. Haku's bag had been the same one that Kin had packed her clothes in, so Haku must have grabbed the wrong bag. This night was going to be bad for both of them. Haku had gotten Kin's sweats, and t-shirts, things that were very comfortable to wear. And Kin had gotten Haku's slightly revealing, very feminine nightgown, something that neither of us found to be very comfortable.

"Haruhi, Kin, did you guys buy those dresses yourself?" I glanced at Kin as the twin spoke, she was clenching her fists, Kin was really pissed at Haku right now. I think that she was also slightly pissed at the twins at the moment.

"My dad must have repacked my bags for me." I glanced at Haruhi; she was also upset at the moment.

"And Haku must have grabbed the wrong bag." I looked back over at Kin as she spoke, and she was clenching her fists even tighter then before. I was starting to worry that Kin would end up beating up one of the boys, I'm just hoping that they don't say anything stupid.

"My dad always wants me to wear stuff like this." Again I glanced at Haruhi. Somehow I had no problem imagining Ranka repacking Haruhi's bag.

"Good job, Haruhi's dad and Haku!" And there goes my hope of them not saying anything stupid. I quickly moved myself and grabbed Kin, so that she wouldn't harm the twins. They sure were lucky that Kin could never beat them up that bad.

"Haru-chan, you look cute." I smiled at Mitsukuni as he spoke, I knew that he was smarter then the twins. Even though Mitsukuni could easily defend himself, it was never a good idea to piss off Kin, she had ways other then hurting you to get revenge. If she couldn't beat you up, that normally meant that she would prank you in some form or another, or she would just be mean and cynical to you. Then we all sat down at the table to eat. I made sure that Kin sat near me and as far away from Tamaki and the twins as possible.

Dinner was very quiet, and so far there was a tense atmosphere. Though for some reason Kyouya was writing something down in his black book. For some reason Kin being so curious about what was in that book was making me very curious too. I blame her for my curiosity. For some reason unknown to me, everyone had allowed Tamaki and Haruhi to sit next to each other; I suppose they had thought that it might help them make up. Though it doesn't make much sense to me.

"Well this is uncomfortable." I glanced at Hikaru from the corner of my eyes as he spoke.

"Yeah it's kind of tense in here." I let out a soft sigh. The two were right. Though it was slightly their fault for letting the two sit next to each other, I think it might have been slightly less awkward if Haruhi and Tamaki weren't sitting next to each other.

"Let's eat!" I doubted that Mitsukuni's attempts were going to lighten the mood. Not only were Haruhi and Tamaki in bad moods, so was Kin. She was still very upset by her clothing she was stuck with. "I'm sure the crabs we caught today are delicious. Kitty cooked them." As Mitsukuni spoke he and Takashi held up the crabs that they had gotten today. I felt a blush come to my cheeks as he mentioned that I had made these.

"This is my first time making crab, so I apologize in advance if they aren't any good." I didn't make seafood to often, both Kin and I weren't the biggest seafood fans. It was okay every now and then, but that was mostly when we were forced to go on trips with Kin. Come to think of it, I believe that Kin was being forced to go on another trip with her parents soon. I watched as Haruhi grabbed a crab leg and snapped it in two, and Tamaki flinching at the noise it made. Once more she grabbed a leg and cracked it open. I think that Tamaki was begging to regret sitting next to Haruhi.

"These crabs…taste in-crab-ible, Kitty." I giggled tensely at her bad joke, and saying thanks. "Get it?" Haruhi sure was eating a lot, I hope she doesn't get a tummy ache.

"Aren't you eating too much, to say the least?" Oh Tamaki, you're an idiot. You never ever comment on a girls weight, and you never comment on how much food they're eating.

"Huh? I though you weren't speaking to me." Yeah… Again it didn't help Tamaki that the two of them were 'fighting'.

"Y-you're not being cute." Since when was Haruhi ever being 'cute'. Just because she's wearing a dress doesn't mean she's going to act any different. "Okay, I get it. You're not going to reconsider what you've done. Fine, then. I'm going to bed. Kyouya, show me to my room please."

"All right. Well, if you'll excuse me, too…" I didn't bother watching them; I was keeping my eye on Kin. Again she had her fist clenched, she had agreed with Haruhi so I think that she was upset by Tamaki's words. After Kyouya and Tamaki had left, Haruhi had stopped in cracking the next crab leg. My attention was immediately turned to Haruhi as she spoke,

"Maybe he's right. Maybe I should learn karate or something." I frowned lightly. That might help in the future some, but that doesn't help at the moment. She still hasn't realized that the real reason Tamaki is so upset is because he was, and is, worried about her. The twins suddenly stared speaking in unison,

"Oh, then it is bothering you?"

"That's the direction your thoughts are going, is it?"

"It's not like we'd stop you, or anything," I wonder if Kaoru actually thought that they'd be able to stop her from learning if she wanted to.

"But that's not what this is about, is it?" I just watched them for the moment. If I decided that I needed to step in, then I would.

"To be honest, I wish you'd reconsider how rashly you acted today, too." Even though I did agree, even though I wish Haruhi would realize exactly how she affected others, I wasn't planning on saying anything.

"Why? Hikaru, I didn't make any trouble for you guys, did I?" I let out a sigh. I had thought these guys knew Haruhi; she was oblivious to a lot of things, even though she was so smart. I decided that I should speak up, but Mitsukuni beat me to it.

"That's not true, Haru-chan. You should tell everyone you're sorry, okay? Understand? And tell Tama-chan that you're sorry for worrying him so much, too."

"So you were all worried about me? Why?" Oddly enough the twins spoke in unison with Kin and I.

"You're hopeless." I then kept going.

"Why wouldn't we worry about you falling off a cliff? You're our friend and we care about you, don't forget that."

"I'm sorry." I grinned as Haruhi spoke. Now if she apologizes to Tamaki then everything should go back to its odd semi-normalness. The boys then all got up and hugged Haruhi, while Kin and I starred at them, our eyes slightly widened. I also noticed that Takashi was still eating crab, I guess he liked it? I then noticed that Haruhi's face paled, and that she didn't look so good. I think she had eaten too much crab to fast.

"Is something wrong?" I could feel my eye twitch slightly; it was obvious that something was wrong.

"I don't feel so good."

"You ate too much crab." I glanced over at Hikaru as he spoke before adding in my own thoughts,

"And I think that you ate too fast also."

"Haru-chan, be strong!" I glanced over at Mitsukuni. I don't think that this was a matter of being strong; the body was going to do what it needed to do.

"Come on, over to the washroom! The washroom!" Kin and I watched them all in a mixture of amusement and worry. It was very amusing watching the boys try and handle this, but we were still slightly worried about Haruhi being ill.

"Well…While they do that, want to help me with the dishes Kin?" I gave Kin my fake innocent look as I asked. She let out a soft chuckle and said,

"Sure why not Ellie." I then grinned, grabbing as many plates as I could, Kin grabbed the rest of them. We then washed the rest of the dishes. I then grabbed the last knife, but as I was washing it, I accidentally cut myself. Making my freeze up.

"Uh hey Kin why don't you go back to the room for a minute?" I could tell that my voice sounded nervous, but I was trying to avoid Kin turning around. She hates the sight of blood; it's the only thing she is actually afraid of. Just the sight of one drop of blood will cause her to start freezing up.

"Why what's wrong Katherine?" I was quick to move my hand behind my back so she wouldn't see the blood. I let out a nervous laugh before I spoke,

"Well… You see… I kinda, sorta cut my hand a little and it's bleeding. So you need to go walk to our room and back so I can clean up the blood." I saw her face pale, and the worried look on her face.

"A-are you sure? I don't want to leave you alone." I could hear the nervous tone in her voice, for both of us. I have an irrational fear of being alone for more then ten minutes or so, which is why Kin is over at my house so often.

"It's okay, you shouldn't be gone long enough for it to bother me, and I'll be in the same spot so everything will be fine!" I gave Kin a smile before she turned and walked out of the room. I then quickly finished cleaning the knife off and then was quick at cleaning the blood from my hands and the sink. I glanced over at the clock as I finished cleaning the blood up, it hadn't actually been that much blood, and saw that Kin had been gone longer then I thought she would be. She'd been gone for over eight minutes, which was making me worry a little bit.