Once the food had been delivered and set up, Haruhi, Mori, and the twins were gathered behind the table of food, preparing it for shrinkage. Giddy with anticipation, Tamaki danced around while Kyoya flipped switches and pressed buttons, closely monitoring the machine's sounds and blinking lights.

It was a beautiful machine; shiny with newly polished chrome, it stood out in the room of soft white pillows and dainty red roses. It had a long barrel with a lens at the end; like a telescope with small, flashing light bulbs poking out from various points. Near the "looking end" lens was a big, gleaming, ever- so- tempting- red button. Right next to it was a sign, complete with neon lettering and flashing lights that said: "Do not press this button. Except for Kyoya"

"Is it almost ready, Kyoya- sama?" Honey asked, his blonde head jutting up in front of the ray, blocking the vision of the second year. Smoothly, he replied:

"Not yet, Honey- sempai. Would you please go help Haruhi with the chocolate covered strawberries? It looks like she grabbed one container too many." His glance traveled over to the first year as she struggled to balance the five cartons of chocolate strawberries in her arms.

"Haruhiiiiiiiiiiiii!" Honey bounced over to her energetically, startling her and causing her to drop a few of the cartons. A quick somersault landed the containers into his hands, strawberries unspilled and unharmed.

"Thanks, Honey- sempai," Haruhi smiled as Honey stood back up, his eyes wide at the sight of so many chocolate strawberries.

"C'mon," she smiled, nudging Honey toward the table. "You can have some when they're mini." Excited, the small third year ran over to the table, expertly laying down the strawberries in an artistic form. "Kyoya- sama!" he called to the dark haired host "are you sure there are no more cheesecakes? There don't seem to be enough to me!" he grinned widely, clearly hoping to obtain more of the delectable cheesecake through pure cuteness. Kyoya stepped away from the machine, picking up his chart to double check that all the foods were here. Once he was out of sight, the mischevious twins made their appearance.

"Why Kaoru," Hikaru spoke, "look at that big, shiny, red button. It's a shame no one is pressing it." He grinned slyly.

"Hikaru, I think that if that button was meant to be pushed, someone would have been pushing it already," Kaoru looked at his twin, eyebrows raised, wondering what on earth he could be up to.

"Say I were to push it," Hikaru continued. "Would it really be so bad?"

"It could be," Kaoru nagged, fretting.

"We'd just be shrinking the food; no harm could come from that." Kaoru couldn't argue with that logic, so he nodded while his brother smiled, his finger poised towards the button.

"DON'T PUSH THAT BUTTON!" The prince's melodious tones reached them only slightly before he did; the three went crashing into the machine, Tamaki's elbow somehow managing to hit the red button that everyone knew should not have been hit, causing the toppling ray to activate, sending waves of the shrinking variety towards the rest of the Host Club. One second, they were there, the next instant, all that remained were their clothes.

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAA! WHAT HAVE I DONE TO MY DAUGHTER?" Tamaki shrieked, tears pouring down his face. "I HAVE SHRUNKEN HER!"

"Not to mention the other hosts, boss," the twins simultaneously corrected him, sending him spiraling down to the bottommost pits of his depression.

"Oh Haruhi," he whimpered "what have I done?"

"Nothing that can't be undone, sir," the small voice came from somewhere around his shoe.

"GAH! DAUGHTER? WHERE ARE YOU?"

"Over here!" Clutching her uniform's handkerchief to her body like a towel, Haruhi waved over to Tamaki. Mori, Kyoya, and Honey, all the heights of the average rasin all popped out of their garments, stark naked as well, clutching their once well- fitting clothes to themselves.

"AAAAAHHHHH! SHRUNK! I'M SHRUNK! HAHAHAHAHA!" Honey yelled in ecstasy, clearly enjoying himself. "I'M NO BIGGER THAN-" he gasped then, his eyes wide, "I'M AS BIG AS THE CHEESECAKE!"

Well this couldn't get any more humiliating. Haruhi thought to herself, clutching her handkerchief closer to herself.

"Are you all alright?" Kaoru asked the group, who nodded.

"What happened?" Kyoya seethed, glaring up at the three.

"We sort of had an accident," Hikaru explained, grinning guiltily while rubbing the back of his head with his hand.

"Yeah... an accident," Kaoru agreed, also looking slightly shameful.

"IT WAS ALL MY FAULT!" Tamaki wailed, nearly blowing the eardrums of the four hosts while the force of the yell waved their hair about.

"Look, forget for a second about whose fault this was," Haruhi needed a voice of reason in this insanity. "All that matters is that we're shrunk and we need to get un- shrunk."

"Not to mention our clients will be here soon," Mori mentioned, looking around. The room looks so different from this angle, he mused.

"Great," Kyoya muttered. "Tamaki; the machine will not be fully charged for another thirty minutes. Do you think you and the twins could find us some clothes to wear and a safe place to be until then?"

"Of course!" the prince stood up quickly and, running out of the room, shouted: "You can count on me!"

Sighing, Haruhi looked at Kyoya.

"We can't count on him, can we?" pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose, he answered:

"No, Haruhi. I don't think we can."

A/N: Hey everybody! I hope you liked this chapter! I'm sorry if it was short and that I sort of made Hikaru the instigator in this chapter, but hey, I needed someone to try and press the button! :P anyways, thank you for reading and please review! I love reading all of your reviews!
love, shadowofnothing14