Chapter 9
Haruhi and Hiroki got closer and closer. The Host Club invited her to do things after school and on weekends, but she was always busy. Hiroki and Haruhi started actually dating, but she kept it a secret at school. She couldn't let the students know because those that didn't know her secret would think she was gay. Oh the irony.
Hiroki was the perfect boyfriend. He was sweet, caring, thoughtful, funny, never pressured her, bought her little presents, the whole package. Haruhi had never felt this way about anyone before. She wasn't sure if it was love, but if it wasn't it was pretty damn close. Hiroki had said several times that he loved her, and she didn't doubt him. But she didn't want to say it until she knew for sure.
The only problem now was the Host Club. Since they had seen her, they were constantly trying to keep her away from Hiroki. After she refused to do things with them one too many times, they decided (or more like Tamaki decided and the others didn't argue) to take action.
Today was going to be different. Today Tamaki would have the twins kidnap her and bring her to the Club room where they would close the room for the day, get Haruhi dressed up, and take her out. A sort of group date except it would be one girl and several boys. Point is, she would go with them today whether she liked it or not. The plan was set. All that was left to do was wait for the school bell to ring.
When the final bell finally did ring, the twins immediately grabbed Haruhi and rushed her to the club room. But Haruhi didn't go quietly. She yelled at them to let her go the whole way. She even tried to wiggle out of their grasp and fight them. It wasn't so much that they were taking her to the club room. It was that they were forcing her to go. THAT was what pissed her off. She would go, but not like THIS!
They dragged her in, pushed her into a changing room, and threw in a change of clothes.
"Hurry up," Kaoru started.
"And get dressed!" Hikaru finished.
Haruhi sighed and looked at the outfit that they wanted her to wear.
She felt her chest tighten at the sight. They couldn't be serious! They actually expected her to wear THIS? There was no way in hell they could make her wear this!
It was a light blue dress that came down to her knees. It had spaghetti-strap sleeves and a purple butterfly design across the chest. The shoes were purple 2 inch heels to match the butterfly. They also gave her a purple butterfly clip to hold back her bangs.
"Are you kidding me? What's with this outfit?" Haruhi yelled to the twins on the other side of the curtain. She knew they were there because she could see their shoes under the curtain.
"Just put it on," they said in unison.
"I can't wear this to host in!" she yelled.
"We're not hosting today," they said.
"N-nani?" she asked confusedly. If they weren't hosting, then why the hell did they drag her up her for?
"We're closed today," Hikaru said in a bored tone.
"We're going out," Kaoru said in an equally bored tone.
"Iie," Haruhi said as she opened the curtain and threw the clothes at them. She stormed towards the door, only to be stopped by Tamaki and Kyouya. Tamaki begged her to stay which had little effect on her (as long as she didn't look at the puppy-dog eyes). Kyouya took a more…business-like approach.
"If you don't, we'll add a considerable amount to your bill," he said as he wrote in his notebook.
'Kuso! Now their blackmailing me?' Haruhi thought angrily. She can't say she didn't see any of this coming, but that didn't make it any less aggravating. She was kidnapped, being forced to wear a stupid dress, taken to God only knows where, and if she didn't, then they'd bill her and she could never pay them back! Why did they do this to her? What did she ever do to deserve this?
Since she had no other choice, she gave in. They shuffled her back to the changing room and she reluctantly put on the dress and the shoes. She looked in the mirror. It actually looked pretty good on her. But she would never admit to them that she liked it or that they made a good choice. She put in the butterfly clip before slowly and reluctantly walking over to the curtain and pulling it open.
Tamaki went on and on about how cute his "daughter" looked. Kyouya merely nodded in approval before writing in his notebook. 'Probably billing me for the dress,' Haruhi thought glumly. The twins said something about how great their "toy" looked and how much fun they would have. Honey huggled her and said how cute she was. Mori nodded and said, "ah," which meant he liked it. Then suddenly, Kyouya snapped his notebook shut, which got everyone's attention (which is probably why he did it in the first place). Once they were relatively quiet, he spoke.
"We should get going or we'll miss or reservation," he said as he turned towards the door.
Tamaki snapped his fingers and Hikaru and Kaoru grabbed Haruhi and rushed out the door, down the hall and stairs, and out to the limo. The rest followed at their own paces.
They took her to a fancy restaurant and they sat in the VIP section. Haruhi was still annoyed, but at least she got food out of it. Though whether it would be free or not, she had no idea. They would probably pay for her, and then Kyouya would add it to her fee. Haruhi inwardly sighed. If they kept this up, she would NEVER pay them back! Why did she have to break that stupid vase in the first place?
After the food, which in Haruhi's opinion was good but too over-priced, they shoved her into the bathroom with another change of clothes. This time, they wanted her to wear jeans, a light green tank top, and a pair of light green sneakers. She thought it was weird to wear such different clothes in one day, let alone in a span of a few minutes, but she gladly changed out of the dress.
When she came out, She saw that the boys had changed too. They were all wearing casual clothes (shorts, tank tops, t-shirts, sneakers, etc. Gomen demo I'm not taking the time to describe their outfits. I'll leave it up to you to decide who's wearing what.)Then Tamaki snapped, and Haruhi was whisked away to the limo once again.
"I can walk, you know," she said after she was forced into a seat between the twins.
"Demo this is more fun!" they said with a grin. Haruhi sighed and sat back. She couldn't exactly fight them anyway. If she was lucky, she could get to the limo door before one of the others stopped her and forced her back inside. They didn't used to be quite this forceful. What had gotten into them? She suspected it was her blowing them off every chance she got to be with Hiroki. Boy did that backfire.
The others piled in and the limo started moving. Too late now anyway. She sighed inwardly and avoided eye contact. She thought about Hiroki and what he was doing right now. He was probably at home watching TV or something. She realized she had no idea what he did while she was gone. What did he do all day? Did he have a job? Did he relax all day? Did he ever think about her? She felt the heat rising to her cheeks and tried to force it to go down. So what if he did? No big deal…right? ….Right!
Haruhi peeked around the limo. Yokatta! No one noticed! She inwardly sighed in relief. That could have gone VERY bad VERY fast. The limo pulled to a stop and the Hosts ushered her out. The sunlight blinded her for a moment, but then she could see the zoo. The zoo? What the hell were they doing at the zoo?
"Tada~!" Tamaki sang as he span around and waved towards zoo.
"The zoo?" she questioned. They couldn't be serious.
"Hai!" Tamaki said as he rushed to his "daughter's" side. "We came to a commoner's zoo to make you feel more comfortable," Tamaki explained. This had to be a joke.
"Are you serious?" Haruhi asked with an eye twitch. She wasn't mad that they were at the zoo; she was mad that they made her dress up to eat at a fancy restaurant, and then they made her wear THIS and took her to a zoo? How did that make ANY sense? But knowing Tamaki, it made perfect sense to him. 'Baka,' Haruhi thought as he pulled her forward.
It wasn't as bad as she thought. They walked around, Tamaki acted like an idiot (as usual), he fought with the twins (also as usual), Kyouya didn't even have his notebook with him (NOT as usual), Honey was running around like a hyper little kid (Yay! Back to usual!), and Mori stood beside Haruhi acting like a guard and stayed mostly silent (pretty usual). It was actually kind of nice in Haruhi's opinion. But she would NEVER admit that. Luckily she didn't have to because her smile said it all.
Haruhi was so distracted (and it was too loud) that she didn't hear her cell phone ringing. She checked the time at one point and noticed the "missed call" message. She hit "enter" to see who it was and she could swear her heart stopped. It was Hiroki. She forgot he was picking her up after school! She forgot! How could she forget? She never forgets! One look up and she knew immediately why. She was kept so busy by the Host Club that she never got the chance to think of Hiroki. Kuso! What should she do?
Call him back! That's what she'd do! She'd call him first, and then figure out what to do! She hit the "talk" button and covered her other ear so she could hear the ringing. He picked up almost immediately.
"WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?" he yelled into the phone. Haruhi cringed and pulled the phone away from her ear. Mori looked down at her and she just smiled sheepishly at him before bringing the phone back to her ear.
"Ochitsuite!" (calm down) she hissed into the phone. "I'm with the Host Club. Gomen I couldn't call earlier," she explained calmly.
"Where are you?" Hiroki asked, irritation obvious in his voice.
"A-ano…the zoo," Haruhi said quietly.
"Nani? The zoo?" he asked, disbelief replacing the irritation.
"H-hai," Haruhi said nervously.
"I'm on my way!" Hiroki declared before he hung up.
Haruhi stared at her phone. That wasn't exactly what she had expected. She didn't even get a chance to tell him that the Hosts would drop her off. Well what now? Haruhi noticed the stares she was getting from the others and reluctantly looked up. She laughed nervously and put her phone back in her pocket.
"A-ano…" her mind was racing for an explanation. What was she supposed to tell them? "Nii-san is coming," she said quietly. She realized she just called him "nii-san" but she couldn't stop herself from saying it. She panicked and it was a reflex. After all, she'd called him that for years. "Old habits die hard" and all that. She had to stop calling him that. She could just imagine the looks she'd get if she introduced her husband as "nii-san".
Then she blushed even more when she realized she just thought of him like that. She thought of him as a husband. Maybe this proved she loved him…? Or maybe she was reading too much into it…she sighed inwardly again. She was just too confused about all of this "love" crap. Maybe she should just screw the whole "love" thing. Give up and run away…no. She could never do that. She could never run from Hiroki.
End of chapter 9! Hope ya like it! Sorry it took so long. I'll do my best to make sure to update sooner! So please R&R! Luv ya! BYE~! =^^=