When the bell rang for lunch Haruhi packed up her books and began taking out her lunch, when she was grabbed by the twins "Sorry Haruhi the boss wants the club to eat lunch together." Hikaru told her.
"Why, I'm perfectly fine eating my lunch here in the classroom." She complains
"Sorry Haruhi boss's orders." Kaoru grins as they dragged her out of the classroom.
"Why do I even bother trying to fight anymore?" She thinks as they enter the dining room. The twins then drag her over to a table near the back, where she saw Hunny and Mori-sempai eating cake and on their right sat Kyoya working on his laptop, a plate of food sat next to eat not looking like it had even been touched. 'Honestly I'm always telling him he doesn't eat enough, but who am I to talk really.' She thinks knowing that when she's in the middle of studying she sometimes forgets to eat.
"Where's Tono?" the twins ask, as Haruhi looks at the empty seat at the head of the table.
"Talking to the chairman," Kyoya answers simply, not even looking up from his work.
"Is Tama-Chan in trouble?" Hunny asks as the twins and Haruhi sit down.
"I doubt it Sempai Tamaki's father just wants to make sure he doesn't do something like that ever again." Kyoya assures the senior.
"We're going to go get something to eat before Tono shows up." He twins say heading to the front of the room. Suddenly hungry Haruhi decides to take out her lunch and begin to eat.
The twins return not long after each carrying a tray of food and begin their usual antics of feeding each other the same things when the door opened up revealing a very energetic Tamaki, who notices his club sitting at a small table in the back of the room. "HARUHI" he shouts noticing the brown haired girl and running quickly over to the table causing the whole room to look at him. When he reachs the table he picks Haruhi up and begins swinging her around.
"Dammit Sempai put me down." She screams.
"But Haruhi I haven't seen your lovely face since last night." Tamaki pouts setting her down, with a little help from Mori.
"Last night?" the twins ask
"Sempai I was alone in my house almost all weekend, except when my father came home." She growls risking a glance at Kyoya, who had looked up from his laptop, an eyebrow raised but saying nothing.
"But Haruhi I saw you in my dreams last night didn't you see me?" Tamaki asks looking completely serious.
"No Tamaki-sempai I didn't." She states amazed that he would think up something like that and sits back down next to the twins.
"Mother, why is Haruhi being so cold to her father?" He asks crying to Kyoya
"Tamaki she is probably amazed at your stupidity to think that to people can know when another is dreaming about them. Now go get something to eat so you can tell us why you called us all here simply to eat lunch." Kyoya growls, causing everyone but Haruhi and Mori to shiver. Tamaki immediately leaving the group.
'I wonder what Tamaki-sempai did to piss him off this time.' Haruhi thinks recognizing the angry tone in Kyoya's voice as she continues to eat her lunch.
Tamaki returned a few minutes later with a tray of food and mumbling something about his "daughter" as he takes his seat at the head of the table. "Tama-chan why are we eating lunch together?" Hunny asks finally breaking the silence.
"I just wanted our family to spend a meal together, I mean we almost broke up last week." He says calmly
"And who's fault do you think that was Milord?" the twins ask in unison
"I know it's mine and I want to deeply apologize for worrying everyone so much." He tells them suddenly very seriously.
"Really you and Haruhi cause this club nothing but trouble." Hikaru says slapping his forehead with his good arm.
"What? When did I ever do anything as stupid as Tamaki-sempai?" Haruhi asked as six pairs of eyes stare at her.
"Um does Kyoya-sempai's beach house in Okinawa sound familiar?" Kaoru asks
"Or shall we remind you Haruhi?" Kyoya asks giving her one of his mischievous grins that reminded her of what happened in his limo earlier that morning.
'I wonder what incident at the beach house he's thinking of, the stupid punks or what happened in his bedroom?' she thinks blushing slightly at the memory. "Oh that's right, I'm sorry must have slipped my mind." She lies watching the others sigh as she hears the smallest smirk from Kyoya. 'He knows I'm lying.'
"Haruhi how could you forget what happened to you that weekend?" Tamaki asks
"I didn't forget, it just slipped my mind when you guys asked, besides it's still better than what you made us all go through last week. "She snaps causing him to hide in his corner of woe.
"She got you there boss." The twins laugh
Haruhi only rolls her eyes and packs up her lunch. "Since I'm done here I'll see you all in the clubroom later." She announces getting up.
"Bye Haru-chan see you later." Hunny waves as she leaves the room.
"Is our daughter mad at me?" Tamaki asks walking up to Kyoya again.
"I don't think so Tamaki our little beach excursion could be an…ah interesting memory for her. Now I suggest you hurry up and finish your meal before you are late to class." Kyoya answers him, also packing up his things and leaving the room.
"Haruhi-kun you should dress as a girl more often that dress you wore at the festival looked just so cute on you." One of Haruhi's regular customers was telling her.
It was almost 5:00 in the clubroom and Haruhi was just finishing up her last round of customers. 'How in the seven layers of hell do these girls not realize I'm a girl. I thought for sure it would be obvious after Friday night.' She thinks just smiling politely to the girls in front of her.
"And the look on his face as he danced with all of the other club members was just priceless." Another one was saying
Putting on her best "natural" smile she tells them, "I'm really glad all you ladies enjoyed the festival I just wish I was able to enjoy it more with you." She watched as they all fainted in their chairs. 'Honestly the girls at this school' she thinks sighing hearing the clock tower outside strike 5:00 and Kyoya standing up as usual and telling the disappointed ladies that the host club was closed for the day.
"Please Princesses don't worry we of the host club will be ready to welcome all of you back tomorrow." Tamaki tells the girls as they walk out the door.
Haruhi begins cleaning up for the day like she usually does, as the others wait for their rides home. "Haru-chan do you want to share some more cake with Takashi and I?" Hunny asks from his table.
Still full from eating cake with the two of them before the host club opened she only smiles at the small senior. "No thank you Sempai I'm still full from earlier."
"Hey Haruhi?" she hears the twins behind her
"What is it?" she asks sighing knowing whatever it was she wouldn't like it.
"Our mother wants you to do some modeling for her tomorrow after school so can you come?" they ask
"It's not like I have much of a choice you're going to drag me over one way or another." She sighs
"Aww we would never-"they stop after she gives them a glare that would make even Kyoya shiver in fear.
"But, I have no good reason to refuse so what time?" she asks sighing
"You can come home with us after school tomorrow." Kaoru says "After the club is over for the day, of course." Hikaru finishes.
"All right" she sighs as they wave good-bye seeing as their ride had shown up. "Bye guys see you tomorrow."
"Bye Haru-chan, Kyo-chan our ride just showed up." Hunny says suddenly leaving the room in a hurry.
'That's odd' she thinks suddenly realizing it was only her and Kyoya in the room. Turning to her boyfriend who was still on his laptop she asks "Wasn't there a blond Sempai in here just five minutes ago?"
"The chairman, it seems wanted to speak to Tamaki again." He answers looking up. "Are you worried?" he asks gesturing her to come closer.
"No, after all the chairman seems to really dote on Tamaki despite the way he acts so I'm sure he's fine." She answers moving over to him and sitting down on the couch behind his chair.
"Oh really not even a little bit?" he asks closing his laptop and getting up to sit next to her on the couch.
"Nope I'm always more worried about your father yelling at you rather then Tamaki-sempai's father simply talking to him." She answers as he picked her up to set her on his lap.
"I have you sticking up for me though so nothing to worry about right?" he laughs leaning down to brush his lips against hers softly. "Oh yea, your father called me earlier." He said pulling back.
"Oh, and what did he want?" she asks curiously resting her head on his shoulders.
"He said he won't be home until very late tonight and wants me to make sure you eat properly tonight." He answers
"Really, and what did you tell him?" she laughs already knowing the answer, remembering Kyoya liked to take her out whenever he got a chance and now she knew why thanks to him admitting he loved her.
"I told him I would, but not without some sort of merit on my part." He answers giving her one of his devilish smirks
'Oh, shit' she thinks "and what sort of merit would you ask for?" she asks nervously.
"Relax I just want a kiss from you love nothing more, but I'll leave it to your father's imagination to wonder what I meant." He laughs.
"Now that I can give you." She laughs looking up at his face, smiling then reaching up to place her lips on his. The kiss reminded her of this morning's when she realized he was in her mouth. Deciding to play along she deepened the kiss earning a small moan from him. "I love you." She managed to say between breaths pushing him away slightly to not invite him any further as they broke away finally.
"I love you too Haruhi." He answers glad she stopped him when she did. Helping her off his lap and to stand he turned to her and asked "So, where do you want to go tonight? We could go to our usual Café or, as you put it "some fancy ass restaurant." He smirks grabbing his laptop and bag.
"I've never called your restaurant fancy or an ass, so let's just go to yours." She says packing up her things and following him out the doors.
He turned around to lock the doors then took her hand in his. "My restaurant it is then" he smiles as they left the building.
"Every time we come here I wonder why, out of everything you can have what made you help out a failing restaurant then turn it into one of the best places in town to eat?" Haruhi asks stepping out of the limo, after stopping at her house to change out of her school uniform and into a simple blue satin dress Kyoya thought looked great on her, a wig and make-up so no one who could possibly know her would recognize her, apart from the host club members who Kyoya knew were all busy tonight.
"I'll tell you when we're seated and you have to promise not to laugh though I mean it." He says following her now dressed in a suit, after changing into a spare one in his limo.
"I promise I won't laugh." She tells him suddenly very curious as they walked hand in hand into the beautifully Japanese decorated building. Haruhi waited as Kyoya, as usual asked to see the manager knowing his purchase of this building was a complete secret and only the few managers and waiters knew him by face and name as the owner of the restaurant. She watches as the manager walks out of his office and bows to Kyoya, who only smiles and asks for his usual room.
Not even ten minutes later they were seated in their usual room away from all the other people who were dining giving their orders to their usual waiter. "Ootori-sama, Fujioka-san it's good to see you both again what can I get for you two this evening." He asks.
"I'll have my usual and a glass of water." Kyoya answers him, not even bothering to look at the menu.
"Same, my usual and a glass of water." Haruhi says blushing slightly and looking at Kyoya, who knew she always got the fancy tuna just smirked as their waiter nods and walks away to get their orders in.
"So Haruhi you wanted to know why I bought a failing restaurant?" he asks after their water came.
"Yes, I'm curious it just doesn't seem like something you would do Kyoya and I promise I won't laugh." She said taking a sip of water.
"…This was my mother's favorite place to eat before she died. I don't remember much about her, but I can still remember coming here all the time when I was really little." He confesses "I just couldn't let this place go. I may have changed a few things to make it run better, but everything else remains the same the décor and most of the menu hasn't changed at all."
"Kyoya, what made you think I was going to laugh there's nothing wrong with chasing after a memory of someone you lost especially if it's your own mother." She tells him close to tears and moved by his reason for keeping the place alive. "Maybe this is another reason why we get along so well we're both trying to remember our mothers as much as we can and not let their memories fade." She says smiling at him.
"I guess we are, I'm sorry if you were anyone else they would be laughing at this different side of me." He laughs
"You told me I couldn't laugh, yet you're the one who ends up laughing that's not fair." She smiles, as she looked up to see their very nervous waiter holding their trays of food not knowing what to say at the sudden change from the owner's usual cold demeanor.
"Oh Yuki-san, thank you." Haruhi says watching Kyoya's face change immediately back to his usual demeanor as Yuki places their food in front of them, bows, and walks away.
"Funny usually your normal attitude makes people run in fear, but it seems you laughing has an even better effect." She says trying really hard not to laugh.
"So it would seem." He growls beginning to eat.
"Oh I wanted to ask you, what were you doing on your laptop at lunch? Usually you make a point to at least eat something at lunch since you hardly eat anything in the morning." She asks picking up a piece of tuna and popping it into her mouth.
"Yes, normally I finish before school begins, but I was…ah distracted this morning before I got to school and wasn't able to finish." He answers staring at his food.
Remembering the ride in his limo this morning she blushes, then mentally slaps herself. "Shoot there was something I wanted to talk to you about this morning. I guess we are huge distractions for each other aren't we?" she asks laughing.
"I guess we are, though I wonder if that's really a bad thing Haruhi. Now what was it you needed to tell me?" he asks curiously.
"I wanted to talk to you about us keeping this thing between us a secret. I was thinking about it a lot this weekend and I came to realize the longer we keep this a secret the harder it's going to be when everyone finds out." She starts "When everyone in the club finds out is one thing, but what about our fathers? What happens if they find out we've kept this up for over nine months? How hurt is everyone going to be about us lying to them? She asks "I love you Kyoya really I do and I've had a lot of fun keeping this a secret, but how long do you really think we can keep this up?"
Silence greets the two of them as neither knew what to say for a moment the only sound that could be heard was the two eating quietly. Kyoya finally broke it by sighing and looking over at her. "…you're right Haruhi I know you are, but where would we even begin? We can't just tell everyone, especially my father about this."
"I know and it doesn't have to be right away. I just wanted to tell you what I thought. In all honesty I want to keep this up longer. I'm having a lot more fun sneaking around like this then I would've ever thought, but I realize we can't hide it forever." She says
"You're right Haruhi, just let me think it over for a while okay? Don't worry about it for now." He assures her finishing his meal.
"I won't I'm sorry I brought it up." She says also finishing with her meal.
"Don't be, I'm surprised I didn't realize it first." He says calling Yuki over to give him his card.
"Well you were a bit distracted today." She smirks
"And who's fault do you think that is, as I recall you just now remembered what you wanted to tell me this morning." He retorts
"And who's fault do you think that was." She laughs as Yuki came back handing Kyoya his card
"Holding back for nine months was not our best choice." He sighs as they got up "Now we're trying to catch up on our relationship, but are oblivious to everything else."
"I guess we just have to work on that then." She smiles taking his arm as he leads her outside the restaurant and back into his limo.
"Goodnight Haruhi," Kyoya tells her in his limo outside her apartment kissing her softly on the lips.
"Goodnight Kyoya I'll see you tomorrow," she smiles kissing his cheek. He could swear he heard her say "I love you" before getting out.
He watched as she ran up the stairs and made sure she made it into her apartment before telling his driver to take him home. "Sir if I may speak freely?" his driver asks.
"What is it Tachibana?" Kyoya asks sighing
"Sir that young woman really is charming in her own way and if you don't mind me saying sir you might want to tell her your feelings before someone else gets to her." He says ready to get yelled at and truly believing that tonight was simply a favor to the young woman's father.
"It's already past that point Tachibana she already knows I love her and if you can believe it I've already imagined what it would be like to have her as a wife." Kyoya admits
"Sir?" he asks shocked at his young master's confession.
"She knows I love her and I know she loves me. My only problem now is my father." He groans thinking again about what Haruhi told him tonight. "She's right our fathers should at least know." He thinks
"Sir, speaking of your father he asked me to inform you that he will be out of town for three weeks, but wants to see you in his study when he returns." Tachibana tells him.
"Very well," Kyoya sighs 'So that's my deadline. I have to make sure I can survive on my own without my father's support if I am disowned for disobeying him. I refuse to let Haruhi go he has to realize that and I refuse to let him hurt her in any way. I still don't know if he's still mad about her defending me in front of all those people at the festival.' He thinks "When did I become so weak as to admit that I can't live without a certain woman by my side." He asks leaning back against his seat, his hands crossed over his face.
"Loving someone isn't a weakness sir, some people believe it makes them stronger." He hears from the front.
Remembering Tachibana was married Kyoya closes the window that separates them and went back to thinking. 'Amazing Haruhi no one can beat an Ootori man except an Ootori woman, yet here you are making me realize I can't live without you and am willing to give up everything I've worked for my entire life in order to have you stay by my side. If my father doesn't approve of you I'm leaving my family. I love you Haruhi and you have completely broken me down.' He resolves as the car heading back home.
Yay another one done I really liked writing this one because it begins to lead into the idea of figuring out how to tell everyone...or at least their father's. Anyways hope you liked this chapter and the next one...is already up, but i'm doing edits so yeah. xD