"So how's Haruhi-san doing since she left the hospital?" Akito asks Kyoya, as they left a meeting room in one of their family's hospitals.
"Is that really the only thing you can ask me right now?" Kyoya asks annoyed at his brother's constant worry for Haruhi. 'I know she saved his life, but does he really have to ask me about her every time he sees me?' he wonders
"No, but it's the only thing I want to know." He says smirking, as Kyoya pulls out his phone and turns it back on.
"Yeah, look Haruhi has been fine so far, She just keeps taking her pain medication and…what the hell?" he mutters looking at all his missed calls.
"Is something wrong?" Akito asks
"Not sure, but it seems Haruhi tried to call me six times in the past hour." He says noticing she left no voicemails. 'I wonder if something's happened.' He notes 'She knows I was in a meeting, so it couldn't have been a simple call just to say hello.'
"Is she all right?" Akito asks actual concern in his voice.
"I don't know let me call her back and I'll let you know." He tells his brother finding Haruhi's number and walking into an empty room.
"Kyoya thanks for calling me back, but I now realize I sort of overreacted I didn't mean to call you six times." He hears her voice on the other end.
"Haruhi, was something wrong?"
"Um, well…after you left Hikaru decided to ask me out."
"Day before Valentine's day, nice timing Hitachiin," He smirks "So what did you tell him I would hope you weren't too mean to the boy?"
"I tried not to be, but it didn't go to well at first and…he kissed me." She muttered nervously
"He what?" Kyoya snaps
"Well he asked me to go out with him. I told him I didn't think of him that way and well…he kissed me. I think he was just trying to get me to change my mind."
"What does that matter he still kissed you."
"Kyoya, it didn't mean anything to me I promise I still love you." She states "Besides, surely you knew somebody was going to do it eventually. I mean really, it's not like they know we're dating."
"…Just try not to let it happen again."
"I won't I can promise you that I just wanted to let you know he kissed me so you wouldn't have to hear it from somebody else and make it look like I was hiding something from you."
"Yes thank you for being the one to tell me, but how did you explain it to Hikaru?"
"I only admitted I'm in love with somebody else, but I didn't make out who it was, or even what grade, or if he even goes to the same school. The only thing I told him was he makes me happy and I love him."
"And he bought that?"
"Why wouldn't he? It is the truth after all."
"…fair enough, all right well we've added two more people to be careful around."
"The only one left being Tamaki-sempai?"
"Yes, so for now we need to lay low again."
"Okay that's not really a problem."
"Well now that that's all cleared up are you still free tomorrow?"
"Yep my dad will be working all day tomorrow, so you have me to yourself…and suddenly I realize now, how that just sounded to the people with me in the market." She laughs and Kyoya hears her trying to explain to somebody next to her what she meant.
Laughing to himself he replies "I'll be at your place around 11:30 to pick you up tomorrow."
"You can sleep in if you want Kyoya; after all it is Saturday."
"It's also Valentine's Day and I would like to spend most of it with my girlfriend."
"…Okay, I guess I will see you around 11:30 tomorrow then Kyoya I love you."
"Love you too Haruhi, see you tomorrow." He tells her ending the call and walking out of the room, only to be met with Akito leaning against the opposite wall looking bored. "She's fine; she just wanted to let me know one of our club members…asked her out and apparently decided to kiss her."
"At least she tells you when somebody other than you touches her." He smirks "After all with no one knowing you two are going out they probably think its okay to take advantage of her."
"She just doesn't want me to find out from somebody else and think she was trying to hide something." He explains
"Again, she's a good girl Kyoya. Just try not to let your…possessiveness drive her away." He warns
"I'm not going to drive her away. I already knew some of the others in the club would try to take her away. One of them tried today and she refused, so I know there really isn't anything to worry about." He explains
"You sure are confident." Akito smirks
"No, Haruhi has simply chosen me and I know that." He states
"Well enjoy your day with her tomorrow and don't screw up." He waves heading into an open elevator.
"I hardly need your advice."
"No I suppose you don't it's been what sixteen months you two have been together?" he laughs as the elevator door closes leaving Kyoya alone in the hallway.
"I trust Haruhi completely…it's the others I don't." he sighs, before going over to the stairs and heading down and out the building.
'Damn it, why do I never know what to wear when it comes to going out with Kyoya.' She sighs throwing another rejected dress onto her bed and looking at her clock. '10:45, thank god I get up early' she sighs going back to digging in her closet.
About a half an hour later she finally decided on a red sundress the twins forced her to model at the beginning of the year and a matching jacket. 'I refuse to wear anything pink, but red works for today.' She thinks looking over herself in a mirror and heading into her bathroom to put on some light make-up. By the time she emerged from the bathroom at exactly 11:30 she hears her doorbell ring. 'Right on time as usual,' she laughs to herself walking over to open the door to see Kyoya smiling at her.
"Good morning Haruhi," he says leaning down to kiss her, before slipping past and walking into the living room. "You look beautiful by the way."
"Morning Kyoya," she smiles" and thank you, can I get you something to drink before we head out?" she asks
"No thanks and I don't know about you, but I'm starving. You want to head out and have lunch first?" he asks
"Sure, where do you want to go?"
"I thought we could go over to Sakura Kiss and grab a bite there, since we seem to know that place so well."
"Sure, just let me grab my purse and I'll meet you outside." She tells him disappearing into her room, as he wanders outside. "Ready," she smiles locking the door behind her, taking his hand in hers, and walking down the street.
"Are you sure the rest of the club won't find out where we are?" she asks, as they sit in their usual table by the window in the back of the diner.
"Don't worry the rest of the club won't bother us today." He states
"Please tell me you didn't do anything to them?" she asks suddenly really concerned.
"Relax I didn't do anything to them, I simply know where they will all be today and plan to avoid them." He tells her picking up his menu.
Before Haruhi could respond their waitress wandered over. "Happy Valentine's Day and welcome to Sakura Kiss Haruhi-san. Can I get you both anything to drink?" she asks
"Just water for me thank you Kira-san," Haruhi tells her looking over to Kyoya, who seemed to be engrossed with reading something.
"…Oh water's fine thank you." He tells her, before she smiles again and wanders off.
"Are you okay?" she asks "There's no way you were distracted by something on the menu with how long we've been coming here."
"I'm fine, just realizing how many couples are walking around today." He notes looking outside and across the street to the park, where there were many people gathered.
"Oh no, people just like to have contests in the park today." She explains following where he was looking. "It mostly involves answering questions about the person you're with. I've watched a few and they can be pretty interesting…when the women aren't yelling at their partner." She laughs, as Kira brings over their waters.
"Are you ready to order?" she asks pulling out her notepad.
"I'll have the number 6," she tells her handing her back the menu.
"And I'll have the number 11," Kyoya mutters, also handing her back the menu.
"Okay I'll be back shortly with your orders." She smiles again, before wandering off again.
"You know a lot of people here don't you?" he asks
"I've been coming here for a long time Kyoya and it helps that my apartment is only five blocks down the street." She shrugs, as he stares out the window again. "Are you okay? You seem really distracted about something." She asks
"No I'm fine," he says still avoiding her gaze.
"It's not about yesterday is it? I promise it didn't mean anything."
"I know that Haruhi…Damn it I'm sorry. I'm really not doing well today am I?" he asks
"I don't mind if you're thinking or quiet I'm used to that side of you. It's when you start staring off into space when you start to worry me." She explains
"I'm sorry I'm just…finding something very difficult to do." He says, still not able to look her in the face.
"What?"
"It's nothing, so do you have any idea what you want to do today?" he asks changing the subject.
'He's not getting out of telling me that easily.' She thinks "I don't know, I'm pretty sure there's one of the events I was telling you about earlier at the park later if you want to see one of those." She tells him
"Whatever you want," he replies, as Kira came back with their food. "Did you want to watch one?"
"I did, but if you really don't want to then it's okay." She says
"No, that's fine it could be amusing." He states "We can wander over after lunch."
"Okay," she agrees
After about twenty minutes she realizes he was still avoiding looking at her face and was instead looking around the diner, as if waiting for something to happen. The place was just about full with all of the couples coming over from the park. "Kyoya…really what's wrong? You're still avoiding looking at me and you look like you're waiting for something." She asks
"Haruhi, I've been going through this in my head a thousand times and I still don't know how to do it right with you." He finally says, after a moment's hesitation.
"Do what?" she asks curiously
"Haruhi, I love you and am more than surprised that we have been able to date secretly for sixteen months without anyone except our families realizing it and even then we ended up telling them ourselves." He starts finally looking up at her "you've stood up to my father on my behalf, you've stood up to my brothers mostly to defend yourself, and you've saved my brother's life. I never expected you, let alone anybody to be able to do it, but somehow you've earned favor with my whole family. I was planning to do this later, or at least when we've managed to tell our friends, but I can be possessive and want to confirm in some way that you will continue to be mine." He says pulling out a small velvet box and sliding it over to her. "I apologize for not getting down on one knee, but I still wish to ask you to marry me Haruhi." He asks, before he even finished saying her name she had gotten out of her seat and wrapped her arms around his neck all while somehow sitting in his lap. "What's wrong can't look me in the face?" he asks jokingly, as she lets go of his neck and smiles at him.
"Yes Kyoya, I will gladly marry you." She finally answers, before leaning in and kissing him gently. Eventually they broke apart, but they also had forgotten that they were in a rather public place when they began to hear clapping and cheering throughout the diner. Blushing furiously Haruhi tries to hide her face in Kyoya's chest, but is stopped by Kira, who was holding the box still holding the ring in it. Kyoya thankfully takes it from her and opens the box to reveal the beautiful ring and slides it onto her finger.
"And just like that I'm engaged to the Shadow King of the host club." She smiles at him
"Ah, but you can't pretend you don't enjoy it." He smirks
"I love it Kyoya, thank you." She smiles hugging him again.
"Congratulations Haruhi-san, Ootori-san." Kira smiles
"Thank you Kira-san." Haruhi smiles kissing Kyoya again, before finally getting up off his lap.
"Now wait a minute aren't you two a little too young to be deciding anything yet." A gruff male's voice asked from behind Kyoya. "How old are the two of you anyways?"
"We're both still in high school, but we are both at the legal age to marry I'm eighteen and my lovely new Fiancée just turned seventeen." Kyoya answers him "and before you ask her father has already given his consent for her to marry me."
"He has?" Haruhi asks curiously completely forgetting that she needed her father's consent to get married.
"Yes, while you were in the hospital I asked him if it was okay." He explained "Actually it was your father who encouraged me to propose to you before I graduated."
'Of course he did' she sighs
"Still aren't you rushing things a bit?" the man asks
"I graduate soon and then I'm off to America to study abroad for a year. I assure you sir we won't wed until after I come back and she graduates next year. I simply want to make sure that she will stay with me." Kyoya says finally turning to face the man, who seems to be in his early forties really tall, short brown hair, wearing glasses, and seemed to be there with his wife.
"…Okay just how long have you two been dating if you're so confident you want to spend the rest of your lives together?" his wife asks this time.
"Sixteen months," they answer in unison, taking even the pair in front of them aback.
"And you won't marry for another year?" the woman asks regaining her composure.
"No, I just wanted to make sure that she would choose me." Kyoya tells her
"Even if you asked me a year from now I would still choose you." Haruhi states
"I know that, but it's nice to be getting an answer from you now." He laughs
"A year and four months…even I waited only a year before asking, but are you two sure? There's a lot more to being married then just love." The man points out
"I do know that sir and I assure you both of us know that we can live together and I know that she will make the perfect wife and partner. I love her and can't see myself with anybody else." Kyoya says trying to convince the man he was sincere.
"Same goes for me; I can't see myself with anybody else." Haruhi states, before one of them could ask her.
"…Okay I give in I still think you two are a bit too young, but you both seem to be set on this." The man sighs
"You were right in asking us those questions though sir thank you for just trying to make sure we were serious." Kyoya tells them "But neither me, nor my fiancée will change our minds."
"I can see that." The man laughs looking from Haruhi to Kyoya, "well good luck to the two of you and congratulations." Taking his wife's hand the two of them walk past them and head out the door.
"Should've seen something like that coming," Haruhi tells him
"Yes I suppose it is uncommon for people to marry so young, but you know it's not so unusual in my society." He tells her
"You don't have to tell me that your father has been hinting at wanting me to marry you for a long time Kyoya." She laughs
"So it doesn't bother you that we are a little young?" he asks leaving some money on the table, before getting up and taking Haruhi's hand.
"…I suppose it would bother me if we weren't dating for as long as we have been." She says waving to Kira, before walking out of the diner with Kyoya. "I mean a year and four months is a long time and it'll still be another year before we get married, so no it doesn't bother me as long as I can still go to college after we're married."
"We'll both still be going to college." He points out kissing her on the top of her head, as they walk into the park.
"True, but we will be married by then too."
"Point taken…actually there's something I need to ask you." He sighs
"Oh crap, what is it?" she asks with humor in her voice
"It's nothing you need to worry about yet, unless you want to tell my family we're engaged." He tells her leading her over to a bench to sit down.
"You're still being too vague."
"Sorry I only mean to say that there are certain…things that come with being engaged to an Ootori, so if you like the way you live now we're going to have to keep our engagement a secret from my family." He explains
"What kind of things would happen?" she asks watching a couple run past them and hurrying over to the stage in the middle of the park. 'Looks like the contest is about to start,' She notes.
"It would take too long to explain, but I'm positive you won't like it." He smirks
"…All right I could keep a secret from your family again; after all it could be fun now that I know them so well." She smiles getting up and looking again at the ring on her finger making her, once again realize to her amazement that she's engaged. "I shouldn't ask, but where on earth did you get this ring Kyoya, its gorgeous." She asks turning to face him.
"My father gave it to me…it was my mother's engagement ring." He tells her
"He…gave it to you, but shouldn't it go to one of your brothers?" she asks shocked holding her hand closer to her chest, as if to protect it.
"That's what I thought, but apparently both of them thought you deserve to have it." He shrugs
"Oh my god, that's so nice of them, but why?" she asks
"You save two of my father's son's lives and you're asking why they think you deserve to have it?" he asks trying really hard not to laugh.
"Oh, right" she mutters clutching her injured side, as if remembering she was injured.
"Are you all right?" he asks concerned
"Hm…oh no I'm fine sorry I was thinking about something." She smiles
"Well come on then, wasn't there some contest you wanted to see?" he asks getting up and looking over towards the huge stage.
"Oh right," she says grabbing his arm and running off.
"Don't push yourself Haruhi." He smirks catching up to her quickly and heading over to where a huge crowd of people were gathered.
So for the rest of the afternoon the couple sat on a bench in the very back of the crowd to watch the events going on onstage. The two of them managed to get through most of the events without getting called onto the stage, but as luck would have it after a very hilarious round of couples trying to answer questions about one another the announcer on the stage caught the two of them kissing and laughing over something Haruhi did he called them up. Kyoya was, of course against it, but Haruhi managed to get him to onto the stage. Haruhi was asked to fill out a question sheet, so that Kyoya could answer them and see how much he knew about her, while he was asked a few questions about their relationship. When Haruhi had finished the announcer proceeded with asking Kyoya the questions she had filled out, to everybody, but Haruhi's surprise he managed to answer every one correctly and with ease.
After Kyoya was finished it was Haruhi's turn to answer questions about him and to her surprise she managed to get all of the questions correct. When asked why they thought they knew one another so well Kyoya told him that it was because they were engaged and should know a lot about the other person. This surprised a lot of people both in the crowd and Haruhi because she never would have thought that he would announce it so openly. After answering a lot more questions and dealing with people thinking they were too young they were both finally able to get down from the stage and go back to their spot in the back of the crowd.
"What's with you?" Haruhi asks him as they sit down "A few hours ago you didn't even know how to propose to me. Now you seem to keep announcing it."
"Haruhi this is the only place I can." He explains "We're still keeping our relationship a secret from the club and the whole school and when we're with my family we're going to pretend nothing has happened, so this is the only day I really can appreciate that you have agreed to marry me." He says leaning over to kiss her again.
"You really are acting different today." She laughs "I never would have expected you to propose in a diner either."
"Well I figured that place is special to you and it was where we had our first date, so in a way it's a special place for both of us." He shrugs
"And you proposing to me today has nothing to do with the fact that Hikaru kissed me yesterday?" she asks skeptically
"…a little, but I have been trying to figure out how to ask you for a few months." He tries telling her
"It's all right in the end I still would have chosen you." She smiles at him "It's a beautiful day," she mutters resting her head on his shoulder.
"Yes, it really has been," he agrees watching the sun begin to set.
"So I've made you deal with enough 'Commoner' things today, should I even ask where we're going next?" she asks nervously
"You can relax Haruhi I just want to take you out to dinner at our normal place, nothing more." He laughs
"You mean your restaurant right?" she asks
"Yes, now come on Tachibana is waiting for us a few blocks down the road." He says helping her get up.
"What time is it anyways?" she asks realizing she hasn't looked at a clock since Kyoya showed up at her place at 11:30.
"Almost six" he answers, as he leads her out of the park.
"We've really been here all day?" she asks surprised
"Yes, but I have to admit it has been a bit…amusing." He smirks
"Well I'm glad you kind of enjoyed yourself today." She laughs, as the familiar figure of Tachibana came into view.
"I'm spending the whole day with you aren't I? As long as that isn't ruined I'm enjoying myself Haruhi."
"And once again you're scaring me with how different you're acting today." She laughs nodding to Tachibana, before getting into the car.
"Do you call ahead to say you're coming, or do you just walk in and ask for a seat?" she asks him curiously, as once again they managed to walk into the restaurant and are somehow in a private room.
"Of course I call ahead, it would be rude not to especially on a busy day like today." He tells her, as their usual waiter wanders over.
"Ootori-sama, Haruhi-san it's good to see the two of you again." Yuki says smiling at the two of them.
"Yes it has been a while hasn't it?" Kyoya notes
"Not since we were here with the rest of the club, as I recall." Haruhi adds
"Yes, you two were incredible at acting like nothing was going on between the two of you." He tells them
"Thank you, but really with seeing them in school every day we get used to it." Haruhi sighs
"I would assume you do, so is there anything I can get for the two of you tonight?" he asks returning to his professional manner.
"I think our usual will be just fine. Is that all right with you Haruhi?" Kyoya asks
"That's fine with me thank you Yuki-san." She smiles handing him back her menu
"Thank you and I will be right back with your drinks." He says, before bowing slightly and walking away.
"It really has been a while since we've been here hasn't it?" She asks
"Yes it has, but neither of us have really had the time to eat out."
"No I suppose we haven't." she agrees clutching her side again
"Is your injury still giving you problems?" he asks concerned
"It's not too bad, but with all the walking around we did today I suddenly realize I forgot to take my pain medication this morning." She sighs
"Really Haruhi, you can't risk forgetting to take them." He sighs pulling out a small bottle of pills from his jacket and throwing them to her.
"What the-?" she blinks catching it "did you already know I forgot to take them?" she asks, as Yuki returned with their waters.
"No, but I figured you would forget to bring them, so I asked Akito-niisan to get me your prescription." He explains
"Well thank you very much." She smiles at him before taking two of them.
"Haruhi-san, are you all right?" Yuki asks
"I will be, thank god Kyoya had some of my medication." She laughs handing the bottle back to him.
"Well you did save his life I would hope he would be trying to take care of you." He laughs
"…It actually wasn't my life she saved." Kyoya sighs "It was my older brothers."
"Because you two are still dating in secret and she isn't supposed to know your brother?" he asks
'First Akane, now Yuki maybe we're not doing as good a job of hiding things as we think.' Haruhi sighs, as Yuki only laughs
"Don't worry your secret is still safe with me." He smiles, before walking away.
"It occurs to me now that the public, let alone your family still doesn't know you own this restaurant do they?" she asks curiously.
"No they don't and I would rather keep it that way for awhile." He says "I'd really rather not have people know that a seventeen year old owns one of the best restaurants in Tokyo."
"So when are you going to let people know?"
"A few years maybe"
"Well you are good at keeping secrets." She laughs
"I should be by now," he smirks as Yuki comes back with their food and they begin to enjoy their dinners.
They managed to finish their meals, before Yuki noticed the ring on Haruhi's finger, after she was playing with her hair and he nearly dropped the pitcher of water he was holding. "Haruhi-san, is that-?" he asks pointing, of course to the ring on her hand.
"Huh-?" she looks up to where he was looking, "Oh yeah, he proposed this afternoon after we had lunch." She tells him smiling
"Surely you two won't be able to marry until after you both graduate though?" he asks
"Of course not, but there have been a few…things that have happened recently that made me want to propose now." Kyoya tells him.
'He means what happened with Hikaru yesterday.' She sighs 'So this was his way of getting back at him.'
"Well whatever happened, if it finally got you to ask her to marry you then I'm sure in some ways it was a good thing it happened ." Yuki tells him
"In some ways yes." Kyoya smirks, as Haruhi sighs again, feeling bad for Hikaru.
"Well Haruhi are you ready to go?" Kyoya asks
"Oh yes, of course." She tells him getting up.
"Well congratulations you two really." Yuki tells them, as they head to the door.
"Thank you Yuki-san and I'm sure we'll see you again soon." Haruhi waves, before following Kyoya out the door.
"Are you all right Kyoya, you've been really quiet since we left the restaurant." Haruhi asks from her room. The pair had come to her place after dinner, mostly because Haruhi wanted to change out of her dress.
"Have I?" Kyoya asks from the living room "I'm sorry I'm just thinking about a lot of things."
"Well we do both have a lot of things to hide from other people." She jokes coming out of her room wearing a loose t-shirt and pajama bottoms. "I'm going to make some tea, do you want some?"
"Sure, do you mind if I change into something more comfortable?" he asks
"Go ahead," she smiles heading into the kitchen
Twenty minutes later they were both sitting comfortably on the couch drinking their tea. Kyoya had changed into a t-shirt and pants he didn't realize he had in the back of his car. "So what do you want to do about Monday?" she asks playing with the ring on her finger. "I could always leave the ring at home, but that doesn't seem right."
"It's up to you Haruhi. I already know you've agreed to be mine, what you want to do with the ring is up to you." He tells her kissing her on the top of her head.
"It was at one time your mother's you know."
"But now it's yours." He points out
"…I'll just figure something out by Monday then." She sighs shifting her position to kiss him on the lips. "I still love it Kyoya thank you very much." She smiles, before wrapping her arms around his neck.
"And I still love you Haruhi," he smirks kissing her gently at first, but as it progressed he got a lot more rough, desire took over him and before he knew it he had her pinned underneath him and began to explore her mouth with his tongue.
She felt her strength weakening and the sudden urge to just allow him to continue strengthening, as he suddenly moves away from her mouth and begins to kiss her neck. Haruhi knew at the moment that she wanted him as bad as he wanted her, but she suddenly felt like it wasn't the right time or place. "Kyoya, Kyoya please stop." She asks pushing against his chest gently and knowing it was taking a lot of her strength to do it.
"What is it Haruhi?" he asks backing off a bit, but still leaving her underneath him.
"I'm sorry Kyoya, but something doesn't feel right."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm sorry and trust me when I say I want this as bad as you do." She sighs "This is going to sound really bad coming from me, but wouldn't you rather have our first time be…where this all started?" she asks embarrassed at even having thought of the idea.
"…you're talking about the beach." He states not as a question, but as a fact.
"Yes, like with you proposing where we had our first date. I want our first time to be where we first agreed to date." She tells him, still embarrassed about saying it. "After all, we both fell in love with one another that weekend."
"…you're right," he says finally getting up and allowing her to sit up. "Our first time should be at the beach house." He says sitting back down next to her. "I'm sorry I pushed it tonight, but who would have thought that sweet innocent Haruhi would be thinking about something like that." he smirks
"S...shut up, it's not like I think about it often." she stammers embarrassed and laying her head on his shoulder. "I just want to wait until the right time."
"Well I can promise you one thing we will definitely visit Okinawa, before I leave for America." He smirks
"I'll be expecting it." She laughs getting up to stretch a bit, "so do you want to watch a movie or something, until you have to go?"
"That would be nice, what do you want to watch?" he asks
"Well I think the only two movies of mine you haven't seen are Drugstore Girl, or something of my dad's called Cyborg Girl." She tells him finding the two movies.
"You pick one, I don't care."
"Have you seen either one of these?" she asks curiously
"Never even heard of either"
"Drugstore Girl it is then." She laughs setting it up, before returning to the couch and getting comfortable.
Hours later Ranka came home and found his daughter and Kyoya fast asleep on the couch, which by now was a normal thing. Haruhi had told him that she was spending the day with Kyoya, but he expected the two of them to be at his house and not asleep on his couch at three in the morning. He trusted Kyoya completely it was just odd to find them asleep here, so when he went to once again find the camera to take a picture he was more than surprised to see a certain ring on his daughter's finger, which was nestled in Kyoya's chest. Ranka then proceeded to let out an excited scream that would scare the hell out of anybody, causing the couple on the couch to wake up startled.
"Dad, what the hell-?" Haruhi asks sleepily getting off of Kyoya
"Please tell me that's what I think it is? When did he ask you?" Ranka asks, as Kyoya slowly gets up and tries to get his arm to wake up again.
"He asked me after we had lunch today and as you can already tell I said yes." She yawns "And before you ask yes, I loved his proposal and am happy with my choice."
"I hope this is all right with you Ranka." Kyoya asks him
"Of course it is I already told you I give you both my blessings, but I hope you two don't plan on getting married until Haruhi is out of high school." He tells them
"I wouldn't dare think of that Ranka." He smirks "After all I'm going to America when she's in her last year. It will seem more real if we wait to marry until after I come back."
"Not that this isn't interesting, but I am seriously tired and am going back to bed." Haruhi tells the two of them "Kyoya, if you want you can stay here for the night. I don't care where you want to sleep hell my beds big enough if you want to sleep with me, but if you want to go home I love you and will see you Monday." She yawns, going over to him and kissing him lightly, before going into her room.
"She doesn't like to be woken up at night does she?" Kyoya asks
"No, she's an early riser, but hates to be woken up after falling asleep." Ranka laughs "And with the way you two looked she was probably very comfortable."
"Besides my arm being asleep, yes we were very comfortable." Kyoya yawns again
"I am sorry for waking the two of you up, but I was very excited when I saw the ring." Ranka laughs
"It's all right it was probably for the best. I can't imagine waking up very comfortable." He notes "Well I really should head home."
"It's three in the morning Kyoya, I'm not going to make you go home this late, after all it didn't seem as though Haruhi cared if you stayed, even if it is her bed." He shrugged
"You would allow your daughter and her fiancé to sleep in the same bed?" he asks curiously
"I trust you Kyoya and you and my daughter have been dating for sixteen months. Half of that time was in secret, besides you look absolutely exhausted, so I know I can trust you at least tonight with her." He says
"…what if I were to tell you we have already done something?" He asks curiously
"Haruhi promised me she would tell me if she was ever going to…sleep with a guy and I still trust her to keep her word." He answers simply.
"Certainty sounds like something she would do." Kyoya laughs "All right well I'm going to go to bed…are you sure you don't mind if I sleep with her?"
"Go ahead, besides she's already invited you in not much I can say about that." He points out
"Goodnight Ranka," Kyoya waves heading into Haruhi's room
"Goodnight Kyoya and congratulations on the engagement." He smiles, as Kyoya disappears into the dark room.
About another hour later Ranka sneaks into his daughter's room, mostly out of habit and sees once again that Haruhi is curled up in Kyoya's chest both of them fast asleep and mostly under the covers. The ring he sees is back in its box on the nightstand. For the reason he only wants to see it on his daughter's hand again he picks up the box, takes out the ring, and manages to find the right finger on Haruhi's hand to put it on. Taking out his camera he takes a few shots, smiles and walks out of the room truly happy for both Haruhi and Kyoya.
The next morning Haruhi wakes up and turns to see that it's just after nine in the morning. Only remembering that her father had woke her up at an ungodly hour in the morning she begins to sit up...to feel another presence in her bed. Turning slightly she sees Kyoya open his eyes slowly and looks at her for a moment before turning over and she assumes fall back asleep. 'He must have decided to stay after all.' She yawns, before attempting to get out of bed and try not to disturb her boyfriend…no her new fiancé she remembers smiling to herself.
"You know I could've sworn you weren't wearing the engagement ring when I got into bed with you." Kyoya yawns turning over anyways to grab her, before she got out of the bed.
"Huh, I wasn't." she tells him still trying to get out of his grasp. She turns around to see him looking at her hand, following his gaze she sees the still beautiful ring place securely on her hand. "Dad," she sighs "He must have come to check on us last night and decided to put the ring back on."
"I'm not complaining it still looks great on you." He tells her sitting up and kissing her head.
"I'm going to go make breakfast feel free to sleep in some more." She laughs finally managing to get up off the bed and put on a robe to warm herself up a bit.
"It's okay I'm awake I'll come and help you." He yawns, also getting out of the warm bed.
"You really aren't the Demon Lord in the morning when it's just me are you?" she asks laughing
"I suppose not," he sighs, as she leaves the room.
Twenty minutes later Ranka walked out of his room to the sound of laughing and a few empty threats made by Kyoya. He walks into the kitchen, or what used to be the kitchen, to find batter everywhere but it seems the bowl. Kyoya had it mostly on his face and Haruhi was covered in it. There were a few completed hotcakes on a plate on the counter, but there was batter everywhere else. "What on earth happened in here?" he laughs, having to lean against the door for support. "I feel like I'm walking in on a newlywed couple attempting to make breakfast together."
"Crap, did we wake you up dad?" Haruhi asks
"That's not exactly the problem here Haruhi." Kyoya smirks grabbing a towel and attempting to wash his face.
"What on earth happened in here?" Ranka asks again, still trying to stop laughing
"It was my fault really," Haruhi sighs, as Kyoya hands her a towel. "I asked Kyoya to hand me something and I forgot I had the spatula in my hand so when I was pointing something out some of the batter…flicked onto his face and it just went downhill from there."
"I do apologize Ranka, for making things worse." Kyoya tells him
"As long as you two clean this up I don't care. I should be thanking you for putting me in a good mood this morning." He says still laughing.
"Breakfast will be ready in a bit dad." Haruhi says starting on another batch.
"All right just make sure it's not on your face." He laughs leaving the two to clean up.
After making sure the kitchen was spotless and free of any kind of batter the three of them finally sat down to eat at the table. "So Haruhi, what are you going to do with your ring tomorrow?" Ranka asks, while adding an insane amount of syrup onto his hotcakes.
"I don't know I want to take it, but at the same time I really don't want to lose it. Since I can't just be wearing it around." She sighs.
"Well do you want her to be wearing it around Kyoya?" he asks
"Yes I do," Kyoya admits "But with her still posing as a boy she can't just be wearing it on her finger. That and it's pretty obvious it's an engagement ring, so even when we do finally reveal she's a girl it'll be suspicious."
"Well what if she wore it as a necklace and told everybody it was her grandmother's ring?" Ranka asks
"That's…not a bad idea, but I don't have any necklace chains to hold it with." Haruhi points out
"I might, here give me the ring and I'll go check if it fits on any of mine." Ranka tells her, as Haruhi takes the ring off and hands it to her father, who disappears into his room.
"You mind if I tell people it belongs to someone in my family?" she asks Kyoya
"Of course not, as long as you are able to wear it." He states "When you have dinner with my family however-"
"I'll keep it in my bag because they will all recognize it right away." She smiles
"Very good," he smirks, as Ranka comes back out of his room with a necklace holding two dog tags one saying father and the other saying mother. The ring was hanging in between the two of them.
"Dad, it's gorgeous why have I never seen that necklace before?" she asks getting up and allowing her father to put it on for her.
"I've been waiting for the right time to give it to you and this just seemed like the perfect reason to give it to you." He explains "I have the daughter tag too, but I can wait to give you that one until you let the school know you're a girl."
"Thank you Ranka it's perfect," Kyoya notes getting up to get a closer look at it. "I promise you we will let the school know she's a girl before the end of the month."
"Thank you for that and once again congratulations on the engagement you two really." He smiles
"Thanks again Ranka and actually can I ask you something?" Kyoya asks
"Of course boy, what is it?"
"You talk to my father regularly right?" he asks
"I wouldn't say a lot, but about once a week yes." He confirms
"Can I ask you to not let him know we're engaged, we're going to see how long we can hide it from my family and there are some things that are better left keeping a secret."
"Sure I can do that…funny I was the first you told about dating and now I'm the first to know that you two are engaged." He laughs.
"Technically you found out we're engaged by accident." Haruhi points out
"So you weren't going to tell me?" Ranka pouts
"You would've been the first to know Ranka." Kyoya assures him
"Well that's nice to know." He laughs
"Well I should really head out. I'm already not going to hear the end of this from Akito-Niisan, so I may as well not keep him waiting." Kyoya sighs taking out his phone to call his driver.
"What do you mean?" Haruhi asks
"Nii-san was home all day yesterday and is home all day today, so he knows I haven't been home yet." He explains
"…Oh, but we haven't done anything." She protests
"We know that, but he doesn't." he smirks kissing the top of her head, before heading over to the door. "Thank you for everything Haruhi, Ranka and I'll see you at school tomorrow."
"Bye and good luck." She smiles leaning up to kiss him, before he walked out the door.
"Hey Haruhi," her father calls her, as she watches his car drive off.
"What is it dad?" she asks
"You're an engaged woman," he laughs
"I am," she smiles clutching the necklace, hanging from her chest tightly, 'and to the Shadow King of the host club.' She laughs to herself, before turning around and getting ready for her day.
Oh my god I loved doing this chapter for multiple reasons, for one thing I finally hit 100,000 words yay and I finally got to do one where I didn't have to do 'Two weeks later' Even if it was only a weekend it was nice to be able to do. I hope you all liked the proposal I figured it kind of stuck to Kyoya's personality I really couldn't see him getting down on one knee, or proposing normally for that matter. He was out of character a lot in this chapter and I know that, but I really couldn't help it. Anyways I loved writing this chapter and hope you enjoy it. The next one will be up soon. xD
-Whoops another quick note before I go I know these are always too long, but I just want to let you know that the rating MIGHT change on this story i'm still not sure though, there are some notes I have to go over before I decide anything.