Warning this chapter is much longer then the other but I had a lot that needed to be put in this one so I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 8: Engagement

"You didn't want me?" Genji asked interrupting me again.

I sighed… "Not at first no… But you are the best thing that has ever happened to me." I said smirking and ruffling his blonde hair. "Now shush and eat your cookies the stories going to get better."

13 years earlier:

"Kyouya does this look okay?" Kaoru asked me. He was holding a summer dress he had designed for Haruhi just for today. It was a light blue baby doll dress and it was simple but it said Haruhi.

Smiling I said, "Yes thank you Kaoru…" I looked around at the remaining men of the host club. They had all agreed to help me make my proposal special to Haruhi after I explained what was going on. Kaoru had made a whole new wardrobe for her and Hikaru was starting a maternity line for her. I had brought them all up to the beach house with Haruhi and I and the plan was to enjoy the summer. She didn't know they knew anything and was currently sun bathing out on the beach while they were "sleeping" the jet lag off. Mori and Honey were busy setting a table up for diner Kaoru was replacing her clothes with the clothes he made for her and Hikaru was grumpily setting up the picnic basket for lunch for all of us.

I had told them everything that was going on last week just a couple of days after my father forced the engagement. The announcement wasn't going to come out until Friday of this week and it's already Wednesday so I wanted to make this special for her before the whole this blew up.

**FLASHBACK**

"HARUHI'S PREGNANT!" Hikaru screamed at me with a vein blogging from his forehead. He looked like he was about rip my throat out. Mori-sempi put a hand on his chest to hold him back and his brother, though he was just as angry, was holding his arms back. We were sitting in the back room of a restaurant I had invited them here to tell them what was going on and hopefully get some help from them. Being her other friends they were going to find out eventually and I would rather them find out from me then have them make a scene in front of her.

"Yes, Haruhi is pregnant with my child. Father wants us to marry and I need all of your help."

"Why would we help you? You defiled an innocent girl when she was going through a horrible break up and now you've ruined her life because you don't know what a condom is!" Kaoru almost spit the last part of that my way. I closed my eyes, I didn't know what to expect but from their point of view they have a right to be pissed. Even Mori-sempi looked pissed though he was silent as ever.

"When is she due?" Honey-sempi asked. I had almost forgotten he was there since he was the only on that wasn't glaring daggers at me. Actually his face showed confusion, disbelief, and deep thought.

"January…" I said cautiously. He was figuring something out.

" The baby's Tamaki's." He said flatly. The other three turned to look at him with raised eyebrows and confusion. "The baby is Tamaki's," he said again louder this time and then continued. "If she's due in January then that makes her three months pregnant and that means he got pregnant in May. Kyouya did not see or talk to her until June. Before her graduation when we met to come up with a plan for graduation she hugged him and said it had been to long and she had missed him in the last year. The baby is Tamaki's, not Kyouya's." Though he had figured it out he was glaring at me starring me right in the eye. "Why are you lying Kyouya?" The other three turned to look at me and the same deer in the headlight feeling I had with my father came back.

"Why are you lying Kyouya? Why are you marrying your best friends ex-girlfriend if she's pregnant with his kid?" Kaoru asked me. Mori raised and eyebrow and Hikaru had a face of confusion like he was still trying to catch up.

"I… I'm not lying the kids mine. After Tamaki got the phone call about this grandmother and everyone left Haruhi asked me to stay a little longer so she wasn't alone. I was stupid I had, had a crush on her for quite some time. I … I stayed a little longer and she uh… poured us some drinks and we had to much and… uh when she kissed me I was stupid but nothing happened but then uh… then a week later I stayed over because of a storm… and I um was stupid and… and I regret it. We were… um drunk and stupid… I uh didn't plan it… maybe she is due in Febuary and I uh just got it mixed up…" I was stumbling all over myself and my hands where trebling. I never due that. They know I'm lying…

Honey-sempi was the first to say anything about my horrible lie. "You're taking credit for a mistake Tamaki made so that she's not alone and her future isn't ruined and now your father is forcing you two to get married so the Ootori's aren't shamed… You suck at lying Kyo-chan." He smiled at me and then hugged his bunny. "It's so cute and noble of you Kyo-chan! I can't wait to meet your baby he's going to be so cute!"

The other three were just as stunned at Honey-sempi's reaction as I was but then Kaoru smiled and said, "So you're the unlucky, lucky bastard that gets the girl and the ruined name… damn I wish it was me but she's obviously picked you."

"You're a good guy Kyouya," Mori-sempi said without any chance in emotion on his face.

"I'm not happy about it, and for an Ootori you suck at lying, but I'll help if you need me," Hikaru said to me still angry and refusing to look at me but he wasn't screaming.

"Yeah we'll all help, what do you need us to do?" Kaoru said. And so I told them about my engagement plan and they came up with other things they could do. Hikaru with the maternity and mother line of cloths, Kaoru with a line of baby cloths, Honey was already planning out the wedding cake and Mori was planning out security for Haruhi, the baby, and me when this got out to the media.

**END FLASHBACK**

I walked out to the beach where Haruhi was laying with her eyes closed enjoying the sun touch her skin. She looked breathtaking laying in her white bikini on the beach, almost peaceful, almost happy, and if I didn't know any better I'd say she was for that one moment. I didn't want to disturb her peace and quiet so I stood and admired her smiling to myself while thinking of what could be and might be if she says yes. I imagined our life together like I had done a million times sitting in the 3rd music room. If anyone had asked me two years ago if I would marry Haruhi I would have said no without a thought because of Tamaki but if I had known back then what I know now… The biggest thing I regret is handing her over to him in the first place.

"Kyouya?..." Haruhi yawned as she turned her head towards me and stretched out on her towel. "Is that… a picnic basket?" She sat up and patted the towel next to hers. "I laid out a towel for you if you wanted to join me," she added.

I finally walked over to her and sat down smirking. "Yes it a picnic basket. Everyone else wanted to have a picnic together on the beach they should be coming out shortly." I answered her. The sun felt good on my bare arms and legs so I laid back on the towel with my hands under my head. I didn't lie there long unfortunately, before I knew it I heard the twins screaming Haruhi's name. Sighing to myself I sat up and started to unpack the picnic basket.

Haruhi greeted everyone with her usual smile asking about how all their trips where and trying to catch up since she hadn't seen them since graduation. I already did this so I set up the picnic setting out plates of sandwiches for everyone just like I would with my guests at the club back in high school. I enjoyed listen to Haruhi talk, hearing her giggle and the smile in her voice, even if she wasn't talking to me I enjoyed just hearing her voice and seeing her smile. As they all caught up and we ate I would see her sneak glances my way smiling like it was a secret and every time she did the ring in my pocket felt heavier and heavier.

After lunch the boys got in the water to play as Haruhi and I sat on the beach relaxing. I closed my eyes enjoying the sound of the twins trying to get Haruhi in the water and Honey play in the tide pools. I enjoyed the sun bathing my now bare stomach. I relaxed knowing this could be the last day I will feel this happy in a long time.

"Kyouya… how do you think they'll react when we tell them?" Haruhi said breaking me from my thoughts. I opened my eyes turning on my side to face her.

"It doesn't matter, I'll be right beside you when they do," I answered her with a small smile.

"hmmm…" she sighed to herself closing her eyes. I watched a small tear fall from her left eye to the towel. I reached over to wipe it away and kept my hand on her check.

"Haruhi, you don't have to worry about a thing. I will always be with you fighting for you no matter what. I promise," I said to her. I could feel my eyes start to water and my heart swell, it was a strange feeling to me, an emotion new to me but it was similar like I was suppose to feel this way when I looked at her. Like I was suppose to be so happy to have her in my life that the whole world stopped and nothing mattered but her happiness.

She opened her eyes and stared at me like she was reading my soul. "Kyouya, I don't deserve you she whispered so that only I could hear even though we were the only two on the beach.

"You're right Haruhi," I said to her brushing her cheekbone with my thumb. "You deserve better then me." And I believed every word of that. She deserved someone that was happier, that wasn't raised to hide all emotion, someone who knew what love was.

She smiled at she and put her hand on mine moving it to kiss the palm of my hand. I relaxed into the feeling of her touching me. The weight of the ring in my pocket seemed to double at this point and I pulled away realizing that the other hosts where just a few yards away from us and that I had to wait for tonight. I never was a very patient man.

We spent rest of the day relaxing on the beach enjoying the summer sun until it was time for dinner. I laughed when we got back and Haruhi started yelling at the twins for taking her clothes and grudgingly put on the blue dress for tonight. I almost broke down and told her what was happening when she stormed into my room muttering about how the twins stole her clothes and she was stuck in a damn dress while I was putting on my suit for the night. I only had on my dress pants and she was to annoyed to notice anyway. I blushed when she mentioned to déjàvu of the last time she inexpertly came into this room. Four years ago I had threated her to make a statement and now she pregnant and I still haven't gotten to second base with a girl oh how things change.

I convinced her to meet me down stars without giving away to much and finished getting ready. When I waked down stairs everything was ready. The twins where in their waiting staff outfits, Mori was holding our Haruhi's chair and Honey was in the kitchen. I smiled to myself know what was going to happen.

"Kyouya…. What's going on?" Haruhi asked as I walked out onto the balcony for dinner in my tux.

"A dinner for two, isn't it obvious?" I said smirking as I sat down across from her. She looked absolutely perfect in the summers moonlight.

"But Kyouya…" She leaned a little closer whispering, "They aren't suppose to know anything."

I smiled to myself more than to her and said back, "Why don't we just enjoy dinner and ask questions later?" She made the cutest pouty face to me in response and mumbled "fine" under her breath knowing it's better not to interrogate the Shadow King.

As we ate the ring kept getting heavier and my hands kept getting sweater. I was getting more nervous by the second and it was hard to keep my cool. We talked and ate like nothing was different they usual. Hikaru and Kaoru where the perfect hosts and the food was delicious. Haruhi smiled and laughed and with each passing moment I fell more and more in love with her.

At the end of dinner I stood up and asked her hand to dance with me. Mori played a simple waltz and we danced across the balcony with no worries… except for my ever growing nerves. At the end of the dance I looked into her big brown eyes as they smiled up at me and I kissed her enjoying every moment like it would be my last. When I pulled away from the kiss I started my well-practiced speech.

"Haruhi Fojioka, this wasn't my original plan, and I know it wasn't yours but in the last month I have felt more for you than I have every felt in my life. I have promised that I would always be there for you with every intention to keep those promises. I have learned what love is and I have learned what hate it. I have learned what it is to care more about someone else than yourself and I have learned how to stop time. Haruhi Fojioka, I love you more than I knew was even possible," I got down on one knee taking the ring out of my pocket and opening the case before finishing. "It may not be exactly what you expected when you were a little girl but I promise to love and protect you every day for the rest of your life. You will never have to be alone through any storm ever again and you will always have a hand to hold. Haruhi Fojioka, will you marry me?"

A smile spread across her face as I got on one knee and it became even bigger when I finished. She nodded silently at me and leaned down to kiss me. I picked her up never letting our lips parts as I spun. I put her down and placed the ring on her finger smiling bigger than I thought was physically possible.