Sorry for the long wait! I was in a bit of a slump. Hopefully, I have it all out of my system, and can get back to writing more efficiently! :) Anyway, I know that this is a bit of a short chapter, but I promise you that the next one will be longer! If I'm not caught up in my stupid homework, (I swear teachers do this so that they are not the only ones who have work at home... SPITEFUL!) It will be out fairly soon. Hopefully. It also depends on the reviews I get. I can be a little spiteful if I don't get enough... Haha, Oh well! Read and Review please!
Haruhi was beginning to get suspicious of the twins that where snickering on ether side of her as they walked down the hall to the cafeteria. They had been doing this all day, and it was beginning to wear on her nerves. To make it worse, her angry thoughts where only making their grins widen.
"Oh Haruhi," Hikaru threw his arm over her shoulder with a slight shake of his head. "If only you knew..."
Well she would know if they where not clouding their thoughts with random trivia to keep her from what had them so amused.
"Hey Haruhi," Kaoru lazily called from across the table, with Hikaru next to him. He rested his chin on his hand while playing with his food, pushing it around his plate with the end of his fork. " How exactly are you planning to make Renge think you are in love with some girl?" His eyes took on a knowing look at the mention of girl, but nether his twin or Haruhi noticed.
"Eh," Her face became pensive, "I haven't thought of it. But it cant be too hard can it?"
"I don't know Haruhi, she has been following you around all day, she is going to notice that things are not adding up." Hikaru said in a doubtful voice.
"She had?" Haruhi looked up in surprise. "I hadn't noticed..." her eyes scanned the cafeteria and came to rest on Renge, sitting a few seats down staring at her intently. Renge quickly whipped her head around when she saw Haruhi's eyes meet with hers and pretended as if she was not just staring, and was talking to the girl next to her the entire time.
The twins laughed at her as they shook their heads in disbelief. "It was so obvious Haruhi" Hikaru shoved food into his mouth.
"Really Haruhi, are you sure that your really not distracted with thoughts of this mysterious lover." Kaoru teased with a knowing look in his eye that had her squirming uncomfortably in her seat. Suspicion of the 'nice' twin beginning to set in.
"So this is what has had you two so amused all day?" Haruhi deadpanned as she realized the reason between their shared smirks and seemingly random chuckles.
"Who knew you could be so dense Haruhi" Kaoru said with mock wonder.
Hikaru grinned widely at her"Ya, I thought Tono was the only one who could pull that off"
"What about me?" Tamaki asked as he came up to their table with a brilliant smile on his face.
"Haruhi was just telling us how annoying she thinks you are." Kaoru commented in an offhanded manner, poking at his food with his fork. Hikaru beside him had to suppress a snicker behind his hand.
"Nooo! That's not true!" Tamaki turned to her with pleading eyes. "Tell them that it's not true Haruhi!"
"Shut up." she never looked up from her lunch, completely ignoring him as she happily chewed away on a roll of sushi. Tamaki ran to his corner or woe where he began to cultivate mushrooms and assorted fungi once more. Haruhi rolled her eyes in exasperation. Hikaru and Kaoru did nothing to hide their rambunctious laughter. Haruhi wondered what she ever did to deserve this...
"You met us of course!" Kaoru smiled at her.
'Right,' she thought 'mind reading.' she took a particularly vicious stab at the food in front of her.
"You know you love us Haruhi," Hikaru leaned across the table. His face closer to hers as he spoke to her with a wide smile on his face that only he could pull off.
She didn't say anything back, because she didn't want him to realize just how right he was.
Haruhi's already steady stream of customers had nearly doubled since word about her being 'in love' had begun it's circulation through the school. It seemed as if every girl was parading in front of her in hopes of catching her eye. She didn't understand. Why would the possibility of her loving someone suddenly attract so much attention. If anything, she would think that it would reduce it!
"People love a challenge," Kyouya said as if he too could read her thoughts. "That they think you are possibly taken, makes you harder to get, therefore more desirable."
She just looked at him with a blank stare. "That makes absolutely no sense."
"Very little in this world does," He adjusted his glasses. "But that is how it is." He snapped his note book shut. "I trust you not to mess this up. If things continue to go as they are, you will be out of debt sooner that anticipated. You should use what you have to your advantage."
Haruhi gave him a shrewd look. "How soon is that?"
He opened his notebook and scribbled something down. He tore out the piece of paper and handed it to her.
"That soon?" she questioned in surprise. Her eyes rounded in disbelief.
"I assure you there are no mistakes," he flashed her a dark smile. "That is of course if you do not accumulate any more debt along the way."
Haruhi was filled with a sense of resolve. She would work of her debt the the Host Club. And she wasn't going to let anything get in her way. Or so she hoped.