Sorry I've been away for so long. A lot has happened. I don't own anything from Ouran Highschool Host Club.

Ch.3

Haruhi looked Tamaki over as he studied his menu. He had barely changed since she last saw him. His beautiful, slightly too long golden hair lacked any signs of grey or damage and his skin, tan and free from blemishes, shone under the lights. His strikingly blue eyes, shielded by thick lashes, contained flecks of green she'd never noticed before and moved back and forth over the menu. As she was admiring them, they flicked up, meeting her own eyes and startling her. Something about his eyes tugged at her heart.

"What are you getting Haruhi? I have no idea what I want."

"Um, probably the Spaghetti. It looks really good in the picture by it."

He laughed under his breath.

She leaned forward, cocking her head a bit," What is it? What did I say?"

"It's just… Your order is so frugal and… it has carbs! Do you know how long it's been since I've been out with a woman who ordered something inexpensive or that wasn't a friggin salad?"

Her cheeks burned. She wasn't sure if it was because she hated the thought of him out with other women or if it was because he'd called her out on being cheap or eating carbs? She'd ordered expensive things in restaurants before when she'd gone out with Kyoya, but when she was younger, they hadn't had much money. She knew the value of a dollar.

He saw her blush," I didn't mean anything by that, Haruhi. It's just that I've gone out with a lot of women who ended up just using me for my money or who cared too much about the way they looked to enjoy the date."

She huffed again and crossed her arms," Are you trying to say that I don't care about the way I look?"

"NO! You look gorgeous. I'm really putting my foot in my mouth, aren't I? Let's just talk about something else?"

She raised her eyebrows," Okay, I'll start. What are you doing now?"

He'd went on to get a master's degree in business administration after they'd graduated together and then split up.

"Well I'm working for Apple right now. We're working on a new project that I can't tell you anything about, other than it pays well and I love my job," he made finger guns and she couldn't help laughing. He'd barely changed.

Tamaki rested his chin on his fist, "My turn. I have a couple of question."

"Shoot then."

He made finger guns again, making her laugh," Kyoya told me you all are living in a cottage he bought just outside of town. That doesn't sound like something Kyoya would do."

"Kyoya was raised completely different from the way I was raised. My whole life, I lived in an apartment. We only bought what we could afford and we saved our money for if we needed it in the future. Kyoya wanted to give me the house on the beach as wedding present, but it was just too much. It was all glass and chrome and more rooms than I knew what to do with. It was so big that it felt a little lonely. I wanted a place that felt like home and Kyoya must have been listening very closely because he surprised me with the cottage the morning after the wedding."

Tamaki whistled," He must really love you."

"Yeah. Sometimes he has a hard time showing it though," She looked down at her hands, twirling her wedding ring."

"I'm sorry to hear that, but it sounds like Kyoya alright. What about family? I know Kyoya really wanted a boy at first and his father was a little apprehensive about the union between you two."

"Oh wow, yeah. We hadn't been trying for a child after we were married, but it just sort of happened. I will never call Maia an accident though. Any child born, was meant to be and we love Maia with all of our hearts, especially Kyoya. She loves him too. She's a real daddy's girl. When we found out that I was pregnant, Kyoya hoped that it would be a boy. In his family, a boy inherits the company. If something were to happen to his older brothers and he became the CEO, he would need an heir. I just wanted a healthy baby. And the thing with his father… His father knew that my family didn't have much money, we didn't have any claim to anything, no stocks; he wanted Kyoya to marry a girl who could add to the business and I wasn't that girl. He came around eventually. Now he and Ranka go out for drinks regularly."

"That's something. It looks like you've had a very positive influence on the Ootori family. Unlike the other girls…"

She was going to ask what he meant about the other girls when the waiter arrived to take their order. When the waiter went away, she stared him down.

"What?" he asked.

"What other girls? You were saying something, but then stopped."

She wasn't stupid. She knew that Kyoya had dated other women, but that was in the past. Everyone dates someone.

"Well Kyoya's family has been known to chase a girl off or bribe her to leave if they don't think she's a good fit. It happened to all of his previous girlfriends and I was surprised it didn't happen to you. Kyoya knows all about it. He let it happen to appease his father. Family is the most important thing to him."

"Kyoya never said anything about that! That's horrible. I love his respect for family, but that's a bit much."

"I thought he'd told you, which was why I'd mentioned it. Please don't be upset with him. I shouldn't have said anything."

"No, you're fine, but I definitely need to have a word with him when I get home."

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