Hey everyone! It's Crystal here with a new chapter!
It seems like there are some amazing and intelligent people giving me reviews. If you don't understand what I mean, then you'll find out after reading this chapter. ;)
I've been noticing that there are a handful of people who complain that my chapters are too short. Since this is just my second (but better, in my opinion) FanFiction, I thought that if my story turned out too long and boring, then it would just be a bother to read. But like I said, many people are asking me to make the chapters longer. It's for that reason that I have now changed my word limit from 1000, to being 1500 to 2000 words. :)
If it's still too short, then I'm sorry! But I am a 15 year old high school student. What else can you expect? :/
Well, I've already wasted some of your time on my announcement, so now onto the story!
"I'm surprised to see that such a beautiful lady exists."
Haruhi just smiled at his comment, and curtsied while her hand remained in his as she spoke, "I'm flattered, but I'm sorry to inform you that I'm not a lady."
Tamaki was angry at the boy's gesture, while the twins controlled themselves from bursting into laughter, since they believed that he would be embarrassed since he called Haruhi a girl (which is actually true, only the hosts knew). They were all surprised to see the boy smirk at her reply, and he stood up straight with Haruhi at the same time, still holding her hand. This was causing all the girls to scream 'Moe' while they were in high powered fan-girl mode.
He finally released her hand as he asked, "Excuse me, but are you Fujioka Haruhi?"
Haruhi just stared at him as she answered, "Yes, I am. But who may you be?"
The boy gave another smirk as he responded, "I'm Nobuyuki Masaru from Class 2A. I came to meet you, but you seem busy." He looked at her outfit, then towards the others before facing her again.
"Could you please meet me near the pond once you're free, I have something to discuss with you, alone." He glanced at the others, making all the girls blush while the hosts became suspicious. He bowed once again, apologized for interupting club activities, and left without another word. His arrival had doubled, no, tripled the number of girls, which left the club more busy than before he came.
Haruhi exited the changing room, wearing her male uniform once again. She had already washed off her makeup (which was too heavy if you ask her) and was ready to leave.
She would leave, if the twins weren't blocking the doors.
"Can you move out of the way?" She folded her arms on her chest.
""No way!"" The twins screamed, crossing their arms to form an 'X' over their chests.
"Don't worry Haruhi! Daddy will protect you!" Tamaki exclaimed, confusing Haruhi.
"From what?"
"From that suspicious boy!" The three of them yelled.
Haruhi was still perplexed as Honey hoped his way to Haruhi to explain, "They're talking about the one who came during hosting hours."
Kyoya looked up from his notebook as he asked, "Do you have any idea of why Nobuyuki-san would wish to see you, a commoner?"
"No, I don't know. Maybe he just wants to give me a message from a teacher?" Haruhi suggested.
""Alone?"" The twins deadpanned. Haruhi shrugged before dodging them and running out the door.
"Hey! Sorry for making you wait," Haruhi called out as she approached the blue haired boy standing near the pond.
"It's okay, I was the one who suddenly wanted to meet you anyway," Masaru smiled back at her. "Thanks for coming."
She just smiled back as she asked, "You needed me for something?"
He stretched out his hand towards her. Haruhi noticed that he was holding a folded piece of paper. She raised an eyebrow at him as she took it and opened it. She took one look at it, and immediately recognized it. It was the note she wrote for the head of the 'Nachuraru' company. She tried to keep a poker face as she spoke, "What is this?"
The boy just chuckled as he took the paper back and placed it in his bag. He smiled at her as he replied, "You know, you're a terrible liar."
Haruhi just shrugged at him.
"Can't blame me for trying, although I can be good at it if there's a special reason to. But why do you have that?"
"You sent this to my mother, so she gave me the task of finding you since I'm in Ouran as well."
"Oh, so you're her son? Makes sense. But how did you find me?"
Before they could continue, they heard whispers coming from nearby. They both exchanged a glance before walking towards the side of the school building. As they got closer, they realized that the whispers were actually the sound of hushed fighting going on. Two voices harshly whispered, ""You're gonna get us caught!""
They turned around the corner to see...
"It's too late for that, Hikaru, Kaoru and Tamaki!"
As soon as Haruhi eluded, the twins turned towards Tamaki.
""The target has escaped, what should we do Boss?""
Tamaki made a dramatic pose as he announced, "We'll follow her, of course! We can't allow her to meet that boy on her own!"
"But it's not nice to eavesdrop, right Takashi?" Honey turned to his cousin, who just nodded in agreement.
"Mommy will join us, right?" Tamaki pleaded Kyoya.
"Inform me if you hear something valuable," Kyoya ignored Tamaki and ordered the twins, who saluted him.
Later...
"Normal greeting so far," Kaoru whispered as the three of them were eavesdropping.
"Wait, he's giving her a piece of paper," Hikaru whispered back.
"It's a note," Kaoru corrected him.
"My daughter's getting a love letter!" Tamaki whispered as loud as he could.
The twins tried to hush him as they whispered, ""No way, he doesn't know that she's a girl.""
The twins continued to watch as Tamaki was thinking.
"He called her a terrible liar," Hikaru quietly reported.
"It's true," Kaoru snickered.
Before they could hear anything else, they noticed that Tamaki had suddenly turned pale.
"He's gay?!" Tamaki almost screamed, but the twins were now covering his mouth, no longer eavesdropping.
"Are you crazy?" Hikaru whispered through his clenched teeth.
"Of course he's not gay!" Kaoru whispered back as Tamaki struggled against them to yell.
"Stay still,"
"And quiet too."
"Stop struggling Boss."
""You're gonna get us caught!"" They harshly whispered at the struggling blonde.
"It's too late for that, Hikaru, Kaoru and Tamaki!"
All three of them gulped at the familiar, angry voice. They turned around to see Haruhi standing there, hands on her hips as she glared at them. Masaru was standing behind her with an amused look on his face. Haruhi took a deep breath before her voice boomed, "Tamaki?"
The twins pushed him forward, and Tamaki immediately collapsed on all fours.
"I just wanted to protect you from that strange-looking boy!"
Masaru raised an eyebrow as he spoke, "Excuse me, but I'm from your class. Since when have I been strange-looking to you?"
As Tamaki began to apologize to him, Haruhi questioned the twins, "How much did you hear?"
"Blueberry called you a bad liar," Hikaru began.
"Boss became an idiot after that, so we didn't hear anything else." Kaoru ended.
Haruhi sighed as Masaru came to stand in front of her. She gave a confused look as he bowed to her and offered a hand, before asking, "May I give you a ride home?"
Haruhi thought for a second, and after realizing his intentions, she smiled as she took his hand and spoke, "I would appreciate that."
Haruhi took a quick peek at the boys' expressions, which were priceless. She then remembered that they would probably report back to Kyoya, so as Masaru straightened himself, she spoke again, "But you don't have to treat me like that, I'm not in cosplay anymore."
Masaru just smirked at this, understanding that she said that due to the boys. He continued to smirk at her as he replied, "That might be difficult, since you seem to be as delicate and pretty as one."
Tamaki and the twins froze at his statement, while Haruhi just rolled her eyes.
"If you're gonna hurt my feelings by calling me a girl, then I'll walk home."
"Geez, I was just joking," Masaru laughed while Tamaki and the twins sighed in relief. They didn't know that he was actually laughing at their ridiculous and quickly changing expressions. As he began to lead Haruhi away, Tamaki stepped in.
"Hold it, you can't take Haruhi with her. As her father, I disapprove this!"
The twins applauded as they encouraged Tamaki to stop Masaru.
"What, are you actually blood-related?" Masaru asked him.
"Nope," Tamaki spoke proudly, seeing a replay of the time with Kasanoda. But this time, he was more confident. "I'm like her father!"
"That still doesn't mean that you can make decisions for her. You can only tell her if you approve or not, but it's her choice."
Tamaki broke down by this, and immediately went into his gloomy emo corner, growing mushrooms. Masaru was surprised by this.
"I've never seen him like this. Did I say something wrong?"
"Don't worry, this is apart of his normal self. Trust me," Haruhi confirmed. The twins facepalmed at their king, giving Haruhi the chance to run off with Masaru.
Like I said, plenty of intelligent people already guessed who he was! Give yourselves a pat on the back! ;)
Okay, I admit it. The chapter is probably just about 300 words longer, while the rest of it is just me chatting with you. But I'll try my best to make the next chapter longer for everyone! :)
Until then,
Adios Amigos/Amigas!
