A/N: Bashing out the chapters for you guys, but I'm still being cruel and saving them up to post when I feel generous rather than post them as soon as I've finished them. Hope you're all enjoying it, my little cupcakes~
"Haruhi! Haruhi!" Hikaru's and Kaoru's voices echoed down the corridor. Seconds later they came skidding to a halt outside my open door with wide smiles. "What's a slumber party?"
They invited themselves in and dropped down onto the bed beside me, staring up at me with inquisitive eyes, "Yeah, Tamaki was going on about it being this weird commoner's ritual where you hit each other with pillows until you fall asleep."
"Is it true?" Hikaru whispered, as though he were being let in on some kind of top secret conspiracy. It was hard not to roll my eyes at their antics
"I have no idea where he gets these weird ideas from," I muttered unbelievingly under my breath.
"I believe a slumber party is just supposed to be a sleepover of sorts involving several people," Kyoya appeared suddenly at the doorway, leaning against the frame with his arms crossed over his chest. "The idea of pillow fights which Tamaki was referring to is just a simple form of entertainment for commoners."
The commoner's reference made me sigh but I took it in my stride. That was one of the things I had become accustomed to after the months of being in the host club. The twins looked confused for a moment but whirled around to me with matching Cheshire cat grins that spoke of impending trouble.
"You're coming to have a very private slumber party with us tonight, Haruhi!" They sang suggestively, taking hold of my wrists and dragging me from my bed and across the floor. My protests went unheard as I flailed within their grasp but was too weak to break free. Thankfully Kyoya blocked their exit and glared down at them threateningly which had them releasing me in an instant and backing away from the menacing force that was the Shadow King.
"If you insist on involving my girlfriend in your incessant games then you can invite the rest of the hosts to this private slumber party of yours," he told them with a small smile that, while appearing pleasant, managed to instil fear in both the redheads. They nodded dejectedly, making their escape as Kyoya stepped aside and scurrying to tell the others of their plans.
The raven haired boy wandered into my room and helped me back onto my feet, smirking all the while. I jabbed him in the stomach with a finger but it didn't diminish the smug expression on his face.
"You've just guaranteed us all a sleepless night with that little display," I informed him with a glare.
He merely shrugged and lay back on the mattress, "Would you prefer I had let them carry you off to their room?"
For a minute I pretended to consider it then I curled up into his side and clung to his waist, "Thank you for saving me. I am in debt to you, oh powerful one."
"Very funny," he replied dryly, shoving me towards the edge of the bed and pulling me back against him at the last second. We continued the playful teasing until Tamaki and Hikaru bounded into the room, kitted out in silk pyjamas sets and yanked us to our feet and carried us off into Honey's room.
On the floor was an extra inflatable mattress made to look more enticing with a set of Honey's pink bed sheets and bunny themed quilt and pillows. A mini Usa-chan topped off the décor. We were sent tumbling onto the air mattress with a flop followed by Tamaki. The three of us attempted to settle comfortably on the small space unsuccessfully. Being crammed in between two solid expanses of chest wasn't the most comfortable thing I'd ever encountered and after hearing what Kyoya confided in me the night before I was more aware then ever when Tamaki's hands brushed up against me.
The twins leapt off Honey's bed and piled onto us, crushing the air out of my lungs with a painful wheeze, crying "dog pile" over and over and laughing uncontrollably before getting bored and attacking Mori with pillows. It was quite a sight to behold. As soon as Honey joined in, the stoic member stopped responding to the abuse and allowed them to whack him with the feather stuffed fabric.
It was in the early hours of the morning that Hikaru and Kaoru stopped babbling on and trying out Tamaki's suggestions of supposed slumber party rituals. Sleep finally took me when the silence fell over the hosts and I made Kyoya's chest into a makeshift pillow.
We awoke in a pile of limbs. I was lying on top of Kyoya with one of his arms wrapped tightly around my waist. Tamaki had cuddled into my back, spooning against me tightly with his face buried in my dishevelled hair. Honey was peering at us from his hiding spot under the blanket, having crawled to the edge of the bed to get a better view. His quiet giggles awoke his cousin, who groaned audibly and glared at us all before pulling the blanket up over his head and returned to dozing. The twins were snoring quietly; wrapped around each other in what looked like a horribly awkward sleeping position with Hikaru's leg hanging off the side of the bed and Kaoru's elbow pressing into his brother's cheek.
I couldn't move for the weight of Tamaki holding me down and each time I attempted to wiggle out of the hold, he would whimper and nuzzle his face further into the crook of my neck. Eventually I gave up on the battle and settled for tracing shapes on Kyoya's chest then running my finger tip up his neck and along his angular jawline.
"Need. Sleep." Kyoya grunted as he cracked open an eye and squinted at me. Upon seeing me, he pulled me languidly up onto his chest and out of Tamaki's death grip. The blonde whimpered again in sleepy disapproval before rolling away from us and falling off onto the hardwood floor with a thump. We chuckled at the following groan and his drowsy attempts to clamber blindly back onto the mattress.
"Good morning, sleeping beauty." I teased as Kyoya finally opened both eyes to stare up at me groggily.
"I don't like mornings. But I suppose I could get used to it if I wake up next to you. Preferably not on an inflatable mattress however, my back is killing me."
"Play your cards right and I may provide a complimentary massage later on to help that," I divulged. He raised an eyebrow and smiled appreciatively.
"Wow, look at them all," a whispered voice uttered by the doorway. With a small amount of manoeuvring I was able to see Mori and Honey's younger brothers observing us all from the cracked open door. "Taka-kun's friend's really take up a lot of room, huh?"
"What does that matter!? I just want to know who the hell is staying in my room," Yasuchika snapped. Satoshi responded with a swift smack to the back of the head and more whispered bickering.
Honey concealed himself within the depths of his blankets again to avoid an early morning battle with his brother. Unleashing the wrath of the Haninozuka's this early in the morning wasn't a pleasant wakeup call by any means. Mori raised his head and shushed his brother and cousin with a yawn before collapsing back into the pillow and drifting off again.
"Should we wake them?"
"Taka-kun won't like that…" Satoshi scolded his cousin.
"And?" he shot back. "You wanted to come out here to see your brother, here's your chance."
"I think we should just leave them be," the dark haired boy backed away from the door and disappeared from our view.
"Screw that," Yasuchika flung open the door and threw himself onto Honey's bed. Mori's reflexes were slowed by sleep and hardly moved to dodge the human cannonball. The twins yelped, jumped up in fright and toppled off the bed. Stealthily, Honey slipped off the end of the bed and onto our mattress, rolling over us as carefully as he could and towards the door to his escape. Chika had other plans however and as soon as his eyes locked onto his target, launched into fight mode.
The brothers brawled tirelessly until Yasuchika met his inevitable loss and scuttled off to sulk. By this time we were all wide away and none of us very amused by the racket. Even the staff stalked about outside, tutting disapprovingly at the display.
"So much for sleeping in," the twins grunted, glaring at the door with glowing feline eyes and joining Mori in burying their heads into the pillows.