A/N: I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas yesterday and were around loved ones. We actually celebrated our family Christmas on Christmas Eve, but still did a little something yesterday. It was very relaxing. I always loved this time of year. Of course the snow storm we thought we were going to get amounted in squat. LOL. I want to thank all of my reviewers and readers. You have been awesome. Here is the next chapter, let me know what you think.

Chapter 12 – Phone Calls and Fears

Haruhi had a long week. She met up with all of the hosts again and in a sense wooed them back into her life. Hikaru proved that he was still holding a grudge and Tamaki was still in denial about some things. She started to develop a crush on the one host she never thought she would when they went to school together. "Not that he returned her feelings or anything," she thought to herself, "What are you talking about Hikaru said that he was in love with me. Is he?" She shook her head of the thoughts. She had other things to worry about right now, but the thoughts kept coming back to her. Yes, it had been a long and interesting week for one Haruhi Fujioka.

After the week that she had, Haruhi had hoped to sleep in on Sunday. She wanted to rest, but it appeared her phone had other plans for her. She picked up her cell phone and pushed the talk button only to yell into the offending piece of technology, "Hello?"

"Haruhi, is that the way I taught you to answer the phone?" Ranka said on the other line.

Haruhi released a long breath, "What do you want dad?"

"I just wanted my darling daughter to know that I will be home late tonight. I stayed with a friend last night and picked up an extra shift at the bar tonight. So don't worry about fixing me anything tonight."

"Fine dad. Is there anything else? Do you know it is only 7:05am?" Haruhi grumbled.

"Did I wake you up? I am so sorry! Daddy didn't mean to wake up his precious daughter!"

"It's fine dad. Is there anything else?" Haruhi said trying to keep her cool.

"No that is all. I will see you in the morning. Don't forget that daddy loves you," Ranka howled into the phone before he hung up.

"Good bye dad," Haruhi mumbled before she realized that her dad had already disconnected the line. "Stupid phone and stupid dad for waking me up."

Haruhi tried to go back to sleep and just as she was about to lose consciousness again, her phone started to ring again. "You can't be serious!" She yelled to the room before she answered the phone, "What?"

"Haruhi? I'm sorry for calling. Daddy will make it up to you!" Tamaki wailed.

Haruhi grimaced. She didn't mean to yell, but she had stayed up thinking about a certain bunny loving host last night and she was tired. After the week she had, she felt like she needed a week's worth of sleep to attempt to get her to a rested point again. She took a deep breath to calm herself and said, "Sorry Tamaki. I didn't mean to yell, but it is early and I was still sleeping."

"Oh daddy is sorry for waking up his little girl! I know you need your sleep. I didn't mean to call so early!"

"Tamaki, are you going to tell me why you called or am I going to hang up?"

"Of course, I was calling to invite you to lunch today. We can catch up and have some father/daughter time today," he said hopeful. When they had not worked out as a couple, they had worked their way back to friends and he slipped back into his role as her surrogate father. It seems as if time had not changed that. It was a method he used to cope with his feelings.

"No, I'm sorry but I can't," Haruhi responded. She was not ready to go to lunch with Tamaki alone and could not spend the day bonding with him. She just didn't feel comfortable enough with him yet to take that step.

"But Haruhi, we haven't seen each other in so long!" Tamaki wailed.

"I know Tamaki, but I can't. I'm sorry. You will have to find something else to occupy you today."

"What if I came over and helped you around the house or tagged along with whatever you needed to do today."

Haruhi was grateful that it was a phone conversation and she couldn't see his puppy dog eyes that she was sure he had at that moment, "No. We explained everything to you yesterday. I can't right now, but how about lunch one day this week?"

"Oh yes, that would be wonderful! What day do you want to go? Daddy will take you anywhere you want to go!"

"Can you go on Tuesday at 11:30? I am not sure where yet. I will double check that Mitsukuni can come with us."

"Tuesday at 11:30 is good. Why is Hunny coming with us?" Tamaki sounded a bit hurt.

"He is coming because I want him to. If he doesn't come, we don't have lunch. That is the rule," Haruhi explained. She knew she sounded harsh and felt bad, but that is the way it needed to be to get through to Tamaki sometimes.

"Tuesday it is then," Tamaki said quietly.

"Sorry for sounding so rude Tamaki, I just would feel better if he was there. I have my reasons. Okay?" Haruhi said trying to sooth the hurt she heard in his voice.

"I understand. You have been through a lot. I will see both of you on Tuesday then," Tamaki said before he hung up.

Haruhi looked at the time and groaned. It was only 7:48am. She would not be calling Hunny this early in the morning. He may not be as bad as Kyoya about waking up early, but she knew that he liked his sleep. He has grown up and was able to get up earlier, but on a day that he didn't need to she was sure he would not appreciate the wake-up call. She knew she didn't appreciate them.

She lay in bed for another 40 minutes or so before she got up with a huff. After the second wakeup call she could not go back to sleep and figured she may as well get her day started. She took a shower and got dressed to get ready for her day and then decided to go grocery shopping. She would call Hunny when she got home from the market.

When she was walking out of her apartment, her phone started to ring again. She groaned, "What now?" She pulled out the phone and answered it, "Hello?" She tried to take the edge out of her voice, but she was still a bit cranky from her two early morning phone calls.

"Haruhi? Sorry if I woke you up. It is Kaoru," a nervous voice said on the other end of the line.

"Kaoru, no you didn't wake me up. Two other people had that pleasure. How is everything?" Haruhi whispered. She was not expecting a call from him. He was the more sensitive twin, but she figured she would not see or hear from him until the dinner because he would do what he could for his brother.

"It is fine. I just wanted to say that I was sorry for everything that happened after lunch. Hikaru crossed the line and I am really sorry," Kaoru apologized.

Haruhi never blamed Kaoru and therefore never thought he needed to apologize. The other one was a different story; she just wasn't ready to hear it the other day. She wasn't sure if she was there yet with Hikaru. "It's ok. It wasn't your fault, so you don't need to apologize. I am sorry if I caused any problems for you though," Haruhi said after she thought about it for a minute.

"No, no problems here. He is just being… Well you know how he was before. He hasn't really changed," Kaoru sighed. He wished his brother would grow up and mature a little bit.

"I understand. Thank you for calling. I have to go now since I am on my way to the market," Haruhi said feeling a little uncomfortable with the conversation.

"Ok, I don't want to keep you, I just wanted to call and apologize. Are we still ok?" He asked quietly.

"Yah, we are. I will talk to you later Kaoru," Haruhi said before hitting the end button.

As Haruhi walked the rest of the way to and from the market she had time to do a lot of thinking. The past week had gone by in a rush. It was high on the emotional charts and physically she hadn't felt this exhausted in a long time. It definitely had its highs and lows. Her thoughts were broken by the ringing of her cell phone. Since her hands were full of grocery bags, she decided to wait until she got home to pull it out of her purse. That was the fourth phone call and it wasn't even noon yet. She hadn't had this much phone activity for almost two years and smiled. It was good to have her friends back.

When she got home, she proceeded to put up all of the groceries and then checked her phone when she was finished. It was not a number she recognized and frowned at the phone. She listened to the voice mail and realized that it was a police officer calling her. She started to panic, but attempted to calm herself down so that she could return the call. She got voice mail and left a message about who she was and that she was returning a call. She hoped that it wasn't bad news.

In order to get her mind off of the phone call from the police, she started on her chores and when she took a break to make herself some lunch, her phone started to ring again. It was the number from earlier, "Hello?"

"I need to speak to Miss Fujioka please," the voice on the other end of the call stated.

"This is Haruhi Fujioka. What can I help you with?" Haruhi responded.

"Miss Fujioka, this is Officer Tanaka and I was calling to inform you that Yasu Sato has been granted probation. He will be out next week. As previously stated, he will be instructed that he cannot come without 100 yards of you or your residence. A restraining order has been issued. If he comes near you, he will be back in jail. Do you have any questions?" The officer asked.

"N-n-no, thank you for informing me. What day will he be released?" Haruhi squeezed out.

"He will be out a week from tomorrow. So next Monday. We are taking every precaution that we can. We will do what we can to make sure you are safe."

"Thank you Officer Tanaka." Haruhi said before she disconnected the line. Yasu was getting out and she was panicked. There was only one person she thought to call in that moment, she needed Mitsukuni Haninozuka and she didn't want anyone else. She quickly dialed her friend's phone number and almost cried when she got his voice mail. She left a quick message to call her back. She walked into the living room and sat on the couch, curling herself into a ball. She was well and truly freaked out, scared that Yasu would get out and come after her.

Haruhi must have fallen asleep because she jerked awake screaming and was disoriented. She quickly realized that her cell phone was ringing and she rapidly answered it, "He-hello?"

"Haru-Chan are you alright? You sound funny and your voice mail didn't sound right," Hunny said as soon as he heard the girl's voice. The message she left sounded like she was terrified and when she answered the phone she sounded jumpy. He was worried.

"Yes, well I don't know. Can I come over there or you come over here? I don't want to be alone. I just found out that Yasu will be released next week," Haruhi said as she started to cry into the phone.

"I am on my way and if you decide that you don't want to stay there, we can come over here later. Okay?" Hunny said trying to remain calm. He was concerned for the girl and her state of mind. He would talk to Kyoya about assigning a body guard to her for when he could not be with her. Yasu was not going to get near Haruhi again.

"Thank you Mitsukuni," Haruhi whimpered. She hated her fear, but knew that Hunny would not judge her and would do anything to make her feel better. She felt safer when she was with him and knew that he could help drive away the fears.

"Have you eaten yet Haru-Chan?"

"I was going to make something when the officer called," Haruhi started looking at the time, "but that was about an hour ago. If you are hungry, I can make you something."

"No, Haru-Chan. I will pick something up for both of us on my way over. I will be there soon," Hunny promised before he said his good byes and hung up the phone. He grabbed his keys and was soon on his way to Haruhi's apartment.

Haruhi found herself pacing as she waiting for Hunny to show up at her apartment. After she got off of the phone with him, she noticed that for only 1:00 in the afternoon, it seemed very dark in her apartment. She looked out the window and to the sky and noticed the dark clouds. Today was not her day, a thunderstorm was moving in.

Hunny saw the dark clouds and wondered if Haruhi was still afraid of thunderstorms. If she was, he would need to hurry. He picked up the order he called in and sped to her house. By the time he made it the rain had started, but thankfully no thunder or lightening yet. He ran up the stairs and knocked on the door.

Haruhi heard the knock and ran to the door to answer it. When she opened it up and saw Hunny, she threw herself at him. Her nerves were shot between the phone call with the news about Yasu and the impending thunderstorm.

Hunny put do the bag that held their food and wrapped his arms around the shaking girl, "It is alright Haru-Chan, I am here." He felt her nod and heard her sniffle before she pulled back a little bit. He gave her a reassuring smile, "Are you hungry? Let's eat before the storm really hits. Okay?"

Haruhi nodded and tried to step away from Hunny, but he kept one arm around her. She felt comforted by that arm and did not argue when he led her into the living room with his arm wrapped around her waist. It felt nice, almost like it belonged there.

Hunny placed the bag on the table in the living room and sat down on the floor. He patted the place next to him and watched as Haruhi sat down in that spot. Hunny opened the delivery bag and started to pull out a couple of boxes, "I hope you don't mind but I got you some ootoro."

She offered him a weak smile, "No, that sounds good. Thank you Mitsukuni."

They ate in silence and when they were done, Hunny helped her to clear the mess. After that was done, they both sat on the couch and he wrapped his arm around her again and pulled her close. He told her to tell him about the phone call she received about Yasu. She relayed everything to him. He knew the police would do what they could, but they would not keep an eye on him 24/7. It was a good thing she had the friends she did. Hunny would talk to Kyoya about the latest development and they would make sure she had the protection she needed around the clock.

As soon as Hunny was able to calm her down and sooth her about Yasu, the thunderstorm hit and he was gripped by the small woman. He knew that he would not be going anywhere for a while, so he pulled her a little closer and held her a little tighter so that she knew he was there for her. He tried to say things that would comfort her and kissed the top of her head. He would do anything to take the fear away, but if he couldn't he was happy that he was there with her when she needed him.

Elsewhere in Tokyo, a man raged on the inside. He would get his revenge. How dare she put him in jail? "She probably went back to those rich bastards right after she lied and put me here. That bitch!" Yasu thought to himself. On the outside he looked calm, but he was really anything but calm. He would get his retribution and Haruhi Fujioka would pay for what she did to him. She belonged to him and she needed to learn her place in life. There was only one more week left before he could get his revenge.