A/N: I want to say happy birthday to my lil sis and my Poppy (grandfather) today. This chapter is dedicated to both of them. Love you both! I have recently started getting into the Prince of Tennis anime and love it also. So I will soon start writing some fan fic for that too. Thank you to the awesome reviewers! They have been really positive and I am grateful for the support. OK the twins and Tamaki need to be told of the danger and we still have dinner to get through. This was a fun chapter to write because although I am not a Tamaki/Haruhi pairing fan, I love his reactions to everything. It is so over the top and provides comic relief. LOL. Enjoy!
Chapter 32 – A Lunch Affair
"She wasn't home! How could she not be home? It is too early in the morning to be up and away from the house!" Yasu yelled to the empty room as he flung his baseball hat against the wall. His tantrum did not ease the anger or the violence he was feeling. Punching the wall, he continued his rant, "This is ridiculous! She should have been at home by now!"
Yasu took a couple of deep breaths and pulled his hand away from the hole he created. His knuckles were torn and bleeding, but he didn't feel the pain. Smiling, he licked them and started to laugh to himself. If anyone saw him right now, they would think that he was crazy, but he knew better. He was one of the sanest people on the planet. Sinking to his knees he thought about it for a second and started to laugh uncontrollably, "She found the letter and was too afraid to be home. She probably called one of her pimps in order to keep her safe. She just doesn't know that nothing will ever keep her safe from me. We are destined to be together and no one can negate fate."
As Haruhi was walking out of her room in order to say good bye to Hunny that morning, a chill crept up her spine. A feel of foreboding started to cling to her. Something was going to happen, she just didn't know when.
Shaking herself from her thoughts, Haruhi walked out into the living room where Hunny was getting ready to take off. She walked up to him and gave him a smile and said, "Have a good day and I will see you at lunch Mitsukuni."
"Take it easy today and have fun tonight. Satoshi and your guards will be there in case Tama-Chan gets out of hand," Hunny said as he pulled her into his arms for a hug.
"I know," she said as she returned his embrace. Haruhi really wished that he could go with her tonight, but she knew it was not a possibility. Instead she gave him a squeeze and a kiss on the cheek before releasing him, "I am sure he will behave."
Hunny rolled his eyes and grumbled, "He better."
Haruhi chuckled at her boyfriend's reaction to Tamaki. "If not, I have a couple of new moves I can use on him myself," she winked and watched as a smile lit up Hunny's face.
"You're right, you do. He might make a good practice dummy," Hunny joked laughing.
"If you two love birds are done talking about murdering that idiot, we have to go," Chika said from his place at the front door.
Hunny turned to his brother and then back to Haruhi giving her a small kiss, "I will see you later. If you need anything, find my mother or one of the servants. I will see you at lunch."
"Ok, see you then," Haruhi said as she watched Hunny walk towards the door and lightly swatted the back of his brother's head. She thought she heard something about a baka and ruining a moment, but she couldn't be sure and laughed at their interaction. She was getting ready to walk back to her room or the library when she heard her name called. She turned to face her person and saw Amaya Haninozuka. She immediately bowed to show her respect for the older woman.
"Stand up dear," Amaya said smiling. She watched as the younger woman stood up straight once again before she continued, "Have you already eaten?"
"Yes, Mitsukuni and I had something to eat earlier," Haruhi said softly and found herself smiling at the woman she had not seen in a couple of years. She hadn't changed a bit. Amaya Haninozuka was a beautiful smaller woman with honey blonde hair like her eldest son. Her brown eyes were expressive and could draw you in. A kind woman, she could also be a force to be reckoned with since she was also an expert in the Haninozuka fighting style; although dressed in the kimono she was currently wearing, you would not believe it.
"Would you like to have some tea with me?"
"Yes ma'am, I would like that very much."
"Excellent! Follow me then," Amaya beamed. As much as she was a fighter, she still got excited and loved the fact that Hunny was very much like her.
The two women walked into the tea room and sat down. As soon as they were comfortable, tea service was brought in and placed to the right of Amaya. The maid left them alone and Hunny's mother started to prepare the tea.
When the tea was poured and each woman had a cup, Amaya spoke up, "It has been a long time since I last saw you here."
"Yes, I am sorry for that," Haruhi said quietly. She had always felt comfortable with the matriarch and there had always been a kinship between them. When she was friends with the hosts before, Amaya Haninozuka was the one Haruhi knew she could turn to if there was a problem, and had missed her when she was no longer there.
"It wasn't your fault. Well maybe a little bit, but it was also those boys. They have no idea when to leave something alone. Sometimes you have to find out for yourself if something is wrong for you, and instead of letting you find your own path, they forced the issue."
"I didn't help matters any. I knew that my decision did not feel right and yet, I carried through with it."
"True, you should have known better, but I think I would have done the exact same thing in your shoes. I think those young men would have done something similar also, but they have never been in that situation. You don't know what you will or will not do until you are in that situation. You felt like you were backed into a corner. I understand, although I wish you would have talked to me about it or called still after everything happened. I was worried about you."
Haruhi looked up at the woman sitting across from her, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you worry."
"As long as you have learned your lesson, then it is water under the bridge. I also want you to know that regardless of what happens you can always count on me to lend you an ear."
Haruhi felt tears form in her eyes and she blinked quickly to dispel them, "Thank you."
Amaya reached across the small table and patted Haruhi's hand, "You are always welcome here."
Looking down at her lap and nodding her head, Haruhi didn't know what to say. She took a deep breath and looked up once again with a small smile on her lips. That is until Amaya started in on her subject of conversation.
"So Mitsukuni finally got up the nerve to ask you out? I wondered how long it would take him. I was so excited to hear that you and he were dating now. Even Yasuchika was happy for his brother," Amaya grinned.
"Um, yes he did. Actually, it happened here at the dojo," Haruhi blushed.
"Really? He didn't tell me how it happened, just that you were his girlfriend. When he called yesterday to arrange for you to stay here, I was excited to see you again. How did it all happen?"
Haruhi started to tell Amaya everything that happened since running into Hunny at the café that fateful day. The woman had always been easy to talk to and today was no different. Before she realized anything, Hunny's mother had all of the details of how she and Hunny had ended up together. She looked up and saw a frown on her face, and immediately started to wonder if she said something wrong.
"So Hikaru and Tamaki haven't grown up at all, I should have known. Well, hopefully they are working on it," Amaya said still frowning. She didn't like the fact that Hikaru was acting like Haruhi was the only one in the wrong, and she especially didn't like the fact that Tamaki was trying to steal Haruhi away from her son. She wanted Haruhi to be her future daughter-in-law and a blonde half French/half Japanese man would not interfere.
Haruhi laughed. She could only imagine the wheels that were turning in Amaya's head, "Haninozuka-sama, you don't have to worry about them. Mitsukuni and Kyoya have already taken care of them. Hikaru is behaving now and Tamaki knows that there are rules to follow. In fact, Satoshi is going to dinner tonight with us because I refuse to go to dinner with Tamaki or the twins alone."
"Good to hear my dear. If you have any problems with them, you let me know immediately though. I can't have them adding to your stress."
"I will do that," Haruhi said chuckling. She knew that Amaya Haninozuka could be a force to be reckoned with and she did not want to get on her bad side. Thinking about it for a second, Haruhi believed that Hunny's mother could be scarier than either of her children.
They stayed in the tea room talking until there was a knock at the door. Amaya slid the door opened and found Hunny on the other side with a wary expression. He knew that his mother liked Haruhi and neither of his parents had a problem with his relationship with her, but his mother liked her information almost as much as Kyoya. She could also be a bit sneaky and he had not given her all of the details about his relationship with the former female host. He could only imagine how today's discussion went. He couldn't fault her and was happy that she liked Haruhi so much, but it was a bit scary when he didn't know what his mother was fishing for. Walking into the room and towards his girlfriend, he asked, "Are you ready to go?"
"Where are you going?" Amaya asked her son.
"I am taking Haruhi out on a lunch date before my meeting this afternoon," Hunny explained to his mother.
"You could just stay here and have lunch with your father and me," the matriarch offered.
"Nope, I am taking her out, just us," he argued.
Amaya smiled and said, "Good, she probably needs a break. Have fun and I will see both of you later." She turned and walked out of the room.
Hunny shook his head and turned to his girlfriend who was looking a little bit perplexed while staring at the spot his mother just vacated. "What's wrong?" He asked.
"If she thinks it is a good idea for us to go out to lunch, why did she offer lunch here?" Haruhi answered.
"To be contradictory and to joke with us a little bit, she probably also wanted to make sure that I was looking out for your best interests," Hunny smiled. He leaned down and kissed the side of her head, "Come on. Let's go to lunch. Do you need to change or anything?"
"No, unless this is not good enough for your plans," Haruhi asked raising an eyebrow.
Hunny looked down at his girlfriend's outfit of jeans and a tshirt. "It is perfect," Hunny said as he pulled her out of the tea room and out of the house. They were quickly on their way and moving down the road.
Haruhi looked at her boyfriend and said, "Where are we going?"
"It's a surprise Haru-Chan!" Hunny chuckled as he gave her hand a little squeeze.
"Fine," Haruhi huffed, but the affect was ruined when she couldn't get rid of the smile on her face. She leaned her head against Hunny's shoulder and closed her eyes.
"Haru-Chan, wake up. We are here," Hunny said shaking the dozing girl next to him.
Haruhi slowly opened her eyes and looked up at the brown eyes that were just inches from her and smiled, "Five more minutes dad. I am having a good dream about Hunny-senpai."
Hunny laughed as she closed her eyes again. He shook her a little bit more, "Haru-Chan, you are not sleeping. Come on, we are here for lunch."
Crumpling her face in a frown, she once again opened her eyes and looked at the face leaning over hers. She blinked a few more times and realized she was awake. She sat up quickly and said, "Sorry Mitsukuni. I guess I was tired."
Hunny kissed her temple and said, "It's ok Haru-Chan." He laughed a bit more and then said, "I am just glad you were having a good dream about me."
Haruhi turned red and opened the door to step out of the car before mumbling, "Maybe I should start dreaming about someone else."
Hunny was still chuckling when he followed her out of the car, "Nah, I like the fact you dream about me because it is only fair since I dream about you."
Haruhi started to blush even more, but did not say anything. She looked around and realized that they were at a park. She looked at her boyfriend a bit confused.
"I thought we could have a picnic," he said as he took the basket the driver had been holding for him. With a basket and blanket in one hand, he grabbed Haruhi's hand with the other and started pulling her towards an open spot.
Smiling, she followed her boyfriend. A picnic sounded perfect and she knew she could use a bit of relaxation. When they had reached a good spot for their picnic, Haruhi said, "Thank you Mitsukuni. A picnic is just the thing I needed."
Hunny looked at his girlfriend and brushed his fingers over her cheek, "I will always take care of you."
Nodding, she took the blanket from the top of the basket and spread it on the ground so that they could sit and start their picnic. As soon as the blanket was on the ground, she sat down and immediately started to unpack the food and felt Hunny sit down next to her a minute later to help her set up the food.
Lunch was wonderful and Haruhi could think of nothing better for their lunch date. The sun was shining and it wasn't too hot or too chilly. They were both currently lying next to each other and cloud watching. She felt relaxed and at peace for the first time since Yasu had gotten out of jail. She felt like nothing could ruin her time with her boyfriend right now.
Haruhi was wrong. In the next minute, something landed on her. She thought it was a Frisbee at first because there were some people playing not too far away from their picnic spot, but when she sat up and saw what had hit her, she froze. In her hands was a blue baseball cap. She knew that hat because it was the same one Yasu always wore.
Hunny sat up when he felt Haruhi stiffen next to him. In her hands was a blue hat. The look on her face said that she was in panic mode. He grabbed the hat out of her hands and scanned the area. Nothing seemed out of place, "Haruhi what's wrong?"
"Th-th-that hat is Yasu's," Haruhi stammered. She felt like she was choking on her words.
Hunny scanned the area again and didn't see anyone that looked like Yasu. People were jogging though so it is all together possible that he made a quick getaway after he threw the hat, "I don't see him. Are you sure?"
Taking the hat back from Hunny, she looked on the underside of the bill. Written in black ink was "Haruhi and Yasu 4ever". She showed him the writing and watched as his countenance went from worried to angry. She knew that it was not at her, but it still made her flinch. She looked around. Why hadn't her bodyguard caught him? How had this happened? Feeling someone pull her up from her spot on the ground, she looked up and saw Hunny trying to get her to the car.
Hunny knew that Haruhi was in shock, but he had to get her out of the park. He swept her up in his arms and carried her to the car. He let Hiro get the basket and blanket. Why hadn't Hiro seen anything? He was supposed to be her body guard right now.
Placing Haruhi in the back seat, he sat down beside her and pulled her into his arms. Hunny could feel her shaking and knew she was afraid once again. Their little romantic picnic had turned into a nightmare. Kyoya would need to know about this during their meeting, but first he needed to get Haruhi to safety.
It had been perfect. He was walking through the park and saw Haruhi next to one of her so called friends. They lay down on a blanket and Yasu got his chance. He watched them for a while, pretending that he had not noticed them. He did see the bodyguard that was standing close to them and when the guard looked his way, Yasu started to walk the other way. He came back though and when the guard had turned his back to scan the other direction; Yasu had thrown his hat like a Frisbee. It was a perfect throw and had hit Haruhi. He saw her sit up and the look of recognition of the object he held in her hands. He ran in another direction so that he would not be caught. Laughing to himself, he said, "That's right Haruhi, I will always find you."