The first month of school was rather eventful.

Haruhi was great, and Liz considered her to be the Only Sane Man of the group. She was also the one Liz had met first, so she was automatically her number one.

Tamaki was like an annoyingly energetic golden retriever, even with all of his unintentional sexism and overall Frenchness, but Liz had learned quickly that humoring him was the only way to get him to stop talking quicker.

Kyoya was creepy as hell, but not in a fun way like Nekozawa. No, Kyoya was creepy in that, if Liz didn't have magical cats protecting her from afar, she would be very worried at his constant threats to deport her every time she stepped out of line.

The twins were... The twins. They tried to get her into their mother's expensive clothes, and she let them because they always let her take home outfits and, hey, who doesn't like free clothes? Plus, they all liked to tease Haruhi and Tamaki about their obvious feelings for each other when the other was within earshot, so there was that.

Mori. Liz and Mori had a complicated relationship. Well, not really. Liz and Mori really only spoke when he was sleep deprived and flirty, because they had found out early on that Liz seemed to be immune to his charms, but every time that happened he would avoid her afterwards.

Liz seemed to be immune to everyone in the Host club, actually, accept for Honey. That kid was just too adorable to ignore.

Speaking of Honey, he was her favorite of the Host Club boys. She had a little brother back... Before, so Honey was a welcome familiarity in the chaos of Ouran.

They'd been begging to see the inside of her apartment since the first day-they being Tamaki, the Twins, and Honey. Kyoya, bitter about how absolutely not intimidating Liz found him, went along with it just to annoy her.

It worked.

So, that brought her here, inside her apartment, surrounded by the Host Club and with nothing to eat.

She scratched her head as she looked into her near-empty fridge and grimaced. "Hey, guys? I may need to go to the market. I have no food."

Haruhi perked up. "I'll go with you. There is a sale in fruits, today."

Liz smiled. "Right, that would work, but I don't trust these idiots in my house."

Kyoya looked up from his notebook. "It really isn't much of a house, if you ask me."

Liz glanced at him. "I didn't ask, Ootori, but thanks for your input."

He flashed his glasses and went back to his notebook.

I wonder what he'd be like in Death Note.

She shuddered.

That's horrifying.

Liz didn't hear any reply in her mind, which worried her, so she glanced around for her cat. Oni?

'O-Over hereeee.'

She turned to see Mori scratching Oni behind his ears, with Oni being reduced to practically a puddle on the floor.

She smiled. Having fun there?

'Guh.'

She snorted and went over to them. She say down next to Mori. "Hey, Mori?"

He avoided her eyes. "Hm?"

She rolled her eyes. "Haruhi and I are going to get groceries. Cam you do me a favor and keep the idiots and Honey in line?"

He nodded once.

She nodded back and stood up, stopping when his hand snagged her shirt sleeve.

She turned to him with a raise eyebrow. "Yes, Mori?"

"Takashi."

She looked at him in surprise. I thought only Flirty!Mori wanted that? Wait, what the hell am I thinking, they're the same person. When his hand loosened on her sleeve, she grabbed his fingers and squeezed them once before letting go. "Okay, Takashi."

She walked away, ignoring Honey and the Twins who were giving her knowing looks, and went to grab her bag to go shopping.

She was stopped by a hand. "Where are you going?"

She turned to Kyoya. "To get food, Ootori, weren't you listening?"

"I seem to recall you saying you didn't trust the idiots alone in your hovel."

She refused to show any emotion. "Yes, that's why you and Takashi are in charge of making sure said idiots don't burn down my apartment."

He flashed his glasses. "Takashi?"

"Yes."

"Interesting."

She rolled her eyes. "What?"

"You call the rest of us by our last names."

Liz looked at him oddly. "No, I don't? I call all of my friends by their first name, unless they specify otherwise."

"You don't call me by my first name."

She blinked. What is this, Be Out of Character to Confuse Liz Day? "You fall under the heading of amicable nuisance." She glanced down at his hand that was still holding onto her wrist and then back at him. "Do you mind? I kinda need that appendage."

He flashed his glasses at her. "Not until you call me by my first name."

She raised her eyebrows and twisted her hand out of his grip. "Ootori, we're not friends, and this is very much out of character. Please don't touch me without my permission."

Love triangle my ass.

'K-keeep telling yourself thaaaaat.'

Liz wrinkled her nose, grabbing her keys. Someone's enjoying that a little too much.

'This maaan has the hands of a god.'

She smirked. Well, now you're just trying to make me jealous.

'I-is it wooorking?'

She walked back into the kitchen and glanced around. A little. "Where's Haruhi?"

Kyoya answered from a bit behind her. "You were taking too long so she left without you."

She rolled her eyes. Haruhi and sales. The true OTP. "Alright, then. Get up, losers, we're going shopping."

'That was a misquote.'

Shut up, Oni.

Honey bounced toward her. "Liz-chan, Liz-chan! Me and Usa-chan think that you and Takashi should go together!"

Liz raised her eyebrow. "Is that so, Honey?"

He nodded cutely.

Fight it, fight it.

'Youuuu can do ittt, B!'

She smiled. "And why is that, Honey?"

"Because Takashi is the strongest, so he can help you hold the groceries! And he-"

"Mitsukuni."

Liz looked up at Mori, and then at Oni, who was on top of Mori's head. She made a noise in her throat that caused them all to look at her.

She blushed. "I'm sorry, but Oni's on Takashi's head and it might be one of the cutest things I've ever seen."

There was a pause.

Then, Honey looked like he got an idea, Kyoya wrote furiously in his notebook, and the idiots smothered her in cuddles.

"SO CUTE~!"

"PERSONAL SPACE!"

And then she was in the air. She looked at Mori with a raised eyebrow as his face got progressively redder, until he put her down. She then straightened her clothes, taking extra care to fix her bra, and smacked him on the arm.

He fell down dramatically and she laughed and helped him up. "That, Takashi, was because you just got a handful of my boobs."

'Damn, kid.'

Shh.

She then leaned up and kissed him on the cheek, laughing when he got even more red. "And that was for actually getting me away from them."

She fixed her bag and dragged Mori out the door. "Later, losers! And Honey!"

When they were a few blocks away from her building, she leaned up and spoke quietly. "They're following us, aren't they?"

He gave an affirmative grunt.

She grinned. "Now would be a really good time for you to get tired, then."

He avoided her eyes.

She huffed. "Christ, Takashi, I'm not gonna eat you. Why do you avoid me?"

He raised an eyebrow at her.

She shrugged. "So what, you get flirty when your tired. I'm flirty all the time. Do you think I can't handle it or something?"

He looked away again.

She huffed. "Wow, really? You don't think I can handle it? Do your worst, Takashi Morinozuka, I dare you!"

He looked at her so intensely she felt almost faint. She then got a very ominous feeling.

Oni, what have I done and why am I feeling so fluttery?

'You made your bed, B. Lie in it. Preferably with him.'

Oni! Me and him are, at most, flirtatious acquaintances when he's well rested!

She faltered slightly. Mori raised an eyebrow again and then turned away smugly.

Liz steeled herself, and then forced herself to relax. She grabbed Mori's hand and tugged him in the direction of the grocers. "Stop being smug."

He snorted.

She lifted his hand to her mouth, ignoring the suddenly rustling bush beside them. "I will bite your hand, Takashi, don't test me."

He must be real fond of that eyebrow, huh, Oni?

'Oh, please. You and Ella are so much worse.'

Who's Ella? Death Note Girl?

'Yep.'

She's named Ella? What, is she some kind of Expy of L? Does she also eat too much sugar and have a thing for Light Yagami?

'B, not the time. You've been holding eye contact with him for over twenty seconds.'

Oh. Right.

Liz kissed Mori's index finger, smirking when he tensed. She looked up at him. "If you do anything untoward, I'm biting it. Understood?"

Liz saw in his eyes that he was taking that as a challenge and practically kicked herself. He nodded anyway.

She nodded back and pulled him after her. She sighed. It would be so much easier if I didn't find him attractive.

'So you admit it!'

I was never hiding it!

'You said no love triangle!'

There is no love triangle! Ootori's Aro! He doesn't do romantic love! And he scares me!

'First of all, if anything, he's Ace. Secondly, I just really want a love triangle that doesn't involve sparkles, fur, and abuse!'

...There's a Twilight one?

'Yes, but that's irrelevant. You're at the market.'

Yes, I can see that. She tugged Mori toward the Italian section. "Come on, babe, we need pasta."

"Babe?! Kaoru, did you hear that?!"

"MY SECOND DAUGHTERRR!"

"Shut up, Tamaki, they'll hear you."

Liz snorted and glanced at Mori. "Come on, Taka, smile! It's funny!"

He looked a bit offended.

She tilted her head. "What?"

He just turned away and dragged her in the direction they were going.

She huffed. "Takashi, slow down. My legs aren't as long as yours!"

He didn't slow down until they got their. He turned toward her abruptly holding two different pastas.

She took the one in his right hand and then looked for some peppers. "Mori, are you mad at me?"

He gave her a look.

She pouted. "Takashi, why are you mad at me? What did I do?"

'Way to lay it on thick, B.'

Shush, I'm being cute.

'Pfft.'

Mori leaned in toward her face. "'Babe.'"

Liz, who had been resisting the urge to blush for the entirety of the walk there, felt her cheeks heat up. She averted her eyes. "Sorry, Takashi. I didn't know it bothered you."

He stared at her for a moment before pulling back and smiling.

She smiled back hesitantly and flushed again when he patted her on the head.

Why am I so flustered right now? He makes sexual passes at me on an almost weekly basis?

'Because when he does that, he's not in his right mind. Right now he is.'

That was a rhetorical question, Oni, but thanks for the exposition.

'That's what I'm here for, B.'