Just a reminder, I still don't own Ouran. Only the Quints and Kyle. Plus a few more OCs...

(Kyle's POV)

"Daddy! Daddy! Can I have this candy!?" Mia thrust a fistful of candy in front of my computer screen.

I finally was beginning to realize why most didn't care to bring their children to work with them. As cute as my daughter is, she was not helping me finish these spreadsheets. "Mia, your mommy and I said no more candy."

"But daddy!" Mia whined pitifully. Maybe I should let her have a little piece...no!

'Be strong, Kyle!' I ordered myself. I had to be firm with her and to try not to look her into those sad and adorable hazel eyes.

I risked a glance and found that I had the perfect solution. "Say candy in Japanese and you can."

Her hand dropped and her mouth scrunched into a frown. "Hmm..."

"And no cheating by asking mommy," I said before going back to my computer. "Darling, don't tell Mia how to say candy in Japanese."

"Is she begging again?" Julia groaned. "Mia, mommy said no more."

"I'm thinking Mommy!" Mia informed her before sitting by my feet. When I put my hand out she placed the candy in it. I didn't even have to look at her to know that she had her fist pressed to the side of her face and a look of deep concentration.

As I placed the candy on the napkin where my glass of water once was, I thanked the universe that I thought to give Mia a problem to work out. She was so stubborn that if there was a problem that needed solving she'd work on it day and night to get it right. I would have to thank Sara for making her that way.

It was Sara's fault after all. Sara gave her a puzzle a week before she was supposed to leave for Japan, and since Mia worshipped the grounded she walked on, she worked for hours on it so that she could show it to Sara before she left. Yep, she turned my baby girl into a workaholic.

Damn her.

But at least I knew Mia would get good grades in school.

Now back to the matter at hand: the spreadsheet I needed to finish before we land. Sara would kill me if I didn't have it finished.

DING!

And there was a message now. Probably Sara telling me to hurry up or I'm fired; kidding. I quickly finished another row before clicking on the video calling app at the bottom of my screen.

Nope, it was Suzette. Shouldn't she be just getting back to the house? Why would she Skype me? Usually, she stuck to emails. She never called me unless it had to do with protecting Sara...this couldn't be good. I quickly plugged my headphones into the computer before clicking the accept call button.

The screen loaded for a few seconds before Suzette's worried expression appeared.

"What happened?" I demanded in Japanese. Suzette bit her lip and shook her head. Almost as if she couldn't speak. "Suzette tell me what happened. Where is Sara?"

"Father came here...he was looking for Sara and he was angry." She said weakly.

I cursed and then ran my fingers through my hair. Damn it! That bastard was already going to hurt her! I tried to keep my voice level. "Do you know why?"

"I-I think he knows she went to South Korea."

Now I slammed my hands on my laptop. "Damn that son of b-" Then I remembered that Julia could understand everything I was saying. I glanced over at her and saw that her gaping at me, frozen in place. Great, now I would have to explain why I was angry without spilling everything. I took a deep breath and then continued. "Are you sure?"

"Da-Daddy?" Mia looked at me with wide eyes. She looked scared of me.

Was that how Sara feels when she's with...him? "Hold that thought, Suzette." I forced myself to calm down and softened my expression. "Did daddy scare you princess?"

She nodded quickly and her lip stuck out slightly as if she was about to cry. I scooped her up and placed her on my lap so I could hug her. "I'm sorry my princess. Daddy won't yell anymore okay? You can sit here and stop me if I try okay?"

Once again she nodded, but I couldn't tell if I reassured her that everything was all right. I hugged her against my chest and looked back at Suzette, nodding for her to continue. "I'm sorry, you were saying?"

"SARA!" Mia yelled happily. "Hi!"

"Princess, that's Sara's sister, Suzette. Remember I told you that she has three sisters that look like her?" I waited for my four-year-old to nod before I shook my head and smiled apologetically to Suzette. "Sorry."

Suzette rolled her eyes and smiled. "I'm used to it. Is she one of your daughters? She's so cute."

I nodded proudly. "She's four. And yes she has my genes after all so she has to be cute!" Julia snorted. I looked over my laptop to frown. She only stuck out her tongue and then bounced Kiki on her lap.

"Of course...I wonder what your wife has to say to that." Suzette said drily. "Take out your headphones so I can say hi!" She ordered. I did as she said before she waved at us. "Hello, what's your name?"

I was about to translate when Mia said, in near-perfect Japanese, "I'm Mia!" Well, now I was completely floored.

"You know Japanese?" Suzette asked her slowly as if she couldn't believe it.

Mia nodded. "A little. Still learning."

Damn...my kid was freaking smart! She was a genius! "Look at my perfect princess!" I said to her before wrapping my arms around her waist and squeezing. "You're so smart, my little Mia!"

"Daddy!" She squealed with delight as I tickled her. "You're tickling me!"

"You can have all the candy you want my baby girl. Anything you want! You're so smart!" All of my self-control was gone. It was official, I had helped raise a genius who can learn a language in only a few short days from random phrases I taught her.

"CANDY!" She clapped her hands and took the candy by the computer that I had taken away. But then before running away with her prize, she paused to ask Suzette in Japanese "What is this?"

"Candy." Suzette answered back looking amused. "Why?"

Oh, she was good. I looked at my daughter with newfound pride. "You won."

"Yes, I did daddy." She kissed me on the cheek and then waved to Suzette "Bye!"

Suzette waved back; once Mia had hopped off my lap, she smiled sadly. "You're so good to her. She's lucky to have you as a father."

"Hey, I'm still a daddy! I'm not supposed to get called father until I'm at least fifty!" I protested with a grin. When she didn't laugh, I allowed my grin to fall. "You're still worried about her."

"Aren't you?" But I could tell that wasn't what was bothering her at that moment. Now that Mia was off being a candy-gobbling gremlin, I took that opportunity to plug in my headphones again, just in case she had to discuss things I'd rather not tell Julia.

"Yes. But there's..." I took another deep breath. "Nothing we can do right now. As much as I hate it, I'm not able to do anything."

"Father told her she had to continue taking martial arts classes."

That bastard. He was covering up his misdeeds! I tried not to let my frustration show. "I should be there in an hour or so. As for now, I need to finish these spreadsheets. If she comes back within the hour call me...if she doesn't call me anyway. Are the rest of your siblings still...?"

"They don't know." Suzette shook her head. "And Stephen keeps saying something about our placement? As heirs?" She looked confused. "Do you know what that means?"

Groaning, I rubbed my hand over my face. "It means your brother has a big mouth. I'm sure that Sara will want to tell all of you."

Frowning, I could sense her displeasure virtually but it also seemed like she understood. "Fine." Then she brightened. "I hear that your wife will be working with Yuzuha and me!"

"As if you didn't know." I accused her good-naturedly. "Tell me the truth, did you arrange it?"

She smiled coyly. "Well, in a way yes. But her photo was in a stack of headshots of models we were thinking of using for our upcoming line. I just convinced Yuzuha that your wife was the best."

"That's because she is," I said.

"Oh, you're one of those husbands~" Suzette grinned and flipped her hair back. "Well, Yuzuha wanted me to tell you that her offer still stands. About the modeling I mean. You're the perfect-"

"I'm not modeling." I interrupted firmly. "Tell her that I'm flattered, but my wife is the model not me."

Julia started laughing uncontrollably. I peered over to where she was and saw that she was pointing at me and shaking her head. Oh so she thought it was funny that I was asked to model, did she?

"I happen to be very attractive you know!" I called over to her. "Just because I won't doesn't mean I'm not good at it!"

"Your wife is laughing at you isn't she?" Suzette giggled. "I like her already."

"Hey!" I pouted, but Julia has the kind of laugh that made me want to laugh too, even when she was laughing at my expense. So when my lips started to turn up into a smile I wasn't all that surprised. "So did Sara tell you? We're going to be living in separate wing of your mansion."

Suzette clapped excitedly and started babbling in French. It was all gibberish to me, but at least I knew she was okay with it. And Julia has finally stopped laughing. Mia was starting to offer her candy. Wonderful. Now I was starting to regret letting her eat it. My pride misplaced my good sense and I knew I was going to be punished for it later.

I waved to catch Suzette's attention even though my attention was elsewhere for a little while. "Japanese please."

"I'm going to have to get my studio ready for her! This is wonderful! Yuzuha will be pleased that she will be so close!" Suzette smiled happily. "Thank you for the good news."

"I'm going to be there too!" I said with a grin. "What do you think about that?"

"Being charming is not really your thing," Suzette said looking rather unimpressed with me. "You being here is good for Sara. I could care less about where you go."

"That's really mean, Suzette!" This time my pout stayed in place.

She shrugged. "It's the truth. Now don't you have work to do? My sister will not be pleased if you haven't finished what she's asked of you." She raised an eyebrow at me. "And we both know that it's very little compared to what she does."

Way to guilt me, Suzette. "Yeah, yeah I know. I'll get to work on it. Keep your brother from telling his girlfriend or any of his friends a word. By the way, how did his team do?"

"They got second place. Stephen was the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. I can't understand why anyone would think he was valuable though." Suzette looked proud despite her jab at him.

"That's great! I'll have to ask him about it."

"Make sure to call his sport soccer. Just to punish him for putting my sequins all over my bed while I was showering."

And so the pranks began. It always surprised me how much the quints enjoyed pranking each other. Sara always seemed too serious to put up with something so childish, but she seemed to relish pulling one over on her siblings as much as they did with each other. "Ah, and they were mixed together I presume?"

"Yes." A sour expression took over her face. "It took me hours to get them in the right places."

"Why don't you put some of them on his clothes?" I suggested with an evil grin. Stephen has been making Sara's life very difficult lately and I felt like Suzette agreed that he needed to be punished somehow. And since I wasn't going to sink to their level, it would be better to have Suzette do it.

"Hmmm, that would be a very good idea..." She returned my grin with an evil one of her own. "Thank you for the suggestion."

Now I had better go back to my work. "I'll see how that turns out when I land."

"Yes, you better finish." She pointed a finger at me and then the screen went black. The call had ended.

"Are you done talking to her?" My wife asked.

"Yep." I pulled up my work and resumed typing. "But now I'm working."

"I heard. I just thought I should let you know that Mia has been playing on the Rosetta Stone that you used to learn Japanese for a month. She didn't just wake up one day and absorb the language."

"...Drat." That meant she knew those phrases from the Rosetta Stone! That meant I let her have the candy for nothing...well not for nothing, but I was tricked! And now I needed to finish this. "She's still smart though."

"I know!" Mia piped up.

Julia laughed again while I tried to focus on this work. Suzette was right. I needed to be on Sara's good side the minute I saw her. In case that bastard touched her. He better not have touched her.

So Kyle's back! And you'll be seeing a lot more of him and his family. Susanna and Mia have that same sugar high problem if you haven't noticed. Anyway, I hope you like it. Again updates will come sooner rather than later, don't expect them to come quickly.

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