Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club or its characters, but as with many here, I really wish I did.
A/N: Ok, a couple of you know that I have been trying to develop a story for over a year behind the idea that the twins gave Hunny Red Bull (shivers). Well, that idea lead into a few others and I started to think what if everything backfired and out of those mishaps Kyoya and Haruhi found love, and thus this story was born. I have been itching to write it for a while now and could no longer resist. It had to be written. Each chapter will cover a different prank. Enjoy!
Chapter 1 – Never Give a Bunny Red Bull
Even the best laid plans, which were supposed to be full proof, had a way of backfiring and creating results no one had expected to see… least of all the ones who were doing the planning. Hikaru and Kaoru only wanted to play a couple of pranks. How were they supposed to know that in the end it would push two unlikely hosts together and create a romance? That had definitely not been their intention. Wreak havoc? Yes. Torture Tamaki and others? Most definitely! Play match maker? NO! Especially not for the cool host and natural host.
It all started one bright and sunny afternoon soon after Hikaru and Kaoru started their second year at Ouran Private Academy's high school division. Hunny and Mori had moved onto their university studies, but would still visit the Host Club, never wanting to truly leave their friends. Everyone had advanced and after what happened at the Ouran Fair towards the end of the previous school year, the student body knew that Haruhi was a girl. It was kind of hard to hide that fact when she arrived wearing a chemise and had cleavage. No, they knew and although there were some who were mad and upset, most of the students accepted her for who she was, which was a relief to the female host.
I digress… As I was saying… It started one bright and sunny afternoon soon after Haruhi and the twins started their second year at Ouran. Due to a prank pulled earlier in the day (no one actually knew exactly who had done it, but some people suspected the Hitachiin twins), the fire alarm went off in one part of the school, which caused the sprinkler system to activate, which started to spray everything in that wing including the students, which caused a catastrophe in the halls as students rushed to get out of the rain of water. Needless to say students slipped, tripped over each other, pulled people down with them, got soaked, and school was cancelled for the remainder of the day… and the infirmary was fill to capacity and overflowing into the hall. However, Kyoya wouldn't let the hosts off that easily and called everyone to Music Room 3, which thankfully is located on the opposite end of the school and received no damage (or the twins, or whoever did this, would have paid dearly).
Before school that morning, the twins had stopped by a commoner's convenience store and picked up a couple cans of a special drink. Not only did they find they liked the drink, but they wanted to do a little experiment since they knew a certain bunny loving host would be coming to club that very day. Arriving at the music room, they put their plan into action. They poured the drink into a thermos, poured themselves a little taste and then waited. That was all it took.
Hunny ran burst through the double doors and immediately announced his presence, "Hey everybody!" As his gaze scanned the room, he a perplexed look overtook his boyish features, "Ano, where are all the girls? Takashi and I were a little late, but we didn't think we were this late."
Pushing up his glasses, Kyoya stepped forward to explain, "Good afternoon Hunny-senpai, Mori-senpai. It would seem that the East Wing of the school experienced a flash flood due to either a malfunction or some other reason." At this point, he gave Hikaru and Kaoru a very pointed look and watched as they shrank back a little in fear. Returning his attention to the man before him, he continued, "For that reason, we will not be having club activities today, but I thought we could hold a meeting instead."
"Sure thing Kyo-Chan!" The Loli Shota beamed and ran over to greet Haruhi. "Haru-Chan! How is school? Did you get caught in the flood?"
"Hi Hunny-senpai. No, but Tamaki-senpai did. However, I'm not sure why Kyoya-senpai didn't get wet since I thought they were in the same class," Haruhi answered, grinning at her friend.
"Not that it is any of your business, but I was in a student council meeting in the administration offices," Kyoya spoke from behind the brunette, smirking when she jumped.
A chill crept up Haruhi's spine and her face held a look of abject horror at being busted by the Shadow King. Offering a nervous chuckle, she turned around slowly and gulped, "Well… you know I was just curious since Tamaki-senpai showed up looking like a drowned rat."
"Yes, apparently all the girls tried to save him and he kept getting pushed down into the water. It took him longer to escape than others."
Haruhi smiled suddenly, "As a prince, shouldn't he be the one rescuing the girls?"
"One would assume that is correct, but the girls were afraid that he would be trampled and wanted to remain close."
"Even though they were getting wet as well?"
"It is only water Haruhi," Kyoya chuckled a little and walked off with a small smile on his face towards his laptop. There was something that always drew him to Haruhi. He would see her out, feel like something was missing when she wasn't there, and she was always on his mind. His logical thinking told him that he had feelings beyond friendship for her, but another part of him fought that because he knew his best friend loved her and he owed Tamaki everything. That being said, no one stimulated Kyoya the way she did.
Haruhi watched Kyoya stroll off and had to tell her heart to calm down. For some reason whenever Kyoya smiled or engaged her in conversation, her heart rate would increase and she wasn't exactly sure why. It never happened with the other guys… just Kyoya. Actually, he didn't even have to engage her, he just had to be present. Her eyes sought him out and when she heard his tenor voice, a smile would unknowingly form on her lips. Why? She just didn't know.
Hunny watched the exchange with fascination and knew exactly what was going on. The two hosts had been dancing around this attraction since last school year and to this point no progress had been made; however, he made his cousin and promise that he would only observe and he would keep it… for this year only. If they still had not admitted their feelings by the time the next Ouran Fair came around, he was taking matters into his own hands.
"Mitsukuni, your cake is on the table," Mori stated coming up to join his cousin and the female host. He saw the wheels turning in the shorter man's head and wondered if he needed to rein him in now, before Hunny did something. Mentally shaking his head, he glanced down at the brunette next to him and patted her head, "Hi Haruhi."
"Hi Mori-senpai," she have him a beaming smile, "How is school going?"
"You two talk. I'm going to get some cake!" Hunny rushed off to where he would find his treasure trove of sweet, moist, fluffy goodness. Sitting there and stuffing his face, he barely noticed two people slink up beside him.
"Hunny-senpai," Hikaru addressed his senior.
"We have a new drink for you to try," Kaoru offered the thermos and a cup.
They looked at each other and then down at their friend and announced quietly (they didn't want someone else to overhear and they couldn't be sure where Tamaki was), "We found it at the commoner's supermarket."
"Oh, I want to try it!" Hunny excitedly exclaimed.
Without further hesitation, they poured him a large cup and watched as he chugged it all down, draining the glass. Their eyes grew. They weren't exactly expecting that, but they also couldn't turn back now.
Fifteen minutes later, Tamaki walked into the music room expecting to find order and finding utter chaos. He had had to run home in order to take a shower and change since he didn't have a spare uniform at school and had only returned… and it wasn't pretty. His jaw hitting the floor, his eyes popped out of his head and his first thought: he had to rescue Haruhi!
This is what happened…
After Hunny drank the special drink, he asked, "That was different, but I liked it! What is it?"
"Red Bull," Hikaru and Kaoru announced loudly together.
"EH?!" Came the reaction of everyone else in the room.
Haruhi deadpanned, "Red… Bull?"
"Red Bull?" Hunny gazed over at his cousin and inquired, "Takashi, can we get some on the way home?"
Shaking his head, Mori was firm in his denial, "No, Mitsukuni."
The bunny loving host's face dropped and he started to pout, "But Takashi, I want some!"
"No."
"Takashi. You're supposed to be my best friend!"
"No."
Seeing that this could go on forever, Haruhi stepped close to the prank's victim, "Hunny-senpai, how are you feeling?"
"I'm fine Haru-Chan! Why?"
"They gave you Red Bull."
"I know and I liked it!"
"Hunny-senpai, Red Bull is an energy drink."
"It is?"
"Yes."
"Well, I don't feel any different," Hunny declared and sat down to continue eating his cake.
The more he shoveled in, the more everyone around him would take a step back. This could not end well.
The twins had also started to back up, but they were laughing so hard they had to hold onto each other in order to stand up straight.
In less than ten minutes from the time he consumed a large glass of Red Bull, which was probably equal to two small cans of the drink, his head snapped up. His eyes held a glazed look about them and he started to tremble. Suddenly, he jumped up on the table and then did a flip and landed on the floor.
"Mitsukuni?" Mori called out and tried to approach him, and that was probably not the best thing to do.
Spinning around, Hunny giggled, "Let's spar Takashi!" He ran forward and grabbed Mori's arm and threw him to the floor.
Mori had been so stunned he didn't react until he was looking up at the ceiling.
Once his cousin had been taken out, the Loli Shota started running around the room like a maniac. First he pretended to be an airplane and then he grabbed the twins and started to juggle them proclaiming, "This is for throwing around me and Usa-Chan last year." He didn't sound angry and he had been giggling with glee the entire time, but no one was quite sure what was going on in that head of his. And how was he able to juggle two teens like they were nothing more than mere beanbags?
When Tamaki walked in, Kaoru had grabbed hold of the chandelier and refused to come down. He tried to grab his brother who was still being thrown into the air, however, he couldn't quite reach him. Leaning forward too much, he started to lose his grip and fell to the ground.
A scream rent the air and a flash of blond ran into the room. His target: Haruhi. "Don't worry Haruhi, daddy will save you!" Tamaki rushed quickly to Haruhi, but as he was passing Hunny, the shorter man got distracted and missed catching Hikaru and the older twin landed on the president.
As soon as Tamaki fell forward, he grabbed Haruhi's dress and would have ripped it off when he hit the floor, but Kyoya was faster and pulled the material out of Tamaki's grip and wrapped his arms around the female host. Gazing down into her eyes, he momentarily lost his train of thought, but quickly recovered and managed to whisper, "Are you alright Haruhi?"
Blushing, Haruhi nodded, "Yes, thank you Kyoya-senpai." She felt like their faces were getting closer and she could feel the heat of his body pushing into hers, but it was not meant to be.
Hunny felt excited and hyper and had the urge to run. Without paying attention to where he was going, he blew past Kyoya and Haruhi and brought them out of their reverie. In fact, he was running so fast, there were footprints left on the walls… yes, the walls.
Kyoya set Haruhi away from him, "Well, good. Now get this mess cleaned up before I start a new debt." He once again walked off and thanked whoever above that no one was conscious enough to see the small tinge of pink on his cheeks.
Standing there dazed for a moment, Haruhi snapped back to attention and glared at Kyoya's retreating back. "He can't start a new debt… can he?"
"I can and will," Kyoya remarked as he sat down at his table, his heart still racing.
It was times like these when it was best to just do what the Shadow King said instead of arguing. Thus Haruhi did just that, hoping she didn't have to clean the walls as she observed Hunny still running around them in circles. "Isn't that why these damn rich bastards have maids?" She mumbled under her breath, and then sweat dropped and looked behind her, crossing her fingers that a certain vice president hadn't heard that.
The others slowly got to their feet amidst moans and groans. What had happened? Mori was also still a little flabbergasted, but then everyone turned towards the twins. It was their fault. Even Tamaki sure the twins were behind this and he hadn't even been in the room.
As the hosts advanced towards them, Hikaru and Kaoru concluded that giving Hunny Red Bull had not been one of their brighter ideas. They hadn't expected him to react the way he did, or to throw them into the air, or that Kyoya would rescue Haruhi and almost kiss her. Yes, they had seen the interaction as they lay there in a daze. They learned that the Loli Shota was never allowed to have Red Bull again… or any other energy drink… ever!