Everything to Gain
Chapter 1: The Fee of Flowers

Hello readers! I really hope you like this, the idea randomly came to me while reading Volume 3 of the manga.

And yes, the first part of dialog is all out of the manga… I didn't really see any reason to change it.
So… ENJOY!

Update 3/5/11- Just added some things to this quickly. It's odd how short this chapter is compared to the rest.. I am looking back at this while I am writing chapter 15 and I am just face-palming... My writing was somehow worse only a few weeks ago. Strange, huh?

Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran at all sadly… Unless Bisco Hatori wants to give it to me! Which I won't mind.. Heheh.


"Are you done?" Kyouya called out towards the bathroom, watching as Haruhi stretched her head around the corner, peering out to see where she had ended up in her frantic rush to find the bathroom.

She saw the tall man in front of her without a shirt, a damp towel wrapped around his shoulders. She tensed at the sight of him and quickly made her way to the door leading to the hallway, averting her eyes.

"Sorry!" She called, "I didn't mean to walk into a stranger's room!" She looked back at him and lightly smiled, "Oh, and I cleaned up your bathroom!"

Picking up a pair of glasses from the small glass table in front of him he said, "Hey, it's just me, Haruhi." He added in a mumbled breath, "How rude..."

Haruhi turned around her cheeks flushed. "Oh Kyouya-sempai… Where is everyone?"

She had seen no one outside in the hallway and the house was silent.

"They established 'The Committee For Discovering Nekozawa's True Identity' and wandered off, they are probably bothering him now..."

Kyouya walked over to a side table and picked up a bottle of water, as Haruhi trailed behind him.

She stopped and let out a light sigh, "I guess... I really worried everyone… I'm sorry."

"Oh, I wasn't worried." He leaned against the wall, the towel slipped off his shoulders.

"Though, I did have to stop the twins from beating those creeps to death and send flowers to all of the customers as an apology for their early leave."

"That must have been a lot of trouble" Her face paled, "You're not going to add the flowers to my debt, are you?".

There seemed to be a slight flicker in Kyouya's eyes, as he looked towards her, almost as if he had realized something.

Kyouya grinned, "Never mind that. Shall we do something else, since we have the chance?" He moved closer to her.

"Huh? Something…" Haruhi replied.

What is he-

Kyouya leaned over her pinning her to the wall, he moved his face next to hers breathing in the amber-like scent that had always surrounded her.

He turned the lights off with a flick off his hand. "You know, you could pay for the flowers with your body." He whispered.

He pushed her on to the bed and leaned in very close to her face, pressing himself against her small frame. "As a man, I could go after you at any time… And as a woman, you couldn't stop me. It may be time to rethink your naiveté? Acting natural is all well and good, but it's a mistake to keep your guard down."

Haruhi didn't move she was frozen in place.

It was if she was just a bystander watching another person, but at the same time she was fully conscious of Kyouya's closeness to her, and she understood what he was saying.

She knew that he couldn't truly want this, that there had to be something in it for him, and there was no merit in herself, right?

Of course, there is no reason whatsoever that would compel him to do this if it did not have something for him to gain in it.

It seemed as though he was just rewording what Tamaki had said to her earlier, but he had added an action to it, a reason.

Perhaps he is...

She looked up at him, as he leaned over her, waiting for a reply, or at least a response. "Kyouya-sempai, you wouldn't do this. You…you have nothing to gain from going after me, right?"

A small chuckle came from his lips, he pulled away from her and it soon became full blown laughter.

Haruhi stared at him in partial awe at witnessing the great 'Shadow King' laugh.

After it had subsided, he put his glasses back on and glanced at her.

A small smirk seemed to play over his features.

"You are quite an interesting young woman Haruhi. But do you… understand?" There was an underlying feeling in that question, something that made it more than what the words meant.

There was a smile on her lips as she looked back at him, reading his words as nothing more than a meaningless question. "You were trying to be kind. I get it." She said lightly.

Kyouya stared back, his face blank. "What do you mean, Haruhi?"

She bit her bottom lip, a habit she had always had when she was nervous, or confused. "Isn't that what you were trying to show me?" She smiled again. "You played the villain to teach me, right?"

Haruhi watched as Kyouya's eyes flickered towards the window and then back at her.

"I suppose you are right, Haruhi. Do you realize why we were worried for you? You may not see it yourself, but we all see that you are a very independent person. It seems that you never think of relying on others or consider the fact that we want you to rely on us."

She thought about his words, it had always just been her father and her.

Her father wasn't the most reliable person.

She had always tried her hardest to not put any of her troubles on others.

It had seems inconsiderate and rude to her, she didn't want anyone else to have to worry about her happiness or unhappiness.

But, as Kyouya had said, all of the Host Club always wanted her to tell them things.

They always had cared about her and tried to help.

Not that they always succeeded in helping, but, it was the thought that counted.

I suppose, that could be right..

Just as she was about to speak, lightning danced across the sky illuminating the room.

The sound reverberated through the room and Haruhi stiffened and fear was clear throughout her face when the thunder clap followed.

Panic began to set in, her eyes darted around the room, looking for someplace to go.

She had almost totally forgotten that there was someone else in the room with her until Kyouya asked, "Haruhi, is there something wrong? You seem to be-"

The low rumble of thunder rang out and sent her onto her feet and off the bed.

"Ah! No, it's nothing! I've got to go now I... have somewhere to be!" Haruhi said with an obviously fake laugh, she was reaching for the door handle when another boom of thunder sounded throughout the house.

She jumped and changed directions, heading for a nearby closet.

She jumped into the small space locking the door.

"Haruhi... You are afraid of thunder aren't you." He reached for the door handle and twisted it only to realize it was locked.

She could hear his voice call out again, "You should get out of there, wouldn't being alone make it worse?"

"Aha-It's okay! I'm alone all the time sempai, I don't mind!" She called out, her voice squeaking as the lightning cracked across the sky.

Kyouya pulled open a nearby drawer and grabbed a small key and unlocked the door.

"It's okay Haruhi. Just come out now, it'll be over soon."

Lightning jumped across the sky blinding both of them as she almost involuntarily fell against him and pressed her head deeper into his chest, not noticing the fact that he was shirtless or how his pulse raced.

"It's okay.." He repeated again as he drew his PineapplePod out of his pocket.

He pulled out the ear buds and gave them to her, quickly navigating to the most calming track he had.

She seemed to relax after that, trying to concentrate on the music.

Soon the thunder and lightning stopped and the sound of heavy rain was the only thing that filled the room.

Haruhi's head rested nicely on his shoulder, her breathing grew deep and even, she was asleep.

He blinked, wondering what to do with her.

Then, trying his hardest not to wake her he lifted her up off the ground and placed her on his bed.

Kyouya quickly took a shirt from his bag and put it on, picked a pillow up and decided that sleeping on the couch wasn't that bad of an idea.


Did you enjoy it? Did'ja? Hmmm? You did? Then leave a review..
It was pretty short, but I am just starting off so, forgive me, the next chapters are longer.I am hoping for this to be a muti-chapter fic if I get some reviews.
SO REVIEW…please?

If there are any mistakes I didn't catch tell me please. I am sadly not perfect.. I might update this tomorrow if anyone is interested.
~Blue