Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High school Host Club. The sole rights belong to Bisco Hatori. I make no money from this fan fiction.

Over the Edge

Morinozuka Takashi idly wandered the halls, seemingly deep in thought.. He had just been in the club room with Mitsukuni when suddenly, in a flurry of movement, he had found himself pushed out into the empty hallway by Tamaki, who was yelling for him to fetch his 'daughter'. It had been around fifteen minutes of searching, and just when he was turning to return to the club room he spotted a small figure struggling to carry an impossible amount of books out of the library.

'If I don't hurry, I'm going to be late, and Kyoya Senpai will just add it to my debt.' Haruhi grumbled to herself as she strained to keep a hold on the many books she had just checked out of the library. The books were piled so high that she couldn't see where she was going and tripped on the trashcan that had somehow become lodged around her feet.

"Ah!" She closed her eyes as she braced herself for her impact with the floor. To her surprise, no such impact occurred. She opened her eyes and noticed a pair of strong arms wrapped around her, that had stopped her fall and looked up to see Mori Senpai's face, peering intently into her own.

"Senpai?" Haruhi asked, confused. "What are you doing here?"

"Tamaki." He responded.

"Tamaki Senpai sent you to get me?" Haruhi asked.

"Hn." Takashi nodded.

"Um...Mori Senpai?" Haruhi asked blushingly, only too aware that he had yet to let go of her. "Ah...thank you for catching me...but you can put me down now."

"Sorry." he muttered quietly as he set her down. His cheeks turning a faint pinkish hue.

He quickly knelt down and began gathering her books, which had been scattered when she tripped. He kept his head bowed and didn't look up as Haruhi bent to help.

Soon he had picked up all of the books, and without a word, took the remainder from Haruhi. He glanced at her for a moment before beginning to walk back to the music room.

"Mori Senpai, you don't have to carry those for me. I can do it." Haruhi protested.

"Too many." At Haruhi's look he elaborated. "You'll trip again."

"Oh. Thank you." Haruhi said. Takashi stole a glance at his companion before nodding and continuing on their way.

Haruhi blushed slightly. She was sure she saw the corners of his lips turn up as he graced her with one of his rare smiles. One of the smiles he usually saved for Hunny Senpai.

They walked in silence for the rest of the way and when they reached the music room door, Haruhi quickly opened it and held it open so Mori Senpai could walk through. Too soon, though, Haruhi felt the wind being knocked out of her as she was tackled to the ground by Tamaki.

"Tamaki Senpai!" Haruhi glared. "Let go."

"Oh my daughter! Daddy was so worried about you! Imagine! Having to carry all those books by yourself! Oh, how daddy wishes he was there! He would have surely carried them for his precious Haruhi!" Tamaki clutched at Haruhi, who was struggling to get away.

"Haru-chan!" chimed both Hikaru and Kaoru. They rushed forward and pushed Tamaki off of her.

"Ah..." Haruhi said relieved. "Thanks Hikaru, Kaoru. I really owe you one."

The twins looked at each other, exchanging sly glances. They both slung their arms around the poor girls shoulders and rubbed their cheeks against hers. "Anything for our Haruhi toy!" they exclaimed happy to have her in their clutches once more.

"Lay your hands off my daughter you scoundrels!" yelled Tamaki angrily. "It's okay, Haruhi, daddy will save you!" with that proclamation, Tamaki began to hit the twins about their heads, as they continued to smother the panicking Haruhi.

Haruhi's head hurt. It felt as if her eyes were rolling up into her head. She reached out to Kyoya. "Kyoya Senpai! Please, help! Make them stop already!" she begged.

"Well you know, Haruhi, I could," Kyoya smirked, "But then I would have to raise your debt. Are you sure you want my help?"

Haruhi was shocked. "But Kyoya Senpai, if they keep this up, they might break something!"

"Well, since you're the one who got them all riled up in the first place, it will be added to your debt as well."

"What!" she yelled, furious that if something broke, it would be deemed her fault. "Ah!"

Tamaki and the twins began to get more frantic.

Across the room, Hunny was holding his Usa-Chan to his chest while sitting happily from his perch on Mori's shoulder.

"Hey Takashi?" he asked.

He turned his head towards his cousin. "Hm?"

"Don't you think that we should help Haru-chan?" he asked. "She looks scared."

"Ah." Takashi turned to observe the commotion.

His eyes darkened when Haruhi's continuous pleas for them to stop went unheeded.

"M-Mori Senpai! Help me!" her eyes pleaded with him, while trying to force back the tears of frustration that threatened to well up at any second.

Takashi felt a slight pang in his chest, but then soon dismissed it, and he stalked to where Tamaki and the twins were fighting for Haruhi's attention.

"Daddy will never let them have you Haruhi!"

"Now leader don't be that way!"

"Yeah, we just want to play with our toy!"

The three lunged at the same time and collided together with a crash. They fell to the ground in a state of shock. They blinked, noticing just then that the object of their affection was not in the pile with them.

They looked up to see Takashi walking away from them, and perched on his shoulder, was not only Hunny Senpai, but their Haruhi as well. Haruhi peeked back at them, and grinned. 'Serves them right. Damn rich bastards.'

"Ru-chan? Haru-chan?"

Haruhi snapped out of her 'it serves them right' mode and realized that Hunny Senpai was talking to her.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Hunny Senpai, what were you saying?" she asked, her attention on her fellow shoulder mate.

"So are you going with us?"

"Of course she is, that is, if she wants her debt to decrease." Kyoya said smugly.

"Yay!" hollered Tamaki. "Haruhi is going with us on the cruise!"

Haruhi blinked. "WHAT!"

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A/N: This story just popped into my head last night, and as soon as I got off work I got started on this. I hope you enjoy it, and please, review.