The Host Club's Heir

Disclaimer – I do not own OHSHC, nor do I make any profit from writing this or any fanfiction. I have borrowed some dialogue from the manga in this chapter, which is in bold and should not be interpreted as my own words.

*spoilers for the manga*

Ouran High Schools graduation ceremony

As with everything else that happened at Ouran, the third years graduation ceremony was an excessively extravagant event used mostly to promote the school's reputation. There were banners hanging from all corners of every school building and confetti had somehow been triggered to fall on top of the graduation students as they went on stage. It was ridiculous and wasteful and expensive, but Haruhi supposed she could overlook it just this once. Graduating from high school was an important milestone no matter what kind of background you had.

Today truly marked a milestone for the entire Ouran High School Host Club, as it was the day that the last three remaining members of the original Host Club would leave the school forever, Mori and Honey having entered university in Boston two years ago and Tamaki and Kyoya having finished their schooling only the year before. Now the world was theirs for the taking, and so far the Host Club had taken well to their new surroundings.

Mori was currently in his second year of university studying Theory and Philosophy of Law; Honey was also in university, but doing more martial arts competitions and learning about the family's business and legacy; Kyoya was as expected becoming a feared name in the financial world while only in his first year of university, still planning to take over his family's medical business; and the twins were planning to study in preparation to inherit their mothers fashion industry.

Now that Haruhi was graduating, she was looking forward to studying law at a university level, but knew she would also be preoccupied with her other responsibilities.

"Ma!"

Hearing a child's cry, Haruhi turned and waved as she saw the already graduated members of the host club finding their seats. The men took notice, and Tamaki waved back enthusiastically, pride on his face as he encouraged their child to do the same.

"Wave at mummy, mon chéri!"

Despite facing severe backlash from the Suoh family, Tamaki was extremely happy with the life he had now. He was in his first year of university studying business, but it was now even more unlikely that he would inherit the Suoh business after choosing to be a teen dad before a respectable heir. Haruhi had felt awful that Tamaki had given up almost everything he'd worked for because of her, but she also knew that he was a great dad to their unexpected yet beloved baby.

"Fujioka Haruhi"

As her name was called, Haruhi peeled her eyes away from the bundle in her boyfriends' arms and walked up on the stage towards the chairman, who was handing out the diplomas.

To her embarrassment, she could hear her friends and father applauding and cheering her name as she went and tried to ignore the urge to look down at her metaphorical and literal family. To think that just a year ago she never would've thought the two would morph – at least not so soon.

"Congratulations, my dear" Haruhi smiled as she proudly shook hands with her child's grandfather. "Thank you for all you've done at Ouran, and everything you've contributed to my sons life" he added in a lower voice. Haruhi blushed, but thanked him and moved on to stand next to the other graduates.

Haruhi was truly glad that Yuzuru Suoh was the person he was. Telling the man who paid for her education that she had gotten knocked up, while on an overseas program he'd offered her, by his own son, was a daunting prospect. Thankfully Yuzuru had ended up being very understanding and compliant with her wishes, and helped her keep her spot in the program and Ouran.

"Hitachiin Hikaru"

Haruhi clapped and cheered with the rest of the Host Club when her friend received his certificate and leaned over when he came to stand next to her. "Congratulations, Kaoru." The redheaded boy grinned mischievously at her before turning to watch his twin receive his diploma.

"Hitachiin Kaoru"

When Hikaru joined them, Haruhi rolled her eyes at them to let him know she knew what they'd done and stood for the rest of the ceremony waiting for their classmates to graduate with them.

A half hour later, the graduation ceremony had finally finished and Haruhi was glad for it, having quickly grown tired of standing silently. The chairman finished his closing speech and dismissed the graduating students, which led to an eruption of applause from the proud friends and families of the graduates.

"Thank God that's over" Hikaru murmured behind Haruhi as they descended from the stage with their fellow now ex-students.

"I suppose we should go find the club," Kaoru suggested.

"I saw them over by the other side of the stage earlier" Haruhi said, pointing in the direction of the elder members of the original Host Club, ignoring the twins snarky "it's rude to point" comment.

The room was awfully crowded, so the twins and Haruhi had to fight to get out of the sea of students together, causing them to take ten minutes to walk halfway across the room – though being Ouran High School, the room was ridiculously large anyway.

"Haruhi!"

"Oof!" Haruhi belatedly braced herself as she was hit by her father's flying body.

"Daddy is so proud! Oh I can't believe my little girl is all grown up and done with high school!" Ranka began to cry as the Host Club exchanged doubtful looks with each other.

"Ah, I thought she was already pretty grown up, based on your additional family member."

Haruhi shot what was supposed to be a dark look at the twins, but was somewhat thwarted by the furious blush across her face. However, it seemed that Ranka's glare was enough to make the twins cower.

To his credit, Ranka recovered from his fury quickly and instead let go of his daughter to snatch the baby in Tamaki's arm away from him instead.

"Don't worry my beloved mago!* I won't let those idiots use you against me! Look!" Ranka held up the baby to look at Haruhi who smiled gently at her child.

"Mummy!" the child gurgled, reaching out for their mother.

"Are you proud of your mummy?" Ranka cooed.

"Yes!"

Haruhi smiled and reached out to take the baby.

"Thank you, darling" she said, before turning her attention back to the Host Club. To be honest, she'd been a little worried about her father for a second. Despite being a loving grandparent, Ranka tended to resent the fact that his grandchild was living proof of his daughter's intimacy with the rich blonde he hated so much.

"We're all very proud of you, Haruhi, Hikaru and Kaoru! In fact, the Host Club has organised an exclusive event just for the graduates to celebrate the finale of their high school years!" Tamaki announced happily.

Haruhi groaned. "Seriously, Tamaki Senpai? I thought our hosting responsibilities were over!"

"You're seriously still calling him senpai?" one of the twins asked in an undertone, which Haruhi ignored. She'd gotten used to the Host Club's teasing over the year, and her still calling her boyfriend senpai seemed to be an interesting topic for a lot of people. Of course, she generally called him by his first name more often than before, though she did tend to slip back into old habits occasionally.

"My lovely Haruhi, hosting is not a chore, but rather a lifestyle! We must uphold the Host Clubs reputation in our everyday lives by being perfect gentlemen to every woman that comes our way!" Tamaki exclaimed, making the twins duck as he spread out his arms expressively.

"Wouldn't a gentleman have waited until marriage to get a girl pregnant?" the twins piped up again, loving to embarrass the two young parents.

As predicted, Tamaki flushed and swatted at the twins.

"That's not… Haruhi and I's love could not have been contained to just the two of us! We were very fortunate to be blessed with our beautiful –"

"Speaking of which," Haruhi interrupted, also red, "its naptime. Looks like I can't go to your stupid event anyway" she sounded triumphant, but the older hosts still looked smug, which only meant trouble.

"Did you not hear Tamaki mention that the event is exclusive to graduates only, Haruhi?" Kyoya said. "The Host Club is only sponsoring it. It will be held in the club room, but you and the twins will be the only hosts present. Tamaki can take the baby."

Tamaki stepped forward and held out his arms to take his child, but Haruhi held tighter instead.

"Ah… I feel guilty though, I haven't been around all day, you've been taking care of h-"

"I'm not babysitting, Haruhi. I'm the father, I'm supposed to spend time with my child!" Tamaki was starting to sound defensive, and Haruhi felt a rush of guilt. Tamaki still lived in the Suoh mansion, which meant he didn't get to see the baby as often as she did. Still, it didn't help her own separation anxiety.

"I know, but I-"

"Daddy!" it appeared Tamaki wasn't the only one becoming impatient. The infant in Haruhi's arms was beginning to squirm and reach for Tamaki. "Go wi' daddy!"

Tamaki raised an eyebrow at Haruhi, as if to say 'see?'

Haruhi sighed and finally handed her cherished baby over after a kiss on the forehead. "Okay, be good for daddy and grandpa then."

The child ignored her, busy burying their face into their father's chest.

"Don't worry, Haruhi, you go have fun!" Honey said, smiling up at the younger girl. With that, Hikaru and Kaoru took hold of both Haruhi's arms and whisked her away.

For once, Haruhi didn't bother struggling against them and simply let them drag her up to the familiar third music room. By now she was used to the random changes of plan and spontaneous events – after all, that's how this whole thing started.

Spain, 3rd week of November, Haruhi's second year of high school

Barcelona was incredible. Never in a million years did Haruhi think that she would be able to leave the country for leisure due to her family's financial situation and her lack of a passport. However, Ouran High School and it's Host Club had made a lot of things possible for her, and she was grateful for it.

Haruhi had only been in Boston for three months before Kyoya had received a summons to Spain from his father, and the whole Host Club had whisked her away for a three day getaway. While Haruhi was grateful for the opportunity to see the beautiful and exotic country, she was a little uncomfortable with the prospect of having her first vacation with Tamaki as a couple, as he continued to remind her.

"So where are we all staying for the night?" Her thoughts were interrupted by the chatter of the other boys, and Haruhi decided to tune back into the conversation.

"Well, there are three double rooms. Kyoya Senpai reserved a single room earlier." Hikaru explained. "It's been a while since we've been on a trip, so we should room with someone who's not our usual partner."

Oh great, Haruhi thought sarcastically.

"It would be nice to share a room with Haru-Chan!" Honey commented.

Here we go.

"This is no joking matter! This is Haruhi's and my first vacation as a loving couple … so shouldn't it be like a honeymoon!?" Tamaki declared.

Her face went bright red at the implications of that last sentence, and then deathly white. Tamaki wasn't… expecting anything because they were a couple now was he?

"Haru and I are sharing a room! Vacations open the door to love!" he concluded.

Haruhi frowned. The implications were too great. "No, I'll have to pass on that" she said bluntly.

"Huh? Why no?"

Oh no. The puppy dog eyes…

"Eh … it's because that's …" Haruhi averted her eyes awkwardly. He wasn't going to make her say it, was he? But then again, Tamaki was an oblivious idiot.

"Because what?" he prompted.

Haruhi looked back up to protest, but when she saw Tamaki looking down at her with that flirtatious face, all the words left her.

"Hmm? Why not?" he repeated in flawless English, his voice low and seductive.

Haruhi felt her face heat up and turn tomato red in embarrassment. Why did he have to do that? It was the second quickest way for Tamaki to get what he wants by using his annoyingly sexy voice.

But she couldn't let him win.

Haruhi stood up abruptly. "I – I have to use the restroom!" she announced awkwardly before dashing off, leaving behind a thoroughly disheartened Tamaki.

It wasn't that Haruhi was afraid of sharing a room with Tamaki – they practically lived together anyway and he'd stayed the night in her apartment a few times and vice versa. However, with him going on about honeymoons and loving vacations had her a little panicky about their advancing relationship.

By now Haruhi had accepted the fact that her feelings for Tamaki were deep, and living together meant that they had already started to advance their relationship physically, but not so far than appropriate for high schoolers – but did this honeymoon that Tamaki kept referencing symbolise them doing something more than just make out sessions on her couch?

Haruhi sighed as she pushed open the ladies restroom door. It was all too complicated, and giving her a headache.

Luckily for her, these unwelcome thoughts were distracted by Kyoya's prospective fiancée decided to make a literal leap for freedom.

The rest of the day passed without incident, and Haruhi forgot about Tamaki's earlier comments in time to go sightseeing with her boyfriend. However, by the end of it all her feet were starting hurt from all the walking around and when Honey and Mori decided to retreat back to the hotel, she followed suit with the twins trailing behind.

"Hey, wait! Where are you guys going?" Hearing Tamaki's shouts behind them Haruhi sighed and turned to face him.

"We're going back to the hotel, boss. We're all pretty tired" Kaoru replied.

"Me and Takashi are rooming together, then Kao Chan and Hika Chan, then Haru Chan is getting the single room!" Honey added helpfully.

"Ehh!? Why is Haruhi taking the single room? Haruhi is supposed to be rooming with me…" Tamaki spluttered.

Haruhi rolled her eyes and decided to ignore the blonde's delusions. "Good night, Tamaki."

"What do you mean there's no single room left? We booked three doubles and a single!"

The hotels receptionist looked unapologetic as she pretended to be searching files on the computer system, despite Haruhi clearly being able to see her play Run.

"I'm very sorry," she said in a scripted sounding voice, "but our records showed that there were six of you that needed to reserve rooms, and there are six beds in the three rooms, so we had to give the single away to someone else. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but you should have organised your rooms earlier" she said, not sounding sorry at all.

Haruhi groaned. Great, now she was going to have to share with Tamaki.

"And there's no other single rooms? I absolutely have to share the double?"

"Yes."

"I guess we get to have our mini-honeymoon after all, Haruhi!"

Haruhi turned around at the sound of her boyfriends voice just in time for him to bound forward and envelop her in a tight hug. She couldn't help but groan, even as she hugged him back lovingly. Now she would be stuck with the slightly perverse idiot for the next two nights.

Not that she would have had it any other way.

And so begun the rest of the couple's life.

* mago – grandchild in Japanese, according to a reviewer who corrected by previous translation

I hoped you liked this, please leave reviews!

Wow, it was so hard keeping the baby's gender a secret. I hope he/she peaked your interest! The rest of this story will take place in Haruhi's second year, so I hope you enjoy the ride!

For those of you who haven't read the manga, this chapter is pretty much all the spoilers you'll get and they're only from chapter 83, which inspired me to create this story in the first place. The only other real difference is age, as in the manga Haruhi is 16, which she reiterates in the Spain saga, so I changed Tamaki's age to 17 to keep him a year older.

Literally all the info you need is in the last chapter of the manga, so if you want background info for this story, just go to a platform like Kissmanga (which is free and easy) and read chapter 83. It's like an epilogue to the main story, and I've just interrupted the Spain portion.

Sorry for rambling, I hope you liked this story and remember to review and follow!