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13 The new year------------
Haruhi's eyes opened wide when Kyoya gently put the package in her hands.
He smiled. "Open it".
Doing as she was told, she carefully unwrapped the package and saw a pale blue box with a bow in one corner. When she opened it, Haruhi saw a silver bracelet with words embedded on it. She lifted it up to read 'the girl who saw through me'. Her cheeks started to show patches of pink areas, pleased that she had meant something special to him.
"Haha, I can't wear this around club activities can I?" She joked.
"I have something else for you too." Kyoya added. His hand came out of his bag with a teddy bear. The same teddy bear that Haruhi had put on her mother's grave. 'For You'.
"I bought one on the weekends, now both your mum and you have one."
"Thank you Kyoya" Haruhi said softly. "I really appreciate this." She tiptoed on her feet to kiss Kyoya gently on the cheek. Strong arms then wrapped around her waist and pulled her towards his body. He mumbled in her hair "Merry Christmas, Haruhi".
"Merry Christmas" She murmured.
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"Haruhiiiiiiii, we're going to be lateeeee!" Ranka, Haruhi's Dad cried out.
"Hold on a sec! I'll be right out, I just need to finish my hair."
"We don't want to leave a bad impression on the chairman!! Hurry Up daughter!"
"I'm down! I'm down! . . . I'm here." Haruhi almost sprinted to the car, almost，what prevented her from actually sprinting was the dress that the twin's mum had designed and the heels that she was wearing. Finally, they were ready to go to the New Year's Party that Tamaki's father was holding.
About a week has passed since Haruhi had been able to talk to Kyoya properly. The last time they were together for longer than five minutes was at the end of the Christmas ball. Most of the time when they could see each other was during host club sessions, but even then, it would have been suspicious if the guests saw.
Haruhi saw herself in the reflection of the car window, she had straightened her hair a bit so it seemed longer. Haruhi touched her hair, she doesn't normally straighten. Her hair was longer than when she first went into the host club, now it went halfway of the neck. If she didn't have to cut it so many times during the year, it would've gone to about shoulder length.
"We're here" Ranka said, looking back at the backseat where Haruhi was sitting. Her voice brought Haruhi out of her thoughts as she turned to look through the window at Tamaki's mansion. Big, no, big is not even enough to describe it, massive. Tamaki's mansion was truly amazing. Because it was night, the pathway to the door was lit by little lamp posts which, illuminated the beauty of their garden.
Haruhi took a deep breath before she got out of the car, tonight she would meet Kyoya's father. She had been mentally preparing herself for this encounter. Ranka led the way to the front door and pushed to doorbell. One of the servants opened and let them in.
Two seconds into the mansion and Haruhi heard "DAUGHTER! YOU'RE HERE!" Tamaki came bounding down the stairs with the rest of the host club following closely behind. However, as soon as he got there, he got shot down my one of Ranka's death glares which clearly showed the message 'just who are you calling daughter??". At once, he went to his corner of misery.
Looking pleased with himself, Ranka went off to join the rest of the adults in the backyard.
"Hi Haruhi-chan! The fireworks start in about four hours" Hunny said excitedly. "We're all going to the nearby hills to look at them alright? It'll only take about five minutes walk to get there."
Haruhi smiled down at him. "Okay, I can't wait."
"Milord, we're getting bored." Hikaru said. "We've still got ages to go"
"A ha!" Tamaki immediately came out of his corner. "I have recently obtained the commoner's game 'Monopoly'. This is a game of wit and challenge!" No, its pretty much a game of luck actually. Haruhi thought.
They all scrambled to a spare room and Tamaki spread out the game board. While he was explaining the rules, Kyoya came up behind Haruhi. "Would you like to meet my father now?"
Haruhi looked at him. Kyoya could see the uncertainty in her eyes. "It's alright, he doesn't bite" He assured her.
Haruhi chuckled. "Ok."
"Guys?" Kyoya was speaking to everyone. "I'm going to show Haruhi the backyard."
With one arm around her waist, they headed for the backyard. Out in the backyard, Haruhi recognized him immediately, he had dark gray hair and was dressed in a very formal attire, but that wasn't how Haruhi had recognized him. He had Kyoya's eyes.
When he saw them, he beckoned the two over. "Hello Mr. Otori." Haruhi bowed politely at the man in front of her. His eyes gazed intently at Haruhi. She felt uncomfortable but still stood up straight, determined to let him see no flaws.
"Father, this is Haruhi." Kyoya introduced.
"I see," He nodded. "She is rather pretty."
Haruhi flushed red and bowed slightly. "Thank you"
"So, what do you intend to study?" Kyoya's father asked, all business mode.
"I was thinking of a career in law." She replied, carefully choosing her words.
He nodded. "Which university are you going to apply for?"
"Well, I was thinking whether I should apply for a university overseas," next to her, Haruhi could feel Kyoya twitch, smiling, she continued. "Or I was thinking I should apply for Tokyo University." Kyoya's body relaxed.
"Kyoya had told me about you." He said. "My son thinks highly of you."
Kyoya's father pushed his glasses a little bit higher. "You can probably realize that I was a little bit surprised at Kyoya's choice for a girl-"
"Father," Kyoya started with an edge in his voice. His father stopped him from talking, putting one hand up.
He continued. "But, I can see that I had no need to be too worried." He smiled down at her. "Happy New Year's Eve" With that, he turned around and joined in with another conversation.
Haruhi, eyes wide, turned to Kyoya, "That's it? It's over?"
Kyoya nodded, trying to control his laughter at her facial expression. "Yes, that's it."
"My mental preparation had gone down the drain!" She whispered furiously.
"Wait, but aren't you glad that is was over?" Kyoya asked.
"Yeah, I guess so."
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"I won!" Hunny cried as he jumped around.
Haruhi grinned, Tamaki had become bankrupt in the game and was now shredding the rule book up.
"Guys, we should get going to the hills, all the adults are going out the door and its almost time for the countdown." Koaru announced to everyone.
They all put on their shoes and coats and walked out the door. Somewhere during the way there, Kyoya's hand found Haruhi's. For such a cold night, Haruhi felt warm inside.
When they reached the small hills, Haruhi and Kyoya placed themselves a little bit further away from everyone else. The hills were situated next to a harbor. You could see the small ripples on the water's surface.
There was still two minutes before the ten-second countdown.
"Any new year's resolutions?" Kyoya whispered into her ear.
"Yup, not to be so insensitive and blunt at times." She replied cheerfully. "You?"
"Hmmm" Kyoya looked up at the night sky. "To cut down Hunny's sweets, they take up too much profit." He grinned mischievously. Haruhi flicked his arm. "Don't be so mean."
Soon after, she whispered "It's starting"
". . . 10 . . ."
The year is finally coming to an end, thought Haruhi.
". . . 9 . . ."
She rested her head on his shoulder.
". . . 8 . . ."
Kyoya gazed down at the beautiful girl next to him.
". . . 7 . . ."
He thought for a second about the future, what would happen when they go to university.
". . . 6 . . ."
Would things change?
". . . 5 . . ."
No.
". . . 4 . . ."
They would be together still.
" . . . 3 . . ."
He bent his head forward.
". . . 2 . . ."
Their lips met as sparks flew in the sky.
". . . 1 . . ."
"Happy new year"
Finished
A/N: Finiished. My longest chapter x). This fanfic has now come to an end. When I first wrote this fanfic, my aim was to get 50 reviews, now this fanfic has over 100. Thank you to all my reviewers and readers. I hope you enjoyed this story.
I'm now debating whether I should start another fanfic or just wait for the next holiday. Hmmm, in the meantime, leave a review to tell me how you liked this chapter and the story as a whole. xD.