I've always wanted to write a Mori/Haruhi story, so here. Oh yeah, if any of you have a Livejournal, go check out the MorixHaruhi community.

Disclaimer: I own none of the characters. They belong to Bisco Hatori.

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Chapter 1

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Haruhi Fujioka was surprised to see that Mori had come to the Host Club alone today. It seemed so unnatural. Even the other hosts and customers were curious as to where Hunny was.

"Mori-senpai, where's Hunny-senpai?" Haruhi asked. He looked down at her with a depressed look on his face.

"He's sick." The customers started bombarding him with questions.

"This can't continue any further!" Tamaki cried. "Without Hunny, Mori's appeal to customers will go down!" For once, the self proclaimed king was right. All of Mori's customers felt awkward and babbled on about how much they missed Hunny.

At the end of the day, the Hosts sat in the music room thinking of ways to remedy now Hunny-less Mori. It had been confirmed by a phone call that the cake loving host would be out for a week or more.

"Did you think of anything, milord?" the twins asked.

"Yes! Hunny will be filled in by..."

"That could work." Kyouya commented while writing in his book. He got one of his trademark grins on his face. "Haruhi will fill in for Hunny." The rest of the Host Club froze.

"No! My daughter won't be subjected to that!" Tamaki exclaimed hugging Haruhi.

"How would that work?" Kaoru questioned. "She's not exactly cheerful all of the time." Haruhi glared at him.

"The customers may not like it at first, but it would be a change." the shadow king stated. "So she's going to do it whether she likes it or not."

Through the conversation, Mori had not said a word. He looked like he was staring into space. Haruhi went over and tapped him on the shoulder. "Are you okay with this Mori-senpai?"

"Hn."

"Why don't we call Hunny and see what he thinks?" Hikaru suggested getting out his cell phone and dialing the number.

"What do you want?" Hunny sounded horrible. His usual sweet and cute voice was replaced by a low hoarse squeak. It had not occurred to Hikaru that the ill host would be tired.

"We were wondering if Haruhi could fill in your spot until you get back." Kyouya had grabbed the phone from Hikaru. There was a brief silence.

"Of course!" Haruhi, Tamaki, and the twins were puzzled at the answer.

"If Mitsukuni says it's all right..." Mori said.

"I hope I don't have to eat a lot of cakes and sweets." Haruhi thought. "Damn rich bastards.

I'm sorry that the first chapter is short.