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Kyouya: You know you're going to have to pay me for all of that confetti you're throwing around. That stuff is imported.
Me: Blink… scoops confetti into container and hands it back to Kyouya
Tonraibo: Master Ghaleon disclaims all of this! None of the characters are hers… or the show… just the story… That's all she has, poor girl…
P.S. Yes… The beginning is supposed to be kinda cheesy sounding.
Creeping… Slowly creeping. Unseen too, like a shadow in the night. Silently and stealthily stalking his prey like a raccoon looking for a piece of food. Suddenly he locates his target—a tasty little morsel—takes aim, and pounces!
"Haruhiiiiiiiiiiiii!!"
"AAUGH! Get off of me, senpai!"
That was just a few minutes ago. Haruhi had been sitting at lunch all alone eating in the classroom as usual and since Hikaru and Kaoru always ate in the lunch room, this was the perfect time to catch her.
So he did.
It turned out though that he wasn't like a raccoon slowly creeping like a shadow in the night. The other students in the classroom were watching him curiously the whole time and knew exactly where he was and what he was doing, even if he was totally oblivious to them as he crouched down behind desks, jumping from one to the other. Also, that tasty little morsel fought back. She beat him into the ground, as he was demonstrating right now by laying face down on the floor.
"Senpai? Senpai, are you okay?" Haruhi had crouched down on the ground next to him and was gently shaking his shoulder. Tamaki's head slowly moved up and down for yes. Haruhi sighed, relieved that he was okay. He hadn't moved since he fell to the ground.
"Come on, senpai. Let's go outside. We'll get you taken care of." Haruhi grabbed Tamaki's arm and tried to pull him up from the floor, after awhile Tamaki cooperated and he was off the floor and out of the door with Haruhi.
Tamaki's face was red, not the blushing or embarrassed kind of red, the "I-just-met-the-floor" kind of red. But not everyone knew that and Tamaki got a few curious looks as he was being pulled through the hall by Haruhi with a red face, not that he cared. He was used to strange and curious looks from people; with his kind of lifestyle, he had to be. He was just merely observing that fact as a distraction from the fact that Haruhi was holding his hand as she pulled him through the ocean of students and then outside into the fresh air.
Once outside Haruhi released Tamaki's hand and turned to face him.
"Tamaki-senpai, you need to be more careful. You can't just be jumping on me like that every chance you get!" Her tone was lightly chastising and her hands were resting on her hips, she appeared to be a mother chastising her child. Wait… I'M the Daddy! Before he could voice any thoughts of his, she continued, gesturing to her uniform.
"The uniform makes everyone think I'm a boy, right? Well, either you jumping on me is going to make everyone realize I'm a girl… Or it's going to make everyone think you're…" She faltered here, not wanting to say anything harsh. "'Weird'…" Haruhi hoped that she had said it in such a way that he would catch on.
"Weird…?"
Nope. He apparently didn't catch on. Haruhi sighed.
"Yes. Weird. As in, 'Tamaki likes guys' kind of weird."
"Ooooh… But I don't." He blinked at her and gave her a 'duh' look.
"I know you don't! That's why—…" Suddenly his arms were around her and she was against his chest, his cheek was resting on her head.
"I like you, Haruhi!" He exclaimed, rubbing his cheek lightly against her hair. The whole situation should have just been a light-hearted, "Oh it's just Tamaki" kind of thing. But in the last day the weirdest things have been happening with the guys around her, especially the situation with Kyouya. So Tamaki's hug and statement, frivolous as they were, were now making her blush; she wasn't used to this feeling of anxiety and the excitement of being held against a boy.
Tamaki was bigger than her and his embrace seemed to swallow her, taking her somewhere warm, inviting, and safe. She was so very tempted to stay here in his hug and was seriously considering it, but he pulled back.
"Haruhi? You okay?" With one arm still around her he used his free hand to tilt her chin up to get a better look at her face, his own showed concern for her. The position was similar, but not quite the same, to hers and Kyouya's just yesterday. Her stomach did a small flip as she realized this, What is wrong with me? Is this going to happen every time I get held by a boy?
"You're all red, Haruhi." He still sounded concerned but gave a small chuckle as he used his other hand to rub the redness on her cheek, giving her a charming smile. Haruhi stifled the small intake of air she was about to make and just held her breath. Now it was exactly like yesterday! All Tamaki needed to do now was lean closer…
Suddenly Haruhi smacked his chest and pushed herself away from him. He let go without a fight, he didn't even really have a grip on her, and she ran away.
…Huh…? Tamaki thought as she ran without looking back. He looked all around and didn't see anything out of the ordinary. What just happened? He was completely oblivious to the fact that he had apparently done something wrong that made Haruhi run.
Haruhi understood that as she ran from Tamaki. He had no idea that he'd done anything wrong. But I couldn't stay there any longer. The feeling she was getting was just getting overwhelming and she wasn't ready to handle it, not from Tamaki or Kyouya or anyone. She stopped when she was sure she was out of sight and took a seat on a marble bench seated next to a pool of water, where she caught her breath. What was WRONG with the Host Club boys as of late?
Tamaki watched from afar as Hikaru and Kaoru surrounded Haruhi an hour later. If he was going to get near her without them around, then he was going to have to study their schedules and figure out when the perfect times would be. It would take time and patience but he was positive that he could do it.
The three 2nd years were walking down the hall just a few minutes later. Hikaru and Kaoru walking on either side of Haruhi, who was writing down last minute notes and thoughts in a notebook. As she was pondering how to word her final thought she got bumped from behind and her pen went flying through the air, missing all of the nearby students, and got kicked into a dark classroom.
Haruhi told Hikaru and Kaoru that she would catch up with them in a minute and the two stopped to look at her.
"Why?" They both asked her, seeming curious and not noticing her flying pen a few seconds before.
"I dropped my pen and it flew into that classroom. I'm just going to pick it up, okay?"
"Haruhi, it's just a pen."
"Yeah, we'll get you another one when we get to class." She glared at the twins. They just didn't understand.
"I like that pen. Kyouya sold my last favorite one and I am not going to lose this one. It'll just take a minute; I'll catch right up to you!" After a second the twins shrugged and continued to walk.
"Okay, just hurry up, Haruhi!"
Haruhi weaved and ducked her way through the students until she finally reached the dark classroom. Once she entered, the door slowly closed until there was only a tiny bit of light showing in. She searched around for a light switch but when she couldn't find one she just opted for getting down on her hands and knees to search. After a minute of searching, and still not finding it, a light bloomed in one corner of the room as another door opened. It appeared to be a candle, no… wait. A bunch of candles! A horde of cloaked figures floated into the room around Haruhi, staring down at her. One cloaked figure stepped forward, displaying a Beelzenef puppet on one hand.
"Nek-Nekozawa-senpai?" Haruhi had stuttered out of disbelief, not fear, as she stood up. "What are you doing here? Didn't you graduate last year along with Mori and Hunny-senpai?" She could see him grin as he nodded slowly.
"Hai, I did. But I just couldn't leave my club. You see, I must remain with my people or they would be lost and, unfortunately, my baby sister is not old enough, nor ready to take charge of this wondrous organization. So until then I will stay and take care of it. I am more than willing." She could tell that he really did care for his club by the way he spoke of it.
"What brings you here, Fujioka-san?" He inquired after a few seconds.
"Well, I dropped my pen and it rolled in here. Have you seen it?"
"Ah, yes. This pen?" He held up a pen, a blue one with the little panda on top. That was it.
"Hai! Arigatou, senpai!" She reached out to receive her pen from Nekozawa.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! HARUHIIIIIIII!! DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON'T!!!" A very, very familiar voice rang out. Oh, no… She sighed inwardly right before she was grabbed around her waist by Tamaki. He held onto her with one arm as he swatted at the pen Nekozawa was holding, just like a cat would; he was almost hissing at it too. She struggled against his arm almost immediately.
"Tamaki-senpai! Let me go! NOW!!" She yelled in his ear, resulting in his grip weakening so that he could nurse his wounded eardrum. Haruhi straightened herself out and then walked over to Nekozawa, who hadn't moved an inch in the last few moments. When she approached though, he lowered his hand and placed the pen in Haruhi's hand.
"Arigatou. And sorry about Tamaki-senpai." She had the decency to look apologetic for Tamaki. Nekozawa just smiled at the two.
"No problem. The Host Club members are our friends…" He and his club members started to sink into the shadows as their candle lights grew dimmer and dimmer. "… And they are welcome here at any time…" They were now completely gone, emerged in darkness with no light at all.
"… For any reason." A final statement echoed eerily through the dark and empty room. The were both alone in the dark now. Haruhi immediately made her way for the door.
"Senpai, why are you following me? Can't you just leave me alone!" She didn't mean to sound harsh, but he had been following her all day long and had not gotten one minute of personal time or privacy. Either the twins were following her, or Kyouya needed her for something, or Tamaki would pop up when she thought she finally had personal time!
"B-But Haruhi, I just saved your life!" She knew that he was referring to Nekozawa and stopped, sighing at him.
"When are you going to realize that Nekozawa-senpai means no harm? You heard him, we're his friends!"
"He could be a friend eater!!"
"Or for goodness sake…" She continued on to the door only to be stopped by a hand on her wrist.
"Tamaki, let go." She was starting to get a headache from being around Tamaki, she needed… To… Be… Alone.
"No." His voice had gotten serious, it was much deeper now. She tugged at her wrist, trying to free it.
"I'm not kidding, Tamaki. I need to go and you're not helping—…" She was once again, for the second time today, pulled up against Tamaki in a tight hug.
"… Tamaki…?" His chin was resting on her head and he remained silent for a moment longer, Haruhi was no longer struggling but just waited for something to happen.
"Haruhi," he slowly began. "You must understand. I don't want you hurt, or cursed, or any other bad thing. Please don't be mad when I try to keep you away from Nekozawa-senpai… Please. I don't want you to be near him or, at the very least, alone with him."
"But, senpai, I was just getting my pen. There was no way I could've known—…"
"That's not the point!" He held on to her just a bit tighter, but continued to stare straight ahead. "I'm just… scared. Okay, Haruhi? I'm scared for you." He lowered his head to her shoulder, trying to convey his emotions to her.
Haruhi did understand though, Tamaki was very superstitious about Nekozawa-senpai and scared of him too. Even though it was irrational, it still made sense to Haruhi; Tamaki was worried about her and she really shouldn't do that to him.
Her arms rose and circled around his waist, hugging him back. Her frustrated feelings from earlier seemed to melt away as she took comfort from Tamaki and gave him some in return.
"Okay, Tamaki. I'll be careful. Thank you for being worried about me." She could feel Tamaki smile against her shoulder and then raise his head. She could barely see him through the little bit of light coming in through the crack in the door, but she saw his head descend towards hers and felt him softly kiss her on the forehead. A faint blush rose into her cheeks for the hundredth time today.
"You're welcome, Haruhi." He smiled down at her and the two just watched each other for awhile until an eerie sound filled the room.
"HaaaaAAAaaaaruuuhiiiiIII…. TAAAAaaammmAaaaAAAAKiiiiii…." A ghost like sound came from all around them. All of Tamaki's hair rose on its ends right before he quickly grabbed Haruhi and ran screaming from the room.
"A ghost, Haruhi! A GHOST!"
"AAUgh! Senpai! There are no such things as ghooooooosts!"
Kyouya chuckled as he saw the two running from the darkened room. Oh, that was brilliant, Kyouya.
He had been walking down the hall when he saw Tamaki leap into the room screaming.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! HARUHIIIIIIII!! DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON'T!!!"
Kyouya was curious and peeked inside through the door that was cracked open just a tiny bit. He had seen Tamaki "protecting" Haruhi from the Black Magic club and then they were left alone. Not liking where that was going, he opened his briefcase and took out a little wireless speaker. He had just gotten it a few days ago and carried it around with him in case he needed it for a presentation or something.
He attached the speaker to the doorframe, facing it inside the room, and then he walked over to the other side of the hall where he proceeded to give his best ghost impression through the wireless microphone.
Surely enough, Tamaki ran through the door no more than a few seconds later, dragging Haruhi behind him. Once the two were out of sight, Kyouya retrieved his speaker from the doorframe.
"You just try and be alone in the dark with her again, Tamaki." With one more chuckle he went to class.
Ahahaha! Kyouya is so evil… But brilliant, ne? Aww… So Tamaki kind of got his "moment" with Haruhi even if he didn't really realize it…. Either time…
I felt bad about scaring some of you and so here's another chapter! Two chapters in two days!
You know what? I think I'm getting my touch back. How'd you like it? I particularly liked the beginning. That's my favorite kind of stuff to write!
See you next time! It's going to be the chapter I've been waiting to write! YAAAAY! Funness!
Master Ghaleon-MG aka Mik