A/N: THis is a RP fic between myself and AnimeGoddess101. She will be doing the part of Takashi Morinozuka and I will be doing the part of Haruhi Fujioka.

Haruhi

Takashi

Disclaimer: Neither one of us own Ouran High School Host Club. It and all of its characters are pwned by the lovely Bisco Hatori. We stand in awe of your genius.

It wasn't the first nor the last time I had seen Mitsukuni in the state he was in. I watched him from the corner of my eyes as he poked his chocolate cake with the spoon he held tightly in his palm. With a soft sigh, I looked around to make sure all was well and noticed Haruhi in the corner being raged by the devil twins...yet again.

The twins were babbling on about coming to my house again. I shot them that look that clearly spelled out 'NO!' but they weren't seeming to take the hint. I felt the heat that can only come from someone's gaze and looked up sharply to see Mori-senpai staring at me. Hunny-senpai was distant lately. I wasn't sure how Mori-senpai felt about it, as his face was a constant mask of neutrality, but surely he felt something...

I wasn't into the whole 'girl looks at you...so you look away and blush' act so the moment her gaze caught mine, I bowed slightly for a mere moment and lifted up again almost looking like a simple nod of the head. I could hear the Hitachiin Twins stomping their feet in rage and cuddling the startled Haruhi between them. I couldn't help but stand up abruptly. "Haruuuuu-chan!! Please?!?!" I coudl tell it was something about going to her house so I strode over to them and stood tall at the side of the 'Natural Rookie'. "When...she's ready..." I murmured. With a slick twirl, I walked away again, barely holding up my mental grin that held its form in my mind.... not on my face.

I was slightly shocked. Mori-senpai had just stood up for me, in his own way. Even the twins were taken aback and sat down, quietly mumbling to each other about scary giants and how to get back at them. I quickly moved away before they decided to bring me into it. I scooted along until I bumped into Tamaki. 'Great...' I thought.

I moved backwards, hearing them talk about how to get back at giants. 'I'm not THAT tall. Satoshi, my younger brother, is classed as very tall for his age and he's a couple years younger than me.' I noticed Haruhi and Tamaki and instantly rolled my eyes. "Tamaki-san.... Kyouya-san needs some help choosing Haruhi's uniform for the concert." I lied softly and watched Tamaki nod and scurry away in a frenzy. I idly wondered what was wrong with Mitsukuni and was so glad that my face was unreadable.

Mori-senpai had saved me yet again. I inched my way over to the love-seat. I was NOT getting caught by crazies again... "Haru-chan??" I jerked toward the voice and saw the smaller senpai staring up at me with a look of confusion. "Is something wrong with Haru-chan?" I shook my head. "No, Hunny-senpai. I was just avoiding Tamaki-san. How are you?" He quickly looked down at the floor and wiggled his foot around. "Don't worry about me, Haru-chan." This was not good. I glanced up at Mori-senpai, who had silently eased back into his chair near Hunny. His face was again a stone mask. Yet I thought I could see a bit of concern around the edges of his eyes and the corners of his mouth.

I felt my heart break slightly at how Mitsukuni was acting. I could tell my seldom speaking self was making things a bit less tense because I was listening and not talking. I reclined in my seat and edged closer to the two next to me. "Don't worry about me, Haru-chan." I silently gulped down a soft smile that was threatening to make itself known. I sat bolt upright before standing, shifting my weight from my left foot to my right and back again to make my center of balance perfect. "M-Mori-senpai?" Haruhi looked up at me questioningly. "I have practice." I stated and walked away. Sure it wasn't all true... i had another quarter of an hour to kill before I even had to get ready for my practice session. The moment I was away from them I sighed loudly. This was going to be hard to figure out....

SP: That was a bit shorter than I expected.....

AG101: But it was the perfect place to end it.

SP: True! Would you like to do the honors?

AG101: Sure. Push the little button and review! It would make us very happy!

SP: What she said!!