A/N: Hello, minna-san~! This is my first fanfiction for Ouran High School Host Club. I wrote this story a year ago after watching this wacky anime many times. I love to pair up many characters there but I decided to pair Kyoya and Haruhi because there are certain hints that made me think that maybe Kyoya likes Haruhi, after all . . . Since it's my first time writing this OHSHC fanfic, I hope you'll bear with it. ^^

Anyway, let's start with the story! I hope you'll enjoy it!

Warning/s: slight OOC-ness, wrong grammar and confusing words.

Summary: Haruhi was about to attend her mother's death anniversary but the Shadow King kidnapped her and took her to a beauty salon for one purpose: she must pretend to be Kyoya's girlfriend to cancel his marriage interview! Will they succeed and why did he choose her in the first place?

Disclaimer: I don't own OHSHC!

Chapter 1: Pretend as my Girlfriend

One Saturday morning, a teenage girl, with short brown hair and big brown eyes, was walking in the street, carrying two grocery bags happily. Today was an important day for her: the day of the anniversary of her mother's death. She leisurely let herself feel the summer air breeze and gaze at the blue sky. She thought with enthusiastic eyes, "Mother in heaven, I'll visit your grave today. It's been ten years since you passed away. Don't worry; Father and I were doing fine these past days because you're always watching over us. I'll cook some delicious dishes and offer it to your funeral later. Today is going to be…"

Her thoughts got interrupted when both of her arms were suddenly grabbed by two men in black suits. She was speechless because she's too surprised. Then a black limousine stopped in front of her. One of the black windows opened slowly, revealing a black-haired guy with eyeglasses. He greeted with a smirk, "Good morning, Haruhi."

She stuttered with a shocked look, "Kyo-Kyoya-sempai! What's going on here?!"

"We'll talk about it later," he replied coolly but for her, she knew he's planning something evil. He commanded the two men "Get her inside."

The two men answered, "Yes, master!"

"Nooo~!" she shouted helplessly and accidentally dropped her grocery bags.

Then she was put inside the limousine immediately. The limousine moved with unbelievable speed, causing her to stumble back and forth inside it while Kyoya was relaxed in his seat. He suddenly remembered something important to tell her so he told it right away, "Oh, I forgot to tell you, Haruhi. You must use the seatbelt while riding this limousine."

She protested, "You should have said it earlier!"

She continued on her thoughts with a big sigh, "… today is not going to be as peaceful as I expected."

Meanwhile, another black limousine stopped near the condominium where Haruhi lives. A blond-haired guy opened the door of the limousine and went out from there while carrying a bouquet of red roses. He gulped very hard upon seeing the condominium in front of him. Yes, it's finally the perfect time to do that. He must be brave. His legs were trembling nervously as he thought of it but he must bear with it. He's Tamaki Suou! He's not a coward!

~Tamaki's Inner Mind Theatre~

Haruhi opened the door of her apartment after hearing the sound of the doorbell. After opening it, a shining blond-haired guy with purple amethyst eyes greeted her with a handsome smile, "Good morning, Haruhi."

She flustered, "Tamaki-sempai…, you're so dazzling today."

"No, you're more dazzling today…," he knelt and placed a soft kiss on her right hand. He continued, "Your beauty surpasses this bouquet of red roses I bought for you. I hope you'll accept this."

"Thank you! The red roses are so lovely. I'll take good care of this bouquet since you're the one who gave it to me, Tamaki-sempai," she replied with twinkling eyes as she touched and smelled the roses after receiving them from him.

"Ahh…, how kind your heart is! I know the roses will never wither because of your caring heart," he said while looking at her with sparkling eyes.

She blushed as she averted her eyes shyly from him, "Really?"

"Yes, and because of that, I wanted to tell you something important, Haruhi…"

"What is it, sempai?"

Tamaki grabbed something from his pocket and he showed it up. It's a small black velvet box. He finally asked, "Will you…," and he opened the box, revealing a coupon for all- you-can-eat 'ootoro' (M: 'fat tuna') in a sushi shop. He continued, "… eat tons of fat tuna with me?"

She answered with watery eyes happily, "Yes, I will! I'm so happy!"

Then they hugged each other lovingly and Haruhi kissed his left cheek gently amidst the flying red petals of the roses.

~End of Tamaki's Inner Mind Theatre~

He grinned gladly with burning eyes after imagining the outcome. He thought, "Yes! I'll do it! Wait for me, Haruhi~!"

But in the end, he just saw a sign on the door which disappointed him. He read it slowly with watery eyes, "We went out for an important trip. Sorry for the inconvenience – Fujioka family."

"No way… Haruhi, come back~!" he cried out in tears that echoed throughout the town. A kid said to his mother while walking in the street near the condominium, "Is he an insane person, mama?"

The mother replied nervously as he dragged her son away from there, "Don't look at him! He's dangerous!"

"What is really the meaning of this~?!" the brown-haired girl asked as they're standing in front of a grand-looking beauty salon. The workers of the salon were welcoming them warmly. The known shadow king of the host club, Kyoya Ootori, ordered them, "Do the preparations that we'd talked about yesterday."

All of the workers bowed and answered respectfully, "Yes, Ootori-bocchama!"

Then they grabbed Haruhi with dangerous eyes as if they're planning something bad. She looked at Kyoya with a sweaty face, "Kyoya-sempai, please tell me what's going~"

"Bear with it, Haruhi. I'll tell it to you very soon," he said while adjusting his glinting eyeglasses.

"Eh?" her mouth hanged open in confusion. She never saw him troubled like this before. Immediately, she was pulled inside the beauty salon, still gazing at him with a worried look.

After he witnessed her going inside the salon, his phone rang loudly in his pocket. He grabbed it and sighed as he knew who's calling. He pushed a button on his cell phone and put it beside his right ear to hear the call. Then the ever-so-worried club president spoke to him with a nervous voice, "Kyoya, Haruhi is not in her house~! Waaah~! What should I do~?! I can't contact her! She didn't give me her new phone number!"

"Calm down, Tamaki. You're breaking my eardrum," he replied, moving the cell phone away from his ear.

The blond-haired man cried, "Waaah~! How can I calm down?! Did you know where she is now? Please tell it to me if you know where, Kyoya~!"

The black-haired guy suddenly got quiet. His fist tightened and a sweat appeared on his face. His expression was unexplainable. Would he tell it to him or, not? Decided, he answered with a serious voice, "Sorry, Tamaki… I don't know where she is. Maybe she went out privately so we can't disturb her important affairs today."

Tamaki wailed like a kid after hearing it. He sobbed, "Haruhi~! Daddy is worried about you~! Where are you now~?!"

Kyoya scolded him, "Stop crying like a kid, Tamaki. I'm busy so I'll call you later after my marriage interview, okay?"

He stopped wailing and quickly said, "Oh! Your marriage interview is today? Can I accompany you there?"

He declined bluntly, "No need. I already told you that I'll cancel it."

"Ahh… But, how? Your father is hard to deal with, right?" he asked curiously.

Kyoya chuckled confidently, "Don't worry. I'll deal with it smoothly."

Tamaki replied gladly, "Since it's you, it will turn out well somehow. Bye, Kyoya. Let's meet tomorrow, okay?"

"Okay. See you then," then the communication line cut off. Kyoya swiftly put his cell phone in his pocket and looked at his expensive-looking watch around his left wrist. He sighed sadly, "Sorry, I lied to you, Tamaki. I know that you'll be angry if you'll hear the truth. You won't accept it, definitely. But I need to… so my plan will run smoothly without your idiocy."

After waiting for a few minutes, he came inside the beauty salon to have a look for he's tired of waiting. He's quite impatient, after all, whenever he had a difficult time in his life that needed to be taken care of. As he came inside, his eyes bulged out upon gazing at a divine maiden in front of him. For the first time, he never felt so surprised when he saw this lovely sight. The long wavy brown strands of her hair were like the serene waves of the sea, her rosy cheeks and lips were like a newly bloomed rose, her simple sleeveless white dress with a cute ribbon around her upper slender waist made her look like a heavenly angel, and her smooth complexion was as white as snow. When the brown-haired maiden saw him, her face was flustered up with embarrassment for she's wearing a weird dress. She got curious why he's dazing at her when he entered the beauty salon so she asked, "Umm… How do I look like? Is it weird for me to wear a dress like this?"

Kyoya slapped himself mentally but he didn't know that he's blushing already. Haruhi got a little nervous because she never saw the known shadow king blushing and dazing like that. Was he really the Kyoya-sempai she knows? He cleared his throat so it wouldn't be obvious that he's losing his mind after catching a glimpse of her beauty.

He answered coolly while adjusting his eyeglasses, "Heh… That's a rather interesting view. You look like a real lady to me now, Haruhi."

He commented frankly in front of her, making her a bit irritated. "So, it means you never considered me as a lady before… That's so like you, Kyoya-sempai," she twitched her eyebrows with an annoyed look.

"Fujioka-sama, which of our available collections of jewelry will you choose?" a female jeweler approached her and showed to her a tray full of different kinds of jewelry. Haruhi sweated for she didn't know what to choose. She really didn't like this kind of stuff and she even didn't understand why she was been beautified in the beauty salon in the first place. For what purpose and reason? She spaced out, trembling in confusion but she was shocked when Kyoya began to pick some jewelry from the tray.

He reassured, "Haruhi, I'll pick some jewelry for you. Is that all right with you?"

She nodded quickly in agreement and sighed in relief as he picked some up. She touched her beating heart so it would calm down but it beat faster when he went closer to her and put a golden necklace, which was adorned with several glinting emeralds and diamonds, around her exposed neck. She looked down abruptly so he wouldn't see her red face but when the necklace caught her attention, she calmed down unconsciously for she got distracted. She touched it curiously yet gently. The heart- shaped emerald in the middle of the necklace was truly exquisite. Her eyes were twinkling in awe as she observed it longer. She even didn't notice that Kyoya was finished putting it on her neck.

While observing it, he smirked and put a pair of golden earrings with heart-shaped emeralds on both of her ears. Then he slid a few bangles through her left hand. Last but not the least; he placed a thin golden ring with several diamonds on her ring finger.

The female jeweler squealed with joy after seeing it, causing Haruhi to look at what she's squealing at. When she witnessed it, her mouth hanged open with a shocked face while looking at her left hand. She stared at him with wide eyes, "Kyoya-sempai…, you…~"

He leaned closer to her and whispered softly to her right ear, "Yes, you're going to pretend as my girlfriend, Haruhi. You'll help me in canceling my marriage interview."

She murmured curiously to him, "Me? Pretending to be your girlfriend? I thought you said you'll deal with it when we talked about your marriage interview two days ago with the other club members."

He explained in a low toned voice, "Yeah, I said that but I planned to use you as a decoy."

She growled, "Then you should have said it to me earlier! If you'll ask me now, I refuse to help you, Kyoya-sempai. You should have asked another girl. I have a more important thing to do so~"

She abruptly stopped speaking when she felt a menacing aura around him. He said with glinting eyeglasses, "I choose you because no one will notice that you're studying in Ouran Gakuen as a boy and you're only ordinary so if I were you, I'll agree to help rather than being chased by the whole squadron of my family's elite private police… except if I have a passport for my escapade. Of course, I know you still haven't taste a single delicious fat tuna yet from our club even if you've already paid your debt… You know I can give you ten boxes or more if you'll cooperate."

Images of her breaking an expensive vase, of a laughing shadow king, of a huge squadron of elite police, with deadly weapons on hand, chasing her and, of fat tuna, which she want to eat so badly, showed up in her mind one by one abruptly. She could fight against threats but the 'bribe' thing…, it really tempted her. What should she do?!

"Now, what will you do? Will you agree to help or, not?"

She sweated and trembled nervously as he threatened and bribed her intentionally. She gulped in terror and thus finally agreed forcefully with a white flag on her hand and a defeated look plastered on her face, "Okay… I agree to help you, Kyoya-sempai."

"Good answer, Haruhi," he smiled triumphantly.

She thought with a frown, "No one could beat this shadow king…, all right. Why am I acquainted with him? Curses…"

She asked for she's getting more curious about his intention to cancel the marriage interview really badly, "Why are you so desperate to cancel your marriage interview, Kyoya-sempai? You didn't explain it clearly to us last time."

He put his hand to his chin, thinking about it, "Yeah, I haven't told you, have I?"

"Is it because you're still studying or is it because you don't like to be married with someone you don't know?"

His black eyes became sharp when he recalled it suddenly- the moment his father made a move for his future.

~o~ Last week ~o~

"Kyoya, I arranged a marriage interview for you yesterday and consider it like a blind date as well for I'll not tell you who will be your marriage interview partner is."

Kyoya's father, Yoshio Ootori, announced it seriously while all of them, a family, were eating in the dining room. After hearing it all of a sudden while drinking a cup of coffee, he choked abruptly. His older sister, Fuyumi Ootori, squealed happily when she heard it, "My, my, my, Kyoya-san! You'll get engaged to a girl!"

He protested with a serious voice, "No, I'll not get engaged so easily, Fuyumi-neesan. Father, what is it for? Is it for political business again or for money?"

"The marriage interview is for your happiness, not for business. I choose a suitable candidate that will be a fantastic bride to you in the near future so I would like you to meet her in the newly built café, the Cresson Café," his father answered stoically.

Kyoya chuckled, "What? Happiness? Engaging with an unknown girl? Don't make me laugh, father. I'll definitely abolish that idea. It has no merit for me anyway and...," he eyed him sharply as he continued. "… I already have a girlfriend."

His father looked maliciously at him upon hearing it. He replied in a challenging way, "Then choose. Meet your marriage interview partner first before deciding who would be your future bride. If you really want to cancel it, do what you decide upon, Kyoya. I hope you'll not regret it. You know that a great opportunity in life only happens once. Remember that."

Then their father left the dining room silently.

"Ahh… Kyoya-san, you made father upset," said Fuyumi sadly.

"I don't care," replied Kyoya coldly.

His oldest brother informed, "Oh, Kyoya-kun, I heard from father that your marriage interview partner is an intelligent, talented girl."

His other brother added, "And, I heard that father even challenged Yuzuru Suou-san in a tennis match just to get her as your future fiancée."

"Really? He challenged the Superintendent of our school in a tennis match?" he twitched his eyebrow, imagining his father defeating the Superintendent brutally with unimaginable tennis moves since his father was a national champion in tennis when he's still young.

"Did you know the name of the girl?" he continued with a question. The two brothers, even the sister, didn't know it so all of them shook their heads.

Fuyumi suggested, "Why don't you discover it for yourself, Kyoya-san?"

~o~ End of Flashback ~o~

"That's what happened so I need to know my marriage interview partner first before canceling it. Do you understand?" he adjusted his eyeglasses with a smile yet Haruhi could feel his evil aura surrounding him. She sweated, "'I really wanted to cancel the marriage interview no matter what, even without knowing who she is' is what your aura has been telling me, Kyoya-sempai."

She concluded, "So the reason why you want to cancel it is because…"

"…it has no merit at all. It means more trouble to take care of. I already have my hands full when it comes to our idiot club president and running the host club," he continued with folded arms.

"What about the thing you said that you have a girlfriend?"

He replied smoothly, "That's just a mere excuse to counter the marriage interview."

"Oh, is that so? That's a nice excuse for dragging me into your problem, Kyoya-sempai."

"I'll take that as a compliment, Haruhi," he chuckled but deep inside him, this was what he's been waiting for all along - to be with her.

Then a worker suddenly went to her, bringing her ringing cell phone rapidly, "Fujioka-sama, your cell phone."

"Thank you," she replied and the worker walked away after giving it to her. When she answered the call, her father, Ranka, spoke in a sad yet loud way, "Haruhi~! Daddy is worried about you~! Where are you now~?!"

Kyoya twitched his eyebrow when he heard it, remembering Tamaki saying that to him when he called awhile ago. "They really resemble each other," he thought.

She answered with wide eyes, "Oh, I forgot! We're supposed to visit mother's grave today! Sorry for making you wait and worried, father. And, sorry, I still have something to do so I'll be really late. I still need to buy some gifts for her funeral, too."

"Haruhi…," Kyoya gave her a surprised yet worried look after listening to her every answer but she looked at him with a reassuring smile, telling him that everything was all right. His face brightened up as he gazed at her. Although he threatened and bribed her with his selfish reasons, she's still willing to help him in the end. He showed a genuine smile while observing her talking to her father. He thought, "You're really interesting, Haruhi Fujioka. That's the reason why I chose you to be my pretend girlfriend. If only Tamaki doesn't have feelings for you…, I…"

"Okay, I understand, father. Bye, see you later," she closed her red cell phone when the communication line cut off.

He asked, "So, what did you plan with your father, Haruhi?"

She answered with a tired look, "He'll wait for us in the memorial park and then we'll go to a new coffee shop in town, so we need to go and finish first your business in your marriage interview, and I'll buy some sushi in a nearby shop for my mother's funeral."

Kyoya immediately stated, "Then I'll buy the sushi for your mother's death anniversary as my gratitude for helping me out."

"Kyoya-sempai, you don't need to even if it's a bribe~," she tried to decline his offer but he insisted. "It's my way of showing my gratitude, not as a bribe, so do you like some fat tuna? I'll treat you as many as you'd like," he showed his golden credit card swiftly on his hand.

Her big brown eyes shone excitedly upon hearing her favorite food, "Really?"

She thought secretly, "And, it's only natural because you're the reason why I accidentally dropped my grocery bags!"

He added quickly, "And, yes. It's my repayment for dropping off your grocery bags."

Her eyes bulged out as she thought nervously, "How could you read my thoughts?!"

He replied, "No, I don't read your thoughts. I just know what you're thinking about, Haruhi."

"How could that happen?!"

"Now, enough of that. Shall we go?" he questioned her warmly as he put a silk shawl around the top of her shoulders carefully and lifted up his hand, offering her to hold it if she would agree. She chuckled, "Are you like this because my help has a merit to you, Kyoya-sempai?"

He smirked, "Who knows?"

She thought gladly, "Kyoya-sempai is really Kyoya-sempai… but I noticed that he became nicer than before. I wonder, what is the reason for that?"

Without further ado, she accepted his offered hand, and he supported her in walking out the beauty salon since she's using a pair of white sandals with high heels and silk laces. All of the workers in the salon were making delightful fusses when they exited like a lovely couple.

Meanwhile, the other host club members were killing some time by eating many fat tuna in a popular sushi shop due to Tamaki's all-you-can-eat coupon. The depressed host king continuously ate the served fat tuna on the large table while the others were observing him with worried looks.

Kaoru Hitachiin, a classmate of Haruhi with orange hair and a pair of keen feline eyes, tried to convince their so-called king to stop eating for he witnessed how many plates of fat tuna Tamaki had finished already, "Tono, will you stop eating fat tuna now? You'll get fat if you continue eating many of it."

"Yeah, Kao-chan has a point, Tama-chan. Eating cake is better than eating fat tuna!" agreed Mitsukuni Haninozuka a.k.a. Honey, the small and adorable kid… err… senior student of Ouran Gakuen with blond hair and big round brown eyes.

Hikaru Hitachiin, Kaoru's identical older twin, twitched his eyebrow, "Kaoru didn't say that, Honey-sempai."

Takeshi Morinozuka, Honey's loyal, quiet friend and classmate with short black hair and onyx eyes, nodded silently in agreement.

Still, Tamaki didn't stop eating because of too much misery. Then, they suddenly heard the screeching sound of a limousine that stopped abruptly in front of the sushi shop. The club members got surprised so they quickly peeked outside to see what's going on by hiding behind a large wall. The black limousine seemed familiar to them so they waited there silently until they noticed two people going out from there. They got shocked when they recognized Kyoya in a formal suit while escorting a fair lady, with long brown locks, in white dress but they couldn't recognized the lady since Kyoya was blocking the view.

Honey said happily, "Oh! Kyo-chan is dating a girl!"

Mori agreed, "Yeah."

Hikaru got curious, "Who is she anyway?"

Kaoru showed a helpless look, "Ahhh… We can't see her face!"

Tamaki remembered something, "I recall that today is his marriage interview."

Honey replied with wide eyes, "Really? Then is that Kyo-chan's new fiancée?"

Kaoru whistled, "Wow! Way to go, Kyoya-sempai!"

Hikaru grinned, "I hope Haruhi can witness this, too."

At the other side, Haruhi made a sudden sneeze.

Kyoya asked with a worried look, "Are you feeling cold because of your dress, Haruhi?"

She shook her head, "No, I'm fine. Maybe someone just remembered me."

Back to the odd, hiding club members, Tamaki rubbed his chin, still recalling, "I think he planned to cancel the marriage interview but why is he escorting that lady?"

"Maybe Kyoya-sempai was in love with her at first sight so he accepted the engagement already," guessed Kaoru.

"I doubt that," answered Tamaki with a disagreeing look while showing a small signboard with big red X.

Honey assumed, "Maybe the girl gave Kyo-chan a big cake with a pink heart sign that made him fall in love with her so he engaged with her quickly."

"That's really impossible, Honey-sempai," disagreed Hikaru while showing the same small signboard with big red X.

Mori speculated, "Maybe he discovered that they have the same blood type."

All of their eyes bulged out nervously as a big green O showed up in front of them. They imagined Kyoya sleeping peacefully with his soon-to-be wife who had the same AB blood type as he had. When they would try to wake the two up, they bet it would be the last day of their lives… completely. If there's a miracle that one of them would survive, then they're really grateful to be alive… even if their faces would change dramatically. [WARNING: For those who don't know about people, who have AB blood type, be careful! They have terrible, horrifying moods when they are waked up suddenly by someone else without the rights to wake them up from their slumbers! This warning only works in the story so don't worry about the people you knew with the same AB blood type as well.]

They trembled in fear upon imagining the possible scenario and wished that they shouldn't try to visualize it in the first place.

"You're right, Mori-sempai. I never think of that possibility!" said Hikaru, scratching his head nervously like he's going crazy.

Honey cried out, "What should we do? I'm scared!" while hugging his bunny stuff toy tightly.

"You're one to talk," told Mori bluntly, pointing out the fact that Honey had the same fearsome AB blood type, too.

Kaoru covered his scared face, "Aahhh! Our appearances will change!"

"Don't be afraid, my loyal subjects!" answered Tamaki like a brave king while suggesting his oh-so-magnificent idea, "We'll follow them and observe the girl's actions if she's worthy to be Kyoya's fiancée!"

They agreed with his suggestion but when they're about to start their mission, they already saw their victims going away from the shop while carrying large boxes of sushi. Then the couple went inside the limousine, which started to move with an incredible speed after doing so. Their mouths hanged open with awe upon witnessing their victims' sudden (and awfully fast) departure.

"How can we follow them now, Tono?" asked Hikaru as the wind passed swiftly through them, creating a hopeless atmosphere around them for they were clueless where the car went.

To be continued . . .

A/N: What do you think of this fanfic? Is it good? I'm hoping for your reviews! (^_^) v