Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran and I'm not making any profit from this story.
Summary: Everyone knows Haruhi isn't very y fond of anything sweet except for strawberries and unfortunately the Host Club find out why the hard way.
It was lunch break at Ouran academy and as usual the Host Club sat together but two members weren't in their usual seats.
'We're here!' called a short blond boy and he bounded across the room happily. Mori followed more slowly behind carrying a cake covered in pale pink icing and decorated with strawberries.
'Look what I made in cooking class. Takashi did the decoration and I made the cake mix all by myself,' Huni looked extremely proud of himself as he skipped around the table singing 'cake! Cake! Cake!' over and over. Mori sat down and placed the cake in front of Huni's chair, soon Huni had taken his seat and had opened his mouth as wide as he possibly could to fit in almost the entire cake then he stopped.
'Haru-chan, do you want some?' he eyed the small box of bento in front of the brunette.
'No thanks, I'm fine,' Haruhi smiled cutely.
'But... we put extra strawberries in it especially for you,' Huni sniffled (although what he just said was a lie).
'Ok, but just a small slice,' Huni-tears were enough to bring even the toughest man to their knees.
Haruhi scooped a small piece of pink cake onto her spoon and chewed it slowly.
'S-good,' mumbled Haruhi through the crumbs. Huni smiled broadly at her and started eating his portion/the rest of the cake.
About five minutes later the club were still eating and Tamaki and the twins were arguing with Tamaki.
'Tono, fathers do not kiss their daughters you know, it's not normal,'
'Yes it is,'
'In Japan you don't do it,'
'Well, in France we do do that, well on the cheek anyway,' Haruhi suddenly started laughing and everyone stared at her with a 'what the hell is wrong with you?' expression.
'You,' she gasped for air, 'you said do-do,' then her chair fell backwards and she lay on the floor laughing even harder.
'What's up with her?' asked the twins now standing next to Haruhi staring down at the new, deranged Haruhi lying on the floor gasping for breath.
'Hmm, I might have an idea. Huni-Senpai, exactly how much sugar did you put in that cake?'
'Well the recipe said two tablespoons but I wanted it to be extra sweet so I used the whole bag,' he grinned happily although it looked kind of gross because there was icing all over his teeth.
'That would explain it,'
'Eh?'
'Sugar rush, Haruhi is prone to extreme sugar rush and will not remember anything she does in the next two to three hours,'
'You're joking right,' Kaoru found it hard to believe that a little sugar could turn the usually calm and serous Haruhi into a raving loony.
'No, this is the reason Haruhi normally turns down Huni-Senpai's offers of cake. She uses strawberries as a substitute for sugar mostly,'
'Sugar?' asked Haruhi, peeking from behind Kyouya's chair, looking around the table for any sweet substance she could find.
'No, no more sugar,' he answered calmly without even turning his head, he muttered to Kaoru who was closest, 'grab the sugar bowl now,'
Haruhi giggled manically and pointed at the bowl of sugar cubes used for tea. She snatched it before Kaoru could move and ran out of the room, shovelling the sweet cubes into her mouth as she went. It was silent in the dining hall, it was only the host club realised the whole school had just witnessed Haruhi's lapse of sanity.
'This will not be good for business,' sighed Kyouya.
'We should find her before she does anything stupid,' Tamaki declared seriously.
'Yeah Tono, you can talk,' snorted Hikaru, his arms folded across his chest.
'Guys, stop fighting. We have to find Haruhi and it's all my fault she's like this,' Huni was rubbing his eyes tearfully. Ashamed of what had happened. Mori patted his back before lifting his smaller cousin onto his shoulders and running from the room using his amazing tracking skills to follow Haruhi. (A/N: Like when he could find Huni from the indoor Otori resort episode)
The rest of the Host club closely followed apart from Kyouya who was apologising to the students for Haruhi's behaviour saying she was stressed from being a commoner in such a prestigious school. No doubt another scheme to make them sympathise the cross dresser thus bringing more customers to the host club. He would catch up with the other boys soon.
Mori soon found Haruhi pillaging the Host club's stock of cakes, Huni burst into new tears when he saw his favourite sweets being devoured by someone who was not him.
Haruhi was a mess; her uniform was covered in frosting and crumbs.
When Tamaki ran screaming something like 'I will save you my fair princess!' Haruhi screamed too and glomped him, covering him in cake as well.
'Hey Tono, looks like you've switched places. It's normally you acting like an idiot,' the twins were snickering as Tamaki was getting covered in cake. He would normally have been thrilled at being hugged by Haruhi but had not expected the extra frosting.
'Hey Haruhi, you're a dirty. How about we play dress up to put you in something clean.'
'Play?' Haruhi had released Tamaki and staring at Hikaru and Kaoru with huge (I mean freaky huge) brown eyes.
'Yeah,' grinned Kaoru, 'after you can have more sugar,' he dangled a lolly pop in front of her face.
'You can wear this,' Hikaru produced the pink frilly bikini from behind his back, they had been trying to get Haruhi to wear for months, 'I bet Tono would like to see you wear it too,' Tamaki had been about to protest but stopped before he said anything and disappeared into one of his perverted fantasies.
'Okay!' Haruhi nodded her head vigorously before she got too dizzy and nearly fell over. Hikaru handed her the bikini and Haruhi placed in on the floor next to her and took off her blazer and started to unbutton her shirt. The boys all turned pink when they realised what she was doing.
Mori quickly grabbed her by the shoulders and placed her down in the dressing room then threw the bikini in after her, 'behind the curtain,' he instructed her. (A/N: Hehe, Mori secretly wants to see her in a bikini too)
The boys stood in a semi circle outside the changing room waiting for the hyper girl to emerge. She was singing to herself while she changed though none of them where sure what she was singing.
'What are you doing,' Tamaki jumped, Kyouya stood behind him, his glasses glinting ominously. His question was answered when Haruhi flung open the changing room curtain, clad in the pink bikini, ran over to Kaoru and snatched the lolly pop out of his unsuspecting hand.
'I'm going swimming, I'm going swimming!' she chanted as, once more, she ran from the room.
'I see,' Kyouya looked very scary, 'you took advantage of Haruhi's state of mind and now the whole school is going to see her in a bikini.'
'You mean...' started Tamaki.
'Yes, now they will all know she is a girl,'
'Noooooooooooooooo!' shrieked the twins and the king. Huni joined in the shocked faces for extra effect.
'Where'd she go anyway?' wondered Huni once the dramatic moment had ended.
'Didn't he say she was going swimming?' said Kaoru.
A faint squeal of 'weeeeeeeee!' then a splash sound came from somewhere nearby. They didn't need to say anything. They just ran as fast as they could to the direction the sound had come. They passed a few students whispering and pointing. Some female students just shrieked 'Oh my god Haruhi's a girl!?' then fainted.
Mori pointed out of an open window. A small brown head bobbed between the reeds of one of the deeper (thankfully) ponds of Ouran academy.
'Haruhi, get out of there, it's dirty!' called Tamaki and jumped out of the next window onto the dry ground next to the fish pond.
'Not to mention it's the middle of December,' added Hikaru as he and his brother as well as Mori with Huni on his shoulders jumped out of the window too.
Haruhi replied by grabbing a mouthful of water and spitting it out over them then laughed at the looks of disgust on their faces. She continued to swim around in the cold water happily.
'The only way you're going to get her out of the water is to give her what she wants. She always has been stubborn. By the way, I've contacted all of your teachers to tell them we're taking care of a small problem,' Kyouya was sensible and had taken the stairs and used the door to get out into the courtyard.
'More sugar? Is that really a good idea,' Kaoru raised an eyebrow.
'We don't have to give her anything but we can use it to lure her out of the water,'
'Mitsukuni,'
'But... it's my last one,' Mori just stared passively as the small boy pouted, 'fine. I have a piece of cake I've been saving just in case,'
'Cake!' as Huni produced a small piece of pink iced cake, Haruhi swam to the side and clambered out of the pond, shivering violently in the winter breeze.
'Alright men, run!' Tamaki yelled and they headed for the open door that headed into the building, dodging around the multitude of statues, standing silently in the pale sunlight. All of the host club quickly escaped inside and waited but Haruhi didn't appear, 'where'd she go.'
'We'll check,' the twins snuck silently back outside, expecting an ambush. They peered around each statue, slowly getting closer to the pond again. Then they found her.
'Hey guys, come here!' called Hikaru.
As the rest of the Host Club appeared Kaoru crouched down and prodded the girl lying on the floor and she groans then coughed up some greenish water.
'Ew,' he wrinkled his nose, 'I think she ran into the statue, there's a mark on her head where she hit it,'
'Wow, she all blue looking,' commented Huni and poked Haruhi too while munching on his cake.
'My poor daughter, we should take her inside and care for her,'
'I suppose I will have to cancel club activities,' sighed Kyouya.
Mori picked up the groaning brunette and carried her back to the club room where he laid her shivering form on a couch. He walked away silently in search of blankets, Huni skipping behind.
Not the best fanfic ever but I have bad writing skills so never mind. I might rewrite this if I suddenly gain some talent, LOL. I split it into two chapters cos... well... I felt like it and I think it breaks it up better. I've written too many one-shots anyway so this one is a two shot :D.
Added note 30/04/09: I've been thinking... does this really need another chapter or would it ruin it. I am trying to write a second chapter but it is rubbish and I have writer's block D: Help please!