Chapter 4

Haruhi's POV

I vaguely remember stomping back up to the house and having Kyouya senpai show me my room, before I changed, fuming. Who does Tamaki senpai think he is treating me like a little kid? Sexist bastard. I took a quick shower and dug through my suitcase, looking for some pajamas, only to realize that my dad had taken out everything I packed, and replaced them with more girly clothes. With a sigh, I slip into a pink night gown, something I would never pick out myself.

There's a knock at my door and I open it to find Mori senpai standing there. "Dinner," Is all he says and then leads me to the dining room where the hosts are already sitting down. "Haruhi? Is that you? Who would've ever thought you'd wear something like that!" The twins exclaim. "You can thank my dad for that. He's always trying to get me to wear girly poufy things," I grumble as the twins give me a thumbs up. "Have we ever said that we love your dad?"

A few minutes later, we're all sitting in uncomfortable silence. I was placed next to Tamaki senpai and I couldn't be more annoyed. "Awkward!" The twins sing and Honey senpai sends me a forced smile. "Let's eat!" He says and I quickly grab a crab, shoving the delicious meat into my mouth.

I eat about 6 of them and out of the corner of my eye, I see Tamaki senpai staring at me in shock. "I think you've had enough. You're gonna get sick!" Tamaki senpai finally says and I grab another crab. "What was that? I thought you weren't talking to me?" I smirk, shoving some more crab meat into my mouth.

"Whatever. Since you refuse to admit that you were wrong, I'm going to bed. Kyouya, will you show me to my room please?" He stalks away with Kyouya senpai following. I sigh and put down the crab I was about to eat. "Maybe he's right. Maybe I should learn how to protect myself." "So he finally got to you huh?" The twins ask. "Well, we won't force you to," Hikaru starts. "But it wouldn't kill you to learn a little martial arts or something," Kaoru finishes.

"But that's not the problem. We were all worried about how rashly you acted earlier," They say together and I frown. "What do you mean? It's not like I caused you guys any trouble," I state and the twins shrug to each other. "That's not true Haru chan. You really should apologize. You made everyone worry, Tama chan especially. You should apologize to him first," He says and I look over at the small boy. "Huh? Why were you guys worried about me?" I ask and everyone sighs. "You're hopeless," The twins state. "You think? Probably. Look, I'm really sorry," I say softly, looking down.

I'm startled by the loud 'aw's coming from the twins and Honey senpai as they hug me tightly, nuzzling their faces against me. "Apology except you little cutie!" Hikaru coos. "You're adorable! We forgive you!" Kaoru adds in the same baby voice. Suddenly, I feel a churning sensation in my stomach and I groan. "What's wrong?" The twins ask as everyone stops awing at me.

"I don't feel very good," I groan out. "It must've been all of the crab you ate," Hikaru states as Honey senpai encourages me to be strong. "We have to get her to the nearest bathroom now!" Kaoru says and I rush into the first bathroom I see, not really paying attention to where I am. I fall to the floor, emptying all of my dinner into the toilet.

I rinse out my mouth and sigh. There's goes a good meal. I walk out of the bathroom, looking around, wondering who's room I'm in. "Are you ok?" I hear a voice ask and I look up to see a shirtless man, drying his hair. "Ah! I'm sorry sir! I didn't mean to intrude," I apologize bowing.

"Don't be silly. It's me," The man says, putting his glasses on. "Kyouya senpai? Um, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make everyone worry about me today," I apologize again. "Well, I wasn't really all that worried. I did have a hard time separating the twins from those two guys," He breaks off in a humorless laugh. "They almost beat them half to death." I sweat drop as he continues.

"And because of you, I was forced to send each of the girls a bouquet of flowers as a form of apology. They were really excited to this trip, we couldn't ruin it for them," He says and I try not to roll my eyes. "I can pay for that," I state and he looks up at me. "The flowers costed me a total of six hundred thousand yen," He stops talking as he turns the lights off. "But, you could pay me back, with your body," He murmurs, before grabbing my arm and tossing me onto the bed, hovering over me.

"Did you really think that a person gender doesn't matter? Look at you. You've left yourself completely defenseless to me," He says and I gasp. "Now I get it," I mutter to myself. "You're not gonna do it, senpai. I know, because you have nothing to gain from it," I state and his eyes widen slightly, before he sits up and scoots away from me.

"You're right. You're a very bright young lady Haruhi," He says and I sit up as well. "Well, I learned something today. I learned that you really are a nice guy. You were just trying to prove what Tamaki senpai said earlier," I say, and then there's a knock at the door. "Kyouya? Do you have any lotion for my sunburn? I-" Tamaki walks in, breaking off as he sees us. "You bastard!" He shouts and is cut off as Kyouya senpai shoves some lotion in his face.

"Take it all if you want you goof," He mutters, walking out of the room. "What were you doing in here alone with him?" Tamaki questions and I frown. "What? Nothing," I brush it off and he glares at me. "You expect me to think you were doing nothing? The lights were off and he was shirtless! You call that nothing?" He screeches, before glaring at me. "Whatever. You've had a big day. I'll let you rest," He mumbles, turning to walk away when thunder shakes the room. "Senpai wait!" I whimper and launch forward, grabbing the back of his shirt.

"Haruhi? What's wrong?" He asks as I scream when another round of thunder fills the room. "Nothing! I j-just remembered that t-there's something I n-need to do, excuse me," I climb into the wardrobe and pull my knees up to my chest. "What could you possibly have to do in a wardrobe?" He yells, before trying to open the doors.

"Haruhi? Are you afraid of thunderstorms? Come on, come out of there. It seems scarier locked up in there," He says, still trying to open the doors. "I'm fine. Really I am. I'm used to getting through things alone." "Alone? You're always alone aren't you Haruhi. You don't call us for help even though we're right there." The doors burst open and I look up at Tamaki. "I get it now Haruhi. I'm sorry about how I acted. You grew up alone. Not having to rely on anyone else. Well not anymore." I look up slowly, with tear-filled eyes.

"S-senpai," I break off in a scream as more thunder shakes the house and I launch myself forward into Tamaki's arms. "There's no need to be scared. I'll always be here for you Haruhi. I promise, you never have to be alone ever again," He murmurs against my head and I tighten my grip on him. He then shows me how covering my eyes and ears will help me. The doors open as the hosts step in and everyone gasps. "You sick little perv," The twins spit and Tamaki turns around.

"It's not what it looks like!" He exclaims. The next day, the twins explain what happened to me and I huff, hopping into the car. Tamaki tries to get me to talk to him and explain that he was trying to help me and I roll my eyes. "Perv," I mutter and we drive away, leaving Tamaki to chase after us. Well, it really has been an eventful trip, hasn't it?