14/11/2006 13:44:00

Sorry that this took so long to update. wont let my upload this chapter, it keeps saying error. During the month of November I attempted NaNoWriMo – and failed, but I will be updating this story again soon with a new set of Mori-Haruhi stories, and some Kyoya-Haruhi ones stuck in here as well. I hope you all enjoy them. And thanks again for the reviews.

Epilogue

"I would imagine that congratulations are in order." Mori's voice was soft, and Haruhi did not turn to look at the young man. They two of them sat the edge of an outdoor walkway. The awning above them protected their heads from the light rain, and Haruhi smiled as she looked at the scenery around them. They were at an onsen ryokan. Hunny, as a congratulatory present, had rented the property for Mori and Haruhi for the weekend. He made sure that it was not one of the Ootori help properties, since Haruhi had too many unique vacation memories associated with those places. Hunny had said that 'Haru-chan works too hard, she needs to rest' when Haruhi had quietly questioned him as to why he was doing this. The rest of his answer had been whispered to her in a hug. 'Haru-chan doesn't spend enough time with Takashi. He misses you.'

"I think you already did, Takashi." Haruhi leaned back against him with a smile. She sat cross legged on the floor, her hands lightly resting on her legs. Mori sat behind her, his massive frame dwarfing her smaller one, his legs on either side of hers.

"I might have congratulated you on your final grades at Tokyo U, or maybe on your acceptance into law school…" His voice was a murmur in her ear, and he smiled as she turned her head so she could hear him better. "But I have not congratulated you for the most important accomplishment." He lay a kiss on her exposed neck, and laughed softly as she drew in a shaky breath.

"What might that be, Takashi." Her voice, he noticed, was unsteady as he placed a hand on her hip, his fingers gently moving in a random pattern.

"I will give you three guesses." He noticed the way that she drew in a shaky breath, distracted by the movement on his hand. With a mischievous smile he grabbed one of her hands in his, playing with her fingers.

"Guesses?" her voice wavered, as the hand on her hip dipped in towards her belly button.

"Hmm." Mori confirmed her statement, placing a kiss on the junction of her neck and shoulder, inhaling the scent that was uniquely Haruhi.

"You could be congratulating me on the fact that I just graduated from Tokyo University." Her voice was a breathy whisper as Mori's hand trailed up her side, moving along the bottom of her rib cage, his fingers splayed across her abdomen, a few fingers straying a little higher towards her breast.

"You already have those congratulations. You know how proud of you I am." Mori lifted his hand from her abdomen and turned her face towards his. "You know how proud of you I am of that accomplishment. You did it on your own, the scholarship was yours. It took some effort to keep Kyoya from interfering, but I knew that you wanted this to be yours and yours alone."

Haruhi smiled at Mori, a gentle smile that he only ever saw before she captured his lips in a kiss. It was a long while later before the kiss broke, and the effects of the kiss on both was evident. Both Haruhi and Mori's hair was mussed, a consequence of wandering hands on both sides. Mori's yukata had come a little loose, falling off one shoulder, while Haruhi's remained mostly safe from wandering hands. Mori, it seemed, had a little more control them Haruhi, but then again Mori had years of practice bringing out the sensual and unreserved side of Haruhi.

"Your second guess?" Mori shifted Haruhi so her back was once again to his chest. His arms wrapped around her, pulling her tightly against his body. He loved the way that her body fit against his. She was so small and as she had grown she had become quite feminine. She did not display the femininity often, but Mori knew that it was there.

"Could it by my acceptance to the Waseda School of Law?"

Haruhi smiled as she felt Mori shake his head, his arms tightening around her. She knew what he wanted her to guess, but she liked the game that he was playing.

"If it is not that, then I don't know." Haruhi murmured, shifting in Mori's lap until she knelt before him, her arms loosely around his shoulders. "There haven't been any major changes in my life as of late."

"Are you sure?" Mori murmured against her lips, capturing her lips again in a kiss. No other guesses were ventured as Haruhi was lifted by Mori and taken back into the ryokan, towards one of the many bedrooms.

Elsewhere in the ryokan a cellular phone was ringing endlessly, voicemails accumulating on the voicemail, in response to the message. Mori had several voicemails. "This is the phone of Takashi Morinazuki. I am not here, leave a message."

The first message, as well as all subsequent messages were from one Tamaki Suoh.

"Mori, I heard from Hunny that you were on a vacation with Haruhi. I am worried about my daughter. I know that you are dating her, and have been for several years, but I am worried about the virtue of my daughter…" Several other incoherent babblings were evident on the voice mail if one chose to listen, but soon Haruhi's phone was ringing as well.

"This is the phone of Haruhi Morinozuka. Please leave me message and I will get back to you as soon as I can."

"WHAT???!!!" was the shriek from Tamaki on the phone followed by a thump. Soon Hunny's voice was heard on the phone.

"Sorry about that, Haru-chan. I told Tamaki and it wasn't a good idea to try and track Haruhi down on her honeymoon, but he didn't want to believe me. Have fun with Takashi."

Kyoya's voice was on the line next. "I am sorry about that, Haruhi. I told him that while he was at the meeting with his father he missed a very important event, but he did not listen. The wedding was very nice. You owe me for the damage control with Tamaki. Enjoy the honeymoon."

Soon after that the voicemail went dead.

It was a Saturday evening. Haruhi had graduated Thursday afternoon. She and Mori had been married in a small private ceremony Saturday morning. They had invited all their friends out to lunch that day several months in advance. Only those present had been able to witness the wedding ceremony. There would be a public ceremony, so that all the necessary socialites could attend, but Haruhi did not want the initial marriage ceremony to be a big fiasco. She wanted it to matter, to mean something to her, and so got what she wanted.

Ranka, Mori's parents, Hunny, Kyoya, Satoshi, Chika, Renge, Nekozawa, Kaoura and Hikaru had been at the lunch and the wedding ceremony. Tamaki had forgotten about a lunch he had scheduled with his father and the board of directors at Ouran and had to cancel, despite the quiet insistence that he really need to be at the lunch. Hence the surprised voicemails.

The phones continued to ring constantly that night, Tamaki filling the inbox with voice mails, but neither Haruhi nor Mori noticed, for they were far too involved in other matters that evening.

And guess three was forgotten as the recently married couple lost themselves in each other-- husband reveling in wife, wife reveling in husband. as haruhi fell asleep, she murmured 'I love you' to her husband, and her sentiments were returned with a whisper and a kiss on the forehead as her husband wrapped her in his arms, protecting her even as he slept.

I want to thank all of you for reading this. This concludes my first set of Mori-Haruhi stories. I will be updating with a new story soon. Thank you so much for the reviews.