[W1] Everybody Loves Tamaki (Day 4) Morning/Afternoon

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[Haruhi Fujioka]

It was rare for Haruhi Fujioka to have a day all to herself. The Host Club, heck, even her own father made it quite difficult for the girl to think straight sometimes. Everywhere she turned, chaos and mayhem became the rookie's constant companion every since she stepped through Ouran Academy's wrought iron gates.

I was beginning to think that the concept of solace didn't exist for me. she chuckled when the thought flash through her mind. Finally! A little peace and quiet.

Haruhi had planned to do her chores for the duration of the day. Come afternoon, she would go over her notes after all of the cleaning and the laundry was done. If she was not tired from cleaning, she might go in to the bookstore in town and see what were the new releases.

Yosh. I better get started then.

The brunette decided to do clean the kitchen first. She donned the rubber gloves that were hanging near the sink, took out the cleaning implements she needed from the cupboard and got to work.

It's going to be a busy day.
 

[Kaoru Hitachiin]

Kaoru pulled his knees up to his chest to keep them from being squished as they made another swerving turn. The sudden jump of the back of the car and the banging of his head on the low ceiling made him wish he was in the limo with Hikaru.

Well that's what I get for agreeing to participate in a plan we came up with late last night.

While Hikaru was in a spacious compartment on his way to visit Kyouya, he was in a white van that contained about ten other men. The twins had decided that a limo would have been too conspicuous in Haruhi's poor neighbourhood. Kaoru needed his men to be able to sneak in without a scene.

After what seemed like forever, the vehicle finally came to a standstill. As quick as he could, Kaoru jumped out and stretched his aching legs. Telling his men to get ready and wait for his signal, he made his way over to the door.

Here goes nothing.

The boy stretched out a hand and then a finger before depressing the doorbell's button.

[Haruhi Fujioka]

Ding dong.

Haruhi was about to clean the sink when the doorbell rang. She removed the rubber gloves she wore and washed her hand before checking who that was behind the door.

"Ah, coming!" she said, making her way to said door. After wiping one hand on her jeans for the last time, she turned the knob and gasped in surprise. Honestly, the rookie of the Host Club thought it was the landlady of the apartment complex who like to give food for her and for her father to eat.

The one at the door was obviously not female. And as if the head of red hair wasn't anymore indication.

"Kaoru," she looked at the younger Hitachiin curiously. "What brings you here?"

[Kaoru Hitachiin]

The muffled chiming of the doorbell reached Kaoru's ears. He heard a faint calling coming from inside that indicated the dings and dongs had been heard and his host was on her way. He shifted his weight impatiently from foot to foot. The familiar adrenaline rush that had been coming over him recently before he pulled a prank was starting up.

Actually it's only been this intense around Haruhi. I wond...

The door was suddenly opened and all other thoughts were pushed from his head except for the task at hand. In front of him stood the rookie in what looked to be cleaning clothes. Something similar to what his maids wore only less extravagant.

"Kaoru. What brings you here?"

The redhead smiled his warmest smile and replied, "I heard your dad was gone for the day." This so far, was true.

"And knowing you, I figured you'd be doing chores most of the day." Again, true.

"So I decided I'd come and help." Well...not quite the truth.

"I thought it would be fun." He flashed her another innocent smile.

[Haruhi Fujioka]

Someone who wasn't born with a silver spoon practically stuffed in one's mouth would consider doing chores as "fun". It was necessary evil.  You could say that it was one of those "Damned if you do, damned if you don't." kind of things. Haruhi took note of the seemingly innocent smile on the younger Hitachiin's countenance. Usually, this was a sign, a prelude to the unavoidable mischief about to ensue if nothing was done to condone it. Even though she might regret doing it later on, the brunette decided to give Kaoru a benefit of a doubt.

But that doesn't mean I shouldn't keep an eye on him.

"I don't think you'll find cleaning the kitchen sink fun, Kaoru," she said, ushering him in as she closed the door behind her. "Besides, it's rude. I can't let you work while you're here. You're a guest."

The girl gestured he should take a seat while she made her way to the kitchen again. "Please wait a moment. I'll make you some tea, okay?"

She turned to the boy and gave him a smile. With a slight nod of her head, Haruhi went back with her task of finding the tea cups within the kitchen cupboards.

I know they're in here somewhere...

[Kaoru Hitachiin]

There was only one way for his plan to work. It would be necessary to get Haruhi very distracted and very flustered. Plus, what was he supposed to do? A gentleman doesn't let the lady do all the work, even if she is the forced-to-become host.

Leaving the offered seat alone and following the brunette into the kitchen Kaoru said, "Here here here, let me help. It's not rude if I offer to help is it?"

Coming up beside the girl he stuck his head by the kitchen cupboards too. The space was dark and surprisingly unorganized. Considering Haruhi's work ethic the boy would have thought that there would be more method as opposed to madness in the wooden confinement.

"I do have the added advantage of height."

[Haruhi Fujioka]

Note to self: Never let your father organize the cupboards even if he cries... a lot.

She had already spotted the aforementioned tea cups (a little out of her reach) when the redhead sauntered to her side. Haruhi wouldn't have noticed he was there if it wasn't for his breath tickling the side of her face when his head tilted upwards.

"Here here here, let me help. It's not rude if I offer to help is it?" he said, trying to make sense of the organized chaos her father left behind.

He does have a point... "I guess not," she carefully stood on her tiptoes; fingers touching the rim of one of the cups as she went on. "I'm just taking into consideration that -- unnn --  you haven't done something like this before."

After alternating between stretching her arm out and trying to lengthen her petite frame,  Haruhi was able to grasp the tea cup in her hand. She had put it down on the counter beside her when the boy quipped,

"I do have the advantage of height."  Another crack about my height, huh?

"Ah. Sorry for not being statuesque," the girl muttered while reaching her hand out again. "I've managed to live for sixteen years being short --- nyarg --- Never had trouble at all..."

[Kaoru Hitachiin]

Kaoru observed the effect his comment had on the girl with amusement as she struggled to reach the tea cup. Her feet extended to their fullest, her face scrunched up in concentration, and meanwhile her mouth never ceasing to rant.

It looked like her efforts would be in vain however. The second tea cup was pushed back even further than the first and only a miracle would allow Haruhi's arm to stretch to the required length.

Deciding it was time to put the poor girl out of her misery Kaoru was about to reach out a hand to grab the elusive tea cup when out of the corner of his eye he suddenly saw that the edge of the shelf was slowly lowering. Apparently, whoever had organized this cupboard had not taken into consideration the weight of the objects and had placed more on it than the shelf could hold. And they were going to pay for it.

Just as his eyes registered this, the whole shelf suddenly cracked and gravity took hold. With reflexes developed through years of video gaming, Kaoru shot out his hands to catch the bottom of the shelf from crashing down on the ones below.

"No trouble huh?"