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A Matter Of Inheritance	By : kierasama Category: +M to R > Ouran High Host Club Views: 2113 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club. It belongs to Bisco Hatori. I only own the plot. I make no money from this story.

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A/N: I am sorry for the long wait. I hope this makes up for it. :) I hope you enjoy this chapter.

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"Speaking"

Thinking

Chapter 10: A Matter Of Dating

Kaoru glanced at his wristwatch for the fifteenth time since he arrived at the cafe in as many minutes. He knew she got off work the same time as Haruhi, so shouldn't she be there already? Maybe she wasn't coming? He began to panic. Maybe he had read the signals wrong, or maybe...Maybe she had neither the desire, nor the inclination to model his new clothing line for him! Maybe she didn't like him after all! Maybe...

Oh...there she is. He thought with relief. He quickly straightened his tie, and ran his fingers through his hair in an attempt to fix what did not need fixing in the first place. He flashed Kaorie a bright grin as she spotted him in the small room.

"Hi Kaoru!" she said cheerfully. "How are you?"

"Kaorie! Um...I'm fine." he said dumbly. Great. Just great. That was a wonderful line. 'I'm fine.' My god man, did you go to finishing school or not?

"Um...are you okay Kaoru? You look upset?" Kaorie said, concerned.

"Huh?" Kaoru asked. "I mean, no. I'm not upset. Sorry. I was just thinking."

"Oh...okay. Um, if you want, I can just go..." she started.

"No!" Kaoru said in a panic. "No, I mean, it's fine. I don't want you to go."

"Well okay then." she smiled again.

She's so pretty. Kaoru thought to himself with a silly grin. Her pretty red hair is in one of those cute buns at the back of her neck. She has strands of hair in her eyes. And damn! What an outfit! Wait...isn't that one of mine? Wow. She's wearing something I made. It looks so good on her! I can't wait to see her in the newest ones!

"Um...you're kind of spacing out a bit there Kaoru..." Kaorie started. "And your face is getting red. Are you okay? You're not sick are you?"

"Huh?" asked Kaoru, his face hot. "Sorry..."

"Look, if you don't want me to model the clothes after all, that's fine. But don't keep me sitting here if you have no intention of doing this." Kaorie stood. "I think I should go." She turned to walk away.

"Please! Please wait. I'm sorry... I do still want you to model for me." he looked down at his clasped hands. "!" his face was close to bursting into flame.

"Sorry?" she asked confused. "What was that?"

He felt as if he would just die. He'd never had a problem telling a girl anything. "I said...it's just that you're so p-pretty I c-can't help it."

Kaorie stared at him blankly for a moment. "Oh. Well if that's all it is." she winked at him as she abruptly took her seat once more. "I thank you for the complement."

Kaoru looked at her smiling face and couldn't help but smile back at her.

"Well, let's get this meeting under way, shall we?" he said pulling out a manilla file.

"This is nice." Haruhi commented.

"Yeah." Takashi confirmed.

"It's been awhile since I've gotten to go for a walk in the park." she told him with a happy smile. "Thanks Takashi."

Takashi smiled gently at her. "I'm glad you like it."

She loved walking through the park. Granted, it was all covered in snow, but it was still nice. Takashi really was sweet. He had picked her up from the office, they dropped off Kyoichi, and without telling her a thing, brought her to this park.

She had been in such a hurry when she left the house that morning, she had not grabbed her coat. He must have found it, for when he showed up, he helped her to put it on. For that, she was grateful. It was so cold that their breath was freezing in little puffs of white vapor. She shivered.

"Here." Takashi caught her attention.

"Hm?" she asked.

Takashi held his coat open, motioning for her to come closer. When she did so, he pulled his coat closed, shielding her from the icy wind. She smiled to herself as she stepped closer. She wrapped her arms boldly around his waist.

Takashi felt her arms wrap around him, and his heart skipped a beat. He returned the gesture, snaking his arms around her pulling her against him tighter. Her head was resting against his chest.

"Haruhi." he whispered.

Haruhi raised her head to look at him, and almost instantly, closed her eyes. His lips met hers in a gentle kiss. Their mouths moved in tandem, light brushes of the lips. Takashi brought up his hand to softly stroke her cheek.

"Haruhi..." he murmured against her. "Haruhi."

He slowly deepened the kiss. Light touches of lips turn to hard kisses, full of want. He nipped at her mouth, then gently ran his tongue across the seam of her full lips.

As she opened her mouth to him, the chilling wind picked up and swept the length of Takashi's coat up and around them. Neither noticed, as they were absorbed in the passionate kiss.

When they finally pulled apart Takashi took her hand in his. "Let's take this somewhere warmer?"

Haruhi nodded, agreeing fully. "There is a nice cafe not to far from here, if you want to go there?"

"Hm." he said, indicating for her to lead the way.

"Wow. These are beautiful Kaoru." Kaorie complemented joyously. "I can't wait to try them on."

Kaoru beamed at the praise. "I'm glad. Hikaru and myself, back when we were just starting, would force Haruhi into our practice outfits. She hated it, still does, truth be told."

"Yes, she isn't the type for dresses is she?" Kaorie asked.

"Not at all. She does own a few of our things of course." he said matter-of-factly.

"How's that? If she doesn't like dresses, then she wouldn't buy anything of yours right?" Kaorie reasoned.

"Easy." Began Kaoru. "For her wedding present, I gave her a silk lounging robe. It's green, and has blue roses on it."

"If it was silk, then isn't it see through?" Kaorie asked amused.

"Normally it would be very see through, but I added an extra layer of silk, making Haruhi's robe one of a kind. Made it just for her." he said proudly.

"That sounds very pretty."

"Thank you."

"So if you made her the robe, then what did Hikaru make?" Kaorie asked, interested.

"See...Hikaru had a huge crush on Haruhi at the time," Kaoru explained. "So of course he made something meant for the bedroom."

Kaorie's eyes went wide. "He didn't!"

"Yes, he did. Unfortunately, he made it as a companion piece to go with my robe. It was a very sheer neglige, green to match her robe, but instead of blue roses, he put orange. It's about thigh high, made of silk of course, and has a very lacy fringe at the hem." Hikaru said. Then he laughed. "The look on her face as she opened the night gown was priceless. She hates dresses for one, then it's see through, so that's two, and above all, she absolutely abhors lace. I think he put it there just to bug her."

Kaorie burst out into hysterical laughter. "I can see the look on her face, oh Kami, I wish I could have been there!"

Kaoru laughed as well. "I can show you. I snapped a photo of it, and Hikaru video taped it. I'll bring the picture next time."

Kaorie stopped laughing long enough to say, "What makes you think there will be a next time?"

Kaoru's eyes widened. "Well...I had hoped that I could coerce you into another date." he said seriously.

"This is a date?" Kaorie asked sternly. "I thought this was a business lunch."

Shit. I didn't think that she wouldn't want to...I mean, I really like her and now I might have messed this up. Aw, shit.

Kaorie laughed at the look on his face. "I'm only kidding." she said laughing still harder at his look of confusion, and shock. "I would love to go on another date with you Kaoru. You're a sweet guy, you know that?" With a damn cute butt.

"You would!" he asked excitedly.

"Yes." she laughed.

"Yes!" he almost squealed in his glee.

"Ahahaha!" Kaorie laughed. "You know, you're cute when you're excited." she sipped her cappuccino.

The door to the little cafe chimed as a snow covered couple entered the shop. A swirl of wind and snowflakes blasted into the small room.

"Hey! It's Haruhi!" Kaoru said happily. He looked at Kaorie. "I know I'm here with you, but, uh...do you mind if I harass Haruhi for a minute. It's tradition at this point." he grinned unabashedly. Letting her know that he had no interest in Haruhi except to annoy her.

Kaorie grinned widely. "Yes, by all means." she turned to Haruhi and Takashi who were at the counter ordering something warm to drink, and hadn't spotted them yet. "Sic her." she laughed.

Kaoru stood, straightened his jacket and tie, fixed his hair in a slightly messy version of what it was previous. He took a deep breath, and, "HARUHI!" he bolted toward his small friend and crashed into her with absolute glee. "How has my toy been doing lately! Where's Kyoichi! What are you getting to drink! Why are you out in the snow like this! Why is Mori with you!" he chimed, barraging her with questions, never stopping between sentences to take a breath.

"K-Kaoru?" Haruhi said dizzily. "Let go."

"Never!" he sang happily. "In fact, I think I'm going to keep this up until Hikaru gets here. It's never the same without him after all. You don't mind do you Haruhi?" he teased.

"Takashi...can you get him off me please?" Haruhi asked.

"No!" Kaoru protested, dancing out of the way, dragging Haruhi with him. "Can't catch us Mori!" he taunted foolishly.

Takashi took a silent step toward the flailing two. He waited quietly for the right moment. Then, Haruhi was in his arms once again, and Kaoru was on the floor, pouting and holding his head.

"Ow! Mori is mean." he said sadly. "I just wanted to play with Haruhi...she is my toy after all."

Haruhi opened her mouth to reply that she was not his or his brother's toy, and had never been, when Takashi beat her to the punch.

"Haruhi is not your toy, or anything else. She is your friend. That is all. Please refrain from doing that to her from now on." he told him flatly.

Somehow, that please, sounds like an order. Kaoru thought grumpily. What's with that anyway? He never talks that much, except when it means a lot to him...wait. Does he like Haruhi? Could he be in love with her? Well...I suppose that it's a possibility. But how does she feel about him? Kaoru looked at Haruhi, searching her face for the answers.

She was looking up at Takashi, and there was something about her gaze. Something in her eyes, but what could it be? Then it hit him. The way they're looking at each other...it's exactly like the look Hikaru used to get when he thought of Haruhi. I see. Kaoru grinned at his revelation. "No problem, I won't do it anymore."

Haruhi and Takashi looked at him in shock.

He held up his hands in surrender. "No really. I promise. You're right Mori. I'm not in school any longer, I should act like the adult that I am. Haruhi, I'm sorry."

"Huh?" she asked, completely shocked at his change of heart. "For what?"

"For all the Tug-Of-Haruhi games we used to play, for calling you our toy, and a play thing. For forcing you into all those dresses constantly...well...not for the last one. That was too much fun to regret." he grinned in elation at the memories.

"Oh...well...apology accepted I guess." Haruhi said with a confused smile. Her gaze wandered and stopped on Kaorie. "Hey! I didn't see you! So, why are you here?"

"I'm here on a lunch date/meeting with Kaoru. He asked me to model his new line for him, and I accepted. They are really cute. No lace at all." she grinned as Haruhi blushed. Probably thinking of that negligee that Hikaru gave her.

"Wait," Haruhi asked as she snapped out of her embarrassed stupor. "You said date too didn't you?"

"Yes." Kaorie said with a smile.

"With Kaoru?" Haruhi asked.

"Yes." Kaorie confirmed.

"Why?" Haruhi bluntly asked.

Kaoru's wail rang through the room, causing several of the other customers to glare his way. "Haruhi! What's wrong with me?" he turned to Mori, and said, "Haruhi's picking on me.

Mori's grin was chilling, Kaoru decided as his tall friend turned his gaze on him.

"Ah." he said noncommittally.

Kaoru's wail of sorrow quieted as he heard Kaorie answer Haruhi.

"Well...for a couple reasons." Kaorie told her. "One, he's handsome, like that one movie star I like. You know the one I have a poster of in my office? Two, he's funny, charming, and sweet. Three," she leaned in and whispered quietly, "He has a reeally cute butt." Kaorie giggled madly.

Kaoru's face burned. Kaorie hadn't whispered that quite low enough.

Haruhi's stare of disbelief stung a bit, but Kaoru easily got over it as he caught Mori's stare. Damn that was scary.

He rushed to Kaorie's side. "Hey, want to head over to my place? You can try on those outfits. Besides, I think that our dear Haruhi would like to be alone with Takashi, if you get my meaning." he whispered loudly, intending for Haruhi to hear him.

Kaorie grinned. "Sounds like a plan to me." she stood, then said, just as loudly as Kaoru had, "Hey, do you think that your brother would let me try one of those sheer nighties on? I can try it with one of your silk robes."

Kaoru grinned widely. He got where she was going with this. "Of course. What color would you like? Green? What color roses? Orange, or blue?"

"Well, it can't be orange can it?" Kaorie asked, again loud enough for Haruhi to hear. "Haruhi got the only one of that color that will ever be made."

They kept their eyes on Haruhi's steadily reddening face. They also noticed, with complete mirth that Takashi was looking at Haruhi as well. They were shocked when he smirked slyly, and leaned down to whisper in Haruhi's ear.

Whatever he had said to her, caused a reaction that Kaoru had never seen before. Her face was redder than he'd ever witnessed, and when she looked at the tall man, she trembled slightly.

They watched as Takashi paid for his and Haruhi's drinks, and without a backwards glance took her hand. He led her toward the door.

"Um...see you later Kaoru. I'll see you tomorrow at work Kaorie." Haruhi called over her shoulder as she let Takashi scoop her into his arms and wrap her in his long coat. The bell went off as they disappeared out of the shop.

Kaorie looked at Kaoru and asked, "So...do you think we should have embarrassed her like that? After all, I have to deal with the ramifications of this tomorrow."

Kaoru slung an arm across the red head's shoulders. "My dear Kaorie, if the way Mori acted is any indication, and mind you that was very out of character for him, our adorable Haruhi will not be embarrassed for long. Hell, you can probably expect a thank you tomorrow morning."

They headed for the door. As they exited the building, and entered the cold, he asked her. "So, were you just trying to embarrass Haruhi, or did you mean it when you asked to try on the robe and nightie?"

Kaorie turned to him and said, "Oh, I was completely serious."

Kaoru broke out into a wide, lecherous grin, when she laughed loudly.

"What?" he asked.

"Seriously, Kaoru. You don't really think I'd put on lingerie for you on our first date?" she asked, offended.

"No! I'm sorry! Please don't be mad!" he pleaded.

She laughed happily. "I'm just joking. I mean, I still won't wear it for you, it IS our first date after all."

"Yeah." he agreed, relieved she wasn't mad at him.

"Besides," Kaorie chimed in as she threaded her arm into his. "That's better saved for the second date."

Kaoru's eyes popped, "What?"

A/N: I hope you liked this chapter. Please review and let me know what you think..
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