Absquatulate

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

//Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club.//

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

VACATION TIME

"It's a crisis!" Asami screeches as Tamaki launches himself onto her bed causing her to topple off. Salem and Tink hiss, jumping off the bed. Gremlin cracks open an eye to lazily stare at Tamaki while Snowball and Kiki both swipe at Tamaki. Tamaki ignores the upset cats. "Haruhi is missing!" Asami stares up at the ceiling with stars swirling around her head. "I must call everyone and alert them to this tragedy!" She groans while slowing getting up. She watches as Tamaki rapidly types away on his phone. He waits a minute for whoever to pick up. "My daughter... My daughter is missing!! I can't get in contact with her! She must've been kidnapped! Contact the police! Mobilize the self-defence army if it becomes necessary!!" He continues on a tangent as she rolls her eyes at him and gets up. "That's right! Ever since the first day of summer vacation, I've tried calling her home many times every day! I can't even get in touch with her dad's workplace. It must be that they weren't able to pay their rent and were forced into slavery! If that's not it, then they must've run away during the night!" He passes. "Cellphone? Like Haruhi would possess such a thing. Ah...I know. Among commoners, there's this secret society called "midnight fleers"..." She raises her hand and backhands him. "Asami! How dare you hurt me during this trying time?" He cries out. She takes the phone and hears the panicked voices of the other host club members on the line. She puts it on speaker.

"Don't listen to this idiot. Haruhi is perfectly fine." She informs them, frowning at Tamaki. "She's on vacation."

"Correct, Haruhi is in Karuizawa right now." Kyoya chimes in.

"Huh? Haruhi... being bankrupt... fled at night... got kidnapped... and is in Karuizawa right now?" Tamaki sputters.

"V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N. Vacation. Not kidnapped." Asami grumbles.

"Kyoya! Arrange for all of us to go to Karuizawa!" Tamaki shouts, rushing towards the phone.

"I don't think Haruhi would appreciate us ruining her vacation." Asami sighs. "It's bad enough she has to deal with all of you all school year. Let her have her break from you. Plus do we not remember how our last surprise went?"

"Ruining?! A break?! My daughter will be overjoyed to see me."

•••

"Haruhi!! Are you all right?! Daddy's here!!" Tamaki calls to Haruhi from a helicopter loudspeaker. Asami peeks over his shoulder to see the glowering Haruhi on the ground.

"Oh yeah, she absolutely looks overjoyed." She dryly states.

•••

"My... What a lovely bunch of cute boys! And a lovely girl! Are you all Haruhi-chan's acquaintances?" Asami observes the inn, raising an eyebrow at Haruhi rushing toward them with an angry look on her face.

"I tried to stop this from happening." Asami immediately puts her hands up and takes a step backwards. "This is not my fault." Haruhi shakes her head in disbelief.

"It's always your fault." She scowls at Asami.

"How?" Asami gasps, placing a hand over her heart in hurt.