Ouran High School Host Club One-Shots

My Girl (Yasuchika 'Chika' Haninozuka)

"Give him back!" I begged, trying to reach the furry kitten that was being held just out of my reach. It wasn't even old enough to be on its own. But it had been abandoned and I'd just been lucky enough to find him. "You're hurting him!"

"No, he's ours now," the boy said, handing him to his friend who was just on the other side of me. The poor kitten kept crying out, but the two boys ignored him.

"If you want it, you have to take it from us," the other said, holding it just out of reach.

After a few more minutes of this, someone else stepped in. The two boys dropped the kitten on the ground. I was too busy checking the little guy over to pay much attention, but it sounded as if a fight had occurred.

When all that was done and over with, the people who had stepped in spoke to me. "Are you OK?" asked a somewhat familiar voice. The other Morinozuka son, Satoshi. When he noticed the little ball of fur in my hands, he knelt down next to me to get a closer look. "Is it alright?"

"He looks like he's OK," I said, keeping most of my attention on the little guy. He was shaking, but at least he was alive and moving. "He was abandoned. I found him just a little while ago."

"He's really young still," the other person said, using a fairly unenthusiastic voice. No doubt I knew that voice. That would be Yasuchika Haninozuka. Everyone called him Chika though. "What are you going to do with him?"

"I'll take care of him," I said, giving Chika a smile. We'd been in the same class since elementary school and for the last year or so, I'd had a crush on him.

"By yourself?" Satoshi sounded surprised.

"I have two cats at home already, one more can't be that tough." Holding up the little kitten, I started trying to think of a name for him.

"You can't handle all that on your own," Chika argued. As much as he denied being like his older brother, I couldn't help but feel that they had a lot more in common than he'd ever admit.

"I think I can take care of the three of them." After some serious thought, I decided to name him Masa.

Despite everything the two of them said, I wouldn't back down on this. Not entirely giving up, the two stubborn boys followed me home.

Miku was waiting for me by the front door. She was silver striped with a little spot of white on her nose. Most of her time was spent outside, though she always slept next to my pillow every night.

As I walked in the door, the other lightly jumped onto my shoulder. Katsu was always doing this. He'd climb up on me and lay across my shoulders like he was my scarf.

Nudging my cheek, I smiled and introduced him to my two classmates who were now staring. "This is Katsu and the silver girl at your feet is Miku." I pointed at them as I said their names. "So Katsu, what do you think of adding Masa to the family?" As I held the kitten up for his inspection, Katsu merely sniffed him and gave me a glare.

"He doesn't seem too fond of the idea."

"Katsu doesn't even like Miku," I laughed. I'd had her first and she hadn't been too thrilled about the idea of me taking in Katsu when he was a kitten. Now she looks after him like it was her own little one. It's funny how people (and animals) can change like that. "But that doesn't mean I can't handle the three of them."

No matter how hard the two tried to convince me, I wasn't going to give up the adorable little Masa. Katsu had jumped off of my shoulders a while ago because I'd been holding the kitten close to my chest. As I searched around for something to feed the little guy, I didn't notice that Satoshi had left me alone with Chika.

As I fiddled with some things, I didn't notice how close he was until his hand was on my arm. He spun me around quickly, pinning me against the wall.

"Wha-" His lips pressed fiercely against mine, cutting me off. I froze, not knowing how to react. Relaxing a bit, I decided to just go with it. But when he pulled me closer, I pushed him away gently.

Chika seemed a bit annoyed, but when I held up the little furball I'd still been holding onto, he understood. Smiling, he took Masa out of my hands and set him down where he wouldn't be in the way or get hurt.

"You're my girl now," he said calmly. It was more like he was telling me rather than asking, but I didn't mind. I'd been waiting for this for so long, it was like a dream coming true.

His hand gently stroked my cheek before returning to what he'd been doing before I'd pushed him away.

Being here with him, I was the happiest girl in the world.