The Missing Piece

Chapter 2

The Missing Piece
Chapter 2

"So explain to me why Kyoya-kun brought you home so late on Friday?" her father asks from the living room, as Haruhi walks out of her room on Monday morning and excited about seeing Kyoya again today in the same clubroom, where she had almost lost him.

Haruhi sighed and knew this was coming. Her father had been taking care of his boss who had become ill recently and she and her father hadn't seen each other since Friday morning when he had given her some good advice about facing problems in life head-on, during the fiasco with Éclair Tonerre. "Kyoya-sempai didn't say anything to you?" Haruhi asks her father, only remembering falling asleep in Kyoya's arms Friday night in the back of his limo.

"All he told me was that you had fallen asleep in the clubroom after the festival." He answers, as his daughter went into the kitchen to make them some breakfast.

"Really dad all I remember is saying good-bye to the other hosts, going to the club to get my things and falling asleep. Kyoya-Sempai is probably going to make me pay him back somehow for making him take me home." She sighs hoping her father would believe her lie, as she sets a plate of eggs down in front of him.

"Sweetheart, I'm sure he did it too be kind." He tells her "besides I'm sure my future son-in-law cares a lot for you." He smirks as he watches his daughters face go from bored to complete shock in less than five seconds.

"Dad, where in the hell did you come up with that idea?" she asks almost dropping the plate she was holding.

"I'm only kidding." Ranka assures his daughter, but as he ate his breakfast his mind wandered to a conversation over the phone he had with Kyoya-kun's father earlier that morning.

Flashback

It was 6:00 in the morning when Ranka heard the phone go off hoping it wouldn't awaken his daughter who was still sleeping in her room. Ranka hurried to answer it "Hello?" he asked picking it up after the third ring.

"Ryoji Fujioka I presume?" the cold voice on the other end asked.

"Yes, to whom may I ask am I talking to?" He asks nervously the voice on the other end intimidating him a bit.

"I am Yoshio Ootori, Kyoya's father. I met your daughter recently at the Ouran Fair and she had the audacity to yell at me in front of everyone. Normally I would take some serious actions, however I am well aware that she did it only to defend Kyoya and I have found myself taking an interest in her." Yoshio tells him getting straight to the point.

"By taking an interest in her you mean-?" Ranka asks

"I only mean to say that if you will agree I wish for your daughter to marry Kyoya. I realize i've met her only once, but after doing some research I realize what a great asset she would be for the Ootori name, and though Kyoya would never admit it your daughter would make the perfect wife for him." Yoshio continues.

'My little Haruhi marrying Kyoya-kun, and not that idiot blond Tamaki.' Ranka thinks happily "Of course I accept, but only if Haruhi agrees to it." He tells Yoshio.

"Of course in the end the choice is Haruhi-san's." Yoshio told him "I will be speaking to Kyoya about this agreement next month at the end of the school year. I just wanted to let you know what my plans are and am glad that you approve."

"Yes of course I approve, better Kyoya-kun than that idiot Tamaki." Ranka shouts happily careful not to wake his daughter up.

He thought he could hear the sound of a smirk coming from the other end of the phone, but only heard Yoshio's voice again "Very well Fujioka-san I will talk to you again soon."