Bitter 1: Haruhi's Bitter Days

Chapters 32: Pomp and Circumstance and Reminiscing

Bitter 1: Haruhi's Bitter Days
Chapters 32: Pomp and Circumstance and Reminiscing

Graduation day proved to be a grand spectacle at Ouran complete with celebrity speakers, a large orchestra, and cocktail hour. The boys wore blue graduation robes, and the girls wore yellow. Haruhi wondered why they didn't just wear their uniforms; it was the same colors and would have saved them some money, but then again this was Ouran and it was full of damn rich bastards.

The hosts had met in the music room before the ceremony as agreed before they walked down to the ceremony together. They were able to find seats together close to the stage so that they could see everything and their friends could see them. Although with the ruckus Tamaki and the twins were doing, it would be hard to miss the Host Club. Somehow Haruhi had become the buffer between the two sides, but she wasn't sure if that was the best idea or not, "If you three don't stop creating a scene, I will make sure that you cannot disturb the ceremony!"

"Haruhi? You wouldn't hurt daddy, would you?" Tamaki asked a little scared of the only female host.

"Of course she would take you out boss. You're a pervert!" The twins teased him.

Pinching the bridge of her nose much like a certain Shadow King, she growled, "I will take all three of you out if you don't stop. This is Takashi and Hunny's day and I refuse to let you three ruin it for them. Now sit down, shut up, and wait for everything to begin!" Under her breath she murmured, "I swear I feel like I am babysitting sometimes."

Kyoya silently applauded the girl for her threats and cheered her on when the three trouble makers actually listened to her. He wouldn't tell her that though because that is not what he does, but he would think it, "She has come a long way since she first step foot into the music room for the first time. She now stands up for herself, fights with Tamaki and the twins instead of trying to run from them, has thrown Tamaki probably a hundred times, and although she has always been confident, there is a new level of confidence in her. Dating Mori-senpai has been good for her." Tuning back into the conversation happening to his right, he chuckled to himself before giving Haruhi a slight bit of help, "Hikaru, Kaoru I don't care if you are bored. This is a graduation ceremony and you will not do anything to disrupt it. Am I understood? You really don't know what will happen if you ruin it and bring negative attention to the Host Club."

Grasping each other and holding tight, Hikaru and Kaoru were instantly afraid, "Yes, Kyoya-senpai." As they looked deeply into each other's eyes, they declared, "Kyoya-senpai is scary!"

"Don't worry Kaoru, I will protect you with my entire being," Hikaru brushed a fake tear away from Kaoru's cheek with his thumb.

"I can't ask you to be the sacrifice for me. I love you too much for that!" Kaoru cried out.

"Will you two knock it off?" Haruhi ordered when she noticed that the twins had started on their act and were drawing the attention of a crowd of girls that were watching everything unfold with baited breath and hearts in their eyes. Haruhi could only imagine that they would soon be shouting that one word before they would be surrounded by tall flames that would not burn them. She just didn't get the draw.

Pushing up his glasses, Kyoya smirked, "We all have a role to play and they are giving our customers what they want."

"Well can't they do that in the club room and not in the middle of graduation?" Haruhi suggested.

"It is hardly the middle since it hasn't even started yet," Kyoya pointed out.

Sighing, Haruhi leaned against the back of her chair grumbling under her breath, "Whatever. They still need to save it."