Yours to Hold (An OHSHC fanfic) [Completed]

Chapter Eight

Because buses were apparently not good enough for our little group, we somehow all ended up boarding a private plane for what would have only been a three hour drive. It was a relief to me to discover that at least I wasn’t the only one participating that wasn’t a morning person. Kyoya was actually slung over Tamaki’s back when they showed up in the dojo. Even now he was fast asleep in one of the plane seats.

Haruhi also seemed to be sleeping, although from the looks the twins gave me when I questioned this, I wondered if she’d been brought by choice. What surprised me even further was that she was dressed like a girl for once. Perhaps she didn’t plan on cross-dressing today?

Much to my annoyance, I soon realized that the rest of the host club happened to be just as energetic in the morning as they were any other time of day. In an attempt to escape this, I’d chosen a seat at the back of the plane and while Honey and Mori joined me back there, I was relieved to find that Honey was content to leave me alone and chatter with Mori.

Or he was for the first part of the hour long plane trip.

About midway through, Honey switched from sitting next to Mori to sitting next to me and leaning over the seat when he wanted to talk to Mori. When this switch first happened, I was still able to concentrate on my book while running through kendo techniques in my mind. That was only at first, however.

“Nao-chan~, what’s in the boxes?” Honey asked, startling me.

I stopped turning the page I’d been focusing on and looked over at him. He was grinning at me with that smile that reminded me so much of Akihiko.

“Sweets in one,” I answered before the thought had even made it to my mind. “The other one has lemon slices soaked in honey.”

Honey’s face lit up.

“I brought sweets, too!” he said. “I brought your favorite cake so we can celebrate when you guys win. It’s Mori’s favorite, too, so I brought lots of it. What did you bring?”

He eagerly reached for the box and I slipped it out from under the other so that he could take it. Within a second he had it open and was sorting through the different things in the box. It wasn’t until he’d picked up a chocolate ball and was about to put it in his mouth that I remembered that not everything in it was sweet.

“Wait-” I began, holding out a hand to take it from him.

I was too late, however, and Honey had already dropped the chocolate in his mouth. The expression that crossed his face in that moment was too much. Before I knew it, I was laughing. There was another sound in that moment, however, that surprised me enough to cause me to go silent. As I looked at the source, I didn’t bother to conceal my amazement.

Had Mori just laughed? It was only for a moment… but…

“That’s not sweet!” Honey declared, catching my attention. There were tears welling up in his eyes.

“Sorry, Honey…” I began, putting an apologetic look on my face. “I was going to warn you…”

In all honesty, I wanted to keep laughing. The image of his face when he tasted the chocolate was still in my mind. It was such a surprised and bitter looking expression that it just refused to get out of my head. I could see why it even got Mori to laugh.

“I didn’t think sweets like I fix them would be good to fill the entire box with,” I told him, continuing in my apology.

After he’d heard that part, the tears immediately disappeared in favor of a happy smile.

“I get it!” he declared happily. “Nao-chan made bitter and less sweet sweets so that everyone could be happy and have some!”

That caught the attention of most of the actually awake people in our group.