Kyoya's Break (Kyoya x Haruhi) OLD VERSION

Chapter Nine

Ootori Gala: Haruhi's POV
"Sir Ootori, the Master has requested you for the Welcoming."

"Alright, thank you, Akino. You may go now." Kyoya told a servant who had knocked on the door. "Let's go, Haruhi. My father might want to meet you after Welcoming."

"I have to meet him so soon? But I practically just got here!" I argued, following him to the door. He stopped and turned around, placing a hand on my shoulder.

"You'll be fine, I'll be right next to you." He turned back toward the door and I followed him to the end of a hallway that opened into a large room. It wasn't big enough to be a ball room, but was definitely bigger than a living room. At least bigger than Kyoya's living room. I'd say it's probably an event room or something, I don't think people even call them ball rooms anymore anyway.

"Wait here, I'll wave you over once the Welcoming is done." Kyoya told me, leaving me at the entrance of the room and heading over to an area of the room set up with a small temporary stage with microphones. Most of the people in the room did have pretty fancy clothes, I probably would have stood out if Kyoya hadn't given me this dress.

"Alright, it looks like we're ready. Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you for coming to the annual Ootori Gala. It's a great pleasure to have you all here." A man said into the microphone. Judging by a picture I had seen earlier and where everyone was standing, I guessed that the man was Kyoya's dad. Then the two on his right side were Kyoya's brothers and he stood next to his sister on his dad's left side.

"Now I've decided I would switch it up a bit this year, I'm going to hand the job of greeting you all over to my youngest son, Kyoya. Many of you may know him, many may not, but this is your chance to get an impression of him." The man turned around and gave Kyoya a dead face that could easily be read as 'Dont you dare mess this up.' Jeez, he was intimidating.

"I'll start by thanking my father for giving me the opportunity of greeting you all. It's a great pleasure that I certainly enjoy." Kyoya's dad seemed happy with the first few sentences and seem to relax a bit, but only a bit.

"Now to get on with our Welcoming. I see many familiar faces as well as new faces. But just as each year, I'll introduce the Ootori Family. Yoshio Ootori, Yuichi Ootori, Akito Ootori, Fuyumi Ootori-Shido, then myself, Kyoya Ootori. We have refreshments at one side of the room then desserts at the other. As always, refills are free and requests for different appetizers and desserts are open to any of the five workers we have present here."

"Every Ootori member will be open for conversation and questions regarding our business and worksites. I will also ask that you please refrain from asking any personal questions that may be offensive to any of us, we want you all you as well as ourselves to be comfortable during the Gala."

"Thank you, Kyoya. You never fail to meet my expectations, hopefully you keep that up for the very near future." His father said, scooting forward and taking his place back in front of the microphone.

"As he said, there are refreshments and desserts in this room. You are also free to roam around to the living rooms if you would like to rest or sit down, I hope you enjoy our annual Gala." The room bust back into conversations while simple classical music began playing in the background. I watched from the hallway as the servers came from another hallway with trays filled with appetizers.

A couple of people passed me and noticed me, but didn't say anything. Kyoya's dad turned to Kyoya and started saying something then Kyoya looked at me and waved me over. I hesitated a second then pushed off the wall toward the family.

"Fujioka! It's so nice to see you! Actually, could I call you Haruhi? I'm gonna call you Haruhi." Shido said, running for me and pulling me into a quick hug. She was wear a long, purple gown that stopped just before her ankles in the front but kept going in the back, leaving a tail. She also had a white jacket on and a silver belt hanging on her waist. I felt comfortable around, she was bubbly like Tamaki.

"Father, Yuichi, Akito, this is Haruhi Fujioka, she goes to Ouran." I held my hand out and shook all of their hands. Shido stayed pretty close to my side while Kyoya stood right next to me.

"Ah, Haruhi Fujioka, you're the girl that got into Ouran on the honor roll, is that right?" Kyoya's oldest brother, Yuichi, asked.

"Yeah, I remember when I was still attending Ouran, only three people got in on honor roll all my years there. You've got to be pretty smart for that." Akito said. I noticed that their dad just narrowed his eyes more than they already were.

"So you're a commoner?" Kyoya's dad asked. The serious, flat tone in his voice was intimidating and I was only able to nod.

"Yes, she's a commoner, but tha-"

"And, if I'm correct, you're also part of the Host Club?" He continued, cutting Kyoya off. His brothers kept their composure but Fuyumi seemed to get a little nervous.

"Yes, sir, I'm one of the Hosts." I told him once I got my voice back.

"But aren't the hosts supposed to be boys? What is a girl doing being a host?"

"Um, actually, the entire school thinks I'm a boy."

"Father, stop, you're probably scaring her." Fuyumi said, reaching out to put a hand on his arm.

"And what if the school figured out that you were dating Kyoya? They would think that you're both gay." The amount of disgust in his voice when he said 'gay' made me want to slap him, but I held still and tightened my hands into fists.

"Stop this, I don't appreciate how you're treating her. If it comes down to i-" Kyoya started, but was cut off again.

"Are you trying to ruin my son's reputation? Do you want him to be forced to leave the life I've set up for him?" He turned to Kyoya, looking like he was getting angrier. "Kyoya, I don't like this commoner. Break up with her."

"What-? No! I'm not going to do that! I don't care what you say, that's not going to happe-"

"What do you mean, 'I don't care'? Are you trying to disgrace me?" He lifted his hand up and started swinging it. As soon as I realized what was happening, it felt like slow motion.

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Sorry if this isn't best quality! I'm thinking this might be finished in the next like 5-10 chapters, so I'm just gonna focus of finishing this before working on any of my other fanfics to get it done faster because like the dumbass I am, I'm working on six different fanfics at a time and a few aren't even past the third chapter yet which I need to work on. I also keep working on these then going back and realizing I had the perfect spot to leave it off on so it ends up getting updated three days late.