The Land of Tea: Welcome Home Haruka (Shizuke)

[Shizuke Tsukiyama]

I jumped up and sat down by Haruka. I whispered to Haruka.
"We should try and convince Ling to take the job, and help Haruhi out." I whispered.
"We should surprise her!" I whispered again. Yukio smiled, she knew my exact plan to help Haruhi out.
Yuo looked down and blushed madly.
"No, I haven't, she's never let me. I got lucky with Haruka." Yuo said.
"Haruka and I argue alot, and one arguement almost ruined it, but then something changed her mind, and then I ended up having a minor surgery done on my shoulder." Yuo explained. He chuckled a bit.
"She jumped on me, and I hit my shoulder on the ground." Yuo backed up his previous statement.

[Haruka Kunimitsu]

Haruka nodded, "Definetly." she whispered back. "I'm sure we could convince Ling if we told him about his sisters little..." she made a heart wither her fingers. "You know?" Haruhi continued hugging the pillow, her eyes closed and unaware of the conversation.

Ling laughed again. "That sounds like Haruka. Same little five year old i knew." he leaned up against the wall, "And are you sure she hasn't let you, or are you just afraid?"

[Shizuke Tsukiyama]

I nodded.
"Whenever we can get Ling alone, we'll tell him." I said in a hushed tone.
"Oh Haruhi will be so happy if it works out!" I said a bit louder. Yukio giggled, it was going to be hard not to spill this secret.
Yuo rubbed the side of his arm.
"Both." he said quietly.
"I'm afraid she'll get mad at me if I try to, and everytime I try to get even close to doing so, she walks away, or turns around." Yuo said, looking down at the ground again.

[Haruka Kunimitsu]

Haruhi broke out of her trance like state. "Huh? What? I'll be happy because of what?" Haruka laughed nervously and was glad when the doorbell suddenly rang. Haruhi shot up immdiantly, completely forgetting the comment Shizuke had made. She opened the door and a boy, her age, was there. His long bleach blonde hair was cast over his eyes. "Hello Haruhi... i thought you were still working in the field."
"Ryku... it's nice to see you..." Haruhi said quietly.

Ling shook his head. "You need to just do it dude, before it's too late." he hoped he didn't take this too harshly. "You could... lose her... so to say... YOu never know."

[Shizuke Tsukiyama]

I looked over at the door and giggled.
"I'm going to guess that that is Ryku!" I giggled. I was amazed, they did look absolutely perfect for each other. Yukio tapped my shoulder and pointed. I nodded.
"Aren't they cute together?" Yukio asked in a hushed tone.

Yuo nodded.
"I know, I know." Yuo said.
"I've been so close to loosing her already, the one arguement that caused me alot of pain in my shoulder almost made me oose her." Yuo said.

[Haruka Kunimitsu]

Ryku kept his sights cast down, not daring to look up. "I heard about your engagement." he mumbled. Haruhi's expression grew wary. "Thought i'd come and congradulate you..."
"Oh..." she mumbled in return. "Right... thank you." Haruka herself felt like crying, and she was simply watching.
"I hope you two will be very happy." he said more loudly, and with that he turned and ran off. Apparently he had forced himself there or something. Haruhi shut the door solemnly and walked back over to the living room.

Ling looked down at him determinedly. "I've desided." he said, clenching his fist, "I'm going to help you. One: with keeping this away from my mom, Two: to help you get that kiss!"

[Shizuke Tsukiyama]

I tapped Haruka, my heart aching as I did so.
"We need to stop that before it happens." I said.
"Ryku seems upset with it, and so does Haruhi." I said quietly. Yukio nodded sadly.
"We have to stop it, if not, I'd feel very bad." I said.

Yuo jumped.
"Oh Haruka's going to kill me." Yuo mumbled.
"I can hug her, play with her hair, and talk to her, but kiss her, thats very slim." Yuo mumbled again.

[Haruka Kunimitsu]

Haruka nodded abruptly. "Definetly. It's awful what they do to these girls." she agreed, looking over to Haruhi comfortingly. "We'll stop this.. i promise..." she said quietly to herself.

Ling took two fingers and smacked him on the side of the head. "Baka..." he said in a bussiness like tone, which was rather strange. "Lesson number one: Never say something's not possible. How do you know that she doesn't want you to?" her nodded, knowing that this was most likely the fact.

[Shizuke Tsukiyama]

I turned to Haruhi, and forced a smile.
"Do you know when your plans are happening?" I asked, hoping to get a specific date, so we could tell Ling before it was too late. Yukio looked at Haruka. She jumped up and walked over to Haruka.
"Think we can try and get Ling later tonight? Wehn everyone is asleep, then no one will know what is going on." Yukio whispered.

Yuo winced in pain, Ling's hit was harder than he thought.
"I don't know if she doesn't want me too, she just keeps pulling away from me, whenever I try to." Yuo said.

[Haruka Kunimitsu]

Haruka again nodded. "I think that's a possibility." she whispered back. "I think he might be on the roof tonight. He did it all the time when we were kids." She winked.
Haruhi shlumped lower with the reminder. "Saturday, next week..." she mumbled quietly.

Ling smacked his head with frustration. "You think she is, but it's probably a covincidence." he said sternly. "Ok, we're going to need a plan."

[Shizuke Tsukiyama]

I looked back at Haruka and nodded a bit.
"We have to stay until we fix this." I mouthed, not saying a single word. Yukio nodded.
"Shizuke'll be up all night, so she'll be able to get to Ling before us." Yukio said.

Yuo sighed and leaned against the wall of the house.
"Plan? You kidding me?" Yuo asked.
"It'd be just better to wealk up to her and get it over with, so she can just hate me." Yuo said, looking over at Ling, his odd eyes seeming to stare.

[Haruka Kunimitsu]

Haruka smirked as she whispered. "SHizuke's good at pursuation. She can handle herself." she agreed. "So, Haruhi," She said, trying to change the subject. "When did you say your mother should be getting home?"
"Oh," Haruhi said, trying her best to perk up, "She should be home within the half hour." Haruka nodded.

Ling sighed deeply as he also leaned against the wall. "You're doing it again..." he warned. "You can't assume that she'll hate you. Honestly, what girl would be mad at there somebody for kissing them?"

[Shizuke Tsukiyama]

Yukio nodded in agreement.
"You got that right." she said quietly. I smiled.
"Is she a nice person Haruhi? Besides her tradition rules?" I asked. Once it got dark I was going to find Ling and help Haruhi. Yukio smiled too.
"You will have to show us around here a bit Haruhi, since we are "visitors"." Yukio said.
Yuo sighed and nodded.
"Good point there." he said.
"But you know her better than I do, she is stubborn, and when I first met her, she ticked me off." Yuo said.
"I ended up pushing her to the ground after her battle with my sister, she was taunting me." Yuo sighed.

[Haruka Kunimitsu]

Haruhi managed a laugh. "Yeah, she's known for being kind. That's one reason why it's so hard to be mad at her for the strictness of the traditions." she rubbed her temple, as if in deep thought, "Unless she finds someone disobeying traditions... then she'll go all 'scary-Oushi' on you..." she added in hushed tones.

Ling shook her head. "That's Haruka. I did that once too, you know." he said, comfortingly. "But then again, we were four... She was calling me... what was it... a fat-head..." he laughed. "Anyways, back to the matter at hand." Her returned his serious face.

[Shizuke Tsukiyama]

I giggled, then couldn't hold back my laughter.
"Now that is quite funny, and you can't stay mad at her?" I asked, regaining my calmness. Yukio looked at me, and I looked at Yukio. I nodded.
"I'm going to go make srue that Ling and Yuo are ok." I said, scurrying off outside. Yukio looked over at Haruka.
"She's going to bring it up now, so we can have a bit of sleep." Yukio said quietly.

Yuo sighed.
"Now I regret it though, I think she holds it against me." Yuo said. He looked up at Ling and sighed.
"And that fact that I'm a creep." he said quietly.