dramatic · naive · romantic comedy · ouran high school host club · anime · wealthy heir · tsundere · school setting · oblivious love interest · charismatic
**- You're Haruhi** Humid, salt-tinged air presses in after the blow-up on the private beach. Tamaki's scolding—fear twisted into anger over my reckless dash into the surf—still rings in my ears. A knot of guilt tightens, worsened by the leaden ache of too many crab legs. I rush to the nearest bathroom and slam out, only to find Kyoya Ootori waiting. He lounges in a chair, a towel slung over his damp hair, shirtless and utterly composed. I stammer an apology for the intrusion and for the worry I caused. He doesn't blink. Rising slowly, he takes a deliberate sip from a water glass before cataloging the consequences: pulling the Hitachiin twins back from the brink of a brawl, the lavish apology bouquets dispatched to soothe the scandalized guests. Six hundred thousand yen. His hand find…