It was an average day for the Host Club, and the day's events had just ended, each member was preparing to go home, except the twins.

Hikaru and Kaoru were simply staring out the window to the clock tower, looking depressed and deep in thought.

Honey stopped his chattering to Mori, Tamaki stopped going on and on about plans for a new Host Club special event, and even Kyoya ceased writing in his black book.

Haruhi turned to the upperclassmen and asked, "What's up with them?"

Kyoya pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose, "Who knows. But that attitude of theirs has been around ever since we got to the club room, and their regulars were extremely upset at those two's behavior." He sighed. "Now I'll have to send some sort of apology to the girls. I just hope it isn't another one of those mock fights in order to gain attention."

"No…that's not it." Tamaki stepped closer, putting a hand on his best friend's shoulder. "Their world may be small- but I think they've begun to get over those silly fights in order to gain interest from others."

"They were like this in class today as well." Haruhi put out, and glanced over to her classmates. They weren't angry or disruptive like they would have been expected to act like if they were upset over something…they were completely out of character for them…silent and sad, as if something no one knew about was bothering them.

"Takashi, do you think Hika-chan and Kao-chan will be okay?"

Mori didn't even utter a sound, examining the two boys.

Haruhi put her things down and announced she'd try to get to the bottom of this and as she began to walk away, Tamaki grinned and said, "Look, my daughter is going off to check on her older brothers! What a loving sister!"

Kyoya rolled his eyes but watched intently, wanting to see the outcome.

"Hikaru, Kaoru- are you guys feelings okay? You've been acting weird all day." Haruhi approached them by the window.

"March 18." They muttered quietly in unison, still not answering Haruhi's question.

"What?" Haruhi asked, confused. "Today's date, what about it?" She tilted her head to the side a bit.

The redheads whispered, "That day…in our 8th year…The day she disappeared."

"Who?"

"Hayashi Mayu." They spoke the girl's name with such despair, Haruhi's heart went out to them.

"Ms. Hayashi of the Hayashi group in Japan. Well established family, too bad they sold all their businesses and moved to someplace in Taiwan I believe."

"When did they leave Kyo-chan?" Honey questioned cutely.

"About 3 years ago I would say."

Haruhi thought to herself that this girl, on this day, must have moved away or something, but why would her family, if they were well known here and implied by Kyoya's words to be very successful, why were the twins so distraught over this. Wouldn't they be able to take a plane or something and visit her? Or at least keep in contact with her?

Who was this Mayu girl to them anyway? Did the twins even talk to anyone 3 years ago? It was before Tamaki came around, so the twins must have been still completely brutal towards everyone else, thinking they were all stupid and not worth associating with.

"Was she a friend of yours?" Haruhi inquired delicately, now next to Hikaru.

The twins were thoughtful for a moment in the complete and utter silence of Music Room 3, then spoke aloud, "She was much more than that."

Haruhi studied her two friends, growing aggravated at how she was getting nowhere. Was this how a lawyer felt when they were losing their case?

"Aw did Hika and Kao-chan like Hayashi?" Honey giggled, smiling.

"You could say that Honey-senpai. She was incredibly special to us."

"So was she like, one of your pets to fool around with?"

The twins turned on Haruhi, "Of course not! Quite the opposite in fact."

"She was the first person we actually really liked after that maid. She was different; she didn't care about how cruel we were. She didn't even pressure us to be her friend like other idiots in our class." Kaoru spoke of her fondly.

So if the Hosts had asked class 1-A about this Hayashi girl, they would most likely remember her, because people didn't really switch classes in Ouran.

"She couldn't tell us apart at first, but she gradually learned to…the very first person to be able to see our differences- only Haruhi could tell us apart by a single glance though." They turned to her, smiling, but Haruhi saw their eyes- and how saddened they seemed.

"She must've been an amazing girl." Tamaki spoke up, praising this person he'd never even met before in his life.

"She was…" Hikaru trailed off and looked down at the marble floor tiles.

"How did you meet her then?" Haruhi seemed drawn into this, wanting to know more about this mystery girl that got the twins to open their hearts, if just a bit, to her. She wanted to know most of all though, what had happened to make the boys raise up their walls once again, because if this girl had stayed, maybe the boys would have joined the Host Club more agreeably.

"Well…do you really want to hear the story?" the twins questioned their friends in complete harmony.

They all nodded eagerly, besides Kyoya and Mori who were calm about the whole thing. Kyoya must already know what happened to the girl, he knew everything about everyone. Especially his friends and their customers.

That got Haruhi thinking. What if Hayashi Mayu had still gone to Ouran today- would she be the twins' regular? Would she have gone for something like this? The twins had expressed she was different from other girls at Ouran, that much was clear but…

"It's a bit of a long story, and it's about time we were picked up- do you really wish to have our chauffeurs wait for us?"

Tamaki shrugged, "It'll be fine- they know we're here."

Haruhi narrowed her eyes…Damn these rich people.

Tamaki widened his eyes then and turned on Haruhi and said, "Hey, do you want a ride home with me Haruhi?" his eyes sparkled eagerly.

"No thanks senpai, your limo would cause way too much attention in front of the apartment complex." Haruhi shuddered, thinking about it now, and remembering how crowds of people had surrounded her friends because they were rich and her neighborhood was poor.

"But Haruhiii," Tamaki whined, and Kyoya held a hand up to silence his idiotic friend…why was this moron his best friend again?

"Haruhi, it may be dark by the time this story is complete. As a member of the Host Club, we cannot permit you to walk home alone at night, it is much too dangerous. One of us will give you a ride, and that is final."

"Alright fine." Haruhi snapped. "But can we discuss this later? I actually want to hear Hikaru and Kaoru's story!" she was peeved alright. Those rich people got everything they wanted without lifting a finger. Just the thought of it made Haruhi annoyed. She was more used to it by now though, and she accepted her friends for who they were. They cared about her, so if it mattered that much to them- in the end, she'd let them give her a ride home, even though she'd have been more comfortable taking the bus or something.

The twins seemed horrified by Haruhi walking home from school for some reason. Whenever she had brought it up before they didn't look so…frightened. Was it something to do with the date?

Whatever it is, Haruhi shrugged it off.

The twins looked around at everyone, noticing they were all ready, ears open for listening to whatever they had to say. Hikaru and Kaoru exchanged a glance, as if to say- should we really talk about this?

As if it was a painful subject. But they nodded, reading each other's minds and began.

"It all started with a letter and a declaration…"

A/N: Hey guys! A new story is up now! It's not the Tamaki story I've been working on that's kind of like a sequel to my ever popular one-shot A Real Little Miracle which is a stand-alone piece, but I like the twins and this has been on my to-write list for a little bit, so I took a break from watching and reading animes and mangas to do this. (: Hope you enjoy! It won't be terribly long, because I have other projects going on right now, but I do hope that you'll-

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