I. Tamaki is back

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"… What do you mean, Kyouya-senpai?" Haruhi gasped turning white with horror. She couldn't believe what Kyouya has just told her and to other Host Club members.

"It's just like I told you…" Kyouya said shortly not wanting to repeat himself.

"Kyo-chan, it's not time to joke around." Hani said sounding very dangerous.

"You know I don't joke around… Hani-senpai." Kyouya said tiredly.

"So what the hell are you trying to say? Are you saying Tamaki-senpai is dead?" Hikaru said angrily as he grabbing Kyouya's shirt, ready to punch him if necessary.

"Hikaru…" Kaoru said trying to calm Hikaru down.

"I don't know. All I know is he met a car accident and was sent to some foreign country by his grandmother's order." Kyouya said with anger yet, trying to calm himself down at the same time. He, too was shocked when he found out what happened.

"But he was here two days ago…" Mori said still not believing what Kyouya told.

"Two days ago…" Kyouya started, "… He found out that his mother whom he thought was still getting financial support from his grandmother, hid her existence not long after he came to Japan. The only thing that has been keeping him here was threatening of his grandmother which was to cut the financial support of his sick mother. But when he found out that his grandmother was not supporting his mother and didn't even know where she was, there was no reason for him to hesitate to meet his mother which wasn't allowed. He got emotional when find out that his mother was missing and was on his way to airport to go to France and that's when…" Kyouya explained but not finishing his sentence.

There was silence.

'This is going too far…' Haruhi thought. Even with the detailed explanation of Kyouya's, she couldn't believe it or rather, she didn't want believe it. "Tamaki-senpai will come back, right?" Haruhi asked in a low voice that was no louder than a whisper.

No one answered but just stared at the floor. Haruhi felt as if her heart skipped a beat. Everything started to became blur and tears started flow out nonstop ably. Haruhi couldn't just stand there.

'He will come back… He will come back… If he doesn't… No, he will come back.' Haruhi repeated herself in her mind as she walked out of third music room, not wanting to show her current self to anyone. She could feel her trembling as she walk and felt weak in her knees but she continued to walk, aimlessly.

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Five years have passed since then and Haruhi graduated from Ouran High School and was studying at Tokyo University. No body has seen Tamaki or heard of him since he was sent to some foreign country they do not know after the accident. Kyouya and other members of Host Club tried to find Tamaki but since it was something that Tamaki's grandmother has decided, no one could find out anything relating to Tamaki. They just knew that he was still alive somewhere through Tamaki's father. Host Club was also disbanded right away and the Host Club members tried to avoid each other as much as possible. Of course they met time to time and hang out together but whenever they met, they were reminded of Tamaki so they just tried to keep avoiding each other. In fact, it has been one year since Haruhi last saw the Host Club members but Hikaru and Kaoru often called her.

"Haruhi, you don't have any part time job today, right? Wanna hang out together?" Haruhi's best friend, Yumi, whom she met at University, said when the bell rang.

"I guess I will pass." Haruhi said as she packing her bag.

"Please come with me. I will be bored all by myself. And after all, we are the only girls who don't have boyfriend in our class. Who knows if we can find some nice guy?" Yumi said winking to Haruhi.

Haruhi laughed softly. "You never change, don't you?"

"Is that supposed to be bad?" Yumi asked frowning.

"Well…"

"Is it good?" Yumi said smiling widely hoping Haruhi would said yes.

"Well…" Haruhi just smiled.

"Oh come on… Choose." Yumi said anxiously.

"Do I get the third choice?" Haruhi asked teasing Yumi.

Everyone in the school knows Yumi was a beautiful girl who had long black hair and green eyes. But whenever the boys asks her out, she would always turn them down and complain later about the fact that she doesn't have any boyfriend.

"You are mean, Haruhi…" Yumi complained.

"And I was just considering to hang out with you…" Haruhi said glancing Yumi.

"Really?" Yumi said excitedly.

"Let me think about it first." Haruhi said which was 'yes'. Haruhi also has changed quite a lot for the past five years. Her hair was long now and got a little taller, too. "… So remind me again where we are going today?" Haruhi asked.

"Where do you want to go?" Yumi asked back.

"Anywhere is fine with me. But of course I would prefer it if it is not crowed." Haruhi said frowning as she looked at the busy street.

"Come on. It won't be fun without this crowd." Yumi said dragging Haruhi into the crowd.

"Yumi, slow down. You are gonna give me a heart attack…" Haruhi said as she dragged by Yumi at an unbelievable speed and then she saw a tall guy with blonde hair standing not far from her which caught her eyes. "… You really are gonna give me heart attack…" Haruhi said in a low voice as she looking at the blonde haired guy. 'Tamaki-senpai?' Haruhi thought as she let go of Yumi's hand. Even though she didn't see face of that person, she felt as if it was Tamaki which happened a lot before.

"I almost lost you…" Yumi said standing beside Haruhi and looked at where Haruhi was looking. "… You know… ever since I met you, I noticed that you really like guys with blonde hair. Is there any reason to that?" Yumi asked since it was not her first time seeing Haruhi staring at the blonde haired guy.

"Huh?" Haruhi was surprised. "What are you talking about?" Haruhi said forcing a smile.

"You know it's no use just staring at them, don't you? Why don't you give it a try? Who knows if he doesn't have any girlfriend." Yumi said as she poking Haruhi's waist, which gave Haruhi chills to her spines.

"Stop that." Haruhi said hugging herself. 'It is just my imagination.' Haruhi thought.

"Just how are you going to live without me?" Yumi said proudly which quite confused Haruhi. And before Haruhi could react or say anything, Yumi dragged Haruhi to where the Blonde haired guy was standing who was facing backward.

"Stop it, Yumi." Haruhi said nervously but to Haruhi's much more surprise, she didn't resist.

"Umm… Excuse me. My friend here was staring at you so dearly I couldn't stop myself introducing her to you." Yumi said as she step in front of the blonde haired guy. Haruhi who was embarrassed to death by her friend just looked at the ground not daring to look up.

"…"

There was no respond. Haruhi could feel her face getting red. Yumi poked Haruhi's waist again, which made Haruhi half jump and come back to her senses again.

"I am really sorry…" Haruhi apologized as she bowing really low. If there was any hole on the ground, she wanted hide there and thought that she would be happy living there for the rest of her life.

Haruhi knew it wasn't Tamaki without even looking, because Tamaki would always greet girls nicely and trying to be catchy and attractive in his own way if he has chance. But when Haruhi raise her head few seconds later and thought that she really was going to have an heart attack for a moment. "Tamaki-senpai?" Haruhi let out a gasp as she covering her mouth with her hand. 'He is back… Tamaki-senpai is back…' Haruhi said in her mind with joy.

Tamaki was shocked. Not because he was surprised to see Haruhi but… "Umm… Do you know me?" Tamaki asked looking at Haruhi questionably. He was actually a bit shocked. Not only Haruhi knew his name but also called him by his first name with addition of 'Senpai', but to him, it was first time meeting haruhi.

Another shock for Haruhi! She could tell it was Tamaki. Even though it has been five years since she last saw him, she remembers everything about Tamaki, needless to say his voice as well. She had feelings that his tone is quite different than before which didn't sound as cheerful like it used to be but still... 'Could it be that he doesn't remember me because I have changed for last five years or does he really not remember me?...' Many thought ran through Haruhi's head like bullets as she looking at Tamaki who seemed no different from before yet, felt so different for some reason.

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To be continued…