Disclaimer: I don't own Love Hina.
Great special thanks to Shigur3 for beta-reading this fic.
Seta took out his last cigarette. As he crumpled the empty pack he thought about what Haruka had said to him. He could never love Haruka like he did with Sarah's Mom. But then again, she never saw him like that anyway. He couldn't help but envy her true desire... Keitaro.
His love was dead and her love was alive.
He lit the cigarette. He remembered the time Keitaro confessed while drunk that he was in love with Haruka, never with Naru. That made the mad driver laugh. On that day, he swore to himself that he would help his best friend and his only willing part-timer find each other.
He heard someone yell. He turned to watch Haruka kissing her cousin.
Another memory came to him. Haruka was crying in a secluded area. She tearfully blurted out that she could never tell her Mom about her love interest. She knew her Mom would frown at incest.
As he put out his last smoke, he approached them and overheard his co-worker confess what he felt in the bottom of his heart mirrored her love for him. Haruka kissed him again. Seta coughed to remind them that they had someone nearby. Both newfound lovers blushed. He had to chuckle at the sight.
As they got in the van with him, a final thought hit him. Haruka and Keitaro came to him at different times. They were going to tell each other about how they felt. He asked what they would do if no-one accepted their love. Keitaro and Haruka came up with the same answer...
'...leave the family and start out fresh.'
Seta was amazed at their solution.
Seta stopped at the airport. Haruka and Keitaro were hand in hand, walking to purchase the plane tickets. With his help and her connections, they were no longer the Urashima's that once worked at the Hinata dorm. As they bid their friend farewell, he told them he would stop by once in awhile. Right now, the tenants were receiving letters from Haruka and Keitaro stating that they quit their jobs to be with each other.