A/N I would like to thank my sister for helping me with this chapter.


She was glad he was here to see her off. Although up to this point she didn't show any signs of being concerned or worried about going away for the year, she was scared. She didn't know what Boston was like, if she would understand their accents or her classes, she got this opportunity because of how excellent a student she was so if her academic standing was to decline it wouldn't reflect too well on both herself and Ouran and she really did not want that to happen. She knew she was going to be under a lot of pressure this year so even though she would miss her friends dearly, she knew that it was a good set up. This way there would be nobody to distract her. She had missed the study time.

"When's your flight?" he asked.

"In an hour, so I'll have to board in about half an hour."

"I'm going to miss you while you're gone, Haruhi. I shall write to you everyday!"

"Senpai, you don't have to do that. Besides-"

She cut herself off as she spied suspicious looking venders at a food stall. Mori-senpai and Honey-senpai?

"Say, Tamaki-senpai, don't those two there look a lot like Honey-senpai and Mori-senpai?"

"They do look a bit familiar."

She pointed to the left of them. "And that pair there look like Hikaru and Kaoru."

The boys sat on the bench noticed her pointing at them. They spoke in unison. "Uh-oh, red alert."

"What the hell are you guys doing here?"

"You didn't think we'd let our favourite toy fly to America without saying goodbye to us, did you?"

A voice spoke behind Haruhi. "I did try to tell them to just come without the costumes but they didn't listen to me. I knew you'd recognise them."

She turned around the face the man who was now pushing his glasses up along his nose. "I appreciate you all seeing me off. To be honest, this is the last place I thought I would ever see you. Airports don't really seem like your thing."

"It's not," the twins said, "but you are."

"Oi, what's that supposed to mean?" she exclaimed.

"We're going to have some fun before you go! You can show us the commoner's way of travelling."

"Well, to be honest, it's all new to me too."

"You mean you've never been out of Japan, Haru-chan?" a smaller boy said in surprise.

"I've only just recently gotten a passport so yeah, I guess."

"And you're going such a long distance by yourself for you first trip out of the country? Daddy will not allow it! My darling Haruhi will not travel by herself!" the Host's king proclaimed.

Haruhi shoved a hand into his face. "I'm fully capable of looking after myself, thank you very much."

"But, Haruhi!" he whined.

"No, senpai."

Those two words were enough to send him speeding into the nearest corner and before their very eyes, mushrooms began to appear.

"Senpai, you can't cultivate mushrooms in an airport!" she shouted.

He sprung back to her side. "But you're going to be away for a long time, it's making me sad."

"Please don't make that face at me."

He was using his infamous puppy-dog eyes. He knew that people found them irresistible and he always knew how to use them to his advantage.

"What is it?"

"Will you visit us at Christmas? Or let us visit you?"

She tried to resist his eyes, she really did. But she gave in once again. "Fine, you guys can come and visit me."

His face quickly returned back to normal and he spun her around cheering.

"Hey, senpai, where did the others go?"

He stopped spinning and took a look around him. He no longer saw the faces of his friends. "They're probably around her somewhere." His words came out more as a question than a statement.

"We should probably go and find them."

"Good idea!" he smiled. He took hold of her hand and began to run in the opposite direction to the gates.

She ran behind him. Out of all the Host Club members, he was definitely going to be the one she'd find it most difficult not to see every day. Knowing Tamaki he would have some form of elaborate plan to keep her from forgetting him while she was gone. She wouldn't ever be able to forget him, even if she tried. He had made a bigger impact on her life than anybody else ever did and she was eternally grateful for him. She loved his boy with all of her heart and only hoped he loved her even half as much as she loved him.

She wished she could keep hold of these moments forever and ever. She never wanted her time with him to end but the time was beginning to fade quickly. She was running out of time. She squeezed his hand which caused him to stop running. He turned around to face her.

"Haruhi?"

"Thank you, senpai."

An expression of confusion spread across his face. "For what?"

She grinned. "For making me so happy. I know I haven't left yet but I'm looking forward to the next time I see you."

He held her in his arms and whispered into her ear. "I'll make sure that it's a lovely occasion."

She felt the hairs on her back stand up as she smiled and held him at the waist.

"I don't mean to break up this moment," Kyoya said, "but I'm afraid Haruhi should be going now."

Tamaki let go of Haruhi and checked his watch. "He's right, Haruhi."

"Where were you, Kyoya-senpai?"

"We were just walking around. Honey-senpai saw some cakes in one of the restaurants over there so we got some food and sat down."

They walked Haruhi to her gate and watched her for as long as they could until she walked through the doors and out of their sight.

"Do you think she's going to be okay, Boss?"

Tamaki didn't respond to Hikaru's question. Instead he ran the the window and tried to spot his darling Haruhi. But he couldn't see her. He frantically waved at the plane as it took off. When the plane was out of view, he and the Host Club left the building.

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She arrived at an apartment block that wasn't too far away from her new school or the airport. Her flight had been okay, there was a bit of turbulence but aside from that she found the whole journey rather enjoyable.

She went to the main desk to fill out some forms and then she was told that her apartment was on the third floor. She thanked the lady and brought her bags upstairs. Her breath was taken away when she entered her new home. It was a lot bigger than her home back in Japan. And the furniture was so different. She smiled and shut the door. Unzipping her bags, she unpacked her things and put them in different places around the apartment to make it more personalised. Beside her bed she put photographs. Photographs of her and her mom. Photographs of her and her dad. Photographs of the Host Club. Photographs of happy memories. She smiled.

The twins had bought her a laptop a few weeks before she left but she hadn't used it yet. Despite her not using the computer yet, the box had been opened but everything remained inside. When everything had been taken out she opened the laptop and saw a note. It was a note containing all the contact information for the Hosts. Once she went through all the set up, she sent an email to all the members.

Hey, it's Haruhi.

I've just gotten all of my things unpacked and put away in my new apartment. This place is huge! Too big for one person. It's going to give me a great opportunity for studying, no distractions. I'm happy. It hasn't all sunk in yet that I'm not going to see you all for so long but knowing you guys, you'll probably drop in sometime unexpected. Please don't.

It's currently 8pm here. It took me hours to get this place the way I wanted it but it's finally in order. My classes start in two days so I have a little bit of time to get settled in here. It's really beautiful here but it is strange not being around familiar surroundings. Just something I'll have to get used to I guess.

Can I ask you a favour? Will you keep an eye on my dad for me, please. I don't want him to get lonely without me. He's an emotional guy and I want to make sure he's alright in the house alone. So if you could drop in and check on him every now and then and let me know, I'd really appreciate it.

I've had a really long day so I'm quite tired so I think I'm going to end this e-mail here and go to sleep. I'll talk to you later. Goodnight.

She waited for the message to send and then shut down the computer. She put it into the case and changed into her pyjamas. After brushing her teeth and washing her face, she got into bed and slept soundly, dreaming of Japan, dreaming of America, dreaming of Tamaki.


A/N So I'm sorry if this chapter is a little bit boring. I need some sort of beginning and this is the way I deemed most fit to work as the start. I really hope you enjoy. Any comments, questions, concerns, feel free to type a review. I'd appreciate that a lot!