It was a dark day for the Ouran Highschool Host Club. Haruhi sat on a chair, looking outside the large windows at the gray clouds. She could hear others crying, mainly Tamaki. She turned to face everyone. Hani was crying into the chest of Mori, Kyoya was typing fast, probably trying to keep his mind off of what had happened. Tamaki was sitting next to Kyoya on the ground. But the worst off was Hikaru. Haruhi was worried for him. He was in the corner, looking down at a picture frame. He wasn't crying, which was bad. Haruhi wished that she could help him, but she knew there was nothing to do.

No one could bring Kaoru back. Haruhi remembered what had happened clearly. The school had issued a lock down while Kaoru was out using the restroom. The cameras saw him running down one of the halls to his class, when right outside the door...The shot had rang through the school. Haruhi was worried for her friend and the moment that Hikaru heard the shot, he gasped. He had grabbed Haruhi's elbow and said one thing "Kaoru"

They didn't know what he meant until 10 minutes later, when they were allowed outside and saw Kaoru's dead figure. Hikaru ran to him, sobbing into the chest of his twin. The blood began to soak Hikaru's pants, and Haruhi covered her hand with her mouth. She quickly sat next to him, and he had turned to her, hugging her as they took away the body. Tamaki had ran right as they took it away and saw the two younger students on the floor.

"Hikaru...Haruhi..." he said, his eyes widening as he realized what had happened. "Kaoru..." He had ran to his father's office.

"Dad! Please tell me it's not real!" he had said. The headmaster looked at his son. He didn't criticize the boy for calling him Dad. All he did was hug the teenager. He knew how close that Tamaki was to his friends, and to have one killed, let alone one of the twins, was heartbreaking.

Haruhi snapped out of the memory of thirty minutes ago when she heard her father. He ran into the room, right to his daughter. His hair and makeup was perfect, as if he was about to go work before he had heard the news.

"Oh Haruhi" He said.. The girl wrapped her arms around her father, and he could feel her tears. That's when Hikaru's parents walked in. They both had tears on their faces, and when they saw their son, they walked to him.

"Oh Hikaru." Yuzuha said.

"Mom.." He said. He looked at her hair and then he began to sob. Haruhi looked over as he cried and she looked at the clothes that Tamaki had gotten from costume so she didn't have to wear bloodstained clothes.

She rubbed the blue fabric of the long sleeve shirt, and put her hand in the pocket of the jeans. She looked at Hikaru one more, and he looked at her. He got up, and walked over to Haruhi. He gently pulled her into a hug and whispered so quietly that Haruhi was sure she had imagined it "I'm sorry" Before he let go and wiped away a tear from her face. He turned to his family and the three walked out the room.

"C'mon Dad, you need to get to work" Haruhi had said.

The two took a taxi home, which Tamaki had paid for before he had hugged Haruhi goodbye. Ranka didn't yell at the blond, merely smiled at him.

"Thanks for the clothes Senpai" She had whispered as he let go.

"You didn't need to be covered in blood" Was all the Tamaki said before waving them off.

When they reached their apartment, Haruhi want to her bed and looked at a picture that Tamaki had given her. It was all of them, and she focused on the twins. Hikaru and Kaoru had their arms around each other, both of them smiling insanely. The had her in between them, their hands on her shoulders. She focused on Karou, trying to imprint him like this in her mind. The smiling boy with golden eyes looking at his brother and his friend. She sighed and pulled a blanket around her.

"Sweetheart, do you want anything to eat?" Ranka asked.

"No Dad. I'm not hungry. Go to work. We need the money." She had said. She wrapped her arms around her legs and leaned on the wall. She fell asleep after a few hours of thinking.

Meanwhile, Hikaru was looking at the empty spot on his bed where Kaoru would sleep. His parents both had to leave, and he was alone. The maids were told not to disturb him, and he hadn't eaten the food that they had left outside his door. He was laying down, thinking. He knew what he was going to do. He walked to his mother's sewing room and grabbed a box opener. He walked back to his room.

All he had to do was slice the vein open. He could be with his brother again. He took it and began to press it when...

"I can't do this" He said. He threw the knife on the ground. "I need to talk to Haruhi or something..." He walked to his driver.

"Take me to Haruhi's apartment" He said. The driver nodded and soon Hikaru was knocking Haruhi's door.

The girl opened it, rubbing her eyes.

"H-hikaru?" She asked.

"Hi Haruhi" He said, and tried to give a small smile.

"Get in here, it's cold out there" Haruhi said.

Hikaru walked inside the apartment and pulled of his shoes before sitting down.

"Haruhi...I'm just..."

The girl quickly hugged her friends.

"Why don't I go make some tea and we can talk about it, OK?"

Hikaru nodded and Haruhi made some tea. She came back with two cups and set one in front of Hikaru.

"I don't know what to do anymore...I tried to do something..." He felt tears form in his eyes

"Hikaru..what's wrong?" Haruhi asked. She looked at her friend with concern. He took a shaky breath and let a few tears run down his face.

"I-I tried to kill myself" He said.

Haruhi blinked and before she knew it, she was hugging him as he sobbed into her smaller frame, his tears soaking up the shirt. He didn't stop for hours until he fell asleep. Haruhi looked down at him and began to try and make him comfy. She took a pillow and placed it under his head, put a blanket on him, wiped away the excess snot and tears and. not thinking, kissed his forehead. She looked outside to see the darkness of the night and then looked at Hikaru. He was frowning, tossing and turning. Haruhi made the decision to brew a cup of instant coffee and drank it, watching Hikaru. He tossed and turned. He opened his eyes and began to cry again. Haruhi barely got any sleep until daybreak, when she had fallen asleep with Hikaru's arms wrapped around her.

Ranka walked in after his shift to see Hikaru and Haruhi next to each other, both asleep. Hikaru's face

was tear stained and Haruhi's shirt was covered in tears. He smiled sadly.

"Well, when you need someone that can help you..." He sighed and cleaned up a little, guessing that the two had had tea and maybe Haruhi had had coffee before he retired for the night. He kissed Haruhi's head and put a blanket over them before, mainly so that they wouldn't get too cold. e then slipped into his bed and fell asleep.