Haruhi Fujioka looked out the window of the club room and sighed. Mori-senpai and Honey-senpai were both gone, they had graduated and Kyoya-senpai and Tamaki-senpai were Third Years. There were a couple of new boys in the club and she wasn't sure how she felt about the new additions. It was awkward; the new boys didn't know her secret so they couldn't make any slip-ups at all. She thought about the two new boys and blushed. She had to admit, they were incredible. Dino-san and Hibari-san were both so handsome and intelligent. Hikaru and Kaoru had been seriously moody since the new boys came along. If she didn't know better she might even say that Hikaru and Kaoru were jealous for some reason. Her senpais were leaving soon and then she would be left with the twits… Er... Make that twins.

Tamaki wasn't even staying in Japan. As soon as he graduated he was leaving for France. He didn't want to leave his "precious daughter", but after said daughter had threatened to remove his fingers one by one he had agreed that maybe he should visit his dear mother. It was really rather amusing if one thought of all the laughter that had occurred in this room. All the blushes and fights, all the cosplay all the times she'd slapped Tamaki or the twins, how could she let that go?

They had all decided that since it was "Mommy and Daddy's" last year Haruhi would let her secret go. Kyoya had agreed to pay for the new uniform and any other expenses that would crop up; he was almost an older brother to Haruhi. After the incident at the beach she hadn't been able to look at him in the eye for about five months. Then her father had died in a shooting and Kyoya was the one that promised to help. He and his father and brothers did everything they could to help. They found Haruhi a new place to live and paid her bills that she couldn't pay. In return she went in twice a week to their home and cleaned it as much as she could. The maids always went before her so there was almost never any work.

Tamaki had finally given up calling her his daughter after her father died. He decided that since her real father was dead then he wouldn't disrespect Ranka's memory. Mori-senpai and Honey-senpai stopped by four times a month and would hang out with her the whole day. Honey always brought enough cake to feed an army and a small country. He would devour the majority of it himself and anything left over would be left for Haruhi. The boys had almost closed in on her. It was like they were trying to shelter her from anything and everything that could even hurt her feelings. She understood the reasoning but sometimes she just wanted to get away and have them all leave her alone!

And that is what brought her to the window; looking out on the pond where her pack had been dumped the first year she was at Ouran. She had escaped Hikaru and Kaoru's clutches and run to this spot. It was where she felt most like herself. She could look out on the garden and reminisce about the good old times. She would look back on the antics of Tamaki and the twins and find herself smiling, the times when Nekozowa-senpai came into the club room and was then chased out by flashlights. The time with Kanako when Tamaki had pushed her into giving her first kiss away to a girl. There were so many good times she'd spent at this school but now that the time for the club was almost over she just didn't know what to do. She wanted to keep the club going, but for that to happen they would need more members and a new king and a new financial keeper. She heard a step behind her on the tile floor and whirled on the heel of her foot to face the interruption. She came face to chest with Dino-san. Her breath caught in her throat and she took four quick steps back. He didn't know she was female, he thought she was a guy and yet she continued to be attracted to him. He and Kyoya Hibari were a threat to her sanity. Hibari-san was just SCARY! He had a menacing air about him that said if you stepped wrong he was likely to hit you on the head with anything nearby. She snorted at the thought of Hikaru insulting Hibari with one of his comments and Hibari proceeding to knock Hika-chan over the head with a nearby lamp.

Dino looked at Haruhi like she'd lost her mind and she gathered her wits about her. Now was not the time to be off in la-la land. This gu… bo….male was a threat. He made her heartbeat quicken and breath get caught in her throat. It was an unpleasant sensation, feeling like there is a lump in your throat blocking the airway, but at the same time butterflies exploding in your stomach. Haruhi did not recommend the experience.

Remembering that Dino-san had invaded her thinking, alone time she turned her thoughts back to him and looked way up. She smiled slightly and cocked her head to the side in an inquisitive manner. "May I help you, Dino-san?" Her voice wasn't as low as the other boys' any more. While their voices had lowered and cracked her had gotten higher and stayed level. She now had to consciously change the tone in order to not be discovered. Just three more weeks and it would be over. Her true identity would come out and she'd be in the clear. She focused again and realized that Dino had been awaiting an answer. She mentally shook the cobwebs from her mind and smiled again. "I'm sorry, Dino-san. I missed the question you asked me."

He gave his small, crooked smile and nodded. "I asked if you were alright. You've seemed kind of out of it for the past month or so. Is it because Tamaki and Kyoya Ootori are leaving?" Haruhi's face turned a bright, crimson red. He had noticed that her mind was elsewhere and that she wasn't paying as much attention. But he mistook that distance for sadness at Kyoya and Tamaki's departure. She was tired of keeping her secret, by the end of her first year all of her debt had been paid off and she no longer owed the club a penny. It was a relief and she wanted out.

"I'm alright Dino-san, but thank you for your concern. I have a lot of thoughts going through my head right now, but I'll be fine. To be honest…. I'm not really all that worried about Kyoya or Tamaki. I see Kyoya often enough and Tamaki will be keeping in touch." She patted his arm once then retracted her arm quickly at the shock that had zinged through her arm at contact. "I just can't wait until the ball is over." She smiled once more, took one last glance out the window and then walked out the door. It was so hard to be around him and not ramble. His piercing eyes and blond hair were fascinating. Tamaki had blonde hair and violet eyes but she'd always thought that was a little too princely. Dino had blonde hair and caramel brown eyes. He was gorgeous and he knew how to fight. She had seen him fighting three guys in an alley with his hands while the other three had a baseball bat, crowbar, and tire iron. He had come in the next day only a little worse for wear.

Two Weeks Later

Dino tugged at the suit's collar and once again glanced at the clock. Haruhi Fujioka had been in his mind since the first moment he'd met the guy. He didn't like the idea of being attracted to another guy but the fact that Fujioka seemed to admire him just made it worse. He didn't want to go to this stupid ball tonight because he knew that Fujioka would be there and entertaining girls. Finally he straightened his tux one last time and walked out the door to the waiting car. It was showtime.

Fifteen minutes later Dino stood in front of the doors to the ballroom. He opened the door and walked in. He was early as was the rest of the club and they were taking their places. He didn't see Fujioka anywhere; maybe he'd gotten sick and stayed home. His heart lifted a tiny bit until he saw a girl on the stairs where Fujioka was supposed to wait. The girl looked far too much like Haruhi for just a coincidence and as far as he knew Haruhi had no siblings. The girl with short brown hair and chocolate eyes glanced over before taking her eyes away. Then she paused and turned back to him. Their eyes locked and he could practically hear the cogs in her mind turning. She swallowed nervously and blinked her doe like eyes before turning to Kyoya Ootori who was standing on her right with his hand on her arm. Dino growled low in his throat before catching himself and moving away to find Hibari. On the way he passed the twins and asked them who the mysterious girl was. They glanced at each other before giving him their Cheshire cat grins and saying innocently that they had no idea who he was referring to.

The look he gave them in return was nothing short of withering. He turned away and walked to his place on the stairs, originally he would have stood next to Fujioka but it looked like he wasn't here so he was stuck next to the girl. She was probably related to Fujioka and filling in until he got here. Tamaki Suoh came in and walked straight to the girl speaking softly in her ear. She nodded and walked away very slowly; she turned into the door on the side of the room and stayed there for some time. It was nearing ten minutes before the door opened again and Fujioka came out and took his place by Dino and Ootori, it was driving him crazy wondering where that girl was, who she was and why she went to Fujioka. He took a side glance at Fujioka then did a double take. He sputtered a bit then just glared at Fujioka. "You have lipstick on your lips." The words were said on a growl and barely understandable, but Haruhi seemed to immediately catch on and wipe his lips with a tissue in his pocket. It came away with the same lipstick the girl had been wearing and Dino was hard pressed not to pounce on Fujioka and throttle him. The girl was too good for the likes of Haruhi Fujioka and he didn't like that she had chosen the shrimp over himself.

Guests filed into the cavernous ballroom in groups of girls. The different groups were broken up in the different hosts' customers and the customers that had no chosen host. Fujioka was in the middle of a dance with one of his customers when a red-haired whirlwind swept Haruhi away and out of the room. He could just barely hear Fujioka arguing with the whirlwind, telling it to put him down.

Haruhi could feel her memories surfacing. At the party with Kanako she had been swept away by Hikaru and Kaoru within five minutes of the dance starting. This time they gave her seven minutes but the strategy was much the same, she was even hauled away to the same room as before. She met Mori-senpai and Honey-senpai in there and Hikaru and Kaoru took out her dress shoving her behind the changing screen with the bundle of material. She grumbled about pushy, rich bastards while she was changing and then walked out and sat in the chair. Her make-up was done in a flash as was her hair then she was yanked to her feet and pushed roughly out the door. She curled her lip at them and walked carefully toward the ballroom door. She heard Tamaki giving the introduction for her to come out and she took four deep breaths in preparation. "Ladies and few gentlemen here, I have an announcement to make." Tamaki's voice boomed out over the crowd and everyone immediately turned to look at him. "As most of you know, this is Kyoya Ootori and my last year here at Ouran High School. One of our good friends Haruhi Fujioka decided to give us a farewell gift. And if you will welcome Haruhi back into the room, then I'm sure the gift will be swift in coming."

Haruhi straightened her spine and slowly opened the doors feeling two hundred eyes on her. All the guests gasped, as did Dino. The only people who didn't were the remaining original host club members and Kyoya Hibari. She wondered why he wasn't surprised but decided it didn't really matter all that much. She walked slowly into the room nodding at people she knew on her way to the stage. She walked up the few steps with as much poise and grace as she possibly could. She smiled gently at Tamaki and took the center of the stage next to him. Tamaki handed her the microphone and with no small amount of trepidation Haruhi began to speak into the mike. Her voice cracked at first then slowly gathered strength. "I've been going to Ouran since my first year; I got here on a scholarship. On my first day of school I broke a very expensive vase that the host club was going to sell in an upcoming auction. To make up for my debt I became the host club's dog. I ran errands and did chores. Eventually though my secret was found out. It was Kyoya-senpai who knew first. As soon as I walked in the door and opened my mouth he knew. Honey-senpai knew after I said Usa-chan was cute. Hikaru and Kaoru only found out after they tried to make me change with them in the room. And Mori-senpai knew when he picked me up, saving me from Tamaki's over exuberance. Tamaki was the last to find out. And he only knew after he walked in on me changing. My camisole was covering everything, but how many guys wear camisoles? So the host club knew and I became a host to make up for my debt. It was repaid faster that way and I ended up loving the host club like my own family. Tamaki would always call himself my father, and soon after he started that he referred to Kyoya-senpai as mommy. The reaction from the club was hysterical and I still laugh whenever I think about it.

"I'm sorry for deceiving you all, it wasn't my intention. All I wanted was to have a normal high school experience and instead… I got these guys. I wouldn't trade even one minute of it though. They are my only family and I love them. Tamaki and Kyoya wanted to leave Ouran knowing that I no longer had to hide my true gender so we worked out a way for this to happen. Please forgive me." She finished with a low bow and after a moment she rose and walked off the stage. She felt better having gotten that off her chest and she knew that the other members felt better also. The last step off the stage took her face to face with Dino. He looked like he didn't quite understand and she didn't want to explain. One of her old regular customers walked over and cleared her throat to get Haruhi's attention. She smiled apologetically at Dino and walked off with the customer.