Title: Reckless Wonders
Anime: Ouran High School Host Club
Pairing: HikaKao
Chapter 1

Kaoru had his forehead flat on the table. He wasn't moving. He just seemed…
depressed. Haruhi, walking by him carrying a tray of cookies, stopped and looked at him.

"Hey, Kaoru, are you okay?" all he did was moan a little bit. He breathed in, letting his head up a little, and smacked it lightly against the table one time. She put the cookies down on the other side of the table and knelt beside him. She poked his cheek. He didn't reacted. She poked him a few more times, and nothing happened. "What's wrong?" she asked softer. Sill, there was no answer… not even the slightest one. She sighed, stood up, and took the cookies with her. She passed by Tamaki. This whole place seemed to be depressing, today.

"Tamaki, I think something's wrong with Kaoru." She said.

"I think so, too. This place seems kind oflonely, right now, but he's the one feeling the worst."

"Gosh… what's going on with everyone today?" she walked to a couch where Honey was asleep on top of Mori. It seemed that the stoic boy had also drifted off and was snoring quietly. "Even these two are out of it. This isn't Honey's usual nap time."

"Even I feel kind of sick." Tamaki said.

"Tamaki?" she said, looking at him with slight concern.

"Even Kyoya is at home instead of being here. It's probably good that we're not hosting today. Nobody seems in the mood."

"I haven't seen Hikaru, at all…" Haruhi said. "Is he at home?"

"No." someone mumbled. She looked over at the orange-haired teen with his head on the table. "He's not here. That's all."

"Kaoru…" she walked back over to him and sat beside him. He didn't look at her. He wouldn't look at anyone, today.

"I miss my brother…" he said softly. The brunette didn't know why, but she reached out and stroked his wild hair, trying to comfort him.

"Hey… it'll be alright. You'll see him when you go home, right?" she smiled sympathetically.

"No… I won't."

"Why not?" she frowned.

"Because…" he looked at her, his eyes looking dead and lifeless. "Hikaru's dead."

She gasped and backed away from him. His yellow eyes were soulless. She looked at the other hosts as the stood up and started to walk towards her. They nearly reached her as she backed into a corner, fearing for her life, and then… they disintegrated, crumbling to the ground like dust. She saw a ghost in front of the exit. He looked familiar. He opened the door, and she saw him better, about to go into the white light.

"No! Hikaru! Don't go into the light! You'll never be able to come back! HIKARU!" she held out her hand, trying to reach him, but she coduldn't move as he disappeared. Suddenly, she felt the yellow dust of the other dead hosts crawling up her body. Then, she was consumed…

Haruhi woke up.