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Azure eyes remained staring at the sleeping form of Ouran's special commoner.

The brunette was silently napping on one of the elegantly designed tables placed on the music room; her head leaned over her arms as she unconsciously wandered to dream land.

It was minutes before the Ouran Host Club opens and so, their King was forced to wake their princess up.

However, the blond was having so much difficulty in doing that simple job.

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"Demo, Oka-saannn..." The princely Tamaki complained in a not so princely manner.

He had left Haruhi's sleeping place to seek refuge in Kyoya's office (which wasn't actually some place a sane person would call 'refuge')

"Our beloved daughter is having one of her most precious beauty sleep. I cannot simply take her rainbow-colored dreams away from her reach and become a thief of her freedom; even if I am your most humble King." He reasoned, shaking his head in utter disapproval of Kyoya's suggestion to wake Haruhi up (in other words, Kyoya's order).

Tamaki's ever charming sadness blossomed on his features as he continued doing his irrelevant antics. Who could ever try and pull Haruhi away from a paradise commoners could only dream of?

Definitely not Tamaki; he was sure that his most beloved daughter was having one treasured dream as of now. He couldn't just simply wake her up.

"The club is going to open soon, 'Oto-san'." Kyoya replied without averting his eyes from his notebook. "And if Haruhi is just going to sleep for the rest of the day, I'm afraid her debt will remain as it is and Haruhi would surely not like that." He adjusted his glasses as he raised his head before he closed his notebook. "But if you really don't want to, I can ask the twins to do it for you; I'm quite positive that they have their ways to wake her up."

Thoughts of the devil brothers doing malicious things to wake Haruhi up exploded within Tamaki's inner theatre mind. Without another moment of hesitation, the club's King ran to where Haruhi was.

And so, he found himself staring once again at Haruhi's sleeping figure.

Tamaki gently raised his hand to place it on the girl's shoulder and carefully shake her to consciousness. Then, he sweetly gave her a peck on her cheek before affectionately greeting her a good day.

Well, that was how he woke Haruhi in his inner theatre mind.

Pulling himself back into reality, Tamaki gulped. He nervously raised his hand to start waking Haruhi up. But his hand froze mid-way through it.

Oh, just look at how serene Haruhi's cute sleeping face is!

It would be malevolent if he woke her up. He didn't want to have any other sin whilst he lived on this beautiful world called Earth; his charismatic beauty was sinful enough to be forgiven in heaven.

But Tamaki knew that he had to do this before some certain evil twins come!

Gathering all the determination he had and building up some confidence that he lost inconspicuously, the blond breathed in some air and found his hand almost touching Haruhi's shoulder...

Until...

"T.. Tamaki...senpai..."

The said person had frozen the moment Haruhi's lips uttered his name. His violet eyes widened in pure surprise and his features stiffened in disbelief after seeing what he had just seen.

Blinking several times as different thoughts rushed in his mind, Tamaki found himself leaning in front of Haruhi to hear what the girl was saying in her dreams.

Maybe… maybe, this was it!

This was the confession that Haruhi had hidden within herself because she was afraid that he wouldn't accept the passion and adore that she felt for him!

Oh, how wrong Haruhi was...! She probably thought that the fatherly love between the two of them would refrain Tamaki from being her beloved spouse. Haruhi might have been suffering with her broken heart for this past, cherished months that they had spent with each other just because the world was against their classic love.

Oh, the cruelty of love…

Tamaki watched Haruhi in anticipation.

"I... I like..."

This was surely it!

The confession he had been waiting for all this time!

Why did the world had to make him and Haruhi waste time stealing glances of each other? (Yeah, he was quite sure of that; after all, nothing escapes the eye of the King)

"T..."

The letter T!! That was surely his name! Of course! It has to be his name! Well, Mori-senpai's first name also started with that letter, but… Tamaki was sure it was his nam and nothing could change that.

Tamaki's inner Tamaki-actors begun cheering in his inner theatre mind and the blond could just imagine Haruhi and himself in their wedding ceremony. Haruhi was wearing a sweet smile on her face as the priest asked her if she was absolutely sure to marry the ever-princely Suoh Tamaki and of cours-

"To study... Senpai..."

The bright picture of their wedding blasted into pieces, swallowing Tamaki's shattered, crying ego. Back in reality, Tamaki's state was perfectly similar with the inner Tamaki.

"So leave..."

His soul breezed away with the wind that mysteriously appeared, and he could just hear the evil laughs of the evil twins from somewhere behind him. Oh, cruel world...

Brown eyes slowly opened as reality dawned on Haruhi's senses. She sat herself up-straight and begun to stretch her arms, only to see the supposed-to-be-princely Tamaki sitting on his corner of woe.

"Tamaki-senpai? Isn't it time for the club to open?" Haruhi asked in confusion, only to receive some incoherent mumbles that her comprehending ability couldn't quite, well, comprehend.

She shrugged at his response and stood up to ready herself for their opening. As she walk away from where the blond was, Haruhi couldn't stop thinking about her dream.

.owari.

In her dream, a fairy, who undeniably looked like Kyoya, asked her what she liked the most.

"Tamaki…"

Weird… Why ever did she choose him over studying…?

She didn't understand.

…Maybe that was the reason why she told the fairy to leave!

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Amai: Waahhh gomen for the very late update… . But I think that I'll be able to add some chapter every Wednesday from now on… This wasn't supposed to be chapter 2… but the story just popped on my mind so… there you have it… smiles widely Oh! Ohhh! And I had made a Tamaki fanart…!!! I placed the link on my profile… Hope you guys check it out… And yeah, I've updated my profile… R&R ??