It hurt Haruhi badly to see Tamaki in this state. She watched him through the glass for a few moments as the pile of blankets heaved and shuddered. She felt awful, and wanted nothing more than to comfort him…but she knew that wasn't a good idea. Tamaki wasn't particularly rational at the best of times, let alone at a time like this. Kyoya was right…Tamaki needed to work through this without her.
Still, Haruhi thought it might be better if Tamaki had someone to keep him company. She thought Honey was probably the best choice…he is so sweet and bubbly. If he couldn't cheer up Tamaki, then nobody could.
Haruhi left Tamaki and proceeded down the hall to Honey's room. She knocked quietly at his door, and waited a few moments. Nothing. She knocked again, a little louder this time. Nothing. While she waited for a response, she pressed her ear against the door. Sure enough, she could hear Honey's little sighs and snores. He was fast asleep. Haruhi let out a moan of frustration, and hoped that the other boys were heavy sleepers as she banged furiously on Honey's door.
After a few moments, a door opened…but it wasn't the door she had knocked on.
A groggy voice called out from behind her. "Who's making all that noise?"
Haruhi turned around, only to find Hikaru standing there…completely naked.
"Oh…Haruhi. Uhh…" Hikaru looked sheepish, but made no effort to cover up.
Haruhi quickly shielded her eyes. "I've seen enough of that for one day!" she muttered. "Anyway…Hikaru…Tamaki is really upset. I was trying to get Honey to go and look after him. Could you do it instead? He's in the living area…" Haruhi began walking hurriedly back to her room.
Hikaru looked confused. "…Why couldn't you do it yourself?" he called after her. Haruhi declined to answer, and disappeared around a corner before Hikaru could question her further.
Hikaru was worried about Tamaki, of course, but his more immediate concern was with Haruhi's strange behavior. Normally she'd be the first to comfort Tamaki, if he ever needed it…why was she acting so weird? And "I've seen enough of that for one day"? What the hell was that supposed to mean?
Hikaru headed back into his room to rouse Kaoru, but he found Kaoru already awake. "I woke up as soon as you got out of bed…what just happened?" Kaoru had also realized the strangeness of this situation.
"Well," Hikaru began, "Haruhi was banging on Honey's door, to try and get him to go and comfort Tamaki. He's apparently upset for some reason. I tried to ask Haruhi some more questions, but she just ran off."
Kaoru looked perplexed. "That is really odd. Maybe we should all go down and see how Tamaki is doing. He might know what's going on." Kaoru paused for a moment. "…I guess we'll need to wake Honey".
By some miracle, Honey had woken up of his own accord, and stood in the Hitachiin's doorway, clutching his pink bunny.
"You're so cute in those pajamas, it's sickening," Hikaru said with a wry smile.
"You should probably put on some pajamas yourself!" Honey replied with an enormous grin. Hikaru sighed, and fished his shorts up from the floor (where he'd left them that evening).
"Honey, we're going to see Tamaki in the living room. Haruhi says he's really upset."
A look of concern crossed Honey's face, but he brightened up almost immediately. "I'm sure I can help cheer him up! I'll even bring him some of my special chocolate sponge cake!"
Honey hurried back to his room to retrieve the coveted cake, and the three of them headed down to the living room to see Tamaki.
