It was almost sickening to the hosts at how Tamaki was acting the next day. In a way it enraged Kyouya, in such a visible way almost everyone that passed him in the hallways made sure to stay out of his way.

Tamaki was acting as if absolutely nothing was wrong. He smiled, he laughed; at one point in the day he even sang. This only made Kyouya angrier, and even though Tamaki realized this fairly early in the day, he didn't make an effort to change how he behaved.

Haruhi sat with the rest of the hosts at lunch. She brought herself leftovers from the stew pot she made, but she wasn't hungry. Since she didn't eat dinner the night before- Tamaki's news killed everyone's appetites- she'd forced herself to eat a good breakfast. She sat across from the prince at their lunch table, starring at him without really meaning to.

"Haruhi, it isn't polite to stare; of course, you can stare at me all you like, though~" he said before taking a bite of a fancy dish Haruhi didn't know the name of.

"I didn't realize I was starring, senpai," was her only reply.

Still with a smile, the price replied cheerfully, "Does that mean you don't want to stare at me~?"

Rather than explaining, she said, "Yes. That's what it means."

Tamaki ran over to Kyouya frantically. "Mommy! Haruhi doesn't love me anymore; I don't know what to do!" Kyouya remained silent as Tamaki continued to talk, though he might as well have been talking to a wall, because Kyouya wasn't listening. "What if she doesn't want to be friends anymore Mommy, is that a sign?"

Instead of letting him think the nonsense he was thinking, Haruhi interrupted, "Just because I don't want to stare at you doesn't mean I don't want o to be your friend, senpai."

With a drastic shift in his mood, Tamaki ran up to Haruhi, smiling happily. "You do love me~!" he said, and hugged her as tightly as his weak body could. No one realized it but Hunny, but he figured that acting like this probably tired him out a great deal.

"Senpai, stop trying to hug me so tightly, you're going to end up getting hurt-"

"Haruhi, I'm fine, don't worry about me," the prince's voice was still happy and his smile was soft and reassuring.

'You are far from fine, senpai…' She thought to herself, and she sighed softly.

"What's wrong Haruhi?"

She turned her head to him and said "Just get off me, I want to eat," which was completely a lie, but was a way to avoid the question.

Reluctantly the prince let her go and returned to his own seat, not attempting to finish eating what he started. Hunny immediately noticed this as he offered him the strawberry from his cake.

"No, no, I don't want any strawberries. But thank you for offering Hunny~"

"Oh, Okay Tama-Chan." He then proceeded to eat the small red fruit. Before anyone could convince Tamaki to eat, the bell for their next class rang loudly throughout the school. All the students hurried out of the large cafeteria with the hosts being some of the last people to leave.

The remaining school hours went by agonizingly slow. It wasn't until her last class that Haruhi realized just how tired she was. She hadn't slept at all in the night before and had been running off energy from tea and coffee all day. But the effects of these were starting to wear off.

"Haruhi Fujioka!"

This immediately made her sit up.

"Sleeping in class is prohibited- I'd like to have a word with you when class is over, Miss Fujioka," her teacher said sternly. Her name was Mrs. Grelle, a young woman with fiery red hair and deep brown eyes, she had started teaching Geometry at Ouran Academy when Tamaki was still a first year.

"Yes Ma'am," she responded.

"Now open up your textbook and write the answers to problems six through twelve on the board, please."

She did so, and was praised because of her correct work. As she sat back down, she found two little notes from both of the twins placed on her desk. From Hikaru, the note asked 'You didn't get any sleep last night either?' She nodded her head slightly to him when Mrs. Grelle wasn't looking. From Kaoru, the note read 'You can copy my notes after school today. Are you okay?'

'Yes, I'm fine. Just tired. What notes did you take?' Swiftly she handed him the note back so Mrs. Grelle wouldn't catch them.

'Just the same thing we've been working on all week, it's just review.'

'I won't need them, then.'

When school was over Haruhi stayed behind when the rest of her classmates left. At least I don't have to go to the music room today, Kyouya'd kill me if I was late, she thought to herself. Hikaru and Kaoru promised to wait for her outside the classroom, though.

"Haruhi", Mrs. Grelle began. "I don't know what your old school's rules were, but I'm sure sleeping in class there wasn't permitted there either."

Haruhi nodded.

"But this is the first time I've ever seen or heard of you disobeying school rules; don't worry, you're not in trouble, this is just a warning. You don't look like you've gotten any sleep, though. Is something bothering you?"

She nodded again. "Yes ma'am-"

Mrs. Grelle cut her off before she could say anything else. "May I ask what?" Haruhi was hesitant to say anything; she hadn't even told her father yet. "If you don't mind me asking."

She spoke quietly, looking down at the floor. "It's just… someone very close to me's been diagnosed with cancer a few days ago…" Haruhi didn't want to keep talking about this. She liked Mrs. Grelle, but she just wasn't comfortable talking to her about this. She figured that Mrs. Grelle would find out about Tamaki soon anyway, because news spread throughout the school like wildfire. "But I'll make sure to get a good night's sleep this weekend."

Mrs. Grelle could tell she didn't' want to keep talking. "I'm very sorry to hear that Haruhi," she said softly. "I really don't know what to say…"

"It's okay Mrs. Grelle. "

"Oh- I have one more thing to say, before you go."

"Yes ma'am?"

"The next time you pass notes to one of the Hitachiin's during class, I will read them out loud. Is that understood?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Have a good weekend Miss Fujioka." With that, Haruhi walked out of the classroom. Hikaru and Kaoru were waiting exactly where they said they would be, and near them were Hunny, Mori, Tamaki, and Kyouya. Immediately, Tamaki ran over to her and placed his hands lightly- but frantically- on her shoulders.

"Haruhi! I heard you got in trouble in class today, it wasn't because of those shady twins was it?"

"Hey!" they yelled defensively in unison.

"It partially was, but I'm not really in trouble," she said, her voice fairly monotone.

Tamaki hugged his "daughter" happily. "I knew you weren't in trouble, you're too good for that~!" Haruhi let him hug her for a few seconds. It, then, occurred to her everyone was waiting for her, not just the twins, and she had no idea why.

"Why were you guys all waiting for me?"

"Because Haruhi, get this- I'm having what you commoners call a 'sleepover'~! So you have to come to it too~!"

"No offense senpai, but there's no way in hell I'm spending the night with you guys."

"Awhh, but Haruhi..!"

"Just stop it!"

Immediately, every single person in the hallway snapped their heads in the direction of the voice. Kyouya, the center of attention, had his hands in angry fists and his teeth were grinding together.