This is the last chapter for now, I promise. Then again... heh, obsessive writer that I am.. it's likely there will be more today defeat!. Lol, as long as I enjoy writing it, that's good enough for me. Enjoy Chapter 4!

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Haruhi crossed her arms over her chest and slouched in her seat; she was in one of Tamaki's vehicles along with the almost entire host club, headed to the Suzuki Resort. Feh... this was not going to be fun. Hikaru and Kaoru were on either side of her, and they both seemed excited, chatting happily with Tamaki and Hunny, who were across from them along with Mori. Kyoya, who was annoyed with Tamaki at the moment, had chosen to take a different vehicle.

Hikaru, who was on her left, poked her in the side, but gained no reaction. "Haruhiii! What's wrong, Haruhi?" he continued to poke her side.

Kaoru joined in, grinning. "Haruhi! What's wrong, Haruhi?" they were poking her consistently. Ugh, it was annoying. But saying something snappy that would show she was annoyed would merely add fuel to flames.

They continued poking her. Finally, they gave up and decided to try a different tactic to gain her undivided attention. "Kaoru!" Hikaru wined, near her ear so the high pitch of his voice were echo annoyingly in her ear drum. "She won't talk to us! Did we do something wrong?"

"I don't know, Hikaru!" Kaoru said, in the same pitch and position. "Did we do something to annoy her?" They continued to whine in her ear, but she continued her inattentive rock status. She was not going to be swayed easily by their obnoxiousness.

They gave up; obviously, she was not going to budge an inch from her annoyed position. Now her semi-bad mood had spread to them. Soon the entire car would be effected by the bad mood. She should probably cheer up soon... then again... Hikaru and Kaoru would get over it. They always did. But... right now, there were other things on her mind...

Other things? Try other thing. Mostly the question that Haruka had asked her. Did normal girls who didn't pose as guys for most of the school she attended talk about how cute guys were to each other...? She assumed so, since Haruka had asked her the question... even though she couldn't really be counted as a normal girl either. Or at least, that was how Haruhi viewed.

Hmm... who was cuter? Seriously, how petty and superficial. Hmm... maybe she would give it a try. But this was a hard question for her. Boy or girl, it didn't matter, right? It's what's on the inside that counts (vague quote from book 1). Right...? Looks didn't matter all that much, at least not to her. It mattered a whole lot to the members of the host club though...

Well, what to her defined cute...? Easier said than done, of course. Well, was she attracted to one of the host members...? What defined attraction to her...? Neh, all so difficult questions for someone who didn't know what she was thinking about.

Eh... she was getting to tired to think right now. She hadn't slept well the night before; she had put off packing till the last minute when she realized she would have to pack for three weeks. It had taken her to well past three in the morning to cram all her clothes into a bag (let alone her personal things like shampoo, conditioner, toothbrush/paste etc). She closed her eyes and leaned back against the seat...

Maybe... if she rested her eyes for just a few seconds... she would... be... ok...

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Hikaru was depressed; Haruhi's coldness was part of it, but it was more than that. It was Haruka's question from yesterday... not really a big deal, if you looked at it properly, because she was teasing, but he had thought about it. Had he really fallen for Haruhi? And then this lead to other thoughts, like 'What if Kaoru had fallen for her too?'. Sometimes it seemed that way. But he almost hoped that his brother didn't like her like that...

Hem... this was puzzling. He peered out the window at the scenery passing by. Maybe he could ask Haruka what she thought after she had watched them for a while. This was getting bad, him wanting to ask that insanely evil person for advice.

He was suddenly pulled from his thoughts when he felt something warm leaning against him. A little annoyed, he turned, naturally expecting Kaoru to be leaning on him; instead he found Haruhi, asleep. His face turned hot. What? He was blushing? What's with his emotions these days? His heart was beating quickly, and he almost feared that it would beat it's way out of his chest.

He tried to ignore her; surely she would wake up soon. She murmured something in her sleep and shifted; his heart nearly stopped. What was wrong with him? He must be suffering form some kind of illness... some kind of weird, unknown illness. He flinched. Heh, he must be going crazy. Hopefully they would arrive soon and relieve him of this strange illness.

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Kaoru watched his twin out of the corner of his eye; so, truly, he had fallen for her too. But from the look on his face, it looked as though he himself didn't know it. That was Hikaru for you... very immature and unaware. Kaoru sighed inwardly. This would be a fun battle.

He had a feeling he knew what Haruka had meant when she had said that they were 'welcome to the game'. He had asked around (discreetly) and found out that she had quite the reputation as a 'behind the scenes' match maker. But the issue was that she was completely honest when asked a straight forward question (he hadn't tested this yet) and would happily tell a person whom she had chosen for players of her game. But... the thing was, from what he had discovered, though in the beginning she may choose multiple guys (or girls, depending on what main gender she was working with), in the end there would be only one 'winner'. And from that, almost all the couples she thrust together ended up staying together, getting engaged, getting married... he wondered who would end up with their beloved Haruhi?

He sure hoped his brother wouldn't get his heart trampled all over...

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