Chapter 4

"Didn't expect to see you here." Kyoya caught him by the arm.

"You saw me?" Tamaki stammered.

"Of course I saw you. You were standing right there like an idiot." Kyoya replied. "Why did you come here?"

"To see the result of all my mistakes." Tamaki said. Kyoya looked confused. "I don't really know why I'm here, but I am."

"Has Haruhi seen you?" he asked.

"I don't think so." Tamaki answered.

"So you heard everything just now." Kyoya said.

"Yes." He answered glumly. "Do you think she'll say yes to him. That ring doesn't really suit her taste."

Kyoya looked around. "Let's go out here to talk." He led Tamaki down the hall to another room that was empty.

"You don't think she will, do you?" Tamaki said. He sounded a little smug. Kyoya shot him a cold glare.

"It's complicated." He said. "Look you broke Haruhi's heart. She doesn't date, but she met him and she was really comfortable with him. He shares her passion about making a difference even when there is no profit. To say things moved in a certain direction none of us really expected."

"I don't really understand." Tamaki said. Kyoya rolled his eyes.

"What I'm saying is no one expected them to become a couple. Haruhi doesn't notice the way people feel about her, meaning she doesn't care about them in that way and has no intention of returning their feelings." Kyoya said. Tamaki still didn't say anything. Kyoya sighed. "We never thought Haruhi would be with anyone else again. You were her only love. No one before and no one after,that is until Kaname came into the picture."

"So you don't think she really loves him enough to marry him?" Tamaki asked "Does she still love me?" he felt a surge of hope.

"That's hard to say. No one really knows how Haruhi feels anymore. She was hard to figure out before, she's even harder now." Kyoya answered as he sat on the arm of a chair and pushed his glasses up. "As for still loving you, don't get any idea's. She has moved on and she will never want to be with you again. You ruined that."

"So she doesn't still love me." Tamaki felt his heart tighten.

"I didn't say that. Didn't you pay attention to what I said before?" Kyoya shook his head.

"She definitely still loves you." Hikaru appeared in the room.

"But Kyoya's right. She will never be with you again. You really screwed things up." Kaoru appeared to.

"Haruhi might say yes, we don't know. Maybe she wants to get married and have babies. Women tend to feel that maternal desire as they get older and their time is running out." Said adult Honey senpai as he walked in.

"Yeah." Mori said as he followed.

"So what are you doing here?" Hikaru asked.

"Yeah, this is completely unlike you." Kaoru said.

"I don't know why I'm here! Why does everyone keep saying that." Tamaki shouted.

"Because when you go to parties there is always a business angle." Hikaru and Kaoru said together.

"Very much like Kyo-chan, but he has other things than just business now." Honey said.

"Yeah." Mori added.

"Look tono," Kaoru said. "We're happy to see you, but it's too late for you to win Haruhi back."

"And her seeing you here would probably be a bad thing." Hikaru said. "Not to mention some of the guest who lost their homes because of you."

"I see. I couldn't stay long anyways. I have an appointment with some ghosts tonight. I'll see you guys later." Tamaki left them.

"Did he just say something about ghosts?" Kyoya asked.

"Weird." Said Hikaru and Kaoru.

"Ok so if I was the ghost of Christmas present where would I be?" Tamaki asked himself. He didn't want anyone else to see him so he tried his best to be discreet. He found his way to the kitchen.

Mei grabbed Haruhi by the hand and pulled her inside.

"Mei, why did you just do that?" Haruhi looked annoyed.

"Look I have something big to tell you." She said.

"What is it?" Haruhi looked at her still annoyed.

"Kaname is going to propose!" Mei looked serious.

"What? How do you know?" Haruhi asked.

"Because he asked us for our permission." She said.

"So why are you telling me this? I don't think you're suppose to go around telling women their boyfriends are going to propose." Haruhi said.

"Don't you get it? He is going to ask you to marry him!" Mei said as she took Haruhi by the shoulders. "What are you going to say? I mean do you love him?"

"You guys think I don't love him?" Haruhi asked. "It is complicated, but I do love him. I'm guessing you thought there would be no one else after Tamaki." Haruhi smiled. "I almost thought that too, but things changed."

"So that means you're going to say yes right?" Mei asked. "Can I design your dress?"

"Mei!" Haruhi yelled and looked out the window.

"Are you thinking about saying no?" Mei got serious again. "You said you loved him."

"I do love him, but as I said things change." Haruhi said. "Tamaki changed, but this time Kaname and I have the same mission. I will never love anyone the way I loved Tamaki that was the kind of love you don't get twice." Haruhi turned back to Mei.

"Wait so are you saying what I think your saying?" Mei asked "You love Tamaki more?"

"That's not what I said." Haruhi crossed her arms. "Stop twisting my words."

"It's not twisting its deciphering." Mei argued. "You are not in love with Kaname, but that's good enough for you. You don't care, but what about Kaname? Don't you think he deserves a wife who loves him as much as he loves you?'

Tamaki couldn't believe what he was hearing. As he hid outside the door.

"I don't understand what you are trying to achieve right now." Haruhi yelled. "Are you trying to talk me into saying yes or no?

"Neither. I just want to know what is going on inside your head, Haruhi." Mei said. "you're my best friend. I know there is no one else for me, but Kaoru. When we're together not only does it feel right, but I feel complete. Even when we're apart I still feel this connection to him. I can see my future with him. That's how I know I love him and want to marry him."

"I see what you're trying to do." Haruhi smiled. "Thanks, Mei." And the two left through the doors they had entered.

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