CHAPTER 4

Author's note: YAY! I loved writing this chapter! It made me feel all happy inside! Just read... You'll find out why ;)

"Haru-chan! You're here!" Honey, as usual, was happy to see Haruhi, but it didn't seem as if the other members, particularly Tamaki and the twins, felt the same. Kyouya was the same as always, working on something on his laptop computer, as Mori served as Honey's transportation, but the twins were off in a corner, discussing something on their own, while Tamaki kept his distance from the rest of them. Haruhi wondered what could be going on, but she was shaken out of her thoughts as she realized that Honey was off Mori's shoulders and tugging on the pant leg of her Ouran uniform.

"Haru-chaaan... I have to show you the letters!" Honey said, his voice quiet. Haruhi looked back at the twins and Tamaki one last time before following Honey into the closet where the valentine still stood on the table. The chocolate was almost completely consumed, thanks to the blonde senior.

"Hurry!" Honey ordered her as he shut the closet door behind them. "You have to see these!" He pulled out a bunch of crumpled papers from his coat pocket, and unfolded them carefully. The first one was written rather messily, with a lot of crossing off and eraser marks. It was written in such crazy handwriting that she could barely read it, and the rest was scribbled off. She tried to read it, but all she got out of it was a bunch of romantic scribbles, all crushed together in one big mess. The second one, however, was a ripped sheet of paper with a neatly written draft of a letter:

My Dearest Haruhi,

I want you to know that this was given out of the love in my heart. I love you more than words can say, and I need to hear you say that you love me. I don't know why I haven't seen it before; I've always been so caught up in being part of your 'family' that I've forgotten about my true feelings.There will come a time when the boundary among different social classes will no longer separate us, and a strong, true love above all others can blossom and become real.

Love...

The rest of the letter was torn off, the signature gone. Family... Tamaki, Hikaru, Kaoru, and Kyouya were all large parts of her Host Club 'family'. Any one of them could have mentioned it. But somehow, both the letters sounded too dramatic to belong to Kyouya. Now, the only ones left were Hikaru and Kaoru. She went through her mental checklist again.

Tamaki: He couldn't, because of the way he had acted when he found out about the valentine in the first place.

Renge or any of the customers: The letters Honey had found ruled out anyone outside the Host Club.

Mori and Honey: Neither of them would have mentioned the 'family', Honey had been the one to find the letters in the first place, also saying that he just didn't do it.

Kyouya: The words used in the letter were far too dramatic; Kyouya would have taken a more logical approach to explaining his feelings, if he had any.

There was no one left but the Hitachiin twins. How could this have happened? She had been so sure it wasn't them... So how did they do it? And, more importantly, who out of the two of them had written the letter in the first place? It had obviously only come from one person, so who was it?

"Haru-chan!" Honey's voice burst into Haruhi's thoughts. "What do you think?" The Host Club member had stars in his eyes, waiting expectantly for praise of some sort.

"Great job finding these, Honey-sempai. Thank you." Haruhi took one last look at the letter before folding it up and placing it carefully into the pocket of her uniform. She came back out of the closet, Honey close behind.

"Haruhi? We've been looking for you." Kyouya approached her. "We've figured out the Valentine's mystery."

"Yes! We've finally found out the answer to all this!" Tamaki burst out dramatically. Although he had already known the truth all along, he still just had to act like this. It was... just Tamaki.

"Eh... Hikaru?" Haruhi turned just in time to see Hikaru trying to sneak out of the room, Kaoru tugging on his arm, pulling him back in.

"Haruhi! I was... Er..." Haruhi had never seen Hikaru lost for words before, but it was quite a sight. His frustration was clearly visible on his face as he searched his mind for an answer. Kaoru released his brother's arm, causing him to fall to the ground comically. When he stood up, his face was red, and he didn't meet her questioning gaze.

"Hikaru sent the Valentine!" Honey exclaimed, proud of himself yet again for coming up with such a deduction. At the same moment, Hikaru pushed past his twin and ran out of the room.

She knows... She knows... What am I going to do?? About the letter... the chocolates... everything... All these thoughts kept running through his head, at the same speed as his feet were carrying him down the halls. His heart was beating faster than all the times he had been so near her... That girl he loved... But now she knew, and it was all going to end. Nothing would ever be the same.

Author's note: But WAIT! It's not over yet! There's still part of the mystery yet to be uncovered, so stay tuned! (Or whatever you say when you want someone to finish reading your story...)