It had been a year since they had met Haruhi and Hikaru still kept making advances to get a closer relationship with her. Most of the time it worked though, sometimes, he failed and made things worse. But at least they were still close friends, which kind of killed him a bit inside. He still wanted more. He grabbed her hand and smiled with a faint blush on his face. "Hey Haruhi, the ski trip is coming. Want to go with Kaoru and I? We can be an unstoppable team." She blinked and thought about it for a minute, "I don't really plan on skiing. Sorry." "That's okay! We can still go together!" he tried to assure her. She smiled, "I'd like that. Thanks. You two are great friends." Stab through the heart. "W-welcome." he smiled, albeit a little sadly.
She left and he sighed and punched the wall. "It's so not fair!" Kaoru came out of hiding and frowned, "You're never going to get with her like that." "I know but it's like… it's annoying and it's tearing me apart inside." he sighed. Kaoru hugged him and held him close. The older twin held him too and shook a bit. "I don't know how much longer of this I can take." Kaoru frowned and rubbed his older brother's back. "It's okay Hikaru. Just give it a little more time." Hikaru calmed down after a few minutes and he let go of his twin. "She's waiting for us. Let's go." Kaoru nodded and the two walked towards the club room.
Tamaki was hugging Haruhi and he just wanted to snarl 'Back off!' to the 'lord' and steal Haruhi away. But that would have upset his twin and he decided it was a bad idea. He was trying to learn to control his temper, not only for Haruhi but for Kaoru as well. After Haruhi had slapped him after the whole deal with her friend Arai, he tried to better himself. That was the worst time he ever experienced with her and he never wanted that to happen again.
He sent a glare to Tamaki then took his seat at his hosting station. The girls soon came in and he glanced over at Haruhi. Suddenly his eyes widened in horror. 'No… please no… that can't be happening…' Haruhi was looking over at Tamaki with a very faint blush on her cheeks. She couldn't be in love with that idiot! Well tomorrow was White Day so he'd give her the best present he could think of and then she'd fall in love with him and instead of that stupid lord. He smirked to himself, he had the best idea for a present.
The next day Hikaru held a wrapped box behind his back and he and Kaoru went over to the host room. "What did you get Haruhi anyway?" his little brother asked. "It's a secret until she opens it!" he laughed and then pulled out the box when he saw her. "Hey, Haruhi!" Haruhi was sitting at a table where there was a cake and chocolates. He frowned when he saw the chocolates were from Tamaki. The cake was kind of obvious though. "Oh, hey guys." she smiled then blinked, "You too Hikaru?" "It's from both of us! Mainly me though." Hikaru snickered and handed her the box. She opened it and her eyes widened in surprise. "Is that what I think it is…?" "Yes." he grinned. She pulled out a plate from the box and it was filled with sushi. Mainly though, it was fancy tuna.
"Go ahead. Take a bite." Hikaru smiled. Tamaki gasped from the other side of the room, "Why didn't I think of that?!" She picked up one of the fancy tuna's and took a bite. Her eyes lit up and she blushed slightly. He smirked, "Glad you like it." "I love it." she sighed happily. Now Tamaki was going berserk and going into one of his 'spazz attacks'. Hikaru and Haruhi talked for a while before he left to use the restroom. When he came back, the host room was empty. He checked the second half of the room and then hid behind one of the pillars.
Tamaki and Haruhi were talking. "Haruhi… I have to get something off my chest." "What's that sempai?" she blinked. He tried to talk and his face flushed red. "W-well uh… I wanted to say uh… Um Haruhi I… Oh forget it!" He turned to leave but Haruhi grabbed his arm. "Wait." They tripped over each other's legs and they fell onto one of the couches, Haruhi landing on top of Tamaki. Their lips met and they blushed and pulled away. But after a hesitant pause, Tamaki leaned in and kissed her again. When she returned his affection, that was when Hikaru ran out with tears streaking down his face. 'Damn Tamaki! Damn Haruhi! Who the hell needs them?!'
He ran to his home and locked himself in his room. He cried into his pillow until he ended up falling asleep. Kaoru unlocked the door and came inside. "Hikaru?" When he noticed the tears on his face, he shook him awake. "Hey! What happened?!" "Haruhi and Tamaki kissed." Hikaru rasped, "And she liked it…" "Oh Hikaru I'm sorry…" He hugged him, "Maybe you can find someone else." "I don't want to fall in love ever again!" Hikaru cried, "I'm done! It does nothing but hurt me! I don't care if I die alone I'll die happy with no one hurting me ever again."