Well, here's the next chapter. Again, Hikaru's POV. Nothing to really say about this. I don't really know where it's going to go from here, so it may be a while before I update since I have no idea what's going to happen after this. So, yeah. R&R and all that good stuff. UchihaSasuke101 out.


Hikaru's POV

When Tamaki told me, I didn't even have time to be shocked. Whenever I imagined the driver in the other car, I always thought of some drunk with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth, jabbing away on his cell phone, not thinking or caring about anyone else on the road. I never even thought it could have been Haruhi… not her… I only had a split second to process this before Tamaki had shoved his cell phone into my hands, already ringing, fear in his eyes.

"Talk to her. And then please tell me it wasn't really her." His voice was shaking, along with the rest of his body.

I nodded. I didn't want to believe him that Haruhi was the one in the other car. I had to prove it wasn't her. I would do anything just to be able to tell myself it wasn't.

"Moshi moshi?" I heard her voice say. I almost melted on the floor. She sounded so weak.

"H-hey, Haruhi, it's Hikaru." I stuttered. "How are you feeling?"

She laughed. "As good as I could hope to feel, I suppose." I smiled. At least she was cheerful.

"Where was the crash?" I asked, trying to sound casual. Though, compared to Tamaki, anything I did would sound casual.

"The Akashi Kaikyo bridge." She responded.

I covered the mouthpiece and turned to Tamaki. "Akashi Kaikyo bridge?" I whispered, trying not to let Haruhi hear me. He nodded, a vigorous nod.

"Hmmm… what time was it?" I asked. I realized that asking something like that didn't really sound casual, but I had to try.

"Why?" Damn. The way she said it, you could definitely tell she was getting suspicious. "Hold on, did Sempai put you up to this?"

I started to panic. "No way. I just want to make sure you haven't been eating that crap they call food at hospitals." My voice sounded surprisingly cool and collected for what was really running through my head.

She laughed again, lifting my spirits. "That's so like you. Right after club activities. I was on my way to the store. I forgot to pick up things for dinner." That did it. I quite literally stopped breathing. I sat down hard, where I had previously thought a chair was. Until I actually tried to sit in it. I ended up falling on the floor, right on my butt. I would have laughed at myself if the circumstances were different.

This made it official: single worst week of my life. My brother dies, then I find out one of my best friends was in the other car. I couldn't comprehend it. I was so dazed, I couldn't think straight. A faint voice came out of nowhere, a female voice. Hikaru? It called. Hikaru? Are you there? What's wrong? Finally, Tamaki shook me out of it and grabbed the phone from my hands. "Haruhi, I think he's gonna have to call you back. I'll talk to you later." He hung up and kneeled down next to me, placing a hand on my shoulder. "You gonna be okay?" I shook my head.

"Not anytime soon." I replied, my voice shaking. I rose to my legs, not trusting them to hold me. I walked to the room with the coffin. When I got there, I just couldn't hold myself up any longer. I collapsed in front of Kaoru's body, tears streaming down my face. My parents looked at each other and nodded. My father got up and left. Once he was gone, Mother came to my side and knelt next, placing an arm around my shoulders.

"Just know I'm here for you whenever you need me." I ducked my head, the tears coming faster now. She got up and followed Father out of the room. It was empty now except for me and my brother's body. I couldn't bring myself to get up at first. I stayed their, not able to stop the tears no matter how much I tried. After a few minutes, I was able to drag myself off the floor and walk long enough to go sit next to the coffin.

"Listen, Kaoru. I just… I just want you to know… were all going to really miss you. You know…" I sniffed and wiped the tears from my eyes. "… everyone at the Host Club. And all our customers. How do you expect me to do the brotherly love act without you, huh? Man, this… this sucks!" The extreme grief I was feeling suddenly turned to anger. "Fuck this! This just god-damned sucks!" I stood and punched the wall, leaving a large, fist-shaped dent. Tamaki and Father rushed in, and grabbed me.

"Hikaru, stop it!" Tamaki shouted. His voice made me freeze, brought me back to myself. I looked around at the small crowd that had gathered, staring at me with mouths hanging open. I looked back at Kaoru's coffin.

"Fuck this." I wrenched myself away from Tamaki and Father who still had me pinned against the wall and stormed across the room. I got all the way to the car before I lost it. I broke down in sobs holding the car door handle. Hunny, who was just arriving, kneeled down next to me and put a hand on my shoulder.

"It'll be alright, Hikaru-kun. It'll be alright." He got up and walked inside, Mori following close behind. I started to laugh despite myself. That kid was such an ass.