LunarFallenStar: Hey guys! Another SUPER SUPER SUPER late update! I'm so sorry about that so many many apologies for that! Well, anyway, thank you all for reading and for your very kind reviews!

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~Previously~

They all looked up when the bell rang, signaling that class would be starting soon.

"Well, we better get to class," Tamaki said, smiling, "This club meeting is dismissed."


Ed slowly walked out of the club room, dull golden eyes transfixed upon the floor. His uneven footsteps created a monotonous beat that echoed through the halls. Naturally, Tamaki had dragged Winry off, as it was the young man's habit to drag people off against their will, and Kyoya had enough sense to notice when someone wanted to be alone. The other members of the host club had split up since they were in separate grades than the blonde alchemist.

Hoisting his school bag into a more comfortable position, Ed continued to walk down the hall. He looked out the large window of the hallway and gazed with mild interest at one of the many rose gardens of the school. He quirked a golden eyebrow when he noticed a girl, clad in the puffy, yellow dress of Ouran talking to a strange man.

'Shouldn't she be heading to class?' Ed wondered, before brushing it off, 'It's probably just a teacher or a parent... This school is huge after all...'

He turned his gaze back in front of him and continued to walk down the halls. After walking for what seemed like forever, the golden-eyed Amestrian soon reached his homeroom class and opened the door quickly. Stepping inside, he slowly walked over to his seat and plopped down with a huff. Tamaki looked at him, the flamboyant blonde's violet eyes lighting up with delight. Ed pulled out the materials he would need for that class, trying to ignore the chattering of the tall boy beside him.

Ed leaned back in his chair, causing the wood to creak slightly under the shift of weight. The chattering of the king of the host club only increased in volume and Ed's remaining tolerance was beginning to wane.

Whirling to face Tamaki, Ed aimed a questioning glare at particularly annoying blonde, "What do you want?"

Tamaki blinked slightly in shock as the blonde had a rather fiery response before smiling widely, "I have a proposal for you, Edward Mustang!"

Ed quirked an eyebrow, slightly interested, "... Go on, I guess..."

Tamaki large smile grew and Ed swore that the violet-eyed host's face would tear in half. Inhaling deeply, Tamaki opened his mouth to speak but was cut off as the bell signaling the start of class rang. Tamaki sighed slightly, looking at the clock before facing the blonde once more, "I'll tell you at lunch."

Ed turned away from his classmate to look at the board at the front of his room. All expression fell off his face as he withdrew into the recesses of his mind, his thoughts his only company. He wasn't all that interested in what the hyperactive blonde had to say anyway.

Class droned by slowly as usual. Ed, with his arm propping up his head, stared out of the window in boredom.

'Colonel Bastard, sending me to school when I already KNOW everything I need to know...' Ed thought bitterly. Stiffening slightly, Ed felt an analytical gaze boring into the back of his head. Looking out of the corner of his eye, Ed soon noticed none other than Kyoya gazing at him like a scientist would look at an experiment. Flinching slightly at the teen's harsh gaze, Ed turned around and tried to quell the uneasy feeling settling in the pit of his stomach.


Time Skip

Ed quickly put his things into his school bag and speed-walked out of the room, aiming to avoid the tall blonde which had been trying to get his attention all day and slightly Winry, who would try to drag him to the host club's meeting... again.

His efforts were in vain however when two hands grabbed his shoulders, halting his movements. Ed slowly looked over his shoulder, sweat beading on his forehead as he was overcome with a feeling of nervousness. Winry and Tamaki stood behind him, grinning at him oh-so-innocently. Ed gave a strained smile and opened his mouth to make an excuse only to find himself being dragged down the hallway.

"Let go of me! I just want to go eat my lunch in peace!" Ed whined as he was dragged into the club room and plopped into a chair.

"So, like I was saying in homeroom," Tamaki said, sitting in the plush chair across from Ed, "I have a proposal for you!"

Ed looked at him in silence before getting up and walking towards the door, "I've seemed to have stopped caring."

"Come on, Eddie!" Tamaki said clinging to the annoyed alchemist, "Just hear me out!"

"I said no!" Ed growled, trudging towards the door.

Much to Ed's relief, Haruhi calmly walked over and pulled the begging blonde off of Ed. Ed sighed and placed his hands on the door handle and twisted it, opening up the large door.

"Ed!" Winry called, running up to him, "Don't leave!"

Ed looked at her, a monotonous, yet sad, expression on his face, "I just want to be alone, Win..."

Winry's expression fell slightly and her blue eyes watched sadly as he left, the door closing with an audible click. Sighing softy to herself, she walked back over and sat on one of the couches, "He's always like that..."

Haruhi walked over to her friend and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder, "It'll be okay. He just needs space."

Winry looked up and nodded softly before looking down, "I just wish he'd let others in... he always bears everything on his own and blames everything on himself..."

After a few seconds of awkward silence passed, Tamaki walked over, "On another note, let's get this lunch-time Host meeting started!"

Everyone moved to sit at the tables dotting the room and pulled out their lunches.

"Senpai," Haruhi began, setting down her chopsticks as she turned to face Tamaki, "What were you going to ask Ed anyway?"

Tamaki finished the bite of food in his mouth before turning to Haruhi and smiling widely, "I was going to ask him if he wouldn't join the host club as a host, if he would join as a waiter!"

Winry deadpanned, "That isn't exactly Ed's style, Tamaki-san."

Haruhi nodded before turning to face Tamaki once more, "And Senpai, I thought I told you not to force the host club on Ed. You'll just drive him farther away!"

Tamaki flinched slightly at Haruhi's chiding, "Mommy! My daughter is being mean to me!" Tamaki whined childishly to Kyoya, who ignored the blonde's sniffling.

"She's right about that, Tamaki," Kyoya said, writing something in his ledger absentmindedly.

"Mommy, how could you not support me in this," Tamaki whined, hitting Kyoya repeatedly in a playful manner, "Maybe Ed needs the offensive approach!"

"Or maybe he needs," Kaoru began.

"You to stop butting in all the time," Hikaru finished for his brother.

Tamaki swooned over dramatically, "Why does no one see it my way!"

Winry rolled her eyes and smiled at Tamaki's over-dramatic nature before her eyes fell upon a neatly packed lunch remaining untouched on one of the coffee tables.

"Oh no," Winry said in worry, getting up to go grab the bento, "Ed forgot his lunch. He's so careless sometimes."

Walking towards the door, she opened it slightly before looking back, "I'm going to go take this to him. Go on with the meeting without me, okay?"

And with that, she slipped out the door and into the hallway. Heading down the labyrinth of hallways in the direction of the library, where she knew Edward would most definitely be, she looked at the bento with fondness. Sighing softly, she looked ahead once more, seeing the door to the library come into view.

Walking inside, she noticed that the library was completely empty, the librarian wasn't there. Had she been wrong about Ed being in the library? She picked her ears up when she heard the faint sound of the shuffling of books and headed in the direction of the source of the noise.

Soon reaching the back of the library only to find Ed sitting at a table surrounded by books of all sizes. Walking over, she lightly tapped him on the shoulder, causing the unaware blonde to jump. He whirled around and looked at her in a questioning manner.

She held up the bento and his eyes softened in realization. He took it from her hands, putting on a, albeit strained, smile, "Thanks, Win. I didn't notice I had forgotten it."

Winry smiled in response, but it didn't reach her eyes. Waving goodbye to her childhood friend, she headed back out of the library. Once back in the safety of the hallway, her smile faded to a small frown.

Why?

Why were his smiles always so forced around her?

No matter how much she tried to catch up to him, he always drifted farther away.


LunarFallenStar: And done! I tried to make this chapter somewhat longer than normal, and failed horribly. Thank you all for reading and R&R if you enjoyed! I'd love to here from you! Till next time, Bye-bi~