The Christmas Incident

Dream-A series of thought's, images, and emotion's occuring involuntary in the mind during certain stages of sleep. A state of absraction; a trance. A cherished hope; ambition. A person or thing that is as pleasant or seemingly unreal as a dream.

Haruhi's pov: I touched the old, tattered photograph, already the color's were fading from my fingertip's. The image of Hikaru and I standing together. He had his arm around me, a crooked grin on his bright happy face. His face...it was soo unfamiliar... I stood under his arm, an annoyed look on my face. I remember the day the picture was taken. We had all gone to the beach and Hikaru dragged me around town, into every shop. I remember how I wanted to leave, for him to just leave me alone. I want soo badly to see him now... I looked at myself in the picture. I wasn't that girl anymore. No, far from it. Hikaru...Hikaru...Hikaru...I tried painfully not to crumple the picture in my hand's. "He was alway's pulling trick's...," I heard a soft voice whisper behind me. I turned around and hid the picture behind my back. Kaoru smiled at me. I began to walk away, he would cry alone now... He grabbed my arm, stopping me abruptly.

He took a deep breath and gave me an honest soft look. "Haruhi...Merry Christmas...," he mumbled. My lip's smiled, fighting to reach my eye's. "Merry Christmas Kaoru...," I whispered as he pulled me into an embrace. He picked me up slightly, and it didn't reach my eye's...but it reached my heart. Kaoru set me down, not letting me go. Kaoru gently plucked the picture out of hand's and studied it. "...I can't belive it's been six year's...," He whispered after a long time. I kept quiet because I could belive it had been that long without him. Kaoru set me down and sat down on my bed. He layed the pictiure on the velvet cover's and stood in front of me. "Put a dress on, we're leaving," Kaoru stated walking to my closet. I followed him, right behind his heel's. "Why?" I asked as he pulled a dress from the very back of my closet that I didn't even know exsisted. "We're going to a party," Kaoru mumbled pulling shoes from an unopened shoebox. A party. I hadn't gone to a party in year's. A Christmas party... "What about Hikari?" I asked standing in front of him. "She will be fine, my mother Hunny and Mori will be here," Kaoru told me. I sighed,"Kaoru...I don't know...," I replied finally. He touched my shoulder's,"Please...for me...," He whispered.

I looked away and took the dress out of his hand's,"Okay..." A beautiful, pure smile blossomed across his tired face, bringing a life to him I hadn't seen in year's. He picked me up and carried me out of my room, laughing the whole way. I didn't notice how if you looked closely at the old picture, you could see a faint blush forming in my cheek's...


Hikaru's pov: I gave Dustin a look and he frowned. "Come on Hikaru! You never go anywhere! It's Christmas!" He whined. I rolled my eye's as he made his blue eye's look innocent and sad. "Dustin, you know I hate going out!" I hissed pulling the cover's over my head. Dustin jumped on top off me, pulling the cover's away. "Damn it Hikaru! Really! You need to go out for once! Hikaru it's not right, you don't even see your family!" Dustin yelled into my ear. I whipped up and kicked his stomach,"Shut up!" I hissed,"You don't understand!" Dustin curled his hand's into fist's,"Just because you lost the girl you loved, doesn't mean it's over! Hikaru, I saw the love of my life die! You have no idea!" Dustin yelled his voice cracking. I felt horrible then. I was making him remember this, on Christmas eve of all day's. It was quiet in the hotel room. Every Christmas was the same. We would go someplace and rent a hotel. Dustin had no family, and I was alone. Dustin would go out alone, and I would stay in the hotel alone.

I got up from the broken mattress and ran a hand through my hair. "I'm not going for you though! I'm going because I'm bored!" I yelled, obvious I was lying. Dustin burst into a grin and ran to hug me. "Oh thank you Hikaru! We are going to have soo much fun! I promise!" Dustin yelled. I pulled his blonde hair and laughed lightly. I owed him. He was there for me all of these year's. And who am I kidding, he reminded me Tamaki...

"So where to?" I asked after Dustin let go of me. He grinned,"Japan."


Haruhi's pov: I looked into the mirror. A stranger was all I saw. That girl looking back at me, that was not me. I had been so caught up with life, I never stopped to look at myself... I touched my face gently, my finger's numb. My face was paler and thinner. My eye's seemed to have gotten larger. My lip's were fuller. My hair had grown to the middle of my back. I laughed loudly as I looked at myself. "You don't like it?" Kaoru asked. I shook my head,"No, I love it, I just look diffrent," I replied. My breath caught as I took all of myself in. Kaoru had put me in a light pink dress that came right above my knee's. It had thin strap's and was slightly puffy at the bottom. A pair of pink ballerina shoes, My hair down and slightly curly. A golden necklace. I didn't look beautiful. I wasn't pretty. I was innocence...a blush on the face of someone deeply in love... I glanced at Hikari in the mirror, she held a smile that lit up her face. Hunny stood behind her, Mori smiling at my reflection. Tamaki, my father, Mrs. Hitachiin...all smiling. "Perfect...," Kyoya mumbled for everyone. I turned and looked at everyone. I let out a breath and gave a small smile. Kaoru stood in front of me wearing a a white dress shirt with black dress pant's, making it look elegant.

"You look like a dork," I told Kaoru bluntly. Everyone burst out laughing and I hugged Kaoru. We began hugging everyone. My dad wiped the tear's out of his eye's, Mrs. Hitachiin let a few fall. Tamaki and Kyoya crushed us in a tight hold. Hunny jumped on us, crying like Hikari would. He wiped at his eye's as Mori embraced us. Hikari hugged Kaoru smiling at him. I looked at her, meeting her gaze. She ran to me hugging me gently. She fell into my loving embreace. Sinking into my chest. I kissed her forehead lightly. "I love you mommy," she whispered. "I alway's love you," I replied only for her to hear. I broke away from her and Kaoru and I left them, and headed into the dark night. Kaoru opened the door of the black Camaro, I was about to step in when Hikari came running down to me. "Mommy!" she yelled running into me. She wrapped her small arm's around me, "Don't leave me!" she whimpered. I touched her hair and put our forehead's together,"I'm coming back Hikari...as long as you stay...," I replied gently.

"Promise...?" She asked tearfilled. I nodded,"Promise you'll stay?" She put a hand by her bursting heart,"Yes..." I looked at her beautiful face one last time and let go of her small, soft hand. They were soo soft... I watched from the window of the car as my daughter disapeared with the night. I got a scared feeling and Kaoru held my hand. "This is me and you...we are going to take this next step together...," He told me, not looking into my eye's. I squeezed his hand and we smiled at each other. This was for us.


We stood in front of the large white double door's. We held hand's tightly, not wanting to let go. "Together...," Kaoru whispered. I nodded and gasped for air as his finger's began slipping from mine. It was time to let go... I felt a single taer slip from my eye. The door's opened as we let go of each other and we stood apart. I wiped my tear and we entered the large hall, together.

I felt soo...lost. I looked around the crowd of people that surrounded us. Kaoru turned to me, he touched my face gently and dissapeared in the crowd leaving me behind. I stood alone staring at the spot Kaoru left. I was lost...I had to take my own direction now... Move on...where do I go? And the hall was clearing...a soft piano tune played and I could've sworn Tamaki was playing. And It was like a dream...

It was all too fast...this moment. A pair of soft hand's entwined with mine. I stared at those hand's. How long I've wanted to feel them... My leg's wanted to give in under me. A wonderful sweet smell intoxicating me. This overwhelming warmth returning to my heart, filling a blush on my pale cheek's. Music rang in my ear's... My eye's were bursting with silent tear's. The room seemed to spin...in his arm's... He pulled me to his chest, we danced lightly. I dug my finger's into his jacket. Never letting this time... I felt his tear's on my head, as we continued to dance. This was the dance we should of had... I felt my heart pound painfully against my chest. I smiled, my cheek's hurting from the tear's. An orangey blush on our face's...like twin's...

He moved lightly with me, our movement's identical. I couldn't look at his face...I couldn't...belive...he was...I closed my eye's that harbored tear's and let a cry ecscape my lip's. I bit at my lip...feeling soo numb...soo complete... He held me together, so I wouldn't collapse. I could forgive him...Forget all of these year's...I surrender this war...I was tired of fighting what I was living for...I shook against his touch. He was here...with me...and nothing else mattered. I slowly opened my eye's and looked into his...

I blinked.

"...merry Christmas, Haruhi..."

"...merry Christmas...

...Hikaru..."


MAJOR CLIFFHANGER!

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and Hikaru and Haruhi finally see each other after six year's!