Hello! Sorry for the long update! I've been occupied with so many things… I barely had time for writing.

Bad news for all of you who are waiting updates for this fic: I'm leaving tomorrow, and there won't be any more updates for anything until, at least, 18th July or so.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter! It's the last chapter before the next arc starts. When I'm back, Ill sure make more interesting chapters! So please, read and enjoy!

After Tamaki's sudden announcement, everyone was left speechless. The Host Club members looked at each other. What had gotten into Tamaki?

All the girls in the room (most of them were usual customers of the Host Club) started pleading Tamaki not to cancel the club's activities that afternoon, but he kept his decision.

"I'm sorry, my dearest ladies, but fellow club members need all of our support in hard times like this."

Kyouya, Mori and Kasuga sweat dropped. He was exaggerating quite a bit. The twins weren't going to die! Honey seemed to understand him though.

"Don't you think he's like that because of his mother?" he asked maturely, a one hundred eighty degree change in personality. "Tama-chan must've always been by her side when she was ill."

Kyouya closed his eyes while pushing his glasses up.

"Well... thinking about it... it must be typical of that idiot to be concerned about such trivial things. After all, his mother had such a weak health... he must have identified illnesses with serious problems."

Mori just nodded.

Kasuga had been listening to the whole conversation. And she too knew that Tamaki's concern was true, and he wasn't faking. After all, this situation must have reminded him of the old times back in France, when he would spend all of his time by his mother. He probably thought that he would help the twins if he visited them.

Honey switched automatically back to his childish personality.

"But I know what we can do to make Hika-kun and Kao-kun feel better! Let's make them a greeting card!"

All the girls immediately liked the idea.

"Yes, let's make them one! I have a friend who is really good at drawing!"

"I know! What if we also send them flowers? I'm sure they'll like them!"

"We could get all of the regular customers of the club to sign the card!"

And a whole group of girls ran off to find their colleagues and tell them all about the card and the plans of the Club for that afternoon.

"I must congratulate you, Honey-senpai. I actually think that was a very good idea." Kyouya said, to everyone's surprise.

"Why do you consider it to be a good idea? You only like things if we can benefit economically somehow, right?" Tamaki stated.

"Of course. I was actually calculating the amount of money we could get from selling all the presents that we will be given for the twins. After all they won't want half of the presents they will be given."

"Do you really think everyone will send them so many presents?" Tamaki asked.

And Kyouya wasn't mistaken. By the end of the day, all of the club's members had been approached by various girls, who had given them all sorts of presents and sincerely wished for the twin's quick recovery. Even those who were usually Tamaki's or Honey's customers had somehow wanted to express their concern.

And now, all the Host Club members and Kasuga were stuffed in the back of Tamaki's limousine, going to the Hitachiin mansion. They barely had space to move, since the presents and the enormous greeting card (which had been signed by at least sixty girls) occupied the back of the limousine, which wasn't small.

"Ne, Kyou-kun, when will we arrive?" Honey impatiently asked.

"I have no idea, Honey-senpai. The presents don't let me see through the windows."

"My muscles are getting cramped!" complained Honey, while stretching his arms. Kasuga was in the way, but she didn't notice this, and ended up squashed against the window.

"Takashi! My arm just bumped against something soft!" Honey cried.

"Must be a teddy bear." Mori said.

"You must be right. There are so many stuffed animals... do you think I could actually take one?"

Tamaki was dying to save his poor daughter, but he was afraid to start muttering stupidities. So he started to reach his hands out, trying to get her. But, sadly enough, he could barely stretch his arms.

"Poor Tamaki. I think the lack of air is affecting his brain." Kyouya muttered, as he watched Tamaki struggling to get something invisible.

That afternoon, the southern corridor was unusually empty, silence echoing through its walls.

Host Club has suspended all activities for today. Sorry for the inconveniences.

However, no one looked at the notice which had been hung on the third music room's door. Everyone had already heard the news, so no one even tried to go to the club. A lazy fly passed by, and was the only sad viewer of the white paper stuck on the door.

The doors of the black limousine opened. Immediately, a shower of presents, accompanied by a few human bodies, fell out of the car.

"Ouch... that hurt..." Honey said, lying on the floor, rubbing his head. Mori immediately jumped up, and helped his cousin. Tamaki and Kyouya just lay there. Kasuga poked Tamaki's face, while he looked dreamily at the sky above him.

"Tamaki-senpai? Are you alright?" she asked.

"Ah... the sky is so beautiful today..."

Kyouya, as usual, ignored Tamaki. He stood up and looked at the sky too.

"Tamaki, the sky is just like any other day."

"What happened to Tama-chan?" Honey worriedly asked, watching his fellow club member, who was lying on the floor with the face he reserved for watching cute things. But he was watching the sky! The sky wasn't cute!

"You don't need to worry, Honey-senpai. Tamaki is just affected by the lack of air in the car. The sudden space caused him to develop a mental condition, also known as the idiot syndrome. And it's very acute, it seems. So we'd better leave him here, or we are in risk of getting infected, too."

Mori nodded. He didn't want to become infected, nor his cousin Honey to become a clueless idiot like Tamaki.

So they just set off, leaving Tamaki lying on the floor while some maids and servants from the Hitachiin household picked up the various presents. As they all left, Kasuga poked Tamaki on the cheek again, more hardly.

"Tamaki-senpai! They are leaving without us!"

"Ah... the sky..."

Kasuga sighed. She had no option. Putting her hands together, she muttered something. Immediately, a small cloud appeared on Tamaki's face and started pouring rain on him.

"Hey! It's raining! Wasn't it sunny a few seconds ago?"

Then, Kasuga decided Tamaki was absolutely hopeless.

"I made it rain, senpai. Have you noticed that the rest of the Host Club has already left us?"

"Huh? What?"

Tamaki rose up, passing through the cloud Kasuga had created, which simply disappeared. He rubbed his head and looked around. He spotted the Host Club ahead of them, walking along the terrace which surrounded the mansion's lower floor.

"Hey! Wait for me, guys!"

No one heard him, since they were so far away. They entered the house through one of the huge glass doors which made up the walls. Tamaki watched hopelessly as they left him behind. He jumped onto his feet, grabbed Kasuga, placed her on his shoulder and went running after them immediately.

"Noooooo! Don't leave me behind!" He screamed as he ran. Kasuga held onto his shirt tightly. She had never been in an amusement park, but she was sure that the fastest ride was somehow similar to this.

Tamaki ran up the marble stairs, and he found himself in the stone deck which surrounded the house. Many glass panels let him see what was inside the house. However, he realized he didn't remember which door the Host Club had gone through. He stood there, counting the number of glass doors he could see.

"Six. How am I supposed to know which one I have to go through?" he asked himself. He had been in the Hitachiin mansion a couple of times before, but he never really paid attention to his surroundings. It wasn't like he was stupid; it just didn't impress him to see such a big house.

"I think they went in through that one." Kasuga pointed to the second glass panel.

"Are you sure?" Tamaki asked.

"Well... no." she answered.

"I guess we'll have to follow your female intuition."

So Tamaki opened the glass panel Kasuga had told him.

As soon as he opened it, he knew Kasuga had gotten it wrong. Because it was impossible that the maids would've let the Host Club enter Yuzuha Hitachiin's design studio.

The room was enormous: it was like a giant greenhouse, all covered in transparent glass, letting all the sunlight into the room. But the room wasn't filled with plants. Instead, it was occupied by a whole bunch of mannequins, each of them wearing different clothes. Many of the designs weren't finished, and had pins and needles holding up different layers of clothing. However, all of them let you guess the innate ability of their designer.

Tamaki stood there, startled by the beauty and cuteness of such magnificent clothes. Hikaru and Kaoru's mum certainly knew what she was doing! It was like... cuteness paradise!

He then realized he shouldn't be wasting his time. If he was found there, he would be scolded for sure. He looked around the room, trying to find a door. And, on the opposite wall, he saw one. He guessed it would lead to the main corridor.

"Kasuga, shall we get going?" he asked. He didn't get any reply. He looked at her, and was surprised to see a shocked look on her face.

But... it wasn't like she was seeing something horrible. On the other way, it was a face of a nice, pure shock. He then knew the reason: he might be a guy obsessed with cuteness, but Kasuga was a female, after all. It was logical she would feel attracted to such clothes. He had never seen her wearing anything that revealed her feminine side, but, after all, Yuzuha was well known for doing so.

"Do you like them?" he asked.

She snapped back to reality.

"Huh? Well, I..."

"You don't have to tell daddy. It's obvious you inherited your father's taste in clothing."

"Senpai, how many times do I have to tell you? You are not my father!"

"Don't say such hurtful things... hey! Where are you going to?"

Kasuga was flying towards the door.

"Away from you, senpai."

"Wait for me!"

Tamaki ran behind Kasuga, who just stood there, floating in the air next to the door.

"So... aren't you going to open it, senpai?"

"If you could make it rain on me, you can sure open a simple door, right?"

"Yes... but I don't feel like it. It's easier if you do it."

Tamaki sweat dropped. Where had she inherited the explosive sincerity from?

He opened the door, and they found themselves standing in a corridor.

"Okay... where are we supposed to go now?"

Kasuga closed her eyes, and concentrated. A diagram of the mansion popped into her mind, but it was full of colored patterns and lines.

"I can sense their auras, senpai. Follow my directions."

And so, Kasuga started directing Tamaki around the mansion. He ran along corridors, up and down stairs, turned right and left. He was sure there couldn't be any more combinations. How could the mansion be so enormous?

"We've reached them. Turn the next corner to the right, and they should be there." Kasuga informed. And, effectively, Honey, Mori and Kyouya were standing there, next to a white door.

Kyouya looked up and saw Tamaki standing in front of them, panting like crazy.

"Oh, so you got here in time? Did you get a GPS?" Kyouya asked.

"Of course not! I could easily make it on my own!" Tamaki practically shouted.

"Shhh." Mori hushed, taking a finger to his own lips.

"That's right, Tama-chan. Hika-chan and Kao-chan are still sleeping. We were debating on whether we should wake them up or not."

"I guess they'll already have been awakened by his screams." Kyouya pointed out. "So we won't lose anything by going in."

"Yay!" Honey jumped into the air, and opened the door swiftly. He ran into the room. "Hika-chan, Kao-chan, how are you feeling?"

The rest of the Host Club came in after them. There, they saw both of the twins lying on their respective beds, hugging each other with painful faces.

"Hikaru... I'm so sorry I couldn't do anything to save you..."

"No Kaoru... it's my fault... I'm so happy to have known you..."

"Hikaru..."

"Kaoru..."

"Actually, Kaoru is pretending to be Hikaru and Hikaru is pretending to be Kaoru." Kasuga informed.

"Hikaru... don't leave me alone..."

Honey's eyes swelled up with tears.

"Kao-chan! Hika-chan! No!"

"You can stop faking you're dying. If you were dying, I don't think you'd even be able of talking as loudly as you are. And you'd already have gone to the hospital." Kyouya absently said.

"Yeah, and you can stop pretending you are the other one! You are Kaoru" he said pointing to one of the twins, "and you are Hikaru!" he stated, pointing to the other one.

Everyone in the room was left speechless.

"Okay, okay... you caught us." Kaoru admitted.

"We're not dying." Hikaru said.

"Then... why didn't you come to school?" Tamaki asked.

"We're sick... We've caught a disease called Influenza... though commoners call it the flu for short. Tsk, we're so disgraceful... coming down with such a commoner's disease..." Hikaru explained, while playing with a strand of his brother's hair.

"But don't worry! We're almost completely cured!" Kaoru said. "So we probably won't transmit it to you. We feel so much better now!"

Honey and Mori sighed in unison.

"Well... at least it wasn't anything serious..." Honey said in relief.

"We won't go to school for a couple of days, but we're fine. By the way... what did you come for?" Hikaru asked.

"Well... since Kyouya told everyone about it, all the girls gave us presents for you. And they also made you a giant greeting card!" Tamaki excitedly told them.

"I didn't tell everyone. I told you, and then you decided to spread word around." Kyouya stated.

As he said those words, maids started marching into the room, carrying all the presents and packages. Two servants carried the greeting card, which they personally gave to the twins. The twins looked both at the cover. Big letters covered the whole front part, creating three simple words: Get Better Soon. It was obviously hand-made by someone who had good grades in Art. The twins opened it, and they found the whole inside covered with signatures. Kaoru passed a hand over the card. Most of them were made by girls, who had written a small message and signed underneath.

However, four signatures caught their attention. They were the Host Club's ones.

Honey's writing was, as usual, surrounded by flowers and bunnies. Mori's lines were short and clear. Tamaki had rambled on and on about how the Host Club felt empty and how he missed being tricked, and Kyouya had added a line telling them the cost of being away and how much they'd own the club.

Hikaru and Kaoru burst out laughing.

"Why would be need this useless stuff?" Hikaru said.

"Getting all these things won't help us get better, you know?" Kaoru finished the sentence.

As they wiped away their tears, Kasuga saw an expression on their faces which she was sure no one else noticed. It was an expression of... how could she have explained? It absolutely contradicted their words. It was that of satisfaction, of happiness. Or maybe sadness? No... The exact word was melancholy. Were they happy because they had received the presents, but sad because they thought they didn't deserve them? Maybe she was jumping into conclusions. But she knew that she hadn't imagined their faces.

People change with the wind, Kasuga had once been told. And she knew that people changed over time. And those twins... were they starting to change, too? Tamaki had told Kasuga how they were before... and she saw how they were now. Had the Host Club caused this change in their way of being?

And then, she knew that the Host Club wasn't only supposed to bring happiness to its customers, but also to its members.

Had Tamaki always known about this?

Preview for next chapter:

Kasuga took a deep breath in. And a deep breath out. She could do it.

She looked at Tamaki, who was sleeping soundly in his bed, totally unaware of what Kasuga was about to do. She was glad he could simply sleep while she was doing her job.

She knew perfectly that this carried a great risk. In the worst case, Tamaki could even die. But, at the same time, it was her only option to mend him. Because in which other way could she help him, if his other reason for breaking was on the other side of the world?

So... what did you think? Read and review, please! All kinds of feedback are appreciated, except for flaming.

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