Kyoya was at war with himself; something he hated. Kyoya was used to being grounded and understanding his wants, needs, and goals perfectly, but now he was feeling shaken.

Tomoko…a week ago he had told her he loved her. Had he…really meant that? Did he LOVE her? Was it just something he said because of the moment? Or maybe…he just had real feelings for her.

Since that day though, the two had gone back to their platonic state: not holding hands, kissing, hugging….blah.

"Hey Kyoya." Tomoko said, pulling Kyoya out of his thoughts.

"Yes?"

"Let's tell the Host Club we're dating. I don't think it's right to keep them in the dark." Tomoko said, leaning against Kyoya's chair.

Kyoya's eyebrow twitched at the thought of how Tamaki was going to react….ugh he would probably want to go on for hours about it! Oh dear god…and then he was going to want to have conversations about each other's girlfriends and how wonderful they were.

Kyoya remembered when Tamaki and Haruhi got together…oh GOD. For what seemed like an eternity, Tamaki would call him every night and go on for hours on end about his wonderful Haruhi. God…if Tamaki thought that's how things were going to work with him then he needed to reconsider.

"So whaddya think?" Tomoko asked raising a brow. "I plan on telling my bro."

"It's fine with me...however, I don't want you or anyone else telling my father." Kyoya said, looking at her intently.

"Yeah, I already figured that." She said shoving her hands in her pockets. "What a dick."

Kyoya nearly laughed. How? How did she manage to awaken so many emotions in him? But yes, he did almost laugh. He had just never met someone who talked about his dad that way before and he found it amusing.

"Well I'm glad you're cool with it. I'm gonna go have a chat with my bro. We'll tell the club tomorrow k!" Tomoko said giving Kyoya a wink.

It made him smile…maybe he did have feelings for her.

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Entering the club room together, Kyoya looked serious and Tomoko looked as though she couldn't care less.

Kyoya cleared his throat. "Excuse me everyone."

Everyone looked up.

"What's wrong Kyo-chan?" Honey asked with concern as the club closed in.

Kyoya was about to speak up but was cut off by Tomoko. "We've been dating for a little over a month."

….?

"Um…what?" Haruhi said.

"Ok, I'll repeat it. Kyoya and I have been dating for a little over a month. GOT IT?"

…?

"KYOYA!" Tamaki shouted dramatically as he jumped onto his friend and rubbed his face against his. "I knew you'd fall in love with her! She's so cute isn't she?"

"Whoah! Tomo-chan! I didn't realize you liked Kyo-chan that much!" Honey cried.

"I didn't realize you liked him at all." Haruhi said with a sweatdrop.

"Uh…yeah..I guess he's ok." Tomoko said shrugging with a tint of pink on her cheeks.

"Well would you look at that." Hikaru began.

"Looks like Tomoko is blushing!" Kaoru finished.

"Shut up!" Tomoko growled as she pounced on the two and gave them painful noogies.

Mori simply stood there saying nothing.

Finally Kyoya shoved the savage Tamaki off. "That's enough" Kyoya said finally.

There was a pause….silence…

"So you two are really dating now?" Haruhi asked, blinking slowly.

"Yeah." Tomoko answered glancing off to the side.

"How does your father feel about it?" Tamaki asked.

Tomoko's eyes widened; she'd never heard Tamaki sound so serious before. He looked serious too…but there was a hint of sadness in him too.

"You know he's not going to be happy about it if he finds out…especially because you and Alia are already—"

"I know that." Kyoya said, cutting Tamaki off.

"Already what?" Tomoko asked, looking at Kyoya with a serious and somewhat annoyed expression. She hated being left in the dark; Kyoya sighed. "WHAT? Can't tell me?"

Kyoya narrowed his eyes at her and appeared as though he was about to speak but was interrupted by someone.

"Well, well, well…how is my dearest host club today?"

Tomoko turned. Ugh there she was again….that Alia girl.

"I do wonder…Yamazaki, what is your purpose for being here in this club. I know Renge is the club's manager of sorts but you…well you just seem to be a tagalong to me." Alia said slyly.

"Hmmmm you know Alia, I've noticed that you seem to really enjoy sticking your nose where it doesn't belong. Shouldn't a goody-goody like yourself, stick that attitude up your ass and save it for outside of school?" Tomoko growled.

Alia smiled. "You must believe that because you like with the Ootori family now, that you get to do whatever you want…"

"Actually I get to do a whole lot less because I'm being monitored. I'm sick of you being coy. If you have something to say, then say it!" Tomoko snapped.

"Oh my…temper…well, I just think you're too involved with Kyoya for your own good." Alia smirked.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Tomoko sneered, smacking away Kyoya's hand that had been holding her away from Alia. "Why are you so damn clingy to him? Why don't you go bitch about me hanging out with the other host club members?"

"Awww you're mad…." Alia teased.

"Listen BITCH! Don't make me get pissed for real!" Tomoko shouted, clenching her fists. However, unlike the last time she lost her temper, she caught herself and took a deep breath, much to Kyoya's relief.

Her composure didn't last…

"You should watch what you say to me, Yamazaki." Alia growled. "Do you think you can just spit stuff like that out around MY Kyoya?"

…what….?

"Wait…YOUR Kyoya?" Tomoko questioned. Stupid bitch…probably has a crush on him and is full of shit.

Alia smiled devilishly. "That's right. You see, Kyoya and I are engaged to marry. He didn't tell you?"

Tomoko's eyes widened and she froze. "Ohhh what's wrong? Don't tell me you started to form a little crush on Kyoya. Poor baby…"

Alia stared Tomoko down almost painfully…and finally Tomoko broke. She bit her lip, clenched her fists and ran away as fast as she could.

"Tomoko!" Haruhi called after her best friend as she too ran off.

Alia laughed lightly to herself, turned and left the room.

"Haruhi…I'm going after them!" Tamaki said but was caught by Honey.

"Wait Tama-chan. Maybe you should just let Haru-chan handle it." Honey suggested.

"But.." Tamaki protested.

"Tomo-chan and Haru-chan are both girls, so maybe it'll be good for them to talk together." Honey beamed. Tamaki smiled softly in response.

"But you know." Hikaru began, making eye contact with Kyoya.

"You really should have told her." Kaoru finished.

Kyoya adjusted his glasses, walked over to a window, and gazed out blankly….

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"Tomoko! Tomoko!" Haruhi called, as she made her way through the rose garden maze.

Finally she heard some very soft sniffing, and followed the sound to a small white gazebo. Yeah…Haruhi remembered this. Tamaki hid with her here…well that was until all the others came to hide in the exact same spot.

"Hey." Haruhi said with a friendly smile, as she sat down and scooted over to her friend. "Guess that was pretty surprising huh?"

No answer from Tomoko…she just hid her face.

"You know, I didn't know he was engaged either." Haruhi added. Tomoko only shifted away. "He really should have told you about that."

Finally Tomoko spoke. "I kn-knew this was a bad idea! I just….I've never had a boyfriend and I thought that maybe this one time…maybe something could work out! But I'm just his stupid freaking alternative for when he can't get laid or something!" Tomoko screamed into her knees.

"Hey come on." Haruhi said getting her attention. "Look, just because Kyoya is expected to marry this girl, doesn't mean that he likes her."

Tomoko sniffed. "Tamaki almost got married to this girl from France." Haruhi continued, looking out toward the sunset; her expression one of someone looking back…

"R-really?" Tomoko asked; Haruhi nodded.

"Yeah, it was set up…and at the time he and I weren't even together." Haruhi said smiling. "But I went after him…and when I did he came back with me. I guess he knew what he wanted…"

Tomoko managed to smile as well. "So you think that maybe…Kyoya likes me?"

"Yeah." Haruhi said, patting her shoulder. "I mean come on, Kyoya-senpai doesn't make stupid decisions. I think if he asked you out, he must have put some amount of thought into it…don't you?"

Tomoko smiled and nodded. "Yeah I guess so…"

The two girls laughed a bit, and Haruhi pulled her friend to her feet. "Now come on. Even the heartless shadow king, Kyoya has feelings every now and then. My guess is that he's worried about you."

With that the two girls made their way back to the academy.

Whether you feel bad about this or not…I'm still going to tear you apart for this Ootori! It doesn't matter to me that you're my boyfriend! You tight-ass rich kid! You're such a prick!