Tension could be cut with a knife. Even with the sun shining brightly down onto Ouran Academy, a dark cloud fell upon class 1-A. The majority of the class had no idea of what happened, but they could just sense the negative vibes feeding off of Hikaru. That's not mentioning the down Kaoru and Haruhi. Kaoru traded seats with her so that she wouldn't be next to his brother. He wanted to be angry with her for hurting his twin but he didn't have the heart to. She wasn't his priority anyway. Once in awhile, he glanced back at the empty seat behind Hikaru. His heart would ache just a bit, but he knew he wasn't hurting nearly as bad as his other. He couldn't a word out of the disheartened Hikaru in the previous evening. Not a single word about Haruhi. He didn't even bother asking him about Lilith. During the entire school day, Kaoru had to speak for Hikaru. Hikaru hasn't said anything since he yelled at Lilith. Tamaki had decided to cancel the host club for the day, with Kyoya's permission. Everyone's spirits were shaken. They all heard Hikaru's shout from yesterday. They didn't tell anyone in the club though. Once everyone was at the club room, Tamaki barricaded the doors.

"Sempai?" Haruhi asked, puzzled.

Instead of looking at her though, he made his way over to the twins who were sitting on their couch. "It's time to talk," he told them.

"It's none of your business," Hikaru muttered.

Tamaki was the last person he wanted to talk to. Tamaki was about to lecture him, at least that was until what he called a barricade broke. An enraged Renge burst into the room. Slamming the door being her, she stomped up to the hosts. She stood right in front of the twins and grabbed their necks. Kaoru looked up at her surprised while Kaoru simply gave her a glare.

"Which one of you hurt her?" she asked menacingly.

Kaoru looked at Hikaru concerned which answered her question. She let go of Kaoru and brought her narrow eyes in front of his. "What?" he hissed.

"You... What did you do to Lilith?"

"Nothing."

"Really? Are you not even the tiniest bit curious of where she is right now?" She stood up straight, letting his neck free. Then she looked at the rest of the members asking, "I'm sure you boys are wondering where she is, right?" After receiving silent nods from them, she looked back at down at Hikaru, wanting him to feel small. "She went back to Father's house, in France."

"So what?" he asked boredly.

Filled to the brim with rage, she punched him square in the jaw. A low growl emitted from his chest and he stood up so that he could look down at her. He was clenching his fists so tightly that they were shaking. She had no problem with glaring him still.

"How slow can you be? How do you not get it? Have you already forgotten how she was when she got here? Thanks to everyone here, she was actually enjoying herself. I've never seen her so happy before, ever. You were a main reason behind that smile. But because you acted like a damned child she's worse than ever before. Thanks for everything Hikaru Hitachii-"

"SHUT UP!" he shouted at the top of his lungs, cutting her off.

He was just shaking with rage. His jaw was quickly swelling. Unable to take it anymore, he ran out of the room. Kaoru sighed and stood up. Before following him, he rested his hand on Renge's shoulder. He apologized on their behalf and then set out for his brother. Just as he grabbed the door handle, Honey grasped onto his wrist. Before there was any questioning, he pulled him back over to the group.

As he pulled him back down on the couch, Honey explained, "if you're always going to help him, he'll stay this way forever Kao-chan. Let him think things though himself, 'kay?"

Kaoru sighed and ran his fingers through his hair saying, "that won't be difficult since he's not talking to me anyway."

"Kao-chan..."

"I'm sorry Honey-sempai, but I've never seen him like this before. I can't leave his side. He might end up doing something reckless."

With that, he stood up and left the room.

The next day, Hikaru didn't bother going to school and Kaoru didn't bother forcing him. Haruhi felt completely horrible for hurting Hikaru but she admitted to Kaoru that her answer wouldn't change. She did tell him something that intrigued him though. She told him how Lilith would call out to his brother in her sleep. He just smiled at that. At the club, he did whatever he could to keep his guests at least from getting bored. It was his most challenging acting so far. He just explained to the guests that Hikaru wasn't feeling well, and he tried to excessively show how worried he was. He was just relieved that they felt for it. The only real emotion he had for his twin was frustration. Even so, he decided that he would do whatever he could. On his way home, he pulled out his phone. He opened his photo folder and scrolled down to a particular one. He smiled bitterly when he found the picture he was looking for. He opened it up and looked at it. The picture was taken the first day that Lilith was staying at his place. In the image, Hikaru and Lilith were sleeping peacefully. They were leaning against each other with their heads propped against each other's perfectly. Sighing deeply, he sent the photo to the runaway. Less than a minute later, his phone range.

He pressed the phone to her ear and Lilith's voice came through, "why did you send this to me..?"

He could very easily tell from her voice that she's been crying. He clenched his free hand as he said, "because I don't want what happened yesterday to blind you of how well you two got along."

"I thought you liked me... I don't get it..."

"It's because of that I realized how good you two are together. You realized yourself that you had fallen for him."

Her voice was quickly becoming weaker but she continued talking, "either way... There's no way I can face him... It's cowardly, but that's why I fled..."

"Please Lilith... Please take care of yourself..."

Those words disintegrated her last defense. She just broke down. Just before she ended the call she quivered, "I'm sorry but I can't talk anymore..."

Even though she ended the call, he kept the phone to his ear. He didn't know how to feel. Sad? Angry? Confused? There were so many emotions flowing through him that he didn't know why he wasn't imploding yet.

Once a week passed, everyone simply just gave up on Hikaru. No matter what everyone did for him, his attitude would not alter in the slightest. Even Kaoru was disheartened. With Tamaki's grandmother coming into the picture now, his situation was simply pushed aside. Really, compared to the witch, Hikaru's problem turned to child's play. Truly, he was relieved by that. He was sick and tired of everyone telling him what to do. Just because he's in a bad mood doesn't mean he's an idiot. Not even just that. He was sick of Haruhi ignoring him. Just because he liked her doesn't make him a disease. In class, Kaoru kept sitting next to him so he never had a chance to talk to her. That wasn't the worst though, not by a long shot. Her damned sister, Renge, would harass him every single day of class. She was making his life a living hell. He was near ready to pull his hair out. He took the new situation as a blessing so that he could get a break. Even so, even if the woman he yearned is yearning for another, he would have done anything for Tamaki. But, when Tamaki asked if he and Kaoru would go to France with him, he couldn't agree. He knew he still couldn't face her and being in France would only make him feel worse. As long as he knew she was alive, he was content. He knew that Kaoru would talk to her from time to time. For what she told him, there hasn't been a glimpse of her father.

After a month passed, things were finally calming down. Tamaki had returned home and before anyone knew it, he was together with Haruhi. Everyone was happy for them, even the twins. Hikaru was ecstatic that Haruhi was finally noticing him again. She went back to sitting between the twins in class. Kaoru was simply thrilled to see his brother finally returning to his old self. Things were finally returning to how things were before the major roadblocks. Even so, everyone knew that there was a key item missing to make things truly calm. Everyone went back to lecturing Hikaru. He didn't allow anger to consume him anymore. He used up all his anger. Instead, he gets a numb sensation. However, that doesn't mean he listened to any of his fellow club members. He learned how to detect when someone was about to mention her to him. When that happens, he would just walk away or simply tune them out. Even so, everyone kept talking to him. Only one person was able to break through his impenetrable barriers.

"What will you do if you never get to see her again?"

Haruhi's words kept annoyingly repeating through his mind. He was just lying in bed, staring at the ceiling. The crickets chirping and the owls hooting weren't enough to make her words vanish. Glancing over his left shoulder, he watched the one he put the most trouble on. Even so, he wouldn't leave his side. He felt horrible for putting him through so much trouble. After feeling enough guilt, he looked back at the ceiling. For the life of him, he could not get himself to sleep. Those damned words kept haunting him. If it wasn't for Kaoru, he would blast music in the room to at least hear different words. His mp3 player was dead and he had no idea where the charger for it was. Unable to take the sound of simply nature anymore, he sat up. He got off the bed, and looked out the window. The bright moon illuminated his property. He could barely make out Sapphire. Ever since her owner left, she hasn't been energetic in the least. The majority of the time she just lies there. She'll only eat when she can't take the hunger any longer. All she wanted was her owner back. Clutching his fists, he walked over to the closet. He got dressed and pulled his backpack out. He quickly packed it. He almost packed his laptop but first, he turned it on. As he messed with it, Kaoru stirred from the bright light from the computer reflecting in the room. Still half asleep, he sat up and looked over at his brother.

"What are you doing..?" he asked with a yawn.

"I miss her," he answered, finalizing his purchase of a plane ticket.

"Hikaru!" he exclaimed, jumping out of bed. He ran over to him and held him tightly. "Go get her."

He held him just as tightly while saying, "thank you."

"Do you want me to go with you?"

He grinned at his brother and answered, "nah, I got this."

"Good."

"Well I got to go to make the flight on time," he said as he stood up with his bag.

"Good luck."

"Man, who could resist this?"

"Haruhi."

He slumped over and looked at him annoyed saying, "don't lower my spirits now..."

Chuckling, Kaoru patted his back saying, "be careful."

He nodded and left the room. Even though it was extremely early in the morning, Kaoru texted everyone about what just happened.