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Haruhi's POV
"Tamaki?" I stepped closer into the room, it looked completely dark from the outside but the inside was full of bright light. I wasn't completely sure why I was there all I knew was I was looking for Tamaki. As I stumbled into the room and my eyes finally adjusted to the bright light I saw the room was plain with a big red arm chair in the middle of it. I approached it cautiously for it seemed to be enormous, towering over me like a giant. I peered round the chair only to see…
Tamaki! As soon as he saw me a big smile lit up his face.
"Hello Haruhi I've been waiting for you,"
"Errrm…"
His expression changed to that of utmost seriousness, and he pulled a finger up to his mouth, to show the conspiracy of a secret.
"There's something very important I need to tell you Haruhi. I mean you have a right to know after all-"
He trailed off; he seemed small and worried so I tapped him on the head comfortingly. "Tell me Tamaki I'll be here for you,"
"Well you see the thing is," I leaned in closer to hear his ever quietening voice.
"It's not like I still don't want to be your friend or anything but-"
"But what?"
He spoke gravely. "Haruhi… I'm gay. And there's someone I'd like you to meet, someone very important to me."
Out of a corner of the room, Charles, that guest from the hotel stepped out.
"Hello Haruhi." He said with a smile.
"This is my partner, Charles," He stood up and placed a hand on Charles bicep.
"Charles how could you? Do you know what this will do to Robbie?" I felt an outrage on behalf of his partner, and the room changed from a blinding white to dark red, a darker more sinister colour than the towering armchair.
"Don't talk to me about him." He said simply waving a hand in front of my face.
"Who is this Robbie you're talking about," Tamaki glanced between us, realisation dawning on his face. "Oh, oh I see how it is we're in a love square."
"Errrrm… what?"
"See I'm in love with Charles here, who's in love with Robbie secretly, whilst Robbie loves you, and of course you dear Haruhi love me," He stroke a dramatic pose.
"That doesn't even make any sense!"
"Haruhi!" Called a voice. "Haruhi!"
At that moment Honey and his toy rabbit, which was now massive emerged from yet another unknown place only, seating himself on the chair, with Honey perched on his head. "Love doesn't have to make sense Haru-chan."
"Haruhi!" It called again.
I nodded as the room got darker and darker and the voice got louder and louder.
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I suddenly felt someone shaking me. "Haruhi? Haruhi? HARUHI?" The strangely familiar voice got louder and louder. "Haruhi we need to wake up now."
"Five more minutes," I murmured, and snuggled deeper into my cushion.
"No not five more minutes we need to get to that church place early,"
I groaned and stretched slightly but still did open my eyes. I voiced my complaint to the pillow. "Why?"
"Well you were the one who said that's we would have to do,"
"Go away," I suddenly felt something soft and warm against my mouth, I opened my eyes. The events of yesterday all came rushing back to me.
"Mmmmm." Was my extremely intelligent response as Hikaru gathered me up in his arms and disposed me in the middle of the floor, chucking me one of my summer dresses.
"There, now get changed and I'll meet you downstairs at the breakfast table," He paused at the door leaning lazily against the frame. "Oh and bring your camera you'll probably want to take some pictures of the sites."
Ah that's right we agreed yesterday to go round the famous places of Mykonos today first up being the Paraportiani. I'd even made a schedule in my midst of madness, I'd been desperately been trying to take my mind off Tamaki and being neat and organized seemed to just about work, making me tired enough that I'd actually sleep. I resisted the urge to just lie on the floor and go back to sleep, instead I chuck on the dress and ran down stairs, surprising Hikaru as I launch at him from behind covering his eyes.
"Guess who?"
He smiled a Cheshire cat grin. "Hmmmm, you'll have to kiss me so I can tell,"
I whacked him on the arm. "What sort of an answer is that?"
"The right one."
The Australian family walked past
"Y'ouse looking very comfy," Shaun grinned. "I remember when I was your age going out with the missus."
His wife giggled and elbowed his conspiratorially, whilst his son moaned about how early it was, and why did the planes have to take off this early anyway. I couldn't help but smile at the family scene, even if I had a bit of trouble understanding what they were a saying.
Hikaru grabbed my hand quickly to get away from our fellow hotel guests. "Come on, we better get a move on... so where exactly are we going?"
"The Paraportiani, it's supposed to look beautiful at sunrise," I'd seen pictures of it and I couldn't wait to see it first hand.
"And what is this para thingy place?"
"Para-Port-ian-i!" I stressed each of the sounds, trying to get him to say it correctly.
"Yeah, I'm just gonna call it the church place."
Luckily for us the 'church place' was nearby the hotel whereas we would have to risk using a taxi to get to the windmills we were seeing later. And as a spot the tell-tale white walls in the distance, I wasn't disappointed. The first thing that struck me was how clean and pure everything was and how it overlaid in the jaw dropping sunrise which reflected out onto the water, the long walls spread over a long distance, and rose high into the air with a dome shape. It was easy to see why so many people came here. I took a few photos before settling on a wall and swinging my legs, basking in the warmth from the sun. I shut my eyes and almost forgot where I was for a moment, allowing a content smile to spread across my face. Hikaru came over resting his chin on my head, why did he have to be so damn tall?
"You alright?" He asked casually as he wrapped his arms around me.
"I guess." I couldn't give an exact answer right then I was simply just alright to be.
"So we're a couple now?"
I sighed, getting rather fed up with all the questions, and I wanted to simply just not think for a bit. "Yeah."
"And Tamaki?"
Don't talk about him I wanted to say, but I choose to avoid the subject, for now. "We can sort him out when we get home,"
"I like the sound of 'we',"
I grinned as I snuggled in closer to his warm body. Hikaru brought out a side in me I didn't really realise I had; a more playful side that let me exchange banter and flirt, it let me cuddle him when being close was never the sort of thing I usually did, I have always been on my own never had to rely on anyone. That's why I didn't need hugs and reassurances; well at least that's what I tell myself. We spent a while more sitting there and watching the sun rise and turn to its usual azure colour. Eventually after looking around and taking photos we picked up some lunch at a local cafe before setting off to find a taxi.
Hikaru POV
The sun was out, and it was the perfect day to end the holidays. But we had a tight schedule to keep to, which did involve packing. But hey ho, we had had a great morning, and the plan for the rest for the day seemed good as well. Haruhi had planned it down to a tee, so nothing was going to go wrong. Hopefully.
14:00: Trip to see the windmills.
15:30: Leave windmills, go for a walk along the seafront and try to spot some wildlife.
17:00: Go back to hotel to change for evening meal.
17:30: Walk to restaurant.
18:00: Have meal.
Notes: Make sure Hikaru finishes packing.
"Come on Hikaru, at 14:00 hours we need to leave to get to the windmills. You have exactly 6 minutes to finish that dessert."
"Okay, Okay, I'm nearly done. I am just trying not to get indigestion thank you very much."
"I don't care! Hurry up!" She was snapping now. I shovel in the rest of my lemon tart, follow her out the hotel restaurant, choosing for now not to comment on her irritation.
Don't really see what all the hype about the windmills was, but it was fun all the same. Walking hand-in-hand with Haruhi, and listening to her nattering away about historical stuff was quite relaxing really. We broke away from the tour group, and walked up the hill above the windmills. From here, you could see the whole of Mykonos practically. We were right in the centre of quite a busy resort, but up here it was almost silent. I put my arm round Haruhi's waist, and pulled her close to me. She put her arms around my neck and grinned that lovely grin she has. I leaned in and we kissed for what seemed like forever, as I breathed in her unique scent. I just wanted to freeze that moment right there, I wanted to stay in Mykonos and have a good life with Haruhi. But that was just a dream, and I knew it wasn't going to come true.
"Let's go." I said, and we ran down the hill, still holding hands. I broke away and raced her to the bottom. I won of course, but I decided not to brag about it, well not too much
"Hey look! Just on time as well. 15:30 'spot some wildlife'."
"What? Where? Huh?" I was confused, or rather still basking in the glory of winning.
"A pelican you fool! Just ahead of us! They are like the mascots of the island you know. Did you not do any research on the island before we came?"
"I didn't realise I was going to be interrogated okay! I thought it was a 'holiday'."
So maybe she likes learning, could be a worse trait. Anyway, we walk along the seafront for a bit, with an un-scheduled ice cream break, it was fun to mess around with Haruhi's controlled plan, but I don't think she minded too much.
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"I'll have the umm...lobster? And you Haruhi?" We'd arrived at the restaurant just in time for our reservation, it wasn't very large but it had a great view of the sea.
"The chicken with the cream sauce sounds good. Yes, I'll have that."
So the food was on its way, and this was the time we were meant to talk. Y'know, make conversation whilst you're waiting. At the beginning of this holiday it wouldn't have been as easy, but now we were talking about anything that came to mind, laughing and being stupid. It seemed just right for us to be a couple. And who knew how the club is going to react, especially Tamaki. But we weren't even going to think about him, we lived for the moment.
"Hey babes." Okay, I did not see this one coming; you'd think she'd have taken the hint by now.
"Get lost freak, we're together now, it's definitely not going to happen." I grabbed Haruhi's hand under the table, but she seemed to be fine. Actually I think she may be hiding laughter behind her other hand.
"Well if that's how you think, then it's your loss. Trust me, you don't know what you're missing out on beauts." Ugghhh...I can't even mention what she did next. Explicit. But Haruhi couldn't hold it in any longer. She just exploded with laughter! I didn't know how else to describe it, honestly. We get a few weird looks from the surrounding tables, but I didn't care. I was having a fun time with my girlfriend.
The food is delicious, as is anything on this island. We even order pudding, though we know that we're both full to the brim. To work off the calories from the meal, we decided to go on a walk and get our last proper look at the island. The sun set a while ago, but the stars were visible in the sky and as we sat down briefly on a bench and Haruhi took on that oddly endearing glazed over look over hers, I found myself thinking of how I'd never really felt like this about anyone before. I cared about Kaoru so much, but not like this. I wasn't looking at any of the beauty around me; I was looking at Haruhi because she was honestly far more beautiful. And I could write love songs and poems and be one of those romanticised I had always despised but I really couldn't help it. It was crazy, and it was amazing.
"Haruhi?" I began cautiously. "Are we going to be alright, this isn't all some dream that will be over as soon as we get home is it?"
Because this doubt and worry had been eating away at me for days and I needed to talk about it.
She doesn't reply for a while and I feel worried that she's going to confirm what a small part of me has been screaming all along, the Greece air had done strange things to her head, and she'd much rather have Tamaki.
"I know this isn't what you want to hear," She said looking me square in the eyes, and my heart sunk. "But I don't really know, sometimes I feel like we should be together, and we're great and everything but other times I feel awful for betraying Tamaki and I don't know what I'm doing," She took my hand and I almost wanted to let go and run away, fed up with her indecision. "Right now, I want to be with you Hikaru, please be patient with me, I know this is difficult." Then she leaned across at kissed my cheek. Before getting up and leaving, I waited a while before following her back to the hotel. There were some things I needed to think about.
Kaoru's POV
Well that's it today is the day they release me from hospital, I feel fine but they have to be perfectly sure, can't release an important patient unwell now can they? It also gives me a chance to prepare a welcome home party for Hikaru and Haruhi. It'll be great to see Hikaru again; talking on the phone isn't enough. I wonder if things will have changed between those two, Hikaru can be quite dense about his feelings, I realised long ago how he felt about Haruhi, and how I felt too. Because I couldn't hurt my brother, I pushed my feelings aside. I mean she's just a girl, but Hikaru is family, and he's all I've had for nearly all my life; I decided to put his happiness before my own.
My thoughts eventually came to Ami, It was going to be weird not seeing her every day, weird not having our daily banter, weird not trying to figure out the mysteries of her past, weird not seeing that soppy smile on her face when she spotted her sister. Life was going to be a bit duller without Ami around.
"Hey, I'll soon be rid of you for good." I heard the familiar voice to my side .
I gave Ami a pout. "Aw you don't mean that." And she probably doesn't, I think the chip her shoulder has gone away slightly the more time we've spent together.
"I think I do." And I think she's lying, but we go back to our usual banter anyway.
"No because I know you love me really."
"Well if you want to fool yourself into believing that, go ahead."
"You just can't admit that you've really fallen for me so you use your anger as a distraction to your true feelings."
She was tittered though she tried to hide it by hitting me lightly on the head with her clip board.
"That was assault!" I gave her the evil Hitachiin smile. "You are so going to pay for that,"
She raised an eyebrow. "No one will blame me since it was self-defense,"
"From what?"
"Emotional assault."
"Oh, so I hurt your feelings?"
"I do have them, you know?" She spoke almost angrily, although from the distant look in her eyes I could tell she was thinking of something else. Not all her anger was entirely directed at me.
"Yeah I know." I was surprised how softly I was speaking.
She gave me a small smile; I think it may be the first she's ever given me. "Most people forget."
It was quiet for a few moments as we both reflected over our time together avoiding each other's eyes. It was too tense and so as usual I cracked a joke to break the tension.
"Though I'm sure about ninety percent of those feelings are anger." Her response was her well perfected eye roll.
"Let's get you checked over then so you can go home, you probably could have gone home a while ago but they're so damn strict about when you're allowed home."
I was given the all clear, finally, and arrangements were made for me to be picked up. Just as Ami was turning to leave I had a sudden thought. This could be the last time I ever saw her, and on impulse I grabbed her arm, and when she turned around expectantly, I had no clue what to say. She gave another smile, seeing my almost embarrassed expression, and ruffled my hair, which I had a feeling was meant to annoy me at first, but turned out to be oddly affectionate.
"Bye Kaoru." And with that she walked out of my life. The mysteries of Ami would remain unknown and I would have to get back on with my life, and hope my idiotic twin hadn't caused too much trouble whilst he was away...
