So this chapter is about four pages long. Shorter than my others, I know, but I've gotta save some of the action for the later chapters! Trust me, the next one is totally worth it!

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"Kyoya!" Tamaki looked his friend straight in the eye. It was the next day and he felt ready to change. "I did a lot of thinking last night and I've decided I need to change!"

Kyoya cracked a half-smile like he usually would. "Well that's good to hear; it certainly is a step in the right direction."

"Yup! I need to stop doing a lot of things and causing so much drama!"

"I couldn't agree more. Though I highly doubt you'll get Haruhi back by doing this, I think we'll all appreciate a change in-"

Tamaki's heart skipped. Did Kyoya know the main reason for his change? What else did he know? Did he somehow find out about his suicide attempt? "How…how did you know I want to get her back?"

"Um, Senpai?" came a voice from behind him. That voice belonged to Haruhi.

"Haruhi!" Tamaki's heart began to pound out of his chest. God, she was still just as beautiful to him. She looked up at him, a look of pure annoyance on her face. "H-how much have you heard?"

"Enough," she said. "Look, Kyoya-Senpai, may I have a word alone with Tamaki, please?"

Kyoya bit his lip. Even though he got upset at how Tamaki could easily stir up drama, he was concerned about how his friend would react to her, given how he had reacted to the breakup. "Do you think that's a good idea, Haruhi?"

"Look, it'll just take a second. You can wait around the corner or something; he'll be there in a moment." The shadow king huffed, giving in; he hated that Haruhi was so adamant, but he respected it at the same time. He walked down the hall and around the corner. Secretly he watched the two of them.

"Haruhi I-"Tamaki began. She cut him off.

"Tamaki-Senpai," The fact that she was calling him "Senpai" again really stung him. "I want to make this quick and painless…for both of us."

He was confused. "Both of us?"

"Yeah, believe me, this hurts me as well." She spoke with an even tone, though it was obvious to him that she was struggling to keep that tone. She wasn't lying. "But we aren't getting back together. I'm sorry. We can still be friends, though. I want to be."

Tears rolled down Tamaki's cheeks. "B-but why?" His voice caught up in the knot in his throat.

"It's like I said, Senpai. It's best for now that you focus on healing, and I need to focus on my studies. I really am sorry, but we're not getting back together. And the friendship won't work if you try to."

Tamaki felt sick to his stomach. He nodded to Haruhi and then walked down the hallway towards Kyoya.

"You going to be ok, Tamaki?" Kyoya asked once he saw the look on the blond's face.

Tamaki swallowed the lump in his throat. "Yeah. I'll be ok."

Kyoya smiled. "That's the spirit." He smiled and walked away. Tamaki waited until his friend was gone before running to the bathroom and throwing up from the stress.

This isn't working out. He thought. I'm going to actually need some help to get better.

There was only one thing he could think of to do. He cleaned himself up and headed to the counselor's office.

"Well Mr. Suoh, are we going to go through that again?" The school counselor asked as she tied her frizzy blond hair in a ponytail. Tamaki was back in her office- he had just told her about his suicide attempt.

Suicide attempt.

He cringed at the words. He felt so unimaginably dirty at the thought of them. He felt humiliated. Even when he stepped outside he felt like the whole knew that he had attempted- and that they knew the reason he had attempted. It was like it was written on his forehead: "I Was Dumped and then Tried to Off Myself." Knowing he couldn't tell his friends how he felt (them calling him a drama queen would make things a lot worse) he was trying, once again to get help from the school's counselor, although a conversation with her was as helpful as a hit to the nuts.

He sighed. "No I really don't want to." The prince nervously looked down at his lap and twiddled his thumbs. Something about this woman made him feel completely uneasy in her presence.

"You know I'm going to have to call your father, right?" she said, her tone was one that someone would use to speak to a child.

He glanced up at her. "Do you have to?" though he already knew the answer, he asked. His stomach was filling with dread at the prospect of having his father know about what had happened.

"Of course he does! He needs to know. It's part of my job to tell him if you hurt yourself or intend on hurting yourself."

Tamaki felt a chill go through his spine when she mentioned hurting himself. She hadn't asked how he was doing with the cutting. Frankly, he didn't want to tell her.

When he left her office to go back to class, he oddly enough felt angry. He knew it was unnecessary to be so angry, but from the way that woman had talked down to him, it made him madder and madder with each second he spent thinking about it.

It didn't matter anymore as to why. He'd only been trying to be happy for one day and she'd already ruined it. He realized he'd have to put up a front in front of his friends and pretend like he was better.

"Wow, Tamaki, you seem really cheery today!" complemented one of his guests.

It was true; he had had a big smile on his face the whole day.

"Yeah!" said another guest. "We thought for sure you would've been sad today!" The prince smiled once more, even though he was crying inside. His gaze every so often fell on the other side of the room where Haruhi was sitting.

It stung his heart knowing that it was his "bullshit problems" and "drama" that had caused their breakup. If only she could see how much he'd decided to change.

He turned back to his customers. "How could frown when I'm around such beautiful ladies. You three have eyes that shine like raindrops on beautiful flowers in early spring time!"

The girls sighed, hearts of Moe in their eyes. Across the room, Haruhi brought the tea over to her customers. She sat down and began to chat with the girls, her natural smile making them feel all fuzzy and warm. The prince missed the way that smile made him feel whenever she gave him one.

Tamaki looked back at his guests and smiled once more, blinking away the tears forming in his eyes.

"Mori-Senpai, who's that with Haruhi?" It was about a month after the dramatic breakup and Haruhi had just walked into the Host Club room, a young man carrying her books for her.

"His name is Sato Hideki. He's new." said Mori before Hunny came running over, Usa-chan in his arms.

"He's Haru-chan's new boyfriend!" A shock went up and down Tamaki's spine.

"He's bisexual and transferred here from an academy Tokyo when his family moved closer to here. His father owns a small, yet much favored law firm." Kyoya said, not looking up from his laptop. The Shadow King sat at a nearby table not looking up. He had decided to let go Tamaki's previous antics and understood that the break up would take a little time to get over, but Tamaki still needed to move on.

"Don't he and Haru-chan look cute together?" Hunny asked.

"How long have they been together?" Tamaki asked, the impending answer felt like a knife ready to stab him in the chest.

"Since this weekend." Hikaru answered.

"We hung out with them last night. They're basically made for each other!" Kaoru added.

That really twisted the knife. Tamaki looked over at the couple chatting on the couch. He held back tears as Hideki gave Haruhi a peck on the cheek. "Yeah…they look….adorable…"

His legs shook beneath him and he was ready to bolt to the closest bathroom and make a quick cut. But he gritted his teeth and scolded himself inwardly for even thinking about doing that.

Later that day, when he got home, he laid in bed with his favorite CD playing on a nearby boom box. He had been doing this after school for the past week, despite fooling everyone with a cheerful disposition.

He felt paralyzed as the full extent of things really hit him; someone he truly loved had broken his heart.

No she hadn't she'd shattered his heart.

He didn't hate her for it though; he didn't want to hate her for it. He understood and respected why she had done it, but that didn't make the hurt any less.

His head spun. He really wanted to cut right now.

But he knew he couldn't; he'd been controlling himself for a month now. (It helped that his father, after receiving the call from the counselor, had made a visit to the estate and made sure all the knives and sharp things were locked away and saw to it that the servants guarded them.) and he couldn't break that now.

But at the same time, he needed a release; some way of escape from the pain…

He rolled up his shirt sleeve and put his nails to his scarred wrist, ready to scratch.

That's when suddenly, an idea struck him. He was going to show Haruhi how self-controlled he truly was. His idea was simple, yet brilliant…

"A double date?" Haruhi raised her eyebrow at the young Suoh. "Senpai, are you sure that that's a good idea? I mean, after what's been happening with you and all, you seem too stressed for it to happen right now."

Tamaki froze. "What are you talking about? I've been really happy lately!"

Haruhi still was skeptical. "Be that as it may, maybe it's too soon…"

"Yeah besides, who are you dating, Suoh?" Hideki chimed in. "I haven't seen you with anyone.

That was true, Tamaki realized. He hadn't even thought of being with someone else when he and Haruhi broke up.

"Um, I want to be a surprise?" he said, a fake smile on his face. Haruhi and Hideki exchanged glances that suggested they really didn't believe him.

Before Tamaki could say another word, Kyoya closed his laptop and clapped his hands. "Alright everyone, our guests should be arriving any minute now.

"Oh, perhaps I should go then," Hideki said, standing up.

"No, that's ok, Sato-san." said Kyoya. "Maybe you'll want to join the Host club after seeing us in action?"

Before Tamaki knew what he was doing, he blurted out. "Yeah! Join us! It's a lot of fun!"

He had no idea what he was doing. It just came right out of him. "So is that a yes? Will you guys go on the double date?"

Haruhi and Hideki exchanged glances, completely unsure. They looked back at the prince.

"Sure, Suoh," said Hideki. "We'll go on the double date."

Tamaki felt so uplifted at hearing that.

But the euphoria was gone the moment he remembered one important detail- he didn't have a secret girlfriend. He needed a date.

As he watched the guests walk in and his first appointment sat down in front of him, he then knew where to get one.

Uh oh. What's our Host Club King going to do next?

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