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Chapter 11

Muffled noises, bright lights, something…someone standing over Haruhi. A few people. What was going on? Who were these people? Why were the lights so bright? Haruhi felt her head spin and get heavy. She passed out before she knew anything.

(LATER)

All was quiet except for the steady beeping of a machine. Haruhi started to wake up. It seemed harder than usual. She felt weak. She could just barely feel the iv in her arm and the few other things hooked up to her in various places. Eventually, it became too hard to wake up fully and she allowed herself to fall back asleep. Unfortunately then she had a nightmare.

She and Hiroki were in his car. They were talking, but it sounded muffled. Then there was a bright light…two bright lights…like head lights…then she jerked awake. She gasped and tried to sit up, only to feel intense pain and collapse on the bed again.

Haruhi looked around the room. Was this a hospital room? Why was she here? The memories were slowly coming back. The zoo, the hunt for the keys, trying to break into the car, the talk….the crash.

'So it wasn't a dream…' she thought sadly. Then a sudden realization hit her. Where was Hiroki? Was he ok? Was he here somewhere? How badly was he hurt? She started to panic.

A nurse walked in and Haruhi immediately started asking her questions.

"Onegai, ochitsuite," (Please, calm down) the nurse said as she crossed the room.

"Where is Hiroki? Is he ok?" Haruhi asked with panic dominant in her voice.

"Gomen, I don't know. I started my shift a few minutes ago," the nurse said.

"D-demo…"

"I will find out what I can once I'm done, k?"

Haruhi nodded. She noticed the nurse's nametag said Chiyo. She had long blonde hair, green eyes, and she looked very petite, but still strong. Chiyo checked Haruhi's chart, monitors, and injuries. Haruhi now noticed her injuries. Her left arm was broken, her ribs sore and the nurse told her a few had broken, her legs had been cut (and they were VERY deep cuts too), and she had smacked she had multiple cuts on her head (apparently from hitting the window). She couldn't believe it was this serious, and she wasn't even on the side that got hit. She could only imagine how hurt Hiroki could be.

Chiyo left and Haruhi waited impatiently for her to come back. She just had to know if Hiroki was okay. As long he was alive, she didn't care what happened to her. That's when she realized, she really did love him…and she never told him. She didn't want to say it if she didn't mean it. She knew she liked him, and that she was attracted to him, and that she at least loved him as a friend, but she was always afraid that she didn't love him as more than that. What if it was all hormones or something? She didn't want to hurt him like that. Now she knew for sure. She loved Hiroki. She really did.

"Please be ok…please be alive…so I can tell you…so we can be happy together…" Haruhi mumbled.

What seemed like forever later, Chiyo came back.

"Do you know how Hiroki is? Is he alright?" Haruhi asked with a desperate look.

"I'm sorry…" Chiyo said slowly, sadly.

Haruhi's heart stopped. 'Please no," she thought as panic threatened to overtake her.

"Hiroki-san is…d-dead…he was pronounced dead at the scene. I was told he died immediately and felt no pain. I'm very sorry for your loss," Chiyo said as she bowed.

"I-Iie…he can't be…" Haruhi choked out as tears welled in her eyes.

"Gomen…can…can I get you anything? A drink?" Chiyo asked.

Haruhi slowly shook her head. Hiroki was…dead…

'How could he leave me? He's the one who said I needed to be taken care of…HOW COULD HE LEAVE ME LIKE THIS?' Haruhi screamed in her head. Tears rolled down her cheeks. She was alone again. She lost Hiroki…the man she loved more than anything…and she never told him how she felt. Now she never could…he'd never know how she felt…she cried for hours. A few nurses came in at certain times to check on her, and she basically ignored them. She didn't really ignore them on purpose, she just didn't really notice them. She cried herself to sleep that night.

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Haruhi did not come to school the next day. The Hosts were worried, as usual. Tamaki was freaking out and ranting and rambling off stupid theories for why Haruhi wasn't there. So since he was no help, the twins sent Kyouya to gather information. The teachers wouldn't say anything, and the Hosts kind of doubted they knew anything anyway.

After Kyouya came back with VERY little information on Haruhi, they decided to go to her house. Kyouya called for the limo and they all piled in. The drive seemed to take forever, especially since Tamaki wouldn't shut up for ONE SECOND the ENTIRE ride!

When they got there, they all jumped out and ran to the door. They pounded on the door, rang the doorbell, and looked in the windows. No one answered, the lights were off, but there was a chance she was home. So they had Kyouya pick the lock, only he took too long, so Kaoru took over. (And yes, the twins did tease Kyouya a lot for a long time about it.)

They searched the house, no one was home. They searched all day for her. They checked the mall, downtown, the park, even the pool. Where was she?

End of chapter 11. Hope ya like it. Sorry it took so long, I couldn't write much (let alone THINK) because of Christmas. Don't worry, the next post should be sooner, I'm workin' on it right now. And by the way, can you tell I don't like Tamaki? Dang! *sarcastic tone* I tried sooo hard to hide it! Anyway, please R&R. Luv ya, merry (late) Christmas, bye. *weak smile*