Kaoru was waiting in the waiting room when Kyouya, Honey, Takashi and Haruhi made it to the hospital. The younger Hitachiin was sitting there with his hands balled into fists that rested on his lap, and his eyes lacked their usual luster. He didn't look up, even when his friends called his name, so Haruhi kneeled down in front of him.

He looked into her deep brown eyes and then looked away. Kaoru gasped when Haruhi suddenly pulled him into her embrace and whispered softly in his ear, "I'm sorry."

Those words were said, and they were all Kaoru needed to break down.

He couldn't control his sobs or the tears that were spilling down at a rapid rate. It was all Haruhi could do to just stay there and hug him. She looked up, tears brimming at her eyes, and saw Kyouya leaning against a wall, talking on his phone and Takashi and Honey seemed to have disappeared.

That's when she heard it. At first, it was a distant cry, and she could hear footsteps and several people yelling. And somewhere out there in the many halls of the hospital she could hear someone calling her name. "Haruhi!"

She gasped and momentarily let go of Kaoru so that she could look around. The voice sounded familiar, but she couldn't exactly put her finger on who the voice belonged to. She turned around to see if Kaoru heard the voice as well, but when she turned around she didn't see Kaoru at all. Instead, she saw a man with red locks, looking incredibly exhausted in all aspects of the word.

Too stunned to say anything, she backed up- only to back up right into someone's body. She let out a surprised shriek and turned around. His blond hair was in his eyes and he was panting heavily as if he had been running for all that he was worth- and he went by the name of Suoh Tamaki.

"T-Tamaki-san," Haruhi breathed, and remembering the person behind her she swiftly swept around, only to find that it was once again Kaoru sitting in the pale green chair. Kaoru was slumped down in the chair, though he had stopped crying.

"Hello Tamaki," Kyouya greeted as he walked up to his best friend.

"Is Hikaru alright?" Tamaki immediately asked.

"They won't tell us anything yet, but I made sure that we'll find out soon." Kyouya explained.

While the two talked, Haruhi felt as if she was a child lost in an extremely big amusement park. She wobbled to the chair beside Kaoru and held her now aching head. While she had been experiencing visions like that before, they were never so vivid…never so real.

Hands landed on her shoulders, and she saw Tamaki's bright eyes staring at her. "Haruhi, are you okay?"

She nodded slowly and Tamaki backed away a bit, a concerned look on his face that told Haruhi that he hadn't believed her at all.

"Haruhi, hot chocolate," the familiar voice of Takashi said, and Haruhi took the hot cup that was being handed to her.

Now Honey and Takashi were seated on the left of her, and the blank-faced Kaoru was on her right. Honey sipped his drink slowly as Takashi had instructed, and Haruhi followed suite.

"How'd you get here so fast Tama-chan?" Honey asked the other blond, and Tamaki was seemingly snapped out of his daze.

"I was already on my way back actually," he said, "That's when Kyouya called me and told me what happened- of course I rushed over to see about my fellow club member."

"So you were coming back early?" Honey asked.

Tamaki shook his head and looked down at his own mug that Kyouya had been kind enough to give him. "I'm only here for today. I…just wanted to see everyone…but I didn't know that something like this had happened."

He looked up then and said, "I'm leaving back out tomorrow morning."

There was an awkward silence then, for no one really felt like talking. Awhile later a man dressed in all white came out and greeted them.

"You can see him now but not for too long…he needs his rest," he explained as he ushered the group into Hikaru's private room.

Haruhi tilted her head to the side when a woman with short hair that matched Hikaru and Kaoru's in color slowly stood from where she had been sitting, which was right next to Hikaru's bedside, and come their way along with a man that had been standing already.

The woman hugged Kaoru and nodded at Kyouya and some of the other hosts, then smiled a bit at Haruhi before making her way out of the room with her husband.

And when Haruhi finally regained her composure she realized that Kaoru was already holding Hikaru's hand. She slowly walked over to the bed, afraid of what she might see.

"I'm sorry Hikaru," Kaoru was saying, though Hikaru's eyes were closed and Haruhi wasn't sure if he was awake at the moment. "Y-you saved me Hikaru…but…but I wish you would've just let me get ran over!"

Hikaru's eyes fluttered open, and everyone around him could see a faint smile tugging at the corners of his lips. "You know I couldn't do that," he whispered in a raspy voice that didn't match Hikaru's normal voice at all.

Kaoru laid the front of his body on the bed and said nothing more, though his brain held many come-backs.

A hand that gently squeezed her shoulder let her know that it was time to go, and she turned and walked by Takashi's side. When they were out of the room, Tamaki hugged her body close to his until she thought that he had somehow managed to glue their bodies together.

Then he pulled away, and said a sad farewell to Haruhi before Kyouya walked him out of the hospital. Takashi stared at Tamaki's back as he left, an unfamiliar feeling built in his chest. But he looked back at Haruhi and the feelings retreated, for now he had her to himself again.

"Do you want to stay, Haru-chan? We'll stay if you want to." Honey said, and right after that he let out a big yawn.

Haruhi sighed and shook her head slowly, "No…it's probably best if we just go home. We can visit Hikaru again in the morning, right?"

Takashi nodded, and Haruhi told them that she was going to go and say good-bye to the twins. She gently pushed the door open and found Hikaru and Kaoru in the same position they had been in earlier (Hikaru couldn't move much anyways).

She walked to the bed and laid her hand on Kaoru's shoulder. He looked up at her, then back at Hikaru. The older Hitachiin was looking at Haruhi, and his lips were parted as if he was going to say something but Haruhi beat him to it.

"I'm really sorry Hikaru…for all the trouble I've caused."

"Haruhi…didn't cause trouble," Hikaru whispered so lowly that she had to strain to hear. "I did."

"Hikaru…"

"…I'm sorry…"

Haruhi had nothing to say on the ride to Takashi's house. All she wanted was to go to bed, for it was now almost three in the morning and she hadn't gotten a chance to sleep with everything that had happened before. But sleep didn't come easy to her at all, even when she was in her warm bed.

So she walked over to Takashi's room, and found the stoic teenager still wide awake. When he saw her he looked up, and she could momentarily see concern etched on his features before he washed it away with practiced ease.

He patted the spot next to him, and Haruhi sat next to him. He handed her a book that he pulled from the dresser next to him and said, "Good book."

Haruhi nodded and opened the book to the first page. She smiled, and then began to read the book out loud to him. As she lost herself in the mystery book, Takashi smiled softly, thoroughly enjoying the way she moved her finger along the pages as she read each sentence and the way she sometimes stopped to move her bangs out of her eyes.

Even if it was for just a moment, Takashi felt completely at peace.


"I missed my lovely daughter so much," Tamaki told Kyouya, as they rode in the limo.

Kyouya was itching to say something evil to Tamaki, but he decided to go with a different route.

"Didn't I tell you not to get attached?"

"Well, yes but…" Tamaki began, "Haruhi is too cute! Who couldn't get a bit attached?"

"You're looking at him." Kyouya stated.

"Then…I suppose you haven't spent time with her."

"I have when it was necessary," Kyouya replied and Tamaki shifted in his seat a little. There seemed nothing left to be said, even though Tamaki had the urge to talk a mile a minute to the friend he hadn't seen in what seemed like ages.

They were left in an awkward silence, in which Tamaki amused himself with fiddling with his hair and Kyouya took to typing diligently on his laptop. That was when, seemingly out of the blue, Kyouya said, "But…she is quite an interesting person."

Tamaki could only smile slightly, for it seemed that Kyouya finally approved of Haruhi….if only just a bit, that was all that mattered.


Haruhi breathed in heavily when she awoke hours later. Lifting herself up, her hand touched something hard- yet soft at the same time. That's when she rubbed the sleep from her eyes and took a look at what- or who, she had been sleeping on.

A blush spread across her cheeks when she realized that she had previously been lying on Takashi. Her head had been resting on his chest, and- her arms wandered down to where she felt warmth on her waist- one of his arms was crossed protectively around her waist, as if he had been holding her closely to his body.

Haruhi sighed and gently removed his arms from her body. She didn't mind so much that they had been in that position…she was sure that they hadn't done anything wrong after all…but she didn't want anyone finding them like that either. As far as she was concerned and from what she had seen, everyone respected the Morinozuka greatly. But she figured that if anyone saw him asleep with her like that, then matter might not go so smoothly. And destroying Takashi's reputation was one of the last things Haruhi wanted to do.

While thinking all that, she tidied the room as much as she could without waking the gentle giant. When she put the book back where Takashi had retrieved it from, her eyes glanced across his body. Though Haruhi wasn't the type to swoon, or fall in love at first sight, she did have to admire his toned, slightly tanned body. That and she couldn't help but chuckle a bit at his wild hair. Though his hair was always spiked- when he slept on it she found it well, a bit "wild."

His eyes immediately snapped open when his ears picked up her soft chuckle, and Haruhi stood frozen momentarily as his eyes swept over her. She only relaxed when a small smile graced his features and he slowly sat up in the bed.

"Good morning Mori-san," Haruhi greeted warmly.

"Ohayo," he replied, sweeping his long legs out of the bed and landing them on the floor.

"Breakfast," Takashi asked, pointing to the door and when Haruhi smiled and nodded they ventured down to one of Takashi's many kitchens, where they found that it was not breakfast at all and that it was high time for lunch.

While they ate at a small table- Haruhi was surprised that there was actually a small table in the house- with a white cloth draped over it and their lunch sat atop of it, they talked and laughed about little, simple things. When they had finished the tasty food Takashi went to take a phone call, which turned out to be his cousin.

"Mitsukuni is on his way," Takashi said when he stepped back into the room.

"We're going to see Hikaru?" Haruhi asked, and the urgent tone in her voice put Takashi on edge.

Haruhi blinked when she noticed that his muscles tensed up slightly, yet his face showed no signs of hardly any emotion at all. But it was almost as if it had been her imagination because his muscles soon relaxed again, and he nodded his affirmative to her question with the same stone face that he normally carried.

When Honey was at the mansion, and they all packed themselves in his ride, Haruhi was still wondering what had momentarily bothered Takashi.

Takashi stood to the side, away from Haruhi and away from Hikaru. There was nothing he could do to avert Haruhi's attention away from the Hitachiin, and even if he could distract her from him, he knew in his heart that something like that wouldn't be the right thing to do. It wouldn't be right for Hikaru and it surely wouldn't be right for Haruhi.

So he could only stand there and watch as Haruhi spent time with Hikaru and Kaoru- all things seemed to have been forgiven and put behind the three for the time being- and Takashi wanted so badly to drag Haruhi away from them because of the light laughter that circulated around the room.

Even Honey joined in the on the merry-making, much to Takashi's displeasure. Everyone was having fun except him! Takashi tensed a bit when Honey sent him a look from over his shoulder…and that look said "we'll take about this later."

So Takashi did the best he could to also seem happy, and it seemed to be working on everyone except Honey- and Haruhi. Every so often she would also give him an eye, and beyond everything it made him nervous. Yet later he realized that it also made him a bit happy…because Haruhi could see right through him just as Honey could.


"Takashi is jealous," Honey said as he licked his ice cream cone so that it wouldn't drip onto the floor. Honey, Takashi and Haruhi were at an ice-cream parlor, and Haruhi had gone off to the bathroom.

Takashi only raised his eyebrows up in surprise, as if to say, "What in the world are you talking about?"

"You're jealous of Hika-chan," Honey whispered.

"I'm worried for Haruhi." Takashi explained, "When Hikaru is around."

"You're jealous…and you want to keep Haru-chan from getting hurt," Honey concluded, causing Takashi to look away in embarrassment. But Honey only smiled widely and exclaimed when Haruhi approached the scene, "Yay! Haru-chan is back!"

"Um…you guys wouldn't happen to know her would you?" Haruhi asked, pointing to a bush that sat in a red and blue vase not too far off from their booth.

"You mean that plant?" Honey asked, tilting his head to the side.

"What? No! There's a girl behind the bush!" Haruhi practically yelled.

"Hontou?" Honey asked, and he quickly sprang up and moved the plant away. But there was no girl behind the large plant at all…only cobwebs and a spider that ran away as soon as it saw the light. "Haru-chan, there's nothing back here!"

"What? But…but there was," Haruhi said. Takashi couldn't help but smile; Haruhi's angry face was just that cute. The frustrated girl walked over to where Honey was and looked around the rather large place.

That's when Takashi noticed who Haruhi had been talking about. Actually, he had noticed her a long time ago and had decided to ignore her…but since Haruhi had now noticed her there was no use in letting her continue to hide.

So Takashi went to the counter where you ordered your desserts and such, then gently plucked the cinnamon color-haired girl from behind it and sat her back onto the floor.

"Ah! That's her," Haruhi said while her and Honey approached Takashi and no other than the host club's self-proclaimed manager, Houshakuji Renge.

Renge grinned and laughed her famous laugh, her hand below her chin in all her dramatic glory. A camera was hanging from her neck from a strap; her fashionable cosplay outfit seemed to fit perfectly with her over the top laugh and nature. When she was finally finished with her sudden out burst of laughter she told them all something they weren't quite expecting to hear.

"Well, it seems I have been caught," she said with a shrug.

"But Renge-chan, why were you hiding in the first place?" Honey asked.

"It really is simple Honey-sempai," Renge said, holding up her camera for all to see, "I was taking pictures for the Moe Moe Journal! The new headline is: What Host Club Members do when out of Club!"

"Ah…" Takashi said.

"Oh! That sounds good," Honey replied, nodding, "But does Kyo-chan like it?"

Renge stood there momentarily, a bead of sweat rolling down her head. "Eh heh…Honey-sempai…" she said nervously, and before anything else, she bolted out the door and left a trail of smoke behind her.

"Um…" Haruhi was completely lost…

"Don't worry Haru-chan! Kyo-chan will handle it if Renge does something weird." Honey assured her, though Haruhi still had no idea what was going on. She wasn't even sure if she really wanted to know.


It hurt when Hikaru was finally able to sit up all the way in bed. It was killing him to have to sit there all day with nothing to do. He couldn't perform any mischief other than tricking the nurses…and that seriously got on his nerves. It was even worse that nearly his entire body was sore and that he could barely move.

He looked down at his brother, who was sleeping at the end of the bed with a peaceful look on his face. Earlier in the day, he had been having so much fun with Haruhi that it reminded him just why he had fallen in love with her in the first place. But- he looked out of the window and into the pale blue sky- their relationship wasn't going anywhere except, once again, right down the path of friendship.

Meanwhile- and now he looked back to Kaoru- his friendship and life with Kaoru had been threatened. After hours of thinking Hikaru had finally realized just how much he had jeopardized his relationship with his twin- and it took him getting hit by a car to realize it.

'I can't let a girl get in the way of us anymore…but…that won't stop me from feeling the way I do about her. So…I really do have to choose between them…' he thought.

Because there was no way that he wanted to see Haruhi or Kaoru hurt…and there definitely wasn't going to be anyone else ending up in the hospital on his account…

But Hikaru was completely torn between the two. Kaoru, his twin who had always been there for him, and Haruhi who he was in love with and couldn't stop thinking about even in his hospital bed, was driving Hikaru insane.

A/N: If you write stories you know how it is when you see that people with only two chapters have about a hundred reviews…while I REALLY, REALLY appreciate my reviewers I also know that I have a lot more people reading this story than who take the time to review. Even if you just say something like, "nice story" I'll be satisfied.

One day, I want to get up to one hundred reviews- but for now, if you're reading this story then please review! I believe that I can get at least twenty reviews for each chapter.

Anyways, I think I've finally decided on the final pairing. I would say who it is…but I'm not absolutely positive yet. If you have any suggestions for future chapters let me know because I want to incorporate other characters like Casanova and Nekozawa in the mix! Plus, I wanted Haruhi to visit the host club in action!

On a whim, I decided to put Tamaki in this chapter...and I'm only going to take him back out in the next one (sweat drop) Then, on another whim, I put Renge in too! I'm having a lot of whims it seems...

Thanks for reading! Reviews are my friends (smile)