14.) No holding back

"So, he's not here? Do you know where he went, Megumi?" Haruhi inquired from Megumi after she told her that the Suoh twins weren't around.

After telling her the possible destination of her master, Haruhi irritatingly walked away from the Suoh house towards the park where Megumi led

her to find the moron.

Baka, she thought, frowning. Lucky she had strong legs used to practicing kicking a ball so she didn't get tired easily when she reached the place.

There were several people there, all seemed to be enjoying their time. There were lovers and mostly children delightedly playing. The sun's heat

was shaded by the trees surrounding the place.

She quickly began to search for the moron. She planned to go back to the house if she couldn't find him there so she scanned the place for the last

time then suddenly caught sight of a familiar cap worn by a guy sitting on one of the benches there. She was sure she had seen Tamaki wore that

cap once at the school and got irritated realizing that she couldn't help noticing him at school.

Is that the moron? she thought to herself as she slowly made her way towards the guy whose face was half-hidden by the cap. When she was

about three steps away from the guy, he suddenly moved which made her see his face. It wasn't Tamaki after all but he noticed her quickly.

"Hey there," the guy said with a wide grin which made her slightly scared. He was looking at her intently. She unconsciously stepped back but the

guy was fast. He quickly gripped one of her hands.

"Why are you going? Weren't you approaching me?" the guy was already on his feet.

Haruhi vehemently pushed his hand away and was about to run away. As she turned back, she could see the guy's hand reaching again for her

but she suddenly bumped into someone who was just standing behind her. She almost lost her balance but the person's hand pulled her up.

"What the hell are you doing?" the person she bumped into spoke.

She looked up and actually felt her heart missed a beat when she recognized a frowning Tamaki. He wasn't looking at her though. He was looking

quite angrily at the scary guy. She realized that Tamaki's hand pulled her close to his side. Like he was protecting her. She froze in her place but

surprisingly felt safe beside him. They were already starting to catch other people's attention.

The guy grinned, still looking at her. There was something frightening with the way he gaze at her. His stare brought chills to her. "Your girlfriend

seems to be searching for someone else a while ago and approached me. I couldn't ——"

"Shut up!" Tamaki yelled and she saw Tamaki's knuckles tremble. He was so angry at the guy which surprisingly gladdened her inside. She shook

off such thought.

The guy seemed to realize that Tamaki was not in the mood for his chatty tone. "Okay, okay. Chill dude."

She looked at Tamaki whose expression was still frowning but without a violent aura just like a while ago. He heaved a deep sigh maybe trying to

calm himself down. His hand was still around her waist.

"That's my cap you're wearing."

The guy looked surprised then quickly threw the cap to Tamaki knowing it was not appropriate to tease him anymore. The guy sat back again

shaking his head, murmuring something about disturbing his time and other stuffs.

"Let's go now." Tamaki spoke, removing his hand then turned to walk away. She quickly followed him, keeping pace with his long strides. It

seemed like he was still irritated. She almost got him into trouble. Baka ,she yelled to herself. She didn't know where they were going but she was

hesitant to ask him seeing that he still looked annoyed. They were on a deserted street now.

He suddenly stopped and closed his eyes like he was trying to calm himself down. She bit her lip.

"I almost punched that guy's face." She remained still, looking down at her feet, unable to know how to react. He was irritated with her, she knew

it. She glanced at him and found him looking at her.

"If you ever make me worry again . . ." he trailed off with a trace of admonition.

Dub, dub, dub. The alien feeling seized her again. Was he really worried about her? Her heartbeat was palpitating and her hands were suddenly

sweaty. She continued to look at him waiting for him to laugh and admit that he was just joking but he just frowned.

"I'm tired of tutorials today."

She tried to regain her composure and cleared her throat. "You should have said so then you wouldn't have wasted my time today!"

"Then you should have just gone home directly when you knew that I wasn't there."

She didn't know what to respond. Why did I even find him in the first place? She never really had any thought of going back to the dorm. He actually

hit the point and she hated it.

"Then I'll go now," she said with obvious annoyance and looked childish as she turned to walk away when he quickly grasped her hand and pulled

her as he started to walk towards the other direction.

"Let's grab a burger somewhere," she heard him say not looking at her but still holding her hand. She knew she actually felt her knees wobble

with his touch so she snatched her hand back quickly.

He stopped then looked at her, puzzled and she hoped she was not blushing. It would be the last thing she wanted him to see.

"It's my treat."

He was actually convincing her maybe thinking that she really wanted to go already. He suddenly put on his cap. Carelessly doing it yet he still

looked amazing. She blinked hard and just managed to nod as he continued to walk, irritatingly dazed with his face.

He actually walked her to the dormitory after they ate. Haruhi couldn't believe it. It was just like a date. Their date. But ofcourse she knew that

Tamaki doesn't see it like that. She was wearing his cap now since it drizzled when they were walking back already. The sun was already setting.

She cleared her throat when they were already near the dormitory then stopped, not wanting for the other students to see them. They might just

make something impossible out of it.

She removed the cap and handed it to him. "By the way, how did that guy have your cap?" she managed to ask, trying to not quickly end that

moment.

"I was seated their first and I forgot it when I decided to go. Lucky I forgot it."

"Lucky you remembered." She grinned. She looked at him and surprisingly felt light seeing him grin. She actually forgot that she was heartbroken

during the School Dance and that the person she should be with that moment was Naoki.

"Thanks for the burger and. . . well, bye, bye," she tried to sound as casual as she could then turned to walk away.

"Hey," he suddenly called. She quickly turned and looked at him. Their eyes locked.

She was surprised to see him grin. "This time, I'm not holding back anymore."

She frowned, not making any sense of what he just said. "Huh?"

"Bye, bye," he said to her, still grinning then quickly turned and walked away leaving her absolutely puzzled and not to mention, dazzled.