**Here's another chapter of Choosing Serenity. I'm sort of just going with the flow that is Hikaru and Haruhi. They are the one's writing this story. I really hope you enjoy this chapter, let me know what you think!**

The room was white… Sterile, sanitized, unbearable white. The soft humming of a computer was the only sound. Well, aside from the shallow breathing of the short brunette sitting on the exam table.

Haruhi was at the lady doctor for her appointment. She was currently missing her exam in English. Even if her teacher assured her she would be able to make it up, Haruhi couldn't help but feel panicked that she was missing the test.

Sighing, Haruhi leaned back on her hands, staring up at the blindingly white ceiling. Today was the day she would find out if she was still a virgin or not. She'd gotten over the initial emotions she had felt, and now she just wanted to get it over with and know already. She had come to conclusion that, whether she is still a virgin or not, she'll be okay with the answer. If she was still a virgin and nothing happened that night with Hikaru, good. If she wasn't a virgin and something did happen that night with Hikaru, fine. Either way, she was prepared to accept the answer. Haruhi had told herself that if something did happen then she would simply not let it happen again. Sure, her father would be disappointed- more so than he already was- but she would just set more ground rules between her and Hikaru.

Haruhi sighed as she thought about Hikaru. He had been avoiding her since they spoke to her father. At school, at the Host Club… He was distant from her. She tried to get him alone to talk, but he clung onto Kaoru much more than what was normal even for them. Haruhi was beginning to think he didn't want anything to do with her anymore…

"Miss Fujioka?"

Haruhi jumped, the sudden soft voice of a woman startling her out of her thoughts. "Y-Yes?"

A tall older woman wearing a white doctor's coat smiled warmly at her as she sat in a chair before her, "I'm Doctor Ainko. You're father called me and explained everything to me."

Haruhi nodded and sighed, "Right… okay…" Haruhi's nerves spiked suddenly, and her body began to shake. She was perfectly calm before hand, so why was she suddenly on the verge of an anxiety attack?

Sensing the patient's heightened anxiety, Dr. Ainko smiled, "You look just like your mother, you know." She leaned back in the chair, still smiling, "Kotoko, now she was one of my favorite patients. The stories I could tell you about her." The doctor laughed softly, "I'll tell you my favorite one, Haruhi. Your mother came in complaining about being sick for a week. So I asked her questions, ran some tests. I knew what was wrong, but I wanted to tell her in a very special way. I told her I needed to perform a sonogram on her stomach to make sure it wasn't anything serious. When I did, I showed her the screen. Do you know what she saw on that screen? This little thing that looked like the size of a peanut, but vaguely resembled a baby."

Haruhi's eyes widened, "My mother was…"

"She was pregnant. With you." Dr. Ainko smiled, "She was so excited. That was one thing I loved about your mother. Her joy filled the room, and could turn the worst of moods around. Many times I'd be having a horrible day for whatever reason, and the moment I walked into the room and saw your mother, my mood instantly brightened. She was a wonderful woman."

"Yes, she was." Haruhi had a small, soft smile on her lips as she thought about her mother.

"Well, then, Haruhi. Are you ready?" Dr. Ainko stood and waited for Haruhi's response.

Smiling, Haruhi nodded, "Yes, I am."

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Haruhi walked out into the reception area, seeing her father flipping through the latest fashion magazine. His eyes flicked up and when he saw her the magazine was closed, folded and placed into his purse. Ranka walked over to Haruhi and took her hand. Taking in his daughter's blank expression, Ranka began leading Haruhi out of the building and to his park car, trying not to think the worst of the current situation.

Once father and daughter were seated in the car and snuggly buckled in, Haruhi let her lips stretch out into a wide smile as she looked at her father, "We were worrying for nothing."

Ranka let out an audible sigh of relief, "That's wonderful! I don't know if I could have handled knowing my darling daughter wasn't pure anymore! I'm still going to murder Hikaru though!"

Haruhi laughed and leaned back in the passenger seat, "Don't kill him, Dad. I love him." A soft stab of hurt pricked at Haruhi's heart at the thought of Hikaru, "Anyways, Dr. Ainko gave me a prescription for birth control. She said that even if I don't plan on… being sexually active, it's a good idea to put me on the pill just in case we get another scare like this, or if I do decided I want to be… sexually active."

Ranka tightened his hands on the steering wheel, taking in a deep breaths to calm himself, "Alright, sweetheart." After a few minutes of driving, Ranka spoke again, "When are you going to tell Hikaru?"

When he starts talking to me again… "I was going to tell him at the Host Club meeting today."

"Well I'm sure he'll be very happy. However, next time I see him I am going to have a serious talk with him."

Haruhi laughed softly. Where would I be without my father?

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Haruhi walked into Music Room 3, and smiled as the boys of the Host Club swarmed around her. Tamaki was fussing over her, saying how he was oh so worried that she wasn't in school. Kyoya was pressing for the reason why she didn't see an Ootori doctor. Hunny was offering a slice of cake to her with his bright smile, Mori standing silently beside the boy. Kaoru had an arm slung over her shoulder and poking her belly, making quiet pregnancy jokes.

Haruhi finally rid herself of the boys, and walked over to Hikaru as he sat alone on one of the couches. "Can we go talk?" Haruhi smiled softly, trying not to let him see that she was upset with the way he'd been acting the past few days.

"Sure." Hikaru stood, and did something that greatly surprised Haruhi.

He grabbed her hand.

Haruhi smiled at this simple display of affection from him and walked towards the prep room. Once the door closed behind them, Haruhi wrapped her arms around Hikaru's neck. Her lips were barely touching his ear as she whispered softly to him, "Everything's fine. Nothing happened that night."

Hikaru pulled away, golden eyes wide, "R-Really?"

"Yes, really." Haruhi smiled. "We're fine. Everything's fine."

Hikaru was taken over by his relief. He swept Haruhi up in his arms and planted his lips tightly onto hers.

Haruhi giggled softly into the kiss, and soon her laughter turned into soft moans as Hikaru's tongue snaked around hers, his hands roamed under her shirt as she was trapped between his chest and the wall.

Loosing themselves in the kiss, the couple frantically clawed at each other's clothing, wanting nothing more than to feel the soft expanse of skin on their hands. Haruhi let out a squeak as one of Hikaru's hands made its way underneath the fabric of her jeans and cupped her butt, his thumb caressing the cotton underwear that blocked his hand from touching bare skin. A breathy moan passed Haruhi's lips as Hikaru's satin lips trailed down to her neck and began toying with the skin there.

Haruhi was brought back to reality when she felt Hikaru's need pressing against her stomach. "Hika… Hika, we have to stop." Haruhi was breathless as she tried to get Hikaru to stop.

"Not now…" Hikaru mumbled against her skin, his hips grinding against hers.

Her moan tangled with his groan, and the two were at again as their lips connected. Haruhi knew they had to stop before it went too far, but feeling him touch her- sexual or not- was what she needed after days of no communication.

Haruhi's breath left her all at once as she felt Hikaru tug her jeans down her hips and press his lips and nose into the soft skin of her thigh. "Oh my…" Haruhi gripped Hikaru's head as pleasure burst through her body, causing her toes to curl and knees buckle.

"Hey, guys. You're missing the- Shit! Really?! Come on, you two!"

Haruhi gasped, feeling her face set itself ablaze as she saw Kaoru standing in front of the door with a hand on his hip. "K-Kaoru!"

Hikaru sighed as he stood up and glanced at his twin, "Think you could give us a few minutes, Kao? Give the others some kind of excuse?"

"Not unless I get something out of it." Kaoru smirked at his older twin.

Haruhi watched the two twins, blushing as she pulled her underwear back up her hips. "C-Come on, Hikaru. We can't miss the meeting."

Hikaru and Kaoru were both smirking at Haruhi, and it was causing her to feel very uncomfortable.

"Dear brother, it seems I interrupted the two of you." Kaoru spoke in a sensual tone, his finger tracing patterns on Hikaru's hip. "How can I ever make it up to you?"

"Hmm, I can think of a few ways, dear brother." Hikaru grabbed Kaoru's hand and laid it on the waistline of his pants.

Haruhi looked away from the twins, blushing, "Ha ha, guys. Very funny. You know I don't fall for that crap."

"Who said it was crap, Haru?" Hikaru's voice was low and his eyes were half lidded.

Haruhi chanced a look down to where the other twin's hand was, and she ripped her eyes away as she saw Kaoru's hand had disappeared into Hikaru's pants. "S-Stop it, you two. You're just teasing me."

"Are we, Fragola?" Hikaru stepped towards Haruhi and cupped her cheek, "Are you telling me you've never fantasized about the two of us?"

Haruhi was feeling very uncomfortable. She knew Hikaru and Kaoru were toying around with her, but it was really upsetting her that Hikaru would do such a thing. Haruhi shoved Hikaru away from her, glaring at him, "Stop being an asshole!"

Hikaru watched wide-eyed as Haruhi stomped out of the room and slammed the door behind her. "… I think we took it too far, Kao…"

"I didn't expect her to react like that. She actually seemed bothered by it." Kaoru slung an arm over his brother's shoulders, "D'you think she'll get over it?"

"I don't know…" Hikaru sighed, "I've been a dick to her ever since Saturday. I was just… so worried that we actually, you know, had sex. I was avoiding her because I felt guilty, like I failed her by not keeping true to our word. I thought that staying away from her would make things better…" Hikaru sighed and ran his hands through his messy hair, "I'm not good at this relationship thing, am I?"

"You're learning." Kaoru smiled, "Both you and Haruhi are learning, together. And you know I'm here for you, even though I'm not an expert myself. You're gonna screw up, that's part of learning. Now, go chase after her." Kaoru ruffled the top of Hikaru's hair.

"Sometimes I wonder if mother switched us at birth, making you the older twin." Hikaru smiled and gave his brother a quick hug before running off after Haruhi.

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Haruhi was lying in her bed, staring at the ceiling of her bedroom. After seeing the twins pull their little stunt, Haruhi was very bothered. She thought hard over the scenario and came to understand why she felt so bothered; It wasn't that the twins had been toying with her, rather it was the fact that she was intrigued by their little stunt that bothered her. She had never really thought about the two brothers together in that way, but after seeing them… What if?

"Ugh! This is ridiculous! I'm not one of those brainless girls who thrive off of their brotherly love act. So… why now? Why am I thinking about this so much?!" Haruhi shoved her face into her pillow and let out a frustrated yell.

"Haruhi?"

Haruhi's head perked up, seeing Hikaru standing in the doorway of her room. "Hika…" Her eyes narrowed down into a glare and she turned away from him.

"Haruhi…" Hikaru walked into her bedroom and sat down on her bed, "I'm sorry. Kaoru and I were just… we were just joking around. I knew it never really phased you before so I didn't think you would react the way you did… I'm so sorry Haruhi…"

Haruhi rolled over to face him and sighed, "I'm not mad at you, or Kaoru for that matter. I'm… I'm mad at myself."

Hikaru laid down beside her, taking one of her small hands into his larger one, "Why are you mad at yourself, Haru?"

"B-Because…" Haruhi blushed and looked away from her boyfriend, "I… I was… interested in… in the way you two were…" Haruhi buried her face into Hikaru's chest, much too embarrassed to even continue speaking, let alone look at him.

Hikaru understood what she was trying to say, and a playful smirk crossed his lips, "You were interested were you?" Hikaru lifted her chin so she could look up at him, "You don't have to embarrassed by that, you know."

"Of course I do! I'm your girlfriend, and yet the thought of you and your twin brother together makes me a little hot and bothered. That's so wrong on so many levels, Hika."

Hikaru simply chuckled, and decided he should get Haruhi's mind on another topic. "How about we watch a movie? Hmm?"

Haruhi frowned, I really should be studying for tomorrow's exams… but… Haruhi smiled, "Yeah, okay." Haruhi got up and walked over to her desk, grabbing a few DVD cases and plopping back down on her bed beside Hikaru, "I only have a few movies. You pick."

"Hmm… How about this one?" Hikaru pointed at a horror-flick and saw the way Haruhi grimaced.

"I started watching it but never finished it…"

"Too scared?" Hikaru teased.

Haruhi blushed and shoved him off her bed. Hikaru laughed as he looked up at her, "Don't worry, Haru, I'll keep you safe."

*.*

Hikaru awoke around one in the morning. He looked down at the small frame sleeping in his arms and smiled. Haruhi had brought out her pillows and blankets and set them up in front of the television, and the two of them had popped popcorn and curled up together to watch the horror movie. The entire time Haruhi had her face pressed into Hikaru's side, her small body would jump at any and every sudden noise coming from the speakers. After the horror film, Hikaru had put in an American romance movie. Since the both of them took English, they'd be able to make out most of the words, however, not even ten minutes into the movie Haruhi fell asleep, and Hikaru was quick to follow.

Hikaru blinked a few times, allowing his eyes to get used to the darkness. A soft chuckled fell from his lips; They were in the middle of an exam week and they had spent their night watching movies instead of studying. Glancing down at the sleeping girl beside him, Hikaru decided it was much too late for him to go home, so he'd just have to stay here with Haruhi. Since her father wasn't due back home from work until morning it would be safe to sleep in her bed with her.

Hikaru picked her up and carried her gently to her bedroom. After he laid her on her bed he went back to get the pillows and blankets and brought them to her room. Hikaru carefully pulled Haruhi's jeans and shirt off, leaving her in her undergarments. Making sure she was comfortably snuggled in her bed, Hikaru stripped himself down to his boxer briefs and climbed into her bed with her, pulling her small body against his.

As sleep overtook Hikaru once more, his thoughts were on Haruhi. He was so happy with Haruhi. He loved her, very much. He could see them being married after they graduated, having children, being together and happy for the rest of their days. Hikaru wasn't known for his good decisions, and he thought it very ironic that one of the worst decisions he had ever made was also the best one. The decision to run and leave Haruhi alone in Karuizawa was such a bad decision; however it was the best one he had ever made. Since he ran off, it caused him to go after her, realize his feelings for her. If he hadn't left her that day, they wouldn't be together now. So sure, Hikaru wasn't the best at making decisions, but even though he made a bad one, it turned out for the best.