Haruhi woke up.

She opened her eyes and saw the ceiling of her room. "Nnng." Turning over, she breathed out into her pillow. Then, her eyes shot open. "Oh, no. What have I done?"

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Tamaki woke up.

Antoinette ran into the room and jumped up on the bed. He opened his eyes as she rolled up on his stomach. "Hello." He started petting her. He smiled. Then, he breathed out and closed his eyes, looking worried.

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Tamaki walked down the stairs, buttoning up his suit jacket. He brushed his hair back with his hand and looked up to see no one. "Thank God." He looked up and closed his eyes. When he looked down he nearly jumped.

"Hello." Kyouya stood at the bottom of the stairs.

He finished walking down the stairs and by him. "Hey." He smiled. "Who let you in?"

"I did."

"Ah, so you have a key, now?"

"Yes, I made a copy of yours. You don't remember that night? I'm hurt."

"Oh, shut up." Tamaki waved his hand at him. They both walked into the dining room and he sat down at the table.

Kyouya stood behind a chair. Tamaki looked up at him. "Well? Aren't you going to ask me something?"

Tamaki looked annoyed. "Sit?"

Kyouya smiled. "Thank you so much." He sat down.

"Where's your all-important ledger?" Tamaki was looking at his plate while talking.

Kyouya smiled at the maid as she set a plate in front of him, as well. "Thank you. I don't have it with me." Tamaki looked up and widened his eyes, then looked down. "Yes, I know." Kyouya started to eat. They both ate. After a few seconds he looked up. "So. The party last night. I-uh." Tamaki looked up and dropped his fork. Standing, he left the room. Kyouya smiled as he left. "Wait! Tamaki. I was just going to say that the food was delicious."

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Haruhi stood at the door with her hand near the handle, waiting as though it would open on it's own.

"Honey. You're gonna have to do a little something in order for that to happen." Her father looked out from the living room.

She closed her eyes. "It's just…I'm not feeling very well…and." She turned around. "I really don't think that I should be going to school today." She set her bag on the ground and walked into the living room and sat next to her father. "Yeah."

He looked at her. "What is it? There's something. What is it? You can tell me." His hair was pulled back and he had only what makeup he hadn't taken off from the night before. She looked over and tried not to laugh. She hadn't looked at him yet. He let his head fall, slightly. "I'll be right back."

"No. Really. It's okay." She put her hand up as he walked away. "Oh." She looked outside as he walked to the bathroom and washed his smudged eye makeup off. She breathed out. No school. That would take care of everything. She narrowed her eyes. Yes…For…today that was. "Ughhh." She closed her eyes.

"Haruhi, what is it?" Her father sat down across from her. "What happened at that party last night? It had to be that, right? You came home awfully late. What's wrong?"

She leaned over and put her head in her hands. "You don't understand."

He shook his head. "I…didn't quite catch that. You have you speak outside of your hands for me."

She sat up. "You don't understand. It wasn't that it was wrong." She leaned over again. "It wasn't wrong. That's the problem."

Her father raised an inquisitive eyebrow. "Mm-hmm."

She looked up at him. "What?"

He looked down. "Nothing."

She sighed. "I don't know. Maybe I should just go to school."

"I think you should. And I think that you should just talk to whomever they or…he…" Haruhi looked quickly to him, "may be" He smiled.

She grumbled. "Fine." She stood and walked to the door. "Bye, dad."

"Bye."

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Tamaki walked down the halls of the academy not thinking about anything. He didn't think he had to until he got closer to the Music Room. He didn't want to have to. He had been thinking and thinking about all of this for too long. Sighing, he looked up. Dammit. Dammit, dammit. He closed his eyes. Then, he opened them.

"Haruhi!" She was standing in front of him.

"Senpai! I mean…Tamaki." She looked down.

They both looked down. Nothing was said. Then they both looked up and spoke.

"How are you doi-?" They smiled and laughed weakly, looking away in opposite directions. Tamaki clucked his tongue and Haruhi drummed her finger against her books.

"So, I was hoping to talk to you today at the Host Club." Haruhi looked to him and brought her finger up, smiling. She nodded. "Yeah."

He nodded in agreement. "Me, too. How's your dad?"

She stopped. "He's….he's good." Odd question. "You know."

"Yeah. Antoinette's fine, too."

"I'm glad." She smiled. "Well. See you later!" She waved and walked away.

"Bye!" He walked away.

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Tamaki sat in the Third Music Room with his head resting on his hand, not quite sure what to do or say. The room was full with regulars and he should be wining and dining them, making them feel special and lovely and all that but he just…didn't want to or couldn't or something. He sighed.

Looking around he realized he couldn't find Haruhi. She just wasn't there and hadn't been all day. He closed his eyes. The girl who sat next to him looked to her left and right and then sighed quickly, putting her hair back and tilting her head. "Um…darling?"

"Hmm?" He looked at her. "Yes?"

"How…are you?"

He smiled. "I'm just fine. How are you?"

She blinked a few times. This just wasn't going like she had expected. This was the first time she had sat with Tamaki and she had hoped for better things. "You know…I think I'll just go and talk with…Haruhi. I hear he's pretty nice. You just seem kind of tired."

He looked down. "He's not here."

"Oh." She thought. "Mori, then?" Standing, she quickly walked away.

Tamaki stood and walked toward the window, looking down to the courtyards. He didn't want to be here anymore. He wanted to be with her. Talking with her. Even if it was awkward. He was just sad that she wasn't here. It worried him. Would she never come back? Then he saw something. Peering below, he widened his eyes a little. Then, he turned and walked out of the room.

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Haruhi walked around the fountain, looking into the water. She remembered the first few days that she was a part of the Host Club, when her things had been thrown into this very fountain and Tamaki had helped her fish her wallet out. She smiled. Sitting down on the concrete edge, she looked down into the water. Then, she saw a face in it.

She gasped. "Tamaki!" Turning up she put her hand over her eyes. "What?"

He looked quite shy, his hands behind his back. "Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." Looking up, he quietly said something, but Haruhi didn't catch it at all.

"What?"

"Um, I said, 'how are you?'"

"I'm fine, Tamaki." She looked back to the water.

He sat down. "Why aren't you upstairs? There's a customer of mine that I bored to death that wanted to then go to you but couldn't cause you weren't there. That's very unprofessional of you, now isn't it?"

She shrugged her shoulders. "I just…" She looked to him. "How did you like the party last night?"

He glanced to the water. The fish swam quietly in it. "I thought it was beautiful." Turning up to her his eyes were calm. "You were beautiful."

She looked serious. "You just can't say things like that, Tamaki."

"Why not?" He put his hands up.

"Cause! It's just not done! People just don't go around saying romantic things like 'The night was beautiful, you were beautiful. I hear a symphony in my head.' You just don't do that." She crossed her arms. "It's not real. It doesn't last." She looked down.

He watched her. "You mean you don't think I'll last."

She turned away. "It's…it's not that…"

"You think this is some whim. That I'm some rich boy and you're some poor girl so I'll get bored with you and leave you on the road in a few days." She closed her eyes. He looked up. "You really don't think much of me, do you?"

"I…I'm just scared." She thought for a moment. "It's just that. To tell you the truth. I like you. And I'm afraid that if I like you too much and it doesn't work…something inside won't come back after you've gone." She turned back to him and put her hand out on his. "Cause something's new now that's you're here."

He laughed, quietly. "You know…you just can't go around saying things like that." He put his other hand on top of hers.

They both sat like that for a few moments. Then, Tamaki laughed again, softly. "You know, I think everyone knows something's up. Kyouya even came to my house this morning."

She looked up at him. "Hmm. I'm not surprised." She took her hand back. "What do you think we should do?"

He shrugged his shoulders. "Mmm…make a public announcement?" He smiled. "Surely not explain what happened? Or shall we?" He raised his eyebrows. She smacked him on the shoulder. He cowered, playfully. He thought for a moment. "What do…you think about what happened?" He looked down at the water. Then, he glanced up at her with his eyes.

She didn't say anything for a few moments. Then, she smiled. "My heart was beating quickly through every moment." She closed her eyes, and then looked at him. Then she felt stupid for saying something so stupid to her. She cleared her throat. He smiled. "After I kissed you, it was like I felt free." She smiled. "And then after…like I was flying."

He leaned forward and kissed her, again. She smiled as he did. After, she laughed. "You didn't let me finish."

"Sorry."

"When I was with you last night I felt happy. The whole time. For the first time. Not strange or afraid or…It was weird."

"I'm happy."

She looked to him. "Me, too." She turned to the side and leaned into him.

He looked down, surprised. It was like she let her guard down: Haruhi. He let his arms slowly rest on her sides and they sat, looking into the fountain.

He let his head rest against hers and closed his eyes. He was happy.