Disclaimer: OHC belongs to Bisco Hatori. Akahana is mine.
Just for the record guys, I had this whole thing planned out from the start. I'm sorry to those who got upset...I never imagined people cared for Akahana that much but I really did never intend to make this whole story sad. So with that, I hope you all will enjoy this chapter. Also, I had a REALLY bad head ache when I wrote this chapter so it may not be that good...I only wrote it this quick because I really upset people more than I thought I would. And to make others happy *shoots self in leg* :)
Chapter 14: Ending it all
"Mori-senpai, just calm down-" The twins backed away from the scene in worry. Hunny frowned sadly and made his way over to his cousin who had sunk down to the floor, holding his head.
Reaching out, Hunny placed a gentle hand on his cousin's shoulder,"Takashi, it'll be ok-"
"GUY'S, COME QUICK!" The twins, Hunny and Mori all looked towards the door way to see Haruhi standing there, panting. Their eyes widened at the tanuki girl.
Hikaru stepped foreword, "What...?"
"DON'T ASK QUESTIONS! Hurry!" Haruhi motioned for the others to follow her and then ran down the direction she had came from. The others exchanged odd looks then shrugged and rushed after their friend.
~In the ER~
"What the hell...?" The twins and Hunny stood frozen in front of the surgery room's window, looking through it with surprise.
Hunny felt tears spring to his eyes again,"...I can't believe it..." There in the surgery room was Akahana. The doctors weren't scattered around the room in a panic anymore and it looked to the hosts as if they had begun the surgery again...but that wasn't what shocked all of them so. What the hosts of Ouran Academy couldn't believe is that the heart monitor wasn't making that long beeping noise again. Instead, the hosts heard a steady, slow beep coming from inside the room. And that sound could only mean...
Tears sprung to the twins eyes as well. Grasping Hikaru's hand, Kaoru looked over at Haruhi as tears streamed down his face once more, "But how...?"
Haruhi looked over and smiled at her friends, "It was right after you guys ran off to the waiting room. The doctors don't know what happened. They didn't even try to get her heart beating again...they couldn't because of the surgery. But somehow..."
Tamaki looked over at Haruhi and continued, "Somehow, Akahana's heart started to beat again on it's own."
"...!" The twins, Hunny, and Mori's eye's all widened. Hikaru and Kaoru backed away slowly as more tears fell from their eyes. After a few seconds of taking it all in, smile's spread across the twins face,
"Heh...hehehe...she's...alive." Hikaru continued to chuckle and so did Kaoru.
"Haha...YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!" Kaoru looked up with a wide smile painted on his pale face. The twins continued to chuckle until they were in a high pitched laughing fit. What had happened was truly amazing. The unthinkable had happened. No, it wasn't just the unthinkable...it was the impossible.
Pushing up his glasses, Kyoya looked through the surgery room's window and smiled, "I guess miracles really DO exist."
Tamaki and Haruhi nodded and looked through the window too, "Yeah..."
Now the twins and Hunny were jumping around in the hall way, unable to contain the never ending burst of happiness they had gotten. Mori sat on one of the chairs...his expression still full of surprise and disbelief.
'...She's alive...' Mori thought. He looked over to his friends who were still bouncing about. Now Tamaki had joined them. In truth, they all looked like complete idiots but they had a reason to be. Mori stood up and made his way over to peak through the window again. His grey eyes focused at the unconscious Akahana. Placing one of his hands on the glass, Mori squinted his eyes...and what he saw was...incredible. It looked as if Akahana were SMILING through the breathing-mask attached to her face. A small smile spread on his face. Mori looked down.
"She truly is something else, isn't she Mori-senpai?" Kyoya chuckled and then made his way over to the others.
Looking back up at Akahana, Mori stared...his eyes never looking away. "Yeah." Mori's eyes softened, "She is." He smiled and made his way over to his friends to join in the fun...
~A few hours later, In Akahana's hospital room~
The host's now stood in a hospital room that Akahana had been placed in after surgery. Other than her heart stopping, The procedure had gone well according to the doctors. Akahana's health was as good as new now. Not only that but she had a brand new heart so she wouldn't suffer from heart attacks anymore. Now, peacefully sleeping in her bed, the hosts sat around the room, watching. She looked almost like an angel when she slept. Her bangs covered her face. Her small chest slowly went up and then back down. It really was a miracle she had made it.
"Guess she showed her dad, huh?" Kaoru smirked and looked at each of his friends. They all smiled and nodded. A few minutes of silence passed.
Standing up, Kyoya looked at each of his friends, "It's late. We should get home. We can see her tomorrow." The hosts looked at the megane and nodded.
Hikaru got up and cupped the back of his head with his hands, "Yeah, she'll probably just be sleeping the whole night." As the hosts quietly talked to one another, they made their way slowly out of the hospital room but stopped when they noticed someone missing.
"Hey, where's Mori-senpai?" Tamaki asked, looking around. The other's looked in every direction but saw no sign of him. Then Hunny pointed at the hospital room,
"He's in there. Just let Takashi stay in there a little while longer. He'll be okay." Shrugging, the other hosts sighed and headed out of the hospital to go home for the night.
Still in the room, sitting at Akahana's side, Mori sat in a chair, his arms crossed, watching Akahana sleep. Her breathing was quiet but it was soothing to hear. He really could believe now that she was alive. Twice that night her heart had stopped beating. And twice she had escaped death at the last second. Like Kyoya had said, she really was something. Fighting so hard to find happiness...Akahana in herself was truly inspiring. Moving around in his chair, Mori scooted closer to Akahana. He smiled again. He brought a hand up to Akahana's left cheek and began to stroke it. Her skin was so soft...almost like a baby's skin. Mori could feel his cheeks turn a slight rosy color as he continued to stroke hers.
'Thank God, she's alright.' He thought. Mori layed back in his chair as he could feel his eyes start to droop from being so tired. Yawning, Mori got into a comfortable position and fell into a deep sleep...
Blinking her eyes open, Akahana let out a quiet yawn and stretched, "Ah...Where am...?" Looking over, Akahana's face became red. "Takashi-kun...?" Carefully sitting up, the girl reached over and touched Mori's cheek with her hand.
'He's asleep...' Akahana took her hand away and continued to stare at Mori.
"ZzZZzzzZ..."
"..hee!" Akahana covered her mouth and giggled. 'Takashi-kun has a cute baby snore...hee hee...' Akahana looked up and smiled warmly at him. A few minutes passed and the first year got out of her bed and moved over beside Takashi. Her cheeks turned a slight red at how close she was to him now. Even if he was asleep, she loved being near him. He was so kind. So caring. So...gentle and he made her so happy. He was so handsome and strong. There were so many things about him that she liked. Just hearing his deep voice made her want to squeal with joy. There were so many reasons for why she liked him that there arn't even enough words to describe it with. Takashi was her refuge...her warm, happy place to go back to. Akahana moved just a little closer so that her lips were almost touching his cheek. Her long eye lashes blinked as she felt her face turning redder. She got closer...a few more inchs...1...2...3...
'Takashi-kun, you're the reason I pushed myself to live...' Akahana thought as she planted a small kiss on Mori's cheek. He didn't wake up but he moved slightly in his chair. Akahana giggled again and layed back down in her bed. Looking over at him one more time, Akahana smiled warmly and quietly mumbled, "I love you, Takashi-kun..." and fell into a deep sleep again. Still asleep, a small smile spread across the Morinozuka's face.
~Outside the hospital room~
"Wow...I guess Akahana really does like him." Kaoru mumbled looking down at Hunny who was still peaking through the door.
"Yeah! And I think Takashi is starting to like her too." Hunny giggled and Kaoru smiled.
"Yeah, I agree." Kaoru shoved his hands into his pockets, "I wonder if they'll get married..."
Hunny laughed, "I don't think Takashi would get married just yet. But it would be nice if he did someday!" Turning around, Hunny motioned for Kaoru to follow him and the two started down the hall way,
Smirking, Kaoru raised an eye brow, "Hey Hunny-senpai. You're not JEALOUS of Akahana are you? Mori-senpai's starting to pay more attention to her after all..." Hunny froze where he stood and turned back to look at Kaoru,
"O-Of course not, Kao-chan! If Takashi loves Aka-chan and Aka-chan loves him and they wanna be together, than I'm happy for them!" The boy-lolita turned back around and continued to make his way down the hall.
Chuckling to himself, Kaoru nodded and shut his eyes, "Whatever you say, Hunny-senpai." He opened his eyes to see Hunny cheerfully march ahead of him. Kaoru frowned, "Whatever you say..." Sighing, Kaoru and Hunny made their way out of the hospital and headed home.
~The Next day at the hospital~
"How are you feeling, Akahana?" The hosts had came back first thing to the hospital to check on Akahana. She was sitting up in her bed, her hair pulled back into a long, flowing pony tail looking full of energy. Her injuries were wrapped in bandages and she was still hooked up to life support but she still smiled,
"I'm feeling much better thanks to you all." Akahana looked at her hands and blushed, "I can never thank you all enough for what you did..."
Hunny and the twins smiled big, "Don't worry about it!" Haruhi looked at her friends and sweat dropped. They acted as if they had done all the work in saving Akahana and it disgusted the commoner girl.
Tamaki laughed and made his way over to a chair beside Akahana,"I'm so happy to see your smile again, Akahana. We were worried we'd never see you open your eyes after last night." Akahana's smile softened,
"I'm sorry for worrying all of you. I also apologize for not telling you about my heart..." Akahana looked at each one of the hosts with an apologetic face only to recieve a head shake from each of them.
"We're just glad you're alright." They all said. Akahana layed back in her bed,
"I hope we c-can still...all be friends...Now that father's gone, I want to come back to the host club and attend events more." Akahana shut her eyes and smiled.
The hosts all returned the smile, "We'd love to have you."
Akahana giggled and opened her eyes again, "I'm feeling a little sleepy again..." The girl blinked her eyes a few time as an attempt at staying awake.
Kyoya stood up and motioned for his friends to do the same, "Then we'll leave today. We just wanted to see how were feeling."
"We'll talk to you later, Aka-chan! Bye-bye!" Hunny ran over to Akahana's bedside and gave her a hug. The hosts smiled and all made their way to the door.
"Ah...um." The hosts stopped and looked back at Akahana who was sitting up in her bed now. Her cheeks turned red, "I'm very sorry for everything that happened but...thank you again for everything you did. You all are s-so k-kind. It's almost as if we're like a family." Tamaki's eyes lite up,
"FAMILY? Y...YES! WE ARE A FAMILY!" Tamaki rushed over and glomped Akahana. The twins sweat dropped,
"Ah jeez, not another one. Someone ELSE thinks we're one big family...greatttttt." Sighing, the twins and the other hosts left the room without another word. Tamaki broke the hug and turned to leave but looked back one more time,
"Bye Akahana." The haffer smiled his princely smile at her. Akahana waved and smiled back. Then Tamaki turned to leave...
"Ah, Tamaki-kun!" Tamaki turned back around,
"Yes, my princess?" Akahana frowned and looked down ward,
"Do you know...what kind of thinks Takashi-kun likes?" She looked back up. Tamaki turned all the way around so that he was facing her.
He chuckled, "Things Mori-senpai likes? We'll he likes small things...um...Perhaps you should ask Hunny-senpai." The teen flashed a refreshing smile.
Akahana nodded and giggled, "O-Okay! Bye-bye." Tamaki blushed and then made his way out.
'She's so cute...Mori-senpai is quiet lucky.' Tamaki smirked and followed after his friends, 'Hmm...perhaps I can help Akahana in some way after all...'
"Hey boss, get your head outta the clouds and hurry up!" Hikaru shouted from a distance away. Tamaki looked up and nodded and rushed after his friend.
~The next day: at Ouran Academy in music room 3~
"Gentlemen! We're going to through a party for Akahana!" The other hosts looked at their king as if he were crazy.
The twins sighed, "Say what?"
"What are you talking about, Tamaki-senpai?" Haruhi grunted. Tamaki did a hair flip and smiled,
"To celebrate Akahana's getting better, we're going to through a party for her! They'll be cake, balloons, dancing, karaoke-"
The twins sweat dropped, "Uh, stop right there, boss."
"CAKE? I'M IN!" Hunny shouted in his cheerful little voice. Again, the twins sweat dropped.
"Why a party? Can't we just...I don't know, do something a little less...crazy?" Haruhi asked, raising a brow. Tamaki chuckled and shook his head,
"Oh my dear Haruhi...you're just not creative at all! See the point of this party will be to welcome the new way of life Akahana will live from now on!"
The hosts looked at each other and then back at Tamaki. Hikaru stood up and titled his head,
"Boss, Are you high?" Tamaki gasped, now infuriated with Hikaru.
"Absolutely not! Just hear me out...Akahana is getting her health back. She survived her heart surgery and her father is in jail and she won't have to see him again if the court finds him guilty for his charges. Therefore, from now on Akahana will live a happy life! One where she can do what she wants without having to worry about the consequences. Not only that, but she will no longer have to live in fear or pain. So!" Tamaki raised a finger, "We're going to through a party to commenmorate such an event! Operation: Through Akahana a party welcoming her new happy life! That's the plan!" Tamaki smiled big and looked off into space with sparkles in his eyes. The twins and Haruhi did a face palm.
Kyoya stopped typing on his computer and sighed, "If our king wishes to do this for Akahana then so be it."
"But when does Aka-chan get out of the hospital?" Hunny asked, frowning.
Tamaki froze and he ceased looking off into space, "U-Uhhhh..." The king sweat dropped.
The twins pointed at their king, "BLONDE MOMENT!" Tamaki shot a glare at the two.
"Shut up! I just didn't look it up, that's all!" Tamaki made his way over to Kyoya and did a puppy dog face, "Kyoya...do you know when...?"
"She gets released within a week, Tamaki. Of course she'll be off school for a few more days after that because she has to go to court for her father. So I'm estimating she'll be back to school next Thursday." The megane pushed up his glasses and crossed his arms. Tamaki began staring back into space again,
"Perfect! We'll finally make her feel truly welcome to Ouran Academy and the host club! SHE'LL FINALLY END ALL THE DAYS OF WHEN SHE HAD ALL THAT PAIN AND START A NEW!"
The twins shook their heads and looked at each other, "But we don't usually do stuff like this to welcome new guests anyway."
Ignoring them, Tamaki pointed at his closest full of cosplay clothing. "We will cosplay for this event! And we will invite all of our other guests." Tamaki continued to go on and on about his plan,
"What in the HELL is he talking about? Guests? I thought he said this was a party, not an event for the host club to entertain girls." Kaoru snairled, looking at Kyoya who had begun typing on his computer again.
"It is a party. But why not invite our guests and turn it into an event? We make money while Akahana is happy. Plus this way she can make more friends." The twins glared with fire in their eyes at the 2nd year.
"You money-grubbing inenabeler!"
Hunny and Mori made their way over to the twins and Kyoya and smiled, "If it'll make Aka-chan happy, then I'll do it no matter what!"
Shrugging, the twins smirked, "Ah, what the hell? Why not? If it's for her then okay."
Haruhi and Kyoya smiled and agreed as well.
"YAY! We'll start planning right away! This fun little party will make Akahana super happy!"
"Wow there was not one manly word in that sentence, boss."
"SH-SHUDDAP!"
"Aw boss, it's not our fault your not manly."
"SHADY TWINS! SHADY!"
Watching the twins and Tamaki go at it caused the other hosts to laugh. Looking over at his cousin, Hunny smiled,
"Takashi, this is gonna be fun, isn't it?"
Mori smiled, "Yeah."
"...Aka-chan desearves it after everything she's been thorugh."
"She does."
"...Takashi?"
"Hm?"
"...oh. Nothing, never mind." Hunny looked at Usa-chan that sat across from him at a table. His expression grew sad,
"Hunny-senpai, you arn't JEALOUS of Akahana are you?"
Hunny's frown worstened when he heard Kaoru's words in his mind,
'No...I'm not jealous of Aka-chan. So what if Takashi and her like each other? That's fine...Sure, Takashi won't want to spend as much time with me if they get together but I'm not...' Hunny glanced up at his friend and his eyes widened. Mori was smiling off into space. Hunny looked back down, '...I'm happy...if Takashi's happy.' Hunny grabbed Usa-chan and jumped out of his seat and ran towards the door,
"Hunny-senpai, where are you going?"
"Mitsukuni."
Hunny grasped the door's knob and pulled, "I'm going to the cafeteria to get cake." With that, Hunny left the room and ran down the hall. No one else was there but him. Sliding to the floor, Hunny held his bunny to him tightly,
"...Takashi." Small drops of water fell on to the floor beside him and Hunny looked up at the ceiling,
"I think Mori-senpai's starting to like her a lot more. What will you do if he leaves you to be with Akahana, Hunny-senpai?"
Hunny baried his head into his knees and dropped his bunny onto the floor..."...I don't know anymore..."
Peaking out at Hunny from another hall way, Mori frowned, 'Mitsukuni...' Not saying another word, Mori shoved his hands into his pocket and made his way back to the music room...
Authors comments: Well, this chapter was a lot happier, wasn't it? (well, except at the end...*sweat drop* ). I have no idea's for the next chapter so please give me suggestions, guys. And sorry to those who still hate me ^^; BTW I only called this chapter what I did because I couldn't think of anything else. By "End it all" I meant Akahana has finally ended her days of suffering and stuff. Yeah, I know cheesy right?