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Disclaimer: Ouran and its characters aren't mine. They belong to Bisco Hatori . Akahana is mine.

Chapter 21: My decision

"I saw Akahana but...she didn't want to see me."

That was what Takashi Morinozuka had told his friends before storming off to the hotel the third years would be staying at for their field trip. He said that but...Mori wasn't even sure he, himself, knew what he meant. He was still utterly confused and depressed by what had happened. He saw Akahana in the streets, hugged her, but in the end she ran away from him. Was it really because she didn't want to see him? Or was it something else...? Either way, nothing seemed to make sense anymore.

"Takashi...?" a little voice came following the sound of a door opening and then closing.

Mori didn't look up. He didn't have to. He already knew who it was after all,

"Takashi...tell me what happened." Mori looked over to see who he had suspected...Hunny; who jumped up on the bed beside him.

Sitting up, Mori let out an unusual sigh and covered his eyes with a hand, "...Where are the others?"

Hunny blinked for a moment before he realized what his cousin meant, "Oh, you mean Haru-chan and the others? They're staying at a different hotel. Never mind that, Takashi..." The small build teen placed a hand on his cousin's shoulder, "What exactly happened when you saw Aka-chan earlier?"

Mori let out another sigh, figuring there was no point in hiding it any longer. With that decision, the Morinozuka began telling Hunny how he bumped into Akahana in the street. How he was so happy to see her that he unthinkingly hugged her for five minutes straight. And finally, how she pushed him away and ran off before he could say anything else to her.

'...when I say it all at once, it really sounds pathetic' Mori thought to himself as he lied back on the bed. Then he opened his lips to mumbled something as quietly as he could, "...Maybe it would be best if I just forgot her...if she doesn't want to see me then..."

There was a short pause after Mori told his story before Hunny mumbled even a word about it. But what Hunny said next made Mori think,

"I know I've asked this before but...how much do you love Akahana, Takashi?" Hunny turned to look straight at Mori with the most serious expression he could manage.

Mori's eyes widened a fraction, "Mitsukuni, you-"

Before Mori could finish, Hunny spoke up, "HOW MUCH, TAKASHI? Stop stalling and tell me."

Surprised by Hunny's unusual serious demeanor, it was clear to Mori that his cousin meant business. Mori took a deep breath,

"Very much."

"...Really?"

"Yes...I love Akahana more than I have ever loved another."

Hunny's expression darkened, "...I don't believe you."

Takashi's eyes went wide, "What?"

Hunny repeated it again, "I don't believe you, Takashi. You're a liar."

The Morinozuka could feel his blood pressure rising now because of the words coming from his cousin's mouth, "What are you talking about, Mitsukuni? How could you say I'm lying-"

Hunny jumped off the bed, turned, and shot a glare at his friend, "YOU LIE, TAKASHI! JUST AS I SAID!" The boy lolita pointed a finger at the taller man, "You don't love Akahana! You don't love her in the slightest! So stop lying!"

Mori bit his lip hard as rage continued to build up inside him. Now it was his turn to jump up from the bed and shoot a glare,

"Mitsukuni, that's enough. I don't know what you're trying to pull but-"

Again, the host was cut off by the unusually infuriated Hunny,

"If you love her so much, like you SAY you do, then why are you trying to forget her?"

...Mori immediately froze where he stood. Hunny went on,

"You claim you love her SOOOO much! But if you really did, you'd quit torturing yourself AND her and stop running away! You can't love her that much! Otherwise you wouldn't say such things like 'I'll forget her' so easily!"

"...ngh..." Mori clenched one of his hands into a fist as his body began to tremble.

What his cousin was saying was right. If he loved her so much...then why was he trying to run away instead of picking up the pieces and trying to do something about the situation at hand? Why was he being so unusually coward-like? Thinking about his current behavior made Mori sick to his stomach.

"...See Takashi?"

Mori looked up in confusion to see Hunny at his side, smiling now,

"You don't really want to forget Akahana, do you? I know you don't. It was obvious from how you reacted just now."

Tears began to form in the Morinozuka's eyes again. Hunny chuckled nervously, took hold of his friend's wrist, and led him over to the bed again,

"Even if Aka-chan doesn't want to see you right now, I don't think forgetting her is going to help anything, Takashi. After all, you DO love her a lot, right? And you know she loves you. She said so in that letter. What will forgetting about her accomplish anyways? It won't make either of you happy," Hunny smiled warmly and looked straight ahead, " So stop trying to erase those memories of her already. If you really love her, then go find her and get a straight answer whether she wants to see you or not. And even if she doesn't, then they're still a lot better things you could be doing to make you both happy in the end."

...Hunny was right. There WERE a lot better things Takashi Morinzuka could be doing about Akahana. And he knew two things for sure: He loved her and she loved him. There was so much evidence to prove it, he didn't even need to think about it. This talk with his cousin was just what Takashi needed to get back on his feet,

"Thank you, Mitsukuni." Takashi smiled and stood up, "I think I see what you were doing earlier...you made me realize something important. And because of that, I've decided something."

Hunny knew what Mori was going to say but asked anyways, "What's that, Takashi?"

"I'm going to go find Akahana. And then I'm going to bring her back to Japan with us." Takashi's smile grew as he made his way to the door to leave. He grasped the door knob and turned it but stopped to say one more thing, "Thanks again, Mitsukuni. I don't think I would have come to this conclusion if it weren't for you."

Tears formed in Hunny's eyes for a moment. The boy lolita smiled and waved, "Good luck finding Aka-chan, Takashi."

Mori gave a thumbs up and walked out the door to go in search of the woman he loved.

Authors comments: I stayed home sick from school today so I decided to write the next chapter. Its rather short but I like the drama in it. Hopefully no one got confused by the Hunny-Mori "fight" thing. It wasn't really a fight, just Hunny trying to make a point. Idk how many figured that out. Anyways, sorry for the shortness of this chapter. Next one will be longer.

Go Mori; Find Akahana and drag her back to Japan with you! :3