As I ran out of the 3rd music room I caught a glimpse of Kaoru's red hair, and I did my best to follow him. I didn't call his name, because I had to focus on keeping my speed up, and besides he wouldn't really stop no matter how loud I shouted. He headed down the stairs, and when I reached the top of the staircase I saw Hikaru run into a room, but Kaoru was running in the opposite direction!
I tried to call out his name, but my throat was dry and it only came out a hoarse cough. This made me incredibly annoyed as I continued down, skipping every second step. It went faster than I thought, and in a few seconds I stood in front of the door Hiakru had disappeared behind, it was smaller than the doors to the classrooms, but I didn't care about that and hurried through the door and slammed it shut behind me.
It was dark all around me, and suddenly I tripped over something and dropped on the ground with a large bump, before something that felt like sticks fell over me. "Ouch!" I yelped and got up on my hands and knees. I felt around the floor and found that the thing I had fallen over decided it had to be a bucket, and the sticks resembled brooms. Even rich schools have got such a normal thing as this? Close to unbelievable. Since there was a certain risk of falling again, I decided to crawl.
Soon I heard a sound, it sounded as if it came from somewhere in front of me. "Hikaru?" I asked carefully out in the air, and I listened. It was like the sound of someone... sobbing? As I moved my hands to crawl again, I hit something, and I realized it was one of his legs. Now that I had located him it wasn't so hard to move around, and I got up to sit next to him, though he leaned away from me. "Hikaru," I spoke softly, placing a hand on his shoulder, "I'm not leaving you guys for Akito." He went completely silent, not wanting to talk, but I could feel him shake as a result of trying to stop the tears from flowing.
I had grown very fond of the two twins, and we always did many fun pranks on Tamaki, or others who deserved it, and I even knew how to tell them apart. Maybe that was one of the reasons why they let me hang around with them. They also seemed to open up a bit to me, like many other people do, but the Hitachiins were somewhat different from everyone else. So, even though we never actually spoke to one another about each other's feelings, it was like we had this connection of trust, a sealed bond, an unsaid promise. I would never ever tell the twins' secrets to anyone, and neither would they with mine.
Without saying a word I sat there, thinking. The thought of leaving all my friends in the Host Club was unbearable, and to marry someone whom I did not love, and at this age? I shuddered slightly and turned my head in my friend's direction. My eyes had adjusted to the light, allowing me to see his shadow. "I will be your friend, no matter what happens, you know that." He moved under my hand, still not making a sound. "But nothing shall happen in a long time yet, at least not me ending up as somebody's wife."
All of a sudden I felt two arms around me, hugging me tightly, and my shirt got a damp spot on the shoulder. I wrapped my arms around him too, stroking his hair comforting. In between his tears and coughs I could hear him saying something, but it made no sense. I let him calm down a bit, and then I got some of the words and parts of some sentences: "you better not leave", "gomene", "I know" and similar. Although I knew that the twins, especially Hikaru, didn't connect easily to people, I was still surprised about his reaction. We were just friends, but still it seemed he was actually jealous for some other guy to have my attention and love.
Finally he stopped crying, and we pulled apart, and I chuckled friendly. "What a strange place to be depressed in, nee?" I wondered, and he laughed. "Hai, it certainly is…" he took a deep breath. "Arigato, Rosemary, in the end you just have to make me smile." The two of us headed out, and was overrun by Kaoru as we were heading for the third music room. He was stressed out, and when he saw Hikaru's red eyes he didn't know what to do, but when we both explained he settled down. By the time we had gotten back to the others we were all laughing.
I looked at my friends, hugging them one by one before joining them all in a group hug. The eldest twin was the first one to speak. "We won't give her up without a fight!" and everyone agreed. Then we sat down and drank tea, coming up with ideas of what to do, some more joking than others, and they all promised not to tell Kyouya anything.