A/N: I am sorry for always being late, but I have a pretty legit reason. I was studying for my SAT that i took on the 4th and I just took my ACT yesterday. I will try my best to update more!
But I just wanted to post this chapter up today for a couple of reasons. My heart hurts for the people of Orlando, Florida. I live a couple of hours away from there. I am also a proud member of the LGBT+ community... I give my heart out to the lgbt+ community of Orlando, to the victims, the injured, to their friends, families, and those who risked their lives out there this morning at 2am. I hope that lady finds her son because she still hasn't heard a word about it. Prayers to her and her son. Prayers to Orlando.
Tokiya: Markykun is in a lot of grief today, though he tried to post a good chapter, it's a little short. Well, we all know that Markykun doesn't own Ouran. Once again, Prayers to Orlando.
"Tokiya, don't you think you are being a little too rash?" Kaoru questioned as I rushed through the hallways to get to the Host Club room.
It's been a week since I told Kaoru my plans to tell Hikaru, but for some odd reason I always got interrupted. I was getting irritated, it felt like my blood pressure was rising as the days went by, and any little thing seemed to piss me off.
"If I have to confess to him in front of all the customers I really don't care." I speed up as Kaoru struggled to keep up with me.
"Okay, now I am telling you that's a little too rash."
I stopped in front of the host club doors before opening it. I turned to him. "Does it look like I care at this point?" My left eye twitched in anger. He looked startled at the face I was making as I slammed the doors opened.
The Host Club was in session, so everything went silent when I opened the doors. They all stared at me as I walked over to Hikaru. It was like 'target confirmed' kind of thing. He looked over at me confused as Kaoru tried to say something, but he probably saw how determined I was so he stopped.
"Hikaru, can we talk? I don't mind if we talk right here, but we can talk in private if you want."
In a matter of seconds, I heard squealing and gossiping coming from the customers.
Hikaru was pretty oblivious about the situation, so he shrugged and said he didn't mind talking right where we were. Fine by me, I can leave the room with a huge bang.
I took a deep breath and looked him in the eye. "Hikaru, I have always wanted to tell you for so long, and I am going to do it now." Pretty sure all the girls were at the edge of their seats biting down on their nails or something. Renge had a microphone ready to announce the results. It was obvious the girls picked up the situation faster than Hikaru.
"I love you, Hikaru. From the moment you grabbed my hand while I was under the table of the gazebo, that was when I probably fell in love with you. With everything I did, I tried so hard to give up on you. To the point I even tried to use Kanami to get over my feelings for you."
Kanami was in the background next to Haruhi. She gave me a sad smile as I continued.
"You probably won't ever see me the same way, so that's why I am telling you this now."
Hikaru's face was flushed. Red all the way down to his toes. The girls were fangirling about my confession and Renge was talking about eating 3 bowls of rice because of the yaoi scene that was going on in front of them. He was speechless.
I gave a smile. "Hikaru, it's rude to not say anything after someone's confession."
Tamaki was in the background grumbling about his little sister being taken away by a demon and Hikaru just stared at me. He blinked a couple of times trying to get back to reality and he tilted his head.
"Is this a joke?"
I could feel a mental vein pop in my head as I looked at him with a glare. "Do you really think I look like the person who would just confesses to another as a joke?" My glare probably intensified because it was like the temperature of the room dropped. "I love you, Hikaru." I used the more serious way of 'I love you'. It was a term to use for undying love or the love of a person's life. It was rarely used here in Japan. This made all the girls in the room blush as my face softened.
"This isn't a joke. You are the first person I have ever fallen in love with."
Hikaru looked down with a sad look on his face. "I'm sorry, Tokiya, but I don't see you that way."
It was as if a lot of the weight on my shoulders were lifted. I felt lighter and a smile spread across my face. "Thank you, Hikaru, for listening to my confession properly." He looked up at me shocked as I gave a chuckle. "I'm so happy that I finally told you. I really did love you, Hikaru. I loved you." The use of past tense meant I was going to move on.
Tamaki, Honey-senpai, Kaoru, and all the girls in the room were in tears. Haruhi gave a soft smile, Kyoya-senpai had a smirk on his face, and Mori-senpai gave the biggest smile i have ever seen him give. Which wasn't that big, but it was something.
I could feel tears slowly fall down my face as I gave the happiest smile. It was a smile that only Kaiko saw. A smile that was real. A smile that I haven't felt in so long. Tamaki was the first to run over to jump me into a hug as Honey-senpai and Kaoru joined him. Tamaki was hysterically crying as I cried happily along with him. Mori-senpai came over and patted Hikaru on the shoulder who looked confused.
Today was crazy, hectic, and again crazy, but it was worth it.
I finally told Hikaru that I loved him.
