"Hey Senpai, are you feeling any better?" Haruhi asked as the hosts filed into the room.

"Not really." Tamaki admitted.

"Did the doctor tell you what was wrong, Tamak-chan?" Tamaki looked to Kyoya for support.

"It's your choice, you already have opinion. Whatever you decide, keep in mind what I said." Tamaki pushed himself up with help from Kyoya. The hosts exchanged glances.

"What's going on Boss?" Hikaru's tone was stern, yet quiet.

"gentlemen, Haruhi, I'm not sure-"

"He did say something right?"Kaoru questioned.

"yeah, he did. I just...I don't know if I'm-" Tamaki couldn't seem to find the words while he was looking at the expressions on the hosts' faces.

"Senpai?"Haruhi called tentatively, she refused to look at him as she spoke. "Can I ask you something?"

"Anything." Tamaki immediately regretted the answer.

"Are you- should we be worried?"

"No. I don't want you to worry about me. I'm going to be fine. I just want you to understand that it's probably going to take a while. I'll be out of school and I'll need you guys to keep up with the club until I get back." He tried to sound reassuring.

"When will you be back?" Haruhi questioned.

"I don't know right now, but-"

"It doesn't sound like you're-" the girl began skeptically. The others seemed to agree.

"If you don't want to tell us, that's fine." Hikaru told him.

"Yeah, we understand, somethings aren't easy to talk about." Kaoru added."You can talk to us when you're ready." Tamaki nodded. Haruhi remained silent through the visit. She listened to the conversation about the day, the guests had been asking about The club president and were becoming increasingly concerned.

"Just tell them that there's nothing to worry about." Tamaki instructed.

"We will. You'd tell us though, if you weren't-" Tamaki sighed heavily before turning back to Kyoya.

"If you think you can handle it, you should get it out of the way now. They'll need some time to process the information and it's best to do so on a weekend to allow for the shock to wear off."

The shadow king said, lowering himself into a chair.

"Right. You guys might want to sit down, there's really no point in hiding it I suppose."He paused waiting for them to take a seat, their expressions showing their deep concern.

"You guys know I've been sick a lot lately, I don't want you to get upset. I know what I'm about to tell you is a lot, well, it was for me at least. I'll understand if you need to go after you hear it. I just-"

"Stop try to stall, you'll only make it worse/" Kyoya interrupted.

"I have Leukemia, I-" Haruhi turned way but remained seated. The remaining hosts stared in shock.

"It's not something I plan to drag any of you through with me. I know that it's not just a lot for the person who's sick but also the ones around them. I don't want any of you to think that you have to be around,especially when things get more difficult. I'd rather you didn't-"

"I'm sorry you're sick Tama-chan, but if we're a family like you said, then why wouldn't we be here for you?" Honey pointed out.

"Because it does get worse before it gets better, they want me to try treatments that- it's draining, and it's not something I want you to have to deal with Don't get me wrong, it's not an automatic death sentence by any means and I plan on getting better-"

"You will. We'll help you." Hikaru replied. Tamaki smiled faintly.

"Thank you, but I can't expect you to. It's really easy to say that right now when-"

"We want to Boss. If it gets too hard for us, we'll deal with it in our own way...we know we have the option to walk away at anytime." Kaoru added. Tamaki settled back against his pillows.

"Are you okay Senpai?" Haruhi said at last.

"I'm fine, Just getting comfortable."

"But you're not fine, you just told us you're sick. It's not like having a cold or the flu. Why would you lie about this?"

"I have no good excuse. I'm sorry, I just wanted to protect you guys from this as long as I could I didn't want you to feel-"

"You said not to worry, how are we supposed to not worry about something this serious. The best thing you can do for us is be honest. We should know about it, you'd expect us to tell you if we had something life threatening, if something happened to you and we found out later that we could've done something don't you think that would bother us?"

"Haruhi-"

"That's not fair Senpai, you don't get to call us your family and then try to push us out like that. Stop trying to protect us Y-you just can't-" Tamaki reached over and pulled her into a hug as she burst into tears/

"I'm sorry Haruhi, I was wrong to lie to you, you're right. I didn't mean to hurt you. You guys are the closest thing to a family- I didn't want to lose you guys but I don't want you to see what I have to go through either."

"You really are an idiot senpai, we care about you and somethings you jut shouldn't do on your own. I know it's hard for you and you thought that you had to keep this from us but you don't." She said with a mixture of anger and concern.

"I-"

"Just promise me you'll do everything you can to get better and let us at least be there for you." Tamaki though for a moment glancing around at the group. Each host gave a short nod of agreement.

"Alright Haruhi, I promise."