I still do not own Love Hina :(

Su woke up not remembering where she was until she found Keitaro in her arms, still sleeping
Breathing a sigh of relief she beamed because he hadn't left that night and snuggled back against him.
The peaceful atmosphere was suddenly ruined by a Motoko and Naru storming into Keitaro's room
"Have you seen Su? We can't find her." and then suddenly gasped seeing Keitaro in Su's arms
Su sighed; she knew what was going to come
"You pervert." they both screamed in unison.
Keitaro bolted upright and found Su clutching his side and two very angry girls at his doorstep
"It's not..." he managed to get out before a Naru kick and a Rock cutting blade came shooting towards him, and before he knew it, he was flying once again.
To his surprise, Su didn't let him go and instead went flying with him.
Thinking fast he made sure she landed on top of him before they hit the ground.
Keitaro was fine as always but unfortunately Su was not, her head came into contact with Keitaro's chest quite hard and she lost conciousness
Not really thinking at all he gently picked her up and went for a mad dash to the tea house.
He kicked the door down and ran to a startled looking Haruka.
While Keitaro was trying to get his breath back Haruka took over Su and gently brought her to the back room where she left her on the couch.
Keitaro followed and sat down besides Su and gently stroked her hair.
"What happened?" Haruka demanded.
So Keitaro told her what happened last night and this morning.
When he was finished she was practically searing with rage.
"Stay with her; I'll be back in a minute" and she stormed off towards the Hinata Sou.

Meanwhile, Naru and Motoko where shocked to see Su flying with Keitaro.
Motoko collapsed and was almost crying
"I hurt my little sister" kept ringing through her head
And Naru just stood dumbfounded.
The other girls ran into the room.
And tried to figure out what happened.
When suddenly Haruka's voice boomed from downstairs
"Get down here now!"
Needless to say the girls where downstairs within seconds, even the shocked pair.
"Do you have any idea what you have done?" She boomed
Motoko and Naru where mumbling apologies, but Haruka cut them off
"Su lies unconscious in my room right now."
"The pervert..." Naru weakly tried to say something, but was cut off by a slap across the face.
"He's not a pervert and you know that."
"But.." and Motoko was awarded with the same slap as Naru has had.
"He wanted to leave, you know that? He was an emotional wreck when I talked to him last night" Haruka continued
Shinobu almost broke out in tears when Haruka said that.
"Sempai leaving?"
Seeing the effect it had on Shinobu, she tried to calm her down and Haruka's voice became softer again.
"Shinobu, why don't you go to Su and see if she's okay."
and when Shinobu walked past her Haruka quietly whispered "It's not your fault." hearing that Shinobu brightened up a bit and walked out.
"And with you three." Haruka growled "I'm not done with you yet."
Naru collapsed on the floor after hearing he was going to leave, Motoko looked pale and trembled, Kitsune slumped down on the couch with her eyes wide open. But this didn't stop Haruka.
"You." and she pointed at Kitsune "You're going to pay back all the money you bribed from Keitaro and if you ever try to bribe him again there'll be hell to pay."
Kitsune almost broke out in tears "She's right I always used him, Oh Kei-kun I'm so sorry please stay with us" but another part of her wasn't surprised if he left and never came back.
Haruka took a breath and continued
"You, you disgust me Motoko, always talking about honour, but you don't have any yourself, If I even see you pointing that thing again to Keitaro, I'll get your sister and we will make sure you never do it again."
Motoko eyes also went teary "Haruka-san is right, I have no honour, I'm not worthy of carrying this sword." She turned around and left the room, sobbing hard.
"And you Naru, I'm most disgusted with you, he gave you his all, even got into Todai for you, he told you that he loved you and you kept beating him and hurting him emotionally. If I was in charge, you would have been kicked out along time ago, and maybe he will after what you did this morning."
"But I have nowhere to go." Naru was crying hard now and could barely speak any more.
"You should have thought about that earlier before you started beating up your kanrinrin"
"But, but I love him."
In response she got slapped again.
"Don't even say that, You're not even able to love someone, you just want the attention! And if you even make a fist or place and insult against him, I will have you kicked out within seconds."
After the last verbal attack Naru totally broke down and fainted on the floor.
"Get her to her room Kitsune, I don't want to see her any more." and she left the house. She lighted a cigarette and felt a bit better.
She then hurried back to the teashop to check on Su.

Keitaro was feeling a little guilty when he saw Haruka storming off, even tough he was still angry with them for hurting Su he felt kinda sorry for them.
Nobody wanted a mad Haruka near them
Then he focused on Su again. He stared at her face musing about how pretty and innocent she looked while sleeping.
He snapped out of it and went to get a cold compress for her head.
And continued to sit next to her and gently stroked her hair.
Shinobu entered the room and saw Keitaro straddling Su's hair. She felt a slight pang of jealousy but quickly brushed it aside as she rushed to Su's side.
"Sempai is she okay?"
Keitaro instantly put up his defensive position but relaxed when he saw it was Shinobu.
"She's going to be fine, Shinobu-chan. She hit her head quite hard but nothings broken."
She let out a sight of relief and looked at Keitaro with a sad expression.
After a while Keitaro noticed it "Something wrong Shinobu-chan?"
"Can we talk Sempai?"
"Sure let's go to the bar."
Keitaro looked at Su for one last time before leading Shinobu out of the room.
"What's wrong Shinobu-chan?"
"Are you leaving Sempai?" she tried to keep calm but she broke down in tears and launched herself to his shoulder.
Unsure of what to do with the crying girl on his shoulder he just stood there until he finally put his arms around her and started comforting her
"It's okay Shinobu-chan."
Haruka came in and saw Shinobu crying on Keitaro's shoulder. She arched a brow and Keitaro saw it. Indicating with his head they should be left alone he beckoned Haruka to tend to Su. She shrugged and silently walked across the room and to the back room.

After a while Shinobu finally calmed down and Keitaro released her and went to get a cup of water for her.
"Now what's wrong Shinobu-chan."
"I don't want you to leave, Sempai."
He let out a sigh "I'm sorry but I have to, I can't take it any more."
"But..."
He interrupted her.
"Besides they won't miss me much"
"I'll miss you Sempai, because..." and she hesitated
"Why, Shinobu-chan?"
She struggled with the words and finally blurted out.
"I love you." and immediately went tomato-red and started to back away from Keitaro.
Keitaro was startled "You love me?"
Shinobu meekly nodded
He took a few moments to recompose himself and finally he began:
"I don't know how to tell you this Shinobu-chan but..."
and after those words she couldn't take it any more and ran out of the Tea Shop crying.
He called after her but she made no response to his calls as she fled into the Hinata-sou. He went back inside and sighing he did the first thing that came into his mind.
He grabbed a bottle of sake and took a few big slugs from it.
He then retreated in his thoughts till Haruka shook him out of his reverie
"You might want to take it easy on that, that's strong stuff."
"Okay, aunt Haruka."
She slapped him lightly on the head
"Haruka-san" he corrected.
"Su's awake and wants to see you." she continued
"How did things go with Shinobu by the way?"
"Not so good. I'll tell you after I see Su."

He carefully entered the room
"Su-chan, are you all right?"
He looked at her when he got no response and saw that she was staring at him with sad eyes
Not used to seeing Su sad he made his way over to her and gently put his arms around her.
After a long and uncomfortable silence she pulled away from him and spoke
"Is it my fault your leaving, Keitaro?" and she started sobbing slightly
"No. Su It's not your fault." He said in a soothing manner
"But I hurt you."
He looked into her eyes
"Did you mean to hurt me Su-chan?"
"No." She said a little sheepishly
"Then I forgive you, I know you just wanted to play."
She stopped sobbing
"Do you mean that, Keitaro?"
He nodded and glanced at the clock
He nearly face faulted at seeing the time
"I'm going to leave now Su-chan." and he patted her head gently before standing up and walking towards the door
"Keitaro?"
He turned around "Yeah?"
Su blushed a little and went staring at the floor "Umm never mind."
Keitaro looked at her and thought to himself "She is acting kinda strange since yesterday, I wonder what is really wrong with her?"
when he had closed the door she stood up and sneaked to the door trying to listen what Keitaro said to Haruka.

Keitaro got another shot of sake before speaking to Haruka again.
"Could you do me a huge favour, Haruka-san?
"Depends." and Haruka looked at him with suspicion
"Will you talk to Shinobu for me, I really need to go to Tokyo to find a room."
"What about?"
Keitaro hesitated but spoke out
"She told me that she loved me."
"She finally told you?"
"What do you mean 'finally'?"
"She has been in love with you for 4 years now."
"I didn't know that."
Looking over her nephews denseness from the past few years, she didn't find that strange at all
"And something went wrong after she told you?"
"I started to explain I don't see her that way, that's she more like my little sister but she ran off before I could tell her."
"And now you want me to talk to her?"
"I don't have the time to sort things out today, I need to go to Tokyo. I'll talk to her in a couple of days."
"Fine but you better talk to her before you leave."
"I will Haruka-san."
They left the the shop together, Keitaro to get his stuff and Haruka to talk to Shinobu

Su heard everything behind the door and slumped down feeling confused.
She was sad for Keitaro leaving, angry towards the other girls and she felt pity for Shinobu but she also felt a strange kind of relief which she couldn't explain
She decided to talk to Shinobu after Haruka had left.