Tamaki sat in the empty room, their hosting for the day long over. Haruhi still hadn't come back from that outing with Derek. He finally sighed and stood up to leave. Just at that moment, someone's head popped through the door and looked at him. "Tamaki-senpai? There you are! We were all worried about where you were!" said Haruhi as she walked into the room and placed her hands on her hips. "Haruhi? I was waiting for you." He said in a small and quiet voice that was barely audible. Haruhi looked at him with questioning eyes. "Why didn't you come back after you left with that Derek guy?" he asked in the same small voice. "It took us a while to get to the place and then when I decided to leave I decided to just go to the house because it was so late. Speaking of which, it's dark outside. We need to leave and get back home." Haruhi said as she turned and started to walk out the door. Tamaki saw this and hurried to her side, walking without a single word from his mouth. Haruhi sensed something wrong but said nothing.
When they finally reached the sidewalk outside the school, Haruhi started walking to them house the students were supposed to stay. "We're walking home?" Tamaki asked her as he let her get ahead. "Yes, is there a problem with it?" Haruhi asked as she turned her gaze towards him. Tamaki took a minute to answer her. "No, not at all. I think I would actually enjoy walking home." He told her as he smiled at her. Haruhi looked at him for a second before giving an unsure smile back and continuing to walk to the house. Tamaki was silent for most of the trip before he finally got the courage to speak. "H-Haruhi. I need to ask you something." He said as he stopped. Haruhi turned to face him with questioning eyes. "What is it Tamaki-senpai?" she asked as he started biting his lower lip. He was silent for a moment before he continued to speak. "D-do you l-like that Derek guy?" he asked as he diverted his gaze to the sidewalk. Haruhi looked at him before answering. "Well, he's a good friend." She said not getting which like Tamaki meant. "No, Haruhi! Not like that! The other like, you know, like like." Tamaki said keeping his gaze on the sidewalk their feet stood on. He didn't get any words from her mouth. Instead he got laughing. "Tamaki-senpai! Of course not! I only just met him! Like I could fall in love with him!" she said as she held her stomach as she doubled over with laughter.
Tamaki only watched with a relieved yet confused look on his face. Why would Haruhi laugh at a serious question such as that? Actually, it was a serious question to Tamaki, not Haruhi. But he was relieved at her answer. "Besides senpai, we're here to expand our studies, not fall in love. I would never stray from my original objection. Falling in love might cause me to lose focus therefore lose my scholarship." She told him as she straightened up and looked at him with amusement in her eyes. He stared at her. She noticed his face and walked towards him. "Tamaki-senpai, are you all right?" she asked as she placed a hand on his shoulder trying to get his attention. Tamaki snapped back to reality and smiled at her. "You're right. It was a silly question to ask. Forget I ever asked you." He said as he began to walk. Haruhi stared after him before catching up to him with a confused look in her eyes. They finally reached the house and entered parting their separate ways to their rooms.
The next morning, Tamaki was back to his hyper and bouncy self showing no sign that the question he had asked yesterday held any affect on him. Haruhi only sighed and shook her head as he waltzed around the room charming girls. "This early in the morning?" she asked to no one in particular. "Something got his spirits up last night. What did you two talk about on the way home yesterday?" Kyoya asked from behind her. Haruhi jumped in surprise as he asked this. "Just about the Americans we've met. Why?" she asked as she looked up at him from her seat at the table. "Anything more specific?" he asked looking at her through the lens of his glasses. Haruhi pondered whether to tell him or not decided against it. "No." she said. "Fine then." Kyoya replied before walking off. Haruhi watched after him for a moment before glancing back over to Tamaki. What did cause him to b e so hyper this morning?
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