Hikaru's Confession

by rooflizards

This is in Haruhi's POV and is based on the anime starting somewhere after Hikaru and Haruhi's date, though there isn't an exact time I had in mind. This is based on how I think things could have gone during and after the anime if they were more-so pushing Hikaru and Haruhi as a couple. This will be multiple chapters, and at this time I don't have a specific end-point in mind.

7. Chapter 7

Truly, I fully intended on following Tamaki's advice. It made perfect sense, really. Maybe if I went on a few dates with Hikaru and actually thought about it, I'd be able to figure out how I felt. The main problem now was figuring out how to ask him; we were talking again, but never about anything like that.

I was spending the day with the twins, and I guess they could see that there were a lot of thoughts running through my head. Kaoru, as the 'nice twin,' should have been the one to ask me what was up. Knowing this, he had to push Hikaru to ask me instead.

"Um, Haruhi? You seem kind of down, is everything okay?" It was, admittedly, kind of nice to hear Hikaru speak so quietly. It showed how genuinely he cared about the answer.

"I'm fine, Hikaru, thanks... but, actually, could I talk to you?" I requested, then glancing over at Kaoru, "Privately?"

Kaoru nodded and left the two of us alone, though I still dragged Hikaru to a place more private. We sat silent for a moment. He was waiting for me to tell him what I had to say, while I was waiting for... well, I don't know what I was waiting for. The more I thought about asking him on a date, the more flustered this whole situation made me.

By the time I managed to spit out the words, I could feel my cheeks heating up, and the butterflies found their way back to my stomach. "Don't take this as any confirmation of my feelings for you just yet, but," I paused, hiding my face in my hands for a moment before I took a deep breath and looked back at him, "Hikaru, would you maybe want to go on a date with me?"

I could tell he was as nervous as I was- no, probably more nervous- and as soon as I spoke the word 'date' he turned very bright red. He stumbled on his words for a moment, "I- I'm sorry, could you repeat the question? I'm sure I didn't hear that correctly."

I couldn't help but laugh a little at that.

"Hey, what's so funny?" He pouted. He wouldn't, couldn't make eye contact with me at this point.

"Nothing, it's just that, well, your reaction was kinda cute. I still need an answer, though." Maybe calling him cute wasn't the right choice here, but it's not like I was lying. That really is why I laughed.

"Well," he stood up "Of- Of course you know my answer. I would love to go on a- on a date with you, Haruhi."

And so it was decided. Hikaru and I were going on a second date, and this time, it was serious.