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Chapter 26: Fears and a Surprise

It felt like everything was going extremely slow as she fell. I was now sobbing uncontrollably and that's when I felt a pair of arms wrap around me. I recognized those arms instantly and I wrapped my arms around Takashi as I continued to cry.

"Mori-senpai, there is a car ready for Setsuna-senpai," Kyoya solemnly said he looked at our direction.

I don't know whether Takashi said something or not. All I knew was that Takashi lifted me up bridal style and walked extremely fast towards where Kyoya said that car was at. Once we arrived at the car, the driver opened the door and Takashi placed me inside. Tears kept falling from my eyes and I didn't want to let go of Takashi.

"I'll be there soon. Don't worry, everything will be fine," Takashi told me as he wiped the ongoing tears that kept falling.

I nodded my head. He smiled at me and kissed my cheek before closing the door. Then, the car began to move. I couldn't stop the tears as they continued falling from my eyes. I just went through one of my greatest fears: losing someone I love. Haruhi is just like a little sister to me and to see her fall in to the bottom abyss of the sea made my fear appeared.

I walked in to the villa as I wiped the ongoing tears off my face. I couldn't hold it in any longer; I ran towards my room and need to vent myself somehow. Once in, I slammed the door, not even bothering to lock it, and ran towards the bed. I grabbed the pillow and sobbed into it. My mind kept thinking whether something bad had happened to her. There was even a point when I thought she had drowned. It wasn't long 'til I cried myself to sleep.

I wasn't sure how long I was asleep for, but someone called my name out and woke me up. I rubbed my dry tears away from my eyes and looked at who it was. My eyes widened as I saw who it was and I immediately engulfed Haruhi in a hug.

"Don't you ever scare me like that again!" I told her as I looked straight into her eyes as I felt the tears come down again. "For a moment I thought I lost you! Don't scare me to death again!" I hugged her one last time.

"Suna-chan, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you had to go through one of your fears. It's all okay now. It's okay," Haruhi hugged me tighter.

I was glad that she knew why I had panicked and was scared. I remember the day when we told each other what we feared and we promised to each other that we would take care of one another if we confronted our fears.

We were hugging for a few minutes when I started calming down. I wiped the last of my tears and smiled at Haruhi. She smiled back at me and that's when I noticed her outfit. It was a pink dress.

"What's the occasion?" I asked as I pointed at her outfit while I sniffled.

She grabbed some of her dress and while observing it she said, "Otou-san most likely repacked my suitcase."

I laughed at the statement. My mood suddenly changed and I'm glad that I did.

"I think dinner is about to start soon. You should change out of your swimsuit, Suna-chan," Haruhi said as she stood up from my bed.

"Ah, okay. I'll see you later then," I got up from the bed and walked towards my duffle bag. Haruhi waved and then left the room, closing the door behind her.

I zipped the bag and dug out some clothes. I found a thin teal tank top and some black cotton short shorts for pajamas. I tried to find something else but that was the only thing that I had found besides that was a green mini skirt and a black tank top.

"I had to let Fuka pack my duffle bag. Damn brat!" I cursed her since I had no other option of clothing.

Grabbing the skirt, black tank top, and black undergarments, I went to the bathroom and immediately changed. I left my swimsuit and white muscle tee there, deciding to grab it after dinner, and changed into the clothes that I brought with me. I looked at the mirror that was in front of me and saw that my eyes were a bit puffy and red. I grabbed a small hand towel and wet it, placing it over my eyes for a few minutes to relax them and go back to normal. After a minute, it was fine.

Walking out of the bathroom, I felt weird. I had no shorts to go under the skirt so I had to be extremely careful. After slipping on my black flip flops and placed my hair in small pig tails, I was now out the door and walking towards the dining room. Hopefully, I don't get lost. I made a turn at a corner and that's when I heard noise.

"Good job, Haruhi-papa!" That sounded like Hikaru and Kaoru.

"Haru-chan, you're so cute!" That was Hunny.

Opening the door, I popped my head in to see everyone, except Tamaki, around Haruhi. I blinked in wonderment as they kept on staring at her.

"Ah, Suna-chan!" Hunny called me out as soon as he saw me.

'Damn I was seen!'

Hunny ran towards me and pulled me away from the door. And there I stood for everyone to see and I took notice that they too changed. Kyoya was wearing a brown sleeveless shirt that had a collar and black jeans. Takashi was wearing black jeans with a purple shirt that had a vertical red stripe going down on the right of his chest with a horizontal red stripe on his left sleeve and across his left chest and over the vertical stripe.

Hunny wore blue jean shorts and a while sleeveless shirt with a hoodie. Hikaru wore khaki colored jeans with a black sleeveless shirt that was under a light blue sleeveless shirt. Kaoru also wore khaki colored jeans with an orange sleeveless shirt that had jagged edges with a black collar. I couldn't really tell what Tamaki was wearing, but I did was able to tell that he had blue jeans and a black and red shirt with a white dress shirt that was open.

All eyes were on me now. It felt weird since I had now developed a background of stars and all. I sweat dropped.

"Wow, Setsuna-senpai, we didn't know that you owned something like that!" Hikaru said as he looked directly at me.

"That looks really good on you," Kaoru said next.

"Suna-chan, you're so cute, too!" Hunny said next.

"Ah," Takashi said.

After that small ordeal, it was now time for dinner. The mood was extremely quiet for some unknown reason. Well, I really didn't know why since I wasn't there at the beach. It was especially awkward between Haruhi and Tamaki. I sat next to Kyoya, who sat next to Kaoru, who sat next to Hikaru. Across from me were Takashi, then Hunny, then Haruhi and lastly Tamaki.

"The mood is kind of…dead here," Hikaru finally broke the quite.

"It's kind of tense, too," Kaoru said next.

I looked at Hunny as he tried to lighten the mood, "Let's eat, Haru-chan. The crabs we got today should be delicious." He and Takashi held up the crabs to show her.

Now it's time to eat! Well, even while we ate, it was still a bit awkward. Haruhi cracked her crab leg like nothing. It even scared Tamaki. She opened her mouth widely and took a bite.

I got my own crab leg and cracked it open. I took a bite and it had to be one of the best crabs that I ate.

"This crab is delicious…" Tamaki kept on freaking out as she kept on throwing empty shells. "…something like that."

I looked at Tamaki as he attempted to grab a piece of his own crab, but again he got scared because of Haruhi throwing an empty crab leg.

As time went on, we kept on eating our delicious meal. I took another bite of crab meat when I noticed her large pile of empty crab legs.

"Don't you think you're eating too much?" Tamaki asked as he first looked at the pile of empty legs and then towards Haruhi.

"Hmm? I thought you weren't going to talk to me?" Haruhi said as she cracked another leg. Something then hit Tamaki right on his chin. I wonder what that could have been.

"S-So not cute!" He said.

Haruhi just ignored him and kept on eating. I sweat dropped at the sight. Then Tamaki slammed his hand with his napkin on the table.

"All right, I get it. You're not going to reflect upon what you did. That's it; I'm sleeping. Kyoya, take me to my room." With that, Tamaki walked out.

Kyoya wiped his mouth as he said, "All right. Please excuse me." He then got up from his chair and walked towards the door.

I looked at the two walking away before turning to look at Haruhi. She was about to crack another leg when she stopped.

"Maybe I should go learn some karate or something," She said as soon as they were gone.

"What?" Hikaru and Kaoru said. "So that is on your mind?"

"Yet, that's your train of thought?" Hikaru said.

"We won't stop you from learning or anything…" Kaoru said next.

"…But that's the issue here…" They said together.

"Huh?" Haruhi questioned what they said.

"Frankly, I also want you to reflect upon your reckless acts like today's," Hikaru said looking straight at Haruhi.

"Why? I didn't give you two any trouble."

The twins just looked at each other and shrugged.

"That's wrong, Haru-chan," Hunny said next. "Say sorry to everyone, okay? You should say sorry to Tama-chan for making him worry, okay?"

"You were all worried about me?"

"Gosh…" Hunny sweat dropped.

"This girl's…" The twins said next.

"I see…I'm sorry…" And that's when everyone stood up and hugged Haruhi. Well Takashi still had his crab and was eating it, but he was smiling.

"Aww, you cute little animal…" Hikaru said as he, Kaoru, and Hunny hugged and rubbed their heads against Haruhi's.

"We'll forgive you because you're so cute," Kaoru said next.

Tight Group Hug

I smiled while looking at Haruhi, but got worried when her face turned a bit blue.

"Haruhi, are you okay?" I asked as I faced her.

"What's wrong?" The twins asked.

"My stomach feels bad…" She managed to say.

"You ate too much crab," Hikaru said.

"Haru-chan, hang in there!" Hunny said to her.

"Come on, go to the toilet already," Kaoru said next.

With that, Haruhi ran off to find a bathroom. I shook my head at the girl for eating too much. Oh well.

"Well guys, time to clean up this mess," I said to them while I went to pick up a plate filled with empty crabs.

"Do we have to?" Hikaru and Kaoru whined.

"Yes, now come on. The faster we do this, the faster we relax." I held two plates in my hands and walked towards the door that led to the kitchen. I used my body to open it and then I walked in. Luckily, the trash can was near so I dumped the empty shells. I placed the plates on the sink and turned the water to wash my hands. Once I thought it was clean, I turned it off and headed towards the door.

"Setsuna-senpai," I turned to see Hikaru and Kaoru calling me. Next to them was Hunny and Takashi.

"Yeah?"

"Are you feeling better now?" Hunny asked me.

I nodded my head and said, "I'm fine now. What happened to those guys?"

The twins smiled proudly while saying, "We beat them up!"

"And Kyou-chan got their identification so they're in trouble," Hunny smiled.

I sweat dropped at their answer. "I'm gonna go to room now." I walked towards the door, but that's when I heard a crash of thunder. Immediately, I froze.

'Haruhi is scared of thunder. Where is she? I hope she is alright,' I thought before leaving the room. I opened the door and there stood Kyoya.

"Are you feeling better, Setsuna-senpai?" Kyoya asked me as he pulled my arm and sat me down.

I was surprised by his actions because right now I really wanted to go find Haruhi.

"I'm fine," I stated. "What happened to the girls?"

"They are staying at a hotel for the night and are leaving tomorrow. Also we had to give them complementary bouquets for what happened."

"Oh, I see."

By now, the thunder was gone and that's when Kyoya said, "We should go and check on Tamaki and Haruhi."

"Eh? They were together right now?" The twins asked.

And so we walked to find the two.

"Was it really okay…" Hikaru spoke as we walked towards Kyoya's room.

"…To let them be alone?" Kaoru asked.

"This is Tamaki we're talking about. What kind of mistake do you expect him to make?" Kyoya stated as we approached the door.

"Tono! We're coming in," they said in unison.

We looked and immediately I was in shock. Haruhi had a cloth wrapped around her eyes and she was on the floor. Tamaki was right in front of her while saying, "See? If you put a blindfold on, you won't see it. And if you put on ear plugs for the noise–"

"Ah it's true!" Haruhi said happily.

"This guy is the worst!" Hikaru said with a somewhat joking but mean tone.

"What kind of play is this?" Kaoru said.

"Tamaki, back away from Haruhi," I said while glaring.

"No! It's not like that!"

I yawned and raised my arms up to stretch, "I think I'm going to bed now. Good night and please try not to kill Tamaki."

"Night," I heard them say before walking off.

I headed towards my room and went inside. I closed the door and began taking off my clothes. I took off the tank top and folded it on my bed. Then I shimmied myself out of the skirt and folded it as well. I grabbed my pajamas and got dressed in them. I went to the bathroom and did my business. After I brushed my teeth, I grabbed my swimsuit and placed all that back into the duffle bag.

Jumping onto my bed, I began to remove the covers so that I could sleep. But that's when I completely stopped. Right in front of me was my other fear. So I did what I would have naturally done. I screamed.

"AHHHHH!" I jumped away from my bed and totally began freaking out.

"Setsuna!" I heard my door open and saw my savior. Takashi came running in and saw me totally flustered. Somehow, the door closed on its own.

"Takashi!" I ran towards him and hid behind him while gripping his arm tightly.

"What's wrong?" He asked as he turned to look at me with a worried face.

I pointed towards my bed and only said one word, "S-Spider."

He simply blinked but turned towards my bed and went to go look for the spider. I slowly followed him, seeing what he was planning on doing. He moved my covers by tossing them to the ground and that's when he found the spider.

I freaked as soon as I saw him grab it. I had to jump onto the bed as he walked towards my bathroom to do who knows what to the creature. I heard a flush and then the water faucet being turned on and off.

Takashi walked out of my bathroom and headed towards me. Immediately once he was in front of me, I jumped on him and hugged him.

"Thank you so much! I don't know what I would have done," I told him before pulling away.

"You're scared of spiders," He simply said.

I nodded my head, "And losing the people I love."

He nodded his head remembering this. But then he stopped and his face turned red. I was confused as to why. I mean, my hair is a mess thanks to the whole spider ordeal and my shirt got all wrinkly. What's there to blush about?

"Takashi, are you alright. Your face is red," I went to touch his forehead.

He nodded his head and I got off him. Sadly I didn't see the sheets when I was getting off him so I ended up tripping.

"Setsuna!" Takashi grabbed onto me and fell with me.

We landed on the ground; I hit my head upon landing, but the pain went away after I rubbed it.

"Are you okay, Takashi?" I lifted my self up and then opened my eyes, but immediately I blushed.

A breath away from me was Takashi. He opened his eyes and was taken back. A blush appeared on his face as well. I didn't know what to do.

Without thinking, I slowly moved my face closer his. I stopped when I hesitated though. What if he didn't like me? I slowly pulled back but I got my answer once his lips pressed against mine.

I froze in shock, but nonetheless I kissed him back. I know, normally you see fireworks when you kiss your dream guy. Well I had that and there was heat. A heat that I have never in my life felt. About ten seconds later, we pulled back.

We were both shocked at what we did. Takashi then got up from the floor and helped me up as well. My face was blushing like crazy right now and so was his.

"We should go to bed now since we're leaving tomorrow," I said to him.

"Yeah," He said.

I began grabbing the covers that were thrown to the ground. He helped me gather them and placed them properly on my bed. I looked at him as the moonlight hit him. He was handsome and I still couldn't believe what just happened. We finished our task and soon I walked him to my door.

"Good night, Takashi," I said to him as a blush appeared on my face.

Without hesitation, we both leaned in and placed a gentle kiss on each others lips.

"Good night, Setsuna," Takashi smiled before leaving.

After I closed my door, I ran towards my bed and quietly squealed in delight. I was finally able to kiss the man of my dreams all thanks to a spider. Don't get me wrong though, I'm still scared of them.

The next morning we were all gather at the entrance. I stood next to Takashi and kept stealing small glances. He too did the same. The limo had finally arrived and now it was time to go.

"Be careful, Haruhi," Hikaru said as he stood next to the limo door.

"Apparently, our lord has some SM fetishes," Kaoru said right after.

"Gross," I said aloud as I walked next to Takashi and Hunny with Kyoya in front of us.

"I said, it's not like that!" Tamaki shouted.

"I see; so that's SM? He made me do stuff without me knowing it," Haruhi said and then raised the window up.

I sat next to Takashi and Hunny, while Kyoya, Hikaru and Kaoru sat across from us. Haruhi sat next to two empty seats. Well one was supposed to be for Tamaki.

"No! I was doing it for your sake!"

"Drive," Kyoya simply said. And then we were off.

"Hey! Don't leave me behind! Wait!"