Chapter Fifteen:
Years had passed since his world pulled together and, despite himself, Hikaru had found his way to a blinding happiness he never would have thought was possible. He had battled his demons in the pits of hell and come out stronger for it. Despite all the terrible things that had happened during his first twenty years on this earth, he honestly believed he was lucky. Life had been cruel, but it had also been kind.
Glancing across the living room, he met the gaze of his loving wife. She was still as beautiful as she had been in her youth. She was slender and pale with gorgeous flowing locks framing her face like a halo. There were small laughter and worry lines creasing her face from years of a life well lived but they only made her look more beautiful. Renge had aged wonderfully and he was more in love with her now than he ever had been before.
Someone screamed in what he assumed was frustration, dragging his eyes from his beautiful wife to the small children playing in the middle of the living room. Kaoru had been coming over more often to help take care of the other kids. Even though he was eight now and still a child himself he took after his mother a bit too much. He was a care giver, a lover, a worrier. While he had many of Tamaki's carefree traits, he was still very much Haruhi's child. The screamer in question was Masuyo, Mei and Takashi's child. She was very much like her mother, obstinate and demanding and she hated having to share. The smallest and last of the three children playing in his living room was Asuna. She sat, rolling backwards in disinterest as she sucked away on a pale pink pacifier. Barely six months old she was the most well behaved baby Hikaru had ever met.
And he was proud to call her his daughter.
He had never imagined what his life would be like after his brother's death. In fact, the loss of Kaoru should have stopped his life in his tracks. They were two people bonded in a way that had always made them one. How he could have possibly moved on with his life without his brother was beyond him. But life had continued. He had persevered. And he had been blessed with the best friends, the most loving wife, and the prettiest daughter he had ever laid eyes on.
"The rest of the Hosts should be here soon." Renge spoke, cutting through his inner most thoughts and summoning him back to the here and now.
As if on cue, the front door burst open. In bounded their blonde haired leader, ushering a pack of familiar faces into his living room. Immediately his home was alive with the sound of laughter and old friends, new babies and more love than he had ever imagined was possible.
Asuna was already in Haruhi's arms, being cooed over by her aunts and even a few of her uncles as they came together as they did every Friday night. The Host Club, eternal and together forever. They had spent their lives united and he had no doubt they would continue to grow together for the rest of their lives.
For at the end of the day, they were a family… Always.
The End
Author's Notes: Well this has been a journey! I'm so relieved this is finally over but I'm also incredibly sad. It was tough deciding which directions to take Hikaru's life. But I'm very glad you all joined me on this journey. I hope you continue to read my stories and follow me along on his wild goose chase I call my writing inspiration.
Let me know if you have anything you'd like to see written. Other wise, keep a look out as there will be another OHSHC fanfic coming from me soon.
All my love, always; Kaas
