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This chapter is in Haruhi's POV and is based on the song For The First Time In Forever from the film Frozen :)

I feel like maybe there is a chance I can finally let my hair down and simply relax. I have never completely relaxed. Ever. It goes against my nature. If anything, I push myself so hard that I barely have time to myself that doesn't revolve around studying.

I have to fight incredibly hard for everything and you will be forgiven for assuming that I must resent all the cossetted kids who attend my school because for the most part, I do resent their good fortune. But I also commiserate with them as they have never known what it is like to live a normal life, whereupon money is not the basis for weddings as they are not arranged by families, they are decided by love much like the marriage between my dad and my mom before she passed away.

So I can safely say that perhaps I am developing feelings for the one and only Hikaru Hitachiin. It is pretty scary since for much of my life, I have been self-reliant and I am too used to being independent in every aspect of my life. And if anything were to tamper with my freedom, I would feel wretched.

But I know that Hikaru won't change me. He is my best friend. We know practically everything about one another. Is it always the way that male and female friends end up together or is it just a coincidence?

Either way, I guess there is no harm in allowing him to see a different side to me. Perhaps a more vulnerable side. It will be quite hard as I don't like being portrayed as weak and fragile. It's why I have taken up aikido at the insistence and recommendation of Mori-sempai. Thanks to him, I feel stronger than ever. He is very kind. He is like a big brother to me.

Perhaps if I were to ask him for some advice? Yes, maybe that is the best course of action.

I think that Hikaru likes me, but I can't be sure, since I tend to be quite oblivious to any amorous advances. I don't think anyone in the club is aware of this though.

I mean, he did offer me the two plates of ootoro, my favourite food in the entire world. It is so succulent and moist and wonderful and absolutely incredible.

That has to count for something right?

I'm not going to over-analyse this situation as it isn't a maths equation and plus, I am going to need these reservoirs of energy for later on during the usual antics of the Host Club whereupon they somehow manage to get up to all kinds of mischief. And of course, when I say they I mean the little devils Hikaru and Kaoru. I say that with all the love in the world but when they get together (and they are always together), incidents are bound to happen and frequently at that.

"Haruhi?" a voice asks.

I am quite disorientated at the present moment due to the vast amount of pondering in the space of a few moments so please forgive me when I mention that I was unable to recognise Hikaru's distinctive voice.

"Hmm?"

"You're kind of freaking me out? Are you alright? I am only asking because you have been gazing curiously at me. Do I have something on my face? I thought that I told Kaoru to stop writing on my face..."

This is goes against my being, but Hikaru's 'angst' somehow seems amusing to me and I promptly burst out laughing but that only serves to stir Hikaru into even more of a tizzy.

"I knew it! Drat! This is the last straw!"

Wow, he is getting increasingly agitated, I notice with little more than a secret smile and glint in my eyes.

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