Note: After everything I've done so far, you REALLY think this is gonna be Haruhi and Kaoru? Yeah, it could be... but probably not.

Sorry if you read this before, some if it might still be messed up. It's like it says on the front page, I think I have Microsoft stuffs so it doesn't work. My apologies if you read this before I edited it.

The Seventeenth Day After School: Suoh Household

"WHERE IS HARUHI!" Tamaki shouted as he looked over everyone in the Club.

"I dunno, Kaoru's not here either," Hikaru replied calmly. "I don't see what the big deal is."

"Think about it, Haru-chan has been talking to Kao-kun all day," Hunny replied. "And Lex-chan is here, so why isn't Haru-chan?"

Lex nodded. "I know where she is."

Everyone stared at her and asked, "Where?"

Lex shook her head, "I can't tell."

Tamaki blinked. "Now I'm really curious! Come on Lex-chan, can't you tell Daddy where his Daughter is?"

She shook her head. "Nope."

"Do you know where Kaoru is?" Hikaru asked as Tamaki gained his usual stature in the nearest corner of the room. "He left without telling me where he was going, and I haven't really able to understand what he's been thinking all day. He's kind of been avoiding me though."

"I do."

"Where?"

"Can't tell."

"That means they're together," Mori, Hunny, and Kyoya replied all at the same time. "If she can't tell us where both of them are and if they've been talking to eachother all day long."

Hunny blushed and looked away. "I think I know what this is about."

Mori nodded and Lex stared at them. "Oh really?"

The two nodded and smiled.

"I was talking to Kao-kun once."

"WHERE'S DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL?" Tamaki cried as he ran over. "How can you all know?"

Hikaru stood and walked away a bit.

"Why were alone with Haruhi?" Hikaru had asked Kaoru the night before.

"Why should it matter to you?" Kaoru shot back.

"Well, if you must know, she just came in to talk to me and we had a discussion. That's kind of the reason I was alone with her."

Hikaru had infact, noticed the blush on Kaoru's face before Kaoru pulled away.

Don't talk like to me, it makes me feel horrible, Hikaru had read in Kaoru's eyes.

He smiled.

Kaoru looked up like Hikaru was insane and shook his head.

Hikaru cocked his head.

That's when Kaoru teared up and ran away into a guest room. That's where Kaoru slept the night before, and Hikaru felt horrible.

"I wonder what I did wrong," Hikaru wondered under his breath as he paced around. "What did I do to make Kaoru like this?"

"Opening a gate can cause problems, especially when the inhabitants have different opinions on where to go and have never left the gate before," Lex replied. "Sometimes, it scares one of the inhabitants so much that they hide, and certain outsiders have more knowledge of the inside world than even those who lived in it. It's only natural for others to find the person before the person closest to the hider."

"What?" Hikaru asked. "I'm not good at English."

Lex shook her head. "Nevermind."

Hunny stood in thought for a moment.

"Takashi and I kind of get it."

Hikaru and Tamaki shook their heads, "Why do I suck at this so much?"

"Because you're always clouded with thoughts about that person you care about," Kyouya replied, annoyed. "It bugs us a lot."

Hikaru glared at Kyouya, "I like you better at Club."

"You like Kaoru better when he's happy, right?" Kyoya asked back, a little annoyed at Hikaru's comment.

He raised an eyebrow and replied, "Well yeah, of course I do."

"You ignore him when he's sad, right?"

Hikaru gulped. "Well... sometimes... but I mean, what can I do?"

Kyoya shook his head. "It's the same situation. Kaoru puts on an act to please people, I do too. When we actually act the way we are, you don't like it, Hikaru. You have to get over it and accept us for who we are, if you don't, you'll never understand why Kaoru's crying."

"You'll never find him," Lex added.

Hikaru put his fingers on his temple and rubbed it. "I'm confused."

They all laughed, "Figured as much."

He felt embarassed, being made a fool of. "I just... wanna know where Kaoru is."

"How come?" Tamaki asked.

"I think..." Hikaru shook his head.

"Are you fighting with Kaoru, honey? It really looks like it," The words of his mother rang through his head. Hikaru shook his head even more. "I think... I think that, I need to apologize to Kaoru for something I've done, and if he's out of my view for so long, how am I supposed to know what's wrong and what I did?"

They all blinked, Tamaki scratched his head.

"Wow, you got it," Lex and Kyoya replied at the same time.

Hikaru smiled and blushed.

"But you have to wait," Lex pointed out.

Sorrow flashed past Hikaru's eyes but then it went back to being hidden and he smiled, "Okay."

"No mom, I'm not fighting with Kaoru," The rest of the conversation played out in his mind.

"What?"

Hikaru had shook his head.

That was it, their mom and dad were gonna be gone for two months. Kaoru wasn't too happy about it, he refused to come out of his bedroom.

"Of course not honey, come on, let's go."

Hikaru had stared at them as they left, trying to feel Kaoru's pain. It wouldn't come. Hikaru just couldn't feel any sadness as his parents left him again. He had much joy when they actually came to events with him, sure. Only, Hikaru didn't care about them leaving. It was natural. They'd come back.'

Hikaru shook his head.

"I just don't get it."

"Huh?" Everyone had forgotten that Hikaru was even there anymore.

"Oh, nothing."

Mitsukuni's and Takashi's POV

Well, Hika-chan seems kind of worried lately. He blanks out a lot more, he gets more worried about Kao-kun too. I guess I can't really blame him though, with Haru-chan being liked by Hika-chan, Tama-chan, and Kao-kun. Kao-kun told me he liked Haru-chan a long time ago. He was the first to admit it. Maybe Kao-kun will actually end up with Haru-chan.

If that happens, Hika-chan will be lonely. Hika-chan is more childish and 'kind' than Kao-kun is.

I think Haru-chan noticed it. I think we all have besides Hika-chan, maybe even he has. Kao-kun... isn't as nice as he seems to the customers. He seems very vengeful, and he hates it when people touch Hika-chan. We've known that forever. We've known them since kindergarten, sure, I never talked to them, but I noticed how they acted together.

When someone finally guessed right on who was who, Kaoru panicked. I noticed that. Hikaru didn't panick, Kaoru did. I noticed that difference in them. Kaoru doesn't want ANYTHING to ever change. Hikaru just downright doesn't care. Kaoru's more emotionally scarred than Hikaru is. Kaoru freaks out at the tiniest things. It's kind of scary sometimes. When the twins are pulling pranks and everything, Hikaru gets a lot of pleasure out of it, but Kaoru seems a little hurt sometimes. That's to hide it. If you look a bit closer, you'd notice the fact that Kaoru loves hurting people with their pranks more than Hikaru does. Kaoru loves to tease everyone. It scares me sometimes.

We're a family, we've all agreed to that. We all live by that in the club.

Outside the club... what does Kaoru do?

Will Kaoru show how he feels or keeps it locked? If he shows it, will he be rejected even more? I don't really know what to think. I'm kind of scared of what Kaoru might do if he decides to show himself. If he does show himself, what will he do then?