Note: Well, this is the end! I hope you enjoyed "To Rule The World" and thank you for reading!
Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club.
The Last Day
Time didn't stop, even when it felt like it should have. School days came and went, weekends passed in a blur of new activity. For quite some time, Kai was easily tired by all of the goings-on. He would come back from some trip or another that Tamaki had dragged the host club into and collapse on his bed.
Some things didn't change, though. He still didn't get along with the twins or Honey. He and Mori still shared the kind of camaraderie that comes from being bigger or taller than the people around them. They didn't share many words, but they had an unspoken understanding of each other.
As for Kyoya, he seemed to sense the change in his motives. Of course, that didn't mean Kyoya was any more trusting of him, or any friendlier, but he appreciated Kai's intelligence, and found that he enjoyed having conversations with him when he wanted to work something out. They weren't close, but they learned to appreciate the other's company.
Not long after Tamaki's prediction, he had Kai introduce the hosts to Akani. Tamaki approved, though when he told Kai that he was allowed to court her, the other boy wasn't too pleased, telling Tamaki that it was none of his business. Tamaki just laughed. Kai was his most rebellious subject, after all.
Kai's friendship with Tamaki only grew stronger, and though he would never say aloud that he liked the guy, a few boys at school had already been spotted opening their backpacks to find spoiled food or finding a live crab stuffed in their desk soon after bad-mouthing the leader of the host club.
When the end of the year approached, Kai told Tamaki that he wouldn't be returning to host club duties the next year. Tamaki managed to lament for a good fifteen minutes, never giving Kai a hint that he had been expecting it.
Over the summer, Tamaki and some of the other hosts would drag him along somewhere or pop into Mr. Kaneshiro's restaurant, where he helped out. When school started again, Kai, Tamaki, Kyoya, and Akani would hang out before class and during the breaks they had. Tamaki would lead Kyoya and Akani away when class was about to start, talking constantly to Akani all the way. Kai didn't bother being annoyed with him. Someday soon, Tamaki would meet someone and then Kai could repay the blonde boy. Just before the bell rang, a girl with messy-looking hair, glasses, and street clothes walked up to him. He almost mistook her for a boy.
"Hello, I'm new here, and I was wondering if you could point me in the direction of this room…" She showed him a piece of paper.
"Sure." Kai quickly gave her directions. "What's your name?"
"Haruhi Fujioka." She jumped with a desperate exclamation when the final bell sounded.
Kai laughed. "Welcome to Ouran, where we try and lose our new students as soon as possible. You better get going."
"Thanks!" Haruhi called as she ran off, a little frantically. Kai walked at his own pace; the bell didn't bother him.
After all, Kai Takara was still always late to class. Always.