Diclaimer: I do NOT own Ouran. I only own the plot of this story & the OC's that I made (example: Veronica). Goudiere IS a real name, though it's used fictitiously here.

Nobody guessed the answer to the trivia question! Ok, so here it is again, but you'll have to go back to find the answer. Can anyone guess what character's names made up the Hitachiin's maid's name? I'll give you a hint: The characters aren't the same gender. Finally, thank you so much to all of my patient readers, you guys are AWESOME! And I would like to dedicate this chapter to all of you who have read & commented from day one!

Chapter 5 ~ Surprises

"I love you…. Tamaki."

"I always knew you did, my princess. I love you more then life itself."

"What the HELL?!" Kyoya and Hikaru shouted at the same time.

"You see, ever since that day we disappeared…."

"I can't listen to this!!!!" Hikaru started for the door, but then began to fall to one of his knees (like a proposal position, but he was in pain, you could tell by his face, and the fact that he was slightly shaking) after two steps.

"Haruhi, what happened to you?" Kaoru asked.

"I need this, Hikaru. Someone who will always love me." Haruhi just watched him, but still she came closer, even just a little bit, as he suffered, and it gave him the strength he needed.

"He's a POSER!!!!!" Hikaru yelled standing up again, as Haruhi slapped him across the face. Kaoru grabbed the fists hidden behind his back, as Hikaru was about to charge Tamaki.

"Hikaru, don't." Kaoru said, and Kyoya gave the twins a glance, because even though he was on the other side of the room, he was in full-blown fury by this point.

"I HATE YOU!!! LET GO OF ME, KAORU, I HOPE YOU TWO ARE HAPPY TOGETHER. Because, one day, HE WON'T BE THERE ANYMORE!!!" Haruhi took a half-step back at this, with a defensive look.

"That's a lie, Hikaru."

"NO, no it's not. CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND? HE DOESN'T REALLY LOVE YOU."

"And how do you know that? How do you know what he feels?"

"Because I love you."

"What?"

"I LOVE YOU, HARUHI!"

"Hikaru, wake up! WAKE UP!!!!!"

"Haruhi."

"Hikaru, wake up." Kaoru insisted, shaking him.

"Kaoru, what time is it?" Hikaru's eyes shot open, and he found he was crying in his sleep.

"It's seven, but I think you just woke up the whole Estate." Kaoru said, pulling his brother into a hug.

"Is he okay?" Kyoya said, not bothering to knock.

"He had a nightmare, he's fine. Please tell our head maid, the one you met when you moved in, thanks Kyoya."

"No problem." Kyoya said, closing the door behind him. He hadn't noticed the night before that they shared a room, and definitely not a bed, intriguing to think that whatever they did at the Host Club was anything but an act, well, for the majority.

"What happened?" Kaoru asked, letting his brother go, and sitting on the other side of the bed.

"Haruhi. And Tamaki, and Kyoya, and us. We were all in the Music Room, and it was so bright, but…. she loved him. I started screaming, and I almost hurt someone, but you stopped me. Kyoya, he just stood there. Everyone hated her because she loved him, and then I told her, I screamed it at her."

"I heard you." Kaoru said, smiling softly.

"I don't want to be stuck in love with her, if she's only going to leave me."

"But you wouldn't know either way if she's going to or not."

"You're right."

"Well, we need to get ready for school."

"I told you that you couldn't stand to abandon me."

"That's a lie, Hikaru." Kaoru said coarsely, carelessly, and he only glanced over his shoulder when he went over to his closet, noticing the pain that comment had brought back to Hikaru.

"Haruhi."

"Hikaru, if your nightmare was this bad, maybe you shouldn't go in today."

"No, I have to. I want to make sure you invite Veronica to the Host Club for tomorrow, and what if that MORON decides to make a move on her today? I can't risk it."

"Are you sure you can handle seeing them right now?"

"I could handle Kyoya, couldn't I Kaoru?"

"Alright. But try not to kill him."

"So you HAVE gone crazy." Hikaru teased his twin.

~1/2 hr. later~

"This is a truly amazing design pattern you have set throughout the house, Mrs. Hitachiin." Kyoya complimented (yet AGAIN), as they walked into the kitchen.

"Oh, thank you, but its Miss, actually….em, what should I call you? I mean, since I do business with your father on occasion, it feels weird calling you by your first name."

"You do? So Mom, how does the medical field relate to designing…. At all?" The twins said together.

"Well, there's designing sheets, patient outfits, curtains, rooms, and things like that. Not to mention whenever he needs a new suit, he runs straight to her, right, Ms. Hitachiin? Oh, and you can call me Kyoya, since my father did disown me, so technically, we aren't family anymore."

"Hm?! Oh, yes, of course." She replied a little alarmed that someone she'd never met before knew all this about her.

"Don't worry, I only know this because I keep tabs on my father and the rest of my family as part of my duties to show him I can inherit the business, but I suppose I should stop now."

'He's reading my MIND now?!'

"Don't worry, he can't read minds, he's just creepy like that." The twins said. "Watch."

"Kyoya, what'd we do a week ago at our Host Club meeting?" Kaoru asked.

"Well, first I was there typing out some budget documents, then Honey burst into the room, spinning around, saying "CAKE, CAKE….", followed by Mori, who was carrying both of their schoolbags, you two, who had one arm around either side of Haruhi, teasing her as usual, and then came Tamaki, shouting at you "shady twins" to "get your paws off of her". After that we went through the usual procedure of preparing, this time a fiesta theme, and the guests loved it. I took tons of pictures, which are now up for bid on the internet, and Haruhi threatened to get a restraining order on us all until I pointed out that she couldn't because she STILL owes us money. Tamaki had his 'emo moment' and then we all walked out the same way we came in." Kyoya responded quickly.

"Wow. Good memory."

"Yup, imagine our surprise." Hikaru said.

"Okay, breakfast?"

"It's up to you two."

"Um…. sure."

Later at the Host Club….

"This doesn't make ANY SENSE!" Kyoya kicked a chair, which didn't satisfy his need to break something at all, so he threw the closest thing there was.

"Kyooooya, I think, maybe, you should go and-"

"IF YOU SAY 'RELAX'…." Kyoya towered over Tamaki terrifyingly, staring down at him.

"Um…." Tamaki said, quickly slinking away from the scene to grow mushrooms.

"Kyo-chan's really angry, oh, I know!!!!" Honey scampered over to Kyoya with a plate in hand.

"Would you like some chocolate cake, Kyoya?"

"Why. Would I. Want CAKE?!?!"

"Um.. cuz it's YUMMY?" Honey offered.

"Mitskuni, I don't think he wants any." Mori added, shuffling into the picture to escort the small senior away.

"Why do you think nobody here likes cake, Usa-chan?" Honey asked, feeling dejected.

"So I guess the budget's not doing so hot after all, huh, Haruhi?" Hikaru asked.

"Uhm…."

"IT'S NOT EVEN JUST THE BUDGET! IT'S A LOT OF THINGS, BUT IT IS MOSTLY ABOUT THINGS LIKE HOW TAMAKI CAN'T STOP PLANNING EVENTS FOR NEXT MONTH! IF WE'RE NOT SHUT DOWN BY THE END OF THE WEEK, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE SHUT DOWN BY THE END OF THE MONTH! BUT, NOBODY CARES, NOBODY'S COMING UP WITH IDEAS, OR TRYING TO SOLVE THE BUDGET CRISIS! JUST ME!!!!" Kyoya finished his rant breathing heavily, and he looked up, straight at the patch of wall between Haruhi and Hikaru. The determination in his eyes scared Hikaru, yesterday it never would've affected him, but all because of the dream, that look and something else, something he couldn't quite put his finger on, disturbed him. Kyoya then turned back to the now empty table and leaned on his elbow, trying to steady himself.

Tap, Tap, Tap.

The doors flung open and standing there was Kaoru and Veronica.

'At least he kept his promise.' Hikaru thought.

"My l-l-l-l…" Kyoya now noticed that the thing he'd thrown across the room had been his laptop, and that it had been crushed even more (if that was possible), after the doors had opened, and rushed over to pick it up.

'Why did I have to explode like that? Why??? I mean, we all know how Haruhi feels, and I've accepted it. Right? So why….'

"Veronica!" Honey said, running over to give her a hug, "I missed you! Nobody else here likes sweets!"

"Nobody? Are you sure about that, Honey-sempi?"

"Mm-hmm." He replied, now looking up at her with sparkly eyes,

"Well, you obviously haven't asked the twins."

"Yeah, he hasn't." Hikaru said.

"It's hurtful being shunned like that." Kaoru finished.

"Right…. Well, they've always had a sweet tooth like you, so I'm sure they'd love the invitation."

"Huh?…. Okay!! And you can come too, Veronica." He said, dragging her over to the table.

"Actually, Honey-sempi, sorry to do this but I need to talk to Haruhi, so I might not be able to make the party." Hikaru interjected, causing everyone but Veronica (their only guest), to fade to black and white in shock, because everyone but her understood what this probably meant.

"Um…. Hikaru, Haruhi's gone." Kaoru pointed out, and all of them turned to find that she'd vanished from her spot.

"And where's Tama-chan?" Honey asked, innocently enough.

'Step Two: Have them sneak away to talk. ~Complete~' Kyoya thought, trashing the remains of his laptop except for its main chip, which he slipped in his pocket.

"Hikaru, where are you going?!" Kaoru shouted after him, as he ran out of the Music Room.

"JUST OUT HERE, where did they go?"

"Ok, why don't you come back with everybody?" Kaoru asked, coming out into the hallway.

"Fine."

Meanwhile, in the library….

"So…. Since when do you randomly stop growing mushrooms to go talk to people?"

"Since we have something important to talk about."

"Look, Tamaki, if it's about the other day, that…. Was an accident."

"You HESITATED!" Tamaki said, well, more like proclaimed.

"Not really…." Haruhi replied glancing at him.

"You get more like Mommy everyday."

"You mean Kyoya?"

'I REALLY hope he means Kyoya.'

"Of course. Anyway, how did we get stuck in there?"

"Hey! THAT was not my fault."

"I'm not blaming anybody. Simply wondering." Tamaki said, noticing a book on the table, entitled "Happily Ever After Fairytales", with a dragon on one side of the cover and a prince on the other.

'Maybe…. Maybe the fates are trying to tell me something! The only way to find out is to read it.'

"Tamaki, what's that?"

"Hm? Oh, nothing. Why are you changing the subject?" Tamaki said, opening the book to its cover page, which had a picture of a prince and a princess kissing, and with the caption "'True love lasts forever' words of a fairytale in real life.' The last thing he noticed was that the princesses leg was ever-so-slightly lifted up, all this left him pretty speechless.

''Happily Ever After Fairytales'? What are we, four?'

"Right…. So are we going to finish talking or are you going to read all day?" Haruhi asked ten minutes later.

'She likes me, she likes me…. Hm…. I guess I can't use the 'Daddy says NOOO!' thing anymore whenever I get jealous….not that I didn't already know I'm not her Father….'

"Sempi, what're you laughing about?" Haruhi asked, apparently Tamaki hadn't noticed that his reverie of screaming at the twins made him start laughing because of the faces they'd made.

"You're falling for me aren't you?" Tamaki said with a smile.

"WHAT?!" Haruhi asked.

'Where did he get THAT from?!'

"You are! I knew it!"

'Mom…. Are you LISTENING to this guy right now? He's lost his mind!'

"N-No way!" Haruhi said, now thoroughly creeped out & thankful she was walking along the other side of the table.

"Ah, LOVE [cue spinning flowers], it can be scary…" Tamaki grabbed Haruhi around the shoulder as they reached the end of the table and went off on one of his rants, attracting the attention of every girl in the library all the while.

"Scary like…. Nekozawa?"

"….All worth it in the - WHAA?!?!?! Where did that come from?! Tell me you haven't turned against me already!"

"Sempi, look, I think we should just stay friends, now, ok? I'm sorry."

"B-B-B-BUT…." Tamaki looked so dejected that it made every girl there burst into tears…. Except Haruhi, and he began to melt to the ground once more.

"I know what you're doing!" Tamaki said, clearly holding onto the last glimmer of hope that he had.

"What, Sempi?" Haruhi replied, a little afraid of the reply.

"You're playing hard to get, aren't you? You thought I wouldn't figure you out, but I did!" Tamaki said, waggling his finger in her face.

"Excuse me, I don't mean to interrupt, but would you like to come to a séance?"

"Um…. Who are you inviting, Nekozawa?"

"Both of you, of course. We are a Club, as you know, but everyone's gone home for the day and it's gotten boring over there. So, you probably won't get this invitation twice."

"No thanks, but Tamaki can speak for himself I'm sure."

"Well?" he asked, coming closer to the cowering President, who HAD been hiding behind Haruhi, until she let him speak for himself.

"I-I…. I have something important to do back at the Club." Tamaki blurted out. "Sorry."

"Suit yourselves, you don't know what you're missing." Nekozawa called after them as they quickly left the library to get back to the Music Room.

"I'd rather not." Tamaki mumbled.

"You're TERRIFIED of him, aren't you?"

"Of course, why aren't you?!"

"Because he's just a person."

"But he's not normal."

"So? Just because he's different doesn't give you a reason to be afraid of them."

"Y-y-y-yes it does."

"What's the matter with you?"

"L-l-l-ook…" Tamaki stuttered, pointing behind her.

"Hello, would you mind if I walked back with you? You are going back to the Music Room, correct?"

"Sure, but, um, why?" Haruhi said.

"No reason really."

"I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I have to go home now….." Tamaki said, practically jumping out of the window next to him to get as far away from Nekozawa as fast as possible.

"That was odd…."

"He's weird that way."

Back at the Music Room….

"For you, Chocolate!" Honey said, dishing a huge slice of cake onto Veronica's plate.

"Oh, thank you." Veronica said, with a smile.

"Where are they?" Hikaru asked himself, as he leaned against the doorway.

"Kaoru, I think your brother's a little anxious."

"Hm…. Want to help me cheer him up?"

"How?"

"Haruhi?!"

"Um…. hey."

'Why's he waiting by the door?'

"Where's Tamaki? And why is Nekozawa with you?"

"Oh, well…. I'll explain later, k?"

"Alright."

"Well, goodbye, then Haruhi."

"Uh, bye."

'Awkward, okay then, time to face the music.'

"So?"

"Oh, well, I was talking to Tamaki in the library when Nekozawa showed up, and invited us to a séance. Of course, this really creeped him out, so we left, then Nekozawa showed up again, asking to walk back to the Music Room with us, even though he didn't have a reason, and that sent Tamaki over the edge, so he ran home, and Nekozawa and me walked back here together." Haruhi explained.

'A LIBRARY? Really? All the places and he can't think of a nicer place to confess his love? Hm…. Maybe he didn't. I guess that's possible. Either way, thank you Nekozawa for showing up when you did.' Hikaru thought.

"Sounds a lot more interesting then our usual Thursdays." He said.

"It was, so, what'd I miss back here?"

'Apparently not much if he's hanging out in the hallway.'

"Not much, just a tea and cake party, and…. Mori." Hikaru said, since Mori was just sitting quietly behind Honey, not taking part in any of the 'festivities'.

"Sounds like fun. So, why were you by the doorway? Just curious."

"Hey, curiosity killed the cat. But, if you really have to know…. I was waiting for someone to get here who would make this scene a little less weird." Hikaru whispered the ending in her ear, then pulled away, making her laugh as she glanced over at the rest of them.

"I'm guessing you don't mean Tamaki."

"Has he ever made anything LESS weird by being there?" Hikaru asked, making Haruhi roll her eyes.


"Kao-chan, look." Honey said, noticing how close the two teens were by the doorway.

"Hm, maybe we won't need a plan after all."

"They're so cutee together." Veronica said.


"Hikaru, um, they're staring at us."

'Why are they STARING at us?! **Gasp** US!'

"Hm….? Oh, right, well then, would you like to attend the cake & tea party with me?" Hikaru said, returning to his playful self.

"Em…. Sure." Haruhi said giving him a skeptical look.

'JUST GO WITH IT YOU IDIOT!!!!' Haruhi thought to herself, though she had no idea where the thought came from.

"Was that a 'no'?" he asked, glancing up at her, as he had bowed – somewhat – when he asked her.

"I mean, 'Of course, I would, Honey's tea parties are the stuff of legends.'"

"Thank you, Ms. Fujioka." Hikaru said, ending their little show, finally letting her into the Music Room, and walking over to Honey's table with increased confidence.

'I know she wasn't really saying 'yes' to me, but…. I feel like she was.'

"So, Haruhi, what happened to Tamaki?"

"Um…. nothing interesting."

"Hm, well, I actually have to leave early too I suppose to go get a new computer, after all, today is our work day." Kyoya said, "work day" was his original contribution to the Host Club and he was amazed that it held for so long. Every Thursday, the Club members got together and caught up on the work that they missed out on while they entertained their guests every other day of the week (not to mention some weekends).

"Aww, see you later Kyo-chan!" Honey called after him.

"So, Haruhi, what are you up to this weekend?" Veronica asked.

"Not much, just working, what about you?"

"Nothing at all, except for homework."

"Hey, why don't we all spend some time together this weekend? I mean, other then my demonstration in California on Sunday, I don't have anything to do either." Honey added. "What about you two, Kao-chan? Hika-chan?"

"We're free." The twins said glancing from Honey to each other and back.

"Mori?" he asked happily, and Mori-sempi gave an approving grunt.

"Yayy! Now all I have to do is ask Kyo-chan and Tama-chan, and-"

"Um, Honey-sempi…."

"Yes, Haru-chan?"

"I, I heard that they already have something to do together that day. Business stuff."

''Honey-sempi, could you just not invite them? I mean, Tamaki hit on me and it would be awkward because I said 'no', and I don't think Kyoya's really in the mood to go out this weekend.' 'How do you know if you never try?' **adorable smile** There's no way I could've said THAT. Plus, what would everybody else have done?' Haruhi thought, feeling guilty already.

"Oh…. ok, we'll still have fun though, right Haruhi???" Honey asked.

"Uh, yeah, of course we will."

Stay tuned! More dramatic endings to come!

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