3. Dream or Reality?

A/N: The last chapter of my mini-trilogy of romantic rose-involving oneshots. This time it's the moment all you TamaHaru fans have been waiting for! Sorry for the delay. Things came up -.-;;

Tamaki sat in boredom in front of a small table for tea. Across from him was Kyoya, who typed away on his computer. The president of the Host Club kept downing the tea that was given to him by Haruhi. A pretty slow day for the club, since it was one of their off-days. Hikaru and Kaoru sat by a window and pulled the petals off of white roses and putting them into a basket, Honey was snacking on chocolate chip cookies, and Mori snuggled with Ayaka.

"Mm, nothing to do…" Tamaki complained. "We should've opened the Host Club today…"

"Well, it was your decision to take off today, Tamaki," Kyoya responded, exasperated at his subtly best friend. "You said you needed a break 'for you good looks'."

"I didn't say that!" he denied.

"Yes you did!" The twins said in unison. They proved it by the recording on Hikaru's cell phone.

"My good looks need…a break tomorrow…so I won't be seeing all of you, my princesses…"

In the background of the recording of Tamaki's airy, angelic voice, girls begin to squeal, and some was even heard thudding to the ground due to fainting. The blonde member growled, and laid his head on the tea table in boredom.

"If you want to do something, why don't you go see Haruhi?" Kyoya suggested. "She's down by the fountain in the school's courtyard, studying and doing her homework.

Tamaki almost fell to the ground when he heard this. "My HARUHI is OUTSIDE? BY HERSELF?!"

"She's been out there for 20 minutes," the twins remarked.

"Yes, and she told Kaoru and Hikaru to leave her alone…which means that most likely she will shoo you away, as well," Kyoya added.

By the time he said this, Tamaki had left the music room, leaving the door wide open and the chair he was sitting in tipped over. Kyoya sighed, and continued typing. Meanwhile, the twins had finished picking the petals off of about two dozen white roses, in which the petals were all piled up in a basket. Kaoru picked up the basket, and held it at the edge of the open window.

"What are you two doing?" Kyoya curiously asked, pushing up his glasses and gazing at the two of them.

"Nothing…" the two devilishly answered.

"Okay." Kyoya chuckled, and continue typing on his laptop.

Meanwhile, Tamaki unnecessarily ran over outside to the courtyard fountain, where Haruhi sat on the edge, and was studying away.

"A peaceful setting for me to study…" she thought.

Her thought immediately changed when she heard Tamaki screaming out her name. She closed her books and notes, and tried to leave to go study somewhere else. It was a little too late, since he tried to embrace the poor girl, and failed doing so by falling in the fountain which contained sparkling water, some lily pads, and a few leaves that flew out of the trees around. Soaking wet, he trudged out of the fountain, while Haruhi stared at him questionably.

"Senpai, what are you doing out here?" she asked, annoyed.

"Y-Yo-You're out here!" he pointed, shivering from the cold water, "all alone!"

"So…? Nobody's going to kidnap me or something…it's a guarded area!"

"B-But still! Daddy…doesn't want you….TO BE OUT HERE!!!"

"Tama-senpai, stop worrying about me…I can take care of myself!"

"What about that time-" Tamaki's comment was halted for a moment. "Wha…? D-Did you just call me…Tama-senpai???"

"Y-Yes…" Haruhi replied innocently. "Is there something wrong with that?"

Tamaki turned beet red and fell straight to the ground. The water still dripping all over his clothes and body now sparkled with the help of the high-risen sun. The back of his hand shielded his eyes as he looked out into the sky, with a few white doves soaring through.

"M-my daughter…" he dramatically started, almost in tears, "has called me…TAMA-SENPAI!!! THIS IS THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!!"

He jumped back on his feet, and finally caught Haruhi in his arms. He spun her around once, and put her back down. Haruhi didn't look cross, for some reason.

"There's something, I've kind of wanted to tell you, Tama-senpai…"

"What is it, my precious Haruhi…?" Tamaki asked, still extremely stunned by her last action.

"Um…I actually grew out my hair a long time ago…I've been wearing a wig for a long time."

Haruhi's out-of-character antics still have Tamaki in great shock and gratefulness. She grabbed her so-called hair, and pulled it off her head. There, long, thick, chocolate brown hair flew down, and her bangs covered her forehead. She smiled at Tamaki.

The president of the Host Club was already in hysterical tears. He grabbed the girl, and embraced her tightly. At the same time, the twins right above the two sprinkled the white rose petals over them.

"I thought Hikaru liked Haru-chan!" Honey said, tugging at Kyoya's jacket.

"I'm not entirely sure, either, Honey-senpai…possibly they're strengthening the bond between the two? I don't think that's likely, though," the shadow king semi-answered.

"Mm…Hikaru and Kaoru are acting weird!" Honey commented, squeezing his pink bunny.

Meanwhile, Haruhi eyed the flower petals falling from the window. "It…It's like snow."

Tamaki looked in the eyes of his 'daughter'. "Unlike snow…my darling, you're as warm as the summer breeze."

"Oh, Tamaki…"

"Haruhi…"

"Ahh! The basket!" Hikaru cried. It was a little too late. Tamaki and Haruhi's moment was ruined when the steady so-called snowfall turned into a very brief snowstorm when all the petals landed on the two, the basket falling on Tamaki's head.

"Th-Those…freakin' twins!!" Tamaki thought, feeling a bit infuriated since the romantic moment was killed by mischievous twins. Haruhi found it funny, and began to laugh. Tamaki finally loosened up, and he laughed along with her.

"Tamaki…you should wake up," Haruhi kept on laughing.

"What? You're just talking nonsense now, Haruhi!" Tamaki replied.

The laughing ceased from Haruhi's mouth. "Seriously, senpai, wake up! Wake up!"

Tamaki's inner-mind theater dream was interrupted by the sound of Haruhi's voice, with Kaoru and Hikaru shaking him. He groaned, and angrily got up from the couch. "WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING?!"

"Waking you up…"

"AHHH!!!" Tamaki shouted in frustration, holding his head and rocking back and forth. "It was all a dream…"

"Uhh…are you alright, senpai? You fell pretty hard in the fountain," Haruhi asked, raising an eyebrow. "I kinda wanted to tell you something important…"

Tamaki twitched, and looked at Haruhi. Unknowingly, he took out his hand, and lightly yanked on Haruhi's hair. He kept on yanking. There was no wig underneath her real, short hair.

"Ow!" Haruhi interjected, moving away from Tamaki. "What's gotten into you?!"

"This isn't like you, Tamaki," Kyoya said, pushing up his glasses. "Were you having another dream about Haruhi?"

"You were pulling out her hair?! HOW DARE YOU!" The twins cried, trying to go and jump Tamaki. The two weren't moving anywhere, since Kyoya was holding the two by the collars of their jacket.

"No!!! It was a beautiful dream…"

Tamaki explained the dream in secret with the twins. Haruhi stared at the three in the background and sweatdropped. "I don't know if I should listen in…"

After his little storytelling time, the twins swooned with their senpai. "If only it were Kaoru and I.."

"Such romance!"

"The beauty!"

"Except for that last part with the falling of petals…"

"I'd rather not know what Tamaki dreamt about Haruhi…" said Kyoya. "Well, it seemed like an interesting day, today."

"Yeah! Tama-chan fell in the fountain, and he dreamt about Haru-chan!" Honey assented.

"Mm," Mori added, still holding on to Ayaka.

It wasn't long until the Host Club got themselves together, and began to go home. The last people to leave was Tamaki and Haruhi. The two walked together outside, Tamaki awaiting a ride, Haruhi having her father pick her up.

"Tamaki-senpai, you are one strange idiot," she said. "Yet…I still feel that you are a good, gentlemanly person toward your personal friends."

Tamaki smiled. "Haruhi…you don't know how much I admire you."

The girl smiled back. "That's so nice! I could kiss you right now. "

After hearing this, Tamaki's face turned into a tomato. "Uh…Haruhi?"
"What? I said that I could kiss you right now."

He still couldn't believe his ears. Was he dreaming again?

The two stopped walking, and they stared at each other straight in their eyes.

"Tamaki-senpai…lately, I've been feeling something else other than friendship towards you…" she admitted.

"What is it…Haruhi?"

The two suddenly kissed. Nobody was watching. At that same time, white rose petals blew with the light winds. Was Tamaki still dreaming? He hoped he wasn't.

"Am I dreaming…Haruhi?" Tamaki asked deeply, holding her by the shoulders.

"You aren't…Tamaki-senpai…you're so romantic when you're not an idiot."

Tamaki grinned. The two embraced, while the white flower petals flew by them gently.

"I hope I'm not dreaming…because I don't want this to end."

End.

A/N: I'm not entirely a fan of this third chapter, especially that ending of mine -frustration-. Sorry…I kind of rushed to finish it because so many things came up and I wasn't able to work on it. Well, reviews are still welcome. But I do hope you still like the other two chapters! Sayonara -waves-