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The week had passed by quickly. It was already the night of the winter formal. Kyoya had given Haruhi a different wig so that she wouldn't be as recognizable. She was going to go by the name of Minami Hinata.
'Why the heck am I going in disguise with Kyoya?' Haruhi thought. She was still confused as to why he asked her, she had assumed that it was for status or something, but it still confused her. He could've asked any girl in the school. So why her?
As Kyoya drove to Haruhi's he thought about how stupid he felt and was questioning himself like how Haruhi was. 'I really am turning into that idiot...' he thought about Tamaki. Does Tamaki still have any feelings for Haruhi? He and Hikari had been doing well so far in their relationship, and Tamaki had been bothering Haruhi less and less now. It was strange, its almost as if Hikari had changed Tamaki. Not significantly, and not negatively though. Kyoya wasn't exactly sure how, it just seemed like that's how it was. He continued to ponder in his thoughts. 'Would it be alright to tell Haruhi how I feel even though I know she still has feelings for Tamaki?' He wasn't used to having these thought and feelings. He decided to push them aside and he soon arrived to Haruhi's house.
Haruhi was outside waiting. She wore a shoulder length caramel brown wig that had side swept bangs and she put a red head band holding the loose hair back. She also wore a red spaghetti strap dress with a black bolero over it that reached her knees. "Hey senpai," she said as she walked toward him.
"Hello Haruhi," Kyoya replied, keeping his cool. Haruhi looked beautiful. He smiled a little and helped her into the car and they drove off. They didn't say much on the way there. They both were thinking the same thing, 'What am I doing?'
Meanwhile, Tamaki and Hikari were already at the school. They held hands as they walked through the hall to the ballroom. Tamaki wondered why Haruhi didn't come. She didn't usually skip these functions. He was surprised that Kyoya had not forced her to go. Was something going on that he didn't know about?
Ayanokoji was in the ladies room with a girl with short black hair.
"So what's the plan?" the girl asked Ayanokoji quietly.
"Okay, so I will get Hikari to come with me to the hors d'oeuvres table, then you go over to Tamaki, talk to him and start a casual conversation, then when he's off guard kiss him. I will make sure Hikari sees it. It's a simple as that. Then I'll be there to 'pick up the pieces',"
"O-okay... Are you sure this is right?" the girl asked.
Before Ayanokoji could reply, Haruhi walked into the restroom, she disregarded Ayanokoji and the other girl and just went into one of the stalls.
"Just go with the plan okay?" Ayanokoji turned around towards the door. "You're aware of what will happen if you don't," she threatened as she walked towards the door.
"Alright fine, I will..." the girl replied disdainfully. She and Ayanokoji left the restroom.
Haruhi washed her hands and shook her head. 'I knew that girl was up to something...' She didn't know what Ayanokoji was planning... If only she had walked in sooner... She left the restroom and found Kyoya.
"Is something the matter?" Kyoya asked.
"I'm worried about Hikari-senpai and Tamaki-senpai... When I was in the restroom, Ayanokoji was there with another girl and they were talking about some plan. Knowing Ayanokoji, it has to be something to do with them, it's not good. And the girl who was with her that is part of this plan, whatever it is, it seemed like she was being threatened. She wasn't really thrilled by the idea."
"We have to do something," Kyoya replied straightforwardly. He and Haruhi headed to the ballroom.
Ayanokoji and the girl got to the entrance of the ballroom. They already saw Hikari and Tamaki. They were dancing to the sweet melody the orchestra was playing. When the piece ended Ayanokoji walked through the crowd.
"I'll be right back, I'm going to go get some punch," Hikari said to Tamaki.
"Alright dear," he replied smiling at her.
Ayanokoji saw Hikari walking to the hors d'oeuvres table. 'Well, that just simplies things' she thought smiling.
"Hey Hikari," Ayanokoji said with an 'innocent' smile on her face.
"Hi Ayanokoji!" she exclaimed. "How's it going?"
"It's going well..." she replied. Past Hikari's shoulder she saw the girl and Tamaki talking. 'It's working...'
"Oh my gosh..." Ayanokoji said.
"What is it?" Hikari asked.
"Turn around Hikari! Quick!" she exclaimed.
Confused, Hikari turned around. She saw Tamaki kissing another girl... Hikari froze in her spot. Haruhi and Kyoya saw it too. Haruhi was furious. 'How could he do that to her?!' she thought angrily. She ran out.
"Har- Minami!" Kyoya exclaimed quickly correcting himself. He ran after her.
The girl whispered to Tamaki. "I-I'm sorry..." and she also ran off.
Tamaki was confused. 'W-what was that about?' He stood there quietly. The other people weren't paying attention and began dancing again when the orchestra started playing again.
Hikari didn't know what to do. She didnt' say anything. Her eyes began to water.
Ayanokoji hugged her. "I'm so sorry..." she said. Hikari ran through the crowd and out of the ballroom.
"Wait! Hikari!" Tamaki yelled. He looked over at Ayanokoji. "It was you wasn't it... You threatened that poor girl into doing your dirty work and on top of that you decieved my girlfriend into thinking you are her best friend. I may be oblivious to everything, but I'm not that stupid. How could you stoop so low?"
"..." Ayanokoji didn't know what to say... Was she really a bad person? She started to wonder if what she had done was a mistake.
Tamaki ran out of the ballroom and went outside. He saw that girl in the red dress that was with Kyoya earlier. She was sitting alone on the ground against the school.
"You're Kyoya's date Minami right?" he asked.
"How could you senpai?!" Haruhi yelled loudly.
"H-Haruhi?" Tamaki said surprised and confused.
"You're such a jerk! You got her hopes up and she really cared about you! How can you do that to her?!"
"Haruhi, wait a second-"
"No! What you did is unacceptable! What were you think-"
Tamaki pulled her close; Haruhi gasped with shock. "S-Senpai? W-what are you doing?"
"I-I didn't cheat on Hikari... I don't even know that girl, she just came up to me and talked to me, and then suddenly she kissed me. H-Honestly, I wouldn't do that..."
"Ayanokoji..." 'so she threatened that girl...' Haruhi thought feeling bad for the girl and for yelling at Tamaki.
Tamaki nodded. "Yes..." he still held Haruhi close to him. He felt his heart start pounding. 'Why?' he wondered confused. Without completely thinking it through, he kissed her softly.
Haruhi felt her face become warm. Was this actually happen? She felt really bad about this, Hikari is already in pain and there she was in a close embrace with her boyfriend... She hesitantly kissed Tamaki back as a breeze of the cool night air blew. She gently pulled away. "Tamaki-senpai... T-This isn't right... We both know it."
Kyoya stood, hidden nearby. He sighed.
"Hikari will never forgive me..."
"You don't know that senpai..."
Hikari finally got home. She ran like the wind to get there.
"Hey honey, why are you home so soon?" Aika asked her daughter.
Hikari ignored her mom and ran up to her room.
Aika followed. "Hikari, what's wrong?"
"I-I think Tamaki is cheating on me..."
"WHAT? Wait, you said you THINK he is?" Aika asked clarifying.
"... I saw him kissing another girl... I made a hasty generalization, but I don't know if its right... I never saw the girl before and something about her expression seemed like she didn't actually want to kiss him... Tamaki seemed the same way... I don't know mom... I feel like I should not have ran off."
Aika hugged Hikari. "It'll be alright... Just try talking to him tomorrow sweetie and see if you can work this out. Everything will be okay..." she said trying to comfort her.
"T-Thanks mom..." Hikari replied.
End of chapter 7! What do you think? I think this defintiely made up for the last chapter! Please review and tell me what you think. ^_^ Arigato!