Disclaimer: I don't own Ouran High School Host Club or Inuyasha.

A/N: Wow. I'm really sorry this took so long and i'm even sorrier to say that this will probably be normal from now on. I can't use the comp on school days and my weekends just swamped with homework and honestly, i write whenever i want to.
So it was already a while when i started this chapter but it took even LONGER because me, being the idiot i was...forgot part of the plot.
So yeah.
MY BAD.
Oh btw, sorry i keep changing the summary. I just really hate it.
One more thing to add, SHANNELLO! I updated okay! Now it's your turn!
Ufufufufufu...
Anyways, enjoy.

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Kaoru made his way to the park, walking down the street with ease he didn't know he still possessed. It had been many years since he had walked down this road and it surprised that he still remembered the way. Laughter sounded in his ears as the park's entrance came into view. Kaoru came to a stop before it.

"Here I am, miss me?" he whispered to no one in particular.

He looked up at the iron gate fondly. HaruHaru Park, he hadn't been here in nearly forever. He used to play here a lot with Hikaru as kids, just running around and playing any games came to mind that day. In college, they would both drag Kagome here on weekends to hang out. She loved it at the park and made it a point to go every weekend that they were free.

He placed a hand on the gate and looked past it, seeing the green of the grass and the white of the park benches. His eyes zeroed in on a lone figure on a bench to his far left, throwing out bread for the pigeons around her.

Kaoru took a breath.

And he made his way towards her.

It was about time he had a face to face talk with her.

•••

Kagome sat sullenly on the park bench with a leg drawn up against her chest. It had been nearly a week since the wedding incident and she still didn't feel any better. If anything, she felt more confused and depressed. Anger had subsided within the first day and had turned into resignation and from that, depression. The sadness, however, was a constant.

Her mother and brother had called in and she had answered them at the beginning, desperate for some comfort and understanding. But soon, she tired of the persistent calls and ignored them altogether. Although, both her mom and brother had encouraged her to do the same thing.

Go out.

And that's where she was now. Kagome had decided to take their suggestion and went for a quick walk. The winter air was warmer than the past few weeks, a sign that spring was coming fast, but she threw on a sweatshirt anyways. Halfway out the door she grabbed a bag of bread crumbs, already having an idea of where she'd end up eventually. One road met another and before she knew it, she was standing in front of old HaruHaru Park.

Kagome smiled bitterly. It was funny that no matter how hard she tried, she always ended up where the past was. Grabbing a handful of bread, she tossed it out on the cement and watched as the pigeons flew away in alarm before returning eagerly. So focused was she on throwing bread at the pigeons that she didn't notice the body that had settled by her on the bench. It wasn't until the person cleared their throat that she looked up.

"I thought I'd find you here."

Kagome stared at his profile and thought for a split second that it was Hikaru but no, this wasn't Hikaru, he would never be Hikaru.

Kaoru leaned back against the wooden bench and tilted his face towards the sky. Kagome watched him warily. He didn't anything for a while, he just stared at the sky with a content smile on his face. Kagome spared him another glance before she resumed throwing breadcrumbs at the birds flocking to her feet.

The silence was awkward, Kagome had to admit, but not unwelcome. Talking to the very man that screwed her wedding over was the last thing she wanted to do. So they sat on that bench for nearly half an hour in silence with Kagome adamant not to talk and Kaoru having no urge to. But it was he that broke the silence.

"It's been three years since I last saw you, ya know," he said, shifting slightly. His hands laced behind his head and he turned his head to look at her. Kagome stopped throwing bread and placed her hands in her lap. "I'm sorry it took so long for me to come back. I shouldn't have left without telling you."

Kagome sighed and she too leaned against the back of the bench. "No, you should not have." She turned to face him. "But can I ask why?"

Kaoru looked away, eyebrows furrowed, and let out a pained breath. He didn't want to tell her, he really didn't, but after all that she had gone through, she deserved to know this.

"It's going to be a long story you know."

Kagome nodded. "That's fine. I have time. It's not like I have anything better to do other than stay at home and cry."

Kaoru winced guiltily and looked away uncomfortably and until Kagome cleared her throat. He let out a long sigh but began anyways.

"When Hikaru and I were in high school, there was this girl we knew. Her name was Haruhi. Haruhi Fuijioka."

Kaoru looked up at the sky again, finding it easier to talk to it than the woman beside him.

"Back then, we were in this club called the Host Club. You've heard of it before. We've told you, right?" Kagome nodded, she had heard about their high school days but nothing had been specific.

Kaoru chuckled, "The Host Club was our life. More importantly, the Host Club was our family. You have no idea how many hours we spent in that room, just spending time together, talking and laughing."

Kagome listened quietly as Kaoru continued, "Hikaru and I had a thing for entertaining girls. We'd play the twincest card and the girls would be swooning all over the place." He shook his head in wry amusement. "Ouran girls. Now they're pieces of work I tell you."

Kaoru grinned but then sobered. "But Haruhi. Haruhi. She was different."

Kagome swallowed as Kaoru readied himself for one of the most painful speeches he had to make.

"We were bastards when we were kids. Absolute bastards. We would play on girls' emotions just because they couldn't tell us apart and because they couldn't tell us apart, we became these cynical and jaded people. And it wasn't just the girls, our own parents couldn't even tell us apart! We were so convinced that no one, not a single person, would be able to be a part of our world, a world that was composed of only me, and him."

"Even when we were in high school, we were still pretty closed off, but then Haruhi showed up. She had become a part of our world so easily. She could tell us apart you know, just like you." Kaoru nudged Kagome slightly and she smiled weakly. Since she had first met them in college, she had been able to tell them apart. Perhaps that was why they had been so enamored with her in college.

"Somewhere along the way, both Hikaru and I had fallen in love. Maybe it was because she could tell us apart or maybe it was because she was just so different than all the other girls but one thing was for sure, we had both fallen in love with Haruhi."

Kagome stared at the man next to her in shock. After knowing the brothers for nearly six years, she had never heard anything about this.

"But I knew I loved Hikaru more than anything, the world, the sky, anything. I loved him more than myself. And I think that that's what drove me too give up my love for her, just so the emotionally stunted bastard could have a chance with her." Kaoru let out another sigh before leaning forward to place his elbows on his knees. Kagome watched him carefully. "It was going so well too. Hikaru was finally coming to realize his feelings and opening up. I was like the proud parent watching the son grow up to be less of an asshole."

Kagome smiled weakly at his cynical joke, bristling slightly out of habit from hearing the half hearted jab at Hikaru.

"What happened?"

Kaoru opened his eyes and shrugged desolately. "Tamaki Suoh was what happened."

Kagome nodded in recognition. Tamaki Suoh was a powerful force in the business world, having owned and sponsored many prestigious universities all over the world.

"We knew from the beginning that something could happen between the two and damn it all we tried to stop it." Kaoru closed his eyes and his eyebrows furrowed as if remembering something painful. "I really thought that if I had focused on giving Hikaru a push in the right direction instead of pursuing my affections, things would have worked out great in the end!"

"But no. In our last year of high school, Haruhi announced that she would be leaving Japan and would attend a university in France. She left to pursue her dream of being a lawyer. But in truth, she left to pursue Tamaki. The stupid git had left a year earlier to live with his mother and I guess Haruhi just couldn't stand the thought of living without him or some crap like that. So at the end of our last year, she just got up and left, leaving us all alone." Kaoru's voice cracked and he clenched his fists. "She left us damnit! She left us!"

He raked a hand through unruly locks of orange and Kagome looked away in shame, feeling like she was intruding in on a personal moment.

"I'm sorry."

"You shouldn't be." Kagome stared at him in surprise. He gave her a wry smile back. "If she had stayed and gone to college with us, we never would've met you. You're the best thing that has happened to us, Kagome."

She blushed at the praise but shook her head. "How can that be true? You and Hikaru don't even talk anymore and you left for three years!"

Kaoru blinked at her stupidly. "You honestly think that's your fault?" He let out a loud bark of laughter. "No! Never! Did you really think I'm baring my soul here just so I could blame you in the end? I'm not that cruel Kagome."

She graced him with a blank stare before dissolving in quiet giggles.

"No, it was never your fault. Something just…came up. Hikaru and I got in a fight and I was so upset with him that I left." Kaoru had reached over and grasped her hand and laced her fingers with his.

Kagome gently nudged him. "You know that doesn't tell me anything."

Kaoru gave her a sheepish smile but she noticed how he gripped her hand a little tighter. He swallowed hard and stared down at their intertwined fingers. "It was our fourth year in college and we had gotten a call from one of our friends from high school, Kyouya Ootori. We found out that Haruhi was getting married to Tamaki."

Beside him, Kagome's eyes widened and Kaoru's eyes remained fixated on their linked hands. "As expected, Hikaru didn't take the news too well."

"How could she do this to me?!? I can't believe this! How could she marry Tamaki?! Fucking Tamaki of all people?!?"

"I tried to comfort him and that's where it all went downhill."

"How could you possibly know how I feel?! You never felt anything for Haruhi! Not like I do!"

Kaoru squeezed her hand even tighter. "But I did! I did know! I never told him because it wasn't necessary and so he never knew what I had to do for him. What I gave up just so he could have his fucking chance to be happy!"

"You're a fucking asshole you know that? Of course I loved her you dumbass! You were just too emotionally stunted to realize that! But I gave that all up! You know why? Because I loved you! You! My brother!"

"It was horrible. It was our first real fight, one that wasn't scripted or rehearsed. It was real. But neither of us was ready for it. Hikaru refused to believe what I had said and I guess I finally snapped. The next day I told my mom and dad, had them contact Harvard University, and I booked the quickest flight to America."

He sighed tiredly. "Maybe I overreacted a little. I mean, moving all the way to America because of one fight? But I was feeling so underappreciated! I did all of this for Hikaru and it all blew up in my face. I just wanted to leave and start fresh. I just wanted to forget everything and leave it all behind!"

Kagome patted his hand lightly and leaned into him, offering him her comfort.

"I was so mad at you when you left without a word." Kaoru made to say something but Kagome shushed him. "No, it's my turn now. You've said enough."

"I was so upset that you didn't tell me that you left or what had happened. But I really should've understood because that's the exact same thing that I did." Kaoru looked at her questioningly but she shook her head. "That's a story for another day but let's just say something terrible happened and it involved a big argument that tore many people apart."

Kagome caught his golden gaze and whispered softly to him, "I just want you to know that I forgave you a long time for leaving." She squeezed his hand. "But please, don't do it again."

Kaoru's gaze warmed and he whispered back at her. "Don't worry. I won't."

She smiled brilliantly while Kaoru shook his head in disbelief. "I can't believe this! You're the runaway bride and I'm the one who basically ruined your wedding and yet you're the one comforting me!"

Kagome laughed nervously, "Well, after crying for nearly three days straight, you start to realize that there are better things to do in life. It still hurts but I'll heal, it'll just take some time." Kaoru stared at her skeptically. "I'm okay, really!"

Kaoru released her hand in favor of drawing an arm over her shoulders. "Just know that I'll be here for you. The man that ruined your wedding."

She smiled. "Well after hearing this, I'm glad you did. Hikaru's an ass sometimes."

He shot her an amused look. "This was the man you were about to marry."

Kagome colored. "Right."

He let out that same bark of laughter before pulling her closer. "What a sight we make! The runaway bride and the very man that cause her to do it! Sitting together in sweet peace on a park bench!"

This prompted Kagome to let out a small laugh and Kaoru joined her before both burst into full blown laughter.

What a sight they made.

•••

Kaoru stood in knocked the large oak door and waited for it to open. The house he was standing in front of was large but oddly enough, it didn't scream super rich billionaire. He had been staying here for the past week and a couple, just until he could find a residence that he approved of because he sure as hell wasn't living with Hikaru.

The door opened and Kaoru looked up.

"Hey, Kyouya."

Kyouya opened the door wider for Kaoru to enter and closed it gently behind him.

"Were you at the park?" he asked.

Kaoru grinned. "Nothing gets past you eh? Still the same as always."

Kyouya returned his grin with one of his own, "Of course. That's how I succeed in the business world."

Kaoru laughed quietly and slipped off his shoes, opting to walk around in his socks. The phone rang and Kyouya went made his way to the kitchen to answer it.

"Hey I'm gonna crash on the couch!" Kaoru yelled out to Kyouya and got a nod to indicate that he heard. Kaoru padded towards the living room but didn't get very far as Kyouya's voice stopped him.

"Kaoru, it's for you," he said, holding out the wireless phone. Kaoru raised an eyebrow in question but Kyouya just motioned his head towards the phone.

Kaoru grabbed it and put it up to his ear. "Hello?"

"Hello Kaoru, it's been a while."

His eyes widened.

"Haruhi?"

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I'm really starting to like cliffhangers.
Can't you taste the drama?