Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club or any of the characters featured in the manga and anime. They are all proprty of Bisco Hatori.

Four Months Later

Haruhi sat on the floor of a janitor's closet, hiding from her boyfriend.

She couldn't do this anymore.

She couldn't continue to be Tamaki's girlfriend.

He'd changed and it wasn't a good sort of change. She preferred the old days of him insisting he was her father and acting like an unreachable king.

Now he was…possessive. He didn't like other men being around her, including the host club members. He got angry and he pressured her.

It wasn't the way she thought it would be.

He wasn't the way she thought he would be.

And she didn't know what else to do. She couldn't predict how he would act from one day to the next and it worried her.

She had to end their relationship. There was no other choice.

And she had to end it soon.

School was over for the day and if she wasn't somewhere he couldn't find her, then he would 'escort' her to host club. For the last few days, she'd waited until the last minute to sprint to the Third Music Room so he couldn't walk with her.

It actually gave her some of the only free time she had.

When she was at home, he dropped by and stayed late, sometimes even all night since what had happened a few weeks ago, and if he wasn't there he called and texted her all the time.

He had even forced a new cell phone on her, saying that he didn't want her phone to be from the twins.

And she was pretty sure he had a personal tracker in the phone and in other various items so he would know exactly where she was at all hours of the day and night.

It wasn't normal.

It wasn't a healthy relationship to be in and if she was honest, sometimes it scared her.

She didn't know who to talk to. After all, this was Tamaki Suou she was talking about. He was a first-class gentleman and women swooned when he smiled at them.

Maybe she was overreacting.

She probably was, in fact, but she knew she had to end it and end it soon.

Today was Tuesday.

She would tell him on Friday after school.

She peeked at her watch and saw it was time to get to the Host Club. She stepped from the closet and sprinted the few corridors to the room, feeling happier and more settled then she had in a long time. Now that she had finally made a decision, everything seemed better.

She walked in and was immediately enveloped in a pair of grasping arms.

Tamaki.

"Where were you? You've almost been late every day for the last week and I can never find you," he scolded, his hands gripping her tightly.

She closed her eyes and said, "I'm sorry, Tamaki. I just had some things to do." She peeked at him, bit her lip and whispered, "Um, Tamaki, I was wondering if I could come to your place after school on Friday. I need to talk to you about some things. Is that okay?"

He smiled, a seductive quality to it. "Of course. We haven't had much alone time for the past few nights with your father being home. I've missed you. And you've missed me too, haven't you?"

Haruhi pretended not to hear his question and smiled at the other host members. She disentangled herself from his arms and said, "Hi, guys. I made it on time."

Greetings came from each. The twins walked forward and patted her shoulder.

At the action, her eyes grew sad and a fleeting frown crossed her face. Tamaki had made them stop hugging her as they usually did. He didn't like them touching her in any way but he couldn't stop it completely so he'd only told them not to hug her anymore. Surprisingly, they'd listened and hadn't squeezed her between them for two months.

She couldn't believe it was true but she actually missed it.

She wasn't as close to any of the others as she used to be anymore and it was Tamaki who caused it.

She missed them and couldn't wait to get them back as her friends.

Mori stood at the back of the room and frowned.

Haruhi was different and it worried him.

He knew Tamaki had demanded her to be closer to him; to pull away from Mori and the others.

Mori saw the sadness that often entered her eyes and then left as fast as it had appeared. He saw worry and the expression on her face whenever Tamaki was around.

He smothered her and only Mori saw it.

Today, however, he saw something different and it gave him hope.

It was as if she had made a decision about something and it gave her peace, a peace she had been lacking for a few months now.

He hoped it helped.

He hoped she would come back to them.

Truthfully, he hoped Haruhi would break up with Tamaki.

He didn't want her to be with Tamaki because he wanted her for himself, a selfish wish but his wish just the same.

Maybe, maybe it could even come true.

Maybe.

A/N - Sorry it took me a while to update. This chapter got deleted so I had to rewrite it. It's also quite short. Sorry about that. I've been very happy with the reviews I've been getting and I just wanted to say thank you. I hope you enjoy the latest chapter.