Alright, I'm completely and totally drained on this idea. So, this is most likely the last chapter. Unless I somehow come up with something last minute. Thank you for the feedback, by the way. Everyone wanted HikaruxKaoru, so Haruhi gets to stay single, I suppose! Enjoy this final chapter, please!

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Haruhi sighed. Things were going really well. The club activities had gone back to normal, and the twins were acting just as they had before their announcement.

I hope that means they listened to me, and took my words to heart. That was so...weird. I'm really glad that Hikaru and Kaoru are so understanding!

"Haruhi-kun? Are you all right?" Haruhi snapped her head back to attention when one of the girls put their hand to her forehead. Haruhi laughed lightly and said, "Oh, I'm fine. Please don't worry about me. I'm sorry if I was neglecting you wonderful ladies!"

The three girls around Haruhi swooned. He was apologizing to them for no reason! And he looked so cute, too! Haruhi could practically see the little hearts dancing in the girls' eyes.

"It's alright, we're sorry too!" the girl on Haruhi's left said, leaning in until she was right in Haruhi's face.

"Yeah, yeah," the one on the right said, shaking her fists up and down. "We were just worried, because you seemed really distant!"

"Like the other day," the third added, waving her finger knowingly in the air, and winking at Haruhi for an effect.

"Well, I'm fine," Haruhi said, laughing again. It felt so odd to have complete strangers worrying about you. Not to mention, they all thought you were a guy, and that you were dreamy, and smart, and a whole list of things Haruhi would never call herself.

Relieved, the other girls sat back down and changed the subject to movies they wanted to see at the theater. Haruhi gladly joined into the conversation, if only to keep herself occupied.

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"Haruhi!" Haruhi turned at the sound of her name being called. "Oh, hello Hikaru, Kaoru. What's up?"

"We'd like to thank you!" the two said in unison. Kaoru walked to Haruhi's left, and Hikaru to Haruhi's right. Both of them took an arm and pulled, dragging Haruhi down the hall with them. "We'd like to thank you--" Kaoru started, looking down at his captive.

"-But not here," Hikaru finished, winking at his friend.

Haruhi, dazed and confused, could only watch helplessly as her body was crated down the hall and outside to to the courtyard. When the three got there, the twins sat Haruhi down on her feet, and she almost immediately wobbled, falling on her butt.

Hikaru and Kaoru laughed at Haruhi's 'smooth' move. Lowering themselves onto the ground beside her, the twins turned to face their captive.

"You're really special to us, Haruhi," Kaoru started unexpectedly.

"We don't know what we'd do without you," Hikaru added.

"We never thought about the side effects of our love," Kaoru stated, leaning back to look up into the clouds.

"The possibility of becoming the twins from our earlier days never occured to us," Hikaru said, mimicking Kaoru's movement.

Haruhi listened to the twins, and wondered how they'd put such a lovely speech together. They were pulling it off smoothly, she noticed, and decided to just listen and wait for them to make the next move.

"So, anyway," Kaoru sat back up, and moved so he was closer to Haruhi.

"We really want you to understand," Hikaru scootched over to Haruhi.

"How important to us you are," the twins finished. Haruhi gasped when strong arms pulled her into a hug, a body on either side of her. Even though she was sure it was supposed to be a heart-touchingly sweet moment, Haruhi couldn't help but feel awkward. The feeling subsided, however, when the twins pulled away.

Kaoru and Hikaru pushed their faces close to Haruhi's, arms still wrapped around her slim frame. Haruhi could feel their breath against the sides of her face as they whispered, "You do understand, don't you?"

Haruhi nodded, and the arms around her squeezed her for a moment longer, and then left her. She was vaguely aware of the twins standing up, and of Kaoru's hand being offered to her. "That's great!" the boy chirruped, his face shining in the light of the sun. Haruhi took the hand and pulled herself up from the grass.

"Hey, Haruhi," Hikaru said, taking said girl by the shoulder. "Why don't you come to our house and study with us?" Laughing, Kaoru took Haruhi's other arm and said, "Yes, apparently, the Hitachiin brothers both really suck at algebra."

"To the point where we'd ask for only the best," Hikaru added.

"I'm not the best," Haruhi mumbled.

"Of course you are!" Kaoru said, beaming brightly as he led the group out towards the waiting limo.

"For us, anyway," Hikaru said, winking yet again to the faint Haruhi. "Lucky us, getting to spent time with you and study for a test we know we'll fail anyway!"

Haruhi smiled a weak smile. Even the Hitachiin twins were smart enough to take a test and not fail, and they knew it. But if they wanted to make excuses to spend time with her, she wouldn't mind. Not...at...all...

Such a happy ending. If only it were this way for every story in life...

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That was really...rushed. You had to read it slowly to actually enjoy it, I think. I always like the feeling I get when I'm first putting down the words, rather than rereading them. So, there you go. This story is now officially complete. Hope you enjoyed it!

Ja ne!