A Thousand Miles

A/N: Thank you so much to the two people who reviewed! I also appreciate those who favorited or put me on alert but reviews are better! Well here is the next chapter and I hope you like it. Well I have the party planned out for the most part. Also for some reason I can't find the piano version of Breaking the Habit because that's how I determine if I want to use it in this fic. Honestly I think it fits Ryu pretty well in this one part I'm planning. If anyone knows a site please tell me. Well on with the fic! Oh, and I'm sooo sorry for taking this long to update!!!! I had school and put most of my effort into my Bleach fic, The American Student.

Disclaimer: I own nothing! Not the songs or the anime.

Check chapter one for different fonts.

Chapter Three: Shock.

It was the day of the party finally. All the girls were exited and seemed to be more determined to not let Ryu get a moment of piece than normal.

"So you are playing the piano for the party right?" One of the girls asked Ryu on his way to lunch. Ryu was downright pissed. All day he'd been bothered by the girls.

"Yes." Ryu said through gritted teeth. He sped up and turned a corner, thankfully loosing the girls. Only when he deemed it safe did he get his lunch and head for the third music room. He was supposed to help set up so he had to go there. When he arrived he found the Host club members already hard at work. He was given time to eat and then he began to help move stuff into place and decorate. When he was moving a large box out of the way. The bell rang for the end of lunch. They quickly finished up and headed off to their classes.

After school Ryu head back to his dorm to change into normal clothes (everyone was supposed to wear normal clothes) and to grab his keyboard. He threw on a black T-shirt and some jeans before grabbing his keyboard's case and packing it up. He headed for the third music room. There he quickly set up his things and waited for the party to begin. He had multiple songs that people would do karaoke with throughout the whole party.

"Ready to play? You do have a song for you to sing, right?" Tamaki asked. Ryu nodded. Soon after that the girls started flooding in. The party began. The first song was I Won't Say I'm In Love Japanese version. He had to do this song multiple times because a bunch of girls wanted to do it.

An hour later Ryu had played almost all of his songs at least twice. Even the Host club had sung. Then Kyoya took the microphone and spoke.

"Now we'll have out wonderful pianist sing something!" Ryu started playing the beginning notes of She's A Little Too Good. As he sung the room fell silent. Ryu sung until the very end. When the notes faded away he got ready for the next song. And on it went. The party continued as Ryu played and girls sung.

Ruri was trying out some American sweets with Honey. She was really enjoying herself. Suddenly all the music stopped. Kyoya once again took the microphone.

"Now we have the last karaoke song for the night. Endo-san, you're the one singing it." At that Honey grabbed Ruri's hand and dragged her to the microphone. "I believe you know the song A Thousand Miles?" The music began to play. Ruri quickly got over her shock and began to sing.

"Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces pass
And I'm home bound"

Ryu played as Ruri sang. Then he realized it, those overly long notes. He had only played for one person who held those notes too long on this song. What made him realize who was singing though was the fact that he had been automatically holding those notes too long to cover for who was singing. He had corrected this problem long ago but his fingers had acted on their own this time, just like they had when he played for Ruri when they were younger. Ruri..., Ryu thought as he continued to play. He could barely believe it. Even though he couldn't see who was singing he knew it was her.

Ruri was shocked as well; no pianist except for Ryu had ever been able to cover for her mistakes in this song on the first try. Does that mean that it really is..., Ruri thought. She tried not to make it show that she'd noticed anything.

"If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
If I could
Just hold you
Tonight"

After the final note both Ryu and Ruri turned around.

"Ruri." Ryu said at the same time Ruri spoke.

"R-Ryu...?" Ruri said. Neither one could believe it. After that neither one spoke. Ryu wanted to say something else, but he couldn't. His cold expression stayed on his face as he stared at Ruri. He couldn't break down the barrier he'd built up around himself. He wanted to smile at her and say something to make her smile too, but he couldn't even take the cold expression off his face.

Ruri was shocked. She had seen him before but know that it was certain she couldn't even speak; Ryu was here. She didn't know why but her heart was racing and she felt as though she'd rather pass out as all but one thought drained from her mind: How can he be Ryu? Maybe it was how Ryu appeared to be glaring at her with those cold eyes that left her paralyzed. She couldn't believe that it was really him, he looked completely different and from what she could tell he acted a lot different. She couldn't believe it, after just three years apart this was how Ryu was. Cold. That was how she could describe him; cold, emotionless, and completely different. She just stood there staring at him; her mouth half open and a look of complete shock plastered on her face. She didn't want to believe that he was actually Ryu. She didn't want to face him now. With all her will she turned towards the open door and ran. She couldn't deal with this right now; she headed for her dorm.

"Care to explain why she didn't seem thrilled?" Kyoya asked as he walked up to Ryu. Ryu turned his head towards him; clearly pissed at Kyoya. Ryu looked so furious that even Kyoya was forced to take a step back. When Ryu answered his voice was like an icy poison.

"You idiots." Was all he said before he packed up his keyboard and left, leaving all others to wonder what had just happened. After the atmosphere lost its intensity the girls began to talk.

"How do they know each other?"

"Did they just call each other by their given names (1)?"

This continued for the rest of the party. Shiga had left early to go ask Ruri what happened. When she got to her dorm room she found that the door was unlocked. When she walked into her room she found Ruri on her bed with her knees pulled up to her chest and she was just staring at her feet, her expression unreadable. Shiga walked in and sat down on the bed next to Ruri.

"Endo-san, what happened back there? Do you know Narita-kun?" Shiga asked. Ruri simply nodded. "So you've met before?" Once again Ruri only nodded. "Can you speak?"

"We were friends when we were in elementary school. He moved but never said goodbye." Ruri answered.

"So shouldn't you be glad to see him?" Shiga asked.

"I should, but..."

"But what?" Shiga asked. Ruri reached under her pillow and pulled out what appeared to be a photo. She handed the picture to Shiga. "Well I see you but who's playing the piano?" then it seemed to make sense. "No way! That's Narita-kun?" Shiga asked. Well, Shiga thought, that explains why she was shocked.

"Yeah. That's why I didn't recognize him before. But he's the only person ever to be able to play the piano to cover up for my mistakes on their first try when I sing A Thousand Miles." Ruri said.

"So the appearance shocked you?" Shiga asked.

"That, and the fact that I'm not sure if Ryu is Ryu anymore." Ruri said. Shiga didn't get it.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that, he seems just so different. More than just how he looks..." Ruri's voice drifted off and Shiga decided to leave it at that.

Back in Ryu's dorm he was also on his bed. He was sprawled out on his back thinking. He'd locked the door this time so that Haruhi couldn't come in; he just needed to be alone. Shit, why couldn't I have said something? Why couldn't I do something besides stare at her coldly? Did it shock her that much that it was me?, These thoughts and more raced through Ryu's head. He was running his fingers through his light brown hair and his eyes were focused on the ceiling. He let out a sigh, Why did things have to become so screwed up? His piece was soon disturbed by the sound of a key turning in a lock. His door opened and there stood Tamaki.

"And you are here why?" Ryu asked. His voice still had a poisonous edge to it but Tamaki tried to ignore it.

"I'm assigned to this dorm, too. I've decided to stay here for the night." Tamaki answered cheerfully. And sure enough, Tamaki had a suitcase.

"Why?" Ryu asked, laying his head back on his bed.

"Because I wanted to see what it was like to live in one of these." Tamaki answered with what seemed to be genuine excitement. Normally Ryu was cold, yes, but hardly ever out right rude. This time, though, he made an exception.

"Suou-sempai, you're an idiot." Ryu said. Tamaki looked hurt but came in anyhow. He shut the door and sat down on the bed that had been empty for months. Neither one spoke for a moment. Then Tamaki broke the silence.

"So really, why didn't either of you seem thrilled to see each other?" Tamaki asked, he sounded a bit more serious, so Ryu actually gave him an answer.

"Though it may not have seemed like it, I was happy. Ruri… well how the hell should I know what she was thinking? For all I know she could still be pissed," Ryu answered. He let out a sigh and looked up at the ceiling.

"Why would she be angry with you?" Tamaki asked.

"Because I never said good bye." Ryu said. And to signal the end of conversation he put in his ear buds and turned on his MP3 player. Tamaki was left wondering about what he'd just been told. Ryu ended up drifting off to sleep, thoughts of that day drifting through his mind.

A/N: Yeah, it's short. I'm sorry about that but can't do much about it. I'm sort of out of juice for this fic for now. Please review!

(1)- When someone calls another by their given name (in English it would be our first name) in Japanese, it generally shows closeness or friendship, or the person could just be rude. So you would probably call your best friend by their first name but a random classmate by their family name (in English that is our last name)