Chapter 5!

Not going to review grub because I only just posted chapter 4, and there is plenty of that in there.

This is back in Japan.

Enjoy! I own nothing but Rose, who isn't really in this chapter. This is an INCREDIBLY short chapter, just to show how Kaoru is coping, and how Haruhi and Tamaki are doing.

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"Oh Kaoru!" the girl closest to him wept. "I can't imagine what you're going through."

Kaoru whipped away a fake tear that wasn't all that fake, and put on a brave smile.

"He's doing what's best for him. I'm so proud of him... I just wish he was still here with me..."

Most of the host club had cottoned onto the fact this wasn't really an act. However, it worked well, so they left him to it. As the club closed for the day, Kyoya stopped Kaoru before he left. Tamaki and Haruhi had already departed.

"I can understand that you're missing your brother." He said, not looking up from his laptop. "I just wanted you to know that if when Hikaru comes back and things have changed, the act cannot."

Kaoru froze.

"Don't give me that look." Kyoya's glasses flashed as he closed his laptop quickly. "I can tell you're upset about how close he and Rose have gotten." Kaoru groaned.

"Honestly, I'm fine. I'm just worried that he's alright."

"You're texting each other constantly and you even text Rose to make sure he isn't lying. You're worried that if Hikaru and Rose become a couple, you'll be forgotten." Kyoya stood, now packing his laptop into its case, slinging the strap over his shoulder. "And you should know that you aren't going to be abandoned. Not by Hikaru, and not by the host club. Now I expect fewer tears tomorrow. Go home Kaoru."

Kyoya left, flicking the light as he left, leaving Kaoru in the dark.

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"Haruhi!" Tamaki cried, running to catch her. "M-may I walk you home?"

"Senpai, you have a limo." Haruhi deadpanned. "Why would you want to walk with me?"

"I want to spend some time with you." He said bluntly, almost imitating Haruhi herself. "Is it a crime to spend time with my princess?"

Haruhi blushed.

"So what am I promoted to then?" Haruhi found herself eager to find out, and put it down to pure curiosity.

"My princess!" Tamaki cried in joy, wrapping his arms tightly around her delicate frame.

"You call all of your clients princess!" Haruhi laughed slightly at his short sightedness.

"I call them princess – not my princess." Tamaki corrected her. Haruhi blinked in confusion, so he began to explain.

"When I call them princess, I mean someone else's princess, so that they will find someone who will love them as they seem to think they love me. However, you are MY princess. Who I will fawn over, who I will love- " Haruhi turned a shade of crimson "- and who I will always cherish."

Since then, the two had found themselves in some form of secret, unofficial relationship, that neither one confirmed to the other. Which is exactly what Tamaki was intent on doing.

"Alright. Walk me home." Haruhi smiled, and allowed him to take her hand, entwining their fingers. Neither bothered to fight the blush that came up, they were too focused on their now interlocked hands.

"So... Listen. You know how much I love you now, right?" Tamaki managed to break the awkward silence between them. Haruhi nodded quickly, her blush deepening. She might be oblivious – but she wasn't dumb.

"Senpai, I-"

"Tamaki. Please."

"Tamaki, I do think I have a crush on you..." Haruhi muttered, looking down. "But I don't know if it's love."

"Describe how you feel then." He prompted eagerly. "And as your prince I will help you interpret."

Haruhi was now crimson.

"Well... whenever I see you...

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Kaoru had hit the wall – hard. A bruise appeared on his knuckle but he didn't care about that. He also didn't care about the blood that had begun to ooze from the cut he got by his carelessness with the papers from his Maths homework. He simply cared about the face he was lying in bed, and in was completely empty other than himself, and it was cold and uncomfortable.

He hated Hikaru not being there.

'Just a few more days'

'Five more nights'

'GO TO SLEEP DAMNIT'

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Just a short little bit :)

Have you guessed the other pairing yet? ;D

Peace and love

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