Side note: I had someone ask me a good question: Will "How Halley got there" be discussed? Yes, it will. All in due time, my friends. As they say, "Patience is a virtue." I think.

Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club. There would have been romance by now and I would have been rolling in money instead of typing a story on FF.

Pain by Three Days Grace

"Anger and agony
Are better than misery
Trust me I've got a plan
When the lights go off you will understand."

Chapter 15:

Monday passed by pretty quickly for Halley. Before she knew it she found herself quietly reading at one of the tables in the Host Club after school. Most of the Host Club had decided to do other activities requiring little too no sound, as well. It was, in fact, Honey's nap time. Waking him up (or Kyouya, for that matter) was like a death sentence.

Accompanying Halley at her table was Kyouya and the silent Mori. Mori, who was reading a book of his own, always made sure Honey was visible to him. Halley was able to see Mori looking in the corner of his eye to the bed where Honey slept. His eye slightly twitched when he saw Honey moving, but relaxed when he saw him move to a more comfortable position.

Kyouya was typing away on his keyboard, like usual. It seemed like a completely normal day, up until when Halley had a feeling of Déjà vu. Looking up from her novel, she glanced at Tamaki, who was humming softly to himself while walking toward a table with a cup of tea. Her eyes widened in shock when she saw what was at the table he was headed toward: Honey's Usa-Chan.

Her mind traced this moment back to the time in episode 12. Honey was in for a world of hurt.

Tamaki, who had yet to notice the beloved Usa-Chan, turned his head to see Haruhi attemping to make a miraculous escape from the twins chasing her. There were a lot of crazy and stupid things that they tried forcing her to do, but this was one of the worst ones. Just one glance at the bunny costume had sent Haruhi running.

"Come on, Haruhi, it's not that bad!" Kaoru called from behind her.

"You won't even have to wear it for that long!" Hikaru mischievously agreed. He secretly reminded himself to get the camera so they could take pictures. That way, it would be more... permanent.

"I refuse!" Haruhi yelled, suddenly cutting off Tamaki from his destination.

Confused, Tamaki continued along his merry way. Suddenly, though, the twins bumped into him in the middle of their chase. "Outta our way, King!" They called, not bothering to wait for a response. The next thing they heard was a cup being dropped on the table. It wasn't any old table, though. Of course not, the frustrated Tamaki thought. That would be too easy... It was the table with Honey's Usa-Chan on it.

Halley, who was staring the whole entire time, suddenly put down her book. Against her own will, she began to smile. Sure, she felt guilty about it, but the situation was quite humorous. Who would have thought that Usa-Chan was ruined this way?

The other two at the table stared at her and wondered just what had shifted her attitude. Mori slightly shook his head and returned to glaring at Tamaki, whereas Kyouya raised an eyebrow at her. It was as if he had asked a silent question that only she would understand. With a single raise of an eyebrow, he wordlessly asked her, is this one of those "episodes?"

After calming down, Halley nodded. "Yeah."

Without uttering another word, Halley listened intently to the Host Club's banter. By the time Honey woke up, Halley's eyes had begun to sting from the amount of time she had been staring. After rubbing her eyes, she witnessed first-hand the glare of an angry Honey. It was certainly too scary and unfamiliar to her. It was ... indescribable. She was forever scarred.

... And just like that, it was gone. Boy, was Mori a miracle worker.

LATER ON...

There was a disturbance. Something was not normal. The Host Club had been joyful and quite exciting, but it suddenly became eerily silent. Halley and the others turned their heads to Honey. One of his cheeks were puffy and red. Honey's eyes were tearing up and it looked like he was about to cry. Honey's cavity was starting to really get bad.

"It's a cavity, isn't it?" Tamaki asked.

"Yeah," the stoic Mori replied.

"It's nothing," Honey choked out desperately. While rubbing his cheek, he commented, "I'm fine."

"Tamaki," Mari said emotionlessly.

As if he were given an order, Tamaki nodded. "I understand." He announced the temporary ban of snacks.

"No, Takashi!" Honey "I don't want snacks to be forbidden... It... It doesn't hurt!"

As if he did not hear him, Mori merely grabbed Honey's leftover cake and walked away. Honeys' eyes began tearing up. "It's my cake!"

Mori froze for a second before turning around and countering, "It's forbidden."

That's when Halley had to take action. She could not just sit there and leave Honey helpless and distressed any longer. She suddenly stood up and walked over to Honey, who had gotten out of his seat to chase after his precious cake. Without saying anything, Halley merely grabbed his hand and slowly led him to the couch.

She sat behind him and wordlessly had him lean his head on her shoulder. As if she had done it many times before, Halley raised her hand and started patting his head. "There, there, Honey," Halley assured. "It's gonna be okay."

Honey sniffled and closed his eyes. In a matter of seconds, he began to cry. Halley could feel the hot tears be absorbed into her shirt, but she tried to ignore it. She just let him sit there and sob.

The rest of the room watched in awe as Halley comforted Honey. Hikaru stared at Halley and Honey. This was a whole new side of Halley that he had yet to see. Where had this caring, maternal figure come from? Had she always been there? Why had he not noticed it? Did he like it?

After dismissing those questions, Hikaru noticed everyone doing the same thing he was. This was a whole new experience for the whole host club all-together. There really was no mother figure or anything of the sort for the little group of theirs. Haruhi was not very comforting as all, and the word "Mommy" really did not describe Kyouya very well. Could they get used to this? Or is this new character only a "once in a blue moon" kind of thing?

That's what Hikaru thought.

Honey and Halley either did not mind the stares or did not even notice them. It was as if he were a child who had lost his mother. Then again, that was just what Honey needed at that moment, was it not?