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I'm With You

~Chapter 10~

It was the last shred of hope. If ever there were something to bring him back down into the dumps, he'd stay there for good. And that was something he didn't want.

Tamaki missed her. He missed her so much that it hurt. And in her absence, he realized something: He loves Haruhi Fujioka.

Yes, he couldn't deny it any longer. When he had learned this piece of information, he immediately called a meeting with the club and sobbed out his revelation to his friends. Sure, they were there to comfort him, but he still felt lonely. If she wasn't with him, he wouldn't be happy.

It has been forever since Haruhi had gone missing. She disappeared almost four months now: 3 months, 27 days, 15 hours, 19 minutes and 27 seconds… 28…29…

He knew that he was whipped. The host club would make fun of him sometimes whenever they saw him moping about, of how he kept the exact amount of time she has been gone.

Hikaru thought it was creepy; Kaoru didn't say anything about it. Honey thought it was sweet; Mori could only nod in agreement. Kyoya thought that it was because he was heart-broken and he really just wanted to see Haruhi again; Tamaki knew he was right.

Tamaki sighed, looking out the window of the Third Music room. There was supposed to be an assembly that day in a few minutes. His father had decided to put it up to 'cheer his darling son up'.

Tamaki didn't know why he chose now of all times. After all, he had many chances to cheer Tamaki up before now. Maybe there's something he's up to…

Tamaki sighed, too tired to figure out what his father may be up to. Standing up, he made a bee-line to the auditorium where the rest of the student body was congregated. Being the son of the Head Master of the school, Tamaki got a seat in the front row along with all his friends.

He made his way to his seat and sat down, ignoring the looks that his fellow club-mates gave him. They seemed… amused. He brushed off his apprehension and faced the stage as it was taken place by his father.

"I'm sorry to take you all out of your busy schedule," Mr. Suoh started, giving the students and staff a smile, "but I wanted to give everyone a little stress reliever."

There were whispers all over the hall, people wondering just what the Head Master was talking about.

"Someone wants to perform for all of you," Mr. Suoh continued. "And I thought I'd approve. So, without another moment wasted, I'll let you enjoy this performance."

All the lights turned off. There were girly squeals and surprised gasps throughout the audience. Tamaki looked around. Obviously, this was part of the performance. If it weren't his father would have called in all of the body guards and the police crew and tell everyone that everything was under control. This was all part of the show.

Music started playing; some guitars, a cello. And a voice sang through the dark:

"I'm standing on a bridge; I'm waiting in the dark. I thought that you'd be here by now."

Tamaki's ears were in euphoria. It was like an angel was singing. But this song… if painted such a familiar picture within his head. Where had he seen this before?

"There's nothin' but the rain; no footsteps on the ground. I'm listenin' but there's no sound."

It was raining. And that just made the image in Tamaki's head get all that clearer.

Slowly, a screen on the wall behind the person turned on, showing what looked like a special music video with a whole bunch of special effects showing: a crouching figure in the rain on a bridge, street lamps dampened by rain, a dreary, depressing gloom.

"Isn't anyone tryin' to find me? Won't somebody come take me home?"

As Tamaki listened, things started clicking into place; as if the puzzle's pieces were putting themselves together.

"It's a damn cold night. I'm tryin' to figure out this life. Won't you take me by the hand, take me somewhere new. I don't know who you are, but I- I'm with you. Oh, I'm with you… you."

A stage light began to light the figure up and Tamaki could see the person singing was also playing a guitar. The light, as of now, was very dull, not allowing anyone to make a correct distinction of who it may be. But Tamaki had a very good guess to who it was. After all, she was singing about how they met.

"I'm looking for a face; I'm searching for a place. Is anybody here I know? 'Cause nothing's going right and everything's a mess. And no one likes to be alone. Isn't anyone tryin' to find me? Won't somebody come take me home!"

With each sentence, the light became brighter. And at the end of the bridge, the figure was fully available to the human eye. Tamaki's gut feeling was right. It was the person he was searching for; the girl that he had missed for the longest time.

"It's a damn cold night."

She was wearing one of those sleeveless dresses that flow out at the bottom. The top was like those things that ladies in old Britain would wear underneath their dresses.

"Tryin' to figure out this fight."

It was black and had a purple ribbon wrapped around her waist, the ribbon being quite wide and tying into a bow in the back, the long ends of the bow flowing down her back and off the chair along with her dress.

She was bare footed, hair just as short as before with a purple ribbon at the back of her head.

"Won't you take me by the hand, take me somewhere new?"

It was Haruhi.

"I don't know who you are, but I- I'm with you. Oh, I'm with you… you. Oh!"

He watched as Haruhi strummed her guitar, eyes sparkling with fresh, trying-to-overflow tears. Tamaki stood up and ran towards the stairs for the stage, running to Haruhi.

"Why is everything so confusing?"

"H-Haruhi!" Tamaki called, tears gathering in his eyes.

"Maybe I'm just out of my mind!"

Tamaki fell onto his knees when he got to Haruhi's side, surprising everyone in the audience. He didn't care. All he cared about was that Haruhi was here. Now. Right in front of him. In his reach.

"Yeah, yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah, oh-oh! It's a damn cold night."

Haruhi cried as she sang, looking down at Tamaki as she did so. She gave him a pitiful smile that looked as if it were a perfect imitation of Tamaki's last one she had given to her.

"I'm tryin' to figure out this life. Won't you take me by the hand; take me somewhere new? I don't know who you are, but I- I'm with you! I'm with you! Take my by the hand; take me somewhere new. I don't know who you are, but I- I'm with you! I'm with you!"

Haruhi sniffled.

"I don't know who you are, but I- I'm with you. Oh, I'm with you."

Haruhi looked Tamaki in the eye and gave him a genuine, teary smile that was meant only for him.

"I'm with you."

The auditorium was quiet as the last strum of the guitar couldn't be heard anymore. And then, as if it were perfectly rehearsed, clapping interrupted the silence as the students gave Haruhi a standing ovation.

She put down her guitar and turned to Tamaki, mouthing, 'I'm sorry'.

Tamaki shook his head. Quickly and without any warning, Tamaki pulled Haruhi into a tight hug, holding her as if he did, she'd disappear again. Haruhi returned the hug gratefully, letting her tears fall onto Tamaki's shoulders.

The rest of the Host club walked up onto the stage and smiled at the pair. And Mr. Suoh grabbed the microphone and spoke into it.

"Thank you all for coming. Now, please resume your studies. Have a great day everyone."

The students slowly filtered out of the auditorium, Haruhi and Tamaki not letting up on the hug and eventually coaxing the others into a group hug (thanks to Tamaki). The group hug dissipated when the whole hall was emptied of everyone else. The last two who were reluctant to stop the hug were, of course, Haruhi and Tamaki.

Tamaki was overjoyed that Haruhi was here. He held her hand, giving her a big smile and squeezing her hand just a bit. Haruhi happily returned the gestures, heart fluttering with an emotion that she had figured out during her absence from Ouran.

"It's good to have you back Haruhi," Kyoya said, giving said girl a smile.

"We missed you so much!" the twins nuzzled Haruhi.

"Don't ever run away again, Haru-chan!" Honey cried as he clung onto her waist.

"Yeah," Mori piped up, patting Haruhi on the top of her head.

Haruhi smiled at all of them, her eyes lingering on Tamaki, "It's great to be back. I missed you guys so much."

"You're a really good singer, Haru-chan!" Honey said.

"Thank you Honey-sempai."

"Ooh, ooh! Say our names Haruhi!" The twins begged as if they were little kids asking for ice cream from their parents.

"U-umm…" Haruhi didn't know how to respond to that.

"Well," Hikaru said, "we want to hear how you would say our names!"

"After all," Kaoru decided to finish, "this is the first time you're using your voice in front of us."

"O-okay" Haruhi stuttered, looking at each teen when she said their name, "Kyoya-senpai."

Said teen smiled and closed his eyes, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose.

"Mori-senpai," Mori let out a small smile.

"Honey-senpai" Honey giggled happily at hearing his name said by her twice.

"Hikaru and Kaoru" she pointed to the correct twin as she said their names, leaving the two in a pleased silence.

Haruhi looked at Tamaki and gave him a smile as she tilted her head. "And Tamaki-senpai."

The moment his name slipped off of Haruhi's tongue, Tamaki felt chills go down his spine. Goose bumps were rising up off of his arms and his heart fluttered in a somewhat nice way. It was as if an angel was singing his name.

There was a happy silence throughout the whole before another group hug was called.

Haruhi laughed. "You guys are really into group hugs, huh?"

"We're just happy you're back" Tamaki whispered into the girls ear, hugging her tighter.

Haruhi smiled and hugged them tighter, giggling a bit. "I'm glad to be back."

Things settled down. Everyone knew Haruhi is a girl. She is still able to wear a boy's uniform and participate in the host club. Actually, ever since her secret was found out, people had been taking it quite nicely. She still had the same customers who visited her, if not more. Boys started to actually come into the host club to chat it up with the hostess.

And slowly, Haruhi began to open up to everyone around her, speaking to everyone in a familiar way; it was as if she never stopped speaking.

But, to Tamaki, not all these changes were considered 'great'. Actually, he was quite jealous.

He didn't like the way the guys would talk to Haruhi. He knew they were flirting with her and she was flirting back. She always gave them a smile when they'd walk in and just before they were to leave.

Yes, Tamaki had almost come up to them and stopped these confrontations; but each time, Haruhi would look his way and shoot him a smile that he believed was only meant for him. And it settled him down quite nicely. But, he couldn't take this stuff for long. After all, he is a spoiled rich boy.

Tamaki watched as Haruhi laughed at what her customer had just said. The boy, who was Haruhi's customer, sat back in his seat, satisfied that he had made the girl laugh. And Tamaki, seeing the cute look on Haruhi's face being sent towards the boy, felt his jealousy bubbling over.

Immediately, he stood up. Stomping his way to Haruhi's table, he tried to ignore the stares that he was attracting one by one.

"Haruhi, we need to talk," Tamaki said, pulling said girl up by her hand.

"O-okay" she stuttered, letting herself be dragged off by the Suoh heir.

And as Tamaki drags Haruhi away, the rest of the room watches the two disappear, knowing exactly what is going to happen.

Kyoya smirked as the other Hosts went to his side. "It's about time Tamaki made his move."

~Chapter 10 End~

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