Hey everyone! Sorry it's taken me so long to update been majorly busy. Anyways as ever thank you to everyone who reviewed the last chapter, all of them were really amazing to read. This is chapter 22 and I have decided to do three more chapters then, unfortunately, White horse is going to end : ( but I will start working on the sequel. This is inspired by 'Speed of sound' by Coldplay, so enjoy!

Chapter 22

The months passed quickly and the host club and Haruhi became obsessed with wedding plans and with the Ouran's annual ball. Tamaki kept his distance from Kyouya and Haruhi and the rest of the group noticed this though it was never mentioned.

The Ouran ball was held a week before the wedding and Haruhi dressed slowly in her room. She chose a plain black dress that fell to just below her knee. Her father entered into the room and hugged her from behind. He pulled a piece of her hair back behind her ear before saying

"When did you get this beautiful?" Haruhi sighed and pulled away from her father before sitting herself down on a chair. He sat himself next to her before saying

"So the wedding is next week. Are you nervous yet?" he looked sideways at her and frowned. His daughter looked broken. He looked away and faintly heard her reply

"I don't think I can do this." He looked up sharply at his daughter. She looked back at him.

"I don't think I can marry him. He doesn't love me" Ranka moved to stand next to her and hugged her tightly

"Nobody is forcing you to do this. You can stop this sweetie if you don't want to do it"

Yuki listened to this exchange outside the door. Sighing heavily, she walked away leaving her son and granddaughter alone. The doorbell rand and Yuki walked down the stairs to see who had come. Kyouya walked through the door and Yoshio followed behind him. Yuki politely bowed to Yoshio before saying

"May I talk to you?" She looked sideways at Kyouya "Haruhi is ready upstairs. You can find her" Kyouya nodded before walking up the stairs. Yuki turned to Yoshio and said softly

"Haruhi is thinking of bailing out of the marriage" Yoshio grabbed Yuki's hand and pulled her into a nearby room.

Kyouya knocked at Haruhi's door and pulled it open slightly. Ranka moved out of the room and watched as Kyouya walked it into the room and closed the door behind him. Kyouya turned to look at Haruhi, who was sat in a chair by the window. She turned at the sound of the door closing and Kyouya saw for a second sadness in her expression before it cleared and she smiled at him. He held out his hand before saying

"Are you ready to leave?" Haruhi took his hand silently and let Kyouya lead her out of the room.

Ouran's main hall was decorated elegantly in a simple black and white theme, everything being exactly co-ordinated to Haruhi's plan, the only exception being that it had become a masquerade party. Haruhi moved from Kyouya's side and made her way into a bathroom where she could sit alone for a while. The door opened again and Haruhi looked over to see another girl in a long white dress and a plain black mask staring at her. Haruhi looked at her before saying sarcastically

"Can I help you?" The girl stared at her before striding across the room and standing in front of her

"How dare you lead Kyouya Ohtori along. What could you possibly want with him?" Haruhi stared at her before replying

"I'm not leading him on" The girl sneered before replying

"Oh. Why then would a commoner like you want to do with him?" Haruhi stared at the girl for a split second before replying

"I love him" The girl stared at Haruhi before turning around and running out of the bathroom. Haruhi watched as she disappeared and the door closed on the girl, who constantly wore a pink ribbon in her hair. Haruhi turned to look at herself in the mirror and sighed. A soft vibration went through her clutch bag and she grabbed her phone out to see that it was Yuki. Sighing as she answered she said quickly

"Did I forget something?" Yuki interrupted quickly

"Haruhi I overheard your conversation with your father earlier. If you want to stop the wedding" A sigh was heard down the line "You can but Yoshio will destroy your reputation if you do and his company will never be handed over to Kyouya. He said that you have to make a choice"

As ever please review! And I will try to update quicker next time.

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