A/N: Holy cow, I can't believe all the attention this story got in one night! Thank you guys and girls so much, for the favorites, alerts and reviews, you keep me going!

Disclaimer: I don't own Ouran High School Host Club or make a profit from this. I do own Calyn Iokia, so please ask if you want to use her, ok?

Calyn found herself looking for a new hiding spot the next day. It wasn't that she didn't love Takashi; it was just that she didn't want any more trouble, for him or herself.

She slipped down the hall, away from her last class, and kept going. Her messenger bag hung heavy on her shoulder with homework she had yet to finish, which had been her use of hiding-in-library time.

Her bag flipped around and hit her in the knee, causing her to flinch. When she had arrived home, the maids had fussed over her, bandaging her knee and trying to get the bloodstain out of her dress. But her parents had been nowhere in sight, as usual.

"Calyn!" Kaoru ran up to her, tackling her. "Where have you been?"

"Around." Calyn shrugged. "Where's Hikaru?"

"He had to stay home. He's got the flu." Kaoru gave his friend a small smile. "But why did you break up with Mori?"

"Takashi," Calyn corrected him calmly as she always did, "And I decided it was for the best. There were some issues that could not be resolved in the proper time frame to eradicate the tension between us."

"Can't you talk like a normal person?" Kaoru teased, finally letting go of her.

"In short, I was getting bullied and teased by his customers, and it was causing both of us trouble." Calyn tried to step away from Kaoru. "I don't have time to talk, Kaoru, I have studying and homework to do."

"So if you could be back with Mori without getting attacked, then you would be with him?" Kaoru's eyes lit up. "Hm..." His mouth lifted into a grin.

"No, just no." Calyn readjusted her bag on her shoulder and started to walk away. "I don't want Hikaru in on this, as helpful as you can be."

"Hey, man stealer." A girl, inevitably one of Takashi's customers, ran into Calyn with her shoulder, knocking her off balance.

Calyn prepared to keep walking, but Kaoru caught both their shoulders. "You should apologize, you wouldn't want Mori to get mad, would you?" Kaoru smirked at her. When the girl gave him a doubtful look, he added, "Calyn is a friend of the club. You better apologize."

"I'm very sorry." The girl bowed quickly to Calyn and then ran off, blushing with embarrassment.

"Don't do that!" Calyn shot Kaoru a softened version of her glare. "You're only going to make it worse. Please, stop it."

"Nope." Kaoru smirked, this time at Calyn. "You're my friend and you can't stop me."

"Club's over?" Calyn asked, retaliating with a smirk of her own. When he nodded, she grabbed his wrist. "Help me study then. Your punishment game for today."

Calyn grinned as Kaoru laughed at what had once been a twincest joke between he and Hikaru. He let Calyn tug him down the hall, towards the library, but neither of them noticed the two figures that stood just around the corner from where they had been.

"Isn't this great, Takashi?" Mitsukuni asked in a whisper from his spot on Takashi's shoulders. "Everyone will help you and you'll be able to be with Calyn again!"

Takashi didn't say anything, but he felt a slight smile crawl across his lips. Hopefully, Kaoru's plan would work...

A/N: I can't seem to make these chapters very long. Anyway, what do you think?