"Aha! It looks as if Kaoru is stirring!"

"Incorrect again, idiot. He's merely rolling over."

"Tamachan, let's just wake them up now; get it over with, kay?"

"...Yeah."

"And as for the girl?"

"You don't suppose they... um, you know."

"Highly doubtful."

"I declare we take our chances and wake them up! Men, assume your positions!"

"May I make a suggestion?"

"Of course, mommy!"

"Get on with it."

Unlike 2/7 of the group, the younger Hitachiin twin isn't an impulsive beast when he wakes.

Kyoya and Tamaki fully supported waking the pair up and informing them both of the annoying distance and stress the club had to endure to find Kaoru.

Hikaru was just in total shock to find his inseparable twin sound asleep in a commoners inn, with a random girl.

As usual, Haruhi had a thoughtful expression on her face; she was analyzing, then re-analyzing the situation. If anyone, she'd figure out there were, in fact, no extra curricular events going on between the sleepy pair.

Mori and Honey rested on their usual string of one part excitement, two parts indifference.

Subsequently, Kaoru ended up waking by his own terms. When he opened his now rested eyes, 6 somewhat cheery faces were staring at him. The disbelief in such early hours of the morning jolted him awake like a caffeine shot and Kaoru sprung out of bed too fast to be healthy for anybody.

Kyoya then wrote something regarding Kaoru's irrational behavior in his mysterious black notebook.

The waves of angst were powerful enough to wake Reika, as well. Though her reaction wasn't nearly as priceless. Her eyes scanned the crowd to and fro; eventually setting upon Hikaru.

"What the-" she was cut off by the sound of Kaoru's distressed voice. "Hikaru, I promise it's not as awful as it appears. We didn't do anything.

Reika's eyes darted from Kaoru and back to Hikaru again. "Whoa." Really intelligent, Reika. Really intelligent.

Tamaki opened his mouth as if to explain, but clearly he was getting much too large a kick out of this, and so he stood in the room smirking like an idiot.

"Allow me." Kyoya offered. He stepped forward, politely offering his arm to Reika; allowing her to sit up. "Kyoya Ootori. I'm sure you recognize the name. And this," he gestured extravagantly to the group of goofy, smiling faces, "is the Ouran High School Host Club."

Kaoru budded in then. "YOU COULDN'T HAVE KNOCKED?!"

Hikaru smiled his mischievous, knowing smile. "Goshuushou-sama desu."

"At any rate, we're busting you out of here!" Tamaki waved his arms in a circular motion, tumultuous hand gestures were his specialty, after all.

"Kansha, guys. But I would've found my way home eventually. I stuck around for my own personal vivacity." They looked up at one of their beloved homo-sexual hinted twins.

"Coming to think of it, Kaoru, why did you leave?" Haruhi stared fixedly towards Kaoru, trying to decipher why he'd attempt to temporarily escape Ouran when he always seemed so... delighted there.

"Reasons."

"Takashi?" Honey began pulling at his best friend's evidently expensive shirt. "Can we go buy ice cream now? I'm hungry."

Mori looked towards Tamaki, laying his unspoken question on the table. "And our next stop, the ice cream shop!"

Kaoru turned to Reika. She handed him a reassuring, 'it's okay, go ahead and leave' smile but her adorably wide eyes spoke differently. "Would you like to accompany us?" He held out an awkward, but well intended arm out to her.

Kitajima's finest, yet most criticized employee shifted her eyes around the room; searching for a second reassurance. Reika beamed a wide, toothy smile.

"I'd love that."

...

After climbing the two large staircases, Tamaki in the lead; bothering Haruhi yet again, the good-looking group was confronted by... you guessed it, Toshi Kitajima.

The manager of Karuizawa's inn didn't even utter a word, simply grabbed Reika by the wrist and pushed her into the nearest wall. In mere seconds, she was uncomfortably in her employee's face, shouting.

"Where were you earlier this afternoon? How dare you, you unimpressive namakemono! You should be thoroughly thankful I don't have you pack your pitiful amount of things and get out this instant! In fact, you very well should pack your things and leave my inn! Reika, you've been relying on the thread of hope that I needed an employee of your rank and stature. Well unfortunately for you, my standards are much higher than that. I will no longer have a charity case in my presence. Now leave!"

Toshi swung Reika around by the forearm with enough force that she had thrown down the girl before her.

The host club stared in shock at the events of which they had just witnessed. "Of course." Tamaki began into the silence. "I remember now. Kitajima's pitfall."

When he was sure the attention lied on him, Tamaki continued. "My family, the Suoh group, runs not only schools but hotels. A relative of mine spoke to me of it once." His voice became increasingly more steady: the way it always did when he was finished being goofy, and about to begin helping someone.

Toshi's face grew wider than a chilled watermelon. "A member of the Suoh family! It truly is an honor to-"

Tamaki's face advanced to a deeper side of him. "I wasn't finished speaking yet." After a dramatic pause, he continued. "Kitajima's downfall was always it's disturbingly jarred nature. And now look what you've done, Miss Kitajima. You've went and lost the one thread keeping this place from running out of business." Tamaki indicated to Reika. "Your loss, Miss manager. You're now left to your own devices."

The dejected finality in Suoh's voice was unsettling in the most humble of ways. It helped that following his moving speech, he immediately exited the premises.

Kaoru helped Reika up; and with one arm slung around her for comfort, the rest of Ouran's host club left Kitajima's inn.

A/N: Tamaki Suoh makes plenty of aimless noise in the anime and the manga, so I figured I'd give him something epic to say; I always did enjoy seeing him like that. THANK YOU a million and one times to the five followers, the two phenomenal reviewers (I truly am honored) the favorite, and the 300+ views. It may not seem like much to some of you fabulous authors, but to me it means a whole lot. If you have any pointers, comments, or anything else processing in your head; I'd be really happy to read a review you write. Again, thanks for reading all of the story so far! See you tomorrow! Sayonara! xx

Japanese Glossary

Goshuushou-sama desu: My condolences

Kansha: Thanks. (Thank you is arigato if you were wondering.)

Namakemono: Slacker

Sayonara: Goodbye