Chapter Twenty-Nine: Prince's Love and Seniors
Kiiro tightened her coat around her. She had decided that even if she wasn't partial to cold, she did appreciate the peace that freezing weather seemed to allow. The wind blew around the lot of students arriving at Ouran Academy, hurrying them inside. The only noise were the murmured greetings from one teenager to another. And, beyond that, a distant whirring sound.
Kiiro stopped in her tracks, "Whirring sound...?" she glanced over her shoulder.
Tamaki zipped past her on a segway, smiling brightly and waving.
"W-what the hell?" she held her palm to her forehead.
He rode all the way up to where Haruhi was near the entrance way, "Good morning!" he sang, drawing the attention of nearly everyone in a five mile radius. He then proceeded to alternate between acting princely toward her and crying in embarrassment and shame.
Kyouya sighed, appearing rather suddenly beside Kiiro, "And it begins." he intoned.
"Hold on... what's that?" Kaoru asked. "What's this... since early in the morning, this story..."
"Did Tama-chan really realize his feelings~?" Hani looked surprised.
"You heard it directly, right, Hikaru?" Kyouya questioned.
"Ah...yes." Hikaru replied.
"Ah!" Tamaki yelled. "Everyone, good morning!" Haruhi ran away as soon as King's back was turned. "I have a problem! I might have some sickness that doesn't let me talk clearly!" He was crumpled on the ground crying. "Will I die?" he crawled over to them, tugging on Kaoru's coat hem.
"No, you won't die." Kaoru sighed.
"No, no, it's because you're talking too much and causing trouble so early in the morning." Kyouya said, irked. "You're too loud."
"I don't think you're sick, Tamaki..." Kiiro tried to explain.
"Have you no sense of the cold weather?"
"Tama-chan, good morning~!" Hani laughed.
"Good morning." Mori said simply.
"Hikaru..." Tamaki began, standing up with a sad expression.
"...Good morning..." Hikaru finally spoke up.
Tamaki put his hands on Hikaru's shoulders. He seemed to be pitying him.
"What's that annoying stare?" Hikaru said angrily.
"Hikaru, I'm sorry."
"I already heard this yesterday!"
"No it's not about that... I just understand it now... Probably... Probably Haruhi... Haruhi is in love with me..." he concluded seriously.
"Did... Did Haruhi say this?" Hikaru looked shocked.
"Oh, no, but, from her behavior..." he pointed to where Haruhi was running away. "Look, she is so embarrassed that she is rushing to the school building..."
"Isn't the bell ringing? Anyone would run." Kaoru explained.
"And her face is all red." Tamaki added.
"Isn't it because it's cold~?" Hani pointed out.
"You have too much confidence... Until yesterday you were swept away by your trauma and couldn't even move..." Hikaru criticized.
"Oh yeah, about that!" Tamaki smiled. "It wasn't trauma at all! I'm a genius, so there was nothing of the sort!" he flashed a peace sign.
"Eh? Then that serious mood you had until yesterday..." Kaoru sweatdropped.
"You can call it a slump." Tamaki said.
"Then all those trauma things we put in all the effort to help with..."
"Of course I'm grateful for that!" he smiled. "I understood that you all love me so much. Thanks to you, I had a reaffirmation of your affections and I was able to understand love." he explained, placing a hand over his heart. "I was born again... I'm really sorry for Hikaru, but this is a man's duel! I even understood that the feelings are mutual with Haruhi, this is the spring of my heart!Oh yeah! Let's have a party! This is the birthday of my new life!"
Hikaru looked like he was about to kill Tamaki.
Kiiro heard Kyouya's chuckle.
After class at Music Room Three, a whole celebration was being put together. Hani's eyes glittered at the cake that Tamaki held.
"Happy birthday to me~! Happy birthday to me~! Happy birthday, new Tamaki~! Happy birthday, King~!" Tamaki chanted. "Un, I think this small rehearsal is fine. Cake, okay! Drinks, okay! Cleared throat, okay!"
"Waai, cake~! Cake~!"
"Hey, do we really have to take part in this farce?" Kaoru asked, still irked.
He and Hikaru were seated at a table away from their delirious leader, facing the opposite direction. Kyouya and Kiiro stood beside the two, griping about the change in King's attitude.
"To demand all these unneeded things last minute..." Kiiro crossed her arms, inspecting the decorations hung up and all of the fine utensils Tamaki insisted they needed by today.
"I don't mind the new Tamaki, but it's necessary to have a meeting about next month's events..." Kyouya sighed.
"New Tamaki... I also wanted Tono to get back to his cheerful mood. But amazingly... he was able to go up even more..." Kaoru grimaced.
"Yeah! I have to write seating cards!" Tamaki announced. "Seating arrangements at a party are very important!"
"By the way, what happened to Haruhi?" Kyouya asked.
"She's in the library."
"Okay here's Hani-senpai and Mori-senpai..." King placed the cards. "And by my side, Haruhi." he placed a card that read 'Suoh Haruhi-sama' down.
'...?'
"Aah, it sounds nice, Suoh Haruhi~!" Hani cheered.
'Probably just happy because of the cake...'
"I might have done it too early." King laughed. "I should ask her what she thinks."
From the isolated table Hikaru began typing swiftly on his phone and said, "Suoh Haruhi total points: 22. Luck cursed in domestic life, it will bring destruction."
'Online fortune telling?'
Tamaki went pale, "Ah well, I can always join Haruhi's family..."
"Fujioka Tamaki, domestic life very cursed. It will end up with a divorce."
"Oh yeah, Haruhi de Grantaine! This way, you can't check the fortune!" he laughed.
"Haruhi wants to become a lawyer. With that ostentatious name it will be hard!" Hikaru shot him down.
"Fine! We'll use separate last names! Why do you keep on saying bad things? Didn't you want to settle things with a man who has opened his eyes?"
"Settle things? Who said that and when? And also did Haruhi tell her your feelings directly?"
Tamaki looked stricken.
"A man who understands things, and feels happy because of it, is a bad person!" Hikaru went on. "He's disgusting! A stalker, a woman's enemy!"
Tamaki smiled, "If calling me bad names will help you calm down..." he bowed slightly.
Hikaru picked up the cake, "I'll kill him, right here and now!"
Kaoru held onto him, crying, "Hikaru, calm down! If you want to become a criminal, what will happen to me? We have the same face!"
"Don't use Tama-chan's cake!" Hani cried.
"Calm down, Hikaru!" Kiiro tried, standing in front of the volatile twin.
"Let me go! If I thought for even one moment that I could lose to him, then I was stupid! What might happen to Haruhi if I'm too late? I-I will-! As a human being I will not forgive myself if I lose to that idiot!" he raged.
Kyouya was busy laughing to the side of everyone, actually, whole-heartedly laughing. It was rare, but surprisingly not enough to snap Hikaru out of his murderous raving.
Kaoru yelled, "Kyouya-senpai, don't laugh, help us stop him! And also, it was you who first talked about the trauma!"
"Yes!" Hani agreed. "Now then, the cake, the cake!"
"Guys... I think he's gone crazy." Kiiro said aloud trying to push Hikaru back.
"I'm sorry..." Kyouya laughed, holding a hand to his lips. "But... It's so refreshing that we are back to the old times."
"Please choose better times to reminisce!" Kiiro thought about trying to shake him. "We have a situation here, Kyouya!"
"Tono! I'm going to turn this cake into a bomb!" Hikaru threatened.
"No, you'll ruin the cake!"
"Okay! Let's sing that song again!" Tamaki floated about the room.
"Don't ignore me!"
"Is today somebody's birthday?" Haruhi's eyebrows knitted when she walked up on the strange scene.
Tamaki jumped in surprise, and ran to hide behind a wall.
"Haru-chan~!"
"Hello Haruhi!" Kiiro waved awkwardly.
"You're finally here, let's start the meeting!" Kyouya announced, having recovered from the laughing fit.
"Okay but... that big person who looks like a small animal..." she pointed to Tamaki who was hiding.
"Ignore him, it's just a confused reaction due to his recent recovery from his serious mood." Kaoru offered.
"Haru-chan your seat is here~!"
"Thank you." she picked up the name card that had all the different surnames scribbled on it. "...What's this?"
"It's not what it seems!" Tamaki yelled, coming out of his hiding spot. "Also I decided on separate surnames for us!"
"Eh?" Haruhi looked confused.
"I mean, because we're going to ma-!" he choked on his words, and returned to hiding.
"Ma...?"
"Now that you're here~! Let's eat cake~!" Hani smiled and offered her a piece of cake. "Here you go~!"
"Ah, thank you." she sat down.
"Wait! All the strawberries are for Haruhi!" Tamaki scraped all of the strawberries off the cake and onto Haruhi's piece.
"Eh? I want them, too!" Hani whined.
"No way! I'll give them all to Haruhi!"
Haruhi sighed, "No... I don't need so many..."
"B-by the way, when will Ranka-san be home?" Tamaki stuttered.
"Well, probably on Sunday."
"Really? Well then, next Sunday I'll wear a suit and come visit!"
"Eh? Why?"
"Because I want to pay him my respect..."
"Eh?"
"Eh?"
Tamaki looked stricken and suddenly whispered something to Hani.
"What~? You were told that 'I've never considered you as my father.' on the first visit to the temple this year~?"
King whispered something to Mori.
"'Even in this case, let's stay together.'" he repeated, before explaining, "But that referred to everyone."
Tamaki grew dizzy and fell on the floor.
"By the way, speaking of birthdays..." Kyouya began. "Isn't your birthday next week, Haruhi?"
'He's scheming again...'
"Yes, it's on the fourth of February."
"Finally, you'll be sixteen~!"
"Now our birthday information is available?" Kaoru screeched. "I thought it was taboo to talk about us getting older. Our birthday was completely neglected!"
"Haha, what are you talking about?" Kyouya shrugged it off.
Hikaru and Tamaki suddenly glared at each other.
Kyouya's phone went off, he discreetly pulled Kiiro over to the side.
She knew it had to be about Kousaka, the Suoh family lawyer.
"Tachibana? ...No, don't worry. ...Really? As I thought. You did a good job, please continue like this..." he closed the phone.
"Senpais... did something happen?" Kaoru asked. He was the only one to notice.
"No, nothing... Everyone seems to have a lot of time..."
Kyouya and Kiiro shared a look.
"Eh?"
Kyouya turned back to him, "Would you mind helping us? It's research about the personal affairs of a lying lawyer... Something came to the surface, a dark suspicion I had about Mr. Yuzuru Suoh..."
She woke with a start when she felt someone shaking her.
"Oh, come now, it's only me." Kyouya raised an eyebrow at her, as he sat beside her in bed.
"Is that a good thing?" she muttered groggily.
He feigned hurt, "Your tongue is so sharp when you first wake up."
"You're one to talk." she laid back down.
His only response was to kiss her, long enough to really wake her up.
"Ah, well, good morning." she blinked, face heating up.
His grin was smug, "I had to find some way to change your mood." he kissed her again before adding. "Or shut you up, whichever came first."
She hit him with her pillow, sticking out her tongue at him.
"Oh no, we're not having another pillow fight." he quickly stopped her from reaching for another, hopping up onto the bed, pinning her.
"K-Kyouya!" she whined, his hands keeping her wrists down.
"What?" he smiled. "It's not like this is an unfamiliar position."
He was right, she pouted, before looking down, "Your shoes are on my bed."
"That's what you're complaining about?" he deadpanned, before kicking off his shoes to humor her, without letting her go.
"H-hey, you're supposed to let go so I can escape!" she argued.
He tilted his head, "What for? I'd only catch you again." he proceeded to kiss down her neck, sending shivers down her spine.
"W-wait, you haven't even told me why you came to wake me." she protested weakly.
"We'll get to that later." he released one of her wrists, running his free hand up her thigh. "I've missed you." he admitted.
"I-I've missed you, too."
"Why are you wearing that bulky scarf, Kiiro-senpai?" Kaoru went into fashion-police-mode.
Kiiro wrapped the article around her neck once more, hoping to cover the pink mark Kyouya had left that morning, "Ne, Hani-senpai can wear one but I can't?" she crossed her arms.
The redhead grinned mischievously, but didn't argue the point further.
It was a Sunday very close to Haruhi's birthday, and on request of the winners of the orienteering race, Kuragano and Sakurazuka, the Hosts were all attending a tropical plants park. But, Kyouya, Kaoru and Kiiro were currently going over a certain something rather than enjoying the park.
Kyouya fanned out the photos, "This is the picture taken this year on the sixth of January." It showed Kousaka in her medical mask and glasses looking out a window. "This one was taken on the fifteenth." Kousaka again. "This one on the twenty-third." Again, it was Kousaka. "In all of them there is the lawyer, Kousaka, going to meet the head of the Suoh house, or in other words, Tamaki's grandmother. That doesn't mean that the meeting on the sixth was the first one, of course."
Kiiro had already seen them but, since Kaoru was new to their little 'project' he looked ocer them and said, "Eh? Secret meetings? I'm sorry, Kyouya-senpai, but I don't understand. Kousaka-san is Suoh's lawyer, right? It's not so weird if she meets with Tamaki's grandmother."
"Not exactly..." Kiiro stated.
"Actually, she is a lawyer from a law office that is in charge of the legal contracts of the Suoh family." Kyouya explained. "And also, she should be under the direct command of the chief, Mr. Yuzuru, for matters related to the 'Grand Hotel Chain'. The repeated meeting with the head chief are clearly unnatural. The fact that Kousaka-san had these meetings secretly during the absence of Mr. Yuzuru makes me believe that she had some personal connection with the head chief. I have no idea of her intentions. I'm still in the process of investigating if it had any connection with when she was following us on the day of the first visit to the temple this year. And, there are also big doubts I have about Kousaka, it seems that Haruhi heard from her that she wasn't an acquaintance of Haruhi's mother, but that is a big lie because that woman-"
"Kyouya, oi, Kyouya!" Tamaki yelled.
They turned to see Hikaru forcing Tamaki's hand into a Venus Flytrap's mouth.
"Hikaru wants me to become food for the animals!" he screeched. "Kaoruuu! Kiirooo! Hikaru is being cruel! Do something pleeeaaaaseee!"
"Ahahahaha! Your fingers are being eaten!" Hikaru teased.
Kiiro sighed and went over to scold Hikaru.
"Kyaaaa!"
"In any case, for now, doing anything more than this is impossible..." Kyouya ignored King.
"R-roger." Kaoru sighed.
The Hosts welcomed the two guests in unison, but the two girls were really only interested in Haruhi as they were her regulars. So, they spent all of their time with her and asked her what flowers she liked, "It might be plain, but I like vegetable flowers with a strong flavor." Haruhi replied cutely.
Tamaki and the clients were moved by her modesty, Tamaki took out his memo book with the golden crown on it and wrote down the flowers that Haruhi liked.
"Hey, you idiot!" Hikaru said. "How long are we supposed to stay here? We're busy with preparations for Haruhi's birthday!"
"They said they wanted a date with the Hosts, but these two are mostly Haruhi's customers!" Kaoru complained.
"Here they come, the spoiled brothers." Tamaki sighed. "The ones who came up with this prize were you two, now take responsibility!"
"Listen!" the Twins yelled.
"We didn't think a certain someone would lose the orienteering rally, making all this trouble! Besides, how come you recovered so quickly? What happened to your depression because of Haruhi's hatred for you?" Hikaru got in his face.
"I didn't say that I was being hated! I just said she doesn't like me a lot!" he defended himself. "And I'm sure this is a trial that God gave me!"
"What, a trial?"
"Think about it, I just discovered what it means to be in love." Tamaki said dramatically. "It'd be just too wonderful if Haruhi returned my love so easily, right? Which is why, as soon as I realized that it was mutual, God said, 'Let's make you experience a one-sided feeling, first.'. And my heart is full of pain from this one-sided love. I'm so sorry Hikaru." he turned to the dark-haired twin. "This is a step towards becoming a strong man in order to make Haruhi happy, and for your sake too Hikaru, since you were so harshly rejected. And it's for you, too, Hikaru, that I will definitely win the trial by organizing the perfect birthday project."
Hikaru was shaking with anger.
"Tama-chan~! Tama-chan~! A great project~?" Hani bounced around."You already decided on a birthday present for Haru-chan~?"
"Obviously, it's something original. Based on Haruhi's favorite things... It's a special romantic plan, Hani-senpai!" King explained. "The stage will be set on Haruhi's birthday after school. Insert the colors of the evening into the Third Music Room. Haruhi will get an anonymous invitation and when she opens the door... I'll be playing 'Happy Birthday' on the piano, there will be ootoro and when she bites into one, there will be a diamond ring. And then, ours will become real love." he fluttered about.
"If you put a diamond in the middle of a vinegar flavored meal it may be disgusting and she may throw up or break her teeth." Hikaru shot him down.
"And rather than being innovative, it seems old fashioned and it wouldn't be enjoyable. Also, doesn't it sound like Godfather style?" Kaoru added.
"Or maybe it's something out of a sappy shoujo manga?" Kiiro commented.
"And if Haruhi eats that part of the ootoro, wouldn't all of your efforts be useless?" Kyouya pointed out.
"Also, the part about the anonymous invitation, wouldn't that reveal your plans from the beginning~?" Hani asked.
"Certainly from the handwriting style." Mori added.
"Wha...!" King croaked. "Why are you all so cruel?" he pointed at them with tears in his eyes. "A few days ago, when I was in the middle of my slump, you all worked so hard for me!"
"That is over!" Hikaru sighed.
"We've used an entire lifetime's worth of energy helping you, so now, no more." Kaoru sighed.
"An entire life's worth? Really?" Tamaki fussed.
They all turned, about to leave him, "K-Kyou..."
"I made all the arrangements for that project and never thought you would lose." Kyouya said in his nonchalant but harsh way. "I was a fool."
"We're so busy planning things for our graduation..." Hani said simply.
"Hani-senpai, you too? Mori-sen..." Tamaki cried, finally he turned toward Kiiro, "Well, Aunty, would help me, right?"
"If I'm the last resort then I'd rather stay out of it." she crossed her arms, eyebrow twitching in annoyance.
Devoid of assistance, Tamaki crumpled.
"Excuse me." Haruhi got his attention. "If you're not interested in the tropical park, you can go home." she said darkly. "To make things worse, staying in this hot greenhouse is making me annoyed to the point where I want to punch people..."
"I'm...!" Tamaki started afraid. "I'm very interested! Oh yeah, Haruhi, do you know the meanings of flowers?" he changed the subject. "You know, I usually hide it, but, I'm a flower meanings master!"
"Yeah? What about this flower?" she pointed to a muscari flower.
"Oh? A muscari? Well, it's not usually in a greenhouse but, okay..." he cleared his throat. "This flower has a very positive meaning. It means bright future and a love becoming great! But, on the other hand, it has a lot of opposite meanings. Disappointment and loss of hope"
"Oh, it's like Tamaki-senpai?" Haruhi concluded harshly.
'Ouch...'
"Eh? What do you mean? Haru..."
But she had started ignoring him, "Sakurazuka-san, what is over there?"
"That's is the water flower corner."
Tamaki fell to the floor in a puddle of his own tears. He got up and looked determined, "I won't lose!"
They followed him as he followed her to the water flower corner.
"Eeh~? So, Hika-chan will give Haru-chan a laptop for her birthday~?" Hani inquired.
"Probably. But, I also want to put a game on it, so I have to prepare it in a rush." Hikaru sighed.
"Laptop?" Tamaki looked over at them.
"What?"
"It's not romantic at all." Tamaki shook his head.
"It's fine, Haruhi would be happier with something useful." the dark haired twin explained. "Also, are you sure you're not the one that doesn't understand? A modest commoner woman like Haruhi, do you think she would accept a diamond? Getting a diamond without knowing who gave it to her seems similar to the method old politicians use. Giving something like this to a person is horrible."
Tamaki looked stricken.
"Heavy! Sick! Commoner's enemy!" Hikaru yelled.
"You say that, but a laptop is expensive, too, you know!" Tamaki defended.
"It's not so expensive! The cheapest one is only 300,000 yen!"
"You're wrong! From an ordinary person's perspective, those prices are definitely high! Now listen!" King ordered. "Commoner's use the Ichikyuppar Method!"
"The Ichikyuppar Method, like when something costs 1,980 yen instead of 2,000?" Kiiro asked.
"Yes." Tamaki nodded. "It means 1,980 yen. In their language, there is also nikyuppar and sankyuppar. If you think about it, it's twenty yen less than 3,000 and 4,000. It's a positive feeling inside ordinary people's heads when they feel the desire to buy. They buy happily without having to pay the bigger bill. This concept is a remarkably magic word!"
"Unbelievable. A simple twenty yen can provoke this big motivation to buy things." Hikaru commented.
"Commoners are incredibly simple minded." Kaoru added.
"I see, now that you mention it, I've heard this somewhere before." Kyouya remarked. "When Haruhi said that her socks were three for 980 yen."
The Twins and Hani cried, "We don't wanna hear it!"
"So, following her personal values, a present that could make Haru-chan feel at ease~." Hani said when he gained control.
"It would be something that would make Haruhi feel at ease by being low-priced, useful and handy." Mori said.
Tamaki and Hikaru started thinking.
"Hold on. Hold on." Kaoru warned them. "You're thinking about something that you could use easily. Consider more Haruhi's house size and lifestyle."
"Haruhi's house size..."
They began thinking again.
"Something to let her read while resting...?" Tamaki babbled.
"Hold your horses. Hold your horses." Kaoru tried.
Tamaki and Hikaru started fighting again, thankfully Mori stopped them, "Hold on, both of you are forgetting something very important."
"Mori-senpai?"
"Look at Haruhi's face." he pointed.
'Her eyes look dead.' Kiiro thought as Haruhi looked around at the flowers.
"Yes that's right. Haruhi isn't interested in tropical things." Tamaki said.
"Yeah, no matter how hard she tries to be 'active Haruhi'." Hikaru added. "On a holiday she would have preferred to stay quietly at home."
"And we're already thinking about her birthday, it's still several days away." King sighed. "Instead of trying to pursue Haruhi's happiness at this very moment." he snapped. "Hikaru, Kaoru!"
"Hai!" they saluted.
"Put yourselves at Haruhi's side!"
"Yes!"
"Hani-senpai, up on that tree!" he pointed and Hani ran off. "Mori-senpai, sanitize your hands and prepare a glass!" Mori ran off. "Kyouya! Kiiro! I need help setting the place!" Kyouya got out his phone while Kiiro went off to get chairs and tables.
The Twins accompanied Haruhi to find a fruit that she wanted, a mango, Hani retrieved it and gave it to Mori who squeezed it with his bare hands into a glass. Kyouya called his bodyguards, who brought fruits and seated Haruhi in the seat that Kiiro had found.
"Haruhi." Tamaki started. "Sorry, I didn't notice it at all. You've been holding out until now, huh? Please help yourself." he motioned to the table which was full to bursting with intricately arranged platters of cut fruit.
"You all... What are you talking about?"
Tamaki and the Twins peeled bananas and offered them to her while posing with smiles and arms outstretched.
"And I don't even need a lovely pose! You know, I don't need anything to eat. I'm genuinely having fun at this tropical park." Haruhi said, becoming more and more aggravated.
"Hey~! Haru-chan look~! I'm sitting on this giant lily pad~!" Hani smiled in the pond.
'Sometimes it's hard to believe that he's eighteen...'
Tamaki and the Twins sat on the lily pad too, determined to look as cute as their senior.
"I can sit on it, too!"
"But, if I sit on it, it's cute!" Hani argued.
"If it's something like this, me too!"
"Tono get off, we're too heavy!"
The lily pad gave out and they all crashed into the water.
"It's cold!" they shrieked.
The water splashed on Haruhi.
"Waah! You broke the lily pad!"
"Are you okay?"
"A fat person like Tono can't sit on one!"
"I'm not fat!"
Haruhi fumed, "You all go home!" she yelled at them.
"Gyaaahh!" they ran away.
The rest of the Host Club decided that it was probably in their best interests to leave.
When Haruhi's birthday came around Tamaki and Hikaru accidentally got the same prawn-rice water flowing machine and Kasanoda made Haruhi the happiest with a shitake mushroom kit.
It was a normal day, classes had just ended and the Host club was getting ready for the arrival of their guests. Today's cultural exhibition was centered around China, with all of their edibles paying homage to the tradition of yum cha, where tea was served with dim sum dishes. It was the final days of February and Spring was fast approaching. It was a normal day.
Hani bounced into the room with Mori close behind him. In a cheery- but somehow still serious- tone he declared, "Please, attention, everyone~! Pretty soon, we're going to graduate~!"
And without further elaboration the two went on about their day.
"Wah, he announced it...?" Kiiro cocked her head. Sure she knew that the promotion of grades was coming up, but never once did she really think about how Hani and Mori were on their way out of Ouran Academy.
Haruhi, in her confusion, was convinced they were joking.
It was a normal day.
Haruhi ran around passing out towels and tissues to all the crying girls, and Tamaki. The demand for tissues had become so great, that Kiiro had been enlisted to help pass them out and was currently running across the room as fast as possible for her trying to quell the onslaught of tears.
"Tamaki-sama! Don't cry! We're here!" his guests cried.
"Suoh-kun!" Nekozawa appeared, he was also crying. "My separation from you is very painful!"
"Nekozawa-senpai! I'll be lonely! Don't go!" Tamaki cried.
'I thought Tamaki was terrified of Nekozawa-senpai... The magical power of graduation...'
Kyouya groaned, tapping his closed fan to his cheek, "It seems we can't work under these conditions..."
It was apparent that, while no one else was paying attention, Hani and Mori had made all of their preparations, and had passed their entrance exams to Ouran Academy's attached university. And today they were able to enjoy their final meeting with their guests. Saying their farewells and receiving many well-wishes. And then Mori dropped his tea cup, Kiiro barely managed to get out of the way.
"Ah, I have towels at the ready!" she proclaimed with a smirk.
"S-sorry..." Mori appeared embarrassed.
Kyouya explained that Mori was worn out due to a rush of challenge letters he had been getting in. Many of his kouhai wanted to duel him at all costs before the oppurtunity was up.
"Then, Hani-senpai also..." the Twins checked the small senior for signs of tiredness.
"In Hani-senpai's case, he wouldn't be so open to accepting challenges, so he's pretty much free." Kyouya shrugged.
"Ah, that's right..." they recalled how easy it was for Hani to send someone to the hospital.
When the subject of college came up Haruhi asked, "Mori-senpai, what have you decided to do?"
"Um... sorry?"
"Come to think of it, I wonder what department Haninozuka and the others will go to? I'll be in the culture department." Nekozawa stated.
"I'm going into engineering because I really like making stuff~!" Hani exclaimed with an overly motivated pose. "I'll make cars and toys~! And, new Haninozuka businesses~!"
Haruhi looked surprised as unaware of Hani's engineering dreams as everyone else, "So, Mori-senpai will go into engineering, too?"
"Of course." the Twins found her question laughable. "Otherwise they would be separated."
"I'm entering the law department. Majoring in Jurisprudence." Mori corrected her.
"Eh?!" the Twins slumped. "You're kidding?"
"Really~! And, in April, you and I will definitely be in different departments~!" Hani smiled at Mori.
"And...so..." the Twins started.
'What?'
Everyone, except for Kyouya, was horribly shocked that the Mori-Hani combo was breaking up.