(This is it! The long awaited conclusion!)
Let me hold your crown, babe.
"Tama-chan?" Honey poked his head into the abandoned clubroom where he found Tamaki trying to fold origami swans. "What are you doing?"
"Isn't it obvious?" He had a huge pile of finished swans in the corner. "I'm wishing Kyoya and Haruhi good luck!"
"You're what?" Honey came in and sat beside him. He picked up one of the small swans in his hand and examined it. The workmanship was poor, but the thought still counted.
"If you make one thousand origami swans, you get a wish! I'm going to wish that Kyoya never makes Haruhi cry, and that they get to be happy forever! Come on, help me!"
"Tamaki." Mori said in a deep voice. "You're allowed to be upset."
"Oh, ha ha ha…" Tamaki nervously laughed. "Why would I be upset? It's not like she really is my little girl. He doesn't have to ask my permission to date her."
"But, Tama-chan, I thought that you loved her… Didn't you?" Honey had always thought that Tamaki would be the first to tell Haruhi his feelings, but the twins, and now Kyoya, had already beaten him to the punch.
"I don't know, Honey-sempai. Maybe it's just best that I let them be for a while. If it's going to last, I don't want to see them unhappy because I did something reckless."
"Tama-chan!" Honey attack-hugged him. "You're so brave!"
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"Fujioka-san?" A voice interrupted Haruhi's nodding. Suddenly she bolted up, not even realizing that she had drifted in the first place. She looked up into the face of a smiling doctor. "Good, you're awake. If you would, please escort Ootori-san back to class."
"Is he alright?" She asked looking around.
"I told you I was fine, didn't I?" Kyoya stepped out from behind the curtain in the infirmary treatment area. The swelling had gone down, and only a few scrapes and bruises soiled his face. In all, the damage could have been much worse. Luckily, he had always been in the habit of keeping a spare pair of glasses in his bag at all times, just in case.
"Are you sure you're alright?" She asked taking his hand as soon as she was sure they were alone. "I was really worried."
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you worry."
"Well, you did. You really scared me," She watched her feet fall into perfect time with his. "It looked like you were in a lot of pain."
"Haruhi, it's my job to worry about you. No matter what happens, I'm going to be okay if you're there."
"Are you sure?"
"You like this, huh?" He chuckled, pulling their embracing hands to eye level. "This is the second time."
"I guess." That's embarrassing… I hope he's not getting too full of himself now. "It's just that your hands are really warm… and it feels nice."
"I'll have to remember that." They were finally in front of classroom 3-A. "Well, you should probably get back to class, yourself, Haruhi."
"Okay," She was a little disappointed. She tried to walk away, but found that something was literally holding her back. He wasn't letting go of her hand. "Kyoya? I need to take my hand with me when I go…"
He brought it to his face, and kissed it gently. "Haruhi, don't worry about those guys. They'll come around eventually. I'll take you home after school." Not a request. I don't really mind, though. And with that, she took her leave.
The second Kyoya stepped past the threshold into class every eye was on him. There were whispers and stares. Girls gasped at the sight of his roughed-up face. Guys tried not to laugh about his losing a fight to a second year.
Kyoya sighed, thinking that they may never stop gossiping.
A note, neatly folded, sat on the corner of his desk. He picked it up and unfolded it carelessly.
Let's have lunch together again, soon.
-Tamaki
xXx
"Hikaru," Kaoru knocked on his door. "Do you want to talk about that?"
"Talk about what?" His voice was muffled. Hikaru was lying face down into a pillow on his large bed. Kaoru had let him be alone for an hour to calm down and to think about everything, but he felt like he still needed more time.
"You know what." Kaoru sat on the bed beside him.
"Why couldn't it have been me?" his face was sticky from dried tears. "I did everything right. I told her how I felt. I was there to help her when she didn't even ask… I was willing to change everything about myself for her."
"Maybe that's the problem, Hikaru."
"What?"
"Maybe you should have been more true to yourself from the beginning. I think that next time, you should just be Hikaru." Kaoru rubbed his back. "I don't know if they'll last that long anyway."
"Really?" Hikaru sat up. "You mean it? They might not be together forever… So I won't give up until she loves me back!"
"Hikaru, that isn't exactly what I said…"
"Who cares? I'm going to apologize to Haruhi and she's going to start loving me!" He punched the air with one hand and wiped his face with the other.
"Hikaru, you never change."
A.N.: I know that it may be be a disappointing ending, but I really liked writing this story, so I decided that I couldn't end it after all… I think that I'm going to do a sequel. It's going to be another songfic (because I like this format) called "Can't Let Go" focusing on the love triangle between Kyoya, Haruhi and Hikaru. I hope to get Chapter 1 up sometime this week, so please look forward to it, and thank you 0-GirlyCard-0 for the idea!