When Kyoya wakes up the next morning he finds himself staring at a wall in a hospital room and his hand was clasped in another's. It only takes a second for him to remember what had happened the day before when he gets up and sees Haruhi's sleeping form in the usual white hospital bed. Getting up to stretch, he takes a look at the clock hanging from the wall at the other end of the room. '8:00, so I still have about a half an hour to get ready for school.' He yawns, 'today is going to be hell I know it.' He thinks knowing that as soon as he gets to school that he was going to be bombarded with questions from not only the host club, but some of the other students as well. 'I suppose I could have told them more than I did, but I didn't want them all trying to rush over here and bothering her.' Taking out his cell phone he calls Tachibana to come and pick him up.

"Kyoya-?" he hears Haruhi call out weakly.

"Haruhi I'm right here, but you need your rest." He says going back over to the bed and glad to see that a lot of color was returning to her face.

"I just wanted to wish you luck in school today. I'm sorry I can't be more help to you." She tells him

"As if I want you to be of any more help." He sighs "Haruhi you've already saved my brother's life. The least I can do is cover that up for you."

"You only have to cover it up because I'm not supposed to know your brother." She smiles "By the way how did you and your father change the story so quickly for the news last night?"

"Haruhi, as I have told you in the past. When you are rich you can pretty much do whatever you want." He smirks remembering the news story last night about the stabbing.

Flashback

Kyoya had finally gotten Haruhi to take all of her pills and even managed to get a small amount of soup in her system when Akito walked in wearing his normal clothing and muttering about stupid businessmen and their stupid ideas.

"How's it going Haruhi-san?" he asks moving over to the other side of the bed.

"Not bad, Kyoya's been trying to force food down my throat, but overall not too bad of an afternoon." She smiles "I'm only kidding." She laughs, as she catches the demon face on Kyoya.

"Oh yeah, the story should be on the news any minute Kyoya it's almost ten. Father called and told me he had it changed when he was interviewed earlier." Akito tells him

"Good that should make things a lot easier." Kyoya nods

"I still don't think lying is the way to go about this." Haruhi argues

"We're simply changing the story a bit." Kyoya assures her "Bottom line is you still got stabbed, the man who did it is in custody, and you saved one of us."

"And what if that man tells everybody it was Akito-san he was after?"

"The Ootori family police have him, he'll be lucky if he's able to talk to anyone in the next twelve years." Akito laughs

"…All right Kyoya will you turn on the TV? We may as well see what our 'fake' story is." She sighs, as he finds the remote and turns on the television in the room.

"Panic today at the Ootori medical hospital in Tokyo, when a young man was stabbed by a deranged man, whose wife and daughter died early this morning." The announcer started with a clip of the hospital. "The young man has been identified as Haruhi Fujioka, who was stabbed protecting the youngest son of the hospital's owner Yoshio Ootori. His son Kyoya Ootori is just fine, but young Mr. Fujioka is faced with serious damage on the left side of his body. We are assured that Fujioka is currently stable and is not in any immediate danger. Our sources tell us that the young Mr. Fujioka and Mr. Ootori were heading down to his Brother Akito Ootori's office for some medication for Mr. Fujioka, who was sick even before being stabbed, when Mr. Takaya the deranged man ran out of Akito Ootori's office and was angry at being told there was nothing that could have been done for his wife and daughter. Mr. Takaya, realizing that young Kyoya Ootori was related to Akito Ootori pulled out a knife no one, but Mr. Fujioka saw until the last minute. Pushing Mr. Ootori out of the way Mr. Fujioka was in the direct path of the knife and was stabbed." The reporter continues, "Yoshio Ootori had this to say to one of our reporters earlier this afternoon, after being caught leaving the hospital for a business meeting, 'I am very grateful to Mr. Fujioka for saving my son and will do all I can to make sure that he leaves the hospital safely.' His two older sons Yuuichi Ootori and Akito Ootori were also caught leaving the hospital to follow their father, but refused to say anything. Akito Ootori however, has been seen entering the hospital again not twenty minutes ago. Kyoya Ootori is thought of to still be in the hospital and most likely will not leave all night."

"Damn right," Kyoya growls

"The young Mr. Fujioka attends Ouran academy as a second year student on a scholarship and his extracurricular activities include being a part of a host club formed by the chairman of the school's son Tamaki Suoh. Kyoya Ootori attends the same school as a third year student and is also in the Host Club as its vice-president. The two are thought of to be good friends." The reporter finishes and Akito ends up being the one to turn the television off.

"Wow you get things done quickly," she laughs

"I told you earlier that everything was going to be covered." Akito smiles at her."Well I only wanted to let you know that the story was being aired. I should head back home, but I will be the one taking care of you tomorrow Haruhi-san while Kyoya is in school so I'll see you then." He tells her getting up and hugging her gently, so it wouldn't hurt her too much.

"I'll be stuck here so I guess I'll have no choice," she laughs, as he lets go "See you tomorrow Akito-san."

"Be seeing you later then Kyoya," he waves walking out the door.

"You two are still far too comfortable around one another for my liking." Kyoya sighs, as the door closed behind Akito.

"Oh relax, he's like the older brother I never had." She giggles

"Yeah whatever, look you should be going to sleep." He tells her, kissing the top of her head.

"I will, but what are you going to do tomorrow at school?" she asks curiously

"Well I'm going to have to answer a whole lot of damn questions I know that." He sighs "But to keep myself busy, I've called the chairman and he promised to keep me updated on your homework, so you can do it here."

"Thank you so much Kyoya," she smiles "I was afraid of what I was going to do about that."

"You know, I really don't think your teachers will mind if you turn in a few late, given your condition." He tells her

"No, I will get them done," she says rather determined.

"Stubborn girl," he sighs "All right, but right now you need to go to sleep. You are still very weak."

"Yeah, yeah" she murmurs trying to get comfortable without putting too much pressure on her injured side. "You really don't plan to leave tonight at all do you?"

"I'm not going to let anything happen to you." He replies simply taking out his laptop

"Good-night then Kyoya, I love you and I'm sorry." She tells him

"I love you too Haruhi," he says and looking up he sees she'd already fallen asleep. "You have nothing to apologize for Haruhi trust me." He smirks before getting to work.

End Flashback

"I'll be back right after school." Kyoya tells her grabbing his bag, giving her a swift kiss on the lips, and walking over to the door.

"What about the Host Club?" She asks causing him to stop and think it over for a minute.

"The Host Club is closed until out latest host is out of the hospital." He decides "See you later Haruhi," he waves before finally going out the door, only to come face to face with Akito.

"Whoops, sorry about that," Akito laughs backing away. "How is she this morning?"

"She's awake, but she hasn't taken anything yet." He replies

"Is she in any pain?"

"Not that I know of, but knowing her she was hiding it." He sighs

"Go ahead and get to school Kyoya I'll take good care of her." He tells him placing a hand on his shoulder. "After all I'm the one she actually saved, you just have to play the cover story right?" he laughs

Kyoya only nods and makes his way out of the hospital, ignoring the reporters that were trying to get his attention; he steps into his limo and tells Tachibana to take him to school. "What's this?" he asks finding a rolled up paper in the seat next to him.

"Today's paper sir," Tachibana tells him.

Unrolling it he reads the headline, 'Commoner Boy Saves Youngest Son of Local Billionaire.'

"Damn it was there nothing more interesting last night then Haruhi being stabbed?" Kyoya sighs throwing the paper down on the floor.

"She did save your life sir." Tachibana comments from the front.

"She saved Akito-niisan's life, not mine."

"I am well aware of that sir, but I have been instructed to think it was you she saved."

"Oh, right." He mutters 'I wonder if I have really lost it, I should have known he was told to say that.' Kyoya thinks staring at the now crumpled up paper. 'She'll be fine; I can trust Nii-san to keep an eye on her.' He has to assure himself as the car pulls into the gates of Ouran Academy.

"Good luck today sir," Tachibana tells him as they parked and he got out, opening the door for him.

"I'll need it," he thinks getting out and was immediately faced with who other then the twins running over to him, and waving what looked to be the newspaper in their hands.

"What do you two want?" he asks, as coldly as he could.

"How is…he?" Hikaru asks, before Kyoya could ask why the twin had called Haruhi a boy, he realized a crowd began to form quickly of both students and teachers.

"Haruhi is really weak, but is recovering slowly." He answers simply

"Oh come on Kyoya-sempai, there has to be more to it than that?" The twins complain

"You all saw what happened on the news last night, there really isn't any change from then to now." He sighs "And I told you on the phone yesterday that she was stabbed, what else do you want to know?"

"…Where was he stabbed again? He isn't going to have to be in like a wheelchair or something right?" A small girl Kyoya recognizes from Haruhi's class asks.

"The newspaper article doesn't tell you that?" he asks honestly curious.

"Sempai, your hospital is the best at keeping secrets." Kaoru says "The only thing we know is that there was a stabbing yesterday involving you and Haruhi and that he is alive."

"That and the guy responsible is in your custody." Hikaru notes.

"…All right look Haruhi is just fine, a few broken ribs, but nothing too serious. He can't seem to keep food down, but my brother is working on that and he is too weak to get out of bed." He tells them

"Is that all?" Hikaru asks with general concern in his voice.

"Yes, that's all Haruhi is going to be just fine." He assures him placing a hand on Hikaru's shoulder, before heading into the school.

'I suppose I should have seen that coming, no way is my father going to allow anyone to find out the truth of what happened.' He sighs walking upstairs to his classroom. On the way he got a few stares, but was expecting as much. Surprisingly when he got to his classroom door no one else had approached him. 'The people outside must have spread the news,' he concluded opening the door to his classroom and walking in, only to be faced with every set of eyes on him including Tamaki's. 'Suppose I thought too soon.' He sighs, before going back to his seat and started being questioned about Haruhi's condition once again.

All day it was the same thing people, both students and teachers would come up to him and ask how Haruhi was doing, it made Kyoya realize just how much people liked her. The questions he was asked were generally easy to answer, but around lunch a first-year student threw him a bit off guard with her question. "Were you relieved when Haruhi-sempai saved you?" All day it had been questions about how Haruhi was doing, but here this girl is asking him about what he felt, making him realize this girl may know Haruhi's secret.

"Yes, but I wish it hadn't been Haruhi who had to save me. I also wish I had seen the knife when he did, but all of this happened beyond my control, so I have to handle it." He answers, making a mental note to keep an eye on this girl.

After school he found himself in the middle of the clubroom alone with Hunny and Mori and trying to explain again what had happened. "Thank you both for keeping the rest of the club away from the hospital yesterday after I hung up." He starts

"It was no problem Kyo-chan, but what was with you yesterday, you seemed really…scared, was what she did that scary? I mean she's okay now, so nothing to worry about right?" Hunny asks.

"Sempai ordinarily I'd agree with you, but you weren't there when it happened. It actually crossed my mind when she jumped in front of me that I could lose her and that didn't sit with me right. When I called Tamaki I realized this and I guess that reflected in what I told all of you." He sighs

"This isn't like you Kyo-chan," Hunny notes "You never lose control."

"I know that Sempai." He sighs

"You should tell her you love her." Hunny brings up.

"As I told Mori-sempai before I don't plan on telling her anytime soon, besides what would be the point now she would only think I like her because she saved my life." He points out "I'm sorry, but I have to head back to the hospital. Please let the others know they can't come see her until it's cleared with my father." He tells them heading out the club doors.

"He's losing control of his emotions." Hunny mutters "But he has a point about Haru-chan doesn't he Takashi?"

"Yes he does, all we can hope for Mitsukuni is that he can find some way to tell her eventually." Mori tells him.

"I suppose, by the way where are the others?" Hunny asks curiously

"The twins are in trouble for a prank they pulled in an afternoon class and Tamaki is talking to his father." Mori tells him, looking out the window to see Kyoya getting into his limo and drive off.

"Well the least we can do is help Kyo-chan and Haru-chan out, by keeping the others away." Hunny sighs "Not that they really need our help Kyo-chan probably has that hospital completely guarded." He laughs as he hears the doors open to reveal Tamaki and the twins walking into the room.

"Hey, where's Kyoya?" Tamaki asks, upon seeing Hunny and Mori.

"He went on ahead to the hospital and asked that we don't go visit." Hunny tells them

"What why?" the twins ask

"Haru-chan just got stabbed yesterday. Kyo-chan doesn't think it would be a good idea for us to see her yet. Apparently she can barely get up let alone move, so going over there and seeing her would only make us depressed right?" Hunny points out "And we don't want to make Haru-chan sad."

"Then why does Kyoya-sempai get to see her?" The twins complain.

"Well it's his hospital." Hunny laughs "And he is the one Haru-chan saved. Don't you think he should be the one taking care of her?"

"Did Kyoya say when we could see her?" Tamaki asks

"When he thinks Haruhi can handle visitors and when she is able to at least stand up on her own." Mori surprisingly answers. Shocking everyone, but Hunny.

"Okay then until we can see my little girl, let's all plan a party for her." Tamaki says

"Yay a party, will there be cake?" Hunny asks, as Tamaki nods and starts muttering to himself about supplies.

"That's all well and fine milord, but when and where would we even have a party for Haruhi?" Kaoru asks

"We don't even know when she's going to be released, let alone able to come back to school." Hikaru points out

"So we'll have it in her hospital room when we go visit her." Tamaki explains

"All right, we're onboard." The twins smile, going over to their leader, along with Hunny and Mori to help plan the perfect get well party for their best friend.

When Kyoya got to the hospital he again had to avoid the reporters who wanted his opinion on what happened. 'Don't they have better things to do then harass me on something that's yesterday's news?' he wonders climbing into the elevator and heading up to the floor Haruhi was currently staying on. He had just reached Haruhi's room when he hears his sister's voice behind him.

"Kyoya, there you are." He turns around to see Fuyumi running down the hall towards him, wearing a long dark green dress and sweater.

"Nee-Chan, should you really be running around a hospital in your condition?" he sighs, as she reached him.

"Oh please I'm fine. The baby isn't due for another three months." She laughs

"Have you come to see Haruhi?" he asks

"Actually I've been here for a few hours. I was just downstairs in the gift shop because I needed to walk around a bit." She explains.

"A few hours, isn't your husband going to get worried and wonder where you are?" he asks, knowing his sister never let anyone know where she was going.

"Why would he be worried?" she asks tilting her head slightly, "After all he's inside with Haruhi and everybody else, when we got the call from Nii-san earlier we both rushed over here to see how she was."

"Even Chikao-san was worried about her?" Kyoya asks taken aback

"We all care for Haruhi very much Kyoya." She smiles "Now come on let's go in and see her." She moves next to him and opens the door, only to reveal Haruhi, sitting up on her bed and laughing with Akito, who was sitting in a chair next to her. Yuuichi was of course over by her monitor looking over her file for probably the hundredth time. Chikao was over by the window talking to Yoshio, much to Kyoya's surprise.

"Kyoya, how are you?" Haruhi asks noticing him over by the door.

"You realize I'm supposed to be asking you that?" he smirks moving over to the front of the bed, as Akito gets up to allow Fuyumi to sit down in the chair.

"Yeah, but I'm fine at least according to Akito-san." She tells him bluntly, "How did it go with you today? You weren't harassed with too many questions were you?"

'Typical Haruhi more concerned about someone else then herself.' He sighs looking up to see actual concern in her eyes. "It went fine today Haruhi really, it wasn't anything I couldn't handle."

"Good, I'm glad." She smiles

"So Haruhi, now that Kyoya's here are you ever going to tell us what that promise you broke to him was?" Akito asks sitting down in one of the chairs by the door.

"As I told you before Akito-san it doesn't concern you, so I see no reason to tell you." She snaps, but with humor clearly in her voice.

"Is that what they've been trying to get you to tell them Haruhi?" Kyoya asks curiously.

"Yes, all day it's been 'How did you two actually begin going out?' and 'What promise did you make to Kyoya that you ended up breaking?'" she sighs

"Well considering all you were muttering yesterday was 'Kyoya I'm sorry,' you could see how it would be curious for them." He points out.

"Then why don't you tell them? After all one of the stories involves me saving your ass." She smirks, earning some very shocked looks from the others in the room and everyone, including Yuuichi stopping whatever they were doing.

"You don't like being stuck in a hospital bed do you?" he laughs recognizing the annoyed tone in her voice.

"What you can tell?" she asks sighing and leaning back against the headboard.

"Very much so," he smirks

"Kyoya I'm sorry to interrupt, but what the hell does she mean by saving your ass?" Yoshio asks a hint of anger in his voice.

"I'm afraid it's exactly as it sounds father." Kyoya sighs looking over again to Haruhi, who looked almost apologetic. "It was at the beach house and the morning after we decided…I'm sorry the morning after she agreed to go out with me.

Flashback

"Good morning Kyoya-sempai." Haruhi greeted him, as he wandered into the dining hall. "You're up rather early aren't you?" she asks remembering the rumor of the 'Low Blood Pressure Demon Lord,' as she continues to clean the table.

"Yes, I suppose I am. "He murmurs "Where is everybody?"

"Well I think the twins are still making fun of Tamaki-sempai for…well what happened last night." She sighs "And Hunny and Mori-sempai said something about finishing packing." She tells him offering him a cup of coffee.

"Oh right Tamaki is an S&M king isn't he?" he asks taking the cup and grateful for the caffeine.

"You know I'm sure a part of him was just trying to help me last night." She says half to herself.

"By helping, you mean comforting you because you're afraid of thunderstorms?" he asks downing his cup.

"How-?"

"Never underestimate my range of knowledge Haruhi." He smirks

"I'll be sure to remember that Sem-oh I suppose I should be calling you Kyoya when the others aren't here shouldn't I?" She suddenly remembers. 'I don't understand him first, he pretends to be the bad guy next, he says he wants to go out with me and suddenly I'm his girlfriend. I wonder how long he actually expects this to last.' She thinks not realizing she was still staring at him.

"Is there something on my face Haruhi?" he asks breaking her of her thoughts.

"Oh, sorry Kyoya I was lost in thought I guess." She laughs, before he could respond the doors flew open to reveal the rest of the club storming in.

"Daughter tell your brothers to leave their daddy alone." Tamaki was crying, as the twins were chanting S&M king behind him.

"Oh Kyo-kun you're awake," Hunny says cheerfully from the top of Mori's shoulders.

"Kyoya? It's not even nine in the morning did we wake you up?" Tamaki asks nervously the twins even shutting up for a minute at the fear of what their Shadow King would say.

"Shut up S&M king." Kyoya growls reverting back to his shadow king demeanor, causing everyone but Haruhi to back up into the nearest corner.

"Haruhi come over to the protection of daddy." Tamaki says opening his arms.

"Sorry Sempai, but I watched him come in earlier and he was a lot more pissed off then he is now." Haruhi tells him finishing her own cup of coffee. "Actually Kyoya-sempai, would you like something to eat? Everybody else already ate, but I can fix you up something."

"Yes, thank you Haruhi." He tells her, as she simply nods and heads into the kitchen. "You know the car will be here to pick us up at ten, so if you want to go do something before we leave I suggest you do it now." Kyoya points out to the others, while filling up his cup again and with that they all rushed out the door.

Not even ten minutes later Haruhi came out with a plate of eggs, bacon, and toast. "They do realize if they want to go swimming they're still in their regular clothes right?" she asks setting the plate down in front of him.

"I doubt it, but they will once they get into the water." He yawns, as she also hands him a small bowl of oatmeal. "Thank you by the way."

"Can't have our Shadow King starving on the way home now can we?" she laughs sitting down across from him and filling up her cup again.

"…You didn't have to take my offer last night you know." He tells her after a while.

"I know I also know you were being completely serious Kyoya, your eyes give you away." She responds simply.

"Really, so I'm that easy to read to you?" he asks

"Not at all it simply becomes easier when you aren't wearing glasses, or like last night when you were close enough for me to see your eyes." She smiles "Besides I think it could be kind of fun to have a secret relationship and you are the most sane one of our little group."

"Is that supposed to be a compliment?" he asks with humor in his voice.

"Well you are, besides maybe Mori-sempai." She smirks "And besides, let's not forget who asked who out in this little deal of ours."

"Right, but since when are you the type of person who thinks keeping a relationship a secret could be fun?" He asks honestly curious.

"Well since when are you the type of person to pretend to rape a girl, only to teach that said girl a lesson?" she retorts smiling at him coldly.

"Okay fair enough," he sighs finishing his meal. "Well I should go finish packing; again the car will be here around ten you should finish up too." Getting up and heading to the door.

"I'm already done; my bag is in the hall ready to go." She replies getting up to clear the table.

"Right, well I guess I'll see you later." He waves from behind.

Turning around to see him leave she looks up for only a moment to see one of the chandelier's chains just snap suddenly and begin to fall directly above where Kyoya was walking. "K, Kyoya look out." She panics dropping the plate she was holding and rushing towards him.

"Haruhi what…ack." He groans, as she crashes into him and sends the two of them flying a safe distance away on the floor, as the chandelier hits the ground with a very loud crash, sending thousands of shards everywhere. Thankfully only a few scratched the two on the floor.

"Thank god, are you all right Kyoya?" she asks still clinging to him not daring to get up.

"Damn it Haruhi I'm fine thanks, but you may want to get up unless you actually planned to reverse our roles from last night." He tells her trying really hard not to laugh because of how grateful he was to her at the moment.

Lifting her head off his chest she blushes immediately at the sight of the two of them. Kyoya was on his back with her on top of him, her hands were flat on either side of his head clutching his own hands, and her knees were placed between his legs. She had him completely pinned. "Oh my god, Kyoya I'm so sorry." She stammers starting to get up, but as fate would have it the doors flew open and five pairs of eyes were instantly glued to the couple on the floor. "Shit, this looks bad.' She thinks

"Haruhi, what the hell are you doing?" Hikaru asks glaring at the two of them, but seeming to ignore the thousands of broken glass shards around the room.

"The chandelier started to fall from the ceiling; I panicked and sort of…tackled Kyoya-sempai." She explains quickly getting off of Kyoya, as the others finally begin to see all of the glass on the floor.

'Why doesn't she just admit she saved my life?' Kyoya wonders, "Haruhi you realize I'm going to have to add that broken plate to your debt?" he tells her trying to recover his cold demeanor.

"Yes of course sempai," she sighs not even knowing where to begin cleaning up the mess.

Tamaki, who had been surprisingly quiet after finding his best friend and 'daughter' in the position they were in finally snapped. "Haruhi, how could you first last night now I walk in on you two again…"

"Tamaki-," Kyoya snaps shutting his friend up.

"Last night?" the twins ask "What are you thinking of more perverted thoughts milord?"

"No I was talking about before that when I walked in-"

"Tama-chan, it's not nice to make things up," Hunny interrupted and Kyoya made a mental note to buy Hunny the biggest cake available for him at the next club meeting.

"The maids will clean this mess up later; we should be getting ready to go the car will be here in fifteen minutes." He snaps

"Looks like the Demon Lord still isn't fully awake, c'mon boss." The twins' chorus grabbing Tamaki's arms, dragging him out of the room, and with Hunny and Mori following behind them.

Sighing Kyoya turns around to see Haruhi picking up the pieces of the plate she dropped earlier "Haruhi," he begins really not knowing what to say.

"I'm not going to apologize for knocking you down." She states placing the broken pieces on the table.

"I wasn't asking you too." He tells her realizing his voice was shaky "Why did you lie? You and I both know I could have been killed if you hadn't pushed me out of the way, regardless of the positions we were in when the others walked in." he asks

"I didn't lie, I just didn't tell them the whole truth." She tells him turning to face him.

"Haruhi that's the same as lying and you know it." He sighs

"Look I don't know why I did what I did. All I know is I panicked and didn't want to see you hurt." She answered her voice, he noticed was also really shaky. "And I didn't want the others to think you owed me...or maybe not I don't know"

"Well thank you Haruhi truly, but I don't want you doing anything like this again." He states realizing how scared she still looked from what just happened.

"What do you mean?" she asks

"Haruhi, first standing up to those idiots up on the cliff, now you risked your life again. What if you had pushed me out of the way and hadn't fallen with me." He asks "You could've died today too."

"Kyoya I'm sorry, but when I saw it falling I guess I lost all common sense." She sighs "Look we're both fine, so why don't we forget this happened?"

"This isn't going to be something either of us can just forget Haruhi." He points out "But I do want you to promise me something."

"Oh, and what's that?" she asks going over to him after realizing there was nothing she could do about all the glass scattered across the floor.

"Promise me you will never do something like this again and if you do at least ask for help." He tells her

"Is the Shadow King actually scared for me?" Haruhi smirks

"You are my girlfriend now Haruhi, should I not be worried about your well-being?" he retorts

"…fine I promise" she sighs.

"Haruhi-"

"No really Kyoya I promise not to do anything that reckless again." She tries to assure him, when he gives her a skeptical look she adds "I can keep a promise you know."

"Fine I'll hold you to it. I'm going to finish my packing and I'll see you outside in a few minutes." He tells her walking out of the room.

'Better make sure I keep this one, or he'll be after my throat.' She sighs taking one last look around the dining room. 'Why didn't I tell the others I saved him? Was it so they wouldn't harass him about it later…forget it I'll just act like it never happened, after all I'm sure Kyoya will do the same thing.' She thinks before leaving the room.

End Flashback

"Looks like Haruhi-san is saving our lives in order, you're next up Fuyumi-neechan." Akito laughs, after a few moments of silence after Kyoya and Haruhi finished explaining.

"That isn't funny Akito," Fuyumi snaps, but while trying to hold in a laugh.

"So you're telling me Haruhi-san has saved two of my son's lives in the past two years?" Yoshio asks shocked looking from Haruhi to Kyoya.

"Yes father, Haruhi saved my life oddly enough the day after we agreed to begin going out." Kyoya sighs

"Well looks like we owe you more than we first thought Fujioka-san." Yuuichi smiles at her

"You do not, that was well over a year ago and it doesn't matter anymore." Haruhi tries to tell them.

"Of course you would say that, after all you broke your promise you made there with Kyoya." Akito smirks.

"And if I had actually kept my promise to him, you would be dead." She reminds him earning a few laughs around the room and shutting Akito up.

I don't understand though, I thought you and your friends were on the beach all day. When would Kyoya have had the time to ask you out?" Fuyumi asks turning to Haruhi.

"Well he actually asked me that night, after dinner." Haruhi explains to her.

"Oh really and how did that happen?" Yoshio asks looking at Kyoya expectedly.

"Actually I've asked Kyoya to go let my father know what happened to me, so I'll explain." Haruhi tells them, knowing that to do that she will have to admit to standing up to the bullies on the cliff and Kyoya teaching her a lesson in the bedroom.

"That's right , Haruhi you don't mind do you?" he asks

"Not a problem, besides I'm asking you to tell my father I'm in the hospital." She points out "Compared to that telling your family how we began going out is easy."

"Right, I'll see you in a bit." He says kissing her gently, nodding to his father, and walking out the door.

"So, how did this whole thing start?" he hears Fuyumi ask

"Well as some of you probably already guessed from the last story it started out as a type of deal between the two of us." She mutters.

"Of course it did, Kyoya couldn't have gotten a girl like you without making a deal with you to go out with him." Akito laughs.

Kyoya only rolled his eyes and finally closed the door before heading out of the hospital. 'Well it seems Haruhi's succeeded in getting my entire family to love her,' he sighs walking out of the hospital to see Tachibana waiting for him.

"Where to sir?" he asks opening the door to let Kyoya inside.

"Fujioka residence, we're going to go pick up her father." He replies

"Yes sir," he nods getting into the driver's seat and heading off.

"Ranka, Ranka are you home yet?" Kyoya asks knocking on the door to Haruhi's apartment.

"Well I am home, just not inside yet." He hears behind him, turning around Kyoya sees Ranka looking at him with a smile on his face. "It's good to see you Kyoya-kun."

"You too Ranka and I'm sorry I thought you were inside." He apologizes

"It's no trouble I just came back from friends, but do me a favor and explain this?" Ranka asks calmly pulling out the newspaper article from this morning.

"Ah, so you did know."

"I didn't until I came home earlier and Haruhi wasn't home. I went over to a friends and he showed me this." Ranka explains holding up the paper. "Kyoya-kun what happened? Is she okay?" he asks

"Haruhi is fine I just came over to pick you up, she's at one of my families hospitals and wants to see you." Kyoya tells him.

"And I'll go with you in a moment, but what happened to her?" Ranka asks again

"I'll let you know in the limo." He promises

"Let me guess this story is fake and you can only tell me someplace where we won't be overheard by someone?" Ranka asks

"Ranka, how-?"

"Your face gives it away." He explains, watching Kyoya still looking confused he adds "All right let's get into your limo and I'll explain." He says heading back down the stairs with Kyoya following him.

"Ranka I want to start by apologizing for everything that has happened, as grateful as I am to Haruhi for what she did I wish it wasn't her that ended up getting hurt." Kyoya tells him as they got into the limo and drove off to the hospital.

"So what actually happened to Haruhi yesterday? I mean it had to be bad if the media is lying about it." Ranka asks him calmly

'Haruhi was right telling her father is a hell of a lot harder. Ranka acting so calm when his daughter is in the hospital is staring to scare me.' Kyoya thinks trying to pick his next words carefully. "The media isn't lying about anything they just don't know anything my father covered the true story up at my request. Ranka, it was Akito-niisan she saved not mine."

"Is that your oldest brother or middle?" he asks still frighteningly calm

"Middle, but I'm still the one who sent Haruhi to the hospital to see him." He sighs "Haruhi just happened to arrive at the hospital when Nii-san was trying to deal with a patient, who had just lost his family and wanted them to be brought back. When Nii-san tried to explain that there was nothing he could do the man pulled out a knife that Haruhi happened to see, and as the paper says she pushed him out of the way and ended up taking the blow herself."

"That's just like her to do something like that." He says Kyoya noticing his voice finally crack. "So you are sure she's going to be okay?"

"Yes, I was just at the hospital before I came and picked you up and she seemed just fine irritated, but fine." Kyoya assures him glad the tension seemed to finally dissolve.

"Thank god, I've already lost Kotoko if I lost Haruhi too…I wouldn't know what to do." Ranka sighs in relief and finally allowing himself to cry.

Kyoya, still not good at knowing what to do when it comes to comforting someone only put a hand on his shoulder and said, "Trust me Ranka, this time I'll make sure she doesn't do anything like this ever again."

"And I'll hold you to that Kyoya-kun." He laughs weakly

Actually, there was something I wanted to ask you when we finally had a short time alone." Kyoya brings up feeling the small box containing the engagement ring, which he had forgotten was still in his pocket from the day before.

"What's that?" He asks

"I know my father already talked to you about it, but I want to ask you formally if I have your permission to ask your daughter to marry me." Kyoya asks him as they pulled into the parking lot of the hospital.

"Can I be sure you truly love her and will protect her?"

"You have my word that I love Haruhi and will do everything I can to protect her from harm, or any other type of pain." He assures him smiling.

"Then like I told your father, as long as Haruhi agrees you have my permission and blessing to ask Haruhi to marry you." Ranka tells him, as the limo finally stopped in front of the entrance. "And for a lot of peoples sakes I suggest you ask her soon." He smiles getting out of the limo first.

'I promise you Ranka I will.' Kyoya smirks, before following him inside and up to Haruhi's room.

Whew this was a fun chapter to do. When I wrote the very first chapter of this story I knew at some point I would have to explain the whole chandelier thing eventually so hope you liked that. I thought it was safe since at the end of the beach episode in the anime it only showed them getting into the car and driving off. The next one will take me a little longer to update sorry but classes start again this week. Also i've gotten all of the chapters finally plotted out finally and the story should be just about 25 or 26 chapters so i'm halfway done...boo but it has to end at some point right. Anyways hope you enjoyed this chapter and sorry the author's note is so long. xD