"What the hell is all of this?" Kyoya asks walking into the clubroom about almost two weeks later, only to find the rest of the club members, including Hunny and Mori holding some type of decoration, balloon, cake, or gift.

"Well you told us we were allowed to see Haruhi today, so we got all of this stuff for her." Tamaki explains. Kyoya immediately regrets telling them that they could see her, but Haruhi was really bored and missed seeing them. So after a lot of convincing he finally agreed to let them see her. 'She's probably going to regret missing them after this.' He smirks

"So are we going or what? We want to see how she's doing." The twins ask

"All right, my limo is outside waiting and I just called Haruhi, she's awake and ready to see everybody again." He tells them

"How is she feeling?" Mori asks

"She's been healing really well for the past week. She still can't get out of bed, but the wound is closing up nicely and she should be able to leave the hospital at the end of the week." He tells them

"How is she doing though?" the twins ask

"Let's just say Haruhi won't be someone anyone in that hospital will forget soon." He sighs knowing everyone in that hospital, who was assigned to keep an eye on her, loved her dearly.

"In a good or bad way?" Hunny asks

"Oh a good way, most of the staff in the hospital really like her." He explains quickly "Now are we going to go or what?" he asks opening the door again.

"Hang on we're coming." Tamaki cries grabbing all of his things and following Kyoya out the door.

When they reach the hospital Kyoya is greeted with the usual nods and some hellos by the staff, but with the rest of the host club carrying all sorts of party supplies today he also got stares of disbelief from some of the staff. 'It's hard for anyone to believe I'm friends with all of these guys.' He notes letting the other's know what room she was in before leaving them in the gift shop and getting into an elevator heading up to Haruhi's room to warn her beforehand what was going to happen.

"Afternoon Kyoya," she greets him and sitting up as he enters her room. "What's up, you look like you rushed up here."

"I did, look Haruhi the others are on their way up here and I'm sure you won't be too happy with what they have planned for you." He says walking over to her and kissing her softly.

"I'm sure I won't, but I still really want to see them again." She laughs "I'm sorry this place is great really your staff is really nice to me, but I'm sick of it here. I want to go back home. I want to go back to school."

"I know and you will you're being released at the end of the week." He tells her

"I know Akito-san told me this morning." She sighs, as she hears Tamaki's voice coming down the hall.

"Here we go," Kyoya sighs kissing the top of her head, before moving over to sit at the desk by the window.

"Haruhi," Tamaki cries bursting into the room with the others close behind him.

"Ha~ru~hi," the twins chorus

"Haru-chan," Hunny said happily

"Haruhi," Mori only grunted

"Hey guys, it's good to see you." She smiles "But what's with all of the party stuff?" she asks nervously, though she knew Kyoya had warned her.

"We're going to have a party for you of course," Tamaki told her happily.

"That's…great, but you realize I'm still not able to get up yet?" she asks

"Have you tried, or have they just told you not too?" the twins ask setting their things down and walking over to stand next to her.

"They don't want me getting up yet." She admits "They're afraid if I walk around too much the wound will open back up again."

"Can we see it?"

"I don't care," she laughs flipping over her blankets to reveal the still heavily bandaged left side of her body. "Nasty isn't it?" she asks watching their faces.

"It's certainly quite a wound." They agree, as the others come over to see how bad it was.

"Haru-chan, have you lost weight?" Hunny asks curiously

"Yeah the first few days I was here I couldn't keep anything down. The only way they were able to get my medicine in me was by giving me food pills." She explains "They're not bad, but certainly not enough to keep someone going."

"Can you eat just fine now?" Hikaru asks

"Yes, but I don't think giving her cake is such a good idea." Kyoya answers for her.

"We know that it's why we asked the kitchen staff to make something for Haruhi to eat." Tamaki tells him

"Oh, thank you Tamaki-sempai." She smiles

"Of course, but how are you really Haruhi? I mean what were you thinking after you were hurt?" he asks the others wondering the same thing.

"…I was scared and kept thinking I was going to die." She admits "Whenever I did finally wake up I found myself in more pain, of course now I realize it was because I was in the emergency room and they couldn't keep me asleep. When I did finally wake up later I met Kyoya-sempai's oldest brother, who thanked me and said I was going to be fine." She smiles at them.

"Just promise us you'll never do something like that again." Tamaki asks

"God, first my father, then Kyoya-sempai, now you guys?" she laughs "I promise I will never do something like this ever again." She repeats for what feels like the hundredth time.

"Good girl, now let's start this party." Tamaki announces, as the others cheer and begin setting all of their things up.

'Oh here we go,' both Kyoya and Haruhi sigh inwardly.

For the next two hours Haruhi found herself laughing and enjoying herself more then she had in the past few days, though she found her time with Kyoya and his family very rewarding there was something about having her friends visit that brought out another side of her.

Tamaki had managed to get them all, excluding Kyoya who absolutely refused, to play another round of truth or dare a game in which had become his favorite commoner game. Kyoya sat at the table working on his laptop for most of the game; however when he went over to Haruhi's bed to check something on her monitor Hunny had the mischievous idea to dare Haruhi to kiss Kyoya. Given that she had already used her three chickens in order to get out of kissing Tamaki, Hikaru, and getting out of telling them what she was thinking at the time she saved Kyoya. To everyone's surprise including Kyoyas', she agreed and brushed her lips against his for only a moment. Kyoya stood there stunned for a moment, but regained his composure quickly and went back over to his table to continue working ignoring the stunned looks the others were giving him. Hikaru and Kaoru were surprised that Haruhi agreed so quickly let alone did it, but given that it was simply a dare didn't put too much thought into it and continued to dare Tamaki into doing some embarrassing stuff, including dressing up In hospital garb and walking down the hall asking people if they knew where his pants were. Hunny and Mori, or rather Hunny spent most of the time eating the sweets they had brought.

When it turned six a nurse came in and told them that visiting hours were over and that it was time for Haruhi to take her medication. "I guess we'll be seeing you later then Haruhi." The twins hug her again, before waving and walking over to the door.

"I'll see you all Monday at school, I promise." She smiles, as Hunny and Mori give her another hug.

"Don't push yourself Haruhi, just focus on getting better okay?" Tamaki tells her, before handing her a smaller version of his beloved teddy bear Kuma-chan and kissing her lightly on her forehead.

"I won't I'll be fine Tamaki-sempai don't worry." She laughs, as they all head out the door.

"Kyoya, aren't you coming?" Tamaki asks

"I'll head home in a little while there's something I need to discuss with Haruhi." He tells them

"Damn it, what did I do now?" Haruhi sighs loud enough for the others to hear her.

"Just don't do anything to her Kyoya," Tamaki warns.

"As if I could idiot, I'm just going to talk to her." He assures him, before Tamaki nods and closes the door behind him.

"Should I not have kissed you?" she asks when she was sure that the rest of the club wouldn't be able to hear and the nurse walked over to Kyoya to hand him her medication.

"It's okay it was just on a dare they should be able to realize that." He tells her finally closing his laptop and walking over to sit next to her, after the nurse had left.

"So what's up?" she asks

"Nothing of importance, I just needed to have a reason to stay afterwards." He states handing her the bottle and a glass of water.

"Thanks…for everything Kyoya really." She mutters, before taking her pill.

"It's not a problem for me Haruhi, as long as you're safe and sound." He smirks taking the glass back before leaning in to kiss her.

Neither wanted to break the kiss, but when a familiar clearing of throat sounded behind them they broke apart. "Good evening Akito-san," Haruhi smiles, as Kyoya sighs and looks back to see his older brother in the doorway.

"Good evening Haruhi-san I don't mean to interrupt, but I just wanted to check up on you before my shift starts." He tells her walking over to the other side of the bed.

"I'm doing fine thank you." She smiles again "I'm wondering though, when are you going to remove some of my bandages?"

"Don't worry tomorrow morning we're going to have one of the nurses change your bandages and have you up and walking around." Akito assures her.

"Thank god, so I get out of this bed?" she asks

"Yes, but for no more than about an hour." He laughs

"Damn it," she mutters, causing the two men to laugh "I'm sorry I just really don't like being stuck in a hospital."

"Understandable," Akito notes looking again at her charts for a moment. "Well you seem to be doing fine, but Kyoya we would appreciate it if you stopped making her heart rate go up." He jokes

"Sure, I'll get right on that Nii-san." Kyoya smirks

"Just though I'd ask," he shrugs "Anyways, I'll check up on you later Haruhi-san. See you Kyoya." He waves, before leaving the room.

"Your family has really warmed up to me haven't they?" Haruhi notes

"Yes they have, I never would have expected it." He agrees

"You have that little faith in me?"

"I had very little faith in them, actually I didn't think my brothers would even talk to you, much less acknowledge you until we were married or something." He admits.

"You know that word has been used by your family a lot these past few days." She sighs

"What marriage?"

"Yeah, your brothers keep making jokes at what kind of couple we'll make with me working as the family lawyer and you working…well with some of the family business they didn't really go into detail about that."

"Only because father hasn't announced the successor of the family yet, so we can't really determine anything." He points out, "So what do you think about them talking about us?"

"I don't know we are certainly too young right now, but at the same time…" she trails off not really wanting to say what she had in mind.

"But at the same time what?" he asks curiously

"…it's nothing," she lies 'How can I tell him at the same time it would be nice to be engaged at least now? At least then when he goes to America next year I'll know for sure he wants to be with me, but at the same time our best friends don't even know we're dating.'

"All right well I should get going." He smiles leaning down to kiss her again.

"And I should be going to sleep." She sighs not daring to bring up the engagement idea, as he breaks away. "Good-night Kyoya and happy sixteen months together." She smiles at him.

"That's right it's the end of the month isn't it." He laughs "Good-night and happy sixteen months Haruhi." He kisses her again before walking out of the room and closing the door behind him, only to see Akito leaning against the wall across the hall.

"You wait much longer to ask her and that girl may reject you." He smirks

"She won't reject me I'm sure of that and besides I'm only waiting for the right time."

"Sixteen months is a long time Kyoya," he points out

"And I will ask her to marry me before I graduate," Kyoya states heading down the hall

"Good luck to you then little brother," he hears Akito sigh before he gets into an elevator and head home.

"Ahh finally," Haruhi said happily, as she walks out of the hospital with her father and Kyoya five days later. "It feels good to be able to walk around outside again."

"Are you feeling okay Haruhi?" Ranka asks behind her

"Dad that's the seventh time you've asked since we got out of the elevator." She sighs "Yes I feel fine and am very happy to finally be released."

"It's odd that they would release you on your birthday though isn't it?" Ranka asks

"Not really Ootori-sama probably planned that." She laughs "Though I have to thank you for not telling the rest of the club I was being released today Kyoya."

"Of course who knows what they would do if they knew, though it is pretty late I'm sure even they wouldn't be able to think of too much to do." He smirks

"You don't want to see the rest of your friends Haruhi?" Ranka asks as they step into Kyoya's car.

"It's not that I don't want to see them it's just they would start to make a huge deal and we would probably be dragged off somewhere I'd really rather not go." She sighs sitting down carefully. She would never admit it, but her side was still giving her problems. "Thank you for taking us home too Kyoya." She smiles watching as he gets in and drives off.

"Like I told you before sometimes it's nice to be able to do things on your own." He smirks

"That or you're trying to prove to me that you passed the test and are able to drive well."

"You watched me drive off Christmas morning from your place." He points out

"All right point taken." She sighs clutching her side for only a moment from the pain. She tried to make it swift, but of course Kyoya catches her.

"You know if you are still in pain you shouldn't be going to school tomorrow." He tells her.

"I've already missed so much though I'm not going to risk missing anymore."

"Haruhi…you realize that all of your teachers are more than surprised that you have turned in all of your work for the past few weeks. I'm sure missing a few more days to rest wouldn't affect your grades at all." Ranka says

"All I've been doing is resting though; I'm sick of it and want to get back to work. I even want to go back to the Host Club and talk to guests. I'm tired of doing nothing." She tells them

"…if I let her go tomorrow can I ask that you and the rest of them keep an eye on her?" Ranka asks turning to Kyoya.

"Of course Ranka, we'll make sure nothing happens to her." He assures him 'Besides I'm sure most of the school will do the same thing.' He sighs, knowing how much everyone was missing her.

"Thank you," he says, as Kyoya pulls up to their apartment complex.

"I'll see you tomorrow then Kyoya and thank you again for everything." She smiles kissing him quickly on the cheek and getting out of the car.

"Well she's in a rush," he smirks

"She's just happy to finally be home," Ranka tells him watching her head up the stairs.

"Be sure to tell her I'll pick her up for school tomorrow." Kyoya asks, as Ranka gets out of the car

"Of course, but you better go before she realizes that new bed set in her room is a birthday gift from you." Ranka laughs, as Haruhi gets the right key and walks into their apartment.

"Point taken, I'll be seeing you tomorrow then." He smirks, as Ranka closes the door and heads upstairs. Kyoya takes one last look at the apartment and drives off towards home.

"Well you're in an oddly good mood this morning." Kyoya notes the next morning when she opens the door to her apartment and hugs him.

"Of course I am, thank you by the way for the bed." She smiles running back inside and grabbing her bag.

"You're very welcome, though I expected more of a fight from you about it." He admits "Did your father already leave for work?" looking around the empty apartment.

"There's no point in arguing with you about it so I won't, besides it is very nice." She says running back out and locking the door behind her. "And yes dad got a call from his boss early this morning asking if he would go in."

"So how are you doing this morning?" he asks, as they walk down the stairs to his waiting car.

"I feel fine," she says almost too quickly. "Really Kyoya I feel fine," she says again when he gives her a skeptical look. "I promise to call you if I feel sick today and I've already taken some of my pain medication this morning."

"…fine, just take it easy today Haruhi please." He asks

"Don't worry I will." She assures him, as they reach the car and to a waiting Tachibana

"Haruhi-sama, it's good to see you again." He bows

"It's good to see you too Tachibana and thank you for taking my father back and forth from the hospital." She smiles at him

"It was no trouble," he tells her "All of us are just glad to see you alive and healthy."

"This is all well and good, but we are going to be late if we don't hurry." Kyoya points out

"We were already going to be late, but your right we should get going." She notes following Kyoya into the car and they drive off.

"Something wrong Haruhi?" Kyoya asks, as they pull into Ouran's school grounds.

"Suddenly I'm nervous," she admits "I mean no one even knows I'm out of the hospital right?"

"No one but my family." He confirms

"…well wish me luck." She smiles kissing him swiftly.

"You will be fine you'll see. Everybody misses you, you know." He tells her kissing her on the temple before she smiles at him and heads out of the car and up to the building. "Is everything ready?" He asks turning to Tachibana.

"Yes sir, don't worry." He confirms "There will be someone watching Haruhi-sama all day to make sure nothing happens to her."

"Good," he states before getting out of the car and following Haruhi through the doors. There was no way he was going to tell her that he asked a few of his bodyguards to keep an eye on her all day and make sure that she actually took her medicine at the right times.

"I'm so sorry for being late Terumi-Sensei," Haruhi bows as she opens the door and was met with at least twenty-five pairs of eyes staring at her in shock.

"Haruhi," The twins spoke first both jumping out of their chairs followed by most of the class doing the same thing.

"Haruhi-san"

"Haruhi"

"Fujioka, you're okay."

The twins were the first to reach her and give her a hug, the rest of the class soon followed, making her realize just how much she loved this school. "Ow, hey guys remember I'm not completely healed." She groans, as pain courses through her again everyone immediately backing off, but still staying near her.

"So Fujioka, your reason for being late?" her teacher asks

"I truly am sorry ma'am, but I woke up late and couldn't find all my books." She bows again and before she knew it her teacher was hugging her gently.

"It's good to have you back Fujioka," she tells her smiling.

'It's good to be back' she thinks

All day it was the same thing people were patting her on the back saying what a brave thing 'he' had done for Ootori and helping her around the school. Most of her teachers were much like Terumi-Sensei and were very pleased to have her back and by the time Club hours started she found herself exhausted.

"Haruhi, are you all right?" Tamaki asks when she finally walks into the clubroom

"Just a bit tired Sempai, I'll be fine." She smiles looking over to Kyoya, who only looked at her for a moment before turning away.

"Just don't push yourself today Haruhi." He told her as the doors opened to allow the guests to come in.

"I won't," she promises before going back and preparing the refreshments for the day.

"Haruhi, you told us this morning that you were just released yesterday are you sure you should still be here and not at home resting?" Momoka Kuragano, a regular of Haruhis', asks her

"Thank you for your concern, but really I'm fine." She smiles at them "As long as I take my medication at the right time and don't overdue anything I'm fine.

"Can we see the scar, or is it too bandaged right now?" another one of her guests asks

"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid the scar will scare you ladies too much so I'd rather keep it hidden," she lies. Truth was half of the scar was covered by her bra and she didn't want her secret to be revealed, at least not yet.

"Haruhi-sempai I was wondering why you decided to save Kyoya-sempai in the first place? Surely you knew there was a chance you could have died." A first year student asks behind her.

"Yes I knew, but I also knew that he could have died and I didn't want to lose a close friend." She sighed turning around "and before you ask the only thing going through my mind was that there was a chance I could save him, so I took it."

"Is there something you're not telling us?" she asks

"What no of course not miss…?"

"Yagasaki, Akane Yagasaki of class 1-C." She smiles kindly "And I apologize for being so blunt, but surely you can understand our curiosity, after all this doesn't happen every day."

"Well Akane as curious as you all are there really isn't anything special about what I did, other than I didn't want to lose a close friend." Haruhi sighs getting an odd feeling this girl knew more than she was letting on.

"Then I apologize again and I think I'm speaking for everyone when I say we respect you a lot for what you did." She bows, before smiling at her again and heading out the door.

'What a strange girl' Haruhi thinks, before turning back to her guests.

"Kyoya, you seem to have a record of everyone who steps foot into the club do you know an Akane Yagasaki?" Haruhi asks him as he took her home after club.

"You mean the girl I have a vague idea knows your secret, yes," he says kissing her on the temple. "Don't worry about her, but it may be in your favor to befriend her you know."

"Hmm…Having a friend other than Kasanoda know my secret, wouldn't it be easier just to let the rest of the school know I'm a girl?" she asks

"How on earth would that be easier?" Kyoya smirks "Though it may be about time we let the rest of the club know your debt's been paid off."

"And announce that I'm a girl?" she asks "I'm sorry but I really don't want to go through my final year of high school pretending to be a boy."

"I know and we'll deal with all of that before the end of the month I promise." He assures her

"And you know you don't have to worry about me, I'm already yours." She smiles

"I know that and just promise me that you will try and befriend Miss Yagasaki and I will handle all of your debt and revealing your secret problems by the end of the month." He asks her

"Deal," she smiles and before he asks she leans up and kisses him quickly on the lips. 'Besides the only real reason he wants me to befriend her is because of her family connections to his or something.'

"Deal," he confirms when she breaks away and the limo came to a stop in front of her apartment complex. "I'll talk to you later Haruhi."

"Okay bye Kyoya," she smiles before getting carefully out of the car with the help of Tachibana and heading up the stairs to her apartment.

A week past and Haruhi found herself in her kitchen making valentine chocolates for the rest of the club and thinking a lot about her conversation with Akane a few days earlier.

Flashback

"Akane, Akane hold up." Haruhi was calling to her in the courtyard, after school.

"Haruhi-sempai, shouldn't you be at your club?" she asks when Haruhi finally reached her. "And are you sure you should be running in your condition? You know you could open your wound again that way."

"Do you know my secret?" Haruhi asks getting straight to the point and trying to catch her breath.

"What secret Haruhi-sempai?" she asks while handing her a bottle of water.

"If my hunch is right, then you know what secret I'm talking about Akane." Haruhi tells her, but grateful for the water.

"Which one are you referring to Haruhi-sempai? The one about you actually being a girl pretending to be a boy at school, or the one about you saving Akito Ootori-sama's life, and not Kyoya-sempai's?" she asks curiously

"How the hell-?" Haruhi asks stunned

"What, I thought you asked me if I knew?"

"Yes I had a feeling you knew I was a girl, but how did you know about Akito-san?"

"Oh my apologies, my father owns the security company that watches all of the Ootori hospitals. He was watching the camera when the stabbing occurred, so he saw exactly what happened and who was actually stabbed." She explains

"I was wearing my uniform at the time though, there is no way your father would've been able to tell that I was a girl." Haruhi tells her.

"Oh, I knew you were a girl since entering high school." She says

"What, but how?"

"Kotoko Fujioka…defended my mother in a huge law case about eleven years ago and won. Apparently our mothers became very close friends after the case and wanted us to meet and become friends, but as you of course know and I am very sorry Kotoko-san died that same year, before we had a chance to meet." She sighs "My mother still talks about Kotoko-san a lot and I wish I had the chance to meet her."

"So did you pick this school because of that, or is meeting me just luck?" Haruhi asks her still trying to absorb what Akane just told her.

"Luck," she says "I've been coming to Ouran since elementary school, but I've wanted to meet you since last year when I heard of the famous host club bringing in a new member Haruhi Fujioka."

"Right, well sorry if I'm not what you expected me to be." Haruhi laughs

"No, but you seem very interesting." She smirks "So can I ask why you're pretending to be a boy?"

"…I broke a very expensive vase and am hosing in order to pay off my debt." She states 'If my mother wanted me to meet this girl when I was younger than surely Akane's mother was a very good person.'

Akane, as she expected began laughing at her explanation "Seriously?" she asks "If you have such a big debt to pay though why are they letting you skip today in order to talk to me?"

"Kyoya-sempai let me go early today," she explains. "And for the record my debt has been paid off since last year. I'm simply there now because I want to be and haven't found the chance to let the school know I'm a girl."

"Okay okay," she says finally stopping laughing. "So explain to me why Kyoya-sempai is covering for you saving his brother's life?"

"That's-"she stops trying to think of some rational excuse, as to why Kyoya's family would go to the trouble of covering the real story up only to say it was another family member that she saved.

"What's wrong having trouble trying to explain the truth?" she asks "Look, the only two explanations are that his brother didn't want to be seen owing someone his life, but pushing it onto Kyoya-sempai doesn't make sense, so that one seems out. The other one is that no one is supposed to know that you know Akito Ootori-san, let alone have any reason to save him." She states "So which is it?"

"…the latter," she mutters suddenly really having a hard time lying to her.

"That makes no sense though, how on earth would you even know Akito Ootori-san unless you met his family beforehand because…you were or are dating one of them." She mutters

'This girl is a lot smarter than I thought if she figured this all out so quickly.' Haruhi thinks nervously, as she watched Akane continue to mutter to herself.

"Yuuichi Ootori-san's engagement is being announced soon so I doubt you are dating him. Considering you saved Akito Ootori-san's life it's a high possibility you're dating him, but it if you were dating Kyoya-sempai it would make a lot more sense, after all you see him in school every day." She was saying "But if you were dating Kyoya-sempai…you would be doing it in secret." She gasps at the sudden realization and turns to Haruhi, who only nods.

"You were going to get it anyways, so yes Kyoya and I are currently dating." She sighs "Please, please don't tell anyone though and I really do mean anyone."

"…so the rest of the club doesn't know, that's why Kyoya-sempai took the blame for the stabbing." She mutters

"Wow, you really know what to look for in any situation don't you?" Haruhi laughs

"I'm sorry it's just how I was raised my father makes top security systems and my mother is the top analysis professor at the university and works with the police department in her spare time." She explains

"Well if my mother liked your family than I'm sure I can too." Haruhi smiled holding out her hand "After all had we met eleven years ago I'm sure we would be best friends by now."

"You're right we probably would be," she smiles taking her hand. "I am sorry about confronting you in the club I promise that won't happen again and I wish you and Kyoya-sempai the best of luck."

"Thank you, but you know…it would be nice to have a guest, or better yet a friend who knew my two biggest secrets." Haruhi tells her

"Just tell me how long you and Kyoya-sempai have been dating in secret and I'll consider being your guest in the clubroom and a friend everywhere else." She winks

"Sixteen months," Haruhi states. Not to her surprise even Akane looked surprised by her answer.

"Y…you're serious aren't you?"

"Completely, so we may be eleven years late but it seems our mother's wishes for us to be friends have come true?" Haruhi asks truly glad that she had agreed to Kyoya's request.

"Yep," she smiled for real this time.

End Flashback

"Hey Haruhi I know you're busy making chocolates for the rest of your club, but do you mind if I come over and help I've never made chocolates before and I want to for a few friends of mine.-Akane"

Haruhi just finished reading the text she received and couldn't help but laugh to herself. No sooner after she sent a quick text back did the doorbell suddenly ring. 'Please don't be the club,' she sighs quickly going over to the door and opening it, only to reveal Akane smiling at her. "Good lord, you're as bad as Kyoya. Did you already know I would say yes?" she laughs letting her in.

"What do you mean?" she asks innocently

"Sorry, it's just Kyoya did the same thing to me we were talking on the phone and no sooner did I invite him over and he was at my front door." She explains

"Whoops didn't mean to act like your boyfriend sorry about that." She laughs, as Haruhi gives her a glare "Well what am I supposed to call him your lover?" she asks

"I'm still not used to someone outside our families knowing about us, so can't we just call him by his name for now?" Haruhi sighs walking back into the kitchen.

"Fine, so how are your chocolates coming along?" she asks following her into the kitchen.

"They're coming out a lot better than I expected I only have Kyoya's and Tamaki-sempai's to finish." She tells her pointing to the four small colored boxes on the counter. "Actually can you put those in the fridge to harden? I'm going to start making Tamaki-sempai's now."

"No problem," Akane tells her grabbing the four boxes and finding a spot for them in the fridge. "So Haruhi are you making honmei-choco for Kyoya-sempai?"

"Yes, but he doesn't like sweets so I found as recipe for some spicy truffles and am going to try making some for him." She explains

"That's sweet of you, so did you do that last year too?" she asks

"Last year the club banned chocolates because of Hunny-sempai's cavity." She sighed "So I hope they like my homemade chocolates this year."

"I'm sure they will, but you better make sure the others don't expect Kyoya-sempai's chocolates to be different." She points out

"I won't, as long as they only think that his are different because he doesn't like sweets it'll be fine." She tells her "So Akane, have you really never made chocolates before?"

"No, and I've always wanted to learn how, but our cooks were given the day off today and I'm not allowed in the kitchen without supervision I didn't have any other way to learn how." She sighs "And before you ask I nearly burned down our house the last time I tried to cook."

"I wasn't going to ask," she lied "But I am suddenly really nervous about teaching you."

"Please don't be I promise to listen and do whatever you say." She asks

"…all right, but if I tell you to stop, just stop okay?"

"I will I promise," she smiles

For the next two hours Haruhi finished her chocolates for Tamaki-sempai and her spicy truffles for Kyoya, which after tasting weren't bad. Akane, it turned out was really good at molding her chocolates into all sorts of different shapes and after a lot of cleaning up she had enough for four friends to have six pieces each.

"Thank you Haruhi that was a lot of fun." She laughed, while trying to wash her brown face.

"Well it's a lot more fun than doing it alone." Haruhi smiles putting the last of the chocolates in the fridge "I'm surprised you just didn't ask your cooks to make you some though." She says 'lord knows the other girls at Ouran do.'

"Why it's more meaningful to make them yourselves." She points out looking at the clock, "Oh shoot I'm supposed to be home before mother. Haruhi do you mind bringing my chocolates to me in my classroom before school starts tomorrow?" she asks almost pleadingly

"Don't worry I'll make sure they get to you." She assures her

"Thank you so much, I'll see you tomorrow Haruhi." She waves grabbing her things and attempting to call her chauffeur.

"See you tomorrow Akane." Haruhi laughs, as she runs out the door. 'If she is anything like her mother I can see why my mom befriended her so quickly.' She thinks to herself, before picking up an extra piece of Kyoya's spicy truffles and popping it into her mouth.

"Happy day before Valentine's day guys," Haruhi smiles pulling the six boxes of chocolates out of her bag, after club the next day. She made sure that each person got the correct color box because this way there could be no arguing over whose chocolates were whose. She'd put in a small note with each person's chocolates wishing them a Happy Valentine's Day. Only Kyoya's was different and also said I love you at the bottom. Everyone started contemplating their boxes of chocolates, but she only had eyes for Kyoya. She saw him smile when he read her note, though she knew she was spending the whole day with him tomorrow it still felt good to make him smile.

"Hey Haru-chan, why does Kyoya's chocolates look different than ours does?" Hunny asks noticing the slight color difference between his chocolate and Kyoya's.

"Well, that's because his are different than everyone else's." she stated and before they could ask she explained "Kyoya-sempai hates sweets, so I thought I'd try a different approach and make him some spicy truffles. I promise they're not poisonous I tried one before I boxed them up they're not bad."

"Thank you very much then Haruhi," he smiled before popping one in his mouth. She was happy to see that the smile never left his face.

"Have a good weekend Haru-chan and thanks for the chocolates." Hunny said after a while, as he and Mori were leaving.

"Bye you two, hope to see you soon." She smiled

"Thank you for the chocolates Haruhi," Tamaki smiled at her, before kissing the top of her head and leaving the room.

'What no daughter comment? Actually Tamaki-sempai's been acting a bit strange ever since…New Years I think.' She wonders watching Kyoya give her a nod and also leave the room. 'Oh that's right he has a meeting with his father and brothers in about twenty-five minutes, hope that goes all right.'

"I'll see you at home than Hikaru," she hears Kaoru behind her, as he too leaves the room.

"Hikaru is everything all right?" she asks turning around to see the eldest of the twins looking at her uncomfortably

"Everything's fine Haruhi, but there was something I wanted to ask you…" he trails off, as she walks closer over to him and he loses his train of thought.

"What is it Hikaru, you know you can tell me anything?" she asks looking up at him

Haruhi I…I really like you a lot more than just as a friend, so…will you go out with me?" he asks nervously.

"Oh honestly Haruhi how can you still not notice that Tamaki, Hikaru, and Kaoru all love you in the way you just described to me?" Kyoya's voice, after they had a fight a few months ago came back to her mind.

'Shit,' she thinks trying to think of something to say, while fiddling with her hands nervously. "Hikaru…I'm so sorry, but I…I have to say no."

"Is it because you really don't like me?" he asks

"No, no that's got nothing to do with it I love you Hikaru, but as one of my best friends I just don't want that to change." She rambles still trying to make this easier, but knowing she was failing.

"So you definitely wouldn't like it if I did this?" he asks pulling her towards him and leaning down to meet his lips with hers.

She was startled, but only for a moment, as she felt their lips meet. She tried to pull back, but he was a lot stronger than she was and it only made her realize that, though Hikaru was proving to be a very good kisser she enjoyed kissing Kyoya a lot more. Finally, she manages to get control of her hands "Hikaru, I can't, please stop." She gasps placing her hands on his chest and pushing him back.

"You can't?" he asks and she suddenly realizes her mistake.

"No that's-"

"So there's somebody else?"

"…yes I'm sorry, but I'm in love with somebody else." She states with no hint of hesitation, simply tired of trying to figure out some way to lie to him.

"…with who?"

"I'm sorry," she mutters "but I refuse to say."

"Haruhi-"

"Hikaru-"

"Haruhi…does he make you happy?"

"Very much"

"And you love him?"

"Very much"

"…fine, but just remember that I really do love you too." He sighs "I'm sorry I kissed you."

"It's okay, but I hope this doesn't change anything between us." She smiles

"It doesn't, but if you won't tell me then I will find out on my own who you're dating." He promises grabbing his bag and heading over to the door.

"For the record we're not exactly dating yet, but I'll see you again on Monday." She waves

"Unrequited love?" he asks stopping at the door

"Yes," she lies

"I know the feeling…I'll see you Monday Haruhi, have a good weekend and I'm sorry again for kissing you." He tells her 'It's got to be Tono she's in love with.' he thinks sadly closing the door behind him.

'Damn it I'm such an idiot for not seeing that coming. I really hope this little incident won't affect us.' She thinks slapping herself 'I am so sorry Hikaru, but I love Kyoya that can't be helped right?' pulling out her phone she finds Kyoya's number 'I really should let him know what just happened, so he won't hear from a third party. Hopefully his meeting isn't too long.' She sighs, as she reached his voicemail and hangs up too scared to leave any kind of voice message, knowing he would rather hear this kind of news directly from her.

I am so sorry that took me so long to update I've been busy with classes and I went to Sac-Anime last weekend with a few friends so I wasn't able to write. I promise the next one will be up...not too quickly, but it won't take me over a week this time. This chapter was so hard to write I really didn't know what to do with Hikaru I felt really bad writing what I did, but at the same time it had to be done. Tamaki's is probably going to be the hardest to write *sigh*. I'm not sure if I really like Hikaru's reaction to Haruhi's rejection though, I thought it was too...light I guess I don't know what do you guys think? Can't wait to do the next chapter though and you will see why next time. Hope you all liked this chapter. xD