AN. Hey this is finally posted! It only took me until November... Well, thanks for sticking along this long. If you enjoyed this piece, why not visit some of my other works? -Lem
Disclaimer. I do not own this franchise. If I did, well… (begins to fantasize)

Chapter Ten – Final Chapter
Still Tuesday

Seven teens were gathered in Ouran Academy's Third Music Room.

The twins sat on a couch, Hunny and Mori standing on either end. Kyoya stood behind the couch, smirking as his glasses gleamed. Tamaki and Haruhi sat together on the couch opposite.

Less than five minutes and a half ago the twins were in mid collapse. Thankfully, Hunny and Mori were there to catch them.

Now everyone was together to hear exactly how Haruhi-

"Hikaru, Kaoru, I am so sorry. Tamaki and I knew what you two were doing from the beginning, but we never meant... I never meant to-"

"You knew?"

"Both, of you knew?"

The five foot tall cross dresser regretfully nodded.

Right then the doors opened and the club's resident cousins strolled in, only to dash quickly around Haruhi in enough time to catch the falling twins.

-and Tamaki knew about the twins' scheme.

"Where would you like us to begin?" Tamaki effortlessly inquired after the heavy atmosphere of silence began to be too much for him.

"You said Milord knew. How did you two know? How?" Hikaru questioned with a hint of desperation and utter bewilderment.

"After you," Tamaki said in direction to Kaoru, "left Haruhi, she texted me what you told her. I, of course, was appalled and responded swiftly."

"I figured immediately something was up with either Tamaki or you two," joined Haruhi after a slow sigh, "so I asked if he'd been approached by either of you recently with some story that sounded suspicious."

"I texted back," Tamaki now looked at Hikaru, "that you had just told me that Haruhi was having a side relationship with Bossanova. I also informed her that I didn't believe a word of it."

"Thus I came to the conclusion that you two were plotting something and instead of letting y'all know we knew, we decided to give you what you wanted... and then some." Haruhi explained to the five boys across from her, regret seeping into her voice by the end of her sentence.

"So that time you took to 'get yourself together' was really to text Tamaki?" Kaoru asked in disbelief. When had this girl become a mastermind?

Haruhi nodded, ashamed.

"I'm supposed to believe that you two staged that fight?" Hikaru inquired with disbelief.

"It's the truth." Haruhi told the older twin. "However, I didn't know that our plan was going to hurt you two so much... I didn't realize that you two felt that way..." that way about me. She finished in her head.

The twins thought all of this new information over. Things were starting to explain themselves now. Except...

"The kiss! Milord you kis-" Hikaru began.

"That wasn't real! I staged it! My back was to y'all, anyways!" Tamaki defended. "Honest."

"The girls?" the younger Hitachiin asked.

"They were playing along, too. We just," Haruhi paused. After a deep breath she continued, "We only wanted to give y'all a taste of your own medicine. We figured from the stories you told us you two wanted us to have a fight. The break-up afterwards was our idea of out-pranking y'all."

"And it worked!" Tamaki exclaimed gleefully.

Realization that they'd been out-schemed seeped into the twins' minds. It was all fake. The fight, the break-up, the girls, the tears...

Hunny smiled, cheerful with the knowledge that his friends were happy again. Mori was Mori, but I assure you he was just as relieved as Hunny that his friends were themselves once more. Kyoya only smirked throughout the whole exchange between the twins and Tamaki and Haruhi.

"Hikaru, Kaoru, I honestly didn't mean to-"

"It's alright Haruhi." Kaoru answered, cutting her off.

"We know."

Noticing the shift in the conversation's mood, Kyoya discreetly motioned for Tamaki to go to the back room. Mori, always alert, eyed Kyoya's silent message to Tamaki. He moved behind the couch, from his end to the other, grabbed up Mitsukuni, and motioned for him to stay quiet as he did so. Hunny instantly understood. The four males removed themselves from the main room.

During the time it took for the older hosts to leave, the Hitachiin twins stood and made their way to the couch Haruhi sat on. One brother sat down on her right, one on her left.

"I sure am oblivious."

"True, but you wouldn't be Haruhi if you noticed everything."

"Y'all really aren't angry with us?"

"Why would we be? You should be the one angry with us. We thought it would be enjoyable to mess with you and Milord's relationship."

"Well," Haruhi replied with a slight laugh, "you two wouldn't be Hikaru and Kaoru if y'all weren't mischievous."

The twins smiled with relief when they heard her laughter. Haruhi was back. Their happy Haruhi was back.

"We're forgiven?" Hikaru looked into Haruhi's brown orbs. He needed confirmation. He needed a definite yes or no.

"Yes, you're forgiven. Am I?"

"Always." the redheads responded simultaneously.

The three first years shared a warm, comforting, reassuring embrace. All was gone and done with. Both parties were at fault for the mess, and both parties formed their plans around some underestimates. Of course, now Haruhi was aware that the twins had feelings for her, but that would be dealt with later. Besides, during their confession it sounded that they finally came to terms with her dating Tamaki.

Now that everything was out in the open, the twins began to feel more like their old selves; less drenched in guilt and more like little devils up to no good.

Just before the embrace between the three friends ended, the brothers shared a look, a mischievous look.

Kaoru began the question. Hikaru finished it.

"Haruhi, how did you learn-"

"-to text so fast?"

AN. It's over... Yay! Well, I hope you liked this story enough to check out some of my other (and better) writings. Reviews and critique are welcomed. Thanks to all of those that have read this story, first post to this final post. Farewell!
UPDATED 11/25/2013