It's really late so i'm going to make this quick (this note here, not the chapter xD)

Okay, lets see...I'm graduating high school next week (June 4th) so woo! Exciting, ne? And...next Saturday I'm moving from my suburban home here in South Carolina all the way to New York. It's kind of scary, leaving all my friends behind, ya'know? But yeah, anywho, thought I should tell you guys just because...yeah xD!

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And if you guys like funny stories, my friend recently got into Ouran and she started a fic with all of us in it and it's really funny (though there's some Haruhi bashing in it...aslong as you don't mind that). So you guys should check it out. Her penname is RemindsMeOfAWestSideStory, and I'm (obviously) Jade in her story, so you should go review it and tell her how awesome I am!

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Oh, and sorry for any spelling/grammar errors. It's about 2:30 in the morning and I'm too tired to go through and correct anything, I know I could wait till tomorrow to post this up, but I feel like I owe it to you guys to just go ahead and post it tonight xD!

Love ya'll!

**Note: Sei calls her brother niisan because althought they're twins, he's still older. And yeah. lol.

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It's a Twin Thing

Chapter 16

"If this works then you do understand what might happen, right?" Sai turned away from the whiteboard that had been placed in the middle of the room so that they could brainstorm and faced Kaniya and the Host Club. Everyone nodded, but the burgundy haired boy's eyes were locked onto Kaoru's amber gaze.

"If? There's no 'ifs', this is a sure fire plan that's guaranteed to work." Kyouya pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and crossed his legs over one another in his seat.

"Alright then, plan 'Rescue the Princess' is a go!" Sai grinned, erasing all evidence of the meeting off of the whiteboard.

Hikaru nodded and turned to his brother,"You sure you wanna do this?"

Kaoru nodded, determination dancing in his golden eyes,"Why wouldn't I? It's our one shot at saving Nanami."

Hikaru didn't seem so reassured but decided to not say anything else on the matter, instead he tilted his head towards Sai,"We'll start as soon as we get home."

"Good, good." The emerald eyed boy smiled,"I have a really good feeling about this guys!"

"Hey, where's Sei anyway?" Tamaki tilted his head.

Kaoru snorted,"Don't you remember?"

The blonde frowned and shook his head.

"She's a late sleeper." Kaniya supplied.

"Tama-chan doesn't remember that from when we stayed at Kai-chan and Nana-chan's zoo?" The tiny senior asked cutely. Tamaki frowned sheepishly, burying his face in his hands,"How could I forget something so crucial as my daughter's sleeping habits?"

"If you're talking about me then how many times do I need to tell you? You're not my father, no matter how much better than my real father you are."

The blonde host king jumped out of his seat, startled at the entrance of the object of their discussion.

"Morning Nana-chan!" Kaniya rushed over and wrapped her tiny arms around her best friend tightly.

"Ah, morning." Sei muttered quietly, keeping her eyes downcast.

"Ano...are you alright, Nana-chan?" Hunny bounced over to her, staring up at her with worried brown eyes.

Kaoru frowned as he took in her appearance, her eyes were puffy and red, clear signs of the crying that she had been doing the night before. He noticed how she refused to meet his gaze and instead took to staring anywhere but him.

"I'm fine Hunny-senpai, just really tired." Sei managed to whisper, her throat was sore and it was obvious through her cracking voice.

Tamaki tilted his head,"You're still tired after all that sleep you had?"

"Well, can you blame me? I've got a lot on my mind."

Sai rushed forward, wrapping an arm around his sister's waist,"C'mon, you should eat something."

The burgundy haired girl frowned,"What about the rest of you?"

"We all ate about an hour ago." Haruhi smiled sheepishly,"No one wanted to wake you because we figured you needed your rest."

Sei nodded, letting her brother lead her away from the Host Club and towards the kitchens. He ordered for her when they got there and then sat her down at the large polished oak table.

"How'd you sleep?"

She shrugged,"Not very well."

Sai frowned at her, scooting his chair closer to his sister's and settling in on shooting her worried glances, not quite sure what to say to her at this point that could possibly make the situation seem any better. The night before she had stormed out of the house so angrily, worrying everyone immensely, then when she had finally returned she didn't say a single word, instead she had rushed up to her room with her eyes hidden beneath her bangs. He had suspected that she had been crying, but from what he wasn't sure, the look in the red-rimmed and swollen eyes of his sister made his stomach lurch in an uncomfortable fashion as guilt from the night before began to set in.

"Are you...are you still mad at me...?" He bit his lip in uncertainty.

Sei glanced up in surprise and slowly shook her head,"No, I was for a little while last night, but I can never truly stay mad at you, Sai."

Relief embraced him like the first warm day of spring and he could feel the corners of his lips twitching upwards.

"You should've told me sooner, darlin'! I was beside myself with worry last night thinkin' that you were still upset with me!" Sei couldn't help but to crack a smile at his horribly failed attempt at an american southern accent.

Sai feigned a hurt look,"And what, praytell, is so funny imoto?"

She paused as the chef set a plate filled with all sorts of breakfast foods infront of her on the table,"Don't eben try it, your accent is terrible." Her lips curled upwards into an amused smirk at the sight of her brother bowing his head in shame at the fact that his southern accent had been shot down.

He pulled out of it quickly and urged his sister to eat, motioning towards the plate with his hands. Sei rolled her eyes at him, stabbing a piece of sausage with her fork and shoving it in her mouth.

"Vere appy?" She stared at him blankly, talking through a mouth full of chewed up meat.

Out of the corner of her eye she noticed a blur of orange enter the room and seat themselves on the other side of her that wasn't occupied. Sei stiffened and began to shift uncomfortably when she noticed which of the twin's was sitting inches away from her.

"Where'd you learn your manners, the barnyard? Or should I say the zoo?" Hikaru laughed and Sei immediately snapped her mouth shut in a desperate attempt to divert the attention from herself.

"Are you feeling better, Nanami?" Kaoru asked quietly, only receiving a hesitant shrug as a reply.

The three boys exchanged worried glances behind her back while she slowly ate the eggs, sausage, and bacon that was on her plate.

"Oh!"

Everyone turned to face Sai expectantly awaiting to hear whatever revelation he had so loudly come to. The jaden eyed boy grinned sheepishly at the stares he was receiving and waved it off dismissively.

"Ah, sorry, I just remembered that Okaasan called earlier, just thought i'd tell you, Sei."

She swallowed what was in her mouth and pushed her plate away from her,"What'd she say?"

"Well, it was a very brief phone call because she was on the plane but--"

Sei gave him a funny look,"--Plane?"

"Yeah, she's on her way here as we speak."

Sei's eyes lit up,"She's coming here? Does that mean that she has a plan?"

Her brother bit his lip,"I'm not sure, but if she doesn't don't worry, it'll get taken care of."

Sei had been hearing that same line over and over again from her brother recently and she wouldn't have believed him had she not noticed the hopeful, determined glint in his dazzling dark green eyes. He was confident in whatever it was that he had planned and her heart told her that she could trust her brother on this.

"Okay, if you say so..." She frowned.

Kaoru sighed,"Don't doubt us, Nanami, we know what we're doing."

Sei bit her lip,"I...okay."

Kaniya bounced into the room with a big grin,"Heya! What's got your faces all stuffy looking?" she pouted, mimicking the puckered and depressed looking faces of everyone in the room.

Hikaru smirked,"Careful or your face might freeze like that."

The petite blonde quickly dropped the funny face she was making and replaced it with a bright, child-like smile,"Oh hush Hika-kun!" She laughed,"But seriously, you guys are all acting as if someone died! C'mon, c'mon! Smile, smile guys!"

Sai grinned,"That's right, maybe my sister could learn a thing or two from your positive attitude, Kaniya!"

Sei blinked and then stared blankly at her brother and the blonde model, her frown deepening at the suggestion. Hikaru met his brother's face and then smirked,"You know, if you keep frowning like that you're gonna give yourself wrinkles. So turn that frown upside-down, ne?"

He thrust his fingers into the sides of her mouth, pulling her cheeks upwards into an awkward grin. Her eyes narrowed on the elder Hitachiin twin, feeling that ever so familar tug of annoyance towards the boy.

"Don't look so overjoyed, Sei." Her brother mused sarcastically, gently yanking at a loose strand of hair that had fallen into her face.

Kaoru bit his lip as he watched his brother team up with Sai to tease Sei and he knew from her twitching right eye that this probably wouldn't end well for the two boys. His prediction proved true when all at once the poor girl grabbed each boy by the front of their shirts and roughly shoved them backwards. Hikaru fell backwards, tripping over his chair and landing harshly on his bottom while Sai stretched his arms out behind him to prevent himself from getting hurt.

"What the hell, Nanami?!" Hikaru growled, his own nasty temper sparking. Sai sat on the floor where he was, propping his upper body up with his arms, watching the two with mild fascination, knowing that it'd be better if he stayed out of it this time as his sister clearly wasn't in the mood to deal with their shenanigan. Even if they were only trying to lighten the dreary mood that had seemingly settled in around them.

The burgundy haired girl glared at HIkaru, her fists clenching and unclenching at her side. Kaoru swallowed the lump that had suddenly formed in his throat, he felt nervous for his brother, from the dark look in her deep green eyes he could tell that she was beyond angry at the moment.

"Argh! You both are...are...insufferable! I really can't take this right now!"

Hikaru narrowed his eyes, his teeth grit together so hard that Kaoru could hear the grinding of the enamel, making him involuntarily wince.

"Well maybe if you were a little less uptight and actually took the time to pull the stick out of your ass then maybe you'd--"

"Excuse me?"

Kaoru, Sai, and Kaniya watched with bated breaths as the little spat between Hikaru and Sei got even more heated.

"Hikaru I think you may have gone too far, just calm down..." The elder brother whirled on him with a look mixed between anger and disbelief, making Kaoru shrink back.

"You're only defending her because you like her! Wake up Kaoru! She's nothing more than a spoiled brat who throws a tantrum when she doesn't get her way!" Kaoru was taken aback by his brother's harsh words towards Sei and he felt a burning desire, a need, to protect her from his stinging words.

"And what the hell do you think you are? You're no better, no, you're even worse because you're coldhearted and inconsiderate towards everyone but yourself!" Kaoru knew that what he had said had taken his brother by surprise, and from the look on his face it even hurt but it had to be said, he was not going to idly sit by and let him get away with speaking like that to Sei.

Hikaru seethed angrily,"Do you see what she's done to you? She's nothing but a wolrd in sheep's clothing, am I the only one immune to her siren's call?!"

Sai pushed himeself off the floor, no longer able to sit back and watch as his sister got insulted. He was surprised by the growl that rumbled in his throat, his own angry temper flaring,"You're supposed to be her friend, you vile, disgusting excuse for a man!"

Hikaru rolled his eyes but looked unphased,"Do us all a favor and take your sister back home and never bother with me or my brother again. I don't like what she's done to Kaoru and I won't have her stealing my brother from me!:

Kaoru and Sai both took a protective step infront of Sei, who was biting her lip and failing miserably at trying to pretend that what Hikaru had said didn't bother her. Kaniya's face twisted into that of uncertainty as she saw Sei's quivering bottom lip and she instinctively grabbed on to her best friend's hand, tugging her gently towards the door.

"We'll meet you at the car, Kaito." The blonde model said quickly as she guided Sei out of the dining room.

Tamaki's eyes widened as he saw Sei with her eyes downcast, being lead away from the dining area and in the direction of the front door. He rushed forward, pulling the burgundy haired girl into a tight embrace.

"Sei...are you alright?" His voice took on a more serious tone as he gave her a look over.

At the apparent silence from the newest member of the host club he turned his amethyst gaze to the tiny blonde, hoping for answers or something that he could go on to piece together what had happened.

"Hikaru was being a jerk..."

Tamaki's eyes narrowed,"Such a disgrace to the Host Club's name! How dare he disrespect my daughter!"

Kaito stormed out of the other room, slamming the door behind him, a bitter grimace pulling his lips downward. The taller of the Tsukyoshii twins had a wild and dark look set in his deep green eyes, making the blonde host kind shrink back in fright from the dark aura emitting from the boy.

"Nana-chan shouldn't listen to Hika-baka-chan!" Hunny smiled encouragingly,"He just likes to argue, don't take it personally Nana-chan, he didn't mean whatever he said."

Sei bit her trembling lip,"You don't understand Hunny-senpai...you didn't...you didn't see the look on his face or hear the hatred in his voice." she sniffed,"he meant it."

Sai ran a hand through his hair and took in a long, deep breath,"Let's go, we're done here."

Kaniya nodded, pulling out her car-keys from her purse before giving the rest of the Host Club an apologetic smile. Sai let his worrisome older brother side take over, wrapping his arms aroundher waist and resting his chin atop her head.

"C'mon Sei, it's okay, I got him back." no one had the gaul to ask him what he meant by that, but no one questioned him and instead they believed that he was more than capable of doing whatever her had implied by his statement.

The three quickly shuffled out the door and to the car, Kaniya behind the wheel and the twins in the back. Sai held his sister tightly in his arms, her body pressed closely to his chest while he rubbed her back soothingly.

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Kaoru cried out furiously, punching his brother in the arm,"Don't think that i'll easily forgive you just because you're my brother!"

Hikaru's eyes widened as he got a good look at the determined glare his brother's eyes were set in. He turned his face away from the penetrating gaze of Kaoru, and instead focused on finding some ice for his throbbing lip. Sai had slugged him pretty good and he could already feel through the pulsating pain that his lips were on their way to being swollen.

"Why, Hikaru? Why did you say that to her?" Kaoru demanded,"What's your issue?!"

The elder Hitachiin twin began to shake, his eyes closed tightly and his voice was barely above a whisper,"I don't...I won't lose you Kaoru! This whole plan Sai has come up with is something I really don't want to think about..." Hikaru frowned, it was hard for him to express himself freely as he had just done, even if it was his brother it still hurt his pride.

Kaoru dropped his defensive stance, his eyes softening as the words sunk in, his brother didn't hate Sei and neither had he meant any of the words he had said to her. Hikaru had only said those things because he was terrified of losing his brother for good, which was truly a silly thing to worry about, Hikaru and Kaoru would always be together. "Hikaru...you won't lose me. We're always going to be brothers, no matter what happens I'll always be here for you."

"I'll always be here for you too, Kaoru."

"Well that's just fine and dandy but I really think you should go and appologize to Sei." Haruhi sighed, annoyed.

The twins whirled around to see the rest of their friends standing in the doorway, apparently eavesdropping on their conversation.

Hikaru nodded,"I will, but I'll do it tomorrow, I don't think Sai would really take kindly to me being around her at the moment, even if it is to say I'm sorry..."

Kaoru nodded,"Agreed, we'll let her get some rest, but you have to promise to talk to her tomorrow."

"I promise." The elder Hitachiin nodded, sticking out his pinky finger to his brother, who promptly entwined his own pinky finger around it.

Sai wrapped an arm around his sister's waist and helped her up to the door of their mansion, Kaniya was on the other side of her, glancing worriedly out of the corner of her eye at her best friend.

"I'm upset, yes, but I think I'm capable of walking on my own, Sai." She rolled her eyes.

He couldn't help but to smirk at her comment,"There's the Sei I know and love."

The pretty blonde grinned at the two siblings as they trudged a few paces ahead of her until they reached the large double doors to the mansion. She followed them in, almost running straight into the back of Sai when he and his sister stopped abruptly in the foyer, seemingly frozen where they were. Kaniya tilted her head, peaking over Sei's shoulder to see what had happened...her heart sank at the sight of Itaru leaning smugly up against the wall, in his hand was what looked like photographs, but of what she wasn't sure.

Kaniya knew there was about to be trouble, that much was for certain.

"Kaito, my dear friend, so good to see you again!" The shaggy blonde haired boy smirked.

"Sorry to burst your bubble, Dawson, but you're no friend of mine." Sai grit his teeth, his grip on Sei tightening protectively.

The American clicked his tongue,"Oh really, that's certainly no way to treat your soon-to-be brother-in-law!"

Sai growled ferociously,"You won't be if I have anything to do with it!"

Itaru laughed humorlessly,"Oh, so you honestly think you can stop the engagement? You really are foolish, huh?"

Sei bit her lip and tilted her head back so that she could see Kaniya better,"You should go home Kani-chan...we'll call you later, okay...?"

The petite blonde nodded numbly, her eyes holding a strange blank look as she took in the scene before her one last time before slowly turning around and leaving the same way she had come in.

"What're you doing here, Dawson?" The eldest of the Tsukyoshii twin's spat.

"Well, I was just stopping by to show your father these compromising pictures that were taken of Sei last night and to get his opinion on them." His smug expression turned sour,"then your mother burst in and they both started arguing. They've been locked up in there for about an hour now." he jerked his thumb in the direction of Tsukyoshii Hideki's study.

Sei's eyes lit up at the mention of her mother and a tiny smile crept it's way onto her lips,"Okaasan's here? Ha! See she'll--wait--what pictures?"

The grey eyed boy smirked, waving 3 pictures of Sei and Kaoru on the beach in lip-lock. She paled and glanced side-ways at her brother, gauging him for a reaction, but he kept a stony expression in place, focusing on his ex-friend infront of him.

Out of the corner of her eye she noticed Yasai ambling lazily towards her and her brother, but when the fox caught sight of Itaru he instinctively let out a low warning growl, baring his teeth at the American boy. His ears were now laying flat against his skull and his fur was bristled as he stood protectively infront of Sei and Sai.

The blonde boy didn't seem all that impressed,"What's this flea-bitten mongrel? Is this what you call a pet?"

"Don't you dare call Yasai flea-bitten! He's much cleaner than you are, I'm sure." Sei retorted.

"Oh? Is that so, dear?" Itaru smirked.

Just then the door to their father's study flew open and a middle-aged woman with long burgundy hair clipped up messily to the back of her head stormed out with an angry huff. She stood at around 5'7", making her the same height as Sai, with kind almond-shaped hazel eyes. Currently her attire was casual at best, consisting of khaki cargo pants and a black tanktop, she was definitely an outdoors woman, as surmised from the lovely tan she had from being out in the sun for long amounts of time.

"Okaasan!" Sei and Sai cried out, running forward towards the woman and engulfing her in a bear hug.

Her angry expression faded into loving adoration as she took in her two children,"Kaito, Nanami, i've missed you both dearly!"

"We've missed you too, Okaasan." Sei choked, clutching onto her mother tightly, as if she was afraid that the woman would disappear if she were to let go for even a moment.

Tsukyoshii Sayu frowned, wrapping her arms around her daughter's waist and returning the embrace,"Nanami, your father is being an, excuse my language, asshole and therefore i'm taking you back to England with me."

The twins both exchanged looks before staring back at their mother, their jaws nearly hitting the floor from surprise.

"You're...you're taking Sei with you...?" Sai bit his lip, not sure he liked the idea of not being with his sister.

Sayu nodded sadly, her eyes locked onto Itaru who was now glaring heatedly at the older woman,"Well, it appears that to solve the problem I'm going to have to remove her from the situation until I can have a closer inspection of this marriage clause. But either way," she fully turned herself to face the American boy,"she's not going to marry you Mister Dawson, I'm sorry that you went through all this trouble, but you might aswell go back home and find someone else to take advantage of, because it's not going to be my daughter any longer."

"Sayu! You are not taking Nanami-Sei away, I am her guardian and I demand that you leave this house at once!" Hideki bellowed, his eyes narrowed into angry little slits.

She laughed, waving her husband's command off dismissively,"I am as much of her guardian as you are, Hideki. But i'll gladly leave, c'mon dear." Sayu found her daughter's hand and tugged at it gently before glancing over her shoulder at her son,"Kaito, you know you're welcome to come with us..."

The boy smiled sadly before shaking his head,"I can't, Kaniya's here and I can't leave her..." he frowned uncertainly,"you understand, right...Sei..?"

His sister nodded, biting her lip to keep herself from crying, and rushing forward to wrap her arms around her brother's neck, burying her face in his chest.

"I'm going to miss you, niisan!"

He heard her sniffle and had to fight back the tears in his own eyes that were threatening to spill,"I'm going to miss you too imoto, I love you."

"I love you too." Came her reply, muffled by his t-shirt.

Hideki and Itaru both stood there, identical sour expressions mottled their faces.

Sayu waited patiently as her children said their goodbyes, her eyes landed on the fox pacing around back and forth and she crouched down to the floor, motioning for the creature to come towards her. Yasai, recognizing her as the woman that had helped the twins care for him as a kit, bounded towards her, snuggling into her arms as she stood up, carrying the reddish-orange creature.

Sei wiped at her eyes with the back of her sleeve before joining her mother and letting the older woman lead her out the door and to the limo waiting out front of the Tsukyoshii Mansion.

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Three weeks.

Kaoru stared out the window of the 3rd Music Room blankly, not even bothering to act like he was paying attention to the young ladies who had designated him and his brother for the day. Although most everyone was used to his moping by now, with each passing day his depression grew deeper and deeper with the new thoughts looming that he may perhaps never see Tsukyoshii Nanami-Sei ever again.

It had been a total of three weeks, 4 days, and 6 hours since she had been taken away to England with her mother. He didn't argue that it had been a bad choice, he knew that her mother would take much better care of her than her father had, though he wished that she had waited before taking Sei away. Kaoru had been almost positive that Sai's plan would have worked, it was almost gaurenteed, it would have been put in to effect the day right after Hikaru and Sei's fight, but as fate would have it her mother had chosen that day to visit.

Since then Kaoru had slowly become nothing more than an empty shell, he couldn't pay attention in class and his grades were paying dearly for it, he shirked most of his responsibilites to the Host Club, and he all around just didn't seem to care much for anything anymore.

Hikaru watched his brother from the corner of his eye, it had devastated him to see his brother so down and depressed like he had been for the past few weeks and it seemed like nothing he or anyone else did would cheer him up. The eldest Hitachiin twin wanted nothing more than to wake up and to realize that the past month or two had been nothing but a dream and that Sei was still there and in a constant state of annoyance at the twin's for always messing around with her.

The Host Club bid farewell to the young ladies for the day and then slumped in their seats, exhausted from the day's work of being Hosts.

Hunny sniffled into his Usa-chan,"Tama-chan, when's Nana-chan coming back? I miss her." this had become a daily routine for the tiny senior, and everyday he received the same devastating answer.

"I...don't know." The blonde host king frowned, glancing over to the tall bespectacled boy for some sign, but all he got was a shake of the head.

Hikaru stood up abruptly, catching the attention of everyone in the room as his chair fell backwards from the sudden movement,"I'm sick of all this waiting!"

All eyes were now on him as he marched over to his brother, standing infront of the younger boy and pulling him up by the collar of his shirt,"Stop acting like this Kaoru! I can't take it anymore!"

Kaoru diverted his gaze to the polished floor.

"If you like her that much Kaoru...then go after her!" Hikaru growled,"Stop moping around and do something about it! Go get her and bring her home!"

Kaoru seemed to think about this for a moment before frowning,"I don't know where she is..." his voice was hoarse from the lack of use and cracked as he spoke.

Hikaru rolled his eyes,"Ask Sai, he would know, right?"

"I...I guess..."

"No, no guessing, go now and get the address." Hikaru commanded, pointing towards the doubledoors, indicating for his brother to get a move on.

The younger ginger-haired boy bit his lip before nodding, grabbing his messenger bag and slowly stumbling out of the 3rd Music Room.

"If it was that easy, then why didn't he do that from the beginning?" Haruhi eyed Hikaru skeptically.

Hikaru sighed,"It's not. Do you really think he'd give up that easily? The first week he was begging at Sai's feet for the address to where Nanami was, but even her brother doesn't know. He said that his mother had several different residences in England and the surrounding countries and he's only been to one of them, so he doesn't even know where Sei is..."

"Then how is Sai going to give Kaoru the address if he doesn't have it..." Haruhi crossed her legs over one another.

"I don't know...Sai misses her just as much as Kaoru does, i'm sure that with the two of them working together they'll figure it out..."

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Sei stared out of her bedroom window, watching as the rain poured violently outside, leaving runny streaks on the glass. Her eyes were glazed over, not paying much attention to what was outside aside from the rain falling from the dark grey sky. Absently she let her fingers glide over Yasai's soft, silky fur, which the young fox enjoyed greatly.

Currently she was home alone, apart from the maids, since her mother was a rather busy woman during much of the day, always having to run here and there, to this zoo to that veterinary clinic. There was always something Tsukyoshii Sayu had to do. Though Sei couldn't really complain, atleast her mother lived in the house with her and was actually there for part of the day, unlike when she lived in Japan with her father, who she would go without seeing for months at a time.

"I hope niisan calls me soon..." She sighed quietly, her brother's voice had always been a major comfort to her, those past few weeks were no exception. She'd often stay up half the night just talking to her brother on the phone, repeatedly telling him how much she missed him, Kaniya, and the Host Club.

Yasai made a strange noise that sounded between a delighted yowl and a purr as he nuzzled against her hand, begging for her to continue stroking his fur.

The doorbell downstairs rang and she curiously glanced over her shoulder at her bedroom door, vaguely wondering who it could be at the door. Yasai's ears tilted backwards aswell, trying to hear all that he could of what was going on downstairs.

Slowly, she placed the fox onto the floor and left her bedroom,"I'll get it!" the burgundy haired girl called out to the maids who were already busy doing other jobs around the house.

Hesitating, her hand rested on the doorknob for a moment before she slowly turned the knob and wretched open the door. Her heart could have stopped right then and there.

Before her was a completely drenched boy with familar ginger-hair and golden eyes, doubled over trying to catch his breath, like he had been running for quite some time without stopping. He glanced up when he noticed that the door had been opened and a huge smile twitched at the corners of his lips at the sight of her standing frozen in the doorway.

"K-Kaoru..." She whispered,"what're you doing here? How'd you find me?"

He straightened himself out, runnign a hand through his messy, wet mop of hair,"Your brother and I did a little detective work, but we found you."

Sei couldn't tell if this moment was real or not, so to make sure that she wasn't dreaming she pinched her forearm, wincing as the short shot of pain rippled through her. Her dull green eyes lit up once again, now completely full of life and she leapt forward, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"I missed you!"

"I missed you too, Nanami." He stroked the back of her head tenderly before pulling away, smirking nervously at her confused stare,"I-I have something to ask you."

She took a step back, allowing him to enter the warm home and get out of the rain.

"I..er." He knelt down on one knee,"I kind of wanted to do this thie right way..." he pulled out a small box and opened it to reveal the most beautiful diamond ring she had ever seen and Sei wasn't able to contain her shock, gasping loudly in surprise.

"Will you marry me, Sei? Not now, of course, but after we get out of Ouran." He added the last part quickly,"I..I don't like the idea of having to share you, I want you all to myself, as selfish as it may sound. You're the only girl that's ever made me feel this way."

He bit his lip,"What do you say...?" he watched her hesitantly wondering if he had been too blunt. Kaoru knew that they were both young and under normal circumstances it would have seemed absolutely absurd for teenagers as young as they were to even be thinking about marriage. But he was afraid that if he didn't do this now then he might lose her to someone else, and that was something that he definitely could notlive through.