"Haruhi" I said simply. Her attention turned towards me curiously. I have to admit Kaoru had done a wonderful job, she looked beautiful.

I cleared my throat as I lifted her birthday present which wasn't wrapped but rather placed in a colorful bag with the words "Happy Birthday" written all over it. Compared to everyone elses gifts so far, mine was simple.

She tentatively took the bag from me. Surprised by the weight of it her eyes widened in curiosity. The twins started chuckling and said something about my gift being exercise equipment.

"Shut up you guys." She rolled her eyes at them before giving me a smile. Her hands went into the bag as she parted the colorful papers.

The expression on her face transformed so many times, from curiosity, to confusion, to surprise, then when she finally lifted it out and saw it, she blushed.

She carefully placed the bonsai tree on the table in front of her. Her finger gently touched the bridge as her blush grew even more.

"You gave her a plant?" Hikaru scoffed. His brother started laughing.

Tamaki looked extremely impressed. "It's so simple, but... it that all?"

"Takashi, It looks just like the tree in the meditation room." Mistukuni cooed over it, his face seemed to registered Haruhi's reaction but he kept his silence about it.

"It is." I said.

Tamaki waled about how creative it was that I didn't spend any money on a gift. Though from the look on Kyoya's face he wasn't too thrilled by his friends comment. Or it could be because of how loud the reaction was.

Haruhi eventually broke her silence and looked at me. "Thank you." She whispered. "It brings back a really nice memory."

Now it was my turn to blush, which I will admit, dose not happen very often.

I was happy she accepted it. And I watched as she lifted it up and took it to her room. When she came out she looked even more red then before as she came over to hug me. She kept her voice low when she said, "I thought I went too far that day."

I squeezed her back. "No, you didn't go too far. It was a nice memory for me too."

"Can we talk about it again? It really helped last time. Even though I made thing more difficult."

"I will always be there for you." I said calmly as she gave me one last squeeze.

I was grateful to see that the squabble between Ranka and Tamaki had distracted the majority of the group from our conversation. Mistukuni, however, didn't seem fooled. I should finally give him an answer.

When I let her go, she went back to settle the fight. I went to sit besides Mistukuni who was giving me a darting glare.

"You love her too." He accused.

I nodded and hummed.

"Are you pursuing her?" Mistukuni's face was softening into worry.

"I will" I paused and watched her push Tamaki down into his seat. Her face was no longer flustered in embarrassment. She was back to the girl we are used to seeing. "But I'm not going to be too forward. She has too much of that."

Mistukuni nodded. "She does have a lot of that. I'm not gonna give up though."

"I know."

"And you shouldn't either." He tilted his head to get a good look at my face. "We both need to do our best."

I nodded at him in agreement. We both will do our best

BD-Z

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