I waited until after the club was over before I approached Haruhi. I wanted to
discover the truth from her lips. Something was troubling Mitskuni and it made
him close off. He wouldn't even come clean with me, even though I knew he was
lying about what he saw when he broke down that door. Whatever it was, I had
deep urge to find out.

Haruhi was herself as usual, but like I mentioned, Mitsukuni was distant. Even
the twins were not in their usual mood. It didn't feel right. After Haruhi had
finished with her last guest, she spent the remainder of her time in
conversation with Kyoya. So I waited patiently for her time to free up.

When she finally ended her day and went to gather her stuff, I came up beside
her.

"Haruhi," I said calmly when she looked up at me. I reached down and took her
bag from her hand carefully. "Can we talk?"

"Sure" She said, but her eyes were flicking over the other members of the
club. She paused a moment as she lingered on the twins then quickly as if
pretending she hadn't done it in the first place, looked back up at me and
smiled.

Together we walked out of the room, and down the hall without speaking. I
waited until we exited the building before i asked.

"Something is bothering Mitsukuni. It has to do with when he found you and
Kaoru. Will you tell me?"

She suddenly looked nervous and began to fidget. This was not like Haruhi at
all. We walked a bit farther, away from where anyone else could possibly hear
us, and we lingered in silence during this time.

Eventually she took a deep breath. "I am really confused about stuff right
now."

"Hmm?" I asked, indicadicating i wanted her to continue.

"It's just that.. this love stuff is … complicated." She sighed aloud.
"Mori-senpai, do you love me too?"

As direct and blunt as she is, I didn't expect this question. She paused in
her tracks and stared up at me. Her eyes were pleading me to answer quickly.
So I nodded.

"Yes."

A moment passed between us before she spoke again. "Does it bother you that I am unsure, that I don't know who it is I want? I.. I love you too, I love all
of you but.. like i said.. It's confusing."

I thought for a moment, then placed my hand on her head. "You have a big
heart. Take your time."

She seemed to like that but her face grew somber again before she looked away from me.

"I don't want to hurt you." She said softly.

My body relaxed and I felt myself becoming concerned for her. Though my mind
had popped back to the original question. "Will you tell me?"

She didn't' look back up. "Honey-senpai saw me with Kaoru."

I knew she was in the room with him so this didn't surprise me but when she
didn't say anything further the second meaning began to sink in. She was with
Kaoru, did she mean…?

"You were.. intimate with him?" I broached the phrase as softly as i could. If
it was merely kissing, that was fine. Mitsukuni would get over it eventually.
If, however, it was something more, then the hurt might be deeper.

Haruhi's slow nod confirmed the intimacy, but her words made it clear. "We
weren't dressed when he broke the door down. He covered for us, even though he didn't need to."

I reached over with the one hand that wasn't holding Haruhi's bag and placed
it on her shoulder. I tugged her towards me in a sort of half way hug. I was
surprised, I thought i would be torn up but truthfully I was more concered for
her. Was she ok? Did she regret it? Or did she finally decide that he was the
one and that we had all lost our chance?

"You weren't hurt? He didn't hurt you?" I asked the most important thought.

She laughed increduously, "He would never hurt me. He's my best friend."

I tightened my grip around her. "Have I lost my chance?"

She looked up at me, surprised most likely that i hadn't turned her away. She
smiled her beautiful smile when she shook her head. "As long as you have
patience with me, you have just as much of a chance as any of them."

I couldn't hold back this time. My body reacted on it's own when I leaned down
and kissed her. And happily she didn't pull away.

Our kiss was only broken by a slightly annoyed clearing of the throat.

-BD-Z