A/N: This is the last chapter! It's kind of... really long... so please bear with it... I hope it doesn't bore you... :'O

But if it doesn't, enjoy! :D

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Chapter 11- Remembering Something Important

Haruhi's suspension was now finally over and tomorrow, Haruhi would be going back to school. The Host Club was excited for her to be back as well as her other classmates. The only one who wasn't to terribly thrilled... was Haruhi.

Haruhi was in her room, staring at her bed. There, lay Ouran's two uniforms. They had been spread out on her bed since she got out of the shower earlier that morning. She didn't know what to wear. She was so used to being in the boy's uniform and it was more comfortable but... Haruhi knew that the whole school knows that she's a girl and wearing the dress felt weird.

Haruhi walked across her room to her closet, staring at the hanging clothes that were there. Haruhi sighed. "I guess... I'll stick to this."

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"I'M A TERRIBLE HUMAN BEING!" Tamaki cried out loud, practically into Kyouya's ear. Tamaki had decided to show up to Kyouya's house, unexpectedly, telling him about what had happened between him and Kimi the other day. He felt so guilty that he couldn't keep it to himself anymore.

"...Uh-huh." Kyouya said quietly. He wasn't paying that much attention to Tamaki because he showed up when Kyouya was doing his homework. Not that he ever payed much attention to his other rantings before.

"I'M SUCH A HYPOCRITE!" Tamaki wailed.

"...Mm-hm." Kyouya continued doing his homework.

"I REALLY MADE HER CRY!" Tamaki fell onto the ground and slumped over the table where Kyouya was working. He looked at Kyouya and realized he wasn't listening. "Kyouya... You're not listening to me." Tamaki's dramatic tears started to form in his eyes.

"I am listening; you're a terrible, hypocritical human being that made a girl cry." Kyouya didn't even look up from his paper.

Tamaki's bottom lip quivered. "YOU'RE SOOO MEAN!"

"You're the one who said it." Kyouya was becoming irritated with Tamaki's whining. There was just no way he would get a lot done with him here.

Kyouya turned to look at Tamaki finally. His face was that of a lost puppy. "Tamaki. I'm sure Kimiko will be fine."

Tamaki's face lit up with hope. "R-really?"

"Yes. Kimiko is a tough girl."

Tamaki sat up on his knees across from Kyouya. His hands in fists on his legs, his head steadily facing down at the table. "But... You didn't see the look on her face. It was so full of pain." Tamaki closed his eyes. "I never want to see that face on someone ever again."

Kyouya sighed. "Well, there isn't much you can do to help her. This may sound cliché but... the best way to heal a broken heart is time."

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Haruhi was finally returning to school today. It was the talk of the whole school. Most were excited, some were a little anxious, and others just didn't know how to feel.

The Host Club was closed for the day to throw a welcoming party for Haruhi after school. They were probably the ones who were most happy to have Haruhi back.

As Haruhi walked out of her house, she stopped after going down the stairs of the apartment building. "I can do this. I'm just over thinking things." Haruhi told herself this all morning. Her "mantra" for the day.

"Everything will be fine. It'll be like nothing ever happened. They are all understanding..." Haruhi brushed away some hair that was in her face. She stood up straight, took a deep breath and breathed out and walked her normal route to school.

"I can do this."

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"Ootori Kyouya-san. Suoh-sama will speak with you now."

Kyouya stood up and walked into Yuzuru's office. As he entered he noticed that Yuzuru seemed rather busy- his desk was cluttered with files and he was rustling through some other papers. Yuzuru looked up from his desk and saw Kyouya patiently waiting at the door. "Oh! Kyouya, please have a seat." He smiled warmly. "You said you had something to tell me correct? About Fujioka Haruhi and the Host club?"

Kyouya had sat in a nearby chair. He pushed up his glasses and looked Yuzuru in the eye. "Yes... Actually, I was hoping you would consider letting Haruhi stay in the Host club."

Yuzuru had a puzzled look on his face. "Kyouya, I understand that Haruhi means a lot to everyone in the Host club... however, having her stay would defeat the purpose of having such a club in the first place, no?"

Kyouya gave Yuzuru a smile, hiding the smug look in his eyes. "Then... may I propose a suggestion?"

-Approximately 30 minutes later-

"Thank you for your time Suoh-san." Kyouya closed the office door behind him. He slightly bowed to the woman that showed him into Yuzuru's office and walked away into the halls of the school, making his way to the third music room.

When Kyouya finally arrived, he opened the door and noticed that all the decorations he had told everyone to put up were barely moved. "What... is this?"

"Oh Kyouya, you're back." Hikaru said. He was sitting with Kaoru on the couch. Hikaru looked bored and Kaoru was looking through a box of the decorations.

"What is what, Kyou-chan?" Hunny said sweetly. Hunny was playing with Bun Bun on the table and Mori was just sitting there, watching him perhaps.

Kyouya walked near the middle of the room. "The reason I asked you all to come before school started was so that when I came back from the office, these decorations would be out in the room, not still in the boxes." He said annoyed.

Everyone gave Kyouya a blank stare and didn't move. Kyouya's eyebrow twitched. "Put these up now." He said with a fierce tone that could make anybody's skin crawl. They all jumped up and started running around the room as if there was a Kyouya chasing each of them. "...Where's Tamaki?"

Kaoru stopped what he was doing for a moment to answer. "Uh, he never showed up. We don't know where he is." He quickly resumed his work.

Kyouya shook his head slightly and walked towards the table where Hunny and Mori were sitting and he sat down.

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-School begins-

"I can't believe I'm late! The morning bell is ringing for class!" Haruhi was running to the school. It was in her sight and she made it near the gate as the bell for class rang out. Haruhi managed to take almost thirty minutes walking to school. She wasn't even sure why she took so long. By the time that Haruhi made it into the school, there was no one in the hallways. She quickly walked to her classroom and stood at the door for a moment before entering.

When Haruhi opened the door, everyone stared at her. All her classmates looked happy to see her again and they didn't even seem to care about what she was wearing. Haruhi bowed to her teacher and then looked up. "Good morning sensei... I'm sorry I'm late."

The teacher only gave a smile. "Welcome back Haruhi. Please, take your seat."

Haruhi nodded and went to her desk between Hikaru and Kaoru. They were ecstatic to see her again. "Haruhi, we're so happy you're back!" They both whispered to her.

"It's nice to be back." Haruhi smiled as a flush of light red appeared on her cheeks.

"Just... one question though." Hikaru raised an eyebrow.

"Why are you wearing that?" Kaoru pointed at her as he looked at her from head to toe and back.

"I didn't know what else to wear." Haruhi sighed.

"Well, at least she's not wearing those hideous glasses." Hikaru happily said.

"Hey." Haruhi glared at the him.

-After school-

Haruhi spent a lot of time talking with people after school. They all welcomed her back and it was like nothing ever happened. She could tell that most people were having an awkward time calling her as a girl. As Haruhi was making her way to the third music room, someone had called to her.

"Um... Haruhi...san?" A girl, along with two others had come up to Haruhi.

"Oh, it's you three." Haruhi gave them a small smile. "Are you okay?"

"Well, yes... it's just..." One girl trailed off.

"You developed feelings for Haruhi when you three thought she was a boy?"

That sharp toned voice came from behind Haruhi. The three girls looked down, upset at how directly the girl's statement was. Haruhi turned around only to find Kimi standing right behind her. "Oh... Kimiko-san."

While Haruhi wasn't looking, the three girls backed up slowly then scuttled away. They're cheeks were flushed red in embarrassment.

Kimi looked at Haruhi, giving her the cold stare she had always given her. She kept glaring at her until she closed her eyes and turned around. "I hope you have a happy life." Was all she said before walking away.

Haruhi stood there for a moment, not knowing whether Kimi was being sarcastic or serious. After a short moment, she walked to the third music room. Hikaru and Kaoru had told her to come as soon as possible to the host club after school, saying that they had something special to tell her.

Without further delay, Haruhi opened the door. To her surprise, there weren't a lot of lavish decorations in spite of all the effort Hikaru and Kaoru described it to be.

Haruhi was bombarded with a bunch of flowers being flung at her by Hunny as she entered, walking up towards the others.

"Haru-chan! Haru-chan! We missed you so much!" Hunny smiled at Haruhi.

"Where did he getting all those flowers from?" Hikaru pointed out. He was standing with Kaoru and they both were staring at Hunny, bewildered.

"...I have no idea. He practically pulled them out of the air around him." Kaoru said confused.

Mori approached Haruhi the same time Hunny did and he gave her a small smile. "Welcome back." He said as he ruffled her hair slightly.

"Thank you, everyone." Haruhi smiled. She looked around the room and noticed Tamaki was no where to be found. "Uh... where's Tamaki senpai?"

"He didn't come to school today." Kyouya said. "I haven't been able to get a hold of him either."

Haruhi was disappointed. She really wanted to see Tamaki. Mainly so that they could talk. Kyouya walked over to Haruhi and handed her a small card. "What is this?"

"It's a card from Suoh-san. Read it."

Haruhi took the card from Kyouya's hand and opened it. "As of today, Fujioka Haruhi... Will be the first Hostess of the Host Club... Signed, Suoh Yuzuru." She looked at Kyouya, quickly looked back at the card and then looked at everyone else, noticing the smiles forming on their faces. "You're kidding." Haruhi was dumbfounded.

"Nope. Kyouya went to talk with him this morning and he agreed that you should just become a hostess." Kaoru said.

Haruhi had a big smile on her face. She was really happy she could stay with everyone. Hunny bounced over to Haruhi and gave her a hug. As they all rejoiced, they celebrated the good happenings with some cakes and tea and other simple foods.

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Time had flown by as the sun was heading down, causing the clouds to turn into an array of oranges, and yellows and reds. Everyone had finished cleaning up and they all walked out of the school together. As Kyouya, Hunny, Mori, Hikaru, and Kaoru said their goodbyes, Haruhi walked off in the direction to her home.

When Haruhi finally arrived, she walked up the steps to the apartment and saw someone sitting in front of the her door. The person was sitting with his back against the wall, his knees up, his arms crossed on his knees and his head nestled in his arms. It looked like he was sleeping. As Haruhi approached him, she recognized him immediately. "...Tamaki senpai?"

Tamaki lifted his head and stared up to Haruhi. With his face full of surprise, he stood himself up. "Ha-Haruhi."

As he stood up, Haruhi noticed he dropped something as it fell to her feet. It was a small gift bag. Haruhi picked it up. "What is this? A gift?"

"AH!" Tamaki realized he dropped the little bag and tried to grab it back from Haruhi but he failed in doing so. "You weren't supposed to see that yet!"

"I won't open it yet if you don't want me to." Haruhi stuffed the bag into her pocket and walked over the apartment door as she took out her key. When she opened the door, she saw Tamaki staring at her. "Would you like to come in?"

Tamaki nodded as he entered the room. Haruhi came in after and closed the door. The whole time Haruhi was putting her school supplies down onto a table, it was an awkward silence since neither of them knew what to say to one another.

Haruhi walked into the kitchen towards the sink with her back facing Tamaki. Tamaki was still standing around not saying a word.

"You weren't at school today." Haruhi almost mumbled.

Tamaki turned towards Haruhi. "Yeah, I wasn't feeling too well this morning."

It was silent again.

Haruhi remembered the little bag that she put in her pocket and took it out. She turned around to face Tamaki and she began opening it.

"H-hey! You're opening it!" Tamaki walked over to Haruhi so he could stop her.

"I know I am, senpai." Haruhi glared at him. "Why did you get me a gift in the first place if you didn't want me to open it?"

Tamaki backed off a little bit. "I don't know... I thought you'd want it when I bought it but then I thought you wouldn't like it while I was waiting for you."

"... How long were you waiting?"

"Ah... I don't know..." Tamaki seemed embarrassed.

Haruhi continued to open the little bag and she pulled out a silver bracelet that could hold small charms. There was already one on it- just the letter 'H'. "Thank you, senpai."

Tamaki smiled at Haruhi. He stalled for a moment before he turned towards the door, about to leave. "Alright, well bye!"

Haruhi's eyes widened in surprise. He was just going to leave like that? She couldn't let him leave. "Wait, why did you come here?" I highly doubt that you waited for me to come back from school just so you could give me this bracelet."

Tamaki let out a soft sigh. He turned back around to look at Haruhi again and her eyes gave off a vibe that Tamaki couldn't leave.

Haruhi analyzed Tamaki's face. He wanted to know something. It must have been important between the two of them otherwise he wouldn't have been waiting for her. "I've been worried about you lately because you seem upset over something."

"Wha-what? Me? Upset?"

"...Yes. It must have been important to you, right?"

"What are you getting at Haruhi?"

Haruhi was starting to get irritated. She knew that he wanted to know something but she didn't understand why he wouldn't say anything directly. "Why are you avoiding what you want to ask me?" She snapped.

Tamaki was shocked at Haruhi's sudden outburst, however, what she was saying was true. He had to be more direct with his feelings. He straightened up and looked Haruhi in the eyes. "Ever since... the time in the hospital that you became your own self again..." Tamaki closed his eyes, remembering that night at the ball. "I thought that you... had forgotten what happened at the ball."

Haruhi pondered his statement. Then it hit her. Was he talking about... a kiss?

"That's why I waited for you to come back from school so that I could ask you but I guess I just got too nervous."

Haruhi raised her hand to her mouth. Thinking about the feeling of touching her lips with his. "... So that wasn't just my imagination..." She mumbled.

"What was that?" Tamaki's head tilted a bit to the side.

Haruhi embarrassingly smiled. "We... kissed at the ball... didn't we?"

Tamaki was speechless. Haruhi did remember. He was worrying over nothing after all. "You... I thought you didn't remember anything after you changed back."

"Well... I don't really." Haruhi said walking towards him. "But that doesn't mean I forgot what I have felt... for you."

Tamaki wasn't sure how to respond to Haruhi anymore. His heart was beating so much he could hear it in his ears as she was closing in on him. "Haruhi... I..."

BAM

"Haruhi! I'm ho-ome!" Ranka had swung the door open, making his grand entrance into the apartment. He had thrown his arms into the air, he had a huge grin on his face and his eyes were closed. It was until he opened them that his happy-go-lucky attitude vanished. "WHY ARE YOU ALONE WITH MY DAUGHTER?"

With Haruhi's father suddenly barging in, Tamaki had pushed Haruhi away out of reflex. He held his arms out like the police had burst in wanting to arrest him. "Fujioka-san! It's not what you think!"

"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE, YOU SPOILED RICH BOY!" Ranka demanded trying to attack Tamaki.

"Dad! Hey!" Haruhi yelled.

"Wait! Fujioka-san!"

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A/N: Wow, I think was my longest chapter ever. I hope it wasn't too slow... I felt like it was while typing it =_= I hope you enjoyed it! Thank you for reading and supporting my stories! Please, review and go to my profile for an inside look on a new story that I am developing! Thank you!

~Bliss