Tamaki's cry was the only thing that Haruhi could hear. As soon as she heard the noise, she knew that it would always echo through her mind. The last time she heard a sound like that was from her father when her mother passed. It was the single cry let out when someone you love dearly has left your life. It was the cry of pure heartache and longing, and it had just come out of him when Kyoya walked away. But now, here she was, unable to move while she tried to figure out what she should do next.

She was confused as she watched, wondering what exactly was said to cause Tamaki to respond the way he did. He was an emotional person by nature, but she had never seen him respond quite like this. It was far worse than when he was almost forced to go back to France with Lady Éclair. At that time, he just became sullen and almost dead inside,with no emotion whatsoever. His pain this time was so much worse.

Slowly she approached him, wondering what had happened, and what she could do to comfort him. He was still on his knees, hunched over as though he didn't have the strength to even lift his body any higher than he was. As she drew closer, she could hear him speaking to the air, very softly and weakly saying, "please," but not looking up. There were patches of damp ground under his head from tears, new areas appearing before he very eyes.

Very cautiously she placed her hand onto his shoulder and rubbed slowly. His sobs were causing his entire body to shake violently. All she wanted to do was be able to help calm him, but she had no idea where to start. Above all, he didn't even seem to register that she was there. He was still staring down, breath coming in ragged, forced bursts as if they were causing him pain. Tears were still flowing from his eyes.

"Tamaki, what happened?" she asked, kneeling next to him to be even closer.

His head turned as he looked around. She wrapped her arm around him to be able to hold him closer. One hand rubbed his arm while the other gently caressed his hair. He was crying, though now it was silent, dripping slowly down his cheek as his eyes finally locked onto hers. It was clear that he wasn't really seeing her next to him, but rather knew that someone was there.

"Tamaki?" she asked, hoping that he was able to hear her. Her worry for him was beginning to cause a slight panic tone in her voice that she hoped he wasn't noticing. "Are you okay?"

He seemed more aware of her this time, and of himself. His eyes were sliding into focus as she watched, which made her more worried. There was even more pain in his eyes now that he was coming back to her. Whatever had happened was beginning to truly process in his mind. She wanted to make it stop for him,but didn't know where to begin.

"Please talk to me," she begged, unable to hide the panic she felt anymore. She didn't care; she needed to know that he was okay.

"He..." Tamaki tried, but his feeble voice broke off before he could even get started. The hurt in his voice was tangible, like a force standing between them so that her comfort was wasted. Despite this, she rubbed his hand softly, just so that she could still be touching him. He looked at her then, and she could see he was being tormented by some force that no once could control. She wiped a tear from his eye that was slowly making its way down his face.

His voice strained as he said, "Kyoya is leaving."

Haruhi's heart stopped."The country? That's okay Tamaki, we can go visit him. That's no reason to be upset." She knew what he had meant by that, but didn't want to believe it herself. That was Tamaki's best friend, and she couldn't think of a reason why he would be trying to get out of his life so suddenly. He meant just as much to Kyoya as Kyoya meant to him. What could possibly be going through his head to make him say those things?

"No, he's leaving me. He wants nothing to do with me. I'm too much for him to be friends with."

Lie to him if you have to. Don t let him know that this could really be the end of their friendship. Comfort him. "Oh Tamaki, he probably is just stressed. His family is most likely pushing him to be more like his brothers again. You know how they are, always trying to make him conform to their ideals. Just give him some space, and let him think for a bit." She only hoped that her words would be enough to calm him. It was her way to give him hope.

He got quiet, lost in his own head again. She didn't want to tell him that this hurt her too. While she was not as close to Kyoya as Tamaki was, it still hurt to see him leaving like this. It could only be assumed that if he was leaving one, he would be leaving the other. At least Tamaki got a goodbye of sorts. She just got to watch him walk away from a distance, never getting to say goodbye.

Coward, she thought, hoping that she hadn't actually spoke it out loud. He was a selfish asshole for not even saying goodbye to her. Did he decide to disown everyone else as well? She doubted it. Or was is her fault that she was leaving? Maybe he really didn't like the fact that Tamaki had been spending his time with her. Had she come too far between them that she ruined the closest friendship that Tamaki had ever had?

She really hoped not, but she wouldn't get the answer now. If Kyoya wanted to cut them out of his life, then she would do the same back. An anger was beginning to grow in her. It was white hot, and she would never forget it. No one could hurt Tamaki this way and not be hated by her.

There was a part of her that was blaming herself though. She should have been able to see through Kyoya and known that he was going to hurt Tamaki. It was her fault that she hadn't been able to prevent this. Normally she was better at reading people, but Kyoya had managed to fool her, even earlier that day. She had seen that something was off and didn't do anything about it. Maybe if she had, she could have...

No, she thought, you cant blame yourself for this. There is nothing you could have done to prevent his. Kyoya had his mind made up long before you saw him this morning. Nothing you did or didn't do could not have influenced it.

After a long moment that seemed like forever Tamaki said, "You're right, my love. There must be more to this than I am seeing. He must have a good reason to say these things. I'm sure he will be talking to me in a few days and explain then what is going on."

He stood on shaking legs and took her hand, she only wished that Tamaki could believe the words that he had just said, or better yet, that she could believe them herself.