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Chapter 21

"Haruhi?" Tamaki called out as the small girl reappeared on the beach and ran pass them all without so much as a glance. Looking in the direction she'd come he saw Kyouya reappear looking somber. Their eyes made contact and Kyouya gave him the "go get her" look and leaned heavily against the rocks.

"Go see if Kyouya needs anything." Tamaki ordered rushing after the distressed damsel.

Apologizing as he shoved pass people and bumped into others, he searched through the crowd of people on the street for Haruhi. She'd rushed into the street market and somehow was fluidly dodging them all.

"Haruhi!" Tamaki called spotting her head as she finally emerged from the crowd and back onto the empty sidewalks.

"Haruhi wait!" Tamaki pushed through the last of the people and hurried up the girl. He caught her by the arm and swung her around, she collide to his chest and to his surprise clung to it.

"Haruhi?" He whispered softly into her hair as he cuddled her to him.

"He can't have me again, not so easily. I've waited a long time, I've suffered through lies and so much more from him. Why should I ever go back to that!" Haruhi's voice was bitter and sharp as her words collided with his chest.

"I know Haruhi, I know." Tamaki's eyes opened to find Kyouya staring at them from across the street, near the street market. Tamaki sighed and lowered his eyes again hugging Haruhi tight to him. He would be her only protection for now.

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Kyouya paced his hotel room ignoring Tamaki's sighs from the bed. He felt like his heart was constricting on him and he might throw up at any moment. All his carefully made plans were going to back fire on him now, all because of one stupid emotional mistake. He should have known better than to provoke Haruhi is such a way.

"What are your plans now?" Tamaki asked a little bored of the other teens pacing. Inside Tamaki was just as conflicted at Kyouya. He'd cared for Haruhi long before Kyouya and right now, he was in the position to make Haruhi fall for him. He felt loyalty to Kyouya but his love for Haruhi was quickly building up.

"I….I don't know anymore." Kyouya sunk to the bed and dropped his head into his hands.

"Are you sure you want to keep doing this?" Tamaki asked cautiously. Kyouya raised his head slowly and looked at Tamaki suspiciously.

"What do you mean?" His voice was bitter and Tamaki caught onto the mood right away.

"Oh nothing, its nothing." He looked away from his best friend and then suddenly sprang to his feet to disperse the atmosphere quickly building up around them.

"How about we plan a big party!" Tamaki had stars in his eyes as he thought of dressing Haruhi up into a beautiful gown and dancing her around the floor for all to see.

"A party?" Kyouya asked rolling his eyes, Tamaki would use any excuses to make a party situation happen.

"Yes, you can win her over there. Every girl wants their knight in shining armor to come sweep them off their feet. It's perfect!" Tamaki glomped onto Kyouya and started rubbing his cheek into the teens hair all starry eyed and far away.

Haruhi's shinning knight? Kyouya considered the thought a plan working in his mind.

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"No."

"But Haruhi!" Tamaki dropped to his knees a tissue in his fist as he held it to his tearful eyes. Haruhi rolled her eyes, and turned her back on the crying teen. She was in no mood for a party, let alone a Tamaki type of party, she knew he had some sort of trick up his sleeve and a part of her wanted to keep running. Run until Kyouya was in the distant past where he could never bother her again, but another part still ached for his touch, the tenderness they had shared. IT drove her mad to think Kyouya's brief show of affection had done this to her.

"It will be a grand celebration, just like it used to be. All of the host club will be there, all your friends." Tamaki's voice whimpered from behind her. Looking over her shoulder at the blonde boy she sighed once more.

"Fine." The boy launched through the air and twirled her about the small apartment knocking over a few things, but the embrace was comforting and warm, Haruhi hung on and laughed. She wouldn't let Kyouya drag her down anymore. Her friends were her priority and she would make time to see them, not the past.