Haruhi/Tamaki
The Engagement: Part XIV
Haruhi wasn't afraid to admit it. It hurt when Tamaki announced the disbanding of the Host Club at the end of the Ouran Fair. It hurt even more how it appeared Tamaki abandoned the Host Club. She learned from Éclaír, it was under her orders. Haruhi wished Tamaki would show some backbone. But he didn't.
Kyoya declared they would continue their Host activities with or without Tamaki. Haruhi missed Tamaki more than she let on. She could tell the others missed him too. But she wouldn't say a word. Éclaír had probably convinced him of something ridiculous. And Haruhi knew it would probably fall to her to snap her idiot of Host Club out of it. Could Tamaki get any dumber?
During the end of the second day, Haruhi saw Tamaki ride out with Éclaír and knew it was then or never. Kyoya was the one who rallied them though. And it was Hikaru who drove the carriage while Honey-senpai and Mori-senpai who held back Kyoya's private guard force. And then Hikaru got hurt. Then it was up to Haruhi. And she almost didn't. She almost let Tamaki get away. But Haruhi was nothing but driven.
So she drove. The clothes the twins had forced her into were too restricting and the wig annoying. She threw them off and lashed. She may not know how to drive a carriage, but she was determined to get Tamaki back, because he was surely being an idiot again.
She regretted letting go of one of the reins afterwards. Why the hell hadn't she switched both the reins to one hand? She ended up getting soaked. But Tamaki was free of Éclaír and some of his stupid delusions. That didn't mean she loved him. Well, it didn't mean she was in love with him. It only meant she was unwilling to have her family torn apart again. Not when she could do something to stop it. It wasn't a sickness or disease that couldn't be cured. It was a misconception that needed to be cleared up. That was all.
Best of all, Haruhi got to keep her family. And that was what was important to her. Not that Tamaki almost left. Not that Éclaír has screwed with his head and he let her. No. What was important was that she didn't lose her family.