"Shhh, she's waking up!"
Haruhi's eyes fluttered open. Huh?
How come the host club members were all standing around her bed?
Honey Sempai shrieked, "Haruhi's awake!" Throwing his arms around her he began to cheer.
"Yay! yay! yay! Haru-chan's okay!"
"Um, Sempai, I appreciate the enthusiasm but please, let me actually get up!"
A bit disorientated, she shook her head. Scanning her surroundings, she noticed that one only person was missing: Tamaki.
Oh yeah. Yesterday.
Haruhi blinked back tears. "Is- is he gone?"
Kyoya looked at her with his usual cool expression, but this time she could see a hint of sadness in his eyes. He swallowed and said, "Tamaki is gone. Unfortunately, even with the help of Honey-Sempai we were overwhelmed when they called in reinforcements. His plane was unable to be stopped."
Honey burst into tears. "I'm sorry Haru-chan! Pease don't hate me, I tried to get them all, I really did!"
Seeing Honey cry made it even harder for Haruhi to hold in her own tears. "It's okay, Sempai, it wasn't hour your fault."
"Bu-"
He was cut off by Mori's deep voice. "Mitskune."
Even Mori, who always wore an impenetrable poker face, looked sad. With one graceful movement of his powerful arms, he scooped up Honey and set him on his shoulders where he buried his face into Mori's dark hair.
"So what happened last night? How'd I get home?" Haruhi asked.
This time it was Kaoru who answered. "Well Hikaru and I stared to worry after you'd been gone for two hours, so we called the host club to come help us find you."
Hikaru, who was now wearing a cast on his arm, took over. "We found you about a mile away out cold next to the broken carriage. Then we brought you home and you've been asleep ever since."
Haruhi scratched her chin. "Hmm... I guess I fell asleep after the crash." Her vision began to blur. "He got away and it's all my fault."
"It wasn't your fault," the twins reassured her.
"Will... will we ever see him again?" Haruhi whispered.
Kyoya shook his head. "I'm sorry."
A single, silent tear made its way down her cheek.