A/N: I realized after I deleted the author's note and added the new chapter that it was messing up my regular reviewers. Sorry about that. Thank you everyone that did review or sent me a private message with your review. Going forward, we should be good to go and I have learned my lesson. XD LOL. Normally, I do a rotation of the stories I am working and this one would not be updated for a couple of more days, but I got the urge to write another chapter and instead of fighting it, I am giving into it. Enjoy!

Chapter 30 – Dream Invasion

Haruhi woke up the next morning groggy and feeling drained. She felt a heavy weight around her waist and instantly knew the arm belonged to her boyfriend. Thinking back over the previous day and everything that happened the night before, she blushed. She knew that she shouldn't feel embarrassed about breaking down and Hunny coming in to comfort her, but she couldn't help it. She never wanted to breakdown in front of him and now he had seen her at her most vulnerable. Of course he had seen her in a similar fashion before, but that was beside the current point.

Haruhi sighed and looked out the window. It was still early and the sun had not yet risen. She thought about what Hunny said and he was right, she couldn't run from it. Hunny wouldn't let her and she had a feeling none of the others would either. She just wasn't sure she could face it all. Fear still had a grip on her, and she couldn't seem to shake the feeling that with the delivery of that letter something was going to happen and it would change her life forever.

A slight tightening of the arm around her waist and movement behind her alerted Haruhi that her sleeping partner was starting to wake up. Turning around to look at him, she watched as his eyes slowly opened and blinked a few times to focus. Hunny had not let go as he stretched his body, if anything he pulled her a bit closer and kissed her nose. Haruhi blushed and could keep a small smile off of her face, "I'm sorry about last night. You didn't have to stay."

"See that is where you are wrong Haru-Chan," Hunny whispered his voice not yet working this morning.

"What do you mean?" Haruhi asked. She thought about everything. Once she was asleep, there was no reason for Hunny to stay with her. He had come and comforted her and once she was asleep, she didn't really need the comfort any longer. She wasn't complaining about the fact that he stayed, but she was starting to feel like she was started to depend on him too much.

Hunny rolled his eyes and kissed her forehead, "I mean that you were really upset and scared last night. I won't leave you when you are hurting like that. I won't let you be alone again." He pulled back a little to be able to look at her in the eye, "Besides, I like waking up with you in my arms."

Haruhi blushed a little more and ducked her head to fit under his chin, "Thank you." She felt like she owed him so much more than those two simple words, but couldn't seem to be able to say anything else.

They lay there for a few minutes before Hunny looked at the clock and groaned. It was too early to be up considering it was on 4:23 am. He hated waking up too early and through the years he still had not become a morning person, however waking up with Haruhi in his arms seemed to temper the beast inside. He smiled a little and said, "How about we get a couple more hours of sleep?" He was closing his eyes when he felt Haruhi nod and snuggle into his chest a little more. This felt right. She fit him perfectly and it made him think that maybe she was made just for him.

Succumbing to slumber once again, they both went into their dream worlds. Hunny dreamed of Haruhi and the future he craved with her. However for Haruhi, it was completely different and she wanted to escape.

Haruhi looked around her, she was in her apartment and it looked as if a hurricane hit it. Chairs and tables were turned over, and dishes were broken with glass scattered all over the floor. She screamed and ran for her father's room. He wasn't there, the room was empty. Not only empty, but completely barren. There wasn't anything in there, not even curtains on the windows. The closet door stood ajar and the only thing she could see was a bloody shoe. It was her father's. Screaming, she ran out of the room.

Haruhi ran into her room. It would be safe, it would protect her, but it didn't. Eight months ago it had served as her worst nightmare coming to life. She had fought and gotten away that night with only minor injuries. Tonight Yasu was standing by an open window. The curtains were billowing in the breeze. She screamed again and turned around to get out of there, but there was no door. It had disappeared. Crying, she punched and felt around for the missing door. This could not be happening to her. An evil laugh behind her alerted her that the predator was getting closer to her. She was frantic and ran to the closet.

Yasu slowly pursued his prey and just as he was about to grab her, she dodged his arms and ran across the room to the closet. She was trapped and there was no escape from him. He told her that she would never be able to get away from him. He laughed once more.

Haruhi ripped open the closet door and shrieked: her father and Hunny was lying there motionless staring up at her. Their eyes felt accusing and she couldn't turn away. Arms grabbed her from behind and she was reminded that she was not alone in the room. She fought and struggled, but she should not get free. She pushed and cried, but he didn't let her go. She was panicking and could not find a way to escape.

Suddenly she was being shaken and she closed her eyes so that she would not see Yasu again. The grip on her shoulder tightened and more shaking. Haruhi heard a voice in her ear and it sounded like Hunny's voice, but that could be right, he was in the closet. She tried to bat the hands away, but one of the hands that was on a shoulder grabbed both of them and would not let go. They held firm. The grip on her one shoulder tightened almost painfully and more shaking. More words and finally she opened her eyes and beside her on the bed in a strange room was Mitsukuni Haninozuka, "Mitsukuni?"

When Hunny saw that she was awake and not fighting any longer, he released her. Her movements and blood curdling screams had woken him up and put him on alert. She was dreaming and he couldn't seem to wake her up at first. When he finally reached her and she opened her eyes, he felt relief wash over him, "It's only me Haruhi. You were having a nightmare." He hugged her and started running his hand up and down her back to sooth her.

"It felt so real," Haruhi sobbed.

"What happened?" Hunny asked. He wasn't really sure if he wanted to know, but he also knew that if she talked about it, it might help lessen the fear. His mother always got him to talk about his bad dreams when he was a kid with that explanation, and she had been right, it did help to talk about it.

Haruhi had no intention of telling Hunny about her dream, but as she cried and soaked his shirt once more, the words poured out of her and she was unable to stop them. She told him everything about the dream from the state of the apartment and finding her father's room with nothing but a bloody shoe, to going to her room, the door disappearing, and Yasu getting her. When she told him about what she found in her closet, she started to choke on her tears and it was hard to talk. She finally got the words out and her body was wracked with cries.

Hunny was chilled to the bone with her accounting of the dream she had just suffered. He had no words and if he did, he didn't know if he would be able to get them out of his mouth. Instead he did what he could physically to comfort her as he started to cry with her. His tears were silent though and Haruhi would probably never know that he cried for her and prayed he could protect her from ever feeling like that again.

When Haruhi calmed down a little bit and it seemed she had cried all of her tears out, Hunny pulled back and asked, "Do you want to go back to sleep?" He didn't figure she did, he knew he didn't, but he thought he would ask. He did know that regardless if they got up now or later, he was not ready to leave her side.

Haruhi didn't speak, but she shook her head. She couldn't sleep right now after that dream. She was done with closing her eyes for any lengthy period of time, at least for now.

"Ok, let's get up and have breakfast and then we will go to the dojo. I am not leaving you defenseless," Hunny said as he helped her stand. When she nodded her agreement, he pulled her into his arms and hugged her once again. "Will you be alright getting ready? I can get someone to help you."

In a small voice she said, "I can do it."

"I will be right next door. If you need anything, you come to my room. Ok?"

Haruhi nodded her agreement and moved towards the ensuite bathroom. She stopped when she was just a couple of steps from the door and turned around to look at Hunny, "I am not going to run, but I don't want to see you hurt."

"Haru-Chan, I won't tell you that nothing can hurt me because I am just human, but that dream will not happen. We will all be extra careful and make sure that not only you are safe, but that we stay safe as well," Hunny explained.

Haruhi nodded and once more turned to walk into the bathroom. She needed to wash away the remnants of that dream. Hunny was there and alive. Her father was not at the apartment last night and would be staying with her at the Haninozuka estate. Hunny was a martial arts king and could fight and win against a whole squadron of Kyoya's private guard. Taking a deep breath, she tried to calm herself down. Now was not the time to lose it. She just had to keep reminding herself that they had more on their side than Yasu had on his. Everything would be fine, just fine.