A/N: Well it looks like Tamaki will always be the overdramatic, overprotective, a bit domineering friend to Haruhi. Gotta love him… sort of. LOL. Sierra Wood asked about Kyoya getting the twins back for the "mommy" dress, and he has not gotten retribution yet, but he will. Poor twins, you almost have to feel sorry for them. I like think that Kyoya has the memory of an elephant, he never forgets. LOL. Yasu is not done and fully intends to get his revenge, but will he succeed? Here is the next chapter, please review if you can.

Chapter 53 – Unspoken Truths

Tamaki was pacing the floor of his home office unable to sit down and relax. After he had gotten off of the phone with Haruhi, he became even more anxious for her safety and couldn't help the feeling of foreboding that shook his body. He couldn't sit, he couldn't work, hell he couldn't concentrate on anything except the fact that Haruhi was in real danger and he could do nothing to help her. Part of him had hoped that this whole thing with Yasu would have blown over by now, that it was some kind of sick joke. It was finally dawning on him that everything was real and that someone was out to get someone precious to him.

Thinking back over the phone call he had with Haruhi, he had been completely serious when he told her that he wanted her to move in with him for security reasons. He trusted Kyoya's security force, but Tamaki didn't have control over them. If Haruhi used his security team, he could have the control and the knowledge. He had tried to call his best friend several times, but kept getting voice mail. Where was the Shadow King and why wasn't he calling him back? The more he thought, the more frustrated he became.

"You know if you keep walking back and forth, you will walk a hole in that Persian rug," Yuzuru teased his son from the doorway. He had not seen Tamaki so out of focus since his son and Haruhi had broken up and then when she decided that her host friends were not good enough for her.

Snapping his head towards the voice, Tamaki scowled, "How long have you been standing there?"

"About five minutes. What's wrong?" Yuzuru asked his voice full of parental concern.

The blonde ran a hand through his hair and shook his head, "Nothing."

"It doesn't look like nothing to me. Sometimes talking about things helps, but if you don't want to talk to me, you could always talk to your mother."

"I guess I better tell you anyway since there could be some problems," he sighed as he sat down. Tamaki gave in and told him everything that had been happening. When he was done, he felt old and drained. Looking up at the face of his father, the older man looked scared and worried.

"So no one knows where this man is right now?"

"No, and we are all worried about what he is going to do next. I am even more concerned about Haruhi."

"I am a little surprised that she is back in everyone's good graces. Didn't she decide that she could do better than you? Now she brings this trouble with her, maybe it would have been better if she would have stayed away. I know you love her and I always wanted her for a daughter-in-law, but I think this is just too much for you and the others to shoulder."

Tamaki had never told his father the whole story of why he and Haruhi broke up or why Haruhi left. He had always been a little ashamed of his behavior and never wanted to admit that it could be, or was his fault; and even today he did not mention that little piece of information or the fact that she was now with Hunny. With his head hanging low, he started to mumble through an explanation.

"What was that Tamaki? You need to speak clearly if you want people to understand you."

Sighing, the former prince felt utterly defeated, "I said that there was a lot more to it than that."

Yuzuru was confused because he was sure his son told him that Haruhi left her friends behind because she decided they were of no use to her any longer and she could do better; and although that did not sound like the Haruhi he knew, he had also known that after the breakup with Tamaki she changed. She had told him that she was not ready to be tied down to one person and she didn't love him. At the time, he could see the hurt on his son's face as he relayed the events and words to him. At the time the older Suoh believed that it had been for the best that she was out of the hosts' lives, but now he wondered what the whole story was, "What do you mean?"

Standing up and moving to the window to stare out unseeingly into nothingness even though the garden was right there, Tamaki had a swarm of thoughts running through his head. Was he ready to own up to his mistakes? Was he ready to admit what he had done? "We pushed her away."

"I don't understand. You said…"

Tamaki interrupted his father, "I know what I told you. I guess I wasn't ready to admit to anything. I didn't want to be guilty of driving her away."

Perplexed, the elder Suoh inquired, "What did you do to her?"

"Before or after the breakup?" Tamaki barked bitterly.

Yuzuru wasn't sure what was going on, but he did know his son was hurting and the longer you held onto secrets that ate away at your soul, the harder it would get. He knew that from experience and almost lost his son and the woman he loved because of it; that was the last thing he wanted for his own flesh and blood. Standing up and walking over to his child, he put a hand on his shoulder and simply ordered him, "Let it out son. You won't be able to let it go until you do."

Taking in a deep shuddering breath, the blonde let it out slowly, "We drove her away. After the break-up, it was really hard but slowly she and I started to work on our friendship. I honestly believe that if all of our closest friends weren't the same, it would have completely destroyed any type of relationship we had with each other; but we got to the point where we were friends again and it was good. At least I thought it was good. Then she met Yasu and we didn't like him. We told her our feelings, but she stayed with him. Before…before…" Tamaki paused fighting the urge to cry. Taking another breath, he swallowed hard and continued, "Before she left, we had tried to tell her what to do. We told her that she couldn't be with Yasu and proceeded to try to control aspects of her life, some of us more than others. Actually after the break-up, I reverted back into my daddy persona with her and tried to control things even before Yasu entered the picture. When she told us she was engaged, we lost it and told her to choose: it was us or him."

To say that Yuzuru was shocked would be an understatement; he never thought that the boys would go that far with the girl that had penetrated each of their hearts, "Tamaki…"

"I know dad. She made her choice and it wasn't us. He is the one that abused her and is out to get her now, but we tried to control her also. I was one of the worst ones."

"It is because you dated her and had that connection," he tried to give his son an out.

A mirthless laugh escaped the younger man's mouth, "No, I was like that before Yasu. I was like that during our relationship."

"What did you do to her?" He wasn't sure he wanted to hear this, but the Suoh patriarch needed to know what happened because he had his own demons to deal with. Due to the pain he had seen etched on his son's face, he tried to interfere in Haruhi's career, but couldn't do too much. He was able to block some of the more prestigious internships from her though. It was a small victory at the time, but now it felt hollow. Had he unjustly punished the girl?

"Do you really want to know?"

"Yes," Yuzuru whispered. He may not want to know, but he needed to know.

A tear started to fall from one of his violet eyes, but Tamaki didn't wipe it away, "I did what I always told myself I would never do to a woman."

"WHAT?" The question sounded strangled to the elder's ears and could only imagine how it sounded to his son.

"I always wanted to make women happy. That was the whole premise of the Host Club. In the middle of it, I found love and pursued her, ultimately winning her away from the others. You would have thought I would treasure something like that, and I did at first, but then things changed. I tried to pressure her into things she wasn't ready for. At one point in time when we were on vacation together I threw her on the couch and held her down as I groped her hoping it would turn her on and she would give in, but I stopped when I realized that she wasn't going to go through with it. She never did. In fact, that was the final straw for her and she broke up with me. She didn't like me trying to control her or pressure her into anything, and the fact that I tried to force myself on her… well, I am surprised I am still alive and intact."

"Tamaki…" He couldn't believe what he was hearing. All this time he thought that Haruhi had wronged his son, but it was the other way around. The fact that she had remained friends with him after the break-up was a testament to how truly marvelous of a person she was.

"Save it. I know what I did was horrible, and this is the first time I have actually said what I did out loud. I wasn't going to rape her, I knew that I would stop if she couldn't be convinced to go further, and I did; but that doesn't excuse what I did because I still forced myself on her in a way. I loved her and wanted to know that she was mine and mine alone."

"That isn't how you show it! Love is so much more than the physical Tamaki."

"I know."

After a few minutes of silence, Yuzuru asked, "So what are you going to do now?"

"What do you mean?" Tamaki probed with a perplexed look on his face tears still swimming in his eyes.

Taking a moment to gather his thoughts, the patriarch questioned his son, "Have you ever apologized for what you did? Do you want her back? Do you still love her?"

"I apologized for some things, but not everything. As for wanting her back, I do, but it is too late. I will always love her, but I am not the one she was meant to be with," the son turned desolate eyes upon his father.

"Her being back could be a second chance for you."

Tamaki shook his head sadly, "No, it isn't. It is another chance to right my wrongs and to be the friend I wasn't. She has found love and is happy now. The best thing I can do is to support her and let her be with someone that really loves her and makes her happy the way I could never do."

"Who?"

"The man who brought her back into our lives, Mitsukuni Haninozuka. I always knew that he loved her and he reached a level of depression none of us achieved when she left. Even Yasuchika had a hard time reaching him. Mori was at a loss as to what to do at one point in time and really thought that Hunny had lost it. Hunny was always the happiest and the most outgoing in our little group, even more so than me, but when Haruhi left it was like the sun went into hiding for him. He wasn't himself and he was only the shell of the man he once was. When Haruhi came back into our lives, the old Hunny found his way back to the surface, and she found someone she could trust and love. The way she looks at him is so much deeper than the way she ever looked at me."

"You seem to have grown up before my eyes."

"No, it took me until today to realize that if I try to come between them, I will be destroying two people's happiness and maybe more than that because I could lose them both as friends. We were always a family and our family is whole once again. I could be the one to tear it apart if I keep trying to win her over."

"What do you mean keep trying?"

"I tried to win her back, to show her that I loved her and we belonged together. Everyone tried to warn me against doing that, but I kept trying and trying. Kyoya even talked to me and I decided to just bide my time and wait for my opening. I can't do that to her any more. I have hurt her enough," Tamaki whispered as the tears started to flow freely now.

He had always tried to teach his son that actions have consequences, and this is just one more example of that. His son had been through so much in his life, and in the end the Host Club was the thing that helped him get through the hate and anger that were directed at him from his grandmother. Common ground was finally found, but it was his friends that had helped him to endure and make it through each day with a smile on his face. Now Tamaki had to learn to let go. Yuzuru knew that his son was not proud of the actions he took against the woman he loved, but the patriarch also knew that Tamaki had punished himself more than the elder could and therefore, Yuzuru decided to keep his words to himself only saying, "I think you need to apologize to her and let yourself move on and heal."

Nodding, Tamaki knew his father was right, but that didn't make it any easier, "I will."

"You are my son and although I don't tell you enough, I do love you. You made a mistake, but it could have been so much worse. I think Haruhi knows the type of man you really are, otherwise she would not be willing to still be friends with you regardless of what friends you have in common."

Tamaki pulled out a handkerchief and wiped his face, "Thank you dad."

"We all make mistakes."

A ringing from Tamaki's pocket stopped any reply he was going to say to his father, "That's Kyoya."

"I will leave you to your call then," Yuzuru stated and walked out of the office as Tamaki answered his cell phone. When he had seen his son pacing, he had not expected the conversation he received. It looked like more than just the younger Suoh owed an apology to the young woman.

"Kyoya!" Tamaki answered the line knowing who it was from the ringtone.

"What do you need Tamaki? I had 12 voice mails from you in less than two hours. I know Haruhi is safe because I talked to Hunny earlier and they are in a secret location. So what do you mean that Haruhi is in danger and you need to protect her?" Kyoya started his inquisition. He had been expecting the call and knowing how dramatic Tamaki could be, knew that it was going to be over the top and it was. He had received 12 voicemails, 16 missed calls which meant that Tamaki had not left a message each time, and 8 text messages. Each one bespoke of the danger Haruhi was in and that he wanted to help with her security and have her moved to the Suoh estate.

"I heard about what happened with Ranka and the drop. I just think that we need to re-evaluate her security detail and do something to make sure she is protected."

"I have. She is in a safe house and no, you will not learn of the location. She has body guards from the Ootori force and from the Haninozuka family. She is more protected than most government officials. He will not get to her. I have also put Ranka in a safe house and increased his security. They are of course not in the same location. Moving her to the Suoh house would do nothing but increase the danger for both you and her. He has a file on each one of the hosts and although the information is not complete, he will probably stake out our houses looking for her there first. The man is an escape artist. Keeping her where she is will be safer for everyone. Besides Hunny is with her and will make sure nothing happens to her."

There was a moment of silence before Tamaki said, "I just don't want to lose her again."

Sighing, Kyoya knew what Tamaki meant and he felt the same way, "I know Tamaki, but right now the best thing we can do is stay on our guard and keep everyone safe. We will not lose her again if I have anything to do about it, and I think Hunny would fight tooth and nail to make sure Yasu didn't touch one hair on her head."

"He really loves her."

"He does."

"She loves him too."

Kyoya was a bit more hesitant because he was trying to figure out where his best friend was going with this conversation, "She does. They are good together and make each other happy."

"I wish it was me."

"I know you do, but that isn't going to happen any longer Tamaki. I think that Hunny and Haruhi have something that will last, and if you interfere in that, you could create more unhappiness. Right now she needs the anchor that Hunny provides."

"I know."

There was something in the blonde's tone that told Kyoya that something had changed, and he was finally letting Haruhi go, "What changed?"

"I have done a lot of thinking and I realized some things. Hunny is the best thing for her and although I love her, she deserves to be happy because she didn't have that with me or with Yasu."

Pushing up his glasses and smirking, Kyoya declared, "So the prince has finally grown up and realized that there is more to life than just his world."

That stung, but Tamaki knew he deserved it, "You could say that."

"So no more talk about moving her to your house or changing her security detail?"

"No, you seem to have it under control. I just wish I was more in control of this situation. I don't like Yasu being out there and causing trouble."

"We all feel the same way Tamaki."

"I know, but at least you have some control over her security and safety."

"She needs her friends right now and you have control over that."

Kyoya was right. He may not be able to control her life or her security, but he could be a friend to her and support her when she needs it, "Thank you Kyoya."

"Was there anything else Tamaki?"

"Has the girl woken up yet?"

"Periodically, but she is not up for answering questions. Today there was some swelling on the brain and they are trying to use drugs to bring it down since it wasn't too severe. Right now it is a wait and see game."

"Is there anything I can do?"

"Pray we catch a break soon. I don't know what Yasu has planned, but I do know he is dangerous and he doesn't care who gets in his way."

"How is he able to hide?"

"I don't know, but Kasanoda is looking for him too. I need you to do one thing for me."

"Anything."

"I need school transcripts, testing, and anything else Yasu's school records may have in them. I have some information and was going to pull some more, but I want to see what you can come up with. I am pulling stuff on my own, but since you work within a school system, you may be able to find things I can't. Go to the damn schools and use your princely charm to get the information from the secretaries if you need to."

"I will do that. Send me the list of schools and I will make sure it gets done."

"I am sending now."

"Is there anything else?"

"That is all. Just be careful. I don't know where he is or what he has planned. Take your security detail if you leave the estate."

"I know. Thanks Kyoya."

"You're welcome. I have to go now."

"Good bye!" Tamaki spoke with a smile in his voice. He had wanted to contribute and now he could. It made him feel useful, and he looked at it as a way that he could make it up to Haruhi, at least a little bit.

Shaking his head, Kyoya hit the end button and pocketed his phone again. He knew that Tamaki needed something to do so that he felt like he contributed in stopping Yasu, so he gave him the job of finding out any information he may be missing. System records only held so much information. There could be more in a physical file lying in a school storage unit somewhere. He wanted anything and everything on this so called genius.

Mori looked at Kyoya after he got off of the phone, "Tamaki?"

"Yes, it appears our good king has finally decided that Haruhi and Hunny are perfect for each other and he wanted to help with her security. He is going to see what he could find in the school records that I am missing," Kyoya explained as he started to type on his laptop again.

"That doesn't surprise me. It was only a matter of time."

"I agree, although I thought it might take longer."

Their conversation was halted when the hospital door opened and Rie walked in, "Can I have a moment alone with my sister?"

"No," Kyoya denied her request emphatically. It was a critical time for Masami and he would not allow her sister to interfere in that. The moments she had woken up and her sister was there, it was obvious the girl had been upset as her heart rate accelerated and her blood pressure increased. No, he would not leave her alone with the patient.

Looking down at her feet, Rie had expected as much, but wanted to have a moment with her sister to tell her how sorry she truly was for what she did. Without arguing, she moved to her sister's side and held her hand keeping the words of apology in her heart instead of releasing them into the world. She wasn't sure what she was afraid of, the men behind her had already passed judgment, but she wasn't ready to spill her thoughts and feelings in front of someone else right now.

Mori cleared his throat and gave a pointed look at Kyoya silently telling him to leave the room. He knew that the girl had things to tell her sister, but probably didn't want to talk in front of them. If he could get Kyoya to leave, the girl would probably feel more comfortable since Mori was the silent one of the group.

Kyoya caught the look his friend was giving him and rolled his eyes, "Fine, I am going to go down to get us some coffee and talk to my brother. I will be back in about thirty minutes." When he was about to walk out of the room, he turned to Rie, "I suggest you use this time wisely."

As soon as the door closed, Rie stated softly, "He is a hard man, isn't he?"

"Ah," Mori replied.

"You don't talk much, do you?"

"When I need to. What you did to my cousin was wrong, but I believe that you have some feelings for him, so it couldn't have all been a lie. I have a close relationship with my brother and if he were the one lying there right now, I don't know what I would do, but I know I would be terrified. You need time with her, but we cannot leave you alone with her because she gets upset in your presence. This is as alone as you will get and believe me when I say it is better he left than me."

"Thank you," Rie whispered and knew he heard her when he grunted. Squeezing her sister's hand, she told her in hushed tones, "I love you Masami. I never meant to hurt you or to make you think you were less than what you are. I mean, I guess I did, but I never thought you would end up like this. I was so wrong in so many things and I lied to you about some of them. Chika and I weren't engaged, but I did have feelings for him. I loved him. It is over now though because part of that was a lie too. I liked the fact that he was rich and that was one of the reasons I was with him. It was so wrong of me and I wish I could change it but I can't. I was horrible to you that night and I am sorry for everything I said. You have always been there for me and tried to build me up and I did nothing but try to tear you down. I wasn't the sister you needed, but I want to be there for you now. Please be ok. I still need you as my sister. Please don't leave me." She was crying now and didn't care. A box of tissues appeared on the bed and she looked up to see Mori walking away, "Thank you."

"You are hurting, but don't think this means you are forgiven," Mori stopped in his steps back to his seat and turned around, "It takes more courage to speak the truth and to support someone in the face of adversity than it does to lie and try to attack them." With that said he returned to his seat and picked up a book that was sitting on the table next to it.

"I know that now," Rie cried quietly and brushed some hair out of her sister's face.

When Kyoya had left the room, he did what he said he was going to do and got a cup of coffee before seeking out his brother. Finding Yuuichi in his office, Kyoya walked in when he was signaled and asked, "What do you think her chances are?"

Yuuichi knew who his brother was talking about and shook his head, "With this latest development, I don't know. She is stable, but she is still critical and I don't know how long it will take before she can recover from this latest hurdle. Based on the latest results, there is still a chance she won't make it. I do know that she is young and based on what I have heard, she is a fighter, but I don't think she is fighting this fight. I just don't know if she will make it or not. There hasn't been much improvement with the meds and if the swelling doesn't go down with that, we will have to release some of the pressure surgically. That in itself carries its own risks and I right now I can't tell you if she would survive something like that. I would say her chances right now are 50/50. Part of that is dependent on her though. I wish I had better news Kyoya, but right now it doesn't look good." It was one of the hardest things he had to tell Kyoya and he didn't like passing on bad news. He hoped Masami would find the will to fight though because she was so young and there was so much more life to live.