A/N: Well it has been a little intense lately, but some interesting developments. Yasu has working guns, Tamaki apologized and Hunny found out everything (and now he wants to kill Tamaki), Yasu left a package for Haruhi, Masami had to have surgery and surprisingly Chika stepped up to the plate so that she had someone on her side, and finally Tamaki's father blocked Haruhi from getting any major internships. Whew! Sorry everyone, but it will not let up any time soon; so be ready for a ride. I already know what is going to happen and there aren't many chapters left. Enjoy this new installment!

Chapter 55 – Wait and See

A month had passed since that day that Masami had been wheeled in for surgery to relieve the pressure on her brain, and Yasu had left his "present" for Haruhi. A month of what seemed like endless torture to Haruhi. It all started with that one package and then the mental assault continued for three weeks. Pictures, mementoes, reminders of her time with Yasu left in places she frequented, her father's work, the front gate to her friends' estates, H-Chan, everywhere that had meaning to her; and he had yet to be caught.

Haruhi had begun to think he was unstoppable, uncatchable, but Kyoya would remind her that everyone makes mistakes at some point in time and Yasu would make one too. In theory she knew he was right, but as each day passed and more things were delivered and he wasn't caught, she had to wonder if Kyoya might be wrong.

After a picture of Haruhi sleeping with Yasu next to her, it was apparent he was the photographer, was delivered to the Haninozuka front gate, Haruhi lost it. She wanted to leave to protect everyone and that meant leave behind her relationship with Hunny. It had not been an easy choice to make and even harder to tell Hunny that she wanted to break-up, she wanted to leave.

Flashback two weeks ago (two weeks after packages started arriving)…

"Mitsukuni, can I talk to you for a second?" Haruhi asked softly trying to buck up and get this over with. She knew that this was going to be hard and he would fight it, but she had to win for his sake and the sake of their friends and families.

Hunny knew that something was wrong and he had a feeling that he was not going to like what she had to say. Haruhi was looking anywhere buy at him and she looked as spooked as a baby deer. He was sure it had something to do with all of the little "gifts" Yasu was leaving everywhere, it had been wearing on her psychologically and he wondered how close to her breaking point she was. Setting down the paperwork he was going through, he patted the seat next to him on the couch and smiled reassuringly, "Sure Haru-Chan. What is it?"

Shaking her head, Haruhi continued to stand. She had to be firm and if she was near him, her resolve would crumble. She had finally found the perfect man for her and she had to leave him. If only she had seen what was in front of her nose the entire time. Tightening her fists at her side to stop herself from reaching out, she dug her nails into her hands to try to keep herself from crying as she spoke, "Please don't say anything until I am done and don't argue with me. My mind is made up. I have been doing a lot of thinking and have decided a few things. We need to break-up and I need to leave. If I go, Yasu will probably stop bothering you and you can get back to your life. There are too many lives at stake right now and at least when I am gone everyone will have a chance at a normal life."

"Do you really believe that?" Hunny asked his face and voice begged her to reconsider, to think about what she was asking of him.

Nodding her head, she answered still unable to look him in the eye, "It just makes sense."

"Do you love me?"

Swallowing past the knot in her throat, she knew this question was going to come up. Didn't he realize she was doing this because she did love him? She told herself to lie through her teeth, "No, I realized that I can't love you." The words were weak and breathless. She had never been really good at lying and lying to Hunny was breaking her heart.

Hunny stood up and walked over to her and used his hand to lift her face so that she would look at him, "Tell me to my face that you don't love me and you really believe that Yasu will leave us alone if you left. Tell me the truth."

Didn't he know how hard this was for her? How this was torturing her? She tried to lower her eyes so that she wasn't looking at him, but once her eyes locked with his, she couldn't. She thought she could continue with her lie and took in a deep breath, "I-I-I can't." Tears were flowing down her cheeks and she could not stop them, "I just want him to leave you alone and if there is a chance it will happen after I leave, then shouldn't I try? Aren't our families more important than me staying?"

Hunny pulled her into his arms and held her tightly afraid that she would disappear at any moment in time as his own tears started to leak out of his eyes, "Do you remember me telling you that where you go, I would follow. That is still true today. Yasu won't leave us alone. He targeted us because we are your friends and he thinks we took you away from him. If you leave, you are in more danger than if you stay and our lives would still be at risk. He is a lunatic and he is not going away just because you try to will it Haruhi. I know you are worried and that everything he is doing is playing with your emotions and your mind; and I am not going to lie and say that it isn't getting to me also because it is, but we are stronger together than we are apart. You have to know that. I love you Haruhi Fujioka and if you want to leave, I am going with you, but so will our bodyguards."

"Why?" She wasn't sure if she was asking why he was saying all of that, why he wouldn't let her go, or why Yasu was torturing her. It was the only word she could choke out. She felt her defenses lowering and her resolve was crumbling.

Kissing the side of her head and burying his face into her hair, he let the strands wipe away the wetness, "Because I love you more than I ever thought possible, more than I did the day of the café and I can't let you go. I would rather die than to lose you now. You are my other half and I cannot say good bye to that. I know that Yasu has a vendetta against us and that he will not leave just because you do. He wants to send us a message that you belong to him and we cannot have you. If you leave you will be putting yourself in more danger and nothing will change here. I won't let him hurt you anymore and if you left me, I wouldn't know if he got to you or not. Please Haruhi, don't leave me." He was begging and he didn't care. If she would give in to his plea, he would get down on his knees and grovel.

She held on to him tightly as the sobs increased, "I just don't want him to hurt you or anyone else. It took Masami almost a week to open her eyes after surgery and then had some memory problems because of him. If he hurt you, it would be so much worse and I don't think… I don't think…"

"Shhh, I know Haruhi. I know."

Standing there she let his warmth seep into her core and she knew she couldn't carry out her plans. She was staying in his arms where she felt at home. She knew that he was probably right and that Yasu would not leave them alone, but that didn't stop her from wanting to try anything that could help even a little bit. However Hunny was right, Yasu had a grudge against the hosts for simply being in her life and her best friends.

Hunny picked up his crying girlfriend and carried her into the bedroom of their suite and laid her down in the bed. Crawling in with her, he pulled her once again into the circle of his arms and wouldn't release her even after her crying subsided and she had fallen asleep.

End of flashback…

It was the reason that two weeks later, she was still in the hotel suite in Tokyo with Hunny. The packages stopped coming a week ago and for seven days now it had been eerily quiet in regards to Yasu. She was grateful they stopped, but the damage had already been done and she was mentally drained and terrified waiting for the next shoe to drop. She knew he wasn't finished with her or her friends yet, but no one could figure out what he had planned.

The remaining records Tamaki had found were more of the same as what he had received previously: psychological tests showing that Yasu was a troubled kid with psychotic tendencies, but he was a genius with connections and ways of getting out of anything and everything. Haruhi believed he could and was giving their own Shadow King a run for his money.

The former Host Club king had tried talking to her several times, but she wouldn't take his calls. She wasn't ready. His phone call brought up a lot of those feelings of inadequacy and hurt overall, and mistrust towards him. She wasn't sure that if in her current mental state she could forgive him. She loved him and counted him as a friend, but she had issues to get through and the current situation did not allow for her to really dwell and resolve them. So his calls went unanswered and the rift remained.

Hunny knew it was hard for Haruhi. She had a soft heart and wanted to forgive her friends, but what Tamaki did to her was not something she could easily get over with the Yasu situation still in full bloom. He had been the one to be there since she came back into their lives to hold her and comfort her during her nightmares. He had been the one to sooth her when she cried because she felt haunted. Tamaki had no real inkling of what he had started and Yasu finished. He did know that Tamaki would not get out of this so easily. Unsure when he would get the chance, Hunny knew he would be having a little chat with his blonde friend at some point in the future and Tamaki would learn what it meant to hurt Haruhi.

Walking into the bedroom to check on his girlfriend, Hunny found Haruhi working on her school work. She was so close to finishing and she wasn't even allowed to attend classes. Kyoya had set up webcams so that she could watch the lectures and she was still able to do all of her assignments by turning them in electronically, but she missed going to school and participating in class. Smiling at her, he walked out of the room and closed the door behind him. She would be busy for a while.

As he was about to sit down on the couch and work on some of his own stuff, Hunny's cell phone started to ring. Answering it after a brief glance at the caller id, he said, "Moshi moshi Chika-Chan."

"Hey, Masami is going to be released tomorrow," Chika stated. He had become the girl's protector and tried to be at the hospital for her as much as possible, even when Rie was there. He didn't want anything to upset Masami or anything to happen to her, and Rie was still a stress factor for her; but Chika also couldn't keep two siblings apart as much as he wanted to. Instead he was her shadow.

Confused as to what this had to do with him, Chika stated, "That's great! Did you need me to do something?"

"I want to take her to the estate. I think it would be safer for her, but Rie wouldn't be able to come over. Too much coming and going by her could present a danger if that fucking lunatic were to see it."

"That's true. I would say take her to mine and Takashi's apartment, but that was where the last package was left so it isn't safe."

"So what do I do? Tell Rie that she can't see her sister for however long?"

"No, as much as she was wrong and Masami is still trying to get over the pain she caused, we can't come between them," Hunny sighed understanding why his brother was calling him now, "How is she doing?"

"She is ok. Her speech pattern is getting better and her memory is coming back. She still has some therapy to do, but she doesn't need to be in the hospital for that. The head is healing really well. I guess I could talk to Kyoya about keeping her in the hospital longer, but Yuuichi said that she might do better in a home environment away from all of the doctors and everything."

"I agree with him," the elder Haninozuka said rubbing his forehead.

Running his hands through his hair, Chika was frustrated by the whole situation. It would be easier if Rie wasn't so insistent on seeing her sister and trying to fix the hurt she caused. He refused to let her take Masami full time though, not when the injured girl still stressed about being around her sister. That wasn't going to help her get better, "So any suggestions?"

"I will call you back. It might be best to get a hotel suite or an apartment to take her to."

"That is what I was thinking also, but I wasn't sure how fast we could move on the apartment; and since you, Haruhi, and Ranka are currently holed up in hotels, I wasn't sure if that is something we wanted to do with her."

"It's ok. Give me five minutes and I will call you back."

"Ok."

Hunny knew that Chika hung up before anything else could be said, and so he immediately dialed Kyoya to see what he suggested since he was in charge of the security of everyone.

"Hunny? Is everything ok with Haruhi?" Kyoya answered the phone surprised to hear from his friend since they had a conference call later that day at his office to review everything they have found so far.

"Yah Kyo-Chan. She is working on her school work right now and listening to a lecture. She is fine."

"Is there something else wrong then?"

"Masami is being released from the hospital tomorrow and Chika-Chan doesn't think she should go home with Rie. I agree with him on that one. Your brother thinks she would do better at home than in the hospital now. It makes sense, but my brother doesn't know where to take her. He wanted to take her to my family estate, but Rie would insist on visiting and too much in and out traffic there would be a beacon to Yasu and he may try something with her."

"Agreed."

"So what do we do about our patient?"

"I think the best thing to do is to put her in a hotel room for now. Will Yasuchika want to stay with her?"

"Yes. I told him a hotel or an apartment."

"We can work on getting him the apartment, but with a hotel we can use an alias. An apartment could be traced and I don't trust Yasu not to be able to obtain information. I will arrange for a hotel room for both of them and then have a car ready to take them to the destination tomorrow. I will also deliver a message for Rie to stay away for a couple of days so that her sister can get settled in, and then give her the location so that she can see Masami. The girl probably still needs to be protected from Yasu because if he realizes that she is alive, he could try to get to her. I wouldn't put it past him."

"Thanks Kyo-Chan! I will let Chika-Chan know what the plan is."

"I will talk to you later Hunny."

"Bye!" Hunny smiled knowing that they now had a plan in place to make sure their unexpected charge stayed out of the hands of Yasu and her sister. He was kind of surprised with how protective of Masami Chika had become and worried that he may be getting attached, but knew that the girl needed someone that was willing to battle for her and Hunny could think of no one fiercer than his brother. Scrolling through his contacts, he found Chika's number and called it. As soon as he picked up, Hunny explained the plan to him. He giggled when his brother grumbled about the plan and his thanks, but that was just who Chika was. One more problem solved, now if they could just find the biggest thorn in their side, life would be so much easier.

Across town…

It was just a matter of biding his time now. He had left little trinkets here and there for everyone to find and give to Haruhi. She would remember that they were once happy without her stupid friends' interference and they could be happy again. He wasn't sure where they were keeping her, but he believed that now that she had all of the reminders, she wanted to be with him. "They are probably keeping her locked up because they want to keep her for themselves," Yasu sneered. It was what he had convinced himself of since he handed over everything he had in the box. Now he just had to wait for the perfect opportunity to strike and rescue her, and he would find it. For now, he would wait and watch.