The last chapter…

"Well, I see that you two know each other pretty well." Kyouya-senpai stated and caught the attention of everyone. "And I also see that you know Haruhi's secret. This is good. For the rest of the week, Haruhi and Ken will be entertaining their guests together."

And thus, Haruhi's days in the host club became worse than it was before.

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Chapter 4: The Not-So-Unfortunate Emergency

Haruhi sighed as she looked at the large group of intrigued girls surrounding Ken.

"Hello. My name is Watanabe Ken. Please take care of me." Ken said to the group of crazy fan girls with a gentle smile on his face. "You will won't you?" he added with a smirk and placed his hand on a girls cheek.

"KYAAAA!!" The squeals of the girls filled the room as they saw Ken's daring personality. Haruhi rolled her eyes and walked up to Ken and the group of girls.

"Well then, we should sit down shouldn't we?" Haruhi told the group sweetly.

"That's right. Let's go." Ken put his arm around Haruhi and she could feel her cheeks heating up. Haruhi and Ken led their costumers to their table and served them tea and cakes. Ken continued to talk to them the entire session, while Haruhi joined in as little as possible. My throat really hurts and I'm feeling a little dizzy. I hope that by the time club activities are over, my fever won't be too high. Haruhi thought. I'll just have some medicine when I get home. Kyouya-senpai will murder me if I leave in the middle of entertaining guests. She glanced over at Kyouya who was smiling as he talked to his customers and she shuddered when thinking of what he may do to her.

"Achoo!!" Haruhi sneezed. The customers and Ken looked at her immediately.

"Haruhi-sama, are you feeling sick?" asked one of the girls.

"Maybe you should get some medicine." another girl advised Haruhi, anxious about her health.

"That's okay." Haruhi replied. "I'll be fine. But thank you so much for worrying about me. I feel so special." She grinned happily at the customers. Ken, who was surprised by Haruhi's sudden smile, blushed a deep shade of red. Wow…he thought to himself.

"Kyaa! Haruhi-sama, you're so beautiful!!" the customers screamed out after seeing Haruhi's smile. I feel so dizzy and tired. Haruhi thought to herself, but, hid it by smiling graciously at the customers.

A while later…

"Good job everyone." Kyouya-senpai stated after the club had ended. "And Ken and Haruhi, you two were great together." He smiled at the two. Haruhi smiled back and made her way to the changing room to change out of her costume. A few minutes later, she stepped out, dressed in her uniform once again, and walked into the club room which was still occupied by the host club members. I can barely walk straight. Haruhi stumbled as she tried to find her way towards the rest of the hosts.

"Haruhi? Are you okay?" These words said by Tamaki could barely be heard by Haruhi. She felt everything turn black as she fell backward into unconsciousness.

"HARUHI?!" Tamaki screamed, worried about his dear "daughter". The host club members, filled with panic, rushed towards her.

"She has a fever! She's really burning up!" Kaoru exclaimed with worry as he placed his hand on her forehead. Ken looked at Haruhi with anxiety. Could it be because of what happened at the fountain?

"DON'T TOUCH HER!!" Ken yelled. He suddenly ran over to Haruhi and picked her up in his arms. The other members watched in awe as he ran out of the room with Haruhi, who was still unconscious.

Haruhi awake a few hours later in the nurse's room. She looked around in confusion as she got up and sat down on the bed. As she turned to face the side of the room, she found a sight that shocked her. Haruhi found Ken sleeping on a chair by the bed. He brought me to the nurse's office? Haruhi blushed at the thought that she was carried by ken. She looked at Ken, wondering whether she should wake him up. His breath seemed to echo in the silent room and he looked so attractive that Haruhi was completely mesmerized by him, just like when she first saw him. Her trance was interrupted by the voice of a woman suddenly speaking.

"Oh! You're awake." Haruhi turned around to find the nurse walking towards her. "I was starting to get worried when you didn't wake up! Are you feeling better?"

"I'm okay now." Haruhi replied in a whisper.

"You're fever has gone down quite a lot." She told Haruhi with a gentle smile. "You've got a good friend there." The nurse nodded at Ken. "He ran in here carrying you and was really worried about you. I told him he should go home, but, he said he wanted to wait until you got up."

Haruhi, who was really surprised, looked at Ken and smiled. I can't believe that bastard actually did something nice. Just at that moment, Ken's head slipped from under his palm and crashed onto the wall beside him.

"AHH!!" he exclaimed with shock as he woke up. He glanced around the room to find Haruhi looking at him. "You're awake."

"I think I'm going to go now." The nurse waved bye to Haruhi and Ken as she walked out of her office.

Haruhi looked at Ken and hesitated to thank him. It was surely going to be awkward after all that happened between them.

"Tha-Thank you." Haruhi managed to say to Ken and a light red seemed to color her cheeks.

Ken, who also blushed after hearing Haruhi's words, panicked about what to say to her.

"It's not like I did it because I like you or anything. It's only because you caught that cold because of me. Why else would I help such an annoying person??" Damn it! I didn't mean to say that!! was what Ken was thinking while he continued to insult Haruhi.

With that, Haruhi's shining image of him began to fade. He had once more turned into that annoying rich bastard that pushed her into a fountain and put his hand on her chest. But, he had also helped her she was sick. He waited for her to wake up. This person… she thought, he's actually a really nice guy.

Haruhi smiled at him gently and looked at Ken with kindness.

"Really, thank you." Haruhi smiled happily at Ken. Ken, who was awestruck by her smile, began to blush even more.

Maybe we really can be friends. Haruhi thought.

"I don't want to be thanked by some cross dresser!!" Ken suddenly replied to Haruhi, feeling very embarrassed. Why do I keep insulting her!!

Haruhi once again forgot about Ken's kindness after that remark.

"WHO'RE YOU CALLING A CROSSDRESSER??"

On the other hand, maybe we won't end up being friends…

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So, how many of you expected this to happen when you heard Haruhi had a cold? I wanted this chapter to be the typical shoujo manga scene…but Haruhi and Ken's relationship only changes a little bit in the next few chapters. I just really like how Ken and Haruhi seem to always have a reason to fight.