Author's Note: It's long, but please read it!

WARNING FOR CHEESYNESS, DISCLAIMER FOR NON-OWNAGE.

So I hoped to get an even 20 reviews, but I suppose I'll have to settle for 19. :P Just kidding, guys, it's way more than I ever anticipated. Thanks to each and every one of you again! To those I couldn't reply to immediately:

meh: Yes, they are sweet. :) Impulsive? I'd say that Hikaru is more so than Kaoru. But I agree nonetheless.

kazuki-san: Yeah. I admire Hikaru because of that.

OhMyGoshSickels: Aww, thanks. nods about the manga :)

bringme2life: Lol, yes, I do keep up with the manga. And I agree that the pairing is definitely heading toward a bright and shining future. However- did you read the latest chapter? The guys are all still involved in the whole "fight over Haruhi" thing. I have a longer note at the end of the chapter for ya. ;)

And now I have a confession: My favorite pairing is Kyouya/Haruhi. #guilty grin# So I'm terribly sorry if that bias greatly influenced my writing.

And I promise that her choice is shown in this chapter! Just don't make any assumptions, kay? :) Enjoy!

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I was happy.

To my utter astonishment, the Host Club had returned to normal. Well, as normal as could be after what happened.

Yes, I was very happy.

The fangirls had one more supposedly "yaoi" couple to squeal over. Despite the fact that Kyouya's statement had been joking, our profits did increase as a result. They're fangirls, what can I say?

So everything was fine. We still hosted. We still acquired massive amounts of money, which was still almost always spent immediately. Rich bastards.

However, something was… a bit different.

Tamaki still slipped up and called me his "precious daughter" from time to time, but for the most part he had resumed his own personality. Ever the charmer to the ladies, they soon discovered that his serious, demure side was even more "prince-like" than his previous role.

Kyouya didn't write in his notebook as much anymore, I noticed. His smile to his designators now left them in fits of ecstasy, because the ice cube had melted- and they had just never noticed before how hot he was. Since you can't see me, just imagine that I'm rolling my eyes for your benefit.

The twins kept up their incest act- it was practically their selling point, fake or not. But they started receiving designators separately. Though it didn't matter to the designators (they couldn't tell them apart anyway), I knew it was a large step for them.

Mori had visibly relaxed, not only around us but in general. Now that he actually conversed a small amount with his designators, he attracted girls who wanted a hint of mystery but not the intimidation he had exuded before. Rachel-chan visited several times, but she always glanced at me before she sat next to him.

Honey still ate cake, I noted dryly, but not in such immense quantities. He was also more apt to walk in, as opposed to coming in perched on Mori's shoulders. Just like the twins, though, he kept up his mask for the designators. He once confided to me that no one except us would take him seriously anyways, so what was the point?

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I smiled secretly as I glanced about the room, searching out the faces of all my best friends. Everything seemed predictable, at first glance. No one could really tell that in the past week, seven masks had fallen to the ground.

One pair of eyes in particular caught my attention, and my designator's sentence died in her throat as she saw where my gaze was directed. As I stood up, each girl in the entire room gasped a little in anticipation. I didn't pay attention to a single one of them.

We could get away with this because the fangirls liked it, so all of the other members of the Host Club actually encouraged us to exploit our relationship.

My blush as he smirked resulted in a chain of squealing that spread through the room. I walked closer, and a hand lifted to my face. Slender fingers brushed against my cheek, and I smiled softly at him.

We were all unpredictable now, you know. Especially me.

So he wasn't surprised when I initiated the kiss that sent the designators into their united cry of "MOE!"

I was happy.

Because all of us were unpredictable now, especially me, but the most unpredictable one of all was the man in front of me…

Dark eyes met mine, and a raven head bent to kiss my hand.

Kyouya.

Yes, I was very happy.

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Final tally:

Kyouya: 6

Tamaki: 5

Hikaru, Kaoru, and Mori: 3

Honey: ... 0 ... D:

How do you guys feel about alternate endings?

Note to kazuki-san and anyone else: The manga could take one of two shoujo endings- either it's completely happy and Haruhi ends up with Tamaki, or Tamaki dies/leaves her/can't be with her in some way and she ends up with someone else. Who I sincerely hope will be Kyouya (), but will probably be Hikaru.