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Chapter 17

When the weekend ended, Haruhi and Takashi went back to school. They once again agreed to not broadcast whatever relationship they had and reluctantly restrained from holding each other's hands. Haruhi wanted to hold Takashi's hand, she missed how it felt to have his large hand around hers, their fingers threading together, almost like they were made for each other. She lectured herself in her head for thinking such thoughts.

'Stop it, you idiot! You're gonna make yourself fall in love with him at this rate! And then it'll be bad if he finds out…there's no way he'd like me so…so I'll just get hurt,' She thought, visibly getting more and more depressed, worrying Takashi quite a bit.

"Daijoubu?" he asked.

"I-I'm fine!" Haruhi lied as she faked a smile.

She could tell Takashi didn't believe her by the look he was giving her, so she just sped up and walked through the school gates. Takashi followed her and reached for her arm, but pulled back when the Hitachiin twins ran up to Haruhi. Before he knew it, the red-headed twins took Haruhi into the school and off to their homeroom.

Haruhi had never been so happy to see the twins running up to her, and gladly let them drag her off to homeroom. Why? Because this way she wouldn't have to admit to Takashi what she had been thinking. She was hoping that he would either forget about it, be too distracted to ask, or just drop it all together. But just in case…she'd think up some excuse. She didn't want to lie to him, but she had to or…

Later that day, Haruhi was relieved to see that the club room was full of customers, so it'd be too busy for Takashi to even try to talk to her. She relaxed and talked with her guests like usual. But…she felt like someone was watching her. She glanced around, but she couldn't see whoever it was, so she decided to just ignore it, figuring she was just being paranoid.

Takashi regretted letting Haruhi go with the twins, and all he could think about during homeroom was her. He kept thinking about them going to the movies and the park and dinner, and how great it felt to hold Haruhi's hand, and how it felt even better to hold her against him when he was protecting her. Then he started thinking about the person who was following them. He could see a figure run away, but he couldn't tell who it was. He tried to think of anything to help him figure it out, but he just couldn't do it, not on the limited info he had.

And his train of thought led him back to this morning, when Haruhi looked so depressed. She avoided the question and then rushed off so she wouldn't have to talk about it. He tried to think of what could upset her so much, and that's when it hit him. She was upset about her dad and Hiroki dying. It made perfect sense really, it hadn't been that long, and she obviously loved Hiroki, making her loss that much harder. He sighed quietly in his seat and felt himself getting upset, though he didn't know why…

In any case, he wouldn't bring it up again, so that he wouldn't upset her further. He went about his say like usual, but he could still feel the dull pain in his chest. It was like something had gripped his heart and would squeeze on it every time he thought of Haruhi. He couldn't understand it at all.

Tamaki was very annoyed. He saw Haruhi and Takashi together over the weekend and had ended up following them until Takashi noticed him. But he still saw the hand-holding, the shy laughs, the longing gazes, the cliché but still great date. How could his daughter be dating Takashi? He would not allow it! Especially if they were living together, which is what it looked like. He had been chased off before he was sure, but why else would Takashi be at Haruhi's house? The sudden image of Takashi and Haruhi kissing on Haruhi's bed entered his mind, and that REALLY pissed him off. The thought of Takashi kissing Haruhi, or possibly doing even more than that, now THAT made him want to beat the crap out of Takashi. He knew he couldn't win in a fight against Takashi, but he knew someone who could.

"Honey~" Tamaki called.

"Hai~?" Honey asked as he practically skipped over to Tamaki.

"I need to talk to you," Tamaki said as he led Honey out of the room. (Insert fan-girl squeals here~)

Tamaki couldn't believe it. He never thought that Honey would react the way he did…it was…surprising…and scary. Very scary. He'd admit that to anyone, because anyone who knew Honey knew just how scary the normally cute little boy was. He didn't really know how to react now. Honey's word were still running through his head, over and over, just trying to really process what had happened in those few minutes….

'Leave them alone! They both deserve happiness and they can have that together!' Honey yelled after hearing Tamaki's plan.

'D-demo…th-they shouldn't…' Tamaki started, in too much shock from Honey's outburst to form a complete sentence.

'Shouldn't what? Date and live together? Couples do that all the time! Besides, just 'cause they live together doesn't mean anything will happen. After all, Haruhi and Hiroki didn't do anything when they were living together,' Honey reasoned.

'D-demo…' Tamaki tried to think of another excuse.

'You're just mad 'cause you had a crush on Haruhi but Takashi won her over first!' Honey said with a glare. Honey was beyond mad now. He didn't know what was keeping him from actually hitting Tamaki.

'Th-that's not true!' Tamaki lied.

'Is too! It's no big secret, you'd have to be really stupid or oblivious to not see it. Well you've had chances, and you blew them. Haruhi doesn't like you and she never will. She likes Takashi!' Honey said, his glare growing in intensity.

Tamaki froze. He couldn't believe Honey had said to him. How could he say that? He didn't know what he was talking about. He did like Haruhi, he realized there was no point in denying it, least of all to Honey, but to say that Haruhi would never like him…well he'd just have to prove Honey wrong!

And so, the head of the Host Club, started to formulate a plan in which to separate Haruhi and Takashi and then make Haruhi his! Oh yes, he would definitely make Haruhi his, no matter what it took! (And cue the evil laughter!)

Honey was positively fuming when he got back to his and Takashi's customers. He grabbed a piece of cake and started stabbing it before eating it like it was a chewy stake. How dare Tamaki even suggest breaking up Takashi and Haruhi! And then to try to defend his plan, it just all pissed Honey off so much.

"What happened?" Takashi asked quietly.

"Nothing, just Tamaki being a baka," Honey mumbled around a mouthful of cake.

"Mitsukuni," Takashi said in a warning tone.

"Don't worry, I won't let him go through with it," Honey said with a cute little grin.

"Hm?" Takashi asked.

"Nevermind, it'll all be fine~" Honey said with a giggle, making his customers giggle with him. Honey quickly switched the subject back to his customers until closing. He kept watching Haruhi and Takashi, and was very annoyed and upset that they weren't glancing at each other nervously like usual.

Honey asked Takashi about it of course, but Takashi just responded with a "hn" before leaving the room. So Honey asked Haruhi, which made her blush and laugh it off as nothing before rushing out. He watched the two walk towards the main gates. Something definitely happened, and if he didn't help them soon then Tamaki really could split them up. Honey sighed to himself. This definitely wasn't going to be easy, but he'd do it for Takashi and Haruhi!

End of chapter 17~ Hope ya like~ O boy, I bet you can tell what's coming- DRAMA! By the way, sorry for it being so short, but hopefully this weekend I can update again to make up for it~ So please R&R, luv ya, bye~ =^^=