Daydream

Chapter 7: Moving forward

Disclaimer: Thanks to Bisco Hatori for creating all these great characters, I do not own Ouran High School Host Club, I wish I did.

I cannot thank everyone enough. I never thought so many people would read and review this story; I love you all so much. You all helped write this story, motivating me every step of the way, I hope you like it. I couldn't have done it without you.

I'm so sorry I took so long to write this, ending a story is brutal.

Warning: Mild adult content, a little OOCness, beware no beta for me.

Moving forward

"Hikaru please talk to me, what's wrong?"

Kaoru asked pleadingly as he sat with his back to the door outside his own room, he'd been like this for what seamed like hours trying to get Hikaru to open the door or so much as speak to him. He had arrived here shortly after Kyouya had said Hikaru had called him to take his place as Haruhi's date, he'd ran all the way upstairs and tried to open the door in vain, screaming at Hikaru the whole time. But Hikaru hadn't said a word.

Meanwhile Hikaru laid in his underwear, face down on his bed, still holding his cellphone, looking rather distant, he hadn't even bothered to take out his tux from the closet where it hanged ready to be used.

He felt like crap.

Kaoru started to doze off when suddenly the door opened and made him fall backwards into his room where Hikaru stood silently watching him as if he were about to cry.

"Hikaru!" Kaoru picked himself up and closed the door behind him as he saw Hikaru heading back towards his original position on his bed. Kaoru followed him and sat at the edge of it.

"Hikaru please tell me what's wrong"

There was silence, finally followed by the clear sound of tears.

"I don't deserve her Kaoru!" Hikaru buried his face in his pillow as comprehension dwelled on his brother's surprised face which turned into a gentle smile.

"Hikaru..."

"YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE!" Hikaru screamed cutting his sibling off "I've already screwed up before!" "I left her alone in the middle of nowhere in a thunderstorm for crying out loud!" "I ran and left her alone again during our Halloween festival even though we thought we were actually being haunted!"

"I am so inconsiderate even though I love her so much!"

Kaoru flinched once more, he had never heard his brother being so open before, or confessing his love for Haruhi.

"I want her to be mine Kaoru, but I can possibly expect her to choose me"

"Hikaru, she already did!"

Hikaru turned to face his brother, skepticism all over his face. "What?"

"Hikaru, she asked YOU out on a date, not me, not our lord, not Kyouya, YOU!"

Hikaru blinked as if understanding this more with each eye movement, Kaoru continued.

"Hikaru, you may be an idiot, childish, inconsiderate, self centered, possessive, aggressive and problematic...I'm telling you all this because I'm your brother and I love you...But somehow in spite of all of that, Haruhi chose you!"

"Of course now that you've stood her up and sent Kyouya in your place I don't how easy it'll be to fix up the damage...And you should've seen how sexy she looked in mom's latest creation...sigh…baka" With this Kaoru gave Hikaru a swift slap on the head.

"Ouch! Hey quit it, I'm depressed enough as it is, you don't have to shove how pretty she looked in my face!"

Kaoru smiled evilly "I actually helped her change"

Hikaru jumped out of bed flames in his eyes "You saw my Haruhi's sweet supple naked figure?"

"Mmm…almost…not entirely…just in her underwear; and by the way she had a fork mark on her back, weird huh?"

With this Kaoru leaped from the bed and out the door, away from his brother's menacing clutches, laughing all the way.

"Well at least I got you out of bed!"

Meanwhile a ray of sunshine struck Fujioka Haruhi's eyes, she cringed slightly before slowly remembering what had happened last night, she began to take in her surroundings, including a warm figure that held her tightly around her waist, snuggling against the nape of her neck. She smiled and tried to gently squeeze out of his grip. When she thought she was finally free, her hand was suddenly captured and pulled back into the arms of the low blood pressure king who now growled in a low voice.

"Don't move...too early"

She couldn't help but giggle.

"Kyouya I need to get home before my dad gets there"

Kyouya pulled her in closer, his voice still sounded sleep filled and low.

"Oh…come on…just five more minutes"

"Silly, you can stay asleep I'll just hop in the shower...There is a shower in here right?"

"Of course, there's one in each room…this is a high quality hospital"

She squirmed out of his grip and kissed his forehead before she whispered sweetly "Damn rich people"

He smiled and watched as her naked figure seemed to dance towards the bathroom; he hugged the sheets tightly before falling deeply back to sleep.

"Hello sleeping beauty, wake up, it's almost noon already"

Kyouya stirred and looked up to the smiling figure above him. Haruhi stood there her face fresh and smiling, her bangs wild all over, she wore her dress underneath his shirt which she adjusted to her size with a well placed knot by her tummy, giving her a more casual air.

"You look great in my shirt, but what am I suppose to wear?"

"Mmm…your undershirt?" She smiled.

He blinked surprised and shortly after they came out of the hospital and headed towards Kyouya's limo which waited patiently outside the soon to be newly used hospital.

"Did it wait for us the whole night?"

"Well it's his job"

The driver opened the door and Fujioka Haruhi bowed apologetically at him, which startled him before saying.

"Gomen nasai for making you wait so long driver-san"

The driver blushed confused and smiled embarrassed.

"Please don't apologize miss, it's part of the job" He then helped Haruhi into the limo.

"She seams like a great girl young master"

Kyouya smiled before answering "She really is"

They arrived at the Fujioka Household to find a pair of twins sitting by the doorstep sleeping.

"Hikaru! Kaoru! What are you doing here?"

Hikaru stirred, he smiled at the sound of her voice before getting used to the light and taking in the scene, she was not alone and was wearing Kyouya's shirt.

He jumped up making Kaoru loose his balance and fall sleepily to the side.

"What the hell happened between you two last night!?"

Kaoru finally looked up and cringed at the sight, sensing imminent danger, he also jumped up.

Kyouya looked at them both as stoic as Mori not planning on giving any explication, Haruhi spoke first somewhat annoyed.

"None of your business, Hikaru, you were the one who stood me up last night!"

"Well I'm sorry; I didn't think you would jump into bed with the first asshole who offered"

Kyouya's forehead vein suddenly showed itself, and he rearranged his glasses as calmly he stated.

"Hikaru, you did NOT just call me an asshole"

Hikaru screamed "WAIT 'TILL YOU SEE WHAT ELSE I'M GONNA CALL YA!" With this Kaoru stepped up and covered his twin's mouth while holding on tight.

"Sorry for that Kyouya-senpai, he's had a very rough night, Haruhi could we have a word with you inside?"

Haruhi looked livid but since Kaoru was asking politely and had apologized, she opened up her house and Kaoru dragged a still kicking Hikaru inside just before Kyouya swoop down and gave her a quick peck goodbye on the lips, which made Hikaru positively enrage, knocking Kaoru's balance who still managed to hold on tightly to his twin and his mouth even when falling.

Kyouya just ignored them "I'll call you later, good luck with these two"

Haruhi smiled "Don't worry I can handle them, thank you for everything"

Kyouya smiled and turned towards his limo before shouting "You can keep the shirt"

She smiled again, hugged herself as if hugging his shirt would somehow transmit the vibes to him. She took in a big sigh, closed the door behind her and looked at both twins still wrestling in the ground.

"Ok Kaoru you can stop containing him now"

"Finally" Kaoru jumped up and backed away, his twin took his time to incorporate himself his breath was still agitated and he seamed flushed.

"Hikaru you better have a damn good explanation for me"

Haruhi slowly headed towards Hikaru and sat nonchalantly on the tatami mat in front of him.

Hikaru just stared at her still agitated, looking at the scowl on her face and the shirt she wore, he gulped.

"Kaoru could you please leave so I can talk to Haruhi alone?"

Kaoru flinched "Sure, I'll just wait in the limo if anyone needs me, don't bother getting up Haruhi, I'll let myself out"

Haruhi heard the door click behind her, she stood up not taking her eyes of Hikaru or his rage. They suddenly screamed at each other at the same time.

"YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO INSULT KYOUYA!"

"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME HARUHI?!"

"WHAT?!"

"WHAT?!"

Hikaru took her suddenly by her shoulders.

"Haruhi just shut up and listen" "I know I'm an idiot, and that I'm doing this all wrong, but I love you!"

Haruhi just dropped her head and moaned.

"Please not you too"

"What?"

Haruhi exhaled

"Hikaru have you any idea what it's like to have 5 of your best friends telling you that they love you in almost the same day?"

"What?! They didn't! Even Kaoru?!"

"NO! Although at this rate I'm expecting him through that door at any minute for a perfect score"

"That's not funny Haruhi!"

She whimpered and sat back down with her head between her bended knees "I KNOW!"

Hikaru sat back down besides her and put an arm around her. She began to whimper again.

"Hikaru I'm just so confused, why did they all have to love me, I just don't get it!

"Well I don't know about the others but you are smart, funny, sexy, considerate, a great friend, need I go on?"

"Oh just shut up Hikaru! If you think I'm so great why did you send Kyouya in your place?"

He blushed furiously "I...I...I was nervous ok." "I didn't think I deserved you, and actually I still don't think I deserve you"

"What?" Haruhi looked at him incredulously.

"Well let's face it I'm a jerk! You've told me so yourself!"

"Well yes! But your also funny, smart, creative, spontaneous, unique and very good looking"

"You really think I'm unique?"

Haruhi smiled and laugh "Of course, proof is that most guys would try to reaffirm that they were good looking"

"Oh, I know I'm good looking"

"You're also my best friend, you and Kaoru are the only ones I can really talk to."

"Well, same here, if it weren't for you and Kaoru, I wouldn't interact with anyone...I need you Haruhi"

"I know"

There was silence for a moment. Hikaru frowned; his eyes went dark behind his hair as if predicting a cataclysm was coming. He spoke lower than usual.

"Haruhi…I just have to know…did you sleep with Kyouya?"

Haruhi wasn't startled by the question; she knew it was coming and didn't plan to lie about it "Yes"

Hikaru stood up slowly and headed for the kitchen, he trembled slightly and his fists were clenched.

"It was all my fault, I should've spoken up when the whole insanity of all of them dating you started, I should've put my foot down, I shouldn't have been a coward and leave you alone with all of them, and I shouldn't have called Kyouya to take my place"

Haruhi stood up slowly to follow him but stopped as she clearly heard his voice quivering.

"I hope that he at least treated you like a queen...I would've tried to"

Hikaru headed for the door without saying a word.

Haruhi panicked.

"Hikaru please don't go!"

He stopped with his hand on the doorknob.

"I'm still so confused. The truth is Kyouya did threat me like a queen, I can't deny that I wanted him to do what he did"

She could clearly see tears falling to the ground bellow Hikaru.

"But I also can't stop myself from thinking that he really doesn't need me as much as you do...as much as I need you too right now."

Hikaru slowly turned to face her, surprise written across his face.

"Hikaru, we're both idiots, I don't even think I know what love is yet, but it's because we're just kids, we're not mature yet, that's why I asked you out, I want to grow up with you, I want us to expand our world together… That is if you can still look me in the eyes."

She lowered her face half expecting to hear the door open and shut from him leaving. But instead she felt a warm hand brushing her cheek guiding her gaze up were she met amber colored eyes filled with affection and comprehension.

Kyouya called Haruhi later that day, she explained everything that happened and thanked him for showing her such a lovely time.

"Kyouya-senpai I just don't think I'm ready for that kind of relationship yet"

"I understand Haruhi, but that doesn't mean I'll give up on you, I'll wait for you until you're ready...…I'll need you someday too"

Haruhi smiled on the other side of the phone. Thinking to herself. "Maybe someday we'll continue where we left off…"

She ended her call and looked up to the tall redhead smiling besides her.

"Everything ok, Haruhi?"

She sighed happily and nodded.

He hugged her tightly and spoke sweetly into her hair.

"Haruhi, I love you, it may take me a while to get over it, but I want to grow up with you"

Haruhi looked up at him, her best friend, smiling.

"Me too"

In that moment amber orbs met chocolate ones and as if a spell had been lifted they felt they could finally move forward.

And so ended the daydream, Haruhi woke up with a kiss, not of passion, nor prince, not of sweetness or lust, but of friendship and promise for a world to finally expand.

The End