Reworked from Yume (now deleted) to give this story a more definite plot and timeline. Enjoy and reviews are definitely appreciated.

7 Days- Prologue: Where Hunny Observes

Finally, it was the day of the highly anticipated wedding of the year. The guests were all seated, the weather was brilliant, the birds were chirping, and in short, everything was perfect. Hunny sat at the front row together with Takashi, doing what he did best- observe. The twins had appointed themselves as the official wedding planners this time. Hunny thought that this was their way of dealing with the disappointment that Haruhi was now going to share a life with another person who was not either of them. They were bustling about, giving last-minute instructions for the crème de la finale of their planning- the entrance of the bride. Hunny gave a small smile, glad that they had factored in suggestion of having a 10-tier strawberry cake. He shifted his glance from the door of the church to the altar.

The groom stood there, muttering somewhat incoherently to himself. Poor Tama-chan, he was probably nervous like anything. If he ever messed up, Hunny was pretty certain Ranka-san would banish his future son-in-law to the depths of hell and would hold a grudge against him till his last days on earth. His nervousness was a complete opposite to the aloof, calm and collected greek-god stature the best man next to him cut.

Ah, Kyou-chan, looking as handsome as ever. He wore contacts specifically for today, and looked even better. Time had been kind to them all, but Hunny had always thought Kyouya was the one who matured the best. Kyouya looked mildly irritated with Tamaki's incessant questioning every five seconds, and seemed quite ready to murder the poor groom.

But, there was something else to Kyouya that Hunny saw, which very few or even perhaps no one did. He saw a slight waver in those oynx eyes no longer obscured by the glint of his spectacles, a slight wrangling of hands and an occasional bite of the lip- very uncharacteristic of Kyou-chan indeed.

"Ne Takashi, do you think something will happen today?" He looked up to the stoic man who sat next to him. Mori looked at his cousin, not quite decided what his cousin meant.

"I think…" He motioned for his cousin to bend down so he could whisper into his ear. "… we shouldn't have bought the wedding present after all."

"Ah." And before Mori could ask any further, the twins had given the cue for the wedding march to be played. The guests shifted in their seats to look at the church doors opening slowly, a flurry of rose petals descending from the wedding arch. The groom and his best man turned to look at the entrance, where …

Ranka stood, very alone. He was dressed formally in a tuxedo although his long hair had been pulled back into a rather stylish manish ponytail. The guests started to murmur and the twins were mortified.

"Fujioka –papa! Where's Haruhi!" Hikaru asked anxiously. Ranka cleared his throat.

"Ah, Haruhi ran off."

And with that, chaos erupted.

Tamaki had nearly fainted with the news, if not for Kaoru who was standing near the former Host Club King who managed to break the fall. Hikaru started jabbering angrily into the walkie-talkie, harassing Ranka at the same time. Kyouya, on the other hand, had merely stood rigidly at the side, seemingly detached from the entire situation.

"Haruhi…" Tamaki whimpered in Karou's arms. Yuzuru Suoh was shouting at Yoshio Ootori who had probably made some pointless comment, and the guests started to speculate even louder. Hunny got up from his seat and walked towards the altar.

"Kyou-chan." He addressed simply. Kyouya looked at his former sempai. Hunny merely smiled at him.

"Go find her." He gave Kyouya a small push in the direction of the door. Kyouya was startled, but did not further prompting as his legs carried him as quickly as he could out of the church. Tamaki was stunned, and merely started to grow hysterical.

"Tono! Get a hold on yourself!" Kaoru tried consoling the now-hysterical groom. Hunny let out a small sigh as Mori stood next to him. Tamaki tried to stand up to run in the direction that Kyouya had taken off from, but Hunny put up his hand at him.

"Tama-chan, let him go." He said softly. Tamaki staggered, and Ranka who by now had managed to scream Hikaru's questioning down and was by Tamaki's side, merely placed a hand on Hunny's shoulder.

"You knew, didn't you Hunny-san?"

Hunny merely smiled. Oh yes, he had known this would happen. In fact, he had known a week ago and he was pretty sure that he was not the only one who knew. He glanced at Hikaru and Kaoru who both had a guilt-stricken expression on their faces as they tried to comfort their king, Yoshio Ootori who merely had a smirk on his face and Yuzuru Suoh who looked puzzled and decidedly lost. Ranka on the other hand, had a look of sadness mixed with relief.

"Takashi, will he find her?" He asked the taller man, smiling. Tamaki had grown quiet on hearing Hunny's question while Hikaru and Kaoru looked with interest at Mori.

"Definitely." And Tamaki started wailing, the whole waterworks and fireworks ensemble starting up again. It was a disaster in the making. And all this, in a mere… 7 days ago.

Hunny motioned to his cousin to bend down and whispered into his ear, "We really shouldn't have bought that present after all."

Reviews please!