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Haruhi woke to the sound of movement in the living room, her head resting on the chest of a still sleeping Kaoru. Glancing at the clock she saw that it was 9 in the morning. With a yawn she moved Kaoru's arm from around her shoulders before walking out.

Sitting on the couch with his head resting on the back was Hikaru. There was a cut just above his eye and she saw that his hand was wrapped with gauze.

"Hey…who broke you out?" Haruhi said and he looked up, smiling at her.

"Honey-Semapi brought me a cake with a file inside. I was out in no time." he laughed.

"So how was your night in jail?" she asked as she walked over and sat down next to him.

Hikaru sighed, "Tiring. The beds sucked and the food sucked worse. Mom tried to come and get me out last night but since I had alcohol in my system they wouldn't let me out until this morning. How's Kao doing?" Hikaru asked.

"Okay I guess. He was pretty freaked out last night and asked me to sleep with him." she said.

"What?!" Hikaru asked looking at her with wide eyes.

"In the same bed. He didn't want to sleep alone. Don't be such a pervert." Haruhi said frowning at him.

"Sorry. I know that you wouldn't do that but I'm running on a lack of sleep." Hikaru replied.

"It's okay. Why don't you go lay down with Kaoru? I'll wake you two up for lunch." Haruhi said.

"Aren't we going to talk about last night first?" Hikaru asked.

Haruhi felt her heart began to hammer against her ribcage and the memories of her and Hikaru in the kitchen filled her mind. Her tongue suddenly felt thick and dry in her mouth however she managed to shove a few words out.

"W-What about it?" she asked.

"Was I out of bounds by kissing you?" Hikaru asked.

"Not really I guess." Haruhi replied.

"So are you saying that you liked it?" Hikaru asked.

Haruhi sighed and ran her hands through her sleep messy hair. A million things were running through her mind at once and before she could stop them the words came out of her mouth.

"I'm not saying I disliked it."

A small smile began to play on Hikaru's lips and he shifted on the couch.

"Feel free to stop me." he said as he leaned in, his hand cupping her cheek.

Everything in Haruhi's mind was screaming at her to pull away again but just like the night before something inside of her wouldn't let it happen. So she did the only thing she could do. Relaxed and moved her lips with his.

"So…was that bad?" Hikaru asked when they parted a few moments later.

"No…it wasn't." Haruhi smiled.

"That's what I thought." Hikaru smirked.

"So are you two done sucking face now?"

Haruhi and Hikaru quickly pulled back from each other and turned to see Kaoru leaning against the wall.

"How long have you been awake?" Hikaru asked looking at his twin.

"Long enough to see the show you two just put on. I knew something happened last night when you two went to get the cake." Karou smirked moving over to sit down on the chair.

"I was going to tell you but then after everything last night…" Hikaru said.

"You were going to tell him we kissed?" Haruhi asked looking at Hikaru.

"I tell him everything!" Hikaru replied.

Haruhi sighed, she shouldn't be surprised.

"Are you two like a thing now?" Kaoru asked.

Hikaru looked at Haruhi who looked back at him, their brown and topaz eyes questioning one another. Neither knew what to say. Finally though Hikaru spoke.

"Kaoru…can you give us a moment?" He asked.

Kaoru nodded and smirked at the two of them before leaving the room once again.

"So?" Hikaru asked looking at Haruhi.

"So what?" Haruhi asked.

"Would you want to be in a relationship with me?" Hikaru asked.

Haruhi sighed, "I don't know Hikaru. I really don't."

"Well if it makes any difference I would like to. I've cared about you since almost the day I met you. I stepped aside though because I knew you liked Tamaki. Now thought I'm not going to stand back. I've waited for a chance to be with you since we were 16 and if there's even the slightest chance that I can finally call you mine I'm not going to let that chance go. So do I have a chance or did I just pour my heart out to you for no reason at all?" Hikaru asked.

Haruhi stood up and began to pace, "I…I care about you Hikaru and I really would like to but I just…I don't know. What if this ends badly? Do I really want to risk losing one of my best friends? Possibly two if Kaoru takes your side? And what if we stay friends after? Even after I was with Tamaki our relationship was never the same! He still cares for me and I know he does and I know it hurts him that I don't love him like I used to. I don't think I can take it if I have both of you looking at me heartbroken!"

Hikaru stood up and grabbed Haruhi's hands, stopping her paces.

"You're talking like we're breaking up and we haven't even established the fact if we're in an actual relationship." he smiled.

Haruhi looked at him not amused "I'm just scared of what will happen if we do try. I mean I'm not even sure of how I feel."

"Well why don't we just try? We can take things slow and let things progress. If at any time you say that you don't want to be in this thing let me know and that's it. No strings. For once in your life take a chance Haruhi." Hikaru said.

Haruhi smiled, "Fine. We'll try."

Hikaru's smile turned into a full blown grin and he leaned in and kissed her. However after a moment she pushed him away.

"We can't tell anyone about this though." Haruhi said looking up at him.

"What? Why?" Hikaru asked frowning.

"Because I don't want Tamaki to get hurt. There's something going on with him lately and after his reaction last night I don't know what he'd do. If we tell Kyoya then he'll probably find some way to hold it over our heads and as for Honey-Sempai I'm afraid he might accidentally blab and Mori-Sempai won't keep anything from Honey-Sempai." Haruhi replied.

Hikaru nodded, "That makes sense but what about Kaoru?"

"He already knows. You can come out Kaoru." Haruhi called and the second red headed twin emerged from around the corner.

"How did you know I was there?" Kaoru asked.

"I have my ways." she replied with a smile.

Kaoru laughed, "Well let me be the first to say…it's about damn time!"

A moment later he had embraced both Haruhi and his twin making them both laugh.

"Well now that I know what's going on with you two I'm going back to bed. I'm tired." Karou sighed and with that headed back towards the room.

"And I'm going to join him but first I need a shower. I smell like a jail cell." Hikaru frowned as he gingerly sniffed his shirt.

"Alright. You want me to make breakfast and call you two when it's ready?" Haruhi asked.

"Mmm…sounds good." he smiled and leaned in, kissing her cheek gently before following his brother.

Haruhi couldn't help but smile as she watched him leave the room. She wasn't sure about all of this still but something in the back of her mind was telling her that maybe it wasn't such a bad thing.

Sorry this is so short but I kinda wanted to have this part as a single chapter. However don't get too comfortable with the mushy gushy lovey dovey stuff...there is some serious stuff just on the horizon!

Now! I love doing contests and I try to do at least one per story! So it's time for one for this story!

This is going to be very simple! All you have to do is put the Host's FULL names in Alphabetical order going by their first names. When I say full I mean first and last so no nicknames for Honey or Mori and you have to use Tamaki's full name )

In a couple days I will toss all the entries into a randomizer and pick one!

Winner will get to create a character to go with the Host of their choice. Now the host can be single like Kyoya, Tamaki and Honey are or you can choose to make a bit of a villain out of your character and have them go for Mori who is taken 3:) The choice will be yours!

Anyhow good luck to everyone!

Now time for thank yous!

-irgroomer

-GreenEyedSam

-Opinr

-BamaRose19

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