DISCE, OHSHC.

⁺ ♡ a bombshell delivered in words

You were out of your seat immediately. Without looking back for Mayako, you sprinted across the lawn toward where the commotion was.

Your brain scrambled to make sense of the scene. Splinters of wood littered the grass. Nearby, a few of the French grooms that had come with the horses were helping a few guests out of a toppled carriage.

"What happened?" you asked the person closest to you—Haruhi.

"I'm not sure," she replied. "Honey was with one of the guests in the carriage. Something must have happened—the carriage detached and the horse ran off."

"Is everyone okay? Where's Honey?" you asked, trying to make him out amongst the overturned carriage.

"What are you guys standing around for? Come on, hurry!" Kaoru tugged urgently at your sleeve and you and Haruhi ran after the twins.

"What's going on? What are we chasing?"

"Honey leapt onto the back of the horse for some reason," Hikaru said. "I think he was trying to be heroic or something. Then it carried him off and he had no idea how to control it."

You baulked. "So we're chasing after a horse? What are we supposed to do about that?"

"I don't know, but we can't lose Honey," Kaoru said.

Up ahead, you could make out the sound of hooves striking the ground. Sure enough, there was Honey, hanging on for dear life as the horse galloped to who-knew-where.

"Help me!" he wailed. "I tried feeding the horse some cake but he didn't like it!"

You braced yourself on your knees as the horse started pacing around in angry circles. It tossed its head a few times, and you were afraid it might try to buck Honey off.

"Where's Kyoya and Tamaki?" Haruhi asked.

"I don't know how those two are supposed to help," you said. "We need one of the grooms to—"

"Fear not, Honey! The King of the Host Club is here to rescue you!"

As though he had been summoned, Tamaki stepped out from the line of trees, brandishing what looked to be one of the tablecloths from the tea party in front of him. He waved it in front of him in a grand flourish, and you belatedly realized it was meant to resemble the red cloths that bullfighters used.

"Tamaki, that's not going to work!" you shouted. "Get back before you get run over!"

"You have no need to worry!" Tamaki called back. He snapped the tablecloth close to his body. "I would gladly lay down my life to save someone in mortal peril."

You gawked at him. Most of the guests from the tea party had trickled closer to the action by now, and they stood a distance away, murmuring to themselves. You expected them to be cursing Tamaki's idiocy but instead, they were all awe-struck.

"Tamaki-san is so brave!"

"He just cares so much about Honey! Oh, I could faint!"

"Look at how gallant he looks! Like a knight from a fairytale!"

Their brainless adoration actually hurt your soul a little bit.

"Are you guys not worried about this?" you asked Haruhi and the twins. "Shouldn't we do something?"

"The Boss will do what the Boss will do," Hikaru said sagely, and his brother nodded. You turned to Haruhi, who shrugged.

"He's probably just trying to keep everyone from worrying until the grooms get over here."