Ouran High School Host Club One-Shots

I Hate You (Hikaru Hitachiin)

I hate you. It's so simple to say. So much easier than saying I love you. Problem is, it's hard to tell when someone really means it and when they're just covering up what they're really feeling.

For me, it's usually the second. Especially when it comes to a certain someone.

For our science project, I'd been paired with Hikaru. As much as I like him, he is one of the most irritating people I know. It's like he doesn't put any thought into what he says or does. Not only that, we tend to argue quite a bit when paired together. Today was no different.

I didn't even know what we were arguing about anymore. To be honest, I don't think I even knew anything I was saying. It wasn't until I got really angry and left him that I had even the slightest idea of what I was saying. "I hate you!" That was all I could remember saying.

Soon I found myself wandering around outside the school. "Stupid Hikaru... You're such a jerk... Why do I have to like someone like you?" I complained to him, though I knew he wasn't there. In a way, I was letting it all out.

I put my headphones on and played a song at random. Ironically, the song's title was I Love You. I didn't want to listen to music like that right now, but it was one of my favorites. So I let it play on, singing along as I wandered away.

(Hikaru's POV)

I'd followed her quietly when she had taken off. When I did, I heard her talking to me. As I opened my mouth to say something back, Kaoru stopped me. Maybe he was right. She was probably just talking to herself. People do that, don't they?

After a moment, what she said hit me. She said she liked me. But then why did she say she hated me? It didn't make any sense. Maybe it didn't really matter anyway. As I watched her more, she started singing to herself. It was cute in a way.

You're so beautiful

But that's not why I love you

I'm not sure you know

That the reason I love you is you

Being you

Just you

Yeah the reason I love you is all that we've been through

And that's why I love you

She wasn't bad, but not exactly amazing at it. Just an average voice singing the words like she was singing along to her favorite song. Like it didn't matter to her that anyone could hear, because she just liked to do it and she didn't care if she was good or not.

Well Hikaru, what are you going to do now? I asked myself as I watched her wander off, dancing and singing to herself the entire way. It takes a special kinda person to go from being so angry to being so happy and carefree.

Maybe when she'd said "I hate you," she really meant "I love you."