My Choice

Chapter 24

Haruhi was dozing off in Hikaru's arms- the only thing keeping her awake was the muffled sound of Mori's snoring coming from a few rooms down. Everyone was fast asleep, except for Hikaru and herself. They had stayed up watching a movie and just recently climbed into her bed to sleep. Haruhi was just about to surrender to the sleep that filled her eyes when Hikaru suddenly bolted up, causing her head to fall off his chest and onto the pillow.

"Hikaru?" Haruhi sat up, rubbing her eye.

"I-I just… Something just came to my mind…" Hikaru's voice was shaking, and his face was a canvas painted with dreadfulness.

Haruhi gently cupped his cheeks, turning his head to face her, "What is it, Hikaru?" The genuine concern was evident in her voice and eyes. What had Hikaru so… horrified?

"W-Well… I never bought condoms… so the times we've had sex… I… We…"

Haruhi couldn't help but let a chuckle slip from her lips. That's what he was so upset about? "Hikaru, darling, I'm on the pill, remember? After we had that first scare my new doctor put me on them."

Hikaru's golden-honey eyes looked at Haruhi as if she sprouted a second head. It wasn't that she had told him she was taking birth control, rather it was the fact that he had completely forgotten she was taking it. "O-Oh… Yeah! Right! Of course, I knew that!"

Haruhi laughed as she watched her boyfriend play it off as if he hadn't forgotten. She placed a gentle kiss on his cheek before lying back down, "You're so cute."

A pink blush covered Hikaru's cheeks as he laid beside her, pulling her back into his arm and smiling as she rested her head on his chest, "And you are adorable."

Haruhi lay silently in Hikaru's arms, her mind wandering- much like normal when she trying to sleep- but the direction it was going caused her mood to dampen into a hauntingly distressful one. … What was going to happen to their relationship when they graduated from Ouran Academy? Haruhi often thought about it, always wondering what would happen, but for some reason- with Mori and Honey's coming graduation in the Spring- she couldn't help but stress over what would happen. She wanted Hikaru to stay her lover for the rest of her life, be her husband. She never wanted to lose the light he brought into her life. What would become of them when they graduated? Haruhi would leave for university then law school, and Hikaru would go to one of the fashion capitals of the world and study fashion to create his own clothing line and make a name for himself that won't be associated with his mother's. For obvious reasons they won't attend the same university, so with however miles will be between them… will they stay together or have to end their blissful relationship? Haruhi heard plenty of stories about high school love; Some work out, some don't. Which would her relationship be? The one that works out or the one that crumbles?

"Hikaru?"

"Mmm?" Hikaru moaned softly, his eyes were closed as sleep was slowly dragging him under.

"… What will happen when we graduate?"

Hikaru sighed and pulled her closer, his eyes remaining close, "We've talked about this before, Haru. Just sleep."

"I'm serious, Hikaru." Haruhi sat up, looking down at her boyfriend, "What are we going to do?"

"Worry about it when the time comes. Right now we have the rest of this school year- which is only a few more months- and then two more years until we graduate. A lot can happen in that time, so we'll worry about it when the time comes."

"What do you mean by 'a lot can happen'? Do you plan on leaving me?" Haruhi's voice took on a slightly bitter tone, her brown eyes glaring down at him.