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That's right. I don't miss my life at all
I don't want my job back, I don't want to be a tool.
I want to stay with the Host Club
If people have to die to keep things the way they are now, I'd gladly kill them.

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Max's POV

Honey-Senpai's "get sweets" strategy
No. 1: Use the cute.

Honey went running up to Mori and I with a happy smile, the cloth around his head gone. "Look, Takashi, Max-chan! My cavity's all better now!", he declared. Mori was sitting in a chair reading a book, unphased by Honey. I was sitting beside him in a different chair, drawing up schematics for Music Room 3.

"You sure?", he asked.

"The swelling has even gone down!", Honey said happily.

"Has it?", I asked.

"So! Do you think I could have a piece of cake? Just one? Please?", Honey asked before a blue popsicle was suddenly shoved into his mouth. Honey immediately slapped his hands over where his cavity was in pain as Mori walked away with the popsicle.

"You're not fully recovered yet", he said.

Honey cries and then looks at me. I look at him apologetically before getting up and following Mori.

Honey-Senpai's "get sweets" strategy
No. 2: The indirect method.

Two guests were sitting at a table eating sandwiches with their tea and talking to me when Honey walked by them a few times before looking at them, causing them to look away as he walked over.

"What are you ladies drinking?", he asked.

"Um, chamomile tea. It's really good", one of them said, basically forcing a smile when she willed herself to look at him.

"Yeah? What are you going to have to eat?", he asked.

"Well, I was going to have a sandwich", the other girl said, doing the same as the first.

Honey hummed his response as the girls turned away nervously. "Know what you need?", he asked. He smiled brightly. "Some sweets. That tea would go well with something sweet. Like maybe some cake." The girls were blushing and smiling as he spoke. "Come on, what do you say?" Honey waited patiently for the girls to respond. I sighed and looked at the girls.

"Well...it would be good with cake...", one girl said while looking at me.

"It sure would...", the other agreed. Suddenly, they simultaneously put their things down and stood up before quickly leaving.

"We're so sorry, Honey!", one called back.

"But it's for your own good!", the other added.

"Wait!", Honey called after them with an outstretched hand. His shoulders slumped, his arms fell to his sides, and he looked down in disappointment. I stood up and walked back over towards a different table so he wouldn't guilt trip me.

Honey-Senpai's "get sweets" strategy
No. 3: Pulling at heartstrings.

Honey walked over towards me in a depressed way. He was walking slowly, his head and arms were down, and his shoulders were slumped.

"Honey?", I asked. He put a hand on her arm.

"Max-chan, am I a bad person?", he asked before looking up at me with sad, crying eyes. "I just don't understand why God hates me. What have I done?" My expression changed to one of sympathy quickly before I looked around them a bit. I turned back to him and put a finger in front of my lips to signal him to be quiet.

"Okay, fine", I whispered while digging in my pocket. "But only this once, got it?" Honey's face seemed to immediately brighten up.

"Is it a snack?", he asked hopefully.

"Yeah", I answered with a smile. I held Honey's hand with his palm facing upwards iny own before placing something in his palm and releasing his hand with a satisfied smile. "Here."

In Honey's hand was a small box that said "Kyoto Kelp".

"It's not candy. I'm not gonna indulge your sweets crave while you still have that cavity. Sorry." , I apologized. That was when Honey realized he had chosen the wrong person.

~Magical Time Skip~

The bell chimed and it was the third day of the "Candy prohibition order". Honey was holding Usa-chan, but it was easy to tell he was rather irritable as he walked in a circle like a caged animal in front of a door.

"He's gonna crack", Tamaki said as he, Kyoya, the Twins, Haruhi, and I watched from a table.

"Would somebody please talk to him?", Kaoru asked. "He's scaring me." Honey finally opened the door he had been walking in front of, causing Hikaru to stand up in alarm.

"He's headed for the candy!", he exclaimed.

"No need to worry", Kyoya said calmly, smiling. "We emptied out all the sweets."

"Kyoya-Senpai, you seem really chipper today", Haruhi pointed out. In the room, Honey opened up a cabinet and peered inside only to find the same teddy bear he had found when he woke up from a nap the day Usa-chan got dirty. He reached in and picked it up before throwing it to the ground like he had before. Tamaki screamed.

"HE KEEPS DOING THAT TO MY TEDDY BEAR!!", he screamed. Honey began walking out of the room before pausing and collapsing.

"Well, there he goes", Kaoru said.

"Three days and he gives up", Hikaru said. Tamaki approached Honey and carefully shook him a little.

"Honey-Senpai?", he asked cautiously. Honey suddenly jumped up and bit down on Tamaki's hand, causing Tamaki to scream and try to shake him off. "SOMEBODY HELP ME!!! HE'S EATING MY ARM OFF!!!" I rushed to Tamaki and tried to get him to calm down when Mori stood up from his place by the Twins and started walking over to the us, catching the other hosts' attention.

"Mitsukuni. Don't take this out on other people", he said. Honey released Tamaki's hand and froze while Tamaki immediately pulled his hand back to himself and then started complaining to me. I sighed and looked at his arm making sure he wasn't bleeding at all. Honey glared at the ground and Tamaki sighed in relief, happy to have his arm back.

"You've saved me. I thought I was a goner", Tamaki said.

"It's disgraceful", Mori added.

"Takashi...", Honey said as he turned to him with a sharp glare. In the blink of an eye, he was flipping Mori from standing to in the air above him to down on the ground on his back behind him. "YOU IDIOT!!" This surprised all the hosts as Mori slid across the floor and just continued to lay there while Honey fumed with rage. "A LITTLE BIT ISN'T GONNA HURT ME!! YOU'RE SO MEAN!! YOU'RE SUCH A HARD HEAD!!" Honey had tears in his eyes as he looked at Mori. "THAT'S IT, I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU, TAKASHI!!!" Mori carefully sat up on the floor and remained quiet as his gaze remained on the floor for a moment before shifting away slightly like a scolded child. After a moment, Honey ran out crying.

"Honey-Senpai!", Tamaki called before running after him. Mori gritted his teeth with his mouth closed to try and keep an emotionless kind of exterior.

"Tamaki wait! You idiot! " I call after him as I chase him.

The Hosts

"Hey, Mori-Senpai?", Hikaru asked.

"That was harsh. Will you be alright?", Kaoru asked as Mori stood up. He took a few unsteady steps before placing a hand on a table for support only for it to fall over, too, and allow him to fall to his knees as the glass objects on the table broke. He looked at the ground as those last four words Honey spoke rang loud and clear in his mind over and over again.

"Wow, Senpai, it looks like he really got to you. I don't know what's going on, but it seems like you're self destructing", Hikaru pointed out.

"Maybe Honey-Senpai wouldn't hate you if you hadn't been so hard on him in the first place", Kaoru said.

"It was on purpose", Haruhi said in realization. The Twins gave her a questioning look. "Mori-Senpai, by any chance, have been acting like this because you're trying to get Honey-Senpai to hate you?" Mori turned away slightly.

"Why would he do that?", Hikaru asked.

"It makes no sense. That would be like the end of the world for Mori-Senpai", Kaoru said.

"Why would he do it on purpose?", they asked in unison.

"Well, maybe, because he was trying to punish himself", Haruhi suggested. Mori remained silent. "I'm right, aren't I?" It was quiet for a bit longer.

"....Yeah, you are", Mori said. Even Kyoya was watching and listening. "This was my fault. Mitsukuni has a cavity...because I'm careless. ....Twice before his nap time, I forgot to make him brush his teeth."

"But that's not really you're responsibility", Hikaru pointed out.

"He should know better", Kaoru added.

"But if Mitsukuni has to get false teeth, it'll be my fault", Mori said. He sounded like he was in pain.

"Don't worry, that's not gonna happen", the Twins said.

"Wow, what a pessimist", Haruhi commented.

"I wouldn't be able to live with myself right now if he hadn't thrown me down", Mori said.

"Because he felt at fault, Mori-Senpai wanted some sort of punishment from Honey-Senpai to make up for his failure", Kyoya said.

"Well--", the Twins began.

"--while that certainly makes for a nice story and everything--", Hikaru added.

"--it was just a little cavity, right?", Kaoru finished. The doors to the room opened and Honey was looking inside when Tamaki placed a hand on his shoulder and Max looking relieved.

Max's POV

"Well, there you have it, Honey-Senpai", Tamaki said. "What will you do now?" Tears formed in Honey's eyes once again and he ran into the room crying, heads straight for Mori, who was still on the floor. Mori looked over with wide, shocked eyes as Honey ran over.

"I'M SORRY!!", he cried before getting down beside Mori. "I'M SO SORRY, TAKASHI!! I promise I won't forget to brush my teeth again!" Mori put his arms around Honey while he cried and the other hosts just stood by and watched. "I won't forget!!"

~Magical Time Skip~

"A few days later, Honey-Senpai recovered from his painful cavity, so the Host Club decided to lift their ban on sweets. And Honey-Senpai could greedily stuff his face once more", Renge said. Honey was happily eating cake again, while Kyoya at a table with a lamp, papers, and a calculator. He wasn't as happy. He sighed and dropped the calculator. I just sighed and patted Kyoya's shoulder comfortingly while Haruhi spoke.

"What's with Kyoya-Senpai?", Haruhi asked. "He looks depressed about something."

"'Cause Honey-Senpai's back to eating snacks again", Hikaru said.

"All those sweets get expensive", Kaoru added.

"Excuse me", a voice called.

"Oh, my. Looks like we have a new guest, gentlemen", Tamaki said. Standing in the doorway was the girl I had seen Mori speaking with in the opened corridor before. She began walking forward. "Are you a fan of Mori-Senpai?" She walked straight over to Mori and looked down a little.

"Well, Mori. I understand, now", she said. "I know who you feel so strongly about. And it's okay." She looked over at Honey while he happily ate cake, oblivious to her presence a little ways away. She looked back at Mori and then down again while silence stood between them for a bit longer. "I must say, I find it a little surprising that it's Honey." Her shoulders shook slightly. "To think he's so special to you. I don't know. It's just so... I can't explain it, it's just so... yay!!" She looked up and she had hearts in her eyes. Renge walked up beside the girl and tapped her shoulder to her attention before speaking.

"Congratulations! You've just taken your first big step into a brand new world!", Renge said. The girl smiled and turned back to Mori who was now wiping cake off of Honey's face.

"Mitsukuni. You've made a mess", he said. Honey smiled brightly and the guests, Renge, and the other girl squealed in delight.

"That's right, ladies! It's Moey! It's the greatest! I just can't get enough of it!", Renge said before squealing some more.

"I know, even though this whole thing may look and feel like a happy ending, I'm not sure everyone out there would think Moey is the best way to wrap things up", Haruhi said.

"MOEY!!", all the girls screamed.

"Oh, good grief...", I said.

I'm glad things have calmed down considerably.
However, my guard remains up for the fight.
Prepare yourself.