A/N Okay, I basically figured out what I'm going to do, I will do gradual time skips to get through the rest of the season, which will probably include 5 more episodes. Let me know which episodes you guys want included in book, beside the Ouran Fair, and I'll do my best to make it work!

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I collapsed in bed at the end of another day, between Martial training with Honey, my host club duties, and the business lessons, I was getting to the point where I forgot what it felt like to be well rested. Oh, I almost forgot that Kyoya took me on at least one date a week, though that was the farthest thing from a burden.

When I had gotten home today, Haruhi and I had talked for over an hour about what the other Hosts did to try and help that poor Nekozawa. I could help but laugh as she told me about the cheesy lines they were trying to get him to say so that he would overcome his fear of the light.

'Seriously though, in what world does it make sense that a character make over will get rid of a deeply engrained fear that has existed for years? They certainly didn't try that with me, thank heavens; I think they understood my situation a little bit better, but whatever I guess. So long as neither Kirimi nor Nekozawa are mentally scarred, it should turn out okay.'

I continued to giggle to myself about that until I drifted off to sleep, at the same time, I was remembering all of my crazy schedule for the next day.

***

Honey and I were exchanging blows as we talked happily, I had been practicing with these two for months, and I was finally getting to the point where I could last more than a minute in a sparring match with them. "Risa?" I heard him ask from above me when he pinned me.

"Yeah, Mitzukuni?" I replied and accepted his help getting up.

"You seem really stressed lately, what's going on?" I smiled at him and Mori, who was agreeing with his cousin from the sidelines with a nod.

"I should have known that you would be the ones to see through my mask, you always seem to have been able to do that." I said gently and walked to my bag, where I grabbed a towel and wiped my face.

"I just worry, I mean, last time I felt like you were overly stress or worried, I ignored it for the most part and you ended up in the hospital. I never want that to happen again." he said solemnly and I nodded, sitting down with a sigh.

"It really isn't anything big, things have just been a little hectic for me, and it's wearing me down a bit." I said as casually as I could, I wanted to be honest with them, but I also didn't want them worrying about me unnecessarily.

"What all is on your plate right now?" Mori asked and I grimaced.

"Oh, you know; this, school, the Host club, and I also have my business lessons every evening right after the Host club. I don't usually get home until around eight or nine every evening, and when I leave for school at five in the morning, it makes for a long day every day. The you add to that the fact that Mr. Ootori has decided that I am ready to start handling most of the business on my own, it is more than a little taxing."

I leaned against a nearby wall and closed my eyes, "Ri-chan, do you get enough sleep?" I cocked my eyebrow at the odd question.

"I guess so?" I said hesitantly, now that I thought about it, the amount of sleep I had gotten over the last few days was pretty negligible, but I got all my duties done, so I didn't mind the five hours of sleep that I usually ended up getting.

"Well that didn't sound very reassuring." Honey grumbled and I giggled a little, "Ri-chan, I'm worried that you are overloading yourself. The schedule you have right now isn't healthy at all, and if you keep trying to stretch yourself, you very well could end up breaking."

"I know," I said quietly, "But what other choice do I have? School, the Host club, and the business meetings are non-negotiable and I wouldn't give these lessons up for the world. I swear, Haruhi, Kyoya, and you guys are probably the only people keeping me sane right now."

"Fine, I'm trusting you to keep yourself safe, okay Ri-chan? If it ever feels like it is too much, then please come to me or Takashi and we will help you; you have to realize that you don't have to do things on your own anymore."

I was confused, how in the world was I supposed to rely on them for these things? All of them were things you did independently, so I didn't understand what they could help with; however, I wanted to believe in them, so I nodded my head and went off to shower after our workout.

***

All was calm that day, at least it was until I got to the Host club, which somehow wasn't that surprising. When I walked into the club, the twins and Tamaki were running around in fear, "What the heck are you guys doing?" I ask curiously.

"RISA, THANK HEAVENS YOUR HERE, WE'RE GOING TO DIE!" Tamaki grabbed my shoulders and started shaking me as he yelled at me.

"What? Calm down Tamaki and tell me what's going on."

Obviously, Tamaki was in no shape to explain the situation, so Hikaru jumped in, "We were trying to get Haruhi in a bunny suit, but she was fighting us." Kaoru continued, "It was a total accident, but while we were doing it, we bumped a table, and Honey-senpai's stuffed bunny, Usa-chan, fell in tea."

they said together, "That is why boss said that we are going to die, because Usa-chan is dirty and Honey-senpai is sleeping."

I cocked my eyebrow, "Why would that matter, just take Usa-chan to be cleaned, and we can explain everything to Mitzukuni when he wakes up." To me this sounded logical, but apparently that wasn't a good answer.

Tamaki gasped and his face drained of all color, "Risa, we can't do that, do you not know what Honey-senpai is like when he wakes up?" I shook my head and he continued, "Now this may just be a rumor, but the Haninozuka family once visited a U.S. military base to give combat training; supposedly Honey senpai slept through most of it because of his jet lag. Then, a soldier came in and carelessly tried to wake him up since he had been sleeping for so long. On that day, he wiped out two entire platoons of soldiers and not just any soldiers, Green berets! I've heard we've had diplomatic issues with America ever since that day."

I shook my head in disbelief, but Tamaki continued, "And we've got a bigger problem, Usa-chan was handmade for Honey senpai by his deceased grandmother. You've seen the way he carries it around, that little bunny is his most prized possession. I can't imagine how he's gonna react when he wakes up and sees that his precious Usa-chan is ruined."

Tamaki and the twins all squealed out together, "He's gonna do to us what he did to those Green berets!"

Haruhi, who had walked in with me, scoffed, "You're exaggerating, it's impossible for that story to be true, I mean, come on." I nodded, but why would they listen to us, I mean, we are only logical.

"It is, and there is other evidence that Honey-senpai has an evil side to him; listen to this, his blood type is AB. How do you like that?"

"Yeah, so what?" Haruhi looked confused and irritated.

"But Haruhi, that means he is the same blood type as Kyoya!" The before mentioned person looked up from his laptop with a small glare, "What's the matter? Do you guys have problem with my blood type?"

I decided that enough was enough, "I hope you realize that you're being idiots." I said, and I saw Kyoya nod, "Seriously, if Mitzukuni had wiped out any green berets, he would be locked up in an American prison, and there would be a much bigger fuss about it, that's just how America is. Also, if you're basing your idea of a person off of their blood type, and your reason for this is one other person, then you need to reevaluate things. It is a ludicrous idea that everyone with type AB blood is terrifying to wake up. Though I would believe that Kyoya is a little devil in the mornings."

"If you're really that terrified of Mitzukuni, then I'll wake him and tell him." I walked up to Honey's napping bed and gently shook his shoulder while Tamaki and the twins hid behind a couch and planned out their escape route.

His eyes seemed to glow as he glared at me, "Why the hell did you wake me up?" I'll admit I was taken aback by the dark tone of his voice, but I just shrugged and kept going, totally ignoring the pleading to retreat from everyone else.

"Mitzukuni? It's time to wake up." I cooed gently and his whole demeanor changed.

"Ri-chan? Is that you?" I nodded and he smiled slightly and yawned, "Why do I need to wake up Ri-chan?" He whined cutely and I turned around and smirked at the cowering crowd, who were now gaping at me in amazement.

"I just wanted to let you know that Usa-chan needs to go for cleaning," I said and he looked really concerned for a minute before I continued on, "You see, he was thirsty and wanted some tea, but got messy when we gave him some, right Takashi?"

"Yeah" the emotionless giant said from behind us and Honey smiled happily.

"Okay, thanks for telling me Ri-chan, I'm really glad you did!" I nodded and walked away my smirk returning as Tamaki and the twins looked at me like I was some war hero.

***

A cry of pain jerked me from my playing and I looked up in alarm, people were gathered around Honey. I stood quickly and walked over to see what was going on. "There's nothing wrong, so quit messing me! Leave me alone!" He cried out pitifully as Haruhi tried to get him to open his mouth.

Mori walked over and gently pushed Haruhi aside, then leaned over Honey and forcefully made him open his mouth so he could examine it. The girls all around me squealed at this moment between the two Hosts.

Tamaki walked up behind me, "So, is it a cavity?"

Mori nodded, "Yeah." Honey tried to say that everything was okay, but Mori just turned to Tamaki and the leader of the Host club nodded.

"Yes, you're right, I'll take care of this. Until Honey senpai gets over his cavity, I'm afraid he can't have sweets; therefore, we'll be supportive and ask that you kindly refrain from eating snacks in the clubroom until this ordeal is over." Honey heard this and broke down.

"No, no, don't, Takashi, please don't take my snacks away. You can't, don't do it, what'll I do without them? I can handle it, please don't take away my cake!" Mori shook his head and walked away with the slice of cake that Honey had been in the middle of eating.

"No more cake."

Honey ran up to me and wrapped me in a huge hug, "Ri-chan, I can't do it! Cake means so much to me and I might just die if I can't have any, don't let them do this to me!" I sighed sadly at the desperation in his voice.

"Mitzukuni, I'm sorry, but this is the best thing to do. If you try to eat sweets before you're healed, then your cavity will take forever to heal, which would be even worse for you. If you want to eat cake happily again, you have to do what Takashi told you." I gently moved his bangs from off his forehead and smiled at him. "How about this? As long as you can't have sweets, then I'll make sure to get a full eight hours of sleep every night, no matter what else I need to do that day, okay?"

He considered for a moment, and then his smile returned, "Okay, Ri-chan, we can do this together!"

Well, his happy attitude lasted roughly a... day... By the next day, he was trying to sneak candy into the school, which Mori caught. On day two, he was trying to guilt the people at the Host club into getting him something sweet, and it just went downhill from there. After just a few days, he had started prowling around the room like a feral animal and was growling at anyone who came near.

My struggle however, had only gotten worse. Ever since I made that promise to Honey, I was falling behind on several things, both school assignments, and tasks for my business. Like I told Honey, I got eight hours of sleep every night, but I had had to cut out everything unessential. This included dates with Kyoya, which he was not happy about, relaxing with the Fujioka's, and even any downtime during club hours. I had lost the bags that were forming under my eyes, but I was running on empty mentally, and on the verge of a breakdown.

I think the other Hosts were starting to get concerned about me, but right now, Honey was in a more worrisome position, so he was the focus for now.

We watched him pace and Tamaki whispered out of the corner of his mouth, "He's gonna crack."

Kaoru whispered back, "Will someone talk to him? He's scaring me. How about you Risa? You seem to have a connection with him." I was about to agree when Kyoya cut in.

"Kaoru, Risa has enough on her plate for right now, I will not have you adding anything else, especially not something like this; do you understand me?" The twins shuddered and everyone turned back to watch Honey. I felt an arm slide around my waist, and Kyoya led me away from the group into a side room.

"Okay Risa, what is up with you? We have barely spoken all week, and I can see how stressed out you are. Normally, I wouldn't interfere in something like this, but watching you slowly fade away has been torture to me, so please tell me what's going on."

I slumped into a nearby chair and sighed. I'm sorry for worrying you Kyoya, but really I blame it on the fact that I've been getting 8 hours of sleep every night." He looked confused, "You see, I have had a lot to do lately, and since I have no time during the day, I usually finish everything later at night. But when Honey got his cavity, he and I made a deal that I would get a full eight hours of sleep at night as long as he did eat any sweets until his cavity healed. Because I get up at the ungodly hour of 4:40, that means I have to go to sleep as soon as I finish my business lessons. I still have homework and other things, but now I need to find time to do everything, and I think that is more stressful than a lack of sleep.

By this time, Kyoya was holding me closely and rocking me ever so slightly, I don't know when he first embraced me, but I could feel some of the tension leaving me as we stood there in silence.

"Risa," He finally said quietly, "Honey is definitely someone to endorse a healthy sleep schedule, but right now you need to focus on what is best for you. I won't tell you what I think that is, you need to find that for yourself, but just know that I am a night owl too. I mean, there is a reason that Tamaki and the twins are terrified of waking me up, it's usually because I only get four to five hours of sleep a night, and the mornings are horrible for me. Please though, if you need help with anything let me or one of the others know, we only want what's best for you!" I nodded and we left the room together and our mouths gaped at the sight that greeted us.

Mori was on the ground, looking like he hated himself, and there was a broken table. I walked up to Haruhi and whispered, "What happened here?"

"Honey-senpai bit Tamaki, so Mori-senpai went to stop him, then Honey-senpai yelled that he hated Mori-senpai and ran out of the room. Tamaki followed him and now you're here." I blinked and she nodded, "I know, that was my reaction too."

I walked over to Mori, "Takashi, don't tell me you let Mitzukuni flip you so you could pay for some non-existent sin." I looked at him and he turned his head away while the twins answered for Mori.

"Oh please, let himself be flipped? Oh, please Risa, there is no way Mori-senpai would allow something like that!"

Haruhi came to stand by me, "No, Risa's right, Mori senpai, by any chance, have you been acting like this, because you're trying to get Honey senpai to hate you?"

I got closer and knelt down beside him, "You're trying to push him away, aren't you?"

To almost everyone's surprise (Basically just Haruhi and the twins), Mori nodded, "Yeah, I am. This was my fault, Mitzukuni has a cavity because I'm careless; twice before his nap time, I forgot to make him brush his teeth."

"Takashi, you do realize he is 17, right? I know you feel bad, but seriously?" Hikaru said carelessly and Kaoru and Haruhi both nodded.

"But if Mitzukuni has to get false teeth, it'll be my fault." he said and then sighed and hung his head, "I wouldn't be able to live with myself right now if he hadn't thrown me down."

Kyoya jumped in, "Because he felt at fault, Mori senpai wanted some sort of punishment from Honey senpai to make up for his failure."

I shook my head, "Takashi, it's just a little cavity, I know it'll be fine; people get them all the time."

Right as I finished speaking, Tamaki's voice came from the door, "Well there you have it, Honey-senpai, what are you going to do now?" We all looked up to see Tamaki standing there with a teary-eyed Honey in front of him.

"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry, Takashi! I promise I won't forget to brush my teeth again, I won't forget!" I stood and moved over to Kyoya as Honey barreled to Mori and crashed into him, leaving a smile on everyone's face except Kyoya's.

"What's wrong Kyoya?" I asked quietly and he groaned.

"We were just getting to the point where our income was more than our expenditures, but once Honey recovers, we will be back to where we were. Maybe I should quit this before he heals fully."

"You're funny Kyoya; for one, I know that you would be do bored without the Host club; and for two, I'm not leaving, and do you really want to lose this way for us to interact on a daily basis?" I murmured then replied.

"I swear you are a witch, but fine. I'll just suffer through balancing the book for these fools." Life may be crazy, but when you have someone behind you, propping you up, you can face anything.

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A/N So sorry about the long gap in updates, I just moved home from college, so life has been insane! Oh, and the pic at the top has nothing to do with OHSHC, but it sure did crack me up!