Okay so this is my first Ouran fanfiction. I really love Tamaharu and how the manga storyline played out for them but some of the final omake timeline is hard to follow and calculate (especially if I'm gonna follow the 2005 timeline since that's when the manga started). SO to avoid further confusion, I'm taking the facts that they end up together and (kind of old spoiler) are the first of the hosts to have children, but adding my own filler facts to this story.

It never said they were the first to get married. They could have been the first, or maybe last?

Anyways I'm gonna have some OC's in this for the purpose of filling in the other characters lives. Even though we all love Tamaki and Haruhi, I still want to know where the other's ended up, don't you?

So it starts out like that. The first OC is Kaoru Hitachiin's girlfriend (who is the only daughter of a prominent Italian fashion designer) Natalia Rossi. For visual purposes, she has long curly/wavy dark brown hair, green eyes, is a few inches taller than Haruhi, and has a lovely splash of freckles on her face. The rest is up to your imagination. Her personality will be shown in later chapters.

So without further-ado, here is the first chapter of First or Last?

Chapter 1 - Strange

31 March, 2015

About ten years since it all began...

"Haarruuuuhhiiiiiiii~ " his voice rang through the entire house, as always. Whether it be for a simple loving gesture or for an important message, he always seemed to sing her name. And oddly enough, it usually came from the same place, the kitchen.

"What is it now Tamaki-sempai?" she replied, as annoyed as ever. " This better be important. I was in the middle of doing some research for this new case I just got."

The blond turned to his girlfriend, who had just walked into their kitchen, and started pouting. "Haruhi darling, we've been together for about nine years now. More than that. Don't you think it's time you stopped calling me 'sempai?' I mean we aren't in high school anymore..."

"Yeah. Right. Sorry, it's just a force of habit I guess. I'll make more of an effort to drop the suffix." She brushed it off as nothing. This all became routine after all this time. "So. Tamaki. Why did you call me down here again? Didn't we just eat like twenty minutes ago?"

"No it's not about food this time. And even if it was I would be able to manage on my own. I've picked up some skills here and there from watching you." He chuckled and turned to the counter behind him. He then picked up a card and held it in front of his face.

"It seems like we've gotten another postcard from Kaoru!" Tamaki sang happily. "He looks to still be very happy with Natalia in this picture. And this time they are in her home country! Look Haruhi, they're in Milan, Italy! It wouldn't surprise me if they're there for fashion week, of course. But fashion week already happened right?"

"Is that really all you called me away from my work? Tamaki, we get postcards from Kaoru all the time. We've been getting them from him ever since he and Nat started traveling the world." Haruhi said the last part with a bit of a condescending tone. "I mean, why would someone do something like that. Can't he do something more practical? He did take over for his mother in the fashion business after all. Doesn't he have a fashion line to run?" she thought to herself.

Tamaki ever-so-slightly gasped and pouted again. "Haruhi, how could you be so cruel to your longtime lover? I would never be so inconsiderate as to pull you from such arduous work. I called you down for a much more important reason than just another silly postcard from the more tolerable of those devilish twins. There is something different about this one. Here, read it." He handed her the card and she began to read it aloud.

"Ciao, from Milan! Tamaki and Haruhi, just writing to say hi! Everything is still going great just as I hope it is with you two. I know I could just as easily call you guys, but postcards are more fun, and Nat loves to take pictures! Anyways, miss you guys. Hope to see you soon!

Sincerely, Kaoru Hitachiin"

Haruhi looked up from the card. "What's wrong with this? It's just another letter. I don't know why you always get so worked up over nothing. You should really try and relax more-"

"HAARRRUUUUHHHIIIIIII~!" He cut her off.

"Oh God. Here we go again. He's gonna start whining until he gets his way..."

"I'm not getting worked up over nothing, I swear! This letter is different than the others. The card never says 'Hope to see you soon!' and also did you notice that Natalia didn't sign it. Usually she writes them because her handwriting is exquisite!"

She sighed hopelessly. "But what does any of that matter? What exactly are you getting at?"

Tamaki took a deep breath and stated as matter-of-factly as he could, "Kaoru is planning to propose to Natalia soon!"

". . . Do you even know that for su-"

Haruhi was quickly interrupted when her cell-phone began to ring. She recognized the ringtone. It was Kaoru.

She shrugged it off as nothing more than a coincidence and answered the call. "Oh hey Kaoru. Tamaki and I were just talking about you. We just got your Milan postcard in the mail."

"Hey Haruhi! Oh you did? That's great because I kinda wanna talk about that. I'm guessing you noticed that I wrote it this time instead of Nat.-"

An "ah-ha! I was right" was heard coming from Tamaki in the background.

"Actually yeah we did. Tamaki was freaking out about it. I don't know why though. It's not like it's some hidden message, right?"

"Heh. About that. Natalia didn't even know that I sent that postcard. The picture was just one I used off of my phone. And so far I've only sent this one to you two and Hikaru. I tried calling Hikaru but we all know how hard it is to get in touch with him nowadays. Anyways, I was hoping you guys could help me out. I've been with Nat for about five years now, and I really love her. I knew Hikaru wasn't so happy when I started dating her after we met in Boston, but that surprisingly didn't matter much to me. Well. . What I'm trying to say is. . . She is the one. And I want to ask her to marry me but I don't know how."

"I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I KNEW IT! I TOLD YOU HARUHI! I WASN'T FREAKING OUT FOR NO REASON AGAIN! I WAS RIGHT!" Tamaki shouted as he ran all around the house jumping for joy.

"CALM DOWN , WILL YOU! I GET IT OKAY! NOW LET ME FINISH TALKING TO KAORU!" Haruhi, extremely irritated at Tamaki's obnoxious behavior, screamed as she pulled the phone away from her face.

"Sorry about that Kaoru. It seems Tamaki already knew you were going to tell us this. And that's great! I'm really happy that you want to spend the rest of your life with her, but what does that have to do with us?"

"Well I just thought that since you and Tamaki have been together for so long now, you'd be able to help me ask her. And plus he has always been the charmer, right? So he can at least give me a few things to say so I don't sound completely terrified."

"Well yeah, he has always had his obnoxious charm to live by. . . But he sure as hell isn't any good when it comes to confessing things."

Tamaki had taken his giddiness upstairs to let Haruhi have some quiet. Maybe now was a good time for Haruhi to say what's been on her mind for quite some time now.

"Kaoru, can I ask you something?"

"Well yeah I guess. What is it Haruhi? Is Tamaki pissing you off again? Do I have to come and kick his ass into another dimension?"

"No, that's not it. Well kind of. But there is no need for ass-kicking. You just mentioned how Tamaki and I have been together for a while now, right?"

"Unless I completely imagined what I said not even five minutes ago."

"Well don't you think we shouldn't be dating anymore? I mean- Not like we should have broken up by now, but. . . Like more than dating."

"You mean you think he should have asked you to marry him by now?"

"Well. . . Yeah. Is that wrong? I mean we have been together since the end of my first year of high school. And that was almost a decade ago. Isn't it a bit uncharacteristic of him to not have proposed yet?"

"Now that I think about it, yeah. I always thought that you two would be the first to get married, but Honey-sempai beat all of us there. Now it seems like you two will be the last to get married. Well, other than Hikaru, who still seems to be in the 'brooding teen' phase. But yeah, the way Tamaki dotes on you, you would think he would've popped the question years ago just to make sure no one else can even think about taking you from him. It's strange that he hasn't yet."

Tamaki finally calmed down and decided to join his love in the kitchen once more to continue the conversation with the younger Hitachiin. He got to the kitchen doorway, when he overheard something he wasn't sure how to feel about.

"I mean I really do love him. If I didn't, I wouldn't have stayed with him this long. But this is starting to really bother me. It's starting to make me wonder if he really wants to stay in this relationship. . ."

His heart dropped at that last statement. "Of course I want to be in this relationship. I love my Haruhi more than anything. What on Earth could make her think otherwise?"

The blond hear some chatter come from the cell phone and then he heard the brunette speak once more.

"Thanks Kaoru. I hope you're right. And sorry for making this conversation about Tamaki and me. I am really happy for you and I'm absolutely positive that no matter how you ask her, Natalia will say yes. Just be yourself and tell her what you just told me. You'll be fine. Alright, see ya Kaoru. Good luck."

He stood in the doorway still shocked from what he had just heard. "It's starting to make me wonder if he really wants to stay in this relationship. . ."

Haruhi put her phone away and turned around to see her love standing in the doorway, looking like he'd just seen a ghost.

She smiled at him and laughed a bit, "So I guess you were right about the letter. He was just calling to ask some advice on how to propose. I did the best I could since you ran upstairs for the time being. But.- What's with that crazy look on your face? It looks like you just saw someone's ghost or something."

He looked up from the floor and into Haruhi's full, chestnut eyes that he loved so much. He was so distracted that he didn't notice his own violet eyes begin to swell with tears. "Haruhi. Do you really think . . . that- that I don't want to stay in this relationship?"

Alright so chapter one always has set up and last minute drama. It's just a must for me. Please review! I would love to see what you think! Constructive criticism is greatly appreciated. I haven't written fanfic in a while so I'm a bit rusty.

Hope you all enjoy! Until next time - Chapter 2: Confessions? (yes the question mark is completely intended)