I reread the chapter twenty million times, and each time I read it I fall more in love with Hikaru. I found a lot of symbolism in the chapter on his part...
when he rescues the class rep, thats what always gets to me. Imagine the class rep being Tamaki, and the rescuers being haruhi, and hikaru being (no duh) hikaru. Tamaki cant move and get "rescued" by haruhi because it hurts him too much, but Hikaru can easily save himself and go to Haruhi. If Hikaru were to try and save Tamaki by making him "accessible" to Haruhi, it would hurt, not only the blondie, but our beloved twin as well. Hurt and hurt and hurt.
but, despite all this, Hikaru resolves to survive and tough out the pain, because he owes a lot to Tamaki. at the same time, he doesnt want to give up on himelf: so he confesses, to make Tamaki aware of his own feelings while, at the same time, not giving up on his own.
I love Hikaru and this chapter :)
but I hated the fact that this chapter ended with a cliffie... AND that there was an extra right after it o.o
I had to wait two months for the conclusion!