Chapter 3
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Tamaki had been studying the best he could for his finals that started in two weeks. It was easy to tell he was trying to take it easy while still working hard. Kyouya walked out of their room to search for him, he wanted to make sure he got to bed soon since it was getting so late. He wasn't in the kitchen for once, instead he was in their office; asleep. Once again he fell asleep while he was studying. Kyouya couldn't understand why he didn't just stop when he got tired but then again he used to do the same thing all the time in high school when he had to study for the end of semester tests. He stared at Tamaki to decide what he wanted to do, wake him up to go upstairs, leave him as he was or to just move him to the loveseat that was in the room. He figured he could carry him, he had before but something told him to just leave him. Walking out he went into the hallway closet to pull out a blanket, walking back into the office he grabbed a couch pillow. Gently he moved the books out from under Tamaki's face to replace them with the pillow. He wrapped the blanket around him best he could before turning off the desk lamp and walking out.
"Good night Tamaki." He seemed so peaceful sleeping as he was. Kyouya could never figure out how he could sleep like that all night and be in a good mood when he woke up. He knew he was always a bear in the morning when he fell asleep like that.
"I give up!" The bedroom door swung open as Tamaki stormed in. Kyouya was getting ready for work already.
"What's wrong Tamaki?" He stopped to find out what was wrong, he looked like he was going to cry.
"I give up, I'm done with school! I'm not going to graduate anyway!"
"What makes you say that; I thought you told me that you were doing well?"
"I was, or I thought I was. Until I checked my e-mail this morning and found out that I'm failing one of my classes and if I don't pass my final for it among other things I can't graduate."
"Can't you pull the grade up?"
"I need four hundred twenty-points for an A, I have one hundred. I knew I was struggling but I never knew it was so bad. The e-mail said that right now I can't graduate."
"What class is this, maybe I can help you."
"What's the point?"
"What class is it?"
"It is understanding the mind 237. It focusing on all mind disorders, how it affects your body as well as helping to treat them. I'm barely able to pass the tests and apparently my papers suck." He leaned back on the bed reaching for his pillow to cover his face with it. As he grumbled. Kyouya's hope to be able to help was gone; he was clueless when it came to things like this. He pulled the pillow off him,
"If you got help could you pass?"
"I don't know, maybe but what's the point?"
He turned to the side having his back face Kyouya who just flipped him back.
"Try it, there has to be someone in your class that could tell you why you can't grasp the material."
"There might be one person that could maybe help me."
"Ask them today. I just don't want to see you give up when you're so close."
"Ugh…fine."
"Thank you. Now I have to go, I'll talk to you tonight."
"See you later. I love you." He sat up to kiss Kyouya before he left.
"I love you too."
Tamaki sat in class trying to pay attention; he had such trouble focusing anymore. And learning that he may not graduate wasn't helping at all. If he could concentrate then he probably wouldn't be failing. By the time the class ended his mind was fried.
"Tamaki, are you okay?"
He looked up at the woman next to his desk.
"Hi Angela."
"Are you ready for finals next week?"
He just hit his head in his desk, why did finals have to be so close?
"Do you need help Tamaki? I know you missed a lot of class last month because you were sick so if you want I can help you."
"I need a miracle right now Angela."
"Oh come on, you've been at the top of the class since you started here. So you fell ill once you can't let that stop you."
"Yea, I guess so." He knew it was much more complicated than that. His mind had been focusing on everything else that was going on. As they walked out of the classroom they just started talking about other things. Angela was one of the only people Tamaki talked to in class; they had been in most of the same classes together since they started. Tamaki had tried to be friendly with everyone just as he tried to do in high school and Angela was one of the only people that accepted his attempt of a friendship.
"Are you doing anything today, or for the next couple of days for that matter?"
"Not really why do you ask Tamaki?"
"I want to take you up on your offer."
Kyouya came home from work to hear Tamaki's voice, though he wasn't talking it was more like grumbling. He walked into the kitchen to see books scattered across the table and Tamaki sitting next to someone going over something that already sounded confusing.
"Tamaki, I'll be in my office if you need me okay?"
"Oh Kyouya, welcome home," He looked up from his notebook at hearing his voice. "Kyouya, this is Angela, a friend of mine from school. Angela this is my husband Kyouya."
"It's a pleasure to meet you Kyouya, Tamaki speaks about you a lot."
"It's nice to meet you as well. Thanks for helping Tamaki out. I have no idea what he is learning to be of any use to him. Tamaki I need to finish something so I'll be in the office. I'll order takeout in the process. Angela, anything you feel like?"
"Oh don't worry about me. I don't want to be a burden."
"Angela if you stay for dinner you can help me longer."
She could see he was pleading with her. He reminded her of a child, begging to stay up an extra ten minutes before bed. He always reminded her of her little brother though he was older.
"Oh fine, I'll stay. Anything is fine Kyouya, thank you."
"Let's order sushi!" Tamaki loved to keep Kyouya on his feet, though if he knew that if Kyouya agreed he wouldn't eat it anyway.
"Forget it Tamaki." He walked out of the room laughing.
"Points for trying!"
"Go back to studying!"
He dug his face into the open textbook as he started laughing.
"Are you allergic to it or something Tamaki?"
"Yea, something like that."
She stared at him for a moment before they got back to work. They figured out that if he could fix the essays and score at least an eighty on the final then he should have enough points for a C+ and that was all he needed to graduate he didn't need an A like he originally thought.
Tamaki laid in bed, exhausted from studying so hard.
"She has a crush on you."
"What? Who are you talking about?"
"Oh come on Angela was eyeing you up all night."
"Oh she was, was she? Since you noticed does that mean you're worried, jealous?"
Tamaki sat up laughing knowing Kyouya was teasing.
"Me, jealous of her. Ha never."
"Oh you so are, it's funny how cute you are when your jealous."
Kyouya started to climb into bed, "Oh you're such a freak when you day dream." He knew the second he said freak he screwed up. While he knew he didn't mean anything by what he said and was joking around Tamaki was very sensitive.
"I am so sorry Tamaki."
"I never asked to be a freak!" He was off the bed in a second and moved to the window.
"Tamaki I'm sorry."
"You're a jerk you know that right?"
"You must know I meant no harm by what I said."
Tamaki crossed his arms over his chest and stared out the window to completely avoid Kyouya.
"Tamaki, I am so sorry. I don't think you're a freak. You know I love you."
"Yea whatever."
Kyouya tried to get close to him in attempts to apologize only to have Tamaki shake him off.
"Just go over there. I don't want to talk to you right now." He pointed to the bed. Knowing Tamaki wasn't going to forgive him right now and to avoid a bigger argument he did what Tamaki told him to and laid on the far side of the bed.
Tamaki uncrossed his arms to lay them on his stomach. He was still getting used to the idea that he was going to have a baby. The thought didn't freak him out as much as it used to but he didn't like to be reminded. And he wasn't, Kyouya wasn't calling him a freak, well not in a negative way. He knew Kyouya loved him and that he loved the twins. Kyouya would never dis them. Coming back to his senses he moved off the window and went back to the bed. Kyouya had his back to him to help Tamaki feel like he had more space. He didn't know Tamaki moved from the window until he heard the springs in the mattress shift.
"Kyouya? I'm sorry for getting mad at you. I know you were kidding around with me and I shouldn't have gotten so upset with you. Can you forgive me? I know you love me and I love you too."
Kyouya sat up to wrap his arms around him to pull him close.
"I need to watch what I say. I am really sorry for saying what I did. I have never thought you were a freak, you're unique. You being exactly who you are is the reason I'm so madly in love with you." Kyouya watched Tamaki smile as he move closer to lean on Kyouya's chest. Well it looked like he was forgiven.
Angela was over a few more times before the test. Tamaki's confidence had increased a lot since she started helping.
"Good luck today. This is your last final right?"
"Yep, it's a three hour test, my longest one."
"I'm sure you'll do fine." He kissed Tamaki good-bye before he walked out of the house for work.
When he walked into the house at the end of the day he saw Tamaki laying on the couch in the living room.
"How did it go Tamaki?"
"My mind is fried. Two hundred fifty questions, both multiple choice and open-ended. Five extremely wordy, long essays and two bonus questions that were just as bad as the essays. I can't even lift my head off the couch right now."
"When will you know if you passed?"
"The teacher told us he would have the grades posted online by Friday."
"So only two days, that's not bad. Since you're not in the mood to move I guess you don't feel like going out for dinner?"
Tamaki got up slowly, "I'll get my coat. I don't want to cook and no offense but your cooking scares me." Kyouya just laughed at him as he grabbed his coat and slipped his shoes back on. Tamaki's cooking was scary, not his. The things he created were getting….odd to say the least.
They sat at a new restaurant that had opened up a few weeks ago. Because of school Tamaki hadn't felt like going out much so he could study more. It was nice to get out of the house for awhile.
"When is graduation?"
"Next Tuesday."
"And your appointment?"
"Next Wednesday, why did something come up at work?"
"Not really, I told Hiroshi that I needed off those two days but I wanted to make sure I had the right days."
"Oh, okay. How is work going anyway?"
"I'm getting my own office in a day or two."
"Really? That's great, so you got promoted?"
"Head of Research. But I don't see me staying there for long."
"Good or bad?"
"Good, I'm shooting for the VP spot that is opening in a month or two."
"Go for it! As long as it will make you happy I want you to try hard for it."
It made Kyouya happy to see that Tamaki was just as excited as he was to see if he could become VP of the entire company.
A few days later Kyouya was at work when his cell phone went off. It was Tamaki, he hoped he was okay, usually he just called his office phone.
"Guess who is graduating! And with high honors no less!"
"Congratulations Tamaki. What was the final grade?"
"I ended the class with a ninety and got a ninety-seven on the final." He could tell Tamaki would be jumping up and down if he could right now.
"Oh and Kyouya, I need to warn you. Since I've been home all day and was online waiting for the grades to be posted I kind of printed a ton of recipes. I mean a ton, I made a lot of food for no real reason so come home hungry…and I'm asking my parents to come for dinner."
"Good idea. I have taken your warning to heart. I'll see you at home."
When he hung up he started to rub his temples. Tamaki was trying to kill him; lately whenever he cooked he changed something based off his changing tastes. He was still recovering from the last meal Tamaki made. He would have to warn his parents.
Surprisingly everything they had tasted fine. Tamaki had followed the directions as best he could and Kyouya was grateful. Though they had enough leftovers to last them a few weeks.
"I guess I went a little overboard huh?"
"Just a little, but now I won't have to buy lunch for awhile."
Neither could stop laughing as they cleaned the kitchen up.
Before they knew it Tuesday was upon them. Tamaki stood outside of the theater at Tokyo U with his family. Annie-Sophie was more than a little proud of him and kept trying to take pictures. After a while he tried to hide behind Kyouya, who would move away from him each time.
"Stop avoiding her, you owe her big time."
"How do I owe her?"
"Well first she couldn't go to your high school graduation, then you didn't even bother to go to your other two graduations when you got your first two degrees."
"Well those don't count because they weren't as important to me as this is."
"You still owe her for high school."
"Crap, I hate it when you're right."
Kyouya pushed Tamaki in front of him, knowing he won that battle. "Now smile and look pretty.
The ceremony was close to three hours long due to the fact that it covered everyone that was graduating from the normal program as well as the accelerated.
"Tamaki! Congratulations!" As he walked to find his family after, he ran into Angela, literally in fact.
"You too Angela!" They talked until he found everyone and introduced them to her.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. and Mrs. Su…"
"Their not married." Tamaki quickly whispered to her.
"To meet you both."
They all talked for a moment before they decided to get going. They were all meeting up with Haruhi and the others so they could all go out to eat.
"Oh Tamaki I almost forgot. I was wondering if your center in the city is looking for volunteers."
"Of course, I'm always looking for more people."
"Fantastic, see the company I want to work for won't even look at me without some sort of experience whether it be paid or not."
"Well if you're interested just call me so I can show you how everything is run."
When they parted ways Tamaki noticed Mitsukuni jumping up and down next to their waiting limo. It was nice to know he hadn't changed at all over the years.
"Tama-chan! Kyouya!" Both started laughing as they got into the vehicle; tonight was going to be fun. After they double checked to make sure they were still meeting his parents at the restaurant they left.
"Tamaki, I drink to you, here toast with me."
It was obvious Hikaru had already started drinking before this. Tamaki just shook his head and pushed the glass away.
"Oh come on mi'lord why not? This is a party is it not?"
"I can't handle alcohol at all, and besides aren't you underage?"
"It's just one glass and you're of age and you won't drink so now I have to drink for you as well. At least Kaoru knows how to party with me." He looked at Kaoru who just pushed him away.
"I'm good Hikaru really; I really can't handle alcohol at all so even one glass is too much for me. You all remember what happened when I turned twenty-one."
"Kyouya is here with you so I bet he'll make sure you don't get trashed." He remembered perfectly what happened for Tamaki's birthday, Tamaki got trashed within the first half hour and Kyouya had to carry him to the car because he couldn't walk anymore. Hikaru was partially to blame for that since he made him do shots and bet money on how much he could handle.
"Actually Hikaru, Tamaki knows that if that glass even touches his lips, I'll kill him."
Everyone stared at Kyouya in complete silence, his voice was so serious. Tamaki started laughing; they were lost to say the least. They never knew Kyouya was so possessive of Tamaki and how could Tamaki be okay with that.
"Senpai, can I talk to you?" Haruhi slid across the seat to talk to Tamaki who was still laughing.
"Oh Haruhi, you don't have to call me senpai anymore. And I know what you are going to talk to me about, it's fine. Kyouya is only looking out for me."
Haruhi glanced at Kyouya; it was now so obvious he now knew what she wanted to talk to Tamaki about. She really hoped she didn't just piss him off.
"Well you might as well tell them Tamaki, why bother trying to hide it." Kyouya was a little peeved at them for thinking he was possessive or controlling towards Tamaki. They didn't verbally say it but their faces sure did.
"Your right." He looked at the others with a completely serious look on his face. Everyone tensed hoping everything was okay and he wasn't sick or something.
"What I am about to tell you cannot leave this car, got that? Though my parents know so you don't have to worry about that." They all nodded and inched forward in their seats to listen.
"The reason I won't drink besides the obvious one, it's because Kyouya and I are going to have a baby and, well I don't want to harm them."
Everyone's jaw dropped, that was something else.
"Them sen…Tamaki?"
"Yep, we're having twins." He smiled at her as he answered her question. Hikaru started to gag on whatever he was drinking now.
"That's really exciting Tama-chan! Congratulations to you both." Mitsukuni was the first to recover himself. Soon everyone else recovered and went back to how they were before. Since Haruhi was sitting next to Tamaki she couldn't stop her eyes wander but he still had his graduation gown on.
At dinner everyone was joking around, it had been so long since they had gotten together like this.
"So since you graduated does that mean we have to call you doctor from now on?"
"No, Kaoru you guys don't have to but, I'll just charge you more if you come to me that's all." That started the next round of everyone going back and forth between each other.
The next morning Tamaki and Kyouya got ready to go back into the city to see Dr. Yamada. As they waited for him to come in from the other building they started talking about future vehicles. Both agreed they should get something but the real question was what exactly. Not to mention the fact that neither had been behind the wheel since they went for their licenses.
"Not that I'm trying to push this on you Kyouya, but I have no real idea what I should look into."
"I'll take care of it no problem."
When Dr. Yamada showed up he got straight to business. Kyouya laced Tamaki's fingers through his own as they watched the screen. He was speechless, this was absolutely breathe taking, simply beautiful.
After they got out they met with Tamaki's parents. Annie-Sophie wanted to know how everything was going and Tamaki loved that she was still visiting so he would create an excuse to see her if he had to. To know she was only ten minutes away if he wanted to talk to her about something was making him much more relaxed. Kyouya knew that they were both worried about the coming months and if they were really ready so anything that helped him relax was great. Even for as scared as they were though, they were still enjoying every moment.
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I love this story so much. Never thought I would do something like this so it's a nice change. I love dreaming about it so much but most of all I love how funny this is. Their conversation and expressions are making me laugh so hard. Chapter 4 is written so I should have it up soon.
