"Are you sure you want to do this Tamaki?" His father asked helping him sit down on the chair. The room was a welcome sight for the boy. He looked around, the decor reminded Tamaki of a Tropical island.

"I'm sure Father, I'll be fine. I've been feeling better" Tamaki assured him.

"I know you have son, You've been doing very well the past few days, Shima said you've started eating and manage to keep it down. The reason I said you didn't have to come here any-"

"I know, you don't want me to push myself too much. I won't. I promise." Yuzuru sighed and placed his hand on Tamaki's shoulder.

"Your choices will always have consequences, some negative, others may have positive outcomes but I don't want to see you making-"

"It's okay, I'll be careful. I know you don't understand, but I need to be here right now. I don't know if I'll have a lot of really good days for a while, I'll sit here." Yuzuru shook his head.

"You need to take it easy, you're still very sick. I can take you home, Kyoya is very capable-"

"He's more than capable, but I've relied on them too much and I do feel better, I'm doing this for me. I need to be here and out of the house for a while."

"You're so much like your dear mother, so brave. I wish I could be more like the two of you." his father reached out and placed a hand on his shoulder, leaving the teen in shock.

Tamaki cast his gaze to the floor.

"What is it my son?"

"It's just that...if I wasn't sick, if there wasn't a chance I could-"

"Tamaki, I know that it's not something you would hear me say, but it doesn't mean I don't feel it."

"If my illness wasn't something that was life threatening, you wouldn't be saying these things or going out of your way to rearrange your meetings to spend an hour or two with me each day, you wouldn't allow me to call you my father at school. It makes me feel a little sad, I have to be ill for these conversations to happen." Yuzuru could hear the pain in his son's voice and his heart was breaking.

"You're right, there's no excuse for it. I'm sorry."He embraced Tamaki lovingly.

"That's something that's going to change Tamaki, I promise you. When you're well again, we'll set aside some time."

"Can I talk to you about something since you're here?" The teen asked as Yuzuru released him.

"Of course, what's on your mind?" The older man knelt down in front of the chair.

"I know it's not something you want to hear, it might even be hard for you, but it's important that you know-" The door opened and Tamaki smiled, it already felt as if everything was returning to normal now.

"Hikaru, Kaoru, the two of you are going to be helping Haruhi with the decorations, we'll be opening a bit later today, that way we can catch up-"

"Senpai, you're here." Haruhi said with a smile as the hosts entered the room. Tamaki forced himself to put on his usual charming smile.

"I thought since I've been feeling better, I'd see how things are going. I'll do what I can to help while I'm here." He said.

"Are you feeling well enough to entertain guests, you'll probably have-"

"I'll be fine, Kyoya, Hosting isn't going to hurt me. It might take me a minute to get back into it but I want to do something. I need to feel some kind of normalcy." Yuzuru stood up.

"I see that you're in good hands, I'll leave you to it. Don't over do it Tamaki, call me if you need to come home."

"I will." The teen promised watching his father disappear from view.

"I'm glad you're back Tama-chan, we missed you." Honey said with a smile.

"It's good to be here, You guys have been doing really good with keeping it going."

"We've been doing our best. The guests seem content but ask about you, we've been avoiding details" Kyoya explained.

"Are you sure about this Senpai, I mean you-"

"Haruhi, he's fine. He knows what he needs and I fully expect him to also know his limits and not exceed them." Kyoya explained. "Tamaki may be an idiot at times, but I think we can trust him in this particular situation." Haruhi seemed unsure, but remained silent.

Soon, the hosts were busy with their usual activities, tending to the needs of the ladies as they greeted Tamaki with expressions of surprise and happiness.

"We've been worried about you Tamaki, it's been a while since you've been here." One of the guests said as she moved closer. Once again The charming grin crept onto the blonde teen's face.

"Thank you for your concern, but never fear princess, nothing could possibly keep me from being at your side." The girl blushed as the two gazed into each other's eyes.

"He hasn't lost his touch, I'll give him that." Hikaru commented.

"yeah, it's like he never left, but it's a good thing, I mean it didn't really seem right when he wasn't here." Kaoru replied.

"do you think this means Senpai's okay now?" Haruhi asked quietly. The hosts were silent until Kyoya joined them.

"Our guests are our priority, we should be out there making sure their needs are met and need I remind you that we can't let Tamaki get overwhelmed, it's his first day and he shouldn't be expected to handle them all on his own." The shadow king said sternly. "Haruhi, we're low on coffee, I need you to run to the store and restock." He handed her the card and left her to her task, leaving her to wander what her answer may be but too afraid to find out.