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I had a bit of writers block which was annoying, but I decided to power through it- I know this isn't the best chapter I've done (because of the silly writers block) but I do still like it and hope you do too! (It's fluff after the drama I've recently written, yay!)

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Reunion.

Waiting was unbearable, intolerable and very near excruciating.

I sat in my aisle seat (my father and I had wrestled over the window seat and he'd won) fidgeting, drumming my fingers on a magazine that I had recently been flicking through, and sighing constantly.

'Oh for heavens sake Tamaki!' My father snapped, making me jump about a foot in the air and hit my head on the roof of the airplane, whilst on the verge of passing out I heard my father chide 'stop squirming, we'll be home soon.'

'Oh ok.' I nodded, calmed slightly. Five seconds later I began drumming my fingers on the magazine once more, and blew a raspberry. 'Father?'

'Yes son?' He replied in an exasperated tone.

'Are we nearly there?'

'Yes'

'Ok…father?'

'WHAT?'

'How far away are we?'

'I don't know, about an hour- will you stop behaving so childishly?!' he hissed at me, his eyes darkened with growing aggravation.

'You're the one shamelessly flirting with the stewardesses!' I cried flapping my arms agitatedly.

'I can't help it, they're cute aren't they?' Father replied, winking with an insanely perverted smirk which made me want to scream like a little girl and run far away. Oh how cursed was I, to be stuck thirty thousand feet in the air!

'I'm not even going to dignify that with an answer.' I mumbled, facing the aisle with a blush on my face. Of course the stewardesses were cute, all girls are beautiful and deserve love and happiness, but I didn't fawn after them like my father did purely because there was only one girl that I thought was the cutest, most beautiful in the entire world, and only one which I wanted to shower with love and ensure that they were happy every day.

She was the reason why I was so anxious to get home.

It had been the longest three weeks of my life. I had been dragged away from university, where I was studying a combined degree of English and Business, and taken on one of my fathers business excursions to America in order to gain some first hand experience. I had learned a lot in the process and seen a whole new beautiful city- the city of New York. The pretty lights of Times Square fascinated me the most, and I made a vow to show Haruhi one day.

Haruhi… I wanted her to come with me but of course she was too busy in her first year of her law degree, and I didn't want her to be distracted, so she stayed, and promised to look after Antoinette at my apartment until I got back.

Being without her, not being able to hear her voice every day, was like an itch beneath my skin which could not be satisfied no matter how hard I scratched. Every day the itching grew more intense, the melancholy in my heart grew, I missed her so much. I found myself looking at clocks and watches, figuring out what time it was back in Japan, and wondering what she was doing according to the hour it was back home.

Thank goodness we were flying home a week early or I may have gone completely insane.

'Father?' I turned to look at him, he was wearing an eye mask and looked rather comical, but I knew he wasn't asleep- as his snores weren't causing major turbulence like I'm sure they did last time.

'Son, if the next words out of your mouth are "how long until we get there?" not only am I disinheriting you, I'm throwing you out of the plane.' He mumbled sleepily, turning over in his sleep and leaning against the window. I didn't say anything else for the rest of the journey, but my slow torture continued , which incidentally felt as if all my internal organs were twisting and writhing with impatience, and squirmed in my seat.

***

With our impromptu change of plans, Haruhi was unaware that I was arriving early, and I was unable to get a hold of her last minute to tell her. So I knew she wouldn't be there at the airport, and she was probably back at her dorm room. I was desperate to see her, but- as the driver pulled up to my home at midnight, the sky an indigo-orange from the glow of the streetlights, the air cold with the void of wakefulness- I decided it would be selfish of me to go over to her and wake her up when she's so hardworking, and needed to sleep. So, reluctantly, woefully, I made my way into the elevator, to my apartment, with only my luggage for company.

Antoinette greeted me with such enthusiasm and energy, and yet didn't bark once- which I found unusual. I hugged my faithful dog, scratching her ear and rubbing her belly when she flipped onto it, chuckling at her silliness. Her coat was glossy, knot free and she smelled like shampoo- I realised Haruhi must have cleaned her and smiled in amusement and gratefulness at her thoughtful, caring nature. I was so lucky to have her.

Being once more at my house, I felt the kind of relief one gets when they flop onto a nice cosy bed after a long, hard day.

Speaking of bed, I was exhausted and tearing off all but my boxers and chucking them hap-hazardously around the linen basket in my bathroom, I made my way to bed…

…but somebody had already beaten me to it.

Haruhi was tucked into my bed, in a pink nightdress her father must have given her. Seeing her there made me so happy I thought I felt tears in my eyes.

But what really made me happy, what really made my whole soul soar giddily, what made me practically glow with warmth and love, was the fact that as she lay there, her breathing deep and yet soft, she clutched my beloved Kuma-chan to her chest.

Times Square was nothing compared to this- It was the most beautiful sight I had ever seen in my life.

I didn't want to disturb her or Kuma-chan, so I simply crawled into bed next to her and wrapped my arms around her petite waist, feeling happier than I had done in three weeks.

'I'm home' I whispered contentedly, burying my face into Haruhi's shoulder.

And with that, I fell asleep.

Awww she cuddled Kuma-chan in her sleep 'cause she missed Tama! (^-^) Please review!
Til the next time! X