Author's Notes: I'm seriously hungry. I hate that I'm always hungry when I write. Oh well, review, enjoy, and cheers! ~ Double
Chapter 11- Kyouya's PoV- A couple days later
I wake up to my alarm beeping loudly through what would be utter silence. I slam my hand on the snooze button, knocking it off my nightstand. I hate waking up in the morning. I try to fall back asleep. I hear the alarm go off again five minutes later. The noise is muffled but still loud enough for me to hear. I sigh and get out of bed. I shut the alarm off and put the clock back on my nightstand. Even though it's Saturday, I set an alarm because I wanted to get up earlier. Tamaki and I are each going to try to convince each other's fathers to let us be together since I'm getting nowhere with my father, and vice versa for him.
I get dressed and ready for the day, making sure I appear presentable when I see Tamaki's father. I pull on my coat and walk downstairs. I called the driver half an hour ago to make sure he had the car ready to go when I was ready. I pull my gloves on my hands and walk downstairs. I walk out the door, get into the car, and the driver quickly drives away. I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket. I get it out and look at the text.
You leave yet?
~Tamaki
Just did.
~Kyouya
K. Hope this works.
~Tamaki
Yeah, hopefully.
~Kyouya
Good luck, mon amour.
~Tamaki
You too.
~Kyouya
I sit in the car for what feels like an eternity before I get there. The car finally pulls up to Tamaki's mansion, and I get out. I walk up to the door and knock. A female maid in her late 20's answers the door. I remember meeting her before when I was here.
"Hello, Mr. Ootori. If you're looking for Young Master Tamaki, he just left."
"I'm actually here to speak with the Head of the Household."
"Oh, alright. I'll go inform him and see if he's busy."
She lets me inside and goes upstairs to Tamaki's father's office.
I take a seat on a couch and wait for a few minutes. She comes back downstairs.
"Mr. Suoh says that he only has ten minutes and that you must be quick."
"Thank you." She leads me up to his office. She approaches the door and knocks. After hearing a voice of approval, she opens it.
"Mr. Ootori is here to see you now, sir."
"Alright," I hear a lower, older sounding male voice say. "Let him in."
She opens the door and lets me in. She then bows to him and exits the room, closing the door behind her.
"Alright," Tamaki's father says. "Make it quick, I don't have all day."
"Yes sir." I walk up to the desk. "This is about-"
"It's about you and my son, isn't it?" he says, interrupting me.
"Yes, but if you would just-"
"I've already made up my mind. There's nothing you can say or do to change it."
"But sir, I think I-"
"I've made up my mind. You two will not be together. And if you two try to be together in secret, your father and myself have already come up with both of your punishments."
I look down at the ground. "Yes, sir."
"Good. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must be off to a meeting. Have a nice ride home, Mr. Ootori."
He stands up, and escorts me out of his office, closes the door, and walks down the hall and goes downstairs.
I slide down the wall and sit on the ground. The same maid walks by me again, holding a small wrapped package in her hands. She looks at me.
"Did he brush you aside?"
I nod my head. She hands me the package she was holding.
"Here," she says. "Young Master Tamaki wanted you to have this if the conversation didn't work out."
I take it from her and unwrap it. I open the box and see the small picture frame in it. In the picture frame is the lavender colored rose that he found in the bush of red roses at my house. In the bottom of the box is a note on lavender colored stationary in Tamaki's calligraphy. I see tear stains all over the paper. I start to read it.
Dear Kyouya,
This is for you, mon amour. The rose that reminds me of you. Since we can't be together, I want you to give this to whoever your true love is. Don't give it back to me. I let you down since I couldn't help our cause. Please, take it with happiness and give it to your soulmate. I'm sorry it couldn't have been me.
In the best and most dismal regards,
Tamaki
I see why there's tear stains now. I feel tears come into my own eyes. Any shred of hope I had left is gone now. Tamaki's given in now. I probably should too. I look at the flower in the frame. It has a small plaque on the actual frame. It says: The flower of my love. I start to cry more. I almost want to throw the frame at the wall and watch it smash into pieces, like my heart did. I won't though. It's what I have left of him. I stand up, put everything back in the box and close the lid. I look at the ground. I feel a girl's arms hug me. I look up, and see that it's actually the maid. I'm completely surprised by this. Maids are actually supposed to stay out of the problems of the family they're serving.
"I'm sorry, Mr.O-"
"Please," I say. "Call my Kyouya."
"I'm sorry, Kyouya."
"It's alright," I say, tears still running down my cheeks. I talk quieter. "I just wish it didn't have to end like this."