Day Nine - I'll Be Home for Christmas

Characters: KyoTama

Genre: Angst, Family

Triggers: None

Tamaki turned over to his side, unable to sleep. His comforter kept him warm amidst the dropping temperatures outside but he couldn't help his mind to rest. In these late hours of the night he should have been asleep considering his early morning meeting he scheduled with the head of the Suoh's financial aid department. He really needed to be awake and alert during their quarterly presentation.

He needed to sleep.

However, he couldn't.

He rolled to his other side and reached for his lamp, giving up for now. He figured another warm cup of lavender tea might lure him to bed. He threw aside the covers, slipped his feet into his waiting slippers, and was about to leave when he remembered his cell phone charging on the nightstand.

He sighed, picking it up and flipping it open. His heat instantly grew heavy when he saw the picture he had just changed to his wallpaper.

Of course, that was why he couldn't sleep.

He opened his messages and started a new message.

Tamaki Suoh 2:34am

I hope you're not staying up too late. I miss you.

With a flick of his thumb he closed his phone and headed to the kitchen. He fixed himself a cup of tea, snagged a biscuit, and went back to bed. When he set his cup and half eaten biscuit on the nightstand he noticed his cell phone lit up.

Kyoya Ootori 2:45am

You should be asleep.

Tamaki groaned, not caring for his fiance's response. He didn't need his scolding right now. He needed -

He needed him to come home.

Tamaki didn't like the idea of Kyoya leaving for Germany for a business trip with Christmas being three days away. Kyoya had promised to make it home on time for Christmas Eve, claiming the business trip was just for a meeting. However Kyoya unfortunately fell into some trouble with unforeseen accounting errors and a sudden blizzard that closed down the airports.

Now Kyoya would be lucky to get home before the New Year.

Tamaki finished his biscuit, washed down the crumbs with the last of his tea, and climbed into bed. Right as he closed his eyes for the sixth time that night his cell phone pinged.

Kyoya Ootori 2:58am

I miss you too. I'll be home soon, I promise.