Author's note
Sigh…sorry for such a slow update…it's exam's week and I just sneaked this chapter in by secret…so here…it is…I actually wrote half of it ages ago…but it just got messed up so it took a long long time.
Chapter 22-Hopes
Tamaki didn't even want to speak…as he sat down on the table…he picked up his spoon lifelessly…
Meanwhile…
Haruhi stared at herself in the mirror once more…Wearing the same white dress that she wore when she first set foot in this house she dare call her HOME.
Today was the day…and she couldn't escape it…For a second okay a second or two…NO make that a minute…her thoughts traveled to a certain blond…
I hope that idiot's happy…
ACHH!!
Tamaki sniffed…as he looked at pancakes with blueberry syrup. 'her' pancakes were better…than this…
He said as he ate in silence…and his father gazed at him with worry and concern.
"Tamaki…today Haruhi-chan and Kyouya are…."
"I don't want to hear it" he said in a dull voice.
"Don't be stubborn…"
A maid approached Yuzuru…
"Yuzuru-sama, your mother is here"
His attention was then diverted elsewhere…The old, but sly Yoriko Suoh was not someone who you would underestimate even as she slowly walked she still had a powerful presence.
"Mother….what …?"
"I'm here to have a talk with Tamaki…not you, son" she said ignoring his son completely then walked to Tamaki…
In this situation Tamaki would have said, EH?! ME! But now even this kind of shock could make him how to say…lively…
"You disappoint me…" she began but Tamaki didn't even look at her.
"Losing to Kyouya Ootori…" but the name of his friend well…ex-best friend…made him flinch…
"As I thought you should have married Madam Éclair" that 'other' name sent a chill down his spine…his experiences with her was not pleasant. But he remembered the one thing that made him tolerate even being near her.
I promise to let you see your MOTHER.
And now, as he remembered that time…He wondered what would have happened if he did marry Éclair. Oh yeah, he would be in France now…and maybe he would be happy…after all his mother was…
But wait a minute, if he did…the host club…the host club he worked for. And that party…that confession…that kiss…and her…HER…that wouldn't exist if he did go back to his motherland.
Although he worked hard to keep the memories locked away…they flooded back…
As they say, time heals all wounds…so thinking positive…the tears didn't fall…as he remembered the happy times…the recent ones…filled with sorrow…tension and other negative feelings…
Yes…I'm in love with that IDIOT. That statement was like a faint light in his brain as if it was put aside…meant to be forgotten. It seemed to make his heart lighter as he struggled to remember more.
I can't believe I fell in love with someone as idiotic, stupid, dramatic, emotional, flirty, annoying, restless, cocky, and perverted and most of all obnoxious person like you…
+-Flashback-+
"Is that you're way of saying that you, like me?" Tamaki said…
"Yeah…I guess so" Haruhi had said
+-End of Flashback-+
He smirked remembering that…amusing time. Then the smile turned into a faint smile…
"Tamaki?" his grandmother said staring at him for awhile then she shook her head…and breathed out…the glare returning…she looked at her son.
"He's your son…seems he's daydreaming…I'll lecture him some other time…" she said with the same icy glare but with amusement in her voice.
Yuzuru just nodded…
Back to Tamaki…
How could he forget all this? How could he think that Haruhi didn't actually care about him anymore and that she gave up on him?! He was crazy if he ever thought that…Even though it was embarrassing she said it…Yes…she told him face to face that she did love him…and that second time it wasn't directly to him…but her words were totally honest…Haruhi never lied about the things she said. Why did she stand her grandmother's awful treatment…because if she didn't she wouldn't even be in the host club?! And lastly…why was it in the first place that she agreed to marry Kyouya? It was because of his father's company…
This commitment that she was promising to Kyouya…it was all for him…
If you think she's marrying Kyouya because she wants to…then you should ponder on everything…
Of course she doesn't want to…I mean she said it to Kyouya clearly that it was HIM she loved…How could he doubt that?
He was about to run…go to the mansion…and who knows…he didn't know…he just wanted to see Haruhi…
"Tamaki, wait!" his father said.
His father's sudden shout made him lose balance…and he nearly tripped…
"What now?!"
His father had his arms crossed as he approached his son…he put an arm on his shoulder…
"Eh?"
"Go for it" his father said with about the most serious expression Tamaki had seen…
Then he stared at his father for awhile and realized…what would happen if? Would Kimiko?
"The company isn't your concern…" his father said as if reading his thoughts…his face became softer but his thoughts seemed to be faraway…Seeing this expression Tamaki stayed for awhile It seemed that Yuzuru was going to say something.
"This Suoh company" he said it with contempt…
"Has been my concern for a long time…" he continued…
"For that, I've made a big mistake…something I can't undo"
"A…big mistake?" Tamaki said wondering what it was he remembered when it came to his company his father was sure it was always perfect…
"I gave up the love I had for the only woman I ever loved" he finished
Tamaki knew who that was…It was impossible to not tell who he was talking about…It was maybe the first time that he talked about Tamaki's mother openly…
"Mother" was all Tamaki said
Yuzuru nodded "But…that isn't my point…"
"Tamaki, my son, It was a mistake to make myself be controlled with strings by your grandmother…I couldn't even stand up for your mother…Even though…I wanted to shout to the world…that she was mine and I loved her…" Tamaki lowered his head
"So…don't make the same mistake I did…When you love someone you can never give them too much of it…Treasure Haruhi…she's a great girl" he said as he stood up and offered a hand…
Tamaki smiled at his father he WAS going to run again…but…
"Are you going to the airport…dressed like that?" he was still in his blue pajamas…he blushed in embarrassment.
"And you smell like pancakes…"
Tamaki didn't know if he was embarrassed or what…he took off….upstairs to get changed….and take a bath as soon as possible…
The prince had to look good if he was going to save a captured princess.
+-END-+
Author's note
Hehe…well…that was the best chapter I could think of now…with my mind filled with lessons...i'll try to update soon…