Title: If

Pairing: Sad TamaHaru KyoHaru, maybe ÉclairTama.

Word Count: 383

Summary: If she hadn't let go of his hand, if he'd made a big mistake.

Tamaki had read the Japanese papers, the photos had made him want to gag, cry, scream, anything to let the emotion out. Instead he tossed the paper aside and acted like he hadn't seen anything.

But the smiling faces plagued his mind, the friends he had abandoned seven years ago. He thought he would be happy to see their smiling faces, how much better off they were without him but all he felt was jealousy and regret.

On the front page of the newspaper, at the centre of the photo were his ex-best friend and the woman he loves, each of them gazing into each other's eyes. He thought how it should have been him smiling down at Haruhi, him to hold her hand and call her his own but alas, he had made a wrong decision and in the end he was none the better for it and what made it worse was he was too much of a coward to go back and apologise before it was too late.

He leant back in his desk chair, closing his eyes and willing to forget but doing just the opposite.

Tamaki's heart jumped erratically in his chest, hope filling his eyes. Was what Haruhi said true, did everybody really love the host club? Even Haruhi herself? He wasn't a hindrance?

He reached out his hand to grasp hers then Éclair's fingers tugging on his sleeve brought him back to reality.

He looked into the girl's eyes, almost like his mothers.

He heard a thud and the next thing he knew Haruhi was mid air, her eyes wide and startled, her hand reaching more desperately.

Haruhi, hosts... mother, grandmother?

Éclair's hand tightened on his arm, Tamaki looked back at her, she stared up and him desperately, her tears almost broke his heart, he understood the sadness she must be feeling.

'Tamaki-senpai,' he heard the voice call desperately to him, he looked up once more just in time to see a tear escape Haruhi's eye before she plummeted from view and the car continued on.

Tamaki felt tears dampen his own cheeks, he turned around, sat down and stared ahead, ready for his new life.

Tamaki picked up the paper again, wondering sadly if it would be wrong to send congratulations to the new couple.

Different to usual...

I have forgotten to thank you for all of the reviews D: how rude of me! Thank you so much everyone, it is really encouraging and gives me more confidence ^^ I also have to send a special thanks to Fairy of the Flames for sending me my 100th review *claps happily* I would hug you if this wasn't... y'know... the internet. Thank you all, I will have to read thorugh all of the reviews sometime and thank everyone who has been giving me support throughout.