Rose in a Garden

Chapter 2- Two weeks later

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Tamaki keeps secretly messing with my mind. He's always touching me in some way. When he sits next to me, he lays his head on my shoulder. When we walk together, he has to escort me like I'm a lady. Whenever I talk to him, he's always referring to me as 'Mommy.' He's always hugging me. The only thing he hasn't done is touch me in sexual ways and kiss me. He's tried to kiss me, or at least hinted in on it. Whenever he gets the chance, he's always puckering his lips at me or trying to kiss me. It's driving me nuts. He keeps making me blush all the time. In front of everyone. It's embarrassing for me.

I'm sitting in Music Room 3 typing something on my computer. I'm the only one here, so the club room is completely quiet. The sudden noise of someone skipping down the hall toward the room causes me to look up. Tamaki runs into the room.

"Mommy!" he yells as he runs to me.

He jumps onto my lap and almost knocks me out of my chair. He wraps his arms around my neck and suddenly kisses the left corner of my mouth. I can't believe that he actually kissed me. I thought he was just kidding around. Maybe he isn't kidding. My cheeks turn a deep red and become very hot. He looks at me closely with his sparkling violet eyes.

"You're really blushing, Mommy," he says to me, in a quiet and sweet tone.

He caresses my cheek lightly with one of his hands. His fingers run into my glasses, so he slowly pulls them off my face and sets them aside. He continues to caress my face slowly and gently. He smiles at me softly as he does so. It suddenly appears that he's moving his face closer to mine, his lips slightly parted. My lips have been parted for quite some time now. His face seems to move closer and closer to mine. His lips almost touch mine when the rest of the members enter the room.

"Boss, what are you doing to poor Kyouya-senpai?" Kaoru asked.

"What?" Tamaki asks glancing at the twins. "I can't love my wife?"

"Boss," Hikaru says.

"You do know that," Kaoru continues.

"You two aren't actually married, right?" the twins finish together.

Tamaki glances at them. "Of course I do," Tamaki says, getting off my lap and revealing my completely red face.

All the other members stare at me.

"Shame on you two," Tamaki says. "You embarrassed your mother. She was enjoying it and you two ruined it."

I pick up my glasses and think of a witty response to Tamaki.

"For your information," I say. "I did not enjoy your silly, little, romantic game with me."

I lied straight to his face. I just lied straight to his handsome French face.

"But Mommy,"Tamaki begins to say sadly. "I thought you loved it."

I slide my glasses back onto my face. "I did not, Tamaki."

"But," he says, trying to press the matter further.

"No buts, Tamaki," I say. "I'm not gay, so I wouldn't enjoy something like that."

I just can't stop lying to him. It hurts a bit to lie to him, but I have to. I close my laptop, pick it up, and walk out of the club room.

I pass Haruhi when I'm leaving.

"Where are you going, Kyouya-senpai?" she asks me.

I look at her. "I'm just going to find a peaceful place to work." I look back at Tamaki and the twins. "It's too noisy in here for me."

I walk away from her, walk into the prep room and sit in there.

I can hear the others talking through the walls.

"I was so sure Mommy liked that," Tamaki says in a depressed tone. "Why wouldn't Mommy love the loving that Daddy gives her?"

"Don't you think you take this family thing a bit too far, Senpai?" Haruhi asks him.

"No," he says. "I would be overjoyed if Kyouya were really the mother of my children. He would make a good mother."

"Boss," Hikaru says. "You do realize that Kyouya-senpai is a man, right?"

"Yes," Tamaki says. "I do. He just makes a good motherly figure. How about that?"

"That's still strange, boss," Kaoru says.

"And gay," Hikaru adds.

The twins start to laugh in unison.

"So what if I'm gay?" Tamaki says, tension rising in his voice. "Big deal. It's not like anyone will care." The twins stop laughing.

"I'm just saying, that's all," Hikaru replies.

I hear Tamaki stand up and walk toward the prep room. I remain sitting there and start typing some things on my laptop. He walks into the prep room and sits next to me. He won't look at me. It almost looks like he's holding back tears. I sigh and close my laptop, giving him my full attention.

"Is something wrong, Daddy?" I ask him, using his nickname in hopes of catching his attention.

He shakes his head no at me, but I can tell that he's obviously upset.

"I know that something's wrong," I say. "Do you want to talk about it?"

He shakes his head no again. I move my face closer to his.

"Are you sure?" I ask him one final time.

He turns his face toward mine and accidentally brushes his lips across my cheek. I feel my cheeks heat up.

"I'm sure," he says in a sad tone. I catch him blushing a bit. He turns his face away from mine.

"If you want to talk about it, just tell me, ok?" I tell him kindly.

He nods his head and goes and sits in the corner of the prep room.

I sigh and open my laptop again and begin typing a report. I can't concentrate right though. Tamaki's problem is nagging at my mind. Sometimes I wish I didn't care about him so much.