Yellow Umbrella: Tamaki Suoh Love Story

Chap. 9: Mad as the Hatter

"What the hell do you think you were doing, Atsumi?! Running off like that! We were worried sick about you the entire night! No one got any sleep. Your father was turning the town upside down for you. You can't do that to us." Stephany rants at the girl. Tamaki places a hand on her shoulder and smiles at the lady. "I'm sorry. I should have made an attempt to contact you last night. It's my fault, Miss." he says. "Thank you, Mr. Suoh, but Atsumi is a big girl and knows what to do when she's away." Stephany returns his smile.

"The good thing is that you're alright." she continues to smile. Atsumi nods in agreement. "Now, you have to call Mr. Ryoji and tell him that you're alright." Stephany says. Holding her cell phone out to Atsumi, she smiles. "And don't be nervous. He cares about you, Atsumi and just wants whats best for you." she explains. Atsumi nods, takes the phone and exits the room with Tamaki trailing behind her.

They enter her bedroom. Tamaki closes the door behind himself and goes up behind Atsumi, wrapping her in his warm embrace. She blushes. "I'll be here. He'll be happy to hear from you, Atsumi." Tamaki says. Atsumi stares at the phone. Her head telling her to trow it and leave it at that, but her heart screams for her to call her father. In the end, she can't shake the screaming and ends up calling Ryoji.

It rings for only a short moment before a worried voice answers with a frantic "hello?"

Tamaki removes the phone from her hands and begins the conversation. "Hello, Mr. fujioka. I'm calling on Atsumi's behalf..." before Tamaki could continue, Ryoji begins a game of 20,000 questions. "Is she alright?! Where is she?! Is she harmed?! Who was she with?!" he continued to rant on about his daughter, not being able to do anything but worry. Tamaki chuckles. "She's fine. I promise. I found her in my yard at my vacation house near the center you were in. She's standing right here in front of me. ALive and well. You can come down to Stephany's house for a visit if you would like." Tamaki offers. "Of course! Thank you Mr. Suoh. Tell Atsumi I love her...and I'm sorry." he whispers the last part, but not low enough to keep Atsumi's ear from hearing it.

Tamaki agrees and hangs up the phone. "That went rather well, don't cha think?" Tamaki asks. Atsumi nods her hanging head. "Listen. You're gonna be fine, Atsumi. Don't you worry. I'll be here for you all the way. I swear it." Tamaki snakes his arms around Atsumi's wrists and pulls her into a warming hug. Atsumi lets a smile slip from her lips as she basks in the tight embrace.

~*~

"Good afternoon, my fellow hosts!" Tamaki greets his friends as the meeting begins. Both Haruhi and Atsumi sit silently, until Haruhi breaks out into a whisper. "So, I heard you and Tamaki spent the night alone last week when you ran away." she says. Atsumi's eyes widen and she lets a silent gasp slip her lips. "So, it's true.' Haruhi says. Atsumi looks up at the girl. Haruhi looks at her sister as well, putting on a smile to lighten the mood.

"Well, I'm glad you're ok. Ya know...dad wants you to move in with us. He says it could bring us together as a family." Haruhi admits. Atsumi gasps again. "I think it would be nice. I mean, if you want to. WE hardly know each other and I would be happy to get to know my little sister better." she says with an even brighter smile.

Atsumi returns the smile and happily hugs her older sibbling. Haruhi's eyes widen as Atsumi shakes her back and forth in a love-filled hug.

"Looks like their gonna be alright with this in the first place." Kyouya whispers to the "boss" of the club. "Of course. They're both wonderful girls with a bond that's already beginning to build stronger." Tamaki smiles, his eyes locking onto Atsumi.

"But now that Atsumi's here, you have to make a choice, Tamaki." Kyouya says. Honey, Hikaru, and Kaoru join the hug between the two girls. Haruhi laughs a little, along with the others while Atsumi sits with a beaming smile on her beautiful face.

Tamaki places a hand on his chin, his mood slowly depleting. "It's gonna be hard. I don't want to hurt either of them... It doesn't seem fair, Kyouya." Tamaki mutters almost to himself. "That's life." Kyouya replies with a shrug and writes a note in his note pad. "What could you possibly be writing down?!" Tamaki yells.